The Sun.
London, England, 1869-06-25 00:00:00

PALESTINE EXPLORATION SOCIETY.

The annual public meeting of the association rormed in
1835 fur the accurate and systematic investigation of the
arahmology, topography, geology, physical geography, and
manners and customs of the Holy Land for Biblical illus-
tration, was held on Thursday. The Archbishop of York
presided. Mr. Tite, M.P., Mr. MacGregor (" Rob Roy"),
Captain Wilson, R. E., Messrs. Freshfield and Deutsch, Pro-
fessor Owen, General Walker, Canon Birch, and Dean
Alford were on th e platform. The Duke of A rgyll,the Bishops
of Oxford and Peterborough, Sir G-. Montefiore, Mr. B.
Hope, M.P., Mr. Layard, M.P., and others sent letters
of apology. The report gives as the main features of the
work of the last two months the excavation of the
" Golden Gateway " and " Barclay's Gateway " at
Jerusalem ; the discovery in the dome of the rock
(" Mosque of Omar ") ; and Mr. Deutsch's report on the
marks found at the south-east argle of the great wall
of the Harem es Shred. The shaft of the Golden
Gateway has been abandoned, owing to the diffi-
culty of executing the work. The other results of
Lieutenant Warren's rsearches are then described, most
of which have from time to time been published. The
income that could be relied upon was only £3,000 a year,
while at least £5,000 was required. Tho Freemasons
had liberally responded to the appeal made to them,
having contributed £3OO to the fund. The success of
the society's exhibition of pottery, glass, and other thing
found during the excavations was satisfactory. His
Grace the Archbishop, in his short opening address,
alluded to the peculiar difficulties and expensiveness of the
work in hand. They must not expect an old city to be
found buried under the ruins of a now city. Jerusalem
had undergone no less than twenty sieges, but there was
no doubt that the results of the search would throw much
light on what Jerusalem really was and upon the
fats stated in the Old and New Testament, and though

the cost was large, looking at the wealth of this country,
and our deep interest in the object in view, he could not
imagine that the work would be allowed to fall through
for want of funds. He wished, instead of making the
matter one of pounds, shillings, and pence, they would
look on it as one of larger and deeper interest, and re
member that Jerusalem was the cradle of our religion,
the source from which it had pleased God to send fort'
Fp:ritual light to our souls; and that, although it wa!
DOW but little blessed with the light of civilisation, it had
been blessed above all nations in the world, and in a
way which connected it immediately with our highest and
deepest interest. Mr. Morrison (treasurer) read the
financill statement, which Stated the total receipts of th,
year at £4,630, the exploration expenses £3,268, publica-
tion expenses ns3, and the balance in hand £370. On
tl.e motion of Mr. Deutsch, seconded by Mr. Newton, the
report was adopted, and resolutions in furtherance of the
objects of the society, and appealing for pecuniary help
to carry on the work with greater vigour having been
adopted, a vote of thanks to the Archbishop concluded th
proceedings.

A. banker's clerk, named Dickson, was brought up at
the Mansion House on Thursday charged with stealing moneya
to the amount of X5OO from the firm of Messrs. smith, Payne
and Smith, bankers, Lombard-street. The prironer was
remanded.

A brcakfast was given at the City Termini'?
Hotel, Cannon-street, on Thureday, by the Hon. Auberon
Her be' t and Mr. Hodgron Pralt, to 14 artizans going out tc
assist in the works at the Cornell tiniverkity. Lord Houghton
occupied the chair.

It is stated that the Liverpool cashier who so
mysteriously disappeared a day cr so since, Laving robbed
Lis employers of £,GOO, is a retuned convict. Ills acccm•
plishmcnts in manners and as a linguist won the conficleno
of the firm for whom he worked.

. A girl has died at Chesterfield from the effects of
a blow with a book given ly Ler schoolmistress. The blow
would not have caused death in a healthy person, but being
in this ease administerei to a diseased person, it produced
an abscess in the right ear, which resulted fatally.
MR. PEABODY AND THE BEGGING - BETTED
WCITEES.—A New York paper states that Mr. Peabody
is flooded with requests from begging-letter writers for
sums varying from 10 to 10,000 dollars. It is said that be
receives about 300 letters of this kind every day. .
At the Marylebone Police-court cn Thursday
Harriet Lusty, of 190, Edgware-road, was charged with assist
ing and conducting a betting-house in the same place. The
step is ostensibly a tobacconist's, and the prisoner pleader
that she simply served behind the counter; but the charge
having been proved, Mr. Mansfield, after remarking that be
thought it unfair to punish the little offenders, and to let the
greater ones at Tattersall's go free, inflicted a fine of 20s.

The English Independent seams to think that there
is really a good chance of concurrent endowment being
adopted. Tho number of lords who aro in favour of it
is astonishing ; the Conservative party will probably accept
it; and it is to be doubted if any one yin raise his voice
againSt it except perhaps Lord Shaftesbury. Nor shoulc'
ono trust too securely in the virtue of the Commons
If these amendments are in the bill when P
comes down from the Lords they will evoke an amount of
sympathy which will surprise those who do not understand
how deeply the idea of universal endowment has entered the
brain of politicians.

INCREASE OF PAUPERISM.—A Parliamentary
return shows in small compass the increase of pauperism
in England and Wales in the last 10 years. Taking the
average number of persons receiving relief from the rates
to be approximately shewn by the mean of the numbers on
the Ist of July and the Ist of January, there was an in
crease of 11 per cent. in the year ending at Lady Dal
1868, as c a: e I with the year ending at Lady Pa•
1.859, being considerably more than the increase of popu!a
tion ; the numbers arc ,565,44 G in the former, and 992,64('
in the latter year.
A CLERGYMAN'S THANKS.—Last Sunday evening
the Ecv. Mr. Brooke, curate of Taunton St. James,
Somerset, prior to giving out his text, publicly thanked
two members of the congregation, who had courageously
waited upon him to protest—one against the "rapid
utterances" of the reverend gentleman, and the other
against his dreary los g sermons. Mr. Brooke, so f:,l^
from being offended at these friendly remonstrances, ex.
pressed his desire to endeavour to profit by them. How
far the preacher did so may be inferred from the fact that
his " finally, my brethren," was not reached until the
sermon had been spun out some 20 minutes beyond its
weiltecticngth.