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ITEMS BY THE MAIL.

At the last census of Jamaica, in May, 1861, the white population was 13,816 in number, being in the proportion of one white to 32 black or coloured. Since that time some thousands of Indian coolies have been introduced into the island as labourers. The total population in 1861 was 441,264. The number of children in schools was returned at 26,167 in 1863; the return for 1861 had shown the exceptionally large number of 40,670, but that was the census year, and it is supposed that returns were taken in that year which included Sunday schools. The present is the fourth negro rebellion in the annals of Jamaica. On" the 22nd of February, 1745, about 900 negro slaves were detected in a conspiracy to destroy all the white inhabitants of the island. In 1795 the Maroons, a community of fugitive slaves who had obtained permission to settle in the northern part of the island, revolted, and were not reduced to subjection until March 11, 1796. The most alarming outbreak, however, took place on the 22nd of December, 1831, when the island was placed under martial law, and most stringent measures and numerous executions followed.

The Rev. Dr. Candlish, the great opponent of the use of the organ in the Scottish churches, has-made his opening address, delivered in the New Free Church College, at Edinburgh, the medium of expressing his apprehensions as to the' ff ■< ts which admiration of ornate worship may have on Presbyterian piety:—“ This is not the place or time,” said the doctor, “ for discussing in detail the proceedings of other Churches, but, on the principal that your house is not safe while your neighbour’s is on fire, it may be proper to keep a good look out. The Established Church is still a power in the land—always excepting the Highlands. Any strong tide or current setting in within her borders can scarcely fail to have a wide SAveep, and bring about noticeable results. Hence-the anxiety, if not alarm, with which many of us regard the growing taste for neAV modes and fashions in the worship of God, as well as new ways of preaching the Gospel of his‘son. I do not here raise the question of the laAvfulness of instrumental music, on which I may be thought, according to modern notions, to hold extreme vieAVS, though they are the old views of our learned fathers ; nor do I canvass the legislation of the late General Assembly of the Establishment, which so summarily opened the doors of ail its churches for its possible entrance at any time. I confess that I cannot but entertain a strong suspicion that the act passed in May last, if I understand it aright, has altered, it may be unawares, the condition of the Established Church, and seriously infringed upon the legal rights of its presbyteries. Already, if I am rightly informed, there are churches—more than one—in which prayers are read ; and there is not only the chanting of hymns, but the intoning of the Scripture lessons. This is not what might be anticipated. And there must be some sort of fascination in the case E\ 7 en the evangelical Dean Close, it would appear, anti-tobacco as he is (and there I agree with him) has become enamoured of cathedral pomp and sonorous sound. It is too much to expect that our friends in the Establishment should now stop short. They could not do so without retracing their steps ; and that, I fear, is a practical impossibility. The movement, away from the old, simple, bare, bold mode of conducting worship, and towards the grand and gorgeous, must now go on, and will go on, without any sure landing-place, short of the ultimate embodiment of it in a purely ritual and sacramental system. The London Times says that “ It is stated that the affairs of the late bank of AttAvnods, Spooner, Marshalls, and Co., of Binni ogham, which stopped payment on the lOth of March, with liabilities

very little short of £1,000,000, within the last two months been. closed, the creditors having received a first and final dividend of lls 3d in the. pound. It will be recollected, that by an unanimous vote of a large meeting of the creditors at the Town Hall inßirmingham it was resolved; to take the administration; ot the estate out of bankruptcy, under section 110 of the last Bankruptcy Act. The assignees almost immediately afterwards made a very advantageous sale of the assets of the bank to the .Birmingham Joint-Stock Bank (limited), in consideration of the latter paying the creditors 11s 3d in the pound. The payment of the dividend commenced iii June, only three months after the stoppage, and. the whole of the creditors—nearly 5,000 in number—received their dividends before the end of September, with the exception of a few cases where, from absence . or otherwise, payment is unavoidably delayed. It is stated also that although a power existed of applying to the Bankruptcy Court, under section 136, in case of difference or difficulty, after the administration had been taken out of court, not a single application has been made to the court, and, in fact, this large has been administered without any litigation. This is a good illustration of the working of a system of administration Out of court, but with power to recur to • the court for the aid of its strong arm in case of need that has been contended for.

An Italian delegation has presented to President Johnson a petition signed by Garibaldi and-362 other Italians of distinction, all residents in Italy, urging h>m to abolish capital punishment in the United States, and to begin by pardoning Jefferson Davis. The marriage of the Earl of Dudley and Miss Moncrie'ffe, daughter of Sir Thomas and Lady Louisa Moncrieffe, -took place on November 22nd. A diamond diadem, purchased in Paris by Earl Dudley for his bride, is said to have cost more than £30,000.

The Times' Correspondent in Dublin, referring to the leader of 'the Fenian movement, says “ Everyone seemed favourably impressed with the appearance of Stephens, the alleged “ Head •Centre ” in Ireland, who, from his personal appearance, as well as his reputed position in the conspiracy, is almost the only man of mark among the Fenian prisoners. Pre-eminently a smart man, he is rather below the middle stature, with smooth cheeks, a fair complexion, a fine, large auburn beard, r and hair of a light brown colour, curling round the back of the head, the front and top being entirely bald, showing a very good develop ement of the intellectual and moral faculties, “ firmness ” being remarkably large. The eyes -are small, lively, and restless. The temperament is evidently sanguine and nervous, indicating quickness of perception, energy, and determination. He speaks fluently and correctly with a slight Yankee accent. His manners are gentlemanly, saving a certain abruptness and -impatience. He was, however, apparently very much at ease during the day, not at all like a prisoner charged with a great crime, but rather like an attorney Watching a case, with a full consciousness of his own superior ability and the goodness of his cause, with a sovereign contempt for “ the other side:”

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Evening Star, Volume III, Issue 850, 26 January 1866, Page 2

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ITEMS BY THE MAIL. Evening Star, Volume III, Issue 850, 26 January 1866, Page 2

ITEMS BY THE MAIL. Evening Star, Volume III, Issue 850, 26 January 1866, Page 2

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