New-York tribune., 1876-09-02
RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE.

Riahop Cridge OF the helOrlhou bPiSOofa N
about to establish parish In that CITY,
The Parliamentary Committee of the Liberia
, societv of England has ssaed series OF resolutions
,sess,nc tts dsapproya of the Elementary Education
bili which has jost become law
The New-York State Baptist Mlssionary
Convention will held this year at Albion OCT 20 am.
"a Eyery local association may appoin' 0h0 N0Ne"F
Tor every four OF Its churches
rhe report of the Council of Education OF
Heu south Wales shows that the denomnationa Schoos
which receive State and decreasing while tne puDn0
schools are ia larger proportion increasing
Every church, Sunday school, and temper
ance organization in the State Is invited 10 sehu
delegates to the annual meeting Of the New oTk S'o
Temperance Society which opens at Auburn sep" t|
The English Palestine Exploration society
VIII issne their map founded on the surveys -
lieut. Conder, 20 sheets; one scale OF one '. % ~
tneb seond map win also be issued on scale Oh saiee
I miles to the inch.
During the month of July the receipts OF the
krr,ean Missionary Association reached $1Sa32 Tho
nspoal wear closes in September The annual meeting
m s hsd 81 dg in ct % nes S
The PRESBYTERIAN missionaries in India, rep
resentng IN oil IL branches of the Presbyterian Church.
have decided to form Pi iesbyterian Alliance" The
project has been under consideration for some time The
functions of the alliance viii be advisory only. IL Will
meet once in three years
A conference of statistical secretaries OF Con-
xregational associations held in Boston for the
purpose of constructing comprehensive plan Tor col
lecng the Congregational statistics OF the current year.
Fan tables are now published In each January number Of
The Congregational Quarterly.
DIR. c. E. Babb, the corresponding editor of
TIE Herald and Pssby up the results of the re-
union Of the Old and New School Presbyterans, from
1870 to 1876 thus Gain in ministers 4oo churches
zel cO%mS9Sa9ts 5ssS2 SssS Oh0ren'
The camp meetings do not cease with the
Summer. A number to be held during the present
month. The Cape May grove meeting at Couth seavlhe
N J., which began Aug 30, win continue until Sept q
temperance camp meeting was begun at Cear Lake,
Iowa, sept. i, and VIII continue until Sept. g.
According to Bishop Whitaker of the Prot
esant Episcopal Missionary Diocese Of Nevada, All For
the Christian Chnaman vino has been useful to his
counrymen Virginia City has been 80 discouraged by
the persecution 20 which they subjected that he Will
remove to the British possessions He VIII probably 80
to Victoria.
Mr. and Mrs. johnson of Brooklyn have
been holding Gospel temperance meetings" in Bristol
England. Mrs Johnson's DRAWN groom meetings have
been largely attended The Archbishop Of York
has also entered the ned temperance lecturer and
has announced that he win bold and address meetings
IN the North Of England.
The death is announced of the Rev. Charles
Dallas Marston much esteemed clergyman Of the
Church Of England who expired after short illness
upon the 18th Of August Mr. MarstoD became well
known in this country at the time Of the session OF the
was member He was the vicar ot Sc Panls Brompton
The New-YOrk State Convention of Univer-
sasts which began in Utica Aug 20, was attended by
about 200 delegates. The Rev. DIR. l. J. Fletcher OF
Buffalo reelected president The treasurer. D. d.
Marshall Of NewYork reported that the floating debt OF
the convention had been paid and that there was pros
pect Of speedy relief from all debt The sum remaining
In the treasury was 1922.
The Presbyteries Of the Presbyterian Church
in the North will before long begin to vote upon the
overtures the basis of representation sent
down TO them by General Assembly The first over
tre substitutes fifty ministers for twentyfour as the
basis The second provides for every
twenty nam Tens a SaiS reduce the humber Of min
sters Of the General Assembly to about 300.
The Presbyterian Church of Ann Arbor,
which on Aug % celebrated the completion Of Its M
tseth year. has had history OF many changes IL was
rst organized in 1926 In log then moved
sor purposes of worship to the ballroom OF tavern
thence to the ballroom Of another tavern thence TO an
unfinished second-stOry room In hotel uh IN 1873 tne
h e esva When followed the semeentennai SER
wees the church entertained nearly 400 persons.
From Germany it is reported that Cardinal
Ledoehowsk sent letter TO such cures OF h1s late
diocese as have submitted to the State laws ordering
them TO reract their promise 20 the Government unoer
penalty Of suspension and major excommuncation The
Old Catholic synodal Council has issued circular an
taoriznp II so desired the Of the German language
all Ra 81 ab sae S ssFfs 10 Translate the Mass Lit
urgy, in the course OF time, into German.
number of the relatives of DR.. Livingstone
were present unvang Of his statue at Edinburgh
Aug. Is. Speeches appropriate to the occasion were
made by Mr. Josiah Livingstone, DR.. Mohat and Mr.
Duncan McLaren, NJ. p. who made the presentation OF
the statue to the city DR. Livingstone is represented In
travelling costume He stands holding out Bible in his
night hand left hand resting the handle OF an ak
The pedesal on Aug 15 decorated with evergreens
and two wreaths of lowers placed there by Dr. Living
stones daughters
In noticing the recent adoption OF lay repre-
septation by the British Wesleyan Conference, The
Christian World of London, widely circulated Noncon-
formst organ "The three branches Of Aetbodsm
can scarcely henceforth keep old attitude in relation
10 the parent body The New Connection, the Primitive
Methodists and the Methodist Free Churches viii all be
affected by the new movement The tendency ought to
be in the direction Of union and ultimate incorporation
Among younger ministers Of the old body there has
long been feeling IN "a aVos @ evsn sIe aniSh Tc Tue
A new set of instructions respecting the re-
spton of fugitive has been issued to the officers
of the Brtsh navy They short and simple consist
ing only Of four paragraphs, which In brief are these
m fugitive slave when received on board British
naval shp whether within or without the territorial
waters Of another State is not to be surrendered on the
ground Of slavery e. On account Of the impossbity
Of laying down precise rules the officers must exercise
their discretion receiving slaves beng taken not
% break international good faith. 3l Persons claiming
kept in slavery contrary 70 reatles Win dreat
Britain to be received until their statements are
amined a. special report is TO be made OF every f-
gitve slave received
The SACRED Penitentiary" at Rome an
nounces that major accommodation has been pro-
noupred against all members adherents and promoters
of the Italian Catholic Society for the Republication OF
the Righs Of Christian People" The object OF this
socey s TO secure the election Of the Bshops and
ealy of the Pope by the people At the time Of the
pearance OF this edct the Ltbrta CGtOea Of Naples
i,heral ne published an article upon popular