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sten—tiatrouve work to Ireland.
A Dublin cable says : The trial of Sir
Wilfrid Blunt, at -Woodford, was .resumed
yesterday. Ir. Harrington, counsel for the
defence, applied to the Court for a sum-
mons to compel the attendance of M. Bal.
four, Chief Secretary, 1113 a witness, in
order to show whether any information had
been ewernto as stated in the proclamation
that the proposed meeting at Woodford last
Sunday would lead to a breach of the peace.
Mr. Renans, counsel for the prosecntion,
denied the right of the defence to ask what
bad happened in Council at Dublin. The
Magistrate said Mr. Harrington's applica-
tion Was founded on the assumptioirthat
the statements in the proclamation were
false, and the Court was not competent to
decade the question. The hearing of the
evidence was then reaumed. The solicitor
for the defence wade a formal affidavit in
•support of the application for the summon-
ing of Mr. Balfour and the case was ad-
journed.
A Convention of the National League
will open at Cardiff on Saturday next and
Will last three days. Commoners T. P.
O'Connor, J. O'Connor Crelly, Foley and
Biggar and a number of Welsh members
will speak. The resolutions to be presented
to the Convention declare that the meeting
represents -2,000,000 of the Irish race settled
in Great Britain, that " 078 believe that
Ireland will never be peaceful and prosperous
until she has control of her own affairs,"
and that 3, we will stand with the people at
home until their righte are won."
Mr. Balfour's arrival in Dublin has
already borne fruit at Woodford and else-
where. Dublin Castle at one moment was
actually in charge of a clerk in the 'Under -
Secretary's office. Coercion in Mr, Bal -
four's hands will be no rosewater business.
Lord Randolph Churchill's prediction at
Stockton that Ireland would be got well in
hand before" next February expresses the
real-. belief. of Mr. Balfour and his
colleagues. The suppression of the Wood-
ford meanie shows how far they are ready
to gd.- ThePIrish leaders meant this meet-
ing ales challenge. They doubted whether
the Government would venture to prevent
an assemblage of the English Horne Rule
League addressed exclusively by English-
men. They doubt no longer. They see
the policy of repression and suppression is
to be tried in grim earnest. Nor need
either side regret that this question should
be brought to a square issue. If Ireland
can be governed from Dublin Castle, it will
be governed this winter. If it cannot, so
much stronger will be the argument for
Home Rule.
A. last (Friday) night's London cable
says: Mr. Gladstone on Ms way back to
Hawarden, at Staleybridge, made a speech,
in whioh he advised the people to settle the
Irish question, otherwise no English
business could be transacted in Parliament.
James Donnelly, the dynamiter, who
was eonvicted in 1883 in Edinburgh, has
died in Chatham prison of consumption.
Earl Spencer, speaking at Bedford to -day,
said there was no doubt that there were
extreme men in both England and in
Ireland, who were ready to commit
dynamite outrages in order to effect their
purpose ; but nothing was more mis-
chievous than to attempt to confuse the
Irish in one body by mixing up the party
of Parnell with the dynamiters. (Cheers.)
He was happy to think such efforts had
failed. The Parnellites had no greater
enemies than O'Donovan Rosso, and bis
crew. (Hear, hear.) If the Liberal policy
of conciliation prevailed, it would end these
abominable crimes, but if coercion
prevailed for any length of time, he saw
the greatest danger from secret societies
reviving, and extremists with their
dynamite coming to the front. The
present Liberal policy was not founded on
despair—unless it were despair of the old
worn-out methods. It was a policy bright
with hope in the future, and with confi-
dence in the result of reliance on -the Irish
people in throwing upon them the
responsibility of governing their own
country. (Cheers.)
T14.4 PI pISPUTB.THP.sTeT.$444.1F.STC1q,.
Wbset West end Others Think of Oham-
lserlain's Appointment.
WafilsingtOn (p.c.) dealeateh PaYs
0.oseph Chamberlain has notified Sir Lionel
S.aekville West that he intends to pail for
America to -day. Mr. West le a diplo-
mat. He says that it "amuses hint to hear
and read of the opposition to Chamberlain."
