The Sun.
London, England, 1862-09-08 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDOr!, MONDAY EVENIr,G, SEPTEMBER 8, 1862.

THE 11100. RS.

AuCIITERARDER.—During the last fortnight the weather
has, with the exception of one or two days, been favourable
for grouse shooting. The sport enjoyed has been generally
good. There are some complaints, however, as to the
scarcity of birds. Owing to the fine weather the young
birds have grown well, and all the broods improved con-
siderably in condition. On the Coulshill moors, Mr.
Smeaton and party have bagged since the season commenced
between 300 and 400 head of game. They had excellent
hare shooting. Mr. Mylne, at Duchally, has also had
pretty good shooting when he went out on his moors, from
20 to 30 head in two or three hours daily. We have
favourable accounts of the grouse shooting on the northern
moors. Messrs. Joynson, on the Appin moors, have some
superior shooting. On four days' shooting during the
week they had about 70 brace. On the Grandtully
moors, the sportsmen have met with good shooting,
likewise, the average being about 40 head of game per
day. On the Rannoch moors, the shooting we under-
stand has been splendid. Several of the sportsmen have
had between 70 and 80 head of game on an average
per day. The price of grouse still continues high,
from 2s. 6d. to 3s. each. Heavy hampers are, however,
daily transmitted from the game-dealers to the London
markets.—Scotsman.

ARGYLESHIRE.—During the last three weeks the weather
has been fine and favourable for the grouse shooting. A
good number of the moors have not been opened this season,
as the birds were both scarce and small. On the Glenorchy
moors, we understand, some good sport has been got, but
none of the bags have exceeded 40 brace per day. A few
of the sportsmen have had on an average from 20 to 30
brace daily of grouse. Black game has afforded some good
shooting at Dalmally and Lochaweside. On the Oban and
Loch Etive moors some of the grounds have given good
shooting, and several of the sportsmen have had 200 brace
since the 20th. The deer forests afford good deer stalking,
and numerous stags have fallen weighing from 14 to 20st.
The heads are clear of velvet, and some of the antlers have
from 10 to 14 points. Partridge shooting has not yet com-
menced. The birds are numerous, but late, many of them
having been hatched subsequent to the heavy rains. Phea..
sants will be very scarce, and cannot be good shooting this
year.

