The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-10-07
Trlcnulal Episcopal conventions.
reported for tue Baltimore sun,
SECOND DAY

SECOND DAY,
The House Of Clerical and Lay Deputies
met ut 10 A. NJ. Thursday, pursuant to adj
.lOuInmcnt.
The proceedings Of the day were opened
by the reading Of the regular morning
PRAYER service by Bishops Lee, of Iowa,
and Morris, of Oregon.
The secretary announced that MIR. Lem
u.l Colin would act is treasurer pro tenn.
durin" the illness OF Mr.. Rlacbfold.
Anon" the visitors on the floor yesterday
WAS he venerable Rev. DIR. Hill. of Athens,
who has been Il foreign missionary OF the
Church for nearly forty years. The vcnc-
rabc gentleman passed his cyhticth birth
day IN midorcan, while on his way to at
tend the sessions OF The Convention.
After the conclusion of morning PRAYER
All hour WAS informally Spcut by the dClr-
matcS in conversation.
AT 1880 4. M. the President (Rcv. DIR.
Craik) called the house to order for busi-
hess.
The roll was then called, aud quorum
found 10 hc present.
Dr.. Leeds asked permission for the com
mitt"t 10 wait upon the Lord Bishop Of
Iitrhtield to present him and the other
clergy q; the Church ol England to The
Convention 10 now retire, aud the leave
asked WAS granted.
NJ secretary uUIltllktu lUt itH'b'tt-
mrnt OF Rev. Professor Mallory, Of tonncc-
iicut. a> second assistant secretary, and
I;ev. {. l.. IIutchinS, Of New \ ork, as third
assistant secretary.
STANDING COMMITTEES.
The Chair announced the appointment Of
The standing committees.
Rev. G.. w. Andrews, ID. d., of Virginia.
i on the Committee on the state of the
Church, and Rev. G. Minni@crodc, ID. D.,
OH that on Education. For good reasons
We Give in full the list of the names of the
delegates on the 'rayer-Book
Committee on dycrB0ok.-Revs. y. 5.
Mason, ID. D., North Carolina r: Il.
Bcardlcv. ". D.. Connecticut; William
Adams. ID. D.. Wisconsin Horace String
fellow, il, d. d., Alabama Isaac G. Hub
bard, New Hampshire John II. Ear. Is.
:, riltsh,lr. George Norton, ID. d., Nlr-
eina. McsSrs. Orlando Meade, Albany !;
j. &. Carthwaitc, New Jersey; G. e. q.
jackson. Maine II. johnson Barbour,
Virginia .. :. seymour, Connecticut v.
II. Horton, Ohio.
Rcy.J. 5. IIankcl, ID. D., OF Virginia, is
on the Committee on New Diocescs, ana
Judge Shelley on that on Canons.
ON motion of DR.. Levin. Of Maryland,
the secretary was requested to procure L
COPY OF the opening sermon of Rev. Bishop
J,hus. of Virginia, and that /, 900 copies oil
the same be printed for the use OF the Con-
yention. q,
air. Judd, Of Illinois, offered as rule 81
that when Il vote Is taken hy dioccSeS, where
The vote OF a diocese is divided it shall be
taken as a half vote on each sIue oil The
pcnding question.
Mir. Judd moved to refer his resolution TO
the Committee on Rules.
Mr.. Rurrlcs, OF New jersey, moved that
it be referred TO the COMMITTEE on lannon's,
rpmarkjrc that the constitution forbid any
such division. 1t certainly involved Il
grave constitutional question.
Mr.. Judd said that under the existing re-
gIlation diocese was at times deprived ol
its vote.
TIlcre the foreign rrclatcs were received.
Clpital addresses were delivered.]
The names are The Right Rev. Bishop
Of Litchiield, George Augustus SelWyn !,
Right Rev. DIR. Nenablc, Bishop OF
Nassau. Right Rev. DR.. llinson, Dean OF
Chester: Rev. DR.. Edwards Treatham,
Ii,chtieId Rev. j. II. lies, Wolvcrhamp.
ton Rev. f. Willett, w. Brunswick Key.
!. Il. Selwyu, Wolverhampton Kew. L.
baupharn. Rural Dean, Litchtield.
4 message was received from the House
of Bishops, asking the concurrence OF the
House of Deputies in the following resolu'
ton: ,,
/" Resolued (the House of Clerical ana
Law Delegates conscntin.), That this Con-
ycniion hereby consents to ana ralllles Tue
formation of a new diocese With!n Tue I'M
it's of the Diocese of Pennsylvania, to be
confused Of all that part of said diocese
ont side of the counties of Philadelphia, Del
rn rhoctor MnutuOlngry and Bucks
Ihe Rev. Mr.. Marke, OF Pennsylvania,
road n certified resolution of the Diocese
If PENNSYLVANIA conscntlng to the iorniil-
lion of such diocese. He then Sald that no
day had been, however, designated When
tho division should take place. he there-
fore moved a resolution thut the DIVISION OF
Inc Diocese of Pennsylvania Shall take
effect November l, 1871.
On his motion the matter was tnen re-
fcrred TO the Committee on New DloccSes.
Dir. Judd then addressed the Convention
on the subject presented by him. he con-
tended that under the present pracuce OF
voting the voice OF the Church was oiten-
times not represented. The will OF the ma
iorily was thereby defeated. He did not
object 10 a reference to the Committee on
Canons, but he wanted reform In this
matter.
Mir. Rurglcs did not think the Church
subscribed in it's broad sense to the princl-
ple that the minority should govern, but
rather that the minority should at AL times
exercise u wholesome check on the ma
jority. cu, roro,;,. sa;d
thai the Convention voted by dloeeses, ana
not by individuals, and he cohtenueu tha'
the proposition was entirely contrary TO
the constitution ard the ,prastiee VI VIC