Star.
London, England, 1821-02-21 00:00:00

BOXING,
BETWEEN SPRING AND OLIVER,
tOO G4IIILS 411-SIDV, NEVMAX.IIMIADOWII,KATICILMIDOLIMEX.

Yesterday was the first Spring Meeting of Gymnastic Sports,
and at day-break in the morning the western road was all bustle.
with the usual motley equipages, from the lordly barouche to
the sweep and costernwagere xts out, intermixed with the Ber-
esosubsp *ruins and the seaterottlxv, and all seemed upon equa-
lity. The raincrites, as game as the Nonrich bull, started after
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their Monday night's diversions, and no adequate idea can be
conveyed of the confused scene when the Fanciers approached
the ring. When a great event is on the eve of being decided,
much interest is excited; and, from the diversity of opinion re-,
specting this battle, on which the best judges were at variance, a
corresponding interest prevailed.
Of the-biography of these heroes of the day's play, it will be
sufficient to be brief. They arc first-raters of the present day,
but as Inferior to their predecessors used asp as a would-be.trage- ,
dian to .a Kean of the present day. Both men beat Painter in
their first battles, and both were vanquished by him in their be-
cord battles. Carter beat Oliver easily at Carlisle, and Spring
Let Carter with the same ease at Crawley. Of their fighting,
tipeloglas length and strength urns his adversary, and he beat
Carter as the latter did Oliver, by hugging him, and half hang-
ing hint at the ropes of the ring. But Oliver is the best in-hitter,
and fancied himself superior, Spring being a light hitter of his
weight.—The groupes of horse and foot which had assembled at
5.,1.11.11, Slough, &c. on Monday, were disappointed in teAing
ground, as the Bruits sent for Oliver, and without offering to mo-
lest his person, took his word that he would net fight there.—
l'he Magpies, on flounslow Heath, was the next rendezvous,
tmd from thence the cavalcade proceeded down a lane at Arlin:-
ton Corner, where the ring was formed in a meadow, and tired
!horses and ricketty vehicles were put up by hundreds; but here
'they were stopped again by Magisterial authority, and the nest
ring as formed at Hayes; but two-thirds of the pedestrians,
and half the horses, were beat. The Commissary having made
the ring, the men entered, after doffing their hats and slinging
them into the ring. Seconds—Cribb and Painter for Spring,
and Tom Owen and Richmond for Ofiver.—Guineas to Pounds

on Oliver.

Itousins.-1. Spring parried Oliver's left and right-handed
blows, and Oliver made play again, and placed a slight hit out
of distance, when they closed, and after a short rally both welt
down without mischief.

2. Oliver made a feint with his left hand to bring his adver-
sary within reach, and Spring, fighting upon his superior length,
broke away. Oliver placed two blows, but they were not within
executing distance. A close followed, and Spring tried to hold
his man ; but Oliver got away, and in making a sally at Spring.
he was knocked down cleanly by a flush hit on the mouth.—
Oliver gathered himself up without the aid of his seconds instals).
taneousty, and by his smile seemed to hold the event in disdain.
b. This round showed the coolness with which the men fought,
in placing their feet, by which boxers measure their distance (as
the eye must be fixed upon the adversary's eye). Oliver stepped
on_ Spring's toe, and feeling that he had done so, politely begged
his pardon ! Oliver made a scientific parry of Spring's left hand.
In a rally firing drew the first apparent claret from his adver-
sary's mouth, and threw hiru.—No betting.
4. Oliver made a left-handed hit, which Spring got cleverly
away from, and Oliver's right hand also fell short. Oliver placed
a blow upon his adversary's bead, and threw hint in a close.—
Betting about 6 to 4 on Spring.
5. both threw away many blows, and it was evident that
Oliver had not, length sufficient to place his hits. Spring got his
adversary'S head under his left arm, but the weaving system was
upon an equality. Oliver was thrown.
6. Spring had all the best of this ronnd. He hit his adversary,
twice upon the heid,- and Oliver had not length enough to re-
turn, and he was thrown again.
7. Olivet made a rush, but he failed ; and Spring hit him
heavily' upon' the neck, and threw him a severe fall, which
knocked tae sensciout of him, and which he never recovered
during the fight. Owen, his second, rallied him with " Halloo,
Tom ! what is the matter—sae you going to sleep r It is true,
be was in reel sleep; but the voice roused him.
S. Olivet wont a with desperation, and had the best of a good
rallying round, but his blows were not strong enough to mark
his adversaty's face, and he was thrown. Oliver was much ex-
hausted; and, without accident, Spring had secured the battle
to a certainty—it was all the town to 'Alilk-street.
9. Oliver fought most gallantly, and had none the wait of the
first part gf the.round. lie placed three Mows, but still left no
Mark, and he was again thrown.
10. Atter placing a weak left-handed hit, Oliver was floored
cleanly, mid-deluged in blood. It was altogether a red suit for
him. The hit cut him under the eye, which was nearly dislodged.
It, 12, and 13. Thar was nothing to observe upoa. Oliver
was bear, and he experienced falls enough to smash the hardiest
inahese rounds.
14. This was a manly round, and Oliver triamostfeariessly
to place his blow ; but Spring got his head under his arm, and
smashed it with such lunging hint at the taming system, that it ,
was a contused mass .of crimson hue; and he received heavily
also upon the body, and fell as a man would from a shot in the'
right place.
is. Oliver again displayed the most daring courage, but Spring
had reduced his strength to &Avian, and he again weaved hint at
the ropes, until Oliver's hackers called out, in the language of
Shakspeare--" Hold, enough! take him away!"
16, 17, and 18. The amateur cobld only feel pity for the
vanqiiished courage of ()liver, who persisted in daring-sego. I
lotion. lie continued to stand up, or was rather led up to the''
scratch, reeling like a drunkard who had swallowed a couple of
quarts of Deatly's primrose, amidst the calls of " take him away !"
until the end of the 23d round, when he became quite lost, and
his seconds said 4' Enough !" for him.

