The New York Herald Newspaper, May 26, 1869, Page 6

G a fodi tention to all urces lonary presbyterios and itt BYTRREY ROA foreign conntrles, Tae report of tne Board has aleo | (nose positions of oer eognies ebany ab netiwe bare iO HSU) f Leli5 Rk PRs « ‘This is now a critica! period n the Board’s history. It must During the question ag to which of the orders tithsr aeforward or backward ina wocramustbefurnished | of the day or of what lies ‘over as unfnish business should be taken up it was finally t id ready to agreed Guateln the eernuaing work in the Ald. hear the report on the answers of the presbyteries fustain the expanding work tn theBeld. To arrow the work, hear the report on ho presbyteries The 1A and New School | iittala ging Gnfreeugmatrta | Clerk ot the assembly, provendod to read ts report : ¢ Boars ry ‘make r which was yp and Num - Arssemibiies. font te tie sould dhe. aim Ea ero tien, “au to quiries followed as to the correctness of the classifl- this the committee would spectally ‘the attention of | cation, whereupon {t was moved to recommit the report for re-examination and correction, which was carried. From the report which thus out of the possession of the house again, it would appear that 143 presbyteries had voted and replied to the questions, sent down last year from the Gen- eral Assembly, a3 to their approval or disapproval of the “basis ‘of reunion” proposed. It seemed that only five presbyteries voted unconditionally for it, seven conditionally and the rest against tho “basis.” It takes a three-fourth majority to decide. ‘This would indicate that the “basis of reunion’’ had been rejected by the Old School Presbyterians, which, however, seems to be no serious obstacle to every minister and Labeda To the report of the commtttee to whom the gen; weal feet of the Board of Foreign Missions had r ed were appended a series of resolutions A BLAST FOR PEACE WITH ENGLAND, SENATOR DRAKE SPEAKS THEREON. Resulved, 1. That the report of the Board be approved and published, with the accom paper on the present con- dition of the foreign mission work, and recommended to the prayerful atteation of the ‘and members of our churohes. 2 That the success which has hitherto attended this work and the marked providences which God has in the past {ntervened to provide the means to carry {t on should encour- Board to go forward, with a true economy, but with age t . 1 the high trust commi ‘Church the accomplisnment of the reunion on @ different The Proposed Basis of Reunion Not iene fais members o iu Kane by rom i Se FORD, of Rio Jt rarded ev. Dr. BLACK: a janeiro, was aw! Liked by the Old School cute theecr with their several preabyveriee t0 | gno‘noor on the report of the. Committee On tne y “ 8. That the cost of exchange greatly increasing the eet of Foreigg. speio He claimed that the expenses of the thissiop work and necessary en- | Board did not g afraid of debt. He larged contributions, th® pastors of churches be requested to | wishea that the debt were a hundred thousand peti Wie faok to the attention of the chanshes: and urge them | doliars, to stir up the shame of the Church. sane The Power of the Press a Lever to | °4° Tua: tbe carnestly recommended to. the several presby- ey continued @ somewhat violen Ferrets at rate chee cage ture contributions for this object | “A Deizaas rose to 8 point of order, as the reve- 5 rend brother was not speeking to the report. v. Dr. BLACKFORD—Mr, erator, I pai br report of the committee opens the whole subject o! foreign missions. the Church. earnes! juests the y the, shildcon of al our tors and su; itendents to see assented, - The Gold Market and For | Sabbath schools are oaretully instructed tn thelr duty to ald ma frou Ono interposed i, moderato, Sve sre i it rtunities to contribute to this kk. tting exceed! tired; and imm 18 eign Missions. se pep orautn sini sur dopentence apon God and the ald | Breedmen's Committee asked leave to re! nich of the Holy’ yar for the success of all our eorts, we would | was granted. Rev. Dr. Bl then contiqued. froquake earnest and united prayer, for se Diving blessing | , ReV. SALOMON COOK, of Illinols, followed in & upon the Board, malasionaries and those for whom they labor, OLD SCHOOL ASSEMBLY. tho churches Wab Rave nck Gol comtstnena foul be BH oe Ae wt haa ps Sa i the treasury. If the money 8 at ta Speco. vee devoted to the Churoh it woul butions. Mr, WILLIAM RANKIN, Jr., Treasurer of the Board of Foreign Missions, was calied out and gave some very interesting statistics, He would not vote to expend more than there waa money, for, whether he ij the drafts as treasurer or as an individual, if they be not props honored, it affects his os ote name, The legacy mentioned was one of $68, and came, by the providence of = time to ‘save an indebtedness of $85,000 The mission work had p) Twenty-seven Years ago the expenses were $60,000 ; eighteen years ago, when he became treasurer, a4 were $114,000, and this year they are estimated $343,000, The difference between paper and gold is their great difficulty. Even since the Assembly isin session, he by over $2,000 premium to get $5,000 gold. The need of tho Church to convert the world is gold. ers and contidence in God should not be 5 for they are essential, but to make them materially effective, gold is necessary. Rey. Dr. Lusrie believed that the speech of Mr. Rankin has fully demonstrated that we have arrived ata crisis not only for the Board of Foreign Missions, but for all other boards, and which we must meet. But the present debate was only taking se time otherwise wanted, and he would move ihe adoption of the resolution, This motion was carried and the resolutions were adopted. The report naving been recieved anda motion made to adopt it, Rev. Dr. ECKHARD inquired whether this would carry the report and resolutions as a whole, and, being told yes, said that it should not be done without explanation, for if these reso- lutions were and lived up to he would give his son to the work, never again, yo to meet him this side the river of death; but amend them and make them only recommendations, then hig son would remain. The responsibility rests with the ministers and elders, The revival looked for sure to come from the union of the churches will not add one man nor one dollar to the missionary field, unless the pastors and elders exert themselves and do what God requires, to make it, @ reality and not let it remain a form. Its cong to pass a resolution, but it takes work to carry t out, He himself spent the earlier part of his mints- try among the heathen and Knows the bitterness of fecling engendered because the funda were not at hand. He bad once three thousand childrea in Bible schools, but he had to end off for want of means. But it these resolutions be passed, then each man should know that it has become