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4 REASON AND FAITH. The “Evangelical Alliance and Its Con- fiict with Unbdelief. eae Addresses by English and | Gsrman Professors. Modern Infidelity, the Gospel and Christianity aud Theology and Philosophy. Dr. MeCosh on the Doctrine of Development. THE PROGRAMME FOR TC-DAY. The two sections of the Evangelical Alliance Con- ference, held yeste:day in Association Hall and St. Paul's Methedist church, were as largely attended 8 on previous days. The complaint of the colored brethren had reached the ear of the Executive of the Conference, and /)".Adams created no little sen- sation by leading Bishop Carnpbell, of the Colored Free Methodist Cnurch, to a front seat on the Platform. Still greater astonishment was mani- fested when President Wolsey called upon the colored Bishop to lead the vast and ecclesiastically Gistinguished audience in prayer, which the Bishop Proceeded to do with an unction and power that showed that gilts of grace were not confined to color, The Confereuce commenced its prac- tical work yesterday. The ‘“gushings,” the dow of platitudes, the handshaking and the mu- tual admiraten had passed away, and throughout the day tue consideration and the discussion of topics that deal with the realities of life, and which Struggle for salvation in the heart and mind of maby an earnest seeker, were dealt with practi- cally and earnestly. That the speakers were not in advance of the people, aud that the auditory strongly sympathized with this manly and living development of practical piety, was made manifest in the heartiness of the reception of the earnest words of Proiessor Leathes and Professor Christ- Uer. To-day the Conference will divide itself into four sections, pgrticulars of which are given in the Programme for to-day, to be found in another column. Association Rall. ADDRESS OF PROFESSOR STANLEY LEATHES, The Rey. Professor STANLEY LEATNES, of King’s College, London, read a paper on ‘The Methods of Counteracting Modern Infidelity,” After a short introduction, in which he described the form of peliefasa bydra-vead, be said, that despite the Various forms unbelief inight wssume, there is more or less unity in the witimate cuuses thatproduce it, It must Not be supposed that ine reiative growth of infidelity was greater to-day than it ever In reference to the question of Sr phone) it was vastly more important to inquire ifwe fad any’ revelation at all than it was to inguire as to the theories of inspiration—to an: that it was necessary to go tuto the consideration of probabilities. That question must, too, depend upon facts rather than upon theories. First, itis our duty to moainta.o that the question of revelatien is not a matter 0: opinion, Dut a imatter of tacts, Professor Leathes then referred at length to what he said was one notorious tuct—namely, the condition of the Jewish people tor the last eighteen ‘nundred years, and the prophecies in refer- ence to their being # distinet and separate people, and to their having no nacional existence. It was in dependence upon broad facts like these rather than to the defence of assaulis of uneertain criticism that the attacks of inf. delity were most successfully met If God has not written His truth upon mielible facts, and upoa the wide ground of history, He has written it upon nothing. (Cheers) ‘Ihe Bible cannot define iis own Iimits. The Bibie is sufficient in itself, there isa testhmony borne to it by history that must be decided on clear 8d unmistakable testimony. There isa Mass of corroborative evidence im the support of the framewors of history, and the evigence is continually becoming greater. The reiation between the Old Testa- mentand the New has been entirely without pa: There is no otber instance in literature of a book of a highly composite nature, which has always been re- garded as one, amd yet with an interval of four hundred Years between euch, and when such a unity could Hot have been foresees or considered possible. Thers 13 moral proof of the integrity and insoiration of the Bible that is much greater than apy disprool that can be Drought against it. rroiesor Leathes concluded his paper by setting forth the power that was in the grace Wat leadstoaebange of heart to meetall the dil.cul- tles that were sad to beset the Word of God. For th inward grace no uatural power could suffice; it must be accomplished by a personal union with Christ At the conclusion of the address the Professor Was enthusiastically cheered. ADDRESS OF PROFESSOR CHRISTLIER. Proiessor CHRISTLIER read a paper on ihe same subject as Professor Leathes, He said that the metho's of counteracting modern in- fidelity that did not require the personal and moral sab- jugation of the individual tau to meets the difficulty. He proceeded * describe the Christian religion asa fortress, the eltadel of which was Christ. There were ceriain’ cardinal truths whieh musi be accepted as a foundation of eur taith, 7 were the natural cond!- tion of man, the saving love of God, which was maailest ip the atonement of Jesus Christ, and the redempuon of the world by the manitestatiow of iim as the Fatoer, ie Son and the Boty Ghost. As vo the relat that exists between the two natures of Ottyist; the action of the nis; we relation of divine graco to man’s tree- dom, all may be left to the exegesis Fed Myce id specu- lation. The Professor then entered atiength into a de- scription of the present condition of philosophy in rela- ton to Christianity, and said that Chrisuans could, show that it was only Christianity exalted man, while philoso- pb degraded in reterence to the German idee # eplration, 1s diGered, somewhat from the knglish. I id not help Christianity to exaggerate the theories of inspiration. Ne theories of iu«piration can diepen ¢ with the duty that was incambent a us of a reverent crifi- clsm of Seriprare. It in this oriticism we discover chronological discrepancies, or diserepancies of another character, we might appl the words of Luther, “If you find strite increasing let the erivoism aione, for then it did not run with the articies of our taith.” We must not be too critical in the matter, as we bave all real truth. In reference to the miracies of Christ and the criticism of infidelity, the il -—"*haot us dis crit cisin, of the m: y. Let us point to th of Christian Mving, and apply the test ot Christ: ‘their fruits ye shall know ther.’ This will make an im- ression Wien other arguments fal, Let us show thew ¢ influences and tendencies of the thought of Christian- ity by its effect on individual and social life. We could sce the effects of unbeliet on philosophers, for when our war was about to in they then beyan to speak @ litte more about God and divine help. (Laughter) The Christian should be the world’s Bite, Cheers.) ‘Tt is only life that cam beget lite. When we ‘ot by the Word of God our own lite cannot be separated from it, The true Christian man has tue spiritut Christ The best way of bringing back the ‘world to the region of miracles is toaccept its power in our own life. The Provessor elaborated the points indi- = ei aud when he concluded was cheered again and again. At the conciusion of this address, the hymn, com- mencing Jogus. shall reign where’er the sun, ‘Was sung, accompanied by the organ, the vast ‘assembly being led by Nr. theodore &, Perkins, ADDRESS OF PRESIDENT W. F. WARREN. President W. F. Warren, D.D., University of Bos- ton, Mass., spoke on the question of “American Intidelity, ts Factors and Phases,” He bean by glancing at the soeial life and the genesis of the nation and the revival that began in 