New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-04-01

ner tho znices of the New,Jersey Sunday AS
ISOLATION The Convention will open Saturday,
July 22 and close Sunday, July 30. large mum
Der of prominent Sunday -schoOl workers are eX-
rectod "a attend Another Slnday-school Convention,
10 be shortly held is that Of u state al limos LUIS
Convention is 10 hold its loth an ual nee'g az
vile, May 1913.
A deputation from the General Assembly OF
the Presbyterian Church in Ireland waited upon Lord
Derby March g. to bring before him the persecution OF
Christians syua particularly the recent alleged cases
Of arbitrary conscrptOn. Lord Derby IN reply saia
that the ambassador at ConsantinOple Sir Henry Elliot
had carefully INQUIRED into the cases OF the Christian
soldiers over whom the trouble had arisen, and had
reached the conclusion that they had been drafted in
legal manner. He would, however Communicate the
facts mentioned by the deputaon to the Lm4assador
with the request that Sir Henry would make strict ana
sea- ching inquiry into the whole matter.
The parliamentary returns obtained 10y Mr..
Osborne Morgan show that in 1869 parishes of En-
gland which have aggregate population of 2o,oO3,
$40 persons there are 1.2G7 places Of worship con
nected with the Church of England, and 1900 Noncon
chapes. in these parishes there are 99S9 Ang
eau church-yards, 1888 Dissenting buralgrOundS and
$50 public cemeteries Returns not received from
1883 parishes chiefly small ones. In Wales a report
given by 613 parishes, which have an assISGaie
population of O3Ss29 persons; in these there are ~
Anglican churches with 7ss gravcy ards attached 1916
Nonconfolmlst chapcs with 663 burial.paces attached
ana % public cemeteries.
The MennOnites in this country hold their
conferences during tDS month duu INC CohliHS ""'' N
semlannual Conference Of Lancaster County, PENN Is
TO be held at brubakcrs Westinghouse, near Lancaster
April 7 the sem-annua Conference Of Virginia is to be
held April 2s the semannual Conference of the East
District OF Pennsylvania is 10 be held III Montgomery
County May the Semi-nnual Conference Of Eastern
Canada and Western NeWYork is to lie held at Clarence
Erie County, y. V, May IL; the Ohio Annual Conner
ence is 10 be held in Mahoning County May 10 Tue an
uua Conference Illinois is 10 BE- held at SternS My
% tie Annual Conference Of Canada meets Tue sduIo
day and the Annual Conference OF the Auish 9enLouI'
Church meets in Fulton County, ONO, June l.
The annual report OF the jewish Board OF
Guardians for the relief the Jewish poor of London
an interesting statement Of careful systematic AID Dur
ing $50 the Board received 1860 applications Tor as
sstance of which $40 cases. Only 41s OF the
total number of those of actually helpless per
sons 81 of the applicants sent TO other countries
large part the of the Board consistsof ad eX
tended to the poor in the shape OF loans pre-
mums for apprentices, and machines for sewing girls
The sum OF 81 800 has been advanced in loans $1,000
has been paid in premiums and $1,000 for tools, %c.
Since 1862, AS scwng-nachinCS nave Dccn ls,ucu ny
the Board, 81 OF which have been aid Tor ny thc Dor
rower The expenditure of the Board Tor the year was
$4,000