The Sun.
London, England, 1864-09-29 00:00:00

're among his own
the capture of an omit: eional f3L tof ten, either the
cabbages, he is, in nine L'aseunls on v or' a well-paid
ptofessional bandit of his cle- 1. Of the former
operative from a neighbouring .tow, Unwilling to
class there is really little to be sail, they belong
work, but not ashamed to beg or steal, They have
to a clan which is always in trouble. - roost
Just as great a penchant for the farmer's L -isants,
as they have for the squire's hares and phe,, with
and will take whichever are to be obtained
least trouble and least risk to i Lemselves. Th.
are men almost invariably well keown, both to 0)4.
local police and to the officers of the county
ga?Lim
which they spend a considerable part of their leisure
time. Now and then they plan a regular expeditioy
with a few others of the same kidney. But is
general they are not gregarious in their habits, amd
prefer poaching when they can, alone and upon the
sly, to coming across men by every one of whom
they are well known, and, if not captured on the
spot, are certain to be marked down within the nest
twenty-four hours. They aro a class with whom,
troublesome and in some respects even dangerous as
they are, the law is quite competent to deal, and
with whom poaching is merely an alternative for,
some other unlawful pursuit in which they weld
be otherwise engaged. The real disturbers of the
public peace are the organised gangs which exist is
all great towns for the especial purpose of Ole:
dering the neighbouring covers, and which do not
necessarily draw all their recruits from those who
are known to the police under the general non3ea•
clature of the " dangerous classes." These
there is no question, would, many of them, shrink
from the idea of theft or of highway robbery, bet
have no scruples on the score of a moonlight exP"
dition for sweeping the covers of any large pre'
prietor, or even of grossly maltreating those whose
duty it is to protect their masters' property
Their assailants are not unfrequently men in the
receipt of excellent wages, who go out in most
stances for a lark, and, perhaps, occasionally 0,
gratify some personal spite against an individual
game preserver or gamekeeper. The ruffians who
are now in custody for well-nigh beating to death
two of Lord Derby's keepers were miners from
St. Helen's, who, after having spent a if wet
night" at the public-house, sallied forth to plunder
and to maltreat any one who opposed theta.
In many instances their cupidity is stimulated by
promise on the part of some notorious receiver of
stolen goods to dispose of their ill-gotten booty at
a good price. In such cases the expedition is con'
ducted on a more business-like footing, Scouts are
previously told off. It is arranged beforehand Who
are to fight and who to run, while a light cart,
well horsed and judiciously posted, is in readiness
to receive and carry off the spoil. The gang them'
selves are under some sort of rude discipline, are
infinitely better armed than the keepers, are
troubled with no scruples about using their guns at
a pinch, and, having come from a distant localitp
are, with few exceptions, not easily recognised, if
not taken in flagrante delicto. Such expeditions as
these are, accordingly, entirely removed from the
conditions which can entitle those who take part
in them to take shelter under the plea of extenuat-
ing circumstances. They are simply freebootipg
raids, carried on in defiance of the law, and Wltti
the premeditated intent of resisting to the utter-
most if any opposition is offered. So general is this
evil, and so serious are the effects of it, that it 10
becnming quite worth while to consider whether
the old English legal doctrines with regard toiercc
naturcc be not susceptible of important modifies'
tions, and whether game should not be at once made
property, and the theft of it treated like any other
theft. This, and such a trespass act as it would be
necessary to pass were the present game lay! 15
abolished, for the protection of property, would, in
all probability, be found even a more efficient chew'
upon the proceedings of the evil disposed than we
at present possess. Considering that, upon a roue
estimate, every pheasant which is killed costs its
owner at least 10s. per head, and often a much
larger sum, while they are in many cases literally
as tame as chickens, there can be no great hardship
in securing the property in them to those at wilel
expense they have been reared. With ground
game the case is rather more difficult. But eve!,
hares and rabbits are not in the habit of
straying far from the covers in which they
were bred, and are fed either at the expense.o
their owner or of the cultivators of the adjoin'
ing lands. The latter, accordingly, are the on
other parties to be considered in the matter; an.
the question is one which ceases to concern that
portion of the public to which they cannot by ape
possibility belong. It is high time that the evil
question should be put upon a satisfactory footing:
The idea that there is no particular crime in poach
ing already obtains too widely, and is unbent:oll
fostered by many who ought to know better. IYere
the cegis of the law removed from game-preserving'
as such, and the poacher treated as a simple two,
or, if he injured his captors, as guilty of an aggra.:
vated assault, the temptation would be remove'
which romance and a love of adventure have throive
around what, after all, is, like smuggling, only a
nefarious trade.

COUNTRY MARKETS.

