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TILE MOORS IN TilE NORTH.

(Prom the Inverneis Courier.)

We add some further particulars relative to the
doings on the moors. Mr. Wynne Williams and
Mr. Frederick Walker commenced shooting on the
Tulchen moors on the 12th, and in four days bagged
148 brace—Mr. Walker's best day being 47k, Mr.
Williams, through indisposition, shot only on the
13th, when he killed 26 brace. Captain E. S.
Bruce, had on the Kirdel moors, on the 12th, 35
brace. The Marquis of Bath, in Glenfeshie, upon
the 12th, bagged 17 brace of grouse, 1 roebuck,
and 1 hare. Of these only 3A brace were young
birds. On the 13th the Marquis killed 21 brace,
and only one young bird. On the evening of the
13th, the Lord Duthe and the Hon. Colonel
Charteris joined the Marquis at .his shooting lodge
in Glenfeshie. On the 12th, Martin S. Smith,
Esq., M.P., with a small party, bagged 40 brace.
At Culnakyle, Mr. Eyton' Mr. Ince, and Mr.
Fitzhugh, have bagged as follows :—On the 12th,
50 brace ; on the 13th, Mr. Fitzhugh killed 22i
brace ; and on the 15th Mr. Eyton and Mr. Fitz-
hugh killed 25 brace of ptarmigan and 3 brace of
grouse. The birds on the high grounds are both
small and scarce—not one for ten that there were
last season. At Balmacaan, the Earl of Seafield
had 421 brace on the 12th ; and on the 13th, Vie
Hon. W. Stuart bad 21 brace. On the 12th, the
Hon. T. C. Bruce shot 10 brace. At Lochletter,
in Glen-Urquhart , Francis „Palmer, Esq., and
friend, shot on the- 12th, 32 brace grouse and 3
snipes ; and, on the 14th, had 14 brace grouse and
a few hares. At Nuide, in Badenoch, on the 12th,
13th, and 14th, aparty consisting of T. L. Bode nham,
Esq., C. Bodenham, Esq., and Geo. Pendell, Esq.,
bagged 119 brace. Mr. Martin, at Farraline, bagged
24 brace on the 12th, and 22 brace on the 13th. At
Carr-bridge, Mr. Symons, on the 12th, bagged
26!, brace, on the 13th 13 brace, and on the 14th
42 brace; Captain Wilmot, on the 13,h, b3g;ed
234 brace, and on the 14th 23 brace ; Mr. Alfre
Morrison, on the 13th, 311, and on the 14,11 18.1 ;
Mr. Bass, on the 13th, 191, and on the 14th 24 ;
Mr. Hurrell, on the 13th, 471. On the 14th (the
first day), A. Finnic, Esq., Glontrium, by Kingus-
sie, bagged 38 brace of grouse, 1 plover, and 3 bares;
H. S. Lucy, Esq., 44 brace, 11 golden plovers, 1
snipe, and 11 hares ' • W. Finnie, Esq., 31 brace ;
and the Messrs. Graham 27i and, 341 respectively.
On the 15th Messrs. Graham bagged 301 and 26
brace ea3h ; and H. S. Lucy and another, 16 brace
in three hours. On the 16th the Messrs. Finnie
bagged 35 brace. This party has found but few
young broods on their moors. On the 12 Spen-
cer Steers, Esq., killed on the Upper Doll moors,
17 brace ; and Mr. Greenall, M.P., 22 brace on
the 14th. On the Belleville moms, on the 14th,
Messrs. Baker took to bare shooting and killed 35.
Oa the 15th Mr. Allsopp killed 15 brace grouse,
and Mr. Baker 17 brace. The Newtonmore shoot-

ings have yielded very indifferent sport, the num-
bets killed to each gun being ally from four to
seven brace. The Advie moors have yielded pretty
good sport, R. Munn, Esq., the lessee, having
bayed, on the 13th, 31.1 brace of grouse and a
number of hares. Mr. Bruce, of Kennet, had also
fair sport on the Crorndale moors on the 12th. On
the Rothes moors, Mr. Maclean, Hythehill, Elgin,
and party, bagged 32 brace grouse. On the Aberar-
der moors, on the 26th, C. P. W. Browne, Esq.,
killed 10i brace grace. F. Milford and friend, at
Laggan and Daltomich, tag;ed, in two days' shoot-
ing, 53 brace grouse and two woodcocks. At Can-
tray, Colonel Fraser and T. Rose, Esq., shot, on
the 14th, 14 brace grouse, 3 hares, 2 ducks, and 1
snipe ; and, on the same day, Capt. John Fraser
and Mr. Stuart bagged 11 brace of grouse and four
hares. At Nairnside, on the 14th, the Hon. L.
Grant 181 brace and four hares. On the 14th, at
Aldourie, Charles Rexton, Esq., shot 121 brace and
three ducks.

