The Sun.
London, England, 1828-10-13 00:00:00

DUKE OF ST. ALBANS' GRAND DAY OF
FALCONRY.
D'S. ej
N.W.--Arri.r
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The Duke of St. Alban's, Hereditary Grand Falcon-
e,otofEngland, gave a grand day of Falconry, at Red-
!nrn!,.on Wednesday last. Among the party who
were invited to partake of the entertainment were
the Mayor, Aldermen, Town Clerk, Sheriffs, and
Coroners of the county of Lincoln, the neighbour-
n gentry, and the tenants of his Grace. -At the
summit of the old arch at the lodge, a green flag
was hoisted, bearing the inscription of St. Albans',
ktid,urmounted by the arms and coronet. On the
east.side of the mansion, and on the left of the road
leading to the stables and outhouses, were placed the
feathered vassals of the Noble Duke, consisting of
eight tine falcons; they were each chained tol a sec-
tion
of a Lone of wood, about fifteen inches in height
and ten inches in diameter at the basement. They
Were unhooded but belled, and mostly sat at the
top of their posts. Six of these were taken for the
Voila of the day, the others being left to do garrison
duty.
, About 100 of the Duke's tenants assembled on
htirorseback in front of the hall, headed by the Stow-
and bearing green favours (the hunter's imme-
morial colour) ; the Hereditary Grand Falconer himself
,appeared dressed in the official costume of his post,
consisting of green jacket, a golden girdle, and
gauntlets
magnificently tritamed ; Spanish hat
I the Wandef_te kine(l up before, with a large white feather, bus-
nerchant .Drevo, 'n"es, and gold spurs. His Grace was mounted on a
ado t chestnut hunter. The Duchess, the Ladies
nith, from, .110, zeauclerk, and other ladies, came on the ground in
; Margaret: erbsk °Yen carriages and four. They were splendidly
inks, from dressed in Lincoln green and scarlet shawls. The
rrived the' tP, .c°lllPany having proceeded to the ground, the fal-
et'arY commenced..
*r IST FLIG
ved the Bea u, HT—A dog having pointed, a hawk was
00 itil freedom into n ooded and loosed;.. it rose with all the grace of
traits • andj
its native element, wheeling over the
t headsof•l- ;,
-
..he Hermes, ; sweeping to the right and to the left ; now
ersburgh. 1;11l1ag into mid-air in the distance, and now atten-
ived the di t've to the hawker's call, gradually contracting its
• 00. range of flight, and narrowing its, circles ; descend-
,
red the .0 :ill ,suddenly to the surface of the earth, and the
ngfiegain with equal abruptness. The partridge
n ; and Port wasshed, and tlew with the wind, towards the
company; the hawk marked it with apparent uncon-
-0- " cern, and as though little disposed to take the same
direction,t yet, without exactly pursuing any track,
Li
• e gradually neared it to within a certain distance,
',.l•twrigAt
ao;
av/.hen he suddenly. crossed on the bird's line of
absolutely
and, seizing It at a height of 30 or 40 yards,
salted
.strest.)°,l:
.bsolutely bore it in his beak, bleeding and scream-
it night, be • ing, over the heads of the company, and carrying
stated that . it I
road,
down into the belt of a plantation adjoining the
uite sober, 010010
The numerous company (400, perhaps, in
Cartwright t :ter) were equally astonished and delighted with
ird, and rout:00 the singularity and the effect of such a bold and no-
and Jones la vel action. The hawker brought the bird, which
alarm, a . was quite dead, to the carriage of the Duchess,
0 With the hawk on his hand, pecking the bleeding
hat the cotale
bead_ with its powerful bill. It was ascertained to
P ited them hithe " favourite hawk."
I..nother pereo°o ,
gienge and viotot
.2D FLIGHT—As soon as the hawk was loosed, the
ofr, aen qv wind carried it with great violence to the east ; and,
though the hawker exerted his utmost endeavours,
other man; the sound of his call did not appear to, reach the
beer, and uh ei r
beer or his rid,wbich kept wheeling in large circles, and mak-
ing for the east and north-east alternately. At
length it crossed the road at a distance, and flew off
almost in a tangent for the woods to the left of the
Company. The Duke galloped. after it with some
" drawers" or lures, attached to his girdle; and
cleared several fences in the boldest style; he was
followed by a number of other horsemen; and
though they came up with it again, it changed its
course, and got off out of all chance of being taken.
A considerable time was spent in the pursuit, which
was at length given up. From the bells attached
to its legs (on which the Duke's name is engraved)
it will be readily detected, and recognised as the serf
of the Grand Falconer.
3D FLIGHT—Though it was evident, from the
state of the wind, that there was great danger of
losing the hawks by persisting in the sport, his
Grace ordered. a third hawk to be tried. A bird was
flushed, on which it darted almost immediately, and
kilted in fine style ; a second bird arose, and -made
direct across the large field for the company. The
hawk was at a considerable distance, but bore ob-
liquely on the same line ; there was the fullest con-
viction that the bird would escape; when about
balf across the field, the hawk being at the height
of twenty yards above the partridge, flew rapidly,
as though passing over it, when it descended in a
sudden swoop, curving down with great force, and
striking the bird, which had lowered itself, with a
violence that made it roll over several times as it fell
on the ground, about twenty yards from the corn-
Pany. Yet the point of contact was not visible to
tile eye; the motion when it was struck could not
be traced; you only saw the effect. The hawk rose
again, and crossed the road; but soon returned over
the spot where the bird lay trembling; the partridge
again rose, and was cheered by the company as it
crossed just over their heads, and flew down a lane ;
the hawk followed it as though indolently, but soon
made a second dart, striking the partridge with vio-
lence into the ditch ; and thus killing both its birds
in good style.
At the termination of the hawking the company
Were entertained by the Duke and Duchess with a
most sumptuous banquet, and a splendid exhibition
of Are-works concluded the amusements.

