The Sun.
London, England, 1870-02-10 00:00:00

and other places of business.

Dr. Marsden, the recently-consecrated Bishop of
Bathurst, will sail for his diocese on Friday next, and will
be accompanied by the Rev. W. Bardsley, son of the Rector
of St. Anne's, Manchester; the Rev. W. F. Clay, late Chap-
lain at Pau; and the Rev. W. U. Tarleton, late curate of Al
Saints', Birmingham.

The Guardian, speaking of the new Lectionary;
says :—" The Ritual Commissioners, we are informed, bad
at one time thought of suggesting the following alternative
Lessons at the Burial of the bead, instead of 1 Cor. xv. 20
—viz., Mark x. 18-17 ; Mark v. 85-42 ; Luke vii. 11-17 ;
John xi. 80-45; 1 These. iv. 13; Rev. vii. 13 to end; Matt.
xxiv. 85-42; but they have reserved the queotion for fiF4
ther consideration."

THE REWARD OP PiznsuvintAxcit.—Perseverance
will accomplish everything—even extort compensation
from a Spanish Government. On the 11th of March,
1804, a seaman, named Hookin, whose father resides
at Cewsand, near Plymouth, whilst serving on
board the merchant ship Mountaineer, was killed by a
shot from the Tarifa Fort, Mr.l John Hardy, the rate col-
lector for the Rame district, took the matter in hand;
and has made repeated applications to the Spanish Govern-
ment for an indemnity to the father of the deceased
seaman, His praiseworthy and persevering exertionsliave
not been without result, for he has just received I,QQO
lam, equal to £204 sterling
A great change has taken place in the weather of
the metropolis since yesterday. The rain which has pre-
vailed since Sunday afternoon was iollowed early this morn-'
ing by a smart snow storm. The ground in the suburbs is
now covered, and at Windsor and other places the fall has
been heavy. Frost has set in since the snow, with a bitter
easterly wind.
The Dublin Mail of last evening states that as the
lad who usually carries from court the brief bags of Mr.'
Heron, Q.C., and Mr. M'Dermott, the counsel for the prose-
cution of Barrett, the Fenian, was delivering a bag at a door
of a house in Hatch-street, Dublin, on Monday night, some
persons made off with the sacks containing the briefs
in the case of the Queen v. Barrett, together with the
bags of several other barristers. The police were commu-
nicated with immediately, but have not discovered the
thieves.
Mr. Beale has retired from the directory of
_the
Midland Hallway Company in consequence of the state of
his health, and the directors, impressed with the importance
of having some gentleman on the board connected with the
city of Manchester, have elected Sir Joseph Whitworth,
Bart., to the seat. The chairman of the board, Mr. W. B.
Hutchinson, will retire after the approaching meeting, but
will retain a seat at the board.
TIIE CALIFORNIA MILK WEED.—It is proposed to
utilise this plant, which is said can produce a species of
silk when treated in the following manner:—The pod is
gathered when ripe, dried and separated from the seed.
On account of its lightness, it has to be subjected
to the action of steam, and mixed with cotton, to
give it a sufficient body for carding. It dyes readily, an
can be spun and woven, or used instead of cotton as a
padding for garments. It has been used in the manufac-
ture of certain East India and China cloths. A cor-
plant
is now known to botanists as Asclepius s• Cornult,"
stead of " Syriaca," and for the reason that the
never
latter
term indicates it to be a native of Syria, where it is
found.