The Sun.
London, England, 1868-06-26 00:00:00

GREAT FIRE ON YORKSHIRE MOORS.

During tue past week a fire of almost unpreceaentea
extent has occurred on the Cleveland Hills, in North
Yorkshire. It was occasioned by the sparks from the
engine running along the Rosedale branch line, a
mineral railway in connection with the North Yorkshire
and,. Cleveland, and which traverses the moors for a con-
siderable distance, and originated in Farndale. It com-
menced on Wednesday morning, and burnt uninter-
ruptedly, meeting occasionally only with temporary
checks in the shape of roads, bogs, streams, and tracts
of closely-eaten herbage, until Monday morning, when
heavy rains having fallen, its further progress was happily
retarded. It will doubtless continue to smoulder for a
week or two yet, unless heavy rains intervene to quench
it. It ran along the moors with amazing rapidity,
enclosing them in a chain of fire. The extent of ground
covered by the fire is about twenty-four square miles, a
large tract of land now entirely denuded of vegetation.
It comprised the sheep tracts of many valuable farms, now
rendered worthless for pasturage. Numbers of sheep have
been badly burnt and injured, though, as soon as possible on
the origin of the fire, the moors were scoured and all stocks re-
moved to places of safety. Thousands of birds have been
destroyed, and the young grouse just now about taking to
the wing have been burnt. Large numbers of rabbits and
other animals have also perished. Hundreds of men were
employed in trenching and tryicg to boat out the fire in
various directions, and it was well nigh got under, but the
men were exhaused on Friday with working in the half-
suffocating smoke, and the fire speedily regained its force,
and it was only by the heavy showers which recently fell
that its destructive course was permanently arrested. The,.
estates traversed are those of Lord Feversham, Lord Boyne
and Lord De L'lsle and Dudley.

The Earl of Derby has subscribed £5OO towards
he restoration of Chester Cathedral.

The death is announced of Sir John Hy. Lowther,
Dart., of Swillington Hall. Sir John was elected for York
In 1835, and sat for that city for many years. He was a
Conservative, and an attached member of the Church. At
the time of his death he was in his 75th year.

Some large straw stacks and other agricultural
property, together with thrashing and other machinery, at
the model farm of Enholmes, in lloldenaess, belonging to
Mr. W. Marshall, M.P. for Cumberland, and brother of the
Messrs. Marshall, of Leeds, have been destroyed by a great
fire. The amount of damage is estimated at £2,000, but it
is at least partly covered by insurance.

A sad affair has occurred at Fridaythorpe, near
Driffield, Yorkshire. Two young boys, nine and fourteen
years of age respectively, sons of a gentleman residing near
Market Weighton, were visiting, with an uncle, Mr. Mitchel.
son, farmer. They were left alone a few minutes, during
which time the younger Mitchelson got hold of a loaded gun
which exploded and shot his brother dead.
AERONAUTICAL EXHIBITION AT THE CRYSTAL
PALACE.—The first exhibition of the Aeronautical Society
of Great Britain, preparatory to an exhibition upon a
larger scale in 1869, commenced on Thursday at the
Crystal Palace, but the models and objects were not
arranged sufficiently to enable the visitor to form a very
:dear idea of their value or purport.

MR. RASSAINI AT KING'S COLLEGE.—On Thursday
afternoon Mr. Rassam made his first public appear-
ance since his arrival in England from Abyssinia
%t the distribution of prizes at King's College, Lon-
ion, of which he was formerly a student. The Rev. G-.
E'. Maclear, 8.D., the head master, amidst unbounded
-,pplause, proposed that his attendance should be wel-
lomed. In reply, Mr. Rassam said : "I am much
qappier to-day than I was in chains at Magdala.
am much obliged to you for your kindly welcome."
The Bishop of London presided at the annual distribu-
;ion of prizes for the school. He complimented the
:tudents on their Greek, remarking that although he had
oeen for a long time the tutor of a college (Balliol) and the
lead master of a great school (Rugby), he had never
-nown Aristophanes better done. He also complimented
;he head master and the authorities upon the fact that
they had never wanted the aid of commissioners—royal or
)therwise—to induce them to keep pace with the spirit of

:he age.
THE SNIDER V. THE ENFIELD RIFLE.—A very
nteresting match has been shot at Reigate between ten
ergcants of the Ist Battalion of the Grenadier Guards
Ind ten of the Reigate Volunteers, at the Reigate butts,
;he Guards using the Snider and the Volunteers the
Enfield, the result being that the Guards won, by 13
:oints. They fired five rounds each at 200, 400, and
00 yards. The Volunteers scored a total of 379
)oiuts, the Guards 392. At 200 yards the Volun-
teers made 156, at 400 yards 142, at 600 yards
1 points ; the Guards at 200 yards, 160 ; at 400
-ards, 144 ;at 600, 88 points. A similar match was shot
ast year, nearly the same men contesting, when the
Volunteers won by three points, with a less score than on
;his occasion. The highest score was made by Private
Worsell, of the Volunteers, 50 points ; the next highest
'.3T Sergeant Boyd, of the Grenadiers ; the next by Colour-
3ergeant Lawler, 45 ; the next by Corporal Allingham, of
Volunteers. The Guards were entertained by Mr.
W. D. Paine, Ensign of the sth §Frey, at tho_
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