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F.ITION. 74' Post.] min!, la st , a f ter • Curtis, , t h e c : :h was afterwards ft . Inn • ..oy, 8 , ie24 I:tter o f t h e 3d in;t d . Irela n d bat tumuli: nd favour va;r4 rr t. pardonable pndei.. rras i ment naturai: d ; r esponsibiliti rs 1 important Cares d ies ilcairpus, that the .11 e, just iteuen ae; :-. 7 Our Body, nail. 'emus Sovereign a a j eople, as I route,, n extend juttice a; )lic subj ects, of ce‘tee,- lency No Irately called founding inprac ihi tam, by legal en ce „ mings of the C oi l ,: :heeling sign s , and tt of them. rue views and instrae, I,idieUS delicacy shall The more ministerial ec to all ; and, th ere , my earnest endeavour in with diligen ce , di e . tri of duty merely era to expect that 1 thee, g opinions to which.l chosen 'errant of ail this day , were it cat ~ 'cation, to mania it nr acceptance of y,ct engtos,ett, to suggest h in and out of PAIN spitulation of Lime. fs uro.l the subject, ~vqte of the Jay; di way. perhaps. of the peat Tea t r. cr, G overnment, ac 4 K an imperative claim iblistied by authority. y, October IS, at:teed here the Sitar be Hs father. the forces in Ireland, ••rick. .Ind this day he Tower; and in the g of bills, expresied success of their its. I , ingduin under their hall be u undid as three eiifferent gentle. 7501. the third 6501. it occasions for your me in conelusi!m. to I complimentary t.vois sir, stole Servast, 6C DONNELL. 'athol!e Aseociation." 'ION. iiiilliottourrhmore is tee of Catholic Einar, trotted to write m his Zitlllll to prerent the Creed to unanimously. sm panegyric on air duct, and moved that t upon Sir F. Burdett would suit his conve. on the first day of was any good reason transmitting the psti. Ireland. tii the Mem. instead of sending it Ott, was most mot r - ith the dignity o: cht r duty o( the Associa tion with their I...rita. 3131 c, and Mr. Olior dethroned. Although o receive letters from, of Parliament, yet in ow send the peution it was a matter of no awl with 211embera of he protested that tithe c that r vent. he would au office which P!r. . ( Cries of" No, no.") body. rlveying a slight upon if the petition as. not iinate conduit through t at all of that kind. G Ia:ENO-ICU VESTRY. ,oug..ta for you, Mr. for myself. I repeat light to the Secretary, on was committed with slut so soon as he um copy of the general therstora let IlictO ft. they pleased, but la tell as yet appointed. Committee would not ald rather sap that he lered froth w hat fund sy that he should con omitted the petition to the remuneration, they :ision they came to. to nsil, but he coral.: r.d dignity f the Cetho; c g Corsets( the petition , (luau inconsiscnt to ost respectab(.7 agent. incipals, the poser of siismentory friends. ull would be unworthy oriel necessary to with. mications. iseptio• under such restriettooll• Guernsey. or any of it to such humiliating en to rescind the se (cries of no, no.) it lannit the Amanda' the petition to him. point, it was agree.l ro Committee had dra lt,l nn a petition b!trig placed on the SUMO thlmg t'hurehes. tue question respirvng kintell or the Seem al. ictition be transits tut' ten would not involve had boat d ttemseivee It werald be ebtawl. ; c Fr emus caved 'et possible that lb , . ;ent of the Aseceianott. question. wheel*. the per channel of co nate. purse might be to *wed• that the be re ell ,uitictt, wish an Md.... 31•Donnota, the Agent hit l's propettitio fame le letter 10 Mr. nf•lh t3lr. tr.:ton:lli had the consitlerat.on of the trprovea of, in the rre- is well as severs' ether'. treed Ith raw *On" r•m the letter. dopt( d had tv:en flint; by it ; b it if them• ad be better t n 1:1:m to ogulivity of the precied rs being put trout me thonunding livi• pima $ diet ion : bot being ouiwd, - The nark!! ' , ir k!! of Greenwich has been agitated for a tang time ~. th internal divisione, arisin rincipally from the adminis. 6 : ` ,..: i of its funds. Party feeling ha s been carried to such an ex tee, that we believe one or two criminal informatioos have been tt...1 to the one side or the other. An Open Vestry was convened last night in the chnreh, for the • p opes: of taking into consideration the accounts ot the ehureit. iardens sr.d ovecsteis of the poor for the last six years. At sit o'clock 31r. RITCHIE took the chair. lie was scam psni,.....l by these veral menthern of the comniittee. to whom the a ing of the poor accounts for that period had been entrusted. There were about 200 of the parishioners present. Mt. nu von, the vestry clerk, who assisted at the Meeting as Se attire,ilitt read the objects for which the I committee had asseintslal. Er. F. iiAILMOND proposed the first Reeolution— .. That the bills of the late Vestry Clerk and Solicitor be taxed, m ad that they be referred to the Governor and Directors for that ; and further, thet they be authorised to take !inch strds as 1 ,7 r he necessary tor the recovery of any disallowance that might I be nade:' ME PRATT Has desirous of knowing what there was in the sc. octants of the late Vestry Clerk that cotild be considered unjust. Me remembesed that two years ago 3lr. Illeknell himself offered [lieu fir atrium and that it was then considered as unnecessary. lls nos thought that it was extremely unfair to that gentleman, that his accounts should now be brought forward under any impu tation. Mr. Ilex:erre said that Mr. Bicknell's friends ought to tell t h e measure contemplated as a means of removing any Imputation er r en him. fur if there was nothing wrong in his accounts no mis eitel• could ensue from their being taxed. Mr. Ilamhos n was of opinion, that if Mr. Bicknell had wished to hare his bill taxed two years ago, there certainly could Se no objection to its being now done. A PARISHIONER stated, that lie had heard there were some 1 lions in Mr. Bicknetl's bill that required investigation, but that he voila not undertake to say that such was the ease. Mr. PRATT considered that the conduct pursued by the Com. to eel was very tangeneroes, and much at variance with what liad ben the practice in the psrish of Greenwich. (Laughter.) A Patisitiosten observed, that the old practice bud been to rtwo shillings where one would do. ( Im u g hter.) Mr. HAMMOND remarked, that it was high time the prettier which had been eulogised by Mr. Pratt should be discontinued. The resolution was then put and carried unanimously. lit. BENNETT moved the second resolution— .. That the overseers of last year be called on to make np and verify upon oath their account. and that the Governors ant: Direc tor, do take such steps as mar be necessary for the recovery of the awry illegally spent by then)." Mr. II an nos n stated, that lie had brought all the bills of the late overseers with him, so that any of the vestry who might be dolma of haring any of the items hail now an opportunity. Mr. Elm ARDS thought the Vestry could not come to a just con ci,,,ine w ith regard to them, unless the whole of than were read. ( Disappeobat or.) Mr. llesatorta said lie was fully prepared to meet with a great &al of opiewition from the Gentlen).n who ptoposed the reading of the whole of the bills; but he would not be deterred from what he censidered his duty. Ile then selected several Items of the chargers for Menem, Lc. Indeed (lie continued), every trivial question that brought the overseers together, occasioned a dinner, which was pail to of the poor.rsies. In one year 1.1904 had been received for poreates, out of which it appeared that only 2201. had been arrested oat the poor. Mr. Lowenns denied the accuracy of the accounts. lie thought it =fair that the tuinds of the parishioners should be poisoned by Silth dialllttlL (11cr a very stormy and turbulent uproar took plate, all per mit. being dextrous of speaking. Cries of " Remember we are in reattach." Under being restore I), Mr. Mr •euer