The Sun.
London, England, 1868-07-23 00:00:00

MR. WILLIAM HARRISON.

A complimentary benefit to this gentleman is
arranged to take place on Monday next, at Covent
Garden Theatre, under very distinguished patronage.
It may be fairly said of Mr. Harrison that he
has done more than any living man for the
cause of English Opera, and in his attempts
to found it a home has impoverished himself,
acid now that he is afflicted with severe illness
be stands in need of this tribute to his
talents as a singer, his enterprise as a manager,
his worth as a man. While associated
with Miss Louise I'yne in the management of
Covent Garden and other Theatres, Mr. Harrison
produced the following works :7." The Rose of
Castille," " SAtanella," " Blanche de N.;vers,"
"Bianca," " Armourer of Nantes," and the " Puri-
;-.aa's Daughter," by Balfe ; " Lurline," the "llc-
sert Flower," and " Love's Triumph," by NV. V.
Wallace; "She Stoops to Conquer," by Maefar-
ret: ; " Buy Bias," by Howard Glover; " Victoriue,"
by Alfred Mellon ; " Court and Cottage," by F.
Clay ; " Romance," by H. Leslie ; " Fanchette and
Punchinello," by W. C. Levey ; and the " Lily of
Killarney," by Benedict. It was to Mr. Harrison's en-
terprise that the public was indebted for the excellent
English versions of " Dinorah" and the " Domino
Noir," both of which were placed on the stage with
a completeness that only liberality could effect. It
will be seen from this list how earnestly Mr. Harri-
son worked in what proved to be a disastrous cans;
and we sincerely hope that the public, remembering
his past zeal and energy, will rally iu strong force
on Monday next and prove their appreciation of his
services in the advancement of the lyric art in this
country.

The Rev. T. B. O'Donnell, Catholic chaplain to
Brownlo.,v Hill workhouse, Liverpool, writes to
the Times to correct an erroneous statement m Ido
oy S.r M. H. Beach in committee on the Poor Re-
lief Bill. The hon. Baronet is reported to have said
on that occasion that " the guardians of the poor in
Liverpool, taking into consideration the fact that
he majority of their paupers are Roman Catholics,
lave appointed a Roman Catholic chaplain to their
workhouse with a salary of £3OO a year." Mr.
O'Donnell replies that there are upwards of 4,000
,augers in the workhouse, and that two chaplains
'lave been appointed to minister to them—one a
Protestant, the other a Roman Catholic. The Pro-
testant receives for his labours £3OO a year, the
Roman Catholic nil. The Roman Catholic rate-
payers of the town have repeatedly claimed that
their chaplain shall receive pay equal to that re-
ceived by the Protestant chaplain, but the guardians
steadfastly decline to accede to their request.
Emboldened by their successes in Wales, the Mor-
mons have endeavoured to break ground in Liver-
pool. Few persons out of the principality are aware
of the immense encouragement which the emissaries
of Brigham Young always find in the Welsh coun-
ties, especially in the southern parts. The miners
Ire allured by the promises held out to them of
vetting " land for the asking," high wages, and a
comfortable home in the Salt Lake settlement, and
they gladly abandon a life of toil for the fairer pros-
pect which is pictured to them. The Mormon elders,
nowever, seek chiefly for girls, and many a house-
hold in Wales loses its best female servants once or
twice a year, owing to the persuasions of Mormon
preachers. These young women are generally told
that polygamy forms no part of the Mormon relies
gion or practice, and that its alleged existence is a
mere wicked calumny of the " Gentiles." In Mon-
mouthshire the progress of the sect during the last
few years has been amazing, but it is impossible to
estimate it properly by statistics or returns, because
the " converts" are taken out of the country as fast
as they are won. In Liverpool the Mormon pioneers
iid not find a promising field the other day. TWO
.►f them began to preach in Sheil Park, but they
were mobbed and driven from the spot. it is not
usual for Mormons to resort to this method of pro-
selytizing ; they prefer to work unnoticed, and
" lead captive silly women." The elders are net
men to be discouraged by the displeasure of a single
crowd in Liverpool.

From a recent Parliamentary return supplied
from the Poor Law Commissioners' Office in Dub-

lin, it appears that there are 78 unions in Ireland in
vhich a third meal is not yet allowed to the several
Masses of healthy inmates of the workhouse, and
that there are 55 unions in which workhouse inmates
Are not provided with shoes and stockings, not-
Ivithstanding the strong remonstrances of the Poor
Law Commissioners against the continuance of these
practices as being calculated to be injurious to the
health of the inmates. Mr. Cogan has given notice
of his intention to bring the matter under the notice
of the House of Commons before the end of the
session, and it is to be hoped Lord Mayo will be abls
to give a satisfactory answer.
It seems no longer to be a secret that the Irish
Church Commisssioners have unanimously resolved
:o recommend that from out of the twelve remain-
ing bishoprics four shall be abolished, and that the
incomes of the remaining eig!it shall be £:3,090 6
year for each of six bishops, £l,OOO or £4,500 3
year for the see of Dablin, aceordiag as it shall h 3
t b:shopric or archbishopric, and £6,0.0 a year forf
the Archbishop of Armagh. An extra allowance
£5OO a year fa. each bishop whose turn it is to el'
to Parliame it is also reconnneurled.— The lice4(j.
ANOTHER FIRE FROM THE lIEAT OF THE SUS' t
The present hot weather, besides drying up 31`11.°L
every description of vegetation, except the staple
of wheat threatens to do an incalculable amount of 'lll6
chief to waterside and other largo depots. Y133te.0 r..
day forenoon, between nine and ten o'clock, a telegraph
nessage was received at the stations of the Iletropon'e
Fire Brigade that the extensive tar factory at, ilaekjejs
Wick had been fired by the heat of the sun. The "gill
quiesly attended, and the fire was soon subdued.
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BRITISH COLLEGE OF lIEALTII, EUSTJN- rig
LONDON.—Health secured by Morieon's Vootab'e kV/
Medicines. Read the works of James Morison, the IlYge"'"
Vaccination.—[Advortisement.]