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which runs tlirough the town. Arriving there at the 

 moment the gates were closed in my face, I found it 

 by no means a delectable position to be placed in with 

 a nervous young horse, and I would respectfully call 

 the attention of the local authorities to this dangerous 

 practice. Reaching Melton after a short run by train, 

 I find the hunting metropolis full of visitors and every 

 stable occupied. At the Harborough every suite of 

 apartments is engaged, the occupants being the 

 Countess of Cardigan, Mr. W. Little Gilmour, who, 

 I am happy to be able to report is rapidly recovering 

 from an illness which has compelled him to keep his 

 room for some weeks. Sir John Lister Kaye, Colonel 

 Oliphant, Messrs. Morton Frewen, and Hill Trevor, 

 Captain Gilbert Stirling, Captain Wingfield, Mr. 

 Wingfield Baker, the Messrs. Eussel, from Australia, 

 the Hon. Hugh Lowther, and Captain Atkinson. At 

 the George are Mr. Babington Parker, Mr. Creyke, 

 and Mr. Lubbock ; whilst amongst the visitors in the 

 town and vicinity I find first and foremost the Earl 

 and Countess of Wilton. I am glad to record the 

 fact of his lordship being once more in the saddle, 

 having regained his health sufficiently to enjoy his 

 favourite sport again, the zest for which time has not 

 diminished, although the noble lord has spent more 

 than fifty seasons in his pleasant hunting-box, which 

 adjoins the town. On the occasion of his return, 

 a few days since, the bells rang merrily to welcome 

 the arrival of this veteran, who is highly esteemed by 

 the inhabitants, and whose name is a household word 

 in Melton. Lord and Lady Grey de Wilton, Lord 

 and Lady Wolverton, and Captain Glyn, Colonel 

 Forester, Sir Beaumont and Lady Florence Dixie, 



