The Sun.
London, England, 1866-02-21 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 21, 1866.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.--This Day.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn.)

IN RE WOLFSOIIN.

The bankrupt was described as an umbrella maker, of
Portland place. To-day an application was made to annul
the bankruptcy. It appeared that there had been an ar-
rangement under which a compromise was to have been
paid. Certain costs, however, were not paid; and his
Honour remarked that to-day was fixed for the last exami-
nation and order of discharge, and as certain forms had not
been complied with, the case must be adjourned. The
debts were £14,700, and a meeting of creditors had been
held, but the accounts were not properly on the fi!e.
Mr. Linklater contended that the bankrupt had dono all
in his power, and therefore he was entitled to his orders.
His Honour said he should adjourn the case.

PDLICE INTELLIGENCE.--This Day,

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

A WRETCHED PAnt.—Jane Elizabeth Chard, of No. 2,
Cross-street, Carnaby-street, was charged before Mr.
Tyrwhitt with assaulting her husband.
The Complainant said—My wife having been out all
Monday night, I spoke to her last night on her coming
home, and this morning she threw a shell at my head, cut-
ting it as you see, and then took up a knife to me.

Palestine Exploi ation Fund.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

have received a third report from Captain
Wilson, Royal Engineers, in charge of the first ex-
ploring party of this association. The party ar-
rived at Tell Hum (N.E. end of the Lake of Galilee)
on January 20, moved to Khan Minyeh on the
25th, and to Mejdel (centre of west side of lake)
on 27th, at which date the report was despatched.
Your obedient servant,

GEonGE GROVE, Hon. Sec.
Sydenham, Feb. 20.

" Topography.—Astronomical observations have
been made at Tel el Lady, Hunin, Kedes, Safed,
Tel Hum, and Khan Minych. A reconnoissance
sketch has been made of the district around Banias
down to the junction of the Banias and Hasbany
rivers, across the valley to Mtelleh, and thence fol-
lowing the dividing ridge between the waters of
the Litany and Mediterranean and those of the
Jordan down to Safed, embracing also a large por-
tion of the country on either side. The bad state
of the weather, cold and wet, drove the party from
Kefr Birim, but they have to return to investigate
the ruins there and at Meiron and Yarun, and other
places not previously described, and will have an
opportunity of getting in the topography of Jebel
Jurmuk, and connecting it with the former work.
A reconnoissance has been commenced of the coun-
try bordering on the lake, and this Captain Wilson
hopes to carry right round, and also to trace out the
whole of the wadys running into the western side
of the lake.

Archteology.—A sketch has been made of the
Castle of Hunin, the northern portion of which is
surrounded by a ditch cut in the solid rock to a
depth of, in some places, 20ft., a work apparently
of great antiquity. At Kedes some excavations
were made on the site of the ruins ; the western
building is -a tomb containing 11 loculi ; the eastern
one is a temple of the sun, of about the same date
as Baalbeck ; the richly-worked lintel over the main
entrance was dug up. Close to the temple, and
evidently belonging to it, an altar with a Greek in-
scription was found, which has been squeezed and
copied ; a finely-worked buried sarcophagus was
dug up, in better repair than those exposed to the
air. Detailed plans have been made of the mould-
ings, &c., on both the buildings and the sarcophagi
sufficient to reconstruct the former with great ac-
curacy. On the same bill some curious tombs were
found, of one of which a plan was made. A. little
more than two miles south-east of Kedes, on an
isolated hill, called Ter Harab, were found the re-
mains of a large of very ancient date ; the walls of
the citadel and a portion of the city wall could be.
traced. This Captain Wilson regards as the long-
sought-for Hazor, in preference to Tel Khureibeh.
At Tel Hum the White Synagogue had been so far
excavated and its plan and ornaments carefully re-
corded, but nothing else had been found. The ruins
of Chorazin at Kerazeh turn out to be far more im-
portant than was suspected ; they cover a much
larger extent of ground than Tel Hum, and many
of the private houses are almost perfect with the
exception of the roofs, the opening for doors and
windows remaining in some cases. All the buildings,
including a synagogue or church, are of basalt, and
it is not till one is right in amongst them that one
sees clearly what they are ; 50 or 100 yards off they
look nothing more than the rough heaps of basaltic
stones so common in this country, Drawings have
been made of the mouldings, &c., and a plan of the
large building as far as can be made out.
" Photographs—Two views of niches and foun-
tain of Banias, seven views of castle of Banias, three
views of town and citadel of Banias, one view of
Hazor, Oak Grove, three views of sarcophagi at
Kedes, one view of large tomb at Kedes, seven
views of temple at Kedes, four views of rains at
Kerazeh, and five views of ruins at Tel Hum.
The broad cutting in the rock above Ain et Tin
proves to be a portion of a large aqueduct which
formerly conveyed the whole of the fountain at
Tabighah into the plain of Gennesareth for irriga-
tion. The water was raised in a tank and carried
round the contour of the Tabighah valley to the
plain: The aqueduct still stands in small portions
at several points, and can be easily traced the
whole way by the number of stones with cement
adhering to them lying on the surface of the
ploughed fields. Specimens of the waters of the
fountains have been kept, and their temperatures
taken.

"At Irbid some progress had been made in ex-
cavating the synagogue. Two additional photo-
graphs had been taken, one of an aqueduct hewn
in rock, and one of the plain from above Khan
Minyeh. The reconnoissance had been advanced
to Mejdel, and observations made at Khan Minyeh.
The maps are greatly in error in this district.
The whole of the ancient system for irrigating the
Ghuweir has been traced—though on a smaller
scale, it was as perfect as that of the Damascus
plain. The mounds at Khan Minyeh had been ex-
cavated for two days, but without much result.
The pottery and masonry appear to be compa-
ratively modern. The maps promise to be a valu-
able addition to the topography of Palestine."