Mr. West is not so well pleased over the
outlook as be would appear to be. On the
contrary, he rs very nnich diseatisfied with
Chamberlain's appointment. No man
knows better than the British Minister
that there are not ten Senators among the
seventy-six in the United States penate
who would dare to vote for any measure
whioh may be opposed by any considerable
number of Irish American citizens. Mr.
West also relates fully the very unpleasant
" bete " into which he is thrust by the
appointment of Chamberlain upon the
same connnission with himself. But
Mr. "Wept is too well versed in
diplomatic) etiquette to suggest to his
Government that the gentleman who has
been selected as his superior on the com-
mission is unfit for theplace. The situation
is unfortunate, to put it mildly. In the
first place, Congress set the seal of its dis-
approval upon the idea of a commission so
emphatically last winter that there can be
no possible hope of the approval of any
measure in the House if the ternis of the
forthcoming convention are such as to re-
quire the sanction of that branch.
Even if it does not affect the
revenues, and can therefore go into effect
with the approval of the Senate alone, it is
destined to meet with but poor support in
that body: One of the best posted men in
the Upper House said to -day " I am ex-
ceedingly sorry to learn that the President
has decided not to interfere in the appoint-
ment of the British Commissioners. The
sentiment of more than half the Senate is
opposed to Mr. Chamberlain's position upon
the Irish question, and the others are gene-
rally inclined in a lesser degree to take the
samc?views. Every Irish society in the United
States will in all probability oppose any
measure in which Chamberlain has a hand.
Couple with this state of affairs the fact
that the Senate is opposed to the settlement
of differences tbrough a joint commission,
and it will readily be seen that any treaty
which may be negotiated will have a very
slim chance of ratification. I have no idea
that anything can be accomplished by this
commission as it is at present constituted."
Messrs. Angell and Putnam, the American
member f3 of the commission, have returned
to Washington, and are in frequent con-
sultation with Wecretary Bayard regarding
the approaching negotiations. The English
commissioners are expected here about the
end of the first week in November. In-
structions will be given to the U. S. Cus-
toms offices to extend to them the courte-
sies usually accorded visiting diplomats in
the matter of free admission of personal
effects, etc. It is the present intention to
have the negotiators meet in the Depart-
ment Building, and the large room near the
Secretary's office, known as the diplomatic
reception -room, will be set apart for their
consultations.
ALLEGED MIRACULOUS RECOVERY
Strange but 'Well -Authenticated case of a
Michigan Lady.
A Corunna, Mich., despatch says: Ther
has been considerable excitement here over
a so-called miracle which occurred to Mrs
Andrew Eldridge, wife of a respectable
man living for many years in this city. In
nearry her own words the following is her
version of the matter as given:
"1 have been sick for years. Two years
ago this month I suffered a stroke of para-
lysis of the entire right side, including both
extremities. For ninety-eight days I was
blind and speechless. I was always a be-
liever in the Word of God, and that Hewes
willing and able to heal my body. On
Wednesday, the 12th inst., at about 11.30
S.M., I called upon God to either take me
to Himself or heal my bodily infirmities as
• was best. I was lying on my right side
and could not move over. God made known
to me that he was willing to save me then,
and I at once repeated the verse frorn His
Word, Whosoever believeth on me,' etc.,
aloud and sat up in the bed, my husband
supporting me. I arose and walked. To
God alone be the glory.
" My mind was failing; now it is as good
as ever. Since that day I have not taken
who gave the name of Cass' y, an was one drop of me mine, and am each day
, u y am
station Mrs. Cassidy took a carriage and healed by the power and goodness of God
they drove into the country. They stopped alone. I will praise Him forever. Amen
at what looked like a farmhouse. Julia and amen."
'went to bed and when she awoke next day A well-known physician says "1 have
she found she had been dressed in short no comments to make but I think Mrs.
skirts and gaudy hosiery and heard a dance Eldridge is cured, and have no doubt of
going on downstairs, where there were a her sanity or her firm belief in the inter-
ntunber of other girls similarly attired. position of God in her behalf."
She tried to eseape but was kept a close.
prisoner for two weeks. She finally got Congregationalists and Union.
Out and reached home yesterday morning.
