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c „ , INQU'RIES. 
e-port my Query — If a gentleman rents the right of shooting over nn 
estate, is the proprietor's gamekeeper allowed lo shoot also, ns a 
matter of course, because the word •' exclusive" light is not in the 
written agreement! The keepers shooting wasnot mentioned nt the 
lime of the ngreem, nt.— SunscitiBKft. 
, /f '-T7 Cou ' d nf readers give nn amateur, a few hints on the 
day, 
r price in no degree co-ordinate with their a. 
importance. We have no details upon wSch ?' V** nt 
can be placed m regard to the recent succeL j .r^r' 
1 urks ; but there seems no reason to doubt the B ° f ’ 
truth of the information which we have alre'uf en ° ral 
lislied. The world has read with satisfaction fiT pu,J ' 
officers who will command divisions in our ti|( ‘ 
campaign are repairing to their p 0S t« for th® tePn 
hension, however unnecessary, has ’ fr:iin Pf i ap P re ‘ 
tliat more than sufficient delay has alread r g ^°|! I)(l 
place 
moving onwards to th 
ally. Marshal Si Arnaud has addrmSha pj 
army, congratulating it on the glorious ' V, - ,oh 
before it,— the marching side by side with E 
•my, for the repression of '‘l" 1 ' 
once its enei: 
1 * * huiviii,u ivn IIIIH3 UII IIIC 
in ceding of the cross between ;t goldfinch and n canary called mules, 
i have applied in vain to several hooks on the subject, but they do 
not contain practical remarks such ns are wanted by myself, and I 
may say by your lady subscribers Blackcap. 
„ . n ., , MISCELLANEOUS. 
A.-Tlic Earl of I.ucun was so created 1705: Baron Lucan 177C 
( Ireland): Bart. 1(132 (Seoi)nnd). George Charles Blnglmm, eldest 
son of 2nd Earl, l.y the 3rd daughter of the lust Earl of l’nuconburg 
whose previous marriage with B. E. Howard, Esq., (subsequently 
Duke of Norfolk s was dissolved In 1794. Born 1S00 ; married IS'"i 
seventh daughter of sixth Earl or Cardigan (she was born ISO')-’ 
.Succeeded Ills father 1839, entered tiro army 181fi, became a colonel 
In 1841 ; Is a Knight of St Anne of Russia, 2nd class ; was elected nn 
Irish representative peer in 1840. Appointed L.I..C. of Mayo Ik .|5 
Now goes to Turkey In command of car airy, but wc believe lias n t 
hitherto seen service In actual war. 
Bono —As the season progresses, you will be gratified, 
Subscriber.— Thu problem you refer to, Is nn easy mate In two 
loves. 
,K 7 / ;r, Mnny thanks f01 ' ,hc Interesting paper. Some of the games 
shall have Insertion in turn, we have a number of beautiful games 
however, In MSS. some of which must take precedence of yours. 
DU. M M. Do RovJcrc lms Just returned to Parks, we believe he was 
beaten by nearly all our best players. 
F , I/— (Guildford) — Our attention has also been directed to Mr. 
Jlnrrwltis » neccplunco of Mr. Staunton's challenge, wc like the stipu- 
billon that every game shall be finished at one sitting, but we think 
neither Mr. Staunton nor Mr. Harrwlu either has u right to restrict 
the tlmofor moving; the evil effects of this regulation were sufficiently 
shown during the last contest. 
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Field 
and injustice. The noble, simple, and truthSn 10 * 1 
guage of our Queen’s declaration of war lias be » la '‘' 
with cordial approbation among our neiirhh IllCf 
Meantime, their own war-loan has been taken , 
lhe French people with great avidity, and it s r * P , v 
have already been manifested in the increased ran' r 
of the preparations for war, which were scarcely 
cecding a short time ago so satisfactorily ns m-IJ’T' 
sired by the Emperor and the nation. ’ < tS 
Neither Austria nor Prussia has given i„ adherer,, 
to the war policy of the Western powers and 
latest inlelligence seems to intimate that the Russ'. 1 
game is being once more played with success Ti' 
husband of the Grand Duchess Michaelowna has her. 
despatched to Berlin, with certain proposals which L 'I 
'f sai ^ Prussia perfectly approves, and to w hicl, 
Austria will probably assent; and we further leap' 
that, these may materially influence the answers , 
Austria and Prussia to the Western Powers. Q ' 
Dcus vult perdcre , prius dementat. The map of Em-on ! 
may indeed be revised in a way little dreamt of 1,1 
these foolish despots, if, one of these days, ICossuti 
and Mazzini should^ dash upon the two flanks of 
Austria, and, Prussia having sided with Russia 
l’rench engineers should begin to consider how cer- 
tain ancient French boundaries used to run. The 
Prussian people, however, arc unmistakeably in favour 
of the Anglo-French policy, and the committee of tb.- 
Lhamber from which the war-loan was required, have 
voted it, with a recommendation to the Government 
to adhere to that policy, and with a stipulation that 
the forces of the kingdom shall, under no circum- 
stances, be used on the side of Russia. And Austria 
was pledged, through Count Buol, to abandon ncm 
trality from the moment the Russians should cross the 
Danube, but Austrian engagements are not proverbi- 
ally Medo-Pcrsian in their character. There is little 
to add, except that Prince Woronzow had come to 
Odessa, and was supposed to be going up to St. 
