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THE FIELD 
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC. 
FIELD O FF/CE, Three o’Clock. 
At the momont of putting ilio forms of the Second 
Edition on ilio machine, our men having left for the 
Easter Holidays, an accident occurred which broke up no 
less than six columns of mutter already given in our First 
Edition, and which will he reprinted In time for our 
Third Edition. In order to keep faith with the Public, 
os to the limo of publication, we now All up with some 
mutter which woa fortunately in type, and for all deft* 
ciencics must throw ouraclvea on the indulgence of our 
Renders. 
BLOCKADE OF ODESSA. 
Accounts from Odessa of the 1st state, that on that day 
the combined fleets were seen, und so great was the terror 
that the inhabitants were preparing to quit the city for 
the interior. An army of 20,000 Russians was stationed 
in and near Odessa, which was otherwise well fortified 
and prepnred for defence.— Second Edition of the Tima 
(Saturday)* 
THE OLD EARTH-STOPPER, OR THE FIND 
AND THE FINISH. 
BT J Oil IB KILLS, Al'TIIOn Of ■'ill! OLD EKOLIM! OHXTLEK AN." 
CHAPTER VIII. 
TOM PITTS AFP! RMS Til AT VAULTS AND ECCENTRICITIES 
ARE INHEHITAULE. 
As Tom Pitta stopped lo iGlru'di Ida powers of delivery with 
a draught of “ Ilio widow’s own,” Mistress Box lisped the 
quiet remark, thut “ them appeared lo her much more in 
foxhunting than dogs merely running through the woods, 
and scampering as hard as they could tear over the 
fluids.” 
“It’s a scleneo, ma’am," rejoined the cx-whlppor-ln, 
pourti uying considerable want of breath ; “ it's a science, 
ma’am,” repeated lie, “ which to be ciyoyed must be under- 
stood. Many seem to think that It’s work only for tlio 
hands and heels ; but I can tell ’em there’s a good deal moro 
for the head.” 
Sum Wollcr showed the rcstlossncss he felt at being 
morally compelled to listun to the philosophical reasoning of 
the old eurthstopper ; but ho maintained a nervous stienco 
upon the subject. The fldgcity shifting upon Ids Beat, how- 
ever, was not lost upon Tom Pitt*, and with tho umiulde, 
but often failing desire to please everybody, lie resolved to 
throw a little moro interest Into tho subject. 
" The last day of a season,” resumed he, “should carry 
out the old adage, tlmt 'nil's well thut unds well.' A good 
wind up to anything loaves us satisfied, and thut's the finish 
for song or story, tulo or history, births, marriages, and 
deulhs!” 
The landlady of flip Jolly Gardener blushed at those words; 
for they gave riso to chuotlo feelings in her bosom, which, 
perchance, may, in conventional luuguuge, be quite as easily 
oncoived us described. 
“ many a year since,” said Tom Pitts thoughtfully, 
“ when tin; speed-well flowers on tho banks let us know that 
the end of the season must be near ; and as It was one of our 
squire’s rules not to Injure or displease the farmers by limit- 
ing too lute, we could readily guess tho last day would soon 
bo ilxcd. It cuine, I needn’t say, liko ull other days, from 
the to-morrow treading on the heels of yesterday, and one, 
too, not likely to be lorgotfen by me or—” tho ex -whipper-in 
atoppod. and, pointing to Vanquisher, added, after an effective 
pause, « him" 
The audience settled themselves In their respective sea*', 
for each hud u prescience that ho must now maintain a rigid 
silence if he wished to insure peace with the old eurth-stopper. 
“The tally of noses on tho kennel was such,” said Torn 
Pitts, “ on tlds the lust day o’ tho season, that no wonder 
wc should draw u cover or two blank before wo found; but 
In Molc-tbi ift they got upon tho fresh drag of one they had 
given n few good dustings lo before; but ulways lost him ut 
“ certain point. With his hackles bristling us ho flew, 
Vanquisher led llicm lo their fox, and, goitiug up to him in 
a body, through the cover they went full swing. Within a 
few yards of whero I stood, a flue, clean, lengthy dog-fox 
gave himself to view, und with his brush out stiff and 
struight, off he rattled fur his first point, Berry brake. 
