The Sun.
London, England, 1870-10-12 00:00:00

THE FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE.

The foot and mouth disease is spreading with increased
rapidity in the neighbourhood of Frome and other parts
of Somerset. From the Ist to the 10th of October 50
fresh outbreaks occurred in Frome petty sessional district
alone, 15 of which were reported on the latter day. Pro-
fessor Brown, of the Veterinary Department of the Privy
Council Office, has visited Bath, Frome, Wells, and
Glastonbury to make inquiries respecting the order of the
disease in these localities..

THE CHURCH CONGRESS AT SOUTH-
AMPTON.

The Church Congress commenced yesterday at South-
ampton, when special services were held at two of the
churches, the Bishops of Salisbury and Oxford being the
preachers. The Bishop of Oxford to3k for his text the
3d verse of the 4th chapter of Ephesians. He dwelt upon
the importance of unity, and lamented the lack
of it in the Church. At this moment the
Church of England was in imminent peril, not because
her endowments and honours were regarded with
jealousy, nor because the day might come when the
dignity enjoyed for a thousand years would be lightly set
aside for her members, could endure these losses in
triumph. The peril consisted in this that the children
of the Church were not all of one growth, and the
rivalries among us made him tremble for the future of
the Church, and sometimes to despair of her escape.
He urged greater love of unity, and believed the
assembling in Congress as they did tended to this
end. The Bishop of Salisbury preached on the
evidences of the truth of the Gospel. The Congress was
opened by the Bishop of Winchester, the president.
About 1,500 persons were present. The inaugural address
of the Right Rev. President occupied about forty minutes.
He defined the objects of the Congress, which he said was
to increase the practical efficiency of that branch of the
Church universal, by securing fuller understanding and
greater readiness in the use of the various parts of the
existing machinery, by increasing (the result of mutual
consultation) the number of their instruments, by in-
creasing the elasticity of their system, and, above
all, gaining, as the result of free personal
intercourses larger, more trusting, and more loving co-
operation among clergy and laity. The present intellec-
tual activity might cause a great gain if directed
aright, but without proper guidance it might lead
to fatal convulsions. Deep thinkers and profound divines
were not enough unless the gifts possessed were applied
to meet the wants of the present time. Old answers to
old difficulties would no more meet new objections than
old firearms would be effective in modern battles. It was
only by maintaining essential truths and charity on
matters not fundamental they could hope to hold their
own ground as the Church of a great and free people.
Against carelessness, vice, irreligion, and unbelief the
Church might do everything if but united.

Another of the men injured by the explosion at Aber-
crombie Pit, near Aberdeen, has diod, making the fifth
victim of this accident.

The application of the Roman Catholic Bishop of
Liverpool to have a salaried priest attached to the Liver-
pool Workhouse was discussed by the select vestry yester-
day when, by a majority of two, the request was refused.

BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED.

Knos, Anders, Muscovy-ct., Tower-hill, commission
merchant.
Rhodes, James, Addison-rd., Kensington, gentleman.

BANKRUPTS.
(To Surrender in London).

Lebahn, Charles Falck, Essex-rd., Islington, publisher,
Oct. 24, at 12,
Ponsonby, Charles Frederick Ashley Cooper, Mount-st.,
Grosvenor-sq., Oct. 24, at 111.
Rutherford, John, Cullum-st., City, merchant, Oct. 24,

at 11. '
Washington, Alfred Adams, and Dane, Thomas, Tower-
st.-buildings, City, teadealers, Oct. 24, at 11.
Winchelsea, Earl of, Victoria-st., Westminster, Oct. 27,
at 11.

Field-Marshal Sir J. Fox Burgoyne, G.C.8., is
rapidly recovering from his recent severe illness.
The Right Hon. the First Lord of the Admiralty,
who returned from Switzerland on Monday evening,
resumed his duties at the Admiralty yesterday. The
right hon. gentleman's health has greatly improved.
FOREIGN OFFICE, Oct. 11.—The Queen has been
pleased to approve of Senor Carlos Andres Carrol as
Consul in St. Helena for the United States of Venezuela.
The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. T.
W. Faulkner as Vice-Consul in the Isle of Wight, to
resides at Cowes, for his Majesty the King of the
Hellenes.—Gazette.

WHITEHALL, OCT. B. The Queen has been
pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the
Great Seal, granting the dignity of a baron of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland unto the Right
Honourable Sir John Young, Bart., G. C. B. , G. C. M. G.,
Governor-General of the Dominion of Canada, and
Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Island of
Prince Edward, and the heirs male ,of his body lawfully
begotten, by the name, style, and title of Baron Lisgar,
of Lisgar and Bailieborough, in the county of Cavan.
Gazette.

WORKMEN'S INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, AGRI-
CULTURAL, HALL, ISLINGTON. —The number of visi-
tors, exclusive of season ticket holders, exhibitors and
others, on the 11th inst. was 3,366.
THE REVISION OF THE ENGLISH BIBLE.—The
third session of the New Testament Company commenced
3 esterday, and will be continued until Friday next, inclu-
sive. The meeting took place, as on former occasions, in
the Jerusalem Chamber, Westminster. There was a full
attendance of the revisers, excepting the Bishop of
Winchester, the chairman, whose place was filled by the
Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol. The details of the
revision. cannot, of course, be noticed in a short paragraph
like this ; but it is understood that satisfactory progress
was made, and an excellent feeling prevailed among the
revisers.

THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES.—Last
night, at six o'clock, the Prince and Princess of Wales
arrived at Perth from Inverness by special train. After
dinner in the refreshment-rooms at Perth, the Royal
party left by the ordinary train for Larbert,
which was about half an hour late. From Lar-
bert their Royal Highnesses proceeded to Edinburgh by a
special North British train, the journey, 28i miles, being
performed in 38 minutes, without stopping. The train,
which arrived at the Haymarket station, Edinburgh,
at 10 minutes past 10, was accompanied by Mr. Mason,
general manager, and Mr. M`Laren, general superinten-
dent of the North British Railway. The special train con•
sisted of ten carriages, including two saloons. The. Prince
and Princess on alighting were received by the Lord
Provost of Edinburgh, and several magistrates, Lord
Dalhousie, Mr. Stirling, (chairman,) and other directors
of the North British Railway, • the Master of
the Merchant Company, and others. Their Royal
Highnesses were loudly cheered on their arrival, and after-
wards, on reaching the Douglas Hotel, they appeared at
one of the windows of the hotel, and bowed their acknow-
edgmeuts.