Later in the day she met A Kingston despatch says: The Eastern
the street and had her arrested. In Cassidy on
Association of Congregational Ministers
closed its session yesterday. Among the
court Miss Howdan repeated her ;
story to detail. she said that one resolutions passed was the followieg :
night she escaped from the den to " That this association- having had their
the woods. Dogs were put on hr attention called to certain proposals with
track and a party of rcen caught her a view to Christion union, emanating from
and dragged her back tie the house. Once the Provincial Synod of the Episcopal
when she wits tick Mike Leahy, the keeper Church, they would place on record their
FIENDS UNIIUNG.
A. Young Girl's Terrible Experience in the
Wisconsin Lumber. woods.
A Chicago despatch says: Some time
ago Julia Howdan, of this city, a pretty
young woman, saw an advertisement in a
paper for a girl to do housework in the
country, and answered it. She met a woman
d a
taken b her to Marinette, Wis. g At the rowing strong er and f 11 believeI
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moveMOSlte or Millen !mil Melville—Con-
spiracies to Assassinate.
A APtiden cable says ; Aii inquest was
held YeeterdaY Pn •the.dynamiter who cltP1
of consumption in hie lodging Masse pp
Lambeth road. The deceased came from
America a short time ago, and was seen in
frequent communication with members of
theOlan-na-Geel, including MeiVille, the
principal agent in London. The revolver
found in the deoeased'slodgingbears a
number showing it to h
ave been issued by
the Clan.na.Gael. One of the tvitnesses
called to establish his identity was a mem-
ber of the spATle body named Hawkins, whc
,IVitit deceased was lately shown around
the H011Ee of Commons by Mr, Joseph
Nolan, a member of the Parnellite party.
In the possession of Hawkins the police
found a newspaper cutting announcing
that Mr. Balfour, the Irish Chief Secre-
tary, was to address an open air demon-
stration of Conservatives in Birmingham
on November 2nd. It is believed a plot
exists to attempt Mr. Balfour'e murder
on that occasion. The 0::31f Secretary
is, therefore, being closely guarded night
and day.
A London cable says: In reference to the
statement of Commissioner Monro, of the
detective department, at the inquest over
the body of Cohen, the alleged dynamiter,
yesterday, that Gen. Millen, the head of
the Clan -Na -Gael Society, was in London
during the Jubilee, the police state that
Millen has never set foot in England. They
say he resided at Boulogne and Paris. A
detective called on him at Ilonlogne4 before
the Jubilee celebration and wadrp d,. him
tip
that he knew of the plot against i ueen.
Millen then fled to Paris. From t ere he
went to Brussels, then to Rotterdam and
from that city to Amsterdam. At the
latter place he took passage, with his wife
and daughter, on the 22nd of this month,
on steamer Edam for New York. With re-
gard to Melville, the London agent of the
society, the pollee say that when he arrived
in London he took lodgings in a mean quer.
ter in Gladstone street, and was in impe-
cunious circumstances. Melville had
visited Joseph Nolan, Irish member
of Parliament, in company with
Michael Hawkins. Both Melville
and Hawkins had been seen in
Cohen'S company. Melville went to
Paris and saw Dennehey and Maloney, who
sailed for America on Aug. 171h. Dennehey
is a member of the Clan -Na -Gael Society
and resides in Brooklyn. Melville returned
to London in a more prosperous condition.
He lived a.t the Metropole Hotel and spent
money freely. He was constantly in the
company of a Miss Kennedy, with whom
he travelled through Ireland and then to
Paris. They lived in grand style. In Paris
he called on General Millen at the Hotel
du Palais. Melville finally sailed from Havre
on Sept. 17th for New York. kliss Kennedy
accompanied him. On reaching New York
Miss Kennedy was arrested for smuggling.
BurchalPs address in Philadelphia is 2,521
North Sixth street. The police claim to
have proof against him and Hawkins, but
it is not known what they will do now that
Melville has lied. Melville's address is
"Care of Moroney, 025 Tenth avenue, New
York."
Mr. Joseph Nolan, M.P., denies emphati-
cally that he has any knowledge of dyne -
miters. He says he believes a base attempt
has been made to implicate him with such
persons. The inquest and proceedings in
the Cohen case, in his opinion, had been
designed to assist the nefarious policy of
the Government.
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Spurgeon Quits the Baptist Union..
