The Sun.
London, England, 1844-10-21 00:00:00

THE SURREY STAG-HOUNDS.

The meeting season is just about to commence in Sur-
rey, the rain, which has been so anxiously looked for by
the lovers of the chase, having at length rendered the
country fit for the operations of hunting. The hariers
and fox-hounds have commenced operations for two or
three weeks, but owing to the dryness of the country and
the bad scent, there have been no runs worthy of being
recorded. On Friday the stag-hounds had a bye day,
and a select few who were in the secret assembled at the
Kennel. The pack has been very much improved since
last season, and a great many fine hounds have been
drafted into it from some of the crack packs throughout
the country, and the trial on Friday left very little doubt
that this pack, take it altogether, will be one of the
fastest in the kingdom. The deer selected for the occa-
sion was Nimrod, who is unknown in Surrey, but who
has often proved himself a clipper with the Queen's
hounds. He was uncarted at Riddlesdam, and he showed
that he understood his business by going straight away
at a rattling pace, crossed Hornsey-green, then towards
Warlingham, whore he headed back to the Godstone-
road, then back to Riddlesdown, and across the whole
length of the downs at a racing pace to Coombe Wood,
where there was a slight check, which was found very
acceptable by horses and the field, almost all of whom
had begun to cry " Bellows to mend." The gallant deer,
however, did not give them much respite, for he speedily
went away over Purley Downs, and nearly to the
southern entrance to Croydon, where he crossed the
railway, and again receded back to Crokam Hurst, then
over Addington Hills to Shirley, through Shirley Park
to Coombe, over Park Hill, and again crossed the rail-
way. At this time a train was a short distance off, and
the driver of the engine put on the steam-whistle to its
full strength, and the almost unearthly sound so alarmed
the deer that he almost literally flew across the rails.
followed by the pack and those of the field whose horses
were good enough to enable them to live with the stag,
and the dogs soon afterwards ran into him at the bottom
of the Greyhound-yard, and he was soon secured and
lodged in one of the stables of the inn. The time occu-
pied in the run was an hour and five minutes, and the
pace throughout was very severe. The regular season
with these hounds will commence next week, the meet
on Tuesday being at Rennel, and on Saturday at the
Spread Eagle, Epsom.

ARRIVAL OF THE WEST INDIA MAILS.---SOUTH-
AMPTON, OCT. 20.—The Royal West India Mail-packet
the Teviot, Captain Allen, arrived in the river at eight
o'clock this morning from the West Indies, and landed
her mails, which were sent to London by the ten o'clock
trains. Her dates are Demerara Sept. 19, Jamaica
Sept. 23, Barbadoes Sept. 24, Grenada Sept. 26, St.
Thomas Sept. 30, and Fayal Oct. 13. The Teviot has
36 passengers, and a small quantity of specie. A regular
line of packet ships is now forming to sail between this
port and Madeira, the first of which, the Dart, Captain
Newton, a very fine ship, will leave the dock on the 24th
inst., on her outward voyage. The noble steam-packet,
the Braganza, Captain Brooks, is now quite ready for
sea, and will to-morrow make a :trial trip round the Isle
of Wight, having on board a large party, to consist of
the Directors of the Oriental Company and their friends:
and on the 25th the Braganza will leave for Constanti-
nople. The Gibraltar packet is hourly expected with
the Peninsular mails.
SHIPWRECK—PORT STEWART,OCT. 16.—The John
Cleveland, bound from Strangford to Portrush, was last
night totally. wrecked at this place, having mistaken it
for her destined port. The sea is breakicg mountains
high over the wreck, scarce a vestige of the vessel re-
maining together. Tho captain and crow saved.—Newry
Telegraph.
JUSTICES' JUSTICE.—In dismissing a charge of in-
decent assault, alleged to have been committed in the
porch of a chapel, during service, the egregious Mr.
Greenwood, of the Clerkenwell-office, " cautioned the
accused against going into places of divine worship in
future." W hat, in the world, could be in the sapient
head of the magistrate ? He discharged the accused as
innocent, and, if innocent, why was he advised not to
go into places of divine worship ? If Mr. Greenwood
thought him guilty, the caution amounted to this—pursue
your filthy practices with more discretion in the choice
of place • a decent sort of admonition for a magistrate.
But his PiTorship had no right to address advice to a dis-
charged person, implying his guilt. If there was evidence
enough to warrant the admonition, there was enough to
warrant committal.—Eraminer.
REDUCTION OF RAILWAY FARES.. =We are pleased
to find that the Directors of the London and South-
Western Railway have been compelled to accommo-
date themselves to the times, and follow out the ex-
ample set them by the London and Birmingham Rail-
way and other companies, by a considerable reduc-
tion in the fares. We understand that they intend to
reduce the fares about twenty per cent. We trust that
they also will follow the plan for the building of their
second class carriages, the present ones being quite
unfit for travelling during the winter months. They
ought to be enclosed as they are on other lines.— Salis-
bury Journal.—[We fully concur in the suggestion of our
old and valued contemporary. The second-class car-
riages at present are worse upon the Southampton line
than upon any that we have travelled. Many who have
journeyed to London by the Exeter mail, have com-
plained bitterly of the second-class carriages in which
they have to travel some 70 miles in the coldest part of
the morning.—She: bourne Journal.
THE LATE DUCHESS OF MARLBOROUGH.—The
mortal remains of the deceased Duchess are to be depo-
sited is the family mausoleum in the chapel at Bleaheim.