The Sun.
London, England, 1864-05-20 00:00:00

BADGE OF THE COVENANT.

On motion of Mrs. Alan S. Stephens, it was resolved that
the badge of the National Covenant shall be a black bee,
with wings enamelled according to nature, worn with a
tricolour ribbon a little in front of the left shoulder.
WHAT THEY ASK OP THE MEN.—OR the motion of Mrs..
Ingersoll it was resolved, "That while, as the wives and
daughters and women of America, we aro ready and deter-
mined to practice self-denial for the benefit of the country
and our sex, we earnestly request the men of America also
to abstain from the use of imported articles,especially wines,
liquors, and cigars."
THE WOMEN TO SPREAD THE WORK.—On the motion
of Mrs. Morris, it was resolved that the women in the
nation, sympathising with the great object of this society,
be and hereby are invited to copy the cuvenant, record their
names thereto, and obtaining as many signatures as pos-
sible, forward the number (not the names) so obtained to
the committee of their state.
THE FAIR COVENANTERS PHOTOGRAPHED —At the
instance of Dr. Sunderland, who had made several interest
ing speeches, the meeting delayed adjournment till photo-
graphed, when, on motion, the meeting adjourned, after a
number signed the pledge contained in the constitution.

GEOGRAPHICAL DISCOVERY.--..fit the anniver..
sary meeting of the Royal Geographical Society,
to be held at Burlington House, on Monday, May 23, the
the patron's or Victoria gold medal will be presented to
Captain Grant for his journey from Zanzibar across Eastern.
rEquitoriel Africa to Egypt, in company with Capt. Speke,
and for his contributions to the work of that explorer.
The founder's gold medal will be given to Baron C. von
!der pecken, for his two surveys of the lofty mountains of
Kilimanjaro, which he determined to be capped with snow,
and to have an altitude of not less than 20,000 ft. A testi-
monial will be also awarded to the Rev. Gifford Palgrava
for his adventurous journey across Arabia.
BUSHRANGERS OF NEW SOUTH WALES,—The
formidable gang of bushrangers which for so long a
period infested the western districts which may now be con-
sidered as almost exterminated. Gardiner, their original
founder and captain, was captured, together with his para-
mour, Mrs. Brown, on the 3d inst., at Apia Creek, in the
northern part of Queensland, and is now safely lodged in.
Sydney gaol. Of Gilbert, who seems to have become the
ringleader when Gardiner disappeared from the scene,
certain is known. It is said that he met his death,
by accident and was buried in the bush by his
erlyions,
But this statement, although generally has,bell'iteavteahis per-
haps, been tput into] circulation to facilitate
daring escape,
Ben Hall, one of the mast prominent ands
to be members
According to the statements of
of the gang from the very first,
.seem the only one
even
now remaining at large.
always
for jib!, great coolness, freedom from
politeness, to those
which
the flashness and bravado characterised the
btheeonserwemhaorkhaabylee been robbed by him, he has
others, and civility, and
be has taken, and particularly when women
whose property be
impunity which they Bo long enjoyed
were present.
was owing perhaps in a considerable degree to the fact that
on
with remarkable occasions have treated females
considerationtrius gang
and respect ; and as this
course of
tuct 3°their part was supposed to be due to
extended to
the example and influence of Hall, he seems to be regarded
by the h
than were tes of
westernthedoisthtreircsts.
Thiswith willmo perhaps
ekindly
feelings
account for his being at large after most of his party have
inhabitants
the
been shot or captured. He had a remarkable escape a week
or two since. A hut in which he was known to have entered,
while sutlering from a wound in his toot, was surrounded
by five policemen under Inspector Shadforth. A dog which
the police had brought, as for the purpose of giving Hall the
alarm, commenced barking, when the bushranger rushed
Out, and, lame as he was, mounted his horse in the face
of the valiant officials, and rode through them without re-
ceiving a scratch—the black tracker who accompanied the
party being the only man who attempted to prevent him.
The most remarkable bushrarging crime of the month
wag a daring and successful attack on the Bathurst mail,
at Capstone Rib, near Nenrith, on the night of the 11th
inst. Tnere were eight pereons on the coach at the time,
including the driver. One was an armed policeman ; one
man, said to be a digger; two women, and three China-
men. Neither the policeman, the driver, nor anybody else
made the slightest resistance when the coach was ordered
to stop by three men. The Chinamen had large amounts cf
gold dust and money in their possession. Upwards of £7OO
Was taken from them, and altogether the robbers must have
secured considerably over £!,000 in cash, besides the China.
men's gold. The mails were, of course, cut open ; the
letters were scattered about the road, and the horses cut
loose and driven into the bush—Sydney Empire, March 21,