The Sun.
London, England, 1869-09-24 00:00:00

Till ;71v.tio2v -CO.NTROVERSY,

One of The writers in the Daily News 6fiitas
intermin-
able Stowe v. Byron business seems to think that Congre-
gationalists have some special interest in upholding Mrs
Beecher Stowe's view, and in taking her part generally
It may as well, therefore, be said that Mrs. Stowe has fox
some timo past separated herself from the Congrega-
tionalists and joined tho Episcopalians. That she has alsc
widely departed from the faith of her forefathers has
long been apparent in her works, some of . which, arc
specially devoted to
„the ridicule of the Calvinistic
opinions of the New England Puritans; but nowhere
is her essential difference from the school to which hex
own father, Dr. Lyman Beecher, belonged, and to which
her brothers still belong, more marked than in this "True
Story " of Lord Byron, for hero she does not disguise hex
sympathy with Lady Byron's universalism. Their inti-
macy grew very much out of their community of ideas on
these subjects. Lady Byron's house was a rendezvous fox
religionists 'of this order, as may be seen frcm Crabb
Robinson's diary, where, by-the-bye, Lady Byron's strength
of mind and judgment are as much the subject of admira-
tion as her purity and goodness.—English Independent.

THE MISSING JUDGE,

No tidings have been received of the Lord Justice Clerk;
who has not been seen since Monday morning. A correspon-
dent at Bridgwater, says :—" The intelligence which reached
hero of the disapearance and supposed death of Mr. Patton
caused a general feeling of profound regret, for although his
connection with tho borough was a very brief one, ho had
gained the esteem of leading men of both parties. The
unfounded report of his death which was circulated two of
three weeks ago led people to receive the intelligence
with suspicion, and the Commissioners immediately
telegraphed to Colonel Malcolm, an intimate friend
of Mr. Patton's, for authentic information in
regard to it. At the rising of the Court the Chief
Commissioner announced that a reply had been received,
and that there was every reason to fear that the unfortu-
nate gentleman had been drowned. Mr. Patton had been
subpoenaed to attend the court and give evidence in refe-
rence to the two contests he fought in 18GG. At both
those elections considerable sums of money were spent in
his behalf, but his friends say that he knew nothing what-
ever of this until after it had been done."

THE IVI?ECKED CARNATIC.

The directors of the Peninsular and Oriental Company
have ordered home the officer who had command of the
Carnatic steamer when wrecked, the Board of Trade
having intimated their intention of holding an inquiry
into the circumstances of her loss. Telegrams received
from their agent at Suez give more encouraging infor•
mation as to the probability of saving the £10,009
specie from the wreck, as well as a portion of the valuable
cargo. The steamer which was despatched to the scene of
the wreck from Suez the moment the news of the
loss was known, returned to Suez on Wednesday,
and it appears that the wreck lies in twelve
fathoms of water, a depth at which divers can work with
ease. Several experienced divers from Whitstable are
already on their way to Suez. It is quite certain the ship
has parted, as the shores of the Shadwan are strewed with
bales and cases ; but the heavy surf on the coast destroyed
everything of value except Lales of Manchester goods, some
few of which remained, but could not be got at in con-
sequence of the surf. One body had been found and buriecl,
that of the fifth engineer, Mr. M`Caw.

ANOTHER IIVSURANCE COMPANY

.DODGE.

Another insurance company dodge is mentioned by
a correspondent of a contemporary :—" At this moment
(he writes) there are probably not less than six large
offices which are utterly rotten and tottering tc
their fall. All the shaky ones are endeavouring
by every device they can think of to reduce the claims
upon them, and so lighten the craft. An ingenious
expedient of this kind was resorted to the other day by
the office. All the clerks were removed from the
room iu which they usually sit at the receipt of custom
to a secluded upper chamber. The lower premises were
then given over to the exclusive charge of a common
and most unofficial-looking porter. This unprepossessing
person received all callers who came to pay their pro.
miums, spoke mysteriously of the disappearance of the
usual array of clerks, but offered to take any money any-
body chose to deposit, and give it to the cashier "when he
saw him." It will not, perhaps, be deemed surprising that
timid people, agitated by the universal suspicions
of life assurance probity, and loth to throw good
money they could ill spare after bad money
perhaps swallowed up, should decline to make
their payments under such peculiar circumstances
and should prefer to allow their policies to lapso, thus
playing into the hands of the corn' any, and doing exactly,
what the latter wanted them to do. In such cases, of course,
the company found themselves clear of the liability
they had undertaken, in consideration of premiums already
paid

