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w illini; assent, aiul Unowiiii; liow anxious ycni have ever been to promote " spnrt " 

 in this district of Cheshire, we have every hope that \-ou \\ ill, \\ itli your usual 

 hbcrahty, accede to the request we have made. 



I lia\e the honour to be, Sir, your obedient humble servant, 



C. IvAWSON, J UN. 



The answer to tliis letter is not now forthcoming, but it is to be 

 presunied that it was favourable, as there is an entry in the minute book of 

 the Hunt, dated 22m\ January, 1S46, signed by Tinley Uarton : 



I saw Sir William Stanley out hunting, he enquired after the beagles, and 

 said he should have great pleasure in seeing them hunt over his unpreserved 

 grounds. He wished a fixture to be appointed at Raby, and notice to be sent 

 to his keeper there. He expressed the best possible feeling towards the hounds, 

 but hoped they would always be stopped from going into his fox covers, and the 

 same when they came on to preserved grounds where there were too many 

 hares. 



Copies of Letters from Landlords to C. Rawson. 



From John SJiau Leigh, Esq. 



September 29th, 1S45. 

 Dear Sir, — I can have no possible objection that the Roj'al pack of Beagles 

 may traverse m\- small property in Cheshire, provided it will not molest Sir 

 W'm. Stanley's movements with the more elevated class of animals employed in 

 this rational amusement. 



Fruiii J. B. Glegg, Esq. 



Thurstaston Hall, November 24th, 1845. 

 Sir, — In reply to your application as Chairman of the Committee of the 

 Royal pack of Beagles, I beg you will assure the gentlemen comprising that 

 body, they are at perfect liberty to hunt over my property in the Hundred of 

 W'irral, on the terms stated, with the sole exception of my fox cover, which has 

 always been reserved for my friend. Sir W. M. Stanley. 



From William Latham, Esq. 



Gayton, 3rd December, 1845. 

 Sir, — I have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of ist instant, and 

 premising to you that I own no land in Wirral ; yet as I have the right of the 

 game over Gayton and Pensby, I have not the least objection to your hunting 

 the beagles over both occasionally, provided the farmers do not cry out against 

 it, and that it does not interfere with Sir Wm. Stanley's hounds, both of which 

 you can no doubt guard against. 



From J. R. Shaw, Esq. 



Arrow Hall, December gth, 1845. 

 My dear Rawson, — Many thanks for your kindness in sending Neilson and 

 myself the letters on the cultivation of wheat. I feel extremely gratified that 

 the gentlemen of the Royal Rock Beagles were pleased with my i-eception of 

 them, and with their day's sport. I should feel obliged by the dogs being drawn 

 oft" in future if the hare enters the park, or any of the young plantations round 

 the Hall, within the wall, and on the other side from Mr. Neilson's upper farm 

 down to the keeper's house. This is the only restriction I wish to put upon the 

 Royal Rock Beagles. I feel, also, that this will not interfere with )our sport, as 

 the hares are too numerous. 