1/4. ivan lical religion had never seendarker days than it has 3 r endure to-day. In tracing the history of | e] alluded to three “doubting thomases*ctietuely Thotey Jefferson, Thomas Cooper aud Thomas Paine. The pub- Lic position of these three men ga: worpel of reasd the wation, Which was larucly ‘or opted, and whieh com. tinued to grow in its mi'uence unt! the memorable ree Vivals of £31 and 148, He niso re eyed to he mies History of the socialisie eifoiis oF Robert gare to the later developments of rocialean, a ka’ Fourlerisin and trée love. He ketcls t in the introduction o uropean scepticism of wodern time i Ge sand Knglishmen, out of which grew innecrigt, dsm and its development of «piriwmoeli pT dn 2. A liltie before and after Ut cclved the first enrrent of German ph Same in two ourrenis, oue direst try er trom Great Jritain, ju Ue first manitesta- tious of it were seen in the teachings and writives oF ‘arker and Emerson, which had resulted mora or less in the disruption of American Unitariana, since then as been established the “Free feligious Association, which is the only distincs, organmtzauon in the country that has organized for the purpore of affecting Cliris- anity projudielally. | In reviewing this, one could not help Dut seo that the infidelity of the na‘iou was not of er: in growth, but was énurely the introduction of European ai fam, pean itieri; ons Mormonism, om and Shaker- ‘ere of American growth, were all in the perstition. fa have ne straus, no Renan antidote of belie! ‘as believed to be by the Ainerieans @ preaching of the wi gospel of Ch: fe say to every sucerer “that itl Would Kuow'of the doctrine, hotmus believes» atl! Ho ADDRESS OF DR, WASHDURNE The Rev. B, A. WASHBURNE, D. D., of New York, Tead a paper on ‘Faith and Reason,” and ajter re- ferring to the Romgn Catholic Ecumenical Connell and the School of Science, which he designated as the schools of credulity and unbelief, procecded to Say that he earnestly hoped for mediation between Gospel pf Christ and the criticism of the e, began by showing that the promise of revealed truth is a divine uarmony. All theologians have their systems, out oir s t ‘not a thesis, 9 theory, but a divine lin the 1 aan, Tels hoe w ayiubol toat shalt foccarve the he e incarnati ut the hope that is ke) live In artof man. In go far as revelation a any trath BLS mental seseat tt must appeal to one ‘underseandin wiestion thea is, what is the presence of reason: There is not ome mental eity we cail reason and jer mental faculty we call faith. Nothing can ‘wore for confusion than the doctrine of cur moder logy that tiere wre frathe whlch mast be mocap th @ comparative negation our understandings, fe do alt the word of ‘God. by anmean ext fs man, We have too many ‘Ww att mi is the best illustration ot the Gvopel it 7 that uny intellecwal and. more cons of G true, then we cannot know God, ‘and is was th poe’ of Chriatianity against rational. yy an eminent English writer. at is 1k to believer to the New Testament and I learn itTrom the 1i, Fist Ctlatanity’ It isnot to accept any’ thes ristian no ony the N° Ohiisty Ls to accept Mum “Ip yy € NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, xuow matem destroys the soul and that Christianity ives it life, Faith Tegmires, the subjection of the con- science and the will. No theory of depravity can teach me un ill have felt sin in myself, No theory of redemy tion can teach me tae need that T fect tur it in myself. There is what Pascal has finely ealled “an interior rea- sop,” in this matter. Reason may end in intellectual op:nion, bué talth ends in holiness. A FRENCH DELEGATE, Professor BONVET spoke upou the theme of “The Gospel and Curistianity,” ta the French language. A GERMAN DELEGATE. Rev, Dr. PavL ZIMMERMAN, of Leipzig, read & paver on the suoject “Fait. and Reason, A DELEGATE PROM HOLLAND, Rev. M, Comen AuT read an abstract of @ wie. ten by essor J, J, Van osternree, ». D., University of Utrech', Holland, Who was in: able to be pri ry and Modern Critic: Aiter t.e 6 ¥ »”? the bene: diction was pronounced, aud the Conterence ad. journed until ten o’eivck (his morning. At St, Pauls Methodist Church, The philosophicat section of the Evangelical Con ference was held yesterday morning and afternoon | at the St. Paul’s Methodist Episcoval Church, on Fourth avenue. Tie edifice was filled beiore ten o'clock by @ large audience. The Rey. Dr. Foss presided until the arrival of the Rey, Dr. Caswell of Brown University, who was the Ohairman of the day. Prayer was oifered by President Brown, of Hamilton College, Clinton, N. Y. ADDRESS OF DB, M'COSH, The Rev. Dr. McCosn, of Princeton College, then spoke on the subject of “The Religious Aspects of the Doctrine ot Development.” He said that he invited his hearers into a temple not were LWo ub- made wath hands, at the entrance of which jects. On one side Was & table of in the other a biced.nz lamb. At the 1 the Kock of Ages, and midway between the two was & cross. ‘The religious inscriptions had been written by holy men at diuierent mes, as iuspired by ihe Holy Ghost. He Quoted passages (rom Geuesis in regard to the creation,wnd then said that man was repre ed a8 turiied out o: the Gust of the earth, usta divine breath breathed into hha. After this he was sougatby the fempier under the form of a beast, and singe then he had apical in-Gneis, aud Was tated to reiurn io the dust of which he was formed. Our World was thenccior:h a scene of conquest, man Oghting with man apd with Che soil itsell to uta the means o! suusisience, To punish the w cked.ess of man the food Was seat Upon the earth, buta spec.al | seed was preserved. From Avah the s;eaker passed to Moses, aiter whom were a -uccession of prophets, each with his vision and Lis parable. ‘hen came the suiler- ings of Christ jor man, since when there has been a spiritual ive, buts coniest sull going on in every heart, in the vision of Johu we see the inal pouring ous of vials, the separation of the good irom the Wicked, and the dnal end of the world. “On the oiher side we have the scientific account oi the world and the human race. Laweivers, who have made rues to restrain me from evil, moratists anu philosophers like socrate: Plato, historians who bave given us narra ives ol great events among mankind, and lastly men who have ex- pressed popular feeling in verse were among the authors Of some or these Views, and paris of what they had Written would never be eflaced. All describe the world 48 a strangely mixed scene, wiih craggy mountains and fruitiul valleys, with gentle streams and tumbling eatar: acts, The scientific writers ascriled everything to nat- law, which, properly interpreted, implies a law- ‘The process of deveopment or evolution was them everywhere discovered, and the world was to be thousanis of ages old. Yo this all reed; but at this point a diflerence arose on the question; Can one kind of piant or animal gradually produce one entirely diferentt In regard to some 01 the questions arisiig under this problem, he cid hot know that Christians were obliged to take either one side or the other, but in rollowing out ope line of argu- mand bo its soneiuston bone welt o science were Lrought tace to face with walis of adamant. They derived everys thing trom matter, bul at the Jas: they were still unable to tell What matier came trom. While science alone is able to explain many of the remarkavie thiags in creation it cannot expliin che presence in the world of incurable sorrow and other misortunes, which must al- ways @ marvel to man ‘Without the inter. preretion of the moral law written upon his heart ur world is