The New York herald., 1868-06-28

Newark, and Right Rev. Dr. Mcfarland, OF Hartford,
will deliver the sermon. In the evening the iridium
viii be closed by solemn vespers at four O'Clock, and
the concluding sermon win be preached by Rev. Z.
McGlynn, pas tor Of ST. Stephens church. New York.
solemn fe DeaxDa by full choir and orchestra will
conclude the ceremonies. 49,. - rr.....-
~ COMBINATIONS.
The Most Rev. Archbishop administered the sAcra-
ment OF continuation on Tuesday, June O. In the
church Of st. John the Evangenst 10 three hundred
church, to sss persons; on S Sunday June ne a. in St.
Paul's church. Harlem, to 352 PERSONS: on Thurs
day, June ls in st. Marys church, ionkers, to 277
persons. t -
On Sunday, June a. the Very Rev. DR.. STAIRS, v.
G., dedicated at yerplanck'a Point, westchester
much enlarged and beautifed by the jealous and
efficient pastor, Rev. j. Hasson. The very Rev.
blessed ON the occasion 0 large Ss
Bieakley, ex-Sherin Of Westchester county.
CATHOLIC GOSSIP.
The Most Reverend Archbishop, will administer
tne Sacrament OF Confirmation at Clifton, ,. L. tais
afternoon and on next Sunday afternoon at st.
Lawrence's church. Yorkve. The Feast OF the
July 81 at the church OF the Paulst Fathers, Fifty
ninth street. The Most Reverend Archbishop Will
nS az tne solemn ngn mass i% and
discourse. BeethOven's Mass in will be finely rem
dered by an efficient choir, aided by full orchestra
Solemn vespers will conclude the services OF the day
Lovers OF ceremonial will find here an attraction
which Will leave the humble EFFORTS OF Father Nor
erenS of Fvnn in ie ssreet have s at their
command all that Is requisite In order to render the
ancient and magnificent ceremonial OF the Latin
Church in manner to which Ritualism, with all its
l0ngings, is as yet stranger. . t G
The corner stone OF the Girls Protectory, which is
continuation Of the great work OF Catholic charity
with which the late Dr. Ives was 80 thoroughly ide-
tined, Will be laid at Westchester on Saturday next,
the Fourth OF July, at p: NJ. Rev. Father Hecker,
superior OF the Congregation OF St. Paul, will deliver
the address.
The annual exhibition of the Lasalle Institute,
under the charge OF the Christian Brothers, will take
place at the Cooper Institute on Thursday evening"
the I'd prOximo A choir OF two hundred and fifty
boys and good orchestra will be added to the usual
attractions. The Manhattan Academy, under the
same careful instruction, will close for the year.
with brilliant exhibition at the Everett Rooms on
Charles OC0nor win address the graduates Of
Manhattan College at the annual commencement,
which will take place on Tuesday next at four p NJ
On Tuesday evening, at halfpast seven O'Clock,
the Seventh regiment band will enliven the eXhi-
btiOn of the st. Ann's Literary Society and Sunday
selection OF 'Thou Art So Near and Yet So Far" to
be played at the distribution of premiums, is doubt
who expect prizes but do not obtain them.
The annual commencement OF. st. Francis xavier's
College VIII take place at the College hall West Six
teenth street. on Monday evening at hafpast seven,
and similar exercises will offer equal interest at st.
Johns College, Fordham, on wednesday at noon.
In order to assist in raising funds for the erection
Of the Dominican church, Of ST. Vincent Ferrer
tSixy-ffth street, the Morrogh Literary Union have
take place at Eandmann's Hall sixty.eighti street street
and Third avenue, on Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday evenings. The Rev. Mr.. Wilson finds as
1t were full grown parish with all its and yet
no adequate place for supplying It's demands. Before
winter the new church will be so far completed to
allow OF using the basement, which will be every
way an Improvement on the temporary building
now In use.
