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London, England, 1845-05-24 00:00:00

Mr. Williams said he would remind the Learned Captain that
it was rather a dangerous thing to take people into custody without
a warrant, or without reasonable suspicion of felony. For aught
that had been proved, or that the Bench knew, those very eggs
might have been received by the defendant from some licensed
dealer in game.
The COURT having hc!cl that the information was sufficiently
pt oved,

Mr. Williams then addressed the Bench in mitigation, and ex-
pressed his surprise at seeing Prince Albert's green and gold game-
keepers mixing themselves up with a prosecution, apparently
originating from Sir John Walsh. If the letter had not been
written by Milley to entrap him, he would not have been placed in
his present unfortunate dilemma. would denounce the whole
as a conspiracy, for the sake of putting one-half of the penalty
into Mr. White's pocket, who was in the room, and whom they
dared not call as a witness for the Crown. He would then read
the letter which had been sent to the defendant .o entrap him, as
he intended to keep nothing in the back ground. It was written by
the witness Milley, who signed himself as "gamekeeper." The
letter was as follows :
" Mr. Dean,—l Bleave you sent to me last week about some
pheasants eggs, And I did not know Wether they was good or not,
And so I did not give the man any particular answer about them ;
but if you are got some to part with, and they are good, I will try
and deal with you on reasonable terms. And please to send word
back by the boy when you will bring them if you are got any to
part with now; the man was saying you had got two pheasants to
part with As well As eggs, And if they are likely birds for laying,
I should have know objection to try and make a deal with you for
them, but send me word when you will come, so that I can be in
the way, for you might come 50 times And not find me At home.
I am Liveing in A New house just above the Royal Forester.
(Signed) "JAMES MILLEY, Gamekeeper."
The game laws were already sufficiently severe in their operation,
but if gamekeepers, however illustrious their employers might be,
were to make a trade in informations for the sake of half the
penalties, the ignorant and needy would be co.sstantly led into
temptation, and the wrongs of the poor unendurable.
The magistrates retired for nearly half an hour.
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On their

Mr. CBUTCIILEY addressed the defendant, and said, he considered
the offence with which he was charged a very bad one; and that
the letter which had been written to him was an aggravation of
that offence. The Bench had, therefore, determined to inflict the
full penalty the law allowed, which was that he be fined 21. for
each of the pheasants, and ss. for each of the eggs found in his
possession, and ordered him to pay 1/. Is. coats, making together
101. lls., and, in default, that he be committed to the county gaol
for four months, with hard labour, viz., three months in the case
of the birds, and one month for the eggs being found in his pos.
session.

Mr. Williams haring applied to the bench to give the defendant
a fortnight's time to raise the amount of the fines and the costs,
to which Mr. Voules, on the part of the prosecution, cheerfully
assented,

Capt. lilutaELEv said no time whatever should be given--the man
must pay the money at once, or go to gaol.
The defendant was then taken away in custody.
The proceedings were taken under the Ist and 2d of William
IV., cap. 32, sections 24 and 9.5.

