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EAST INDIA IfOrSE. Yesterday a Lieneral Coors of Proprietors wall held at the East Indio House, to confirm the Resolutions of she last Meeting. MRS. FRANKLIN'S PENSION. The Cusiastxx stated the proceedings in this ease, when the grant was unanimously agreed to. S'TEIFARISSHIP OF AI)ISISCOMDF,. The Out st AN moved that the sum of AIX 3-VOIT }hondd be paid to Mr. R. Lweds, as Purveyor and ziitewaril of the Addis. cowl* Establishment. Mr. ['time 'akad if there was any other advantage arising from the situation ? Tat. ellAl a MAN—A cottage free of rem and tales, candles, and conic, &c Mr. Lows:nts wished that the odious word " Steward" should he oalitted. Itesohttion was *tam ag reed t o . 31R. 31 AILIORIRANKS. The f:itstlMAN having moved the Resolution for the grant of ro.indli rupees to Mr. 3larjoribanks„ General Tnowsios swat he was sorry that this motion warn brought forward out of the proper course of the proceedings, as he intended to more the next order of the day. in order to get rid of this lt‘solutton in the yivilest manner. .As it was, he moved that the Court do now adjourn. The motion was tit...0mit...1. Mr. Low KI/E8 lcurnt)ftell the original motion ; it Was true that there was 110311 C cequetting in the business. but with respect to inch eat:ling, he *meal say with Dean Swift— "Ds sttange surh difference should be 'TwExt tweedledum and twecilletiee. It wag r.atural fir all turn to wish to return to their native coun try ; 13111 whether Ms. dlarjoribilinks came home, or staid at the Cape of (deal Mime, it tussle no difference : to the funds of the Company. The ( 'oforirc Newspaper limnerly abused hint, and another Ministerial Paper misrepresented hint 'Air. tie was not surprised that the Opposition Papers abused him; and lime that both 'idea joined in the abuse, it only proved Lim to be an honest man. 31r. roI7CIII ! , :t; II M did not deny it W 3. natural to return home. but it was another question to hare that wish indulged, as in this case. There was a vast deal of difference between this counter and the Cape of lined !lope. which was a species of exile, and which no man wools: sea. uuILYS driven there by ill-health. The funds of the Company would not sutler niors, whether he was paid in the one pinee or the other ; but the distinction as to lave hf absenee, should be kept up for the gnovl order of the (•ompany's servants. lie therefore felt it his duty to oppose the original motion. 31r. Tt'cent said that he supported the grant at the lair Meet. but, in consulting the Act of Parliament, he found that a Civil Officer coaling to this country without leave. was to forfeit his salary. He should regret that 31i. 3larjoribanks should loose his salsry, hos he t 31r. Tucker) wished to b; satisfied that the three. tors, in griming it, had first consulted the proper Law Officers on the subject. The (Ii At n !lAW :bought that little more remained to be said on the general question, hut as he had been asked a question, he would reply to it, by saying ~ %o." But at the same time he begged It to be understood, that the Directors had not been imittentiretti the law of the case. If Slr. 31arjorilsanks had a dear right to his salary, there obviously would be no necessity for any iineh con. sulta'ion. The grant was proposed by the Directors under the view that Mr. Marjorinanks did not conic to England by his own act, but that he was compelled to do so. 3lr. PAT T !SOW certainly cot:shirred 31r. Marjoribanks entitled to this grant, more howera, perhaps, as a matte► of favolir than of k r. J.ltrtwarr did not think Mr. 3larjoribanks justified in coming to England, as after a very short quarantine, he would hare been'allowed to land at the Cape of flood !lope. The el. penes. alluded so in the former 'debate, would not all fall on 31t. 314oribanks ; and tliough it did, it was not so considerable as to entitle him to this vote. Ilad 3lr. 31arioribanks taken handsome for::istied for ;sings, he "mold have had to pay at least 12 guineas a.seek, she suion/loged to be the expetier of living in a ship dining the perfonivaswe of quarantine. Under the whole of the denim. stances of the, case, ht fat it to be a ditty to himself and the absent l'oprieters, no give the resolution his decided opposition. SI:. IVtEutwe observed that the more lie considered this ques tion. the mulches/es satisfied el the justans of the proposed grant. In fact the East India Compass saved tnoney in the tram:tenon. for, if Sir. Alarjoribanks remained et the Cape of flood Hope, he would have been lodger absent front his duties, and entitled winere allowances. Mr. Ile. referred to the correspondence between Mr. 31arjori banks and tl 4 ;nvernar of thel:ape oftiood Hope, from which he contended that Mr. )Ifajotibants might have easily trans-shipped .liimselt; and. there Fire, that in not doing so. he disentitled self to the grunt now-proposed. •The fact seemed to be, that the ibfeetory in giving this money, were chanting the Act of Paella client and the 'notations, though sestrongly enforced in the eases of others. It 's snitl, that the Company wistikl loose nothing by giving this money, but there wen this diftivence, that though a Man fmcibly took ten pounds front arther, and that he lent ten pounds, the amount out of pocket would still be only ten pounds. 'Besides it should not be forgotten that Mi.Marjoribanks had an al. tefoative at the 'ape, and this resoltuionteing against all law and precedent, he telt at his awry to oppelbe it. lie had witnessed ex traordinary grunts made 'try this Coutt--ottch as the grant to Lord ; hut this grant was proposed with still lees colour of jus tice. It was a perfect fares tit talk ei any moral coercion, com pelling Mr. Mnej.itlisanks toeume to this eduntry. The giant was called ones false pretences, and as such, should hare his de. eu.h,i op;sisition. Mr. Tst•vr considered it was too meth to 'charge a man likes Mr. 31arjorthanlis with c g before this Conn under false pre tenetm. As he (11 r. Trani) before said, this grant was only an act of justice, and as such Nut hies iii'ongiest approbation. Mr. Lowe 055 said, he mrant to give a qualified role for this grant. as a a:tatter of favour to Mr. Nlarjuribanks. (° Spoke spoke!") The Citntn then cirotealed to pot tite'question of ailjontn- mer.t. whcu— A Proprietor observed, that the anchorage at Tattle Bay was very had, in plane being the confineable situation which some !lot. eivntlooon &scribed se to be. The subject was now exhausted, and he would do:rehire merely add, that the grant Inel his mot de cided arroyo). Sir .5. STI.WART erplained. The motion tor istljouriontne Was taco put and neratired. The original resolution was carried, and the Court adjourned. FASHIOXS Eon oCTODER. t ! . .ctracttd Irom " The World Of Rrriiun