The Sun.
London, England, 1860-10-13 00:00:00

57.1. GEORGE'S IN TUE EAST.

A meeting of the vestry of St. George's-in-the-
East was held on Thursday evening, Mr. Clark
presiding, to receive the reply of the Bishop of
London to the following resolution agreed to at
their last meeting, and forwarded to his lordship :
—" That this vestry regrets the following innova-
tions are still retained in the services at the parish
church, namely—surpliced choristers, chanting in-
stead of reading the prayers of the day, preaching
in a surplice, popish hymnals, communion table
elevated on steps, super-altar and embroidered
altar-cloth, candlesticks with candles and credence
table, all of which this vestry is of opinion is
distasteful to the parishioners at large, and deters
many from returning to their parish church or
of connecting themselves with its services; and
this vestry is further of opinion that a return
to the old form of worship, as it was when the
Rev. Bryan King became rector, and as it is now
performed at the other three churches in the parish,
viz., Christ Church, St. Mary's, and St. Matthew's,
is the only way to obtain the confidence of the
parish."
Mr. W. L. HOWELL, the vestry clerk, read the
reply of the bishop, as follows :

" Patterdale-hall, Oct. 1, 1860.

" Sir,—l yesterday (Sunday) received from you
the copy of a resolution adopted at the meeting of
the vestry of St. George's-in-the-East, held on the
27th ult.

" I regret to find that the parishioners, as repre-
sented by the clergy, still consider that certain
matters which they have enumerated have the effect
of deterring many from returning to the parish
church, or of connecting themselves with its ser-
vices.' I was in hopes that arrangements lately
made, and especially the appointment of the Rev.
Septimus Hansard as curate, a clergyman of great
experience and conciliatory disposition, who has
no sympathy with extreme parties in the Churoh,
and whom I have known intimately and respected
for the last eighteen years, would have been ac•
cepted by the parish as a proof of Mr. King's desire
to make every reasonable concession, when he
could do so without appearing to yield to the cla-
mour of the mob.

" I have been pained to hear from time to time
that certain petty and wicked attempts to inter-
rupt the services of the church have still been
continued by a small section. Mr. Hansard, I know,
confidently looked to the respectable parishioners to
save himself from such annoyances and the parish
from the disgrace of their attempted revival and
continuance. I presume it is with the view of ex-
pressing some difficulty which the vestry has felt
in responding to Mr. Hansard's natural expectation
of the active assistance of all his respectable parish-
ioners that the resolution has been adopted which
you have forwarded to me.
" With regard to the particular matters enume-
rated in the resolution, the parish, I doubt not,
understands the delicacy of Mr. Hansard's position.
I shall be glad on my return to the diocese, at the
end of the present month, to meet a deputation of
the vestry, and enter with them into a careful con-
sideration of the matters they have brought before
me. But, meanwhile, it is the duty of the vestry to
use every means in their power to prevent the
parish from being again disgraced. It must not be
forgotten that much has been done to meet the
reasonable wishes of the parishioners, and it
will, I hope, be seen that as a preliminary to
any satisfactory result following from our pro-
posed meeting, and the consideration of the topics
you have brought before me, I have a right
to call upon the vestry and the great body of
the respectable inhabitants, by their private in-
fluence and by their presence in church, to do-
operate with the authorities in putting a stop to
any annoyances attempted to be continued or re-
newed by a small, ill-disposed minority, who show
themselves incapable of appreciating Mr. Han-
sard's conciliatory conduct, and bent on desecrating
the house of God.

" Hoping by the last week of this month to find
the parish, through the exertions of those whose
wishes you have conveyed to me, in such a state
that I can with satisfaction meet the parishioners
in the presence of the curate in charge and the
churchwardens, and enter fully into all the remain-
ing difficulties.—l have the honour to be, sir, your
obedient humble servant, " A. C. LONDON.
" W. L. Howell, Esq."
The letter was unanimously ordered to be en-
tered on the vestry minutes, and after a discussion
it was resolved to adopt his lordship's suggestion
for a conference, but to defer the nomination of the
deputation till the next ordinary meeting of the
vestry.

