The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-07 00:00:00

NEW SPORTING MAGAZINE•

We are glad to see " Craven;;eitering his Prqsi!
against the unsportsmanlike practice of butchering ocee
in battues ; for ourselves, we can see little differ°
between the " wild wood craft" of Gotba and the air
poetical butcher-craft of the practitioners in the h7d
bs..t*
toir. If a Fportsmati really wishes to enjoy c
after the wild deer, let him go into Devonshire, 0,4
there he will see real sport. There the deer Nos
large in his native forest, and there he is not butch,ereo
but hunted in a fair and sportsmanlike manner. xrle
an excellent article on the red-deer we extras
t

Poll owing:— :„ one of his
No one who has not seen a stag at hay „go,
lovely, rugged, roaring rivers, bravely defending amt." It
the fast, can form a proper estimate of its enchantment-110W
is not enough to ride racing-pace over a few miles of fish
land with a pack of stag-hounds, and perchance at the us`i'do
to find a timid and perhaps unhealthy stag, which, be, by
the loss of his noble antlers, had well-nigh lost his seo_sse,"eterl
being but a few hours previously jolted for miles in a evoinrs
tax-cart safely ensconced in some muddy pond, or
,P, ple-
a cow-shed, or e'en a coal-yard, quietly awaiting 'l4 the
suers, to form an estimate of a run and a fini.l),'",.; must
Devon and Somerset stag-hounds. ; the rea-`l all
be hunted in his wildness and in his native country, '1 lofty
the resources which nature has afforded him; and his
wood-crowned hills, his rapid mountain torrents, hiai to
deep, dark, secluded pools, must be present to allow hunter
practise his accustomed craft and show sport to the noble
worthy his enjoyment. And then his rights—thasepolea
ornaments, the only protection which nature has
`pith
him—must notbe wanting! I would as soon course „oast
greyhound that had lost his tail, as hunt this 1101.)1'_.:. much
deprived of these his natural defences. I suspect 1-11%,-,, off
that the barbarity practised by other hunts, in sas"n7:pose
his antlers, is not only for the expressed but futile plybo,
of protecting her Majesty's liege subjects from harm- „ogioe
were they in danger from a bunted stag? I rathert!„iviag&
that sortie of these said stag-hunters have slight r°,:i7rights.
of their ability to take him, though at bay, when :fly de'
are perfect as nature formed them, and so they train order
lace his noble brow and rob him of his only defence: hardy
that they may the more safely attack him. Not s Ilea of his
Devonian ; he would scorn to hunt him when dePri‘%%nnid
' head,' as his horns are emphatically termed ver,
soon think of hunting him without his head. .0° ; w ells ftl`.
lays the hounds on the slot of a stag that is 11°"4,,,th,
nished ; and ha must hunt him, too, in his native.ln'tessitirt
for sport. I cannot conceive that there is any re'"' t-es
in hunting an animal deprived of his natural en has bee.
courage, and which perhaps for months or years, out of
confined in a paddock or stall, and then turned w°hiolre
cart, almost a prey to the hounds, in a country to eP;
is a perfect stranger. It may be enough for tilos it is 0°
light in steeple-chasing to hunt such a stag, ht" great?
sufficient for the true stag-hunter, whose sport is sSchiCh
counterfoiiing the manoeuvres of his game as that ,_‘.1,3
cod
lengthy runs aftbrd him. Our forefather* would Vs, shoilra
sidered it unmanly and unworthy of them,_ and 'Ve
we encourage what they would have derided?
area
rather in this enlightened age, with holhoundsl the
superior by far to what they possessed, seek to Ocetbein.
their hardihood than adopt a sport unbecoming to

