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existence of Trinity Parish, Port-au-Prince, 

 was duly proclaimed by an official document 

 from the Presiding Bishop of the United States, 

 dated July 22, 1863. The Haytian Government 

 extended a cordial reception to Bishop Lee, of 

 Delaware, who in October, 1863, made an 

 Episcopal visitation of the mission. 



The movement for opening communication 

 with the Eussian Church actively continued, 

 both in England and in the United States. 

 The Eev. J. F. Young, the secretary of the 

 Eusso-Greek Committee, appointed by the 

 General Convention of the P. E. Church of 

 the United States, paid a visit to Eussia, and 

 conferred on this subject with the authorities 

 of the Eussian Church, who manifested the 

 greatest interest in the objects and success of 

 the movement. (See GBEEK CHTECH.) In 

 England the friends of the movement formed 

 an "Eastern Church Association," the objects 

 of which were stated to be 



1. To inform the English public as to the 

 state and position of the Eastern Christians, 

 in order gradually to better their condition 

 through the influence of public opinion in 

 England. 



2. To make known the doctrines and prin- 

 ciples of the Anglican Church to our Christian 

 brethren of the East. 



3. To take advantage of all opportunities 

 which the providence of God shall afford us, 

 for intercommunion with the Orthodox Church, 

 and also for friendly intercourse with the other 

 ancient churches of the East. 



4. To assist, so far as our pecuniary means 

 will permit, the bishops of the Orthodox 

 Church, in their efforts to promote the spiritual 

 welfare of their flocks. 



Among the committee of this association are 

 the Eev. T. T. Carter, the Eev. W. Denton, 

 Prebendary Ford, the Eev. II. P. Liddon, the 

 Eev. Dr. J. M. Neale, the Eev. George Wil- 

 liams, Dr. "Wordsworth, the Eev. Eugene 

 Popoff, the Archimandrite Constantine Stra- 

 tulia, and Mr. H. T. Parker, of Boston. 



The " Christian Union Society," which was 

 organized in Xew York on March 31, has a 

 somewhat wider scope, and aims, in general, a 

 bringing about a union of all churches holding 

 to the doctrine of the apostolical succession of 

 bishops. Similar societies were established in 

 other cities of the United States, and joined by 

 members of the Protestant Episcopal and Mo- 

 ravian Churches. The reports, made at the 

 successive meetings of this society, state that 

 a Danish periodical favors more intimate rela- 

 tions between the Anglican and Scandinavian 

 Churches ; that in France, two periodicals, 

 Obsertateur Catholique, and Union Chretien, 

 edited by Abbe Quettee, advocate this same 

 movement; that in Northern Italy, the Ex- 

 aminer, a paper conducted by Co'unt Tasca, 

 the poet laureate of Piedmont, and receiving 

 contributions from several bishops and priests, 

 recommend the largest circulation of the Bible 

 in the vulgar tongue, and similar reforms ; 



that reformatory movements, looking toward a 

 severance of the national Catholic Churches 

 from Eome, were progressing in Mexico, South 

 America, and Portugal. In England, an " As- 

 sociation for Promoting the Unity of Christen- 

 dom," having the same object in view, has been 

 at work for seven years. It appears from the 

 preface to a work recently published for some 

 members of this Society, and entitled "Ser- 

 mons on the Eeunion of Christendom," that it 

 numbers seven thousand members, that of these 

 one thousand are Eoman Catholics, three hun- 

 dred are Orientals, and the remainder (five thou- 

 sand seven hundred) members of the Church of 

 England. A prayer for the union of Christen- 

 dom is recited daily by each member, and those 

 who are priests bind themselves " to offer the 

 Holy Sacrifice once in three months with in- 

 tention of the same." The volume is dedi- 

 cated " To the most blessed and holy father in 

 Christ, Pius IX., by Divine Providence, Pope, 

 Bishop of the holy Apostolic See ; also to the 

 most blessed and holy father in Christ, So- 

 phronius, Archbishop of Constantinople, (Ecu- 

 menical Patriarch of New Eome; also to the 

 right honorable and right reverend father in 

 Christ, Charles Thomas, Archbishop of Canter- 

 bury, Primate of All England, &c." The Pope 

 has addressed a letter to the Eoman Catholic 

 bishops of England condemning the Associa- 

 tion, and forbidden Eoman Catholics to have 

 any connection with it. 



The excitement produced by the works of 

 Bishop Colenso, and the Essays and Reviews 

 not only in the Anglican Churches but in the 

 whole civilized world, continued throughout 

 the year 1864. The interest in the case of 

 Bishop Colenso was especially revived by his 

 trial before a Synod of South African Bishops, 

 commencing at Capetown, on November 17, 

 1863. The tribunal consisted of Dr. Gray, 

 Bishop of Capetown and Metropolitan of 

 South Africa, as President, and the Bishops of 

 Grahainstown and Orange Free Town. The 

 Bishops of St. Helena and Zambesi were ab- 

 sent. On the part of the accused bishop, Dr. 

 Bleek, curator of the Grey Library, attended 

 to protest against the proceedings, or to speak 

 more correctly, against the jurisdiction of the 

 court. The court found Colenso guilty of 

 heresy on nine counts, and the Metropolitan 

 consequently pronounced sentence, depriving 

 Colenso of his Episcopal see, unless on or be- 

 fore the 4th of March, 1864, he (Colenso) 

 should file a full, unconditional, and absolute 

 retraction in writing of all the objectionable 

 extracts in London, or a like retraction by 

 April 16th in Capetown. The Bishop of Cape- 

 town proceeded to Xatal, and read the decree 

 of deposition in the cathedral. The same de- 

 cree was read in all the other churches of the dio- 

 cese of Xatal. Nearly all the clergy of the dio- 

 cese accepted the sentence as valid, and signed 

 a declaration by which they pledged them- 

 selves not to recognize Colenso any longer 

 as their bishop. On May 31st, Bishop Co- 



