New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-12-02
Characteristic name In law passed in the second year
of Edward VI.

| OF EdvWd VI II, -. II a.
late King Of famous memory, Henry VII. for some
liberty 70 shoot In hand guns nsques ana MAJ
BY which act II was provided inst 10 pei'on sHS~.
hoot Ia spy OF the above said pieces, but at bsnk Of
earth and 10, at spy deer fowl. unless TIE party
migh, dispsnd an hundred pound % the year fofS-
much the said act having been cev.ea !" Wa
then thourh, for necessary exercise tending % the
defense ~ the realm. Is grown sthen % the nainten
sbce Of much ieensss. and 10 such hoerty' "a not
only dwelling houses dOve-cOtes, and churches, are
daily damazed by the sbuse thereof BY men Of light
Conversation but thai ais0 there r. groom cN'omdsh
nanNsy o. shooting o. HAII-sBoT, Whereby an Infinite
sort Of fowl Il killed and much game thereby 5esroy
ed 70 the benefit Of whereby, also, the mean
ing Of toe said statute defrsuded for that the sad
use Of h1hsto utterly Destroyer the certainty u
shooting. which. In wars, is much requisite. BE u
therefore enacted that person under the degree o.
Lord IN Parliament shall from henceforth, shoot in
any hand gun, within any city or town at any fowl or
! other mark upon any church, house, or dovec0ie
Neither shall any person snooi IN any place any As|
sLo or any more pellets than at one time, upon
pain" &c-ths,is hne Of ten pounds for every shot,
and three months imprisonment
second section declares the above Is not 70 prsju
dice the rights Of those allowed 20 shoot oy the sd Of
Henry Vli-the Of hzLsh0f excepted, ss, indeed
TIA, mad fsho IN the said act vas no, meant sta
tutes 81 Large)
From the last remark the inference s that this .hot
was introduced into Englsnd-f not invented there
between 1912 and l545.
| The obiecion that the substitution Of number Of
shot for single one would diminish the previous &C
cu,acv ~ aim was well taken Il i doubtful whether
!
modern sportsmsu equsl-they certainly DO not sur
| prss-their predecessors N this respec, SeoolEs
game flying with the bow was quite common but me
perfection Of towing ~ hit bird on the w 20 -
! not 10 lscersts the body This wss beating me ol1
msrssmsn who sddressed an arrow to Pumps nsht
eye. , 49,
lsw-hsu shot il forbidden 20 be hred from hand guns
o, birding pieces except b persons duly licensed and
then only 10 Kill crow pyes rocks ring doves, sys,
1 &c Tor hawks neat only. Here, again, the o0 band
e. ling
posed 70 hide himself IN the chimney, nrs FoFd TOD
birn that would not DO there they sl~sys use 70
discharge their birding pieces The same nero dee
crlbes hs recruits starting AZ ne report OF eaFsi
IA sportsmsns gun" worse than 4 struck fowl Or a
The Oldest direction for making hail shot tina, has ia
len In my way dates farther back than the middle
of the l5h century Il "a proessedy copied from pre-
vious writings TIE essential parts run thus
| q Net cad down in iron kettle, skim IT, and when
ts 60 hot that IL begins 10 turn greenish, srew As
| much fine powdered aurpgmcntum (arsenc) upon u
| a. will lie upon shilling 10 every twelve or hiteen
| pound Of lead which then must be stirred well ana
Inc auritdgrneutum vii flame. little may be taken
ont in sdle for an essay ard which, when reduced 70
a proper heat mas be dropped INTO glass ~ Weter
Iftha drops prove round and without tas, there IL
a1ripgmentuu enough therein and the temper OF ne
bes, a. il should BE- but II otherwise surp'F
nen,um must be added and the heat augmented til u
| be found night
Directions then follow to pour the metal through a
perforated dsh in tho usual way and to sort The shot
by means OF sieves
| The most remarkable part Of the direction s TIE
short space the metal fell through. The perforated
dish was placed tao bars, other iron frame
over tub Of sier about f0Hr iEchs from The water.
No wonder the greatest 10 keep the lead %
so moderate that il De not too cool 70 stop the
| holes nor TOO not which will mske the drops crack
aud ay for the cooler II "a, the larger the shot VII
be such rs will have very large snot, make the lead
trckie with a stick out Of the lsde into the water
! without performed plate
Il would BE- difficult O. point out m the records oi
| the arts an example Of duness IN old workmen. 90
eros. as the history Of hail shot exposes For about
$40 years previous 10 Waiss improvement It's tabrca
tors dropped close 20 the vessel Of wn,er prepared
70 receive H. while every ounce they made wss attend
ed with embsrrsssnent that loudly suggested great
| or fall Had they melted the metal on a second nOOr
and poured Il from a window, an amount Of trouble
and modification would have been avoided. which no
onc no, practically acquainted with IT. manufacture
| can appreciate I know not how 10 account Tor TIE
tact unless by supposing nanuiactory OF any ron
| sequonce was established 10 supply the public and
that sporiscn were Ga the habit Of making tfor them
| solves
The, buck or cast shot sometimes went ~ the name
| OF hail shot appears evident In 1894 some Epgh-n
sea rovprs under James Lancaster. took Pernembuco
The writer Of the expedition. la Hakiuyt says their
| muskets provided with halle SHOT which e.
vorsly gaued the Indians aud Portuguese. That ms
was not dropped shot appears from bis next sentence
Aud this is 10 be noted that there was both the horse
aud his rider slsne with one Of these shot