DIOCESAN SYNOD.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume X, Issue 88, 13 April 1875, Page 2

DIOCESAN SYNOD.

(Thtjbsday, April 8.) j The Rev Mr Leighton's resolutions on the sxibjeet of temperance (which we have already published) were moved, and gave rise to an animated discussion. Mr Barnicoat moved as an 'amendment, <f Th*t this Synod regards with interest and satisfaction the effort now being made for the suppression and abatement of intemperance, and deems it to be the duty of every Christian to countenance iurther and support su<h efforts " This was strongly opposed on the ground principally that the Church should do something more than merely endorse the action of others. Amendment lost on a division: — Ayest : Cle r gy, i ; Laity, 8. Noes: The President; Clergy '2; Laity. 9. Mr Baigent moved, 'find Mr Pickering seconded, " That the Synod regards -with interest and satisfaction 'he efforts now beingmade for the suppression and abatement of intemperance, and deems it to be the duty of every Christian to countenance, f urthi r and support such efforts for the promotion of temperance, so far as they are not inconsistent •with other points of Christian duty in regard to doctrine nnd practice." Debate adjourned. The Synod went into Committee on the report of the Committee on Statute 5 of the General Synod. Hesolved, on the motion of the Rev S. Pool*:, " That if the Bishop of the Dioceae shall hold it to be desirable that two clergymen in his diocese should exchange cures, it shall be competent for him to effect such exchange, with the consent of the Boards or Board of Nominators, and of the two clergymen concerned." R' solved, on the motion of the Rev S. F«OLE, ' 6 That in reference to the question of a clergyman* resignation of any cure of smls, it shall be sufficient if he give six months notice of his intention, in writing, to the Bishop of the Diocese, unless he is gr.in j; to take a cure in another part of New Zealand, in which ease three month? shall be considered Miffl ient." Resolved, on the motion of the Bisnov of Nelson, " That if the Bishops of any two Dioces 1 s of New Zealand shall hold it to be desirable that two clergymen in their dioceses shall exchange cures, it shall be competent for them to effect such exchange with the consent of the Boards of Nominators, and of the two clergymen concerned." The Synod having mume!, it wasreeo^vel on the motion of Mr F. Greenwood: — " That this Synod desires to place on record their grateful appreciation of the deep interest shown by the Bishop in selecting and training candidates for Holy Orders; nnd they desire to press on the members of the Church the duty of contributing liberally in land or money t"> the fund already raised by his Lor.iship for the endowment of a Theological Tutorship The bynod adjourned at 10.SO p.m. until (Fkiday, April 9.) Mr Baigenl'a amendment upon the Rev. Mr Leighton's resolution was after further discussion put with the following rfsult:— Ayes: The President, Clergy 5, Laity 13. N<es: C'eray 10, Laity 3 The amen Invnt was declare i to be lost, a majority of both udei of the House being nef-essary The following amendment was carried on the motion of the Rev C. Moon seconded by the Rev T. Fl.ye'l: That a Joint Committee of Cbrgy and La ty be app minted to obtain and circulate full information respecting the working of the Church of England Temperance Reformation Society with a vkw of establishing a Diocesan Society on the same basis; such Comuoitte to consist of the Yen. Archdeacon Thorpe, the Rev?. J Leightou, and T. Fhve'l. Me-srs C Hunter Brown, Bsrnicoaft Collins, Pell, tind the mover. On the motion of the Hey T. F^velljFeconded by Mr Acton Adams,it was resolved: That it be nn instruction to the standing Committee to afßiijn, as soon as it shall have funds available, the sum of £15 in aid of a Sunday School Depository.

■^- = S^^^... i JJ..ll_^_Mj l M^ L ill._ a£ , At a late meeting of the Race Club in Auoklaud, the chairman, said that the total debt on the caurse was £4,500 — £3,000 to (he New Zealand Insurance Company find £1,500 to the Bunk. Either (hey would have to raise at least £700 or there would bo do meeting in May. The Wellington correspondent of the MarWoroiiffk Express writes under date April 1 : — " You may perhaps have heurd that at timea it blows pretty strong here, and should you doubt the fact I will refer you to our newspapers, which record that a Bteam crßne, engine, boiler, and all, were blown off the deck of the hulk Rosebud in a recent gale. I suppose the hulk in swinging to her single anchor careened, and canted the engine over ; but the fact remains that owing to the gale it went overboard, where it remained till the gale abated, when it was fished up very little damaged. It is but fair to, say that we have had for a long time, and now have, lovely weather, but the epithet "windy" will stick to Wellington." The New York Herald of January 24 writes: — " We observe among the cases on the calendar an action against William M. Tweed, to recover eleven million dollars, alleged to have been etolen by him, or otberß with him from the treasury of New York. So far as wo know, Tweed has not paid back a dollar of this money, although he offered, throngh some of his associates, to return three million dollars, provided the suits against him were adjusted, ■ Yet all this time he and his frienda are I beating at the prison bars and clamoring for mercy 'to an old man confronted by a cruel fate.' No one will deny mercy to Tweed, but is it not an insult to justice and reason to expect any mercy until he returns to the city of New York a part of the vast sum he haß taken from its coffers ? Mercy, by all means, but let us have justice first, and justice means restitution."