New-York tribune., 1880-02-22

six months ago-only twenty-five of the lOA
pews on the ground floor OF the church we're
vacancies. Many former attendants have re-
turned and many Of the newcomers are
young men fresh from the colleges
Miss Hervey, an eccentric elderly lady, who
died recently at bennington. in England, has
left q considerable sum of money 10 the SAL
walton Army. To Captain Maycock, who some
time ago obtained n0toriety from being bncd
and imprisoned for 0bstructng the streets,
she made personal gift OF $1,000. For the
local cause she gave through him. S6,O 600 TN
cash. The house IN which she lived she gave
also to Captain Maycock, and she has be-
queathed an additional sum Of $4,000 for tho
general cause. TO the Wesleyan Church she
has given $4,000
DR.. Pusey's only son, who recently died.
was interchangeable In his visits 20 foreign
libraries. In lsi9 he rDent the Winter at
Petersburg and Moscow IN 1887 To Paris,
Turin, and Milan IN 1858 TO Madrid and HE
famous EscurIal Library IN $50 TO Gibraltar,
Malta Alexandria, Cairo, Mount SINAI. Com
stantlnople, PatmOs, the converts OF Nato;
pedki, the mOnasteries of Mount Athos. aud
to Florence. In 1860 he went aGsain % Russia:
in 1864 TO Mount AthOs. Even this list dOcs
not include all his visits To Continental towns
which are famous for tneir libraries.
Shortly before he left Mentonc, Mr.. Spur
geOn preached in the French Protestant
Church to "A very large congregation. among
whom were Frenchmen, Germans, NOrwegians,
Danes, and other foreigners, who regularly
read his sermons "a translated into then ns-
tive tongues. Many OF his hearers found ms
English much more intelIgible than they had
expected to find 1t.
The only place in the United States where
services are held by the Sandemanlan Society
is Danbury, Conn, the place Of burial OF Rober5
Sandcman, the leader who gave his name 10
the sect. Every week the members have \
meeting at which they greet each other with
a kiss and then sit down TO a dinner provided
by Il steward in their employ.
mass Of sermons, documents and other
manuscripts which belonged TO the Rev.
Timothy Edwards, the father OF Jonathan
Edwards, have been brought 20 hight IN
Windsor, Conn, and a Hartford gentleman
has them IN hand for use as the basis OF IN
historical sketch. They ill one trunk and
two barrels.
IL is fifty years since missionaries first landed
IN New-Zealand, but out of a population o,j-
mated nj 100000 there are now OUly about
LOCO who do moi make profession ol Chils-
tianiy. Ii Is said that One-tenth of their H.
come Is readily contributed by this people TO
the support OF the Christian religion.
The sale of Monsignor Capegs effects at Ce-
dar Villa. realized $1,000, the prices Ia most
cases being low The carved Italian chairs
from Cardinal Fiche's collection, fetched only
$50 and $50 pair ; an " Assumption" sad
10 he by DOmenlchlns, went for 500, and {.
Virgin and Child" attributed to Raphael,
brought the enormous sum Of @l7 %.
The sum of money which the Presbyterian
Board of Foreign Missions Will lose through
the failure OF the bank in Liverpool III which
it had funds deposited Is Si9,OOO. About
.s--l q IA FAR I.eU al
up by subscriptions, the report that 1t mad al
been so made up being untrue.
AT meeting of the Synod of Central New
York held IN Utica few days ago, sub
scriptl0n Tor the Presbyterian endowment or
Hamilton College was started. Three men
gave $l 900 each and one other gave S@,OVO.
The Rev. Russell Sreeter, who died at
Woodstock, VI, on Sunday last, was tho
oldest clergyman of the UnveTsallSt denOm-
nation and possessed the distinction of be-
ing one of the fathers OF that faith. lie was
eigEg eight.
In n mortuary chamber belonging Co the
Capuchin Church, at M0dena, Italy, an archI-
OlOgist has discovered the tomOs Oi ti~ht
princes of the famous FerTaran House OF Este,
dating from the seventeenth and tile early part
Ot the eighteenth century.
On a recent Sunday the last mass was sung
In the old building of the Br0mpton Oraioy,
Iou,i,)n which Is now To bc taken down. The new
Cathedral which supplants 1t Is designed % er
the plan Ul 81. Peters 10 Rome and sZDO,OvD
has already been secured for Its cOnsti uc-
ton.
IL is reported OF a minister living near Wal
HnyfOrd Conn, that ONlug to the smaiin 3
of his salary he iet Obliged 10 make au Id
dtion to us income last gear hl 81, l.A- 80
skins of iOTty eight muskIat, AID tHcNo
skuuks, ali Oi which be had Killed Himself.
An English curate who has been in !o'y
Orders thirty years recently aTpHcd iol a.-
mission To a wOrlhOu,e Ia Devon. hir' .>
paupcr, and the BOard OF Guardians granted
tLe Application.
The leader of the Moody and Sankey choir
at ST. Louis has brought "a suit iJr sldAGcr
and defamation OF character against one 90 tAe
st. Louis new Spapers.
Methodist revival in the village Of Kings
ton, Penn.--the seat of the Wyoming semi
nary-has produced seventy converts, about
forty of whom are seminary students
Bishop Onivant. OF Landaif, is the oldest
Bishop in the Church OF En- gland being eighty
two. Bishop Rowley Hill, of Lodar aud Man,
is the youngest, being iorty-iour'
Several Scotch Presbyterian churches in
Edinburgh held religious services on Christ
mas Day. The congregations were large.
In England and Ireland there are eighty
two Mormon churches.
CURRENT RELIGIOUS OPINION
THRFE-CENT CONTRIBUTIONS
From The Boston Golden hide.
No man expects To 20 to good concert or good