his duty to see that they are carried out. Rev. Dr. Matroon, who had presented the report, stated that this very question was prominently before the committee. The funds had run low; the trea- surer had said that if, im the Providence of God, a legacy had not come he could not have carried the burden a monthlonger. The Board expect another $93,000 this year, while yet, if no further aid come, the Board will be in debt for this year’s work. It 18 Fifth Day. ‘The prcoodings opened at nine o’clock A, M. with the usua! devotional exercises, imploring the divine assistance to aidthem in the work before them for the day. Rev. Dr. Jacobus, the Moderator, presided. ‘When business was resumed the Secretary read the minutes of the proceedings of the day before, and on motion they were adopted without any amendment. ‘The Szcretary, by permission, stated that @ great many of the reports and resoluiions, are written in lead pencil and are much interlined, and when handled somewhat become illegible. He would ask * that this custom be abandoned, for the benefit of the files and records of the Assembly. After gome routine business, Judge RYERSON, of this city, offered the following preamble and resolu- tlons:— Whereas tho existing state of fecling between this country ‘and Great Britain fs @ cause of profound rogrot and grief to all who desire to maintain peaceful and friendly relations be- tween these two great Protestant Powers; and whereas thero are no causes of difference, but such as ought to be ad- fasted (while a war between them would do incalculable 1n- jury to the cause of civil and religious liberty, would retard, aps for generations, the great work of converting the Esathen, and be one of the grontest ca'amities that could be: fall our and a8 we believe that a vast majority of our oftizens would deplore such a war; and as, above all, ft isone | ¢Véry minister’s and elders duty to present this Of the highest dutice of tie ‘Chistan Church te lahos Gea | matcer properly in their churches. Much, in Bay. Mr. P! saa then offered tho following, Pray for peace and good will towards man) Qiherafore, fact all, can be accomplished by the pres- | Which was passed:— Resolved, ‘That thfs General Assembly would earnestly ex- | pyteries. By them, even churches with’ no | . Resolved, That the Assembly recommends that the week in hort ae aeetinns — cote ee fave pao rod stated supplies, no settled pastors, can pe | 187, commencing January ‘3. and inclading poe yea Am i p a ‘and induence the understandings and Hearts and woul reached. ‘The’ committee desire to pledge | 37%m, 50a sPart ae a'week of prayer” for the conversion this Assembly, not alone as a body, but as individual members, to go home and do thetr utmost, and carry their influence before the presbyteries, and see that every one does its duty. Rey. Dr. Inwis, Secretary of the Board of For- eign Missions, said that the keynote to the work of the Boaré—ate the words of Christ Himself. He made a strong appeal, directed to the Christian guide and conirol the conduet of the rulers ana people of both ese nations that all matters of difference may be amicably settled and a lasting peace preserved. id this Assembly would affectionately and earnestly ap- tothe Christian people of Great Britain and Ireland to 1 in like supp.ications to our common Father In Heaven. Resolved, That a copy hereof be sent to the other General Of the Presbyterian Church, now in session in this | city, with a most respectful request that they unite with. va The stated clerk was authorized to receive a sup- plementary report of the Presbytery of Long Island n the subject of the reunion of the two branches of the Presbpterian Church. The Rev. Dr. HAMILL submitted a report on the Board of Education, and its operations. e report concludes jwith a series of resolutions, the gist of our efforts to preserve peace between theshetyworProtestant e : . | Which was as follows :—First, approving the opera- Batione (nar bel ‘weed wom might gaad-probabiy would ia- geass: he werla taterestng, aes Sia" elasalfying Sones Ge Hoakd tox the Feat Peon De eenng De gr as among the Buddhists of India, the Chinese, ‘&c., gratitude to God for His bounty in allowing tne ‘The Judge hoped that lations would be ap- | as “penighted heathens,’ aigo the RomanCatholica | Work to grow to its fiftieth anniversary. Third, roo; proved. He pr fem after consultation with | Of South America. He referred to the iforta of | Commending an increase of the ministry, wishes rs of this and the other Assembly. | ™4sslonaries and to the testimony that China was | Made necessary by the opening of new flelds, literally open to Christianity and that Hindooism is falling to pieces. He continued his appeal and spoke emphatically of the duty of every Christian to support the Board in 1ts missionary labors, He was followed by Mr. ROBERT CARTTER, a member of the Executive Committee of the Board of Foreign Missions, who gave a graphic account of the financial troubles of the So that two years ago the Board had no home and was accommodated with an office in the speaker’s store. He remembered the following year, when forty-five thousand dollars were contributed by little children alone. The year after they were again seventy-six thousand dollars in debt. He detalied some of tue harassing situa- tions into which the Board and thelr missionaries and carng. upon increased liberality of church members, Fourth, that in every theological school @ chair of evangelistic theology should be instituted to instruct the students in the principles of the ag- [ng 4 of the Church upon the sins of the world. ‘he fifth recommends each presbytery to have a standing committee on candidates for the ministry. The sixth asks pastors to satisfy tnemselves fully as to the fitness of applicants before presenting them to the presbytery. The seventh appoints the last Thursday of February as a special day of rayers for families, schools, colleges and seminaries. ‘he eighth recommends the prayers of the Churcn for the evangelical educational movement among the Germans and French; The ninth declares the ie sald, travelling out of the sphere of our appropriate duty, but perform a high Christian obligation, and our request will meet with a hearty response. The objection ‘urged is that there is no danger. He wished he could hope 80; but when he read in the papers the expressions of a statesman who openly advocated war, when he read the lewter of Prof. Goldwin Smith, @ man who stood by us during the days of our trouble, and who now counsels emigration from England to this country to cease, when all this must h importance of the German Theolo; School have had such an impression upoa him, what, ne | har, Come througl the want of funds. and closcd ate bubngue. “Tho tenth rotors it 20 tee: Howse ot ‘Ssked, must have been the