The Sun.
London, England, 1846-02-09 00:00:00

SPORTING REVIEW.

A numerous collection of brief but capital contribu-
tions
; they are chiefly capital, but not all, one or two
sinking down below even mediocrity, particularly a very
(fortunately) short chapter, headed " A Safe Shot." It
is an attempt at the graphic and conversational, which
sinks to the common-place, while it taggs on to a clever
engraving from a painting by Arnfield upon the same
subject, like a briar to a lady's petticoat. Sweetmeat,
the property of Mr. A. W. Hill, is here presented to us
by the engraver of Hacker, and a worthy descendant of
Lollipop he appears to be, from that limning. Scribble
gives a rollocking " Day with the Pytchley," and, with
some similar sprightly and roystering effusions, The
Sporting Review passes muster this month with no little
credit.

THE DUKE 07 WELLINGTON ♦ND TEE Dovrn
VOLUNTESES.—Last week we noticed that active steps were
being adopted by an influential class of our young and
spirited townsmen, to constitute themselves into a body of
volunteers, to avoid the less noble militia service in the event
of the embodiment of that corps. Puraitant to this purpose,
John Hunt, Esq., town councillor, last week addressed a
letter to our Lord Warden, the Duke of Wellington, re-
questing his Grace, in the event of the militia being called
out, to allow the parties in question to act as volunteers
within this ancient Cinque Port. To Mr. Hunt's letter his
Grace has sent the following reply, which puts at rest the
notion which had got abroad that it was the intention of the
Government shortly to call out the militia :
" London, Feb. 3, 1846.
"Field-Marshal the Duke of Wellington presents his COM-
plitnents to Mr. Hunt. He has received his letter. The
Duke is the Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, and the Com-
mander-in-Chief of the Army ; but he is not aware that in
either capacity he has legal authority to enable him to orga-
nise and form bodies of armed men in the Cinque Ports. He
has no information upon the intention of the calling out of
the militia. It has been stated that one of her Majesty's ser-
vants has given notice, in the House of Parliament of which
he is not a member, of his intention to introduce a Bill for
the amendment of the militia laws. The Duke has not heard
that such Bill has been introduced.
" John hunt, Esq., Dover."
UNDERGROUND Roolus.—A correspondent of The
Budder, adverting to the contemplated revision of the Me-
tropolitan Buildings Act, draws attention to Schedule K,
which will render tenantless the underground apartments of
nearl♦ the whole of the small houses in London, after July,
1846, without remunerating the owners for the less of rent
for the same, although each of these houses has been built
agreeably to the old Act, and under the inspection of the
several district surveyors. Should Schedule K be not en-
tirely erased from the new Act at the expected revision, so
far as existing buildings are concerned, some provision
should be made to remunerate the owners of such property,
who are generally small tradesmen and frugal mechanics,
persons who ought to be assisted and not injured by Acts of
Parliament. 20,000,000/. were not long since voted to re-
munerate the rich owners of bureau flesh whose property in
the same was prohibited by Act of Parliament.
ROYAL HARWICH YACHT CLUB.—William Knight,
Esq., the Rear-Commodore of this club, has just received a
letter from his Excellency the Danish Minister at the Court
of London stating that the yachts of the club shall be free
from the charges in the harbours of that country. The
Harwich 'Yacht Club now contains forty-four sail, in addition
to a few on the stocks ; the privilege now conced(cdvle)3n-
Denmark has already been granted to the clubdby_e.l%_,
other powers, including Hanover, Prussia, Hololarn_Lsl3,
Portugal, &c. The Harwich regatta is fixed f.
!ever pre-
ARRAN.—We have received cos
correspondent in the islands of Arran,
the poor inhabitants of
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