The congregation OF st. Stephens, Twenty-eighth
street. in addition to the beautiful music with which
DIR. Berge begues their distracted ears looking
earnestly to coming autumn when the Rev. DR.. Nc
Glynn promises them q sight OF the rare
work now being executed by signor Bru-
midi. This artist, whose frescOes in the Capt.
sas Sssn aa In s he pa sx
weeks on magnificent painting Of the CrucifxiOn
upon the rear wall OF the sanctuary 1t is every way
superior to the same subject as treated by him for
Bishop Wood, and we may safely add that the design
and the execution thus far promise work of art
Atlantic has al yet TO boast. We certainly know OF
no sanctuary here which Is comparable to that
which g. stephens win possess when the labors OF
Brumidt and the magnificent altar designed by Mr.
Kelly and now IN process OF completion are CON-
pete and In position.
There will be solemn services at the great Redemp-
ZIONIST church. In East Third street, on Monday
Tuesday and Wednesday, morning and evening" for
the exercises OF the iridium lately celebrated for his
Holiness, and which was postponed in this parish
because OF the recent German procession. The well
known beauty Of the services performed in this
noble building always attracts an immense
course OF people The average number of commu-
mons in this church annually exceeds eighty thou
sand.
ROMAN CATHOLICS IN PRISON IN LONDON.
The London Times states that a Parliamentary
return shows long list Of prisons in England in
which there is no provision for remunerating
clergyman for attending and giving religious insruc-
tion TO the prisoners except the chaplain belonging
to the Established Church The following are in the
lst:-Coldbath Fields Prison, which had in it 800
Roman Catholic prisoners on the 2d April; House of
Correction, Westminster which had on that day I6s
with 75; City Prison, Holloway, 90; New Bailey
Prison, Saford 1856; Hull, ~; Lancaster and Maid
stone, 81 each Chester county JAIL a4 Carlisle, with
l2 Roman Catholic prisoners In the half year;
Derby and Salop, each with 206 in the year;
usk, with 2ss In the year; Essex county jail and
in the year. In the following prisons q Roman
catholic priest Is remunerated from the county
pnrSe;IBlrmingham neSs Durham klrkdae' Knatsford'
ton, Preston Stafford, Wakefield, Wandsworth,
winchester, Worcester. At Spalding Roman Cath
class railway fare, amounting to 22 4s in the last
year.
DEATH OF MoNsIGNoR GIRAUD AUDITOR GENERAL
TO THE POPE.
The Rome June 81 correspondent OF the London
iOst says:-I have to mention the sudden demise OF
Monsignor Giraud, Administrators Of the Fabrica OF
ST. Peter, and recently appointed Auditor Genera!
OF the Rev. Apostolic Chamber from which dignity
his next promotion would have been to that OF Car
dinal Only two days after his surviving brother, an
empoye OF high standing in the War Office, died OF
sne ne same malady-heart disease-as did also year
ago the other brother, who was President Of Campo
Mario Thus the Giraud family OF French extrac.
tion, but Romanzed for some generations, to which
the celebrated comic writer who succeeded Goldini
belonged, Is now extinct save in the person OF the
sole surviving sister Countess Spaur, quondam Mrs.
DouWel whose son Will inherit the property OF MS
three uncles.
Religious Notes.
The Presbytery OF Albany has approved the basis
OF union or Old and New Sch0ol-42 ayes: nay
The Presbytery Of Pittsburg the largest In the Re-
FORMED PRESBYTERIAN Church. has suspended its rela
lions with the Synod that suspended George H.
Stuart.
The Presbytery Of Troy (O S.) has had meeting
since the adjournment OF the assembly and unani.
mously approved the terms Of union with the other
The Synod OF the Canadian Presbyterian Church
mas just reafrmed ts adherence to that clause OF the
Westminster Confession which prohlbits marriage
with the sister OF a deceased wife.
Inc observer regards ladies' club houses as |
signs OF decay in social and domestic manners and
morals that no Christian regard without painful
reflections
Those 'panful reflections are generally In there
gon oil the head after Jolly night at the club
The journal de 81. PetersbOstyy announces that on
me 6th service OF thanksgiving was celebrated In |
le churches OF the Russian capital for the preserva-
1t Paris.
The Archbishop of PARIS on the 10Th inst rave his