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THE AFIELD. 
jjjl N September, 
(0 not only part- 
ridge but deer- 
shooting prevails, 
both at home and 
abroad. At home, 
a Ross-shire corre- 
spondent, writing 
on Saturday even- 
ing, says : — “ The moors in the upper dis- 
trict of this county still continue to yield 
good sport, although for the last week the 
weather has been anything but favourable 
— the sportsman having to contend with high winds and heavy rains throughout 
the whole week, especially on Wednesday last, when from morning to 
night it blew a complete tempest. Still those who took the moors were amply 
rewarded. The Earl of Lichfield was out two days grouse shooting in Strath- 
connon Forest, when his lordship killed to his own gun forty brace the first day, 
and sixty the second. On the following day his lordship went out deer-stalking, 
and brought down a noble stag, with a beautifully set head of twelve points, 
which is generally known by the name of a ‘ royal deer.’ Captain Baring was 
also out deer-stalking at the same time, and was very successful, killing a stag 
of ten points, a very fine-looking animal ; and on the same day, a roebuck. The 
Right Hon. Lord Ashburton, Lochluchart, who has been out only for one day 
since the opening of the season, killed twenty-two and a half brace of grouse, 
and two mountain hares. It is said his lordship intends giving all sorts of game 
in his newly-purchased forest a year of jubilee. F. Pryor, Inversoul, and party 
of three guns, killed, on the 22nd, eighty brace of grouse. The Fanicli and 
Greenard party, on the 23rd and 24th, to two gun3 had fifty- five brace of grouse, 
besides other game. On Little Wyvis, on the 18th, the sport was extraordinary. 
V. G. Vaughan, Esq., killed twenty-three brace of grouse, and 250 mountain hares ! 
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of Saturday, the 13 th, she struck upon a reef and became a 1 
wreck. Capt. Dribble, with some of the crew and passengers, 
then left the brig, and having reached the island, found upon ' 
it a number of those who had escaped from the wreck of the 
Topaz. Some others on boafd the Hygeia succeeded, 
after great difficulty, in gaining the land, but twenty-nine 
poor creatures who had taken to a raft were carried 
out to eea, and no doubt perished. On the schooner reach- 
ing the island, she took on board all she could — 147 persons. 
She had only half a dozen casks of water to supply such a 
large number of famished creatures; her provisions were ( 
almost as scanty. However, she did the best under the 
circumstances to save the greatest amount of life ; but the 
melancholy fact is to be told that when the Victoria left, 390 
of the emigrants were to be seen on the broadside of the hull 
of the wreck under a burning sun, without a particle of food 
or a drop of water to sustain life. On the authorities at Hong 
Kong being informed of the catastrophe, application was made 
to the agent of one of the large steam navigation companies 
for the despatching of a steamer to the island ; but although 
several were in the harbour, none were forwarded. It 
is said that the moderate sum of £1,000 was demanded be- 
fore a vessel would be allowed to leave. By the lost ac- 
counts, the poor creatures were still left on the wreck ; but 
little had been done to save them, and it is feared that the 
next mail will bring tidings of their having been starved to 
death. 
The second melancholy loss is supposed to be that of the 
British ship Lady Nugent, Captain Banuerman, chartered by 
the Governor of Madras, for the conveyance of the staff and 
head-quarters of the 25th Regiment of Madras Native infantry 
for Rangoon. The ship sailed from Madras on the 10th of 
May, having on board the following officers and men : — Lieu- 
tenant-Colonel Johnson, Lieutenant and Adjutant Daley, 
Lieutenant and Quartermaster King, Lieutenant Bumford, 
Assistant-Surgeon Simpson, one warrant-officer, six native 
commanding staff-officers, 247 rank and file, thirty-three 
public-officers, and fifty-six followers. The Brigadier-General 
Sir S. W. Steel, K.C.B., was to have accompanied the troops 
out, but he sailed in the Oriental steamer, and has since ar- 
rived at Rangoon. The Lady Nugent has been overdue for 
a considerable time, and it is known that she must have 
encountered a terrific monsoon three weeks after her depar- 
ture. Other ships which have since sailed from Madras with 
troops for Rangoon have reached that port, and it is feared 
that the Lady Nugent has foundered with all on board. 
oates from Rangoon mention that the Government 
autnontiea had despatched steamers from that port, as also 
rom Calcutta, in quest of the missing ship, but nothing had 
been seen or heard of her. 
Varna. All the women are to be sent down by the first 
p coming to Malta, Ladies we also to leave the camp. 
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THE COURT. 
The birth-day of his Royal Highness Prince Albert was 
celebrated on Saturday, at Osborne, where the Court is still 
sojourning, and also at Windsor, in which town her Majesty's 
tradesmen dined together on the occasion, the Queen, with 
her accustomed liberality, supplying the venison and a 
splendid dessert. In the evening, at Osborne, Mr. Albert 
Smith had the honour of giving a performance, consisting of 
selections from his Ascent of Mont Blanc, before her Majesty, 
the royal family, and the party assembled. The Marquis of 
Ely, Lady and the Misses Graham, Lady Frances Bruce, Lady 
Couper, the Hon. Captain and Mrs. Denman, and Mr. Gibbs, 
received invitations. 
