New-York tribune., 1875-02-15
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.

The Spanish Government has appointed
senm Beoavides Embasssdor to the Vatican.
The Old Catholics of Baden-Baden and OF
Pforzbeim have abolished aurcuar confession.
Mgr. Hejkamp has accepted his election as
Archbishop of the Jansenist Catholic Church OF hoF
land
A large number of petitions to the Prussian
Parliament asking for the revocation Of the May laws
are being circulated the Catholic provinces OF Prussia
Don Alfonso has restored the stipends OF the
Spanish clergy. The salary Of bishops so' 'ns'
o canon, al9o; the lower clergy receive s'il Snanoi
sans.
church property bill is to be introduced
into the Prussan Parliament by which Catholic congre
cations given share IN the conoi ol sner onuren
property.
Large conferences of the Liberation Society
of Buisnd we're held IN Norwich FeO2 and in Birming-
ham Feb. O. The Mayor of Birmingham presided at the
oae held IN that city.
paper has been read before the Liverpool
Historical Society offering plan for cathedral for
the proposed bishoprc of Liverpool 1t follows Sir
Christopher wreD's nrst design for St. Paups Cathe-
oral London.
The New-Yorh and Hudson River Unitarian
Conference will hold it's next meeting at DR.. Believes
Church The venerable DR.. Furniss who has
inst completed fifty years. pastorate IN Philadelphia.
win preach tho opening sermon.
The Shakers near Lymington, England, have
been ordered by Mr.. Aaberon Herbert to quit MS
prenises the course of q month The county sherln
has offered compensation for the damage caused to their
property by excessive dstralnt'
The new Anglican episcopate OF Brisbane, Aus
tra has been offered TO the Rev. Frederic Farrar' OF
England. Mr.. Farrar formerly military chaplain
IN India and was at Delhi during the SIEGE lie was
also for years missionary In the interior Oh AUS
uala
"The Brotherhood of the Presentation" a
new order. has been formed in Ireland under the
direct sanction OF the Pope They state that their
object is TO visit the sick and TO teaeh the
Of children. The Brotherhood has already established
itself near Cork.
Disturbances are reported to have occurred
IN the villages Of Compeseres and BardonDex, In the
Canton OF Geneva, at the baptism Of number OF ola
Catholic children The mayors Of the two villages have
been arrested, and the Council Of State has ordered
military occupation OF the villages
The Society of Biblical Archaeology OF
England has formed weekly classes for the study OF
Assyrlan and Egyptian writing. Elementary manuals
have been prepared by the appointed techers who are
the Rev A. H. sayce for the Assyrian, and the Rev. p
q. Page Renouf for the Egyptian language.
The bishops of the Church of England have,
by invitation OF the Archbishop of Canterbury. held
number of private conferences at his residence Lam
beth Palace discuss various questions connected
the recent and approaching Legislation on eeSe-
sastical affairs. The first meeting was held Jan ~
The death is announced of Mgr. Forwerk,
car-ApOsloic OF SaxOny and Bishop OF Leontopos !"
p0rtibus t,tldeAum lie born IN 1876 ordained In
ls29 made ApostOlc-ycar 1854. and died Jan g. 1875
Bshop FOrweIk had the reputation OF being the most
traees6ly disposed Of ali the German preates. The
Vatican DEGREES have been promulgated lu saxOny
The amount received by the Home Mission
70 the Colored People Of the Protestant Episcopal Chuen
In the year ending Oct. 81, 1874 $l67, OF which
sum balance Of $S27 was left The Society supports II
ordained missionaries who have charge Of u eongrega-
tona II also conducts d mission schools which have
an attendance OF 2tje PHpis
The clause in the civil marriage bill of Ger
many, by which marriages are only legal when per-
formed by State official, passed in the German
Par ament b. tO 9l BY another provision OF
the bill the clergy be registrars clause has
been added empowering the various federal govern
put the law in force If they so DESIRE before
Jan ], 1876.
The industrial mission settlement which the
Free and Reformed Presbyterian Churches Of Scotland
propose TO found the southern end OF Lake Nyassa
memorial TO Livingstone is to be placed under the
charge OF Mr.. f. d. Young r N, who commanded the
Livingstone Search Expedition. At recent public
neeng held Glasgow, $1,000 Of the required $1,000
subscribed
The eighth annual meeting of the London
Baptist Association recently held at the new Pas
tors College Of the Metropolitan Tabernacle The Rev.
W II. Howieson elected President for 1878. The
Secretary reported the number of churches in the Asso
TO be lsO increase of six over the last year.
the church members at $685. an increase OF
The income Of the Association Tor the year Wa
gwen at &l,5O3.
There are now four Reformed Episcopal
Churches Chicago Services held In old ST. Johns
Church corner Lake-st and st. Johns-place in En-
manuel Church, Hanover and Twenty-seventhsts. in
Chris, Church. corner Of Mehigapave. and Twenty
fourth ST. and in the Baptist Church LOckst near
the Union Rolling Mills. The congregation which meets
IN the ast-named place Is having another church re-
pared for its use.
The second annual meeting of the Catholic
Unop Of Ireland wac held in Dublin, Jan q. The Earl
OF Granard presided Cardinal Cullen ana several men,
b~rs Of Parliament were present. Resolutions were
adopted expressing surprise at Nj GladsOnes recent
pamphlet. and approval of the reputation issued in
behalf of the Irish Catholic Church. OF doctrines
forth by Prof. Tyndd at the late session OF the BT sh
Associations at Belfast
A Church Defense Conference was held in
B.nmnCharo. England, Jan. IS, at which the Earl of
Dartmouth presided. Addresses delivered by the
Br of Shrewsbury Lord Lyttleton, Archdeacon Hone,
aud Others. A resolution passed in favor OF the
nnion between Church and State and OF education on
rrinc,pes adverse those OF the Liberation Society
T.e committee, which organized the Conference was
apuointed a standing committee Tor the future.
The Supreme Council of the Evangelical
Church OF Prussia asked the opinion of the provn-
,, synods which assembled during the last OF Janu-
at IN the subject ~ the revision OF clerical fees For
the last six the fees have averaged the annual
sum % the eight old provinces OF Prussia On
account o. the new civil marriage law. the Council shg
grst the abolition Of the marriage Ice IN Ordef u pre-
sesve the continuance OF the religious ceremony.
The hearing of the Exeter reredos appeal
ease which brought before the Judicial Committee
Of the Pryy Council Of England Jan 10, closed Jan.
"a The history Of the is briefly this: The Bishop
o Exeter acting upon the advice OF Mr Justice Keat
Ing declared a reredos placed in the Cathedral Of
Exeter illegal. and ordered ts removal The COURT OF
Arches reversed his decision; and appeal then
carried 10 the Priyy Council IN the appeal Arch
deacon PnilpO;ts the appellant. and the Dean and
tauons Exeter the respondents. ter hearing the
arguments both sides the Judicial Committee re-
served ITS dcclsiOn
Tho lntesi news of the conflict between the