The Sun.
London, England, 1851-08-26 00:00:00

APFOINTIVENTS.

WOOLVVICEI, AUG. 25.—Acting Assistant Surgeons
—Johu Little (1851), to the impregnatile, flAg-ship
at Del/import ; and Alexander Fisher (1851), to the
Victory, flag-ship at Portsmouth.

PROMOTION.

Carpenter William Brown, supernumerary of the
St. George, guard-ship of ordinary at Devonport, is
advanced to the first class.

Toe Right Hon. Sir Francis T. Baring, First Lord
of the Admiralty, and Rear• Admiral J. W. D. Dun-
dais, C. 8., First Naval Lord, have returned to the
Admiralty, after their official visit to the Channel
Islands and the eastern rival ports.

MOORS, FORESTS, A.V.I) RIVERS.
(Fe.un tto Inverness Courier.)
01 the 12 vs the rerun,. oti the.. K !mare w. re
—Mr. J. Marslend, 63 brace grouse, 1 ha-e, avid 1
tent; Mr. %Lunt', 40 brace, and 3 hares; T. Close,
E q., 27i brace of grouse. Tne Mackintose's, keeper
tD mesh Micheal.) with one gun, over two dogs,
n.gged 56} brace and 4 hares on the tneors of M..).
Ihe k eper was restricted ton number. 0 a the 12 h
—C dooel Cuneitighame Aberarder, 11 brace grouse,
3 ilarea; Major luglißuriachturi, 13 brace; Sr.
'Thorns,lievketh ate' &tam Wardlsw, Dalmigavie,
83 hrade ; sitti on the 16 n the same party shot 65
brace. ) the 12th-11,. Nichol:me, E-q . Sir Churl.
Burton, B and "Ir. Litt:edale, at Kdlin, 107
brace ; a... 1 on the 13 te 57 h ace. On tie. 12 nat d
13th --Mr Footle and party, Glentruim, 250 brace.
the 12 h, 13 h, aiid 14. h, Captain Warmer niui
M. War? iiier, D ,42 32 and 30 brace. 12-h
—.E. Mil's, E• 44 Erchtess C ails, 30 Maio-. 12 13 h
awl 14 h -1.1 North, Eq., .\lr.Curwen, Mr.Netth,* d
Mr. Locke, Dades, 91, 62. and 68 12 ti—Lord
Siltoun and It. Wilson, Esq., Itothee, 32 brace.
12tia and 13 h—Mr Bruce, of Kennett, anti A
llotthloii, Esq., Cromdsle, 60 brace—the whole week.
197 brace. 18 n - Lord Colville, Gleog.irry, 30
brace. At. Gletilivat, on the 12th, Mr. IL Callwed
bagged 40 brittle grouse; Mr. New 11, 18 brace ; and
Mr. Wm Cell wt it, 51k nrace. On SNturdea, the
16to, Mr. H. Call well soot 35i brace; Mr. Newall,
16 brace ; aod Mr. %V. Cell weii, 60 brace. Ou the
18-h, At-. H•ory Cillwell shot 41i brace. Mr,
Wynne Williams, on his Glen- rulchen moors, with
his friends Mr Wood and Mr. Gilby, bagged 63
brace. H. J. aollia, Esq., M P., and party, at
Kingus.ie, shot 194 brace ou the 12-h, and 85 brace
next day, with more bares than the gillies could aerry.
Tne accounts from the sportsmen 113 Str .thspey are
very favourable. The birds are plenty, and strong
on the wing, and the numbers killed have been above
an average, although the best beats have as yet been
reserved by those who are not anxious to " make up
a bag" at this early season. Sir H. Wilmot's, party,
at Delracbny, bagged 80 brace of grouse yesterday,
besides other game.
In the forest of Glen..Strathfarar, on Thursday last,
the Master of Lovat and the Hon. G. Fraser, shot
each good stags, with heads eight and nine points;
and in Deanie Forest, C. W. Digby, El., shot two
stags, one sixteen stone, the other fourteen stone, clean
—heads with nine antlers each. On the 15th, at
Torridon, R. Staples, Esq , shot three stags and
wounded a fourth. One of the heads had eleven
long and well-tortned antlers ; the second best was
partially broken, by the deer falling down some rocks
when he was shot. At, Langwell (Caithness), on the
11th instant, Messrs. T. and W. Horne stalked and
shot four fine stags—a couple falling right and left to
the double-barrelled " Herkern" of each sportsman.
On the morning of the 11th instant, Messrs. T. and
W. Horns killed nine salmon in the Berriedale water.
These gentlemen were very successful in the deer
forest on the same day, as appears from a preceding
no- ice.
Carrustess.—The great sporting day created little
interest in Cai•liness this year. But few of the moors
are let, cons. quently few sportsmen have this season
come amongst us. Proprietors, it seems, have been