raid, that he did not think it fair to single nut the bills of any one individual for discussion. Ile wanted to know why Mr. Baker's ea.:vont. were selected in preference to any other far reprobation. ME 11•1111IOND said, that an favour would be 'hewn to any one. All the emulate would be investigated. Mu rut x LTT remarked, there appeared in all the accounts im. erne charges for dinners, and he defied any one to thew any Act ef Pirlisnient, from the reign of Elizabeth down to the present time, authorising the disbursement of the poor-rates for such PurP'ne' thy 1 said that it had been the custom for the Church minis and Overseers to dine together at the expense of the red!: and with the exr-ption of the charges for those dinners, hr ,void venture to say, that the bills for the periods while he to Cherchwarden would be found to be more moderate them an, efdte others. Ile had removed front the parish 42 paupers, and Ind always taken the greatest care of the parish (unite. He would vat that be had saved as much as any one—omitting the dinners. Ileliner). ITheilheussion here again became very turbulent.) Mr. Selma, the Vestry Clerk, in answer to a question rut to !mused that the laws regulating poor's rata certainly did not IS -sat tanners to parish ot6..ers. M.. nIIC E a then harried in a written justification of his conduct Ode Churchwarden, which was read by Mr. Suter; at its COW dr." it— Mr. HAMMOND said, that he would furnish an unanswerahle mance as to the benefit that the parish was deriving from the it.sre sys ear of the administration of their funds. Lest Tsar the 1 e ambigua:es had expended IS POW. ; this year it had le. en but llsieut•—so that assent; of SAVE has accrued to the psti-li, and he mold consequently iniorm the company present, that the I ; re , n. wich rates. instead it being Is. led. and Is. lid., were reduced to Is., and he hoped shortly to see them at AL Mr. Basta doled to in-w in what way the saving hail been elected, as he saw no diminution either in the in or the out.d.nit rii.• _ .. . . . . . .. . . Mr. BraNETT replied., that 'hewing wu pmdtteed by doing an ern w. th:Akts, and cartailing all unnecesury expenses. ..taalstme.) Mr PCA'ASON Wai hippy to acquaint the parishioners that the vexes of the tir.t legal minority had been taken, and it was that at evitt officers liait been highly culpable in spending money tuthri been collected for the poor, in any other manner ; he par. teskir Alluded to the reandalous practice that had crept in of &p -eers:iv the ponr.rate to the paving rate, by which a sum ex. r.e3,0018. had been abstracted from the vox-rates. The 1:110:111i011 was then agreed to. Tbt Pest r) Clerk then read the reenrt of the expenditure of the ems that had been collected for pour-rates for the last six years. lft the onelesion of which. Mr. HAMMOND moved the following Resolution:— ` That it was the opinion of the Vestry that the accounts of the fee , hwardctis which had been passed since the year 1817, con. until such charps as eught to have been reported to the perishion " ht the Committee appointed to examine and report thereon, and tut`sitiorernie and ltirecturs do take such legal aleaSUfra as they aar think neecmarv." the Reimrt on Mr. Orr's account called forward the following Laietion, witch was moved by Mr. BENNETT : That it was the opinion of the Vestry that a shameful ripen. Netof the money belonging to the parish had taken place, and 'et the large rate which bad been paid to him was unnecessary, me that his uvounts should not be passed until he had paid over la tiW the recovery of which legal steps should be unanimously. Tile teat Resolution was—. Thu eo church-rate should be granted in future until the for. "nit bad been collected, and a statement laid befete tits Vestry ithritran et chargee for w!iich the rate was to be made; and that t`t tenchrrertlehs should rende' their accounts at the expiration un:h trear.“—Corriod tinanimouslr. :tre were then wood to the Committee and the Chairman, for iskturs, sod at tusk-past nine the meeting adjourned. W O%TtAr! !. BA I LOO N.—The Coleirr de la Meuse an- E""m , .ts an peronsinic scheme, which ainks into insigni -I'4* all firmer attempts. It is planned by a physician 4310 4„ Ihibertson, and he intends by meansof it to visit hartivf th e globe. This wonderful machine, the Co titt! dballoons, is to he called the Minerva, and will t. ' S4 rift in diameter, and capable of raising 71,954 .... " Tar ", or 10,037 French pounds. It will carry sixty ,7,"uf, provisions fur five or six months, furniture of ail ti nil scientific instruments. It will consist of a ° I "'" bohling 1.787,15 U cubic feet of hydrogen gas, and te real altogether will weigh 140,531 pounds. This 11 T'Idous aerial edifice is, we are sorry to learn, only r etarded for want of cash. IVhat a misfortune for the lamed ! 511 y AT Ft aloe ats.—On IVedneaday morning, about v'm oclock, the barn of Mr. John Ilancock, at Fulbouru, (.114 ridgishire, was discovered to be on fire, and the , gall i : es diiictly communicated with the rectory farm, lately '''''Poretsion of by Mr. Baker, including all the curn ri the late harvest, which, tegether with the bllillllllgl, *,(7' ertirely consumed. The flames then spread across t '''rJad, to a honse occupied by Mr. John Mason, which xaibPt-dily levelled to the ground. The rectory-house, illeti by the ltev. R. Fiske. caught fire, and sustained or'.l.l.it,Lle damage before the raging element could be L L ' 14, 4 1 . The g. 7vral opinion is, that the fire was 0cca ,7.110 an incendiary. We are sorry to learn that Mr. rtae most extensive suf.lrer, was not insured. The 34, Xorwich, an d ll er tfordshire er.gines, speedily arrived, a. I con-tinned playing throughout the whole day. TLe rhurchwardtto of St. Mary IFoolnoth, have circu•• 12ted printed list of the places where the fire-cocks, Ice. r lituatAl in th. ir parish, an d h a d t h e i r Ile:idle instructed at e time sit:ce, by the Tu rneoc k, to open t h e coc k s f rom ke train to the service pipe wit Lin the parish. No fewer than four persons died very maidenly in ,"ti . ey in the errtr+te of hat week. One RI% found dend ' bed ; another in his artn-chair, at the fire-side; a flied tett r than an hour's illness ; and a fourth, . 15 rpproil, IVAA killed by a fall, as a considerah!e '!illy of bloat was discovered at the place where be was ..11 . -- (llaseett Lloorticie. ALBION CHAPEL, MOOR-FIELDS. It'll. FLETCIIER. A meeting was last evening held at the Albion Chapel, Moor gate, for the purpose of enabling the Rev. Mr. Fletcher to rend to h s coop iga t ion the reports of the proceeding . . of the l'iniet of Chan ceiy, rAitiee ta the eubjtxt which at the prCsent moment (vomits so miteii of the public attention. The ariesubly was by no means nuttierw:x. and the greater portion of hisainlitors were of the center yet, aho rontruu illy manifested the more than ordinary interest they took in the aftiiir, and their sympathy with theirreverend pas tor. At seven o'clock, after a prayer hail been said and a hymn had been sung, dlr. Fletcher mounted the rostrum, and In formed his congregation that he should descend to the reta in r desk, as be conceived it to he somewhat intlecemus to era i a newspaper in a pulpit. He descended according , ly, and stated that his object was to give a short account of the proceedings that, during two days, had taken place before the Lord Chancellor. lie had anticipated that it would have been in his power to inform them of the judgment of his Lordship, but it had not yet been pronounced. as an much tun; had been occupied in hearing the arguments of the Counted that had been opposed to him. He hoped, however, that the cause would tt decided on Monday next, and that the decision would be according to the wishes and the prayers of those who heard him. It had excited a considerable feeling in this country, but