New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-11-14


of this year. number Of meetings in the rooms OF the
Alliance The PROCEEDINGS are duly recorded in the min
ute book of tho Executive Committee. The Comns'lol-
crs investigated tho facts which their mission was
based maurcd and signed respectful memorial TO- thc
~ Rr lin on thcir WaV to ST Pecrrbnrg The memorial
printed in three languages, for private circulation
stuttgart Gr prayer and devotional exercises in the YES
try Of the venerable GfnshiTche the use OF when was
kindly granted Ivy Prelate DIR. Kapf On tho following
Monday thoy met in Che same place. and organized by
ecctug Dr. Schnf President, and Dr. Schmettau OF Ea
gland Baron Won GTlcr Of Germany, and MT Agcnor dc
Bnssrr Of Geneva Secretaries The following 81 gentle
men from the Protestant Episcopal Presbyterian, Con
c1cCationa Lutheran, German Reformed, Dutch Re
formed Methodist, and Baptist Churches, were present
from the Cniicd States of North Am,ricu-The Rev
Willom Adams, ID. D., IL" D.; the Hon Nathan Bishop,
LII. H.; the Hon. W. H. Dodge Cyrus W. Field. esq; the
III. Rev. G. p. Mcllvame. ID. D., d. e. h.; Prof Philip
Schah y. D.; the Rev. Moan Hunt Scheuck ID. D.; the
Rev Edward 4. W.shburn, D. d. CThc other members Of
the American dcputation who had taken an active part
In the preliminary proceedings and signed Che Memorial.
were unayoidabN prevented from attcndingJ
Grcdt BiMinJohn Finch, esq, Treasurer OF the Brit
ish Branch Of the Evangelical Alliance tho Rev; g. ID.
Hartford Iatershy M A. Honorary Canon OF Carlisle
Pm d., f. S. the Rev. Dr. Stcane Honorary Secretary
of the British Branch of the Evangelical Alliance the
Rev Dr. ScincttAu and the Rev. James Davis, ScCre
are- of the British Branch OF the Evangelical Alliance;
the Rev. Robert Johnstoni Jabcz Johnson ESQ., j. T.;
Dr. Blackwood and other influential gentlemen from
England had been announced, but could not leave home
.S~cdcn.-ltarSn Hans Essen; the RSy J. Err, Erik
NYStrOem, ph. D.; 1nouuS IL. OdenCIdutZ, JUDGE
johann Christian Berger
Denndrk.-C hcvalicr L. A. Brandt.
HOi0Hd.-Thc Rev. Dr. van OOStC!2PC, PROFESSOR Oh
Theology at Utrecht the Rev. Cohen Stuart, Pa.tclr
at Rotterdam, and Secretary of the Dutch Branch OF the
Belgn.-Pastcur Leonard Anct. President OF the Com
mittee Of the Alliance at Brussels
GcrmGHy-COunt COnstantn Won der RrCke NOllnirr'
stein of BTcsau: Baron Grler of Baden; Baron Dr.
Won Tschcndorf, Professor OF Theology at Leipzig; the
Dcrgrd Of Bonn and DR.. Fabr of Barmcn intended to
'o H,nSGrvEBafon Gabriel Pronay Priyy Councillor and
Inspector Of the Evangelical Church. Augsburg Comics
Srit.eridnd.-M Dovot de Muralt. President of the
Committee Of the Neuchael Branch of the EvanGciCal
Ac' T s T an 3D. McdeTanT Of the vener% @ Conn
pauy Of Pastors i'll Geneva VI. AgonOr de Boisscr Of
Geneva; Col. Won urcn Of Bcrne; Col Won WurSlcm-
France was not Represented partly on account Of her
already dcpuation to the Emperor year prcvi
in behalf Of the subject with which the French
Alliance Is IN most cordial sympathy.
