New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-10-10
LOCAL MISCELLANY,
po,rryNE WORK OF TIE CONVENTION.
TIE EFFECT os SATURDAY on THE DNfUfiEs-Ih
QUESTION OF ASSISTANT pISHOpS.

QUESTION OF ASSISTANT BISHOPS.
Little work was done yesterday by the Epscopa ,d
General Convention r oler;,s, Identities who live
in the immediate neighborhood OF New-ioik ha,e
TO prepare their sermons Tor SUNDAY, Whiie tne
deputies from distance probably feel i,ke t3 1
the real work of the Convention does not oep,n
until the committees present tner repolts, aN r LIZ
were not more than 100 deputies present Wheh Tue
morning services began yesterday, ana although
good MANY of them arrived aftefward tu1 "'tSSnu-
ance smaller than IL was on any 81 'ao ,,i
preceding days of the Convention me taeiios
nearly deserted Shy te nnst amu read Inv
the Rev DIR. Edwin NJ Van Deusen, OF sew" plIn
and the Rev. w. l.; Citizens; OF CaIorha, nS
Daniel Sylvester futile, OF Montana Wono o,iceJ
thc benelicticn President BeardsleY anuou'eStu
the remainder of the standing comm,,SIs, ' nn
eharnep of which were as follows; 6oninlt'SSe on
Enr;,,n and ,Iomestic Missions the Rev. ID. Moan
Schcnck. of BROOKLYN; Committee on Chrisilah
Education the Res Dr. hcnry ,1r Eoi,, Of New
Dioceses the Rev. Dr. j. stuart laucho, ~, VI p,
ginia Committee on Onnnisneu noSlSSS on
Mem"r;als the Rev. DR.. Richard NJ. Abercrombie,
of New-Jcrscv Committee on the CchsScrSt, si o.
Committee on the Common Prayer Book, the Kew
DR.. William Payne. of Albany. ..uoo
A ioiat committee of three prcsbyters ana three
,oDm ,' was appointed for considering ordinations
OF which the Rev. DIR. Daniel X. Goodwin, OF Iehn-
S ynn," Of Which wSS ths james craE
tmnLw ,s chairman repsrted that Henry b. ilarri-
son. Of Connecticut, had been chosen as Jus soe!o
tarv The Rev. DR.. William Adams oil W iScohs'h'
offered a resolution amending the canon III lcieI.
cnce to the appointment OF assistant bishops so INA.
assistant bishops could not be appointed hereafter
on the ground that "A diocese was too large for one
bishop TO take charge of, hat only on account ~
the poor health of tho presiding pSop q tbe mis-
sionary bishops fund. of which Henry Melhs, oi
Northern New-Jersey. is treasurer. lhey asked ~, 70
he rel,e, e. unless more interest was taken by TIE
Church in the mattel The fund now amounts 10
$2,OSl so The report sad'
When d,oscesan not appointed until fund
AZ established, the missionary BISHOPS luAu cers"hy
ought not be left TO spssuodie ell 'rts
The trustees suggested that some disposition lie
made of the fund The Rev Dr. = stuart liaGHo ~
pIesspted a memorial from the diocesan conner OF
his State asking that the Committee OH 0anons w
Instructed to inquire into the eApeuenSS VI 5nrS
the colored people of the South complete chuich
orqanization whenever they desired III. Inc h6N'
DR. Horace Stringfellow o. Alabama presented a
memorial from the diocese OF that state asking lor
the creation of an appellate jurisdiction to review
the action of diocesan conventions III the Viai9 Vi
clergymcn aud church oilcers +, Wifi. ,,o
The Rev DR.. II. w. Beers of California made
motion that IA committee of three prsSoyteIs ana
three laymen be appointed 10 consntei to Of ' 10
ibility of completing the missionary WoIk VI oio
Church by appointing missionary bishop LOT every
Territory, had been SUGGESTED oV bSnTp I'm
sbn' calenuar The Rev. Dr. George White, OF
Tennessee. chairman of the committee appolnlel
IN confel with a committee of the House oil BISHOPS
ne IN the most suitable time and place for meeting
of the members of the two houses tor s"ci'! 'iteI
course rcrortcd that Tuesday next, from = TO
y m had hSen selected aud that the use of the
r. o H., nr" Of the Windsor Hotel had been
offered the Convention. > coming Jutiu' ~ ~
NOS announced that the diOceses OF limos,
Springfield and Quincy had resolved themselves
into a provincial synod III atcoIdahce VIII
canon of the Church. They asked the approVal
of the Convention to their taking action III ms
sionary eleemosynary and educational WORK NOR,
within the limits P. 81 ' nf Rhode Island offered
resolution that the Committee on Memorials NC III
structed consider the eXpedlency OF oltphg tn
memorials of clergymen everything except Tic
details OF their lives. A.,
The remainder OF the session was devoted to the
discussion of the rules of order and an auicndient
In Church canon. The House OF Deputies then
adjourned until $3.50 a in. TO morrow
The House of Bishops met yesterday morning
and remained in session some time. lie proceed
ings were not made public however.
