The Sun.
London, England, 1857-08-24 00:00:00

THE INDIA AND CHINA MAILS.

SOUTHAMPTON, SUNDAY.
The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation
Company's steam-ship Indus, Capt. Evans, reached
Southampton this day, at nine o'clock, with the
heavy portion of the East India and China mails,
and 110 passengers. Her dates of sailing were—
Alexandria Aug. 7 ; Malta, 11th ; Gibraltar, 16th.
The freight of the Indus consists of 1,438 bales
and cases of silk, 17 barrels of gum, 23 packages
of elephants' teeth, 1 package of pearls, 6 packages
of tobacco, and 260 packages of sundries.
On the 14th inst., at 3 a.m., off Algiers, the
Indus came into collision with the screw steam-ship
Florence Nightingale, from Sunderland to Constan-
tinople. The Florence Nightingale struck the In-
dus on the starboard fore sponson, carried away her
bowsprit, and also stove in her bows. As the Flor-
ence Nightingale leaked the Indus took her in tow to
Algiers and left her close to that port. The Indus
received no damage. The night was fine and moon-
light. The Florence Nightingale had masthead but
no side lights.
Her Majesty's screw ship Desperate and paddle
steamers Tartarus and:Caradoc were at Alexandria.
The Hibernia and Centaur were at Malta; and
the Vulture and Ariel at Gibraltar.

AMERICA.

ARRIVAL OF THE EUROPA.

LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY.
The Royal Mail steamship Europa, Capt. Leitch,
which sailed from Boston on the 12th instant, and
touched at Halifax, N.S., during the night of the
13th, arrived in the Mersey at three o'clock this
morning. She brings 50 passengers and 6800,000
in specie, $500,000 of which are for Liverpool, and
$300,000 for Havre.
A Washington despatch says that Lord Napier
had informally sounded the administration with
regard to the re-appointment of Consul Barclay.
A. letter from the late Vice-Consul Schedel had
been filed, which goes to show that there was false
testimony as to Mr. Barclay's participation in the
recruiting business. The Government replied that
it could not take the initiative in restoring Mr.
Barclay to the position which he has lost.
A dispatch from Mr. Mason states that the
French Government signed a convention with
Honduras on the Bth of July, which guarantees
neutrality with regard to the railroad routes.
Captain Armstrong reports that an apology had
been made by Sir William Hoste, commanding
H. B. M. ship Spartan, for the insult offered the
American government by pulling down the Ame-
rican colours on board the American barque Hen-
rietta Maria. The injury is yet a matter for con-
sideration by the two governments.
General Herran had spent another day with
Secretary Cass, and had had rather a boisterous
discussion of the details of settlement of the
Panama difficulties.

The Indian outrages in Minnesota territory are
reported to have ceased.
Advicrs from Kansas state that Governor Walker
evacuated Lawrence on. the 3d inst. The vote in
Lawrence in favour of the Topeka constitution was
652, only two votes were cast against it. The Frge
State ticket for minor offices was elected.
The Boston Traveller of the 12th says :
" Governor Walker is reported to have marched
back to Lawrence with his troops—Fort Riley not
being in so much danger from the Indians as he ex-
pected, feared, or hoped. Probably he has got the
laugh upon him from both ends of the route."
'The various election returns are still favourable
to the Democrats.

ARRIVAL OF THE CIRCASSIAN.
LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY.
The screw steam-ship Circassian, C. Powell,
commander, belonging to the North Atlantic Steam
Navigation Company, arrived in the Mersey last
night. She left Portland August 6th, Halifax 11th,
and Newfoundland 14th inst. The news from
Portland and Halifax has been anticipated, and
that from Newfoundland is unimportant. She has
brought fifty passengers.
There is no commercial news.

THE PENINSULAR MAIL.

SOUTHAMPTON, SUNDAY.

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam
ship Euxine, Capt. Weeks, arrived this day, with
the usual Peninisular mail, 40 passengers, 2,0901.
in specie, 14 boxes of eggs, 2 casks of wine, 274
half chests of lemons, 5 baskets of onions, 110
boxes of tomatoes, 15 packages of drugs, and 7
packages of sundries.
The latest dates were—Gibraltar, Aug. 15 ;
Cadiz, 16 ; Lisbon, 19 ; Oporto, 20 ; Vigo, 21.
She reports the usual Portuguese squadron at
Lisbon, also three Dutch frigates and a corvette.
The Euxine spoke the Sultan with the outward
mails.

