The Sun.
London, England, 1861-07-08 00:00:00

TILE MOORS AND FORESTS.

THE SO UTHERN MOORS.—The Border Advertiser
says :—" The prospects for the 12th are hitherto
very enc auraging in this district. Grouse are
abundant and strong on the wing, no disease or
death having occurred during the breeding season.
Within the last days the keeper on the Gala estate
tells us that he has picked up several old dead birds
from the fatal tape-worm. These, however, are
only exceptional cases. Partridges are a plentiful
crop, and already coveys of sixteen or eighteen are
to be seen packed on the neighbouring hill sides.
On the Ettrick and Yarrow fells the game is most
plentiful, and seldom have the prospects of sports-
men been more auspicious than they are at pre-
sent."

AYRSHIRE AND WIG TO WNSHIRE.—The Advertiser
says !—" We have made inquiries of keepers over
grounds of considerable extent, in different loca-
lities in Ayrshire and Wigtownshire, and can sup-
plement their reports by personal inspection in the
south of Ayrshire, and are happy to state that the
appearance of grousa has not been better for many
seasons. The broods are numerous and full num-
bered, and the great proportion are steady on the
wing, and will take a quick aim and No. 4 on the
12th. An occasional dead bird has been found;
but when we hear of grouse having been shot so
recently as in March last, we can well understand a
stray pellet accounting for a bird pining and dying
since. This has also been a good season for black
game. Partridges and pheasants have seldom been
so abundant; and as for hares they vary according
to poaching or preserving. On the whole there
has not been so good a prospect for the sportsmen
for many years."
IN VERN ESS.—The Int'erneSS C'ourzcr says:--

"Five weeks from this date a large maprity of
sportsmen will be located in their shooting-boxes on
moor and mountain, ready for the 12th of August,
on the issue of which, and where the best bags of
*grouse are to be made, there is as much excitement
among one class as the faie.of a Perby or St. Leger
causes among horse 'ra6er3. From every quarter
round Inverness, and-all over the north, we continue
to receive the most favourable accounts of the pro-
gress of the young broods of grouse. In numbers
they are much above the average of seasons, and the
weather—alternately showers apd sunshine—has
been so favourable that the growth of the young
broods has been very rapid. By the 12th of August
cheepers will be rarer arcs, and the general remark,
as the birds get up, will be that every covey has
black tails. The prospects of deer-stalkers are no
less encouraging. Abundance of grass in all the
glens and corries a month earlier than usual has
brought the stags into such good condition that
their antlers are now full grown, and royal heads
will be more numerous in the forests than usual.
We hear from a forester, who has a large range
under his care, that so forward are the stags' heads,
that by the time the stalking begins he expects
to see some of the heads cle'ar Of the velvet."

TILE _EMPEROR NAPOLEON'' RESI-

DEN CE 47 VICHY.

This residence, which, as is known, has been
taken for the Emperor's use, is situated in the Rue
du Parc, close to the bank of the Allier. •It is so
situated that it can easily be secured from an
importunate infix of the curious, being protected.
on the side of the park by a terrace six feet
in height, and on the other sides by a wall. The
villa is an excellent building, in the style of Louis
XII. It is reached on the side of the garden by
a double flight of stone steps ornamented. with
four statues of children personifying the four
seasons. The ground floor is raised. on a subsoil,
formed of rustic porphyry, fixed with Roman
cement. The vestibule is ornamented with two
consoles, supported by lions' heads of natural size,
in carved wood, and a handsome clock in gilt
bronze of the style of Louis XVI. The large salon
opens at the end of the vestibule. The furniture,
which is in carved wood, covered with green silk
damask, is of the :purest Louis XVI. style. The
chimney ornaments are exceedingly rich, two
statues of children in bronze, of natural size, sup-
ported by columns in wood, each bearing a candela.
brum in gilt bronze with 14 lights. In the centre of
the salon is a gueridon in mahogany, six feet in dia-
meter, covered with a slab of white marble which
was formerly at Malmaison, and belonged to Queen
Hortense. There are also two magnificent pic-
tures belonging to the crown, one of
Madame Lebrun, and the other signed " Angelica
Kauffmann pinxit, Romce, 1786." Some pictures be-
longing to Strauss are good enough to hold their
place beside those just mentioned. The ceiling of
the salon is a painting by Jouvenet, p representing
Venus and Adonis, surrounded by nymphs, cupids,
and tritons. There is also a fine portrait of Mme.
de La Rochejaquelin, in the costume of a Vendean.
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furniture ; in it will be placed the bed. which the
Emperor always carries with him on his journeys.
The furniture of the room is simple and in good
taste. There are in it a number of pastels by
Boucher, representing female portraits and mytho-
logical subjects. A dressing-room and bath-room
are adjoining. The Emperor's private sitting room
is spacious, and corresponds to the reception salon
on the ground floor. It is also hung with pink
printed furniture. The windows look on the park,
and from his writing table his Majesty may, with-
out being seen, view the basin of the Rond Point,
and hear the band. The other rooms on the first
and second floor are intended for the aides-de-camp
and the persons of his Majesty's suite, The garden
is small, but artistically arranged in the English
style.—Galignant.