The Sun. — London, England, 1835-06-05 00:00:00

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His Majesty left town at half-past seven: o'clock on Wed nesday evening for Windsor Castle. The Duke of Cumberland, the Landgravine of Hesse Horn burg, the Princess Augusta, and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge honoured the Hanoverian Minister and the Baroness d'Ompteda with their company to dinner on Wednesday even ing, in Grosvenor-place. The Duchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria drove and walked in the Parks yesterday. ,„: The Duke of Cumberland, the Duke, Duchess, Prince George, and Princess Augusta of Cambridge, attended by Baroness Ahlefeldt, went yesterday to the Races at Epsom. The Landgravine of Hesse Homburg honoured the Countess of Bridgewater with her company to dinner on Tuesday evening, at her residence in Grosvenor-square. The Duke of Cumberland and the Duke and Duchess of ,Cambridge went to the Concert at the Hanover-square Rooms on Wednesday evening. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and the Landgravine of Hesse Homburg, went afterwards to the ball given by Lady Francis Egerton, at Bridgewater-house. The Landgravine of Hesse Homburg honoured Viscount and Viscountess Beresford with her company to dinner last evening, at their residence in Cavendish-square. Prince .Jameh-ood-deen attended the anniversary of the charity children at St. Paul's Cathedral yesterday, and ex pressed himself highly gratified with that most impressive spectacle, and the marked attention paid to him by the Bishop of Worcester and the gentlemen of the Cathedral. The Prince appeared to notice particularly the discourse of the Bishop, many parts of which he alluded to afterwards. A committee meeting of the Lords of the Privy Council Was held yesterday afternoon at the Council-office, to consider various petitions for the removal of the assizes. The meeting was attended by the Lord President, the Secretary of State for the Home Department, and the Chief Judges of the Courts of King's Bench, Common Pleas, and the Exchequer. Mr.-Ellice, and a deputation from Coventry, had an inter view with the Right Hon. Poulett Thomson on Wednesday, at the office of the Board of Trade. Count Sebagiani, the French Ambassador ; M. Garro, the Mexican Minister; M. Sarmento, the Portuguese Minister; and M. Tricoupi, the Greek Minister, transacted business Yesterday at the Foreign-office. The Cabinet Ministers dined with Lord Auckland on Wed nesday evening. The Chancellor of the Exchequer visited Viscount Dun eannon yesterday at the office of Woods and Forests. Mr. Serjeant Wilde transacted business yesterday at the Treasury. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. General Sir William Houston, at Gordon's Hotel, Albe tarle-street, from Gibraltar; Lord Sherborne, at ditto, from Sherborne, Gloucestershire ; Mr. and Mrs. John Jenner and family, at ditto, from Brighton; .1. Tonge, Esq., and son, at ditto; from Wiltshire; the Rev. S. P. Honey, at ditto, from the Continent; H. S. Waddington, Esq., at ditto, from Elm Norfolk ; Mrs. Birch and Miss Birch, at the Berners Hotel, Berners-street, from Bath; J. B. Aveling, Esq., Miss Aveling, and Miss Tanguary, at ditto, from Bedford ; J. W. Cox, Esq., and Mrs. Cox, at ditto, from Lawford, Essex ; ick, at ; E. Paul, Esq., and Mrs. Paul, at ditto, from Highbury Grove, Gloucester; the Rev. F. Mac lEreth, at ditto, from Halton, Lancaster ; W. Vint , Esq. , at ditto, from Lexton, Essex; J. Dixon, Esq., at ditto, from ; the Rev. J. Wright, at ditto, from Hertford; G. C. Thornton, Esq., at ditto, from Marden Hall, Hertford ; Osgood Hanburv, Esq., at ditto, from Oldfield Grange, Es ; Captain Wilkinson and Miss Wilkinson, at ditto, from walsham-le-Willows, Suffolk ; Hector Monro, Esq., and Mrs. konro, at ditto, from ditto. DEPARTURES. lion. Frederick Ryder, for the Continent ; Earl and Lady ICathariae Jcrmyn, for Putney Heath ; Dowager Lady Knatch bull and family, for the Continent ; Captain and the Hon. Mrs. Ainslie, from Dover-street, on a tour; Sir Harford 13 rydges, from the Burlington Hotel, Cork-street, for Routli brook, Radnorshire Mr. and Mrs. J. Trotter, for their seat l i t Epsom; Major-General Macdonnell, from Warren's Hotel, tegeut-street, for Ireland ; Lord and Lady Harris, for Bel tont, Kent ; Lieutenant-General Sir John and Lady Slade Ind family, for the Continent ; J. B. Merritt and William ,a s lorritt, Esqrs., from Gordon's Hotel, Albemarle-street, for rtokeby, Yorkshire ; Mrs. and Miss Sneyd, from ditto, for Blackheath ; Colonel Howard 'Wyse, and family, from ditto, for Stoke-place, Windsor; the Misses Nugent, from ditto, for Ashton Hall, Lincolnshire; J. Hitchens, Esq., from the Ber bers Hotel, Berners-street ; B. Slade, Esq., from ditto ; Rev. C. Foot, froni ditto ; J. D. Oliver, Esq., Mrs. Oliver, and rnily, from ditto, for the Isle of Wight; Tyler Smyth, Esq., qrs. Smyth, and family, from ditto, for Houghton, Northamp ton W. Maitland, Esq., and Mrs. Maitland, from ditto, for "ughton Hall, Essex ; Edmund Wolff, Esq., from ditto, for the Continent; Major Palmer, for ditto. CONCERTS OF ANCIENT MUSIC. EIGHTH CONCERT. Until this season, no one of all the musical associations with Which this metropolis abounds, had sank into such low repute as the once ce l e brated Concerts of Ancient Music. Whilst 1n . the large continental cities