The New York Herald Newspaper, November 17, 1874, Page 3

RELIGIOUS STRIFE. Controversy Between Manning and Gladstone, AN IMPORTANT DISCUSSION. ee "The Subject Taken Up by the Herald’s Contemporaries, ' NEW IDEAS. Infallibility Discussed by an Amer- ican Divine, The English Ex-Premier Taken to Task. The Great Journalistic Triumph of the Month. (From the Evening Mail.) The HERALD yesterday astonished its readers ‘with three columns of special despatches, contain- tag tre development of what may become one of the most important controversies of our time, It Bas arisen out ofan anti-Papal manifesto issued by Mr. Gladstone, who has declared that acceptance of the dogma of Papal infallibility is inconsistent with good citizensnip, ‘To this declaration the Primate of the Roman Catholic Church in England, Archbishop Manning, ha replied in a@ letter, not addressed to the London Times—as would be the watural mode of procedure—but to the editor of the HERALD, who first furnisnes the letter to the London press, and then has the letter and the London press comments: cabied to the HERALD, ‘where they appeared yesterday, together with | @ther despatches of various dates, altogether giving a complete history of the f rst chapter of a controversy which may yet agitate England more ‘han any other present question, Such a piece of journalistic enterprise deserves the commendation of the American press, ap it Must have excited the surprise of our London contemporaries. It suggests new possibilities in ‘whe way of journalistic effort, such as were not dreamed of when the cable was first laid beneath the Atlantic, and prepares us to anticipate the time when all the great questions that arise among civilized nations will be simultaneously @iscussed when the world’s attention will becon- centrated upon the same themes and utterances, and when the leaders of thought will be able to talk upon living themes to all the nations that are interested therein as to one vast audience, For tats presage of a state of affairs hitherto untore- Seen we are indebted to the HERALD, and as all its contemporaries jomed in lauding its achievements in the Stanley expedition, so they ought now to erie credit for this last well-planned and thor- oug! Aacteristically journalistic than that for which it has received so much creait. - While, however, we concede to the HERALD the Praise that is clearly its due. we must say that it ‘was indebted for 118 first intormation of the 1m- portant controversy, which it has not only re- Ported, but helped along, to the American Press Association, ‘e suppose it relied upon the Asso- ciated Presa for the transmission of such a piece of news as that the ex-Premier had reopened an id controversy. If go, its reliance was in vain. But it has already discovered, and had the frank- ness to acknowledge, that ‘‘we have observed that on several occasions recently the American Press Association has had better foreign de- spatches than the Associated Press, and its mem- bers certainly deserve credit for their enterprise, Promptitude and accuracy.’” The Question # Political One, [From The Repubuc.) Now, in this controversy between Gladstone and Manning it is perfectly idle to say that politics have nothing to do with religion, It is, perhaps, best to go to the heart of the question at once. it paign against Aastria in 1859 the Italians were led on by Cavour to form themselves into one power- ful nation. To pass over the details of his short Neapolitan campaign, ending at Gaeta, and the he iatizing” of Tuscany, &c., we may merely mention that the Pope was the sole obstacle in the way of this consumm: yn. Solar Were poil- tics irom being kept distinct from religion in the juestion that the weightiest anathemas of the iaurch were buried by the Pope at every one en- aged in his dispossession, from Pane Victor jmmanuel down to the rawest recruit fighting in the ranks of his army. Mr. Gladstone Making Political Capital. [From the Commercial Advertiser.) In Engiand, indeed, Church and State are so in- timately connected and intertwined together that it 18 hard to say whether it is the Church or the State which has the pre-eminence, British states- men like Mr. Gladstone can attack sometimes the established Church when it makes an abuse of its rivileges, but they willnever think of depriving it of those very privileges and of its supremacy over Romanism and other religions practised in Great Britain. Mr. Gladstone has attempted to capital by his pamphiet, “The Vat- dean and he tries to revive the ghost of Jesuitism, which is to be killed more victoriously by him than by Mr. Disrseli. But the liberal Jeader has seen his manceuvres defeated by the | able answer made to him by Archbishop Manning, ‘who demonstrated that all Mr. Gladstone’s argu- sensation was already exploded and “no new matter. Gladstone and Manning. [From the Brooklyn Eagle.) Travelling back about the number of years in- dicated by Dr. Manning, we should see among the most promising of the students at Oxford Uni- versity, William Ewart Gladstone, of Curtst Church, and Henry Edward Manning, of Balliol, afterward Fellow of Merton. The former was the eon of Sir John Gladstone, a wealthy merchant; ,the latter of William Manning, head of the frm of Manning & Anderdon, still existing in London, a member of the House of Commons, and, at one time, Governor of the Bank of England. The boy- hood of Gladstone had been spent at Eton; that of Manning at Harrow. The two became intimate at Uxford, each being a distinguished speaker at the famous Union Debating Club. In the race for academical honors both attained a first class in the Classics and Gladstone a first in mathematics also. It was the period of that great reactionary move- ment in the English Church known as the High Ohureb or ‘Tractarian" movement, a name de- Tived from the series of ‘Tracts for the Times,” to which Joon Henry Newman, Keble, Richard Hur- reli Froude and Dr. Pusey were the chief contrib- utors. Oxford, at that time, was what it has in- Geed been at most others, the university of matare Saints and youthful sinners. But Gladstone and Manning were marked during their whole career @ unusual gravity and strength of character, h chose his way in life. Giaastone, under the auspices of Sir Robert Peel, entered the political @rena; Manning took holy orders in the English Charch, a projession which, in ove of the most elo- | quent of his sermons before the University, he de- scribed as ‘full of calm peace in life and hope in death.” Their friendship was basea upon tue rale ‘Of Cicero, ‘idem velle, idem nolle—the same sin- glenesa and sincerity of purpose, the same high and unselfish aspirations, the same purity of lilo and culture oi mind. Their friendship was not un- like in its depth and intimacy to that of David, the fon Of Jesse, with Jonathan, the son of Saul, Both ‘were impressed with the revived churchmansnip of the new movement, of which Gladstone became the chief parliamentary and Manning the chief pulpit deiender. When Giadstone’s eldest son ‘was born Manning was its “godiather” in paptiem, Mr. Gladstone has Surrendered Mimeelt. (From The World.] Mr. Gladstone knows that there 1s still extant and active in Great Britain a great body of worthy people who look upon the Pope and all his emis- saries a8 nO better than a brood of Satan. It is bard to believe that he can have had any other object in view in his recent manifesto than to persuade this great body of worthy people that the Pope really meavs mischief to their liberties, and that nothing but the return of the liberals to wer can protect those jiberties. if Mr. Glad- tone really meant anything more than this, if iy meant to have all the world under- tand that he himself regards the pretension, Spiritual infallivility of the Roman Ponti ey dangerous to oe freedom, and the English State, then, indeed, bas be surrendered himself bound hand foot, as lamb for the sacrifice, to bis fted eccler tical = antagonist, For ir. Gladstone, by implication at least, imputes to It, Mr. Gladstone’s undertaking to defeat those de- Signs by the publication of @ political pampniet would aeserve to bi ee with the engagement rebuked in the “Yoar Books” gj the man who stoue, fy Ym entertain thes design which executed exploit, which is far more char- | | ‘Will be remembered that subsequent to the cam- | ; tory, #nd believed, at least implicitly, NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, NOVEMBEK 17, 1874.