At Scardroy, on the 12th, H. Cook, Esq., and
Mr. Hardman, had upwards of 20 brace. The
Right Hon. Lord Ashburton and party of three
guns only killi)d, on the 12th, M brace. Captain
Baring, on North Garve, had 10 brace. At Scat-
well, on the 12th, Mr. Mackenzie, of Muirton, and
party,•killed 28 brace and 4 hares. On the Tulleck
and Clare moors, Major Hirst has had good sport,
but particulars have not yet been sent to us. On
the 12th, Captain Trelawny, on Glengowrie moor,
shot 32 brace and 5 hares. Major Fielden, M.P.,
on Bridgepark moor, shot 11 brace. Sir Charles
Ross, of Balna,own, shot, on the 13th, on the
moors at Scotsarn, in the course of three hours
and a half, 18i brace of grouse and 3 mountain
hares. At Weavis, on the 19. h, Captain A. H.
Campbell bagged, in four days' shooting, 65 brace
grouse and 11 hares.

- At Achalibster, Caithness, H. W. P. Smith,
Esq., bagged 23 brace grouse on the 12th, 19 brace
in the afternoon of the 13th, and 13). brace in about
throe hours of the 14th. The birds wore scarce
and strong.
Lord Lovat, Col. the Hon. Simon Fraser and.
Major Fraser, shot 12 good stags at Glenstrath-
farar. Some deer, with antlers clear of velvet,
were seen by the party.
From the Banffshire Journal we learn that the
success on the moors has been varied, though in

general, as in other counties, the bags made have
been made less than usual. On the Glenfiddich
shootings of his Grace the Duke of Richmond, the
grouse were found to be fewer than they have been
for the last seven or eight years. His Grace was
out on the 12th for 3i hours, and bagged 14 brace
grouse and two hares. The same day, Col. Jobb
and Mr. Fitzroy had 18 brace grouse and two
hares. On the following day Lord Hill and Mr.
Hill had 16 brace ; and Col. Jebb and Mr. Fitzroy
13 brace. On the 14th inst., the same two gentle-
men had 11 brace, and Lord Hill and his son, 31l;
brace. On Friday, the Hon. R. C. Hill and Col.
Jebb killed 40 brace grouse, 7 hares, &o. The
Blackwater shootings were not much more prolific
than those of Glenfiddich. Tho party there con-
sisted of the Earl of March, Sir E. Bowater, and
Mr. Cosa. The noble earl had on the opening day
score brace of grouse, with some plovers and
hares. On the 13th, the party had about 40 brace,
and on the 14th and 15th about the same num-
bers. We believe the party do not intend to pro-
secute the grouse shooting, at least not to a great
extent. Lord Henry Bentinck's shootings at Lag-
ganauld in this county, have this year well sus-
tained their fame, the best bags in the north hav-
ing this year been made upon them. On the 12th
Lord Henry had 50 brace of good birds ; the Rev.
J. King, 601 brace ; J. Hall, Esq., 301- brae). On
the 30th, Lord Henry 30 brace, Mr. King 37 brace,
Mr. Hall 26 brace. On the 14th, Lord Henry 24
brace, Mr. King 47 brace, and Mr. Hall 23 brace, ,
On the 15th, Mr. Hall was out only one hour, and
had 13 brace. Messrs. Inglis and Robison hadon the
Fife-Keith shootings 15 brace on the 12th ; on the
13th, 13 brace and 4 hares ; on the 14th, 14 brace and
4 hares, and on the 15th, 16 brace. The party on
the Glenmarkie moors in this county have had ex-
cellent sport. Colonel Clow's, Captain Oldham,
and G. P. Smith, Esq., killed together on the 12th,
80 brace ; on the 13th, 75 brace ; and on the 14th,
TO brace. On the 12th, W. T. Rilley, Esq., of
Bilston, and party, killed, also on the Glenmarkie

