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11111111111011 1 11P 1 7c. • i - o preach. I trust yo4l l ,ordship will exercise your Jur isdietion over these trustees to prevefit them from let ' ling Mr.. Fletcher. into the pulpit. The Learned Conn eel then called the attention of the Court to the terms of the deed, and proceeded to contend that the assumed miscondott came within the meaning of the trust-deed. The LORD CHANCELLOR—You have no evidence of any such act. The deed refers to malverse in conver sation ; bat Mr. Fletcher swears that he has been sus pended in consequence of a breach of promise of mar. riage. Do you mean to contend that this is malverse in conversation ? Mr. SHADwEt.L.—Yes, my Lord. The LORD CHANCELLOR.—There is a peculiarity in this case. If this Court confirms the temporary suspen sion of Mr. Fletcher, it does equally as much mischief as if it were to issue a decree, which, on the hearing it, would certainly not do unless the sentence was recorded in this Court. Tnat sentence is not in Court, and before deciding this truif important question, I must have the sentence produced. Mr. Hoax' objected to any observations relative to that docu ment, unless it was in Court. Mr. SNADIVZLL said, he and his Learned Friends did not mean to argue that the Synod might not have erred in their judgment. The LORD eIiANCRLLOR.—Put out of view for MO• meat thaA Mr. Fletcher was a Minister, and suppose he thought fit to go into the pulpit with the consent of the congregation, could this Court do anything to prevent him? Was there any instance in which this Court per sonally enjoined a pleacher from going into the pulpit? Mr. SMALWELL was not aware that any precise cave in point ever occurred. The LORD Citsnoeu.ort intiona/ed, that the case might be a proper subject for the consideration of the Court of King's Bench. If Mr. Fletcher had the legal trust reposed in him, the Court would be at liberty to strip him of all interference in ihe trust if he acted con trary to the terms of the deed. The Counsel for the defendant here consented to the sentence being produced. Mr. SDADWELL proceeded to contend that Mr. Fletcher was bound by the deed to submit to the Synod, and in his chat acter of one of the trustees, within the jurisdiction of this Court, as The whole of the parties were bound by the deed. The LORD CHANCELLOR.--It is under the deed that lam bound to decide. All that was now asked was, to carry the terms of the deed into effect, and that the trusts should not be violated. The LORD CHASCELLOIL—Hand me up your notice of motion. Mr. SWANN, in a maiden speech, followed on the same side, arid in a speech which fixed the attention of the Court, argued in support of the motion, on the grounds alt eady stated. He added, that the Synod had no intention of appointing a .permanent Minister with out the consent of the congregation, and the appoint. ment of a Preacher, ad interim, was rather a burden on. the Synod, and only vested in them as a matter of con venience; and under these circumstances, he trusted his Lordship would be of opinion, that sufficient reasons had been adduced for granting the injunction. Mr. Thar skewed cause against the motion, and intimated, that f cm what had fallen from his Lordship, it would, in all probabi lity, be wasting the time of the Court for him to proceed. The Loan CtlaNcci.Loa.—Oh, no, proceed. M!. HART then proceeded, in a most forcible speech, to s::ew the very high and paramount importance of the i,resetit case, not only to his ciient, who had so vast and beneficial an interest in the result, but to the public in general, as this would form a precedent on which finnie cases would he decided. Further argument was also adduced by Mr. Mau) to the same 4.4 feet ; and the Lord Chancellor ruse before Air. Solizitor-Lieneral had the right to reply. COURT OF RING'S DENCIi, NOV. 19. CRIMINAL INFORMATION .- THE KIND V. DR. BAIRD.. Mr. A LDERSON moved to file a criminal information against Dr. 13 aid, a Phyilcian at Ipswich, in Suffolk, fur endeavouring to provoke Dr. Beck, another phy- sician, to fight a duel. The Learned Counsel stateJ, that about three months since Dr. Baifd went to prac- tice as a physician at Ipse ich. Ile was a Bachelor of Medicine, and entitled, as a graduate, to practise. Soon after his arrival he was told areport had been cit ciliated that he was net qualified to act as a physician, and that Dr. Beck was the 'author of the report. He took no notice of it until he found himself obliged to remnve the objection against him. He then inserted in a news paper the situation in which he stood as a Graduate of an University, and cited a legal opinion, proving that his Scotch diploma intitled him to act as a physician at any place, with the exception of the City of London, where a diploma from the College of Physicians was re quired. He also called on Dr. Beck, and asked him whe ther he had been instrumental in circulating this report? He said no, but a medical friend had told him so. Dr. Baird asked, whether the name could' be given up ? The answer was,, he should consult his friend, and answer the question. He did so, and mentioned the name of a respectabli Physician of Ipswich.