Local and General.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 44, 4 July 1868, Page 2

Local and General.

+ ■■ RIPMJ ABBOOUTJON,— TIIO COUIICII Of tllO Rill) ABfloolntloii , will hold a meeting at VVlilto'fi llotol, on Monday evening, at lialfpa»t eovon o'clock. Lttti;i,ton Land, Duii.dino, and Invkut* mbnt SooiCTr,-— Tlio u«iwl monthly nicotine, (or tho receipt of subscriptions and tlio »alo of shares, will ho held In tho Colonists' Hull Hi If) evening, MAOiß'rmm/Ui,— «At tho Resident Magistrate's C'onrfc, thla morning, hoforo 0 ■ Uowflti, Esq., \IM ,, Alexander Montgomery was charged with having boon drunk and inonpublo. Doing his first appearance, ho wan dismissed with a caution. Avon Hoaj> Boahd.—Tlio olcotlon of h member to All tho vacancy in Ibis Hoard, caused by tho resignation of Mr r.alno, will tako plaeo nt thoir offloo, Papanul road, at noon, on Monday. Tho usual fortnightly mooting of tho inombora will nftorwimis bo hold, Mont Ojcnis Raimvay,— -Prom tho report of tho Minister of Public Work* for 1808 wo loam Mint on tho .Hat o£ December, 1808, •18,200,000 f. will liavo boon expomlod on tho Mont Ooiilh tunnol, Klght millions moro arc to bo apont in 1809. If tho expenses contlnuo at the flanio rate, and if tho tunnel he complated, as la liopod in 1871, Ho cnttro coat (without reckoning tho two bits of railway that aro to connect it with Husu and Ht. Mlohol, and which \yill bo onormoiiHly costly) will not fall far short of three million* atcrllng, A portion of thlrt will bo borne by Franco, as ifl only just, for, after Italy, sho in nssurouly the country that will gain tho most by tho completion of tho colonial work. Mmotinos op Cn«i)iTonßi— A meeting of ci'cdltoi'fl In tho Ofltatc of OhuvloH Walter Scott Purdlo, of Pananul road, gnrdenor, wan to liavo boon hold at tho Koflistrar'fl Clmmners, •at 11 o'oloolc this morning, but no croditorti uttondod, and tho meeting consequently lapHed. Tho liabilities in thin mutter arc cfltlinaicd by the bankrupt at £74 Ua, and tho afinoiH at £50 \ deflcionoy, X24 Ms.— A mooting of creditors in tho ontato of fiichard Maflon, of Mocrald Downn, farmer, wan held at ouo o'clock! Tho liabillticH aro cutimatod ut 4! 1 080 Oh, and tho tvwols at X1 205 j hikplu«, Xlßl Us, Crodltorfl ppovod to thu aniount of Xfls7 12fl Bd. Mr J. 10. Graham was ohoaoii trnstco 1 nnd Mcsiro Robert Hymlngton and H. J. B. IlarmaniHuporvlsors, Mr «Toynt 1» m>Holtor for tho bankrupt, Tj/h Vot.UMri;uu«, — Last night, UlO imual monthly inHpcciion of tlio Clnimaliuroli Volimtooro was mado by Major Wilson, at tlio Drill tihod, and advantago wna also tnlcon of tho panulo to proocnt llioprlzou >ron at the rocoiit DlfltWct «o«U)oUWo»6, About 170 inon of all ranks wore present, the lOngliuierfl mttiiterlng tlio atrongost. On completion of tho usual ollk'iul examination, nundry bat> talion movomontn woro gono through, throo hldoa of a square formodi and tho intended rcclplcnlß of prl/,c» oallod to the £conl, Ouniuti' Oralgio did not at thin time appear, hut at a later hour wan duly presented with tho Champion medal for tho nrovliioo. The other ..prizes wcro illutrilmtcil with a fuw Hiilt.vblo roumrku by Major Wllhmi, In the following oi'dcsi* j — So<!