The Sun.
London, England, 1857-07-20 00:00:00

THE MOORS.

Accoun!s of the moors, says the Balyishire Jour-
nal, continue in almost every case favourable. Oil
the Knockando hills, in lower Strathspey, the
broods are plentiful, but not large, while partridge°
promise very well on the low grounds. In Ak)er-
nethy a great many of the grouse died during the
winter, but the remaining birds bred well, and sport
would have been good by the 12th of August but
fur a flood of rain on the sth June. Coveys, how
ever, are not unplentiful, and they are strong, num-
13:3ring from seven to twelve. Ou the Darnawal
grouse are strong and
seven to eight in each
Ichmoneovavoeletryrien.wei,
hlnumbering
ue Morayshireepoiino.tsgss-osfirh. theotiih7e e
moors are not quite so
grouse shootings ou the
encouraging. In Glen-Urquhart many of the birds
were barren. The coveys iu consequence are not
numerous, and they are later than usual. On the
`.Orcmar moors, on Deesde, Aberdeenshire, the
birds are numerous and strong. The coveys num-
ber from eight to ten, and iu tome cases they are to
be found numbering twelve and upwards. They
were beginning to take wing by the end of June,
and by the 12th of August few cheepers will h°
fo'.ind, except on grounds with a northern expo'
sure. Not a diseased bird* has been seen on the
whole range of hills in this quarter. During the
whole seism there has not been a single unfavour-
able exception in our reports of the prospects of the
Deer Forests in the North. In the western glens
of Inverness-shire very gratifying accounts are given
of the forests. The deer are thriving exceedingly
well.

LIVERPOOL, July 18 —The Royal Mail steamship
Europe sailed hence to-day for.Buston, with about 150
passengers and a full cargo of dry goods.
INDIAN MAIL.—The Pei inf-ular and Oriental Com-
pany's steam-packet Pere, Captain Soy, Admiralty
agent Lieutenant Bolton, R.N., arrived at Soutiampton,
July 18, with the heavy portion of the India mails.
Her dates were : Alt xAndria, July 6 ;
Malta, 10 ; Gib-
raltar, 14. She brought 132 pasEeugets ; amun. whom
were Colonel Jervis and family. Messrs. Lushregton,
Bette, Bailey, and Palmer, from Calcutta ; Dr.
M'Kecknie, from Malta ; Sir G. Leith, from Gibraltar;
Mr. Smith, of the War Department, from Hong Kong.
FALL IN WHEAT ON THE CONTINENT.—The Cologne
Gazette :toes that the baryest has commenced over all
Prussia, and promises to be most abundant. A tele-
graphic dispatch from Marseilles states that wheat fell
in that market on Friday lt. the bectolitrk% At the
fair cf Bescancon three days back wheat was offered at
lower prices, but without finding many purchasers.
GREAT FIRE IN SOUTHWARK.—On Saturday night
last, about 10 ;,'clock, a fire broke out upon the premises
of Messrs. Wilson and Co , builders, of Great Suffolk' THE MAYO ELECTION.—The Government have orders
street, Southwark, by which a large amount of properly Father Conway and others to be prosecuted at the MaY°,
in building materials and nearly a dozen adjacent houses assizes. 'Mr. Fitzg,ibbon has been specially retained f°'
were destroyed, or greatly damaged by fire and water. the Crown.

Accounts from the moors in Renfrew hire and in
Argyleshire state that grouse are scarce, but re-
markably healthy, and that black game will be
plentiful. Hares are numerous in the IoW
grounds.