Societies were engaged in t he to light the glorious and wonderful inspirations of l z !ae immortal Bach, th e i n t e ll e etual and imaginative Beethoven, 2, elegant Haydn, the voluptuous Mozart, and the simple and s ublime Handel, and performing their compositions with u _ is eestras varying from three to six hundred persons, the ‘nnable exe rtions of the Directors of this Institution were C onfined to a dull, unvarying repetition of the least - worthy , ecim ens from Handel—much of the mean and contemptible of t he Neapolitan school, et hoc genus omnes. Mu ch of this arose fr om the limited genius and petrified und erstandin g of the l ate conductor, who, in our opinion , whe n death com p elled h t he to resi g n his post, possessed no more extended views of ;17 art than he did when he first entered up on his duties, some I. tY years since. This course of ma na g ement has had its e ffect upon the Subscribers, who sit througho ut the evenin g 4 a sort o f "desperate tranquillity," an appal lin g contrast to the vivid an d e n thusiastic expression of feeling witnessed at th eZ Philharmonic and other C on certs. In our notice o f th e "t Concert, it was intimated that the Ma g nificat of Se bastian Bach was intended to be performed at the meeting of Jealerday evening. Lord Burghersh and the conductor, have ot a length discovered that the present farce, miscalled a re ,earsal, utterly forbids any attempt to bring forward the extra 7„(linary efforts master mind. The " celebrated singers tla e Ancient Concert" (as they are termed), could no more th .'e got through the opening of the " Gloria" with which 1 5 comp os iti on c l os es, than could they have jumped down each „„ J ' ner' s th roats . Th e chorus " °eines generationes, with its ese fugu e d points, would have been one mass o f confusion, and L o ha't the three trumpeters would have done with the simple tandeur of the opening movement, it pass es our understand (43g to comprehend or imagine. It is not a little curious to serve the use Mendelsohn has made of this movement; no g aiteri, of the present day makes more free with Bach and k 'eethoven. The Concert of last night was under the diree ti ori of Lord Burghersh, who, if it were no t for some of the ~ !h excellent which appear with his na me, would be thought excellent musician. As it is, we had much rather trust to than Mr. Knyvett or the Archbishop , a nd ever y subscriber, "e doubt not, will gratefully tender his Lordship the most I l l . tleere thanks for the great and manifest improvement which : L a taken place in the management of these concerts, and ' ui eh 1,7 e believe solely to be attributable to his Lordship's e x !ertio ns . The vocal performers of last ni g ht were— ipadaines Manran, Bishop, Postans, and Lacy ; Messrs. r aham, Phillips, Hawkins, Balfe, Rubini, and Knight. T here was much excelL"nt music performed. Rubini, in two ex quisit e ly b eau tif u l s ongs ofMozart, distinguished him self, ' in some instances, we could T‘erceive he excited the te ars „l his audience. Mozart never wrote two lovelier songs, and ' useethoven has condescended to draw ;:lerally from one of " 11 '•" . Lacy and 1,1 • like some d oz.. • .L.Lisses Postans sang as use. d o el l young lady singers, whose names we mi B ".ht n' they have just crossed the threshold of the tem, le d-,, ll .armony, and have everything to learn. Mrs. Bishop is I ,;',!dedly the best English singer before the public. Her 2lormance in the trio from " Don Juan," was marked by the kSt delightful sensibility, and was perfection itself. Mrs. Yvett may take a lesson from her in glee singing. The pure, and subdued tone with which she went through the Wertette of Mozart, was most praiseworthy. A Mr. Knight permitted to exhibit himself in the great scena from the C reation," and, from his performance, we are inclined to sup :Be no other Society will wish to covet the prize which the er ectors have so happily discovered. The g ems of the evenin g He re the t wo e xtraordinary efforts of Malibran, who, it ap k4a, was anxious to retrieve herself, and to obliterate all re uoelseences of her last appearance at these concerts. The t i e songs assigned her were the " Che faro Senza" of a ll : l i ck' and the " 0 Salutaris" of Che rubini. As a musician •u o Possessing the most imaginative and u nbounded concep b,4 of the art, we have ever considered Ma libran as infinitely e yond all her contemporaries (for rivals she has none) but d, = were utterly astonished and humbled at t he divine g enius P l ayed by her in the execution of these two compositions. 4 et cad enzas were m ar k e d by the utmost finish, and the en harmonic change upon the German sixth, was what, we he llos"?' was never before attempted by a vocalist, and it appeared to i od 'hat she had been practising the Spohr-like forms of the me -11,1! With which De Beriot's compositions abound, and that i;ensciously she presses them into her service. Our readers foscarce credit us when we truly affirm that at the elose of e Song from Cherubini, this lady made a cadenza extending e po l o bC in alt to E flat on the second space in the bass cliff, a et i pass of upwards of two octaves and a half, never before t o ;Ppted or executed by one person. The oldest subscribe rs ath e re Institution were no doubt not a little astonis hed to hear a lki e old favourite, the air from the " Orfeo" of Gluck , so var