Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-08-03
Bishop Whiltin@ham.s Case.

REFUSAL OF THE BOARD OF INQUIRY TO
CLERGY OF MOUNT CALVARY CHuRcH.
The board of inquiry In The matter of the
presentment against Bishop Whittingha~
been in session at Grace churc,, had
Monument streets, from las fark and
jonIned yesterday after n :; II, THURSDAY, ad,
aa9pse1 fr tro refusing TO present the
suring The -, and other resolutions CEN
Eev; sessrs. Perry and Richie. the rector
Ind assistant rector of Mount calvary
chrrch. The vote on the presentment OF the
o! o., was nine against putting the bishop
against the Rev. Messrs. Perry and Richie
the vote was unanimous.
THE BOARD OF INQUIRY.
The members of the board of INQUIRY as
Rev Smith, Of Rentneesy ot consisted fo Of
sls snn c,ergymen and eight layn'en. all OF
vention from the diooeses OF MARYLAND. Vir-
ginia, Central Pennsylvania and Pittsourg
Rancbar t secret mas e Presdent; e. WYATT
church advocate. The board being some
what in the nature of grand jury, the
was ne present In person at any time during
the sittiI gs.
The presenters Of the bishop were Rev. A.
NJ NJ. i,ahdoipn a1I bev; 9; W: PeterlIin, Of
]. +. Trimhle, VIM Woodward aud Randolph
Barton, of Baltimore, and Fendar Marbury,
OF Prince Georges county. They were pre-
S nj during the So sions OF the board w.len
The testimony was being taken, hut not dur
lng the deliberations. and were allowed 10
present the case against the bishop 10 SlS-
tain their pTeScntment.
ACTION ON THE BISHOPS CASE,
ne charge maze by the preSenters was
that Bishop Nottingham refused to bring
10 trial Rev. Messrs. Perry and Richie. who
Were presented by the standing committee
FOR alleged violation Of the law OF the church
in the article ION PGrgatory," by reading
m 10 Ggl O a
of prayers for the dead.
The resolution adopted in the bishops case
was as follows:
"Whereas this board OF inquiry, convened
by the action of the Right Rev. L. b. smith
ID. D., presiding bishop of the house of bish-
ops; 10 consider certain charges in the case
OF the Right Rev. VIM. X. Whittiugham u.
D., bishop of Maryland, having duly and
fully considered the SAID charge !, do hereby
"RcSotte, That from the evidence before
mem they are Of opinion that there are not
sufficient grounds to put the Right Rev VIM
X Nottingham upon his trial in tue said
matters
nine to four. The members have NOT dis
closed how they voted.
MT. CALVARY CHURCH CLFRGYNFN
The I. solution adopted in regard TO the
follows.
"ResoIred That the president Of this hoard
De instructed 10 accompany the charges aud
certificate OF the refusal OF the board - nla Ike
presentment against the bishop of Mary
land with a statement Of our Unanimous
Snd emphatic condemnation of the alleged
acts and teachings of Revs. Mcssrs. Perry
aud Richie, of Mount Calvary church set
forth and complained Of In the preSentn1ents
made against them by the standing com
Inittee TO their bishop, ana for which they
have been adulonishcd by him"
This resolution was unaulmOuSIv a!orteI
Though it was adopted Numerically sub
sequent TO the resolution in regard TO the
bishop, 1t was Known 20 the members That
such resolution would be adopted, and this
is though to have Strengthened the bishops
side.
1t was stated by Bishop Whittingham 81
his communication to the standing com
mlttee that the Rev. MesSrs. Perry and
Richie had made proper amend, and prom
lSed him that thGy would not again expoSp
themselves 10 the charge which had been
made against them to him. The action OF
the board requires the president TO accom-
panv the return to the house Of bishops with
statement OF the condemnation Of the acts
and teachings objected to-
1t Will he seen that the terms in which the
resolution in favor of the bishop is drawn do
not positively commit the court - the
bishops construction of the canon a. giving
MN protective discretion as TO bringing 10
trial ciergymen presented to him by the
Standing comm ittae.
The board adjourned at D. M after
prayer.-BdU. San, 81 inst.
The baltimore American says that ''oF the
pre- sent there were only four who voted i'm
these four Were the members from the Vir-
a