amd Comtimemtai Fruilklans" for (ctober.) nivxr.it AAAAA tarsi. Thr , of sen.grern gros de Naples, made partially high, with light ornaments on the corsage, hi stripes downwards, but so cal. culated as not to take oti* the close fitting to the contour of the waist, which is finished by a narrow tucker of blond. The border of the skirt ornamented en ClitTobin*, with a novel kind of pucker isg next the wadded ronleau over the hem. The locg sleeves rather close to tle• arm. will full manelterons, and the wrist con fined by a !Itiely-r. tening. Canesou tiehti, of Filing or French tulle, trimmed with ray fine lace tw blond, and finished at each end by a rosette of wane watered ribbon. Arusdne toque, of pink and white satin, with a delicate plume of white feathers, tipped and edged with pnk. Ariadne streamer. hastened on one side as a lappet. akocaz eLkisst: PeWise of pale cinnamon brown of grow de Naples. lined with pink, faced and trimmed round the border with ethereal blue and pitik 'Jetties en I., , igitt, coolined at the wrists with two bracelets. rounded collar trimmed at the edge to correspond with the skin. and listened in front with a rosette of ribbon of the sante clours. Colerette of tine India muslin, trimmed round with lace. Bonnet of a !tile watered grow de Naples. bound and trimmed with blue and pink striped rihhon. Walking slippers or hnif.lioots of kid, the saint colour as the pelisse. and canary yellow kid gloves. AUSTIOAN LOAN 11140elidell by Mr. NI. N. Botha:hill in Lontlon.—The half-yearly dividend on the said loan. falling dno on Nlonday the Ist of November, will be paid im that and every succeeding day (Sundays excepted) be tween the hours of tell and two. It is requested that the dividend warrants, with a list thereof in numerical order, may fk kft one day previous, tin the purpose of being ex- Csum Court, Sept. QS. l'estrnlay died at his house, Clapham-common, John Bunnell Davis, M.D., senior physician and founder of the Koval Univelsal Infirmary fur Children ; a man eminent in Lis profession, and whose benevolence and beneficence to the poor and unfortunate of his fellow creatures, knew no .bounds. A. a memorial of his benevolence, he has left to his country the Institution of which he was the founder, atl institution than which, none can be more use ful, awl his solicitude for the prosperity of which aggra vatel, if it did not produce, the disease, that terminated Isis valuable life. Au amiable and interesting family, and a u n:•rots circle of friends of the vety highest respecta bility, bewail his untimely and much-to-be-lamented death. The Ministers and Elders of the Presbyterian Synod of Ireland, at their late animal meeting, presented an address at!a.bnient m his Majesty and the Lord Lieutenant, both of which were must graciously r:ceiretl. s z RAI. El r. CTIO V.—The rumour of a dissolution of Parliament at an earlier period than usual is now on the 11'e have received from several counties volumi nous correspoodenee on the subject, and from Galway in particular. a very curious statement, which we alai with hold fur the present. There is one part of it so curious, however, that we must just hint at it. It is said that Mr. Daly 5.15 up Clanriearde's Ina'', Mr. Lamberts for his borotwh, the town of adway ! Mr. St. George French is one of the new candid rtes for the county • we have also heard the name of Mr. Blake, of Renville, mentioned. Is it true that Mr. Lambert was the only man in the county of Galway who refused to sign the Protestant peti tion in f2vour of Catholic emancipation ?—Dubli•: Ertl ily t'✓ll. I `~ • conmciri HALL. Yesterday being Michaelmas-day, the Livery mem_ in great number., for the purpose of electing a fit and pro •-no to fill the office of Lord Mayor for the city of London, for the year ensuing. The new Sheriffs, err. Alderman Brown and Mr. AT dermal' Key, atteeded for die first time istheir robes of office. The Lord Mayor, Aldermen, Recorder, CommOn rant. &c. hating assembled at Guildhall, repaired to the f'hurch of St. Law-ence, where an appropriate sermon ! was preached be his Lordship's Chaplain. On their re turn !' to the Hall, they proceeded to the liustinos, where— The Rs:cot:nun stated, that they Were assembled to exercise one of the most edit:dile privileges belonging to the Livery of that great and ancient city—namely, the election. trout anteing the Aldermen. who had not already passed the Chait, of a fit and pro. Per person to till the high and &winnable office of lend Mayor of the coy of London for the year ensuing. The names of those eli gible the this important station would be put tip in rotation, and it we Ibe for them to choose two. whom :hey ought think most Worthy M he returned to the Court of Aldermen, for them to nominate one to be Lint Mayor of the City during the ensuing year. The Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Recorder, then left elf , Hall, and The Deputy Town Clerk. adyancirg on the Hustings, said they hind heard (rain their worthy 11:corder the high and important pri vilege which they were then awentihled to exercise: it was. therefore, unneecewary for hint to enlarge upon it. Ile then dire:ate' the names of the Aldermen eligible thy having previously served the office of :Acrid) to fill the Civic chair, to be put np.—They were R. A. Cox, Esq.. Citizen and G.ililstnith. J. Garrott. Vey.. I •i.izen and Goldsmith,. W. Venable.. Esq.. Citizen and Stationer. %l. P. Luce., Esq. Citizen and Vintner. W. Thompson, Esq. Citizen and Ironmonger. The name. of 'bent Aldermen being submitted to the Livery. the Sheriffs divided. by the show of hande, that the choice of the Livery had fallen on Alderman Gamin and alderman Venable* to be ye. turned to the Court of Aldermen. This havine been declared by the Pepittyrown Clerk to the Liven., the Sheriffs retired to com monly:tic the PAW to the Court of Aldermen. In about half an hour the lend Mayor. de. he. returned to the Iltastings, and The Rfeon nett said, that the Sheritfe haring reported to the I Court of Aldermen that die choice of the Livery hail fallen upon Alderman tiarratt and Alderman Venable% to be returned to that Coon, far one of them to he chosen Lord Mayor for the year en. suing, the Court of Aldermen hind declared that Alderman Gar. ran should be the Loral Mayor of that city for the next year. Al. dennan Garrett was then invested with the chain of office by the w rd -beare r. Mr. Alderman cf•illtATT then addressed the Livery. He could wure them, that he felt deeply impressed with the high honour they had conferred on bim, ter electing I • to the office of Lord Mayor. He trusted that the independence of conduct which he h*tl exhibited in the &lice of his ahrievalty, would be an earnest a his impartiaitty in the face of Lord Mayor. He assured them that hi s etternens *mild be constantly employed in upholding the bosomy, and in, forwarding the interests of the city. Ile believed dist for the last 1540 years, his was the only instaide where a citizen had; by rotation, revved the offices of Sheriff: Alderman, and 1...1 Mayor. Ile conchuled a very treat speech, by trusting that his eanduet, while in office. would merit the approbation of his fellow/- citizens. whose interest he had most deeply at bean.