a far mom universal one in Scotland, where they were more especially inte rested in its result. The Ik e ,. Gentleman then read the report of fte proceedings from the British Traraler newspaper, and tom- Telled on various parts of it. The Solicitor-General, he observed, had acted througlrint the cause as a gentleman, and, although op pose 1 to him, he would say. that his conduct had been dignified and fair. Ile (Mr. Fletcher) would declare, that wherever there wti oppression. the 111411 who would tamely bow to it deserved to have a mill-sane tied to his neck and to be thrown into the s'a. Ills ease was exactly as if the hoed Mayor was to drive shopkc:pe a r for a period from his habitation, and write over his door duet ;" for what would become of the .haracter of a Chris tian Minister who bad been suspended during any term from his °tibial duties ? The observations of the Lord Chancellor had been. throughout the finite. such as to satisfy him as to the court: he had pursued, —" You will next come here," observed his Lord ship on one occasion, " and move that I restrain a mob from breaking the chapel windows." (loud clapping of hands.) Mr. ILITC2IFe-1f you do not take care, an application will be made to the Lord Chancellor to restrain you from clapping your hands, (Cheering.) You arc not aware, continued the Reverend Gentleman, nor you will not be until my publication appears, if the atrocity of that body calling themselves the Associate Synod. It was at the hour of midnight. when the most respectable of of their members were &tweet, that Judas-like they came to the resolution respecting one of their body. When I heard the noble speech of 31r. Hart, this morning, I felt as if retributive justice was about to visit them ; and when he described the in justice with which they had acted it seemed as if I heard the 'wee of an All.seeing Power exclaming to them, " Tekel ! thou art weighed in the balance, and art found wanting." I will say, that since the Star-Chamber became extinct, there has not been so iatarnotts a proceeding. They had long nursed in their hearts the cockatrice' egg, which they at length hatched ; hut all the waters in the ocean cannot wash their shame away ; it will follow them to their grin es. It was not only a sentence of suspension they pro nrioneed against me, but one of expulsion from the Christian fellowship. I might die before the next meeting of the Synod, but I must not take in my hand or to my lips the sacred breed and wine, which so immediately connects me with my brethren. Such has been the ronduct of the Synod towards me ; and until they abandon such Sentiments and such conduct, the anathemas of heaven will not leave thcm,fir it is the mark of acorn. nt Church when justice and mercy hare no influence over it. Mr. Fletcher, in conclusion. expressed a hope that his friends would be present in the Court of Chancery on 31onday to hear the decision of the cause, and that if it should be decide d in his favour, which he anticipated it would hr, no r xprs...sion of any kind would escape front then) that might be derogatory to the dignity of the Cutlet, but that they should express their thanks to the Throne of Mercy. He hoped also they would recollect that however the affair might terminate, and there was no knowing how, there was room enough in London ; there was plenty of brick and mortar, and of money too, to answer all their purposes. After a few observations from Mr. Amax, which did not di. redly apply to the matter in question, the Meeting separated. FAMILIES AND SERVANTS. A Society, we learn, is about to be opened, under the title of " The National Registry and 11-nevolent Institu tion," for the purpose of giving protection and relief to Servants, and affording security to Families. The Society proposes to register, at a sins!! charge, the names of ser vants, of both sexes, their character, &c. and to provide th:m with respectable situations, care being taken neither to recommend any individual until his character has been inquired into, nor to refer persons to places of a disrepu table description. It is also intended to bestow temporary pecuniary relief on poor servants of good character, as well as medical advice and assistance to such deserving indivi duals in seasons of sickness •and distress. It is likewise proposed to form, by wane of subscriptions, and an appro priation of a portion of the profits of the Institution, a Charitable Fund, for the permanent maintenance and sup port of decayed servants, when, through age or infirmities, they may become no longer capable of servitude. Another part of the plan cf the Society is to prosecute servants re commended by it, who shall be guilty of offences in their situations, and to protect persons of good character, so re commended, who shall be oppressed or defrauded. At pre sent, we believe, there exists no Institution in the Metro polit which afilirds permanent relief to poor servants in their declining years, or temporary assistance to this class of persons in times of sudden distress. It is doulitless true that numbers of well-intentioned servants, who come to London in the hope of obtaining employment, are either reduced to the extremity of suffering, or driven into the most abandoned courses, from the want of an Institution to which they may safely apply for guidance and protec tion; and from the same cause, servants of good character, whom circumstances hare thrown out of employment, are too frequently induced, in times of temporary distress, to have recourse to crime and prostitution for their immediate support. It is also well known, that .nany abandoned wretches in the metropolis make a profitable and disgust ing trade of inveigling young girls floin the country, and leading them into the paths of prostitution. The present institution promises to prosecute these persons, and, by timely relief, to save poor females from becoming an easy prey to the designing. We some time since mentioned in our Paper, that the benevolent Mrs. Fry bad adopted, on a limited scale, one branch of the plan of the new institu tion, that of relieving female se. -.ants, goveinessei, &c. when destitute of cinployment, and of recommending de serving individuals to proper situations. from this sketch of the objects of the contemplates' Society, there can be no doubt that, if conducted in a vigilant and careful manner, it cannot fail to be eminently useful to a large class of per sons, whose wants and interests bare hitherto been little considered ; but unless its proce:slings should be so re gulated, it will, of course, be productive of but very par tial benefit. We copy the following passages 'loin the prospectus of thin Institution : " The business of the Metre - Tolima Police Offices continually furnish instances of robberies committed by servants on their em ployers; and it nlmost invariably appears, on examination, that such servants were introduced into their situations by means of fictitious characters, or at the mete recommendation of register offices. " It le perhaps known but to few, that in several parts of the metropolis there are houses kept by noted receivers of stolen goods; and here the dishonest servant finds a sure and easy opportunity to dispose of that Fropeny %Mich his situation has enabled hint, with such facility, to purloin. It this been ascertained that in these places domestic robberies arc con tinually planned, and the bony systematically divided. In one of the-e houses at the west-efd of the town, a great number of unprincipled servant, of both OCKC't regularly astemble ; and it is well known that when one of this body lose* his situation for dishonesty, or is prosecuted for his theft, he is sure of reeticir.g support from his companions; whilst individuals who hare no charaeten themselves, but whom it may be dettned advisaltle to settle in titustions, r.re