BRAEMAH.—On Monday Lord Powerscourt brought down
a stag in the Derry Forest at the extraordinary distance of
400 yards. The Earl of Fife also shot a fine stag in Mar
Forest on the same day. On the Invercauld moors, Col.
Farquharson shot two stags on Saturday and one on Mon-
day. Captain Farquharson, of the 60th Rifles, shot the
heaviest stag of the season in the Ballochbuie Forest, on
Monday ; it weighed 171st. clean.
CAITHNESS.—The weather has been more favourable this
week. We have the following accounts from the moors :
On the 18th Mr. Hogg and Mr. Dawson each killed 26 brace;
Mr. Forman did not shoot. On the 20th Mr. Dawson bagged
37 brace ; Mr. Hogg 351 brace ; and Mr. Forman 28 brace.
On the 21st Mr. Hogg did not shoot; but Mr. Dawson
shot 16 brace, and Mr. Forman 14 brace. On the 24th Mr.
Hogg bagged 28 brace, Mr. Dawson 191 brace, and Mr.
Forman 16 brace. The bag of the three guns in six days
amounted to 3861 brace grouse, besides snipes, hares, and
wild ducks. There has been no shooting on the Thrumster
moors this week in consequence of the illness of Sir F.
Sykes. From the moors of Rumsdale and Forest of Glutt
we have the following accounts of the game killed between
Aug. 18 and 30 by one gun and one rifle, each out seven
days :—Captain Campbell of Balliveolan, 180 grouse, 4
hares, 2 plovers, 1 snipe ; Mr. T. E. 0. Horne, 5 stags and
2 hinds. The grouse are perfectly healthy, although some
broods are late, and s me have evidently been destroyed by
the wet breeding season. Three or four guns might easily
have shot the same quantity each. Stags are in fair condi •
tion, and there is an unusual show of hinds with calves.—
John o' Groat Journal.—
INVERNESS-SHIRE AND THE NORTH.—The weather for
the last eight days, with the exception of Wednesday (when
we had continuous rain), has been generally favourable for
sportsmen and corn fields. Good bags have been made on
many moors, and good sport experienced in the forests. On
the shootings of Easter Kyllachy, Mr. Kidstone and Mr.
Ellis, up to the 27th ult., had shot 258 brace of grouse, 3
roe-deer, 5 couples of snipes, and 16 hares. Lord Stamford
and Warrington in one day bagged 82 brace of grouse on
Dulnan moors, and on another day killed 3 stags in Glen-
more forest. In Strathcouon, Mr. Leigh's party had the
following sport :—On the 26th ult., 1 stag, weight 17 stone
101 b., with 9 tines, measuring 27 inches : on the 27th, 2
stags, weighing respectively 15 st. 21b. and 14 at., also 60
brace of grouse; on the 28th, 2 stags ; on the 29th, 54
brace of grouse; and on the 30th, 2 stags—one of them
royal, weighing 16 stone 111 b., and measuring 31 inches.
At Ceannacroe, on Tuesday last week, Lord Dacre shot a
one-horned stag, after which many a bullet had been sent,
and though often wounded, the old stag was found in good
condition. Mr. Whitbread, at the same station, killed 30
brace of grouse on Friday last—all fine birds. At Corrie-
hallie, Sir Edward Kerrison, on Monday last, killed two
stags right and left, both ten-pointers ; the head of the
finest of the two Sir Edward has sent to Mr. Snowie, to be
preserved. The Stonelarig moor continues to afford good
sport, though the birds are very wild. On Thursday,
Captain Harding bagged 251 brace of grouse, and on Sa-
turday Mr. J. M`Nab shot 20 brace. At Farr, Captain
and Mr. F. V. Nugent (between 15th and 23d ult.) killed
228 brace of grouse, 7 hares, 1 snipe, 1 black game. The
Banjklure Journal reports several days' sport : On
the Carr Bridge shootings on Tuesday, the 26th
August, Lord Scarsdale had 271 brace grouse; Mr.
Bradshaw, 22; Sir Henry Bromley, 171; Mr. Senhouse,
15. On the 27th, Lord Scarsdale had 15 ; Mr. Bradshaw,
20 ; Sir H. Bromley, 301; Mr. Senhouse left on Wednesday
for England. On Friday last, Lord Scarsdale had 261 ;
Mr. Bradshaw, 151; Sir H. Bromley, 101. On the Belle-
ville shootings, on Monday, the 25th, Mr. Allsopp's whole
party took to hare shooting on the high ground, where they
bagged 91 hares and 61 brace grouse. The hares were divided
amoung the poor people and others in the village of Kin-
gussi. On the 26th, the same party took to roe hunting in
the plantation on Pitmain, where Mr. Allsopp shot a doe,
Mr. G. Allsopp another, and Mr. Wodehouse a buck. On the
27th the whole party took to grouse shooting on Pitmain.
Colonel Clowes and Major Boultbee had 312 brace grouse
and 7 hares; the Rev. J. Cook, Dr. Carden, and Mr G. All-
sopp had 211 brace grouse ; and Mr. Wodehouse 261 brace
grouse. 5 brace black game, 7 hares. On 28th, the day
being wet, Colonel Clowes and Angus Campbell game-
keeper on Pitmain, had 24 brace grouse ; Major Boultbee
and
Mr.o Wodehouse,oßuesle;vcilloel after 1 o'clock, had 211 brace grouse ;
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day Colonel Hind 14 brace. On Saturday the party hd
small bags. In the Devidale forest on the 26th August, Sir
W. Cloves two fine stags : and on the 26th the party had
54 brace grouse. On the 25th ult., on the Aultmore Hills,
the Duke of Richmond and Mr. Cox had 15 brace of grouse
and 5 hares. The same day Lord March killed 2 salmon
in the Spey, and in the afternoon killed 5 brace of
grouse, 1 brace of black game, and a roebuck at White Ash.
On Wednesday Lord March brought down two very fine
stags at Glenfiddich. On the 25th Sir G. Macpherson
Grant, Bart., of Ballingdalloch, and Capt. Campbell killed
on the Spey 5 grilse, 3 of them falling to Sir George's own
rod, and weighing from 51b to 611 b. On the same day Mr.
Pocklington. and Mr. Gibson-Craig bagged in a few hours
5 brace of grouse, 2 brace of black game, and 3 hares. On
Tuesday Mr. Gibson-Craig killed a grilse weighing 61b.
On Thursday Sir George and Capt. Campbell were out and
killed 1 salmon and 2 grilse. On Friday Mr. Pocklington
killed 2 grilse. On the Blairfindy moors Mr. Newell has
been out nearly every day during the past week, but shoots
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111 E NAVY.

