RELIGIOUS.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 765, 29 October 1886, Page 6

RELIGIOUS.

Why they?.became■ ldther.Ans:/ / The Catholic ...inhabitants 'of"the. Eftraj gar,ian village' of Acso, in the Burg Cofnitat; after. liaying/dfiring an entire year \^cihty/spughf^fetfr/esS';Jpr 4 h'avfbr bf the parish priest, from-the Bishop; arid “thb Mmister of the Cultj have finally; epp eluded to take matters into Their ownhands' Recently,. 134 heads of families gent a'-delegation tb the' BrbteStant .cTergyman?tO f declare ' their 3 intehtibfl ' of' jbmirig . * ! the; Lutheran Church.’—Paris Americain -Regis-

The Manchester -England) papers note/as an interesting fact the /decay of Dissent -in that city, 3 ,; The reason for this, is said to be the" vigorous and aggressiye; ‘woi:k''-o'f theEstablished .Church, .which has in a large’ sense become.- the/church of /the people in that" part bf England. /;..„. /../.J-'/ The Ziori Hebrew . congregation of ? S.t.T Paul has adopted a heroic meUibd fortesting; the sermonising, qualities of a candidate fprita .pulpit, lie is not permitted; to;preaeji. his very best 'sermon/ to the congregation,/ but a ebrnmittee iheets him on the way;;tb" church, gives him. a text,' and.hteis expected/ to pfeach from-it without further notice. J / : Une result of thq "present, general- electiqri'; is that a greater number of Roman Catholics" have been sent .to. Parliament than teb any" genbral election since. the PapaT James 11. ’ lost' the - 'thrbne of ; England. . Five ; Romanists .are new members,/viz.,.Mr Henry? Matthews,' Q.C.j for East .Birmingham ;>Mr : Edwin de Lisle//.for ;the,'./Loughborquah' diyisiori ' of ’ Leicestershire ;,. Sir ;- Charles,, Russell, for So r uth Hackney ; Mr J.'Austin,. fbr tlie Osgbldcross : and Mr-T." F...O’Cptenot,/'fbr the Scotland"’ division'of -If is' feuribifs Jo note,/ that pf those three.-are in favor of; Mr'Glaq-'' stone, .bnd/jwp are Conscryati vps,—English.. Churchman'. ' ..' . . ; - Rightly or ;w?pugly-Prin;cfe Bi|marek_rs’nqt Generally regarded'as being top. friendly/ dis--pple'd to the.Tews.., The Jeverc -blow lie has dealt atJhehgitaHdn which had/ been raised \ against the SHe/clritaby the; German Society/ for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals will,' "therefore/ ,bp as wel.coihe.,as;;it. was/ perhaps unexpected.'. In spite 6f the rebuke debit" to . this society .by!.the; Pe/titipn.Com-; mittee of /the Reichstag in.; their,report, the. committee nevertheless clefe/rmined by ; a, very large maiority to submit jh'e./pejijibn/to' Parliament. • *A.counter agitatibri was there-. fore set on foot by the Jews, but -while/the/ Rabbis were 'deliberating on the wording/pf' the petitibn which = -they should' /send to/ the Reichstag, another/ Ra^bi,/;District..,Rabbi; Bamberger bf"KissiP'gph, took/ tb/e bull., by/ thfe horns/ and " dir'eptlj „ approdehed / the. Imperial QhaHceilpri'who.w>gjhen;bn,a Visit to his favorite V-ater j e sa?|has been everything’that thb/Je wish, coin-/ mimjJ/VouTd'dbhite. K'33 given an assurance that cn no account will

775 • r / / 4.; ;r~ — fl ,»» > ; r*,‘.. r ? > the Gp/Yprnmenfsahctibn/.any/measure wn& is, antagonistic jo .the statutes of the Jewish.' faith/,/'\Vith this powerful reinforcement the task qf the genuine defenders bf religib’uS--liberty' in the Reichstag' sbbuld be easy,— Jewish Chronicle. . . / , . _l' • ; '■< r: " ■: :--.'.-r-rr:; -v;oi?c£ ~