THE LOSS: OF -HER MAJESTY'S TROOP
STEAM-SIIIP' TRANSIT.

It will be seen by the telegraphic message from
India, received by the Earl 'of Clarendon on Fri-
day evening, that her Majesty's screw (troop) steam
shipl Transit, Commander Chambers, has been
totally lost in the Straits of Sunda, while on her
way to China with troops. Probably there never
was a vessel in her Majesty's navy that had ac-
quired such an unenviable notoriety as this un-
lucky ship, and it is not a little singular that the
forebodings which had been so often expressed in
the House of Commons as to her probable fate
should have been so completely realised.
The Transit was an iron built vessel of 2,000 tons
burden, sister vessel to the Perseverance, another
unlucky vessel, which capsized in Woolwich Dock-
yard. She was constructed by Mr. Mare, of Black-
wall, and was purchased by the Government to be
used as a troop ship and transport steamer. o,ne
of her first mishaps, which got her into bad re-
pute, was the occasion of the last great naval
review at Spithead. She was appropriated to the
use of her Majesty's peers, but, owino- to a defi-
ciency of steam or some other defect
.01:dicl not get
out to the fleet until the review was nearly over,
and on returning to port it' was discovered that she
had sprung a leak ; and en the appointment being
noticed in the House of Lords, it was remarked, by
Lord Campbell that but for a bishop and one-of his
learned brothers (the late Baron Alderson) lending
a hand at the pumps the most deplorable come-
quinces might have occurred to them all. It was
stated in the house that she was unfit for Govern-
ment service. However, the Admiralty thought
different, and in the course of last spring
she was appointed to take our troops to Hong
Kong for service in China. She underwent
a thorough overhaul, and all her old imperfections
were cousiderei to be overcome. She shipped on
board about 800 officers and mn belonging to the
59th and 9utfi Regiments, and left Spithead on sthe
7th of April. On the following day she put back
in a sinking state. It appeared that after leaving
Spithead she encountered a dense fog, and brought
up at anchor near' Hurst Castle, in five fathoms.
The troops turned in and all seemed comfortable,
but at daylight it was reported the ship was making
water fast, and that five feet was already in her
hold. On her anchor being weighed it came up
with ball the stock off,' and it then became ap-
parent that the ship had been driven on her own
anchor, and bad knocked a hole in her bottom.
After some days delay in repairing her, she again
started on the voyage. It was stated that she had
put into Corunna, and some mention was made of
the report in the House of Commons. The next
that is heard of her, as stated in the message, is
her total loss in the Straits of Sunda, but that all
her troops, which had been countermanded for
service in India, and her crew were saved.
Her loss will involve a loss of upwards of
100,0001. She was about four years

A SHOPKEEPER STABBED IN THE HAMPSTEAD ROAD.
—Yesterday morning a costerrnonger named Ambrose,
with his wife and one cr two other persons, entered
a ginger-beer shop, 117, Hampstead-road, in which a
young Frenchman, named Galaud, was serving. After
partaking of some cakes and ginger-beer, Ambrose fed
asleep in the shop, and upon Galaud's waiting him,
as it
was time to close the shop, he refused to leave. Galaud
then pushed him out of the shop, and a minute after-
wards appeared at the door, when Ambrose stabbed him
iu the abdomen with a long knife. Galaud was taken
to University College Hospital, where he lies in a
dangerous state. This morning the prisoner was placed
at the bar of the Marylebone pOlice-court, and a certi-
ficate having been banded in, which stated that the
wounded man was unable to leave the hospital, he was
remanded for a week.
AVI —On the 20th of November, 1853,
wereNGS -
1,341,054 depositors in savings-banks, ot
thereS
whom 1,317,444 were individual ones to the amount of
34,934,854/. The amount of principal money receive/
from and interest paid and credited to the trustees of
savings-banks and friendly societies, including the inte-
rest due on the 20th of November, was 74,801,6126.,
'and the amount of principal and interest paid to the
truetnes 37,729,691 k The .amount due to the tru•tees
by the commissioners on the said 20th of November was
37,07/,9216., and the value of the secutities held by
the commissioners was 32,750,634/,

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THE MOORS AND' FORESTS.