<>nd dl^trlot— Ihl pi'lee, £12, Coi'juii'al Oliit'ko, No. r> Company • and, do, £0, Lieut. Pavitt, Knglnoor/i ; ard do, £0, Borgeant-Miijor Urquhart, KnglnceM \ -tih do, £!i, Horgoant i)VeW| No, C Company 1 ftili do, £I], Knfllgn Pupprlll, No, 2 Com puny. Major Wilson then read iv letter from the Provincial Secretary, complaining that hoiiio of tho volunteerii had failed to comply with tho rogulatloiiH uh to wearing uniform when going to Illllnborough for shooting purpoHcs, and that one of tho railway carriage door« hid been openod by them in contravention of Iho bye laws. Major Wilson expressed bin rogrot at oauso bolng given for ouch a coinplaint) but thought no volunteer would no far forget lilmflolf an to commit the latter offence. Ho hoped, however, to hoar no ■ moro complaints, respecting either tho non-wearing of uniforms or anything clho. A number of oilier movements wero tlion exoouted, aftor which, headed by thu tfifo aivl Drum lUnd, tho battalion marched via Montreal street Hi-ldgc to Latimur Square, halting and piling aniiH Hovoral tlmci on tho route, and finally returning to tho Drill Shod, whero Home furthor drill was gono through and the men (llmnloHcd, Major Wilson first thanking them for thoir attendance ia euch good nuinbora,

Mb DiaiuKM and Judaism.— The Jewish Chronicle, n very high authority among tln> pooplo whoso vlawi it Advocate, has tho following remarks in reference to the now i'w mior and Judaism:— "Thero seems, indeed, to bo a singular mistako as to the relation of Disraeli to Judaism. Some Jews ccniurc him m m\ aposUte, and urfic hU apoatacy m an iiintanco of tergiversation. Soino Christians scoff nt him as a Jow, with a singular disregard of nil tlioy ovro to tho Ilcbrow race. Mow, tho fact ia that, in plain English, Disraoll Ih neither an apostate nor a Jew, IU was bovii of Ilolu'GW parents), HU father, Isaac Dlsraoll, tho author, and hU mother, a solon of tho linsovis, woro mombora of Scphnrdim Jewish families. His granilfuthor and grandmother, indeed, rest in tho Portuguese cemetery nt Mllc-<nd, I^njtimlu DUnwli wiv» admitted into the communion of loracl, hut his fathor, thinking lit to quarrel with his synagogue, failed to teach his child Judaism. One day Itvgora, tho cdobrntcd banker poet, happening to visit at Isaac Disraeli's house at uaoknoy when Hcujamiu wan about five or six year* old, and regretting to find so intclligont a youth without religious instruction, took him to Hackney Ctiurch. Prom this ovent dates his nbsoluto and complete severance from the Jewish commur.ln. Ho beeamo a ChrUtiau, and a great genius was lost to iv. M Shoddy.— Under tho nnmo of shoddy an enormous weight of material is now used which onco was waste, Shoddy was flret brought into use about 1813 at TUtley, near Dowsbury. Muugo was adopted in the name district, but nt n later period. Shoddy is tho produco of soft wool lon ruga, mioh ns old worn* out carnots, flannels, guernseys, stockings, and similar fabrics. Mungo is tho produce of worn-out broad or similar cloths of ilnc quality, and *f the shreds and clipping* of cloth. Tho Pollution of Rivers Commission, which has been visiting Yorkshire), was informed of tho origin of tho word " mungo." A manufacturer gavo nome of tho materials to his foreman, who, after trial in the shoddy machines, came back with tho remark, " It winna go;" when the master oxclaimod, " Hut it mini go." These old woollen rags arc collected and imported from India, China, Kgypt, Turkey, liusnlft, and, in fact, all parts of tho world whore woollon garment* «re worn, Thoy eomo to Yorkshire from dlatriots wlioro pluguo, fever, smallpox, and loathsome) akin diseases ' extensively prevail | they are sorted by human fingers when the bales aro opened boforc being placed in machines which tear up, Roparate, nnd clnanic tho fibre for nmnuf/icturo | but it does not seem that those rags aro specially dangerous to tho health of those who work among them. The lapse of time in collecting, sorting, and transmitting the rags, and tho possible destruction of any special poison by friction or otherwise, must bo taken Into account, Tho dirt, dust, and (lno particles blown out by the machines are collected and sold for manuro at lO.i to 20* per ton, Tho shoddy trade to a remarkable instance