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

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PRICE 4D• STAMPED, 5D

Three fine stags.' The deer are very numerous in
this cpiarter, but unusually-late in casting the vel-
yet this season. There were 12 stags seen within
h. mile of Lochinvar on Thursday last. The river
finder continues in good'angling trim, and the sport
excellent—no blank days. One rod killed,6l sal-
Mon on the Inver since the beginning of July., On
'riday last two rods killed four salmon, the largest
1511 b. weight; only two division 4 of 'the-river were
fished that day. - • •
SELKIRIiSI#RE.—On the Yair ground, one day
.ast week, Mr. Pringle and party bagged 21 brace
4,—one of the best days of- the season. At Meigle,
On the- 24th ult., Mr. Walker, of , Bowland, made a
fair bag of
,54 black game, but no grouse.
FORFARSIIIRE.—Game is very plentiful this sea-
son. As a prod of this-we may mention that from
the 27th ,upwards of 650 brace of birds,have been
shot by Mr. Horsman and party, which exceeds by
nearly-200 brace the whole quantity killed-daring
the shooting. Season lait year.
CAITHNESS-OLIIRE.--The reports from the Caith-
ness moors are Still,unfavourable, and there can be
no doubt now thatlhere will be but poor sport dui-
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pig the pyeseni season: Indeed, we hear of more
than one gentleman who is thinking of giving it
Op. What may be the reason for the unusual and
general scarcity of birds.this season we cannot-say,
but we think it: .probable :that the prevalence of
vermin should receive more attontion than it has
Yet done. On -,,t4e Duke of Portland's, estate of
Langwell' the ganiekeepers -have this season killed
no fewer than 653 head of•vermin. There has been
some little sport on-all the moors during the week.
Since his arrival at Langwell the right hon. the
Speaker has been out with- his gun, and has had
tolerable success. We learn that during the , first
four days of the season the following was the return
of game killed by Mr. 'James Tweedie, Mr. Chas.
Tweedie, and Mr. John Kemp, at Brown Castle=
Grouse, 406 head ; • snipe, 15 ; plover, 9 ; wild fowl,
5 ; hares, 8 ; total, 443 head. The game there is
strong and healthy. 'ln the forests Mr. Thomas
E. 0. Horne has shot one or two stags. In Orkney
the 12th was not a favourable day for sportsmen,.
being a dead calm with oppressive' heat. Many
did not shoot until the afternoon. In Erie Mr.-
Hebden shot 20 head of grouse, and Mr. Calder
had fair sport- On North Walls, Mr. Heddle, 42
bead, after one p.m.., to one dog. Dr. Mitchell had-
fair sport—viz., 36 head. Where the moors have-
been preserved and trapped the stock of grouse is
both numerous and healthy. Snipe are more nu-
merous also than for many years.

iNEWPAPER.
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The line-of-battle • screw steamship "Wtsolittlgi'.,:
Ln harbour at Chatham, is ordered to be*:,..t-cri-
that port to Sheerness, for the purpose (1%1).64 S
placed in the second division of the steam reserve;
her masts, yards, gear, and stores are all to be sent -
from Chathain Dockyard to Sheerness.
In consequence of tho activity which prevails in
all the departments at Chatham Dockyard 100 addi-
tional labourers have been entered for the service
of that establishment. Several additional hired
shipwrights are also to be entered to bi eak up the
ships ordered to be taken to pieces.
Her Majesty's screw steam storeship Lord Pan-
niure, Mr. J. T. Moore commander, returned tb
Woolwich yesterday from the Tower, having dis-
charged 750 chests of arms; and after landing the
remainder of her cargo at the Royal Arsenal she
will reload for Devonport and Dublin.

2HE NA T 7.

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The following appointments were made yester-
day at the Admiralty :—Com. P. C. C. McDougall,
to the Mohawk ; F. L. Graham, assistant-surgeon,
additional, to the Victory; J. G. Rich, surgeon, to
the Conqueror ; L. C. Urquhart, surgeon, to theße-
nown ; W. Thorn, paymasters to the Racoon; and
G. F. Norman, assistant-paymaster, in charge, to
the Dasher.

Corn. R. Studdart is appointed to the Wellesley
for service of Chatham ordinary, vice Commaider
Langtry, whose time of service has expired.
Corn. ,G. B, Jeffreys is reappointed to the coast-
guard service for one year.

THE ARMY.

Some experiments have just been made at Chat-

ham by Captain Norton, in order to show the
method by which sporting guns can he utilised

as military arms, and the ordinary muzzle-load-
ing patent breech sporting guns rendered available
for military purposes in case of emergency. This

Captain Norton proposes to effect by using his gas-

Hamer covered cartridges, with a close-fitting Bphe-
lical bullet, enclosed in a thin greased patch of
tic cotton net, and the result of the trials which
have been concluded at Chatham leaves no doubt
that any ordinary musket May by these means be
turned into a military arm. During the experiments
Captain Lemp'riere; .the-instructor of musketry:to
the Royal Engineers, fired, two blank gossamer cart.;
ridges from an ordinary 14-bore sporting gun, with
very satisfactory results ; after which a trial was
made in firing a "jacketed" rifle ,shot withthe
same description of cartridge from a 14-bore grooved
rifle having a patent breech, the results in , each

case being equally satisfactory.
In addition to the reinforcements already enume-
rated in The Sun, the following number of officers
and troops will embark at Gravesend to-morrow on
board the chartered vessel Surrey, 1,089 tons; Capt.

