The Sun.
London, England, 1867-12-09 00:00:00

THE STATE CHURCH IN JAMAICA''

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It is part of the missi iof Governor Grant to 216
into the influence of the Church of Englazid. As a Churgujcbi
man, we contemplate with sorrow and shame the re,,„-y.
which such an inquiry, if faithfully and judiciallP:m
ducted, would shew ; but we have every hope thA
end will be to place the Church, which We el/1"-bt
like to see exist and flourish in our midst, in I. ~ts*,-;01
position, so that it might become a fit instrumen"."pot
working out that regeneration which the new Goveral-4
is to accomplish. The letter of the Rev. Henri e:f
to the Bishop of Kingston, which we laid befell ,ncl
readers a short time ago, speaks in eloquent ,B
truthful terms of the diminution of the Chl7icli
influence. The Church Missionary Society, 11;re
commenced its operations here in 1826, to Prertg;
the country for the great boon of emancipation, gal e40(1
the work in 1840, leaving the Jamaica Church a filircibe
promising field. Under the successive episcopacies °f
Lord Bishop of Jamaica and the Bishop of Kinget°llo
best opportunities have been afforded, not the least Of wl,4e
h as been an annual grant from the public treasury to hie'
upon the work so admirably begun by the Church Mies'e'
Society. To what little account these opportunities "30;
been turned is patent to every one. The Church has CO,,a
sumed annually for many years between £30,000 1:04
£40,000 of the public money, whilst its stewarclsbil) 'to
proved most unsatisfactory to the country ocl. lees
those pious men abroad who are moved by an e7/17:ore
solicitude for the educational and spiritual we'i#l
of the negro which the Church here, whose esl:%tici
duty it was to see to the attainment of those ends,
do well to emulate. It has had a wide scope el 3-0
fair field—what has it done? The sum of its 11',.,,..b°--te
is soon told. It sought to become a part of the PI";
for which there is no authority and no foundatien_w'
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Jamaica, whilst the " well-cultivated plot in the of
sionary field, thickly set with fair and fruitful treeetip
righteousness," which the society left it, has grevriltr
with rank and bitter weeds. Morant Bay, Fort a.
nio, and Mooretown—names which cannot now be be
tioned without blushes and sighs were amoviT
of
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abandoned stations of the society. At the , tot
twenty-five years, it is the opinion of many col:W-go
judges, that the social and religious condition of the Ploi
population, numbering more than 400,000, is belowi
emancipation.—Kingston
it was at the time of emancipation.—Kingston
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Journal

HIOHWoY ROBBERY. —A daring highiraY r°-
was committed a few nights ago in the parish ,°ferf
Keverne, Cornwall. A Mr. Bouldon, provision cieoe
was returning home from Redruth market, when 111511°0tit
was suddenly stopped, and ho was pulled backwar7iet
of his light cart on to the road. He was told to be
and he would not be injured. Three men then 1.°4-11,fif
him of his watch and £l9, and were soon lost to Y'-cd,
the night being very dark. Mr. Bouldon was left exl23isfrot
The robbery was committed only a short distance

his house. • a
DOUBLE TIDES IN THE THAMES.—It is gell—fri:e.
believed that, although we may have had shifting 431.::
ternatural tides, as recorded in " Maitland's iker;
London," we have never experienced anything
phenomena which have taken place during the PA -g Pt
month. On Sunday, December 2, the tide fi°W."-; it
Hammersmith in the first place until five o'clock &it'.
then ebbed until half-past four p.m. and and then 1)...,ep
flood again until half-past 7 p.m. This was, 1107; of
greatly exceeded in its remarkable character by the 7,-ceiP
Saturday, the 7th inst., when two flows and °iv{ red
occurred between midnight and eleven o'clock in the c)

noon.
THE ... A-. T TON MURDER. —TII.O execution °- f (4004
wretched criminal, Frederick Baker, for the atr3,,..-40
murder of Fanny Adams, at Alton, on the 24th of .4%- for
last, has been fixed by the high sheriff of the count
Tuesday, the 24th instant, at eight o'clock in the '-tho'
ing. It is satisfactory to state, on unquestionable °est'
rity, that the conduct of the unhappy man I,3s::dai.
gone a total change since his condemnation on 71; 600
Apparently he now begins to realise the awful conged
in which he is placed, and his callous demeanour is cll. thB
into one of deep dejection. On Saturday Inernin:sclei;
high sheriff, accompanied by his chaplain and the "-ct'
sheriff, and also the chaplain of the prison, was intred-or
by the governor to the prisoner, and the date of his e'gefio
tion was announced to him by the high sheriff':fare
culprit was then addressed in the most solemn and ~7-011'
sive manner by the sheriff's chaplain (the Rev. C' "-.0v°1303,
rector of St. Thomas Church, Winchester), during, yte
he shewed considerable emotion. A strong hope 1-the
entertained that the unhappy man will net lesv",
world without making a full confession of his V° w
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WELL-EDUCATED RUFFIANS. —At the - 3 aito•
Assizes, two men, named Allerton and Raft'oo Ace?.
Hunter, alias Winter, were charged with stealing aJO
and assaulting the police. The police had arrei_stc they
men for stealing the bacon from a public-house, o'e-eaoo6
offered the most desperate resistance. Ilafton drAgfil-„iya
officer with him into a canal, and while there hits
o'n
the -head with a life-preserver, and attempted to A,.a ano
A second constable, however, jumped into the we'"eoff
persuaded the ruffian to submit by applying hiss rho
his head. They were both found guilty. itaft°o: 0w
had been three times previously convicted, beg°
extraordinary harangue. He said, " I did not neete-witei
preserver, and I knew I was innocent. I did ret3ll3 over.de°
some effect, as he says. I was insensible ; sv°_,Ac P,,,°
with .blood. I could not stand it ; no man eet'.:iersl),,,r
here entered into a long statement, showing e°ll3lci 041
skill and the most intense excitement. ki° fre;iloe
exclaimed with great warmth that he was inn(); Des'
having stolen the bacon. He admitted that he In, be°
guilty of the crimes for which he had before suffer° eot as
he cried, " I was guilty, but I suffered my Pnuishrfatel#
a man should ; but during my incarceration I resolvavolie 00;
Lood and honest, and to serve my God, and I Ilasr r
But now how can a man live? lam ruined—ruined 1° 101
His voice was raised to the highest pitch, and bean'eA t%
began to pretend to be crying. He frequently
the learned judge, and it was some time before s ears
could be pronounced. He was sentenced t° fifteewinrho
penal servitude—a doom which he received
cry visa
to
deliberate remark to his lordship, " You are a torel
old man, you are." Allerton was sentenced
th ,doperfi
months' imprisonment, with hard labour. -°
'ere cussed as "well educated."