The Sun.
London, England, 1833-12-02 00:00:00

MONTHLY MAGAZINE.

This periodical—so says the preface—is in
future to be under the management of " a
Society." The Editorial " We" is henceforth
to have a literal as well as metaphorical meaning.
We hope it may succeed under its new super-
intendence, and falsify the old adage, that " too
many cooks spoil the broth." The present
Number is in every respect a superior one. The
articles are light and readable, numerous, and
full of variety. " The Sanctuary" is a tragical
story, skilfully handled. " A Dinner at Poplar
Walk" depicts the agonies of a sensitive old
bachelor who, notwithstanding his horror of
dogs and children, is overpersuaded to dine with
a friend who has a particular affection for both.
Of course the poor gentleman is in fine nervous
condition throughout the evening ; but it
is impossible not to laugh at the details
of his exceeding tribulation. " The Living
and the Dead" is a tale of the Minerva
Press school. A single gentleman (a surgeon)
falls in love with a married lady. She recipro-
cates his affection, greatly to the disgust of her
husband, who, fearing, naturally enough, that
his wife's heart-ache may occasion him a head-
ache, and that while passion shoots up in her
breast, something else may shoot up on his
temples, hurries home, surprises the fond cou-
ple, one of whom is leaning against the other,
and kills both with one shot from a double-
barrelled gun. Unfortunately, however, he finds,
when too late, that he has been premature in
his suspicions. The young gentleman was not
improperly embracing the young lady, but merely
attending in his professional capacity, to pull her
double-tooth out ! " A Day on the Moors" is
a spirited, graphic sketch, breathing the fresh air
of the mountains. " Hints to Sportsmen" is
from the pen of our old " Monthly" acquaint-
ance, Captain Cram, a most delightful romancer,
who packs up his little exaggerations—oh, call
them not falsehoods !—in the neatest and corn-
pactest form possible. The Captain is evidently
a born-genius. He has a fine conception of a
bounce, and luxuriates in lies, like a cow in a
clover field. He would make a capital hand at
a Alinisterial explanation. We subjoin a few
of his sporting aphorisms :

" RULE I.—Always load your gun when on the cock,
by which you lose no time in bringing your piece to your
shoulder, a great advantage ; and if you possess common
caution, you ruu no risk of blowing your bead off while
ramming down your charge.
" RULE 2.—When a covey gets up, always fire bang
into the middle of it.—lt is all nonsense about singling
out a particular bird ; take my word, it is easier to miss
one bird than to miss a dozen.

" RuLe 3 —When you are very desirous of game,
instead of shot, fire your ramrod.—By this plan you may
spit three brace at one shot. I have known it done.

" RULE 4.—When you scramble through a hedge, by
all means let your gun be at the full cock.—Caution should
be the characteristic of a good sportsman ; if you shoot
your friend, you will be cautious for life.
•. RULE s.—lf a single bird gels up on your friend's
side, shoot at it by all means.—The old system is only to
fire at those on your own side, which I hold to be a losing
game; for if your friend brings down his bird, he bags
it ; whereas, if you fire also, you have the benefit of the
doubt, which is settled by tossing up. Never mind the
old gag of it being unfair—the atTbur of a sportsman is a
good excuse.
" RULE 6.—When you meet with a hare on her form,
kill it if you can.—lt is all stuff about being unsports-
manlike—don't attend to such rubbish. My advice is,
fill your bag.
" RULE 7.—Never brag of being a good shot. Hold
this as a maim ; if, for example, you have leave to shoot
over a gentleman's grounds, and are successful, which you
are pretty sure to be, if you follow my rules, and are any-
thing of a shot, send your man home with the game, then
call at the house and leave a brace of birds, being the whole
contents of your bag—you will be condoled with, and
have unlimited leave to shoot.

" RULE B.—When you enter a field, Iloilo t and bawl
as loud as you can. It will save you much trouble,
for you will see at once whether there are any birds there.
" RULE 9.—Always train your dog to chop his hird
from each covey. With a good brace of dogs, so trained,
!:.nd a double-barrelled gun, I would bag more game than
any man in England.

RULE 10.—Choose your doge of the highest possible
courage. By this precaution you can gratify yourself by
thrashing your dog whenever you miss, without fear of
spoiling him.

" Rums 11.—The instant a pheasant rises blaze away
at him. My reason for this innovation is, that if you
miss, you will have time to pitch your hat at him."

THE QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF
AGRICULTURE

Maintains its high character as a well con-
ducted periodical of its kind. Of course we do
not agree in all the sentiments expressed by the
writers, but the articles on the foreign corn trade,
on the excretory powers of plants and some
others, are full of information. That of Mr.
Hawkins on agricultural statistics is valuable for
the suggestions, as well as some curious and
interesting facts it contains. A few of the
latter are worth quoting. He gives the folowing
table of certain statistical particulars relating to
England and Wales.

In 1801. In 1811. In 1821. In 1831.
- --
Population 9,168,000 10,502,000 12,218,000 13,894,000
Familes chiefly em-
ployed in agriculture
Average quarters of
Wheat imported in
the five years ending
Ist January 652,000 i 683,00( 768,000 1,542,000

It is clear from this t
the country is every yea,

,hat the population of
r outgrowing its home
no use to talk of the

supply of corn. Lis o

moors and hogs which could be cultivated if a
sufficiently high
price could be obtained for the
produce. The farmers could no doubt make
the tops of houses produce wheat if the price
were high enough, but ought the people, will
the people pay a high price for all their corn,
in order that a small additional quantity may be
forced from our impoverished soils, when an
abundant supply may be got from abroad. The
above table shows, and the writer acknowledges,
that nearly two millions of people are supported
by corn imported from the continent. Ough!
they to be compelled to give a high price for it
in order to enable the landlords to place what
price they please upon the consumption of the
remainder ?