RAILWAY ROBBERIES* trst'
It is evident from the circumstances that haleogir
pired during the recent investigations before I°ooo,,
trates at Guildhall, that a most nefarious atia,°/, to
tic scheme of railway plunder has been carried ollr
alarming extent by a gang of chevaliers clinch' s° :oe
taking advantage of the carelessness of those r, tbe
t
whose duty should oblige them to be vigiltul rsao
extreme, have become much more skilful in the tto dieri
and self-approbation of other people's properti,' cow'
own use, than any known process in law or eqtald,or
suggest. About three weeks ago a Mr. Mg, after
styled himself a "house and estate agent,
~,itted
patient examination of facts, was fully oalut '4e'd
stand hi 3 trial, as the receiver of certain giuv'isciorit'D
knowing them to have been stolen, and enueitrrestl
fraudulently to procure a sum of money for thel pstoe
ration; and his accomplice, the actual thief, on eO,
th
Garrett (a ci- (levant valet of Lord Auckland) bee'
criminating evidence of a host of witnesses hssof
te
also committed to abide the decision of a jusr sou°
countrymen. This individual, who has been cletee;
time under the surveillance of the Argos- aging, f°l
tive," but from his Mc tt übique mode of chanr„also,
only his " local habitation," but bis "n ame 15,54
for a length of time baffled discovery, but wr,,,oli° 9
detected by Mr. Inspector Collard, in the neigh;aed,of
of Lisson-green. On his lodgings being e7'll,,ii:tioli
at
most extraordinary and heterogeneous acetun,e efeu of
articles, which would cut a conspicuous AO'
" Rag Fair," met the officer's eye, every Pl,,tract
which has been, with singular dexterity, 31isci I)Ce,'
from the various railway luggage vans thstvoocer,;o
honoured with a visit from this eminent" eauv`t
Now, we certainly do conceive that very gree";tabl''be
indeed is attachable to those officials in saillvaY thscA",s
ments whose especial department it is toletl, loins'
passengers' luggage should be safely trausg";,eloo:4"
safely delivered up, to the proper owner at of Coll'.
aP-
tion of his journey ; otherwise such a series ° e lt
tive pilfering, could never have taken Plac-Vecinir
peered, on the investigation at Guildhall utlo ificll:l9s
day, that one of the witnesses (Mrs. White)' t d jAs tioc
ing after Mrs. Bedingfield's luggage, uuss
A,,,fotul",red'
" all right ;" but, on arriving in London, s"io"
e
it was " all wrong," and the property had fine C" b 1
Now, why should the porter, or man iu ph
the
the goods were, venture to assert that au ob WP-
s
without his being perfectly satisfied that as
for ki a
case, unless he had some ulterior motive '"; Ow,
doing, namely, that of lulling the pasienge-if 006,,
fahe security, and thereby conniving a.',n-neSs
tually aiding, the delinquent in bis di
suit. We do not mean to cast a 1711°111a
ab
demnation on those people, but we ctrbetair,
duce it, as a natural inference, from a'ff rci
de-
of attention to their charge, that theY ge-10°0ioti5:,e,
great facility to the plunderer to carry his I the P-
sit,;ns into effect. We would recommend to 0,004
tors of each railway to have every trunk, Piece of cts
&c., labelled with a certain number, on $ P•cicet
or ticket, and a similar number on another tl biagio
to the owner of the property, who, on kis, gear,
destination, should show his ticket to tu deg tb;
claim the articles marked with the corresporiolog
We imagine this plan, maugre the danger ()% of end
ticket, would add considerably to the securldeity,
sengers' luggage; and it is one Of great sig. fret.-
attended with the least possible trouble. 1...,"„ 06-
loss of property certainly calls loudly for
"
tion of the kind to be adopted.—The Shareliol