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The Saxon Charge d'Affaires transacted busi-
neu oil Saturday at the Foreign Office.
MR. ROBERT MONTGOMERY.—This gen-
tleman has authorised us to state, that in his " Vision of
Hell" be never meant to enter Lord BYRON as a candidate
for preferment 'there. He adds, that his character of a
lofty degraded mind, was meant to be general, not particu.

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..rty degraneu
I from we are glad of this disclaimer, for"'wea;e quite
ful. It is afro sure ' sure that Mr. MONTGOMERY must have too much gene-
d being invol' rushy and talent to wilfully slander the memory of one of
sick. the first of men and of poets that England ever produced.
blackbir-A5 ELOPEMENT.--A small village in a neigh-
a few mile', laming county, to which we will not more distinctly
hich does uot b 0 allude, has been the scene of another of those afflicting in-
s laid out a nod eidents which destroy the peace of virtuous families, and
apple, to - leave wretchedness and misery where happiness and con-
consequencell 01 tentment once prevailed. The amiatile family of the
dims have t Vicar consisted of himself, his wife, and two infant
r children. The lady, who had not been married more
j
than four years, and who was remarkable for an artless
cock phefr—oosfes, and unassuming simplicity of manner, which gained her
nage, was 0 .4. friends wherever she went, had of late much un-
of credeah," •
easiness to her husband and more immediate acquaintances,
by an apparent disregard of those peculiar duties apper-
taining to her station, the performance of which at ono
time appeared her greatest pleasure and comfort. The vil-
lage school where she had been wont to preside was ne-
glected ; the cottage of the poor and industrious pea-
sant was no longer visited ; and a visible restlessness
appeared in her manner and disposition, at once pain-
ful and alarming. Still the causes of it were never
str,-z;ised, until one day last week, when, having
taken a i4iwnips walk, she did net return at
the usual dinner hour, F.yen then, for some time,
the real nature of her absence was not for a mo•
meat guessed at, but, as night approached, her
wardrobe was examined, and it was then found that the
more valuable portion of its contents were missing. Sus-
picion, which until this hpur had never had a place in the
unhappy husband's breast, now occupied full sway, and,
indeed, every fresh elucidation only tended to strengthen
it, TIT most valuable of her trinkets were also missing;
her writing cipsk had been completely ransacked, and
every paper burnt and it was then stated by the nurse-
maid that her mistress bad cried a good deeal,:fuonstrgtehe
last two or three days, when caressing hr yo
infant. Two friends of the clergymen, from information
TheY privately obtained, proceeded in a post-chaise on
the road to and they soon learned that the object of
their inquiries, accoMpanir4 by a gentleman, bad passed
about al; houra berm tllegi, travelling at raid rate.
further• pursuit was not considered necessary, aim the ill-
gitives continued their flight uninterruptedly. The gem-'
tlernan, our correspondent inform us, had -been on a visit,
for sortie time past at the house of a wealthy uncle resid-
.ing in the neighhourhoral, and had been received in habits
of familiarity and friendship by the man whose confidence
he hay yq cruelly and unblushingly betrayed..—Reels
'Mercury.

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