Star.
London, England, 1826-10-31 00:00:00

FIELD•SPORTS FOR NOVEMBER.

FROM 7115 ANNALS OF SPORTING.
Clad all about with mists, and eluster'd o'er
With densest fogs, and vapours of the air,
Lo, dull November, like a thing of care,
Comes darkly on the world. The trees, before
So gaily coloured, are all stripped and bare,
And the last ling'ring leaf—it will not flutter more.
Yet all's not dreary, there are sunny hours
E'en though this courier of the winter comes :
What let but joy to sportsmen when, there lours
Clouds in the sky, and sulky Boreal; hums,
A fitting symphony with southern showers ?
0 then full well the dauntleu hunter knows
Dear is the Illont4 to him, delight the gale it blows!

November may be regarded as the most busy sporting
month of any during the year ; and, because it is so, w•e
shall be shorter than usual in our ob ervations here
for the present. Let it suffice to sayrthat every species
of game may now be lawfully pursued. and, this stated,
we go on to observe that grouse, at this period, will not
generally lie well, or, in other words, they will be diffi-
cult of approach, except, indeed, in places where they
have been but little disturbed. Speaking comparatively,
we should say that this species of game is the most wary
to be dealt with of any, requiring the utmost patience
and tact of the sportsman.
Woodcocks will, in all probability, be plentiful during
the month, as they, made their appearance much earlier
than they have generally been accustomed to do. A
relation of the writer observed one of these .‘ long billed
wanderers" on the 2d of September, in the township of
Aintree, a few miles from Liverpool ; and several others
were subsequently seen in the same neighbourhood, as
well as in other parts of the kingdom.
Pheasants, like partridges, have been found very
plentiful, and, in general, well grown ; though some
small birds have fallen under the observation of the
writer, arising no doubt from the parent birds being
disturbed in their original nestling, a circumstance com-
mon also to the partridge.
Coursing commenced at an early per iota, and will now
be general throughout Great Britain, as well as in the
Sister Kingdom also ; though coursing in that country
is not so common, nor yet so cultivated and improved
as in England. The Irish sportsmen would allpear more
partial to hunting ; they are, for the most part, fearless
riders, and it is, perhaps, more owing to this circum-
stance than any other that Irish horses leap so well, and
are in general such excellent hunters.
Fox-hunting will soon become general ; the first Mon-
day in November is considered as the commencement
of the hunting season for the Cheshire fox-hounds, (Sir
Harry Maiawaring's ;) the Quorndon (Mr.Osbaldeston's)
usually commence a week or two earlier. November is,
in fact, Most welcome to the fox-hunter ; although we
are sometimes told that it is a Month in which, of all
others, Englishmen are inclined to Wear a sallow melan-
choly, and to make their wills ; this, however, is not,
we are quite sure, very applicable to the sportsman.

The Leominster Bank is paying a first dividend of
es. ed. in the pound.
The scene of the New Work (THE Tort HILL), by
the Author of Brambletye House, is laid chiefly in England, in the
time of HUSSY the EIGHTH, just previous to the commencement
of the Reformation, the early symptoms of which are turned to
good account, in the imaginary story, which, we hear, is of a very
remarkable kind. The extraordinary characters who actually duo.
rished in that memorable period. are depicted with much dramatic
skill, and made to assist in the developement of the plot. Of these,
the most prominent will be found to be Haar the &aim him-
self, the stately and crafty Cardinal WoLsay. Cremona, of Aa.-
tacos, and Anna /3ocisyv • to say nothing of the dissipated
" Court railer*" and debar who sorroomfed the Inactions
Monarch.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