—Having said he had received the report from another, Dr. Baird said he wished for inforniation respecting the other. Dr. Beck wished, as in the former case, to have permission t mention the name. Dr. Baird then wise, can you do i before ten o'clock to-morrow morning? Next morn ing:at half-past eight o'clock, Dr. Beck sent a message to tile Gentleman, who had been engaged at an early hour, and Dr. Beck could not receive an answer before half-past twelve o'clock. In the meantime he sent to the friend of Dr. Baird to account for not making the cominunicatioti at the time before-mentioned. Dr. Baird then sent a letter in substance: sni—Considering your conduct, so far as concerns my intervibv, unwarrantable, with regard to my feelings as a Gentleman, and having failed to make good your promise to my friend, Mr. Ald ridgo, I say the charge against me is an atrocious falsehood. I therefore cannot hesitate to make use of your name as one who has forfeited all claim to the character of a Gentleman. _ The above was followed up by a notice to the follow inx purport: Dr. Beck having published a falsehood against me, and having refused to give the satisfaction of a Gentleman, 1 am compelled to post him as a I.—r and poltroon. A copy of this.was sent to the public coffee-room at Ipswich, and there exhibited. • Mr. ALuzasoe having proceeded thus far, The Loan Crusr Juana: said—Take a rule to spew caw'. LIABILITY TO PAY A STOLEN ACCEPTANCE. OWL V. CVLIT. This case had been tried at Guildhall, before the Lord Chief Justice, and a verdict found for the defendant. The plaintiff was a bill•broker, who discounted a bill accepted by the defendant, but the bill had been in closed by the drawer in a parcel dii ected to his corre spondent in Birmingham. The parcel arrived, but without the bills, of which this was one. The plaintiff's clerk proved that he had discounted the bill for a stranger, who had formerly discounted bankers' bills. IZo bfameitas imputed to the plaintiff, who was at Li. verpool at the time of the transaction. The Lord Chief Justice had put the neglect of due inquiry to the Jury,, ~,--! 'and hod supposed the case of a bal-biuker inscribing over his door, "Good bills discounted here, and no questions asked." A rule was afterwards obtained to shew cause why the verdict should not be set aside, abd a new trial granted. Mr. GURNEY supported the rule, and cited a case precisely similar, in which the verdict was given for the, plaintiff. If there was any want of caution, it was on the part of the drawer of the bill, who sent it to 'lir mingham without a special endorsement. It was not, a case of inviting persons to discount by advertising, according to his Lordship's supposed case, that good bills should be discounted for persons unknown. The person who presented the bill was supposed by the Clerk to be known to him. Mr. F. Pou.ocx followed on the same side. In the case cited, Lawson v. Weston, Lord Kenyon had laid it down that if bills for which full value was given with out any malajdes, were not recoverable, -it woad pa ralyze the circulation of bills of exchange. His Lot d ship had put the case strongly against the plaintiff. It was impossible to fix the limits of due caution; and in this case there was a degree of caution quite sufficient to satisfy the conscience. Mr. GURNEY wished to make it a special verdict. The LORD CHIEF JUSTICE could not see how it could be made so. Mr. SCA R LETT said it was a question of fact, and upon that fact the Jury found. If the conclusion of the Jury should be included in the verdict, he had no obyection. The Clue! JUSTICE said, if he could think that any different conclusion could be drawn from the facts in this case, be would willingly send it to another Jory. The case of Lawson and Watson, decided by Lord Chief Justice Kenyon, was hardly distinguishable I rom this case; but had his Lordship contemplated the con .sequence of the rule which he laid down, he would have paused before he had done so. Great encouragement was given to mail robberies and frauds, by the-facility Of converting bills into cash. He should be extremely sorry to do anything that could obstruct the circulation of bills; but his ()pillion was decided that to (rime a' new trial in this case would not obstruct commerce, but the reverse. A person presents a bill two days , after its, date, and leaves it for consideration. He rnig!it safely do so, as it was not possible that the robbery could then be suspected in London. The acceptance was found to be good, and theiefore money ti as given without in quiry. This was not using due caution. The clerk, too, stated, that it was usual so to do. With the most unfeigned respect for everything which fell from Lord Kenyon, he could not help thinking that what he ruled at that trial was dangerous. Messrs. Justices BAYLEY and HoLnovn were de cidedly against the right of the plaintiff to recover s — Rule discharged. