ANGLICAN CHURCHES. 



ARCHAEOLOGY. 



considered under three special aspects, the first 

 of which was that of "Patronage and Endow- 

 ments (a) Patrons, their Obligations and Lim- 

 itations in the Exercise of their Rights; (5) 

 Revenues, their Distribution with a View of 

 increasing the Efficiency of the Church." Can- 

 on W. H. Fremantle, of Canterbury Cathe- 

 dral, considered how the redistribution of 

 incomes would affect church patronage. The 

 other principal speakers on these topics were 

 Canon Lefroy, Mr. Spottiswoode, the Rev. F. 

 F. Goe (Bishop designate of Melbourne), Chan- 

 cellor Espin, and others. The second branch 

 of the general topic was discussed under the 

 heading of " Church Government and Repre- 

 sentation ; Convocation, its Reform, Exten- 

 sion, and Powers; and the Position of the 

 Laity in Church Councils," by Prebendary 

 Ainslie, the Rev. S. A. Main Walrond, the 

 Dean of Armagh, Mr. W. H. Houldsworth, 

 M. P., Mr. J. H. P. Leresche, the Dean of Dur- 

 ham, and Viscount Halifax. The third branch 

 of the subject was considered under the head- 

 ings " The Clergy ; Clerical Efficiency : How 

 best to secure it; Extension of the Diaco- 

 nate," by Archdeacon Blunt, Mr. James Crop- 

 per, Archdeacon Long, the Rev. 0. H. Sale, 

 the Dean of Ripon, and other persons. On 

 the subject of "Christian Evidences," papers 

 were read by the Rev. J. M. Wilson, Preb- 

 endary Worlledge, the Rev. J. J. Lias, Arch- 

 deacon Hughes Games, and the Rev. W. H. 

 M. Hay Aitken. On the subject of "The 

 Church in Relation to the Rural Populations ; 

 the Chief Causes of Weakness, and the Best 

 Means of remedying Them," the principal 

 speakers were the Bishop of Liverpool, Mr. 

 Stanley Leighton, M. P., Canon Andrew, and 

 the Bishop of Exeter. The subject of "The 

 Increase of the Episcopate, and the Organiza- 

 tion of a New Diocese," was discussed with 

 special reference to the proposed foundation 

 of a new diocese of Wakefield, by the Bishop 

 of Southwell, the Vicar of Wakefield (Rev. 

 Canon Straton), and other speakers. Con- 

 cerning "The Church in Relation to State 

 Questions; the Advantage of an Established 

 Church, and the Best Means of instructing all 

 Classes as to its Origin, History, Revenues, and 

 Work," papers were read by Prof. Stokes, 

 Mr. A. E. Miller, and Mr. William Inglis, Presi- 

 dent of the Workingmen's Church Defense 

 Association. The discussion of the special 

 question with reference to the work of foreign 

 missions, of "How may Difficulties arising 

 from Polygamy, Slavery, and Caste best be 

 met ? " was participated in by the Bishop of 

 Exeter, Canon Ashton Mayne, the Rev. T. W. 

 Windley, the Bishop of Zululand, and the Rev. 

 J. Johnson, a native West-African minister. 

 Other questions discussed were, " The Church 

 in Relation to the Urban Populations; how 

 may Lapsed Members be won and the Church's 

 Hold on Members in all Classes be strength- 

 ened?" principal speakers, the Bishop of 

 Rochester, Canon Eliot, of Bournemouth, 



Prebendary Hodgkinson, and Mr. J. Trevar- 

 then ; " The Uses of Music in the Services of 

 Cathedrals, Town Churches, and Churches in 

 the Rural Districts "Mr. Walter Parratt, the 

 Rev. Thomas Rogers, Mr. E. H. Turpin, and 

 Mr. Edward Griffith; "The Duty of the 

 Church in Respect to the Homes of the Work- 

 ing Classes, with a View to the Promotion of 

 Morality, Comfort, and Thrift "Canon Stra- 

 ton, Miss Mason, Sir W. Worsley, and Arch- 

 deacon Emery ; " The Education Question, 

 with Special Reference to (a) the Proposal for 

 Free Education, (b) Religious Teaching in 

 Schools of all Grades, and to Adults " Lord 

 Norton, the Rev. Arthur Carr, Archdeacon 

 Barber, and the Rev. J. Nunn; "The Church 

 in Relation to Social Questions, particularly in 

 Respect to Recreation and Literature " the 

 Dean of Manchester, Lord Brabazon, and Miss 

 Yonge, of Winchester ; and " The Parish 

 Churches Bill." A special meeting for work- 

 ingmen was held, at which addresses were de- 

 livered by the Bishops of Ripon and Manches- 

 ter; also a meeting for women, and one for 

 delivery of addresses on " The Spiritual Life." 



Provincial Synod of Canada. The Provincial 

 Synod of Canada met in Montreal, Septem- 

 ber 8. The opening sermon was preached by 

 the Bishop of Algoma. The Rev. John Lang- 

 try was elected prolocutor of the lower 

 house. ' Resolutions inviting co-operation in a 

 movement for Christian union were adopted, 

 to be sent out to other Christian bodies in the 

 Dominion. The use of unfermented wine in 

 the communion was forbidden. The Synod 

 decided that, in order to encourage brotherly 

 feelings between the Church in Canada and 

 the Church of England, the Metropolitan of 

 Canada should send notice of all ordinations to 

 the Archbishop of Canterbury. 



ARCHEOLOGY. (American.) Work of the Pea- 

 body Mnsenm. The eighteenth and nineteenth 

 reports of the Peabody Museum of American 

 Archaeology and Ethnology, the latter of which 

 is dated April 9, 1886, record investigations 

 which were made under the 'direction, or with 

 the co-operation, of the museum in various 

 parts of the United States and of Central 

 America. For particular and thorough work, 

 the curator chose the valley of the Little Miami 

 river, in Ohio, and the closely associated 

 archaeological region. The three years' work 

 on the large group of mounds and earthworks 

 on Mr. Turner's farm, near Madisonville, was 

 brought to completion in 1885. A special re- 

 port is given of the exploration of a mound on 

 the farm of Mr. Benjamin Marriott, adjoining 

 Mr. Turner's, which yielded many objects of 

 interest, including some exhibiting skill in 

 workmanship. Besides two or three thousand 

 broken and split pieces of bones of animals, 

 river-shells, a part of a clam-shell, and pieces 

 of mica, there were found needles of bone; 

 awls of bone, one of which was ornamented 

 with rows of fine cross-cut lines ; flaked knives; 

 handles of antler, two of which held points, 