Quick as thought, and as closo as u swarm of bees, everv 
hound was at him, but Vanquisher led. Thu duy being 
fine and warm, and sinking the wind, the pace begun to tell 
in tlio thirty minute’ burst ; but the scent proving a good 
holding one, ] bud little tear of his outrunning ’em oven if 
be went clean through the covers he reached; for it must 
bo remembered, that having been towelled pretty often, it 
was not very likely be would hang much. Having skirted 
the brake, Instead of entering it, the hounds, being high on 
their mettle, flushed too fornurd, and caused a chock. A 
tally-ho, however, soon put us right uguin, and Will giving 
em a hearty twang, rndo for’ard, and striking on ids !i„o 
again, away they raced with heads up, and hearts in their 
work. Through a belt of thick covers, at Pettingdon, they 
drove him, and then over Sped way Waste without a moment 
to breath, on to Trompcr’s Green, whero, in the fivo times 
be hud stood before hounds this season, ho hud always 
beaten us." J 
,t( From scent to view !' cried our ^ quire, spurring for ’ard 
as he pointed with Ids whip to t-= o sinking fox, scared 
out of a trot, on the top of soni® rising ground in the 
distance. « From scent to viotv, my durllngs !' hallooed he. 
.v. , u 0 M'inny, however, he munaged to crawl, 
through which tho hounds rushed in a moment, und as we 
came up, there they were fliuging themselves about on the 
other side as If the fox had sank Into ilio ground. There 
was no earth or drain, and the spinny would barely have 
held an carw.g. That he had not headed buck, wc 'knew, 
and it appeared almost equally certain that he co uldn’l be 
for ard. Well, airs 1 nothing, as you may suppose, could be 
much more puzzling, when, upon looking upwards- . hups 
to lesrn if he had taken to flying, whut should I sec but 
Charley s head poking out of the hollow of a pollard onk 
some thirty feet Irom the ground. The trunk formed a sort 
of staircase for him, up which neither mm,, boy, nor 
; tier could climb ; uud as lie merely shilled his quarters a 
little for ull the noise we could make, he had lo bu left u fox 
la the tree, but not • a tree’d fox.’ ’’ 
CHAPTER IX. 
T°0 KOCH COOK IN (J 8 FOILS THE BRCLTtl. 
D8, l re,narked Tom Pitts in continuation of his 
mSrin,t h ,r n . d \ dy beslu P 0 “ mixed victuals of flesh and 
mwl and the training ofu man as regards getting him into 
f h “ ,a, . e * fheaUh •*" d condition, is very like what should 
am L, ,ng w7, rCl,f ’ UD ' 1 W ° rk of “ hound for 'he self- 
£ Botin' •uhJ*® llLer nor staying powers can 
U 801 lu ® Uher « ‘be other unlese both the quality aud 
quantify of the food arc well considered, and given by the 
hand of ona who thoroughly understands every in on' out 
of his trade. Now, most of us know that niiength isn't ob- 
tained by craininiiig our crops ; but enough being better 
lbs n a feast, wc should keep an rye well foi-'uid us to wlial 
the s'omuch can tuke with benefit to limb and wind. Tho 
object of feeding should be to get the body light, tnuschs 
full, big, and hard, and tho bellows as sound as a drum 
Mure than this can’t In desired in any kind o' ouimul, and 
there’s no magic in the business, neighbours, take my word 
for it ; but still there's something to bo done, and u good 
many somethings to let alone. Among those to bo done 
Is to find out, or lot some one do it for ye, that the quality 
,>f the food depends greatly upon tho way in which it is 
cooked. Some keniuLmon think flesh can scurcely bo 
boiled too much, ns the broth not only becomes belter, but 
if any injurious humours exist in the meat, they will 
necessarily bo boiled out. Whatever may be In the flesh, 
however, must to a certainty flout in the liquor, and if 
injurious In the one case, must bo quito as much so in thu 
other. Now, my objection to over-boiling Is tliis: — it 
t >kcs that out which should he left in. The stomach of 
anything, wlu-n undergoing strong work, should hold but a 
small quantity of food ; hut thut should lie of the best kind ; 
and as broth, for its bulk, dues not contain anything like the 
proportion of nourishment lo tho enli i fle.-Oi from which 
it is taken, 1 say pay ntoru care to tho incut than the broth. 
