The Sun.
London, England, 1846-09-22 00:00:00

MARKET .N E S.--( fitt.zi DAY
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111cadow 51 to '4h 'New ditto,
21 lOs to 31 Ls; Old Clover, 41 10:s to 51 10s; New (lit to, ;.:z
lOs to 4112 s ; .OaL straw, -I/ Ss to 1110 s; Wheat Straw, 1/ lOs
to 11 12s per load. 'A full average supply, and a heavy
demard.

CUMBERLAND.—OM Meadow Hay, 31 to 4/ ; NET
ditto, 21 10s to 31 12s; Old Clover, -1/ 103 to 51 Ss ; -New that,.
3/ 103 to 41 10g; Oat Straw, Ii by to 11103' - Wheat Straw,
1/ lOs to 1113 s per load. !trade dull, at the above quotations.
W.tirrEcnarEL.—Old Meadow Hay, 3/ to 41; New ditto,
21 8s to 3/ 10s; Old Clover, 4/ Iss to 5/ 12s; New ditto,
3110 s to 4/12s ; Oat Straw, 1/ 8s to 1/10s; \%'heat Straw,
11103 to 1112 s per load. Supply good, and trade very dull.

GAME.
Mr. Wright. head gamekeeper to the Earl of Galloway,
reports to a friend as follows respecting his heat, one of
the most extensive in the south of Sc.,tlan':---l'aroidges
on dry sharp land, a fair average crop, in good condition
as to size and weight, while on wet groin-Li they are not
only scarce in number, but small in size. Arrn.ng the
extensive wilds of Minnigaff, which he has traversed
many a time and oft for the last ten years, he nf,ver met
with so many diseased grouse in aTI his experience. The
murrain, on examination, is evidently tape-worm, how-
ever contracted. The birds thus weakened are easily
obtained, although of little work; while healthy heath-
cocks are packed in flacks of a hundred and upwards--
their favourite resort being the patches of corn er,p
growing among the moors. When in Mirmigaif so late
as the sth curt., he found the tendency to packing for
mutual protection increased and increasing. Pinaiants
are plentiful, well grown, and form a great ornament to
the woodlands of Galloway. Or hares no complaint is
made, whether of the smaller mountain breed, or the
larger which inhabit the plains below. During the whole
season the grass lands have thriven, greening apace,
even while other kinds of vegetation either remained
stationary or retrograded. Hence the number and
plumpness of the mawkirs which, in stealing at dawn on
their early fare, are not necessitated, as yet, to make
marauding visits to kail-yards green. Mr. Wright has
abont fifty young pheasants running about his doors, as
tame as the chickens with which they associate. But
they will be planted out by and by to their native
woods, there to shift for themselves, and increase the
number of beautifully plumaged breeders which had
become rather scarce in the noble ph-asut e groun.!s
around Galloway House. From the above it will be
observed that the south, as regards grouse, contrasts
rather unfavourably with the north of Scotland, where
so many notable feats of sportsmanship have been per-
formed since the campaign opened, some of which are
recorded in our present number. It seldom happens
in our varying climate that the weather suits alike
every description of cropping ground ; and the re-
mark, we suppose, extends to the winged tribes tak, n
under the protection of Acts of Parliament. Nor is
this all. The game on some Highland estates, includ-
ing deer, pays proprietors better than :slicep—hn ad van•
tage that calls into action the most vigilant prottciion,
in maintenance of the character of the sportsman's
rounds. During the present season fcotpaths have been
shut up and guarded by gaineleepers, previously open
to pedestrian tourists time cut of mind, when in Tieq
of health, and the pleasurable emotions derived from
scenery by turns picturesque, sublime, and romantic.
And should these things be ? chiefly that such crack
shots as Mr. Campbell, of Monzie, may kill more than
200 head of game in one day, aided by servants, some
of whom keep relays of guns constantly loaded, while
others beat the bush in search of coveys, taking care
that not even fragments of time are lost. Such per-
formances are but battue wmk at best—wholesale
slaughtering, which is not the legitimate object of sport-
ing, compared to the health and strength gentlemen
fowlers acquire in threading the moors, by trusting
simply to the instincts of their dogs, and their own in-
dividual efforts.—Dunzfries

ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.--
An accident occurred to the boiler of the engine attached
to the mail train, which left Paddington on Sunday
night for Exeter, between the Paddington terminus and
the Hanwell station, causing a stoppage of upwards of
an hour. The up luggage train, however, arriving with
two engines, one was got upon the down line and at-
tached to the mail train, which then proceeded safely on
its journey.
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE BY A FEMALE FROM A
STEAMBOAT.—Yesterday afternoon, between three and
four o'clock, great consternation was caused on board the
Jessamine, belonging to the London and WeAminster
Steamboat Company, and plying between London and
Westminster Bridges, in censiquence of an elderly,
respectably-dressed woman jumping overboai d, when the
boat was between Paul's-whart and Blacktriars-bridge.
The Bachelor steam- boat passing at the time, the cap-
tain, after some trouble, succeeded in rescuing her, and,
upon arriving at the Blbckfriars-bridge Pier, gave her
in custody. She stated that her name was Beach, and
resided in Chester-place, Herbert's-buildings, Webber-
street, Blackfriars-road. Thirty-four duplicates were
found upon her, some of which were fur the must trifling
sums.

REMARKABLE PHENOMENON.—The sea, at a short
distance from the coast here, has presented some re-
markable appearances during the present week. On
Tuesday last, about four o'clock in the afternoon, about
low water, the sea, for about thirty yards from the
shore, and along the coast from the Cove to the bay of
Nit;, appeared of a purple colour, and continued to
darken as the afternoon advanced. Our informant, who,
with a large number of fishermen, observed the appear-
ance, thinking it might arises from any reflection of the
sky vent out in a boat and examined the water. To his
astenishment, he found the boat actually in a sea of
purple, and the water of a glutinuous nature, c staining
so much colouring matter that it actually died red what-
ever object it touched. No effluvia Could be perceived
arising from the water. As the tide rose'the coloured
water packed closer in shore, and continued to become
darker and darker. Next afternoon, the same appear-
ances were observed to occur, but not. to such an ex-
tent. We wish some of our scientific friends would
afford use clue to the cause of this phenomenon. Nothing
of the kind seems ever to have ben observed in this
quarter before, although, perhaps, in other places such
appearances may have been witnessed. We may state
that, on Monday, the fishermen between this and the
Cove observed the sea, at about seventy or eighty yards
from the shore, breaking out in dark spots, which may
be supposed to have multiplied and magnified till they
presented the appearance above-mentioued.—Aberdeen
Herald.