ied elegantly sung that it appeared as novel and as fresh as if sa lt t leed for the first tie, a talent which of all others is the tendication of first- m rate genius. In th e east of this County there are two Magistrates Z 4111(1 What makes the fact we are about to state more curio usl y t Ili krkabl e is, they are bc,!h exceedingly unpopular—who dex terously play their own game at tile people's expense, when -Bkir there i s war d ec l are d b e t ween r i va l f a ctions. $o cleverly pri to such an extent have they carried this divide et imperio 11,: ei Ple, by siding each with his favourite faction, that last to ' d ‘l e cp a t one of them had a party of over 250 men in one day and pit his potatoes, and the other, on a grand field day, i hti _ s9 horses to draw home his turf—all gratis. No compen kitir required but their Worships' countenance whenever a ti haPpened to be too severely touched, and legal satisfac resorted to.—.Linierick Star. eve r EPSOM RACES. SUN OFFICE, Four o'Clock. THIS DAY, BY EXPRESS. THE OAKS STAKES. First year of a Renewal of the OAKS STAKES of 50 sovereigns each, h. ft., for three-year-old fillies Bst. 41b. each. Mile and half. (100 subs.) Mr. Mostyn's Queen of Trumps 1 Mr. Greville's Preserve 2 10 started. Won by 2 lengths SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. EPSOM RACES—YEsTERDAr. To impart anything like novelty to a clescripTion of the Derby day would be an undertaking of no slight difficulty, for on no lees than fifty-five occasions has the same scene been acted on the same ground, during nearly half of which period has it been our annual task to luxuriate on the various etceteras which assist in the forma tion of an ensemble unrivalled in this or any other country. At one period, indeed, our fears, blinding our reason, gave under weight to the recent dispute, and almost led us to believe that the met ro . polis would be deprived of its greatest treat, and we of " our occu pation." Our apprehensions have, luckily, turned out to be ground less, and " this indenture witnesseth" that, until steam-coaches and iron roads shall have altogether superseded the use or necessity of horses, the lovers of this truly national sport may continue to parti cipate in the laborious enjoyments of the " Derby Day." Despair ing, as we have said, of discovering any new features, we com menced our journey (and it is a journey) at our usual time, and ac complished the sixteen miles in the astonishingly short period of three hours and a quarter, an achievement of no small merit when the endless annoyances created by unskilful charioteers and insolent toll-keepers are taken into consideration. It was fortunate that the roads were well watered, not by contract, but by a pretty consider able shower during the night, and thus one of the grievances most to be dreaded was avoided. About one o'clock we reached the Downs, and here for two long hours had we to wander about in a state of mortal suspense, the time for running the Derby having been unwisely changed from two till half-past, thus giving an ample opportunity to those bent on larking and mischief to get " drunk and disorderly" before, instead of after, the race, as of old ; and thereby increasing the difficulty of keeping the course. This alteration is a defect in the management, which in all other respects is perfect. . Long before the start the Downs were covered, and we have no hesitation in stating that a more brilliant company has seldom, if ever, been collected on them. The Grand Stand exhibited a splen did show of fashionables, the list of visiters comprehending, beside many others, the following distinguished names : Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Duke of Cumberland, Princess Augusta, Prince George of Cam bridge, Princess of Lichtenstein and daughter. The French Ambassador and Lady, the Russian Ambassador and Lady, the Swedish Ambassador, Prince Esterhazy and family, the Duc de Richelieu, Marquis de Choiseul, Count Bathiany, Count D'Orsay, and several other eminent foreigners. Duxes—Leeds, Richmond, Cleveland (and Duchess), Rutland, Grafton. v M& aQulsits—Exeter (and Marchioness), Granby, Tavistock, Conyngham, &c. EARLS—Verularn (and Countess), Chesterfield (and Countess), Lichfield (and Countess), Clanwilliam (and party), Hillsborough, Eglinton, Southampton, Wilton, Cadogan (and Countess), Sand wich, March, Warwick, Scarborough, Stair, Errol, Jersey, Orford, Stradbroke, Uxbridge (and family), Albemarle, Sze. -- Loans Hill, Cole, G. Lennox, Macdonald, Allen, Brudenell, Portarlington, De Roos, Alvanley, Templemore, Fit z h a rris, Glen lyon, Stanley, G. H. Bentinck, J. Fitzroy, Grimston, T. Dundas, Wharncliffe,Villiers, Clements, Digby, Godolphin, S. Osborne, &c. LADlES—Charlotte Fletcher, Julia Howard, Vivian, Frances Howard, Augusta Foster, Millbank, Charteris. S lRS —Rowland Hill, George Quintin, Robert Gordon, John Shelley, Richard Bulkeley and Lady, John Gerard, William Jol liffe Charles Coote, Lewyn Glyn, Mark Wood, F. G oo d r i c k e , & c. liosotraAßLEs—G. Berkeley, A. Berkeley, F. Berkeley, B. Craven, G. Anson and Lady, Villiers and Lady, Grimston, T. Duncombe, C. Forester, General Grosvenor and Lady, J. Wortley, G. Powlett, &c. COLONELS—PeeI and Lady, Hornby, Angerstein, Udny, Wynd ham, Clive, Anthony, Molineux, Hi 1, Bowater, Charitie. CAPTAINS—Gardnor, Clive, Buller, Hunter, Grant, Hawker, Ellice, Bathurst, Russell, &c. Messas.