The Sun.
London, England, 1846-08-26 00:00:00

THE MOORS.

EAST LOTHIAN AND BERWICRSHIRE.—The accounts
from the sportsmen on the Lammermoors this season are
of a most unfavourable description. " Everywhere,"
writes a correspondent, " the grouse are more or less
affected with the tape-worm, producing such a state of
emaciation as to render them unfit for use. The healthy
birds are so strong and shy as not, or very seldom, to be
within the reach of shot, and younger broods, cheepers,
the old cock the only one fit to be bagged—he (poor fel-
low) from his natural feelings, never failing to fall a vic-
tim in the first instance. The mother seldom rises until
almost caught by the pointer, and, when shot, is also
unfit for use, not having recovered the effects of incuba-
tion. In fact, we may almost say that grouse shooting
on these moors has been a total failure. It is recom-
mended that a jubilee be given them next year, through
the districts." Nor are the accounts from the moors in
the counties of Northumtarland and Durham of a very

flattering description as respects the number of bird;.
They are represented as being in rather small coveys, so
strong on the wing that they will soon pack, and as be-
coming very inaccessible.—Berwick Warder.
PERTHSHIRE HIGHLANDS.—We are happy to be able
to confirm the favourable accounts of the opening of the
campaign on the moors, shortly referred to in our last.
The weather, as we then mentioned, was the most
auspicious which could be desired—a gentle westerly
breeze, with sunshine and occasional intervening clouds,
moderating the heat and spreading the scent to the dogs.
From early morn to dewy eve not a drop of rain fell,
and the sportsmen were enabled to keep the hill in most
cases for twelve successive hours. The results cor-
respond with such favouring circumstances, being, on
the whole, fully better than has been experienced for
several years. On Dalnaspidal, at the extreme north
of this county, in Athol!, a party of five guns brought
down no fewer than 436 brace. Of those 190 fell to

the guns of Mr. Stirling Crawford and Mr. Little Gil-
mour-164 to Mr. Fellowes and Mr. Everard— and 82

to Mr. Willoughby. The total of three days shooting
on Dalnaspidal and Dalnacardoch moors., to the above
party was 1,200 brace 1 At Drummour, Sir P. M.
Threipland shot 1039 brace grouse, and eight hares—
Lord Mexborough and party, over the moors of Dal-
chosnie, Kinloch, and Innerhadden, 100 brace, of which
52 brace were bagged by his Lordship—Lord Glenlyon
shot in Glenloch 64 brace, but was only out in the. af-

ternoon—Mr. John Cameron and friend, at Dalnamine,
121 brace, all full grown birds—Sir Henry Pottinger
and Mr. Burn, at Glenbruar, 118 brace Messrs.
Graham, at Calvine, 84 brace Captain Hogg and
friend at Loch Valigan, 90 brace. In Inverness- shire,
the sport was not much inferior, but the morning
was wet. Mr. Laverock and friend, at Pit-
main, shot 200 brace, 105 falling to the former—
at Glenshero, Lord Cantalupe and friend, 156 brace—at
Dalwhinnie, Colonel Dundas and friend, 94 brace—
Sir John Trollope, at Glenfernate, 70 brace—Lord Gray
and Mr. Drummond at Straloeh (on the 14th) 45 brace

—a very wet day. In Strathbraan the sport was un-
commonly fine—Captain Campbell, of Kinlock, on his
own grounds, bagged 108 brace—Mr. Brown and Mr.
Anderson, same moors, 1061 brace—at Loch Kinnaird,
Mr. Stewart and party (three guns) 2031 brace grouse,
2 snipes, and 54 hares—Mr. Robertson of Foveran, 103
brace grouse, 1 snipe, and 36 hares—at Auchanfree,
Mr. Ramsay of Barnton, and party, bagged 162 brace
on the 12th, and 163 brace on the 14th—in Guay Forest,
Mr. Deveaux and friend, 105 brace of grouse on the
12th, and 140 on the 14th. Altogether, the loads of
from
aret beyondhenorth, byaa regular and irregular con-
(Wednesday) a vehicle had
to
Dundee, with boxes for the London steamer, which the
precedent;be
sent
td
express
to
morning coaches and omnibuses could not carry.—Perth

