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Bruce Herald, Volume VII, Issue 650, 17 November 1874, Page 7

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CARIOUS KCOCKSI«BTIGAL CASH.

The Bi*hop of Oxford, in answer to a complaint from ¥. Humphrey, of Bucking ham, that- his daughter was refused ns sponsor by the clergy because she attended a dissentitig chapel, has replied, that ".the hesitation of the clergy arose simply from » conscientious anxiety to do right. lam not the less convinced that they were mistaken in their v : ew of their duty. It is true that '.* schismatics are not to be admitted to the communion '—that is, that such as openly and intentionally oppose the doctrine and discipline of the_ Church, are not to be admitted to the rights of offices. It wouid. .indeed, he an. absurdity and a scandal to treat avowed assailants of the Church as if they were her loyal and living members. No "society, relisjious: or secular, ■._ could, exist on BUchtermsV ' The lady in 'question, however, as a communicant had a ri^ht to be received, cays the Bishop, and he much regrets that even in 'appearance she should have been refused. He adds that much difference of opinion exists as . to the consistency or expediency of Churchmen frequenting the Msemblifiß of other religious bodies, and. hard thoughts and bitter words will not solve the •question. ■ ....;...,...... A BRIGHT PaoSPECT. The ' Economist ' says:— The French harvest Js now so good »hat we are likely to import largely fr< >m France. The usual consequence of cheapness here ought, therefore, to be expected if our own harvest is moderately good, and the general tendency to cheapness will, in all probability, be ex aggerated. The ..combination of favoring circumstances -ppear bo powerful that it would be uneafe to predict any great re iarding effect from the pwt scarcity of stock alnne. In any event, cor « must be greatly cheaper .than it havb««n during the last thrue years. The consequence ot.thu probable abundance and chetfpuwss we have frequently described Cheap com throughout ih« worl i 'is-tlie main caiise of diffused industrial prosperity. The modern system of division ot" labor requires that, there should be full employment for all traces, that the entire in dustrial mechanism sh uld be employment, as dear co nis of the reverse When cm is ch^ap the masses of mankind have a larger daily nud weekly surplus to spend thin at other times; and this surplus goes mainly to the staple manufacturers tho manufuctu ers of rough articles <f general consumption — which acc.rdiugly becomes prosperous in turn, and provide a large surplus for those employed in them available for expenditure on other manufactures. We should antici pate then that gt-neral trade will bee me much better than it is in consequence of the good harvest of the present year — a result all the more probable because cheap money and low .prices of many important raw materials, as well as of other articles of general consumption, co-operate t » the same end. The signs of improvement, are already noticeable in many, trades, almosc in anticipation of the harvest, and in this view very significant. THE HARVEST" IN THE WEST OF ENGLAND. Harvesting- is in full progress in Devon and Cornwall, and a magnificent harvest it will be. The wheat sheaves are actually top-heavy, and there can be no doubt of the goodness of the kerning. This is due to the absence of rust, which last year caused so much injury. Glowing accounts come from, the neighborhood oftforth Tawtbn, where harvest operations have commenced in good earnest. Reaping machines are also in full work iv the immediate neighborhood of Barnstaple, where, notwitstanding the extreme drought, the farmers appear very well pleased with their crops of wheat. In the large district around Crediton qne-^half of the wheat is already cut. It is of a beautiful golden hue, which is always a gopd indication. The chief fear of the farmers now appears to be that there will be continuous rain. The showers have considerably; retarded harvesting, though they have immensely benefited the root crops and pastures. Swedish and common turnips give promise of an abundant crop in Mid-Devon and the neighborhood of Tiverton. But in jthe north-west and borders of Cornwall, "■which have been less "fortunate in regard to rain; the crop will" be deficient. Mangold plants in Mid-Devon have much improved, and Poltimore and Broadclyst they are even looking very well ; but, generally speaking, the crop will be light. Potatoes give hopes of a very abundant produce where the rain at the end of June fell copiously. The disease has not yet made its appearance. Afield of forty acres, which receives the sewage of Crediton town, underneath which a small rivulet ruuß, has grass estimated at three tons the acre. The lessee "has freely used the liquid sewage. Others renting allotments in the same field did not do so, not anticipating such a drought, and they have not average crops. IS A TBNAWT BOUND T«» PAY RKNT TOR A HODSE IJTF.BST'CD WITH BUGS. A. casa of considerable interest, both to landlord and tenant, was decided in the Sheriff Court, Aberdeen. In an ac ion raised by William K*-rr. formerly shoem .ker, reßidi«.ig at Balmoral Pace, against W.lli*m Downie. stonecutter Fei-ryhill Terrace. It appeared ihat in the month of February last, pursuer let a half floor of a house in Nelson Lane to defender, from Whitsunday 1874. at a rent of £11. Soon after takmg the house defender learned that it was infested with bugs, an 1 refused to implement the bargain, and did not take possession of the half flo<>r a t Whitsunday. Petitioner asked the Sheri tt to ordain defender to place furniture or chattels into the house, sufficient to cover hi^ hypothec, or obtain him to fi>»d caution for the year's rent or gnint authority to pursuer to let the house, and powers to charge deft-n---darit with the difference of rent. It was argued for defendant that the house was so infested with vermin (buga) as to render it uninhabitable, and that petitioner let the half nVor to respondent under the knowledge that it was so. Respondent requ-sted petitioner to clean the house and fulfil the obligation, legally binding on him, of presenting it in a habitable condition to the tenant, but he refuses to do so. Defender intimated to pursuer: yerbally and by letter on'two occasions that he would not enter the house, and that he would not be resporisi b!e for tlie rent, and giving him liberty tort-let tW house. Sheriff Thomson, in an interlocutor finds that the petitioner did not undertake or.promiaetp clean the house, and that it was DO,i proved that he did clean or attempt to dean the house The Sheriff finds a* noatte* o* law that a person, who has taken a house as tenant, is entitled to withdraw from his bargain on discovering that th« house irinfested with vermin, it the tact waa khownto him at the time foe toolf the house, and was known to the landlord, arid that i the landlord disregarded Jiis request tha^it- should be claimed. The Sheriff, therefore, sustained the defences, refused the fflrofef-orthe petitioner, ai»4 foIUMT W»npn4|ent *j»t#&3b txpew*, *o^