His Prussian Majesty's screw corvette Gazelle,
Capt. Heldt, bearing the flag of his R.H. Prince
Adalbert, Admiral of the Prussian Navy, anchored

at Spithead on Saturday morning from Brest and
Portland, at the latter port the Prince having in-
spected her Majesty's ship Warrior, Capt. Hon. A.
A. Cochrane, C.B. The Gazelle exchanged salutes

with the garrison and the Victory, flagship of Vice-

Admiral Sir H, W. Bruce. Shortly afterwards the
Prussian Vice-Consul at the port, Chevalier Van-
denbergh, paid his respects on board the frigate to

his Royal Highness, and on leaving received the
usual consular salute. His Royal Higlness after-
wards visited the Resistance iron frigate, lying at

Spithead, at 11 a.m., embarked on board the

Sprightly steamer, Master Com. Allen, and landed
at the Consulate, whence he proceeded to London.
The Gazelle took in coals at Spithead yesterday,
and will leave for the Downs to-day, where Prince

Adalbert will re-embark, and the frigate will then

proceed direct for Dantsic.

The following is the list of the ships which are
now attached to the Chatham division of the steam

reserve:-

First Division—The Conqueror, 85, 500 horse
power ; the Meeanee, 80, 400 horse power ; the
Leander, 51, 400 horse power; the Barossa, 21,

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400 horse power; the Jaseur, 5, 80 horse power;
the Columbine, 4, 150 horse power; the Eclipse, 4,

200 horse power ; the Lily,4, 200 horse power; and
the screw gunboats Carnation, Spanker, Cochin,

Sepoy, and-Bullfrog, each of 60 horse power, and

mounting two Armstrong guns. Total, 13, steamers,
mounting 264 guns, and of an aggregate of 2,630

horse power.
Second Division—The Rodney, 91, 500 horse
power ; the Hood, 91, 600 horse power ; the Irre-
sistible, 80, 400 horse power; the Goliath, 80, 400

horse power; the Bombay, 80, 400 horse power;
the Arethusa, 51, 500 horse power ; the Bristol,
51, 600 horse power; the Newcastle, 51, 600 horse
power; the Horatio, 12, 250 horse power;
the Snipe, 5, 80 horse power; the Star,
4, 200 horse power; the Victor, 6, 350 horsepower;
and the gunboats 'W izard, Mastiff, Fidget, Dwarf,

Linnet, Manly, Pelter, Pigeon, Thrasher, Tickler,
mounting 624 guns,
and Spey. Total, 23 vessels

and of 5,340 horse power.
Third Division—The Anson, 91, 800 horse power;
the Atlas, 91, 800 horse power ; the Orion, 91, 600
horse power; the Collingwood, 80, 400 horse power ;
the Cressy, 80, 400 horse power; the Undaunted,
51, 600 horse power ; the Terrible, 21, 800 horse
power ; the Cossack, 20, 250 horse power ; the

Eurotas, 12, 200 horse power ; the Cyclops, 6, 350

horse power ; the Dragon, 6, 560 horse power ; the

Hermes, 6, 220 horse power ; the Serpent, 4, 200

horse power ; the Locust, 3, 100 horse power ; and
the gunboats Erne and Louisa. Total in the third
division, 16 steamers, mounting 566 guns, and of

6,400 horse power.