kiVVIARKS.
Spring won the battle without a visible hit; and although the
opinion is still entertained that he is not a punisher equal to his ,
weight, yet he is a most cautions boxer, of ninth strength, white
he works well in, and is, like Randall, as busy with his feet as
with his fists, with an eye like a hawk pouncing down upon his
prey ; and if he cannot finish at one hit, be has two or three
others in reserve. Oliver is one of the bravest of men, but he
could nut get at his adversary. A liberal subscriptiou was got
fur him.—A treater number of the Nubifity and Gentry were
present than have been witnessed for some years.
A second battle, of no interest, was'Yought by strangers to
the ring, for k trivial purse.

Thursday,- a melancholy accident took place at
Camlaihie,. near Glasgow, to a young man, whe kept
MR, Niietca's steam-engine. One of the wheels,
while he was oilingit, caught his right arm, tore it out
of she socket, broke his breast bone, and all the ribs
in the,right side; He was taken to the Infirmary,
where he lingered in great agony WWI Sunday night,
when he died.

•
A farm servant, near Perth, was robbed a few
nights since of a one pound note by some men, who
aiser*i.4l: followed • him, and took his coat. from
him, givmg him- a aerie-one of their own -in es-
chanim,;! Cht reaching his destination, and examin-
ing ute..eoit .they: had made him a -present of,-be
founatels in one-of the pockets
satisay mennight • the dWklinthoese of Lrnyk, nearty
midviay, _between carrkck on &sir and Cleaned!, was beset
by a
.gang. of robbers,. one of whom contrived to get into
the use white the others remained. On the watch outsides--
The Tvtlow who ylitained admittance hearing some noise within,
which idduesdlim to suppose that the -family had taken the
itiprni; Made a hasty retreat to effect his escape ; itegortunately
for OM, however, he wes met as be wet hurrying out by his own
eonsitinions4 who,. mistaking him.lor one ad else inmates of the
how, in their anxiety and confudon, shot him deed on thews
The deadbad) was CAlltd 9lf by the rest of the party.

•61i.A1;1) h4LL:

• DUBLIN, VILBWIARY 16.
Tuesday evening, a Fancy Ball took place at the
Assembly Rooms, Royal Arcade, the entire suite of
which, exten4g from College-green to Suffolk-
street, were throlin open. Shortly after nine o'clock
the company began to assemble, and it was with some
difficulty the characters could gain admission, from
the crowds that thronged the adjacent streets, stop-
ping the carriages, and completely blocking up the
doors of the Arcade. The company consisted of
about two hundred, among which were many do-
mines, and also many in plain dresses; there were
about one hundred and fifty characters. Jews, Turks,
Gipseys, Watchmen, Country-boys, Sailors, Harle-
quins, Highlanders, and Conjurors, assisted in the
hilarity of the evening. A military band attended;
there were also a pedal harp and some violins in se-
parate apartments, for those whn chose to trip it on
the light fantastic toe." Quadrilles seemed to be
the favourite dances of the night, and were kept up
with undaunted spirit until a late hour. The cele-
brated amateur, Mr. Plartire.r, appeared splendidly
attired as. King Richard. the Third, in which cha-.
racter he introduced the sung of " Scots whiz ha'e to
Wallace bled," with the happiest effect. Mr. PLUN
KIT'S performance added considerably to the amuse-
ment of the evening. He gave some recitations from
Richard, in his own peculiar manner; but was inter-
rupted in one of the soliloquies, by a character re-
sembling Ach met, who called the watch, and charged
him with murder, affirming that he had murdered
Richard. The Watchmen, who for the most part of
the night did their utmost to disturb the peace, in-
stantly sprung their rattles, shrieks were heard in all
directions, and horror was depicted in every counte-
nance at the bare idea of Royalty being brought to
the Round-house. Sylvester Da.gerwood then inter-
posed, and offered himself as bail for his brother of
the buskin; but this would not do—poor Dagger:flood
was not a house-keeper, never having, even on his be-•
nefit night, had what could be termed a house!—'
Various characters from all quarters of the globe
(among which were Looney illactwolter), then offered
themselves as bail, but here a new difficulty arose;
the charge was capital, murder was not a bailable
offence, and the Monarch was about to be consigned
to the guardians of the night, when it was understood
the• charge was abandoned. This seemed to give
general satisfaction, and in a few moments Rickard
was " himself again." One of the best supported
characters (always excepting Richard), was a very
well looking country girl (such as are frequently to
be met with at fairs), dressed in white, with a neat
cottage bonnet, trimmed with ribbon, and a silk i
handkerchief tied carelessly round her neck : there
was an arch expression of humour in her counte-
nance perfectly in character ; she danced admirably
and with great spirit, the entire night, and she at-
tracted the particular and marked attentions of Loo-
ney Machuoller and a young Midshipman, who alter-
nately obtained her as a. partner in the festive dance.
At half-past one, the supper-room was thrown
open; here most of the characters played their parts
-admtrably. After supper several songs were sung :
Mr. PLuNKET favoured the company With BRAHAM's
Polices ; The ray that kamsfor ever" (with varia-
tions), and several of the Irish Melodies. On Mr.
PLUNKED'S health being drank, he returned thanks,
in a speech of some length, which was received with
acclamation. The company then returned to the
other apartments, and dancing was renewed with
unabated-spirit. Towards four o'clock, the Rooms
began to grow thin, but it was not until after six that
they were finally cleared.