holding their grounds too high, and a natural result
is that they have all the sport to themselves.
PtaT IMBIBE —The previous report. attic strength
and mounter of the covies are confirmed by the returns
it the braces bagged on various shooting-grounde
Celonei Drututreeel and party at Bally onkel), 72
orace of grou.e, 1 dill.) Hopes, and 10 bares ; Mr.
Seaton, Mid.l4 'rote, 221 snits ot grouse, 1 ditto
..nioes, and 3 bares; Celensl Lindsay, D ,niavourd,
and party, 34 brace -f grouse, acid five hares; Mr.
D alu.wei,y 27} brace, and 4 hares; Mr. Ro-
t). rtsoil, D.onemeie, 43 brace; Mr. F -tom) and party
of rive woos Drommouonter, 120 brace ; Mr. Ainslie,
Garth House, All -.2 brace grouse, a,•d 6 mares; S.--
eastian Santis, E .1., 291 brace, 1 brace
of snipes, 4 hares, and a duck ; the party et Glen's on
Hote,e, 26 brace ; party at Dirac!, R mooch. 20
irace; party at Crosem 'wit, 25 brace; party at
Glengou acidic, 35 brace T., A berfeldy the Raenoch
coach took fifteen boxes. From tne north eastern
district it was reported that the birds are strong and
plentiful.
ABERDEEN‘in IRE —The accounts promise fair sport,
though the grouse, it seems, are not, so abundant as
last year, owing to the snow in Miy, bur they are
strong and h-al'hy. At the Cabrach, Mr H-pburn
of Rn.karton lolled 70 brace to his own gun ; and
Sir W. Fielding, 30 brace. At Murveu L ate, B ,I„
later, the following execution was done in the tint
two days of the week :—August 12—John Mextoo,
36 brace, 5 hares; Win. Morris, 22 brace, 2 hares;
J. Richmond, 17} grace, 1 hare; L. J..ssop, 21 brace,
2 hares. August 13—johti'Maxton, 22 brace, 1 hare ;
Wm. Moms, 18 brace, 1 hare; J. Richard, 111;
brace; L. Jassop, 25 brace.
FORFARSHIRE.—The birds are stronger and better
grown than for several seasons past, and sufficiently
plentiful to maintain the excitement of the sport. In
Glendye Sir James Carnegie and party bagged 3051
brace the first day ; Sir James Carnegie shot 86k
brace ; Sir John Ogilvy 76 brace; the Hon. Gerard
Noel 44 brace ; and the other members of the party
made up the remainder.
AYRSHIRE —The opening day was favourable for
the grouse, the sun scorchingly warm, and no breeze
to stir the air. The birds were tolerably plentiful,
strong on the wing, and plumper and in finer plumage
than for many years. The lean and sickly birds of
last year and cheepers are unknown. On the whole
the sport has been good, but the birds too strong and
the ground too wet for heavy bags. Benjamin Hall,
Eq., killed on the forenoon of the " Twelfth" 331
brace of grouse on the Sbennas Moor.
Gor.sris.—Little more than five years ago it was a
comparatively rare occurrence to find in the woods
adjacent to Dunrobin Castle even a solitary stag.
occasionally one might be seen towards the end of the
season roaming about for a day or two, his agitated
wanderings showing how earnestly he sought the fol-
lowers he had It-ft or a part of them. Not finding
them—his deep rolling bellow awaking no reply—he
would soon desert the sceee. Since Veit period the num-
bers of deer have annually incsased as Carrol and Sci-
berscross (the former place situated near the centre of
Strath. Brora), overlo.king Lach-Brora itnostdiately
below, and Gorcionbush directly opposite, on the
eastern side of the loch, the low ground:, of which
are contiguous to the Dunrobin wood,—places well
adapted for deer—a few find their way to the woods
every year. iticrea-iiig in !lumbers ssason tvrfr sea-
son. The Earl ot E lesetere, it will he recollected,
during a short stay at Dunrobin Castle, in the month
of .Tuly last year, killed a royal stag, within 200
aril of the Castle, of the weight of 28 stories. We
hive now to mentien that another has been shot much
largd-r. Oii Fri.lav, the 8-ti ifiSt,tht; D rield
tovir, sot, of Mr. B,moek, h-ad Kfulek epor at Du„.
robin, killed a rove! stag at Uppat, the resiiience of
Mr. Loch, and within two miles of the Castle, which