The Sun.
London, England, 1845-05-24 00:00:00

THE GAME-LAWS.

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 held that the information was sufficiently
proved,

Mr. Williams then addressed the Bench in mitigation, and ex-
pressei 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. He would denounce tise 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 to 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
pat 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 MI LLEY, 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 constantly led into
temptation, and the wrongs of the poor unendurable.
The magistrates retired for nearly half an hour. On their
return—

Mr. CR trrcntmc 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 IL Is. costs, making together
101. 1 Is., 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 having 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
assentcd,

Capt. SULKELEY 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 25.

COURT UI,A.j.

' 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 Colonel
Wylde, arrived at Claremont, from town, in three carriages and
four, at a quarter before six &clock on Thursday afternoon.
His Royal Highness Prince Alfred arrived at Claremont pre-
vious to her Majesty. Colonel 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 the
mansion.
Their Royal Highness Prince Albert and the Prince of
Leiningen lode 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 Maria Dawson. Her Royal Highness remained on a
visit to her Majesty.
The band of the Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards ar-
rived at Esher yesterday afternoon.
Iler Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her Ma-
jesty the queen Dowager yesterday afternoon at Marlborough
House. The Royal Duchess left her residence, Clarence
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
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Lichfield, and Rochester, the Secretary of State for the Home
Department, the Earl of Besborough, the Right Bon. H.
Ilobhouse, the Right Hon. J. Nichpll and the Dean of West-
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 beem
residing seme months.

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miLnord'Sidoey Osborne, uncle to the Duke of Leeds, has taken
mansion in Upper Portland.place.
ECCENTRICITY.—A respectable correspondent in-
forms us that in the neighbourhood of Dudley a gentleman
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 collecting 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 OF W. J. HUGGINS, ESQ., THE MARINE
Aavlsv.--On Monday last, at his residence, No. 105, Leadenhalt.
street, after only two days' illness, William James Huggins, Esq.,
aged sixty-four, and marine artist to his late Majesty William IV.
The early years of Mr. Huggins were passed upon the ocean,
hating made several voyages to China, in the service of the East
India Company ; and this enabled him, who had keenly endured the
horrors 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 Coutt Palace), which Mr. Huggins
painted for the late King, evince a thorough knowledge of nau-
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tics! affairs, especially the tempest lifter 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. His
s of ships, to which he was principally confined, were ex_
ansl 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 mcst talented men of the day.—Pictorial
Times.

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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 Puseyite prac-
tices, rceorded their vote in favour of the rate, and to coun_
teract this, the church party (for it is a fact that the opposition
to the rate emanated from churchmen) who are disgusted with
the innovations introduced by the Rev. Mr. King, voted against
the rate, avid coutd have brought up hundreds had it been neces.
sary. At the close of the first day's poll, Mr. Liquorish, the senior
churchwarden, stated the nutubets to be, for the rate, 14 ; against
th rate, 36; raajority,:22.

On Thursday last, an old man named Jamei Dean, between 60
and 70 years of age, a shoemaker, of East Hampread, was
charged before Mr. P. H. Crutchley and Captain Bulkeley
(county magistrates for Berks), on the information of George
White, one of Prince Albert's gamekeepers for the Swinley district,
' with haring unlawfully offered 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. Voules, solicitor, appeared for the Crown, and Mr. J.
J. Williams, barrister.at-law, for the defendant.
The case excited considerable interest, in consequence of the
method which bad been adoptei to entrap the defendant.
Charles Milley, gamekeeper to Sir John Walsh, of Warfield,
examined by Mr. Voules—On the night of Monday, the
12th instant, defendant came to my house at Winkfield, in
consequence of a letter I had written to him that morning.
1 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
els, 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 hens and one cock 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 authorised to
sell game, he said" No, but there will be no harm between you and
me." When he said he had no license to sell game, I told him I
could not buy of him. He then said he would take them back
again. II eplied, " You cannot do that, for I must take them be-
fore a magistrate." Shakespere, who had 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 to me by Dean.
John Shakespere corroborated the testimony of the last witness.
Cross-examined 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—l had much rather have an answer from the
witness, Captain Bulkeley, unless )ou yourself choose 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
ail, 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 BULKELEr—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—lle 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 lIIILKELEI'—I should not have parted with him. I
should certainly have ordered him into custody if be had attempted
that.