American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1845-01-07


is copy Of the official record of the sentence:
Official Sentence in the Case Of Bishop Onder-
dOnk.-The Court of Bishops of the Protestant
Episcopal Church, convened under the autlIo-
rity of Canon Ill of 1914 of the General Con-
vention Of said Church, for the trial of the pre-
sentiment of the Right Reverend Benjamin
Tredwell Onderdonk, Bishop of the Diocese of
New York, by tho Right Reverend William
Meade, Bishop of the Diocese of Virginia, the
Right Reverend James Hervey Oley, Bishop
Of the Diocese of Tennessee, and the Right
Reverend Stephen Elliott, junior, Bishop oil
the Diocese of Georgia, upon certain charges
and specifications in said presentment set forth;
having fully heard the allegations and testmo-
MES of the parties, and deliberately considered
the same, and majority Of the said court hav-
ing declared that in their opinion the accused
is guilty of certain of the charges and specti-
cations contained in the presentment which
declaration of Il ma iority of the court has been
reduced TO writing, and signed by those who
assented thereto, and has been pronounced in
the presence OF the parties; and the court hav-
ing proceeded, after hearing the accused, to
pass sentence upon the accused in conformity
with the provisions of said canon, and having
determined that the penalty to be affixed and
pronounced in said case shall be that OF suspen-
sion.
1t is hereby ordered and declared that the
sentence of this court upon the respondent, is
suspension from the Office of Bishop in the
Chdrch of God, and from all the functions of
the sacred ministry; and this court do hereby
solemnly pronounce aud 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 by said canon,
be communicated by the presiding Bishop, I'M
der his hand and seal, to the ecclesiastical au-
thorty of every diocese Of this Church. r-s---,
Given under my hand and seal this the 3rd
day of January, A. D., ls45.
PHlLANDER CHASE,
Senior Bishop and President of the Court.
A correspondent of the New York Express
says: The presentment contained eight specifi-
cations. One was not tried, the witness,a lady.
refusing to testify. On the third the respond
ent was not guilty, two of the Bishops, howev-
err being in favor of verdict of degree of
guilt below the terms of the specification. On
the six remaining specifications the vote was as
follows on the question of equity"
Ayes-Bishop Eastburn, Hopkins, Henshaw,
BroWnell, Lee, Mcllvane, Chase, Johns, Smith,
Freeman, Polk-ll
Nays-Bishop Delaney, Doane, Whiting
ham, Ives, Gadsden, kemper-6.
The three presenting Bishops were, Meade,
Otcy and Elliott, who were debarred from vo-
ting.
Bishop Onderdonk then sent in a paper, in
which he declared that, in the matters charged
upon him, he was entiiely innocent of all inn
purity Of motives and intention, and submit
ting himself to the decision of the Bench.
The question was then taken as to what sem
tence should be pronounced. There are three
penalties prescribed by the canon-abmoniton,
suspension and deposition.
FIRST BALLOT.
For Deposition Hopkins Mclvane,
Polk, Lee, Johns, Easburn, Henshaw-s.
tSpenSion-Brownell, Smith, Freeman-3.
.4dmonition.- Doanc, kemper, Delan-
cy, Gadsden, Whittingham-6.
SECOND BALLOT.
Deposition. Hopkins Smith, Nell
vane, Polk, Johns, Henshaw-7.
Suspension Gadsden, Whiting
ham, Lee, Eastburn, Freeman-6,
.4dmonitiOn. Doane, Kemper, Delan-
cy-4.
THIRD BALLOT.
Deposition, Chase, Hopkins, Smith, Nell
vane, Polk, Lee, Johns, Eastburn-S.
Suspension Ives, Doane, Kemp
er, Delaney, Gadsden, Whittingham, Henshaw,
Freeman-9.
So it was determined to suspend the Bishop
from the exercise of the functions of the office,
and the House of Bishops declared the sem
tence, as given above.
From the .Ne,v York american.
Suspension divests, not the offender of his
spiritual character-nor of his rights, privileg-
es, or perqulsites as Bishop. 1t only inter-
diets. while it lasts, the exercise of those rights
and functions, leaving him his salary and title;
when removed, the Bishop is, in all things, re-
instated.
lfmade perpetual, indeed, suspension would
virtually amount to deposition, so far as the
exercise of any Episcopal function is concern
ed; but then what becomes of the Diocese2
There can be no Bishop elected, because
there is no vacancy-and there can be no AS
sistant Bishop, because the canon only allows
Of the election of an Assistant in the two spe-
ciic cases, "of old age, or other permanent
causes of infrmitY" Of which, in the
sense OF the canon, exists here.
[For the American Republican,
FRANKLIN INSTITUTE OF FELL'S POINT.
1t must not be generally known that the
franklin Institute of Fell's Point hold their
regular weekly meetings at the Wesleyan
school room, Bond street, one door from Bank.
This institution is, we believe, the only one Of
the kind on Fell's Point. 1t has belonging to
it one of the finest Philosophical Apparatus
that is in this city; also large collection Of
beautiful stuffed birds specimens of minerals,
with collection Of choice books
The debate that is to take place on this
Tuesday evening, at O'Clock, promises to
L. re- hss~a