not a peaceiul laadscape, wih nothing but order in view, as it is descrived by the rationalist, and the conviction of this has driven optomisis to pessimisin, the modero Unitarians and others having come to the conclusion that it was useless to search for ihe inal cause of ali ‘hings, such as the de- Spair that drives to suiciie.and tLe imisforiunes of mind and body which pursue meu through life. Huxley and others would erect an altar to the unknown God, like the heathens of old, and the speaker uttered the words or St Paul in regard to the same worship. ‘ihe grand recon- ciation of ail thlugs apparently conilictig was made the grand central figure which inade the widow's son rise from the doad, and brought the hope of salvation to compensate ior all earthly evils. (Appiause,) INVITATION FROM WASHINGTON, The Rey. Dr. TirraNy, the representative of the Metropolitan Branch of the Evangelical Alliance, then invited the members of the Alliance to visit Waskington, where they woud be shown all ob- jects orinterest. The European delegates would be the special guests of the Metropolitan Braach and be entertained by the. at the hotels. A pub- lic meeting would be held and the delegates wel- comed by the President oi the United States, who had postponed for this purpose a visit to old com- rades in arms at the West. He suggested next Tuesday asthe day. (App ause. The Key, Dr. WELDON, 0: London, England, was then introduced and wade an impromptu speech upon Darwinism. He was followed by the Kev. Dr. BROWN, Irom the Cape of Good Hope, who de- clared that he did not believe that the earth was created in six days, but in six great epochs. ADDRESS OF Dit, DAWSON. Dr. Dawson, principal of Mcuiil College, Mon- treal, then spoke on “ecent Discoveries with Reierence to Primitive Man, as Compared with Revelation.” He said that he thought the battle in regard to the geo. Jogical formation o: the h had already been tought and won by Christian the batile in regard to the formation of man was still, however, in progress. He sketched the views oi various reiig.ous and scientific men on the sulject of development, showing that » great Variev of views exisved. Many phases of the doc- ulne of development were held by uble and pious men ural own to be in barmouy with biblical teachings, but when the development of man was reaclied the doctrines of exipeme scientific men required us to throw aside Genesis altogether. “ome sculls and skeletons have been found in difierent party of Lurope which had prob- ably beea animated beio’e the mammoth was extinct. Were these men, as the doctrine o: development would inter, intermediate between us aud apes? On the con- irary she skeletons showed that they were men of large brain and great physical strength. They corresponded to the description of men by Moses of ONMTAIN RACES BEFORE THE 80 that if they were aniedeluvian the: Loop, turnished confir- mation of the Mosaic narrative, at showed that the men the ood were like the men of to-day. In regard the probable religious belict of to these ten, ho seid that he would refer to the North American Indians, which in his _ opinion Game to America by three lines of migration, Their re- Higion was substantially the same from Greenland to ‘Terra dei Fuego. Phoy believed in a Supreme Creator; ina mulikude of sabcrdmate spirits similar to a: ; m an eternal life beyond the grave, and generally in some form of a mediator between them and the Great Spirit, These nen whose skolctons had been found with the bones of the wammoth were buried like the inaians, with their arins and implements, and had twiems, illus Foteciing spirit and’ the number of ‘sacri- offered, He thought that all things showed that their retigions belief was similar to that of the In- diane and that they beileved in a life after death. He belteved that no definiie evidence had been obtained from there skeletons to show that the world is of greater antiquity than we are in the habit of Delieving. in Whatever way species of plauts originated in fossil torms, they spread very rapifly into different classes ail the Pan on in parallel lines iintil some torms Decame extinct. This inight have been the case with tue races of men in the early stages, which would account tor the odliteration of so inany vestiges of early buman- ity, without ascribing an enormous age to the world. Christian men should be cautious in accepting as trath the mere hypothesis of clever scientific men. Science is the foe of sham and superstition, and it must be con- fronted by the Bible, pure and simple, without the tradi- tions of men im regard to it. All due yalue shouid be aitached to scientific truth, aud when both the bible and Science were stripped of mere theories they would be found in periect harmony. CARRYING COAL TO NEWOASTLE. Dr. TRENAEUS PRIME read a communication from the Board of Managers of the American Bibie so- clety, tnviding ail Lagmvers of the Alliance to vistt the Bible House at their Convéiuéndée, Bid 6i- pounclag that acopy of the Knglisi bible would € presented to eacli of the European delegates. é aiso read a letter from the managers of the Awerican Institute, inviting all delegates from out ol the city to visit the fair now in progress, He then said that a iriend of pis invited all the European delegates to visit Prospect Park and Greenwood Cemetery on Wednesday afiernoou, when he would provide carriages. ‘this closed the mourning session, The aiternoon sessioa in St. Paul's church was begun at two o'clock and was svou crowded to overfowing. Tue Key. Dr. Caswell, of Providence, presided, LECTURE OP PROFESSOR GUYOT. Professor AkNOLD HENRY Guyot, of Princeton Col- lege, read & paper on * Cosmogony and the bivle.’’ Selogting the frst chapter of Genesis as he said, be- cause It beging the word of God, the speaker proceeded to show tha! Moses had taken pains toexplain the tacts Of the creation, It has been said that the battie between Geology id the Bivle Las been fouxit. I believe that the Bible was never intended to give us an asironoml- cal or geological history of the world. There is « spiritua) element in th which is to save a lost world. fore there ace two distinct views to be taken of the Oret chapter of Genesis It has been too much the habit of the theologians to insist upon # very strict and literal translation ol every word. We are bound to try to ase: tain the meaning of the words, the idioms employ And to leave nothing untried to give us @clear meanin Of this greatest of ali the great chapters in the books o! Moses. “it ia to begin with, highly improvable that Meses should know inoch of ‘astronomy or geology. Let Us analyze this chapter, We rend, Mate “tot inning (God created the heavens avd the earth,” e. This % 8 great truth, we will not dispute. Then comes a description of what we un. derstand by chaos. From the grand cosmogonic day ol ereation, each contains one grand geological era. The Gay had no regard to time. “First there was light, and “God saw that it was good.” Second, we have the kreat masses of gay reduced to a fluid state, and the arrange: ment of the heavens On the third day ail is concentra: tion Instead of division. ‘This tx the day of the arth, just as the previous day wag the day of the heavens, Yhe seas and continents are formed. Hore arparen:ly should enter the histor: i but the tnird day is divided one is the glo physical 1 is the’ dawn of “fie Vegetatlon. This ia the end of the first great period, consisting of the firstthree days The fourth day marks the organization of the solar system. Thivday orera was devoted w the apportioning of day and might and the distribution