-TRIPLE SHEET. mised to push Westminster Abbey into the | mus, wh ‘names with Dis thumb! “Higher Law. {From the Evening Post.] So long as the supremacy of the Pope remains a theory, ¢ is 8 matter Of religious belief which may not be properly interfered with. When it is inter- sed the civil autbority it is of no more jorce thay the supremacy of individual conscience. By the way. it is a little singular that th apers which look most kindly on the Ww” of Rome are those whicn regarded with the greatest horror the “higher law” of the late Secre- tary Seward, THE INFALLIBILITY DOGMA. What Does It Meant—An Expl: from Rev. Mr. OReilly. By the courtesy of Messrs. Appleton we are per- mitted to print the article irom the advance sheets of the “Encyclopedia” upon the dogma of Papa; infalubiiigy, It is from the pen of the Rev. Ber- nard O'Reilly :— Infaliibility (later Latin insalliditis, not Hable to be deceived, from in, privative, and fallé, to be de- ceived, to err), @ doctrine of the Roman Catholic Chureh, whicn attributes to that Church, as the di- vinely appointed teacher of mankina, and to the Roman Pontiff, a8 pastor of the whole Church, the prices of being preserved from tvaching error. intaliibility ts nos to be confounded with impecca- bility, Which means immunity from sin. ‘The spe- cial assistance of the Holy Spirit which preserves @ person from error in the discharge of a certain Office is @ grace of the supernatural order, called by theologians gratia gratis data, a grace be- stowed tor the benefit of others than the recipient, such ag the power of the oriest- ation hood bestowed on good and bad alike, and the gitt of prophecy found in stch men’ as Balaam and Caiaphas. It is thus distinguished irom graces which are vouchsafed to sanotily their possessor, like that by which Jobin the saptist and Jeremiah were sanctified belore rheir birth; a grace of this sort-is called | gratia gratum The privilege of infali- bility is also to be distinguished {rom inspiration, because inspiration tn many cases means & new revelation, whereas both the Church and the von- tiff are only witnesses, teachers and judges of the revelation already made, and are merely pre- served from error tn guarding, expounding and defending the deposit of revelation. By the dog- matic decree of the Council of the Vatican the in- fallibility Wadiuonsily aacribed to the Church by Catholics 18 declared to have been directly and immediately conferred on St. Peter, and in him ‘on his successors, the bishops of Kome. 1. Roman Catholic theologians ground the infallibility of the Church priacipally on the texts of Matt. xxviil., 19, 0 ye, therefore, and teach all nations, be tae hd them in the name of the Father,and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost; teach- ing them to observe all taings whatsoever | have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, unto the end of the world;” and Mark, Xvi., 15, 16— “Go ye inco all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature, He that velieveth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.” These words of Christ, constituting the great commission or charter oi the Church, as they maintain, established her as the universal and pereetual teacher of mankind, gave into her keep- ing the deposit of the divine faith and law, de- clared her oitice to be that of sole interpreter of the same, hestowed on her the sole jurisdic. tion existing upon earth in matters of salva- tion over the reason and will of man, and assured her that in the discharge of this office she will have the Lord with her until the end of time. Faith in Christ through her teaching, and obedience to her in the fuifilment of her office, ate required under pain of damnation. Now, it is held to be repugnant alike to the nature of God and to that of man that God should compel the assent of the reason and submission of the will to & teaching Mable to error. The object or matter embraced by this infallible teaching is the whole body of revealed truth written and unwritten, and all that ts 80 connected with it that without treating of it the Word of God could not be uarded, expounded and defended; such would be he declaring of the canon, authenticity, and true snterpretation oi Scripture, and the like, Further, the Church claimeé an infallible. guidance In discerning and defining all matters which are opposed to revelation; for, it is argued, she could not discharge her office of teacher of mankind unless she were able to proscribe with infallible certainty all doctrines at variance with the Word of'God. Hence the direct object of the infajlibility ofthe Church is the revelation or Word of God, and the indirect object is whatever is necessary for its exposition and defence, or contrary to the law of faith and morality. 2 Pontifical infalii- binty is thus defined tn chapter 4 of the constitu- tion Pastor aternus, July 18, 1870: —"We teach and define that it is @ dogtia divinely revealed thas the Roman Pontiff, when he speaks ez cathedra, thatis when, in discharge of the oMce of pastor and doctor of all Curistians by virtue of his su- preme authority, he defines a doctrine regarding faith ana morais to pe held by tne universal Vhurch, by the divine assistance promised to him in blessed Peter, 18 possessed of that intallibility With which the divine Redeemer willea that His Church should be endowed jor defining doctrines regarding faith and morals; and that, therefore, such definitions of the Roman pontiffs are irre- formabie of themselves and not by the consent of the Church,” This definition declares that the Pope is infalittle when speaking from his seat of authority, in aischarge of his office and teacher of the entire challenging the Church, The doctrinal point defined or anally decided must relate to faith and morals, aad in such definitions, it is de- clared, he 18 divinely guided by virtue of the prom- iges made to him in the person of Peter. This infallibility of the Pontiff has the same extension 96 the doctrinal oMce of the Church, and the final judgments pronounced in its exercise are in them- | Selves trreformabie or hh ole betore the Church nas accepted them. e definition limits the infallibility and the divine assistance which secures it to the Pope’s official acts as pastor and doctor of all Christians. It thus excludes all his acts as a private person, doctor, theologian, local bishop, or ruler. He is exempt from error in only one capacity, that 18, When as teacher of the whole Church in faith and morals he speaks trom the chair of Peter. The “phrase doctrine of Jaith and morals’ signifies the whole revealed Word of Goa, the whole way of salvation through faith, or the whole supernatural order with ail that is necessary to the salvation of mankind through Jesus Christ. The efficient cause of this inialubility or immunity from error 1s declared to be the divine assistance promised to Peter and in Peter to his succeasors. This, it 18 asserted by Catholic theologians, 1s contained explicitly in the words of Christ to Peter, Luke, xxii., 32—“I have prayed for thee that thy faitn fail not, and when thou art converted strengthen thy brethren;” and implicitly in Matthew, xvi, 18—“And I say also unto thee, that thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will bulld my Church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.’’ The as- sistance thus promised and its effect al vine ordinance. 1t is further affirmed that beiore the detinition of the Vatican Council the infallibility of the Pontiff was a doctrine revealed by God, deliv- ered by the constant tradition of the Church, re- cognized tn Ecumenical Councils, presupposed b the acts of the Ponti in all ages, taught by ail the saints, defended by every religious order, and by every ‘theological school except the Gallican, and in that school only disputed by a numerical minority and during one period of is a a Catholics, ‘Tne definition, Catholics velieve, has added nothing to the intrinsic certainty of this doctrine, which ia derived from revelation. It has only added the extrinsic certainty of universal promulgation, binding the whole Ohurch to believe the dogma explicitly. The doctrine of pontitical infaliibiltty, theologically considered, is intimately connected with the pontifical supremacy; aud, considered historically, itis seen that from the ex- ercise of the supremacy was gradually evolved and finally asserted the prerogative of inialli- bility. Tne bishops of Rome at a very early period claimed a supreme and final authoriiy in deciding all ecclesiastical disputes; and this claim they tounded on the fact of the See of Rome being the seat of Peter’s authority, and of their being his successors with supreme jurisdiction over the entire Church, On the other hand, the opposition to the exercise of this su- premacy forms a psrailel and continuous record in the early Church down te the consummation of the Photian schism, Thus, in the ante-Nicene period Pope Victor I, (about 193) claimed to de- cide flually the controversy about the proper day for celebrating Easter, and excommunicated the Asiatic churches which refused to abide by his decision; and Pope Stephes If. (253-257) decided against St. Cyprian and the churches of northern Airica, that ae gece by heretics should not be repeated, and anaulled the sentence 01 & Spanish synod against two bishops, But the decision of Victor Was set aside by the Asiatic bishops; and in like manner the bisnops of Africa and Spain persisted in uphoidiag theit own local customs and established rights, Karher still Tertullian, in bis treatise Ye itia, complained that the Roman pontiff issued peremptory edicts, as if he were ‘bishop of bishops.” From the time of Constantine the Great this exercise of suprem- acy, and the right on which it was foundea were brought into greater prominence by the part taken by the Christian Emperors in conventng councile and enforcing their decrees, by the conflicts which occurred between the councila themselves and the authority of the popes, and by the contests for pre-eminence waged by the See of Constanti- nopie With the patriarchal sees of the East, and with Rome hersell. Thus Leo the Great received the appeal of Celidonius, Bishop of Besancon, deposed by Hillary of Pottiers, and re- stored him to his see; thus, als maintained nis doctrinal letter was received as @ final decia- siou by the Council of Chaicedon (461). Another document quoted by ultramontane theologians as pointing to an exercise of supremacy is a letter of Pope Gelastus, in 493, in which it is said:—The canons themselves re- fer the peal of the whole Church to the examination of this ch: They decree that from it there is no further appeal, and by it the Whole Church ts judged; it goes for judgment to none, nor can ite ju it be judged, nor its sen- tence reversed.’ Labbe, VOl. iv., Ps 1,169.) Against this claim of deciding all ecclesiastical ‘causes Without appeal, thus distinctly formulated im the fith century, is quoted the recently eatab- lished fact of the Roman ek ‘ter St. Hippoly tus having been at the time of his death in opposition to the Pope, his sapertor, a4 well as the instances m which popes tell into heresy or encouraged heretical onions a puch were tha casea oi Zozi- |p io commended the teaching of A sem, wee pin ag orthodoxy Of the Sabellian las of Ancyra; Liverius, Who subscribed fa to the Arian creed of Ri- mini; Vigilias (647), who contradicted himeetf thrice on & question of faith; and Hoporius, who Jent the whole weight of his authorily (633) to the support of the nascent Monotlelite heresy, and was solemnly excommunicated by an ecumenical counci) for doing 80, Stil the bishops | ot Rome persisted in their claims, while in the East the resistance to them grew as the patri- arcs of Constantinople rose in power and influ- ce aMong the Eastern bierarchy, until the con- Mict of ju’rigaiction ended (879) in the disruption of Christendom. in Western Europe the primacy of the Roman oishops continued to be universally acknowledged afver the separation of the East and West; but thetr personal infallibility was never maintained in a formal theological thesis till the time of Thomas Aquinas. He however doe: not employ the term infallibility; he says that ¢ same secarity from error in teaching, judging and determining all that ere to faith, which is ascribed to tne charch, belong iso to the Ro- Man pontiff, by virtue of the mise Made to Peter. The thesis, thus placed tn distinct form before the great theological schools of Europe, s00n acquired increased definiteness and interest from the coutests between temporal princes and the popes, and between rival claimants for tne papacy and the ecclesiastical assemblies con- vened to heal the gr western schism. Philip the Fair in 1393 declared his jntention of calling a general council to judge Pope Boniiace VIII. In the Council of Constance, where the French clergy largely predominated, the French theologians D’Allly and Gerson proposed the framing 01 @ de- cree deciaring an ecumenical council superior to the pope. In the Council of Basel, soon aiterward, this superiority was urged against Euge- pus [V., particularly after he had dissoived that boay. The superiority of ecumenical councils to Papal authority was embodied tn the pragmatic netion of Bourges in 1438, both as a theological axim and as arule of national jurisprudence. ‘Thenceforward the theologians in France who maintained this superiority were calied Gallicans and their opponents ultramontanes. Gallicanis: considered as a syatem of jnreprodence and the. ological doctrine, the liberties or fran- chises of the Gallican Church and the peculi r tenets of its churcnmen with regard to the nature and limite of the pontifical supremacy, These |. Gallican franchises were understood in one sense by the churchmen and in quite another by French magistrates. In reality they affirmed that the Do right, by virtue of his