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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXI, Issue 72, 26 March 1887, Page 3

A couple of centuries ago it was cußtomary to sell by " inch of candle." A lot being " put up " by ..the auctioneer any bids were valid until the candle went out, when the last bidder was declared the purchaser. Upon this custom, Pepys, who was secretary to the Admiralty, made the following curious entry in his " diary," September 3, 1662 : — " After dinner we met and sold the Weymouth, Successe, and Fellowshippe hulkes, where it was pleasant to see how backward men are at first to bid, and yet when the candle is going out how they bawl and dispute afterwards who bid the most. And here I observed one man cunninger than the rest that was sure to be the last man and to carry it, and inquiring the reason, he told me that just as the flame goes out the smoke descends, which is a thing I never knew before, and by that he do know the ioscant when to bid last."

It is not often that there is a eumof something like £22,000 going a-begging. But this, or something very like it, U the condition, of the "Jerusalem Bishopric Fund." Originally the Eaglish and Prussian Governments endowed it with £15,000 each, reserving the right, of alternate presentation. The first turn was given to the Ecglish Government, the inieution being that Dr M'Caul, a well-known Biblical scholar of the day, should be appointed. However, ic was given to Mr Alexander himself a Jaw. Next time Dr GobaC was nominated, aud at his death a Dr Barclay wa9 consecrated, but he died in a year or to two. Now the Prussians, or it may bo probably said, Prince Bismarck, have other fish to fry, and i they desire to wash their hands of the whole

thing. In the meantime the English fund, by reason of the frequent vacant intervals, compound interest, &e., has reached the figure named above, £22,000. The Record, and the " evangelical men " (says a contemporary) who think with it, desire to raise another £8000, and keep the bishopric alive as a protest against the " corrupt churches of the East." But it happens that these bodies are very dear to the Guardian and Canon Liddon, who crave after " reunion/' " intercommunion," and what not ; and they will have nothing to do with a bishop of i Jerusalem. The former party are said to be favoured by. the Archbishop of Canterbury, and the latter certainly have the ear of Lord Salisbury.

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