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Wanderungen" (two vols., Dresden, 1859); 

 " Geographie des Welthandels," of which he 

 published two volumes. After his death the 

 third volume was continued by Dr. Glogau. 

 He was also, since 1861, the editor of the geo- 

 graphical journal Der Globus, published at first 

 in Hildburghausen and afterward in Bruns- 

 wick. His son Eichard, who has also devoted 

 himself to the study of geography, was born 

 February 26, 1835. He traveled through the 

 northern part of Scotland, and also gave 

 considerable attention to Slavic ethnography. 

 He has written " Vom Tweed zur Pentland- 

 fohrde" (Jena, 1866); "Das Amurgebiet" 

 (Leipsic, 1867) ; " Abessinien " (Leipsic, 1869) ; 

 "Die Nationalities verhaltnisse und Sprach- 

 grenze in Bohnien (Leipsic, second edition, 

 1871); "Der Missionar Livingstone" (two 

 vols:, Leipsic, 1868); "Die deutschen Nord- 

 polfahrer und der Kampf um den Nordpol 

 1868-1872" (Leipsic, second edition, 1874); 

 " Das Sprachgebiet der Lausitzer Wenden vom 

 16. Jahrhundert bis zur Gegenwart" (Leip- 

 sic, 1873) ; and " Wendische Wanderstudien " 

 (Leipsic, 1873). 



ANGLICAN CHURCHES. Convocation. 

 The Convocation of Canterbury met April 13th. 

 The principal business was to consider the re- 

 ports of the Committee on Rubrics. The com- 

 mittee of the Upper House, in their report, 

 omitted to deal with the Ornaments Rubric, or 

 with the position of the celebrant. The House 

 decided not to recommend any change in these 

 two particulars. The committee of the Lower 

 House recommended the addition of a note to 

 the rubrics, permitting the clergyman to stand 

 either at the east side or the north side of the 

 table, but declaring that no sanction was in- 

 tended to be given to doctrinal innovations. 

 They also reported in favor of allowing the 

 use of both the eucharistic vestments, subject 

 to the consent of the bishops in each case, and 

 the use of the black gown in the pulpit. The 

 Lower House, without dissent, adopted the fol- 

 lowing resolution in reference to the position 

 of the celebrant : 



Resolved, That this House, having regard to the 

 fact of the widespread diversity of practice with 

 reference to the position of the celebrant in the ad- 

 ministration of the Holy Communion, is convinced 

 that it will be for the welfare of the Church that, in 

 cases where changes are made and disputes arise, it 

 should be left to the ordinary to determine whether 

 such practices should be adopted; and, further, this 

 House declares that by this resolution no sanction 

 is intended to be given to any doctrine other than 

 is set forth in the Prayer-Book and articles of the 

 Church of England. 



In the Upper House, in reply to a question 

 from the Bishop of Gloucester, as to whether 

 any steps were being taken to call a conference 

 of bishops (Pan-Anglican Synod), the president 

 stated that a resolution had been passed by the 

 Convocation of' the Province of York at its ses- 

 sion in February preceding, that it was desira- 

 ble that such a conference should be assembled, 

 and that he had received communications from 



the United States, expressing the wish on the 

 part of the bishops of the Protestant Episcopal 

 Church that they should have the opportunity 

 of gathering again at Lambeth. The confer- 

 ence would take place in the early summer of 

 1877. No intention was entertained to gather 

 the bishops of the Anglican Church for the sake 

 of defining any matter of doctrine ; nor to in- 

 terfere in matters of discipline. But the presi- 

 dent would be glad to hear from his brethren 

 what the exact subjects were on which they 

 wished to hold a conference. There were many 

 points respecting the connection of the mother 

 church with the colonial churches on which a 

 friendly conference would be very valuable. 



A petition was presented by the Bishop of 

 Lincoln from the Earl of Devon, complaining 

 of the use which, it was alleged, had been per- 

 mitted of Westminster Abbey, for the delivery 

 of lectures by persons not in communion with 

 the Church of England, and professing opin- 

 ions repugnant to its doctrine and discipline. 

 The case of a Presbyterian minister who had 

 spoken in the abbey, and an invitation which 

 had been given to Bishop Colenso to preach 

 there, were especially referred to. The peti- 

 tioner asked that measures be taken " to pre- 

 vent the recurrence of similar scandals and 

 abuses." 



The Convocation met again June 30th. The 

 subject of the " Ornaments Rubric " was dis- 

 cussed. The following resolution was adopted 

 in the Lower House : 



Resolved, That in consideration of the long dis- 

 use of certain of the vestures specified in the First 

 Prayer-Book of Edward VI., and referred to in the 

 Ornaments Rubric, this House recommends : 1. That 

 in celebrating the Holy Communion, as well as at all 

 other times of his ministration, it shall suffice that 

 the minister do wear a surplice with the addition of 

 a stole or scarf, and of the hood, of his degree ; and 

 that in preaching the minister do wear a surplice, 

 with stole or scarf and the hood of his degree, or, ii 

 he think fit, a gown, hood, and scarf. 2. That the 

 other vestures specified in the First Prayer-Book of 

 King Edward VI. shall not be brought into use in 

 any church, other than a cathedral or collegiate 

 church, without the previous consent of the bishop. 



And it is hereby declared that no sanction by this 

 resolution is intended to be given to any doctrine 

 other than is set forth in the Prayer-Book and in the 

 Articles of the Church of England. 



The Upper House took the following action 

 upon this resolution and the one previously 

 adopted in reference to the position of the 

 celebrant in the administration of the sacra- 

 ment of the Lord's Supper : 



Resolved, That this House acknowledges the care- 

 ful and patient consideration which the Lower House 

 has given the difficult subjects of the Ornaments 

 Rubric and the Rubrics governing the position of the 

 minister during the celebration of the Holy Com- 

 munion, but, believing legislation on these points 

 to be at the present time neither desirable nor prac- 

 ticable, does not deem it expedient now to discuss 

 the course which any such legislation should take, 

 or the principles according to which it should be 

 regulated. 



Pastoral of the Bishops. The following pas- 

 toral letter was issued by the archbishops and 



