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Hall, where they coalesced. The minutes of 

 tlio two synods were read, and the moderators 

 in turn declared the two churches one. The 

 tirst Synod of the Presbyterian Church of Kii^'- 

 land was then constituted. The Rev. Dr. An- 

 diT-on, of Morpeth, was elected moderator. 

 Deputations were received from various Pres- 

 byterian churches in the United Kingdom, and 

 the synod was visited by the Nonconformist 

 ministers of Liverpool in a body. The United 

 Church will consist of eleven presbyteries, 

 with 263 congregations, 50,000 members, and 

 a yearly income of 160,000. 



VIII. IRISH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. The 

 General Assembly of the Irish Presbyterian 

 Church met at Belfast, June 5th. The Rev. 

 John M^neely, of Belfast, was elected modera- 

 tor. Report was made that the total income 

 of the Church for the year had been 141,152 

 9*. 9d., or 1,307 5*. 3d. less than the income 

 of the previous year. The report of the for- 

 eign missions was stated to be the most satis- 

 factory that had ever been presented to the 

 Assembly. The work was carried on princi- 

 pally in India and China. The subject of in- 

 strumental music in the churches was again 

 discussed. Five of the congregations, which 

 were reported as in offense the year before in 

 employing instruments, had agreed to give up 

 their use if the Assembly would provide them 

 with precentors ; but the ministers and congre- 

 gations of Enniskillen and Queenstown still 

 held out, and refused to submit to the decision 

 of the previous Assembly. Action in their 

 oases was deferred. 



The Elementary Education Committee made 

 a report of their action during the year, in op- 

 posing the attacks which had been made upon 

 the non-sectarian system of education. 



IX. WELSH CALVINISTIO METHODISTS. The 

 annual meeting of the Calvinistic Methodist As- 

 sociation (which, in spite of its name, is a Pres- 

 bvterian body) was held at Tredegar, in June. 

 The Rev. T. James, of Llanelly, presided. The 

 following is a summary of the statistical re- 

 ports : Number of churches, 33 ; of ministers, 

 80; of preachers, 8; of leaders, 123; of com- 

 municants, 2,339 ; of candidates for member- 

 ship, 322 ; of children in the Church, 921. 



X. PRESBYTERIAN CHUKCH IN NEW SOUTH 

 WALES. Union of the Presbvterian churches 

 was effected in New South Wales in 1865. In 

 1876 there were in the colony some 66 minis- 

 ters and 108 churches, besides other preaching- 

 places, with a total seating capacity for 24,000 

 persons. The number of Presbyterian churches 

 in the colonies and mission-fields in the South- 

 ern seas was 407, with 350 ministers. 



PROKESCII-OSTEN, Count ANTON, an 

 Austrian diplomatist, born December 10, 17'.'~; 

 died October 26, 1876. He became, in 1827, 

 chief of the general staff of Admiral Count 

 Dondolo, with whom he remained until 1830. 

 In this position ho concluded treaties for the 

 amelioration of the condition of the Christians 

 with the Pashas of St. Jean d'Acre and of 



Syria. In 1831 he went with the Austrian 

 army to Bologna as imperial commissioner; in 

 is.'t'j In u a- -i tit on a special mission to Rome, 

 and in 1883 to Egypt, to mediate between the 

 Sultan and the Viceroy. In 1834 he was ap- 

 pointed embassador to Greece, where he re- 

 mained up to 1849, having been raised to the 

 rank of major-general in 1848, and created a 

 Freiherr (baron) in 1845. In February, 1849, 

 he went to Berlin as embassador, remaining 

 there until 1852; and in 1853 he became Presi- 

 dent of the Bundestag (Federal Diet) in Frank- 

 fort, having been in the mean while raised to 

 the rank of lieutenant field-marshal, and cre- 

 ated a privy councilor. In 1855 he was ap- 

 pointed imperial nuncio and ernbassador to 

 Constantinople, and in 1867 envoy extraordi- 

 nary to the same court, in which position he 

 remained up to 1871. Upon his retirement 

 from the service he was created a count. He 

 wrote a number of works on the Eastern 

 countries, his chief work being " Geschichte 

 des Abfalls der Griechen vom turkischen 

 Reich " (6 vols., 1867-'68). 



PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH. 

 In the table on next page is given a summary 

 of the statistics of the Protestant Episcopal 

 Church in the United States of America for 

 1875-''76, as they appear in the Church Al- 

 manac for 1877 (Pott & Young, New York). 

 The aggregate number of communicants is 

 given as in forty-three dioceses and nine mis- 

 sionary districts. The number of communi- 

 cants in the whole Church is estimated in the 

 Church Almanac as 286,000. The aggregates 

 of other items are given by the Almanac in a 

 " general statistical summary " (in many in- 

 stances incomplete), as follows : Number of 

 dioceses, 45 ; of missionary districts (includ- 

 ing Africa, China, and Japan), 13; of bishops, 

 59 ; of bishops elect, 2 ; of priests and dea- 

 cons, 3,192 ; whole number of clergy, 3,251 ; 

 number of parishes, about 2,800 ; number of 

 ordinations in 37 dioceses and 5 missionary 

 districts, 214; of candidates for deacon's 

 orders in 35 dioceses and 5 missionary dis- 

 tricts, 251 ; of churches consecrated in 18 dio- 

 ceses and 3 missionary districts, 58 ; of bap- 

 tisms in 40 dioceses and 9 missionary districts, 

 41,453; of confirmations in 43 dioceses and 9 

 missionary districts, 26,954 ; of Sunday-school 

 teachers in 39 dioceses and 7 missionary dis- 

 tricts, 24,894: of Sunday-school scholars in 40 

 dioceses and 7 missionary districts, 235,509 ; 

 amount of contributions in 40 dioceses and 8 

 missionary districts. $6,804,448.29. 



Whittaker'a Protestant Episcopal Almanac 

 <m<l Directory gives as the number of commu- 

 nicants in the diocee of Arkansas, 768; in 

 Florida, 828; in Oregon and Washington, 756; 

 in Niobrara, 415 ; in the African missions, 

 400. This Almanac also gives the following 

 totals: Number of bishops, 59; of bishops 

 elect, 2; of priests and deacons, 8,171: of 

 parishes, about 2,900 ; of baptisms, 42,081 ; 

 of confirmations, 26,761; of communicants. 



