DOI issue:
January to June, 1845
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.16521#0094
FELON PRESERVES,
UN TING WB WILL GO.
One third of the inraate9 of our gaols, it appears, consist of poachers. A third Gentleman said there was an argument, certainly, against the
Such, at least, was the statement made last summer by Sir H. Verney, abolition of Game Preserves, and consequently for the maintenance of
and quoted at a late Anti-Game-Law Meeting at Aylesbury, by Dr. Lee, Felon Preserves,—it would spoil sport : yes, it would spoil very fine
of Hartwell House. At a subsequent meeting, with the same object, sport ; it would do away with ballues. He could well enter into the feel-
deported by our own correspondent,) a Gentleman said he was very fond ings of the illustrious and noble sportsmen who fire into clouds of
of pheasant. His predilection for partridge was excessive. Hare, partridges and flocks of hares, bringing them down by dozens at a shot,
whether jugged or roast, was a favourite dish with him. He could He had seen gentlemen from Tooley-street do the same by sparrows from
hardly bring himself to mention woodcock, the thought of its daintiness so behind a hurdle. He would be sorry to deprive them of this generous
transported him. He could willingly dine off game (in season) every day and truly English amusement. But would it not answer every purpose
of his life ; and, therefore, would as much rejoice in its abundance as the ( of a battue, to preserve ducks, geese cocks, and hens 1 A multitude of
Duke of Buckingham. He consequently would highly approve of Game these creatures enclosed in a farm-yard would afford just as much fun as
Preserves, but for one littie reason; and fur that, he would sweep them a lot of tame pheasants in a cover. Why not bang and blaze away at
from the land,—the Game Preserve necessitated the Felon Preserve. | them ?—it would do just as well. The Game Preserve might thus be
Another Gentleman said that the Felon Preserve was an institution for dispensed with, and then the Felon Preserve would be got rid of too—
the wholesale conversion of the peasants into thieves, burglars, footpads, which, considering the misery, crime, and bloodshed, and, again, let
and murderers j and for driving their wives and families into the work- him add, the expense occasioned by keeping it up,—would certainly be
house and the streets. Noble Lords and Honorable Gentlemen could rather desirable. In conclusion, he would move that a petition be pre-
not deny that this was rather shocking ; but what perhaps was more to : sented to Parliament for the speedy abolition of Felon Preserves. The
the purpose, they must admit that it was very expensive. The Jail cost j resolution was adopted unanimously,
a little more than the Union; and the transportation of offenders came to
& good round sum in the lump.
WONDERFUL DISCOVERY.
The " Presse " has lately made a revelation fraught with consequence
to future writers of naval history viz. : that the French were, morally,
victors in the action of Trafalgar ! It has discovered that the English
fleet, on that occasion, consisted of twenty-seven ships, the combined French
and Spanish force of seventeen. Our Admiralty returns show a list of
nineteen French and Spanish ships captured or destroj'ed. These state-
ments, at first sight, appear contradictory; if they are, of course, the
Admiralty returns must be viewed as an ex parte statement, unworthy to
stand for a moment by the side of the respectable u marchands d'images"
or penny showmen in the " Champs Elysees," from whom the National
derives its statistics. If the great hulking English fleet had ventured to
u hit one of its own size," the result would have been different; and, not-
withstanding our superiority in numbers, the day after the action, when
the gallant Captain Cosmas came out of Cadiz, the English fairly cut and
run, rather than meet the ships they had treated like big bullies, as they
were, the day before.
Henceforth the battle of Trafalgar will take its stand with the battles
of Toulouse, Vittoria, Waterloo, and other memorable French victories, PRIVILEGES OF PARLIAMENT.
which the partiality of English prejudice has hitherto called defeats. We m _r ■ . ., ,___ , t„moA a*.** k™«
. ! , , t,r m i <• , J • ... „ ,, t* 'Vvtv arobps on Westminster Bridge nave been turneu into dust-Uns.
understand that M. Thiers' forthcoming History of the Empire is to set i ■LHE arcnes on wesimw.iei "l^e> .... XT ■ I?
tfc0w,„.M ™fcf™„„ *w mo«0,.0 °a ♦« „j™ fW aItJ,™* fhfl two or three of them being filled with heaps of rubbish. TSovr there is no
peculiar bashfulness of the French character, which shuts a man's month
the moment his own or his country's glories are brought on the tapis.