A London cable says: Mr. Spurgeon.has
withdrawn from the Baptist Union. In
announcing his decision to withdraw and
replying to his critics he says : " To pur-
sue union at the expense of the truth is
treason to Jesus. To tamper with His
doctrine is to become traitors to Him. We
have before us the wretched spectacle of
professedly orthodox Christians publicly
avowing union with those who deny the
faith, calling the fall of man a fable and
denying the personality of the Holy
Ghost." Replying to the question why he
does not start a now denomination, he
says it is a question for which he has no
liking; that there are enough denomina-
tions already, and that if another were
formed the thieves and robbers who have
entered, the other gardens walled around
would enter it also, so nothing would be
gained. Baptists generally regret Mr.
Spurgeon's decision, e,nd are urging him to
reoons.a .t
of thwarm approval of every wise movement
rough woodmen whom she was compelled e place, compelled er to saw ood al
ay. She tol her story to wo o e
Churches, but they consider that no 'pro-
posal can be seriously entertained that is
to entertain and they helped her to escape.
not based on a hearty recognition of the
Mrs. Cassidy was held fot trial.
a h
a wtl
t fh towards suoh a union of all Christian
schools Closed for Want of Coal:
A Springfield, 111., deSpittoli says: On
account of the scarcity of coal, caused by
the strike of the coal miners in this district,
the public, schools Were td -day compelled
to close. The price of anthracite Coalhas
adVaticed $1 per ton, and a 100 per Cent.
advance in bitnroinous coal is predicted. A
few days of cold weather will cause it
Shortage of fill among private donsumers,
which Will undonbtodiy r5sntid 0 vigorous
howl. Some of the mines are still bein„d
worked, but the coal potd Will riot receive
any Orders from brit/ate consumers.
in the iniest cif it driviig snowstorm
:fudge Angst% Was sWorii in at Quebec) yea.
terday afterneOfis 0.1t1 i taugurated hisi•eign
as Lieetenant•Governer Of Quebec:. The
ceremony was if ii More than, u'inlaily
'posing eheeficter, Med attriteted it.edheider-
able attendance., 4A, largely.atterided levee
ina state dinnerfollowed the SWeating
validity of the ordination of ministers of
h
er comrrinni One.Thyefurther consider
that flie greatest hindrance Id the success
of finch a movement liet in the exolusive-
nees �f the clergy of the Episcopal Church
Mpvith a feW hetet' able exceptions), mani.
ed in their rdusal to exchange pulpit
servicee or to co-operate in general religious
work with ministers of other denotoinationa
in the land."
ora
Mrs. Waldo, of )3oston (who is entertain,
ing young Mr. Wabash, of Chiengo)—IlinVe
it treat, f Or you to,day, Me, Wahaeln, in
' the way of some broiled bitalVes, 11y
busbAnd is Very fond Of them.
bung Mr. Wabash (trying one)—They
ate certainly clelicions, Mrs. Waldo. They
taste something like oysters.
entire forint*, itirmunting to $375,000, 'tie,
9..he let° Richard Quoin le `neEtrly" his
niVerSity' College, Ldndofi. 1
Judge O'Connor at Cornwall.
A Cornwall despatch says: Judge O'Con-
nor hasbeen suffering for some time from
a severe cold and cough complicated by
dyspepsia and insomnia. The travelling
and work on circuit have prevented his
getting needful rest and treatment, but he
is now much better and is rapidly gaining
strength. At the assizes yesterday Joseph
Charlebois was charged with shooting
Osborne Simpson in the arm and leg at the
hotel of M. Bisner in the village of Alex.
amdria last fall. no defence was that
Charlebois wasprotecting the hotel against
it mob, and that Simpson was shot by a
misconception or accident. Verdict not
guilty. Mrs. Julia Lalonde brought an
action against D. Dereck, postmaster at
Glentvalter, to recover damagesforinclecent
assault. The jury were of opinion that it
was a case of blackmail and they Lound
verdict for the defendant.
An Inter -Provincial Ploughing Match.
A Montreal despatch says The awards
in the County of Hochelaga Agricultural
Society's annual ploughing match were
only,made known at it late hour yesterday.