moors, 73} brace of grouse, 5 hares ; on the 13th,
78 brace of grouse, 3 hares ; on the 14th, 63i brace
of grouse. They found the birds for number far
above expectation. A few cheepers were met, and
also some barren birds, and there are indications
of a disposition to "pack" early. On the Lemur-
die moors, Andrew Steuart, Esq., of Auchlunkart,
killed on the 12th, 9 brace grouse and 4 blue
hares ; on the 13th, 9 brace. On the 14th, he shot
upon the Auchlunkart moors, where he enjoyed
pretty fair sport, killing about the same number as
he did upon the two previous days, included among
which was a brace of very fine black game. Mr.
Grant, of Carroll, bagged, on the 12th, 20} brace
of grouse in three and a half hours. Provost
Grant, of Elgin ; John Grant, Esq., Glengrant ;
and Mr. Warren, London ; commenced shooting
on the Benrinnes moors about 11 o'clock a.m., and
bagged 45 brace. Mr. Ainslie and party, on the
Ballindalloch moors, bagged 551 brace. Mr.
Slack, on the Mortlack moors, bagged 13 brace ;
and Charles Stewart, gamekeeper, Aberlour-house,
shot 17 brace and 2 hares. The birds are said to
be strong, and in excellent condition, although not
so numerous as in former seasons. On the Beldor-
uey moors, Captain Grant, of Beldorney, and
Lieutenant Simpson, jun., of Cobairdy, bagged 35
brace of grouse and one blue hare. The birds were
scarce, the young especially, those bagged being
nearly all old birds.
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on the 12th, Lieut. Gordon, Ittingston, bagged 13
brace grouse, six hares, and one snipe ; and Mr.
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London, were on the moors
flours on Tuesday and Wednesday, and bagged 41
brace of grouse, besides other game. At Byth
moors, F. P. Wilson, Esq., London, was out for
three days, and bagged 20 brace grouse and 10
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notes we have received, the followinettive the
largest amount bagged :—On the 12th, Ali% Capel
shot, at Shines::, 34 bravo grouse and 2 hares, and.
on the 13th, 15 brace grouse and 2 wild geese.
On-t-tro 12th, John Robson, Culoncl Leslie's keeper
on the Balquhain estate;• killed, upon Benachie,
274 brace of grouse. Mr. Duff, M.P., has Mar
Forest, and Lord Panmure's shootings are thus
occupied :—lnvermark, Lord Panmure and Col.
Ferguson ; Gleneffock, Lord Hallyburton and
Colonel Dundas, • Millden, Hon. W. Mauls
and Major Douglas ; M.P.Auntil, Captain Phillimore
and Captain llogg ; Ganuachy, Capt. Perith and
party. Mr. Archibald Hastie, M.P., has returned
to Dunearn Lodge, Forros."
"An Old Sportsman" writes as follows :—" A
tenant for the last fifteen years of moors in the
north of Scotland, I venture to address, through
the medium of your paper, both the landlords and
tenants of shootings. The oldest gamekeeper •liv-
ing never knew so bad a grouse season as this. Last
season, the severe spring of 1855 and frostlittert
state of the heather upon the higher grounds, drove
vast quantities of birds down to the lower moors,
when gentlemen who occupied such grounds bad
unexpected good sport. But-now the stock from
whence they ha I their supply is exhausted, and
from my own experiehce of one of the finest and
moat extensive high moors in Ross-shire, I can
assure you, in the deer forests and mosses not one
brood exists now, where in 1854 twenty could be
found, and daily I see the few remaining old birds
dying of disease. Whence, I ask landlords and
tenants, cm the breeding stock come from, if shoot-
ing be continued during the present season ? I
know that it does not suit parties in the north to
acknowledge a scarcity of game, but as the truth
must eventually come out, surely it is more politic
for both landlords and tenants now to admit the
undoubted-failure of their crop—for the former im-
mediately to remit half their rents, for the latter
(if sportsmen who hope again to enjoy the charms
of a well stocked moor) to abstain from killing the
few remaining denizens of the heather, when met
by their landlords in a fair and liberal spirit. Let
site recal to the memory of both parties the fable
of ' The Goose and Golden Eggs."

SEDUCTION AND DESERTION-THE GERMAN

COLCHESTER, SATURDAY.
Yesterday, at the usual sitting of the borough magic.
trates, Marianne Merriton, a young woman of rovect.
able appearance and lady-like demeanour, was charged
with assaulting Lieutenant Augustus Lewis, of the Ist
Jager corps of the German Legion, now encamped in the
neighbourhood of this town.

Mr. Abell appeared for the complainant, and Mr.
Jones for the defendant.