We are now in a position, says the Inverness
Courier of Thursday, to speak more definitely of
the state of the moors in the Highlands. The re-
ports are very contradictory, but in a great many
cases the shootings have turned out so unmistake-
ably bad that it is impossible to avoid the conclusion
that on such grounds, the birds ought to have a ju-
bilee. We do not remember a season in which so
many shootings have been summarily abandoned,
and in which there have been so many demands for
a reduction of rent. But it would be quite unfair to
say that all the moors, or even a large proportion of
them, are barren of game. On the contrary; the
failures are the exception, and in the majority of
cases birds are reasonably abundant, and never were •
in better condition. Last year was a most disastrous
one for the young broods, and birds were left so
weak and sickly that great execution was done
among them, not by sportsmen only, but also by
vermin and disease. This left the breeding stock
short all over the north, but where the winter and
spring were favourable, they have recovered in a
very remarkable manner, the young broods being
large and healthy. It was probably this circum-
stance that in spring gave rise'to such favourable
reports of the prdspects of the season, for'ne3ts of
10 or 12 healthy birds, or even 14, as they were
sometimes found, gave the best assurance we could
have looked for of a good season. When the evil
months of the year were unfavourable, on the high
shootings and exposed districts, the birds have
not turned out well, and there is an extraordinarY,
deficiency in their number, which can be remedial
only by calling off the sportsmen for a season or
two. Those who have been so fortunate as to se;
cure well-stocked moors are now enjoying good
sport. The weather, with the exception of two days
at the end of last week, has been propitious, though
rather hot. Notwithstanding the complaints natu-
rally made by those who have been disappointed in
their moors, there is still a demand for shootings,
and we believe we speak within bounds when vre
say that not one in ten of the applicants have been
able to procure grounds in the Highlands.
We continue the result of the shootings, derived
in almost every instance from the best authority
—At Holme, Mr. Dunbar bagged 25 brace of
grouse. At Knockie, Col. Adair and Mr. Hugh
Adair, M.P., shot 20 brace of grouse and 4 hares
on the 12th, and 10 brace of grouse, 9 hares, and 2
ducks on the 13th. The party here found the birds
large and very strong, wild for the 12th August,
and not a cheeper ' seen all day. Mr. Murray,
at Garve, 18 brace ; Col. Inglis, of Kingsmills, and.
Mr. W. Inglis, at Duncan, 12 brace ; Mr. W. Mor
ris, Mr. N. Morris, and Mr. W. Fry, at Moy Beg,,
64 brace on the 12th and 61 on the 13th. At Cawdor
Lord Emlyn shot 14 brace ; at Elgin Dr. M'Lean and
Captain Dunbar, 481 brace ; at Culloden, Sir 11
Vane, Mr. Trafford, and Mr. Eden, shot 30 brace ;
at Largs and Inverenie, Mr. J. B. Baillie, 1.3 brace;
at Tulchen, Mr. R. W. Williams, 25 brace on the
12th, and 35 brace on the 17th. Mr. Williams re'
ports the birds scarce in his district. " Ttie moors
require rest and a jubilee after last year's Wert;
epidemic." At Rosehall, Mr. R. S. Holford, and
the Hon. E. Jervis, bagged 491 brace ; at Brae;
more, Dunbeath, Mr. Birkbeck and party (4 glum
shot 85 brace ; Mr. Blake, at Nairnside, 10 brace!
Mr. Wood, at Banohor, 11 brace ; Mr.. Shaw', °`'
Newhall, 13 brace ; at Glentruim, Major C. Befell-
ton-bagged 21/ brace grouse and 4 hares ;
,andpar'
Gillon, 35 brads, and 4 hares. Covies were scarce,
but gocid—" a wonderful falling off since 1853!
Mr. Ruston, at Aldourie, 10 brace; at Erchless Cal" •
tle, on the 12th, Mr. G. myth andfriendabaggei