of the utilisation of waste material. It forms noarly one-fifth in weight of the woollen and worsted manufacture of tho West Hiding. Mixed wool, shoddy or mungo it) largely lined In the inAuufayturo of cheap broadcloths, finer cloths for ladies' capes and mantles, pilots, witnoys, friezes, petershams, pca-juokoto, nnd blankets. A eonsldcrablo quantity is used in tho form of flocks for beds, Felted cloth is extensively manufactured with it, and used for trtbke.ovors, carpotfl, druggets, aii'l hOMo-eloihg. Krom flovonty to eighty million pounds weight of shoddy and extracts aro used in a year in tho woollen trade Tub Amkmoah Bhoom,— A recent number of the Mctbourno Aye says : — Tho inuuiifacturo of tho American broom, a very useful and thcroforo indispensable domestic article, is now engaging tho nttontion of scvernl enterprising colonists. That nuch an industry, like others Introduced In Victoria tinco the inauguration oF the cxUtiug tat* iff, will add to tho prosperity of tho colony is evident from tho fact that in tho mnnufneturo of noarly i' 1,000,000 broomn, sent hero yoirly from Atncrlou, over 5)0 m«n and boy^ will lln^ jioi'iiiiuioui otuployniciit and g<tod wa^t-tt. It in fortunuto that to nuauosa fully lau'ioli thin undertaking n lar^c amount of capiLii is not necessary, nnd that tho article in us raw ntato can bo dlnposcd of to advantage in vnvloiw w<iy«, It was with tho intention <>f aomiiiencing to niauufaeturd the American broom that Messrs llobcrt S. Patccson and Stout, who havo been engaged for many yearn in tho trado in America, determined, about two years ago, to import the accd ami grow tho plant. Accordingly, a piece of laud, about two aorc«, and AltuaM near Studley Park, was leaiod flonio cightcon months slnco, and sown, but, un/ortnimtoly, boi'oro tho crop nrrlrcd nt maturity tho ground was inundated by the flood, iuu\ tho ftfttfw rondorod unfit rot* iu<j, Tho edtu'tfl, howovor, of lhe«o iliough unHuccc.tsfn), induced others to mako similar expurimi'nti in n moro suitiiblc neighbourhood, and which, it U pleating to be able to state, have been attended with very gratifying reHultn. In tho Murray district largo blocks of laud have been laid down with the broom scod. Amongst tho oxporlmcntulfsts alluded to aro Messrs Cartor and Hcllinin, who, it in uuderdtood, will supply Messrs Palerson and Stout with tho raw material whim they comtucuco to maka American brooms. Tho seed, which can now bo obtained in Melbourne At Cd per lh. tihoutd be placed in low-lying marshy land, One acre of ground will furnish material for the iiiiiutfucturo of Iv.OOO brooms, and tho time which must expire for tho gratiH tocomo to maturity after the seeds aro sown is about six months. After tho gram Ins been gathered in, it is placed In tho hands of thosu person* whose duly it Is to convert it into brooms, The grn.m having been divided into portions according to tho size of thu artlclo to bo made, ono end is bound with wiro and further secured with strong twlnei tho at her end is then placed in a nuchlno and pressed, and i tho broom is made,

Siißßr HuaBANDRT.— Me Blunt, Her Majcsly'.s Vioe-Coiuul At Adrlanoplo, reports that the provinces tacluilod in tlio Adrianoplo Vilayet possessed in 1867 5.290,000 sheep and coats, of tho value of £1,819,731. Tho tax levied in thut year by the Government produced 4 1 7 1,207, The plains and valleya of Thruo<i atul tho sloped of tho mountain* wore occupied by innumerable flocks of sheep. Four to five shepherds and six to eight dogs nttend a ilock of 1,000 sheep. The dogs, generally from tho Balkan breed, were excellent guard*, and shewed great sagacity. Tho Adrfanoplo sheep suffaiud from insects and foot-rot, nnd other epizootic complaint; the " tchitchek," a