THE WANT OF SKILFU-Li thA
EARNEST OPERATIVES.
Every architect in practice has cause to coroPt'ul'
want of skilful and earnest operatives,—men who
the trade they profess to practice, find pleasurtf word" at
ercise of it, and are anxious to produce goo 2,,pare eeo
have, before this, commented on the dectinat proces, or
many of the constructive arts, and showed th°;., lass re
from excessive competition, which induces t'w,,rirboa,
require a certain quantity of work from a 1)443,00pe .0 tb9
ference to its quality : he cannot afford to d, work 10.00"
ability, but demands the greatest amount 01
wont do; e
smallest space of time; " superior work , and 0101
that will pass is all that he can hope to give; bode' 10'
tural result is, that our workmen, as
that thblo
gradually " lost their cunning,” and iaca e the
d are
jority of operatives now employe oat of 00,0
of executing work which is at all iford
common way. Our bricklaers and smiths atowia,
striking example of this decline; the old enthajes esPetrhel
still lingers, though feebly, amongst other trill: dielat:he
with the masons, seems to have departed fr° ride
we
do their work as mere labourers, and have no P b
din
suit. There are, of course, many clever exeePrve CIO
speak of the mass. Very glad should we be lievent.s i
1.0
to
duce a different feeling on the subject, at
them to and el‘;.
minds of the rising operatives, and induce ercise a-ncjea:
excel, and to find their chief pleasure in the of the aro Or
hibition of their skill. The earnestness es,,ge
workers is figured in the following curious Pasircil, ''Prh
" Apocrypha The smith sitting by the t e waste poioo
sidering the ironwork, the vapour of the ur „, • th.e eye
flesh, and he fighteth with the heat of the foTan;i ,bG
of the hammer and the anvil is ever in his 10)(et ,„:1,
look still upon the pattern of the thainndg,Zhiirch to r°'
setteth his mind. to finish his work,
perfectly."—The Builder.

,tlf

THE ATTRACTIVE MAN.--MrS. TrolloPer;thrSra
possesseS sources of entertainment as inexhautes,l4olo
which, in the hands of a certain individual of be% 00 eig:.,ol
amusement to a weary prince for a thou-an 0
it ive',;to
b be thr rice from
hearbudt inthteartestthineygaasrehalivkeelbye,einahtehrisnriesrrpaeticv:
the shade by a work whichis about to make its appear IS be , 0-
her pen, under the title of " The Attractive llan t yet tr:iis
her hero be a real or imaginary personage bas not
beiler''
pisrporirertseri das
it,
ti bb
would apply
irresistible—fortunate—and
enp
lapytreeeigeuanantledi cyl
singularly v ‘I well
ei tll th e reputat i 0 06 rs t ci re cti e
handsomest man of his time—as moving in tbli,theJ. pntotit,
fascine, ,rhe ~
or a very fortunate Prince, but wthoetalive.areccri:ePril-isrtoif` io'r-b_itnti
tractive Man," er whethere we must look els& le vollor
will soon be ascertained through the pages of gr''
"attractive" novel. mration
The reS— co'
ST. MARY REDCLIFFE, BRISTOL:"... vto be „„„a
of this justly celebrated parish church is now td all rio-
menced in earnest. The ground is to be le", d; the ccl;e3
the church, and a system of drainage introducesioe bri d
of
cel is to be new roofed; the east window, long of this el:tola
up, is to be opened, and the external masonry
to tile bo
,set;
the chancel, with certain parts on either side fr°,o- butrre,-0,0
to the top, including some of the -beautiful 11)•Iii7cerely 13010
and pinnacles, is to be wholly renewed. W
ild till the scoicb
that the masons will now never leave the the spire, illope,
building is restored, and the finial affixed to Air. A• 13. r 01
is to crown the glory of this noble Pi!e. ~ r tile fiver as
M.P., suggests that a separate subscription i;._atio in
spire should be made, and has forwarded a a v
it Ored'
thermic oef it.—The Builder. „,, --ma to
Lodge, Writtle,
ROBBERY WIT!! VIOLENL,.:_k,
as arel,
nesday night last, between ten and eleven o's,rarke, of G,here
named John Cunison, servant to Mr. S. A- ‘-'
bury
he had been receiving 1/. 2s. 6d• on his "rnordeirianbing
passing Mr. Hammond's wood, in CherrY-g. „.. soviet the
• throwing . to
was attacked by two men, who, first
hurled bar"' hiel'
over his head and face to mutlle him, ~„. upon
_;son
Writtle, was returning home from tlaiicscroV lics lig
ground with great violence, and then knee4"'ootr. unison
rifled
stone of
of their contents and Ma' rat'
sal'i the
states one of thc villains to have worn a short
sot' owe , be
frock, as iffor dis6uLe. The poor fellow wii, stoienr,,l
d ill-tre / se"
following morning from the violence sal
..o.__Che n
encountered as to require medical
assista"
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