often furnished with fake recommentlstiot!r, or borrow the • ritten characters of others who may not haver an immediate use for them, and thus unworthy persons are frettnentlr enabled to procure places of great trust and responsibility. it win be the particular duty of the proposed Institution to keep • watchful eye upon (and it is hard in a short time se destroy) these esta blishnients, by making a just example of their supporters." The weather has, during the last few days, been very stormy. On Saturday night, about eleven o'clock, th e wind blew a tremendous hurricane from the south-west. Many of the inhabitants, recollecting the melancholy dis asters which, for several years past, bare attended storms at this season, wee' seriously alarmed for their safety. and arose from their beds and sought protection in the lower apartments of their houses. Happily, however, the gale, violent as it was, wail not, so far as we have heard, aceoin ponied by any disasters on land. Nor hare we heard of any having taken place at sea ; although, from the violence of the storm, it is too probable that we shall yet hear of some. l.s ot night the wind blew almost as strong es on Saturday night The long continuance of westerly winds . has detained a grcat number of vess-ls in port. The New York packet-ship Meteor is among tin.—Lircrpoot Curricr. THE BRITISH PRESS., LAW IN7'FLI.IGE.VCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, Faroax, Nov. 19. The Court was again crowded to hear the continuation of the ar gument IX TOE MATTER OF Tnr arr. ALEXANDER FLETCIIIER ♦XII OTOXR9. Upon Mr. RAITITHV ri;in i ; to address the Court in support of the order, The 'Ann CI! ANCE I.Lost—Whnt effect, as far as relates to pecuniary matters, hat the suspension upon Mr. Fletcher? He was anxious for intimuntion on this her!, as it was impossible for him to restrain Air. Fletcher from preaching by an injunction. Mr. Itetenner—That question neither is or intended to be agitated. The itoan Coesecreeon—My jurisdiction would only enable me to direct the spplicetieu of the pruperty. Mr. BAIT/IRV contented. He lamented sincerely that the ad vice given by his Lordship upon former omasions to Dissenters, under circumstances similar to the present, and which was admitted be all to be the effect of his kindness and good will M individuals of the description to which he alluded, was not at tended to npon this oeeneion. The advice wase that the worst step trey could take wet, to seek a jurisdictinn, which, If it was once compelled to act, might be the means of causing measures more productive of detriment to them than good, and it would be much better for them to settle their disputes and difference's amongst themselves. But in the present case the Court was forced to pro. nounee upon what may be beneficial et detrimental to the purposes of is deed of trust. The Court was hound to *ripply the trust, and be felt he may be permitted to declare, as the ground of this ap. plicetion, that if eir. Fletcher was permitted to preach, the trust would be violated. By the original Act several persons had assn. dated; and, under the existing trusteeship, they had declared the chapel to have a ennnexion with the Synod of Scotland. These persons agree to pay the salary of a preacher. and to procure various other officers of the chapel out of the property. It was not by any means to be admitted that all the property of the association was of an eleemosy nary nature, that it depended upon gifts and voluntary c ontributions.' If it were of this description it would not be in the power of the Court to act In the matter at ell. If this were the truth of the ease it would be so much the better for the opposite party ; but it could be proved they had certain stated property; they had the pew.renta; these were as much subject to trusteeship as the rents of house* and lands ; they were as corn- Lardy subject to the jurisdid ion of that Court as were marriage settlements, or any other trust. whatever. Upon this property the Court could act; as to the salary of Mr. Fletcher, it was not the property of the chapel, and whether he preached under a contract for 51101. • vela tw not, was • muter perfectly in.materisl to the case. As to the question which his berd.hep had asked, how the Courts of Scotland would act if a aimiL,r case had taken place in that country, he could give his Lordship no answer; he had no precise information to communicate; he had no better information on the subject than was t., be derived from the affidavits of the most topectehle clergymen, and others, who were acquairted all their lives with the rules and institutions of this church. This was the only Information he had, and the Court would know how to deal with it according to it. value. With respect to property, the civil Courts of Scotland had precisely the same powers as his Lord. ship, and were in the habit of exercising them but such a ques thin as this before the Court was never agitated in Scotland ; a violation of such a trust, an act of contumacy or breach to the Synod, were never known to have occurred in that country. It was reserved for an English congregation to have such a bill as this filed. It was left for dee congregation to declare, In the face of heaven and of man. thct they know nothing of the Synod; that they neither ore for nor value them; that they are perfectly satisfied to suffer the Albion Chapel, with the tin box at the bottom of its foundation, to shift For itself. There was not an in dividual in that Court more fully impressed than be with the sense of the kindness exhibited upon all occasions by his Lordship, for persons standing in the unfortunate situation of the opposite parties ; and he felt justified in calling them unfortunate. Yesterday he perceived very strong effusions of that kindness, which he, in com. mon with all who knew his liernahip, were certain he possessed. But it was not, he confessed, without some apprehension, that he witnessed his Lordship's nod of merciful appmbation to the Learned Gentlemen at the other side—far behind whom he admitted himself to be, in knowledge, tslent, and experience but he was not behind them in kindliness of feelings. Ir:flue:aced by a feeling of this kind ness', he had, upon his return to elisnthers, read the 'tepees, and he found that the trustees, with Mr. Fletcher at their head, came for ward--not to render assistance—not to communicate information— but to beard the Court. They do not cam if the injunction be granted, they break faith with the Synod; they can afford to build another chapel, and carry Mr. Fletcher with them. Surely the Learned Gentlemen could make but • poor use of such feelings as these. If, as his Lordship ohs vved, he did not see his way ; if it were an act of a dangerous tendency to go opt of the deed where the feelings of the majority of the subscribers were to be consulted. he thought it right to call the attention of the Court to the state of mind in which the majority was. lie called upon the Learned Gentlemen—he defied them, with all their experience and dexte rity, to make any use whatever of the materials they had laid be. fore the Court. He &lied them to produce • solitary instance of a transaction such as this being decided upon by the law of Scotland. So far, he and his friends stood in a peculiar situation before his hardship a but the powers of the Courts of Scotland could not be doubted, and this Court had, of course, e etincurrent jurisdiction with them. With regard to the effect of the injunction upon Mr. Fletcher, he did not see any particular effect arising front it. He would suffer nothing beyond what was inflicted by the sentence of the Synod. lie remained still a Minister of the Chapel. The Loan CIIASCELLOR..