impression on the far-off | future. poate CN dig Pimpin sees ae oars pil of Rogan? Remembering what pore | fy nesoeutr apap ange euseen Bet. | surein dons ann x apaat of koa interests in both countries are in favor of war, HOW } who also enlarged upon the failure of the church among a large population, to re- that a single act of an indammable individual might | members to coutribute sufficiency for missionary | MOve We schoolte Springfteld. increase the complication, he would say there is een oe Pee! moe — leties Sale ow acoopuing = Seoaitinea anger, and he wished to assure the English “men” elamoring £0. De. Sent Aan ‘General Synod of the Reformed Church ,(tully the iven in the proceedings of the New School Assem- fir) and referring it to a committee of three minis- tera and two elders, and adopting a 1 gs for the joint communion on Friday next, the appeal case of Hynes against the Synod of Illinois was entered into, a without completing it, the Assembly ad- Jouraed. le that fe true sentiment of, amerieans ‘opposea guch @ course. He eve" that Fine Christian people of Engiand and Arrérica would unite in prayer for - ‘will listen rayersand He Guide and 1ufluence the Rearts 0 : of rulerg. “2 are in the same condition now It was said then that there was no of a secession civil war, and they were de- as Union savers who spoke of the approaching danger; but he believed that if the Christian peopie of both sections had then united in prayer the terri- bie four years of war might have been avoided. Here the order of the - intervened, but it was postponed to continue the debate. Senator Cuan.es D. Drake prefaced his remarks With the quotation that the Church of Christ proaches peace on earth and good will to all mea. ere Can, therefore, be no impropriety in praying for peace. ' But, with all due respect for the mover and bis intentions, he must dissent from some ex- pressions in the paperoffered. Everything concern- ing War or peace with England was out of place here. means of which each the wealthy, the poor, the and induence them to con! upon ail to let this be a missionary day, and throw their whole soul into it. They must evangelize the rg and God is opening avenues for them to 0 It Rev, Dr. MARTIN, from Ningpo, Chins, was called out. 8; of the attention paid'to the dis cussion of this subject, he com; it with the hum and buzz di the business details, showing that the hearts of the assembly were not in the proceed- ings yesterday, but are to-day, He mentioned the debt of the Board, and said it was too much the custom to rely on the rich of the church; but as Me- hemid Ali did in Egypt planting trees, thua increas- ing the fall of rain, every pastor should plant in the garden of God, and throughout the land the results would soon beneficently rise about us. He then spoke of missionary iabors and t! results aa hav- THE NEW SCHOOL AISENBLY. Fifth Day. The fifth day’s proceedings of the New school Presbyterian Assembly opened yesterday morning, ag usual, with prayer. The Moderator thea read an invitation from the Consistory of the Old North Re- formed Dutch church in Fulton street to join in the celebration of tueir centennial anniversary, The in- vitation was accepted, with the thanks of the As- sembly. Foran eccicsiastical assembly, it is not proper to ually been founded ina system of eral m snot war in the breeze, There 1s another | protherhood and always bringing home beneiits to The several committees on Synodical Records assembly tn this country, a a sg =< its nation. He spoke of Urfllas translating the Bible | made favorabie reports, which were adopted. A ee ae See oS war aiven t a9 | into Gothic and instructing them in Christianity, | tew synods, however, were unrepresented, and adjourned without having in any way eo any ap- prehension of an impending war. Why should this assembly, not responsible for the foreign polley of this coun’ry, undertake to make such a public pro- nouncement? The Senator then read the same pre- ample and resolutions, leaving out all passages referring to war with England (which are marked above in parentheses)—a war, he said, which has not yet risen as much as ® man’s hand on the ciouds and of which there is no intimation in the minds of the men whv control the destinies of this nation. It is not for this ecclesiastical assembly to discover ks Of War. ss ‘The amendment as suggested by Senator Drake Was accepted with great pieasure by Judge Ryerson, who was giad to hear euch opinions expressed here by the Senator so much —— to those he had read attributed to another distinguished Senator of the same politicai party, and he hoped that when Senator Drake returued to the Heid of Lis labors in the Senate he would give utterance to the same pa- cific sentiments. Judge BLACK Woop hoped that ali the words refer- to war with —— in the resolutions and not by Senator Drake should be bodily taken out of the paper, so that they might not even appear on the recoras as being struck out by an amendment. Senator Drake suggested that the motion was still 4m the control of the mover, and he might strike out ‘what he wished. Judge Kyknson read the resolutions again, with the objectionabie passages left out (given above as stated within brackets). Judge Hatt, a native Scotch Presbyterian, boped that the paper as now read and seconded by Senator Drake would pass unanimously. It was rigpt that everything looking to an interference with poli- tical authorities should be left out, but it was appro- priate for the Onurch to do what in its power lay to ‘o permanent we. The very irritation of Kans. Ps present wees precipice to be guarded and a century later, when the Goths destroyed an sacked the Roman Empire, they saved the churches and all who sought refuge in them, as the Cross called for their respect. He referred to the immigrations of Chinese, that there will be Chinese nations on this Continent in less than three centuries; they will immigrate, not by arene but bY muillons; they will not displace the Anglo-Sa: ut they will be here, and shall they come as Christians or heathens ? He then entered into dovails of his missionary ex. perlence. At the last meeting of Presbytery of Ningpo sixteen members were present, only four white men, eleven were Chinese. When he ar- rived there only seven individual Presbyterians were there ; they had now seven churches, Why then be backward in this flourishing work of God? He was shocked when at first it seemed that these resolu- tions would be adopted without discussion. He hoy that the Assembly would in the true meaning of the word adopt aud make these resolutions their own. Rev. Mr. ROBERTS, of New Jersey, followed, What Will the, Suez canal, the Pacific railroad, the cabie telegraph do? They all-refer to temporal matters, except as tbe Church of God may make use of them. But by the labors of