original intent, I grant, was bad ; but there is an infinite difference between property and life ! The wanton frolic of youth might be delighted with the hope of stealing a deer from a neighbouring park, that would shudder at the thought of homicide ! Thomas Lord Dacre might have been a youth of this description ; but even the excellence of his character could not save him from the Monarch's award !
OLD ROAR,
About two miles to the north-west of Hastings is a fall of water, known by the name of the " Old Roar," in the middle of a thick wood, It is a small stream which rises a considerable distance off, and runs unnoticed, till it arrives at a rocky precipice in the wood, over which it falls perpendicularly about 40 feet, into a bason below. The situation is beautifully romantic ; for after long heavy rains, a large body of water tumbles over with- a tremendous roar, that is heard half a mile off. The nearest road to it is over the western hill -