supremacy, to interfere witn tne King in the holding of his crown or the lawiul exercise of his wer; that the election of ecclesiastical ignitaries, the collation of benefices and the disposition of their revenues, the nposition and coliectton of taxes on church property, belonged by inherent right and custom exclusively to the Church of France, unger the protection of the King. These franchises, and the peculiar doctrine of the Gallican Church concerning the Pope’s in- Jeriority to @ general council, were ormulated tn six articles presented by the Sorbonne to Louis X1V., May 8, 1863, which were reatirmed with greater solemn:ty in 1682 The jamous “iour articles” then proclaimed by the assembied clergy, besides the absolute imdependence of the civil power, deciared that the plenitude of power in Spirituals possessed by the successors of “t. Peter 18 to be limited by the decrees of the Council of Constance, which have ever been in force in the Gallican Church; that the use of the Pope’s apostolis power ts to be regulated by the canons, and within the Kingdom of France by the received rules, customs and constitutions; and that, although the Pope has the chief autho- rity in grescions of faith, and his decrees regard all the churches, and each church in par- ticular, nevertheless his judgment is not irrefornt- able until the consent of the whole Church super- venes. The whole question of tnfallibility contin- ued to be vehemently discussed by Jesuits and Jansenists, Gallicans and ultramontanes, down to the French Revolution. When public worship was restored by Bonaparte, the concordat concluded with him by Pius Vil. abolished the old French hierarchy with allits privileges, and established new sees and new ecclesiastical dioceses. But Bonaparte inserted in the concordat, on its publi- cation, What is known ag the “organic articles,’’ which, among Other things, reaffirmed the offen- sive portion of the declaration of 1682, This was maintained a8 @ law of the land and a rule of state policy through every change of govern- ment, although Gallicanism itseif was con- stantly on the wane. Jn 1867 1t was resolved by Pius IX, and the bishops assembied in Kome that an @cumenical council should be convened without delay; and it soon became generally known that one of the doctrinal questions to be decided in the council Was that of pontifical infal- | Ubihty. A warm discussion immediately began ag to the opportuneness a8 well as the possibility of such a deflvition, Conspicuous among the oppo- nents of the contemplated measure was Dr. DOl- linger, of Munich, and among its promoters Arcn- bishop Manning, of London. The Jesuits, always the most strenuous advocates of papal preroga- tive, used all their influence to secure the defini- tion. In France the bishops were divided; in Eng- land, Ireland, the United Stutes, Germany and Austria, @ majority would have preferred delay; but Italy and Spain were for instant definition. Among the European governments a strong dip- lomatic effort, originating with Bavaria dud seconded by France, was made to dissuade the court of Rome irom a step deemed full of danger. On ecember 8, it the council wae opened by Pius IX, in the Vatican Basilica of St. Peter’s. A first doctrinal constitution on Catholic Jaith having been elaborated and accepted, was officially proclaimed April 24, 1870. Then began the digcuasion of @ second constitution “on the Charch,’’ ending with the decree on pontifical infailibility. Outside the council itsell, the dogma, in its theological and historical aspect ana its bearing on the relation of the Church to civil governments, was vehemently discussed in the ress. A correspondence between Bishop Dupan- joup and Archbishop Manning, and the publication of an exhaustive Gailican argument by M. Maret, Bishop of Sura, had created much interest just before the opening of the council, and this was largely increased by the appearance during its sittings of a series of letters in the Augs- burg Ai ine Zeitung, ined ‘Janus,’? alterward published in book form with the ttle of “The Pope and the Council.’ (See Dvilinger.) Another series of letters from Rome were printed in Englaud from the pen of “Quirinus;” whlle two more issued trom the Frencn press entitied “Ce Qui se Passe au Uon- cile” and ‘La Derniére Heure du Concile.” Within the Council itseli every portion of the schema or draught was warmly discussed. On Juty 11 the schema of the chapter on iniallibility was discussed in detail and Gil in @ general congregation ; and the whole schema was put to the vote In an- other congregation heid on the 13th. Each prelate voted placet, it content; placet juxta um, if only content with a part; or non placet, if not con- tent. The register showed 451 as voting er, 62 placet fuxta modum and 88 yon placet. On July 18, 1n dolemn sesston, 534 prelates answered placet, 2 non placet and 65 were absent, of whom a ma- jority did not wish to vote favorably.—See Arch- bishop Manning’s ‘Pecet Privilegium’” (London, 1871) and “The Pope and the Council,” by Janus (Boston, 1870). (See also “Old Catholics,”’) GLADSTONE VS. NO POPERY. To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD :— Mr. Gladstone’s attack upon the Church of Rome appears to be a climax to the Inconsistencies and eccentricities of that erratic statesman, Starting in life “the rising hope of those unbending tories,’! we witnessed him distance even the whigs in liberalism, and eventually become the chiet of the most advanced radicals in the House of Commons, Such inconsistency would suffice for most men, but the caprice exhibited In his extreme religious opinions combine to form a picture of English statesmansnhip but too common during the present century, of which the lives of the late Lord Derby, Peel, Graham and tne present Premier offer strik- ing instances. The cry of “No Popery”’ in England has become 80 stale and has been raised so often for peiitical effect that our suspicions in the present outburst are naturally arousea, and as the present con- dition of Mr. Gladstone’s mind can be best gauged bya reference to his published opinions, we offer the following extracts :— 1n 1839 Mr. Gladstone, then member for Newark, published a work entitied, ‘Tne State in Its Rela+ tions with the Church,’ the whole theory of which, Tested on the proposition that one of the chief ends of ail governments was the propagation of religious trath, and he naturally starts with the doctrine that every state, whatever its political government, is bound by moral law to maintain and propagate a fixed reiigion. Mr. Gladstone says, “ Wherever there is power in the universe that power is the property of God, the King of that universe. The powers therefore that dwell in in- dividuals, acting as a government, can only be secured for right uses by applying to them a relig- ion”—ms reasons for this proposition being “be- cause the governing body of a state is composed of individual men, and they being anpointed to act ina definite capacity must sanction their acts done in that capacity by the offices of religion, otherwise their acts would not be ac- ceptable to God, but sinful and punishable in themselves.” “Statesmen must be worshipping men; their acts, powers and energy being all pub- lic, they must sanctify their acts, not only by pri- vate prayer, but they must offer prayer in their public capacity.” “To this agency there must ve wttached a religion; the governors being the rea- soning agents of the