the missionary penetrating the hidden languages of a thousand millions of people and bringing to them the literature of the Churcn a canal is opened ten times as important aa the Suez canal or any other enterprise. Hence the work of paves missions transcend any other enterprise in the World. And while temporal euterprises receive more nioney than they want, the church goes begging, runs in debt and hundreds of churches refuse to contribute! He aiso, having been in Egypt and Palestine, related some of bis experiences in that country amon, those whom former missionaries had converted ani who were now waiting for other missionaries, but there is no money to send any. At the hour of half-past twelve tne Assembly ad- journed, with prayer, to half-past two o'clock P. M. Aftes mn Session. thelr committees were discharged. The standing committee on Sabbath schools re- Ported that the institution of Sabbath schools was gathering influences and agencies which had great power in the land. This result was mainiy owing to the efforts of laymen. The As- sembly has felt that something ought to be done in this matter. The committee recom- mended a preamble and resolutions to the effect that the Sabbath School Comiittee be disbanded, Adopted. The Mopgeraton—Everytuing on my docket for the action of the house is exhausted, and we are walting for the reports of standing committees, The Assembly then united in siuging— There is a fountain filled with blood, Drawa from Emmanuel's veins. Rev. Mr. BALLANTYN# then lead in prayer. On motion of Mr. Lang the Assembly aajourned ull balf-past two o'clock to give the nding com- mittees an opportunity to finish up t business in order to report to the Assembly. It was announced that any members who had ex- changed hats last night at the reception could step forward and have the mistakes rectifled. After the adjournment the members of the Assem- bly had their Pm taken outside the church, standing in 4 group tn Thirty-fifth street. Afternoon Sesal The Assembly were punctual in reassembling at the appointed hour, and the Moderator opened with @D appropriate prayer, After the minutes of the morning session had been read and approved Rev. Dr. Howarp Crossy, from the Committee o: Devotional Exercises, reported the following ad- resolutions were thereupon unanimously — ray Before opening the proceedings in the afternoon Sees 4 Lo ie. -~ ott Toatat 3, Temporary Clerk, then an- | all the delegates to tho Assembly arranged th at half-past eight a. M. , Rey. Dr. Fowler to itivcnatt or ay selves tn order in front of the church, on Fifth ave- nue, and were photographed in a body. A report of the special committee in regard to the decorating of soldiers’ graves on Sunday nexs was made, to the effect that nobody could be found who ype to actin the matter, and they asked Rey. Dr. Rockers inquired whether this report great emphasis, that the proper an- eon inal oy ‘ee bg = counter. manded orders for decora' soldiers’ graves Sabbath. The order of the day was reached, it being the pee. of the committee on the Board of Foreign Missions, ‘The report furnishes evidence of the succeasiul working of the missionary efforts and preside; meeting Miasions, church erection and Soe in the same church, this evening, at eight o'clock; alt deaf and dumb, in the eight o'clock this x Commission, in tl morrow evening at eight o'clock, A joint nion service of the ‘oid and ‘Now Schooty will Aomands gratitude to God for His ald. It refers to | referred only to the city and State of New York, the deat of. soveral prominent missionaries ‘and | and recelved an eairmative response, a RR, A BR members of the of a Missions and re- Rev. Dr. Roomas—‘I can only say for my own little | })r” ‘Gardiner Spring Wil aqer the opeuine’ pr commends appropriate action. e contributions to | State of New Jersey, across the way, that the order ‘and distribute ne by Rev r, Bhaw B tnd nd the funds of the Board were not such as to authorize | for Sunday was countermanded and Saturday sud- | liver the opening adi ad bay, ‘Oe ane increased expenditure, but the eral Assemb! stitated, and those who cannot do It on that day ma; @ concluding address. Eide Wiliam’ bers should proviae the necessary means to supply a! do iton Monday; so that in my State the Sabbat! ansy vata; ‘David Haber, California; Jona hi will not be desecrated;”’ and the reverend gentleman pares significant nod of satisfaction as esse down, ‘he committee were not discharged. the wants of the work. The number of contribu {ng churches has decreased more than a hundred, The fnancial exhibit of the report gives the follow- nig’ f Indiana, and J. H. M Gon &nd Morria Patterson, of pute the wine, joCampbell, Martin this city, wil dis- ing recelpts:— Rev. Dr. WAtouT, not a member of the present . Dr. Fis a: 1 May 1, To May’, | Assombiy, but chairman of w special commitise ap- | nein ‘ar tho Mission Hoss, Maron aireer, Paiste 1868, 1809, | | pointed sé the last Assembly of the subject of an in- | Ohi, in November, 1907, of committees of the Old Yotal from churches «$177,930 $178,433 | crease of Olerical salaries, was allowed to make bis | and New Schools in rerérence to reunion, signed b: Tota! from legacles..... 16,319 83,308 | report now, as ho was o! to leave the city. The | Alexander Mouill, Secretary. ‘They’ contain Zutal from sv. Ref. Pe Church.. 4046 nin aE recy | CT rot by | Beary, me suggestions for reunion as those w etlaneont . ,' ‘a ire subi | atm aa re) 4.000 ing to the following propositions: — a A mitted aud published tn full in the ‘The matter was referred to the Committee on 1, That the Assembly Pemaquid that by the ordinance of Total 262,025 seeeg” gain, tevery minieter hI i, devoted to His work isoa- | Reunion. 1, 1868, to May i, | # ber! The report of the standing Committees on Publica- : acelin og eration Which te served by the ‘aim’ | tlons Was then read, and contained several 6 $124,732 87 ‘20,169 10 tater, but upon the Chi a4 whole, it Board of Domestic Missions be directed to tase ry rineiples in the best manner and at the ear- tions as to how the wore in this connection he be advanced. A long and heated debate followed, in whioh Rev. Drs. Moore, ae Darling, Taylor other 2,236 Meat period possibie, and others were pitted against eac 8,967 38 long argument, reveatin; Dr. OnossY was in favor of having the getting out 10,001 99 | aidsthatalgorences (ache ‘committee ana giving & | Of te publications placed in the hands Or sons ot Pt % general view of the subject of the sustentation of ti the oe —— of New York or Philadelphia the Jews in New York ~ "too o9 | ministry. | ‘The report conclu “1 DARLING opposed this on the ground that Papal countries...... Saat 78 | Somme of the objects aimed at in this plan are:—First—To | nis oxperience publishers had bP Qnd Treasurer's Department.. 