It’s my opinion, iudcid, that on tho day before hunting, 
hounds shouldn't have any broth at ull, us it produces thirst, 
and, if mado strong, causes ’em to lap woter on their way tn 
cover, which ono would rulhor they should do ot the finish of 
a good day, than just before tho find. I do not meun that 
the pudding is never to bo mixed with broth ; but knowing 
that in many kennrli lift lo flesh is given, I wish to point 
out tho bad results of depending upon tlio stiongtli of tho 
broth Instead of tlio goodness of the meat. I'm no great 
scholar,” raid tho ex-whipper-in, “und know as little o’ 
books, porliups, as must of us ; but tlioro must Ini' been a 
heap o' wisdom aforo bonks wore made, or how came they 
lo bo written 7 If it wasn't for thinking, sirs, how came 
books to bo brought into tho world, eh 7 ” 
Tom Pitts bent forward* In his seat, and, darting n sharp, 
Inquiring look urouud, rupeuted the concluding query of the 
sentence. 
Sum Wullnr nearly made up Ire mind tn hazard a reply ; 
hut the struggle between his ncliiiatinu uud want of resolu- 
tion to speak, ontietl inn cough, which temporarily threatened 
to produce a fit of apoplexy. 
The proprietor of the smithy relieved, Tout Pitts ottco 
more look up the woof of Ills mingled yarn. 
“ Thought, sirs," said he, “ begets thought, and, before 
now, that of ono man lias caused millions to think. It’s in 
this way wo learn from one another, and he who knows 
most, it may be, is indebted much more* to the brains of his 
neighbour titan his own. That being tho case, I cm tell yo, 
without running heel on the drag which took tn« straight to 
the bit o’ information, that men und hounds, who li\o on a 
mixed diet, feel the < ff cts of tlio quantity and quality of 
food in tliclr work in u very similar way. Our breath, like 
theirs, depends upon the proportions glvcu to them, und tho 
particular state of tlio weather. If close and dump, they 
soon become feverish and blown unless great care’s taken of 
tho stomach they woi k on — and so it is with ns. The bicod’.* 
altogether reguluted by the fund, anil as the blond- is, so will 
be the action o’ the lungs. Willi these facts before us, it 
doesn't require a nclioolmu»ter lo point out thut condition, 
good or had, mainly bungs upon vvliat goes into the mouth, 
although I’ve seen loo many who could say with 1 1 ut li that 
thu lowness of tilths wus caus'd from the vvunt o’ that 
which ought to liu\ u gone Into it. Quick and great work 
by uny animal cun only ho done by his possessing u power 
rquul to the ta-k requited ; and whatever insistence may lie 
rendered in any ulhor shape, yet if the food is not o’ the 
proper und best kind, aud tho quantity and time of giving it 
aiti-ndcd to like clockwork, the truiuiug may ho culled 
anything hut pei feci." 
“ There’s rouson in all you say, T-m Pitts,” remarked the 
thriving y oung dairyman, “ u good deal o’ reason,*’ continued 
he reflectively. 
“ A man shouldn’t speak without n reason, John," replied 
the old carthstopper. “ Hu\l much la Iter nay nothing, and pass 
for tlmt amazingly wiso l.cud which folk sometimes think 
coupled with a silent tongue. To -complete, however, my 
notions concerning iho feeding o' foxhounds,” said he, “ let 
me just add thut the pudding should be made from a 
stock of old meal laid in dry, and, excepting die day before 
hunting, when water only should be used, be mixed with 
broth, not made too good, with a luir allowance of flesh 
rather under-done. Without a near approach to these rules 
being taken as a guide, hounds can’t go through their work, 
when woik is to bu done, in n way capable of showing sport; 
and masters ought to remember well that, with them, 'os-es, 
and men, if anything’s good to he got out, it must bo 
first pul In.” 
\ enquither expressed a decided ncquiesonco to this senti- 
ment by flourishing his stem, and bringing it down oil the 
floor lu u quick succession of single knocks. 
“ There’s but one thing more, in my opinion,’’ resumed 
Tom Pitts, “ necessary tu put and keep hounds in the best 
condition, und that is, plenty of exercise when the season’s 
over, and us much liberty as it’s possible to give them. 
During tho hot and dry summer months they should be taken 
out at daybreak, and have a trot or soma eight or tun miles 
when tlio air and ground ure cool irom the dew. ‘Iheo 
three or four couple n.uy b.- allowed by torn* io rove at 
large about the kennel during the day, instead of being 
ulwuys confined in it ; uml if «ny show n particular dositc to 
get into mischief, liko idle hoys, why they must have Mrs 
liberty taken from them, that’s all. But wc have only to 
look at troneher-fed hounds to see tlio condition which 
freedom gives, whun not a tithe o’ the care is speut upon 
their food and lodging. We mav learn, too, from a 
bird the same fr*>on. The feathers of a wild one are 
smooth, and bright, und theru r 
\ ry hot, when I entered the court one morning In 
i c hounds wire, and rernmked ns I did so* that C * 
of Hie name of Dasl.wood looked dull uud heavy 
I lie eyes, wliilo hi* body shook like a leaf in tho wir,!l 
II . ding out my hand, I called li m to mo ; hut bririgh,,, i ’ 
>ceib logo! Ur with a loud shap, he fl e w ,' as ! f ^fagllte^ 1 !* 
into n corner, und hit u couple of young hounds, wiihoi.! 