Courier.
CAITHNESS.—Mr. Greville and party, at Lateeron
wheel, were very successful. Mr. Greville with his own
gun, shot 25 brace. Mr. Sleid, Captain King, and Cap-
tain Webb, all of the same party, were also very fortu-
nate. Mr. Murray and Mr. APR:lath, of Berwick,
bagged, in two days, upwards of 80 brace. Bobert
Nicholson, Esq. and party, at Strathmore Lodge, as
might have been expected from such well stocked
grounds, had capital sport. On the 12th 60 brace, and
on the 14th 50 brace, were bagged. On the 13th it
rained incessantly, which damped the eagerness of the
keenest sportsmen. Mr. Nicholson, by his own gun,
bagged 164 brace, in an hour and a half.
STIRLINGEHIRE.—On account of the previous.rains, the
grounds were uncommonly wet, and the birds, although
not scarcer than last year, wild, would not allow a near
approach. Tho sportsman had thus to be contented
with single birds, and the numbers bagged were not nu-
merous.—Stirling Journal.
Avasninn.—We understand that in general the mea-
sure of success is but indifferent, and that the grouse,
old and young together, are scarcely more numerous
now than they were at the end of last season. The tape-
worm has, it is said, affected the old birds to a serious
extent. On the 12th, Sir James Boswell, on the moors
of Boghead, near Auchinleck, killed 20 brace. He has
been the most successful, however, of the Ayrshire gen-
tlemen, so far as we are aware. On the same day, Dr.
Eaton killed 124 brace at Darnaconar. He did not go
out on the 13th, but on the 14th he killed 8i brace.
The birds at Darnaconar are all packed in ocks of
from 50 to 60. Captain Drake brought down 17 brace
an the Craiglure moors, parish of Straiton, on the same
day. At Blairquhan, in the parish of Straiton, on the
12th, two guns only killed 12 brace, but it was two
o'clock P.M. ere the party sallied out. A party of two
from Ayr, on the moors on the borders of Auchinleck
parish, where Sir James Boswell was successful, scarcely
found a bird. Another gentleman, on the Galston moors,
only bagged 84 brace. We hear that the Duke of
Montrose, on his estate near Lochlomond, killed 24
brace on the 12th.—Ayr Observer.
DUMFRIES-SIIIRE.—AII the accounts we have received
concur in stating, that the birds are remarkably wild,
and that, in consequence, the number bagged has been
less than usual. Disease has also made its appearance
in some moors, and we heard of one gentleman who shot
fourteen brace, only a small portion of which were
worth bringing home, on account of the emaciated con-
dition of the birds. Nevertheless, there must have been
a good deal of slaughter, for thirteen boxes were dis-
patched to the south on Thursday last, by the Standard
coach alone ; and other vehicles have carried a fair pro-
portion of welcome presents from the moors to those
who prefer grouse on the table cloth to whirring from
the heather. Mr." Maxwell, of Terregles, and his brothers,
who shot over the Kinharvey moors on Wednesday, suc-
cceoeudreideri.n bagging fifty-eight brace of birds.—.Dumfries
YORKSHIRE.—We
has since been enjoying the
M.P., arrived at Netherby-
hal o n
grYea°tßsKcasrriciiittyE.; We understand there is likely to be a
moor game this season on the York-
shire moors, as the birds are found dead in large quan-
tities.—Leeds mercury.
Sir
Graham,e 13
e , a
sport of grouse shooting—a very pleasant change, we
have no doubt, from his recent practice of shooting (with
JamesSatur Saturday week,
so little effect) common sense at the head of the protec-
tionists.—Carlisle Journal

