The Sun.
London, England, 1863-08-31 00:00:00

SECOND EDITIOicTs

SUN OFFICE, HALF•PAST 4 O'CLOCK•

ITALY.

A correspondent of the Opinione of Turin, writ•
ing from Naples, states that the extreme party
there are selling what they call Venice bonds at
two francs each, for a revolutionary fund, and that
upwards of 19,000 of these bonds have already been
disposed of.

THE MOORS AND FORESTS'',

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(From the _lnverness Courier.)
We have lit,Ae to add to the reports from the
moors and forests which wo have already given.
The sport is generally above an average. Disease
le an exception, and its prevalence is very irregular.
Forinstance, tho following statement refers to a
expected,
grouse, shooting south of the canal, where the disease wes
andua e , as I expected, a
is
t the
midst f
rane
numerous, affected district-ti
and
,very
good and healthy. We have been out six days,,
two guns shooting together, and have killed'
on an average each day 23 brace of
g rouee besides hares and small game, including f "
brace of woodcocks in one day. Black- "
is a little better than last year ; the grouse are very
game
r
strong." On the other hand, some very unfavour-
able accounts have been published. We observe by
a letter in the Held that Captain Horatio Ross lays
it down as an invariable rule that disease recurs .at
regular intervals of 7 years. The experience of the
last few years, and particularly of the current sea-
son, in this neighbourhood, does not warrant any
such position, as disease has appeared and disap-
peared in this county with an irregularity and
mystery which it has baffled sportsmen and
keepers to anticipate or guard against. In a pri-
vate letter Captain Ross alleges wnat is very
likely to be the case, namely, that few people
know at the commencement of an attack when the
birds are diseased. He says, "If I see even one
feather near the tail of a particular colour, I am
certain to find the worm in some part of the en-
trails. I have seen my keeper wrong a dozen times
this year. He has fancied the bird all right, and
on dissecting it it was diseased." By accumulation
of minute evidence of this sort something may be
ultimately discovered which may throw light on
the subject.
Among notes of sport we have received the fol-
lowing :—At Easter Kyllachy, Mr. Kidston and
Mr. Ellis shot 32 brace of grouse on Monday week.;
231 brace on Wednesday ; aiid on Thursday 18
brace. On Monday, 24th inst., Mr. E. A. Latham,
M.P., Mr. Tow, Coul Cottage ; Mr. Fenton, and
Mr. Macleod of Cadboll, shot 49 brace of grouse,
1 snipe and 4 hares, on the Alness moors. Mr.
Fraser, of Bunchrew, at Upper Dunean, on the 12th
bagged 16 brace of grouse, and on the 14th, 16,
brace. On Thursday Mejor Wardlaw of Bel-
maduthy shot 9 brace of grouse and 2 black game.
Up to Monday Messrs. Bulteel and Hartman, at
Dunmaglass, shot 320 brace of grouse ; and up to
Tuesday Messrs. Macdonald, Morris, and Mackil-
lop had bagged, at Wyvis, 450 brace.
A correspondent, writing from Ballater, says--
"Your sporting readers will, no doubt, like to hear
that the finest stag ever seen in this part of the
Grampians was killed on the 11th by Mr. Naylor
Leyland, on Ben-na-Bard, which is part of the
forest belonging to the shooting of Corindaven
Lodge. It had a fine clean head of 1.5 points, and
was a remarkably heavy animal. Mr. Naylor
Leyland's sport since he has been down is as fol-
lows:—August 11, two stags, one of eight, the other
of 15 points, both with clean heads. 12th, 19 brace
of grouse and 2 hares, in two hours' shooting.
13th, 411 brace of grouse, in an afternoon's
shooting. The grouse are plentiful and well grown ;
and there are more clean heads in the forest than I
ever remember at so early a period of the season.
This shooting has been rented for the last 20 years
by Captain Leyland, who shoots it every season."
Lord Cowper arrived at Cluny Lodge, Glenmoris-
ton, on the 20th, and has already had good sport.
On the 22d he brought down two stags. On Fri-
day the Hon. H. Cowper killed three stags. Up
to Saturday last Captain Horatio Ross and
party had 22 stags. The Earl of Stamford shot
at Kinrara a fine stag with a head of 11 tines ; Sir
A. Chichester, Bart., one at Glenelg ; and Mr. H.
Akroad, Aultnaharra, two stags, one of which had a
fine royal head: these four heads have been for-
warded to Mr. W. A. Macleay, bird stuffer, for pre-
servation. On Monday, at Guisachan, Mr. Majori-
banks succeeded in bringing down a stag with a
head of eight points. Mr. Basset also shot one at
Kinlochewe, The animal had a beautiful head, of
11 long, beautiful tines; the horns which were
of 32 inches span, were perfectly clear of
velvet. The other day at Lockmore, Colonel Baker
brought down a fine stag with a head of eight
points. At Invereshie, on Tuesday, Henry Chap-
lin, Fag., shot a large stag, with a royal head of
the following dimensions, viz. :—Span, 31:1 inches
length, 341 inches ; thickness, 5/ inches. The whole
of the 12 tines are very long: and much tapered, and
the surface of the antlers i s as rough as those of
a wood deer. The head has been sent to Mr.
Snowie to be preserved. Jet Guisachan, on Friday,
Mr Pullenie shot a stag while on a visit to Mr. D.
C. Marjoribanks ; Mr. J. G. Leigh brought down
a fine animal with a repel head at Strathconon ;
Lord Lovat and the Maser of Lovat shot five stags
in Glenstrathfarar last v reek.