In the Senior Olass therd Were thirty-seven
(nitride, including several ploughmen from
Ontarici. The first pri2o was awarded tol
Adani Hoed, of the township of Scar-
bortitigh, who wins the handsotne gold
medal presented by Mr. Hugh Paton,
Master of the Montreal Hunt,, and $75.
Second.prize was Won by Win. Milliken, of
the township Of Markham, Ont., and third
by Thomtte McLean, of township of Vaug-
han, Ont., with Amile Delorme, of the
county of IIoeffelaga, fourth. In the yelling
ploughman's class the first few' prizes
were won by Quebec Men, the fifth being
won by A. McPhail, of Dtinclas county,
Ont. The ploughing was nnusnally good.
--Wm. A. Woodhouse, who waS nrrosted
here for horse steal ing and taken to Sititebe
ter trial, was Friday sehtenced td serve
tWelve months in Central Peison,
A DIABOL_IOAL fro(rf •
Drociltlyn Lady Fatally Injured by tit
XXIllOeleti of a Package --Mer Little Boy
INO!Y nurt. t
A New York despatch says : A.bout 1Q
e'eloeir on Friday night a young man, aged
about 91 years, dressed in the verb of an
American District Telegraph messenger,
presented himself at the residence of Mr.
Joseph Weisehler, pf the dry gods firm of
\Veisehbo & Abrahams,of Brooklyn, at
329 Wathi
tW
ingten enue, n that city. To
the servant who opened. the door he handed
a small package addressed to Mr. Weisehler.
That gentleman not being home, the pack-
age was parried to 1140, Weischler. On
opening it she found two small boxee, ore
of which Was made of paper and the other
of wood. The latter hada sliding top and
she attempted to open it. She had only
pulled the top EL little when there was a
sudden explosion, and she.sprang to her
feet screaming with pain, while her boy
joined her with his cries, The servants
rushed into the roorn and found Mrs,
Weisohler in a terrible condition. limbic()
and hand were badly lacerated and she
was , almost blinded. The boy, too, was
rolling about the floor in agony from the
pain caused by lacerations of his face and
hands. An examination showed that the
faces of Mrs. Weischler and her son were
filled with small pices of metal whioh had
been driven into them by force of the ex-
plosion. The boy, while painfully hurt, is
not considered to be in any danger, but in
the case of Mrs. Weischler it is feared that
lockjaw may set in and that her death is
certain. The most careful and minute ex-
amination failed to disclose any trace Of
the explosion, and the police are unable to
say or even to guess what it was. There
was no sign of any machinery to have
worked an explosion, and none of the little
bits of metal about similar to those which
were driven into the face of Mrs. Weischler
and her son. Where the explosives and
the pieces of metal were kept is it thorough
puzzle. The only reasonable explanation
offered was that BOnle new kind of chemical
oompound had been used, which, occupying
a small space, has tremendous force and is
exploded by a slight friction. The boxes
will be thoroughly and carefully examined
by experts, and it is possible that some-
thing may yet be found which will lead to
the discovery of just what the explosive
was.
Anti -Scott Fire Dugs.
A Peterboro' despatch says: 'Very re-
cently the residence of Wm. Yelland, in
the heart of the town, and the Rev. Mr.
Tovell's parsonage and Mr. Rossiter's—
the latter being it Scott Act informer—
were set on fire by having kerosene dis-
tributed freely over the verandah and
front door, and last night similar treat-
ment was given to Dr. Fife, President of
the Scott Act Association. Dr. Fife has
offered a reward of $200 and the Mayor
$500 for the conviction of the person or
persons guilty of committing the act. The
inspector has been fining the hote/13 to a
very considerable extent lately. Over
$5,000 has been taken from the violators of
the Scott Act since the 1st of January last,
and the opponents of' the Act have now
become exasperated, having been convicted
SO recently, and these fires are supposed to
be the result of their wrath. The damage
to all the properties is fully covered by
insurance.
The Ottawa Elopement.
An Ottawa despatch says: The outcome
of the recent sensational elopement from
this city is as follows: Messrs. Germany ca
Sinclair give notice that William Henry
Middleton, of Ottawa'will apply to Par-
liament next session for a bill of divorce
from his wife, Mary Fronde Middleton, on
the ground of adultery and desertion.
Mr. Fenwick Hamilton, accused of elop-
ing with Mrs. Middleton; is at the St.
