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

MARIkET NEWS --(THIS DAY.)

EC.A.ifiVirtSCICSTS.
Surriirtzu).—Old Meadow Hay, 41 4s to 5/ 8s; new
ditto, 3/ lOs to 41 12s; Old Clover, 5/ 55 to 6/ 6s •; new,
ditto, 41 lOs to 5/ 8s; Oat Straw, 1/ 14s to 11 16s; Wheat
Straw, 11 16s to 1/ 18s per load. A fair average supply,
and a steady demand.
CUMZERLAND.—OId Meadow Hay, 41
5s to 5/ 105 ; new,
ditto, 31 12s to 41 15s; Old Clorer, 5/ to 6/ ; new ditto,
41 lOs to 5/ 55: Oat Straw, 1/ 14s to 11 16s; Wheat Straw,
1/ 17s to 1/ 19s per load. Trade firm, at the above
quotations.
WHrrEcuArm.—Old Meadow Hay, 4/ 4s to 5/ 10s;
new, ditto, 31 lOs to 41155; Old Clover, 51 5s to 6/ lOs;
new, ditto, 4/ lOs to 5/ 8s; Oat Straw, l/ 14s to 11 16s,
Whet Straw, 1/ 14s to 1/ 16s par load. Supply good,
and trade rather dull.

MAGAZINES-(CONTINUED.)
THE SPORTING MAGAZINE.
The present number, in addition to the usual chronicle
of the sporting events of the month, contains man}
papers on subjects of permanent intercat to the sports-
man. Of these, the most valuable is that on the edu-
cating of horses, by Harry Hieover. Every breeder and
trainer should study this paper attentively. The illus-
trations are, " The Canter before the Race," engraved by
Eagleheart, from a design by:E. C. Turner; and "Flush-
ing a Woodcock," engraved by Beckwith, a design
by Bateman.

NEW SPURTING MAGAZINE.
We are glad to see " Craven" entering his protest
against the unsportsmanlike practice of butchering deer
in battues ; for ourselves, we can see little difference
between the " wild wood craft" of Gotha and the un-
poetical butcher-craft of the practitioners in the Abat-
toir. If a sportsman really wishes to enjoy a chase
after the wild deer, let him go into Devonshire, and
there he will see real sport. There the deer roams at
large in his native forest, and there he is not butchered,
but hunted in a fair and sportsmanlike manner. From
an excellent article on the red-deer we extract the

following:—
"No one who has not seen a stag at bay in one of his
lovely, rugged, roaring rivers, bravely defending himself to
the last, can form a proper estimate of its enchantments. It
is not enough to ride racing-pace over a few miles of meadow
laud with a pack of stag-hounds, and perchance at the finish
to find a timid and perhaps unhealthy stag, which, besides
the loss of his noble antlers, had well-nigh lost his senses by
being but a few hours previously jolted for miles in a covered
tax-cart safely ensconced in some muddy pond, or perhaps
a cow- shed, or e'en a coal-yard, quietly awaiting his pur-
suers, to form an estimate of a run and a finish with the
Devon and Somerset stag-hounds. No ; the red-deer must
be hunted in his wildness and in his native country, with all
the resources which nature has afforded him ; his lofty
wood-crowned hills, his rapid mountain torrents, and his
deep, dark, secluded pools, must be present to allow him to
practise his accustomed craft and show sport to the hunter
worthy his enjoyment. And then his rights—those noble
ornaments, the only protection which nature has afforded
him—must notbe wanting! I would as soon course with a
greyhound that had lost his tail, as hunt this noble animal
deprived of these his natural defences. I suspect me much
that the barbarity practised by other bunts, in sawing oti
his antlers, is not only for the expressed but futile purpose
of protecting her Majesty's liege subjects from harm. When
were they in danger from a hunted stab? I rather imagine
that some of these arid stag-hunters have slight misgivings
of their ability to take him, though at bay, -when his rights
are perfect as nature formed them, and so they cruelly de-
face his noble brow and rob him of his only defence in order
that they may the more safely attack him. Not so the hardy
Devonian ; he would scorn to Lunt him when deprived of his
' head,' as his horns are emphatically termed ; lie would as
soon think of hunting him without his head. No! he never
lays the hounds on the slot of a stag that is not well fur-
nished; and he must hunt him, too, in his native fastnesses
for sport. I cannot conceive that there is any real pleasure
in hunting an animal deprived of his natural energies and
courage, and which perhaps for months or years has been
confined in a paddock or stall, and then turned out of a
cart, almost a prey to the hounds, in a country to which lie
is a perfect stranger. It may be enough for those who de-
light in steeple-chasing to hunt such a stag, but it is not
sufficient for the true stag-hunter, whose sport is as great in
counterfoiling the manoeuvres of his game as that which his
lengthy runs afford him. Our forefathers would have con-
sidered it unmanly and unworthy of them, and why should
we encourage what they would have derided? W e should
rather in this enlightened age, with hounds and horses
superior by far to what they possessed, seek to excel them in
their hardihood than adopt a sport unbecoming to them."

RAILWAY REVIEW.
This is the first number of a new monthly periodical
devoted to the subject of railways. It reached us at so
late a period that we have only had time to glance at its
contents. It scorns to present an accurate condensed
account of the railway proceedings of the past month.