W. Escott, for Calcuttiviz, 1 field officer and 2

subalterns of the Royal. Artillery from Woolwich ;
1 field officer, 2 subalterns, and 56 non-commissioned

officers and men of the 35th (Royal. Sussex) Regi-
ment, from Chatham; 1 captain, 2 subalterns, and
248 men of the Ist battalion 6th Foot, 1 subaltern,
and 7 men of the 34th Regiment, and 46 non-com,
missioned officers and men of the 88th Connaught

Rangers, from Colchester; total, 10 officers and 357
non-commissioned officers and men. The hired
troopship Gosforth will embark the following troops
cat Gravesend on Friday for Madras—viz., 65 non-
commissioned officers and men of the 12th (Prince
of Wales's) Lancers from Maidstone ; 4 men of the
Royal Artillery from Woolwich ; 8 men of the Ist
battalion of the Ist Royals and 9 men of the
44th Regiment from Colchester; 78 men
_of the 69th
Regiment from Ferznoy r and-3 officers with 87 men
of the 91st Regiment, from Pembroke; total, 3 WK.-
' cers and 251 men of all ranks.
Yesterday a detachment of the Royal Artillery
left the Camp at Aldershot for Shoeburyness, to
practise firing with the Armstrong gun. They will
be succeeded next month by a party from the Camp
at Shorncliffee. The guns now in use at Shoebury-
ness carry five miles and hit the mark with preci-
sion each time. _

Lieutenant-General Chas. Gilmour, of the Royal
Artillery, died on the 31st ult., in his 79th year.
The gallant officer had been more than 60 years
in the army, and during his early career had seen
much active service, having served at the capture
bf Ischia, Zante, and Cephalonia in 1809, and
at Santa Maura in the following year. The de-
ceased next proceeded to the eastern coast of Spain,
and was present at the battle of Castalla, and was
engaged with the enemy in covering the retreat,
and employed in the batteries against Tarragona.
After leaving Spain the deceased General joined
the army under Lord William Bentinck, at Genoa.
His commissions bore date as follows :—Second-
Lieut., December 20, 1798 ; Lieut., December 3,
1800 ; Capt., June 1, 1806 ; Major, August 12,
1819 ; Lieut. -Col., September 27. 1831 ; Col., No-
vember 9, 1846; Major-Gen., June 20, 1854, and
Lieut.-Gen., Feb. 4, 1857.
Lieut.-Col. C. W. Sibley, of the 64th (the 2d
Staffordshire Regiment), died on the Ist inst., after
a highly honourable career in the service. He had
attained the rank of Lieut.-Colonel solely by per-
sonal merit. When serving in the 13th Regiment
he took a part in the first Burmese war, for which
he had a medal ; and while in the 62d he served in
the campaign on He Sutlej, and was severely
wounded at the battle of Ferozeshah.
Yesterday the NN hole of the volunteers to the West
Essex Militia, Lieut.-Col. Brise commandant, were
summoned to muster at the head-quarters, Chelms-
ford, on the 21st inst., for 21 days' drill.
The Antrim Artillery Militia are under orders of
readiness to leave Cork for England. The Royal
Lancashire Artillery Militia, Lieut.-Col. Aitchison
commandant, are ordered from Shorncliffe to Cork.
The screw steamer Iberia has been taken up to
carry the regiments to and from Ireland.

HEALTH OF LONDOWEEK N DURING 2III?
.

(From the Registrar-General's Report.)
The health of London is improving, and the mor-
tality is below the average of the season. In each
of the corresponding weeks of 1849 and 1854 be-
tween 2,000 and 3,000 of the population died; in
the week that ended Sept. 3, 1859, the registered
deaths amounted to 1,047. After excluding the
years of epidemic cholera this is 76 less than the
average number (1,123), corrected for increase of
population.
The earth underwent great magnetic commotions
during the week; auroral lights were seen, thunder
and lightning were observed, and rain fell on three
days (0.33) ; but the most direct cause of the decrease
of death was the fall of mean temperature to 56.6
deg.; or to 69.0 deg. daily as the mean highest, and
50.2 deg as the_mean lowest. The temperature of
the Thames was 66.4 deg., and it varied little. The
barometer was low, 29.600 inches ; the dew-point
was 48.1 deg.; saturation of the air with moisture
being 100, the humidity was represented by 72 ;
so the air was dry generally. The wind, blowing
from the south-west, passed over Greenwich, at the
rate of (4.8), nearly five miles an hour ; and on
Monday and Tuesday the average velocity was
eight miles an hour.
Diarrhcea, which depends to a considerable extent
upon temperature, declined as the temperature fell;
the deaths by the disease were, however, 156. The
deaths by cholera were 5. Small-pox, chiefly
through the neglect of vaccination by parents, de-
stroyed 27 lives. 15 deaths were referred to measles,.
55 to scarlatina, 13 to diphtheria, 3 to troop, l 5 to
hooping-cough. Fever was fatal to 49 persons;
21 under and 28 above 20 years of age.
Six children died of syphilis, three persons died of
delerium tremens, two of disease induced by intem-
perance. These are only a few of the deaths caused
by vice.
Of constmption 73 persons died in the prime of
life (20-40), and 56 at other ages.
Twenty-five persons died by accidents; but it is
w.,11 known that while some deaths are really ac
ci-
dental, the greater part of them arise from the neg li -
ger.ce of the persons themselves or of others, ha a
many such deaths may therefore be prevented. On ,e
murder or manslaughter was registered, and col tr
, suicides.
While 40 deaths of old people were registers' 3. at
the age of 80 and upwards, 201 infants diei l iu
London under one year of age—namely, 8 of sn .
tsll-
pox, 83 of diarrhoea, 14 of tabes, 9 of water .3) 0. the
brain, 29 of convulsions, 17 of premature birth 1, fi .nd
51 of atrophy and debility. But what was the , cai 360
of these diseases ? All may well inquire, for a if in sfr
that the lives of" young children" may be pre, wiry e .
The births of 1,711 children, 878 boys al id 533
girls, were registered during the week. ~