, 1877-01-14
PERSONAL.

The Rev. Dr.. Morley Puushon, Of England,
has been obliged to give up preaching for the
present on account OF Illness.
The Rev. C. ". Nossel1 goes, in February
next, as missionary OF the African Methodist
Episcopal Church OF this country to Haytt
Lord Plunkctt has been consccrated Bishop
OF Meath, Ireland. His elevation to the Ep;s-
copal bench is not regarded with favor by High
Church men.
In the carly part OF December the oldest cler-
gymen in England died. This was the RcyJ-
Pratt, Of the State Church, who was aged 95
years. For the last si1ty-f years he had held
the living of Pastou, ncar Peterborough.
The Baptist organ In Boston, the Uatehn.ou,
which has undergone so many changes recently,
passes now Under entirely new editorial man
agcment. Dr. John W. Olmstcad, who has been
connected with the paper sinct 1876, retIres, and
Dr.. L. Smith. formerly Of the E1ami.er aud
Chronicle, OF New York, succeeds him. =
The Ecclesiastical Court At Berlin has found
Bishop Brfnkman, OF Munster, aud his Vicar
from the Sec uf money aud other property to
the value OF $4,000 The sentences arc, for the
Bishop penal imprisonment for four years, aud
for the Vicar-Generul the same punishment for
five years. Neither Ut the condemned Is In Prus-
sia-
-
held On Monday last, the Rey. l. D. Bcyan was
received Us q member. John f. Parsons, George
D. Lord. and Theodore Gilman, Commissioners
from the Brick Church, presented q call to MIR.
Bevnn, which he accepted,s and arrangements
we're made for his installation on Tuesday even
ing, Jan. Is, at 7:30 o'clock. The Rev. Dr. Ad-
ans is to. preach tho sermon on the
occasion, and Drs. Shedl and Murray are to take
other parts Of the service.
Among the persons widely known in the ee-
clesiustcal world who have died during the year
may be named Or. stearns. President Of Am
OF the Reformed Episcopal Church; Bishop
james, OF the Methodist Episcopal Church; Dr.
J. P. Durbin, long the Methodist Episcopal
Missionary Secretary; :irs- Lucy G. ThuEston,
one Of the original missionaries to the Sandwich
Islands; Dr.. Calhoun. long missionary in Syria:
Cardinal Antonclli, the Pope's Secretary Of
State; and Cardinal Patrizi, the Dean Of the
College ct Cardinals. <,
Cardinal Simeoni, who succeeds Cardinal An
1oneli as Secretary Of State to the Holy See,
does not appear likely, from bis previous career,
to eclipse the fame Of his predecessor. Start
was an earlv friend OF Plus TX, whom, while
yet Bishop residing in his Diocese, he kept we'll
informed in Roman affairs, and when hts friend
was elected Pope he received his reward In the
appointment Of Secretary to the Roman UnfVer-
sity. Thence, On the recommendation Of Cardt-
nal patrizi be was promoted to the head Of the
Apollinare College, and subsequently sent 10
Spain on a mission to Queen Isabella. On his
return he was nominated Secretary to Commfs
sion for the revision OF the Eastern liturgy, and
though little progress was made on the subject
in hand, it sulficcd to procure him the secre-
taryship OF the Propasanda, an office which in
sures the holder his Cardinals hat In 1876 ho
was sent ! second time to Spain as Nuncio to
King Alphonso, and, By his publication Of a let
| ter from Rome, which was only intended for tho
Royal ear, nearly produced rupture between
| the two courts. lie had only recently received
was summoned to take his placc, call he
obeyed only ssout of the obedience due to the
| Holy Father" as be wrote himself. He Is said
to be man Of faustczc aud ascetic habits in this,
too, offering striking contrast to his predeces
sor-PaN H1N Ha.tffc