The Sun.
London, England, 1864-08-15 00:00:00

The Yorkshire Moors.

The shooting season promises to be the most suc.
cessiul that has occurred for many years past. In-
deed, the oldest sportsmen admitted that they never
saw so many birds, and the result has been that
very large bags indeed have been made. The open-
ing day, the 12th, was all that could be desired,
warm, with but little wind, and brought out large
numbers from all parts of the country. The birds,
in some instances were a little wild and strong, but
on the whole they were large and in fine condition,
and lay well for the gun. Among the principal
bags on Friday was the party of Mr Stanhope,
consisting of four guns, who got 83 brace in a short
time on the Danford-bridge side. On the grounds
of Sir Lionel Pilkington, the birds were very n-a.
merous ; Mr S. W. Hague killed 44 brace, Mr 'A.
K. Sidebottom, 221, and Mr A. Athorpe, 191- brace.
On Saturday, on the same ground, Mr. Hague
knocked over 14 brace, in the two hours preceding
luncheon. Mr Briggs and two guns on the adjoins
ing ground killed 25 brace in a few hours, and on
Saturday 12 brace up to one o'clock. At Medhcpe-
stenos, Mr W. H. Peacock.e killed S 2-1 brace and
Mr. C. Wright 17 brace. On the other moors the
sportsmen were equally lucky, Mr H. Miller, jun.,
killing 24 brace, Mr H. Miller, sen., 19 brace, Mr
Robert Lorby and Mr J. Garside 121 brace each,
Mr H. Rollin 16 brace. Mr J. Chapman was also
very successful, and with his party made very large
bags. On Cadman's Moor, Mr S. Jessop knocked
over 32 brace ; higher up Mr T. Vickers bagged 25i
brace, Mr W. Waterfall 254, and several other gen-
tlemen from 20 to 23 brace, The late rains, al,
though not to any great extent, have made the
ground good for those on the moors, it being quite
elastic to the foot. On Saturday the sportsmen,
although not so numerous as on the previous day,
were very successful, and again good bags were
the rule. The sportsmen are in high spirits, and
the reports of their great success on all the moors
will, it is expected, be the means of bringing to.
gether,a very large number of guns during the pre.
sent week.

UPON KEEPING ONE'S WORD.--Sir William
Napier was one day taking a long country walk
near Freshford, when he met a little girl, about five
years old, sobb;ng over the broken bowl ; she had dropped
and broken it in bringing it back from the field to which she
had taken her father's dinner in it, and she said she would
be beaten on her return home for having broken it ; then,
with a sudden gleam of hope, she innocently looked up into
his face and said, "But `.ee can mend it, can't ee My
father explained that he could not mend the bowl, but the
trouble he could, by the gift of aGd to buy another. How-
ever, on opening his purse it was empty of silver, and ho
bad to make amends by premising to meet his little friend
in the sumo epet at the same hour next clay, and to bring
the Gd with him, bidding her meanwhile tell her mother she
had seen a gentleman who would bring her the money fur
the bowl next day, The child, entirely trusting him, went
on her way comforted, On his return home he found an
invitation awaiting him to dine in Bath the following Even-
ing, to meet some one whom he specially wished to see. Be
hesitated for some littlo time, trying to calculate the possi-
bility of giving the meeting to his little friend of the broken
bowl and of still being in time for the dinner party in Bath ;
but finding this could not be, he wrote to decline accepting
the invitation on the plea of a "pre engagement," saying
to us, " I cannot disappoint her, she trusted me so impli•
citly."—Bruce's Life of General Sir William .11apier.
FATAL RESULT OF A WAGER.—The Echo Artesien
relates the fatal termination of a foolish bet made by two
Young men of Ades. While angling together one offered
to wager Jut he would swallow a raw fish. The fish was
swallowed, but the prickles of the dorshl tin peaetrated the
flesh and caused death,