In consequence of the discovery made by the Presse, M. Gudin hiis
received a commission to paint a picture of the victory of Trafalgar for
Versailles, where it will take a place alongside of " The sinking of the
Vengeur," with her crew shouting " Vive la Republique .'" and taking
sights of derision at the English boats offering their assistance; a fact as
glorious and as authentic as the success now first brought to light. The
Editor of the Presse has received, from the anti-PRiTCH ard party, a
medal with the inscription—
u A l'Entrepreneur
Des Succes Navals
de la France."
Which may be rendered—
" To the gentleman who gets up
the Naval Victories
of France."
excuse for this accumulation, when the House of Commons is so con-
veniently nigh.
the world right upon these matters, and to prove that throughout the
Peninsular War the French never lost an action either by land or sea ;—
that their retreats were so many masterly stratagems, and their routs clever
bits of acting, destined, as the case might be, either to lull the enemy
• . e . ■ ° l j u- • u »i i r Printed by William Biadbury. of No. 6, York Place, Stoke Newtngton, and Frederick Mullet* Evaiu,
into a fatal Security, Or lead him On in rash pursuit. Much Of thlS miS- 7 Church Row Stoke Newinfcton, both in the County of Middlesex, Printer!, at tbetl
apprehension, that has prevailed among other nations than the English, on ! oa« in Lombard st.e«.ta the Pre.Mm. ot whiw^
rr » r > _& " , ?~7,, them, at No. 99, Fleet Street, in the Pariah ot St. liiiae», In the Lity or Loncon.— s-nuxn- \,
the subject of these i rench victories, is to be attributed doubtlessly to the FswiB: 22. ims.
UN TING WB WILL GO.
One third of the inraate9 of our gaols, it appears, consist of poachers. A third Gentleman said there was an argument, certainly, against the
Such, at least, was the statement made last summer by Sir H. Verney, abolition of Game Preserves, and consequently for the maintenance of
and quoted at a late Anti-Game-Law Meeting at Aylesbury, by Dr. Lee, Felon Preserves,—it would spoil sport : yes, it would spoil very fine
of Hartwell House. At a subsequent meeting, with the same object, sport ; it would do away with ballues. He could well enter into the feel-
deported by our own correspondent,) a Gentleman said he was very fond ings of the illustrious and noble sportsmen who fire into clouds of
of pheasant. His predilection for partridge was excessive. Hare, partridges and flocks of hares, bringing them down by dozens at a shot,
whether jugged or roast, was a favourite dish with him. He could He had seen gentlemen from Tooley-street do the same by sparrows from
hardly bring himself to mention woodcock, the thought of its daintiness so behind a hurdle. He would be sorry to deprive them of this generous
transported him. He could willingly dine off game (in season) every day and truly English amusement. But would it not answer every purpose
of his life ; and, therefore, would as much rejoice in its abundance as the ( of a battue, to preserve ducks, geese cocks, and hens 1 A multitude of
Duke of Buckingham. He consequently would highly approve of Game these creatures enclosed in a farm-yard would afford just as much fun as
Preserves, but for one littie reason; and fur that, he would sweep them a lot of tame pheasants in a cover. Why not bang and blaze away at
from the land,—the Game Preserve necessitated the Felon Preserve. | them ?—it would do just as well. The Game Preserve might thus be
Another Gentleman said that the Felon Preserve was an institution for dispensed with, and then the Felon Preserve would be got rid of too—
the wholesale conversion of the peasants into thieves, burglars, footpads, which, considering the misery, crime, and bloodshed, and, again, let
and murderers j and for driving their wives and families into the work- him add, the expense occasioned by keeping it up,—would certainly be
house and the streets. Noble Lords and Honorable Gentlemen could rather desirable. In conclusion, he would move that a petition be pre-
not deny that this was rather shocking ; but what perhaps was more to : sented to Parliament for the speedy abolition of Felon Preserves. The
the purpose, they must admit that it was very expensive. The Jail cost j resolution was adopted unanimously,
a little more than the Union; and the transportation of offenders came to
& good round sum in the lump.