of lignt and leat. This isa great beginning of & new order of things, ‘The fifth day marks the advent of avimal lite in the sea and in the alr. The sixth day marks the creation of the highest types of the animal kingdom—the mammalia. The mammoths and the beasts of the field then came into existence. Here we have a seeond division, last of that day marking the coming of man, venth day God rested, and blessed h seience say to the created the heaven Be’once has to begin at the a Selehce and ‘piiiosorhiy a hilosoy etractly the creation. of man The crea: reienee. nothing ° ts beyond mn absurdity, Creation, by, science. The possibility bow- demonstrate Mi of evolving life out of matter Is beyond even the imagina- tlon of the sciencist. Allow me to call your attention to a very remarkable fact in this chapter :—The word cre ation, as translated, is use ree times; first in db Tegard to matter, then in Tegard to the lower clases of | animal !!fe, and inst In regard to the creature with a soul— | man, We } lity of being bound to God in eternit is what makes him the greatest of all the created beings i the universe. Aniwal lite needs the plant frst; this Goce nothing but minister to anknal lite, As this link exist: between a man’s existence and his death, so there is connection between God and man. This link is Chrisi, Through Him only can man come to God, LECTURB BY PRESIDENT NEVIN. The next lecture, upon “Christianity | manity,” was read by President J. | Nevin, of Lancaster, Pa. :— | The world of Naiure, made up of a great number of parts, Is nevertheless & whole, held together by a great id?a—namely, man. Jt may be characierized as a pyra- | mid, the apex. of which is man. Nature looks tow: | a Creator for a means of reaching something highe! ‘The fact that man was creaced in God's imag elusive that he belongs to two worlds. In his he belongs to the world of Nature ; 1m his soul brain he is identified with the greal spiritual world. This impair man's and Hu ihamson duality of individuality does not 1 | porsonality, Man's lower life should be made subject to the bigher. The spiritual world rks trom within, It is w apartfrom that geucral idea which we have of the comity to auend of things mateval. The spiritual World ts not the pale shadow ol the natural, but the uni- versalend of the natural, It is an existence full of lite. ihe outgoing of the int w | humanity is the werd of God. Tho Got is. the alpha and omega | of yerse. The law of original existence Is likewise one | OF sabsistence. Faith is aa action of the will—it 1s no mechanical effort. ‘The holy Scriptures are the law and the testinouy by which all human actions are to ve judged. ‘The spirit of prophecy is the testimony of Jesus PHILOSOPHY AND THEOLOGY. The last paper of the aiternoon was read by Professor Edmuad Spiess, Ph. D., of the Universit: o! Jena, Germany, on “Theology and Vh losopby.”? ‘The speaker stated that he would not attempt to that ic would be printed in tull and would be at the command of Of the Alliance, The French Session Last Evening. The evening session of the Evangelical Alliance was held in the hall of the Young Men’s Christan Association, The session was a French one, and the exercises were in the French language, with the exception of a short address made in English. Among those present were the Revs. Boequer, of Strasbourg; Combe, of Pialoux; Cook, of Paris; Fisch, 0! Paris; Lelitvre, of Mines, Lorriaux; Robin | and Weiss Anet, of Brussels; Astic, of Lausanne; | Bovet, of Neufehatel; Coulin, ot Geneva: Ponier, of Gancras keichel, of Neutciiatel, and Saladin, of jeneva. ‘The hall was only about half full and those pre- sent were evidently not at French, Many French-speaking Americans listened to the exer- cises in a manuer which showed that at least they understood tue language. ss Proiessor Bovet held the chatr, The exercises Were opened by a prayer from the Rey. Mr. Robin, of Paris, and this was succeeded by the smging of the twenty-ninth hymn in French. Mr. Astie, of Lausanne, then read a_por- tion of the Scriptures and Professor Phiip Scharf made the opening address m English. He said it was singular and as inter- bag Oa It was siigular to see assembled in the New World such a number of gentlemen bound together in the cause o! religion, and all speaking a eroaque foreign to the country in which they had met. Professor CHARLIER then made the welcoming address, and in a rather long specch for tae ocoa- sion, expressed the joy which all Americans felt at bemg able to thus extend hospi- | tality toa number of gentlemen assembled in such the members @ cause. Mr. Bovet, the President of the meeting, answered the Professor, and said he thanked him from his heart for the kind words which he had just pronounced, while he ielt roud to be able to thank the American people at jarge ‘or the kindness with which they, strangers from a strange land, had been received by them. Several addresses were then delivered by the reverend gentlemen present, the most eloquent and striking of which was that of Air, Coulin, of Geneva, whose original manner and novel thoughts were most interesting to those as- seinbied. During the meeting several hymns were sung by members of the choir oj the French Evau- gelical church, The Programme for Fo-Day. Devotional service in the Madison square church (Madison avenue, corner of Twenty-fourth street), at nine o’clock A. M.. to continue for three-quarters of anhour. There will be four sections for this day. The first section wi!l meet in Association Hall, at ten o'clock A. M., and (unless the discussions be concluded im the morning session), at two o'clock P, M.:— ‘Christian Life’—!, “The Relation, between Christian Docrine Ri William Arnoy ( . Plumer, D. D., Theological Seminary, Columbia, S.C." 4. “Revivals of’ Religion—llow to Make ‘Them Productive of Permanent Good.” Rev. W. W. Pat- ton, D. D., Chicago, IL The second sec'lon will meet in St. Panl’s Metho- dist Episcopal cuurch, Fourtn avenue, corner of Twenty-second street, at ten o’clock A. M. General Topio— atior Morature."—J, “Re- ligigus and od sae eeation sno ay Ares * Rigg, Wesleyan training College, Westiinister, Eng: odern Literature in ifs Relation to Ohris- > President Noah Porter, D. D., LL. D., Yale Col- lege, New Haven, Conu.; Rey.’ A. L! Simpson, D. D., Derby, England. The third secon will mect in the Madison square chureh, at two o’clock P, M. General Topic—""The Pulpit of the Age,” to be dis- cussed by Joseph Parker, D.0., London; fev. Henry Ward Beecher, Brooklyn, N. ¥,, aud Professor Daniel P. Kidder, D.'D., Drew Theological Seminary, Madison, N.J. It'is hoped that theoiogical professors from abroad will also take part in the discussion. The fourth section will meet in the Broadway Tabernacle in the evening, at half past seven o'clock. Charles Reed, Esq., M. P., will preside, Topic—“sunday School.” Rev. Richard Newton, D. Philadelphia, Pa; Charles Reed, Esq. M. P., London. Rev. Natueniel Weiss, Paris; Rev. J. H. Vincent, D. New York. A meeting of children will be held in the Church of the Disciples, at three o’ciock P. M., to be ad- dressed by Rev. N. Sheshadrai, of India, Adults are requested not to attend this meeting except ag the necessary guardians of children. LITERARY CHIT-CHAT. Mn Frovpe’s series of papers for Scribner's Monthty, entitled “The Annals of an English Ab bey,” will give the history for 600 years of the most notabie of the religious houses of England, A? Las? THE British publication known as the “Oslendar of State Papers’ is publishing the historical documents and briefs of letters relating to Ireland. The volame covering the