Lawrence Hall, Montreal, and says he
shall sue all the papers whioh maligned
him.
A Montreal despatch says: Mrs. Middle-
ton has telegraphed a local paper to con-
tradict the report concerning theelopement,
it being entirely false. "1 am here for the
purpose of procuring a divorce. Please
contradict any statements concerning Mr.
Hamilton relative to my affairs. If you do
this for me you will greatly oblige.—Yours
truly (signed) Msne F. MIDDLETON."
Important Legal Decision.
A Cornwall despatch says: A some-
what new point of practice in criminal
oases was developed at the Assizes here.
An indictment for assault occasioning
bodily harm was being tried before Judge
O'Connor. Under suoh an indictment the
defendant cannot be sworn as a witness.
At the conclusion of the trial His Lord-
ship, instead of charging the jury in the
ordinary way, directed them simply to
find whether bodily harm had been occa-
sioned to the prosecution. They found
that it had not. This finding reduced the
case to one of common assault. The
defendant was thereupon sworn and gave
evidence, this being allowed in the cases of
common assault or assault and battery.
Daniel McCourt was the defendant and
Mrs. McWhinney the prosecutrix. The
tinittter arose out of a row between neigh-
bors. MoCourt was acquitted,
ReekleasExtrairagenee.
You will find Scotchmen whore you'll
find anybody. Of course everybody knows
that. And just at present in San Fran-
cisco we can't say that a Scotchnian wants
nerve or backbone, for there's one of them
at the head of the grand jury. They tell a
story of, a Scotchman who died and wentto
heaven. St. Peter opened the gate, and he
saw the streets paved With gold and the
inansions in the skies.
What do you think of it ?" asked St,
Peter.
" Weal, I'M n Stranger hero, an' I therm
kon if I've any richt tee oreeticizef hitt I'm
thinkie' a' this is fair extravagence."—San
Francisco Chronidle.
Pot tile peat Week the gurplus grain crop
'of Manitoba hat been exported at an aver-
age rate of 105 ears a day. TIM total ox,
pert IS neW intpeeted to eeiteh ten mililon
bushels.
Sir Mane 'Wilson, Chief Justice
0 ntarie, has resigned. Ilit resignation takee
Offeet frdiia Isibvenileer 14th..
tielutp Walsh, of Lonaotir Ont. is about,
to vita ROM° On, offieial lineineese
AN iNTP.4.g$TX1.iP niscoY.PPT
The w. 4irrwiAt or49,11P PP•itYa411 Arrest
YennAl Amen** Seale 941. r4.1mii*
RaPetall.
Everybody who ,has read or has head
reed in childhood, as the majority have,
John puuyan's story of his dream of the
Pilgrim's Progress will lee interested to
learn that the warrant for his imprison-
ment has been discovereclamong the papers
of the descendants of one of Bunyan's fel-
low victims. The following is the story, as
told in the London Times, of the discovery,
and the text of the warrant;
On the accession of the Denby Ministry,
the policy of toleration towards Nonconfor-
mists was reversed by proclamation dated
February 3rd, 1674-5, all conventicles were
suppressed, and all licenses to preach with-
drawn. Bunyan was left at the mercy of
his enemies, who striick at him with allt
possible speed.
