The Express.
London, England, 1850-12-10 00:00:00

EPSOM SPRING MEETING, 1851.

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It armoury to inform th.se who intend to nominate
Donee for the Metropolitan Ilendiesp, that their present age
hold be given, not their sire es the let of January.

POACHING AFFRAYS IN SCOTLAND. Daring the
night al the 21st ult. a murderous affray took place in the
Norton Disney Woods, seer the Newark Load half-way
houses. 13:1 keeps, who were out on the watch encountered
a gang of given passkeys, and a fearful fight followed. The
keepers were armed with en•lmees and other weapon.. One
of the poschen was dreadfully cut, sod the son of one of the
keepers was also severely injured. Four of the poachers
have bias alp nail and sent to Falkingbam. [Similar en-
counters (taps the Seaman) are of weekly occurrence. One
of the lateral results of the modern system of rearing and
feeding game is to render them nearly u tame as domestic
poultry. Pheasants, from their debits, are easily congregated
together, sod after the crops are removed from the fields a
regular system of feeding is requisite. Grain is strewed
neer the corers, and pheasants have been repeatedly tempted
from one cover to another, simply by one gentleman's
keeper, when returning from making a friendly rail upon
soother keeper, dropping a little grain upon his road home.
The phessants follow the next morning. The natal habit
of the pheasant is to roost near his reeding place, and, from
sitting low upon the branches of half-grown trees, pre-
ferring the pines, he is easily killed. Experienced poiaere
watch those IwJitia, end can, upon certain nights, ob-
tain as maay In a short time as they can remove.
But Lothian has now obtained an unenviable no-
toriety u a pain preserving country, some farms lately
in the outran bring unable to find tenants; while
on other game-previewed forme lately let, the landlords have
become hound to s'low the tenants to kill hares, and to
make compensation for damegee awed by gems. Organised
bands of poachers hare become lately more daring, and
generally set 'he watchers at defiance. Oe Wednesday
evening, the 20th ale a band of poachers met is the neigh-
bourhood of Whitekirk, Bat Lothian, and proceeded to
the nei,rhbourins preserves; and, although followed by
watchers, none of them were taken, they having set the
keepers it .I.Sines thee time five of em have been
taken, end have sinew °Datelined. The gaol th
of Haddington
is stated to be crowded by thee* offender'. We refrain at
present from givieg to the public a specimen of Justice's
forties in the county of Baddagton, as we andentend that
the ease has been appealed to the stipendiary magistrate].
THE HIOIIWAY ROBBERY NEAR CARLDILE.—TerO
of the prisoners, William Mounsey and Robert Pinata,
wen . further examined on Wednesday before Robert
Cowen, Esq., and Gov, Dixon, Ext. Mr. Palmer, the
proweutor, identified the watch which had been foes d
at Clench Brae Mill, near Dumfries, as the one of k
he was robbed on cue night of the 16th of N
Mr. Sobb.ge remarked that the prisoner Graham said he
wished to prove an alibi by a police-officer, who was then'
present. Mr. Julians replied that' it would not avail hire
anything now even If he could do so, as his committal hal
been signed. lie might call the officer at the anises. It Y
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