sort or light variola, vras arrested by tho process of inoculation, An experienced shepherd on detecting tlis presence of thU contagious malady immediately perforates tho cant of nil tho sound sheep with a largo silver neodlo previously rubbed over with virus from tho infected animals. There were two prominent breeds of sheep, the " Kivirjlk" and the " IsaralxMh." The wool of tho former is long, soft, elastic, and twisted into ringlets, and stand* Tory high in tho French markets. The value »f the unnuiil wool produce of the Vilayet of Adrianople wna catimntcd «U £333,213. Sheep, hunt), goat, and kid skins give ri-w to an active tr.ide. ThU province alone annually exports about 85,000 lamb skins to Knglana, and 60,000 kid nkins to KngUnd and France. Many of tho skins from the sheep and lambs killed iv the months of February and March arc tnken— in eonsequoueo of thoir weight In wool—by the native furriers, and made into cloaks and kalpaks, or fur caps. Colonial Tea. — The Mailhmi Mercury (Queensland), of n recent date, observes ;— To communities liko ours, consuming tea wholesale, the local production of the artida must bo a question of great interest. In March last, Mr Hourko exhibited at a meeting of tho Hunter Hirer Agricultural Association n sample of tea, made in Bridtane by Messrs Donne and Co., from plants growing in the Rotanic Gardens there; and although in the naturo of the case thcro would bo peculiar disadvantages surrounding this experiment, the sample «ppe;ircd to bo of fair marketable quality. Mr itourko has recently received luvl shown us tv second sample <>f thi^BrUb*no tea, which exhibits an Improvement in colour, and fa of an nj»roc:iblo fragrance. Wo hare mndo a cup of tea from part of tho first sample-, and find tho flavour is quite equal to fair ordinary samples of black tea, though it I* scarcely so strong «* the best samples. We understand that Mr Deane has received from tho ttrisbana Government proposals for an engagement to dovolopo tho tea plant to its last stugo of manufacture, and that he is prepared to guarantee within twelve months after entering into any contract of this description to have- under successful cultivation 1000 tea plant* grown from seed which ho would import from China ; and that he would, when tin plants were suftlclently ripened, instruct any person duly appointed, in the process of manufacture, to the satisfaction of all concerned ; handing over also a translation of an original Chinese treatise in which tho entire theory is explicitly ect forth. Mr Deane had not closed with the offer «f the Queensland Government, apparently conceiving that he wu under Homo implied obligation first to lay tho matter boforo tho Agricultural Association here, through Mr. Ilourke, by reason of the previous correspondence. We hftvo not any reason to believe that the association is likely to enter upon this speculation > but it is lust possible that sorno of our capitalists might bo prepared to give tho question their consideration, and the experiment a trial, If there bo nny reasonable ground for believing that suitable soil And climate for raising the tea* plant arc to be found in this climate. Jkuosalkm.