1 etersburg to excuse to the Emperor the disasters of 
the Russians in Asia. 
The Parliamentary week has not been marked by in- 
cident. The war debate of last Friday did not elicit 
any lull amount of eloquence, but Mr. Lay aid made n 
dashing' attack upon the Fabian policy of Ministers, 
and Mr. Bright preached peace at any price, taking his 
text, from Cocker. Lord Palmerston duly demolished 
the “honourable and reverend” member, and told him 
that, if a Russian army were invading the country, he 
would sit down and balance the expense of defence 
against the outlay the invaders would cause, and that 
he would be decided by the figures. The address to 
the Queen was voted unanimously, and the House went 
to her Majesty on Monday to present it. 
Such debates have wasted much time ; but on Thursday 
night Mr. Cardwell introduced a very important mea- 
sure on the subject of railways, and designed to promote 
a harmony of system. The hill enacts the duties of 
railway companies, and, if they neglect them, gives 
appeal in a superior court. 
lhe obituary of the week contains the death of Pro- 
Jw Wiism, the celebrated Christopher North of 
“ Blackwood’s Magazine a true poet, and an able 
writer in almost every department of literature. 
1854 . 
NEWS OF THE WEEK. 
Tin: news of the week, as far as regards the 
ques 
tnr: 
great 
have exoltal so n.ud, lutereirt in the ' l.-n.linJ .reading 
a.Uiti .,11 to Sew .Mux io by tho renoivu.Ht lluimnj ^t 'f'v aW' inMi. K fu 
w u si wiRissf 
JJR ALBERT 
at ^' e Dgy ptian-hall, is now 
Lictuie d deBvereJ^ ^ Mr'^UARLEs' 1 KEN ^ V c 'f ht - The 
y HI.KH.uwt li«IWD Writteahv Mr AltJai^.P STtJC - 
AtlmUsion, is , reserved seats, s e. * f ' aud Mr Shirk} Rive let. 
estion upon which the eyes of Europe are anxiously 
i-ned, happens to be scanty, as will frequently be 
the case at intervals of strong interest. From the 
Baltic we only know that the fleet was, at the last 
advices, anchored at Bulk, off Kiel, but as the Gorgon 
had been sent out to Sir Charles Napier, with des- 
patches, had reached the fleet, and had returned it 
may be surmised that the Declaration of War has 
been placed in Sir Charles's hands, and that he has 
taken measures for following out the hint, or rather 
permission, given him by the First Lord of the Admi- 
ra ty at the Reform Club Dinner. From the East the 
ti.hngs are more significant, and less .satisfactory, 
lhe news that the Russians had crossed the Danube 
near its mouths, appears to be confirmed; and they 
have possession of the triangle form.,, 1 by the dcflec- 
2 " . \ “ C nver » based h > Trajan’s wall. Below 
this wall, as a reference to the map will show, lies 
Varna, some twenty miles southward; and, as Sir 
James Graham informed the House of Commons, our 
Bhtck Sea fleet has sailed for Varna. Therefore, 
should the Russians come down from the marshy 
nook they have seized, the presence of the fleet, would 
produce a crisis in the campaign. Three or four 
strong places belonging to the Turks, and which 
ought to have sustained the attack of the Rus- 
s«ans, have fallen into the hands of the latter: and 
these places, it should be mentioned, are on the banks 
of the river, and may, hereafter, have to be retaken at 
THE UNITED FLEETS IN THE BLACK SEA. 
Report has placed the naval force of England and 
France in a most contemptible light in the eyes of the 
world. The Bobadil tone of our Lords and Commons, 
and the public press in general, has been a complete 
game of brag. “ Brag’s a good dog, hut Hold-fast a 
better, ’ so says the proverb ; and we have justly ob- 
tained the name of the former by the conduct of our 
fleets in the East. Why commit the folly of warning 
the Russian ships to keep in port, if we retire to Beicos 
Bay on account of bad weather, and leave them 
undisturbed masters of the Black Sea, as it has 
been proved ? for Lord Clarendon’s statement was 
an evasion of facts, masked by a weak invention of 
the admiral commanding. 
The Black Sea is not so tempestuous as stated, and we 
speak from practical experience. When any winds 
prevail from the North, N.W. or N.E., it creates a 
heavy sea at the mouth of the Bosphorous, from its 
narrowness, and drives the mist with it, which gives it a 
black and ominous aspect ; but once passed, the dangers 
are purely imaginary. The soul of inactivity reigns 
in Beicos. This is had; but worse remains behind. 
Admiral Napier, whose right position was the 
Black Sea, is sent with the Wellington, drawing about 
34 feet, into the Baltic, the greatest deptli of which 
is 8 fathoms. Now, what in heaven can he do ? The 
whole thing is a beautiful bosh of all the talents. 
A WARNING VOICE. 
Beware of False Prophets. — Racing is one of the 
noblest sports with which n gentleman can be connected, 
when it is honorably ancl honestly carried out; nnd there- 
fore, every right-minded man should, both directly and 
