The Sun.
London, England, 1854-08-22 00:00:00

THE MOORS.

On Roilrip Fell, near Alston-moor, on the 12th, de-
spite of tne rain, Mr. Jos. Richardson, of Penrith,
wine•merchant, killed 10& brace of grouse ; and on
Monday last the same gentleman bagged 14 brace.
On the same moor, on the same days, Lieutenant
P. Musgrave, of Eden Hall, shot 20 brace-6. brace
on the former and 14 brace on the latter day ; and
R. Tinkler, Esq., of Eden Grove, on the same moor
and days, killed 20 brace. On Melmerby-moor, Mr. S.
Carnauit, of Penrith, on the 12th, only killed 3 brace ;
but on the Monday he was more fortunate, and bagged
10 brace. R. Musgrave, Esq , of Eden Hall, was
similarly successful. Mr. John Young killed nine
brace in the two days, and Mr. J. Hogartlf shot about
the same number. Henry Howard, Esq., of Grey-
stoke Castle, and party, on the manor of Matterdale,
did not enjoy good sport, for a heavy rain began
to fall soon after they had commenced operations.
The Honourable Colonel Lowther, Captain A. Lowther,
and friends, did not go out on. Shap and Birbeck Falls
till Tuesday, and then they found the birds both
scarce and shy. W. Marshall, Esq , M.P., and his
three sons and party, had only poor luck on their manor
near G-ilsland. On the whole, the sport, so far, has been
considerably below pair. In Penrith grouse sell at ss.
a brace ;in Carlisle the top price is 6s. a brace. Large
quantities have found their way to the dealers here,
principally from the north. There is no doubt that the
lion's share still fall to the poachers.—Carlisle Patriot,
The sport on the moor commenced on Saturday last,
and, generally speaking, the number of grouse bagged
was not so heavy as on last and • some former opening
days. Still we have favourable reports from the best
moors in this county as to the strength and number of
the broods ; indeed, we suspect they are found wild
enough for those who are not good shot. Considerable
quantities have been sent south, and the retail price here
is 4s. 6d. to ss. a brace.
At Loudee, the 12th was looked forward to with
high hopes of good sport ; but rain, wind, and mist
were the order of the day, and the hills were so close
L'.at nothing could be done The Right Hon. Lord Pan-
inure and party went out to the low grounds, and had good
sport. Lord Paiimure killed 64 brine ; his nephew, Mr.
Young, 43 do. ; Colonel Ferguson, 18 do. At Glen-
effock, Colonel Dundas went out two or three hours and
killed 18 brace. On the 14th, Lord Pantnure, killed 49
brace: Mr. Young, do. ; Colonel Ferguson, 38 do.
Colonel Dundas, at Gleneffeck, 41 do. All parties say
that the grouse ate plentiful, but something shy, owing
to the late rains. At Miliden, the sport was not so
good ; 39 brace was the highest number that we have
heard of on the 12th.

At Glenavon, Lord Bentinck and party have been very
successful. The first day his lordship bagged 79 brace
to his own gun ; Rev. Mr. King, 65 ; and Hall,
Esq., 60. Mr. Dyce.Nicol and friends, at Birse and
Ballogie, shot 31i brace. The Duke of thelfingliam
and party have had good sport ' • Mr. Laverock and
friends first-rate—bagging, in a few hours, upwards of
a hundred brace. The parties shooting at Aboyne,
Fitizean, and Hill of Fair, have had average success.
Weather very favourable.

From Strathdon we learn that the 12th was ushered
in with a bright sun and favourable breeze. The whole
of the hills and conies in the Strath at an early hour
resounded with a rattling fire. The success of some of
the parties was as undernoted :—At Skellator, Mr.
Grant, of Monymusk, shot 401 brace ; Mr. A. Grant,
of Monymusk, 38 brace ; and Mr. Jackson, 33 brace.
At Forbes Lodge, Geo. Forbes, Esq., shot 451 brace, «
hares, and 1 pheasant. At Newe, M4Hardy, Sir
Charles's head game-keeper went out at a late hour of
the day, and shot 13 brace, and reports the grouse as
pretty numerous and strung on the wing. At Deskry
Lodge, Mr. El wes had an excellent day's sport, and
bagged upwards of 50 brace. Although disease appeared
in the early part of the spring among the grouse, still
we anticipate that there will be plenty of birds and good
sport during the season.—Montrose Standard.

CIRCASSIANHEIimm—The consideration of Sebamyl's
struggle is instructive in the highest degree. If for
nearly half a century one province of the Russian em-
pire has successfully sustained the shocks of the Rus-
sian arms—a province whose sole power consists in the
hardihood of its dauntless mountaineers—and has ab-
sorbed the attention of the most experienced military
men of Russia, and exhau,ted the strength of its formid-
able rival, what estimation are we to form of that rival ?
The Russians were free to blocade the ports of Circassia on
the Caspian and the Sea of Azoff ; they might have
locked out all supplies with the utmost ease by land ;
there was no lack of "food for powder," as (although the
Tsherkesses would not believe Nicholas when he told
them), there was none of powder itself. Yet, what has
been done by the man who now defies Europe, in a
country where he had it all his own way ? He has raised
up a against him a deathless and unconquerable enemy ;
slow in growth, but destined to be, if only properly nur-
tured—nay, it not nurtured at all— the avenger of the
wrongs of Europe.— Schamyl and Circassia.
RAILWAY PASSENGERS' LUGGAGE—A decision has •
been given by the judge of the County Court of Liver-
pool which concerns every railway traveller if upheld by
the superior courts. On a claim preferred by a traveller
for the loss sustained by the abstraction of some papers
out of the carriage at a refreshment-room where the train
stopped, as is customary, the judge (without the inter.
vention of a jorv) licl-1 that there was no liability of the
onnpany (even for chat wrongful act doh() by their ser-
vant), when the lugga_e ace,wPa"i' s the pa-senger, and
4
i, by him taken into the card and that the compauy
is only liable when the iuggage-i
delivered to the porter
to put into the train.