The Queen and Prince, accompanied by Prince Arthur, 
the Princess Royal, Princess Alice, Princess Helena, and 
Princess Louisa, cruised in the Fairy on Monday afternoon. 
The royal dinner party, in the evening, included the 
Duchess of Kent, Lady Anna Maria Dawson, Lady Frances 
Bruce, and the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert. 
The Queen and Prince, with Prince Arthur and the Prin- 
cess Royal, cruised in the Fairy on Tuesday afternoon. 
The Right Hon. S. Herbert had the honour of accompany- 
ing her Majesty. 
Meeting of Prince Albert and the Emperor Napo- 
leon. — We read in the Sun : — " Prince Albert embarks 
from Osborne on the 5th of September, on a visit to the 
Emperor Napoleon at Boulogne. The King of tho Bel- 
gians is to be of the party. His Royal Highness returns to 
the Isle of Wight on the 7th." 
FASHIONABLE WORLD. 
Lord and Lady Willoughby d’Eresby will receive a sucoes 
sion of distinguished guests during the ensuing week at 
Drummond Castle, Perthshire. 
The Earl of Cawdor, Viscount Emlyn, Lord Edward 
Thynne, and a select party, are staying at Cawdor Castle, 
Naira, N.B. 
Lord Stanley, M.P., will shortly join the party assembled 
at Gordon Castle, on visits to the Duke and Duchess of 
Richmond. 
Mr. George Loring and family have arrived at Edward’s 
Private Hotel, from Malaga. 
The Duke of Cleveland is entertaining a small party at his 
grace’s shooting-box in the county of Durham. 
The Earl of Crawford and Balcarres, accompanied by Lord 
and Lady Lindsay, has arrived at Dunecht House, N.B., from 
Haigh Hall, near Wigan. 
We are sorry to announce the death of Major-General 
Bush, K.H., which took place at his residence in Sloane -street, 
on Sunday evening. 
Her lloyid Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, attended 
by Lady Georgiana Bathurst, Lord and Lady Bangor, and 
Colonel and the Hon. Mrs. Liddell, visited the Crystal Palace 
on Tuesday. Her Royal Highness was received and con- 
ducted through the building by Sir Joseph Paxton, Mr. 
Grove, the secretary to the company, and Mr. Cooper, tho 
general superintendent. 
The Marquis of Lothian hikes his departure on the 20th 
proximo for Constantinople, on a tour in tho East. 
Lord and Lady Churchill have arrived at Gordon Castle, 
on a visit to the Duke and Duchess of Richmond, from their 
seat in Oxfordshire. 
Tho Earl of Jersey, wo are happy to learn, is likely to be 
able to leave town for Middleton in a few days. The Coun- 
tess and Lady Clementina Villiers have left Lord Ravens- 
worth's for Drummond Castle, on a visit to Lord and Lady 
Willoughby d'Eresby. 
Mr. and Mrs. P. Lerson lrnvo arrived at Edwards' Private 
Hotel, in George-Btreet, Hanover- square. 
Mr. E. J. Harrington has arrived at the Clarendon Hotel, 
from Brighton. 
Mr. George Ileathcoto has left the Clarendon Hotel for 
Chipping Norton, Oxon. 
Lord Forester, on leaving the Duke of Rutland's shooting- 
box, proceeds to Willey Park, Salop, to receive a succession 
of visitors. 
The Hon. Mrs. George Anson and Miss Anson, accompanied 
by the Hon. E. Forester, leave this country about the middle 
of October, for tho East Indies, to join General the Hou. 
Geo. Anson, at Madras, 
The Duke of Newcastle, Sir James Graham, and a select 
party, dined with the Earl of Aberdeen, at Argyll House, on 
Tuesday afternoon. 
The Duke and Duchess of Hamilton have left Manheim, on 
tho Rhino, for tho spas iu Bohemia, and are not expected to 
return to this country until tho close of the ensuing month. 
Tho Duke of Devonshire, we are glad to state, has so far 
improved os to permit his grace to leave bis villa at Chiswick, 
and proceed to Chatsworth. It is understood that his grace, 
ufter remaining at Chatsworth a short time, will, if his health 
permit, sojourn a short period at Buxton, which fashionable 
watering place is now well filled with distinguished visitors. 
The Marchioness Dowager of Downshire arrived iu Gros- 
venor-strect, on Tuesday, from Brighton. 
The Countess of Westmoreland has returned to Vienna, 
from London. 
Mr. and Mrs. Disraeli are entertaining a few select friends 
at Hughendon Manor, Bucks. 
DEATn of Edward Truman Guy, Esq., of Jamaica. — We 
have to record the death of the above named gentleman, 
who died at his residence (in Spanish Town), on the evening 
of the 12th inst., after a lingering illness, 
