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preacher next Sunday evening will be the Rev. J. Richardson, of St. Mary's Bury St. Edmund's; and on the following Sunday evening, March 20, the Rev. E. Garbett, of St. Bartholomew's, Gray's-Inn-lane. We understand the services will be continued for another series of six Sundays.

DIOCESAN INTELLIGENCE.

New-Hampshire.-The fifty-ninth Annual Convention of the Diocese of NewHampshire assembled in St. Paul's Church, Concord, on Wednesday, May 26, sitting on that and the following day. The following elections were made for the ensuing year:

Preacher of the Missionary Sermon-The Rev. James H. Eames. SubstituteThe Rev. E. A. Renouf.

Deputies to the General Convention: CLERGY-The Rev. Edward Bourns, LL.D., Rev. Messrs. Henry A. Colt, James H. Eames, and Isaac G. Hubbard. LAITYJoshua W. Pierce, David Davis, Simeon Ide, and Justus D. Watson, Esq.

Substitutes-The Rev. Messrs. Hitchcock, Perry, Salter, and Smith, and Messrs. Crosby, Foster, Greenleaf, and Tufts.

Standing Committee.-The Rev. Messrs. Henry A. Coit, James H. Eames, and William A. Hitchcock, and Messrs. O. A. Clough, W. L. Foster, and J. D. Watson. Trustees of the General Theological Seminary.—The Rev. Dr. Burroughs, Joshua W. Pierce, Esq. [Dr. Burroughs absolutely declining, the Rev. Henry A. Coit was chosen in his place.]

Treasurer of the Diocese-J. D. Watson, Esq., Manchester.

The Standing Committee met after the adjournment of the Convention, and organized, by choosing the Rev. James H. Eames President, and William L. Foster, Esq., Secretary. The next Convention is to meet in St. Thomas's Church, Dover, on the last Wednesday in May, 1860.

Vermont.-The sixty-ninth Annual Convention met on Wednesday, June 1st, at 9 A.M., in St. Paul's Church, Burlington, the Bishop presiding. The Rev. Geo. B. Manser, D.D., of Bennington, was reelected Secretary; Geo. F. Houghton, Esq., of St. Albans, Assistant Secretary; and Hon. Roderick Richardson, of Montpelier, Treasurer.

The following elections were made for the ensuing year:

Standing Committee.-The Rev. John A. Hicks, D.D., of Rutland; the Rev. A. H. Bailey, of East-Berkshire;, the Rev. C. R. Batchelder, of Highgate; R. G. Cole, Esq., of Burlington; Sylvester Deming, Esq., of Arlington; and the Hon. Roderick Richardson, of Montpelier.

Deputies to the General Convention: CLERICAL.-The Rev. John A. Hicks, D.D., of Rutland; the Rev. Geo. B. Manser, D.D., of Bennington; the Rev. D. H. Buel, of Burlington; and the Rev. F. W. Shelton, of Montpelier. LAY-Hon. Isaac F. Redfield, of Windsor; Thomas H. Canfield, Esq., of Burlington; Sylvester Deming, Esq., of Arlington; and Hon. Edmund Weston, of Randolph.

Alternates: CLERICAL-The Rev. W. T. Webbe, of Middlebury; the Rev. F. A. Wadleigh, of Arlington; the Rev. Chas. Fay, of St. Albans; and the Rev. W. S. Southgate, of Brattleboro. LAY-Hon. T. P. Redfield, of Montpelier; Victor Atwood, Esq., of St. Albans; John C. Roberts, Esq.; and Jas. H. Williams, Esq.

The next Convention will meet in St. Paul's Church, Burlington, on the first Wednesday in June, 1860.

Massachusetts.-The Convention of this Diocese met in Trinity Church, Boston, on Wednesday, May 4th. Instead of the usual Convention Sermon, the Bishop delivered his third Charge to the Clergy.

The following are the elections for ensuing year.

Standing Committee-Rev. John S. Stone, D.D., Rev. Geo. M. Randall, D.D., Rev. Charles Mason, D.D., Wm. Appleton, Otis Daniell, Charles Henry Parker, Esqs.

