The Sun.
London, England, 1845-12-10 00:00:00

SPORTING REVIEW.

The illustrations to the Sporting Review are an en-
graving by Hacker, from Bateman's beautiful picture,
" Gone to Ground," which was exhibited in May last at
the Royal Academy's exhibition, and " Freshwater
Fare," a picture of some splendid perch, painted by
Niemann, and engraved by J. Wesley. One of the most
remarkable among the papers in this number, is that
entitled " A few Observations on the Arguments of the
Game-law Repealers;" which the author, while pro-
fessing to answer the arguments of the repealers, takes
no notice whatever of the grand argument on which the
others all rest, but taking it for granted that game is
property, argues that it ought to be protected by law in
the same manner as all other property. Now, this is a
mere begging. the question. The contention on the part
of the repealers is, that game is not, properly speaking,
property ; and we should certainly be glad to learn why
hares, pheasants, and partridges, should be considered
as property, when thrushes, blackbirds, and sparrows
are not.

Lord Adolphus Vane, second son of the Marquis
of Londonderry, will shortly join the Scots Fusilier Guards,
his Lordship haying exchanged from the Rifle Brigade
Mr. Peto is preparing plans for the improvement of
Lowestoft harbour, to be submitted to Government.

A correspondent states, that as Mr. Francis
Boston, of Haggerston, London, was proceeding on his way
home from Romford a few evenings since, about half-past five,
he was stopped in his cart and pulled out of it by two men,
who rifled his pockets of upwards of 401. in gold. The outrage
was committed at a short distance from the Rising sun, near
Stratford.—Essex Herald.

FORBIDDING BANNS.—A singular incident oc-
curred in the parish church, Preston, on Sunday morning
week. When the bsnns of marriage were published, a female
rose, and in a loud voice forbade the marriage of a
another couple
whose names had just been read over by the curate. In the
vestry, after the service, she alleged that the man resided
ta
in
Manchester, although he was described as of Preston ;ba
further objection was this—she pleaded, with tearsteinhresr,
eyes, that he had paid his addresses to her for hre years,
and The
and had now deserted her to marry
latter plea, of course, could not be entertained ; and person.ds the former
one, on inquiry, was found to be incorrect, the objection was
declared to be invalid.—Westmoreland Gazette.
BODMIN.—The Town-Council came to a resolution
on the 26th ult. That in consequence of the unprece-
dented failure of the potato crop, no toll will be taken on
wheat, barley, or oats brought into the market at Bodmin for
SR, le for the space of one year, from the Ist December."
GUANO IN THE ISLANDS OF THE RED SEA.—The
following is an extract from a letter written by Captain
Withers of the Colchester, at Aden, 9th November:—" Dur-
ing our passage down the Red Sea we were more fortunate
than in going up, as we discovered three islands with guano
on. The quality is more like the South-American titan that
from Icliaboe. The quantity, however, is small, say from
twenty to thirty tons on each, and it is scattered on the sum-
mits of the islands, Nliich are from 400 to 500 feet high, and
as the trouble of collecting it would be so great, we left it.
A small schooner was examining these islands. We examined
from 200 to 300 islands in all.—Liverpool
A TRANSLATION A VIOLATION OF COPYRIGHT.—
The Royal Gurt of Rouen has decided, on an appeal from the
inferior tribunal, that the translation of a work into another
language is still a violation of the law of copyright. In the
case before the Court, some French lectures on chemistry had
been translated into Spanish. The publisher of this transla-
tion was sentenced to pay I,ooof. fine, and all the copies were
ordered to be destroyed: