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of police came up, who, being eventually re- 

 enforced by a number of horse and foot sol- 

 diers, succeeded in clearing the streets. The 

 person in command, finding the country roads 

 filled with Mohammedans, stationed soldiers 

 at short distances to prevent any further out- 

 break. Twelve Christians were found to have 

 been badly injured, but a great number mast 

 have been seriously maltreated before they 

 could find shelter. Six Christians and five 



Mohammedans were arrested, but, as there 

 was no charge against the former, they were 

 released. About a week prior to the first at- 

 tack, the English consul at Damascus met 

 several Mohammedans, one of whom, though 

 it was broad day, drew a dagger and attempted 

 to stab him. The consul drew a small pistol 

 and presented it at his assailants. Taking ad- 

 vantage of their momentary fright, he suc- 

 ceeded in escaping. 



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UECHTRITZ, FKIEDKICH VON, a German 

 poet, born in 1800 ; died September 15, 1875. 

 He studied law in Leipsic, held various offices 

 in Treves and Dusseldorf, and in 1858 left the 

 service of the Government. His first large 

 work was the drama " Chrysostomus " (1822), 

 which was followed by two tragedies in 1823. 

 His tragedy " Alexander und Darius " (1827), 

 however, was the first one to be produced suc- 

 cessfully in Berlin. He also published the trage- 

 dy " Rosamunde " (1833), the dramatic poem 

 " Die Babylonier in Jerusalem " (1836), a col- 

 lection of poems under the title of "Der Ehren- 

 spiegel des deutschen Volkes und vermischte 

 Gedichte " (1842), and the novels "Albrecht 

 Holm" (7vols., 1852-'53), "Der Bruder der 

 Braut " (3 vols., 1860), and "Eleazar " (3 vols., 

 1867). 



UNITARIANS. The Year-Boole of the Uni- 

 tarian Congregational Churches for 1876 gives 

 lists of 362 churches and 400 ministers. Of the 

 churches 215 are set down as having pastors, 

 and 147 as without pastors. Of the ministers 

 218 are designated as settled, and 182 as un- 

 settled. 



According to the English Unitarian Pocket- 

 Almanac for 1876, there are in England 348 

 Unitarian ministers, of whom 279 are settled ; 

 69 ministers are classed as "not settled, super- 

 annuated, or engaged in other occupations." 



The fiftieth anniversary of the British and 

 Foreign Unitarian Association was held in 

 London, in May. The following delegates 

 from other countries were present: The Rev. 

 George W. Briggs, D. D., and the Hon. G. E. 

 Baker, of the United States ; Pasteur Dide, of 

 France ; Dr. Carl Manchot, of Germany ; Prof. 

 Kuenen, of Holland; Dr. Gyertyai and the 

 Hon. Alexis Jokab, of Hungary. The exer- 

 cises consisted chiefly of addresses and social 

 meetings. An effort had been begun the year 

 before to raise 10,000 as a jubilee-fund. The 

 sum had been nearly obtained, and it was now 

 proposed to increase it to 20,000. 



The Dutch Protestant Association met in 

 Rotterdam, in October. Prof. 0. P. Thiele, of 

 the Remonstrant Divinity School at Leyden, 

 presided. Delegates were present from the 

 Remonstrant and Walloon, the Lutheran, and 

 Reformed Churches. The report of the Exec- 

 utive Committee showed that the Association 



had 2,500 members. It had established Sun- 

 day-schools, instituted lectures, published books 

 and tracts, and held public meetings in the prin- 

 cipal cities of Holland. At the public confer- 

 ence addresses were made by the Rev. Mr. 

 Spaeth, of Oldenburg, for the German Prot- 

 estant Association; the Rev. Philip Henry 

 Wicksteed, of London, for the British and 

 Foreign Unitarian Association; and by Mr. 

 John Fretwell, Jr., in behalf of the American 

 Unitarian Association. 



The ninth German Protestant Conference 

 was held at Breslau, in September. The meet- 

 ing was devoted chiefly to the discussion of 

 questions relating to the general religious con- 

 dition of the country and the work of the As- 

 sociation. Visiting delegates were present 

 from Switzerland, Holland, and England ; and 

 Mr. John Fretwell, Jr., of England, spoke of his 

 travels among the Unitarian and other Liberal 

 Christian societies in the United States. 



UNITED BRETHREN IN CHRIST. The 

 twenty-second annual meeting of the Board 

 of Missions of the United Brethren in Christ 

 was held at Dayton, Ohio, beginning May 

 13th. Bishop D. Edwards presided. The to- 

 tal receipts for the year, including the bal- 

 ance in the treasury at the beginning, were 

 reported to have been $21,228.85 ; the expendi- 

 tures had been $27,758.08, showing an excess 

 of $6,529.23 above the receipts. Besides the 

 general receipts of the society, the sum of 

 $23,732.62 had been contributed to branch 

 treasuries, and $50,320.49 had been paid in 

 salaries by the Missionary Society, making a 

 grand total of income to the missions of the 

 Church of $95,271.96. A permanent fund was 

 reported, amounting to $44,658.12. The report 

 of the Church Erection Society showed its re- 

 ceipts for the year to have been $2,941.38, its 

 expenditures $2,880, and its total assets to be 

 $10,470,38. The missionaries in Germany had 

 labored all they were permitted to do by the 

 authorities. One of them, the Rev. Mr. Bi- 

 schoff, had been fined for preaching, and, refus- 

 ing to pay the fines, had appealed to the King 

 of Bavaria. The result of the appeal had not 

 been ascertained. The board decided that, in 

 case the efforts to secure the permission of the 

 King to organize a church in Bavaria should 

 prove unsuccessful, Mr. Bischoff should join 