—rite Scotch ease alluded to came before the Lords on an interlocutory appeal. Tee ease was re viewed and brought bark again; it was finalle retied by compro mise; it did not lean on the present point ; it did not serve to show what the powers of the Session Courts were on such occasions of trusts. On account of the difference between the laws of England and Scotland, they were enabled to file a bill, and make their appeal, for the purpose of asking an opinion, but the question of powers pos sessed by the Court to enforce the decree was not touched upon. The manager% perhaps found the matter unmanageable. Mr. Ran-I/11Y. if his view of the question WAS correct, he was not there to enforce an agreement between Mr. Fletcher and the Synod, or between the parties altogether. He was there merely to maintain the grounds of the trust, and pr otect the property. This he was entitled to do by the l aw o f England, and lie would by' this law be entitle' to an injunction, for the purpose of prevesting elr. Fletcher from doing an act, which, if he were permitted to do, be would act in violation of that trust. The Loan CRA ere re teen.—l'pon this principle you may apply' for an injunction to prevent the mob from breaking your windows. Mr. RAlTlllll"..—Whore was to be their remedy ? If they had none trom his Lordship, they should go wheout one. li the synod could not enforce their andiority by the ecclesiastical polity of the Church cif Scotland—if they could not bind Mr. Fletcher by the articles of the trust, to whom were they to apply but to his Lord ship ? It was only martial to consieer that the trust was damaged, that the defendant was melee in leeach of it, and was consequently acting sgeinet is interest; and, in his opinion, the Court was as competent to interfere as it was competent to grant an in. junction in the case of waste, against hint who laid a hatchet to the root of a tree. lie was limit anxious to eeparate elr. Fletcher from his character as preacher; it was only wished to prevent hint from preaching in ale, particular chapel. If this mould no: be done. any prerchee may do it -y forbidden Bet. It would not be a matter Mr the Court to state that the Burgher Synod had no authority ; so fur from it, that if eir. Fletcher wce.t en a journey, the right of ap pointiree a minister did not rest with the congregation; it devolved upon the Freabyteey, and the place was fi ll e d u p w i t h oe t th e i r consent. Could it not be filled up in ease of death without this consent? In these cases the office was always intended to be filled by the Syncel: and when a minister is o ispended, its he alone can be by this body, he ie 'impended not from the office, but from the ditites of minister. The silence of a Milliliter was therefore a minor censiderution to the hag of public wonhip et to its interruption. Suppisee the Serail' slid net approve of a minister forced upon them. and refused to appoint one. Ile would not inquire how blameable or culpable they may be; but ht would ask what the consequence weeld be? elr. Fletcher was not new acting as minister. Into the eerie of this he would not inquire. Ile merely alluded to it as I an assigned breach of trust. lie would merely state that he was eceitsed of being malrene in discourse. Ile was tried and found guilty. lie mentioned these acts here because he wished to pre. serve the integrity of the trust, to the observance of which he was bound by Ites situation and the ditties of his office, which lie sup. l i posed the Reverend Gentleman would not wish to he told here or elsewhere he had not faithfully dieehargiel. If he respected these duties, he would fulfil the tenet under which he aced; and it re mained for him to call upon the Court to support the integrity of the deed, which would fall to pieces and go to ruin if the Reverend Gentleman were not restrained. If the trust does not stand, the Albion Chapel cannot exist it cannot exist ...idiom its subjection upon the Synod. There wits vo (Mule that Mr. Fletcher acted against the trust. '!'hat Fart which lie debited was the corner. stone of the tre• t. There was no difficulty. as far se he could see, in the way ; and ho prayed the rule may be granted. Air. StlArlir ELL, on tbe same side, was aware of the suite of the property which WAS the subject of this 'melon. There was • mertgager in possession, and the property was vested in twenty eight persons, and If it was found that them persons bail a inlet executed le tee property, they would of course be obliged to per. form the conditions, This was a question connected with the pro. perty, utterly indeperelent of that whether Mr. Fletcher himself gas hound; if the en trustees were bound to the execution of the trust his object would be attained. These co-trustees were in po s. eesstoh of the chepel; this gave them a legal claim against alt the world. except the mortgagee. Suppose this to be, as it was, the caw, and that you, for the purpose of preventing mischief, direct ens individual by name to be forbidden entrance, would it not be • breech of the dent if these persons did not deny him access to the pulpit 2 It wr,s not necessary that an individual should be for. bidden by name; it would et sufficient to counte him with others, and Ite therefore shunt(' not be admitted. lie spprehended that Mr. Fletcher was in this situation, and therefore the co-trustees were authorised and required not to admit ‘ him. Ily • clause in the deed, the chapel was assigned to twenty-eight trustees, subject to the purposes of the Association. It was also :object to the rule and government of the Associated Burgher Synod. This was the general truss which mit through the deed ; no power could be me& deed inconsistent with this "rejection. This clause applies to the permission originally given to a preacher. This person, when chosen, MK not excluded by this clause but for • limited time. eed for some moral ittenpacity t ought not, therefore, this person to yield, if he respected the rules which restricted him from preaching P Mr. Fletcher admits he heard the sentence, with (he adds) surprise and regret. Ile (Mr. Sind weli) was glad to find he heard It with regrets how he hefted it as eh surprise was another question. There was, he 10101 i an °ejection to the filing of this bill; it was said to be filed for a particular purpose, and the Court should not inter fere for a partlenlar purpose in the first instance. The LORD Coaxes:Etna—Mr. Fletcher was not, he says, suspended for error in doctrine, or nialvenie conversation he watt suspended for breach of promise of marriage. Mr. II TIT I Y—The application was not made on the ground of the suspension. The Loan ANC r T.T.n R f the application he not made on this subject, you are out of Court. Mr. RATTIIRT—Then, if the comae be nut of Court. it if An con. sequence of the imperfection of a document —the sentence cf sus pension —the effects of which are acknowledged by all parties. Mr. SD ADW CI. L—The question is not whether an opportunity of lining justice be lost, but whether enough has not appeared to furnish the Court with grounds for its interference with respect to the suspension. The circum*tanres are as follow:—(Here the Learned Gentleman read the correspondence between Mr. Fletcher and the Synod on the subject : hr also read certain resolutions of that body.) l/pon the 19:11 July .Ilr. Fletcher made an appeal to the Synod. They reply to his protest on the 7th September. lie is charged with irregulmiti,s; they consider his protest, and trans. mit his answer to the Associated Synod ; and on the 9th of Se umber he is dole summoned to attend the rest meeting of the ' United Synod, and answer the chimes made agaiost him. Upon the 15th of September, the United Synod found the charges proved— declared him guilty—that he was liable to censure, and should be suspended until the next meeting of the Synod. The LORD 1211ANC%I.LOR--Suppose that assertion not to be proved ? Mr. So atm Lt.