THE GREAT EASTERN.—Th is ship is now left under
the charge of Mr. Davies, the officer of the decks, who has
made a wonderful revolution in the appearance of the ship,
and that too with but about half-a-dozen men, as she is
now very nearly repainted. Captain John Vine Hall, Mr.
Bold, managing director, and Mr. M'Lennan, the chief en-
gineer, have been paid off. It is contemplated, we believe,
at the close of the present month, to shut up the ship alto-
gether, and pay off all hands. This would be but bad eco-
nomy, as, to say nothing of the damage to the machinery
from having n o one to attend to it, the dampness of the
climate at Milford Haven will effectually rot all the splendid
hangings of the saloon unless fires be front time to time
burnt in them. The sum required for the new decks and
alterations in the bearings of the screw shaft will cost about
£lO,OOO in themselves, besides the cost of the heating appa-
ratus. The ship will remain in her present position for
some months, as after Sunday next the spring tides will not
again be sufficiently high until Christmas to float her. She
is now placed in a perfectly sheltered position from the only
wind that could blow her off the gridiron even if she was
afloat.

HANSON'S PATENT POTATO DlGGER.—Yester-
ge
belongingnt s for thet o
day a trial of Hanson's patent potato digger took place at
Mr. J. Gilbody Smith's farm, at Fox Hill, Barton, under
the supervision of Messrs. Richmond and Chandler, Salford,
who are a
manufacturers.and, although T e in v inventor is an
Irishman, Belfast;
imple-
ment has been completed and exhibited for two or three
years past its introduction among the farmers of this neigh-
bourhood has been only very recently accomplished. Mr.
Smith, of Barton, who is somewhat of a successful speculator
in agricultural machinery, recently purchased one of these
machines, and allowed Messrs. Richmond and Chandler to
have a public trial of it, yesterday, in one of his potato
fields. The field was on the Moss, and the soil, conse-
quently, was light. This was one advantage for the
machine, but it was more than counterbalanced by the dis-
advantage of an excessive quantity of chickweed. Never..
theless, the work was performed in an excellent manner,
and to the satisfaction of nearly all the spectators, who in-
cluded a large number of the neighbouring yeomen, some
of whom were so pleased with the machine, that they gave
orders on the spot to Mr. Peters, Messrs. Richmond and
Chandler's agent, to supply them with a similar one. More
than one gentleman wanted the identical machine which
was being tried, but Mr. Smith would not part with it.
The principle of the machine is that of the screw pro-
peller ; the screw being a number of revolving blunt forks,
and the shaft being turned by the motion of the wheels.
The implement is so constructed that the wheels run over
the ridges which it is intended to dig. Two small wheels,
like those of a plough, are placed in front; two larger ones,
nearly the size of cart wheels, are situated about the centre
of the machine, and bear the whole weight, besides giving
motion to the forks. The forks revolve at right angles to
the wheels, and are immediately preceded by a fiat coulter
or sheer which penetrates to the bottom of the ridge and
lifts up the soil and potatoes together. As the two horses
draw the implement along, the shear leaves the soil and
potatoes behind, when they are immediately caught up by
the forks and thrown off or scattered on the surface of the
ground to the right. It remains only to pick up the potatoes
and carry them away, for which duty a large number of
persons is required to keep pace with the industrious digger.
There is perhaps room in one or two parts of the machine
for slight improvements which experience will doubtless
suggest to the manufacturers

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Business in the Liverpool cotton market yester-
day continued rather active ; 12,000 bales were dis-
posed of at fully previous rates.
The demand for discount accommodation is
fairly maintained and previous rates are generally
improved.
The meeting of the creditors of Mr. Alexander
Allan, flour factor and miller, who suspended on
the 29th September, has been held to-day. The
balance sheet presented by Mr. Coleman, the ac-
countant, showed liabilities at £16,785, and assets
at £9,191 ; and after some discussion it was re-
solved to accept a composition of 10s. in the pound.
The Atrato has been announce& from the West
Indies with £92,321, chiefly in silver,
Since Monday last the imports of specie has
amounted to £285,929, and the exports to
£839,290.