nation this religion must be that of the consctence of the government.” The fact that a religion ts false does not, In Mr. Gladstone's opinion, “diminisn the government's obligation to eniorce it? I do not scruple to afirm that if @ Mahometan conscientiously be- eves his religion to come irom God and to teach divine truth he must aud ought to desire ita ex- tension, and to, use, ail proper and Jegitimate Means, and ifhe isa@prince he should count aa legitimate whatever Influence or iunds be may Jawiuily have at bis diaposal,”” The last extract, which reads like oné from Machiavelli's works, is a veritable exposition of Mr. Gladstpne’s views on “Cmgrch and Stave)! | day morning. Weil might Lord Macaulay remark that the doc- trines contained in this book were fale and highly pernicious, and if put in force would be de- structive to society. Who would beleve that tne hand whica indited the above I wrote the bill by which the Estabiisned in one of the chie) sections of his own country was de- stroyed forever, he himself having organ! tne measure and brought to bear the iull weigat of his high posttion to make it law? in view O! such inconsistency of conduct bis | present Or future behavior should cause little sur- prise, and if his acts are attributed to expeciency than to Oxed principles he has himself only to biame, Again, Mr. Gladstone's assumption of the rdle of champion of the English Church appears to be one Of the most beartiess pieces 0: political poaching we have wit d jor some time; the indignation of Mr. Disraeli tor such an encrvacoment of his manorial right must be very intense und amusing to denold. if the championship of the Established Churcn rests with apy one party it surely must ve with the conservatives. Uuring the long retirement srom offeia! position in the cold shade of the oppo- | sition cepches, weak aud in @ minority, they | Jought the Irish Church bill through a)l its stages; | batied and outvoted they still persevere d ceased only their opposition wheo the bill was carried in their very teeth. Ail mast a4imit that the conservative party hold | the right by eC thee to engrave on their ban- hers the Old watch cry of “Churen and State,” and it appears @ buriesque of circumstances to find acistone fresh irom the slaughter of the Char ireland taking the sister establishment under his protection, and Mr. Disraeil can justly accuse bis rivai of having fired a charge at a vird that he had snot long ago, It may be rememovered that Mr. Disraeli played @ similar trick upon Mr, Gladstone in respect to the reform question. Is the latter now paying of an oid score? When Mr, Gladstone was-defeated on hie Reiorm Dill and r ned, the conservatives, taking the reins of government, were forced under the circumstances to bring in a Reform bili of their own, such a measure, iramed onder the infin. ence of the ola tory members of the Cabinet, was anticipated witn some relish by the liveral mem- bers, who expected an easy victory. To the chagrin of Mr. Gladstone a Reform Dill was pro- duced by Mr Disraeit, which was as much In ad- vance of Gladstone’s as Mr. Gladstone’s was of the ‘old bill in 1832, Utterly outNanked, Mr. Gladstone was obitged to put his own bill in the fire and give his unwilling assistance to the rival measure, Has Mr. Gladstone, in the present cry of “No Popery,” loliowed Mr. Disraeli’s tactics? Is itan attempt of the liberals to spike the conservatives’ biggest gun, or is it a personal matter? Has he given one more turn to his mental kaleidoscope? if so, io what character will he next present nim- self? Quite possibly in that Indicated in the rumors mentioned in our telegram ot yesterday— an old English Catholic. One thing ta ciear, that the assumption of that character would be tanta. mount to an abdication of his position as leader of the liberal party. Whatever the circumstances are of the cry of ‘No Popery” it is a perfectly senseless one, Tne Roman Oathclics are not the worst enemi toe Kstablished Church, They are still in a great mt- nority, and the powerfu body of iow churchmen and dissenters will ever form a bulwark against their encroachment. The real ene- nies of the English Established Church are within it and not without. The corrupt influences of its hierarchy continue in tulljorce, pluralities of | living are as notorious as they are mischievous, while the open sale of livings to the highest bi der, with uo regard to the parishioners, whose number is meutioned In the advertisement, as a Russian would describe the number of serfs and the gross inequality of remuneration, are other evils which require redress. Goldsmitn’s viliage preacher, ‘Passing rich with forty pounds per year’? still exists, while others are [drawing incomes equal to that of a Cabinet Minister, living sumptu- ously away from their living, while some poor hired hack drawls through the service for a mean con- sideration. These are the real enemies of the Church of England. Let the frauas we have indi- cated be redressed, and the fear of Popery will not exist, J. Me » “PRUDENTIUS” AND PANTHEISM. New York, Nov. 13, 1874. ‘To THs Eprror oF THE HERALD:— The critic who in last Sunday’s HERALD called attention to the pantheism distinctly taught in the philosophical principles of ‘‘Prudentius” may bear in mind that his conclusion was accepted, and had been already arrived at in literary circles Jong before he published his remarks in your paper. Some of the best philosophers of the Cath- olic Church have clearly shown that the school lo which “Pradentius” evidently belongs bases its teaching upon priuctples that necessarily lead to Pantheism. itis true, indeed, that these conclu- sions, as truly pantheistic as those of the profound and sincere Spinosa, are disclaimed by their autnors, But when they atart from Ens, pure being, a8 thelr primum philosophicum, no artificial logic or clever ratiocimation can save them from italling into the pit of the deepest pantheism. Menve the ingenious “Prudentius’? ‘Will be ingenuous enough to admit the logical consequence of his principies. These erpeeles are taught in ali the Catholic schools and colleges conducted by the members of a religious o which -Staims to peprepen, the true doctrines of the Charch. ‘“Prudentius” must have been fora long e imbued with the principles of their sys- tem. Tne doctrine ef intermediary ideas once admitted there are no means leit to avoid panthe- ism, @nd ulterially nihilism, There is, of course, a@ Christian pantheism which “Pradentius,” very likely holds, instead of the Jrigid, barren sys- tem generally known by that name. And even the ey order above referred to professediy rejecé the imputation of admitting pantheistic conclusions, They even procured the condemna- tion of seven propositions said to have been de- duced from the works of an ontological prolessor of Louvain, in Rome, in 1861. The acute and erudite “Prudentius” will, however, very prob- ably, make out a very plausible if not a very con- Vincing case against your learned correspondent of last Sunday. ¢ N. A FUNERAL SENSATION. 