New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-02-23
MORAL And RELIGIOUS.

A Curious PARISH CAsE.-The Lord Bishop Of
Cork is about to commence proceedings in the Eccles
sscal Courts 10 declare the Parish Of InnscaTrO
cont by reason of the conviction and sentence to
transportation for life for forgery, Of It's Rector, the
Rev w. BeIesford. These, proceedings, however
are resisted by the creditors Of the convict. The
parish has for q number Of years been sequcstered
and the revenue collected by a Receiver under the
Court for the benefit of the creditors, whose debts
amount to a very considerable sum. The defense
which il is understood is set up is denial of vacancy
on the ground that the incumbent Is not dead IN law,
as the crown may tany time grant him free pardon
CHURCHES IN SAN FRAsClsCo-There are III San
Francisco 80 churches, upon which there Il an aver
age attendance of 1900, one fifth OF the population,
exclusive Of the Chinese. The church property Is
valued at three fourths of million. The San Fran
cisco Herald remarks upon these facts that 1.-THE
figures will asonish some Of the good people at the
East who during the May Anniversaries, elaborate
upon the necessity of apprOprang pant Of The funds
heretofore expended in the purchase Oi flannel shirts
and red caps for the benghted inhabitants OF Tim
buctoo for precipitation OF avalanche of mission
aries upon IL e gloomy shores of California
CHRISTIANITY IN NEw-ZEALASD.-The Governor
Of New-Zealand states that 90 of every 100 OF the
natives Of that island now profess Christianity, and
that their COlQuCt ds wei
rs that of Christians generally. The conversion OF
tbs people from their religious babarsm has occurred
under the efforts of the English Church Missionary
Society.
GERMAN DEyorIox.-Those who grow weary
der sermon Of over thirty minutes may proftably
contemplate the long suffering of the Germans
traveller writes of sabbaths experience in village
church near Hamburg: "The forenoon service was
q in lcOoth and afternoon
EuI hours The long prayer over one hour the
exclamation of reading in Psalms about an hour,
aud the sermon over two hours. The hymns were
sixteen stanzas long ana eight lines to stanza The
choir in the evening lit their lights while singing, and
then extneu.hed them. The preacher took his tea
al 10 o'clock at night and being asked by his guests
if he ives not fatgued said he not in the least
NuNSERY INoUIsITIoS.-The Spanish government
has issued circular to the ecclesiastical authorities,
directing them to suspend the admission Of noviees
until the number and occupation of all the nuns in
Spain shall have been ascert aimed.
ANCIENT METHOD REvIyED.-Messrs. Raylsnd,
Fem and Meadows three laborers of the Church Mis-
.icnary Society in Southern India, have adopted the
plan of having no abiding place but dwelling IN tents
al going from village to village, preaching to a.
MANY heather as will hear them. They seldom re-
main longer than week in one place, aud the plan Is
found to work well.
RELIGIOUS NEwsPAPERS--7he Nep-Iork IAde-
Dc,Gcnt bow circulatcs more copies per week III the
.ix Nev.England States and the State Of New York
than al the religious newspapers circulated in England
in 1853.
AcKp CLERGYMES-There are now living in Mas
sscbus,tts eighteen cergymen whose ages range from
% 10 90 years.
Tvr CHURCHES AND THK TRACT SoCIETY.-An-
other Church-the Chestnut street, Chelsea, the Rev
Mr. Laprworthy 's-has omitted the American Tract
Society," from its list of charitable objects. The vote
TO this Eject WAS ii is stated, passed without oppose
| ton.
HISTORIAN MIssIos.-Thc HISTORIAN Mission Is
now much hindered in its work by the Intolerance Oh
! the Persian Government. Some OF the msslonanes
| even fear tina, they will be driven away TOR tne'
| They hope somewhat from the In;erposition OF the
English Embassy but the representative OF
England just now can barely maintain his hod oi
| Tcheran, the prospect is dark.
Tux SIsTEx or LAZARUS DESCRIBED BIT PROF. IN
eRAHAx.-The Rev. Prof J. ii. Ingraham, the we'll
known novelist thus describes in recent work OF
religious fiction from his pen, the sister Of Lazarus;
Yer eyes are Of that remarkable color seldom seen
"amorr our people. and when it is is of richer and
ore cerulean tone than is found in the azure-eyed
"pa,iyes Of the North They as blue a. the skies
"of Jndea, and yet pcssess all the stormy, torrid
sr,spdor Of the ewes Of the Hebrew maids. Her hair,
"rh;ch ;s a soft golden brown, is worn knotted in
"many masses about her suPeroy 'lno.oea nroh s
"uer dir is serene and c9p6dDg, ard she has 20 Little