The Sun.
London, England, 1850-09-09 00:00:00

the public ask themselves where lies the blame ? You
have no right to cant about either the ineprudt nee or
the unprincipledness of authors till the obstacles are
removed, whose removal would open for them a safe
and honourable career. Till then, many of them will,
like other men, yield to temptation ; they will mi,lead,
mystify, and bamboozle you; and you will deserve
to be misled, mystified, and bamboozled. Why
should you not ? iou curl the lip at the man of
talent for not being careful of his cash. Ctin you
complain should he consult his interest, and curl the
lip at you for not being careful of your intellects, but
swallowing the lies and sophistry which you tolerate
his being tempted to serve up to you for facts and
logic ? To despise them tends to make them despise
you. Pray have, good Public, a little of the pru-
dence 3ou require in them ; render them justice ;
1 old them in proportioned honour; protect theta from
plunder ; deal nizh them as you deal with other pro.
fcst!ions or occupations. which relate to your toed,
clothing, health, property, and other tangible inter-
est 4, and you will find your account in it, even upon
the most selfish principle:.

PUBLICOLA.

THE MOORS AND RIVERS.
(From the Inverness Courier.)
GROUSE SHOOTING.—We learn that the gentlemen
renting shootings in the neighbourhood of her MA
jesty'e, royal residence, ".Balmoral Castle," Dee-side,
report favourably of the healthy state ofgrowe in that
locality. Amongst the returns are—Lord Elcho, on
the 12th, bsgged 80 brace on the Moss of Monaltrie ;
Sir Richard Fielding, on the Carbrae, on the l2Lh,
.56 brace. Oa the lorest of Birse, rented by E.
Lwerack, Eq., himself, J. Robinson, E.g., of Fove-
ran, and Drs. Maxton and Gordon, bagged in sixteen
days 1,89.3 head of grouse and a large quantity of
mountain hares. Birds were never known so strong
and wild, at so early a period, by the oldest sports-
man.

DEER STALKING.—Two heads of stags, both shot
in a remarkable way, were sent the other day to be
preserved. One of them was shot last Thursday
by S. W. Hurrell, Eq., in the woods at Carr• Bridge;
being in pursuit of black game the gun was loaded
with No. 6 shot. The deer started up at a distance
of forty yards, and before he reached one hundred
yards, fell to a double shot of common-sized grouse
shot. The other was shot at Foyers (see annexed
paragraph). Though the antlers of the later were
untouched, the bones of the head were broken into
small fragments—pounded like lump sugar—by the
fall.

Lord Malmesbury has received a succession of
visitors at Acbnacarry Castle during the last fort-
night. Lord and Lady Canning, Lord Eddisbury,
Lord and Lady Jocelyn, and Lord Edward F.
Thy one are at present at the Castle. The fishing has
not been very extraordinary—the continued rain for
the last two weeks keeping the rivers in a very
swollen state. Lord Canning, however, fished a good
day's work on Wednesday, and his basket had, with
other fish, a salmon weighing 14Ibs. The grouse
have been a failure this season. The best day's sport
did not exceed six or eight brace each gun, so that
grouse-shooting may be said to be finished for the
season. In the forest, however, better success has
attended the sportsman. Lord Edward Thynne
brought down a very fine stag. The head being soft
and covered with its velvet was the only drawback to
its royalty. Yesterday Lord Jocelyn and Lord
Eddisbury shot each a noble stag, and on Saturday
Lord Malmesbury brought down a very fine stag
within a short distance of the house. Some good
sport in the forest may be anticipated, there being an
abundance of deer.

On Saturday, the 24th ult., Sir Arthur Chichester
killed a royal stag in the Lochcarron forest, which
weighed, clean, 23 stones, and as it fell 29. On
Monday following Mr. Kenneth Mackenzie, yr. of
Applecross, brought down a fine stag; and next day
Mr. Frank Mackenzie captured a large hind in the
Applecr, si Forest.
Lord Anson has had very fine deer stalking in the
west of Sutherland.

CAITIINESB.-Mr. La Touche (the tenant of Aus-
dale and Braemore moors) brought down two fine
stags last week. Mr. T. E. O. Horn shot a good
stag in the Longwell preserve, on the 15th ult.
Grouse shooting has been pretty fair, considering the
disease of the last four years ; but the birds, though
not so numerous as should be, are exceedingly strong
and healthy.

THE Niss.—This river is now of good angling
size, and the members of the club have had fair sport
during the week. Sir J. kt. Carnac and party on the
upper waters, have been particularly successful.
THE RIVERS IN TUE NORTH OF SUTHERLAND.—
Never in the memory of man have the rivers in this
part of the country afforded less sport to the angler.
From the 20th (if May to the 18th of August the
rivers were so very low for want of rain that not a
fish c,uld ascend them; in fact, they were more like
small burns than good-rizgd rivers. On Sunday, the
18th, the wind blew a strong gale from the west, and
in the evening it commenced to rain in good earnest,
and continued till Monday evening without any inter-
mission ; the rivers. that were so low on Sunday
tnornh.g came down in torrents. On Monday they
had subsided a little, end though too Ligh for good
sport, yet J. V. Machin, EA., killed two fine salm:bn
the largest weighing 19:bs.; since then the different
gentlemen anglers have had good sport, each killing
from one to three fish a day. The Messrs. Chandler
have kil'ed one or two each day, and on 111,nday, the
2Gth, two fine salmon and one grilse were taken. The
Laxfurd river afforded no sport whatever up to last
week.

A LEAP OVER FOYERS.— On Friday, the 30th ult.,
John Fowler, E.q., who leases the shootings of
Foyers, stalked and shot a large stag in the wood ad-
joiLing the Falls. The antlered denizen of the forest,
though apparently dead, soon recovered, and bound-
ing away towards a precipice which projects over the
lower Fall, in an instant leaped for the opposite side
of the frightful gorge. lle failed in the attempt, and
was carried down by the impetuous torrent and im-
mediately thereater was seen wheeling around in
"the boiling cauldron below." Mr. Fowler's gillies
were soon at the spot, and having procured ropes,
Alexander Fraser, gamekeeper, with a daring which
emulates the inhabitants of the lonely isle of St.
Kilda, was slung down the fsce of the precipice and
soon secured the stag, which is the fifth tbat fell under
the unerring rifle of Mr. Fowler.