imy qouiTi-t, us ho passed them I hud never seen one be 
me, and the thought almost choked me; hut thut hew 
"" •!« I rUW bi a moment. Tn do tho best we can, imd do ! 
quiikly, m. der pres-lug difficulties, is about us 
a* can ho expected in a commandcr-ln-cliiuf. With ' 
singe crack of my lining, I diove ull but Dashwood 
I’.'o a lo Iging-rooin, and iliuu went for Will and the Squi 
I hci o WUS not much diff. runco in tho time of hoth com mu) 
lo the kennel door; and scarcely bud tlio Squire’s eyes f fj 
upon Dailtwnod, ih.ui lie said, lo a dry, husky voice • si 
Unit hound iiistun tly. ; ‘ ’ 1001 
‘ A.* soon us ilia oidcr was given, Will fetched an old. | on 
* ngle-b.ifiel flint gun. wliich wus used to kill rut* with if 
and alio it the kennel, and handing it to me, su il • i 
heat t-siek. Do it for ino.’ 
“ 1 hesitated for a second or two ; but bringing the gnn to 
my shoulder, levelled, just midway between tlio , llM j 
hound’ll ey es, pressed thu trigger, and roiled him over U«ud 
a* the flagstones on which lie fell. 
“Now draft the hounds singly,” suid tlio Squire “and 
let us liuir, if possibl', the full extent of the mischief.” 
One by one was culled from tlie lodging-room, uud after 
carefully examining the cyrr, nose, and ntoulli, every buckle 
wus rubbed hack to sic if tho smallest wound or scratch hud 
been made recently. The effects of Dashwood’* rol.id bite 
were too certain in four couple, and eight shot* followed 
each other in quick succession. At la»t itciimu to hid turn—" 
Tom Pitts pointed to tho reclining form of Vanquisher— 
“ uud a slight, red, fiery wound on his throat,’’ Continued he 
“ was found close under his left ear.” 
lie-load your gun,' suid t lie Squire, hoarsely. 
“ * i’t'fl.' » sir,’ said I, ‘don’t have him shot yet. Let his 
life ha'c a clfniice.’ 
* Vanquisher's u grrat favourite with you, Tom, I know ■ 
rejoined the Squire, ‘uml with good reason ; but recollect 
If wc spare one infeclod, the entire pack may be lost.’ 
I’ll shut him up by himself, sir, und watch him night 
and da*,’ said I. s 
“‘I scarcely consider myself ju.*tifi.d In acceding t 0 
your vvisli,’ ictumcd Hie Squire, ‘and yet to know i |, u j 
such a hound killed u* that unnecessarily, would be uu act 
1 should i egret us long as I livod. lie is tlio best,’ continued 
ho. * out of many good ones wo over bred.’ 
“Luckily ut this moonlit Will observed, as he divided 
tlio hackle* with a finger and thumb for tho fiftieth time 
that ‘ lie didn’t think the wound was a bite.’ 
“ * ; hen lot him he shut up uml closely watched,’ added 
the Squire, ‘and in the event of the most trifling but certain 
symptom uppoari tig, wait for no instructions from me, but 
shoot him.’ 
“Had that symptom shown itself,” sad Tom Pitts, directirg 
the attention ■( the entiie H**emhly to the object of his 
tetnark, “tho best blood in England would have been lost." 
Til K END. 
The new Protocol.— M. Mantcuffd has informed the 
Prussian Chamber* that tho government had joined Austria 
England, and France in a further protocol adopted and 
-igned at Victim. The object of this protocol, he said, was 
to attot thut the Four Powers still regarded the Eastern 
question us they did when the last common protocol w. s 
signed, no. withstanding the events (f c., the declaration of 
war by France and England) which have sutisequently 
tukuii place. 1 ho Austrian government luiimuiice* in the 
Orst. Con r jwn/cnz that tow l our Power- find it neces- 
M.ry lu dut'ljn: that thes'ulcor wur which bus uri*on l.ctween 
'wo of them, France and England, and R has not 
changed tlio mmltmiljli: agreement bclwteu I ho. e Power* ; 
tho ohj.ci id . hut agreement beiug, the intcgr.il jii&.-Ofvatiuii 
"• the Turkish empir-, H.c evacuutinn of it* Djnubi.in pro- 
vimes, uud ihc amolim atiou of the Chi i*ti«n population. 
