The Sun.
London, England, 1859-09-07 00:00:00

INCOME TAX-MANNING THE NAVY.

INVERNESS-SHIRE.—Some days of broken weather
have put sportsmen on their mettle to make bags of
grouse, for anticipating wind and rain, the strongest
coveys became all at once restless and wild. At
Cawdor Castle, the party shootint on the moors,
were—Lord W. Thynne, Hon. Colonel 0. Duncombe,
and Mr. Balfour of Balbirnie, have been very suc-
cessful, finding the birds numerous and in fine con-,
dition. In eight days' shooting 531 brace of grouse
were bagged ; the best day, the 19th, with a total
of 88 brace, of which Lord W. Thynne, shooting
alone, killied 42 brace ; on the 23d, 861 brace,
Colonel Duncombe bagging 301 brace; on anther
day Mr. Balfour 'killed 36 brace. Up to the 24th
ult. Lord Scarsdale, W. H. de Rhodes, and Capt.
Drury Lowe have shot altogether 480 brace of
grouse; their best day being 23 brace. At Movbeg
moors, Mr. W. Morris, Mr. Wetherby, and- Mr.
Stubbs shot 600 brace of grouse by the 27th. At
Knockie the sport has been good. On the 12th
August, Mr. W. Tomline killed 24 grouse, 3 snipes,
and 4 hares; on the 15th, 16 grouse and 1 snipe, and
4 hares ; on the 17th, 16 grouse and 1 snipe. On the
20th, Mr. W. Tomline and Lord Gage shot together,
and killed 36 grouse, and 10 'black game, 1 snipe,
3 hares. On the 22d, Mr. W. Tomline and Lord
Delamere killed 22 grouse and 10 black game, 1
snipe, 3 hares. On the 24th Mr. W. Tomline,
Lord Gage, and Lord Delamere shot together in
the woods, and killed 2 grouse, 6 black game, 6
woodcocks, 1 wild duck, and 1 roebuck. On the
25th, Mr. W. Tomline and Lord Delamere shot to-
gether, and killed 19 grouse, 4 black game, 2 snipes,
2 hares. On the 27th, Mr. W. Tomline and Lord
Delamere shot together and killed 42 grouse, 18
black game, and 4 hares. At Tulchen Lodge, Mr.
R. Wynn Williams shot on the 26th to his own gun
27 brace, and on the 27th 15 brace, besides black
game, hares, &e. On the Bunachton moors, Major-
General Cracklow and party had killed in four
days 143 head of grouse, 23 black game, 2 wood-
cocks, 1 snipe, and 22 rabbits. At Glenroy, six
days' shooting of two guns produced 182 head of
grouse, with some smaller game. On the Hoime
moors, Mr. A. M. Campbell shot 83 head of grouse
in four days. At Lower Killin three guns pro-
duced in'seven days 250 head of grouse, and 59 of
black game.
In the forests a number of capital shots have
been made. At Glenstrathfarar on the 24th, Lord
Lovat, the Master of Lovat, and Sir K. Mackenzie,
'Bart., killed 12 stags, all at one stalking and in
one corrie. Two of them fell to Lord Lovat's rifle,
nine to the Master of Lovat's, and one to Sir K.
Mackenzie's. The forester has seldom seen such
sport in a single corrie, or so many stags lying dead
within sight at one time. At Gairloch Mr. Harry
Thornton shot a stag with a head of 11 tines.; and
on the 22d Macleod of Macleod shot a good stag,
very fat, with a wide head of 8 tines, in the Gair-
loch forest. In the Inchbane forest Mr. Vaughan
has shot ten good stags within the last fortnight ;
end on the 27th Mr. J. R. Homfray shot a fine stag
at the same place. We understand that the party
at Strathconon have had good sport in the forest,
Lord Lichfield and the Marquis of Bath having
shot a number of stags, several with heads of 11
tines. At Glenaladale Mr. C. H. Carew has shot
four stags, a hind, and two roe-deer. Sir Arthur
Chichester, Bart., has enjoyed excellent sport at
Alladale, having shot already
15 stags to his own
rifle.
LOCHINVAR, SUTHERLANDSHIRE.—The weather
continues very favourable for the moors and rivers,
and the sport above the average of late years. The
tenant of the Lochinvar shootings killed 54 brace
of grouse in 24 hours. The birds are very healthy,
and more numerous than they km been for, the,
last five years. The same gentleman bronght down

Even while all this money is being spent, we are
told by every one that when we have got together
a large fleet, we do not know where to find men to
Man it. All the efforts of all'our•officials upon this
subject savour only of hopeless and helpless imbe-
cility. Royal Commissions sit upon the matter,
and, starting with the condition that this part of
the business must be done very cheap, that there is
no money to be spared for it, cannot agree, anclpub-
lish separate reports. Ministers propose a measure_
for the purpose, and the House of Comm.ons, ready
to second every effort towards such an, object, pass
it almost eagerly, although feeling it to be a weak
and miserable bidding towards an Abject that is a
great n ttional necessity. For the whole work of a
reserve volunteer force for the navy the Ministry,
after vast consultatioa, . have counselled the nation
to spend a sum of money rather less than would be
applied to the cost of the steam-engines of two
line-of-battle ships.
Now, we—and when we say " we" we include
everyone out of office and out of Parliament, ex-
cept only sop4e ancient admirals and captains, fit
•for the retired list—have set our hearts upon see-
ing a real, permanent, available marine force. We
want money to effect this, and we want that money,
not from taxes, but from retrenchments; It is an
English belief, so widely spread as to be fairly
termed universal, that five millions of money,
could be saved out of our Army and Navy
Estimates, and the army and navy be more efficient
than they now are. We are of those who believe
this with an unwavering faith. The Horse Guards,
even if they had the best possible intentions, could
no more do this than could a poet cut out the bom-
bast from his own poem. The Admiralty is equally
incapable, for the same reason. Every excrescence
is to them an old friend, whom they have long since
believed in as a beauty and a necessity. One of
these wasted millions would give us the necessary
machinery for replacing by money allurements the
press system, which we have renounced. But no,
we shall not have it. There is no Parliamentary
power to represent this general national feeling.
Mr. Gladstone is just now drawn down from those
cloudy pinnacles of thought in which he generally
dwells, but he is come down upon firm earth notito
advocate expenditure, but to repress it. Mr. Bright
will not touch that unclean. thing, war. The Grand
Master of the Templars told the Jew, " I touch 'no
infidel save with the sword ;" Mr. Bright will not
touch the Army and Navy Estimates save to anni-
hilate them altogether. Mr. Roebuck is of no use
unless somebody is to be prosecuted or lacerated in,
some manner. We appeal to Mr. Cobden. At
Rochdale, some weeks since, he for the first time
deviated into a suggestion upon naval matters. If
he would only give up a portion of his vacation to
mastering this subject, and would bring his powers
to bear upon it, we are convinced that five millions
might be saved, and with ono of these five millions
our ships of war might be manned as easily as they
are now coaled.--Tunes.