—Fletcher, Codrington, R. S. Surtees, Etwall, Payne, Irby, GreVille, J. Mills, Worrall, Heskett, G. Walker, Batson, Waddington, Cotterell, Roberts, Wigram, Elves, S. Stanley, A. Hunter, S. Fex, Ricardo, Martyn, &c. The weather, with the exception of two or three Showers, was favourable ; and the sport, as may be gathered from the following account, very good. Tho Derby Stakes of 50 sovs. each, h. ft., for three years old ; colts, Bst. 71b. ; and fillies. Bst. 21b. Last mile and a half. The owner of the winner to pay 100 cove towards the expenses of additional police officers, and the owner of the second horse to receive 100 soya. out of the stakes. 128 subs. Mr. Bowes's Mundig Lord Orford's Ascot, by Reveller Nat 2 The following also started, but were not placed by the Judge : Lord Jersey's Ibrahim ... Robinson Lord Jersey's Silenus, by Reveller C. Edwards Duke of Richmond's Leopoldine colt Boyce Duke of Cleveland's Pucelle colt Chifney Mr. Ridsdale's Coriolanus, by Emilius Conolly Mr. Pettit's Ibrahim, by Emilius Wright Sir G. Heathcote's Valentissimo Buckle Mr. Robinson's Stockport, by Langar Darling Mr. J. Peel's Trim, by Edmund—Mary Chapple Lord Warwick's Pelops, 2 yrs Calloway Mr. Ridsdale's Luck's All, by Tramp G. Edwards Duke of Rutland's Darioletta colt Wheatley The ring was formed as usual on the top of the hill, and two or three fluctuations took place ; but the amount of business transacted was not very considerable. The last prices were -7 to 6 agst Lord Jersey's Ibrahim 3 to 1 agst Lord Orford's Ascot 6 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Mundig 10 to 1 agst Mr. Ridsdale's Coriolanus 11 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Leopoldine c. 18 to 1 agst Duke of Cleveland's Pucelle colt 50 to 1 agst Mr. J. Peel's Trim 50 to 1 agst Sir J. Heathcote's Valentissimo 100 to 1 agst Lord Warwick's Pelops The horses assembled at the post at the time fixed, hut, owing to three or four futile attempts to get off, the race did not come off till a few minutes after three. Silenus and Luck's All were started for the purpose of making play, the former for Ibrahim, and the other for Coriolanus ; Silenus therefore took the lead at a great pace, fol lowed by Luck's All, who, during the whole of the time he laid second, was forcing the running. Behind these two were Valen tissimo, Ascot, Mundig, and Coriolanus; then came the ruck, and lastly, Pelops, Trim, and Pucelle, but all pretty well together. There was no material change of position till they were near the Tattenham corner, where Pelops anal Trim went up from the rear, and joined the horses forward, Trim taking the inner side, and Pe lops the upper. In making the turn, Luck's All made a last effort to increase the speed, and gave up just Wore reaching the road. Mundig and Ascot now went forward, Mundig, like Pelops, taking the upper ground, and Ascot the lower, Silenus being still in front, having with hi m Valentissimo, Pelops, Trim, Coriolanus, Mundig, Ibrahim, and Ascot, all in a line, nor did he altogether relinquish the lead till within the distance, where he dropt off ; a little further on Coriolanus declined, and at the stand only Ascot, Ibrahim, Mun dig, and Pelops were left ; of these the two first named were running a kind of match on one side, and the two latter on the other. Ibra him was beaten before he cleared the Stand, and Pelops almost at the same moment. Mundig and. Ascot then joined issue, and ran a very severe race home, Mundig winning by a neck only ; so close, indeed, was the finish, that in the next stride beyond the chair Ascot's head was first. Mundig, in fact, won his race right upon the post, and not till then. About a length behind Ascot were Pelops, Ibrahim, and Valentissimo, and so close together that it is difficult to separate them ; we believe, however, that in awarding the third place to Pelops, the fourth to Ibrahim, and the fifth to Valentissimo, we shall be pretty near the mark ; Trim was the sixth, and well up with the three ; Coriolanus was next, then Silenuo and Luck's All ; behind these Darioletta, Mr. Pettit's Ibrahim, Leopoldine, and Stockport, and lastly, the Pucelle colt, who never showed in front, and was beaten a long way. The pace was severe throughout, but there was not much of atail at the finish. Value of the stakes, 3,5501., subject to the customary deductions; besides this Mr. Bowes wins a large sum in bets, all the party are also great winners. Mundig is got by Catton out of Emma by Whisker, out of Gibside Fairy by Berme, out of Vicissitude by Pipator ; Beatrice by Sir Peter. The winner was bred by the trustees of Lora Strathmore. The Slow Sitßes, of 5 sovs. each, with 30 soya. added ; 3 yrs old, ist. ; 4 yrs, Bst. 71b. ; 5 yrs, Bst. Mares and geldings allowed 31b. The winner to be sold for 100/.. Ono mile. 6 subs. Duke of Rutland's Flame, 3 yrs W. Boyce 1 Lord Egremont's Red Leg, 3 yrs 2 Baron de Teissier named b. m. Jenny Wren, 3 yrs Mr. Day's Boletas, 3 yrs Mr. C. Hornby's Guildford, aged a Flame the favourite, but no betting worth naming. Guildford made running, followed by Jenny Wren till near the distance, where Jenny Wren took it up, with Red Leg and Flame at her quarters. At the Stand Flame came out, and won easy by a length. She was claimed. The Ewell Stakes of 5 sous. each, and •25 sous. added; 3 yrs old, ; 4 yrs, Bst. ; 5 yrs, Bst. 91b. ; 6 yrs and aged, 