— Thero is always a certain peculiar interest in news of Jerusalem, bat our consul at that city in reporting to the Forclgn-MUlca h-»» availed himself rather too much of the advantage or lil-i position. Tha tlm hulf of hi* report laid before Parliament in April, 1863, is n verbatim copy of tho first half of Ills report Inid before Parliament in April, KSO7, »aye only tlwt he now atrlksi out tho refuftuica to daamgo dono by locuaU in 1801] > and states that the nnnual imports of cotton uooti.l reaches the value of about Xltf.OOO, nnd of woollan gooth, hardware, &Cv A'<J,<i«)O, Paining to tho American colony of JalTa, and the attempt to supply Jerusalem with waiev from the pools nt Solomon, but yonr'H pttrugraphs give place to statements of the failure of both undertakings. With re» irnrd to a roud to Jnil'i the want of which wm rcKrcttcsl in lust yevr'o rcitort, the consul Htutn.s that " at k-nyth it has been commenced by the local Turkish administration. Tho system of " prestation " is tho ono adopted for making the road ; all the malo intiabU tintrt betwet n the ngei of Ift and 60 of the town and villages situated within a certain nuUiu of the road, nnd llktly to benefit tliurohy, arc called upon to contribute fivo day»* labour Kratuitonsly, or in lien thereof the sum of .'SO piastres (about 5a fid), It is cxpwkd that the work will bo completed la lliu spring of this year. Whether, in the absence of a competent engineer, the road will bu as praetic bio for wheeled conveyance* cng!igod in trnuie, and as durable as tho I'asha of Jcrusalum expects, remains to be seen 5 but at any rate U will certainly be an iiiimcnso improvement on the wretched mule- track that hna hitherto dono service as tho lilkli road to Jerusalem ; at the worst very little, after what has been done, will bo required to mike it what a carringcftble road tdtould be. Great praise is doc to Nagif L'asha for the orurpy and i»9<dtluity with which ho personally superintends nnd urges on tlio works. The value of this improveinoiit woutl be much enhanced were a hurlmur to be made nt Jaffa, The other roa'i* of the district are of a most wretched description, and, with the want of security, arc the ru tin c.iuso of the poverty and general backwardness of tho country." At this point copying from last year's report is resumed j about two-thirds of it might lny-3 been kept in type for the present occasion, „„,

VMwat PnitflßHViNo,— We lru«fc («ay» tho /Ararat Advertiser), soon to bo in a poaltlon to Htate with precision the rcmiltof an experiment In tlic way of ineat-prcflorvlng, which i« bolng tried in Ararat by one of our nciontlflc mon, Tlio plan in ho iilmplo, that if flUCCCflflful, it will 1)3 eagerly adopted, while it peaBCflflc* bcfildcit the vlrtuo of being applicable to the careono without tlio jointing and lionln&andothorproparatlonH whioh arcncccnoary to nomo of tho platm proponed, Tlio uyntcm rcqulrefl a thorough exclusion of air after the application of a preparation which lfc )h «Aid will fully keep tho meat, and, after cooking, lea vox no forefgn flavour, Tboro l« one prlnclplo in mcat-prciiervlng which ftppcarn to bo 100 much lost flight of, namely i tlio prcflorvfttlon of Ihaouih'o nut anno, and tlio flhJpjiln/joC Hie moat In Diat form. Till ft oyfltom ho dovificil whlcli will Innnro Ujlh, iv| trade largo enough to bo appreciated by ehcop-brccdcrfl, and the colony generally, will not bo OrttublMiod, The QnnvMoiiT/r Coal Minfa— Tho Grey River ArquH of June '27 my a ;— Ik v/nn rnmoured in town a few dayn ago that, In working thcC/inlcrbury coal nUne, Iho workmen had coma aoro«n a ncam of iiulilfercut coal, Tlilfl proved to lie a fact) but wo are glad to hear that ninco then the coal ban TAstly improved in character, and that now boing brought to town l« equal, if not miporlor, to tbft coal obtained from llio Nc-lfion mlno, It I« much firmer, and ycfltcr<\>,\y tho eonl brought down wan largc-^Homo ot tho pfoeofi weighing 1 owt, During the Lint tiro dayn tlio bargen of Mo»flr« Kllgour nnd I J orotli liavo dlfluiiarged on the wharf over 00 toiiri of coal from tlilfl mine. In our laflfc we mentlonol a number of bargoH which wero lioiug built by their rcHpootivo ownora for tho coal trade. Wo hnvo filnco" been informed that another barge, quite equal if nofc superior to Dm other*, Una boon built by Mr Thoumon, about three inilofl up tlio rlvei", which will nlun boomployod in tho coal tra'lo on an early tiny. QnBKN CirAniiOTTfi'rt Rkmjmmobnor«.