WONDERFUL DISCOVERY.
The " Presse " has lately made a revelation fraught with consequence
to future writers of naval history viz. : that the French were, morally,
victors in the action of Trafalgar ! It has discovered that the English
fleet, on that occasion, consisted of twenty-seven ships, the combined French
and Spanish force of seventeen. Our Admiralty returns show a list of
nineteen French and Spanish ships captured or destroj'ed. These state-
ments, at first sight, appear contradictory; if they are, of course, the
Admiralty returns must be viewed as an ex parte statement, unworthy to
stand for a moment by the side of the respectable u marchands d'images"
or penny showmen in the " Champs Elysees," from whom the National
derives its statistics. If the great hulking English fleet had ventured to
u hit one of its own size," the result would have been different; and, not-
withstanding our superiority in numbers, the day after the action, when
the gallant Captain Cosmas came out of Cadiz, the English fairly cut and
run, rather than meet the ships they had treated like big bullies, as they
were, the day before.
Henceforth the battle of Trafalgar will take its stand with the battles
of Toulouse, Vittoria, Waterloo, and other memorable French victories, PRIVILEGES OF PARLIAMENT.
which the partiality of English prejudice has hitherto called defeats. We m _r ■ . ., ,___ , t„moA a*.** k™«
. ! , , t,r m i <• , J • ... „ ,, t* 'Vvtv arobps on Westminster Bridge nave been turneu into dust-Uns.
understand that M. Thiers' forthcoming History of the Empire is to set i ■LHE arcnes on wesimw.iei "l^e> .... XT ■ I?
tfc0w,„.M ™fcf™„„ *w mo«0,.0 °a ♦« „j™ fW aItJ,™* fhfl two or three of them being filled with heaps of rubbish. TSovr there is no
peculiar bashfulness of the French character, which shuts a man's month
the moment his own or his country's glories are brought on the tapis.
In consequence of the discovery made by the Presse, M. Gudin hiis
received a commission to paint a picture of the victory of Trafalgar for
Versailles, where it will take a place alongside of " The sinking of the
Vengeur," with her crew shouting " Vive la Republique .'" and taking
sights of derision at the English boats offering their assistance; a fact as
glorious and as authentic as the success now first brought to light. The
Editor of the Presse has received, from the anti-PRiTCH ard party, a
medal with the inscription—
u A l'Entrepreneur
Des Succes Navals
de la France."
Which may be rendered—
" To the gentleman who gets up
the Naval Victories
of France."
excuse for this accumulation, when the House of Commons is so con-
veniently nigh.
the world right upon these matters, and to prove that throughout the
Peninsular War the French never lost an action either by land or sea ;—
that their retreats were so many masterly stratagems, and their routs clever
bits of acting, destined, as the case might be, either to lull the enemy
• . e . ■ ° l j u- • u »i i r Printed by William Biadbury. of No. 6, York Place, Stoke Newtngton, and Frederick Mullet* Evaiu,
into a fatal Security, Or lead him On in rash pursuit. Much Of thlS miS- 7 Church Row Stoke Newinfcton, both in the County of Middlesex, Printer!, at tbetl
apprehension, that has prevailed among other nations than the English, on ! oa« in Lombard st.e«.ta the Pre.Mm. ot whiw^
rr » r > _& " , ?~7,, them, at No. 99, Fleet Street, in the Pariah ot St. liiiae», In the Lity or Loncon.— s-nuxn- \,
the subject of these i rench victories, is to be attributed doubtlessly to the FswiB: 22. ims.