poriod from 1603 to 1606 has appeared under the competent editorship of John P. Prondergast and ©. W. Russell. The notable fact is that the Master of the Rolls Omce has appointed two eminent scholars—one Protestant, the other Catholic—to edit this impar- tial collection of material for history. Tue Saturday Review calis the government re- port callod ‘statement of the Moral and Material Progress and Condition of the Peopie of India Dur- ing the Year 1871-1372” @ mode! Biue Book, THERE Is IN Press in London a book called “The Norma People and Thetr Existing Descendants in the British Dominions and the United States of America.” The suthor believes that the Norinan race, generally supposed to have become extinct, exists, and forms a large part of the English peo- ple. In the course of the work, we are told, the early history of the whole aristocracy 1s revised and reconstructed, ana very many thousands of familles are shown to be Norman which have never before been accounted for. APROPOS OF THE Lonpon daily press and the Tichborne case tne Saturday Review preaches against “descriptive reporting.” It ob/ects to “the new view of courts of law as a sort of great manufactory of interesting matter for the news- papers;” but it faiis to teil us why the public should be debarred froin the intelligence about great trials when, s9in England ani America, all courts are theoretically open. Tua? OncB Famovs Book, “Doctor and Student,” will be reprintéd soon by R. Clarke & Co., Cinein- nati It was written by St. Germain, and consists of dialogues between @ doctor of divinity and a law student on the grounds of the laws of England and cases in the equity thereof. A LiTeRARY FRENCUMAN named Gustave Des- noiresterres has written an amnsing aud instruct ive work on “Voitaire aux Délice: REAL ESTATS, There was no business consummated at the Exchange salesroom yesterday, although a more confident feeling prevails in the general market, The monetary disvarbance in Wall street having passed without serious hurt to real estate values, leaves the market strengthened with freer offer | Ings brought ont by this tinproved condition. These | are largely stil composed of suburban property in Westchester county, New Jersey and Long Island, for full particulars of which see ad- vertisements, A iresh incident, however, tw this prevail effort o1 the market is to be found In a sale of Central Par! ised for Nahe pound next by A, H, Muller 8 Ub) ane nounced an absolite sale, by order of the owner, Mr. Josiah Jex, of the following described. prop: erty b- Right lots on the northeast corner Ninety- second streets, five lots on the southwest corner of Fifth avenue and 126th streets; also, two dwelk inghouses and three lots on the east side of Fifth avenue, north 127th street, This property must positively be sold to the highest bidder on the day above mentioned. This is very choice property, Terme of sale are to per Ceuts on Naud Ran seme at. OD Gage for three vears, oe deliver the address which he had prepared, but } En peraphie® form | THE COURTS. THIRD TRIAL OF STOKES oo ae Illness of Stokes---His Third Trial Set Down for To-Morrew. BUSINESS IN THE OTHER COURTS. Indge Benedict (United States’ Circuit Court,) will sit today—the last day of the June term—at the new courtroom, 27 Chambers street, for the purpose of receiving bills of indictment from the Granda Jury; and on Wednesday will open the Octo- ber term of the court for the despatch of criminal business, Judge Blatchford will, to-day, open the admiralty term of the United States’ District Court; calendar called at 11 o'clock A. M, a A widow, named T. R. Calendar, was arrested m | Philadelphia and brought on to this city yesterday by Deputy-Marshal Robinson, She was taken into custody on a bench warrant issued from the United States District Court, charging her with having forwarded an obscene article through the post office. She has been sent to Ludlow Street Jail. David Massey, who had been sentenced over a year ago to @ year’s imprisonment and a fine of $500 for sending obscene literature through the mails, applied yesterday to Commissioner Shicids for his discharge, under a recent act of Congress, on the ground that he had served a period of thirty days over and above his term of imprisonment and had. no money wherewith to pay the fine. The Commissioner, after having ascertained the truth of the man’s statement, ordered him to be dis- charged, The Stemmler-McGuire dispute over the Judge- ship in the Seventh Civil Judicial district is to be revived again in the Courts. It was called on for trial yesterday in the Supreme Court Circult, be- fore Judge Van Brunt; but some material wit- nesses were announced as absent and the caso was adjourned till to-day, and will, probably, oc- cupy several days, In the case of Wertheimer vs. Frank Brothers, in the Common Pieas, which suit was brought to recover the value, with accrued interest, of ten $1,000 Uniced States flve-twenty bonds, alleged to have been left in the safe keeping of deiendants by plaintiff, No return was ever made of the bonds, and the present suit followed, Verdict for plaintia in $13,508 59. A busy, bustling day was yesterday in all the State Courts. The commencement of no previous October Term has witnessed such crowded calen- dars, such crowds of lawyers and clients, and such eager anxtety to have cases set down for speedy trial Of course about all that could be done on the opening was valling the calendars and placing the ci in the order when they are to be tried. In a day or two this preliminary work will have been finished, and then the real business of the fall and winter campaign will begin in earnest, SIOKES—THIRD TRIAL. is PSG SS Postponement of the Trial Two Days on Account of Stokes’ Temporary Allness. In the expectation that Edward 8, Stokes would again be placed on trial yesterday for the alleged murder of James Fisk, Jr., a large crowd was in at- tendance at the Court of Oyer and Terminer. The haliways, corridor and steps were also crowaed by &@ motley throng, waiting to catch a glimpse of the noted criminal as he was brought into Court. This curious multitude, as weil as those in the court { room, had, howe Ver, to undergo the painiul indic- tion ofa disappointment, as the object of their curl- osity failed to put in an appearance, On the court being calied to order and the case of Stokes being caiied Mr. Russell, Assistant Dis- trict Attorney moved an adjournment of the Court uptil Wednesday, Judge Davis sald that no formal motion wad necessary, as a medical certificate had been placed in his hands by the Sheriff, setting forth the tem- porary iliness of Mr, Stokes and his inability on this account to be present. He, therefore, ordered an adjournment till Wednesday. He then added that he would discharge the Grand Jury till the zoth inst, and gave as his reason that a grand jury of the Court of General Sessions was now sitting, and he entertained a doubt as to the legality of two grand juries sitting at the same time, BUSINESS IN THE OTHER COURTS. SUPREME COUAT—CHA h BERS. Decisions, By Judge Fancher. The People, &c., vs. The New York Plate Glass Company.—Motion denied, wits $10 costs to abide even In the matter of George J. Kirchler.—Order of reference granted by Judge Brady. Fitzgerald vs. National steamship Company.— Order moditied. SUPERIOR COURT—SPECIAL TERM. Decisions. By Judge Van Brunt. Palmer vs. Foley.—Order of reierence to Murray low’man granted. Mason vs, Mason.—Order allowing plaintiff to file supplemental bill. By Judge Curtis. Rector of Trinity Church and Others vs. Paine.