Deputies to the General Convention-Rev. Samuel B. Shaw, Rev. George M. Randall, D.D., Rev. George Leeds, Rev. E. M. P. Wells, D.D., William Appleton, Samuel L. Crocker, Edward A. Newton, R. C. Winthrop.

Trustees of the General Theological Seminary-Rev. Samuel Fuller, D.D., Rev. Theodore Edson, D.D., Rev. William S. Child, Rev. George M. Randall, D.D., Rev. Samuel B. Shaw, Rev. E. M. P. Wells, D.D., Rev. Theodore W. Snow, Rev. Charles Mason, Robert C. Winthrop, William A. Crocker, and Dr. George C. Shattuck.

Connecticut.-The Annual Convention met at Hartford on June 14.

New-Jersey. The seventy-eighth Annual Convention of the Diocese of NewJersey met in St. Mary's Church, Burlington, Wednesday, May 25. The Convention was organized by the election of Rev. James A. Williams, of Orange, as President; when, after some preliminary business, the election of a Bishop was taken up. The Rev. W. H. Odenheimer, D.D., of Philadelphia, was elected on the thirteenth ballot. On the Standing Committee were elected the Rev. Mr. Williams, the Rev. Dr. Stubbs, the Rev. Mr. Eugene Hoffman, and the Rev. Mr. Merritt; and of the Laity-Mr. J. C. Garthwaite, Judge Ogden, Dr. Babbitt, and Mr. Browning.

The following were elected Deputies to the General Convention:

Clergy-The Rev. Dr. Milo Mahan, the Rev. Dr. Alfred Stubbs, the Rev. C. Dunn, and the Rev. John Kelly. Laity-D. B. Ryall, the Hon. J. W. Miller, J. H. Thompson, M.D., Judge T. P. Carpenter.

The following supplemental deputies were chosen.

Clergy-The Rev. D. Brown, the Rev. V. Bruce, the Rev. E. K. Smith, the Rev. T. F. Billopp. Laity-S. V. Hoffman, J. W. Condit, H. McFarlane, the Hon. B. Williamson.

Pennsylvania. The Annual Convention met in St. Andrew's Church, Philadelphia, on Tuesday, May 24, at 5 o'clock, when it was called to order by the Right Rev. Samuel Bowman, D.D., the Assistant-Bishop of the Diocese.

John Clayton, Esq., was unanimously reëlected Secretary, and the Rev. John A. Childs Assistant-Secretary.

The following were elected Deputies to the General Convention:

Clerical Deputies-The Rev. Doctors William B. Stevens, Alexander H. Vinton, M.A., De Wolfe Howe, and J. P. B. Wilmer. Lay Deputies-Messrs. William Welsh, Herman Cope, John N. Conyngnam, and F. R. Brunot.

The following preamble and resolutions were unanimously adopted :

"Whereas, By a communication from the Bishop of the Diocese to the Convention, we learn that his health still continues infirm; that he is still unable to resume his Episcopal duties; and

"Whereas, It is of the utmost importance to the recovery of our beloved Diocesan that his mind should be perfectly relieved, not only from actual Episcopal care, but anxiety in reference to his duty as to the discharge of the same; therefore, be it

"Resolved, That this Convention renews most cordially and affectionately its expression of sympathy with our Bishop in his continued indisposition, its prayers for his complete recovery, and respectfully requests that he will continue to remain abroad so long as, in his judgment and in the opinion of his medical adviser, it may be deemed necessary for his full restoration.

"Resolved, That the Assistant-Bishop of this Diocese be requested to transmit to Bishop Potter this expression of the sympathy and desire of the members of this Convention."

The question relating to the division of the Diocese was referred to a Special Committee, to report at the next session of the Convention.

The two Societies for Diocesan Missions were, after long debate, united.

The next Annual Convention will meet in St. Andrew's Church, Philadelphia, on the fourth Tuesday in May, 1860.

Delaware.-The Annual Convention met in St. Luke's Church, Seaford, on Wednesday, June 1st, at 9 A.M., the Bishop presiding. Dr. James F. Wilson, of Wilmington, was reëlected Secretary. The sermon was preached by the Rev. J. E. Grammer, Rector of St. Peter's Church, Smyrna.