—(Loud ap pilaw, . 31r. 'FaitEl.s then came forwerd, and said. that it was his }laming duty to prop. se a rote of thanks to the Lord Mayor, who, by hia urbanity of temper, hapartialiiv of conduct, and unceasing labour , lot the beneth of the city, while he held that high ogiee. did hinewif the highest honour. and had affetiled them all the greatest satisfaction.—( Loud Checei.) Mr. Deputy IttaVa seconded the motion, and upon the ques tion being put, Mr. Hunt made his appearance- het he was received with cries of " off." which c,mtintted till the lend t.lay.w was obliged to e°i'c figwartl and When it heating fur the " wonlay Gentle man.' :11r. lir XX then begged the gentlemen of the Livery to allow him to tipeaka few words before the miestion was put. The sooner they would give him a hearing the soaner his proposition would be dispoired M. It bild just been proposed to them to pass a vote of' thattki to the Lord Mayor, but before the motion was put he wished to move an intendment ; he had iiimeelf always done his duty, and he rinsted tint no timing or clamour would kt any time diaettatle him front paroling that plan. He did not call in upon them an one passing. but became there determined to support the rights of that high city ; and when the gentlemen of the Livery thought tit to oppose what he proposed, he only hoped they would let it be a strong opposition and a short one. The Lord 3layor had very properly asked him what he meant to move, and upon his telling him, he observed. he did not see how an amendment upon the present question could arise oat ii his objeet. Now, he contended it did; he land moved—and the,rznilation was passed on Midsummer...day, that the accounts of the Auditors should be published for the benefit of the Livery, anti he therefore now moved, as an amendment, that it be reed publicly, and read before the vote of thanks was put. Fur. mikes that win dune, he contended the boot 3liyor had done on that day. what he conceived to be quits curve : t. Mr. Hoar then moved, as an amendment, " That the Resolue tints passed on 3lidstintmeteay be now read." Some interval elapsed, and no gentle an appearing to second the motion, Mr. I'XT exclaimed. "Is there no gentleman who will second me''" tAfter looldng about the Hall for a short time, amidst much TOughing and cries of " You can't get a backer. Hunt." he observed a hand erected in the centre of the Hull.) This person then made his way up to the front of the busting+, and said he tithed to '.wont Mr. Ilant'e 'tuition. He gave hits name, upon being asked, as Thomas Mitchell, needle maker. 3fr. 1.• NT said, a gentleman near hint had observed, that he should like to know how they were to ascertain whether the gen. demon (Mr. Mitchell) was S liveryman or no; cow he (3 . 1 r. If.) would like to ask the gentleman how they were to know whether he was one ? Mr. Sit C !tat L then Satisfied the Hall asto bit being a Propel person. Mr.III:NT—A 'minter propinte, and is worsted by a needie st:dm, so you ace we shall make Something of it. The amendment was then put and negatived by a great majority, and the original rnwlution ( hbe which and the following resolutions see advertisement) was carried with much acelairatien. The Loan Mayor then came forward, and observed that he stood in a very different situation to the 3legietrate who had lust '.undressed them. That gentleman was entering upon his office, and tie (time land Mayor) had no doubt would exert all his efforts in support of the high dignity and character of his station' whereas he had nearly got to the close of his labours : and he could assure the Livery, that if his past conduct lia.l not given aatistketion to his fellow.ritizens, he feared his future conduct would not deo so, for lie could not conscientiously alter it. When hr appeared before thou last year he math.' an open and candid declaration of the course of conduct he would itorme. Ile had not said that he was infallible, but lie had promised to bring in aid to the performance of his arduous duties all his faculties, and to set impartially. He hail dcrhired that, without compromising his political princi. plea. lie would never niake the 31ansionellotise a place for political intrigue. Ile also promised to take care of the dignity of the Cite. Rut that duty, so ettrititto to the public eye, did not font:, in his opinion, the most essential duty of a Lord Mayor. He thought punctuality in the perfigmance of the important functions of his office was a most important qualification '; anti with 'nide he could state, that no man for one minute had waited for hint when lie wa engaged in his private business. The duties of the Justice Homo were also a most important part of a Lord Mayor's business, and to that he hoped he had paid particular attention. Ile hail in all instances succoured distress, anti never rent any man to mien if there were a chant' of his regaining his footing in society. In every action during hie Mayoralty be was sure the Livery would pot a 'Own! construction on his conduct, and by their vote of tharke i.e famil that lie had thought rightly. Ile could assure them that he felt a higher gratification at this vote than at any that he had ever before been honoured with. It bad been said. that an efihrt would be melt by him to be ro. turned again as Lord Mayor, in secure th or 700 voten, the influence of that otiice always gave to the pm:wren ; but in the face of the Livery he declared, that he never wished to be returned to Pauline went, or any other place, but be their tint ..... ght and independent suffrages; and if' such were influence did exist, he recommended them to get rid of it. lie again begged to express to the Livery his unfeigned thanks for the honour they hail conferred upon him. His Lordship, at the conclusion of his speech., was must loudly cheered. The thanks of the Livery were then voted to the late Sheriffs, who returned thanks in very neat speeches. On its tieing move' that the above resolutions be inserted in this usual 'Morning and Evening Papers. Mr. lir r r stepped forward and said, " I,Vhere is the money to come from ?" Great laughter followed this question, and the Common Hall immediately after adjourned. A emit of Aldermen was aficrwaels hell. at which thanks were T oted to the Lord Mayor's Chaplain fur his nennun preached prior to the lilecion of L o rd Mayon. F. Temple was tulruirted into the ofllee of Ilal[keeper, and took the usual oaths. The Inquest of t'herip and Lime-street Wards, presented sundry ruinous houses and non.hteemen, when the Solicitor was instructed to put the :Vet of Parliament into execution. respecting the ruinous houses. and the non.fteemen were referred to the Chamberlain to give the usual directions. l'ommissioncrs of the Coati of liequeste for the month o f N o . reallocr next were appointed. 