Augustus Lewis, the complainant, whose face bore
proofs of some sharp finger-nails having been recently
over it, on being sworn, said he was a lieutenant in the
Ist Regiment of the German Jager Corps. He was
walking through Head-street with the Qiartermaster,
Georg;Burden, when the defendant, whom he had peen
several times previously, in the town, rushed upon him
and said, " I've caught you at last with your —." He
was then walking with a young woman, and the defen-
dant scratched him in the face. He turned round sud-
denl7, his back being towards ber in the first instance,
and in consequence of the continuance of her viulent
conduct he gave her into custody. He gave her no rea-
son whatever for the assault which she committed. He
followed her to the police-station. She talked loud'y all
the way, but he did not know what she said.
Cross-examined—He did nut know the name of the
female who was with him, but she was called L )uise. He
did not attempt to strike the defendant with the stick
which he had in his hand. He did not push her nor
strike her. Had known the defendant for about twb and

a half or three years. When he first knetv her,v her
name was Meriton, but she nog sometimes went by the
name of Lewis.. Had written to her many times in that
name, but she was net his wife. Had said she was his
wife, but had not introduced her as such to any other
society than that of a few of his brother officers. Had
not represented her as his wife to the army authorities,
nor to his agents and bankers. She was living with her
parents at Woolwick when he first knew her, and she
left home to live with him. She followed him to Ter,
key, where he was obliged to receive her ; and she also
followed him to Heligoland. She did not return with
him in the transport. The only reason she
was not allowed on board was because she was not his
wife. She, however, came home in a Government
tonsport. ]ite never went through any form with her,
purporting to be a marriage ceremony. He declined
answering as to whether he had refused to make any al-
lowance to the defendant. "Have you not charged her;
with a felony since you have been in Colchester, for•
which you have not a shadow of foundation l" " I
have eharged her with felony, which I swear she has
committed on me. I charged her with stealing a
watch, chain, and cross. The absin and cross she for.

mer y gave me. I have not admitted, since I pre-
ferred the charge, that the chain and cross are in
my possession. I have not said that I would see her
bet re she had the chain and cross."—" What
were your reasons for not going on with the charge
of felony 1" Complainant at first declined to answer.
The Court said it was a fair question ; and the com-
plainant gave as his reason for not proceeding that there
we.s so much trouble in attending to make affidavits
before the magistrates.
Mr. Jones then addressed the Bench for the defer dant,
That punishment was inflicted upon the complainant
beyond what this unfortunate woman intended, he was
not there to deny ; but he submitted that she was justi-
fied in doing that which led to the assaul complained
of. It was not clear that she contemplated any per-
sonal injury whatever, though her intention was to
take hold of him, which she did, when these scratches
were inflicted on his face. While in Heligoland, the
marriage ceremony was performed in accordance with
the tenets eel the Lutheran Church, but which, ks
understood, was more like the Border marriages of
Scotland than anything else, and was merely a civil
contract entered into between the parties before a
public notary, and not a religious:service. Acting upon
that observance, he had passed her off from place to
place as his wife, and introduced her into at )st respect-
able society. Thus things went on till they arrived in
England, when ho hirelodgings fur her at Sandgate,
and she was shown as Mrs. Lewis. Whilst here his
financial affairs were in a very reduced condition, and,
at his request, this young woman borrowed for him 301.
from an aunt, not one farthing of which bad been repaid.
After a short time they arrived in Colchester, and then
the complainant thought proper to break off this ac•
quaintance by charging her whom he had ruined, and
taken from her friends, her whom he had left without a
single creature to assist her with money or advice, with
the commission of a felony. When the bench considered
that the complainant had first seduced this young woman,
then deserted her, and in her dtgra,ded, ruined state,
bad charged her with felony, they would see a provoca-
tion strongly to exonerate her from any blame which
might rest upon her for having incautiously scratched
this man's face.

Louisa Bollingbrook, servant to Mrs. Osborne, said
she saw the complainant walking with Maria Maur, a
girl of loose character, on the night in question. When
the defendant went over to him, he struck her on the
face with a stick before she scratched his face.
The magistrates having consulted,

The mayor said the inquiry had been one of a most

painful character to the Court. Taking into considera-
tion all the circumstances and the provocation and un-
kindness the young woman had experienced at the hands
of the complainant, they could not do otherwise than
dismiss the complaint, which they did with the most
perfect disgust.
The decision of the Court was received with a burst
of applause, which was with difficulty suppressed.