The Sun.
London, England, 1867-08-31 00:00:00

THE SUN. LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING AVGISST 31, 1867,

the dock. N.B. They will take either flour or wheat as
pay." Tho two following paragraphs tell of peril in tra-
velling by sea and by land in those days :—" Philadelphia,
March 13, 1726.—A sloop arrived here on Sunday last from
Rhode Island, who saw the pirate Snow in a calm off Block
Island, at a great distance, who sent out their boat full of
hands, with a black flag. 'They came within pistol shot
of the sloop, but the sloop bringing some quarter-deck
guns to fire upon, they made off again." London, May
14, 1726.—The stage coaches near Bath were stopped
last Thursday by one highwayman, who took what
little money they gave him, which was about
£lO. He said it was too little, but he put it up, saying
that ho had a wife and five children, and thought it better
to collect charity for them than to lie in prison for debt."
Bradford's paper was chiefly filled with news brought over
by the English packets, and rather heavy moral essays. We
take two or throe specimens of the former class: —" Lou-
don, March 18, 1727.--Yesterday morning died, aged
85, Sir Isaac Newton, Kt.. Master of his Majesty's Mint
at the Tower, to which place is annexed a salary of
£5OO per annum, and President of the Royal Society."
" London, November 10, 17229.—(Fashion Item.)—They
write from Tunbridge Wells that ladies have of late ap-
peared on the walls with shoulder-knots, a fashion led up
by a certain great duchess." " London, November 2, 1727,
—Yesterday morning between 70 and 80 felons wore
brought from Nawgate to go on board one of the merchant
ships, in order to be transported to America." Bradford
was a Leicestershire man. He was taught his profession
in the printing-office of Andrew Sowle, in Loudon. Ho
closed a long and active life in 1752, in his 90th year. On
the morning of the day of his deathhe walked over a great
part of New York. His Gazette continued to be issued
under his direction until 1742, and on its then expiring
there rose from its ashes the New York Gazette and Weekly
Post Boy, which lived until the revolution, under the ma-
nagement of Parker, a former apprentice of Bradford's.
Right Rev. Dr. Young was consecrated Bishop
of Florida, at Now York, on Thursday, the 15th instant
Bishop Hopkins of Vermont officiating. The ceremony
was performed at Trinity Church, where Bishop Williams
of Louisiana preached a sermon appropriate to the occa-
sion. Six bishops and fifty clergymen were present, and
an audience which crowded the church to overflowing.
The Quaker City,, with 70 American excursionists,
arrived at Odessa on the 22d inst., and proceeded on the
24th to the Crimea.
Lady Franklin took passage from Plymouth to
Cherbourg in the United States steam frigate Minnesota,
Commodore Older.
It is expected that about 80 bishops will be pre-
sent at the Pan-Anglican synod which is to be held at
Lambeth in September. At the request of the Arch-
bishop of Canterbury, the inauguration sermon will bo
preached by a bishop of the United States, and Dr.
Whitehouse, Bishop of Illinois, has been selected for the
purpose.
Mr. Bancroft had an audience with the King of
Prussia in-presence of Count Bismarck at Babelsberg on
the 28th ultimo, after which he dined with his Majesty on
Wednesday last. Mr. Bancroft, accompanied by Count
Bismarck, wont to Potsdam, and presented his credentials
to the King.
Miss Dolan, of New York, was killed, and Miss
Murphy fatally injured, on Monday, the 12th instant, at
Long Branch, New Jersey, by being thrown from a car-
riage in which they were driving with a party of plea-
sure.

The Independent Union Committee of California
have nominated Caleb L. Fay, a San Francisco merchant,
for Governor, in place of Mr. Bidwell, who has declined the

nomination.
Mr. Edmund Stanton, son of the late Secretary,
retains his clerkship.
Thurlow Weed has been made an LL.D., by
Madison University.
ho steamship ammonia, from Southampton,
arrived at New York on Thursday, tho 15th instant,
having on board the remains of the late Governor Joseph
A. Wright, United States Minister at Berlin. Mrs. Wright
and her two children also wero passengers on board the
Hatnmonia.

