Darlington & Richmond Herald. — 1874-08-08 (Darlington, Durham, England)

TUESDAY, AUGUST 4.  On Tuesday morning the Conference resumed at half-past nine o'clock. The alterations of circuit, and the appointment of ministers were proceeded with, but after several recommendations for circuits in the south of England had been agreed to, the Conference postponed the further consideration of this quection, in order to proceed with the public examinations of probations. This examination waa conducted by the Rev. A. Coley. from the Headingley Theological Institution. The probationers were afterwards received into full connexion, and will be ordained to-day. After a short adjonrnraent the Conference resumed the question of the alteration of accounts, and the appointment of additional ministers. Additional ministers are to he allowed to Bishop Auckland, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Houghton-le-Spring, Durham, and Tlaornley.  WEDNESDAY, ApousT 5  Ordination services took place on Wednesday morning in the Truro and Perizance Chapels. The following were ordained at Trnro : Joseph _ _ . .  Crowther. Geo. E. Cutting, Wm. P. Ellis. ThOs' Evans, John B. Every, J. H. Goodman, S. Gregory, Adam Hann, G. Inman, C. Lister, F. M. Lowry. J. Parkes, T. Rippnn, P. Roberts, W. Jackson, Wm. C. Kewish, G. Southal, D. R. Spooner, S. St•trkie, J. Thackray, C. H. H. Ward, G. Watson, and J. Watson. The following were ordained at Penzance: C. E. Beecroft, R. W. Doyns, J. D. Clark, J. Critchinson. R. Dyson, W. F. Paulding, G. G. Findley, C. L. Jones. J. B Jones, C. B. Reeline. R. Lewis. W. Mellor, J. Milnm, H. Morrison, J. F. Pallister, Thomas Rae, J. Robin. eon, S. 0. Scott, S. Shrimpton, A. J Silcox, G. Stuart, J. Thompson, G. Woodcock, J. W. Woodcliffe. There were large audiences at each place, who were very attentive to the service.  Paris boasts of a standing army of something like 5,000,000 rats.  A Palermo Telegram says that Leone, the famous brigand chief, has beau killed. There are 5,429 schools, with 48,000 persons under instruction, in Japan. A marble statue of Sir Titus Salt, erected by public subscription, was nnv-Iled at Bradford on Saturday by the Duke of Devonshire. At Sheffield, on Sunday, a man named Hatters ley, while in a fit of delirium tremens,li rat tried to shoot himself, and then cut his throat in a shockirg manner.  r The Bishop of "Newfoundland has sailed for Lie distant diocese, from which he bad been absent but 3 few months after nearly thirty years tenure of the See.  --- It is announced from Brnssels that the Spanish delegates were requested not to take part in the sitting of Congress, Tnce the Spanish Govemment had not been recognised. At the Manchester Assiz^s, on Friday' 5007 was awarded to the Rev. Arthltr Phillips as nom.pen sn antion for damages stuned in the Syston collision, on the llidiand Ita 4waY• On Sunday morning, a Bristol County Court bailiff threw himself from the Clifton Suspension Bridge, a height of 240 feet. This makes the eighth suicide from the bridge since 1664. Mary M‘Mahon was on Saturday tried it the Cork Assize's for the brutal murder of Ellen Sixton, in Limerick. The Limerick jury were discharged, being unable to agree ta a verdict. The prisoner will be tried again at the next assizes.  The artist, Verestchagin, has gone to the East Indies, from whence he will ende %your to go to Thibot, China, and Japan, for the purpose of fketobing. He is at present hard at work in Bombay. In connection with General Geintz he is about to publish a book of travel on Central Asia, which will be illustratel by wooleuts made in Paris, from his drawings and paintings.