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Otago Witness, Issue 67, 28 August 1852, Page 1

The following anecdote was related at a recent congregational meeting in Glasgow, on the authority of an eminent solicitor in Edinburgh, who was a witness of the transaction : — " On the 18th of May, 1843, when the disruption of the religious establishment of Scotland was expected to take place, there met, in the office of the G • C 's, two men, well known in Edinburgh society, and to the country generally ; the one P R , now Lord R , and the other the renowned and now lamented Lord Jeffrey. Lord R was one of those who doubted the honesty and sincerity of the non-intrusionists, and joined in the sneer of those who admitted that perhaps nine or ten of the men who had most deeply committed themselves might come out. Lord R , along with Lord Jeffrey, had gone, that day, to a place that overlooked the line of the expected procession, in the hope rather that sinister predictions might be verified than that honour and courage and fidelity might be vindicated and exemplified. At last the long looked-for moment arrived ; the door of St. Andrew's Church was opened, and there issued forth Chalmers, Welsh, and Macfarlane, followed by a long continuous line of hundreds of their less known but not less determined brethren, and the late establishment of Scotland was in the streets and free ! The eye could not number the blackenj ing train — the prediction was not fulfilled, — and the result was the exclamation, — 'The fools,' ; thus to leave their fat livings for a whim !' Lord Jeffrey took a different view of the matter, and a truer and nobler one. With deep emotion — his eye, — that sharp piercing eye, — filled with tears, — he uttered the words — 'Thank God for my country; there is not another country in the world where such a deed could be done.' " The " Scottish Guardian/ in which the above anecdote is recorded, adds that " history will verify and honour the words.'' It is early yet, however, to appeal to history in testimony of the fact that " in no other country of the world" men could be found who would be ready to make as great sacrifices for principle as were made in 1843. — London Guardian. Jenny Lind. — Among the company at the Clifton House, on Saturday and Sunday, was Jenny Lind. A funny incident occurred on Sunday evening. Jenny was singing in her room some little Swedish hymns. Of course, at the sound of her voice many persons, some of whom had never heard its delightful tones, assembled in the halls and upon the balconies to listen. Two enthusiastic gentlemen, anxious to be as near as possible to the person of the syren, leaned against the door of her chamber; suddenly the singing ceased, the door was opened from the interior, and the two amateurs made a rapid and desperate plunge, directly into the arms of the fair Swede, who was coming out in search of a candle ! Jenny is but human : and those who saw her face at that moment say that never was rage more clearly depicted upon human countenance. — Buffalo Courier. We deem it useful to remind all who are in the habit of writing letters to the United States of the necessity of adding on the addresses of their letters the name of the county and the state to the name of the locality. The utility of this is evident from the fact that there are in the United States 25 localities called Washington ; 24 called Franklin ; 23, Salem ; 22, Springfield; 25, Canterville ; 19, Jack?on ; 15, Jefferson; 18, La Fayette; 10, Filmore (the name of the present president) ; 14, Troy ; 9, Kossuth; 10, Lowell; 20, Richmond; 18, Waterloo ; 22, Columbia; 18, Concord, &c, all scattered over the union, and at immense distances from each other. Geological Curiosity.— Lately Mr. Watson, stone-cutter at Dumfries, obtained a large block of red sandstone from the low quarry of Locharbriggs, for the purpose of making it into a monument. Whilst busy squaring the stone a loose layer was removed, and on the face of the block thus displayed a long indentation was