The Express.
London, England, 1863-09-05 00:00:00

SEPTEMBER

THE MOORS AND FORESTS.

STRATHELEN. —The partridge shooting season
opesed os Tuesday, but little was done on the low grounds.
The weather was dull wed stormy, and few sportsmen were
out. The coveys are numerous sod large, and excellent
sport is expected. On the hill sides the keepers report the
coveys as strong, and yesterday all the shooting grounds
were walked over, and each eporteman would have from 12
to 14 brace. There is an abundant supply of hares and
plummets In all the presereeL
PIETRBILIII.—The weather during the put week has
bees very unfavourable for prosecuting shooting on the
moon, and but few sportsmen have ventured out. The
sport on the moots in the neighbourhood of Pitlochry,
Duokeld, Blairgowrie, Blair-Athde, and Loch Ransoch side
wee upon the whole excellent for the are week after the
shooting opened ; but the grouse are now much scarcer, and
the birds wild and not easy to get within gunshot of. In
some places the birds are affected with discos—though not
to any extent—arid aosarquently some of the yew' grouse
are mallet than usual. In the central district of Breadal-
I bane the sport has bees excellent, and much above the aver-
age of former years. His Royal uses the Maharajah
Lhaleep Singh had killed up to Saturday but upwards of
803 brace of grooms, besides a lugs quantity of other pan,
to his own gun, on the Loch Leased nog.. Grandtully,
and other 'portends have also made fair bass in the dis-
trict. In the seighbourheed of Billie, and in the north-
western district of the meaty, sportsmen have enjoyed but
poor sport, and both grouse and black game have not been
so scarce on several of the moors for many years pant. At
Oclitertyre and Glenturret on Friday and Saturday lad the
various sportsmen were pretty sneceseful during the few
hours they were out each day. The Hoe. Gilbert Heath-
en* M.P. Earl Sefton, Colonel Tyrwhitt, and Lord Rose
have bagged an immense quantity of grouse and other kinds
of game on the shooting beloaging to the Right
Hon. Lord Willoughby d'Cb7l,sand the Gongs of groan
appear still to be plentiful. On all the other moors in
the Orloff district good sport is still enjoyed, when the
weather permjn, notwithataadiog the unprecedented
numbers already shot. On the Gleaturnit, Corrientes*.
loch, and Atichnafree mons especially, the game already
begged basset bees equalled is quantity for =anyone.
On the Ochil range, except on the western slopes, only •
few brace of grouse have been killed since the shooting
Vass&
flea FORIST.—The Hon. George Sena Duff has bad
eapital sport is Mar Forest ; and up to Thursday last had
kilnd fourteen step, all of them splendid animals, the
lighted weighing 15 atone and the heaviest weighing 18
stove. On the 24th, Mr. Medina, M.P., killed two Ilse
stage in Glencoe, weighing respectively 14 stone and 14
stone 1016. ; and on Wednesday, be killed one weighing
15 stone. On the 24th, Lord Stamford shot, in his forest
of Rothiemurchus, 4 sings, one with Gloves liar ; as Tees-
dty 3 stags ; on Wednesday and Thursday, 4 excellent
nags, and about 70 brae* wild ducks ; and on Friday last 5
MILL

ST. JAMES% PALACE, SEPT. 3.—The Queen has
been pleased to !appoint Thomas Speooer Wells, Esq., to
be surgeon to the household in ordinary to her Majesty, in
the room of Charlet Henry Phillips, Esq., deemed.—
Gazette.

FOREIGN-OPTIC!, SEPT. 2.—The Queen has been
pleased to approve of Y. Orszio le Boutin's, as consul for
the district of Gaspe, and the provinces of New Brunswick,
Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland, to
reside at Gaspe Basin, for his Majesty the King of Italy.
The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. R. H.
Williams as oonsul at Waterford for his Majesty the King
of the Belgians. The Queen has also been pleased to ap-
prove of Mr. J. H. Sherman as *maul at Prins Edward
Llod for the United State' of kmerioa—Gazette.