COURT CIRCULAR.
The Queen and Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, the
Princess Royal, the Princess Alice, the Prince of Leiningen,
the Countess of Mount Edgecumbe, the Dowager Lady Lyt-
telton, Lord Byron, Lord Charles Wellesley, and (',;lone!
Wylde, arrived at Claremont, from town, in three carriages and
four, at a quarter before :ix o'clock on Thursday afternoon.
His Royal Highness Prince Alfred arrived at Claremont pre-
vious to her Majesty. Colene; Bowles also arrived from town
in the afternoon.
There was no addition to the royal dinner party in the
evening.
Yesterday morning her Majesty and Prince Albert took
their accustomed early walk in Claremont Park. The Royal
Family were also taken airings in the grounds adjoining tbe
mansion.
Their Royal Highness Prince Albert and the Prince of
Leiningen rode out on horseback in the forenoon.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent arrived at Clare-
mont yesterday afternoon in a carriage and four, attended by
Lady Anna ltlaria Dawson. Her Roy al Highness remained on a
visit to her Majesty.
The band of the Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards ar-
rived at Esher yesterday afternoon.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her Ma-
jesty the Queen Dowager yesterday afternoon at Marlborough
House. The Royal Duchess left her residence, Clarent e
House, St. James's, at five o'clock, attended by Lady Ann.
Maria Dawson, for Claremont.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge,
the Duchess of Gloucester, and the Grand Duchess Stephanie
of Baden, honoured the Duke and Duchess of Somerset with
their company yesterday afternoon at the public breakfast given
by their Graces at their residence in Park-lane.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge dined last
evening with the Noblemen and Gentlemen's Catch Club, at
the Thatched House Tavern.
The Grand Duchess Stephanie of Baden, accompanied by
the Chevalier Bunsen, Prussian Minister, and attended by the
Baroness de Strumfeder, went to Richmond yesterday morning,
and visited the Dowager Countess of Dunmore. The Grand
Duchess, accompanied by his Excellency, proceeded to
Hampton-court Palace, and, after inspecting the Palace and
viewing the gardens and grounds, returned to Richmond. Her
Royal Highness returned to town in the afternoon.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert visited the Grand
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minster.

The Court is expected to return to Buckingham Palace on Mon.
day next, from Claremont. The royal visit to her Majesty's marine
villa, Osborne House, Isle of Wight, is expected to take place at
the close of the ensuing week.
The Duke and Duchess of Leeds have arrived at the Clarendon
Hotel from Hornby Castle, Yorkshire.
The Lord Chamberlain, Earl Delawarr, has issued cards for his
usual grand official banquet, In honour of her Majesty's birthday,
on Tuesday, to the Lords Equerries and Grooms in Waiting on
the Queen. Covers will be laid for twenty-four.
Lord and Lady George Seymour arrived yesterday at Mivart's
Hotel, from Brighton, where the Noble Lord and Lady have been
residing some months.

The newly-appointed Bishop of Ely, Dr. Turton, has removed
from his residence, which his Lordship occupied as Dean of Wes:-
minster, to the spacious mansion of his predecessor in Dover-street.
Lord Sidney Osborne, uncle to the Duke of Leeds, has taken a
mansion in Upper Portland-place.
ECCENTRICITY.—A respectable correspondent in-
forms us that in the neighbourhood of Dudley a gentlemen
has recently offered to give the munificent sum of 5,000/.
from his own resources, for the purpose of erecting a new
church, provided that penny postage stamps to the amount
of 2,0001., which have been obliterated by Passing through
the post.office, are sent to him within a limited period. Several
ladies in Dudley are endeavouring to compel the gentleman to
fulfil his offer, by coliecting postage stamps from the various at-
torney's offices and counting.houses in Dudley and neighbourhood,
and we trust their present sanguine hopes will not be disappointed.
Worcester Journal.
DEATH Or IV. J. HUGGINS, ESQ., THE MATIDIt
ARTIST.—On Monday last, at his residence, No. 105, Leadenhall-
street, after only two days' illness, William James Huggins Esq
aged sisty•four, and marine artist to his late Majesty William IV..
The early years of Mr. Huggins were passed upon the ocean,
having made several voyages to China, in the service of the East
India Company ; and this enabled him, who had keenly endured the
honors of the storm, to paint the subject so accurately; for no
artist has ever excelled him in portraying a gale of wind with all
its concomitant terrors. The three large pictures of the battle of
Trafalgar (now at Hampton Conn Palace), which Mr. Huggins
painted for the late Ring, evince a thorough knowledge of nau-
tical affairs, especially the tempest after the engagement. These
were originally designed for the collection at Greenwich Hospital,
and it was a source of grief to the worthy artist that, through
some cause or other, they never reached .heir destination. Hes
portraits of ships, to which he was principally confined, were ex.
cellent, and the scenery displayed many a sunny spot of beautiful
colouring, particularly in his delineations of Chinese landscapes,
In private life, as well as in his professional capacity, he enjoyed
the esteem of many of the most talented men of the day.—Pkterial
Times.