CHESS MATCH.--A match which excites considerable
interest among chess amateurs, is now being played by Mr.
Staunton, who hitherto in even games has not met with his
equal, and M. Harwitz, the eminent player from Breslau, who
distinguished himself in the recent blindfold match. The
match is for 251. a-side, and consists of 21 games : the winner
of 11, of course, to be the victor. Mr. Staunton gives his
opponent such odds as his friends think will be fatal to him.
In 7 games he gives him pawn and one move, and in 7 others
pawn and two moves; the remaining 7 to be played even.
Two games have been played, one at the London Chess Club,
and the other at the St. George's Club. One of these
games, which was even, was won by Mr. Staunton, but the
second, in which he gave pawn and one move, was won by
M. Harwitz.
EXTRAORDINARY CROP OF WHEAT.-.Mr. William
Noon, of Great Bardfield, in this county, plumber and
glazier, we are informed, has about 'twelve acres of land,
which he has cultivated by spade labour, performed with his
own bands; he sowed it this year with winter wheat, which,
on its appearance, was considered by all who saw it so thin
a plant that many of the farmers in the neighbourhood
strongly advised him to plough it up. He at one time re-
solved to take that course, but being subsequenely advised
to abstain from doing so by one or two tradesmen in Bard-
tield, who have paid great attention to agriculture under the
new and improved system, and who were decidedly of opinion
that the plant was one calculated to produce a good and
abundant crop, Mr. Noon fortunately adopted the recom-
mendation of the latter friends, and having reaped his crop,
finds that it has produced eight quarters and two bushels
pl_3r acre, and the wheat is a very superior zarnple.—EB,o2,
Zierald,

THE LATE DEATH OF A CLER-

GYMAN IN ST. rANCRAS.

Yesterday, pursuant to adjournment from the previ-
ous Tuesday, a special and very fully-attended meeting
of the directors and guardians of the poor of St. Pan-
cras, took place in the Board-room of the workhouse,
King's-road, for the purpose of proceeding with their
investigation into the case of the Rev. Charles Cay,
whose deith took place under the melancholy and mys-
terious circumstances already laid before the public.
The CHAIRMAN said Mr. M‘Gahey, the clerk to the
Board, had been instructed to make inquiries into the
way in which the Rev. Charles Cay had become an
inmate of University Hospital, and how he came into
St. Pancras Workhouse, and they had better now hear
his evidence.

Mr. M'GAIIEY stated that Dr. Quatn said that the
liev. Chides Cay was brought there by Mr. Montague
Cooper and Mr. George Cooper, of Keppel-street. This
was on the Saturday when he was away, and on the fol-
lowing Monday morning he found him raving mad; that
Mr. T. H. Cooper, the parish surgeon, called in about a
woman who was there, and that on his showing Mr. Cay
to Mr. Cooper, the latter recognised him as a client of
his brother's, and there being a card over his head, with
the address on, " Wilmot-street, Fitzroy Chapel," but
afterwards rectified, "Wilmot-street, Brunswick-square,"
Mr. Cooper wrote a note to the overseer for his imme-
diate admittance into that workhouse.

The CHAIRMAN considered it quite clear that the Rev.
Gentleman improperly became an inmate of that work-
house through the misrepresentation of Mr. T. H.
Cooper, the parish surgeon, to the overseer. If Mr.
Cooper, the solicitor, had anything to offer in explana-
tion of what he might consider imputed on his conduct,
the board would be ready to hear him.
Mr. WILLIAM DANANT COOPER said Mr. Montague
Cooper and Mr. George Cooper, of Keppel-street, were
the persons who took the deceased to the hospital. They
were no relations of his, nor did he know anything
about the occurrence until Tuesday, the 4th, the day on
which the Rev. Mr. Cay was admitted to the workhouse
from the hospital, and when he received a note inform-
ing him of the fact. He sent a verbal reply back, to the
effect that Mr. Cay was a man without much money,
and the best thing was to deal legally with him and
send him to Hanwell. He did this, fully believing that