31►. I:illitian, recently elected Ilriolgemaster, proposed his sureties, who were approved, and he was ordered to enter into the usual bonds, previous to the nest Court. witendte is to he sworn into Wilco. To-thy, according to annual custom, the Lord Mayor and Aldermen will accompany the new Sherif& to the Court of Exchequer. at Westminster, where they will be sworn to the duties of their office, before one of the Barons. The civic party proceed in barges from Illackfriars, and make the common and o►dinary display of Hags, music, &e. t :corgi- Ellis :mil tiieorge Cliampncy. Kiqrs. have been eleteed !iherirfs of the city of York for the your tanning. ....wiled b;yand sit . rep qattou _ Gentlentin with tepid to his Conduct. whiclarail caused the Synod of Scotland to suspend hint front his sacred ditties foe six months- It was given nut that the meeting would take place at six o'clock ; but lung before that hour the thews were beset by a great number of persons, anxious to gain an early aintisition for the purpose of procurinq sea s. A little after sit o clock we observed Mr. Fletcher in the chapel. endeacmtring to make the hest arrangentemis for the accommoda tion of his follotr-rs. and the strangers who had been led by curio shy to the chapel to hear the proceedings of the evening. At about half-past 'six a hymn was sung by the congregation, and as extemporaneous prayer delivered by the Ilea. Mt. Castleton. After the perfortumat of this religious ceremony— Mr. Jotts addreltsell the Meeting. He stated that it was not the first Congretpitionsl Meeting that had been held in that chapel. Trot that it was by far the most important one. a n d is they lead be fore called gentlemen to the chair who had refused to take it, and afterwards been obliged to have leonine to the services of their worthy pastor. lie should Move. in the tirst instance, that the 11ev. .tlexautler Fletcher do take the chair. This resolution being untoimoualy agreed to, Mr. Fletcher en tered the clerk's desk, which was corsidemil the chair on the oc casion. The Ctt at a Df AN then observed. that for the sake of their friends in the gallery, he should be anxious the shut detail. that he should lay before them should be distinctly heard, and therefore, after the preliminary business was gone through at the desk, he should then gn up to the pulpit. and give the statement which was no necessary nv hi+ own vindication. against those abominable cho r es which were intended to injure his character and prevent his iisefulnev . Ile then read the requisition, signed by several of the congregation, for calling the meeting. There wan a conniderable noise in the gallery at this time. itpon which the Chairman said, .• I anticipate that thin will he one of lho most orderly mecringl ever held in the metropolis; if you should cause it to be otherwise, 1 can only say that 1 ant veal, deceived." 31r,_JoN it then waved— the Rev. Alexander Fletcher, whom we have chosen to be our Minister for the last thirteen years, be still considered by us as such, notwithstanding the unfounded invidious attack made by his enemies against his moral character, aid the unparallrled—un christian seiner ste passed by the United Associate Synod of Edin burgh on the lath instant, suspending him from preaching to us for silt months to come; being fully convinced that his persecution, in this instance, originated in malice, was carried on by envy, and the decision accomplished by the force of false testimony." After Mr. Jousts had read this Itesolution, he observed. that Ebenercr Erskine seceded 97 years ago, Mr precisely the saute rea sons that they now were about to secede front this secession church; but he thought the Synod, on the lath September, overstrained their mark, and at no distant period they might find that they had I done so. _ - _ The t'NaIAaLAB, nn haring the Resolution which Mr. Jones had just read given to him to put from the Chair. said, that as it referred entirely to himself, it might not be delicate toe him to read it. and therefore he molt desire Mr. Junta to put it ; which he did, and it teas carried by acclamation. Mr. Ft.xTCHEtt then stated, that as he was the servant of Lon. don. he shodil have great satisfaction if his friends in the gallety would hold up their hands in testinony of their good opinion of At this request almost every Iverson in the gallery held up their hands.]—The Rev. Gentleman then said, that he had to ex ress to the seat-holders, in the presence of the Searcher of Hearts, his unfeigned gratitude for their kindness and Christian love towards Inn, w Melt caused him to any, in the language of Ruth to Naomi. " With yoU I will lire, with you I hill die." He con sist:Nil himself as the property otf the metropolis. Never had there been an occasion when he could serve the charities of London. and particularly School Institution, that he ever was found wanting. and lie never would be, so long as his heart beat in his bosom and his tongue proclaimed the messages of Mr. 1/0176t.Att was happy to stand pesos. free-born Britons to use his efforts in resisting oppression. The congregation had suf. feral by an act of tyranny with the Minister, and therefore it was their cause as well as hi.. He would now offer to their notice a re solution that he hoped would be received with unanimous appro. hation; it was— "That we, as Protestant dissenters, enjoying evtry protection and indulgence from our benign Sovereign. consider a a duty we owe to lam, under God, to obey . those laws enacted by hint in Council, and to resist every description of tyranny and oppression not sanctioned by the wholesome laws of this happy island ; and we consider it s cruelty the most extreme to he thus deprived OF the Minister we love, and at the same time to be robbed (as is the design of a few only) of our place of worship. which, by our voluntary contributions, we erected for the purpose of his preach ing to us the everlasting Gospel." lie had no hesitation in saying. that the Synod had been duped, and they had been prevented from giving a candid hearing to both sides. " Gave your signatures to the petition been surreptitiously obtained i" A general cry n( " No. no, they hire nit." lie might express henna, warmly, but be hepfd nut unbecomingly so ; for it' the present generation did not remit such an act of op yression as this on 'latish land the spirits of their