NELSON.

Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2528, 12 February 1877, Page 2

NELSON.

Saturday.

Tho General Synod yesterday went into committee to consider the resolutions appended to the report of the select committee on the Board of Theological Studies. The resolutions were adopted unanimously, and a vote of thanks passed to the Bishop of Nelson for the important work undertaken by him in bringing in young men for the ministry. It was resolved, on the motion of the Dean of Christchurch, that a commission be appointed during the recess of the Synod report at the next triennial session on the expediency of forming a digest of existing statutes in the shape of canons, and the best method to be adopted in future legislation, and that they be authorised to re-arrange under approved headings the provisions of the constitution and statutes now in force, and submit such re-arrangement to the Sjnod's consideration, the commission to consist of the Primate, the Bishops of Wellington and Duriedin, Dean of Christchurch, . Archdeacon Williams, Rev. Mr Hamer, and Mr H. Quick.

On the motion of the Bishop of Auckland, it; was resolved that the following be members of the Standing Commission : —The Primate, the Dean of Christchurch, Keys. P. Hamer, J. B. Ackland, and H. J. Tancred.

It was resolved "on the motion of the Bishop of Auckland, that the memorial of the Good Templar Lodges of Nelson be acknowledged by the President, on behalf of the Synod, recognising the earnest spirit which prevails in the statement of the memorialists, and thanking the Lodges for their courteous invitalion to arrange for a meeting in their Temperance Hall, and informing the memorialists of the inability of the Synod to set apart an evening for such a meeting from the few that remained to the Synod for the special work of the session. The report of the Committee on Marriages was adopted

The Bishop of Wellington moved the second reading of the Enactments Bill, which provided that notice must be given a certain time before the meeting of the Synod of any intended legislation, but empowered a majority of bishops and two-thirds of the clergy and laity to permit the introduction of measures without such notice, if deemed of sufficient; importance. After a Jong debate, in which nearly all the members took part, the second reading of the bill was lost, the votes of the clergy being equal. The votes were— Ayes : Bishops 3, clergy 8, laity 1; noes : bishops 2, clergy, 9, laity 8; . The Nominators Bill was read a third time, and passed. The Bishop of Dunedin moved the resolutions of which, he had given notice—" That this Syflod of bishops, clergy, and laity, communicants of the Church and province of l^ew Zealand,

having read, with deep interest, of the progress of the Old CfoAolic movement, records its appreciation oi'tb§, devoted efforts of the leaders of that Government to bring about a return to the primitire doctrine, discipline, and unity, and respectfully request the .preacher 3 of this church to forward a resolution to the bishops of the Old Catholic Communion,; and to Dr Yon Dollinger, as an expression of Christian regard." He gave a sketch of the history of the movement, which he characterised as the most important since the Reformation.

The Ecclesiastical Tribunals Bill was read a second time without debate, and ordered to be committed on Monday. The Rev Lingard moved the second reading of the Statute No. 1 Amendment Bill, which was carried after considerable discussion.

The bill was then committed, and several clauses agreed to, with several amendments, after which progress waa reported, and the Synod adjourned at midnight.