The Sun.
London, England, 1823-10-21 00:00:00

GAME QUESTION.

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On Saturday at'unight the Petty Sessions were held at the
Town Hall, Itoinsey, before fieorge Eyres Esti. and 'SIT
George'lletry 'Rose, ;Justices. Among other Aatii6 Cases, lie.
occurred one of more than 'ordinary poblielintereat It *Sass
follow, ; --A gamekeep_er of the name of ,Thrlsher, in ttehrvice
of the flight Iloti. Viscount Palmtriton, 'preferred. 1 ar,ga
against a man named ti iffbrd, for poaching. •It ap'Pe ' Prom
the evidence of the kceppr himhell, that, suspesting,thp defend-
am of having game about his person, he stopped Ilan in niablic
road, known by the 'name of Waldson4arie, near iliciadlands,
and demanded' to search his person, whiclailiffortfiettisted,
threatening to draw his knife ou the witness, if,he attemited ',it,
but offering, at the same time, to accompany him to the Afaips-
trate'S office. On their way thexentered a ptildielhook7wben
the poacher drew from under his jacket ' a Pliesiant and' gave it
to the keeper. • This was the materialyan of the case, atyl,as„far
as the poacher *Us concerned, sufficiently strong rigaiiiiit hip,
but it appearing, from the testimony of the pfoiectitoic that
the act n' had never been seen off the public road, indithas
Vt
'he was on it when stopped, the presiding.illagistrate, Mr.- ' e,
with his judgment and discritninatitm,' toelethe r-
amity of reprobating the. irregular and Illegattandact'. , the
keeper in presuming to arrest any person ~la a piOlig,ltity on
bare suspicion Of.his being in possession of game: After read-
ing him a severe lecture, telling him that he Ought to hi ~:e Ilia-
anguished between"the moat of a person fetind in a cover, (Win
the Heide, and. tine; walking, the road, be threatened, .1,4 ,*,pleeps
the case together i bui the fact of the defatittatit`a 'ping the:
bird in his possession, &c. determined the Bench, uffe siinw.
deliberation, to eonvict'him, but no sentenpit wadpassett` The
defendant was severely reproved by,Sir G. H. ltose, for, his Ain-
English threat of using a knife.-:-(l.fampsiiire' Trlegiap4. A

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HEREFORD CATHEDRAL.---The repairs to tho
interior of the Hereford.Cathed.ral are. nearly, cortipleted : the
Last Window,. painted Last by Mr. Buckler, imparts a religious
light to the chancel and altar of the Church, while the elegant
otilGaltreen'Whichaurrounds the choir, Stripped uf its many,.
coloured coats," and purified frotti the paintuf herb:awls 4P.111
is now shining in its original and simple elegance, aml s eems
" when unadorned adorned the meat." The mirth, one ofihe
finest of old Father Smith's, has ehange*d'ittdiaguating.Mthite
embellishments for the agreeable and pious oak.eltoNled,
so as to correspond with the llishtip's tiiione' 'and t I' sisals
within the body of the choir. The rout and,oailhig tdanthave
received an improvement of the most perfcct kind, in a .stgns
colouring,' Which has hidden the glaring White:waShz and Wu*
thrown, a over the whole building Solcritri and .tievottonalrehs-
racter.—Ni'e cannot too much Willire. the, liherakty yhielt its%
arisen' of late days to beiturity'and adorn 'Otti; venerable cathe-
drals; thiiiof Hereford 'suffered so much frchn theAllingrofits
west towers_sorne 30 or 40 years ago, that it has scarcely beim
enabled to emerge from the expences wtitclt tatctitlcti, its re-
building. • The- ibbiritart is now, howevei; rostrplketi in a
triermer.whith• reflects the highest credit an thine e who bitvetito.
nutted the,undertaking, and particularly on, the ingividual.st
'the bead Or the Chapter; who' has' been incessant in his el ions!
superintendence. of the. *hole work, anit'byp i
whose
' utliei4us
t
uste.ttedyenievereroioe, most, if not 01, of ttig,altSla
,9.00 have
been carried into effect.

On,Suturtiay I,ttest, at, Scriven, near iittaresbn•
rough, one of the ' s' t harriers in the rack heiongink"to
CttanLts 81.1wettuillaotViiitving done l'clul e thin glO '4l tad
his.,assoelatel44 a general Ell o eonspiraq was forirted'iptinst
hint, and they.sodthudy wit ott y cot)sent attaticed and wortid
nit
him before the huntsman ba thoestorscue hint. ' ' '