9st. 121 b. Winners at any time (matches excepted) to carry for twice, 31b. ; three times, 51b. ; four times and above, 71b. extra. Mares and geldings allowed 31b. ; and horses which have started four times and not won allowed 51bs. Last half mile. 9 subs. Mr. Itidsdale's Alarcian, 3 yr° ...Nat 1 Mr. Greatrex's Young Sweet Pea colt, 3 yrs... 2 The following also started, but were not placed:— Mr. White's b. f. by Harry, 3 yrs 111 r. Matthew's Mimosa, 4 yrs Mr. Goddard's b. f. by Emilius, 3 yrs No betting. A very fine race between the first two, and won by a head only ; the others were beaten off. We did not hear of any betting on the Oaks; and such was the crowded state of the course that we were unable to ascertain the number or names of the fillies likely to start. BETTING IN ST. JAMES'S AT TWELVE O'CLOCK LAST NIGHT ON Till OAKS. 6 to 5 offered on Mr. Greville's Preserve 8 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Queen of Trumps (taken) 8 to 1 agst Lord Wilton's Barbara Bell 9 to l agst Lord Chesterfield's Eva 12 to 1 agst Lord Orford's Bodice About nine or ten are expected to run. DE RB IC-DA Y. — G . erard's-H a ll T avern h a s a l w ay s been famous for something out of the common way, as on this day, in the shape of a turn out. Y ester d ay f ar excee d e d any f or mer year. The display of horses a n d * carriages excelled an ything of the kindin the City ! there w ere e i g h t carr iages, with four horses eac h, all filled with gentlemen lodging at the Tavern. The one that attracted the greatest attention was a splendid new open landau, drawn by four beautiful grey horses (said to be part of th e stud of a private g ent l eman near Cha ring -cross), with two postillions in scarlet u n if orm. Thi s was followed well-knownb ruc he dr e a o s a v e II n by four very fine bay h orses , be longing proprietor, with t wo post illi ons in green uniform. The d;splgy altogether had a v er y i mpos i ng appearance, and attracted 4 vast oneourso of spectators. THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 1835. GENERAL ASSEMBLY. Edinburgh, Friday, May 22. The Assembly met to-day at twelve o'clock. After some time spent in devotional exercises, the following gentlemen were appointed to preach before his Grace the Commissioner, viz. : On Sabbath, 24th inst., Mr. Bruce, of New North Church, to lecture and preach in the forenoon, and Mr. Maclaggan, of Kinfauns, to preach in the afternoon. On Sabbath, 31st, Dr. Black, of Barony Parish, Glasgow, to lecture and preach in the forenoon, and Mr. Henderson, of Carmunnock, to preach in the afternoon. It was then arranged to meet in the afternoon at three o'clock, for the consideration of various matters, when Dr. LEE protested against Friday being made a day of busi ness, holding, as he did, that the minds of the Members should be solemnized and prepared for the important business before them, and therefore ought to be engaged on that day, as for merly, in prayer to God. The Assembly, however, adjourned from two till three, when they resumed business. The Report of the Committee on Commissions was read. Among others, the case of Dunfermline excited some inte rest. It appears that the Town Council of that burgh bad resolved, by a majority of eleven to eight, to delay electing a Commissioner to the Assembly for three months, or, in other words, to decline sending a Commissioner at all ; whereupon the minority protested, and afterwards met by themselves, and elected a Commissioner. The Committee reported that this election was invalid ; and, after some discussion, in which much disapprobation of the conduct of the Dunfermline Town Council was expressed, the Assembly sustained the Report of their Committee recommending the rejection of the Com mission. The Committee on overtures reported that there were no fewer than eighty of these on various subjects. ORDER OF BUSINESS. Dr. Coos then announced the business of the Assembly for the two following days :—Saturday : The Report of the De putation appointed to wait on Government respecting increased Church Accommodation—a communication to the old Mode rator from the Original Burgher Synod—the Report of the Deputation on the Royal Bounty—Overtures on the Synod of Ulster—Cases of the Minister of Catrine Chapel, and of Mr. Fraser, an American Minister, requesting admission into the Church of Scotland. Monday : Reports on the Indian Mis sion; on the English Presbyterians; and, on the Colonial Churches: Cases—of Kilmarnock; o Lady Parish; of Mr. Niven of Dunkeld ; and, of Mr. Parker. The Assembly then took up the appeal from a recent deci sion of the Synod of Lothian and Tweeddale, reversing a sen tence of the Presbytery of Haddington in reference to the case of Mr. James Grieve, junior, who, it will be recollected, was appointed Commissioner to the General Assembly from the burgh of North Berwick, and whose commission was attested by the Presbytery of Haddington—from which an appeal was made to the Synod, who reversed the judgment on the ground that there was no evidence of Mr. Grieve maintaining daily family worship. Considerable discussion took place on the point of form started by the Procurator, namely, that it was incompetent in the Synod to entertain the appeal from the decision of the Haddington Presbytery, and that the complainers against that decision should have come direct to the bar of the Assembly, who alone were