— Motion to strike out answer denied, ig acme vs. Paragon Watch Company.—Motion jenie: Evers vs, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.—Prayor of petition denied, fohnson vs. Sioan.—Motion for injunction dented, Bruce et al. vs. Kelly et al.—Order dismissing summons for account of defendant, Hilléborough vs. Koberis.—Motion that mouey be Paid over granted. MARINE COURT—CHAWBERS. Decisions. By Judge Shea. Ramsey vs. Simpson et al.—Motion granted so far 46 ordering cause to be placed on day calendar under rule of Court. The opposite party is entitied by right to fourteen days’ notice of trial. Atwood vs. White,—This case presents a: valia issue for the trial of which deiendant Is entitled by right toa jury. Thecause canon motion be placed on short cause calendar. The motion for judgment on the alleged irivolousness of the answer ts de- pei with $7 costs to defendant to abide event of action, Hernstein vs. Hercules.—Motion granted so far as to aid the Receiver as additional party deend aut, but before the order is signed by me the writ ten consent of the Receiver must be filed. Booth vs. Neisou.—Motion denied, with $7 costs to plaintiff, to abide event. Avis V8, Stout,—Motion denied, with $7 costs to plaintiff. Hughson va, Fuller.—Motion granted, Tio can be settled before one of the Judges of Court on @ hotice to either party by the other. When the Jud, ho tries a cause dies betore the caso OD appeal Is settied the case can be perfected and signed by any other Judge of the same Court; or in analogy to the practice on reviewing a Jus tice’s judgment, ‘the usual way, however, is to apply to another Judge. COURT OF GENERAL SESSIONS, Empanelling of the Grand Jury. Before Recorder Hackett, The Octobor term of this Court was commenced yesterday, Lis Honor Recorder Hackett presiding. Assistant District Attorney Rollins will represent the people, The Grand Jury were empanelied, Mr. William D. Waddington being selected aa foreman, Alter the Kecorder enumerated the statates, which the Court is enjoined to specially mention, the Grand Inquess retired to enter upon the dis- charge Of 118 duties, Bobbery at Jones? Wood—The Young Highwaymen Sent to the State Prison for Ten Years. James Brennan and John sutton (young men) were tried and convicted of robbery in the first degree, The complaining witness, Edward Mathews, stated that he and a friend, who had been witnessing the Caledonian games at Jone ‘Wood, on the 4th of last month, were leay- ing the ground, sbout ten o'clock in the evening, When he was knocked down and robbed of $26 by the prisoners and a youth named Benson, who {s also indicted. William H, Davis, the iriend of Mathews, ran ior a policeman, and the oifenders were arrested near the scene of the occurrence, They testified in their own behalf and ettempted to mae the jury believe that Mathews was drunk and assaulted them. The policeman refuted their and the jury rendered @ verdict of guilty. The Recorder sentenced them each to the State Prigon for ten years. An Acquittal. P ‘William Davidge, a colored man, was tried upon S charge of stealing @ watch from the avertracats | case this L Brooklyn. of John Retiy, 147 West Twenty-first street, 12th of June. The evidence pat the defendant Was only circumstantial, and 80 many respectable Witnesses bea! to his good reputation for hon- esty and industry that the jury unhesitatingly ren- deve a verdict of acquit! YORAVILLE POLICE COURT. Baby Farming Aguin—Damaging Tes- timony. ‘The case of Mrs, Ellen Roberts, the alleged “baby farmer,” came up in this Court yesterday accord- ing to adjournment. Mr, Dessar, the counsel as- signed by the Court to conduct the case on behali of the people, stated that Dr. Wooster had again disappointed them in not being present, -and also that Mr. West, who, with Dr. Wooster, instituted the complaint against Mra. Roberts, had notified counsel o/ his withdrawal from the case. Sergeant Phillips, of the Court Squad, stated that he had made every possible effort to find Dr, Wooster, but had not succeeded, Justice Coulter at once ifssued @ warrant for the Docior to compel his attendance. Mr. Nesbitt, counsel tor the deiezdant, then imquired, ii Mr, West had withdrawn from the caso, who would be responuible sor the further prosecution of his client. Mr, Dessar wade no reply, but askedthe Court to goon With the case,on the ground that he hud witnesses in court who would undoubtedly sub- Biantiate the charges preierred against the ue- fendant, The investigation was ordered to be roceeded with, and Mrs, Vatherine Blackwood, of No, 210 West Thirty-eignth street, was called, Her afidavit against the de‘endant—already pe: lished in the H harges that m the 20th of June to the isth of Septem- ber six children had died of those *in the care of the prisoner; two more, who were given out to other women, had digg a few days af- ter; she could not teli what the cause of tie chil- dren’s death was, but they had been neglected to such anextent that they must have trequently sutlered ior want of food; irs. Roberts very oiten Went out at ten o’ciock mm the morning and did not return until five o'clock P. M.; the children, who were from five to six months old, were usually leit On these occasions in their cribs, with @ boitie of milk beside eaci of them; the chiluren who were unable to help themselves screamed with hunger ali day, and witness had often to go to their assistance, no one being leit ip charge of them; on one occasion tie defendant called witness to look at bat) of tne children that was dead; it lay in its crib with its mouth open and tongue parched and pro- truding: an inguest was held, but the cause of death witness ‘did not hear; the child in my arms was lor # month in the care of Mra. Roberts, when its mother, Mrs, Jones, gave it into my charge; it was weak, but 8000 mended, and now itis quite strong and heaithy; I saw only four children, and never Saw but seven there altogether; two were taken away vy their mothers and I have the other, Mrs, Ellen Jarvis, of No. 206 East Tairty-eiglth street, was called, but her testimony was not im- portant. Mrs. Ellen Wilsom, of No, 210 East Thirty-eignth street, testified that she went with Airs, Koberts one night to see the children, though she had none of her own there; one baby was Very ill; blood was on its clothes, 608 I changed them and did ail I e could tor little one; there was noth- ing in the house except avout a pinot of milk to %e_ given to the children Guring that niszht; irs. Roberts got into such a condition that she was unabie to at- tend to the children; she had been indulging a Little that day, and wien she came home more was brought in; sie got better by fying her jeet up tothe window and letting her head hang down; she then vomited and got better; she was drunk, and so was another weman Who came in to see her on thesame nigut; the cuildren were not fed that night; the child that was sick had convuisions; during the night Mrs, Roberts’ little boy pushed its crib over, and the child tell out and was covered by the clothing that was around it; it died in about hall an hour after; Mrs. Roverts did not attempt to do anything ior the child; there wore ilve babies with id's, Roberts at this time, In her cross-examination the witness admitted that she had been arrested once on complaint of Mrs. Robervs; the mother of the child that died came to see it several times while witness was at Mrs. Roberts’; she made no complatats; while vis- iting at Mrs. Roberts’ ou one occasion witness dressed up in men’s clothes; she was not drank at the time, The further examination in the case was then adjourned indefinitely, or until Dr, Woos- ter is iound. The case may, however, be resumed on Thursday next. COURT CALENDARS—THIS DAY. SurremE Count—Cuamuers—Held by Judge Bar- Tet.