The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1880-02-11
FOREIGN CHURCH NEWS.

ADvowsoY SALE-The London REGARD hos
the following account of the sale at public auc
tion OF the right of presentation to a pastorats
IN the Church of England when the present in
cumbent shall have died:
On Wednesday the advowson with the next
ana perpetual right OF presentation to the vicar.
age OF Relgate was offered for sale at the Auc
ton Mart, Tokenhouseyald The vicaraoe
mousse described as handsome residence in the
Gothlc style, built in the year l84S and situated
WITHIN Its own grounds, containingAwo acres
was also included in the sale The sale was sinh
JecI 10 Ihe lie OF the present Vicar now in his
Goth year Pie gross annual value of the IivinT
was stated to be 9499. The first offer made 1yae
u ,oOO, and the highest bid was G2O1O on
which the auctloneer, Mr. Thornton of Relocate
opened the document from the Court of Chance
ry containing the reserve, and announced that
the property was not sold, but bought in for the
benefit of the estate. In the course of the solo
the auctioneer stated that at e3 900 the rro'
perty would leave the purchaser handsome in
come after paying two curates and outgoings."
The London Telegraph saws: 1.-THE Horsbor,
Board of Guardians had before them on Wad
nesday a complaint against the workhouse chan
am the Rev. }. f. Cole, of a very unusual
character. The master stated that on the nra
vlous Saturday he observed female inmate
with a large hole IN her apron. On QUESTIONING
her ne iound That the chaplain had recently adj
Ou VIC sdCIdLlenJ 10 her, and In dOiup
had split some OF the wine on her apron In
consequence of this the chaplain said the mart
had become 'consecrated' where the stain IvoO
and he must cut it out and deposit il in a bov,
at Rotfey Church. The mutilated anron was
produced about quarter of it having been emf
OF torn away The guardians expressed strong
dlsapproval of the chaplan's conduct and 30
directions that he should be informed fiat 3bo,
considered he had no excuse whatever for ,nnE-
iaCing workhouse property in such manner"
A decree of liberation to the Bantist cb,rol,o,
IN Russia has Just been published in that I'm
pre-. 1t provides -" LIST, That their worship is
henceforward unhindered, and indeed EXPRESS.
~ permitted throughout the Russian Fmniro
q mat CIVIL marriage be introduced with ev
press recognition of the marriages already colo
DRAFTED by the Baptist pastors"
The London Presbytery of the English Pros
oyteran Church has had a prolonged and ami
mated discussion over an overture proposed Inv,
~ Donalu frazer permitting churches to choose
pastors from any other Presbyterian church
holding the Westminster Confession &c Ia;ti
IMAM the free and U. p. Churches of Scotland
ana the IRISH Presbyterian Church with Which
relations are at present held. DR.. DYKES favored
the overture. He said that there were , .bnrcb.
es IN the Presbyterian Alliance, and of these no
less man 20 spoke the English tongue and held
| the Westminster Standards as their basis OH
OF these 26 churches the English Church had se'
lected only with which to enter into cinsa %
lauonshlp, treating the ministers of the other %
churches as though they were non Presb,,teriaD
ouch man as DIR. Patton. under the nrosort
pan, llght nave to wait months before be was
9uInltted. Prof Chalmers admitted that DR.
E razeT overture was wise and catholic but he
Iihought That 1t would be best not to transmit
the overture to the Synod at present as il migbf
wound the hearts of friends in the Free CbnTcb
Ills motion to postpone the matter was adonted
Independent
austria still enjoys the bad pre.erninence If
6elng the most intolerant country in Enror,o
Mr.. W. Macarthur and Mr.. f.. r Bleigb refpr
ing 70 the recent visit of the deputation of the
~ 3elicai Alliance TO the Emperor of Austria
ana the action which has succeeded the En-,
Ped TOT assurances upon the subject writes
lWo months have nearly now elapsed and
! matters remain much as before. BuTeancratic
hl44ra9ces and theological jealousies have pro-
9Raoly hindered that speedy remedy which The
emperor words and manners seemed to ind;y
Cate. The facts of an intolerable nersec,,t;or,
Oeing undenlable we feel the time has now, coroo
when enlightened public opinion NAV cali Urnn |
Che government of Austria in the name If ryIobt
ana liberty to give effect in its own Dominica
70 mat great principle Of religious freedom
"hich with ITS own hand it has 40 lately in
scrlOed upon the international law of Europe "
The Presbyterian Committee in connectior
win the Irish Presbyterian Church have 70.
solved to invite the Pan Presbyterian Connc;I ~
meet in Belfast in 1888.