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, NOVEMBER BRIGGS V. BOWRY. This vests an action for assault and - false impriton- Mein, tried at the last Bristol Assizes. There were three calms in the declaration ; the first and second for the assault and battery, and the third 'for dig false im prisonment. The Jury gave a verdict generally for, 40s. damages, and the Lord Chief Justice ABBOTT cer tified, to prevent the plaintiff from getting costs. Mr. Serjeant PELL now applied to the Court on be half of the plaintiff; and submitted that as there was a separate count for false imprisonment, the certificate of, the Judge could not extend to that. The COURT held that there was no ground for such an application as the present. Such a debision as that now sought was wholly without precedent. The Learned Serjeant took nothing by his motion, cowsisTora COURT, NOVEMBER t 9. DAVIS AND DAVIS. lii this case, which was one of a separation and divorce promoted by the wife against the husband, who is a tavern-keeper in Threadneedle -street, and has met it by a counter-charge, there was a long discussion about an allotment of alimony to the wife, which terminated in an allotment to her of 601. per annum. Si 3 ITU V. mirth Mr. W. Cat michael Smith appeared personally in Court this day, and stated, that he admitted the mar riage (with Mrs. Smith) as pleaded ; but otherwise coo tested the suit negatively. He a h prayed leave now to bring in, in due fuim, certain allegations and ex hibits which he woald crave to Lave testi ; and would then submit to the Court's decision as to whether they should be to-day argued or not? The COURT intimated that that would not be the re gular course ; but asked Mr. Smith whether he did not before appear by Counsel; and whether he intended to dQ so in the future conduct of his cause? Sruith.—No, my Lord : I am of opinion, that when you kale a bad saute, the ingenuity of Counsel is very desirable to assist you through it; but when you have a good and clear cause, as I have, you only run the risk, by employing Counsel, of having a varier•,/ of things unstated, and many points neglected that may be _of the utmost importance to your interests.—(A laugh). The allegation now stands fur admission neat Court-day.l THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 18%. TRH FUNDS. STOCK EXCHANGE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Consols opened at 9.53 j for the Account, at which they remain stationary, with little or nothing doing. ''' 1 FOREIGN FUNDS. The chief business in the Foreign Market is in Mexican Aline Shares, rhieh haze take a coosiderabk rise The Real del Monte' Shares have been done at 600 guineas, and the Anglo at 58 peem Current Prices : New Spanish 16, Old 22}, Russian 951, Mexi can 651 66, Chaim+ 78, Colombian New 841, Old 811, French Scrip 13} # pre. Austrian 941, Now Prussian 1001, Old 991, Alliance Shares 9# pre. Brazilian 11 21 pre. Portuguese 911, Greek 6 51 disc. New Neapolitan 1 4 pre. Marine Alliance 11 pre. PNICE OF STOCKS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 232 1 4 S per Cent. Red. 95 1 / 4 1 / 4 - 8 per Cent. Cons. 965 Y 4 96 3} per Cent. Red. 101 1 , 54 ; 4 per Cent. New 108% 3 / 8 Long Ann, 2$ 1-16 1 / 8 Excheq.',llills (2d.)..68 5; .(1 1 / 2 d.) 52 4 7 1:l0:Sand £2OO ditto (21i) 55 Cons. for Aect. 95% % 5 Frankfort Papers to the 13th instant, and the Atte mine Zeitung to the 12th, reached us this forenoon.— They contain no intelligence from Greece.