—Nos, 20, 37, 57, 58, 77. Marine Covrt—Part 1—Hela by Judge Gress.— Nos, 2570, 1662, 2584, 2180, 2661, 2825, 2026, 2463, 2854, 1564, 2496, 2736, 2000, 248, 2533, ‘Part 2—Held py Judge Howland.—Nos, 2827, 2551, 274334, 2427, 3012, 2653, 2355, 2714, 2911, 2809, 2810, 2643, 2559, 2718, 2716, Part Held by Judge Spaulding.—Nus. 2516, 2963, ited Bet ue, 2688, Bios, 2710, 2915, 2043, 2 2647, Cort oF GENER 2 SEssions—Held by Recorder Hackeit.—the People vs. Jeremtah Conkiin and David D. Walsh, robbery; Same vs. David Breen, robbery; Same vs. James Reilly and James Far- mer, robbery; Same vs. Jennie Helme, fe.onions assault and battery; Same vs. Bernard Lynch, te- lonious assault and battery; Same. vs, Thomas Lynch, felonious assault and battery; Same vs, John A. Keliy, burgiary; Same vs. Thomas Welsh, Joseph Wagle and James McCarty, burglary; Same vs, Abraham Solomon, Lewis Warshacos y and Esther Jacobs, grand larceny (receiving stoien goods) ; Same vs. Barney Dening, grand larceny (receiving stolen goods) ; Same vs, Charles Brown, (nor larceny (receiving stolen goods); Same vs, Dennis C, Sullivan, grand larceny (receiving stolen elt Same vs. James Hays, grand larceny; ame vs. George Brown, grand larceny; Same ys. Joseph Hopkins, grand larceny; Same ya, John Scully and Charles Gilroy, gana larceny; Same vs. James Seymore and Join Nugent, grand laroeny } Same vs. Richard Gleason, larceny from the per- son. COUAT OF APPEALS CALENDAR. ALBANY, Oct. 6, The following 1s the Court of Appeals da; dar ior October 7:—Nos, 39, 62, 64, 396, calen- 44, 24, OF, 90, 78, PLEETWOOD PARK. ‘The colt race announced to take place a4 Viect- wood Park yesterday was postponed in conse quence of the rain until the first good track. der d Aeaiay JEROME PARK RAGES. The Steeplechase Handicap. Among the attractions at Jcrome Park on Wednesday is the handicap steeplechase over the ‘usual course, for a purse of $800, The entries and weights are as follows :— D, J. Bannatyne’s br. g. Duty. » 169 M. A. Litiett’s gr. m. Mary Clark . 46 J. Dononue’s b. g, George West....... 1 J. F, Chamberiin’s b. g. Impecuniou: » 140 W. R. Babcock’s ch. f. Ethel Sprague. . 140 J. WH. Harveck’s b. ge Buck......0..606 - 0 aa MARRIAGES AND DEATHS Married. Ayres—Westcorr.—In Harmony, N. Y. on Wednesday, September 1873, athe residence 2 the brett it By ev. C, Burgess, SERENO ORTON AYRES, 01 New York, LAIDB AGNES jiontomrnt coeteaee nn IMINS—PBRNANDEZ.—On Thursday, October at the Church of St. Vincent Ferrer, by the tev Jonn Rochiord, 0, 8. D, Thomas HL Ormaning to » On! sor joseph andes, Ea, all of this city ids ee LEECKBR—STBARNS.—At Brookline, Mass,, on Thursday, October Z by the Kev. He N. Drown, Lieutenant JonN V, Bb, BuEgcKsr, U, 8. Navy, to runt pega oS este ednesday, October , at be ae Horas, Gathollo ‘Church, by the pe thé McCready, Mr. kiokaBD BOYLAN to Miss CATHRRINS BLACK, GriMwooD—Wanind.—In St. Pauvs chareh, Yon- kers, on Tey Uctober 2, 1873, by the Rev. D, F. Banks, Henny W. Gratwoop to EDNA WAKING, daughter of Willam ©, and the late Susan b, Waring, all of Yonkers, MORAND—JACKSON.—In Brooklyn, N. Y., on Wod- newiay, September 24, 1873, by hoy. Br. Dular, GEeoRGE H. MORAND W Esrni.e JacKsan Died, ARMSRONG.—On Saturday, October 4, BENJAMIN PF, AWMSTRONG, in the 53d year of his age. Friends of the femily are respectiully invited to Pat Twenty-first scrvct, on Luoeday, Ootover 7, We és rat street, on ir ono o'clock P.M.” a r Amherst (Mase) papers please copy. BAILEY.—On Satirday, October 4, PRanoms Rae BROCA, wile of Andrew Bailey, aged 43 years. Kelatives and iriends of the family are invited to attend the funeral, on Tuesday, October 7, at two P.M, from her late residence, 34 Elliott piace, Byerian,—At San Rafact, Oa, on Sunday, August $1, 1878, WILLIAM L&aRian, JE, ia the 18th your of his age. The foneral services wil! take at the See- ond Unitarian eturch, corner of Clinton and Con- g Toots, Brooklyn, on Wednesday, the sth nist. at three o'clock Pb. Me The relaitves and friends of the deceased are invited to atteud BOWMAN.—At_ Muncey, Pa. ber 4, 1873, ELRANOR @., Wife of James M, Bowman and ‘eldest me teed of Dr. J. H. I, and FAlzabesh Ann Cockey, ol , N.Y. DOWNE#Y.—On Sunday, Octoder 5, JON Downry, enan ee of Cootilll, county Cavan, Ireland, aged d ‘The relatives and friends of the family are t+ Vited to attend the funeral, from his late restdeng., No. 221 Kast Kighty-fourth street, om Tuesday, Oo tober 7, at one o'clock P, M. CALLAHAN.—In Westenestor, on. acy October 5, 1873, ANNI, daughter of Timothy and Liza Cal- lahan, aged 9 years and 25 days. ‘The relatives and frienda gre respectfally Invited to attend the funeral, from Westchester village, on Tuesday, October 1, at one o'clock P. M, Dovaiass—On Sunday, October 6, Many Buia, on thie J fafens cangater of Wiltiam J. D. and Mary B, Doug Friends of the family are_r ‘attend the funeral, irom Tuesday, 7th inst, at one P, Exppets.—Suddenly, on tober 4, JouN Ervers. efully Invited to 917 Third avenue, on ‘Saturday evening, Oo The funeral will take from 8t. Bartholo- mew’s church, corner of Madison avenue and Fo! ty-tourth street, on Tuesday mor October 7, at ten o'clock. ‘The relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend, without further notice, Epey.—In Philadelphia, on Sunday, October 6, AnruvE H, EDEY, aged 35 years. Galveston papers please copy. FivzGeRaLD.—On Monday, Uctober 6, Epwarp FrrzGERap, aged 28 years. ‘The relatives and friends of the family are in- vited to attend the funeral, from his late resi- dence, corner of 122d street and avenue A, on Wednesday, October 8, at two o'clock P. M. Hatsty.—At his residence, Clinton avenue, Brooklyn, on Monday, October 6, WiLLiAM HALSEY, in the 71st year of his age, Relatives and friends of the family and those of his brother John are respectfully invited to attend the juneral, on Wednesday afternoon, at half-past two o’clock, from the church of the Messian, corner of Greene and Clermont avenues, HeGEMAN.—On Sunday, October 6, 1873, Mary Louisa, wife of Thomas U. Hegeman. Relatives and iriends are sepereininvited to attend the funeral, at East Norwich, L. 1, on Wed- nesday, at hali-past one o’clock. Hoorger.—On Monday, Octover 6, MABEL, youngest daughter of Rachel A, and N, B, Hooper. ‘Tae relatives and friends of the family are re- epecn ay, tmvited to attend the-funeral,on Wednes- , October 8, trom 63 Penn street, Brooklyn, E. D., at eleven o'clock, HUTCHINSON.—On Monday, October 6, WILLIAM Hurcninson, from the parish of Convoy, Ireland, aged 41 years and 6 months. The relatives and friends of the family, also the members of No. 3 Lodge, A. P. A., are res} ieperr d invited to attend the funeral, from his late dence, 75 Canal street, on Wednesday, October 8, Lye tapers ° ondonderry papers please copy. Taacn.—At toboken, on Monday, October 6, Pui, gon of the late Meichoir ahd Cathering Ibach, aged 28 years, ‘The relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral, from the German Evangelical church, oorner of Sixth and Garden streets, Hoboken, on Thursday, October 9, at two o'clock P, M. Ippinas.—On Sunday morniug, October j, Car RIE, wife of Geor; . Iddings. Funeral from late residence, No. 309 West bg second street, on Tuesday, 7th inst., at ten A. M., without further notic>. Kina.—At Hoboken, N. J., on Saturday, October 4, JuLius J. Kina, aged 60 years and 8 months. Funeral services on Tuesday, October 7, at one o'clock P, M., at his late residence, 47 Hudson street. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited; aiso lodges of the 1. 0. of 0. F. Remains will be taken to Reading, Pa., for interment. Reading (Pa.) Papert please O07» LrrrLEJ0HN.—At Southampton, L, I., on Sunday, October 6, FREDERICK TOWNSEND, youngest son of Lomax and Isabella T. Littlejohn, Funeral services this (Tuesday) afternoon at two o’clock, from St. George’s church, Flushing, L. L. ‘Train from Hunter’s Point at half-past one o'clock to Main street depot. Main.--At Norwaik, Conn., on Sunday, October 1978, SYLVESTER MaIN (of the firm of Biglow Main), aged 56 years, 5 months and 17 days. Funeral services at the Methodist Episcopal church, South Norwalk, on Wednesday, October 8, 1878, at hall-past eleven A.M. The friends are invited to attend without further notice, New Haven train leaves Grand Central Depot at nine LO s for South Norwalk, where carriages will be in waiting. MALIN.—On Sunday, October 5, PATRICK MALIN, anative of Athlone, county Roscommon, Irelan: aged 70 years. ‘he relatives and friends of the family are re- spectiully invited to attend the funeral, from hia late residence, No, 672 Bergen street, between Vanderbiit and Underhill avenues, Brooklyn, on Tuesday afternoon, at two o'clock. MERRITT.—On Sunday, October 5, at Lyndhurst, Irvington-on-iiudson, GEORGE MERRITT, in the 67th year of his age. Funeral at Irvington parish church, on Wednes- day afternoon, at half-past three o’clock. ‘raing leave Hudson River Railroad station, Forty-second street, at two o'clock. MCALEER.—On Monday, Oetober 6, JoHN Mo- ALEER, in the 49th year of his age, Relatives and triends of the jamily are respect- fully invited to attend his funerul, from his late residence, 293 3g eres street, on Wednesday, 8th inst., at tivo o’clock P. M. McYENNAN.—On Monday, October 6, SIMON Be MoHENNAN, in the 24th year of his age. The friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend tne funeral, on Wednesday, at two P. M., from 450 West 'wenty-fifth street, Norron.—On Saturday, October 4, Mary ANY, the beloved daugnter of Patrick Norton, aged 17 years and 10 months, The relatives and friends of the family are re- spectiully invited to attend the funeral, from her late residence, 517 Warren street, near Nevins thug (Tuesday) afternoon, October’ %, at haif-pasi two Atoms ’HaRA.—In Brooklyn, on Monday, October 6, ra shortand severe illness, Grace L., wile of Michael O'Hara, Relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral, in St. John’s church, Twenty-first street, on Wodnesduy, October 8, at ten o'clock A. M. Par.iirs.—At Astoria, L. 1, on sunday, October 5, 1873, Joun H. Parivies, in the 62d year of his age. The friends of the family are invited to attend the funeral, on Tuesday, 7th inst., from his late residence, at two o'clock P. M. QUINN.—On Sunday, October 6, JAMES QUINN, aster a long illness, in the 35th year ot his age. The relatives and friends of the family are re- penta imvited to attend the funeral, this (Tues- ay) afternoon, at one o'clock, from the residence of his mother, 750 Third avenue, Ryan.—On Sunday, October 5, ANNIE AGNES Ryan, aged 16 years and 4 months. The relatives and friends of the family are ree spectfully invited to attend the funeral, this (Tues- day) pieracen fe two o'clock, irom her late re dence, 12 laldgo 3 ates wee 3: wine EG SuERMAN.—Suddenly, Oh Sunday, October 5, Can< oun, wife of James Sherman, in'the 42d year of age. T age. The relatives and friends of the family are re- spectiully invited to attend the funeral services, to be held at her late residence, No. 156 Christopher street, this (Tuesday) evening, at seven o'clock. wares s eo Betas PARKS.—On Sunday, ober 1833, WILLIAM SPaRks, Sr., aged 63 years, 6 inode and 25 days, The relatives friends of the family are re- spectiuily invited to attend tne funeral, from his late residence, No. 617 Third avenue, corner of For+ tieth strect, on Wednesday, October 7, at one o'clock P. M., without farther notice. His remaing baa ae taken to Woodlawn Cemetery for inter- STEINFELDrR.—On Monday pecan! 4 October 6, JACOB STEINFELDER, Youngest son of Barbria Stgin- folder, aged 23 years, 11 montus and 6 days. ‘The relatives and iriends of the family, also the members of Manhattan Lodge, No. 156, i O. B. B. are respectfully invited to attend the’ fanérai, at the residence of his mother, this (fuesday) r= noon, October 7, at one o'clock. MANHATTAN LopGE, No, 156, I. 0. B. B.—The meme bers of this lodge are hereby summoned to attend Ing at its rooms, No. 83 Union square, om Tuesday, Octoner 7, 12 o'clock sharp, for the pur- nO of attending the funeral of our late brother, jacob Steinfelder, aan ee J PH M. COHEN, President, Wittram A, Gans, Secretary. - STEWakT.—On Sunday, October 5, 1873, Lizztz A, STEWART, aged 25 years, The relatives and friends are respectfally invited to attend tue funeral, from her late residence, 228 First avenue, this (Tuesday) morning, October 7, pee meg ' eh ae ‘The remains will be taken to Pater+ ) Ne J. STupWELL.—In Brooklyn, on Sunday morning, October 5, 1873, after Nngerin din MARY Murari, wife of Edwin A. Studwell biel Relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral services, this esday) aiternoon, at two Oclock, from the residence of-her mother, Mra, John J. Merritt, 116 Columbia Heights, Brooklyn. Florida papers please copy. Trrvs,—On Monday morning, October 6, at Bell- port, L. L, Henry W. Titus, jotice of funeral hereafter. - -On Sunday, October 5, Prren P. Toms, only son of William and Auna Toms, aged 14 montis, Relatives and friends are invited to attend his faneral, this (Tuesday) aiternoon, at two o'clock, from 1,275 Third avenui TOWNSEND-—At Hempstead, Is I,, Saturday, Oc+ tober 4, Mrs. Harrier W., widow of John KE. Town- send, in the 96th year of her age. Notice of funeral hereafter, Van Arst.—At East Jamaica, h. L, on Saturday, Ovtober 4, 1873, ALLeTTA PoLEMUS, Widow of John G. Van Alst, in the 86th year of her ‘The relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral, on Tuesday, October 7, at one o'clock P. M., from the reatdence of her daughter, Mrs. Old- fold Hendrickson, at Bast Jamaica, VieLa.—On Sunday, October 6, STEPHEN VIELE, be 66 years. Relatives and friends of the famity aro Invited to attend tho funeral, on Wednesday afternoon, Octo~ bor 4, at two o'clock, from his late residence, Waterford, N. Y. WALKEn,—At Hempstead, 5. I., on Friday even- ing, October 3, WiLLiam C. WALKER, in the 50th year of his age. ‘The relatives and friends are reapectfnily Invited to attend his funeral, on Tuesday, October 7, from bis late residence, ten o'clock A. M., and at Greenwood Cemetery at half-past 3 o'clock, P. Me Dumirics (Scotland) papers please copy. Waxp.—On Sunday, October 6, PATRICK HENRY Wgnn aged 5 years and 6 months. ‘ve friends of the Jauily are respootfally invited to ationd the funeral, from the residence of his apt ge 572 Greenwich street, on Tuesday, October |, at twelve o'clock M, Wiigetock.—On Monday, October 6, URIAK WIHER- LOOK, aged 61 years, The relatives aud friends of the family are te- speotmily Invited to attend his funeral, at his late Foaidenco, 220 West Thirty-thied street On een a ‘ober 8, at one o'clock P. M. Wricraws.—On Sunday, Ootober 5 1870, Brzza- per ae relict of John Williams, in the 74th. yoar of her ago, The relatives and felends of the family are re- Spectlully Invited to attend the funoral, from tha residence of her nephew, Mr. §. Knaobel, No. 161 Dumeld street, Brooklyn, N. Y., on Tuesday, Oo- tober 7, at three o’clock P. M. WITHKLL,—Suddeniy, on Monday, October 6, ED+ WARD WitertLt, in the 68th year ot his age Notice of funeral heresftan,