Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1853-09-14
? CorFsspondenco Of the New York Daily Times.
The Trial of Bishop Doane.
CAMnrN. MONDAY SAM.

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The Trial of Bishop Doane.
Il a CAMDEN, Monday Sept. s, 1853.
The Court of Bishops is assembled 10 dispose of
the third preSentment made of the Bishop Of New
] Jersey by the three Bishops of Virginia, Maine,
and Ohio, which said presentment is identically
the same as The first aud second presentments
made by the same thee Bishops, with simply diff
ferent phraseolOgy, and which were dismissed by
the first Courtot Bishops last year, as unfounded
and unsuStalned.
On the FIRST day when The Court had assembled,
there were present seventeen Bishops :-Chalse,
Wainwright, Nottingham, Upfold, Potter, NJ CroS-
Ky, RutIedge, Kempef, Elliot Freeman, Eastburn,
Brownell, Williams Lee, Polk, Obey, Johnsj and
Hopkins arrived. after the adjournment, making
eighteen. On the second day, Bishops Green.
Smith and De Lancey arrived, making the Courtto
consist of twenty-one Bishops; the prosecuting
and respondent Bishops being four more-a num-
Der never hitherto assembled togetheTin this coun
try, save at the triennial General Conventions,
thus showing tue great interest e IN the decision
10 be now again made, as regards the independ
ence of the Dioceses from the intrusion of foreign
Bishops.
On the first day, the Litany having been said
by Bishop McCrosky, all persons save the Bishops
were requested 10 retire from the room. The Court
was thea constituted by the Senior Bishop taking
the chair, and Bishop Wainwright being appointed
Secretary, and Bishop Williams Assistant. The
business commenced by the reading of the third
presentment. On its conclusion, Bishop Whit
tngham offered resolution that, as all the charges
contained in the third presentment, save three or
four had already been dismissed, and judicially
decided upon by former Court the committee of
the Diocese be admitted to report their action up
on these last as the said few charges had beenT
ferred back to the Diocese Convention by the for
mer Court of Bishops, (of which the present Court
was but continuatlon,) for their investigation
A long discussion enSued upon this, pending
which, the Court adjourned till Friday, at 10 o.
clock, A. III.
rs...fa SECOND DAY.
Upon the reassembling of the CouIt, afterpray-
ers, and the dools being closed, Bishop Doane
made an eloquent appeal to the Court to conduct
its proceedings with open DOORS stating that he's for
his part, desired that the Court should be open to
the world; and remarked, that ne thought this sit
ting with closed doors could only be likened to the
Holy Inquisition. and which was poor examplar
for Church ptiding itself upon being Protestant
to copy. During the long discussion which en-
sued, he, with the prosecuting Bishops, of course,
retired. On rec; tering, the Cont had decided,
by 10 10 6, to continue with closed doors. The
Bishop (Doane) then read a note from the Com
mittee of the Diocese of New Jersey, asking, in
their name, admiltanes to lay their report before
the Court. After warm discussion, it was decided
that Bishop Doane Should commence his argument
the next morning, upon the admission Of the
Committee, and upon Bishop Whittinghams res
olution. The Court then adjourned TO 10 o'clock,
THIRD DAY.
On again assembling, Saturday, at 10 A. NJ,
Bishop commenced proceedings by stating
that, to his great surprise, he had been informed
that room, on the same floor with the Court
room, and connecting with it (by door well
as with the entry was occupied by the three prose-
Cnting Bishops their legal counsel, and others, of
their friends, with whom the three prosecuting
Bishops were in constant communication, going in
and out at pleasure, for consultation, while at the
same time his fnendS and the whole people were
IN demanded, q
matter of simple justice and right that the whole
proceedings be opened to his friends and to the
public, or else all be excluded-one thing or the
otheFj that the room was occupied the day before,
and probably at that moment, not only by one,
whose name lie trusted he should never SO far for
get himself and what was due 10 the honorable
Court as TO mention before them, but by the only
ticO clergymen, and one OF two of the only four
laymen, who had ever set their hands openly, and
before the t0Orid against him, and until that loom
was closed to ali but the three Bishops alone, or
opened to the public, he would not commence his
argument. This was opposed by the three Bishops,
one of whom stated that the rocm was hiret by
them for their use and theiI counsel. Bishop
T)oANE at once stated that until he, the respondent,
his COUNSEL, the prosecuting party
could not theirs. The Court decided the room
should be closed at once, wherupon DAVIS and
dALsTEAD, the counsel present, picked up tneir
carpet bags, and with their friends, Withdrew
notice then posted upon the front door, that all
persons, not members of the Court, were request
I'd not TO enter the building during its occupation.
Bishop DoANE then commence his argument
One of the three prosecuting Bishops, IN reJoln-
Ter, OF argument, which he read, wheleas Bishop
OOARE delivered his nprOmptu to the Court, de-
ivered very elaborate and carefully prepared
opinion, stating ii as from one oil the most aole
and learned jur.Sts of the land. bishop DoANE
1t once rose and stated that he was perfectly as
;ured who the author of IL was, but that-as when
quotations were made in a Court, the name, page,
and volume containing it, should be given-he
demanded the paper itself, and the name oil the
author. WheTeupon it came out, rather ungra-
,iously that Hon. JonN G. SPENcER, of New York,
was the author, he being Zone OF the counsel re-
ained with hALsTEAD and DAVIS, by the proSecut-
ng Bishops,) unable TO be there on account OF
amily illness, but sending in his argument TO De
ead to the Court. The unfairneSS OF such pro-
,eeding was at once exposed blythe Bishop (DoANE)
gain calling the attention OF the Court 10 the act
hat here was an argument aVowediy proceeding
rom the counsel of the prosecuting Bishops IN
reduced into that Court in the form ct an answer
o his argument, in defiance OF the canon whlch
prohibits counsel being introduced into Court, I'M
il after the accused Bishop should bring IN his
In the course of the discussion, another fact,
showing the gross I'M justice done to Bishop DoANE
aud the whole Diocese of New jersey, by this
whole procedure, was ELECTED, by the admission
IF one of the three prosecuting Bishops lwhen
his attention was called to it by Bishop DoANE)
that he had not, before that moment. been aware
that the names of the four laymen had been omit
ted from tue preolnDle Vi Tie last lhIlo PFC
nent, and that, by that omission, they had 1nyol-
UNFAIRLY assumed tile whole responsibility OF the
document, professedIy made on the representations
IF four luymen-thus showing the animus OF the
eagerness with which they would sign OF do any
thing, that would aid to run down tue quarry they
had in view. Again, Bishop MEADE Zone of the
three) admitted that the third presentment was
made owing to the memorial, signed by "upwards
Of one hundred and thirty Episcopalians," claim
ing to be dissatisfied with the first decision OF the
fJSaS 0f-
DoANE, demanding another trial. Bishop DoANE,
in most powerful speech, drew the attention of
the Court to the fact that for The first time, did he
learn by official announcement, that such was the
case and u en- stated that there were rumors float
ing about in New jersey eight months ago, that
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