The Sun.
London, England, 1868-06-30 00:00:00

THE BISHOP OF NATAL. .

DEPUTATION TO THE ARCHBISHOP Or
CANTERBURY.

On Monday afternoon a deputation from the English
Church Union, headed by Earl Nelson. waited upon the
Archbishop of Canterbury at Lambeth Palace to present
the following declaration signed by 20,150 clerical and lay
communicants of the Phnrch of England:—

"To his Graco the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, Pri.
mate of All England and Metropolitan.

"May it please your Grace,—We, the undersigne4
clergy and lay communicants of the Church of England,
having in mind that Dr. Colenso has denied that WV
portions of the Holy Scriptures aro the Word of God, bail
charged our blessed Lord Jesus Christ with error, and hat
denied that Ho is the proper object of Christian worship,
hereby solemnly declare that wo renounco all Christian
communion with Dr. Colenso until such time as he repent%
of these his errors."

Earl Nelson having read the declaration, stated that the
object of those who had signed it was not to pass 10
judgment upon Dr. Colenso themselves, but was based
upon the fact that he bad been legally deposed and excom-
municated by a consistoriel court, in accordance with the
commo❑ law of the church.

The Archbishop of Canterbury observed that es he wisnof
asked to perform any specific act no answer was required. His
views with regard to Dr. Colenso's errors and the validity of
his deposition were well known. The subject had' been
under consideration by a committee of the Upper House of
Convocation, whose report would be before the public in (
day or two.

The deputation having thanked his grace, then withdrevr.

THE EARTHQUAKES IN THE SANDWIC.EI

ISLANDS.

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The American papers just received contain full particular'
of the terrible earthquakes in the Sandwich Islands, of which
telegraphic accounts were published some weeks since. A
correspondent of the Lew York Times; writing on the spot, says:
" On this day" (April 2), " at 4 p.m.; an event occurred which
defies description. Such a shock has no record in the memo*
the history, or the traditions of these islands. It lasted from
two to three minutes, and was terrific. Houses jarred,
cracke.l, swayed, slid, rose, and sank upon their foundations.
Many buildings in Kau, including nearly all the churches,
and some in Hilo, fell. Many others which stood are so racked
and broken as to be nearly useless. Most of the stone build'
ings, including the Hilo gaol, were destroyed. Trees swayed
and fell ; thousands of yards of stone fences went down
great boulders were rolled and tossed about like footballs.
Land slides wore numerous, and precipicces fell thundering
into the sea. The earth rent in a thousand places fissures;
opened from one inch to six, eight, and ten feet in breadth•
The streets and fields of Hilo cracked, and seam'
opened all around us, whore we had supposed that
volcanic forces had long ago left their final traces.
Hiders and horsemen were thrown to the ground, and
multitudes of men were prostrated by the shock. In Nall
the convulsions of the earth were so tremendons-that men
had to steady themselves by holding on to shrubs and rocks/
In order to avoid being bruised against the ground. our
streams ran mud. Our houses were strewn with debris
from garret to cellar. Bureaus, tables, cabinets, book-
cases, wardrobes, glass and earthenware—all Tno,P.
able things, in short, were thrown pell-mell. MI
largest bookcase, which stood nearly east ;and west, wag
prostrated towards the north : while my cabinet of shells,
which stood at right angles to the fcrmer direction, remained
standing; seeming to prove that the most violent lateral os•
cillations, at least, were in the direction of the magnetic needle.
Dr. Wetmore's drug-store was thrown into utter disorder;
the whole house fumed with the mixture of incompatible
acids, the floor was covered with the wreck of glass bottle
and retorts, and it is a marvel that explosion and fire didiaof
occur. The confused noises, the dust, the awful throes of
the earth, the falling of rocks into the sea, the conster-
nation of men and animals, made a scene which baffles descriP4
tion—a scene of terror such as our islands have never wit.*
nessed before. The crust of the earth rose and sank al
the sea in a storm. It seemed as if the rocky ribs el
the mountains and the granite walls and pillars of
the world were breaking. At this moment the ground
was suddenly rent open in Kau, between the land°
of Messrs. Reed and Richardson and Judge F. S'
Lyman. As quickly as the discharge of a battery or the ev
plosion of a shell, a vast eruption of mud, rocks, and eartl
(not heated) took place, disgorging a mass three miles long
and half as wide, which instantaneously buried a village with
its thirty-one native inhabitants, and five hundred or ail
hundred head of cattle. The discharge was so sad'
den that there was no escape for those within its range.
At the same time the sea rose and fell rapidly all around
the shores of the island, a coast circumference of two hun-
dred miles. In Hilo Bay, it came up to Front-street it
height of six or eight feet above high-water mark. In the
district of Poea it rose from ten to fifteen feet, sweepiu'
away a number of houses, and drowning one person. But to
Kau the tidal wave came in twenty or twenty-five feet hie',
destro) lug all the villages and churches of the lowa
shores, and drowning scores of people. Men, women, and
children, with all their earthly substance, wore swept away
in an instant. Nearly 100 people, in all, were killed, and
seventy or eighty escaped wounded from tho scone of
the catastrophe."

