New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-09-13

BEFORE THE SEASON ARRIvEs-NDIGyATIoN oP
THE PBoPLR-TaB REFORM DEMONSTRATION
From Our Own Correspondent
LONDON, Sept !, 1sG6.
The marked refercace the British Government in the
late official note in Noteur relating to the neutral
fortresses held by Belgium implying that no reethcaton
Of frontier will be sed for by France in this direction
has taken by surprise here. The only reasonable in
terretaon that ean be put upon is that Govern
ment had notified "a England would interfere in the
event Of any attempt the part Of France 10 occupy
Philippeville or Marenburg. OF this would be
entirely in accordance with the old Tory policy Of main
tanning jealousy ID balance of power and looking on the
treaties Of Vienna they formed part Of the decaogue.
1t would fall in also with all the traditions Of our Court,
and be- therefore Insably very pleasing to the Queen,
who always looked a the late King of the Begians
sort of guardian a. mentor. And between ourselves,
loud and constant been the talk of late about
intervention ines to think that such policy would
be by no means uuv pleasing TO the nation What John
Bull really wants -, that his Governors shall not be
snarng and oarpne dongs and changes on the conti
nent elsewhere W there is possibility Of his In
teerng in any mot that they shall draw out OF all
European politics feet can't sail to Warsaw, but it
very well may TO Antwerp But to think that Lord Stan
ley should have takec such decided step be- the unm-
passioned sensible PRACTICAL statesman who insugurated
We all construed as Ioace at any price As Parliament is
not sitting, shal not probably know the truth for
another FIVE months and, said above the neutrality
and independence Of Belgium points upon which there
is good deal Of strong feeling in England and attack
Lord Stanley for having pledged US to defend them
III he has done sol WI not be safe card for Mr. Glad
stone to lead of VIII next February.
Hanover the other hand has been absorbed by Prus
STA without the slightest English sympathy-of
excepting that Of the royal family. The Duke Of Cam
bridge being next IL the succession, and Hanover having
been the "cuHate gsAtis of Guelphs they would
have been than human had they not repined But
the connection is getting somewhat rusty and ont of date
and so the representations which supposed 10 have
saved Hesse almost intact for the husband Of one Of our
Prncesses were wholly wanting in the case Of King
George As for the nation they too strongly in favor
Of Protestant Northern Germany, one and indivsibe,
70 waste thought Hanover though IN passing per-
haps We are glad that the last Kings Of that country
connected they with England the only ones
Of the German princengs who kept scupuously every
pledge given to their people in the hurybury Of 1913.
Taking Of the royal family, pleasant goodemPered
young Prince has been setting bad example to his sub
ects that are be at the beginning Of the shooting
ron The journals which are in the habit Of chronicng
;he dongs of grea, folk tell that the Prince Of Wales
has been highly enjoying splendid "drvcs Now the
custom Of driving grouse or other winged game is one
Nhich take IT, docs yet obtain your side the
Atlantic. II is praoticed thus is divided into
shrce four Drives and at point in each dryegen-
orally JUS, under and along the brow Of hl-sevon or
eight stations are marked IN a row a, 50 yards apart.
Sometimes rough dyke fence the purpose be-
hind under which The portsmen place themselves; but
all the noted mooi each station is small earthwork
about four feet high nciosing space Just large enough
for the sportsman Eceper undekceper, 20 mark biz
birds they fall load for him and a softer.
when the stations occupied the heaters who have
already surrounded ;ho drive In front Of the line get
their signal aud advance waving small flags and shouting
As they close H. and they have generally mile
10 tramp through the deep heather first old bird two
gets up then three and then whole packs Some
Of these bowl away 81 down the wind straight toward
the of stations others circle up IN the air and threaten
to make away over The line Of beaoTs, who shout and
wave their ags to turn them in the right direction, and
generally succeed 10 doing 20. Meantime the sporsmcn
have been sitting qsiety each In his little hut proba
bly, smoking or playing with the dogs The keepers
knecl with their ey on level with the lumps Of heathey
turf which th side wall Of the station otherwise
keep on the alert aid the loader has all his spare guns
ready and a hear Of cartridges laid out before him.
Presently there single keek, keck keck, heard far
away in front and be keepers whisper that old cock is
u, ana tlAt bea II OF Two u hEtatg hlfuts LUZ
cigars are dropped once and the take their guns
and peer front walls Of their stations, keeping
still as far az possible concealed First the old
cock at a ,houss miles an hour, never changing his
course for NONE ; aud perhaps spinning by without
dropping feather though he has had two shots at him in
font and two boh d the row Of stations. Single birds
and small packs G four OF FIVE follow, and more
quickly as the be rs draw nearer Many Of these
their danger whc too late and bear up night in front
Of the guns trying 70 change their course, and thereby
presenting the mot tempting sidcshots Then come the
great packs Of lO) time, and all precautions
are ist aside " sp0rsmen standing at their full
hight head aud ~ uders sbe above their stations firing
in 'front.' to right end left and behind, the birds whrl
away which the ,ter shooting is perhaps, the most df
cu Of any known IN these islands The heaters close in
Oh the front the rls all past, or down along the
line; and TIC Ipants Of the stations now all hurry
ont IN nick 4, the birds which have fallen 70
them and compare notes, and for three or four
minutes thee is questng about Of dogs,
futterng Of b,rds and running to and fro Of keepers
Then there is q upto make up books there being always
some birds wlch are claimed by than oIo gun,
gentle stroll ,ht next set Of stations while the heaters
toll away or,wl moor 70 incose in their line the
whole of sisS; range. Now Of this is capital
fun The 'CaEsHent in fact Of good dnyo u.s. perhaps,
greater than olhcr shoongi the birds come AZ such
tremendous ace there is much chance as to which Of
the guns thcy viii 20 as you see them bearing down
half mile >, ~ the rapidy and intensity OF the crisis
and the pe.. 1T lull you lie in your station listen
ing IN the t sse whispering over the grand purple moos
and waul ~ the summons Of the keeper lend easily
their specis asms 70 il, But it is obviously the mos;
law methe.f ooting the one by which you get the
greatest r. nat Of shooting at the least amount Of
labor. and 81 .lrg to the old English idea Of sport,
which wa. Handed on the getting at aud killing
~ vor, ga, scierti6cav driving is no sport at all.