The movers would be Sir W. Beecher, an
M.P. for the borough, .Sir George Blundell,
and Dr. Foster, Chancellor of Lincoln,
three of the magistrates connected with the
first imprisonment—bitter harassers of
Dissenters. All three had distrained for
fines, and Foster, as Commissary of the
Arolideaconry Court, had in the year 1668-9
alone inflicted 1,400 of these fines. They
collected a strong bench—Sir John Napier,
M P. for the county, six baronets and seven
minor luminaries—and under their hands
and seals was issued the following warrant
To the constables of Bedford and to every of
them ;
whereas information and 00111 -
plaint is made unto us that (not-
withetandieg the Kings l'ilajties
Napier late Aot of most gratious goodwill
and free pardon to all his subjects
for past misdemeanorus that by
his said clementie and indulgent
guard and favor they might bee
moovecl and induced for the time
W Beecher to come more carefully to observe
his Highness lawes and Statutes
and to continue in their° ioyan
and duo obedience to his Majtie)
Yett one schn 13unnyon of yo
G Blundell said Towne Tynker bath divers
times within one month last past
in contempt of his Najd° good
Lames preached or teached at a
Conventicle meeting or Assembly
Hum; monoux under color or ptenee of exercise
of Religion in other manner than
according to the Liturgie or
Will Franklin practiss of the church of Eng-
land These are therein Ins
Majties name to comand you
forthwith to apprehend and bring
the Body of the said John Bunn -
ion before us or any of us or
other his Blaj ties Justice of Peace
within the said County to answer
tho promisses and further to
John Ventris doo and receave as to Lowe and
Justice shall appertain° and
hereof you are not to Me Given
under our hawses and soales this
Hourthh day of March in the
seven and twentieth yeare of the
Reign° of our most gracious
Sovereign° ',craning Charles the
Second,
Ao gue Dnejubta gr 1674
Will Spenour
Will Gory St. Jo Cherneke Wm Daniels
T Browne W Foster
Gains squire
The document is so little thumbed or
soiled that it cannot have been long in a
constable's horny palm. The sufferer was
not far to seek. He may oven have done
now as he did on his first arrest—gone to
the constable's house to surrender. With
him it was but simple duty. He did not
dream of the great and noble use to which
he was to turn his captivity nor that he
himself would live to see some of the gain
to religion and literature to ensue from it.
It only remains briefly to indicate how
this unknown and unsuspected treasure
has been preserVed to us, and Mr. Thomp-
son permits me to say that he considers my
account of it as reasonable and probable.
Among the ministers ejected for Noncon-
formity in 1662 was one Ichabod °hammy
—a sonof Charles Chauncy, President of
Harvard College. He settled at Bristol as
a physiuian, sparing time to give valuable
help to the harassed Dissenters, especially
in defending those prosecuted under the
Acts relating to religion. He was styled
their "Attorney -Genera)," and as such
prosecuted and exiled with forfeit of
land and goods in 1686. He would
have muoh to do Wth the success of
Bushell's case at the end of 1670, where the
full Court of Common Pleas held that a
juryman could not be fined nor imprisoned
on the ground that his verdict was against
evidence or the direction of the judge. As
the persons acquitted were William Penn
and Mead, Bushell was considered as a
second Hampden, and his case would be
green early in 1675. It may well be that
13unyan's friends would forward this war-
rant to their champion in the hope that
some use might be made of the very short
month between the date of the proclama-
tion (before which there was no legal
offence) and the date of the warrant. How-
ever, the intervention of the Bishop of
Lincoln would soon be known, the sufferer
was released in six months, and the warrant
would pass into the good playsioian's
pigeon -holes, vvhere it would remain until
it passed, with 801E0 documents derived
from his father, into the hands of his
grandson, Dr. Charles Chaunoy, by whose
family, I am informed by their solicitors,
Messrs. Maples, Teesdale &Co., they have
now been sold.
A Mormon 111.P.
Mr. Stenhouse, member of the British
Columbia Legislature for Comex, has re-
signed his seat, and the Victoria Standard
observes What object he can have in
leaving the politioal field we are at a loss to
conjecture, except it is, as rumored, that he
has become thorough'? imbued with the
religion of the Latter pay Saints and in-
tends to take up his abode with them."
•
A PhiloSOPher
YoUng Dempsey has been jilted in love,
but he takes it philosophically, as a sensi-
ble youeg Man should. " There is one thirg
about it,' he remarked, confidentially, to it
friend the other day; love's labor is nevoid
lost. -If &fellow saves Up his noney for
the sake Of a girl and doesn't get the girl,
Ito has the money,"—Dar/ingEon Vree
PreSs,,
Henry A. Robinson, it famons dealer in
sporting goods, says that Mexice buye more
pistols than all the 'United States put
together. The pot pistols there are of the
biggest size and calibre.
The case of Gilmour vs. Paradis, Nvhich
it short time aga. excited so much continent
from the novimapere, has been appralecl by
the Gitmours te the Privy Council in Eng-
land, ana Will COMO up for it hearing steed
midi*, Mr. Dalton McCarthyi Q,O.; faiths
pl!ftb:),,ti,ffs Gilmour & CO,