Mobile register and journal., 1845-01-14

TRIAL OF BISHOP ONDERDoNK.--Thes sem ence of deposition was not adopted the Sd by the Bench o Bishops against the Right Reverend Benj. T. Ondenionk Bishop of New-York Diocese. A majority in favor of suspension. The Journal of Commerce of the 9th, gives the following ac- count of the result to which the bishops arrived, beginning with the vote on the question whether he guilty of the charges, one excepted, which had been preferred against him.
 Gmhy-BshoL Chase of Illinois, Brownell of Connecticut. Hopkins o' Vermont, Smith of Ken lucky, Mcllvane of Ohio, Polk of Louis jana, Lee of Delaware, Johns of Virginia Eastburn of Massachul- sets, Henshaw of Rhode Island, Freeman of Ar kansas, II. And the three presenting Bishops Meade of Virginia, oey of Tennessee. and Elliott of Geor gla, IA
 Not Gmty.-Ives of North Carolina, Doane of New Jersey, Kemper, Missionary Bishop, DeLancey of Western New York, Wittingham of Maryland, and Gadden ol South Carolina, 6.
 After this result was announced, Bishop Onder- donk read paper, protesting his innocence of nten- ton, but submitting to the decision of the court.- The court then proceeded to pass sentence.
 Altei number ofballDtings, the vote stood. For ''fua suspension from all the offices of the Chris tran Ministry .-.......... For deposition, a higher grade of punishment. 8 ma1OTHy TOT unal subDeHfiOn.
 The counsel m the cause, were, the part of the D, esening Bishops, Hiram ketcham and G. Clark, Esqrs For respondent, D. B. Ogden and D. Gra- ham, Esqrs.
 We do not understand that the charges against Bishop Onderdonk involve any thing cri'ninal in the eye of the law w,-though much that reprehensibe, and especially so in the case of person holding d high station in one department of the Christian Church.
 Since the above written, we have received the OFFICIAL SENTENCE IN THE CASE OF
 BISHOP ONDERDONK.
 The Court of Bishops of the Protes'ant Episcopal Church, convened under the authority of Canon III of lS44 of the General Con, mention of said Church, for the trial of the presenlment of Right Reverend Benjamin Tredwell Onderdonk, Bishop of Ire Dio- cese of New York, by the Right Reverend William Meade, Bishop of the Diocese oi Virginia, the Right Reverend James Hervey Otey, Bishop oi the Dio- cese of Tennessee, and the Right Reverend Ste pien Elliott, Junior Bishop of the nI"cese of Geor- ga, upon certain charges and specifications in said presen,ncat set lorlh Having fully heard the allc- gatinns and testimonies of the parties, and dslibsr- asey considered the same, and majority Of the said Court having declared, that in their opinion, the cused is guilty of certain of ihe charges and specif- cations contained in the presenment-which declar- alton of majority of ihe Court has been reduced 10 writing, and signed by those who assented thereto, and has been pronounced in the presence of the par t,es, and the Court having proceeded alter hearing the accused, to pass sentence upon the accused in conformity with the provisions # said Canon, and having delerinned that the penalty to be affxed and pronounced in said Case, shall be that of suspension.
 l. is hereby ordered and declared that the sentence of ihis Court upon inc suspendent. is. suspension from the office of Bishop in the Church of God, and from all the functions of the Sacred Ministry and this Court do hereby soemuly pi ononnce and declare, that the Right Reverend Benjamin Tredwell Onderdonk is suspended from all exercise of his Episcopal and Ministerial functions; and do order, that the notice of this sentence required bv said Ca non, be communicate by the presiding Bishop. un- der his hand and seal. the Ecclesiastical Authot- ty of every Diocese of his Church.
 5s.,J ! Given under my hand and seal this Srd 0ea' day of January, A. D., ls45.
 Phil'r Chase, Sen. Bp. and President ofthe Court.