competent to judge of its own constitution, and of the qualification and rights of its members. Without going into the merits of the case, Dr. Cook moved, on the ground taken by Dr. Lee and the Procurator, to sus tain the appeal from the Synod of Lothian and Tweeddale, and reverse its decision in the case. Dr. BURNS, of Paisley, contended that the proceedings throughout had been according to the laws and practice of the Church, and therefore moved that the Assembly dismiss the appeal, and sustain the decision of the Synod. After some discussion the roll was called, when Dr. Cook's motion was carried by 118 to 42. ST. CYRUS. The Assembly then took up an appeal by Mr. Cook and others, from a sentence of the Synod of Angus and Mearns, reversing one by the Presbytery of Fordun, who refused to sustain an appointment from the Kirk-Session of St. Cyrus in favour of Mr. William Malcolm to represent the Session as an elder to the Presbytery and Synod. The appellants in this case appeared to have no objection to Mr. Malcolm's charac ter, but objected to his appointment solely on the ground that the Kirk-Session, when he was elected, was not properly constituted, their meeting not having been moderated by their minister, Dr. Keith, who was on the Continent at the time, in consequence of ill health. On the motion of Dr. Lee, after some discussion, the Assembly sustained the complaint and appeal, and reversed the sentence of the Synod. CHURCH OF GENEVA. Dr. P. MACFARLANE said he had received a letter from the Venerable Company of Pastors of the Reformed Church in Geneva, acquainting the General Assembly that they intended to celebrate, for the third time, the centenary of the Reforma tion, which was to take place on the 23d August next, on which occasion they invited the Church of Scotland to unite their prayers with them, and, if convenient, to send a deputation to join them in celebrating the festival. The "subscribers of the letter he had read were editors of a journal, called the Protestant, which openly avowed Socinian doctrines. The Professor of Dogmatical Theology, elected and continued by the Company of Pastors, is an abettor of the same doc trines. Dr. M. then read a series of instructions issued by the Company in 1817, in which they obliged every Pastor to promise that, so long as he resided in Geneva, he would abstain from discussing the doctrines or the divinity of Christ, original sin, effectual calling, and predestination—that they would not oppose any Minister who should deny these doctrines, and if called upon incidentally to mention them, they should adhere to the language of Scripture, without any attempt at explanation. There could be but one feeling in the Assembly—that they could not fraternize with men who avowed such sentiments. Still, he thought it was the duty of the Assembly to answer the letter, and he would conclude by proposing the appoint ment of a small committee to draw up an answer to it.—m o . tion agreed to. CHURCH PATRONAGE. A Overture signed by fifty members of Assembly, was laid on the table, of the following tenor :—That the General As sembly do resolve that patronage is a grievance which ought to be abolished; and, therefore, that the General Assembly do remit to a committee of its number, to report to the present meeting of Assembly on the most advisable course of proce dure for carrying the resolution into effect. The Assembly then adjourned. Saturday, May 23. CATRINE CHAPEL CASE. The Appellant in this case intimated his willingness to withdraw the appeal, to which the Assembly agreed, and gave power to the Presbytery to pursue the case till ripe for final decision. The report of the Committee appointed on the petition of the ministers of Inverness, for an additional church enjoying the same privilege as the other churches of that town, w as read, and ordered to be remitted to the Presbytery for their consideration and approbation, and appoint the Presbytery to report to the Commission in August. The Assembly then took up the appeal from the Presby_ tery of Perth, against the attestation of the commission of the elders. Mr. TuLtocif, the appellant, had not complained at the time of election, because he was not aware of the qualifica tion of the elders, but he rested his case on the 9th Act of Assembly, 1718, which gave the Presbytery the opportunity of correcting any errors at the time of attestation. There was on the table a petition on the same subject, signed by al most every elder within the bounds, and by men of every variety of opinion in civil and ecclesiastical politics. Dr. Cooa moved that the Assembly dismiss the complaint. Dr. BURNS of Paisley moved that the commission could not be sustained. The motion was subsequently withdrawn. Dr. P. MACFARLANE, before reading the reply to the letter from the Pastors at Geneva, stated that there was a revival at Geneva of pure and evan g elical religion, and that a Theo logical Seminary had been formed for training up young men to preach the Gospel, which was attended by students from France and other neighbouring countries. This seminary was provided with Professors, eminent for learning and piety, and the cause which had led to its formation was the grievous he terodoxy of the Established Church. The Rev. Doctor then read the following reply, which was agreed to : TO THE MODERATOR AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE VENERABLE COMPANY OF PASTORS AT GENEVA. Reverend Sirs—The moderator of the late General Assembly laid before us this day your letter of the 31st December, 1834, in which you communicated to us the interesting intelligence that the Reformed Church of Geneva is about to celebrate, for the third time, the centenary of the Reformation from Popery, and in vite us, on Sabbath, the 23d day of August, to unite our prayers with yours for the blessing of God upon the Protestant Church. We have observed, with the deepest sortow, the wide dissemina tion of Neologian, Socinian, and Infidel tenets and opinions among the reformed Protestant Churches of the Continent, and have learned, with extreme regret, that Geneva, to which all Europe owes so much, and which is endeared to Scotland in particular by many pleasing associations, has not escaped the almost universal contagion; and that the religious liberty which the undaunted Re formers of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries achieved, has, in many of the Reformed Churches been abused, as if it permitted men to cast off the restraints of the divine authority, and to reject the infallible and immutable oracles of the living God. The announcement contained in }our letter, together with the information we have received from Christian friends who have lately visited your country, encourage us to believe that pure and uncorrupted Christianity are already about to revive in your canton, and in the other Protestant cantons of Switzerland, and that, under the divine blessing, and through the abundant effusion of the Holy Spirit, the day is not far distant when Christ shall be preached in all your churches, that he is the Son of God, when the absurdities of the Neologian, and the fatal soul-destroying doctrines of the Socinian and Pelagian heresies shall flee away, and when a pure and truly rational, because a Scriptural, Christianity shall be taught in all your schools of theo logy, and proclaimed in every pulpit in Switzerland. We will not for one moment suppose that the reformed Church of Geneva pur pose to celebrate the centenary of the Reformation without recog nising, with devout and grateful emotion, the unspeakable bene fits resulting from that auspicious event, and the precious doctrines, in defence of which the fathers of the Reformation hazarded their lives, and many of their disciples submitted to imprisonment, and exile, and death. We regard the approaching festival at Geneva for a token of good. We pray that the spirit of Luther, and Farel, and Calvin, and, will you give us leave to add, of Knox, may be felt at all your meetings, and by all the members of your assemblies, on that solemn and interesting occasion ; and that the fruit of your conferences, and fellowship, and prayers, may be to increase your interest and that of your flocks in the distinguishing doctrine of the Protestant creed—Luther's artmulner stantis tel cadentis Ecclesice —the doctrine of justification by faith in the Son of God. We return you our sincere thanks for the respect which you have shown to the Church of Scotland, in sending to us a copy of your resolutions, and inviting us to send a deputation tb Geneva. We regret that it is not in our power to comply with the invita tion, but beg leave to assure you of an interest in our prayers. Signed in our name and presence, and by our authority, W. A. THosisox, Mod. ENDOWMENTS. The Assembly then called far the report of the General Assembly's Committee on Endowments. CHARLES FERGUSSON, Esq., advocate, as Convener, detailed with much clearness the progress which they had made, and pressed with great earnestness upon the Assembly that the specific object which they had in view was to obtain, not a grant for building, but for endowing Churches. Dr. P. MACFARLANE said he had a letter from the Original Burgher Synod, requesting the Assembly to appoint a com mittee to confer with them, with a view to bring about a union with the Established Church of Scotland. OVERTURES REGARDING THE SYNOD OF ULSTER. Principal DEwAR refrained from expressing any opinion as to what ought to be done in order to restore ministerial com munion between the Synod of Ulster and the Church of Scot land, but he could not refrain from expressing his wish that all kind and brotherly intercourse should be secured. He moved for a small Committee to prepare the matter. Principal MACFARLANE cordially agreed. CASE OF MR. FRASER. , A petition was then read from Mr. Fraser, an American minister, wishing to be received.into the Church of Scotland. The General Assembly found that they could not, consistently with the laws of the Church, receive one concerning whose education they had such very meagre evidence. INDIA MISSION. Dr. BRUNTON gave in the Report of the Committee on the Assembly's Missions to India, containing the details of their progress, and of the state of their funds, in both of which cases the Report was not unfavourable. The Rev. Mr. DUFF, a missionary, gave a statement of the objects of the Mission. ENGLISH TRESIITT2RIAN CHURCHES. Dr. DUNCAN, of Ruthwell, gave in the report of the Com mittee on the Presbyterian Churches in England, which, after some discussion was ordered to lie on the table until the over tures on the subject be taken under consideration. DUNKELD CASE. The appeal of the Rev. Mr. Niven of Dunkeld against a finding of the Synod of Perth and Stirling, was remitted to the Presbytery, with instructions to allow tip libel to be with drawn. KILMARONOCIL CASE. This was an appeal by Mr. John Crichton, preacher of the Gospel and prcsentfe to the above parish, against a judg ment of the Presbytery of Dumbarton, finding him guilty of drunkenness, and that he ought to be deprived of his licence. The libel ,- contained no less than 24 separate charges of in toxication. Parties being removed from the bar, Dr. P. MACFARLANE moved that the Assembly affirm the decision of the Presbytery. Dr. Cool( moved as an amendment, that the appeal be sustained, the sentence of the Presbytery of Dumbarton re versed, and the articles of the libel found not proven. 