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The chapter house of the Cathedral of Salisbury has been restored, as a memorial to Dr. Denison, late Bishop of that diocese.

At a recent meeting of the Wesleyan Methodist Conference at Bristol, "not fewer than fifty Wesleyan ministers," preached the Gospel in the open air in and about that city, on the first Sunday in August, and it was announced that these efforts would be, weather permitting, repeated on the following Lord's day.

The reformatory movement has been spreading in England. A National Reformatory Union has lately been held in Bristol, at which Lord Stanley presided.

The Rev. F. D. Maurice has written a letter to a Socinian journal, in which he decidedly and pointedly objects to the view taken of him in it, as to the Unitarian controversy, evidencing much feeling on the subject, which does him credit.

The Lichfield Diocesan College scheme, so much opposed, is still in progress, but has recently received an evidence of the opposition it must expect, at a meeting at Stafford, where the election of members of the council for that Archdeaconry, was adjourned for a month by 3 majority.

IRELAND.

The foundation-stone of the Magee College, Londonderry, was laid Aug. 18, £20,000 having been left by Mrs. Magee, the widow of a Presbyterian minister. It is to be under the authority of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, and, providing theological instruction, will be, in its under-graduate course, open to all.

COLONIAL.

Part of the Diocese of New-Zealand has been constituted into a separate diocese, under the title of Christ Church. It comprises all of the middle island of New-Zealand, to the south of a line drawn across it at the northern boundary of the Canterbury settlement, together with the southern island of New-Zealand, and the Aukland islands, and all adjacent islands south of 43 degrees, 5 minutes of south latitude. The Rev. Henry John Chitty Harper, D.D., Vicar of Stratfield, Mortimer, Berks, (a High Churchman, it is stated,) had been nominated by the clergy and laity, met in public meeting, and accepted. He was appointed accordingly, and consecrated at the same time and place as Dr. Baring.

The Right Rev. John Armstrong, D.D., Bishop of Graham's Town, died on May 16, aged 42. "He was," says the Record, "chiefly known in this country for his zeal in the establishment of church penitentiaries and sisterhoods, and for his frequent contributions to the periodical literature of the High-Church party." His wife and five children are left, it is said, with but about £50 per annum, and the Bishop of Lincoln and two other clergymen have consented to become members of a committee for receiving VOL. III.-45

subscriptions to a fund for their relief. The Bishop and the Rev. P. W. Copeman had recently a difficulty, which, we learn, has been brought before the Cape Parliament, and a petition for redress and compensation, where a motion to refer it to a select committee prevailed.

It is a peculiar subject of gladness that the vacancy thus created is to be filled by the Rev. Henry Cotterill, Principal of Brighton College, a sound Protestant and evangelical minister, one who will hold forth the pure doctrine and true spirit of the Church of England in a part of the colonies where it is much needed. Mr. Cotterill is possessed of, in addition to his other qualifications, high scholastic attainments, and has had a distinguished University career. The appointment was made by the Colonial Secretary, with the concurrence of the Archbishop of Canterbury.

In the case of the Rev. R. G. Lamb, the Primate (as also previously Dr. Bayford) gave his opinion that as there was no decree, there could be no appeal.

A letter, dated Melbourne, says that, "The new constitution contains a clause reserving £50,000 for the promotion of the Christian religion, to be divided between the several denominations according to their proportional numbers."

The Pitcairn islanders have removed, or are about to do so, to Norfolk Island, a larger island, "but stipulated, however," says the account, “that as they had lived happily without the access of strangers, they might have the exclusive possession of Norfolk Island."

It is stated that there is a prospect that the next generation will witness the total extinction of the Sikh creed.

THE CONTINENT.

The Emperor of Austria is reported to have given a cool reply to the address of the Austrian Bishops. It is mentioned that the Concordat is considered to be vox et prætera nihil, and to have disgusted numbers even of the Roman Catholics.

In France, the Bishop of Arras, (Parisis,) as the very liberal Bishop of Langres, known in the French Assembly under the Republic, has eulogized the government of the Papal States in a Pastoral. He has also, in a circular to his clergy, taken decided ground against "mixed schools." Among other things, he inquires if persons in the habit of permitting their pupils to learn an heretical catechism, and frequent an heretical place of worship can be admitted to the sacraments, and if it be not the duty of pastors to remove Roman Catholic children from such schools. This document is as ill-judged as for Protestants it is favorable. It will probably tend to drive such schools more from this Church, and if not, to draw away from them Protestant children, whose connection with them is a most lamentable thing. We hope that the Bishop's circular may prove to have been a blow against this system, which unhappily prevails to a considerable extent in this country also.