forefathers would cry out against them. The motion was then pat x 65 osti r ; and-- - Mr. Jones, in seconding it, said, that ail individual in the Synod had asserted that the signatures to the petition had been stir. reptitiously procured; but that was false. lie. Watigles congrega tion had signed the petition against the Presbyters of Loudon, fur ' not abiding by in arbitration. An allusion was here made to same person in the gallery bolding up his hand against the passing of the firsttevolution. Mr. FLETCII4:II, in reply Mr. Junes, who noticed it, said he had no doubt it was a Mistake. A person in the gallery said—" I beg leave toasty that it was not a mistake." Mr. Firtecit In—" My friend!. I beg to assure you that flentle. man is • most worthy person. Ile was the first who 'Mewed me hospitality on my arrival in this'capital. Ibis was the first table in London that I ever sat at. /lie was the first bed here that I ever slept in. With Into I first prayed in this great city. I believe him in my heart a most excellent man; but I txlieve him to be de ceived. I wish no more disapprobation to be %hewn towards hint. I A person in the body of the Chapel then got up and said \(r. Fletcher should have gone round to the houses of the members; the Church of England 3linisters would have done so; instead of that none of tea lisiVe been called upon." A ikelaration was then read, whielt, it was slated, would lie for signature* in the vestry. It was to the following effect:_ That the undersigned aympetbisett with the Rev. Alexander Fletcher at the treatment he had experienced, and the calumnies he had been subjected to; that they were anxious to continue him as their Minister, in order that he might open en them the oracles of divine truth; that the facts stated in the (7ourt of King's Peach ought to have satisfied the minds of the members of any Church 'mitt. and that the ontutoet of the Presbyters of London and Synod of Edinburgh was oppressive and unjust; that the keeping of the communion plate. and the trying, Co force another Pastor upon the Chapel, was highly improper conduct, and 'hewed that the mem. bets of the Synod were no longer ft to act in that cansei!r ; that the unit:coigned protested against the decision of the synod. and they would not allow their Minister to lie removed ; and that it was the firm purpose of their hearts to have no other 31inister.- I)iced London, Sept. i 9. 1g24. Another Declaration, to be signed by youths above 11 years of age. who may choose to subscribe to it, was then read. It was to the following effect : That they had a sincere regard for the (tee. Alexander Fletcher, from whom they had received instruction, and it was their anxious hope that he would long continue their Minister to instruct and comfort them.—This was also dated the 29th Sept. Ile4. Mr. JON El then moved, that a Committee of Managers he ap point to draw up a statement to contradict the assertions of 3lr. Kirkaldy, and others, at the Synod, that they might he sent forth t o the public through the press ; fur the Papers had already had a share in the transaction, and he was happy they hail, for it was the pride and glory of Britain that her press was free. This motion being regularly put, wns unanimmtsly carried. Mr. Fi.rTcnEß. by this time, having got into the pulpit, ob served that it might be expected of him to give is lengthened history of his unworthy life; but be should only touch on a few particu lars immediately connected with theobjmt of their meeting, as it was his intention to semi forth to the religious and British commu nity, • printed paper that would explain most fully every trans action upon this subject, that was so important to their interests as well as his own. fle was happy at being a Briton, from whose country freedom went to all the ends of the earth, and he was glad that be was in the capital of this great and flourishing country, where persecution never could exist; and he was above all happy that his case waa in the band* of a free press. The Great God of !leaven and Earth had hitherto pro. toned him; but he could not yet say that the !tattle was over. There wax • sort of immortality about malevolence that mails it diffieult to say when it would end ; but he place*: his confidence in Gial and his strength, without fearing matt. There were several particulars to which he must advert, which it would be distressing to hint to divulge even to private friends. How much mote dig. denting then must it be to divulge them to so large an assembly ? In April last an action was raised against hint in the Court 9f King's lknch ; and the question now to be considered was, not whether It was merited, but whether it could be avoided ? lie was, in saying this, allowing the extent of his guilt. The parties to this action were, a Professor of Divinity at Glasgow, and himself. a minister in the metropolia. If it were asked whether it would not have been better that this action haul been avoided, no Christian in England would say No." For the purpose of keeping it out of Court, an arbitration was proposed. Ile could not tell whether this history of facts would go forth to the public from the sacred place they were then in ; but he would take care that it should be made public. Ile receiv ed a letter on a S3llltd:iy, thee ifhe did not marry • certain individual in September. an action would b raised against him. At that dins he was a most miserable WWI. lie never feared man, but lie was free to 161 y. that he was in the extreme of agony. Great was his affliction when a beloved sister died. to whom he hail been a constant attendant ; great was his affliction when • revered mother expired, who had erudition beyond any wo man he had'vver met with, praweasing historical lore, anti scriptural knowledge of vast extent ; great was his atlfictitto when hi's father hreathed his last, and left his younger children under his care. The agony of mind was great—the suffering of his mind scramble before he received this letter. Ile kmiw the individted who wrote the letter was irascible. and he thought he war tinder a mistake; for the female in question was the object of his love; but there was a harrier to the consummation of Ins happine, with her. In the vestry-room of the chapel he was met by one of THE BRITISH PRESS.- ..• MiIETING AT THE REP'. ALS'. FLiTCHER'S mnbled CHAFE,. IX -3100REIELDS. Last night thie chapel, antTr e avenue" that lethil to it, were id tiro- crowded beyond all former precedent, to hear the (mei: l atices of the AIN1111111•11 the managers. who said, " If you do tint marry that Individual, 'you are ruined." The that letter might have Is en got over; but when a letter was sent to the managers of the chapel, he did feel aggrieved. De then wmte to submit the cog to the arbitration of I four inininers—two .0 be chosen by hinetelf--and four lay gentle. 