Some mortars captured at Magdala have reached
Uosport ; also some Abyssinian dogs of a curious variety.

The Rev. J. R. Woodford has accepted the
vicarage of Leeds. He preached on Sunday morning at tho
Chapel Royal, Savoy.

Upwards of 30,000 acres of land have recentlf
been taken up by actual settlers, in one district only, in
Minnesota, in the United States.

His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales has sub-
scribed fifty guineas to the fund now being raised to pur"
chase an annuity for the widow of the late Mr. Wri
Dargan.

SIR ROBERT NAPIER.—From a private letter
received on Monday by the Lord Mayor at the Mansio
House, there is reason to believe that Sir Robert Napier
will arrive in London on Thursday or Friday next.

THREE MEN DROWNED.—A few days ago, on the
occasion of a regatta being held by the natives of the gas'
dale slate quarries, a boat capsized, and three men wer°
drowned. The sad occurrence produced great depressioe
in the place.

We understand that the Junior United Serrie°
Club has conferred honorary membership on Prince Arth,
and Sir Robert Napier. Both are Engineer officers, but
are distinguished in different ways—the one by illustrioll9
birth, the other by pre-eminent merit.—Daily News.
Lieutenants Nolan and Chapman, of the Royal
Artillery, the officers specially attached to the Steel
Mountain Battery in Abyssinia, and who arrived l'tt
Woolwich a few days ago, give some interesting details °1
the effects of the fire from these little guns, which is said
to have been most destructive, particularly with th.
Boxer shrapnell shell.

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A meeting of " distinguished Roman Catholic
ladies," with Cardinal Cullen at their head, has been held
in Dublin, to take measures for raising funds for supporting
the Papal army. Among the patronesses of this movement
are the Lady Mayoress, the Marchioness of Londonderilt
the Countess of Portarlington, the Countess of Grausrcit
Lady Ffrench, Lady Bellew, Lady Burke, Ste.

An inquest has been held at Camberwell IVorlc
house, on the bodies of John Robert Mode and Rach°l
Sweeney, which were found in the Surrey Canal. Fr°
the evidence it appeared that the deceased had kept cal-
'piny together, and Sweeney had been heard to say she
should drown herself for Mcde, who bad seduced her. It WI
supposed they had agreed to drown themselves together.
verdict of " Found drowned" was returned.

INDIA OFFICE BREAKFASTS.—Mr. W. S. North`
cote writes as follows to a contemporary :—" Sir, I 111/1
directed by Sir Stafford Northcote to say that he has tw.l
served in one of the articles in your pa7per this morning°
attack on the Indian Council for giving public breakfas°
at the expense of the Indian taxpayers. These breakftby
are, however, entirely private entertainments, give°.
Sir Stafford at his own expense."

DARING ATTEMPT OF A PRISONER TO Eseil4
FROM THE CENTRAL POLICE-OFFICE.— On Saturdaymoroilfa;
shortly before nine oteock, a man named Thomas Coii°luua
made a daring but unsuccessful attempt to escape from ta-
Central Police-office in the High-street. The prisoner iv'
one of a batch of three who had been brought to the 016 c.
on a charge of theft and assault committed in an eating;
house in the West Port. While in custodyin the serge
room, the prisoner made a sudden bound to the windoW
sprang through it, smashing two panes of glass and datosV;
the framework. He alighted on his feet outside ivitli°-0
sustaining any serious injury, and was making off Vile,
William Robertson ,the officer on duty in Parliament-sc&:
saw him, and at once started in pursuit, and before be le
run many yards he laid hold of him. A severe strugo
ensued, in which Robertson never lost his hold.
prisoner fell, and Robertson rolled over him, still clot%
ing him tightly. The prisoner was shortly after
secured and taken back to the office by two policemen
a detective. A considerable crowd had gathered while ti,l;t
short but sharp struggle was going on. Robertson's ;3
fell off during the scuffle, and was picked up and esfrie
off by some one in the crowd as a prize. ConnollY,f
understand, is a returned convict, and has been only a :0
days at liberty. The prisoner and his companions Were
much intoxicated as to be unfit to appear beforeSals9
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