— The Queen <m«o narrated tho following anoodotefl of hornolf (as told by Mlhh Murray) s— "Tlio Kngllnh pcoplo did not llko mo mucli, hecaiiHO I wan nofc protty i but tbo King wan fond of driving a phaeton in thono (lays, and once )»<> overturned me in a turnip fleid, and that fall broke my iioho. I think 1 wft» not qulio no ugly aftor dat. I ady Mondorland wan ono of my ladlon, Slio wafi left to nit with mo In thoovcnlng, wlictl tb« King went to hiifllncflfl at nine o'clock, I mil;, and tho good lady flat, And wo both got very tired. At laflt Lady Ifonducland nald, < l'orliapn your Majosty In not aware that f inuiit wait until your Majority diflmltmon mo V Oh, my Rood lady I I nald i ' why did you not tell \w. Dat before V The King wt-nl on one odcanlou Into Kent, to review tho voluntotwi of Lord JlGWGky'a, Ug wan accompanied by tho Queen. f l Wa« in a font,' oho mM, 'Thcro \mn a flontfnol, but I mippono bo wa» looking at Romothing clno t ho an old Konllnh woman, in a red cloak, made her way in j and «lio fitood fllarlng at mo with her arms akimbo, At lrtHt fdio /mid, " Well, she In not ho ugly «h thoy told mo nho wani" ' Well, my good woman,' I ropllud, ' J nm very plnd of dat,' " A IfnisNOJi Kbtimatb or run Sootoh SoLDiBn.-'A wrllor on the Brllldh anuy Ju tho MonUcur <l<: Sofa upeakfl an followH of. tlio Scotch Holdioi 1 ! — Tlia fiomah noldiorn form, Without oontradlntlon, tho oroain of tho Hrltiflh troopn. Tlio Highlander Ih tho pro* totypo of tho excollcnt Holdlor, lie ban all tho rcqulflflc qunlliicii and not one dofect, Uulucklly for Grout Hrltitin, tho population of! Bcotland In not iiuiiiwhim. Having, it in true, to the point <if putting by penny after penny, tlio iiuoinUmnn, for ull tlinfc, in honont, ntcadfant, amiablo in hlit IntercourHO with otlicrfl, onlhiinliinllo, and proud j chivalrous vrhen tho (luontiou Ih about iilicxldliiß lilh Mood, Tba old trudlilonii of olaiiHliiji nuliulflt j finch company \n grouped round an illuntrloiiH namo, all and every man In it In Biiro to bo tlio oaptaln'n coumliii Tho Illghlanderfl hare a otrangc wort of bravery, which partakci at «n«t« of French flro and of JJngllwh <!ftlm, Thoy niHh on with liiipotuofiity > they cliargo with vigour i but they aro not hurried away by angon In the Tory liotfcuL moment of an attack, a nimplo order uiiftlocn to ntop them, i^ormed In fKjtuu'Oi ono would (akft tluiin fot 1 Kngliflhmcn ; in charging with the bayonet, you would swear they were French, li'or tlio rest, thoy aro of Coltic orlKln, and the blood of our fathoro ' ilown in their vdmij but tlio blood liana little cooled down by tho ncvcrity ol tholr cllfuato. In tho eyon of tho Turk* tlio Scotch had ono enormoun fault, thai of showing their loan. In our oyes they liavo lint ono defect, n ftllgiit ono, but ittlll oxccunlvcly annoying — their dopraved la«tc for tho ocrcamlng of the ba«plpcn, Wo know that the lllklilhiklm'h would 1 not got undor flru without being excited by their national alr«, played on thin dlHCordant inntruniont. One of their generaln having put down thin pfcrcliiß iiiuhlo, they attacked tho enemy on one oixanlon ho languidly thnt the JmgplpeH had to ho rohtorod to them, and they then took the poititlon. In v word, wo roncat tho Heoteh arc inagnillcont soldiorn." LicoTnms.