The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-10-24
NIGHT SESSION


NIGHT SESSION.
The House of Deputies re-assembled at 6
O'Clock, and resumed the considera ton of un-
the House OF bishops announcing their adop-
ton of Canon entitled "of Bishop resign
ing his jurisdiction and becoming a Parish
Minister The ques ton being on the motion
of Dr.. Vinton, OF N. Y, TO non-concur, several
speeches were made; after which, the vote was
taken and decided iii the negative.
DR.. Littlelohn offered the following:
Whereas, The rapidly growing demsnd in all
parts of the country for the services the Church,
and the present lmposslbility of supplying regular
clerical serYices in parishes and CONGREGATIONS al
ready in existence, make it imperatvely necessary
that the Church should, through the General Con-
mediate increase Of the Ministry: Therefore.
Resolred, That the parochial Clergy be earnestly
requested to bring the Church's pressing need Of
additional laborers before their respective congre-
cations at least once year. oitener if thoug hit
expedlent; also to solicit offerings for the educa-
all suitable times and in all suitable ways, to i'm
press the Churchs want upon the minds OF the
young.
Resoired That it be recommended to the clergy
to urge upon their CONVERSATIONS the duty of be-
thc Church more iber al and effective patronage:
and that the heads and teachers of our institutions
form. as their judgments may approve, in the great
work OF supplying Dlous and we'll educated cand-
dates for Holy Orders.
The question on the adoption Of the re.oIu-
ton was put and carried.
4 message received in the morning from the
House of Bishops was callsd up with a view
to the appoin tment of a committee of confer.
ence thereon. This message announced the
non-concurrence of the House Of Bishops in a
resolution conveyed 70 them in message No.
10, because under the provisions of the Can
ons the origination of such q designation OF
Episcopal jurisdiction, pertains to the House
OF Bishops, and is TO be perfected through the
concurrence of the House Of Clerical and Lay
Deputies. Committee-Bishops De Lancey
Whttingham and Burgess"
The House agreed to the appointment of q
committee of conference. Committee-Dr.
Shelton, Mr. Tazewell Taylor, Mr. Lee of
Connecticut.
Judge Chambers in troduced a resolution for
the appointment of a commi etee of conference
in relation to a Canon which had passed this
House, but which the House of Bishops had
declined to pass" on the formation of Con
gregations and Parishes in Foreign Countries. -
The resolution was adopted and the committee
appointed as follows: DIR. Randall, DR.. Van
Ingen, Mr.. Garfield, Judge Huntingdon.
Mr.. burgess called up the subject of the
Canon relative to the conservation of Bishops
during the recess Of the General Con vention.
The original Canon provided that if the cleo
ton took place within year before the meet
ing of the General Convention, all matters
pertaining TO the conservation should be post
poned until said meeting. The amendment
first adopted by the House was to substitute
"three months for "a year, T,'-but in this the
House of Bishops declined TO concur. Mr..
Burgess moved to substitute the words "six
month So which was adopted, ard the Canon,
as amended, passed.
Judge Conyngham offered resolution TO
refer, rs special matter of interest, to the
Committee of the Laity to-day appointed, the
subject of the Christian education of the youth
of the Church, as well in the family as III the
Church schools and colleges. Adopted.
On motion of DR.. Evans, the House proceeded
to the consideration of the report of the Joint
Committee on the subject of the Digest. The
.arf xuas aDn tad ND anrYr n lr
Vinton, of New York, vote of thanks passed
to the Committee in acknowledgment of their
arduous labors.
Canons on the subject of Bishops resignina
their Jurisdiction, and their submission to the
jurisdiction of the Bishop of the Diocese where
they reside, under certain circum tances, were
proposed by DR.. Mason, of North Carolina,
Dr. NInton, OF New York, and DR.. Mahan, OF
New Jersey, and laid on the table, to be printed
in the Journal and considered by the next
Convention.
DIR. Litllejohn, from the Joint Committee to
devise means for the creation of q Church
Buitding Fund reported progress, and asked
TO he continued until the next General Con
vention. A motion to that effect was adopted.
Messages Were received from the House of
bishops announcing their concurrence in the
appointment of the Trustees of the General
Theological Seminary nominated by the
House of Clerical aud Lay Deputies; also an
nouncing the appointment of Committee of
conference in relation TO the proposed Canon
.~N Ah~'soh VA ASouSIe8uIAOiiS auo psSslhntS
in foreign countries
Mr. Taylor, of Virginia, from tho Committee
OF Conference, submitted the following re-
port, which was adopted:
fer with shs aoass ss q ssbops
the differences bstwsen the two Houses on the
resolution adopted by this House on the 18th inst.
in relation to the extension Of the Jurisdiction OF
the Missionary Bishop OF China over the Empire
of Japan, bog leave the result of their confer
ence to recenlend to this House to reconsider the
said resolution, and TO adopt in lieu thereof the fol-
lowing resolution
Rssoired, That this House tfally ask the
Vouse of Bishops make provision for the exten-
sion of the jurisdiction of the Missionary Bishop of
China oser the Empire Of japan, and tn send down
TO this House for their action thereon
encc in relation to the difference between the
two Houses with respect 70 amendments TO