32 A Supposed Corpse in Westchester County Comes to Life After Being on Ice for Three Days—The Subject Still Alfve. A Most remarkable instance of a supposed corpse having been found to possess signs of anl- mation, and really being restored to life after lying on ice for three days, has just transpired at Yonkers, Westchester county, It appears that a seven-year-old child of @ machinist named Miller, living on Riverdale avenue, in the city above mentioned, having been in delicate health almost from the time of its birth, was attacked by an un- usually severe fit of filness last Thurs A physician was called in, and he, after apparently satisfying himself as to the course of treatment to be adopted, pre- scribed for the little one, and on leaving inti- mated that he would call again in the afternoon. It is understood that the medicine prescribed was & powerful opiate; but, whether this was the case or not, [tis asserted that when the medical man called in the afternoon a glance at his late patient induced him to pronounce the child dead. The services Of an undertaker were, of course, at once procured, and by him the supposed corpse was tenderly prepared for the last rites and then placed in an ive coffin until the usual time for in- lerment should have elapsed. A wake was accordingly held, and mourning relatives and Iriends “sat up’ with the body day and night until Sunday afternoon, the time an- nounced jor the funeral, Friends of the family had gathered in considerable numbers to assist in pay- ing their tribute of respect to the sorrowing parents, and almost everything veing in readiness jor the committal of “dust to dust,” the under- taker and his assistant, on transferring the budy from the ice coMn to the casket in which it was about to be interred, were struck with astenish- ment at the peculiar appearance of the remain: It Was noticed that there was a marked absence of rigor morts, or that stiffuess which is an in- separable concomitant of departed ilie. This dis- covery produced an indescrivably painful state of anxiety to the parents, whie the hali frightened guests crowded around the ambiguous corpse, sug- gesting various means of testing Whether the was really aliveor dead. Three or four physicians were segt for, ana they at once commenced a thorough search for any lingering evidence of vitality that might remain in the subject, re. sorting, among other means, to that of wing & cord tightly on the fingers, whereby it was seen that the natls changed color, plainly indicating that the neart had not ceased to perform its all-important iunctions. When it became apparent that there was life in the child the most approved manner of administering res- voratives Was resorted to, ana accordingly a more palpable degree of vitality produced, although it 18 aoubtful if the litte one, who Was 80 provi- dentially rescued trom a living tomb, can long survive the. protracted freezing ordeal througn Shae bassed, The child was still alive last e THE DEATH OF PILOT OLARK. At @ meeting of the committeee of the Sandy Hook pilots the following preambie and resolu- tions were adopted :— $ onthe 2th day of October last, Mr. James one ot our associates was drowned at sea While harge of his a yo sen i therorgre, be i a 48 pilot of the bark J. Sar. enolved, 6 pilo #% Bandy Hook pilots of the port by the way o ave jearned wit w adden death of ni la tat osiate James A Cia, tna dent &i fhe almigh It alas pr reverence to the wi from or midst, and that we tender his family our dee ae prepay in this their sudden and sad heresy. Resolved, That the above preamble and resolutions be ntereg on the minute L nore uy see po a copy thereo! forwarded JAMES BRITTON, Chairman. Cuamana H. Woaussy, Acting Secreta : Providence in taking him THE LOCK-OUT. | Pour Thousand ’Longshoremen Deprive Them- | selves of Work by Striking. THE PEACE THREATENED. Both Sides Determined to Hold Out to the Last. A BODY OF ITALIANS ATTAOKED. The strike of the ‘loagshoremen commenced | yesterday morning and will, ip all probability, be | & movement of some duration, as both the steam- ship companies and the men appear to be deter- mined to hold out. ‘The *lougshoremen belonging to societies Nos. 1, 2 and 3 in New York and No, 1 | in Brooklyn are all unanimous in resisting what they claim is an unfair reduction of their wages, and are determined to hold out to the last, The societies have about $70,000 in the treasury, and a8 most of the men bave some little money they expect to keep body and soul alive ior some time. They ail appear to condemn the firm of stevedores known as the Walsh Brothers and claim that they are at the bottom of the whole move, alleging that they are trying to knock down the wages in order | to get even tor some very low contracts they made | With the steamship companies. ORDERLY BEHAVIOR OF THE MEN. On the whole there are about 10,000 men on strike, and ail are behaving themselves like good citizens in @ quiet and respectable manner. At an early hour this morning they took up positions Qt their usual corners on the North River front and when asked to go to work said they would, at the ola rate of wages, but declined when they were told of the twenty-five per cent reduction, Walsh then made strenuous efforts to get some heip, and finally succeeded in putting on two or three gangs on the Colon, the Pacific Mail steamer just arrived from Panama, The new hands were not very lively at work, and took about twice the time over their jobs that the regular ‘longsboremen-+would | have done it in. One young man, who looked as if ne had seen better times, said, “Iam not accustomed to this work, having been educated for the Charch, but Thope in a few days to be able to handle a bale of cotton ag well as the rest ofthem. I do not like to take bread out of other men’s mouths, but when one bas & wite and children to take care of, And nothing to eat, we feel glad to embrace ang opportunity of earning a dollar,” FALSE ECONOMY, Some lines, like the State line to Glasgow, the Merchants’ Steamship Company and a few others, are still paying the wages, and one of the foremen on that dock said he thought it was economy for the Merchante’ to employ the old hands, as they could do the work in one hundred per cent less time, aud the wages of the new hands were only reduced twenty-five per cent, The Old Dominion Sieamsnip Company and Clyde lines are work- ing all Kinds of laborers that come along, ana have certainly engaged a motley crew. some of | them are mere boys, and a jew Italians have also | gone to work, The society men on the North River front have all been quiet and orderly during the day, and au intoxicated Man Was & rare sight among them, They stand about their old docks ready to resume work at @ moment’s notice when the steamship companies come back (0 old prices. The following steamaliip lines are the prime movers in the re- duction:—Cunard line, Inman line, White Star | Ine, National line, Anchor itne, Havana line, Liv- erpool and Liverpool and Great Western Steam- suip Company, Pacific Mail Steamanip Company, North German Lioyds, Savannah line, General Pieter Company, Mexican line, and Bristol ine. THE STEVEDORES’ POINT OF VIEW. Talking with Mr. Peter H. Walsh, the heaq of the firm of Walsh Brothers, he said that they were iorced to make this reduction ag the steamsmp | companies had informed them that they were going to cut down their contracts twenty-five per cent. He felt satisfied that the ‘longshoremen Would soon resume work, as there were plenty of men to be had who would be glad to work for twenty cents per nour. He said he was now work- ing men at the reduced prices for five compani and had no doubt that in another day he.would | have more applications four work than he would | know what co do with. The ofivers of the different steamship companies have decided upon carrying througs this redaction im