—The fact is admitted by his own answer. Ile declares that the congregation do attend the chapel, and do not think ; im unworthy of his office; and he is not unpopular in the 'lmpel. But this is not the question; the question is, whether he be guilty of malverse conversation. '1 he Lest° CII•NC L LOR —What is this malverse conversation? Mr. Stfaosekta. —lt shall be known from his own affidavit. The discussion need not now be suppressed ; it was known to all the *odd. Mr. Fletcher states, that he was informed, thaf on the lbth of September, at Edinburgh, the Associated Synod held a meeting, and in his ainente pmeesded to discuss the Mitten al leged against him, of his being guilty of a breach of promise of marriage to a young lady of the name of Dick, whose father was one of the Synod ; fur which an action was brought against bim in the (.'ours of Court of King's Bench, but previous to the trial it Was withdrawn. It was clear, the Learned Gentleman said, that Mr. Fletcher acknowledged the impropriety of his former conduct, but seemed to suppose that his st:Jsequent conduct served as the &blotto, of his offence. And lie seetna to acknowledge to the Synod, that to a rertiin tine lie has been wrong. The Loan Citmettf.t.on-31r. Fletcher merely states, that the father of the young lady is one of the Synod ; and when the action in the Court of King's Bench was called on no person appeared. Mr. Sturm-icy' —The result will, he wax sure, cause astonish ment. Ile was suspended front his duty till the next meeting of the Synod ; and a rota of Ministers was appointed by the Synod. Ile then made an affidavit upon the subject, which is neither a de nial or admission of the rffitir alleged against him; it is coupled and coloured with ineinuations, partly denying the fact, and i :rely justifying the part acted by the accused. There was no manly, honest denial. His statement was sufficient to authorise the sen t tenet of the Synod : it was not contradicted by the statement of Mr. Fletcher. Ile lucid in hii hands paper, which he would read. The production of this document was objected to. The LORD CII•WCILLOR—Toucan say generally what the, paper is. The Soricyroa.Gtweitax—Ff the Learned Gentleman say the existence of the sentence has no right to be admitted at pre sent. let the motion stand Over until to-morrow, when it shall be verified. Mr. SllADWEri._fie had not yet read the paper; he was un acquainted with its contents; he had produced it as evidence, but as it was admitted he would mention the contents. The Learned Gentleman read an affidavit, stating, that this paper was a certified extract of the minutes of the proceedings of the Synod against the Reverend Alexander Fletcher, of which the Reverend James !lay was Moderator. The enclosed was the hand-writing of the said James Ray. The writing of the Clerk of the Synod was also ve rified. The Associated Synod met at EdMburgh, and received the protest of the Reverend A. Fletcher against the Presbytery of London. There was also a reference to the Synod, complaining of the proceeding of Mr. Fletcher; also a reference from the Elders, against him, for dispensing the 1. end's Supper. W' -n these charges were made Mr. Fletcher announced that he would not ap pear. Ile required that a Committee should be appointed, and that he should be allowed time for his defence. There wu also read to the Synod, a statement front l)r. Dick, and an account of his pro. coatings at the Chapel • there wax also an answer to his protest from the Committee of " London; also complaints from all the Elders, except one : a statement was also made to the Synod, in the nature of a complaint, that Mr. Fletcher called a meeting of the seat holders, and those who contributed to the expenses of the Chapel. without the consent of :he Elden; there were also counter petitions from 263 fr-quenters of Albion Chapel; from S6O seat holders—these pray in the same words that the Synod will re. consider the matter, that Mr. Fletcher may be admitted to the Chapel. The Synod answer that he has not given any satisfactory reason for his absence, and that, consequently, they must proceed to sentence without delay. There was no allusion made to the truth or falsehood of the allegations. The Synodluid rimpliciter they should proceed to sentence. They did proceed to judgment, and held his offence to be proved by his conduct and letters to Miss Dick; that this was aggravated by liisduplicity,and the calumnious reports he had circulated about the young lady's family and others who had interested themselves for her ; that he had also adrninis. tun' the I.ord's Supper improperly: for these matters he was liable to censure, and after long reasoning he was removed from his office, and from Christian fellowehip, until the next meeting was summoned, and he should then appear, to be dealt with according to Church discipline; and the Rev. John Lord was appointed to perform his duties on the next Sabbath after the suspension. ]'his document, the Learned Gentleman insisted, constituted a sufficient g7ound for the motion. !le was not called upon to justify the proceedings of the Synod, neither was he bound to say the sentence was right, as importing 3lr. Fletcher guilty of malverse conversatioa. l'hough the sentence said he was guilty, he would not say so: it was sufficient that Sir. Fletcher had bound himself to a certain judicature, and be should submit to his sentence. Even though the entire was founded upon nuistake, he should still sub mi . Will hie Lordship then allow Mr. Fletcher possession of the puipit until next April, when hr his interference he is only refused this access for the purpose of fulfilling the trust ? lie knew it was said that an order could not be granted against Mr. Fletcher—that he was merely one of thoee appointed to fulfil the duties of a Mi nister. Ile was ready eimpli iter to admit that Mr. Fletcher had acquired a qualified right to, and possessioo of, the Chapel, for these purposes. Ile was ready also to admit that he could not produce a case in which an injunction was granted for such a purpose; it would be sufficient for him to chew a case in which the principle had been adopted and acknowledged ; it was de. cided in the case of the Attorney-General and Pearson, that the majority could not destroy a deed of trust. The LOWDCH•NCtLLOR—It . an application was properly made to this Court, none of the trust property could be meddled with ; you should go to the King's Ikmch with your personal com plaint: find a single instance in which an injunction has been granted under similar circumstances, _ _ SeanwcLL—Suppu__e the 1:gal estate was vested in Mr. Fletcher, on trust to provide a preacher, and if the legal estate were assigned to him according to the rules of such assignments, that legal estate would give him the possession of the pulpit, and this limited and partial twissession of the legal estate would give him as much a right as if he had the whole. lie, as a trustee, exercised this limited right—possessed the same jurisdiction as if the whole were vestal in hint. There was no substantial difference whether the individual possessed the whole or part, and if Mr. Fletcher was the sole tru►tee, would he not be stripped of his trusteeship for breach of trust? ‘Vliy. therefore, he would ask, should not an in. junction be granted against Mr. Fletcher, trustee in part, even though the f'ourt never Kr anted such an injunction ? The Loon CnA,:cr I.Lon—Are the members of the congTega. tion bound by the trust? Mr. SIIADIVE LT—The Minister is bound by the henefieial in terest accruing to hint from the use of the pu:mt during the term. hut not mare than the other trustees; he must certainly be treated like the other trustees, in compliance with the temisof the deed, and subject to the jurisdiction of the Court. If you irterfere with a person holding the entire interest, why not with