The market for Public Securities to-day has ex-
hibited further symptoms of depression, although
a very small amount of business has been nego-
tiated. Consols are 921 I for money, and 92-1 93
for the account. Foreign politics and the tendency
of the specie movement create a very heavy feeling.
The New 3 per Cents. are flat, at 91/ Q ; the Re-
duced, at 911 1. India Loan is slteady, at 103 - ;
ditto 4 per Cent. Rupee Paper is marked 80k and
the 5 per Cent. ditto remains at 961. Exchequer
Bills are firm at 3s. prem.
The transactions in the Foreign Market have
been on a very limited scale, and pr ices show little
variation. Turkish 6 per Cents. are 701
to 70t, ditto New, 551 to 551, and the
4 per Cents. are firm at 102, Sardinian at
86, Portuguese are steady at 431 44, Mexican are
fiat at 221 e, but Brazilian 5 per Cents. have
improved to 98.

The Ocean Marine Insurance Shares are 17 2
prem. ; the Thames and Mersey, 2 a prem. ; and :1,
the Universal, a prem. si
The dealings in the Railway Share Market have ssi
been very limited, and prices have shown increased :1
heaviness. Great Westerns have receded ss. st
Lancashire and Yorkshire, Brighton, North Eastern ss;
(York), and South Eastern, 10s. ; Great Northern, Pt
15s. ; and South Western and North Eastern st
(Berwick), £l. st

The Foreign and Colonial undertakings have
undergone no change of importance. South Aus- 8
trian and Lombardo-Venetian realise 111; ; Grand
Trunk of Canada, 261, 274 ; and East Indian, 991 I-. 8;
Joint Stock Bank and Miscellaneous Shares con- si
tinne very inactive. London and Westminster s'
have declined 55., and Crystal Palace stock 10s.

BRITISH FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 9l/ 1
. 3 per Cent. Consols Annuities
New 3 per Cent. Annuities
India Stock. .
Ditto 6 per Cent .
Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent. BO
Ditto 5 per Cent... 96
Ditto Bonds £l,OOO

Ditto under £l,000
Consols for Account, Nov. 8 93
Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, lid
Ditto £5OO 3 pm
FOREIGN FUNDS—CLOSING PRICES.
Brazilian 5 per Cent
Ditto 4} per Cont. 1860 B7i
Mexican 3 per Cent 22 i
Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853 434 4
Sardinian 5 per Cent.
Turkish 6 per Cent —
Ditto New Loan • 55t
Ditto Guaranteed, 4 per Cent.
Dividends on the above payable in London.
TWO O'CLOCK
, . Consols, Money 92! 9211-
Ditto, Account - 93

THE WEST INDIA MAILS.

SOUTHAMPTON, SATURDAY.

The Royal Mail steamship Atrato, Captain ati
Woolley, with the above mails, has arrived. Sti
8 t
She brings 59 passengers and 461,609 dols. in
Specie, chiefly silver, and a general cargo.
She left St. Thomas on the 30th ult.

On the 10th inst. she exchanged colours with
the English ships Martaban, from Bombay to et,
Liverpool, and Hamilton, Campbell, Kidston, of 8,,
Liverpool, steering east. sti
The Spanish steamer Pajara de Ocean was on
shore in the harbour of St. John's, Porto Rico. 1
Hopes were entertained of saving her. st4d( Yellow fever was prevalent at Honduras. The st 4
news from the West India Islands is generally un- Bstt4,
important.