11/856 a4 | Use our system, expecially the in the direst work | 8.8 Lets aS olen Tevrerite to ¥ tg der Printing: af 63 of sym; and care for ol of thol oka than they did of tsoelisneous ve ¥,620 28) control. works, and in one instance where he Misoeti 987 69 | are assisted, ft will lead to @ publishing house for a Preabytertan book none of clerks of the establishment knew that such books aa Presbyterian books were pul lished there, The dootor was in favor of the peenes Church, as @ distinct denomination, pub- standing ae be did in 7) al teries for —or & balance against the treasury of $5 A Pt expenditures was the sum of § 982, a ‘exira foreign exchange—that is, for additional tmourred for converting the paper money § inio gold values to make it avatlavle in parte of | our to feel what they are large part of the care inciden Of funds in every presbytery, and cao ~ . . | should with the general result. The general Tne congregation then sang the hymn commenc- } Meutd ee Te tue at ee tlnlens onvien onuns tng to rather more than $13,000,000. Some few of NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, MAY 26, 1869—QUADRUPLE SHEET, Presbyterians, as a denomination, should not use that power and have a preas of their own. EUROPE. ‘The Cunard steamship Russia, Captain Lott, from ve Useratare, wanted rival to | Liverpool Saturday, the 15th, via Queenstown the people reading duit ity ta Hee” Chueh did | 10%, arrived as this port yesterday. She brings de Bos Tenia las matter tne people would go seas of curi cane seaaranne npn cate ct WIE Rev. Dr. Wine reported from the Judicial Commit- | j,cencra! Prim has offered Spain as an asyiul tee that two ra had been referred to the commut- s eee feven Bh 0. Lesaewre! Ca Weekinewon:S ~¢ Acierk in the bank of Messrs, Smith, Payne bon Geokon 22 a vee oe te aed tear the Smith, of London, has absconded with £17,000. The young Marquis of Bute was recently made & Knight of the Holy Sepulchre at Jerusalem. The dykes of the Rhine have burat through at Eichenwels, in Switzerland, and tbe surrounding country is threatened with inufdation. The Pope has recently sent several decorations to per be returned to the subscriber and the whole matter be dismissed, inasmuch a3 the committee could not take cognizance of it, The report was received and the recommendation adopted. The second paper related to a minister who was deposed and his name stricken from the roll by the olerk, before his case wes Ce without any orders from the Pres- rf. 001 db: ittee recommended that the name of the minister t be restored to the roll and re- | Austrian prelates, and the governments of Prussia talned there until the one. ie ay, isposed of, | and Russia have conferred similar honors on several ‘This recommendation was opted. lates of the General Synod of the | Prelates in Rome, Dr. PorTgR, President Reformed Ohurch in this country, was then intro- duced to the Assembly by the Moderator, and sug- gested a national safer of the Evangelical churches of the United States for the purpose of con- ferring together. Hi giepentea the following memo- The submission of Mr, O'Sullivan has greatly irrl- tated his friends in Cork, but has been approved of in Dublin. Many of his supporters insisted upon his having the nomination of his successor, rial in cob thé Inatter, which was referred tg ; ‘The twenty-fourth soaversery tuner of the Royal as) — we SRK la ey ¥ ri pee co a5 OF THE REFORMED CHUROH TO General Theatrical We DEP 9s. We Fron son’s Tavern, London, on the 13th, under the presi- Aivanht: Baancuns or rue BVaNazLioaL CatuOoLio si . dency of Mr. A. R, Slous. the ‘General Bynod of the Heformed Church in Amores | 8618 8644 persons were attacked, and the deaths adopted, by a unanimous vote, the following ciroular letter:— | amounted to 509. A commission of inquiry has been NATIONAL OQUNOLt OF EVANGEUTOAL OURO. Whereas, the Conatitution of the Church confides to the | @ppolnted in order to trace the cause of the epi- General Synod th their respective ety and religion.” the conviction of this syn 0 duty of “regulati maintaining 8 | demic, <poatly serena a riba purgors | ‘The question of the “Countess of Derwontwator’? of promoting union and concert in general measures which | nag again been brought before the English public ulated "con fining eslstinte taiaioete ooeatue eaiee Seasure of the by the old lady making her appearance at Dilston, Ne a ei eT oe ee race cca tne | ear Newcastle, and taking possession of a cottage. cause of And _ whet a it The King of Prussia was to commence his journey and eine come on the 284 and intends visiting the following cities:— Hanover, Bremen, Jahde, Osnabruck, Cassel and the Ho will return to Berlin surrender of the distinctive features and individual charac. | Castle of Wilhelmshohe, ud gorornmectal swiots of tho Reformed Chueh is broad | OM JANE 5. an and satholio, 4 ‘a basie Ou which general measures | A serious disturbance occurred on the 14th in the for the promotion of plety and religion may be prosecuted; | Quartier Latin, Paris, among the medical students, on account of antipathy to a profeasor. The rioters were dispersed by the police, who arrested several of the belligerents, The Vienna papers mention another candidate for the throne of Spain in the person of a descendant of the Counts of Reischarh, who pretends to have de- scended in a direct line from Joan of Arragon. The Indépendance Belge states that the two sons of Count Bismarck have just embarked at Ostend for Dover, on their way to the University of Oxford. The mortal remains of Daniel O’Conneli were re- interred in a new mausoleum at Glasnevin Cemetery on the 14th, and the ceremony was attended by the Lord Mayor and all the high dignitaries of Dublin. Upwards of 8,000 people followed the procession. The Government Messenger, the official organ of the Russian empire, announces in its number of the 6th May that the journal Moscow ts definitively sup- pressed. The Emperor Napoleon is having a villa built at Rome, on the Palatine Hill. The ground has been bought from the King of Naples for a sum of $10,000, and on the spot are found the remains of the palace of the Owsars. The failure of Mr. William Sharman is announced in the Liverpool papers of the 15th instant, Russia broker, trading under the title of W. W. Simpson, &c., South Sea House, with considerable liabilities, through speculations in tallow, owing to the fallin tallow. Other failures are spoken of. Messrs. Evans & Co., hop merchants, of the Borough, have suspended, with Llabilities estimated at £100,000. The failure is attributed to the heavy fail in hops. An unfavorable liquidation is expected. Letters from Lake Maggiore state that all the con- fluents of that water are overflowing their banko; the Simplon road {a cut avove Domo-d’Ossola; the torrent of San Bernardino has carried away its dykes on many