The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1870-03-29 00:00:00

THE GAME QUESTION.

The settlement of this vexed question is one of
immense difficulty ; but if original scheme, and one
well worth oonsideration, has just been suggested by
Mr. Blundell, of the arm of Blundell and Palmer, the
well-known land and estate agents of Southampton.
This gentleman, addressing toe South Hants Farmers'
Club, dectimed himself to be as fond of shooting as any
man living, and he would be the last man on earth to
say "Destroy the pine," He desired fair play.
lint "it often happened when he had gone profession.
ally to value game damages that an unfair advantage
had been taken of the tenant where there had been a
reservation of the game. The valuation had often been
half of the rent." We do not believe that landowners
in general have a desire to be unjust to their %emits ;
but they are ill-informed upon this topic. "Cases were
so oontinually occurring," Mr. Blundell said, 'in which
serious injury by game bad been done to the tenant.'
Grope upon farms where the tenants were deluded
and inveigled into singing a lease reeerving game
to the landlord, under the fair promisee of the steward
or agent that it was merely a formal lease, and that
they would take care the game should not injure them,
that be was induced to supest • legialstive enactment,
whereby game, ineladine hares and rabbits, should be
made the absolute property of the occupier of the land,
and that any agreement to the untrary between land-
lord and tenant should be null and void. There would
be no keepers to make mischief between landlord and
tenant, and the steward or agent would thee !rave only
a straightforward and honest position to fill, imtead of
parrying on • constant warfare with the tenantry under
false pretences." Anticipating an objection that the
landlord ought to have his gaine and shooting if be
wished it, Mr. Blundell expressed his eoncurrence,
adding that the "landlord was not obliged to let all his
land. He might hold and occupy in his Owe right as
much land as be might think proper, and rear as meth
game as he chose, and in doing so injure none of hie
tenants or adjoiniag proprietors. He would have his
keeper to look after the game, and if he wished it,
• profitable and paying eoncern by enolosing his land
with wire netting, Properly izod and oardollY
attended by his keepers." It has frequeatly been
said that tenants know very well that game is reserved,
end they make their bargains arsoordingl . The
fallacy of this Mr. Blundell exposed, ng 'the
tenant was often induced to sign his lean reserving
the game through promises that be should not be
injured, through youth and inexperienes, and deft
through inability to obtatin eity otter farm owing to
the great eorapetition for the Permeation of land."
Continuing his argument for rendering any sgreement
null and void which merged the game to the land-
lord, Mr. Blundell ociatended that "thin would net
prevent • friendship arising between landlord mid
tenant, whereby they might mutually understand each
other so as to enjoy the pone is common, or even for
the landlord to have it altegetner, and this friendship
would prove dm shroogest bond of union between them
whieh could possibly exist, inasmuch that neither could
take advantapi of the other, under cover of the law ;
and it was generally admitted that most tenants
would feel • pleasure in rearing a portion of game for
the landlord's amusement if required. There were
also strong grounds for believing that in care game
was the property of the tenant it would, to • 'outlier.
able extent, diminish poaching, becau-s, under present
circumstances, the poacher often met with eacourarm.
meat by the tenantry, and many were labourers on the
different fume." Under the premed system, tenants
erect the mercy of landowners and agents; under the
one proposed, tenants would he able to show their
esteem for • good landlord, and make an honourable
return for his oonaideration. This much is certain.
And it is very probable that landlords would be able
to enjoy as much sport as they weld reasonably
desire.

Masai'

THE Alexandra Theatre, in Glasgow, was burned
down on Thunder uiebt.
Ite Queen visited the South Kensington Museum on
Thumlay.
Tee Irish Clarets Convention have decided that the
future primates of the Chureti in Ireland shall be
eketed by the Bench of Bianops and from Among their
own number.

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