TILE ART- I, AVON.
It was with a melancholy feeling that we read in the
present number of the Alt-Union the biographical
sketch of W. Milner. Poor Miller was the kindest and
best-hearted of human beings—a man whose whole soul
was devoted to his art, and
i whose genius made itself so
felt and appreciated that t excittd the envy of older
artists. He sent six pictures to the Royal Academy this
year ; gems of art they were, but, alas ! those in power
dreaded the competition of Muller, and his six pictures
were hung either close to the ceiling or on the floor. On
this subject the Art-Union says—
" Indignation is a weak word to express the feeling of
Miiller's tiicnds, when they saw that the whole of his noble
contributions were placed so as to induce a belief that there
existed a conspiracyto ruin him. Accident might have led
to the injurious hanging of one,
.or even two, but when they
saw six of his pictures hung either close to the ceiling or
along the floor, it W£ls difficult to arrive at any other n-
elusion than that there was a deliberate design to crush and
destroy a man of genius. Deliberate or not, this terrible evil
resulted: we cannot hesitate to say that the Royal Academy
as certainly killed William as if they had stabbed his
heart with a steel weapon."
Now, as the Royal Academy claims. to be a national
institution, and has rooms for its exhibitions, &c., at
wi the
expense of the nation, we trust that Parliament ll
atm institute a searching inquiry into the manner in which
'r of they exercise their functions, and take such measures as
u 7 shall effectually prevent for the future the Royal Aca•
iy. demicians from giving vent to their mean and petty
- jealousies at the expense of better men than themselves.
We envy not the "banging committee" of the Academy
Leh their feelings.
and

befF?riesttEwoAoT,eillocour:LaofiwreaoTf.—a
vAelroyn,sa ilesytruacfitievrenoon shortly
character,,
and
which for some time caused considerable alarm in the neigh-
bourhood, broke out in the premises belonging to Mr. George
Flowers, a builder, &c., Queen's-road, Lower Holloway.
When first discovered the flames were raging furiously in
the workshop, a brick and timber building, about 50 or 60
feet long by 15 or 20 feet wide. This compartment contained
a large quantity of building materials, but owing to the ra-
pidity of the fire, none of them could be saved. The parish
engines were quick in arriving, and no time was lost in set-
ting them to work. Meanwhile a messenger was sent to
London with intelligence of the outbreak to the brigade and
West of England stations. Owing to the inflammable nature
of the stock upon the premises, the fire speedily extended to
the saw-pits, and from thence to the stable and a store-house
adjoining; it then communicated to the roof of a two-story
cottage, which it set iu a blaze. The Farringdr and Wat-
ling-streets brigade engines, with the West of England one
arrived at the scene in rapid succession, and by the exertions
of all parties, the fire was at length subdued, out not befor
de-
e
property to the value of several hundred ppds was
stroyed, and unfortunately Mr. Flowers was not insured.
LAMENTABLE ACCIDENT.--A letter, dated Ath-
lone, Oct.l, narrates the following melancholy accident :
"I regret much to inform you that on Monday morning
last, at the hour of ten o'clock, Mr. William
he lat Gregore
y, soh
of the Rev. Mr. Gregory, and grandson Right
Hon. William Gregory, of Dublin Castle, who as in the
revenue police stationed in this town, went w
in a boat
belonging to Mr. Levinge from Temple Island, taking
with him two of the revenue police under
since which no account has been heard of them. There is
now no doubt but all are lost. Every boat has been sent
out, together with persons in different directions along the
lanes adjoining the lakes from this to
accLanesbo Trough. The
revenue boat has just returned :no ount. h
fact
The two
men, with Mr. Gregory, were fine young fellows; in ,
nothing now can equal the anxiety that !s. felt for theira fate.
The officers came here only yesterday to inspect,Mr.
Gregory existed, itis presumed nothing would have prevented
his being present. I have only time to say that there is
no doubt but that Mr. Gregory and his two companions have
been drowned."
The late Colonel John Shelton, when at Calcutta,
and on the eve of einbarking for Europe in the llindostan
steamer, in the year 1843, executed his will, in which, after
leaving 1,0001. to his god-daughter, Miss Fanny Codd, and
other testamentary dispositions, he directs his executors,
I. F. Watson and E. S. Codd, Esqrs., to purchase a landed
estate to the full amount of his property, for his nephew,
Lieutenant W. Shelton ; the estate always to remain in thee
family, and the possessor to take the name of Shelton, B-
sides his property in Ireland, and 110,000 rupee
es,
his pe d
Be-
sides
estate and funded property in England teto
25,000/. The deceased was Lieutenant-Colonel commanding
her Majesty's 44th Foot, and a Major-General in the East
Indies.
THE VANGUARD STEAMER .---011 her way from
Glasgow to Dublin this steamer went ashore in a fog near
Belfast Lough. After remaining aground for about three
hours, she floated off, without, we are happy to say, any
accident. She left Dublin for Cork at nine o'clock last
evening, and arrived at Passage to-day, after a splendid run
of fifteen hours from Dublin,. against a strong head wind.—
, Cork Southern, Repel tev