1 men—two of the. also to be chosen by himself; and by their I decision he was ready to abide. This letter was received with disdain. Dr. \Cough then endeavoured to procure arbitration. 1 Mr. itmndfoot also petitioned for an arbitration, quoting the ' 6th of Ist Corinthians, as being decidedly against lawsuits: but their efforts failed. The only condition that wsa offered was, that he should sign a paper which Dr. Dick was to till up, and this lie would not eonsetir :n as long as he hail breath. After the trial had been stopped in Court, .11r. Gumey„ his second Counsel, sent to hint to hold his tongue about the family who hid I brought the action, saying the whole was at an end. lie was silent about them, but that family, in a few week, sent all the papers prepared for die trial to the Presbytery of Inndoo. " Tell it not in (lath—publish it not is the streets of Askelon ;" and this after the eomprmuise had taken place. Mr. Scarlet'. in his speech, stated, that the cause of breaking in. the connection was purely of a domestic nature, although he abutted the breach of promise, 'Merl he was not authorised to du. Mr. Brougham. the plain tiff". Counsel, Mid. the lady came not to persecute dot defen dant, and the Chief Justice said, that he was satisfied with the conduct of built parties. Should not this reparation have satisfied the Presbytery of London? Mr. Tuiie thought it auffiernt--Mr. Rntadront did not. The documeno the Pres bytery possessed themselves of, must have been either offered or solicited. They were not offered. and when solicited the party possessing them should have said we can give you no docu ments for our chatarter's sake. If they had so acted, all would have ended well. The last time he saw Mr. Boodfoot, he asked how he had got possession of the documents that took three hours and a.hall in leading. Ile said that he had seen George Dick, and told hint that lie meant to bring the matter forwent in the Presbytery. " Very well," said 31r. Dick, " All is ready." If they, therefore, did not persecute, they suffered persecution to get on els:is/here. The Reverend Gentleman then referred to a letter receivel from a Dr. Hall, anti adverted to the conduct of the Synod, and particularly dwelt on that part of their censure in his ant attending the summonses of the Synod. lie said in continuation. that he had attended the Presbytery In billsa'saanc and Osendon Chapel, but he could tint be heard. and that was the reason of his non-attendance latterly there. It was also stated' that his conduct had been outrageous and extravagant. and that he had by it driven away his congregation. Ile would appeal to that conr,regotion if that were the tact? (Cries of " No, no; it has rather increased.") Ittit who gave these facts ? They must look tin mile's towards the Northern Pole., and then they might guess where they originated. Ile could assure thou dot he never gave them. A 31r. L'ltr.ant called out—" Mr. Ammley said you would come to the Presbyter• in live minutes." 11r. A scitst.Lir said, that he had in6omed the Presbyters that Mr. Fletcher could be pmettretl in live minutes ; but he had never said that he had promised to be there in five minutes. Mr. FLtrrttcu distinctly asked 3lr. Amesley if he had ever said so, or receiv, d authority from hint to say so ? Mr t Aat r answered. " No." A female said, 31r. Cleade was one of your managers, but he never liked you. Mr. Fi.t::retten then saitl—" I would have been there in five minutes, but I was called a blasphemer by the man who wanted to preach in my pulpit last Sunday." The Reverend Gentleman then proceeded to read a Protest against the decision of the Synod, to the following effect : (The crowd and noise was so great towards the close of it, that it was with difficolty be rould proceed.) " In the presence of Site Searcher of Hearts. I take my protest against the proceedings, the deed of the Session of the Associate United Synod, at their late meeting on 15th September. 'f he pro ceedings of that Court were irregular and unjust, inasmuch as they entered upon charges made against me in my absence, where it was morally impossible that I could be present with a prepared defence. I presented a petition to the Synod, beseeching them to send spe cific charges, with all the documents allowed me by the rules of the Church and that I would send my defence at the neat meeting of Synod. This reasonable request was refused; and though I have been faulted in their employ during my whole life, they have neglected to receive what was requested for securing the ends of justice. lied a secluded curate, in similar eirrumatances, been refused what I solicited, the voice of England would have been lifted up to assert his injured rights; but the Secession Church, which, by profession, has raised a standard for purity of discipline, has entered upon proceedings against roc. refusing me an opporoinity of giving that evidence, without which the ends of justice never could be ob tained. " I protest against the way in which these proceeding were con. ducted, as evidencing dispositions at complete variance with the meekness of Christianity. I protest against the decision of the Court. They decide that I ant guilty of a breach of promise of marriage. upon my own confeseion in the Court of King's Bench. My Counsel was not authorised to make such a confession ; he wisely, indeed. used such a discretion, under the conviction that the friends of the plaintiff would never agitate the business in the Ecclesiastical Courts. I challenge all the Barristers in England to find a breech of promise of marriage in my letters, in the usual acceptation in which that teen is understood. It is evident that the data on which they proceed are false, and therefore the conclu sion cannot he just; and had they allowed me to give a fair, and full defence, I 'might have convinced them, unless they were blinded by most unreasonable prejudices. that they had viewed the ' , object erroneously; but this they have voluntarily rejected, and tyranni=lly refused my just petition. The Court has chlrged me with duplicity; but they have given no evi dence its support of such an accusation ; of this duplicity I ant altogether uaconsciritts. If caution in dealing with a crafty antagonist he cor.videred as duplicity, I am indeed guilty, but not otherwise. If the Court had given me the advantage of the most abandoned criminal, that of defending myself, I should have been able m have given explanations of a variety of circum stances which in no other way could have been elucidated. But this they have denied me. and therehwe I must have recourse to other measures hi defence of my reputation. " The Court has pronounced my conduct censurablein dispensing the Sacrament in opposition to the wish of four of the