The Sun.
London, England, 1853-08-20 00:00:00

THE MOORS IN SCOTLAND.

(From the Aberdeen Journal.)

The grouse campaign has commenced successfully ;
generally speaking, the sport has been excellent, and in
the favourite and best-preserved grounds, first-rate—the
birds well-grown and strong, the coveys numerous, and
few cheepers to be seen ; ineed, we have heard of some
instances where they have begun to pack. For the first
two days, they were scarcely to be got here, great quan-
tities being sent south ; and they have been selling in
the market at ss. and ss. 6d. a-brace.
Our notes from the moors are as follow :
The party having the Morven Shootings have had
excellent sport. They report the grouse as not quite
so plentiful as last year, but very fine. They shot as
under—

On the 12th,
J. Maxtor, Esq., 62 brace
W. Morris, Esq., 42 „
L. Jessopp, Esq., 27 „
G. Brodrick, Esq. 10.1 „

On the 13th,
29 brace
37 ,)
32 „
20 „

1412 I 118
At Birse Forest, Mr. Robertson, of Foveran, starting
late in the day, brought down 80 brace and 9 hares to
his own gun. The forest swarms with birds.
On the Rickarton Hills, Mr. Hepburn of Rickarton,
killed 76 brace on the 12th, and 43 brace on the 13th,
on his own ground.

At Corndavon Lodge, Sir Francis Sykes, Bart., going
out late on the morning of the 12th, killed 511 brace of
grouse, all well-grown birds, and 4 mountain hares.
The party enjoying the sport at Corriemulzie, consist-
ing of Mr. Duff, M.P., and friends, killed 254 brace of
grouse in the first two days. On the 12th, 110 brace
were brought down by two guns.

At Boginclough, Rhynie, Basil Fisher, Esq., shot 491
brace of grouse, 3 hares, and a wild duck on the 12th,
and 27 brace on the 13th.

On Finzean Moors, on the 12th, Robert Farquharson,
Esq., and Dr. Jopp, shot 97 brace.
At his shootings in Strathdon, Mr. Brebner, on the
12th and 13th, killed 48 brace of grouse and 9 hares.
At Lagganauld, Glenmuick, and Gairnshiel, the par-
ties write as well satizfied with their sport. The birds
numerous and in beautiful order.

At Drumour Lodge, Perthshire, Lord Panmure and
party, consisting of Colonel Dundas and Hon. William
Maule, have had first-rate sport. On the 12th, Lord
Panmure bagged 1514 brace to his own gun— a number,
we may safely say, not exceeded on any muir in Scot-
land. Colonel Dundas had 94i brace, and Mr. Maule
934 brace—making a total of 3394 brace for three guns.
On the Panmure shootings, the birds (says the B re-
chin A dvertiser) are very strong and wild, and the
ground was by far too dry for the dogs scenting the
game. The following is the result of the first day's
sport :—Archd. Hastie, Esq., M.P. killed 64 brace of
grouse and some hares on Hunthill grounds, from 10
a.m., to 6 p.m. (one gun.) Mr. Broadwood and party,
from London, were out a few hours on Gannochy
grounds, and killed 53 brace. Major Douglas bagged
between 40 and 50 at Milden. Sir John Ogilvey, be-
tween 40 and 50, at Glenlea.

RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS.

TRAFFIC RETURNS FOR THE PAST WEEK.

Miles
NAME OF RAILWAY. Receipts.
opened,
1853.
1852. 1853.
7234 Aberdeen ••••• • • • • £2,467 2,579
37% Belfast and Ballymena 728 B+7
17 Belfast and County D0wn..........., 309 293
33 Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire 1,957 2,850
26)4 Bolton, Blackburn, and West York .. -
85)4 Bristol and Exeter ..... 5,586 6,088
. '
18934 Caledonian.- .... 14,079 16,093
89)4 Edinburgh and Glasgow ..• .• .• •• • •
94% Chester and Holyhead.- .•. • 4,128 6,634
634 Cork, Blackrock, and Passage ••• • • • 219 261
20 Cork and Bandon 193 216
56 Dublin and Beitast Junction • • • 1,277 1,649
53 Dublin and Drogheda.-- 1,267 1,944
6 Dublin and Kingstown .............. 1,125 1,718
16% Dundee and Arbroath 581 669
31 Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen Junction 751 869
19 Dundalk and Enniskillen.... ........ 170 753
68 East Anglian.... .• ................ 806 835
81 I East Lancashire 4,997 6,011
322 Eastern Counties and Norfolk ........ 15,710 20,011
95 Eastern Union .. •••• • • • . 2,341 3,037
78 Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee...... 3,341 3,462
6 Exeter and Credit0n................ 122 135
19 Furness Railway .• .....• • • .. • • 602 770
171% Glasgow, and South-Western • • 4,185 5,091
2851 h Great Northern and E. L.....
188 Great Southern and Western (Ireland) 6,419 7,7u6
31934 Great Western •••• • • • . 20,383 26,832
25 Irish South Eastern 268 234
90 Lancaster and Carlisle.. •• • . ...• •• • . 5,879 6,144
260 Lancashire and Yorkshire.. .. ••• . • . 20,215 21,461
70 Leeds Northern .............• -
lsa Liverpool. Crosby, and Southport.... 542 653
553)4 London and North Western . 55,092 60.885
5)6 London and Blackwall... ...... 1,421
17314 I London, Brighton, and South Coast.. 12,811 18,384
2531,4 London and South Western. .. 13,822 25,112
3434 Londonderry and Enniskillen • • 318 529
11% Manchester, Buxton, and Matlock, &c. -
167% Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire 7,405 9,141
9)6 Manchester and South Junction-. 637 736
28 Maryport and Carlisle •• ........ 702 817
498% Midland • •••• • • • ..... ........ 25,637 27,993
126 Midland Great Western (Irish)
37 Monklands .............. ••••• • • • • • 195 1,071
60 Newcastle and Carlisle.... ..... 2,614 3,095
149 North British .
232 North Staffordshire ................ -
47 North-Western ....... .
50 Scottish Central ..................
3,586 3,677
32 Scottish Midland ...............
29)4 Shrewsbury and Birmingham 847 -
47 Shrewsbury and Chester • • •• ••• • • 1,948 2,208
29 Shropshire Union .................. 603 733
58 Month Devon. . 2,410 2,550
28414 South I:lastern ••• • • • • 19,014 22,011
131 South Wales . .
77 South York., Doncaster, and Goole .. 1.025 1,632
40 Taff Vale • • -. •••••• .• • • • • 2,719 2,911
36 Ulster. • •1,002 1,368
50 Waterford and Limerick ............ 572 601
25 West Cornwall ...... ............. 395 590
12 Whitchaven Junction 236 287
682 York and Newcastle, and Berwick &
York and North Midland & Leeds 25,219 30,312
ronztarz.
5734 Dutch Rhenish •.. •••• . • . 2,176 2,048
21% Maria Antonia ........ ........ 292 277
63 Monteresu and Troyes 861 1,045
63 Namur and Liege 1,061 1,593
443% Northern of France 24,015 28,142
577 Orleans and Central* ..... ........ 19,515
240 Paris and Lyons ........ „ ......., 13,793 16,421
84 Paris and Rouen. .. 10, 08 10,753
392 Paris and Strasburgh 14,648 23,170
59 Rouen and Havre.. .. 3,992 4,812
99 Western of France 4,405 6,011

* The receipts include the traffic on the Orleans and Central, Or-
leans and Bordeaux, and Tours and Nantes lines.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.