The total number of vessels comprising the steam
reserve squadron in the Medway is 52, mounting
1,454 guns, and of an aggregate of 15,570 horse

power.

The Resistance, 18, screw iron frigate, Captain
Chamberlain, arrived at Spithead on Saturday
morning from the Nore. On anchoring, she ex-

changed the customary salutes with the flagship of
the Commander-in-Chief, Vice-Admiral Sir H. W.

Bruce. She is ordered into Portsmouth harbour
to-day to go into dock.
A suggested change to improve the rations of sea-
men is now on trial at Portsmouth. It is proposed
to substitute loaf bread, or " soft tack," as seamen
term it, for the excellent biscuit now in use in the
navy. The manufacture of loaf bread has fairly
began at the Royal Clarence Victualling•yard at
Portsmouth, and three large ovens in the biscuit
bakery are now appropriated for baking the bread,
3,0001 b. of which is baked per day, and served out
in lieu of biscuit to the crews of her Majesty's ships
Victory, Edgar, and Excellent, the commanding
officers of which ships will have to forward special
report to the Admiralty on the working of the new
system, and its adaptability to the naval service.
The bread is made from a mixture of the purest
flour and water, and the dough is fermented by
yeast in the usual manner. The result of this is,
that the loaves now being produced at the Royal

Clarence-yard are 'of a closer texture than the loaves
retailed to the general public by the professional
baker, and are of a more satisfying nature, it being
in fact pure wheaten bread. There are, however,
reasons existing which must militate greatly against
the measure being carried into effect to the extent
at present contemplated, yet the loaf may supersede
the biscuit in port. These are the additional space
which would be required in each ship for ovens and
the additional stowage which would be required in
the ship's hold to carry the casks of flour, and also
the deterioration which the flour would be subject
to from the heat and damp of a vessel's hold.
Then, with regard to the seamen, the constant use
of ovens on board a ship, especially iron-cased,
would render them insufferably hot in the tropics,
and must materially affect the health of the crew.
There are also financial objections on the part of
the seamen. Under present regulations a certain
allowance of biscuit is apportioned per man, which
the men eat if they please, or, not taking it up from
the ship's steward on issue days, receive a money
value for it instead ; but under the new system a
man must eat his loaf or leave it, and under no cir-
cumstances will he be paid for any portion of his
bread allowance which he does not consume.
A number of the shipwrights and mechanics from
Chatham dockyard have been employed for the past
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is expected to be completed during the present
week, when the experiments with the gun will be
at once carried out under the direction of General
J. St. George, C. 8., and the members of the Ord-
nance Select Committee. The weight of the gun,
exclusive of the carriage, &c., is, as nearly as possi-
ble, 22 tons, the ordinary charge of powder used is
601 b., and the weight of the shot which is a 13-inch
solid one-2821b.
The following appointments were made on Satur-
day at the Admiralty :—John Coogan, surgeon to
the Curlew ; Alexander Dagleish has been nomi-
nated to a naval cadetship ; John Wood, in the
Spider, confirmed as second-class assist.-engineer;
James Edmonds, in the Satellite, confirmed as
second-class assist.-engineer; William H. Haddow,
in the Swallow, confirmed as second-class assist.-
engineer; and W. R. B. Braving, in the Ajax, con-
firmed as second-elass-assist,engineer.

of the Council of Military Education on the 17th
December; the examination of candidates for the
Royal Artillery and Royal Engineers for admission
to the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, will
be held on the sth January; and the examination
for direct commissions on the 26th January, 1863.

In consequence of the corps of Royal Marines
Light Infantry having been recruited nec.rly up to
its full strength, Admiralty orders have been re-
ceived at Chatham for the officers and noncom-
missioned officers now employed recruiting to
rejoin head-quarters. The late order for suspend-
ing the indulgence of discharge by purchase has
been rescinded, and in future the number of men
who may take their discharge by purchase is to be
at the rate•of five per month, from each division,
until further orders.