—?he fol lowing ate extracts : ELBERFELD, NOVEMBER O. Yesterday evening we received the agreeable intelli gence that the ship Gratitude, Captain Batten, which had on board a Very rich cargo belonging to the Ithanish' West India Company Olestined for Bfeisico w bad arrived iu safety at Alvarado, after having been given up for loit. COPENHAGEN, OCTOBER 29. The Council of State has been engaged ever sinci tfie beginning of this year in endeavouring to obtain a clear view of the revepue and expenditure of the kingdom, and the result of its labours is, that the expenditure is to be fixed to a certain limited amount. A commence ment was made two years ago, and a certain sum as signed for the Army and the Navy, that for the latter was two millions of rix-dollars in silver. It is now made out what is necessary - fot the public debt, and all the civil departments, so that their expen diture has been fixed according to an average of three years. It appears, as we understand, that the actual tevenue is quite sufficient to cover the expenditure. Should any deficiency occur, a reduction of 1 per cent. then g per cent. &c. is to be made in the expenditure, till the debtor and creditor sides of the account are in equilibrium. In every case the strictest eionomy is urgently recommended to all public departments. Since the 17th, the temperature of the air, at Stock holm, has suddenly fallen from 16 degrees above freez ing to 21 below, and it snowed without interruption to the 19th. The French Papers last receisied contain two ae cress from Greece. By the first we learn that the Greek Government having triumphed over the factious party, which had refused obedience to the laws and es tablished authorities, granted on the 14th of July, a general and red amnesty to all offenders who should make their submission. The Chiefs of the rebels are included ‘s ithin this act of grace, and the only differ ence made between them and those whom they mis led, consists in their being declared incapable, dur ing two periods, of filling any superior office. On ti.e 2Sth of August, the Greek Government issued ' , another decree, the object of which is, to encourage I the tiade of Neutrals in the Seas of Greece. After 'stating that it had heard with regret that some foreign mei chant vessels had complained of ill-treatment on the pail of Grecian privateers, it declares, in order to prevent any future inconvenience of the kind, " that if any privateer unjustly injured the commerce of Neutrals, k would. rkild not only no protection from the Greek Navarchs, thin would be severely punished. It then orders that all privateers must be snpplied with letters of marque and instructions from the Government, under pain of b'ein'g treated as pirates." There now seems no doubt that a considerable por tion of the Fiend.] army will be withdrawn from Spain, as it has been stated in the Ailonilorr, though not in an official form, but in an article from Spain: . FROM TILE moxirust OF NOVEMBER 17. ItIADRiD, NOVEMBER 2. " I confirm the news I hive before scut ycu relative to the eva- I cuatlon of Spain by the Army of Occupation. It is announced that may 42.000 men will remain in the Penindola : that is to lay, 10;000 men at Cadiz, commanded by a Lientenant.General; 6,000 men at Barcelona, commanded by a Lieutenant-General, who shall have under him two Major• Generals ; .1,500 men at Figueras, com manded by the Colonel of the Regiment which shall be in garrison there ; 3,000 men at Pampeluna, the 9th and 6th Regiments of the line, which shall be commanded jiy the, Prime 4e Broglie; 1,500 at. St. Sebastian, commanded by the Colonel of the 3d Regiment of light Infantry, which is to form the garrison. _ . The forts of Urgel and Jacca will be occupied;, but the troops that will form their garrisons are to be taken front the two Armies of Observation at Bayonne and Perpignan, besides the 23,000 men. The garrison of Madrid is to quit the capital on the 21st of this mouth, and will arrive on the Ist of December at Burgok,where the Intendant has received orders to prepare provisions for them" In another part of our Paper we have given the Most ample details of the destructive fire which, for two days, raged in the City of Edinburgh. The letter from our Correspondent gives many particulars omitted in the Edinburgh Journals. It will be seen, that at eight o'clock on Wednesday evening it had not been entirely subdued; and, from its hieaking out in diffeient direc tions, it was impossible to know when it would cease. As most of the houses in the Old Town are very lofty and contain numerous inmates, several hundreds of fami lies have been rendered houseless; and to add to the calamity, it appears that several lives have been lost. THE KING. This day, at twenty minutes past twelve o'clock, bis l l MAJESTY arrived at Carltdn Palace, from Windsor, His MAJESTY is in excellent health, and was shortly afterwards followed by the Duke of CLARENCE. Prince de POLIGNAC, and Sir GEORGE NAYLOR. At one o'clock a Privy Council was held, at which the RECORDER made his Report of the prisoners under sentence of death in Newgate. The Loa') CH ANCELLOR, and a greater number of the Members of the Council were present than usual. _ The Princess SoristA and the Ducitess of KENT, accompanied by the l'rincesses Fannost and Vicionts, visited the Duchess of GLOUCUTTS and the Princess Aucusra yesterday. Sir CHARLES