brace grouse, 6 hares; on 13th the Hon. Mr. Irby
shot a stag ; on the 14th Mr. Smyth and friends
shot 30 brace of grouse. The Earl of Seafield sh°t
13 brace of grouse at Balmacaan, and on the Vat
one of the party shob a fine stag. On the I°'
Captain Murray shot a stag, the first of the seas°l4
in the forest' of Torrechilty ; the stag weigher:VW
wards of 20 stones, and was very fat.. At Foyers,
on the 19th, Mr. G. Watt and friends shot yr hr...ac°
of grouse in four hours. Mr. Alexander and .I)l,r'
White killed, at Eskdale, 12/ brace on the 17,1P„,'
and 15f brace on the 18th ; Mr. Mills and -
friend, at Invereshie, on the 12th, 30 brace ; xr;
Newall, at GlenliVet, 21 brace, and Mr. Callwel
47/ brace. Grouse quite healthy and pretty nn
roux. On the Achalibstor moors Messrs: A. ",5
Smith and H. W. P. Smith, Olney, bagged
brace pf grouse on the 12th, and 261 in about fr
I ours of the 13th. On the Glensheiro moors fir'
Edwards bagged 10 brace ; Sir L. Pilkington, °
brace. On the moors of Drurnochter, Mr. Fenton:,
sen., 15 brace ; Mr. Fenton, jun., 42 brace. Th
Laird of Glentrium mad Master Gordon "Macpher"
son, of Cluny, bagged 151 brace in a few hours.
On Kingussie moors, Mr. Allsopp and Mr. Bona'
Jae() bagged 21/ brace grouse, 3 plovers, and 4 hares,
On the Dulnan moors, Mr.. Barton, inrara, bag'
ged 15/ brace in five hours, Mr. Anne, 8 brace,:
On the moors of the Doune, Lord A. Russell and
two gentlemen bagged 30 brace. The party at Carr:.
bridge are said to have had comparatively PO'
sport. We cannot vouch for the numbers, but w°
hear that Mr. Bass, M.P., killed 25 brace of gronsf
and 3 hares on the 12th ; 24f brace, 1 hare, and ~"
plover on the 13th. Lord Scarsdale on the 12th 1134
19 brace grouse, 2 hares, and 2 ducks, and on t°,,
13th 14a brace grouse. Mr. Hall bagged on the 12T,
151 brace grouse, 4f brace snipes, 4 brace dna%
and 1 brace curlews ; on the 18th he had 101 brava
grouse. Mr. Lloyd bagged 161 r brace grouse ands'o
hare on the 12th. On the Retinas hills Dr. Maclean,
Hythehill, Elgin, and Captain Dunbar, yr., of Kin
gaveney, bagged 52 brace of grouse and 8 hares 1,
the afternoon of the 12th. Mr. W. Brown, Lin
wood, bagged 12f brace grouse and a hare in threea
hours, on the Dondurcas moors. General Sir Ge°,,
Brown and Major Godfrey Massy, Grant LocigL"
Elgin, were out on the Birnie moors on the 12°j:
and had very good sport. On Achinroath, grai 9
Gran, of Glen-Grant, was out for an hour an
half, bagging 41 brace.
Angling has been comparatively at a stand-s.,,er
The rain on Friday and Saturday swelled the
only to a trifling degree, as the wind was easterly'
and rain does not seem to have fallen heavilY
the west. The dry weather since has 'given a ells
to angling, but a few fish are still landed by ',50
rod-every day. Mr. Lowe has taken several gi
with the par tail—a somewhat uncommon eircti of
stance on the Ness. Sir James Elphinstoneroa
Logic Elphinstone, we understand, had some g°4l
sport on Tuesday afternoon, and landed sore'
grilse and two heavy salmon.
The Stirling Journal reports —The sport dnariii/g0
the week has been most excellent, and greatly auot„,
an average. Mr. Forbes, of Callauder, and aOr Jo
including Lord Dunmore, shot about 40 brace,
Falkirk, while Mr. Home, of Argaty, killearoe
the 12th, 12 brace. Mr. Bennet had 12 brace vg
Buttergask, while on the Leckie and Gargoan°oo
moors the bags have Leon very good indeed.
all the grounds in this neighbourhood the birdseel'ia
comparatively plentiful and in excellent condiu-;€0
The Carlisle Patriot says :—We learn t hat gr°-,,f
are plentiful-on the' southern and eastern nin°rlais
this country, and along the Scotch border. The
have never, on the whole, bean in finer condi"

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