CHURCH INNOVATIONS. - ST. GEORGE IN THE
EAST. —The polling on Friday went on very languidly for a church_
rate, and very few of the parishioners interfered in the matter.
Some personal friends of the rector, who has driven the great bulk
of the parishioners from their parish church by his Puseylte prac-
tices, recorded their vote in favour of the rate, and to coun-
teract this, the church party (for it is a fact that the oppositioa
to the rate emanated from churchmen) who are disgusted with
the innovations introduced by the Rev. Mr King, voted against
the rate, and could have brought up hundreds had it been ne:•es.
sary. At the close of the first day's poll, Mr. Liquorish, the senior
churchwarden, stated the numbers to be, for the rate, 14 apiust
the rate, atsi

THE GAME-LAWS.
On Thursday last, au e'd m .0 named James Dean, between 60
and 70 years of age, a sh ,ernaker, of East Hampstead, was
charged before -Mr. P. H. Crutchley and Captain Bulkeley
(county magistrates for B, rk ), on the information of Ge,rge
White, one of Prince Albci,'s gameleepers for the Swinley district,
with having unlawfully or.e-ed for
_sale four pheasants and six
pheasants' eggs, on the 13th instant. The examination took place
at the private office of Mr, Seeker, the town-clerk of Windsor,
and clerk to the county magistrates.
Mr. C. S. Voulcs, solicitor, appeared for the Crown, and Mr. .7.
J. Williams, barrister-at-law, for the defendant.
The case excited considerable interest, in consequence of the
method which had been adopte i to entrap the defendant.
Charles Maley, gamekeeper to Sir John Walsh, of Warfielsi,
examined by Mr. Voules—Oo the night of Monday, the
10th instant, defendant came to my house at Winkfield, its
consequence of a letter I had written to him that morning.
I let a person named John Shakespere privately in at the back
door to hear what was said between me and Dean. Dean told me
he had only half a dozen pheasants' eggs by him just then. Dean
als,) said he had three hens and a cock pheasant by him at
home. The deal between me and the defendant was then
conclude,'. He brought to me the next morning, about
five o'clock, three Lens and cne cork pheasant alive, and
six pheasants' eggs, saying they had all been caught in wires since
the previous Tuesday. 'When I asked him if he was unliorised to
sell game, he said" No but there will be no harm between you and
rre." When he said he had no license to sell game, I told him I
could Oct buy of him. He then said he would take them back
again. I i eplicd, " You cannot do that, for I must take them be-
fore a magistrate." Shakespere, whohad been secreted, then appeared.
Cross-examined by Mr. Williams—l am gamekeeper to Sir
John Walsh ; but I have no deputation nor any license to deal in
game, nor any license to kill game. I look after Sir John's game.
I decline to say if I ever killed any game. I have had possession of
the birds and eggs ever since they were brought tome by Dean.
John Shakespere corroborated the terimony of the last witness.
Cross.cxamine.l by Mr. Williams—Pray, in whose employ are
you ? Who is your master ?
Upon the witness hesitating" to give an answer, Captain
Bulkeley said, " Oh, the Woods and Forests pay him, or else the
Crown."

Mr. Williams—I had much rather have an answer from the
witness, Captain Bulkeley, unless you yourself chooce to be sworn.
Witness, after being again pressed by Mr. Williams for an
answer, at length replied, lam game-keeper to Prince Albert. I
know a person named George White, who laid this information.
He is now in the room, in green and gold. He is one of the head
game-keepers to his Royal Highness.
The case having been closed on the part of the Crown,
Mr. Williams took several technical objections to the summonses,
which were overruled. He then addressed the Bench on the part of
the defendant, who, he said, need not have appeared that day at
all, as the summonses were both decidedly bad. He however had
consented to appear, in order to save further trouble and loss of
time to the Bench.
Captain BUI.KELEY—He was already here when the case was
opened, and if he had attempted to have gone away I would cer.
tainly have given him into custody.
Mr. Williams—Pie was here as a spectator, and was not bound
to plead. He could have walked out of the room, without appear.
ing to the summons, most certainly, if he had so pleased.
Captain Itsrueal.er —I should not have parted with him. I
should certainly have ordered him into custody Übe bad attempted
that.