The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1854-03-15

The coolest hour Of the twcntyfour is
five in the morning. and the Tarmcst is
from two to three in the afternoon. The
mean heat is from half past eight to half
past nine. The greatest range is il
July. and the least in December.
Central Africa.
The discovery by DR. Barlh. Of 4
magnificent river in Central Africa
named Benuo, forming tie upper course
Of the Chadda, tributary to but larger
than the Kowara. commonly called the
Niger flowing through the most fertile
aud extensive kingdom Of Adamana. has
been followed up by intention on the part
Of the British government to send all OK.
pedition up the ryer,and steam vessel.
built for the express purpose, will be
ready the ensuing month The plan Of
the expedition is to arrive at the mouth
Of the Kowara (Nigor) before the lst Of
July, and 10 steam at once up the river
with the waters. 1t is estimated that
the kingdom OF Adamana will be reached
in three or four weeks after leaving the
Blight of Honin. 1t is a well grounded
opinion, if my thing can open up the
vast intcricr of Central Africa to Eu-
ropcan commerce. it will be the maguif-
cent river. discovered by Dr. Barth The
country is covered with splendid herbagc,
and is densely populated Ivory is in
great abundance, and exceedingly cheap.
Elephants are found in great numbers.
and various articles Of commerce largely
exist The chief articles of import are
muskcts, robes, glass, pearls and salt.
The current medium Of barter is narrow
strips Of coarse cotton. called gobbega.
There is no desert to be passed over. as
in Northern and South Africa. and the
absence of these natural barriers to civ
ilization and commerce render the prob
abilities of opening up an extensive trade
with Central Africa not only practicable
Lut comparatively casy-ScirWiGc A.
Ncric1H.
WEALTH OF TIE ENGLISH CHURCH.
1t would appear, by late article
in EdinJanyhR THAI the wealth
of the English Church has been great
ly exaggerated. The whole number
of parochial ministers is 7,155, inclu,
ding 1885 curates; who have. in the
an income of 3,4G0.
About G2S3 piece is the average
annual income Of the iucumbents, ex.
elusive of the curates. This is but
little above the average income Of the
clergy of the Protestant Episcopal
Church in America, or even Of the
clergy Of the Presbyterian Church,
when the difference in the cost Of liy-
ing, as between England and the Uni
ted States, is taken into consideration.
Moreover, these incomes are more equi-
tably distributed than is the popular
impression. For instance, out of the
1920 bcnciices in England and
Wales, there are only III which a
mount to a thousand pounds a year,
and only a thousand which bring in
five hundred pounds year. But a
thousand pounds in England will go
no further than half that amount here,
and five hundred pounds will not sup
port a family better than twelve hun
dred dollars. The emoluments or the
British clergy are, therefore, not so
re,y much greater, after all, than
those of their brethren in the United
States.
As compared with other professions
in England the Church, according to
the EdinJmrgh Repieie, is really worst
paid Of all. That journal instances a
case in which a rector receives thou
sand pounds a year, and proves that,
after making necessary deductions for
poor rates, charities and inevitable
charges on the income, the net amount
is but e625. The rector in question,
according to the EolinJWgh Reriec,
has brother who is a county judge,
and receives $1,000 salary: but in this
case the deductions are slight, so that
the nett income is e950. The parallel,
if carried up to the dignitaries Of either
profession, exhibits similar results.
There are twenty eight bishops and
archbishops in England, receiving in
comes of about five thousand pounds a
year. There are twenty-five principal
judges, however, who receive an aver
age of six thousand pounds apiece an
nually. Moreover, these twenty.eight
niitres are competed for by II, loo
clergymen, while for the twenty-five
ludgeships the competitors are but
1000. The chances of winning one
Of these great prizes" is consequent
ly four to one for "a barrister as against