The Sun.
London, England, 1870-08-05 00:00:00

THE VETERAN MISSIONARY.

Mr. Moffat, the veteran missionary, has been
entertained at a public. breakfast by the directors of
the London Missionary Society. Some interesting
speeches were delivered on the occasion. Mr.
Hawkins, who presided, said that the London
Missionary Society had been established for three-
quarters of a century, and Mr. Moffat had been hard
at work for more than two-thirds of that period.

He had been of the greatest assistance to the Africans
by giving them a Bible and hymn book in their own
language. Civilisation had followed on his steps,
and among tribes where it was formerly dangerous
to travel, travelling was as safe as in Great Britain.
Mr. Motiatt admitted that a great change had passed
over Africa, but said that Christianity had been the
civiliser. It had been very uphill work, but they
had plodded on, and had their reward. He could
not without some regret think of quitting the mis-
sionary field in which it had been his delight for so
many years to labour. If he could be but young
again, gladly would he follow the steps of his son-
in-law, Dr. Livingstone, so that the missionary and
the discoverer might work hand-in-hand, and spread
civilisation and the Gospel throughout the world.
The Hon. Mr. Kinnaird remarked that the life of
Mr. Moffatt had been a better sermon than the most
eloquent words, and in a comparatively lonely exile
he had accomplished a work in comparison with
which that of many statesman had been insignifi-
cant.

A DELICATE INQUIRY.

A somewhat peculiar action brought by a retired
tradesman named Gould, against an hotel keeper, a
Mrs. Watts, for the recovery of £289, has been
beard at the Lewes Assizes. k strange sort of love
story was mixed up with the plaintiffs claim. Both
parties In the suit were between 50 and 60 years of
age, and the defendant was a widow in possession of
certain deeds left to her as executrix of her deceased

husband. A tter a friendship extending over some
years, a project of marriage sprung up between the
parties in the suit, audit was alleged that while things
were in this position the plaintiff advanced the defen-
dant various sums of money. At length some coolness'l
arose between them, and the plaintiff obtained a
judgment for £289 money lent, against the defen-
dant, and she was arrested and locked up in a

"sponging-house "at Gravesend. Subsequently the
plaintiff went to see her on the subject of his debt;
and he consented to her release on the unidertaking,

HER MAJESTY.

OSBORNE, Aug. 4.
The Queen and Princess Beatrice drove out yester-
day afternoon.

Prince Leopold drove out, attended byMr. Duckworth.
The Judge Advocate-General had an audience of her
Majesty yesterday.
Sir Thomas and the Hon. Lady Biddulph had the
honour of dining with the Queen and the Royal family
yesterday.

The Princess of Wales drove out yesterday, attended
by the Hon. Mrs. Hardinge.
The Duke of Cambridge visited the Prince and Princess
of Wales at Marlborough House.

The hundredth anniversary of Hegel's birth—the
27th of August—is, on account of the war, not to be
celebrated. Meetings, however, will be held in Berlin,
and visitors from England and America are expected to
he present.

On its becoming known that a dealer in horses at
Limerick was purchasing " mounts " for the Germans,
considerable ill-feeling was shewn towards him, and the
next night hay, valued at £5OO, was set fire to, and his
premises were totally destroyed.
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The Marchioness Camden gave birth to a daughter
at her residence, 96, Eaton-square, on Tuesday. Her
ladyship's previous child, a son and heir to the titles, the
Earl of Brecknock, died within a few hours of his birth,
August 11, 1869.
Her Majesty the Queen, with their Royal High-
nesses Princesses Louise and Beatrice and Prince Leopold,
attended by the suite, is expected to return to Windsor
Castle on the 17th instant. Her Majesty will probably
proceed to Balmoral on the following day.
Lord George Hamilton, 111. P., will lay the first
stone of a new church, to be built in the Victoria Park-
road, South Hackney, on Saturday afternoon. It is to be
called Christ Church, and the Rev. J. C. Egan, M D
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M.R.1.A., is the incumbent elect.

Sergeant Pearson, Army Service Corps, recently
reduced from sergeant-major, has been tried at Col-
chester by a district court-martial for threatening to
shoot Assistant-Commissary General Chambers, his com-
manding officer. The finding of the court has not yet
been announced.

An Enniskillen correspondent reports that on Sun-
day last a demonstration in favour of the curate of Ir-
vinestown, the Rev. S. Evans, took place in the parish
church. The Rev. Mr. Verschoyle, rector, had served
Mr. Evans with a notice to leave, which expired on the
31st ult. Mr. Evans went to discharge his duty as usual,
but the rector locked up the vestry and would not admit
him. He also refused to admit any churchwarden. During th e
service there was perfect order, but on the rector entering
the pulpit, the cangregation, numbering over six hundred
persons, rose in a body and walked out. Mr. Evans, it
appears, is willing to resign after the Ist of January, but
not before, as he would in that case become disentitled to
his annuity under the Church Act.

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