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tho laws respecting the regulation of public 

 ,i|i. it U ino-t, desirable that, Himnltu- 

 '.y \\ith Midi legislation, tin- rubrics, can- 

 ons, and general laws of the Church, he re- 

 . \\itli a \i-w t<> their being more clearly 

 (Ktiiidl, niid that the existing ecclesiastical 

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' Church Congrem. The English Chnroh 

 met in its fourteenth session at 

 Uri^'liton, < >ct<>her Oth. At the beginning, ser- 

 mons were preached in St. Peter's Church by 

 t!u- liishop of Ely, and in St. Nicholas's Church 

 by tlie Bishop of Salisbury. The Bishop of 

 Ciiirhester, as bishop of the diocese in which 

 tho Congress was held, presided, and delivered 

 the opening address. After giving counsel in 

 regard to the temper in which the delibera- 

 of the meeting should bo conducted, he 

 called attention to the subjects introduced by 

 the committee of arrangements, which had 

 not been brought forward at any previous Con- 

 gress, of which the most important was the 

 Old Catholic movement on the Continent. He 

 characterized this movement as a phenomenon 

 of the deepest interest to the English people, 

 as the beginning of a reformation in the Ro- 

 man Catholic. Church, the principles of which 

 were not unlike those which had governed the 

 reformation in their own Church. He trusted 

 that the Conference would show that it thor- 

 oughly sympathized in the struggles of the 

 leaders in this movement to free themselves 

 fnm connection with the Roman CHurch. The 

 discussion of this subject was opened formally 

 in a paper read by the Bishop of Winchester. 

 He gave a brief account of the history and 

 character of the Old Catholic movement, and 

 spoke favorably of the Conference just held at 

 Bonn, which he had attended. Prof. Meyer 

 followed, with an account of the persecutions 

 which he represented the friends of the Old 

 Catholic movement to have had to suffer in 

 Roman Catholic countries. The subject was 

 further discussed by the Bishop of Melbourne 

 and Dr. Littledale. A paper was read by the 

 Rev. M. II. Banning, on " Foreign Missions, 

 especially in Reference to Modern Judaism," in 

 which the number of converts from Judaism 

 to Christianity at the present day was spoken 

 of as encouraging to further efforts among the 

 Jewish people. The subject was continued in 

 a paper by the Rev. Dr. Barclay, who claimed 

 that mission-stations had been established in 

 the chief centres of tho Jewish population in 

 all the nations of Europe except Russia, on the 

 north coast of Africa, in Western Asia, and in 

 Jerusalem. He estimated that one-half of the 

 Jewish population of ten million souls were 

 reached directly or indirectly by missionary 

 efforts, and that twenty thousand Jews had 

 been baptized into Christianity. The subject 

 of " Foreign Missions in Relation to Moham- 

 medanism and other Oriental Systems of Reli- 

 gion" was discussed in papers and addresses 

 on "Mohammedanism," by the Earl of Chi- 

 ohester; "Buddhism in Ceylon," by Bishop 



Claughton ; and " China," by Bishop Horden. 

 The discussion of the subject of " Church Pa- 

 tronage " was opened with a paper prepared 

 by the Bishop of Lincoln, ana read by Mr. 

 Walter Phillimore. Canon Ashwell read a pa- 

 per on the same subject, which was continued, 

 with addresses by Mr. Walter Phillimore, the 

 Earl of Harrowby, J. G. Hubbard, M. P., Can- 

 on Gregory, and the Rev. E. Garbet. All 

 of the essayists agreed in condemning the 

 abuses practised in the sale of livings and ad- 

 vowsons, and various suggestions were made 

 of measures of reform. On the subject of the 

 "Convocations of the Church of England," 

 papers were read by Lord Alwyne Compton 

 and Canon Ryle, in which the admission of 

 laymen to the Convocation was favored ; arid 

 others by Canon Trevor and Canon Parr, in 

 which it was opposed. The discussion was 

 continued by Colonel Bartlett, M. P., and Can- 

 on Freemantle. Several points involved in 

 the controversy between the Ritualistic and 

 Evangelical parties were touched upon, and 

 much excitement, and even disorder, resulted. 

 The " Adaptation of the Fabrics and Services 

 of the Church to the Wants of the Times" was 

 considered in papers and addresses by Mr. 

 Beresford Hope, M. P., the Rev. W. Cadman, 

 Prof. Donaldson, Mr. G. E. Street, the Rev. 

 J. W. Perry, the Dean of Manchester, Canon 

 Rawlinson, and other persons. A variety of 

 views were offered. The subject of " Skepti- 

 cism, Critical, Scientific, and Popular," was 

 introduced with a paper by Canon Westcote, 

 on " Skeptical Criticism." Prof. Pritchard 

 read a paper on "Scientific Skepticism," in 

 which he dealt prominently with the atomic 

 theory of Prof. Tyndall. Prof. Birks read a 

 paper on the same subject. The Rev. Dr. 

 Hersey, the Rev. J. W. Tideombe, the Rev. 

 Dr. Hayman, the Rev. Dr. Wright, and the 

 Bishop of Edinburgh, took part in the discussion 

 which followed. Papers were read on " The 

 Spiritual Life ; its Helps and Hinderanccs," by 

 the Dean of Norwich and the Rev. G. H. Wil- 

 kinson; on "The Education of Women," by 

 the Rev. C. Bigg, the Rev. J. L. Davis, Mr. 

 W. E. Hubbard, and the Rev. Prof. Plumtre ; 

 and on "Church Music," by the Rev. Dr. 

 Stainer. A meeting for working-men was 

 held during the sessions of the Congress, at 

 which the Dean of Chichester presided. Ad- 

 dresses were made by Canon Miller, Canon 

 Ellison, Mr. Gorst, and tho Rev. Mr. Wain- 

 right, and the subject of "The Influence of 

 Social and Sanitary Conditions on Religion " 

 was discussed. On Saturday, October 10th, a 

 special service was held in Chichester Cathe- 

 dral. A dispatch was received from the Con- 

 gress of the Protestant Episcopal Church in 

 the United States, sitting in the city of New- 

 York, conveying the hearty greetings of that 

 body, and was suitably answered. The Patri- 

 arch of Syria and the Bishop of Jerusalem, of 

 the Eastern Church, wore presented to the 

 Congress at one of its sittings. Private meet- 