Tag WRECK OF THE EXCOBSION IdYsnarfia Hga.
MAJIHTL—An isquiry, directed by the Board of Trade,
was opened at the Petty Soriano Court, Portsmouth, yes-
terday (Friday), into the circumstances &Moodie' the low
cf the steamer Her Majesty, belooging to the Potiamouth
and Hyde Packet Company. It may be remembered that
the steamer was making as exaursioe voyage round the
Isle of Wight on the 15th ult., mod when off Bembridge
oho struck on the coal rocks and became a total wreck,
fortunately, however, without any kw of life. The in-
Sty took place before Mayor Travers, and J. fireboat:le,
~ justice' of the peace, assisted by Captains Baker
Robb:won, nautical assiessors. Mr. Hammill
represented the Board of Trade ; and Mr. B. W.
Ford, solicitor of Portsmouth, watched the owe for
the Packet Company. After the whole of the
evidence had been taken the court pronounced judgment as
follows :—" Having considered the evidence we are dearly
of opinion that the accident occurred entirely by fault of
the mate, William Tyhurst, he having taken upon him-
self to alter the course of the ship in opposition to
the orders previously given by the master to the man
at the helm. For this unwarrantable interfweatie we
feel hound to suspend his certificate, but in eon.
sideratiou of his previous good character and long 'orrice
with the company we do so for a shorter time than we
otherwise should. We suspend his certificate, accordingly,
for six months. Before concluding we strongly admonish
the captain, in future, when approacbiag any intricate or
dangerous part of the navigation, not to absent himself
from the bridge, where he could see for himself, sod pre.
vent the possibility of the mate or any one else interfering
with his orders, and he must clearly understand that bad be
heard the look-out man's warning (viz., that there were
rocks ahead a quarter of a mile before the vessel struck) we
should have been under the palatal necessity of suspending
his certificate for not immediately stopping the engines,
or taking other necessary steps to avoid the danger, if
possible."
DEATH OF A YOUTHFUL PRODIOY.—Leat Saturday
there died in Montrose glad named Alexander Millar, whose
testa as • calculator astonished all who were acquainted
with him, and many sought to know the boy io order to
put his powers to tie test, The gift was a natural one,
for Alexander in his earliest years showed a remarkable
facility in mentally solving arithmetical problems. For the
gift of a marble or a defaced postage stamp he would
calculate the number*, hours, minute', and seconds one
had lived almost as quick as thought. Some gentlemen,
who tried him with a question of this kind, while they
worked it on a slats, thought they had caught the lad
tripping. His mower was given some minutes before they
weld compute the amount, and when the results were
compared there was a considerable discrepancy. On reel.
ficatioe, however, it was toned that Alexander had
allowed for the leap years, which the others had forgotten.
Nor was our hero less an adept at working oa the slate
when at school, for he carried off all the prizes in arithmetic
at every examination he attended. He had also from
hie earliest boyhood a knack of putting into verse any
incident or subject mentioned to him. The rhymes
were rough and rode, no doubt, but still the gift
was remarkable in one so young. The poor boy had been
in delicate health for some months peat, having two or
three fits daily, but be still retained his usual gift of mice-
latioo up Lill the dry of his death. He was gentle and
affectionate in his mousers, and a great favourite with all
who kw. him. Though generally refusing to display his
, gift without maw little paid pro quo, Millar could not be
culled greedy, as he was ever reedy to share his acquisition'
I with his companions. Thus we has died, at the early age
of Osumn, who, had be lived, might have been an howler
to Montrose.—Drastee Advertiser. _

GYMNASTIC FESTIVAL AT TILE CRYSTAL PALAU/.
—The first anneal festival of the Amateur Gymnastie So•
ciety, in eminence with the 7th company of the 19th Mid-
dlesex Rifle Volunteer Corps, came off yesterday, in the
grounds of the Crystal Palace. in the pressrun of a large
ocunsinnie of spectators. The society, which has now been
in existence Dearly a year, and numben about sixty mem-
bers, was originally formed by a few of the members of she
German Gymnastic &moiety, of which it is an offshoot. This
being the first festival which this society has given, con-
siderable difficulty was experienced is tasking the nee-emery
arrso;emeote for the sports. Notwithataeding the many
obstacles which presented themselves, however, the feetin.
ties of yesterday pared off with great tele, it being obvious
from the wonderM performances of the various members
that the society had already made great progress.