elders of my Stanton. But I couaidered the opposition to its observance 1111. flammable, and at variance with Christian principles. and therefore dispensed the ordinance of the Lord's Supper agreeable to the wishes of my congregation. These men violently retained the communion plate, the sacred property of the congregation, and endeavoured to agitate their minds by the refusal of its use. I considered this con duct illegal, sacrilegious. and cruel. A stranger to the tear of men, I gave to a beloved people the elements ofa Saviour's love. " I take nil, protest against the sentence of the Court., for their decision is built on a false foundation. They hare for six months suspended the fonctions of my office, and nave forbidden the ('hunch of God to have any fellowship with me in Christian pri vileges. They have overlooked the most egregious violation of the sacred canon of insp;ration, in any being dragged into a Court of Law, which could have been easily avoided by the arbitration which I proposed. They have refused to animadvert upon Imps fancied injuries which if have received from my servants ; but to every thing which was uttered to my prejudice they have listened. and they have refused any defence which I could bring forward against the shafts of malevolence and envy. That Ecclesiastical Court have published to the world a sentence derogatory to that sacred lustre with which they have been so long irradiated. Let them retrace their steps, and thus display that mercy has triumphed over judgment. " There are many things in my proceedings which are far from meeting My own approbation. Were I again to traverse the same troubled seas I might make considerable variations in my co sae, but as it has been my lot to have conflicted for two years with the most repulsive passionsof the human heart, I have reason to lift op my eyes to the r/ispour of all Events. that the vi g. sr of my constitution has not diminished, nor the disposition to prosec.tte fhv duties of my sacred office abated. I take this protest in the pre. t•enee of my congregation, and having ree• ived fmni them an aliec. titillate entreaty to exercise my pastoral duties, I shall, in accord ance with their loving invitation, and in humble dependence on the sztength of flint who has commanded one to " call no man master." continue to labour among them during the future, a. I have done in the past, to alleviate their sorrows in :his vale of tears. and to assist them in their journey to that world, where the perfection of wisdom. purity. and enjoyment shall for ever loran the inheritance of the Messed." The meeting then broke up. The following clause in the new Beer Act merits atten tion, as it is calculated to render the Act nugatory, with re spect to a great part of the population of the country. It is 'OS follows :—" That no brewer of retail herr for sale, shall be entitled to renew his Hetrick, to retail beer, unless he shall have brewed and been charged with duty upon, or for, tow hoindred barrels al strong. herr, at the least, in the year i.recetling the termination of such tinnier licence, or so on in proportion,"&c. Now, it is only in places where th e population is large, that so much beer can he re tailed within the year, and thus the clause, to a great ex tent, defeats the object of the Bill. As an instance of the inercase,, value of agricultural rock, at a sale by public auction in this neighhottrhood on reams:day, a three-year-old cart filly fetehed fts!. ; a two year-old colt, 33!. ; and a yearling, Is. At the same sale several lots of sheep, having nothing to recommend them either in breed or condition, and which, a short time ago, would not have fetched at the utmost Ws. per head, sold as high as r Herold. FARMING LAYlOrntam.—ltgivcs us pleasure to be enabled to state, that not only the candizion of the farmer. but also that of the labourer. has bean greatly improved during the present harvest. We understand that higher wages have been generally given by the farmers, and that the labourer: are consequently healthier and happier. This is prudence as well as charity. The sick:lces of the poor necessarily falls upon the parishes, and it is absurd to expect the same degree of labour from an oppressed and ill-fed workman, as from those who receive r just return for the sweat of th. it brow. If the ox should not be muzzled that tree.' •!t the corn, neither sh m!,l the labourer th A t Gtthereth it be t;',r -gartlly an , ! fed.—Erd..r . CITY TITHES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE BRITISH PRESS. St's,—ln your remarks On the claims of *lr. Kyotsfori; the lay impropriator of St. Botolph, Ahlgate, you P3lll, very truly. that " it was deitirable to relieve the disebssion of the question from the difficulties that seemed to belong to it, as relating to the Clergy." I perfectly agree with you, and am therefore desirous of making a few observa lions myself, leel for the purpose of going into the merits of the general question, than of detaching it from all con, nection with the Kitablisbed Church. The Lay hopro pristors are the owners of a certain specks of property, in which the Clergy have no interest Whatever. tine of the ailvartages of this property is, that it is free from their claiths. Mr. Tyrrwhit, in his legal argument, has yet!: satisfactorily traced the origin of tithes, se they are called, rather improp e rly, ih the city of London ; and he has shown t h at certain duties were eonitected with the imposition of the heavy charge on the. rental. fixed in the decree, which tie Clergy of that day, for their own purposes, did not choose to have ennitlEd.— I am not disposed to deny that Mr. fiyitston, though lfr• will not contribute to the maintenance of the poor, and though he cannot administer to the spiritual wants of the people, is not entitled to the full enjoyment of his right': as lay impropriator of the parish of St. Botolph; but it really appears t s toe that, standing as he does, in a Sitll3. 