The Cannock Chase Examiner. — 1876-06-16 (Cannock, Staffordshire, England)

PRIMITIVE METHODIST CONFERENCE. At the Primitive Methodists' Conference, in New. on Monday, the memoirs of six ministers of the Connexion, who had died since the last conference, were read by the secretaries. Among them was Sampson Turner, born at Cannock, Staffordshire, in May, 1794. In the year 1818, Mr. Turner entered the ministry, and laboured for forty years. His name is bound up largely with the history of the Connexion. He took part in forming many of its first circuits, and was one of the first members of the deed poll of the Connexion. In 1858 I Mr. Turner retired from active work, and went to reside in Sunderland, where he died in January last. —On the motion of Dr. W. Antiff, it was ordered that the memoirs be adopted and published in the minutes. Voting then took place for town of meeting next year, resulting as follows :—Scarborough, 66; Birmingham, 29 ; Sheffield, 12; and Crewe, 7. Scarborough was consequently chosen. ' —Dr. W. Antiff introduced the report of the Theological Institute, and said the sanction of the Conference would be asked for the employment of an assistant teacher to give secular instruction. It was also intended to have a second institute, as that at I Sunderland did not meet the requirements of the Connexion.—The report was adopted.—Rev. T. Smith, governor of Elmfield College, York, presented his annual report. The College had continued prosperity. Forty-five pupils were meeting in the classes, nineteen had gone for the Cambridge examination, and all had passed. The report was adopted, as also was that of the Primitive Methodist Insurance Company, whose income had been £925, against £Bl3 in previous year.—Mr. W. Beckwith presented the report of the Ladies' College, London. A lease of premises in Clapham had been obtained, and a company had been formed under the Limited Liability Act, with £5,000 capital, of which £2,390 had been subscribed. The Rev. W. Rowe had been appointed governor, and Mrs. Rowe lady principal.  --The total quantity of tea delivered from the 'bonded warehouses in London for the week ended the 3rd inst. was 3,447,8221 b.. of which 2,407,2701 b. was for home consumption, 777,0121 b. was removed coastwise, 197,2561 b was exported, 60.3211 b. was sent coastwise for exportation, and 5,9631 b. was for ships stores. The duty received during the same period amounted to £60,182. The British Medical Journal states that suicide, as a crime in England, is far more prevalent among the educated than the ignorant classes, and the proportion of suicides appears to be in inverse ratio to the education of the people. The frequency of suicide appears to be one of the penalties resulting from the progress of so-called civilization, leading to intense competition. The Parisian Liberti which is distinguished for strikingly inaccurate 'statements as to events in foreign countries, publishes the following:—" There is much talk int England of a marriage between the Empress Eugenie and Lord Outten. Lord Dutlan, one of the greatest peers of England, would give the Empress on her wedding day a property of five millions. We give this news only under all reserve." It is hardly necessary to say the rumour has no foundation whatever in fact. A cricket match was being played last week at Faversham, when a dispute arose, and a clergyman called a gentleman altar. The latter returned the compliment, whereupon the former loudly demanded an apology. Proclaiming his holy profession, he stood before the wickets and stopped the game. The gentleman stepped aside to remonstrate with him, and received a violent Mew in the face. Then occurred the disgraceful scene of a clergymen of Church of England engaging in a pugilistic encounter, in which several rounds were fought. TItE STAVE Taans.—A letter from Gape Town, dated May 4, says:—" The steamship Kafir has just returned from Zanzibar, bringing with her 130 slaves, who had been captured by the London and the Thetis. The Thetis took one dhow with 94 slaves on board, and with four feet of water in her. The crew of the dhow acknowledged that if they had not been captured they would have gone down with all hands. While on board the Kafir some of the slaves stated that many had been thrown overboard from the dhow before she was taken. Of the remaining 94 only six were men, 24 women, and the r der were chParen of both sexes."