16 APRIL 1864, Page 2

A trespass Bill has been introduced into Parliament for the

stricter preservation of game in Ireland, which will of course pass, as would a proposal making the killing of a fox high treason. The game preservers have, however, this week received a terrible blow. The Lords of Session have decided that under recent Acts game has become property, and every tenant has therefore right of action against his landlord for damage done by his property. A tenant of the Duke of Montrose has in this way recovered 1471. from his landlord. The landowners can of course insert a clause in their leases barring such actions, but every small freeholder can worry the neighbouring squires into a decent moderation in the manufacture of game.