Foreign Midi Packet List.

MAJMS DUE.

Australia and Mauritius, via Southampton. Sept. 18,
via Marseilles
Y .).
Sept. 12,
Brazil and Cape Verds, *by British paeBet.
Cape of Good Hope, 48( Rus
ion, and St. Helena Sept. .2.4.
China, yeitang, and buigapore, via Southatopton.Sept..
via Blarseilles Sept. :I.

Falkland 151and5......
via South. .............
lru
Gibraltar, •pton Sept. ' 1.
India (Calcutta), and. 'Ceylon, Vie. Southampton Sept. 1.
via Marseilles Sept. 12.
India (Bombay), via Southampton Sept. 10.
via. Marseilles 5ept.P0rtuga1..........
Malta, Egypt, and Aden, via Southampton Sept. 3.
Sept. 1.
via Marseilles Sept. 4.
Newfoundland
....
Oporto and Vigo ...
U . S. and British X. America, by *Brit. packet.... Sept. :2,
by U.S. packet....
by Canadian packet. Aug. '.28.
W.C. of Africa, Madeira, and Teneriffe .. .. Sept.. 10.
Bahamas, via New York Sept. 24.
Mexico..
Chili, Sept.. ;.9.
All parts of West Indies, including
- P
cru'
alifornia. and British Columbia..}Sept..j l3.

TAXES UPON ENJOYMENTS.—In the financial -ear
ending with March, 1863, tax was paid upon 34:3,285
of the dogs of Great Britain ; the amount paid was £2 05,785.
More than this number of dogs travelled by railway in the
course of the year--that is, counting as one every journey of
a dog. Tax was paid in the year upon 571,189 horses, the
amount reaching £384,641; of this sum £179,295 was for
170,757 horses used for riding and for drawing taxable car •
riages, £71,421 for 136,041 horses used by farmers, clergy-
men, and surgeons, £100,597 for 191,613 homes used in
trade, and £33,328 for horses of all these classes not exceed-
ing 13 bands. Duty amounting to £6,422 was paid also
upon 1,668 racehorses. The tax upon carriages (other than
hackney and stage carriages) produced £350,083; it was
paid upon 269,443 carriages. The sum of £209,8Q6 was paid
as tax for keeping servants; the taxable servants were
245,380 in number ; 939 persons paid tax for using hair
powder, the duty amounting to £1,203 ; and 48,995 persons
paid £60,086 for using armorial bearings. All these taxes
are confined to Great Britain, and unknown in Ireland,
The produce of all is increasing, except in the instance of
hair powder. The produce of the duty on gold and silver
plate is declining ; last year it brought only £67,354. The
tax paid on cards and dice fell to £9,269, but may recover
under the new mode of taxation. Game certificates and
licences produced but £128,415.
CHARGE OF MURDER ARISING OUT OF A DREAM.
—The man named Garrett', who has been in the
custody of the Liverpool police for the last week, has been
discharged, there being no evidence to support the charge
of murder preferred against hint. The circumstances under
which the man was taken into custody were most extraor-
dinary. A woman named Heckle, with whom the prisoner
cohabited, dreamed that he shot a man in Ireland, and
shortly afterwards the prisoner told her that he had shot a
magistrate named Bell in Ireland eighteen years ago. An
Irish detective officer stationed in Liverpool happened to
have a copy of the Irue and Cry, in which a murder corre-
sponding in its details with the one described by the prisoner
was mentioned. The real murderer, however, is ranch
oldtr than Garrety, and hi. hair is of a different cane,