Two memorials to the Gar handsomely engrOssed
parchment, the one drawn up in Newlork and prcvi-
ousy signed by all the members Of the American dcpn
taOn the other prepared in London and signed in Stuff
CART by the English and Continental brethren present
dcpuaton OF the Society Of Friends in behalf OF lcli-
cous liberty, was also laid before the meeting and IT
was recommended that the Friends should present II
s'PaTatey to the EnpG %T ,rotorr dor.,oD %
Fricdrchshafcn, the Lake OF Constance, where the
Emperor Of Russia had in the meantime arrived on
and Queen Olga Ghe Emperors sister,. This d"putulion
consisted of the Rev Dr. Adams and Mr. Cyrus w Field
TiSchcndorf Of Germany. and Col. Won WurSemhcrgcr
of switzerland. They were instructed to arquant the
the desire of the dcputation, and to communicate by
Telegraph with their hrcthrenut Stuttgart.
THE AUDIENCE AT FREDRICHsHAFEN.
The preparatory deputaton were informed by the En-
pcror through Count SchuwaOh OF , readiness t. give
d hearing to the united Populations. Accordingly, by
express command OF his Majesty, Prince GOrtschakOh
his Prime Minister and Chancellor Of the Russian En-
pre- who In the meantime had likewise arrived at Fried
rchhafen and through whom all important business Of
the Imperial Government must lie transacted, appointed
Friday, the lih OF july at 10 a M for an official inter
view.
ID schaf. after presenting to His Highncss the mem
hers IT the deputatlon by name. introduced, on their
pressed the great respect entertained by the Evangelical
Alliance for the person of his ImpeTia MAJESTY ana
his subjects especially In the emancipation OF 230000o
lures and In aneioratng the religious condition Of Prot
estants in the Baltic Provinces, since the depuation
His Majesty ast year WITH memorial on the subject
cal ecclesiastical objects to serve; their motive
They were desired by their rcligonsts Of
tons and creeds to approach mis- Imperial Mae;ty with
forbid secession from the Greek Church which other
abolished or so altered as to give protection TO His
Majesty subjects III the profession OF their religious
faith, and to secure equally to all, freedom Of worship
! They believed that such an act of berality woud
strengthen the loyalty Of all classes and make them bet
tended to create discomfort, hypocrisy and nhdclity,
and to undermine the foundations Of government Dr.
peral Majesty and give him wisdom and courage to
noble act will crown his lustrous reign. and secure
for him the applause Of the Christian world, and the
In the course OF debate which followed. the Rev DR..
steane of England explained the in which, In his
the sacred right Of not only to cherish but
to profess aud to propagate the religious convictions
so long the propagation Of them does not initiate
against social order or public morality The object OF
fhnro GVns cd fl1n
COulin the Rev. Dr. Adams Bishop McIlvaiue, the Hon
W. E. Dodge Baron Won Tschend0rf the Rev. DR.. van
OOsterzee, Col. Won WurstemberKer Won Bach and
others. The last named gentleman assured the Prince
that present movement did proceed from the dis
affected Provinces in Russia but from Christian phan
thropists I'm switzerland who could have no political Oh
ject IN view.
FRINGE GORTSCHAKOFFs REPLY.
In reply to the opening speech and in the OF
debate Prince Gortschakof pleased fully and frankly
to communicate his opinions, which he did with cOur
tesy and ability becoming his high position and long ex
perience statesman He expressed his qualification
at the respectful manner in which this delicate subject
and his own well as his Matesys sympathy with the
cause OF religious liberty He had no doubt Of the purity
he assured them that the Emperor desired that every
worship in the Church to which he BELONGED
tDat Russia wa, was a country In which all reg
had only to visit st. Petersburg to see Luther
an, Reformed, and other churches adjoining the
vnced that religious liberty fully granted But,
while persecution was not allowed, neither was prOpa
gndisD. He remarked that the policy OF the Russian
Government had been to put down the sects which in
cucated immoral tenets, and for the rest said the
Prince quitting his hand before his eyes and looking
through his fngers) eve deal thus with them" Uis
Highness frankly admitted that there were laws which
forbade any leaving the Greek Russian Church after
becoming member OF it About the propriety Of
this prohibition there might be different opinions he had
his own opimon but such the laws of the Empire
and they could only bc changed by the Emperor The
time and manner OF dong so must be left with his
Majesty, who could not. for obvious reasons suffer
any appearance Of foreign ntervo ntOn and outward
pressure any alteration modification of the existing
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