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

PALESTINE EXPLOI?ATION SOCIETY.

no doubt that the results of the search would throw much

light on what Jerusalem really was and upon the
facts stated in the Old and New Testament, and though
the cost was large, looking at the wealth of this county,
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-
spiritual light to our souls ; and that, although it was
now 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
financi d statement, which stated the total receipts of th'
year at £4,630, the exploration expenses £3,268, publica-
tion expenses £583, and the balance in hand £370. On
tke 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 drchbishop concluded th
nroccedings.

ri banker's clerk, named Dickson, was brought up at
the Mansion House on Thursdaycharged with stealingmoneys
to th© amount of .£SGO from the firm of Messrs. Smith, Payne
and Smith,
Cankers, Lombard-street. The prisoner was
remanded.

A breakfast was given at the City Termini'.
Hotel, Cannon-street, on TLursday. Ly the Hon. Auborou
Her bert and Mr. HodgFon Pratt, to 14 artizons going out tc
assist iv tlio works at the Cornell University. Lord Houghton
occupied the chair.

It is stated that the Liverpool cashier who so
mysteriously disappeared a day cr so since, having robbed
his enip'oyers of .£3,600, is a returned convict. Ilis acconi•
plishments in manners and as a linguist won the confldeno
of the firm for whom he worked.
A girl has died at Chesterfield from the effects of
a blow with a book given by her schoolmistress. The blow
would not have caused death in a healthy person, but being
in this case administerei to a diseased person, it produced
an abscess in the right car, which resulted fatally.
MR. PEABODY AND THE BEGCING - LETTEP
WRITERS.—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 he
' receives about 300 letters of this kind every clay.
At the Marylcbono Police-court cn Thursday
Harriet Lusty, of 196, Edgware-road, was charged with assist
ing and conducting a betting-house in the same.place. The
slop is ostensibly a t( baccenist's, and the prisoner ph ader
Met rho simply served beLind the counter; Lut the charge
having been proved, Mr. Mansfield, after remarking that he
thought it unfair to punish the little offenders, and to letthe
greater ones at Tattersall's go free, inflicted a fine of 20s.
The English In,lependent seems to think that there
is really a gool chance of concurrent endowment being
adopted. The number of lords who aro in favour of it
is astonishing ; the Conservative party will probably accept
it ; and it is to Le doubted if any one will raise his voice
Against it except perhaps Lord Shaftesbury. Nor should
ono trust too securely in the virtue of the Commons
If these amendments are in the bill when P
comes clown from the Lcrds 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
I rain of politicians.

• INCILEASE OF PAUPERISM. —A Parliamentary
return shews 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 shown by the mean of the numbers on
the Ist of July and the Ist of January, there was an in
crease of 11.69 per cent. in the year ending at Lady Dal
itA,S, as c mi a e 1 with the year ending. at Lady Div
1839, being considerably more than the increase of poPu'a
tion ; the numbers are 8C5,446 in the former, and 992,640
in the latter 3'ear.

A CLERGYMAN'S TRANKS.—Last Sunday evening

the P. 3fr. 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 lord sermons. Mr. Brooke, so far
from being offended at these friendly remonstrance; ex,
pressed his desire to endeavour to profit by them. How

far the preacher did so maybe inferred from the fact that

hiR " finally, my brethren,' wds not reached untiltha.
sermon had been spun cut some 20 minutes beyond it 4
Ignited lcuset

The annual public meeting of the association rormed in
1833 for the accurate and systematic investigation of the
archaeology, 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 the platform. The Duke of Argyll,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
Jeruialem ; the discovery in the dome of the rock
(" Mosque of Omar ") ; and Mr. Deutsch's report on the
marks found at the south-east angle of the great wall
of the Harem cs Shereef. 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 rscarches 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 iecjuired. The 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. Hi?
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 new city. Jerusalem
had undergone no less than twenty sieges, lint there was

4.•-••••••••=m111
STATE OF TRADE.

BRADFORD, June 24.—There has been rather
more wool sold since Monday—the tone of the mar-
ket is steadier and more cheerf al. The reduction
in the Bank rate of discount, and the firmness in
cotton, have not been without a beneficial in-
fluence on the demand and the prices of wool.
Quotations are very firm, and, in the case of the
best classes of wool, have a slightly hardening
tendency. In worsted yarns there is more in-
quiry to-day, and a few bona fide orders from
the Continent are also placed at prices slightly
in advance of those realised about a week ago.
Spinners as a rule are rather firmer in their quota-
tions, and, although there is on the whole a slight
improvement manifest, the aggregate business
doing is far from satisfactory. The general de-
mand is confined to a few spinnings, such as 30's
super, and 30's, 32's, 36's, and 40's lustre, both for
home and foreign acciu4t. There is little change
in the piece trade ; if anything, there is rather less
business doing on home account, the unsettled state
of the weather having a prejudicial effect. A steady
business is doing for the Continent. Owing to the
firmness in cotton warps and in wool, prices have
still a hardening tendency.
MONMOUTHSHIRE, 231.—The annual wool fair
was held this day at the Newport Cattle Market,
where was a large quantity of wool offered and a
better attendance of buyers than have been known
for the past two years. The trade ruled brisk for
several hours, and among the buyers were several
from the neighbourhool and the Yorkshire
markets. Long wool realized 14d. per lb. ; tegs,
15d. ; Welsh wool, 10d. to is ; and lambs',
Bd. per pound:

BANK OF FRANCE.

PARIS, June 24.

The following is the return of the Bank of France
for the week ending to-day, together with the eer-
.Gsponclltig ligures of t.Le previous acCOnnt

DEBTOR.
Juno 17.
fr. c.
Capital of the Bank.... 182,500,000
Profits in addition to
capital (Art. 8, Law,
June 9, 1857) 7,044,776 02 7,044,776 02
Reserve of the Bank
and its branches 22,105,750 14 22,105,750 14
Reserve of landed pro-
perty 4,000,000 4,000,000 --
Notes in circulation
Banknotes to orderand
receipts payable at
sight
Treasury account cur-
rent creditor 173,061,889 25 174,485,345 42
Current accounts, Paris 313,648,410 44 333,372,673 99
Do. branch banks 99,925,513 44,885,389
Dividends payable 624,567 605,327
Discounts and sundry
interests
Rediscounted the last

June 24.

182,500,000 --

37,263,699 19 38,521,07 64

six months -
Surplus of receipts not
distributed
Sundries