—l/aflfc night tlio Hcv, 11, Bavin delivered »• Iccltiro on tb« liUlory of llus Englltth Bible In the We«loyim (Impel, Durliani olreot, tlio Hey T. Ilurldlu occupying tlio eliair. Haying madea few prefatory mnarkii, tho reverend lecturer mild hie object bt;lng to I treat of tho hlrftory of tbo Bible in Itrltaln, It would l>o h\* aim to glanoo at llio circumstances leading to itu poHHenflioii,tn mark thu wonderful cour/in it liad run, anil to gather a fuw l(i««onn by tho way, Tho Blblo In tlio Innplred word of God, containing all tblngM nocoHHary to eternal life, and It iiiu.hl bo in I email mk and gratifying to 1m able to Htiilo what wan iIH origin and lilfllory, when it firnt appeared In itn ICngllim (lrcnn, who gave It that drew, what wan itn cont, and what bad been llh nubecquent curooi* and Hlrttgglon, Tho history oJ the Blblo In Britain wan noaounarlly closely coiineotod with tlio history of iho nation, on which it had oxorciaod a Hcorct

and silent but most poworful influonce, Powerful tho Inflacnco of ntatcsmou might have boon, but tho inspired Won! wtifl etiporlor to nil, being tho perfect law of liberty find tlio roofc from which sprung all goad monfluros. Its history, In tho Kngllgh tonguo, was almost identical with that o£ tho Protonlaut faith. Jt wan flrflli written in tlio Hebrew and Greek languiffcfl, mid completed about tho your 100} and tho Romans, being masters of nearly tlio wholo world, It noon became translated into their tongue (Latin), tho flrfltcomplotoono being 1 made nltoi.it 100 yearn hfter the death of Ht. John, Urttaln, in, iho your lib «,<j. vran flr«fc Invaded by iho Woman legions under command of Julius Crosar, i\nd It wan probably nofc long aftor tho death of, i lirlut that Christianity Unit mado H» ftp])carnnco on thoao ehorctt. OiU'dfilftoiu, tho BtfllUU ,i j rlnco, on liln lllioratlon from Homo, whero, with hto father, ho had boon Rent an n hontuge, took with him to ICngiand thrco chrlfltlan teachers, During tho fioo ycnrH which England remained subjoot to Homo, many of our forefulhorfl oml»rac<!d Christianity, and Drnldlam van abolWilled. Hut Its nrottrcflfl wan naturally slow from tho few blblofl Imported by tlio (tomans being in tho Latin tongue, s-'oiuq advance was howovor made, a« Hi Patrick learnt Ha truth from lilh mother, and in FM Columba Railed from Ireland to preach tho Word In MuotlnmJ, whero lilh labouwi wero Rreatly blessed. Tho progrcen of tho Blblo during tho i-'axon porlod wan next roviowed, tho lecturer toiKshli.g upon tho introduction by the Buxoiia of tho low Gorman language, and Its flubflcquontly merging Into tho Anglo-Saxon, Tlio tiaxoim brought with them no Bible, but bad a variety iof gods of their own to worship, Although, perhaps, tlioy would learn a little of tho Word from tho conquered Saxons, yet it wan not until the vlfllt of Augustine from Homo In tho year 000 thatanyprogrefls wait mado. lfrom this point hoathonlmn disappeared from tlio country, although notwithstanding Iho now blblon brought by Augustine and lite forty attendant monkH, there woro still few to bo had, Tlio next Atop in tho history of tlio Bible wan tho attempt, mado by tlio vcnerablo Ucdo to translato it Into . tho vernacular tonguo. Ho, however, only completed a portion of th/ Now ToMUmont bofoi-6 lie died in 7fl/j, Ills death wan cliaraotoriatlo of bin potion aa louder in tlio bright array of translations of tho Holy Word, Pawing in notino of othoro who contributed to the good work and referring to Iho support of Alfred fcho Great, who,, M'let 1 fighting fifty biitiloH. died in translating a poiaion of tlio book of Malms, iho leoturor pointed to tho Inpßo of time from that period to tho Norman conqnost, with Hoarcoly anything further being done 110 noxfc tikolohed tho rapid oliniiflCfl of the language during tho reign of the Normftn kliign, first, from the norni-Saxon In which WyollfTo wrote, thon to tho middle Kngllah In which Tyndalo wrote, and hotly, tho modorn English ot the prcftcnt time, Thin latter ho compared with the Continental