points and has inundated a part of the town of Intra; many of the roads in the canton of Ticino have been seriously damaged, and govern- ment engineers have been sént to all the localities where required. The Po is also rising in an alarm- ing manner, Resolved, That this synod hereby appoints a committee of three alee ‘and threo rs, 0 prent in its behalf to the higheat judicatories and assemblies of other evangelical denominations, at their next annual meetings, for thelr con- sideration and adoption, the following plan of a national council of the evangelical denominations of these United ston :— Firt—Such Council shall bave for its object the con- certing of proper weasures for promoting, not organic, but fraternal union, for the maintenance of the common ‘doc- trines and ethics of the Christian Oburch, whose one bead is the Lord Jesus, Seomd-That tte powers shall be simply advisory, and be ‘not for the purpose of assailing what aby deno- mination represented therein may regard aa to its jon for the furtherance woltare, ut to secure concert of of the jospel by diminishing secturlan rivalries and oppo- sitions. Third—Such Council, when convened, may consider and recommend such general measures as may tend to expression to the proper and essential unity of all who the Lord Jesus Christ, whether {o this or other lands, and draw them closer together in aggrossive labors to bring the whole world into subjection to Obrist, Fourth—The Council aball be a delegated body, and may oon- sist of five representatives, three ministers and two laymen, from each evangelical denomination acceding to this recom: mendation, but no de y all be held re- sponsible In any le; he Council may choose to recommend. zi/-—The Council shall meot, provided the higher judica- tories and assemblies of sister churches accede to this sug- eation, on the third Tuesday of October, 1889, in the city of lew York, at ten o'clock’ .\. M., {n the Reformed Church, on Washington square. Tho President, Adsoasor, Stated Clerk of this Synod, with the Eiders, Robeit H, Pruyn, Sandford Cobb and Frederick T. Freting ayaen, were appointed » committes to carry the above Into ei ‘Tho undersigned, president and stated olerk of the synod, have been directed by the committee above named to for- ward the foregoing paper to your reverend body, and request for it a favorable consideration. ‘The'state of Christianity in our country, in {ts relation to ant!-Christian forces, seema to encourage an effort to spoure a co-operation among all who “hold the faith,” fitted to meet the exigencies of the times. Hoping that your reverend body may be willing to take the action suggested in tho preceding paper, we au scribe our- selves as yours in fraternal bonds, x ELBERT 8. PORTER, President of General eyood. DAVID D. DEMAREST, Stated Cier! nom in New Yors, May, 1809. After the transaction of some unimportant busi- ness the Asseppimacicurned at half-past five until half-past cight this mor when @ joint prayer meeting of two sanacataes will be heia, ¥ SEMI-CENTENARY OF THE PRESBYTERIAN BOARD OF EDUCATION. ‘The fiftieth anniversary of the Presbyterian Board of Education was held last night at the Brick church, corner of Thirty-seventh street and Fifth avenue. After prayer the Rev. Dr. MaGiLL gave a brief sum- mary of the objects and history of the Board from its inception down to the present time. Rev. Mr. Lorp followed him, referring especially to the relation of the Board of Education to missionary efforts and to its atd in sending forth missionaries. ENGLAND. Senator Sumner’s Speech Still Under Discus sion—Views of the London Press. The London 7imes of the 13th speaks this way:— It rosy be arelief to some of our readers that we Josus shall reign where'er the sup. Rev. Dr. BEDELL followed with a short address. The presiding minister then announced Dr. McCosu, who on being introduced, said that he had been, he believed, expected to throw some light from the European system on their own Board of Education. Frankly, he had nothing tosay. There Was a state of transition in Europe as to the form of church education and that he believed must be ultimately referred to frst principles. The first principle was the duty of the parent to educate his child, but necessity and convenience required the these claims are in respect of prizes made by the Sumter or other cruisers notoriously fitted out in etre | rs Except under the sweeping doctrine of . Sumner .no liability can possibly attach to Great Britain for such losses, which, how- ever, represent but a very small proportion of the whole, jority of claims, as might be expected, are in nae of prizes made by the Ala- bai and the Shenandoah. easel lege: have been de- enree by the firat alone is not less than seventy, while the two last are credited with thirty-six prizes each, besides the captures made by theif respective reference of this important duty to o hers. These wero voluntary. efforts or better educa. | fenders. The account against te eee tion by the state. Keeping io view this | no other cruiser, except the Sumter and Tal- primary duty the question still was left, what was | iq) seems to have done very great the Church todo? The Church had a duty, but not eet & ‘American merchantmen. In glanci to give the whoie education to the people. Feed my sheep, feed my lambs must be read together, Oxford and Cambridge and the Scotch colleges had under- taken tne whole and had faiied. The duty of the — Was different, not secular, but religious edu- cation. The secular education was originated i 8 John by the Pu over the catalogue the largest estimate of value tha’ we observe in respect to one vessel 1s that of $550,000 for the Sea Lark, my by the Alabama on May 8, 1863, This estimate is more than twice as great as the sum total of “claims” against the same vessel, and is marked with an asterisk, indica- ting that it is the estimate of the captors. The Knox in Scotland, and continue ritan % fathers in tus country, Th Curistian Church was | Ratural Inference ia that Captain Semmes and ue a@strong element ia the stimulation of secular or by an exorbitant valuation of dam: infilcted by General education, but it was not its di | themselves, but to be made good, if at all, by this Tect function. He would call attention to} country. Another thing which strikes us as rom: 8 tere tO ote ncuattonal | System, - now | abio in these tables is that estimates of value are threatened, the attempt now being made to denom!- very rarely given, except in respect of vessels de- natlonize schools, a subject which he was astonished | stroyed by the Alabama and tho Shenandoah, th had excited less attention—the attempt inaugurated by the State of New York to give special support to the Roman Catholic schools at the expense of the community. He regretted that such a thing should ex cite so little attention. But this was not his main object in this address. The order was “feed my lambs."’ Now, to speak boldly, he feared the preaching of his own Church was too plilosophi- cal, much iven to ideas political or otherwise elegant, but not attractive to at least one-third of the audience, and 5 driving them away to other denominatio In this connection he told a story of Hugh Mille that be left Dr. MoCandlish’s church to relieve him- seif on Sunday from thinking. The speaker thought the preaching to children and maids should be more attended to. He of the seminary instruction should instruction of the young ond simple. He wished the encouragement of Sabbath schools and @ general columa of “value” being nearly blank In the page appropriated to the Florida. On the other hand, there are some vessels the estimated value of which is here stated, but io respect of which no clauns have been flied, “the facts in regard to them having been derived from other than oficial sources.’ Most of the vessels destroyed by the Sumter have no estimate of value against them, and in respect of one oaly has any claim been iied; whereas several claims have been fied tu respect of vessels de- stroyed by the Tallahassee, ‘a steamer fitted out at Wilmington in 1964.” We do not profess to explain these distinctions, but we can suggest a possible reason. During the earlier part of tne war, notwith- standing the Queen’s proclamation, no American merchant thought of holding Great Britain liable for any loss that he might individually incur. It was not until later that any such claim was set up, and it was reserved for Mr. Sumner to extend it from individual loss to national losg, including under the thought a Teligious tone in all the schools and an eNcourage- | iatter count at least half the whole cost of tho ment of Christian teachers. Such an object would war, and excluding from the account any set-off for oper purpose for the Board of Education. Diockede-runnere. fliegally captured. * * # rt All te discussion had an important bearing on the | Mr, summer disguise it as he may, the Americans should not rival urpose of the meeting. ‘The Pie national, system. WY tney dia they would fair, | BOW that our government acted with good faith Bat ft might bo the Stato school might bo ‘under the tion of noutral dusios. above all, they know that fo control of an anti-Christian. Then they might have | gupmitting to arbit mon the Alabama claims, @ duty to oppose them. Thon the organization ‘oon . Be originally mignt the raising up of Christian wachers expected of ie b and further the fund directly for the educa- nited Statey before Mi tion would tn Ip the ine of the minis, , And everythi \t try. Di the last yoar but little over fifty had without lowering o slarmntug fact he aaggestod that te ouuroles should nid fo oburohes shou! Cstablish @ day Of prayer. He believed that thi The London Dally News of he 16th a = ao = ee wep ~ = ie belleven bao this manner :— ere cl y cou We do not, of course, belleve for a moment that aid. One of the greatest drawbacks to | wr, sumoor" Rpts 00, complicate tho questions young men desirii ©, tor the minisity was | petween us We take his pacttte assurances in heir Lay ed in Lereiminary education | good faith, and cordially believe them. it is ex- This could be ~ +’ by the Education Board if sus- | Coed: ly probable, indeed we believe is to be tained by le education fad; bas, besides this, | entire that nothing is farther from tho was Matter of secilar education, & | thougtite of the best Rr ion of the American poy ) pootely desirabie to intro. pie nan Ky — t guateer | to extremities, at the ion of Dt. McOosh’s po thi Le al mity itoh eoutd ami by ont race, Dox ng, after which the benedictio hey probably believe, with us, that any lasti was nou! ud the congregation dispersed. uarrel, a permanent alienation betwen us, woul PRESBYTERIAN ASSEMBLY AT oBILE, | Stet tne vorid Soult sectaiRe Ben sa meat over r. Bu unhapp: THE + | Gronts come out of What we do rather than Of ‘what we intend. A threatening attitude is none whe less be orev akin fed those whocassume it Lave peace end good will in The Presbyterian Assembly, on Monday, appointed | those 8 committed to revise the form of government and artis teat prose saad auarrawoms words sononanis discipline. The committee reported in part to-day, demands are fot hkely to result in aetilomens, Should ‘Tho Assembly recommends ite presbyters to throw | Mr. Motley come to ‘ail us that Mr. Sumner’s speech fete licentiates as far as practicable into destitate come to their mi Ainpty ‘Wait till our cousins ha’ better elds, On the sudject of co-operation with the Gen- mind, No such olaims will be admutted for « eral bly Of the old school in the labor amoi moment, if we never have settlement at all, the Anite, the following was unanimously England is as one man in that matter. Nor ‘8 we adopted:— ask for the of the negotiations; if they are ag the correspondence of the Secretary Hi vy of feoneal re-opened at Mr Motley must reopen them. hg the tee on. Fi ‘of the General Assem| 0} arch in the ned tates of Amer! if there 16, on the other side, a real desire for settie- ee fof Buneniation “of our Church hae de. | mont, and such moderate pi ‘are made as can Foloped ae le mode of co-operation betwee Decome the basis of negotiation, it wili soon be two tn the efforts to Ra oy) the freedmen, found that nothing is wanting on the part of Engiand eAP iotenty lp not prop to take any steps eishor in readiness or desire to clear the score be vem) ‘concert of action. ui ed ‘That the of opr hereby tn. tween us. ‘naihendill structed regoing resolution to the Com- on, eral Assembly of the Presby- | Krresponsibility of American Public Speakers. terlan Ouures io the Ui tea of ‘America. baad! ‘From the London Dally Nows, May 14, Itis (iinounoed that we are shortly to bo bnared a Aresolution on the maintainance of simplicity tn by the presence among us of Senator Chandler, ohuroh music was laid over. ‘A missionary meeting was held on Monday nigat. hi speech in Congress, recommen: the Apu ges ried for insuring the livos of mye provriation of Ganade by the Vaned. ik & resolution was introduced looking to an | lately been commented on by the press, not Se Saas salle roe | Selene cere ia far 10 @, nde fabjeate of education knd pubticatious | questionod ou he palah, he Unadvisedness of speech Sum- and Reverdy Johnson as Sumner, itizens get a littie more crowded up Aid modes of expression’ will beceoe aueet ts 8 101 certain amount compression. a The Ex-King of Hanover in an English Court. a 1p see Nica: Chaneallor's Court of London, on May carious case came on for learing— the 1 int bearing indematdeation so was brought by the ex- rince of Bauover, against the "Sank 3 land, the Duke of Cam! and bridge Brunswick, for ie puro transfer