him who holds a part? There was no such distinction to be made ; it would be suffi. cent to justify the order made thr the suspension, by an order from the Court, to give effect to such a portion of the deed as made out Fletcher a trustee, ti der the indenture. It was a medter of perfect indißrenee . .vlieVier the sentence was right or wrong. if that part of the deed was complied with. Ile was ready to admit that the Synod hod rot the power of appointing the original :Minister witliont the consent of the congregation, but he main tained they tniubi appoint the intervening Ministers without such consent. Ile did not admit that because his Lordship could not' make, as was imagined, a personal order against Mr. Fletcher, that theretitre the cane was out of ('curt. Ills Lordship, perhaps, thought he could not issue a personal order. so as to mate a breach of it a contempt ; hut he eotahl make it against the others, and thus give it ac t indirect effort against Mr. Fletcher. The Lord Chancellor had a jurisdiction ever all the other trustees Ile could issue his order. that they did not see the trust violated, and thus this order would be made indirectly against Ile. Fletcher. As to the ques. tion, whether the Court was authorised to grant the injunction against the trustees, collectively or individually, All injunction may be granted against the third r.l of them. They elect a preacher ; he appeirs and Sets according to appointment; money is received at the doors ; it is the sante question whether by the order of Fletcher or the whet. trustees. The doctrine in this case was not carried as far as that in the eipe of the Attorney-General and Pearson.—( lie here repeated the ease which was quoted yesterday, upon the same siile.)—:ltere inquiry was granted—here there was no ground for discussion ; the chapel deed explained cll. The rule which was recessary in the o:her mse was not requisite here. The Court would apply here the principle on which it acted at the cnmmeneemen• of the 'l . ffnl. in the case of the Alliance Company, when his Lordship declared that nine hundred anti ninety-nine ills canting voices would not suffice against the remaining trustee, who wished to adhere to, and eaery into etEret, the terms of the original trust. Here is precisely a similar trust—give it erect. Tn is thapil less been built tor the purpose oh' religious worship, and subjected to the rule of the asrocinted congregation. It is just such a case as is before the ('Dort. An tfiltrt is treacle by the Minister to break through the obligations of the trust : and sixteen of the ertisteey whose duty it was to support, endeavoured to support him en the effitrt. 31r. Sw viric followed on de same stile. !.jr. II Alt T lOW. he appeared for the mires generally. scanel• at all for 31r. lictchcr, who had nay little or DO concern in tbe transaction before the Court. (The Learned Gentlemen. spoke es so low is tone that we did not hear him.) As we untleretood, said that Mr. Fletcher's name was principally introduced for Cie purpose of filling paragraphs in newspapers, &c. without any r - gard to that gentleman's feelings. The defence of the sentence apt peered to him strange, namely, that it should stand, on account of its cruelty and injustice. If such a sentence hatl been passed at ,Morocco or Algiers, he thought this defence would net be used: bet in a Christien Court he had never heanl any eel ter. It wee of Vital importance that them rho take upon them to err, %Louih learn, there was never a period, in the course of his long practic-, in which there ens a greater necessity of giving* lesson to that pr culler species of jurisdiction which was gradually extending heel , . step by step, throughout the entire ettentyy. until it sought to reach the affairs of that eungregatien e tech was the subject cif this discussion. The system of interlocutory dee:et:leo which he ale bided was continually retorted to. He may with safety deelere, Mae io many cases precedents were misquoted—they Wine now and thaws minced. These matters he thought it fit to state, and he woad now proceed to lay before the Court the real rotation, and the emend responsibility of his clients, the nature of the institution, and the !egsl existence of the property, and whether it could be acted upon the principle racial in private tens's. In the yew 181'1, certain persons intended to build a chapel for divine war ship ; they formed a meeting for the purpose of divine crevice and heeriail moral doctrines; they purchased hoe, acid es this purpose borrowed money ; the Corporation of London demised the land at Amy guineas and a peppercorn ; the trustee was personally reaprmsible foe the rent. This was the first covenant. and was the foundation of all the ceps. For the purpose of building they borrowed 2,5001. from a ele.„Cullen, and they ms hint as security for this su m an improved gr=it -rent of :TOL ga for a term (which would secure him) Iris than eat original term front the Corporation, by, the space of two (lays. There was then a redetnise from the same trustee, and then his clients entered into the covenants of the erpstee, and bound themselves to pay the rent to the Corporation of London, to insure front fire, to improve. build, &e. This was not, his bore...hip would perceive, the case of a charitable institution • every thing in this case was taker . , by co tenant ; his clients alio .took other steps ; they borrowed 13001. which they pied. The lender took it gradating r this money was for the *chapel funds, end other purposes. They also entered into ether cerement,: and agreed during their term to de:Marge all taxes, assessments, dcc. The original covenant was me& to the C.orenration of London, without qualification it was then continued to Cullen without qualification. This wait the state of this property by the record ; and. now mimeos, an effort is made to restrain Mr. Fletcher from preaching, and that the congregation follow, this Gentleman, what le '.o he the conse quence ? It has been said thee the accidence who come hem Scotland, tome without wealth or property. They obtain their re ward by attending at, and perform ra g the duties of the and under the circumstances which I l e mentioned, where w= the funds ? What could the trustees my to Mr. Hewn to whom the record Mews they are indebted ? They would be depared of the bane flcial interest in the chapel, as the congregation hail all followed theie favourite pastor. Ili* clients mold not pay the covenants to which they were bound. It may be said that he was pleading for the in terest of Haim, and that he was rot in this bill; this was true, fur Hearn was advised not to appear: therefore, this individual was connected with this property, would it not be unjitet to make an order without the knowledge of Hearn, whew property would be so seriously affected by the injunction? As a proof of his :assertions, he would refer to the the.