wages. They ciuim that they are all losing money, and, In fact, many ot them are only run- ning half weir ooats, Freights are also very low at present, especially in cotton, which can now be shipped irom New York to Liverpool for a littie over a cent a pound. HER REASONS GIVEN, Passenger rates have also gone down, and, ina word, none of the steamship companies are mak- ing any money, Merchants in the Southern. busi- ness say that vessels leave New York ior the Sout avout one-quarter freighted and return with an average of from two to five hundred bales of cot- ton, while they have capacity jor eighteen han- dred to two thousand. ‘They all acknowledge that this movement is made entirely by them, aud that the stevedores have nothing at all to uo with it, except that a8 they have cut down the contracts twenty-five per cent the stevedores wiil naturally have to do the same. They claim that the wages of mechanics have been decreased ail through the country, and that thirty cents per hour or $3 per day 18 iair wages for doing ordinary labor, ALONG THE EAST RIVER PRONT there were comparatively few indications of the lock-out. Probably the strongest evidence that something unusual was disturbing the ordinary quietude of Gotuam was the presence of a coni- siderable number of policemen at most of the principal wharves where trouble was antici- pated. All such expectations, however, were aoomed to disappointment, tor the di a without any serious breach of the peace. ‘Ihe Nongshoremen on the East River tront, who were locked out, were evidently also determined to | gain the sympathy of the public at large by their moderation and peacelul conduct. “Although thece rich steamship companies want to take the bread ‘rom our dear little children and compel us to go tn rags during the winter,’’ said a longshoreman of more than ordi- nary intelligence, in South street yesterday, | “while their agents are driving about in grand carriages and spend as much on one meal as we do on our living in @ month, we shall keep the peace and give them fo opportunity to have us arrested by the police.” This seemed to be the general sentiment, though often expressed in Tuder form, among all the ‘longshoremen on the East River front. The consequence was that the lice, Who stood about at the wharf entrances in Rttle ‘knots ot two and three, had little to do ex- cept to chat and to entertain one another, Their clubs rested peacefully in their hands or by their sides, more especially a8 they became soon in- formed of the peaceful disposition of the locked- out ‘iongshoremen. THE SAILING VESSELS’ 'LONGSHOREMEN. The stevedores in charge of the sailing vessels were ail paying the old rates, none of these lines having entered the combination of steamship companies, Tney said that they did not intend to join the combination as they did not consider tue wages eXcessive, and a8 their men did the work weil, which, aiter Was the main point. One or two hinted that they would probably reduce the rates if the movement of the steamship companies turned out a success; but, meanwhile, they were waiting for the issue, and on this their action would depend. As matters look now, the ‘long- sShoremen employed ior sailing vesseis will coa- tinue to receive their former rates of p: The only wharf on the East River front which was deserted by the regular 'iongshoremen was pier 18, occupied by tne New York and Bristol | Steamship Company. Mr. Morgan, the agent, said | that . the shine crew (the Arragon is the name of | the vessel which was unloaded yesterday) and such other chance laborers as the stevedore had obtained from other sources would probably be able to do the work. He saw no reason why the steamship companies should pay forty cents an hour forthe same work jor which the railway companies—the Pennsylvania, Grand Central and others— were only, paying seventeen and a haif cents an hour. ie crew, firemen and other “deck hands’ were glad to do the work for an extra compensation of sixteen cents an hour, and they COULD DO It JUST AS WELL, as they still retained some. of their old but non- society foremen, and as the oMcers of the ship were, of course, also perfectly competent to stow eh He was periectly aware that the crew could Not unload the ship so quickly as his regular Jorce of ‘longshoremen, but would only. be able to tell the amount of profits resulting from the new arrangement after making up his accounts when the ship had ‘sailed, One very important point mentioned by Mr, Morgan was the lact that the italian organization had offered to hog J all the laborers. that were wanted at five cents less than even the proposed rates, t. ¢., at twenty-five cents jor day work and forty cents ior night work. When asked as to his opinion of the efficiency of Italians, Mr. Morgan replied that he considered those coming from the norii—from Lombaray and other northern portions of the Italian «ing- dom—quite as good, but that Neapolitans were probany not so generally liked as ‘longshoreme lowever, the work required no special aptitude, and any strong, able-bodied man, who was. not ‘ald to take hold of boxes and barrels, could do it Batistactorily, It was his opinion that the men who are jocked out only worked three or four days and amused themselves during the remein- Ger Of the Week, earning, as thes aa Mund in | Sent to Captain Murphy, of the Twenty. 3 Shares worked every day at $2. Mr. ee oe Dumber of "I yremen locked out firm at about 100, and i only forty were at work at one time the new would represent » saving of $40 per day or $14,000 @ sear (the sav~ ing per day, reckoning ten hours’ work, would be $100 each ‘iongshoreman). Mr. Morgan thougut brn this was faa which waa not to be eapised by anybody. THE COMBINATION NOT IN BARNEST. ‘The only other company on the East River front who had Joined the combination was the Savan- nah Steamship Company at pier 16. Here the laborera were at work, usual, most of them being non-society men. Mr. Hall, the stevedore, Said that his policy had always been to emplo: Jor the greater part, non-society men, a8 be not want to be dictated to by any organization ‘longshoremen. He reiused to say how much he Was paying bis men, all sorts of rates, ‘just as he them, He not ‘think the Italian 4 ety could supply enough ‘iongshoremen io mees the demand, and was also of the opinion that they Would not be so effective as ti 38 of men Dow employed, it seemed to him ag though the com- bination of steamstiip companies were scarcely im earnest, for, if they were, they would certainly advertise for ‘longshoremen, which, they had failed to do. Hence he doubtea ti cessful issue of the movement, Jearing, a3 .ne aia, that some of the members of the combination woul recede from the determined position which they had taken. The ‘longshoremen hold a meeting to-morrow Bight at No. 76 Varick street, these three or four 2. 