BITTING-ROQM, TAITERSALL'S, Orr. 50.
The following is a statement of the aids at &. James's Ibis vsR.
ins, nothing bettig.done at Tattersall's In consequence of the ab.
seam of the subscribers at the Newmarket Nought's Meeting.
Dalin%
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13 to 1 apt c. by Phantom 1 s to 1 apt Toler
144 to 1 apt brother to &hid int to I agst c. by Little John
17 to 1 agar Catherine No others mentioned.
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12 to 1 apt Belvoirina 3 to 1 apt any other
11
1.
DOWASTIII SI. LNG M.
14 to 1 on the field.
Match-600 to Sop on Babel apt Adel's* (taken)
NEWMARKET HOUGHTON MEETING.
Nzwataardsv, MONDAY APIIIIIIOON, 4 &Moat.
Notwithstanding the inauspicious state of the weather, the heath
this morning was attended by an almost miprecedented number of
the Nobility, including, amongst many others, the following highly
name,--
.( Grafton, Duke of Richmond, Duke of Portland, Mar-
of Exeter, Marquis Graham, Earl of Jersey, Berl of Orford,
Earl Stradbroke, Earl Clanwilliam; Lord G. Cavendish, Lord
Wharnellire, Lord Kensington, Lord Fitzroy, Lord Alvanky, Lord
Clinton, Lord Milton, Lord Lowther, Lord C. Somerset, lion: B.
Petre, Hon. G. Anson, Hen. Mr. De Roes, Hon. Talbot, $r
J. Shelley, Sir J. Byng, Gen. Grosvenor, Col. Udny, Col. Mein,
Col. Anson, Col. Synge, Major Mundy, Major Hoare, Capt. Lee.
sots, Capt. Hunter, Col. Russell. Poyntz, Esq. M. P. C. Greville,
Rag. C. Wilson, Esq. Irby, Req. Holyoake, Esq. Payne,
Esq. Mills, Esq. Molony, Esq. Ratios, Esq. Rush, F.sq.
Some idea may be formed of the importance of the meeting, when
we state that eleven races were appointed fur today. The follow-
ing are pa rticulars—a

S;veepstalies of NO soya. each, h. ft. net. Sib. T.Y. C.
General Grosvenor's eh. f. Spite . . 1
Lord G. H. C.svendisles f. by Partisan . . . 2
Mr. Greville's b. f. by Waterloo . • Pci
6to 4 apt Spite. Won by half a length. Cliff rode the winner.
Sweepstakes of 100 sovs. each, h. ft. *sr colts and 6Wes warranted
not to have bad a sweat before the 29th of April, 1926. Colts,
list. 71b. Wes, list. 41b. T.Y.C.
Mr. Hunter's ch. c. by Gustavus . 1
Mr. H. Scott's ch. f. by Gustavus . • 2
Mr. Dilly's bl. c. by Blacklock . . . 3
Mr. Greville's br. e. by Waterloo . . . 4
Mr. Wilson'o b. e. by Filho da Puta . . • Rd
Even on ch. e. by Gustavus. Won by a head. Arnull rode the
winner.
The Scrub Stakes of 100 soya. each, h. ft. for colts, sit. 71b. and
fillies, list. 41b. not engaged in the Derby, Oaks, or Riddles-
worth Stakes. R. M.
Lord Anson 's ch. c. Noureddin . . 1
Mr. Dilly's b. c. Wamba . . . . 11
Lord Jersey's C. by Phantom . . . . 3
Three paid. 6toS on Noureddin ; 6to 4 apt Wamba. Won by
a length. ArnuU rode the winner.

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Matcb—sale Errs. T.Y.C.
Lard Exeter's Redpuntlet, lost. . . . 1
Mr. Payne's Bachelor, 7st. 41b. . . 2
2tol on Redpuntlet. Won by a length. Robinson rode the
winner.

Match-100 sows. b. ft. T.Y.C.
Duke of Richmond's Starch, Sat. 71b. . . . i
Lad Ezeter's Atticue, test. 21b. . . . 2
11 to 2 apt Starch. Won by half a length. F. Boyce rode the
winner.

Match-200 sow. h. fr. D. M.
Mr. Greenlee Rachel, list. 71b. . a . 1
Duke of Grafton's Norman, sit. 71b. . . 2
I to 4 on Rachel. Wun by a head. R. Boyce rode the winner.
First Year. One third of a subscription of 25 sows, each, for lie
years old, est. Mb. six, list. and aged, 9st. 31b. B.C. Boni fide
the property of Subscribert.—(Seven Subscribers).
Lord Wharncliffe's b. h. El Dorado, S yrs . • 1
Lord Egrenoxit's gr. C. Stumps, 4 yrs . . 2
5t040n El Dorado. Won by half 'length. Robinson retie the
winner. Match-200 sons. h. ft. A. F.
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caotlel Wilson's b. e. Lamplighter, tee. ft. from Lord Offierd's
C.
J. e The Hector.

Match-100 soya. T.T.C.

Mr. Thornhill's c. by Sam, est. 71b. rec. ft. from Mr. Gee /rifle's
e. Monops, ast. 41b. Mr. Grerille stakes 100 sore. to SO.
Match-.-200 sons.
Duke of Grafton's Paul Jones, Sit. 101 b. rec. ft. feat Lord
Ot ford's Wiukey Boss, 6st. 71b.
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Mitch—M.o mss. T.Y.C.
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Duke of Grafton 's Mantua, list. rec. ft. from Mr. W.Wyndkans's
Colley,sr, Bst. 51b.