In the afternoon, the Bishop read his Annual Address. The following elections were afterwards made:

Standing Committee-The Rev. Charles Breck, the Rev. J. E. Grammer, the Rev. R. L. Goldsborough; and Messrs. S. M. Curtis and W. T. Read, of the Laity. Deputies to the General Convention: CLERICAL-The Rev. Charles Breck, the Rev. Benjamin Franklin, the Rev. Samuel R. Slack, and the Rev. J. E. Grammer. LAYCaptain S. F. Du Pont, S. M. Curtis, William T. Read, and Dr. William Cummins. The Missionary and Education Committee, the Relief Committee, the Trustees of the Episcopal Fund, and the Trustees of the General Theological Seminary, were continued.

The next Annual Convention will be held in St. Ann's Church, Middleton, on the first Wednesday in June, 1860.

Maryland.-The seventy-sixth Annual Convention of the Diocese assembled on Wednesday, May 25, in Christ Church, Baltimore. The annual sermon was delivered by the Rev. Orlando Hutton.

The resolution relative to the division of the Diocese was lost. The following is the result of the Diocesan elections:

Standing Committee-The Rev. Doctors Wyatt, Pinkney, McKenny, Coxe, and Spencer, and Rev. Messrs. Crossdale and Stewart.

Deputies to the General Convention-The Rev. Doctors Wyatt, Pinkney, Mason, and Coxe; and Messrs. E. F. Chambers, Hugh Davey Evans, J. Mason Campbell, and B. J. Goldsborough.

Virginia.-The Virginia Convention met on Wednesday, May 18th, in Christ Church, Norfolk. The sermon was preached by the Rt. Rev. the Assistant-Bishop. The following gentlemen were elected delegates to the General Convention:

CLERICAL-Rev. R. H. Wilmer, C. W. Andrews, D.D., C. Minnegerode, D.D., Wm. Sparrow, D.D. LAY-Philip Williams, Esq., Judge Lomax, D. H. Conrad, Esq., T. S. Gholson, Esq.

Alternates-CLERICAL-Rev. Geo. Woodbridge, D.D., Rev. C. Walker, Rev. J. Packard, D.D., Rev. W. N. Pendleton, D.D. LAY-Hon. Wm. C. Rives, Tazewell Taylor, Esq., John Stewart, Esq., W. H. Macfarland, Esq.

The following gentlemen were elected members of the Standing Committee: CLERICAL-Rev. Wm. Sparrow, D.D., Rev. C. B. Dana, Rev. D. F. Sprigg. LAY-O. Fairfax, Esq., C. F. Lee, Esq., Jno. Hooff, Esq.

The next Annual Convention will be held in Christ Church, Charlottesville, on the third Wednesday in May, 1860.

North-Carolina.-The Annual Convention met in St. Stephen's Church, Goldsborough, on Wednesday, May 1st. The Convention Sermon was preached by Rev. Dr. Curtis, of Hillsboro. The following was the result of the Diocesan elections:

Standing Committee for 1859–60.—The Rev. R. S. Mason, D.D., Rev. F. M. Hubbard, Rev. Albert Smedes, D.D., Hon. John H. Bryan, Geo. W. Mordecai. Deputies to the General Convention.—CLERICAL.—-Rev. R. S. Mason, D.D., Rev. R. B. Drane, D.D., Rev. A. A. Watson, Rev. J. B. Cheshire. LAY-Hon. Thomas Ruffin, Josiah Collins, Hon. W. H. Battle, Edward Lee Winslow.

Alternates-CLERICAL-Rev. Albert Smedes, D.D., Rev. H. H. Prout, Rev. Edwin Geer, Rev. Joseph C. Huske. LAY-Dr. Thomas H. Wright, George W. Mordecai, Samuel F. Patterson, Moses W. Jarvis.

Trustees of the General Theological Seminary-The Rev. R. S. Mason, D.D., Rev. R. B. Drane, D.D., Rev. Albert Smedes, D.D., Rev. E. M. Forbes, Hon. Thomas Ruffin, George W. Mordecai, Josiah Collins, Dr. A. J. DeRosset. Trustees of the University of the South-The Rev. M. A. Curtis, D.D., Hon. Thomas Ruffin, Dr. Thomas D. Warren.