a edt of 72000,00 three Fg in the bank’s books to ver George IIL, then Elector annuities, and carried in the nd to the credit of “the lectoral Regency of Hapo- ated by the in” this Li Lords of his Majesty's ver.” This fund mbassador ag ing up of the money, or the interest thereon, to or representatives; but by the con- vention recently made between King George and the King of Prussia, the former was secured in poa- session of the £600,000, Under these circumstances the sult was instituted for the purpose of Poor | a formal authority under which the Bank of Engiau could act with security in transferring the money. The Vice Chancellor said that the proper course would be for these royal personages to name two persons to act as their trustees in the matter, and an order for transferring the fund, under the direc- tion of the Court, might then be made, This cou poate to meet the views of the ex-King nover’s legal advisers. FRANCE. The Emperor’s Specch at Chartres—Comments ot the French Press, [From the Paris Peuple.] The tone wiich prevails in the langua; chief of the State-is that of calmness an He is neither disturbed nor trritated by the attacks directed t his government. He derives from the very respect paid to universal suffrage the cona- dence which antmates him. That.was the institution which raised the edifice of the empire, and it will not be the power that can seek its overthrow. The Emperor invites all citizens to concord in making an appeal to their patriotism, and in the last passago of his speech cites the word ‘‘iberty,’’ whiob is in every heart and on every lip. All France will rejoice to see that the elect of the people contemplates with @ profound serenity the superficial agitations and the useful discussions of the electoral period, and that neither unjust attacks nor powerless menaces havé diminished his devoteduess to the cause of pro- gress and freedom, From the Paris Stecle.. Conolliatton is, indeed, very desirable, and we can understand that the chief of the State shoutd appeal to the sincere men of all parties to second the ular progress of hi Soveghe ment in @ course. But 8 call of ti nature should be made in a tone of moderation. To versaries of of the dignity. aeecne ai ce a the EaMETO as ve not likely inode. of The! opposition 1s & coun’ of the government, To us it in at saree ara w Ch t feaieh een eir on Font rye of the execu- ‘a ‘even ten, for” eae a not to have mado any allusion ‘to the (From the Paris Constitutionnel.} If we are to believe some writers, the Emperor does not admit that any man can defend his vernment with independence; and one of them, tier acquainted than the others, as we are told, with public functionaries, has gone so far as ta took =n self-styled oMcial communication, the origin of which we had a good right tosuspect. The Emperor, it will be seen, loes not exclude anybody from the constitutional ground, He makes an appeal to all honorable men, without any distinction between servants who obey and friends who discuss. Contrary to the doctrine of the writers who attack us, he docs not reject any one whocomesto him. In a word, he deciares, wil a elevation of ideas, that he is the Emperor the French, and not the ohlef of a party. FRANCE AND BELGIUM. The Franco-Belgian QuostionNomination vo. the Mixed Commisst In conformity with the terms of the protocol migacd on the 27th April last between the Marquis dela Valette and M. Frere Orban, the French and Belgian governments have appointed delegates to form the mixed commission instituted by common accord. These aro :— For France—M. Cornudet, President of the Sect! of Agriculture, Commerce ana Public Works 24 te; lc, Councillor of Council of Stal de Franquevi! State and Director Gen of the Ponts-et-Chat and of Railways, and M. Combes, member of the Acar demy of Sciences, Director of the School of Mines and member of the Consultative Commities of Kail- ways. For pelotunynd Faasiaux, Director General Railways, Post OMice and Telegraphs; M. Vat Sweep, gers General of Ratiway Trafic, and Belpaire, Chief Engineer, Director of Haulage of Rollung Stock. EXPEDITION OF ARTISTS TO THE POLAR SEA. Mr. William Bradford, the artist, whose crulss to the shores of Labrador tn search of icebergs last summer is well remembered, will undertake @ aimt- lar enterprise this season on a much larger scale. Mr. Bradford haa chartered a steamsuip of 830 tons at St. Johns, Newfoundland, and on the 26th of next month will sail thence for the Arctic regions, visiting all the points of interest made famous by the travels of Dr. Kane and Dr. Hayes, and returning in about three months, The route of the expedition has been laid out about as follows:—Leaving St. Johns, Mr. Bradford will sail directly for the west oats of Greenland, and will touch at the princi, aton and Esquimaux settlements along the it (includ. ing Upernavick, the northenmost settlement on the globe) for the Parcs, of seadying the character and customs of the inhabitants, Beyond U; vick the yorge will follow up the track arsues by D pr. and Dr, es as far a8 Smith Sound. dition Bh a Keto and Aste «| and visit 4 caster 1, pusl roug! J far iy "island, ‘tho “wiater Lin ence ‘tolneward by the line at Fran th the American coast. Tho Chey to ye one of the oli EY “N Sees seis th tho worlds Pawo aka phofogrp ere nae been 1 to ac a not Over Ave) ‘will be ble small oumber of taken in cabi t Dr. J. 3 Hayes may be th expedition thus p cently concst ig up a extent of the strange an ery of the cannot fail, ander enthustastia Mr. Bradford, to yield an ample har- Fenty ot FREE BATHING. Last evening a mecting was hely at the Methodist Episcopal church (St. John's) 231 West Fifty-third street for the purpose of discussing the establish- ment of free baths in all the principal cities of the Union, The attendance was limited. Colouel J. 0. Battersby presided and in opening tho mesting spoke of the value of free baths, He contended that it was as much the duty of the city to promote free baths ag it was to encourage free schools. Dr. D. P. Houton then briefly referred to the prac- tice of bathing in the ancient times, of tho art of swimming in Rome and in ig sam treed bes ory ont the necessity of having, Hasty “ youths of the city, Hi Patek fe st a of which tuctd expiata 5 ra dean baths were a neoeke thoefobject of the meeting community, 0 free bain places for alle ‘Mr. then dell Qn address on the ad- vanta ‘and concluded by sab- mitting a fesolution hers of TD wate schools in New York and other ites Union were invited to have red na in favor of this interest. ‘The RTARY (Dr. a gubmequently made e On the subject of free ‘Deeaing. nits ++ Mad Qn institution that shoald ast o . iReeaa Gene om 5 by the youth under their charge di: mea, disso: and ms upon the subject of bathing ‘a and to arrange for public demonstra, fow he jJourned