SCOTLAND.
The Earl of Lincoln has consented to stand again for the Falkirk Burghs. Viscount Drumlanrig is announced as a candidate for Dumfries. Reports of disease on the moors are revived, with new strength and new
proofs, by the Perthshire Courier- " We regret to have to state that an epidemic has been prevalent in the muirs this season, which has caused great havoc among the grouse and other lull-birds. It broke out soon after hatching season; and is generally attributed by the shep- herds to something injurious in the young shoots of the heath, the bilberry, and other mountain plants, upon which the grouse feed, arising from some atmospheric influence last year, similar to that which affected the potatoes. The disease, which attacks old and young birds indiscriminately, is of the nature of croup or inflam- matory sore throat, and cuts off the birds in a short time. It is equally pre- valent on high and low grounds; and from the great destruction already caused, the ensuing season is expected to be the worst for the sportsman which has been for many years."
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