Four men, whose names are unknown, were car
tied over Niagara Falls, on Tuesday evening, the 13th
of August. They were two ferrymen and two passengers,
and their bodies have not been recovered.
Postmaster-General Randall has appointed John
R. Kinkead as Postmaster at Silks, in Russian-America,
between which port and San Francisco a weekly mail has
been ordered.
The Springfield Republican gives a long account
of which the following is an extract, of an inquest held
on the body of a child, which resulted in the ariost of
a physician, who, failing to obtain bail for`
DB,O
went
to gaol to await his trial in December :—" Dro. William
H. White, of Springfield, was arrested on Monday
evening, the 12th instant, for procuring an abortion
upon the person of a young woman with fatal result.
His victim was Miss Elizabeth Idethven, who died
about midnight. August 10, at the house, No. 14, Willow-
street, kept by Mrs. Susan Chilson. The matter first
came to the ears of the authorities in consequence of the
unseemly and almost barbarous haste used in disposing of
the body."
General Pope, who commands the third military
district of the South, has ordered his Fubordinates not to
patronise either by subscription or advertisement news-
papers opposing and obstructing reconstruction. He has
also removed all the civil officers of Macon county
(Alabama) from the probate judge downwards.
General Scholefield, commanding in Virginia,
has ordered his officers to bo governed by the laws of the
State where they do not conflict with those of the United
States, and to be careful how they supersede civil
authorities.
The three brothers named Jones, of whom we
lately wrote as having murdered a Mr. Stauffer in Louisiana,
have met with a severe punishment, two having died in
gaol, and the third flea to Texas.
General Hayes, the Republican candidate for
Governor of Ohio, has resigned his seat in Congress,
feeling
secure
Mr. Bonner, of the Ledger, purchased Dexter at
the Buffalo hors• fair, where Dexter made his fastest time,
The price was $30,000. One report makes the sum
of
his election, though it is thought it will
be closely contested by the Democrats.
$50,000.
A requiem mass was said at the church of St.
Francis Xavier for the late General Francis Meagher, on
Wednesday, the 11th inst., at New York, when the flags
of the public buildings were hoisted half-mast high, and
somo of the public offices were closed. Richard O'Gorman
delivered au oration after the service.
Blacquo Hey, the Turkish Minister to the United
States, arrived iu New York on the 14th inst. He is the
first accredited representative of the Sultan to the United
States. Crowds assembled to see one they imagined was
a genuine Turk ; but he is a Frenchman and a Roman
Catholic. He has been twice married; his first wife was
the daughter of a well-known New Yorker, the late Dr.
Valentine Melt.
The North China Daily News says :—" We have
had a visit from the Rev. Mr. Hart, of Foochow, who pro-
poses establishing a branch of the Methodist Episcopal
Church of the United States at Kiukiang next fall, and
probably here. Some lady missionaries will outer the
field."

Admiral Farragut, on board the American frigate
Franklin, cast anchor at Cronstadt on the evening of
August 10. He was received with the customary honours.
The Franklin was accompanied by the corvette Kanedelut,
and followed at two days' interval by the Ticonderog and
the Fro//a. This last brought the Admiral's wife and
those of several of the officers of the American squadron.
The correspondent of the Standard adds, "The Transat-
lantic visitors have already met with a hearty welcome,
and are sure to be hospitably entertained by Admiral Les-
sovsky, in whose mansion, under the auspices of Madame
Lessovsky, apartments have been prepared for the ladies
of the party."
Republican nominations for Franklin county :
Sen ttors—William Sandford, of Peacham, and Dr. Gates
B. Bullard, of St. JohnsburY • States Attorney—Henry
C. Belden, of Lyndon ; Sheriff' David Trull, of Burke.
President Angell,
of the University of Vermont,
at Burlington, is to have a 13,000 residence by vote of
the corporation. Peter Collyer, a graduate of Yale in 1861,
and for the past five
years a Professor in the Sheffield
Scientific School, succeeds ""rofessor Blake, resigned, as
Professor of CheL '
istryan d Henry W. Haynes, of Boston,
a Harvard
Professor of Latin.'
General 0. 0. Howard will deliver the address
graduate is 'Professor Thompson's successor as
before the New England Agricultural Society, during the
fair at Providence, commencing Sept. 6.
The French Government has received a telegram
from M. Dane, the French Minister in Mexico, dated Key
West, Florida, August 22, announcing that ho would ar-
rive at New York in the latter part of this week.
The sole survivor of the Mount Desert calamity,
Miss Blake, of Framlingbam, Mass.,
was first informed of
the fate of her companions on Saturday, 10th just. The
last thing she remembers was the exclamation, "Isn't this
glorious !' by ono of the gentlemen standing at the mast,
just at the instant the boat went over.
The richest man in New Hampshire is said
to be Isaac Spaulding of Concord, whose weekly income
is stmo.
Professor Agassiz, accompanied by the senior
class of Harvard University, will spend a considerable
portion of the present vacation in exploring the various
Indian remains and tumuli of Ohio.
It is believed that the ex-Governor of Massa-
chusetts, Mr. Andrew was offered the War Department,
but declined it. It is probable that the office will
be given to Mr. M'Clernand,
of General MacMahon, of New York, aro anxious to secure
the appointment for him. of Illinois, though the friends