Treasurer of the Convention-Charles T. Haigh, Fayetteville.
Secretary of the Convention-Edward Lee Winslow, Fayetteville.

South-Carolina.-The Annual Convention met in St. Peter's, Charleston, on Wednesday, May 11th; the Bishop, although laboring under the severe afflic tion of an almost total loss of sight, presiding during the greater part of the session. The Rev. Cranmore Wallace was reëlected Secretary, and the Rev. W. H. Hanckel appointed as his assistant. Other elections were made by the Convention as follows:

Standing Committee-The Rev. Dr. Hanckel, the Rev. Messrs. C. P. Gadsden, P. T. Keith, J. B. Campbell, and Cranmore Wallace; and Messrs. J. M. Campbell, M.D., James H. Ladson, Hon. H. D. Lesesne, Edward McCrady, and C. G. Memminger.

Deputies to General Convention-CLERICAL-The Rev. Christian Hanckel, D.D., Paul Trapier, P. J. Shand, and C. C. Pinckney. LAY-Messrs. Edward McCrady, C. G. Memminger, J. J. Pringle Smith, and Hon. R. F. W. Allston.

Trustee of General Theological Seminary-The Rev. Wm. Henry Hanckel. Trustees of the Diocesan Seminary-The Rev. Messrs. P. J. Shand, J. J. Roberts, and C. P. Gadsden; and Messrs. H. D. Lesesne, J. B. Kershaw, and Gen. W. E. Martin.

Trustees of the University of the South-The Rev. Alexander Gregg, Hon. J. A. Calhoun, P. C. J. Weston, and J. F. Blacklock, Treasurer.

A marked feature of the session was the debate on the Report of the Special Committee, appointed by the Convention of 1858, "on the duty of clergymen in relation to the marriage of slaves." The whole subject was postponed, however, to the next Convention.

The Committee on the proposed amendment to the Constitution of the Gen. eral Convention, made their report, through their Chairman, the Rev. Paul Trapier, and offered two resolutions, which were discussed at some length, and having been amended to read as follows, were unanimously adopted:

"Resolved, That the Convention declares that in its judgment, the proposed amendment of Article III. of the Constitution of our Church, would be perilous to the rights of the clergy and the laity."

"Resolved, That to authorize the General Convention to establish Courts of Appeals from the Diocesan decisions in any case, would be to endanger the rights of the Diocese, and the peace and unity of the Church.

The next Convention will be held in St. Philip's Church, Charleston, on the third Wednesday in May, 1860.-Church Journal, (abr.)

Ohio.-The Annual Convention assembled in Trinity Church, Columbus, at ten o'clock on Thursday morning, June 2d. The sermon was preached by the Rev. L. L. Holden, of Cuyahoga Falls. Bishop McIlvaine called the Convention to order, and the roll of the clergy was called. The Rev. W. C. French, the Secretary of the last Convention, was unanimously reëlected Secretary.

On Friday, June 3d, the Convention went into the election of an AssistantBishop, when the Rev. Gregory Thurston Bedell, D.D., Rector of Ascension Church, New-York, was chosen by the following vote:

CLERGY-Rev. Dr. Bedell, 47; Rev. Dr. Littlejohn, 10; scattering. 5. The laity confirmed the nomination by a vote of 86 to 24.

The following gentlemen were elected delegates to the General Convention: Rev. Dr. Littlejohn, Rev. Dr. Burr, Rev. Dr. Claxton, and the Rev. Dr. Fitch. Messrs. J. W. Andrews, Pendleton, Goddard, and Jarvis.

KENYON COLLEGE.-The following is a summary of the annual catalogue of this important Institution: Seniors, 29, Juniors, 19, Sophomores, 33, Freshmen, 46, Theological students, 21, Grammar School, 81. Total 229.

For catalogues, or other information, apply to President Andrews, Gambier, Ohio.

Mississippi.-The Annual Convention of the Diocese met at Natchez, on Thursday, April 28th; a constitutional number of the clergy and laity being present. The following is the result of the elections made for the ensuing year:

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