tonguofl, enumerating it« advantage^ and clalnifl to bo called a " world languago." And thlrtls tho drosH in which tlio Bible In clothed, Tho advont of papacy during tho first century of iho Conqueflt wan next touched upon, nml tho presumed infallibility of tlio Catholic ChuroU denied, on tho ground Unit there could not ho two infalllbllltlOH any moro than two InflnltlflH. And if tlio Word of God la lnfnl* lililo, that of tho Komitili Clmroh mnot bo Invnild, In oupport of thl«, rofercmw was mndo to tho Bull of Tolotiso, prohibiting tho tialo of the Blblo, to which tho leoturor attributed the ncglcut of translations for the succeeding -ifiO yearn ( iho next following translation being by Hiclmrd Hollo, in tlio fourtoonth confcury, Krom thin tho lecturer pnnflod to a brief history oi! tho efltots and miftorlngfl oi! Wyullflto 'v Iho <um«o, bin (him Imination, iv opposition to tho commands of llio Pope, to tiwiflliito tlio book, )ilo arduous lahouni of fifteen yearn but final iujocchm and inundation of tlio /)r«fc oomploto Dlblo inloj tho'Jflnßltoh longnoi Tho IwiigtlKMicd obstacle to a proper circulation of the Bible from its great cost wttu next adverted to, but the lecturer nald " Man's oxtremlty 1h Qod'a opportunity," and prlntliur, uliortly aftor invented, camo to tlio rcHcue, But a (cdlnuit tlmo ntill claimed before it wan printed, and tlio lecturer roferrwd at length to tliu dortdly liati'fld and opposition It received from t'to advooatofl of l'opory. Tlio advent of Wm, Tyndalo wan next; noticed, and lilh luhourn in continuation of Wyellilti'rt fito-rlo detailed at length, The lecturer hmtftneed tho oppoHillon he received from tho OathollcH, bow ho wan first hunted from bin rotrcat in Olouuofltornhlro to London, and thonco to the Continent, whero rancour and hatred fltlll followed him, being flUcccflfllvVtly forced from Ilambttrg, Cologne, and Worm«. At Iho latter place, however, tho firm; portion of Ills work w«8 printed. Notice of tills having been forwarded to Kn gland, >a decree wun iflfliicd to provent tho entry of any Blblcn Into tho country, all the Bcaportn being watched t bill) notwithstanding It, merehantfl were foumi to export it from Wormn, and In «pUo of all rtp]>;>«llioii, it wiih ostal)llshod in luiglund. 'Ibo leoturor from thin point dwelt upon tho porncciitlonfl during tho reign of Quoon Mary, and pointing to the Hllll firm advancement of tlio Book. John Rogern, who completed Tyndalo'u work wan infltancod an one of tho numerous nmrtyni who iiuilbrcd at tho Hlalcoj after which the rapid way in which the tratiHlatloiiH and ImproYcmentfl of the work was atl verted to. 'J'ho varying phafleo of oppouitlon and buc* conn of tho nrintod Diblo through tho rclgn» of llcnry tlio IClghtli, Kdward tho Sixth, and Mary, woro described, anil il« final and firm ofitabliHlimcnt by proclamation of Jutiicn tho IflMfc. Tlio reverend lceturcr noxt gave a brief remme of tlio Improvement!) effected fllnco that tlmo, and pointed out that ita path In llko .thatof tho junt, "Hlilnlng moro and more into perfect day," A, vote of thanko wa« awarded to iho wsvorond looturer by nocl/iiimtlon, which bolng suitably aoknowlodgo, tho procoodings woro olohoil with tho olnglng oJ! tlio Doxology, Thoro wa« a very good attendance,

Tiih IUxrAVATs,--An'airs in regard to tho Railway romniit i'« ulalu quo. Wo understand i that tho Government intond to publhh a tariff for tho lino botweon Ohrlotcluirch and Ferry* mead.

FiNANOHii fliHfOiiM.— A, public mcoMtig oonvoncd by tho Financial Hofonn Atiaoclation, will bo hold in tho Town Hall, on Monday evening, at lmlf.pant «ovon o'clock. Tlio final roport on tho General Government oxpondlturo vrlll bo proflonted, and bin Worelup tho Mayor h expected to preuido.