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Critical Review

1800-Aug | review of "A Letter to the Right Hon. William Windham, on his Late Opposition to the Bill to Prevent Bull-Baiting: By an Old Member of Parliament [Sir Richard Hill], To which are Annexed, some Letters and Extracts on the Same Subject; Also, some Verses on Hunting; with an Address from a Salopian Bull, and the Author's Apology Attempted in Humble Rhyme," Critical Review; or Annals of Literature, 39 (1800-Aug): 479; Digitized by Google, Online at Google Books.

Letter to William Windham on the his Opposition to the Bull Baiting Bill

Sir Richard Hill

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A Letter to the Right Hon. William Windham, on his Late Opposition to the Bill to prevent Bull-Baiting: By an Old Member of Parliament. To which are Annexed, some Letters and Extracts on the same Subject; Also, some Verses on Hunting; with an Address from a Salopian Bull, and the Author's Apology Attempted in humble Rhyme. 8vo. 1s. 6d. Cadell and Davies

Bull-baiting, throwing at cocks, and cock-fighting, are a disgrace to the nation; and the instances of cruelty subjoined to this letter will, we hope, produce due effect upon the legislature, and tend to abolish these reliques of a barbarous age. There is a degree of flippancy in the mode of addressing the opposer of the bill, which injures the argument: but, before the meeting of parliament, the supporters of the bill will, it is to be hoped, collect every document relative to their intended reform, and place the whole in a candid and dispassionate manner before the legislature. By very little perseverance on their part, the evil complained of will be redrafted; and bull-baiting will not be thought more necessary to this nation than bear-baiting.