Fonsas has lately been alarmingly in disposed, but is much recovered, and pronounced out of danger. The answer given yesterday to the inquiries respect 7 ing the Duchess of GLOUCCSTES was, her Royal Highness is getting a little better. _ _ _ it is not true that Sir HUDSON Lowe, as stated in the West India Papers, has refused the government of Antigua. The Pupils of the Royal Academy of Music attended Der Frail:hula, at Drury-lane Theatre, last evening, to witness that extraordinary musical performance, under the sanction of Sir A. J. BARMAID, K.C.B. for which purpose four boxes had been taken. Yesterday, the splcodid furniture for that noble villa, °attends ' Was, in part, removed front Upper Brook-street. Mr. Bowies Batt. has at last settled for the purchase of the timber, which alone was estimated at X 65,000. _ _ Thursday se'nnight, Dr. Etsueu, the Bishop of Sa lisbury, visited the Royal Military Colkge i at Sandhurst, and performed the religious ceremony of Confirmation (..4 the young persons at that Institution. The new Victualling Office reservoir, to be con structed on the hill near the battery oh Stonehoube Point, is to contain 12,000 10u/ of water for ate use oldie shipping at Dymond:. W.W.I,' tgE )(ha The ACeountant of one of our Hussar Regimes* h al b i e r rented himself from Lead-quarters, with a considerable sous of * public money in his possession. Wednesday, Count blout.sus, the Danish Ambassador at this &high Court, paid a visit to the Royal 51Wtary College, at s i , l4. hurst. His Excellency, on the following day, inspected the vari es departments, the classes of instruction, and interior economy chh, Institution, in all which he appeared to take peat interest. extreme badness of the weather prevented his Excellency witnessing the proficiency of the Gentlemen Cadets in field, t ic nual, and gymnastic exercises. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE: Lord and Lady Montague have arrived at • their seat ) , Di tt „ t Park, Bucks, from Scotland. The Earl and Countess Spencer left town yesterday for their Wimbledon. The Archbishop of Canterbury has arrived at Lambeth tt. from Addington Park. Lord Althorp has arrived at Wiseton Ball, Yorkslurt, fr,n, Coke's seat in Norfolk. Sir Alexander and Lady Wood have arrived at &cif seat, F..„ t Sheen, from a tour through Scotland andlyeland. Miss Mellish has arrive* at her house ita Great Stanhope-su re ,, from a tour. Sir Charles and Lady Stuart have arrived at their mother's, I. 4 d y Stuart's, Whitehall, from Paris. Lord S. Kerr, Aide-de-Camp to Sr Frederick Adam, Kin. h as left Warren's Hotel, ltegent-street, for Curfu. Lady Pullen has left Clarendon Hotel, Bond-street, for Hem. Captain and Mrs. Itembrand arrived yesterday at the Luaticn Hotel, Albemarle-street, from Scotland. Mr. and Mrs. Campbell arrived yesterday at Thomas's Hum, Berkeley-square, from their seat in Hants. Arrivals at Jordan's Hotel, St. James's-street : Arkwright, Esq. from his seat in Derbyshire; Thomas Walker, Esq. at ,ii•to from his seat in Nottinghamshire. Arrivals at the Royal ilotel, St. iames's.street.—T. "me eeeee , Esq. from Lincolnshire; the Rev. I'. Ewart end J. Ewart, Es q . ft inn Liverpool; George Ewait, Esq. from Scotland; M. o.l'ren. dergast, F.sq. M.P. from Brighton; Henry Walker, Esq. *on' a tour: Departures from ditto.—The Honourable F. Twialetoa and J. Page, Esq. for Belvedere, Kent. THE LATE ELOPEMENT. FURTHER PARTICULARS. A gentleman on whose veracity we cau rely, (says tte Journal), who left town on Monday morning last. and returnvi this day from Waterford, obligingly called at our office MI cern municated to us, that Mr. Moulds without an intervallof delayicon tinued his route to Waterford, where he was informed the fugitives had posted on to Dunmore; thither he followed, aad alighted tl:e Hotel where they were. Mr. Moulds and his friend were accom panied by peace officers, who took Mr. Pins into cestody. On en tering the room, Mr. Moulds made an immediate attack on the paramour, and struck hint to the ground ; byt was prevented front effecting further injury, by the interposition of those who ammo tanied him, and the whole party returned to Waterford. Mr. Pim was brought before Mr. Alcoa, and nothing appeari:l to justify his detention, he was discharged ; and Mr. Moulds re. turned to Dublin, with his friend, and also his wife, but the Ma. gistrate subseptently seeing the Clarrespondent Newspaper, in which is was stated Mr. Pim had defrauded the Bank of Ireland of X7ou, and several others—issued a warrant for his apprehension, and im mediately wrote to the Bank ; the warrant was intrusted to the High Constable, who arrested Mr. Pim in l)ungarvan, en his way to meet the Limerick Coach to return to Dublin, and brought h;:a back to Waterford, where he remained in the hotel in charge of the Police, until an answer was received from the flank, which lONA the transaction Mr, Pim had with the Bank was a mercantile taw, that he put in indorsements for the money he received. NAVAL liVl LLLIGEIvCE. Arrived off Whitby, the Resolution, KILIILIT, from D. vie Straits, with eight fish, 100 tuns. The John lEschlin, —, from Gibraltar to Belfast, in attentri* to get into Whitehaven on Wednesday, struck between the vitt' and sunk. The Active, from Newry, was driven on shore on Thurs day, at Liverpool, and filled with water. FALMOrrii, Nov. 18.