The Sun.
London, England, 1853-09-13 00:00:00

THE MOORS, FORESTS, AND RIVERS.

From whatever cause the news from the moors is flat
this week. The edge of the interest in the sport has
been dulled by the actual abundance of the game, and
by the heavy gloomy weather of last week. The forests
seem to have yieldea more sport, comparatively, than
the moors. Among the notes which have been reported
us are the following :—Mr. Mackenzie, of Ord, accom-
panied by Seaforth and Allangrange, shot two stags,
two hinds, and three roebucks, in the woods at Ord last
week ; one of the stags, shot by Seaforth, had 12
points, and weighed 18 stone clean. The Earl of Lei-
cester shot a fine stag in the Great Wood at Inchna-
cardoch, weighing 181 stone. The head was very finely
formed, and had 11 points.
Sir K. S. Mackenzie entertains a number of friends at
Gairloch, who enjoys the salmon fishing on the Ewe,
sea fishing, and grouse shooting, by turns. Sir Kenneth
has not been much in his deer forest as yet. Mr. Bankes
of Letterewe went on Tuesday evening to his Gruinard
property, to shoot over his extensive moors and hills
there, but we have not heard the result. Beina-
chasgen, Beindearg, and Meidan, are, however, famed
for large stags and plenty of ptarmigan, and Finn-Loch
cannot be surpassed for large trout. Mr. Bankes is the
only proprietor in this quarter that does not let any part
of his shootings. Mr. Digby and his friends are very
succsssful in the Glassletter deer forest. They have
killed five stags, most of which are royal stags. One
with 10 points was remarkably well formed. The
tenants, also, get an ample supply of grouse and
haunches of vension sent them.

On Friday last Lord Ossulton brought down a royal
stag in the Achnacarry forest, said to be one of the
finest that has been killed in that forest for many years.

A correspondent at Aberchalder writes last week :
"There is a great show of grouse on the Glengarry moors,
but as yet we have no shooting party, and I do not hear
of any coming. I presume the game are to have a jubi-
lee this year. Of late years some of our birds were very
much diseased, but this season the coveys are all healthy
and strong, and scarcely a diseased bird to be seen. I
am also informed grouse are more plentiful at Glen-
quoich. The moors there were almost depopulated by
disease, but are now much improved. It is is said black
game are not so abundant as usual, and that roe-deer are
less numerous. The latter were starved by the severe
storms of last winter, and the former probably suffered
from the same cause.

The angling in the Ness has been above the average
this week, the recent rains having brought the river
into good fishing order. Lord Gifford in four days
killed 16 grilse and salmon—one of which weighed 19
lbs. Mr. Bailie, of Dochfour, killed one of the same
weight this week, and has had generally good sport.
Mr. Jervoise and family have had capital sport, and
have landed upwards of 20 fish during, the week, with-
out devoting much time to the sport. Mr. Lowe, on
Tuesday, landed six fine fish ; and many other sports-
men have had fair sport on the Ness.
The Lochy has afforded excellent sport this season,
and continues to do so still. On Monday, the 29th ult.,
Colonel Williams killed four fine fish, and six on Tues-
day, and from two to three every other day during the
week. Lord Ossulton who is with Lord Malmesbury
at Achnacarry, occasionally fishes on the Lochy, and
has had good sport ; also Sir John Harding e, , who is at
Stronehriggan with Sir William Maxwell Steel and
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Captain Jones.—lnverness Courier.

CULTIVATION OF WHEAT IN IRELAND.—The very high
prices of wheat, and the decided success of that crop,
so far as it was planted, has induced the farmers to turn
their attention to its cultivation once more ; and already
preparations have commenced for laying down an ex-
tensive breadth of land with wheat in soils where, during
recent years, very little of that grain had been grown.
The fine condition of the present harvest and the very
remunerative prices have
given great confidence to land-
lords and farmers, and the prospects of Irish agricul-
ture, under the operation of free trade, are far better
than they had been at any time since the commence-
ment of the present century.
LEICESTER-SQUARE.—In the very midst of the con-
gested metropolis, Leicester-square has been spoliated
and delivered over to speculative thrift ! An exhibin
tio
has blotted out the site where once a garden smiled,"
and now a new project is set on foot to extinguish for
ever this small air-cell, which may be thought to have
some communicating duct (subterraneous or other—
some descending flue) in connection with Lincoln's-inn-
tofound upon it a second
proposed
gravely to pur-
chase and Smithfield—the auricle and ventricle of
CeLlinodessoenu'sml! Leicesterhungs-I' is
square,
The recent experiment of turning the
world outside in has stood for a time, much to the an-
noyance of vicinal householders. Will the residents
suffer their square to be turned inside out, their daylight
to be obscured, their atmosphere vitiated, and their
causeway impeded by the realisation of a conceit which
can bring credit to no one, and profit only to the stock-
brokers ? The illustrious Dargan, " the man whom the
Queen delighteth to honour," will now have imitators—
humble imitators, and at a long distance. Let them
raise athennums, gymnasiums, or forums, if they prefer
it, by public companies, but let them take a hint from
the royal founder of the National institution, proposed
at Kensington Gore, so that no more obstacles shall be
obtruded upon our already too crowded metropolis.—
The Builder.