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MONMOUTH.—TUESDA.Y.
The weather has been moderately favourable during l"
last two or three days, and a weak of such weather will e,salli
able the farmers to secure all the corn yet out. The
markets have been fairly attended by both buyers 0
tber°
sellers during the last six or seven days, although
was not much business done, at about former quotation •
The average quotations are as follows :
3s ioa
Wheat, white 5s 3d to 5s 9d 8ar1ey...... 3s 4d to na
Ditto red.....0s Od to Os Od Oats ..... 2s 4d to 33 "

MARKET HARBOROUGH—TUESDAY.
About the usual quantity of wheat, which met with t
slow inquiry at prices similar to last week. Barley aril
freely to hand, but not much in request. Oats as of late!
—White wheat, 44s to 488; red, 39s to 4s per 36 stoll::
.3'
Dialling. barley at 31s to 34s per qr.; grinding, 26s to
per 30 at, Oats, old, 2os to 275; new, 20.8 to 25s per ov
st. ; beans, 36s to 428 per qr.

LYNN—TUESDAY.
At to•day's market the supply of wheat was stoallel?
with a good attendance of growers. The t, Ads was ";
and samples is per qr cheaper. Barley met et slow Gala
and both grinding and malting 6d to is lower. Beans an
oats is cheaper.
White wheat 44s to 46s I Barley
Red..
Beans .4os to 42s I Oats .22s to 2 _
Old 368 to 37s I Peas —8 to --'s
Averages 'Wheats, 40s 7d—barley, 31s 11d—P01152
40s Od.

At our market to-dayHULL there was aTUESDAY short supply of
lish wheat, and a fair business was done, at a slight,. 10
cline on the quotations of last week. Foreign wheat
per qr less money, and trade inactive. Barley, griudil3o
Is cheaper. Oats, new sorts, in better supply, and about
cheaper. Beans and peas sold steadily at barely prevlow'
rates.

NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE--TUESDAY.
sg
At our corn market to-day the supply of wheat
at,
moderate, and sold at no advance on former rates. no
ley and oats were a slow sale at a slight decline. There V 1
little doing in beans, peas, or malt.

CAPTURE OF AN EAGLE AT SEA.—A few 05?
ago an eagle alighted on the mast of a 'fishing boats
about 15 miles at sea, off Filey. A boy named SVlleg
climbed up the mast, but when near the bird it flew as/31. t
;
but no sooner did the boy commence descending thau,
again alighted. The boy climbed up again, and caught tC
by the leg. The eagle resisted, and so squeezed the boy
hand with its free claw as to make it bleed freely. Scale!:
however, managed to hold on INN: his legs, while 11"
stretched up his free arm and caught the bird by the neol4
and atter some resistance killed it, and came down N the
dock with his prize. He subsequently sold the eaglo,',Wilier
was very thin in flesh, but fine in plumage, to a bird
stuffer. It was about two feet long, and a little more 00
two feet from tip to tip of the wing.

Births.
GLYN.—On the 24th inst., at 51, Berkelepsquare, gill
Henry Wynn, of a son,
HART.—On the 27th inst., at Wanstead, the wife of Lemon

Hart, Esq., of a aon. I.
STRONG.— On the 27th inst., at Woking, the wife of -a
Strong, of twin sons.
nest
WEsToN.-L•On the 23d inst., at Annanhill House, -0,
Kilmarnock, the wife of Lieut.-Colonel Gould We 6
of a son.

Marriages.
PAKENTIAM.—On the 15th inst., at St. George's, 11011400
,-
square, Captain Hamilton Pakenham, late 2d Life 1-00,
to Gwerydd Frances, eldest daughter of Colonel the "--
R. Rowley, M.P., and the Hon. Mrs. Rowley. orf
BENWELL—TOTTENHAIL,—On the 22d inst., at St. it'irottl,
Cheltenham, Frederick William Benwell, W'
Regt., to Marian Frances, daughter of Cornwallio -
tenham, Esq., of Cheltenham,

Deaths.
Buowx.-On the 2Gth in ,at Lonformaeus, David "
law Brown, Esq., of Longformacue, Berwickshire' 11-
Glugor, Penang, East Indies. Ott
BULLEI. -On the 25th inst., at Holly Mount, Lyn.-- r
John Blagrove Bulley, Esq., aged 59. SIC
EDMONSTONE.- On the 24th inst., at Effingham
George Frederick Edmonstone, K.C,8., aged 51. itio
FENNING.-On the 27th inst., at Epsom, Mr. Euben
Fenning, of 6, Poultry. stela/
HoLDswoRTH.-Ou the 27th inst., at Maisonnette,...; yid
Gabriel, Devonshire, Maria, ow of the late 1-18`.
Holdsworth, Esq., of Dartmouth, aged 95. oadt
W ADDINGTON.—On the 28th inst., at 290, Esse-Ircett
Islington, Jamos Waddington, Esq., of Culeman-e
city, aged 62.

London : Printed and Pvbilshed by WILLIAIII ANDA
of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at TII SuN Office
Strand, in the Precinct of the 'Savoy, in the Counts
311ddleseA,--Thurenhy, September 29, 1804.