3 Italtans Attacked. Owing to the strike of the ‘longshoremen the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, like many others, find themselves without proper assistance in load« ing and unioading their vessels. Yesterday the Colon arrived from California with a large freight, 0d 88 soon as she was made fast a gang of "loug shoremen to the number of about 200 assemble on the dock and demanded to be set at work av the old rates, This was at once refused by the agent in charge, who instructed his stevedores to employ outside labor wherever it could pe found, Accordingly, some fifty or sixty Italians were pro- cured, and at half-past nine o’clock last evening proceeded down Canal street toward the docks. Whea near Hudson street they were attacked. by the ‘longshoremen, who threw ro and bricks right and left, and used clubs and their horny fists with the utmost carelessness ag regarda con- sequences, The Italians made a stand at first, but seeing vhis was useless, and not being much accustomed! to the “striking ways’? of their assailants, they took to their heels, and were soon running helter skelter through the street like @ mock of sheep with wolves in pursuit. Word was Loree th pre= ctnct, who ordered oat his entire reserve force, and ‘soon succeeded in quelling the turbulent spirit wennt the rioters. An effort was then made to get the sons of sunny Italy once more to~ ether, but their rout had been so complete that ut eleven of the original gang of nearly stxty were found. These Captain Murphy escorted to the pler to which the Voion was moored, and de- tailed @ suificient force of officers to protect them in their nocturnal labors. Up to a late hour last night no further disturbance reported, the atrikers evidently having arrived at the conclu- sion that the police mean business and will not be trified with, No casualties were reported the police, although several Italians are known have been quite severely injured, Assault by ’Longshoreme: Some ‘longshoremen attacked Charies Shaw, ob No. 308 East Twenty-sixth street, yesterday alter- noon, at the corner of Greenwich and Spring streets, In the morning Shaw took some men to pier 42, North River, to work in the places of the longshoremen. As he was returning home at three o’clock he was chased by some of the an~ gered men who are now unemployed, and one of them threw a stone which wounded him slightly over the eye. He took refuge irom his assailants in a liquor store at the corner of Spring and Wash- ington streets, and from there the police escorted him to the Twenty-eighth precinct station house, where his hurt was dressed. The ’Longshoremen in Brooklyn made no belligerent demonstration whatever yes- terday, but worked cheerlly along the piers and wharves, from Red Hook to Greenpoint, at the olf rates of forty cents per hour. The stevedores: aid not intimate that 16 was tueir intention to reduce the wages as their craft had done in New York; but the men declared, when spoken to om the subject, that they would not submit to @ re- duction 01 a peuny. itis probable that the em- Dployers will follow, however. the example set on tiis side of the river, and the men will be com- pelled either to accept the terms or go idle. The police were heid in reserve throughout the day at Le several precinct station houses. The Cunard Company Remaining Firm Against the Demands of the Men. Mr, J, M. Welsh, the superintendent ofthe Cua- ynard Dock, having been notified by the ’Long- shoremen’s Association that the men would not Work at the new races, thirty cents a2 hour, has made arrangements to employ a new staf, with competent overseers. Several gangs bave offered themselves at twenty-five cents an hour. Mr. Welsh, however, notilied the comwmittee of tb strikers that be would prefer the ola at thirty cents, as taney work more satisiactorily. accept the situation and Mr. Welsh Cunard Company are prepared to prove that can get along without them. The new Not de required before Thursday. time the strikers have sent a committee to confer with the associations ia New York and Hoboken. Up to the present the latter have advised them to stand firm. With so much determination mant+ Jested on both sides there is no probability of ao early adjustment of the diMculties, Many of the men are in iavor of calling a public meeting in ‘which they will appeal for sympathy by presenting their claims and deserts in a true light to tne people of Jersey City. The Strike tn Hoboken, The long impending strike of the Hoboken branch of the *Longshoremen’s Association com- menced yesterday morning. Although there was only one of the steamship companies (the Bremen) that refused to accede to the laborers’ demands the men nevertheless declined to work ior any until their demand ere fully granted. It ia thought, however, that they will work for the companies that have stood by them up to the present. The men stood or sat in groups in the vicinity of the docks throughout the day. and were very-orderly and undemonstrative. The Bremen Company refuses thus far to pay them more than thirty cents an hour; but tt is not improbable that they may ultimately redeem the pledue they gave the President of the ’Longshoremen’s Association not long since, to the effect that they would never reduce the rate of wages as long as the associa- tion existed, MEETING OF COOPERS. Cooper's Union No, 2held a meeting last ni Admission was denied all strangers, but the loud sounding echoes from within gave evidence of the workings of eloquent organs on a familiar subject. The meeting over, the secrecy was ended, out- siders Were allowed in, and Mr. Waish, the Deputy President, explained that the union intended to continue the lock-out, if necessary, to February. The ewployers were merely anxious to break the union, and that the men would resist with their might. As only about half the entire namber Of bosses were interested in the present attempt to destroy the workmen's association, the others having nO sympathy with the movement, Mr, Walsh considered success must remain with the men, bands could periorm the The association willnot the ST. JOHN'S GUILD, Whoever wishes to see a busy scene, whercim there is more of pleasantness than usually faile upon busy places, should call on a Monday even- ing at the rooms of St. Jobn’s Guild in Varick street. Last night over fifty ladies were gathered there, and the bum and click of more than @ score of sewing macnines fell upon the ear of the passer-by in the strect as a sort of monotonous undertone to the laughter that rippled over it, and the sounds of nierry, lappy Vo.ces in choras, These ladtes represent the highest soctal elements of the cily. It is nothing ubusual to witness in these rooms ladies whose income 18 greater thaa. that of the President of the United States sewing upon thick woollen stufta for children and tor aged people. The rooms are brilliantly lighted, and @ more merry and witty assem ‘could, searcely be met with in the metropolis, Delegations are always Doe irom the “Sew. ers and Reapers,” the ‘Helping Hand” and the “Dorcas” societies, auxillaries Of the Guild, as well as from the newly formed ward societies, The amount o! work performed at these gather- ings is simply astonishing. Tabies are high with garments of every description, and in exbibit~ ing them the ladies siow pardonaple in cal askin aioyiaee Aa os ane tho} work. mai e mak! in from the lerge Taditions offered Mo the Clothing Bureau on each Monday ventng, 3 Would be led to suspect that these jad! fui] to the more hours of each day at home tot! the Guild than they care general pubic. tlh di THE LADIES’ BOARD OF MISSIONS. The annual meeting of the Ladies’ Board o Presbyterian Missions was held yesterday after, noon in University church, Washington square, ‘There was @ good attendance. Dr. Booth presided, An address livered, aiter tie transaction of oficial past Professor Doage, Who Nas re- cently returned from india and C! He gave some interesting particulars in reference to the moral and spiritual condition of the ve WomeD Of theae conniries,