COMMENTS OF COMMISSIONER CAMPBELL.
Tho Court of Appeals, announced in The
TpIpuSF recently reversed the decision or inc
lower Courts and reinstated Engineer john u.
Campbell, who had been dismissed by Conn lSsloner
CaDnbell from the Department OF Puolc WORKS
Commissioner Campbell makes the following COM
ments:
or tnnnel Ia Fortysccon near Fr,t-ave, was under
the supervision Of the then Chle Enslnerr OF the 10
ton Adueduct vino also tne Chif Engineer OF the
Department OF Public Works. Being street improve
Wen. p wns 10 cerf as to the payments
done; measurement OF the wofk' ana te uIlec
III the hands of the Chic Eng1neer Who certnsd s 10
quaint amH i@aS and workoansbip The Chief En-
gneer alleged that he was not respouslo.e because no
I'M
snrcIor On naso) whose business II was 10 Os upon the
work All The tine The Cief Engineer visited he WORK
as was duty ron une to Ine 70 eh Inne '. III per
SOP he mgnt certify that pay nsn was SHs , ue
ri least very frequently and reported 70 ne ChieI IN
queer It ABSURD TO say hat the Chef Ensueer was
solIed from responsibility bccause there was local
inspector who was appointed by the Commissioner OF
Pubic Works. .. -, .,.o ,,..,oro,io,
Counsel the Special Term the Supreme court the
General Term If the Supreme COurI, aud the three
udses OF the CourC of Appeals VINO sustain the lower
Yet nevertheless ne uccson s" nv p a S
until reversed by the sane Court or l'teIeu ny he Lg
islaure. AS the Courts DO mol seem 10 aeIee 2s 10 W
duties Of executive officers under me cf cnir,eI, 1t
wond seem be the province ana doty OF tne IeSls
ture to define, plain language the power OF removal
Atpretent We are all at sea-
CONTESTING HIS BROTHER'S WILL.
A contest of the will of John Jacob Aston
Rristed the grandson of John Jacob AstOr has necl
heU,n in the Surrogatc's Court. The wlll dlVideS
SO 600 between MIR. Bristed's father, sister an
aunt and the children OF another deceased auU
Charles Bristed a brother and the only surviving
member of the family, receives nothing under inc
will and contests il the ground OF his brother
INSANITY 1t is claimed on bis behalf that The dccc
dent who died at the age OF thirty three, spent
several of the later years of his life as the inmate
Of various lunatic aSyums III Europe ana IL
America and that his lunacy was such as mani
festlv 10 render him unfit to make Il WILL The VIII
rvos eyecuted about eight years ago. Az the HIS
beorn in the case Yesterday George Lorlllard. one
nj The attcsting witnesses, was examined as TO tht
circumstances under which the Will was executed
FIRE INSURANCE CHANGES.
The directors of La Casse G@n6rale. of Paris,
fire insurance company, have determined 70 WIN
draw their American agency. when mas uohe al
unavoidable business Tor several years Inc
American risks have been reinSuTed IN the Ilnperia
and Northern Company, except those III icn 1 any
Arkansas, which have been taken by the Howar'
Comnonv The policy holders viii suffer no los