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ANTHON, JOHN. 



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Brothers " now numbered twelve, and that they 

 intended to build a house, consisting of a re- 

 treat for parish clergy, who may desire rest, 

 the brothers undertaking to do their duty 

 while they were recruiting their strength ; 

 a home for decayed old men, who have la- 

 bored in the service of the church ; and a col- 

 lege for instructing youth on the principles 

 of the Church of England. They required 

 from 30,000 to 40,000, of which they had 

 received 10,000. 



The movement for opening communication 

 with the Russian Church continued both in the 

 Protestant Episcopal Church of this country, 

 and in the Episcopal churches of England and 

 Scotland. (See ANNUAL CYCLOPAEDIA for 1862, 

 p. 718.) The joint committee, appointed for 

 this purpose by the General Convention of the 

 Church of the United States, consisting of 

 Bishops De Lancey, "Williams, and Whitehouse, 

 of the Eev. Drs. Mahan and Thrall, the Eev. J. 

 F. Young Mr. Samuel B. Buggies, and Mr. S. 

 Eliott, did not deem themselves authorized to 

 make any proposition for joint action to the 

 Convocations of the English Church, as they 

 were only instructed by the General Conven- 

 tion to collect information, and consider the 

 expediency of communication with the Russian 

 Church ; but, at a meeting held on April 16th, 

 1863, at New York, they unanimously passed a 

 resolution that " the Secretary of the commit- 

 tee be requested to correspond with the Rev. 

 George Williams, of King's College, Cambridge 

 (the chief promoter of the movement in Eng- 

 land), and to express to him and through him, 

 at his discretion, to the Convocation of Can- 

 terbury, the gratification of this committee 

 at the interest they have expressed in the 

 object we have in view; with the assurance 

 to Mr. Williams that, while the committee are 

 not in a position formally to approach Con- 

 vocation on the subject, they will be glad to 

 give a full and respectful consideration to any 

 action or communication on the part of the 

 Convocation." In England, the Bishop of 

 Oxford, on July 1st, 1863, presented to the 

 Upper House of the Convocation of Canterbury, 

 a petition resolved upon by the Lower House of 

 the Convocation, in February, to the effect that 

 the House of Bishops may use their endeavors 

 to bring about such intercommunion. The 

 Bishop of Oxford, after presenting the petition, 

 moved that the President of the Convocation 

 (the Archbishop of Canterbury) be requested to 

 direct the Lower House to appoint a committee 

 to communicate with the committee appoint- 

 ed by the General Convention of the Bishops 

 and Clergy of the United States of America 

 as to intercommunion with the Russo- Greek 

 Church, and to communicate the result to the 

 Convocation at a future session. The motion 

 was unanimously adopted, and pursuant to it, 

 the Lower House appointed a committee, con- 

 sisting of the Archdeacon of Berks (Bickersteth), 

 the Archdeacon of Taunton (Denison), Dr. 

 Leighton, Lord A. Compton, Sir G. Prevost, 



Chancellor Massingberd, and the Rev. Messrs. 

 Tendall, Seymour, and Randolph. 



In Scotland, the synod of Moray and Ross 

 passed resolutions in favor of intercommunion 

 with the Russo-Greek Church, and also with 

 the Church of Sweden. Similar resolutions 

 had been passed by the synod of Aberdeen. 



The movement met with a warm response 

 on the part of the oriental churches. (See GEEEK 

 CHURCH.) 



In the Established Church of Scotland (Pres- 

 byterian) an interesting* movement sprung up in 

 favor of a union with the Scottish Episcopal 

 Church. (See PRESBYTERIANS). 



ANTHON, JOHN, LL.D., an American jurist, 

 died in the city of New York, March 5th, 1863, 

 in the 80th year of his age. 



Mr. Anthon was the second son of George 

 Christian Anthon, M.D., an eminent physician 

 of the city of New York, and was born at De- 

 troit in the year 1784. He received his diplo- 

 ma as Bachelor of Arts from Columbia Col- 

 lege in the year 1801, graduating at the head 

 of his class ; and the honorary degree of LL.D. 

 was conferred upon him in 1861 by the same 

 institution. Immediately after graduating, Mr. 

 Anthon commenced the study of the law, in the 

 office of Mr. Hopkins, an eminent legal prac- 

 titioner of that day, and, upon attaining his 

 majority, was admitted to practice in the Su- 

 preme Court of this State. 



During the war of 1812, Mr. Anthon com- 

 manded a company of militia, stationed near Fort 

 Hamilton, at the Narrows, for the defence of 

 the city of New York ; and for a short time acted 

 as regimental paymaster ; he was also frequent- 

 ly employed, during the same period, as judge- 

 advocate. With these exceptions he devoted 

 himself with the utmost assiduity to the prac- 

 tice of his profession, and it has been said 

 of him by one of his contemporaries that " he 

 tried more causes than any man that ever 

 lived." He declined several flattering offers of 

 judicial position, and was never tempted to turn 

 aside from the useful paths of professional life 

 in search of political honors. 



The Supreme Court of the City of New 

 York owes its existence to the efforts of Mr. 

 Anthon, who, at an early day, perceived the 

 necessity for the establishment of a great 

 mercantile tribunal, and successfully urged 

 upon the Legislature the wants of the city of 

 New York, in this respect. He was also one 

 of the founders of the New York Law In- 

 stitute, and held the office of president of 

 that corporation at the time of his death. 

 In his legal writings, and in his reported ar- 

 guments, Mr. Anthon displayed great power of 

 analysis, and was remarkable for the facility 

 with which he grasped the true point involved 

 in obscure and difficult questions, and the 

 clearness and perspicuity with which he set 

 forth his own conclusions. 



Mr. Antljon was a regular attendant and com- 

 municant of the Protestant Episcopal Church, 

 and a notable instance of the reception of the 