—Wind S.S.W.—Last ,night it blew a heavy gale from S.W. to W. Put back, the Ocean, CANT, for re. neriffe ; and the Atlas, //RAD, for Charleston. The outward hound ride all well. PLYMOUTH, Noy. 18.—Wind 3.5. W. blowing .hard.—A rrived the Blessing, &MANOR, from Newfoundland, in i 6 days. PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 19.—Wind N.F..—At three, P.M. the wind got round to the N.E. with heavy rain, and thick weather. The outward bound remain, all well. No art ivals or tailings. DNA L, Nov. 19.—Wind E.S.F. moderate, with rain.—Fier, r. u. The .whole of the outward-bound are getting under weigh. • Passed through the I'rince Regent, Tavi.oft, for Tobago ; and the Barclay, PERRIER, for Jamaica. Livearoot., Nov. 18.— Wind W.—This morning, at nine o'clock, it blew a very strong gale. A brig and a schooner are on 'ilhoie in Bootle Bay ; two heats have also been washed up there—one has " Ant, of Liverpool," and the other," Daniel, anortr.t.," on the stern. The Mary Armrest' Whitehaven ' sunk in the Rock Chan nel; crew saved. Arrived the Lallah Rookh, STEWART, from Macau, in 47 days, and was driven on shore on the Mile House Rocks; lidgrhve, FLEXING, from Rio Janeiro; and the Sisters, Rama, from New York —sailed 22(1 ult. THE REF. A. FLETCHER. •--..410.-- _ _ Yesterday evening, at seven o'clock, a numerous and highly respectable meeting of the friends of Mr. Fletcher WAS held at the . Albion .Chapel, in Moorfields. The business of the meeting was opened with a short prayer, after which Mr. F. addressed the meeting, and stated that he regretted the proceedings in Chancery had not yet terminated. He then lead to the meeting an aceoint of them, as far as they had gone; and commented on different parts of the statement as he proceeded, He considered the highest compliment he could pay was due to the Solicitor-General for the line of conduct he had pursued, which well became the high legal rank he held in society; and although he was Counsel against him (Mr. F.) yet , it met his warmest approba tine. lie was determined not to snbmit to the sentence so unjustly passed against him by the Synod, whose pro ceedings would disgrace the Government of Algiers; in this coentry nothing like them had happened since the termination of the Star Chamber. Not one of the Counsel engaged against him had gone sd far as to justify their proceedings, but prayed the Chancellor to confirm their sentence, whether right or tlvrong. He knew that in opposing their sentence be should be sup potted by his congregation, in whose good opinion be was proud to say he herd'a high station. The meeting of the Synod was held in the silent hour of midnight, — a very appropriate time for their disgraceful proceedt ings; but he trusted that retributive justice would ulti mately overtake them, and their conduct be viewed in its proper light. He hoped his friends would attend the Court of Chancery on Monday, when be had san guine expectations that the decision would be in his fa vour; but should that desirable event take place, he hoped his fiends would abstain from any expression of their feelings in Court. He concluded by thanking the Meeting for the attention With which they heard him. Mr. ADAM afterwards addressed the Meeting, and called upon them to support their Pastor in his present arduous struggle. *The Meeting then adjourned till Monday next. By the arrivals in town this morning we learn, that in consequence of the late heavy rains, the roads in many places,for a great ni,tance, are flooded above the fetlock joints of the horses. At Newark, Notts, the river Trent has, within these few days, risen a foot and a half. By letters which have been recently received from Scotland, we are concerned to hear that, in various parts of the llighlands, the weather has been very wet and coM for the season; snow and sleet have been unusually severe, and a great proportion tit the crops have Iwo destroyed, or injured to such a degree as to . env l'lW 10 w-h-touoded appreknsions of scarcity, and elect" mitred., iii certain disttictss ,d' r• - .' ,:.v beim ruin! Die)l wor jout Off kee Zoe be! in 1 *i J 3 -r!+.lr.T. I.