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

The Yorkshire Moors,

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The shooting season promises to be the most sue'
cessful that has occurred for many years past. In..
deed, the oldest sportsmen admitted that they never
baW so many birds, and the result has been that
very large lugs 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 Air 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 nu•
merous s Mr S. W. Hague killed 44 brace, Mr A.
K. Sidebottom, 221, and Mr A. Athorpe, 19; 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 adjoin..
ing ground killed 25 brace in a few hours, and on
Saturday 12 brace up to one o'clock. At Medhope-
stonos, Mr W. H. Peacocke killed 82f brace arid
Mr. C. Wright 174 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 T. Garside 12 brace each,
Mr H. Rollin 16 brace. Mr T. Chapman was also
very successful, and with his party made very large
bags. On Cadman's Moor, Mr S. lessop knocked
over 32 brace ; higher up Mr T. Vickers bagged 25
brace, Mr W. Waterfall 251, 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 t 0.4
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 ho met a little girl, about five
years old, sobhlng over the broken bowl ; she had dropped
and broken it in bringing it back from the field to which sho
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 yea can mend it, can't ee ?" My
father explainod that he could not mend the bowl, 'out the
trouble ho could, by the gift of aGd to buy ano'ther. How-
ever, on opening his purse it was empty of silver, and he
had to make amends by promising to meet his little friend
in the same spot at the saute hour next y, to
the Gd with him da
, bidding her meanwhile, tell and
her mot bring
her sho
had seen a gentleman who would bring her the money for
the bowl next day. The child. n
, entirely trusting him, went
on her way coimforted, On ',lie return home be found an
in
gv ttaat imo ne
eatws ao imt
e one him
vvh to o
na dinee
in
specially Bath the following even.
hesitated for some little time, trying to erilculate the possi-
bility of giving the meeting to his little friend
the int
ngeally wished
of hto
e see.
brot He
bowl and of still being in time for the dinner party in Bath ;
but finding this " t
ulhedpniesot boef,
a pre. engagement," sayinghe wrote to decline accepting
to us vitation on
, " I C9llnOt disappoint her, she trusted me so impli-
citly."—Br„ce, Life of General Sir William .Ivapier.
FATAL RESULT OF A WAG ER.---'The Echo Artesien
relates the fatal termination of a foolish bet made by two
young men of Arles. Whilo angling together one offered
to weger 10f he would ;swallow a raw fish. The fish was
swallowed, but the prickles of the dorsal fin penetrated the
flesh and caused death.