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AMES, JOSEPH. 



ANGLICAN CHURCHES. 



line between Paraguay and the Argentine Re- 

 public. The transandine telegraph, from Bue- 

 nos Ayres to the Chilian capital, was opened 

 to the public service in July ; a line was com- 

 menced between Montevideo and Rio de Ja- 

 neiro ; and a submarine cable is shortly to be 

 laid between the latter city and Lisbon. Rail- 

 ways were under construction in every direction, 

 Ecuador being the only South American state 

 without one. Fluvial navigation was rapidly 

 extruding. Don Jose" Balta, President of Peru, 

 was assassinated in August, and succeeded by 

 Don Manuel Pardo. President Morales of Bo- 

 livia met with a like fate at the hand of his 

 nephew, on the 27th of November. Don 

 Adolfo Ballivian was immediately elected in 

 his place. A serious conspiracy against the 

 Morales Government had been discovered and 

 frustrated in June. 



The war between Honduras and Nicara- 

 gua was not ended at the close of the year. A 

 project for the formation of some of the Cen- 

 tral American states into a single independent 

 republic was spoken of. 



AMES, JOSEPH, N. A., an American portrait 

 and genre painter, born in Roxbury, New 

 Hampshire, in 1816 ; died in New York City, 

 October 30, 1872. He received his early edu- 

 cation in his native State, and, developing a 

 fondness for the painter's art while yet a youth, 

 he commenced painting portraits there, and, as 

 his fame grew, migrated to Boston, where he 

 attained considerable success in his chosen 

 pursuit. But no sooner had he acquired the 

 means of foreign travel and study, than he 

 went abroad and spent some years in Rome, in 

 the diligent study of his profession. "While 

 residing there, he executed some very success- 

 ful portraits and genre pieces, among others a 

 very fine portrait of Pio Nono. On his return 

 he settled in Boston, where he remained till 

 1870, when he removed to Baltimore, in the 

 hope of regaining his health, which had be- 

 come seriously impaired. Failing in this, he 

 removed after a few months to New York, and 

 occupied a studio in the Young Men's Chris- 

 tian Association Building, where his admirable 

 skill and the truthful character of his portraits 

 brought him constantly more orders than he 

 could fill. He was elected an associate of the 

 National Academy of Design in 1869, and an 

 academician in 1870. Among his pictures 

 which have long had a high reputation were, 

 "Gazzamga," "President Felton " "The 

 Death of Webster," Maud Muller,"'and The 

 Old Stone Pitcher." But his latest works 

 were among his best. Hig por trait of Ross 

 Wmans, and that of a young lady of Balti- 

 more, were among the special attractions of 

 the Academy at its exhibition in 1872 ; and he 

 had completed in his studio r. fine Roman 

 scene, which he had entitled "The Water- 

 Carners, a spirited portrait of Rufns Choate, 

 and one of Madame Ristori as Medea. Mr 

 Ames was remarkable for his conscientious- 

 ness in his work, never leaving any portion 



of the details unfinished, or lacking in minute 

 perfection. He died of brain-fever, after a 

 brief illness. He leaves a family of unusual 

 distinction and talent. His widow is also an 

 artist of great merit, the author of the busts 

 of Lincoln and Andrew, and his young daugh- 

 ters have already given earnest of high artistic 

 capacity. 



ANGLICAN CHURCHES. According to 

 the Kalendar of the English Church for 1872, 

 the Anglican Church (exclusive of the Protes- 

 tant Episcopal Church in the United States*) 

 had, in 1871, the following number of dio- 

 ceses : 



England and Wales (including 2 archbishops). 28 



Scotland (1 primus) 7 



Ireland (2 archbishops) 12 



Gibraltar i 



British India . 5 



China . l 



West Indies 4 



South America 2 



Western Africa 2 



South Africa (1 Metropolitan) 8 



Australia (1 Metropolitan) 10 



New Zealand (1 Metropolitan) (i 



British North America (1 Metropolitan) 10 



Honolulu 1 



Melanesia l 



Jerusalem . l 



Total. 



.100 



Convocations of Canterbury and York. For 

 the first time since its revival, official recogni- 

 tion was given to the Convocation of Canterbury 

 at the opening of its session in February, when 

 " letters of business," as they were styled, 

 were read from the Queen, empowering it to 

 deal with certain matters contained in the 

 fourth report of the commissioners who were 

 appointed by the Queen, in 1867, to inquire 

 into the practices, orders, and rubrics of the 

 Church, and their true interpretation, and to 

 suggest amendments to them. 



The subjects thus submitted to the Convo- 

 cation consisted mainly of provisions recom- 

 mended by the Commissioners of Ritual for the 

 use on certain occasions of worship of shorter 

 services than those prescribed in the Book of 

 Common Prayer, and of propositions for the 

 disuse or modification of the Athanasian Creed. 

 These matters formed the principal topics of 

 discussion at the earlier meetings of the Con- 

 vocations both of York and Canterbury. The 

 action of both bodies, with reference to the 

 provision of shorter forms of service, was 

 favorable, and was substantially the same. 

 The declaration of the Convocation of Canter- 

 bury was modified to conform more nearly to 

 that adopted by the Convocation of York. As 

 finally passed at the meeting in March, it was 

 in substance as follows : 



It is desirable : 



A. That a shortened form of daily service, taken 

 from the Morning and Evening Prayer, be allowed 

 on week-days in parish churches and clmpels, in lieu 

 of, and in cathedral and collegiate churches in addi- 

 tion to, the ordinary Morning and Evening Service, 

 provided such shortened form be first approved by 

 the Church in her Convocations. 



* See PKOTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH. 



