New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-03-27
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.

The members OF the troteStiht EpisNoP''
Church In Massachusetts intend to estaohsh ceho'
national high school for girls
The twenty-fifth anniversary OF the cohse-
Grafton of Cardinal Cullen as Archbishop OF pnon"
celebrated with great poInp in tho Pr0Oa'"0o'"'
Dublin March 4. - D.;st
The official statistics Of the Missouri pap.,s.
General Association give the hummer VI -oo
~Nn'". e. M,ssonri as 1so2 ordained ministers, $50;
church members, S,oo9. c.5
The death is announced of Maximin Glraud'
che shepherd Of La salette. who was one OF 'no WV
witnesses Of the alleged appearance OF me '"s'
SAINT 49, 1876 at the fountain OF La ehe''c' ~.
The first annual meeting of the Scottish us
..,.hl,sbmept Association was held In Elhourtn'
March g. A new constitution was sdopteo ny 'o 80
60 vSn,eh will enable FREQ Churchmen TO join tue
Lberationists. 1,:5a
The denutation sent by the American Friends
4. 80 h.thren In Australia have been received Win
r,ao,favor They have returned TO Melbourne from
adelaide and are to visit tho societies oil FrienuS "
Ballarat and 6eelOhs . =, -,
The Committee appointed by the United
Presbyterian General Assembly to arrange ior A''
peranee Convention, composed OF oeiesates llo"' a."
rvangelcal denominations, have issued cau Tor such
a Convention TO meet at Pittsburgh May H.
The American Society for the Exploration
OF Palestine will shortly send out an expedition uhuer
che charge Of Col j. c. Lane OF the United states Army
The completion Of the work Of trangulaton ana eAPo
ration IL expected TO occupy two more years. Inc sum
Of SIS 600 has been raised TO meet the expense
The second annual meeting of the tennessee
Baptist State Convention Is TO DO heIu "' N"SH'o'
Apri The General Association of Middle tennessee
A. ,s stated will unite with the Convention. meeting
nj the Nashville Advisory Committee OF the American
Bapist Education Commission Will DC heId NJ 'he sunni
time.
At the last meeting of the Baptist Home
Mission Board in this city, Dr. j. d. Fulton gave ah az
count Of his recent Southern trip lie proposed that
series OF institutes. of from 10 to Is days Duration be
held In the South for the benefit OF coorcd people en-
gagged as religious teachers. The proposition was re
ferred 10 committee
A Cbsldean account of the Creation and
Fall has been found by Mr. George Smith upon one o1the
tablets presented by The Daily telegraph to the BRUSH
Museum the tablet being Of number when MI
Smith discovered while excaVa'inS at konyuI0k. re
intends shortly publish the translation ol the series VI
Assyrian tablets giving the cary history OF manklnd
The mission school of the United Preshyte-
rau Church Of the United States at OSiout Egypt, or
the training OF natives for the ministry has been formed
Into college called ossiout College. DR.. D. Il John
,top A. d. q missionary aud teacher IN tue lnsulunoh
has been appointed President. The last General Assem-
bly OF the United Presbyterian Chnrch appropriated
$500 in ITS aid.
Bishop Colenso arrived in Natal Jan. e.
The recall OF the Lieute9ant-Governor, Sir Benz anna
Pine and the release of the imprisoned kair cuie'
Laugabacle, through his fundamentally, had created
great excitement in the colony and public meetings OF
protest had been held The usual conGTegaton assem-
blcd. however, The sunday 1OHo"Ius tho oAS"VP D
arrival 10 hear him preach
A Government measure is in course of prep
arauon in Russia placing all official communications
between the Roman Catholic Bishops and the Vatican
under supervision OF the Government III Is stated
that the dismissal OF the PApa Nuncio at Munich ana
the cessation OF diplomatic relations between BaVarl9
and the Vatican have been demanded Oy the lmpeEi"
authorities.
IL is reported that the inhabitants of seven
more Polish villages which hold the United Greek faith
have Joined the Orthodox Russian Church Several OF
I'm Gath Poland
The Russian Government for permission to marry The
colOs the Government TO withdraw It's rfiecto9
these petitions on the ground that the cellOaey OF
the clergy "a the strength OF the Jesnlts.
Both the Dean of Cashel and the Dean Of
Cork failed to receive the necessary majority Of the
votes Of the synods convened for the election OF
Bishop Of the Diocese of Ossory. The choice between
the candidates then reverted to the Bishops who
elected Dr. r. s. Gregg Dean o; Cork and con OF the
Bishop Of Cork. The Irish Church Commissioners re-
port the of the Church excluding interest ON
mortgages, to be this year s6i922i
The reply of the Foreign Office to the COM
p,aint of the native chiefs upon the Gold Coast that
tLer slaves had been set free to the provisions
OF the agreement with the Governor Of the Coast points
out that If tue condition of the slaves is excellent as
the petition declares II TO be- they will have no desire to
leave thcir masters. In conclusion the dispatch says
that the QIcen c9nuot entertain any requests or com
peusaou FROM Shareholders Who hut ior her assistance
would be either dead or themselves IN slavery.
The Home Secretary was recently questioned
III the British Parliament as TO whether the intermens
An Westminster Abbey the Of injury either
20 the building or TO the health Of the congregations
which assemble IN IT, In reply II was stated that burias
In the Abbey had only averaged every year for the
past years TIE greatest was taken TO prevent
any damage Abbey danger to its frequenters.
The proposal to ada a eloster for inerments had been
sondefed and rejected by the Government account
Of the enormous expense It would involve.
The law for the reform of the Church which
was recently passed 10y the Mexican Congress contains
tlaR t,r1o (h,,rol
buildings made the property OF the State and only
certain number are allowed TO persons OF the Roman
Catholic faith 10 each city tOwE. Sunday made
legal day OF rest public feast days abolished the
Sisters OF Charity banishet and in future
woman can wear religious habit,in the street; the
Description for TO the sek and di lnR and all
members OF the Church are gwen the same right OF petit
ton a bishops and other church dlgnltares.
Bishop Lee of the Protestant Episcopal
Church has returned home from Mexico, he has
spent the months visiting Protestant missions.
His trip was in pursuance direction OF the Gen
eral Convention which met IN New-Y0rk last October.
The missions visited under the charge Of the Rev.
DR. Riley In the capital the Church OF ST. Francis has
been bought from the Government and service is reeu
larry held In the chapel which will seat 400 persons
Dr. Riley calls his organization the Church Of Jesus"
Connected with it in Mexico ~ congregations In
the city OF Mexico 1t owns boys school, girls
echoOl, theological seminary, ana called The
Truth. Bishop Lee ordained seven ministers, and
frmed 1870 persons
The Rev. DR.. Begg of Scotland is delivering
series Of Lectures the state and prospects OF the
Free Church the Free Church Students Constitutional
Society OF Glasgow In the Of his lecture he
condemned the Of the party in the Church which
sought union with the United Presbyterisns, and
claimed that the abolition OF patronage had removed
the chief remsining grievance which had caused the
disruption He held that it Inconsistent the part
Of Free Church TO seek the overthrow of the estab
o,Ic