6011 so widely different from those for whose benefit these tithes were originally granted, he (night to he peculiarly careful bow he seems to he inclined to stretch the letter of the law unfairly to swell his ineothe. In other parishe., where the contest has been with clergymen, an amiable a. , rangethent has been made in commutation of this exorbi tant claim, end I am sure if Mr. Kynaston had to perferm the sacred duties, to compensate which his property was eteatril, he would Mott- the exeellent examples of the in cumbents of St. Andrew and St. Dunstan. No Minister of our pure and holy religion would expose himself to the just odium that attaches to Mr. Kywaston's per severance in extorting doubtful rights. It is u.itl that he has but a secondary interest in the question. P. 3 the tithes of St. Botolph are mortgaged 'to an amount e‘ , ceeding 30,000!.; but, that fact does not in the slight. est degree alter the ju tice of the case. It may, ac) I have no doubt will , ultimately Amu a serious question between Mr. Kynatiton anti his crEllitori ; but the pa. rishioners dr St. Botolph have only to take care that neither lie nor they shall share the spoil on which they calculate. I confess, Sir, I feel anxious on ells ceer -81011 to contrast the conElurt of the lay intpropriator with the clerical incumbents. At this period, our yeuerahl:r Establislitnent is assailed on all sides. Its oveithrown predecessor is raising herself in the Sister Kingdom. and anticipating her return to wealth and 'tower. Numerous sectaries look with Evil eyes upon the Church, and Colobett and his infidel crew openly avow their Wish to plunder and destroy It. Let it then be known that if, in one pariah, the exotbitint claims 'under the 31th of Dotty VI I I. ore still pressed, if .there is a merciless impropriator insisting on " his bond," without any reference to substantial justice, the reproach rests not with the clergy, but with these oho possess their property without discharging their duties. I ant, Sir, A FRIEND TO Tlik cnrnar. New NlaTotts.—Tonses, Wm. Doidge Taunton, Eeq.--• Weymouth, Jelin Martin, Esq.—Poole, John Bingley Garland, Eeq.—Winchester, Giles King Lyford, Eeq.— Romsey, James Sharp, Req.—Southampton, Stephen Lin ton, Esq.—Newport. Sir Richard Basset, Knt.—Stlisbury, George Pain, Esq.—Basingstoke, R. Hnlbert, Esq. CoNrsurr or ('near.—lt the last American mem we had the far:iv:big amusing story told with great gra. vity !—" Several articles have lately appeared in the Na tional htelligeneer and some other paper!, pnrporting to gives history of certain late transactions of Judge Brecken ridge, in Florida, and in which the Judge has alternately been censured and defended. The difficulty arose (ruin this circumstance :—A paragraph was published in a Florida paper reflecting upon the Court. The editor of that paper gave up Mr. Steele as the anthor ; and as both Mr. Steele and the editor were members of the bar, the Judge ordered a rule to allow cause why they should rot be suspended from the bar. It appears, from a histmy of the affair given by the Judge, that in snaking his defence. Mt. Steele ofß•red a most gross insult to the Court, by sav ing, in a rude and violent manner to a by-stander, " The Judge of this Court is my enemy—he is the friend of my accuser; I have affidavits to prove it." Thus (says the Judge) leaving me no alternative but to quit the bench. or commit him to prison. lie was instantly committed fir three hours, and mould have been committed for a longue time, but that he might thereby have been furnished with an excuse for abandoning his defence, from the very %crime: charges made against him. Ile was sent for before the time had expired, but positively refused to accompany the officer. He was, in consequence, permitted to remain until the Court was about to adjourn. Ile was again sent fur, in order that he might be discharged, with a salutary mime nition. Ilium he came into Court his conduct was rink and insulting; be had a segar in his mouth, a ztirk iu lifs hand, a pistol in his waistcoat pocket, and appeared to ire in a state of inebriety. ' You have sent for toe, Sir ; he: I am, Sir ;" was the manner in which he addressed him self to the Court. Ile was mildly admonished, and fined fifty dollars, for his indecorous deportment. With these facts before us, we cannot but marvel how any persort could be found who would step forth as the friend tent apologist of the offender, much less cast reflections agaiest a Judge who hail with so much milthiese and finite:lra:est exercised the power necessary to preserve the digi.;,y of the Bench against such repeated and wanton insults." CURIOUS •ND NOVEL. Wank:K.—On Tuesday afar noon, after a party of gentlemen had dined together •t e tavern in the Strand, a wager was offered by one of • company, that he would open two dozen of oysters quicker than any person present could devour them ; and that, by the time he had °must the twenty-four, six would remain unconsumed. This bet was immediately accepted by a Captain ll—. and the whole party adjourned to a neigh ' 'touring shell-fish repository, to decide the wager. Mr. Bowen, the person who oifered the wager, after selecting two dozen of the finest oysters from the man's stork. e - guested he would favour hint with all the o ster-knives he had in his poswasion, which, amounting to four, he put three into his pocket, and commenced operations with the ' remaining one; but after opening the oyster , , instead of separating them frmn the shell, he left that feat to be pe. - forme: by ('aptain It., Cio, notwithstanding the aid ot* his teeth, with the additional assistance of his thumb and linger, was not able to effect the devouring of more than eleven before Mr. Bowen had opened the whole of the " Natives ;" thus losing the wager, which was for tlinne:- and wine fur a party of twelve friends of each, to take place on Michaelmas-day. Though the viand , : were not specified, yet we have no doubt that, according to custom, there was a geese at table. POISONOUS NATUSC OF AFRICAN TEAR WOOD.-1 , 1 the course of the last fortnight seven shipwrights and tN% • sawyers of Plymouth yard have died. VI these urea La received cuts or bruises while employed on Mrioan teak wood. and though some have attributed the deaths to a:- mospherical influence, there arc not a few who assign th,mk to the reception of poisonous juices of the above-nail:el timber. (H these men, a shipwright, Gregory Nichols, remarkably powerful and active man, scratched his leor • against a piece of the wood, and mortification ensue almost immediately. To ascertain the probable cans.% Dr. Bell, the surgeon on Monday last opened the body, an in the course of thel dissection happened to scratch one his fingers. This passed unnoticed at the time, but in fir.- afternoon Dr. Its became alarmed at rrceiving it, think ing lie might have imbibed souse of the morbid matter. Shortly afterwards a shivering came on. and lie was oblige t to be put to bed and bled. The best medical aid was .oi eninistovd, and the moat rigid attention paid to he rase; but in spite of all, the svinomns daily became worse. amt On Friday evening he died. We recollect a para , zratt which appeared lately in the papers, attributin the deaf a. of several men near London to the cause mentioned heft ; and if on examination the wood should be found to posscSA deleterious qualities, we trust that the use of it will be dif• Since writing theabpre it i said that hawlins, a shipwright, tiring at New Passage. and who had shr,litly scratched himself, is dead, and that another, resitling at Torp:oint, is at the point of death, front &similar Ire3!.-q il 1