the Rev. Gentleman belonged to the parish of St:Pan-
cras, and as a proof of it, even so late as Monday last,
the letters of administration described the Rev. Gentle-
man as late of that parish. He also produced the
cheque alluded to. which was on Messrs. Robarts and
and Co., for 3,0001., dated the 11th of October, 1825, and
the bankers' book, which proved the money had been
received, and the Rev. Gentleman's account closed the
following day.
The CHAIRMAN said, after the statement of Mr. W.
D. Cooper, together with his production of the cheque
and bankers' book, there could not, he thought, be the
slightest impression that he had acted in any way im-
properly in the matter, and he had no doubt the public
press would set him right with the public.
The Board then proceeded to investigate the conduct
of Mr. H. Cooper, the workhouse surgeon, in the
affair.

Mr. T. H. COOPER complained, in defending himself,
of the course the Board had thought proper to pursue,
in sending for letters behind his back, and the injury
inflicted upon his character by the publication in the
papers.
After a long and rigid investigatian and discussion, in
which same of the members of the Board declared that
it was clear that Mr. T. H. Cooper had used undue in-
fluence with the overseer to get the Rev. Mr. Cay into
that workhouse, and others considered he had only com-
mitted an error of judgment,
A resolution disapproving of his conduct was passed.
Mr. Cooper was then called before the Boaid and ad-
monished by the Chairman, who expressed his opinion
that the resolution was an extremely moderate one,
and he hoped that Mr. Cooper would feel the force of it.
The proceedings connected with this protracted and
extraordinary case then terminated.

CARBONIC ACID GAS IN STEAM

BOILERS.

An extraordinary occurrence has taken place within
the month in the boilers of the Peninsular and Oriental
Steam Company's steamer Montrose, at Southampton.
The vessel having been laid up for repair, made a trial
trip to the mouth of the Southampton river, and about
forty-eight hours after her return, when the boilers and
machinery were all cold, a man, who was sent into the
boiler for some purpose, suddenly fell down, as it was
thought, in a fit. The alarm being given, the engineer
of the vessel went in to bring him out, but no sooner had
he reached the lower region of the boiler, than he too
fell down in a state of insensibility. Fortunately, Mr.
Lamb, the engineer of the company, happened to be on
board, and he immediately dispatched in another person
with a rope round his waist, so that he might at once be
pulled out if similarly affected; but this person, on being
lowered down, immediately became senseless, and had to
be drawn up again with all possible dispatch. As there
happened to be a man-hole door directly over the fur-
naces, Mr. Lamb caused this door to be instantly re-
moved, and no sooner was this done, than the men
within the boiler began to revive. They were. then
taken out through the lower man-hole without inconve-
nience,
and, after a little spirits had been administered, I
they perfectly recovered.
Our opinion having been requested as to the cause of
this mysterious occurrence, we have tested some of the
water taken from the river at Southampton, and upon
pouring some of it into lime-water, a flocculent precipi-
tate was abundantly deposited, showing the existence of
a large quantity of carbonic acid in the water. We have
here, then, an explanation of the mystery. The effects
produced were precisely those due to the presence of
carbonic acid, and, as the whole of the water in the boiler
was taken out of the river, without being diluted by
water from the sea, it is not difficult to understand how
the carbonic acid gas might accumulate in the boiler so
as to produce the effects observed. When the boiler
was blown off it would contain a mixture of carbonic
acid and steam. The steam would be condensed as the
boiler cooled, leaving the carbonic acid, on which the
entering air, being lighter, would float. Had the mud-
hole doors been opened, as well as the man-hole door in
the top of the boiler, the carbonic acid could not have
remained in the boiler, for, being heavier than 'air, it
will run out of a hole in the bottom of a vessel in the
same manner as water. It is very expedient, therefore,
that in all steam-vessels entering the port of Southamp-
ton, or any other river the water of which holds much
vegetable matter in suspension, the mud-hole doors
should be for some time removed, and the man-hole, or
safety-valve, be for some time left open before any one
ventures into the boiler; and before venturing he should
lower a light.—Artizan.