-ds. The Learned Gentlemse then re-. ferred to folio 0, in which the right of property was declared; it was called a Charitable Institution ; the lease was not made to the use of the parties themselves, but as trustees on behalf of tee Aim. elated Congregation. There was nothing whatever of the Synod ; but in an anterior clause it was said, that the chapel was boat by a person named .11Ien, and by the trustees, at their own peeper cost, and with their own money. It was not identified in any manner with the Anti-Burgher Synod; there wee merely a description even of the property. There was a question how fur the rules of the Saynoe of Scotland were applicable to person ! residing in London The chapel could not be considered as a charitable institution ; tc I was merely a religious foundation. The principle of a clisritable institution was indestructibility; it should have an exigence of which it could not .be divested ; this should be the eerie she titer the property was acquired by gift, by will, or ky der'; however acquired, it should be permanent, and intended for public purposes. With regard to the chapel before the Court, it could not be called a charitable institution ; it. could to sold by the deed, and it would irretrievably, if there was a disability for the space of three months to pay the charges. lc may then be sold to the host purchaser, when those who were in advance could shew the circumstance. Suppose. for a moment, that the pews were not let, owing ID the accident of an unpopular preacher, the trustees would put it to market to protect themselves; they were authorised to sell it by contrite. Suppose that these things did occur, and the parties took the lease to market to sell. could his Majesty's Attorney-General come into Court and ask for an injunction to restrain the sale of this private property ? Thus it was declared in the decd, the trustees were mahortsal to sell It. and the sale would be good and valid. The deed then states how notices are to be placal on the external doors, and laws were to be enacted by the consent of the majority, and the surplus of money was to be at the disposal of those who rented the pews, and contnbuted to the expenses of the chapel. The clause that the majority was to dispose of the surplus, Mewed that the Burgher Synod was only a save-all to throw the surplus into, in case the congregation dispersed ; if a schism took place, or some were declared orthodox and others not. There were also reguirtions respecting the Sabbath, and so far from the chapel being in a state of subordinatwn to the Synod of Scotland, it was quite inde pendent of it. As to the Minister, he was appointed by the mei°. my of the congregation. The Synod had not power to appoint one I disagreeable to them ; but here it was said, was the peculiarity of the case, that though the Synod bad no power to appoint. they mey suspend him who was originally selected ? If the synod can suspend ter six mouths and appoint their own Minister in his place, why notsuspend him for twelve months, or for any indefinite period if ('an the Synod be allowed to neutralize the ecesent of the majority by their ad inter ill, appointments ? As to the judgment alluded to. he was sure the Lord Chancellor would not give it an atom of credit when called into operation against property. (The Learned Gen tleman read the protest of Mr. Fletcher, the references, and all the ' proceedinese The accused asked the Synod to place upon their records their reasons and motives ; this was one inculpation against him. The Learned Gentleman maintained this to be a most atro cious act of injustice. The document reiied on by the opposite party was, his petition to the Synod, praying for six months time to make his appeamnce. Surely, if it eo happened that a Minister was in America or elsewhere, he could not be revered to appear personally. The LORD CHASM!' I.LOR—TheTe is no evidence whatever to shew whet the rules and institutions of the Synod arr. Mr II ea T— Not the least. The next charge was, that llleFletch et! called a meeting of the pew-holders and others, without the consent of the Synod. We all know the value and importance of charac ter, and a was a charge against the Rev. Gentleman, that he appealed to those who knew the innocence of his life and the purity of his doctrines. This is a charge—this is an inculpation. 1 t was also to be remenibered, tent the Synod were at once pieta,' and judges. There were also the petitions of two hundred and piety five members, who prayed for the dismissal of the affair. Three hundred and sixty seat holders petitioned that the Synod would it satisfied. There was another from the Elders, Fe e t,. (e. of the congregation, to the sante effect. The reply of the Sett rel wee, the:. Mr. Fletcher had not given a estisfactore reason for his absence. acd they should proceed to judgment without delay ; and it was upon a garbled sentence such its this. that his Lordship was called upon to ground his decree. Why did the Synod expose Miss Dick, who had brought an action against el r. Fletcher for an nr.performel promise ? The action was of a double nature—it went to the character, and it sought for pecuniary damages; why did not the Synod inscribe upon their records. thet Dr. Dick did brig the action against hint in the Conrt of King's Bench, and that he was obliged to give it up ? Dr. Dick said, you have done me no injury, you have broken no promise ; I was merely afraid a slur would be thrown on my daughter's rheractc.. Mr. Fletcher replied, no imputation can by possibility be cast on the lady's character; you do not want caniagrs, and I will pay your costs; and yet it is in a case like tilts the Court is called to ground * judgment. The St nod also speke of age-my:aim: reheat there were such judges to be found in the line, tie would not he surprised if they rose in that Court, and made long nit-eche*. lie had spoken of the aggravation of the sentence ; of the aggravation of a sentence he hail never heard before. The result was, that after long reasoning, they disnessed him from his duty and church tel lowship. until the next meeting. Phis is the judgment upon which the Court is called upon to exercise the strong hand of power wan which it was vested, and to issue its injunction, which will oreasioh the serious loss of property. There was also another obiection to the interference of this Court. It sheen,' act like the Civil Court of Scotland on the occasion, which would not take cognisance of the illat:te directly ; there should be an appeal from mime other Court : it would not take cognizance of the matter without the prejudgment of some other Civil Court. The sentence of sus. pension against Alt. Fletcher had been general and universal. Why then take a garbled and partial view of it? The Synod say. ' We do not forbid him to preach elsewhere ; we only en join him not to . preach in this chapel." His clients answer. ••• Our rights are involved in Mr. Fletcher's preaching tai Albion Chapel. and we are deprived of the fruits of our labour if he be not allowed ;" besides, if the Court issue a decree, it is bound to enforce it, and then it follows that the Court of Chancery most interfere foe the regulation of this chapel. Who are to pay the costs of these proceedings? They are bored to say the trustees shall not be damnified ; they hare not said so; they have made ISO such eller. The Lotto Citaxert.t.oa--Suppme a Minister made a pledge to perform a certain d•itr, and violated it. bow could metro trust be executed in this Court? How could it be made a spittral of. tenet.? I know nothing of the statements; I hare not the rules and institutints of the Burgher Synod. Mr. Hoa SE, no the same side, raid, that his Learned Friends oppiwite had avoided all discussion on an important part of the 41.4.., and in so doing they acted wisely.for they well knew it ~WE break down. They were not only bound to satisfy the Cpert. bat they were bound to chew they were in the • tseandexactstass de. cribed in their record. His friends had alluded to tbis, after wine struggle, and were obliged to admit that their case, as it was called on, was not such as it was described in the prayer of the record. That record sought for a judicial declaration from the Court. that the ['Muse Synod poseeastal the tame authority over this chapel that it has over other united associations. If tbis judicial declaration be eats e, what becomes of the declaration delivered in the sentence of the Synod, but not placed on the face of the record, that this Synod had equal authority over this as over all other as sociated rcnticrocations, He would not .peak lightly of the Synod; he would speak of it a . h e wou ld o f air foreign Court. Folvena law was matter of fact ; and it should be dealt with as ad dl.. I I rity 27 1 14 4. , t