New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-11-11

The whole Episcopal Church fell the psng Churches
were drHped in mourning and ne raj preached
IN several OF the Doceses and every tribafe was al
forded that could testify the yeuerrfion Cherished for
an illustrious Chief Pastor
In lSll-l2 there wss commoton in Trinity Church
hardly inferior TO the trial Of Bshop Oaierdonk Is
arose from the publication by Rev. Cave Jones Az.
sisiant Minister OF the Church Of pamphle, ,kius
serious charges against Rev. DR. Hobart with a visy
10 prevent his election 70 the episcopae Party spirit
ran high but in the end d. Hobart came forth I'm.
scstLed The costs Of the controversy the Church
amounted to $4,000.
On the l2th Dec. ISL. Rev. DR.. Berrisn. present
Rector Of Trinity. chosen Assistant Minister
The operations of the Church directed steadily
toward education and Church extension during ths
ofcisl term Of Bishop Hobart and no event occurred
to mar the harmony of the people
Rev Benjamin Oaderdonk succeeded Bishop Hobart,
having been elected with remarkable unanmty the
sth Oct, 1880 On the s6h Nov. he was consecraiei
at st Johns Chapel by Bishops White, Brownell anil
H. o. Onderdonk. His history i. familiar to all, sni
we forbesr to repeat it. lie was suspended by the
Court of Bishops Jan. 3. ls45. Thsncef1rwtd the
Eliscopa duties Of the Diocese were performed by
Bishops from other parts OF tie country up 10 this day.
when Bishop Wainwright commences his official
career.
In lss9 a heavy fall Of snow damaged the roof Of
Trinity Church and otter some st;cmp, to repair IT, the
Vesry received 10 put a roof In removing the
old one the walls found weak and after further
delbcrailou they decided to put up church Of
more enduring character. Seven years occupied
in the erection Of the present eihce. The time was
well spent however snd the edihce Is OF the no
blest ever erected in this country ami will probably
last as many years the previous did days. The
to need description.
In regard TO the immense property Of Trinity
Church, much Of it has been parted with a. endow.
mcnts to churches schools sc. 1t is estimated that
the aggregate value of these donations the prsent
prices Of the grants would reach two and half NIL.
lions of dollars. still there is great of prop
erty left reaching many millions In vs'ue, but much
less productive than is generally supposed for the
con that i mostly let upon long leases and merely
Nominal rents The gross income of the church has
never for any one year reached $4,000 Among the
grants made by Trinity Church the land Colum
bia College, worth now perhaps $4,000; to St Marks
Church. $50 600. to Grace Church Slj0OOO; to -;
Georges. 100000. &c.
Rev DR.. JONATHAN NJ WAINWRIGHT, who has
entered upon the duties OF Provisional Bishop of this
Diocese wac born the 9th OF February, 1926, in
Liverpool during brief residence Of his parents in
that city His father engaged in mercantile bust
in England, of which he a native, but emf
grated this country the close of the Revolutionary
War and in due course of time became citizen Hero
ne married Elizabeth Mayhem descendant of the pill
grins so that his son. although born in England
| be regarded Americsn-his father being at the
time Of his birth citizen and his mother native OF
the United States. DR. Wainwright received the first
rudimcnts of his education in English College, under
the patronage and protection Of the Protestant Church
of that country but on his arrival here he placed
under the instruction OF Rev Elisha Clapp at the Sand
witch Academy, Cape Cod, and subsequently sent to
| Harvard University in which he graduated lis re-
manned in that institution for years proctor and
teacher of rhetoric and oratory. Leaving Harvard,
he was soon after ordained Minister of the Episcopal
! Church, by Bishop Griswod, of Rhode Island and be-
/ came Rector Of Christ Church Hartford, aud after
ward assistant minister OF Trinity Church in this City
Ills next post OF honor and usefulness the Rec.
torship of Grace Church. New York then the Rector
ship of Trinity Church, Boston and from Boston he
returned again to New-York assistant again OF
/ Trinity Church His long residence here has made
him known TO large circle of friends many Of them
beyond the pale Of the religious communion with which
he is Immediately connected As author too ne Is
well known his various works on the East, the fruits
of travel having commended him TO the reading public
His controversy with Rev DIR. Potts, of this CRY,
Episcopal Church Government, caused great sensa
ton at the time among our polemics. Dr. Wainwright
visited England last May to take part in religious
jubilee. He represented the American Church, and,
while Oxford with Bishops McCrosky and De Lancy,
he aud they received, at the University at Oxford,
costly and beautiful tribute from the University to the
Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States 1t
is an alms basin of solid gold twenty-one inches in
diameter embellished in a most admirable manner, re-
presenting in highly wrought group the Visit Of the
Mag and bearing this inscription
Ecelese Americana dlecte Christie 0xoniensrJ 1882