There is a warm contest being waged between the celebrated Roman Catholic journal, the Univers, and the Correspondent. As ranked against the former are named Montalembert and several prelates. The charge against it is for its despotic principles, and its injudicious religious ultraism.

The recent rising in Spain deserves notice here. O'Donnell has been raised to the head of affairs, and Queen Isabella has shown herself false, if ever she was in heart true, to the principle to which she owes her crown. The constitutional cause in Spain can not now look to her as its even nominal head, without being prepared against the principles by which she is governed, or by guarding against them by checks and guards. There is a desire in all probability, to undo the anti-Church movements, and bring Spain more in accordance with Rome. In any event the immediate future for this unhappy country is indeed sad.

It has been stated that one hundred and six Christian churches have been repaired or constructed in Turkey since the establishment of religious toleration, and that the Sultan has contributed $5000 for one building in the island of Candia.

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DEATHS.

THE REV. PAUL TRAPIER GERVAIS died in the city of Charleston, S. C., July 28, in the 72d year of his age. We take the following notice of him from the Southern Episcopalian:

"Our departed brother was the senior presbyter of this diocese. He was ordained deacon on the 25th of November, 1807, at New-York, by Bishop Benjamin Moore, and priest on the 5th of August, 1809. In 1810, he settled on John's Island, and officiated as a minister of the Gospel. The parish had been for twenty years without a rector, and was without an Episcopal place of worship. The services of our church were performed in the Presbyterian Church, which was kindly loaned for the purpose, and sometimes in private houses. Through the exertions of Mr. Gervais, the parishioners were induced, in 1817, to erect St. John's Church, and Mr. Gervais was unanimously elected their rector. He was not, however, permitted to labor long in the high and holy duties of his callinga disease of the chest compelled him, in May, 1818, to desist from preaching, and he has never been able since that time, to enter the pulpit. His interest in the concerns of his parish never, however, abated, and he was willing to render it very efficient aid as the secretary and treasurer of the vestry; to his prudent management it is owing that the parish has now a competent fund for the support of its rector, and that its temporal affairs are in a state of peculiar prosperity.

"Nor was it only to his own neighborhood that Mr. Gervais rendered valuable service. In the Convention and the Standing Committee of the diocese, and in the Society for the Advancement of Christianity in South-Carolina, his counsel was always listened to with respect. He was one of the framers of the constitution of the diocese, and the last surviving founder of the Society above named. In its Board of Trustees he has always had a place, and at the time of his death filled the place of vice-president. He is the last of the original founders of the Charleston Bible Society, and his name will be found among its first Board of Managers.

"For more than a year past, Mr. Gervais' health has been declining, and the severe affliction experienced last winter in the loss of a devoted wife, seemed to hasten on the general decay of his faculties. With his usual calmness, he made all his preparations for his departure, and with an humble hope in the merits of his Redeemer, went peacefully to his rest."

The Rev. WALTER F. FRANKLIN, Rector of St. Paul's Church, Laporte, Indiana died suddenly, July 19th. The Bishop of the diocese communicating this intelli ligence, says:

"The family of Mr. Franklin, his parish, and the diocese, have sustained a severe bereavement. I mourn the loss of one of the most faithful, devoted, and reliable of my clergy."

The Rev. WILLIAM F. BRYANT, late Rector of Trinity Church, Covington, Ky., died in Jackson, Michigan, August 21, 1856. We take the following obituary notice from the Episcopal Recorder:

"But a few weeks ago, by a notice published in this paper, we were informed of the change of residence determined upon by our lamented brother. From letters then received by his friends, he was known to be in the full possession of the strength of manhood, yet to-day it becomes our melancholy duty to record his death. His earthly ministry has ceased; and he has ere this rendered an account of his stewardship. We have not the shadow of a doubt upon our minds of the character of that rendering. As a minister of Christ, our departed brother was faithful. Deeply conscientious in the discharge of his duties, he had but a single eye to the will and interest of his Master. As a preacher, although destitute of brilliancy, he was always instructive, logical, and clear, exhibiting a warmth and earnestness that proved his heartfelt desire for the salvation of his hearers. At Locke's Mills, at Mullica Hill, where he was settled, and in the Parish of the

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