THE COAL MINE DISASTER IN ANERICA

American papers up to the 11th instant announce that
all the bodies have been removed from the Avondale mine.
It is now certain that not more than one hun-
dred and eight were in the mine at the time
of the catastrophe, though at first the reports gave
200 as the number of those destroyed. The greatest in-
dignation has been expressed concerning the owners of
all mines which have but ono shaft. The Legislature will
be petitioned on the subject, and the coroner's jury
will, it is expected, speak strongly on the subject.
Eight or ten thousand dollars expended at the
right time would have prevented all tho misery that has
ensued from this disaster. In some places it has been
asserted that the fire was the
;result of design, and that
much ill-feeling prevailed.. between the Irish'' and
the Welsh 5 miners, but as yet there is no
positive proof of this. The funerals of the unfortunate
victims of the catastrophe took place at intervals, and were
attended by large crowds who came from
all directions"' Tho accident is sure to result in
the State assuming more direct supervision of
the mining interest than heretofore. Governor Geary
has arrived on the spot for the purpose of procuring the
fullest information of the catastrophe, and thus present the
subject to the notice of the Legislature in his next annual
message. Ho is convinced that something must be done
to render the recurrence of the casualty next to impos-
sible. There are sixty widows and more than a hundred
orphans suffering from the effects of this accident, and
relief funds aro being formed for theii assistance

A LOST CHILD.—A. :distressing application W 11,9
made to Mr. Selfe, at the IVestminster Police-court, on
Thursday. A working man stated that a fortnight ago his
little boy, aged two years, had gone out to play, and wax
afterwards missed. Every inquiry had been made, but the
child could not be found. Mr. Selfe, while deeply sympa-
thising with the applicant, said he could not help him.
A gentleman in Greenwich, Connecticut, had some
coffee cups that exactly suited him, and, some having
been broken, his failing to procure them matched induced
him, while on one of his trips to China, to have them
matched there, and he was astonished to find one hundred
coffee cups as ordered, fac simile of cup left, and with a
small chip broken off the rim of each, and coloured as if ii
had been broken or chipped and used some time. This is
equal to the Englishman who got a Chinese tailor to make
him a coat by a sample—and found the tailor had put in a
patch exactly where the old coat had one.--Vew Fork Herald

INTERESTING DISCOVERY.—A few days ago, as
two quarrymen, named John and Richard Stone, were
working in the Kitcraft Quarry, on the Portland Heights
they had occasion to remove some stone from the " base-
bed," and at 15G feet below the surface they came upon a fis-
sure in the rock. On exploring it about 100 yards they found
an opening on each side of 30 yards. Proceeding 400 yards
furthe,-*re was an opening in the upper surface, through
which the light is admittel. The cavern then extends
at least 100 yards further, and is altogether GOO yards in
length. From the roof depend beautiful stalactites, many of
them two feet and three feet long, and of different tints,
some amber and others cream colour. Some curious petri-
fications have also been found of very fantastic shapes
"We are sorry to bear," says the Tin? es, " that the quart'•
men aro foolishly breaking off the stalactites and sellinf
them fur a trifle. This is verily destoying the goose that
laid the golden egg, fur if the cavern were preserved in its
original state, it might be a continued source of profit to
its exhibitors."

The Rev. Dr. Tindall, vicar c f St. Doulough's,
Dublin, having written to the leading parishioners
suggesting a non-resident as representative of that
parish in the coming conference, a meeting of the
entire body of the parhlioners was held on Wcdnes.
day. Mr. Nathaniel Bone, J.P., proposed, and .Mr. D. DE
Burgh, J.P., seconded, Mr. It. S. Cusack, who was unani.
moubly elected, there being no one to propose tho gcuticmar
recommended by the vicar. The following resolution wet
proposed by Mr. Do Burgh, seconded by Mr. Cusack, aue
unanimously adopted—" That the Rev. Dr. Tisdall having
stated to the meeting that ho is a High Churchman, beg
to express our strongest disapprobatipruf thia au_nonuce
J2l9ni,"