WINTER--The hills in the High Peak were
tipped with their first snow this year on Tuesday !morning
last.--Derby Reporter. On Mondaymorning the Grampian
range of hills appeared with a thick coating of snow, which
was succeeded by severe frost and a cold biting north wind.
On Tuesday mornin now began to fall about 8 o'clock,
and continued for threes hours without intermission. The
snow was followed by rain or sleet izi the valley or low
grounds, but in the upland districts snow fell heavily the
whole day, and the mountain time ppear now as thickly
covered as they did at any time last Winter. In the 1 -
e,iB
matters have assumed a serious aspect. Large quarg
of uncut grain and stooks covered With
snowridse:pile rather
to the depth of several inchosegave the 1
uncommon appearance. T_hs snow of last season disappeared exactly three month
with ago--on the 10th of July -
--Edinburgh
and we are already visited all the severities of winter.
—Zfinburgh Courant.
THE CLERICAL PERSECUTION IN Nonpoui.
are happy to announce, on. behalf of one of our readers, a
donation of a for the Primitive Methodists who have
re_
cently been convicted of the
_hereinoussno,ffaetntheoinf pehir
interim
hymn against the will of the.
eapractical reply of the °-
an unbaptised child. This 18
f Norfo.-3/ right anchester
sort to the sapient magistrates o
Examiner.
PLANTED BY NAm.i-,12E• —Other seeds when ripe
u..
are tprovided with hooks made to catch hold of passing
mats, which, after a time, get rid of them by rolling on the
gl'ound. Those seeds, which are
surrounded by a succulent:ene_
pulp, and are swallowed by birds and quadrupeds, are
rally favourably consigned to the earth. Most seeds pass
nninjured through the stomach and intestinesoftasleleand4matlealsr,
with the exception of gallinaceous fowls. Can
having been eaten by man, can germinate.urr poxes,
berries.
sow the
seeds of thecranbezTy (Vaccinum) reati
Apple and pear trees are often found in ngits rod
in ditches and under
hedges, proceeding, it is said, from fruit which has been de-
voured by peasants. Farmers are often astonished when, after
having, as they think, perfectly prepared their fields, and
sown excellent corn, on reaping they find some places_s
covered only with useless oats. mother cases, mammifere
and birds devour only a portion of seeds, while the rest
fall and become productive. When the squirrel shakes the
cone of the pine-tree to obtain the seeds, a great number
fall to the ground and are lost to him. The inhabitants of
Iceland call a particular sort of nut "rats' nut," from the
circumstance that the rats gather them in great numbers,
and hide them in the ground. Bat as the rats are very often
killed by one or other of their numerous enemies, the nuts
are left to germinate. Seeds falling into worm-holes are
sure to germinate, as well as seeds which drop into the
snbterraneous passages made by the moles to ensnare
worms and insects. The hog, by tearing up the earth as
With a ploughshare, prepares it for the reception of seeds ;
the hedgehog passes his life in doing the same service.—
•Dickin" " 44 the Year Awl.

1110YEr MARKET AND CITY NEWS,

CITY, Two O'CLOCK.
The Bank of England return, completed to the
10th October, shows several rather important, and
in some respects unfavourable, features. The large
efflux of gold to the continent has caused a diminu-
. tion of nearly half a million in the stock of the
precious metals. The reserve of notes, however,
shows a slight augmentation. The public deposits
have been decreased by nearly a quarter of a
million ; but the private deposits, influenced no
doubt by the payment of the Bank dividends, have
been increased to the extent of three quarters of a
million. The rest shows a diminution to nearly a
like amount. The other securities have been
largely diminished. In the other items of the
balance-sheet there is no change of importance.
They will be seen in the subjoined table
Active Circulation .. ▪ .. Z 21,353,305
Decrease .. . • • • • • 599,630
Bullion ..
• .. 15,425,613
Decrease ..
.. • • 3,048433:047175
Rest .. • • • •
Decrease .. • • • • • • 721,571
Public Deposits • • .. 6,583,944
Decrease .. • • • • .. 248,081
Other Deposits .. 12,813,771
Increase . • • • • • • • 807,222
Seven Day and other Bills .. 759,631
Decrease .. • • • • 44,041
Government Securities • 9,663,460
No alteration.
Other Securities .. .. 19,582,595
Decrease .. •• 362,626
• •
Notes Unemployed .. • 7,808,950
Increase 119,480
• • •
At the Bank of England yesterday there were
no bullion operations of importance.
The foreign exchanges yesterday afternoon ex-
hibited a slight advance in the Austrian rates.
Notice has been given that 6,900 Russian 3 per
Cent. Bonds, of 1859, making together a sum of
£690,000, have been cancelled; and that the half-
yearly dividend will be paid on and after the Ist
proximo.