The Sun.
London, England, 1827-02-01 00:00:00

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TUESDAY.--Anakened by a loud report near the house, and
greeted with the pleasing intelligence, that a spring-gtui, which I
had set yesterday, without giving due notice, had lacerated the
leg of one of my keepers, in such a manner as to render arnpnta
tion necessary. Must, of course, maintain the man for the feet of
hie life !—ten children ! How inconsiderate in people, of hie Ora.
tion in life, to beget such a swarm ! Sallied out, after an *ley'
breakfast. Shot at a bird, which fell on my neighbour Tally t;
side of the hedge ! Went after it—Tallyho himself behind the
hedge ! Verily believe the fellow was lurking in ambush..
He taxed me with a wilful trespass—High words and a
regular breeze. Forgot the scrub was a magistrate, and swore
fiercely. He called upon me to pay a fine—laughed him to scorn.
Detected my tailor carrying a double-barrelled gun on his Ai:Udder
(what will this world come to !) peering over the hedge from the
high road, into one of my turnip fields, the resort of two ecrveys! '
—never felt in such a sanguinary mood before. Greatly disap-
pointed by the rascal's giving up his meditated inroad, in eons..;
quence of his perceiving me, before I could conceal myself. ? Nit
WEDNESDAY.—Found the words, " bloody-thirsty tyrapii'd
chalked on my walls this morning ; owing, no doubt, *if*
of spring-guns, and my keeper's accident. Received no
action having been commenced against me by the three y 4
worthies, treating my advertisement respecting them as libelkuve.
I saw more than one of the fraternity hovering about the m*
of my estate yesterday. Indeed, in every past I.lsasett, halkuir.
officers have been my greatest torments.
TIMRSDAT.—Took the coach this morning to A---, to con-
suit my attorney as to my liability to an action for libel, jn sant-
sequence of my advertisement: Found that my three men Weta.*
but too correct in their law ; and was informed, moreover, bt MY
bookseller, that they, or one of them, have ventured to publish a
pamphlet, containing observations on my conduct in the preaarre.
tion of game, in which they described me as a perfect hero; Mr
informant adding, with au insufferable expression of countenance,
triem. to put this fellow down on my black list), that the pamph-
let
has a great sale. Met Captain O'Bloodandthundes,--always
thought him a very cool hand. He had the impttdence, on pees-
iog his poulterer's shop, to ask me to go in with him, as he want-
ed to purchase a hare, and a brace of partridges, although he knew
me to be a game proprietor. Considered it infra. dig. to tale ,
offense on such an occasion, so I accompanied him into an inner
room, the poacher's sanctum sanctorum. The game WB3 qnickif
produced, and the captain requesting a warranty of its freshnees,
the foul dealer assured him it had but just entered his shop, direct-
ing him, for a confirmation of this statement, to look through a
little curtained window, into a back room. I also, out of idle
curiosity, little expectant of the sight that awaited me, took the
liberty of a peep, and beheld, in the act of arranging a basketful'
of game on the table, the quintessence of rascality in the shape of
my own gamekeeper, who had obtained permission to go to town
that morning, under pretence of visiting a dying relation, and
whom I had always hitherto considered the most trustworthy of
my menials.

SATURDAY.-While engaged in extinguishing the flames, I had
heard several shots fired on my estate, and dispatched James and
Thomas, well armed, to reconnoitre. James, ere long, returned
alone, covered with blood, and other marks of an affray with the
poachers ; and stated, that Thomas had been so severely beaten,-
that he could not walk home without assistance. • This was more
than I could endure, I rushed out with my double-barrelled.
heavily loaded, determined on desperate satisfaction ; but I had
scarcely set foot on my lawn, e'er a spring gun, which had been
removed from a neighbouring plantation by the ruffians who had
set fire to my house, laid me prostrate, the contents severely grat-
ing
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wound
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Theu n having
confinementluckily, intervened,
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necessary consequence of this accident, gave sae ample time and
opportunity for sober reflection. When the catastrophes of the
week, and every event which memory could recall, connected with
my preservation and pursuit of game, and every pain of mind and
body which it had caused me, passed in mental review, I saw the
egregious folly and childishness of such ardent attachment to an
idle pastime, and the culpability of needlessly throwing a strong
temptation in the way of my poor neighbours, for the men sake
of selfish amusement with a clearness of conviction, which; in
gorous health, had never shuck me.

no novelty—rwho
LITERARY MAGNET.
There is a light information about this glittering Pe-
riodical exceedingly amusing—instructive, we were going
to say, but truth forbids us. The chapter "on Literary
enough—butliThe " maxims to
e
live by" possess some solid information, and accordingly
Imveprudloeonkcse,';orismloaduegshtaybilne
we give an extract from them :
Ten friends are dearly purchased, if acquired at the expense of
a single enemy ; for the latter will take ten times the pains to
injure you, that the former will take to do you eervice.—Proba.
turn est.

has subsided, I),e telatalla2rgaminoss;
a s thelt
Success affords us the means of securing additional success ;
deservedly celebrated writers have produced their chefs d'oeuvres ;
possession
is aft
„ it i„fter the eruption of a volcano, that the land in its vicinity
is usually the most fertile.
the ofh hey-day
capitalrd y enables bp lite :
passion
o
What is fame ? The advantage of being known by people, of
whom you yourself know nothing, and for whom you camas little.
I think it is Pope, who has somewhere remarked, that to pur-
chase books indiscriminately, because they may happen to have
the name of an eminent publisher attached to them, is just as ab-
surd, as it would be to buy clothes which do not fit you, because
they happen to have been made by a fashionable tailor.

NcontemptiblepTOtßit;
This Periodical is no le
rival
to the 'tarot.
It is not quite as good just at present, but intends shortly,
INSPECTOR.
we have no doubt, to be better. Meantime, we are grate-
ful for what we have got offered up in the bill of fare be-
fore us. " Remonstrance of true love to L.. E. L." is
exceedingly lachrymose, too much so, indeed, for out sen-
sibilities, and accordingly we shall pass it innompas""
to the nerves of our fair Readers-. : ~ Loye under the
rose" is another. meritorious Mouthful of sentiment...-
" Latest Intelligence from the Moon," is p, dainty, piquant
article; we have ourselves the latest intelligence from
almost every sublunary quarter of
.1
* information from the globe; but having0
no Reporter in the Moon, any *l6
that very respectabli planet; isUf eontie iiceptabre.- "K A

Chapter on Waists," is lively, sketchy, and original ; and
dives all due importance to its subject. Our own defini-
tion, however, of a lady's waist, differs toto ccelo from the
author's; he seems inclined to think that it should be in-
visible to a short-sighted man, at four yards distance; we
are more terrestrial in our notions of female symmetry,
for though advocating the- slender, yet we abomi-
nate the invisible, in, a lady's figure. How, we ask,
are 'we to fall in love with a virgin whose fairy
form we tail only see through an opera glass ? The
idea, however sentimental, is monstrous. " Contributions
by distinguished Contemporaries, Miss Landon," is
pretty poem—as pretty indeed as its fair authoress, who
biking her as a whole, has as bewitching a pair of black
eyes las 7a lady could wish to see with. We trust this
atatement will ensure a favourable consideration of the
poem. A lady with good eyes must be clever :—This at
least is our logic.

LA BELLE ASSEMBLEE
Is this month distinguished by as masterly a portrait of
the late Duke of York, both with respect to likeness and
execution, as we ever remember to have seen. But the
engravings in this Magazine are always first-tate.