Attem i-tkd Emeu te in Sardinia-.' — O n tin- C;h in-', 
the Duke do \ alcntino:*, i'rincc of M.maco, pivscntcd liim- 
*' It io the town of Menton, the capital of Monaco, attcinpt- 
mg to i'0-o-tub ish himself us sovereign. About twenty 
persons joined him, but Mm body of tho population gathered 
round Inin and cried, “Down willi thu Prince! long live 
the Kmg (nl Suivfinia). Thu carabineers of tho King of 
Sardinia, win* luuo occupied thu town since it* iucorpi.ra- 
tmii. willi Pndmont, here inadu their appearance ami took 
the tluko into t luir ca.'C, when the pnpul.tr feeling subsided. 
I'l.e piii.cip.iily of Monaco was long under thu control of 
llm King of Surdiniu before 1 848, whrti it was annexed to 
I’icdinoiit. The prince spent n arly all bis time in Paris, 
and was chiefly known to tho world by iho heavy tax lie 
levied upon traveller* passing through Ids petty state. 
Cam iinrixiB. Ttiiwuitt's IIkdrkvt Scuolarsuip*. The 
examination for tlio Tyrwhitt’s Hebrew Scholarships will com- 
incncoon the see -ml Wcittesdny in May next. Candidates fur 
these srimin.slnps must send their names to the vieo-chanccllor, 
ou or before the 1st duy or M iy. 
Visitation of the Arcudbacoh of Middlkskx. — A notice 
has I ice ii issued that tlio unnuul visitation of the Archdeacon jf 
Mi Id loses will tuke place at H.c parish ciinrrli of M. Paul, 
Covcnt-g.irden, on Wednesday, the 3d da v of May, when thu 
charge lo tlio c.ergy will bo delivered by i)r.’ Robert i'hiliiinorc. 
1 he Bishop of London hna intimated llmt lie will tilso visit the 
clergy ut tho end ot' the year. 
ptstioi* Ski.wvn.— U' e ure informed that the friends of Bishop 
Nilwya are dully expecting his arrival nt Southampton by tho 
(a>mniodore, which was expected to sail from tho port of 
Auckland, in Now Zealand, .about Christinas last. Tho bishop, 
U iu,.o.. >T0 “'•‘Jcretand, will be accompanied by Mrs. Welwyn und his 
a caned 8 °."’ , ‘" 1 <1 , wiU ^ ke U P kis rouJcuco for the present ot 
re eln-e i ' v,l , ‘ ,,s ,ul I«Cr, Mr. W. Salwyn, Q.C. It is understood 
• J that, hu lordship will rviiiaiu m Knglund probably till the end 
exclaimed the old oarthMonnni- uu i. i i e i , hoped Hint in the mcnntnnc h« willlmro secured the consecration 
“if we oulf L'hurcli, Lyltcllon. Haring 
ly couskleccd iittlu mutters like these, wo might 
have wiser heads on younger shoulders than the present 
generation can boust of.” . 
Sam Waller entertained n precisely correrponding opinion ; I 
but felt too norvous to express it. 
“ Yoti’vo heard me give a few accounts of some good i 
runs, continued loin Pitts, .“and by way of u change. I’ll I 
tell ye the particular- of* morning which well nigh short- I 
cued my days from ■*<*, a * it really did many ..fourh.*t 
bounds, from a more certain way of Insuring death. 
It was about the middle of July, uud tho weather I 
Bishop Sulwy n’s absence in this country, the album of tho dioee.-^ 
of .\ c w Zealand will be truiisuctcd by tho Yenernblo Archdeneon 
Abrahatu. 
Revival of Town A\n Villaoe Greens — A corrcspondont 
•°J s: “ Tho West London Anti-Enclosure and Field Garden 
Allotment Society hare taken this qnostion up; und as ‘example 
is better than precept,’ and ‘actions speak moro forcibly than 
words, ’ they have taken a plot of ground near the llnrrow-roud 
for a ‘village green,’ which is open to subscribers bud their 
friend*. The subscription is twopence only per week, for which 
euch subscriber has also one of the annul gardens urouud tht 
green.” 
