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

A BISHOP AMONGST THE MORMONS.

The Bishop of British Columbia, speaking at Great
Yarmouth, stated that he had spent a few days in
Utah. Among the sadly-deluded people living there,
he fowl/ clergvmen of the Episcopal Church, whose
mission wa,Y-iiio only witness of Christianity in all
the territory
c%f Utah. In Utah ho saw English
faces and he heitrd English voices quite dillbrent
from the faces and V(..!C,98 which he saw and heard
in other parts of` Amencit,..,,and the poor people were
melted to tears when they ,had amongst them a
bishop from England. There was a congregation of
those who had returned from Mormonism, and his
lordship thought all must feel thankful that the
Church had gone amongst them to give them the
pure Gospel, and to bring them out of the degrading,
the demoralising, and the horrible spiel). of Mor-
monism.
EXTR-ArARLIAMEXTARY ITTTERANCES.

Three M.P.s, all members for Cambridgeshire—two
of them, Lord George Manners and Viscount Roys-
ton, Conservatives, and one, Mr. Brand, Liberal—
have been discoursing at Manchester to a select
party of their constituent=. An agricultural
banquet gave them the opportunity, and
each in reply to the toast of his health,
" offered a few observations." The contagious
diseases among cattle wag the principle topic for the
speechmaking. Mr. Brand alluded to the land ques-
tion; but by a hint, and with a declaration that it was
a grave subject not to be touched upon. Viscount
Royston criticised the behaviour of the Government
in the matter of the cattle diseases, and demanded
more security against the importation of cattle plague.
Mr. Brand, however, held that the Government had
done as much as 'was really required. If
the farmers used the power put into their hands, they
would find it, h 3 thought, quite sufficient. Though
if it were shown not to be enough, he would support
a more effectual measure.

Sir John Pakington has been speaking at Wor-
cester on *the much more important question of educa-
tion: Ile is not an opponent of the spread of know-
ledge, and was goner( US nongh to say he believed
the presentA_dministration would deal with the problem
on sound princis. lle goes so far as to panogyrise
Mr. Foster. "With Mr. Forster, .Y.'ho is principally'
cnargea with the great question of national educa-
tion, have the honour to be familiarly acquainted,
and I recognise not only a very able man, but I recog-
nise a man who understands this problem of educa-
tion better than most other men understand
it. I have had considerable consultation with
him on the subject, and I am bound to
express my candid opinion that this great
question of national education is in perfectly satis-
factory hands, and I am sanguine enough to 'believe
that when Mr. Forster's measure, what it may be, is
beought before the public, it will be ono which I shall
glad to approve, and ono that no party distinc-
tion aball prevent me giving it my most cordial
support." ~,

LAND TENURE REFORM.
The Associatioiffor " Obtaining thelteform of the
Land Tenure " is pl'ogressing. The list of its pro-
visional committee 'copiplete. Mr. Mill is the
chairman, and those over wiropt he is called to preside
are mostly well known men. Iliere are Mr. P. A.
Taylor, M.P., treasurer ; Professor Bain, Mr. James
Beal, Mr. Edmond Beales, Professor BeNei, Sir John
Bowring, LL.B., F.R.S., Mr. Jacob Bright, ALP., Dr.
John T. Clark, Mr. W. Cremor, Sir C. W. Dillte,llart7
M.P., Mr. George Dixon, M.P., Professor Henry
Fawcett, M.P., Sir George Grey, K.C.8., Mr. Thomas
Hare, Mr. Frederick Harrison, Hon. Auberon Her-
bert, Sir Henry A. Hoare, Bart., M.P., Mr. John
Holms, M.P., Mr. George llowell, Mr. Thomas
Hughes, M.P., Mr. Alfred- Illingworth, M.P., Mr. J.
Boyd Kinnear, Mr. J. -Marsden Lathan', Mr.
Duncan M.Larell, Mr. Lucraft, Mr. Edward
-Ball, M.P., Mr. Walter Morrison, RP., Mr.
John Morley, M.P., Mr. A. J. Mundella, M.P., Mr.
P. 11. Muntz, M.P., Mr. Charles Neato, Mr. George
Odger, Mr. George Potter, Mr. Thomas B. Potter,
M.P., Professor James E. Thorold Rogers, M.A., Mr.
Peter Rylands, M.P., Dr. Humphry Sandwith, C. 8.,
and Mr. Henry Vincent.