136 Voted in favour of Dr. P. Macfarlane's motion, and 104 for that of Dr. Cook.—Adjourned. Tuesday, May 28. EDUCATION AND RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION. Dr. GORDON brought forward the report of the Committee of the General Assembly for increasing the means of educa tion and religious instruction in Scotland, particularly in the Highlands and Islands. Dr. WELSH said that there should be a sufficient number of schools, with such endowments as would afford the means of education to the whole inhabitants, even the poorest of the land. That these schools should be filled by well-qualified teachers. That these schools should be under vigilant and efficient superintendence. Among all the means devised for promoting the religious, moral, and intellectual culture of the great body of the people, none had proved so efficient as the establishment in every parish of a resident minister and school master. But notwithstanding all that had been done for the general instruction of the people, it was yet matter of regret that none of the conditions he had mentioned had been en- tirely fulfilled. That there were no fewer than three hundred and eighty-four schools still required in the Highlands to sup ply the population with elementary instruction—this he could scarcely have believed, had it not come from an individual (the Secretary of the Committee) whose accuracy was alto gether unquestionable. He should not at present refer to the melancholy deficiencies in our great cities, because there was scarcely less deficiency in the crowded lanes and alleys of our great cities. The plan could be carried into effect, by making an immediate and earnest application to government to obtain the aid of a grant, and he was sure they could go with the strong est possible claims to the attention of the Legislature. He had seen parish schools of all kinds. He had seen some where no endeavour was made towards the improvement of morals or intellect ; where there was no attempt at classification ; and even where there were not two individuals in the same class who had the same book. Till there should be an im provement in the professional training of schoolmasters, great advancement was not to be expected in the cause of education in Scotland. In all the mechanical arts, some period of train ing was necessary ; but when all other trades fail, a man is thought ready made for a schoolmaster. There was a strong tendency of late years for increase of power on the part of the people, and he was anxious that there should be a high stan dard of education throughout the whole country. In raising the character of ministers and schoolmasters, they would be preparing the people generally to exercise well the power entrusted to them. It was therefore their duty to consider in what hands they would wish to see that power wielded— whether in the hands of a well-educated community, or by those whose education was altogether neglected. The Rev. Mr. BtiCHANAI, of Glasgow, then rose to second the resolutions moved by Professor Welsh. He commenced by remarking on the importance of the subject—a subject on which that venerable house had a hereditary title to legislate, having been identifie with the cause from the earliest period of her history. After some remarks upon the necessity of extending the ancient parochial system of Scotland generally, the Rev. Gentleman concluded by describing the nature of the efforts made in Glasgow to extend the parochial system, and to establish a seminary for the professional training of school-masters. After Dr. Welsh's resolutions had been had been seconded, Principal MACFARLANE moved that the General Assembly do express their warm approbation of the fidelity, zeal, and perseyerence of the committee in the discharge of their im portant duty—that they re-appoint the Committee with the same powers and instruction as formerly—renew their recom mendations to all the Presbyteries, Ministers, and Congre gations in Scotland, that they employ all the means in their power to keep and improve the funds requisite for continuing and extending the blessings of a Christian education in our land—approve of the suggestions of their committee with re spect to the institution of model or training schools, and the establishing of ordinary schools to a larger extent, not only in the Highlands, but in large and populous towns, and especially in the several districts annexed, as parishes, to the Parliamentary Churches in the Highlands and Islands—and agree to pe tition the House of Commons for such aid as may enable them to accomplish those very valuable and beneficent objects ; which motion having been seconded by Dr. DEWAR, was agreed to, along with the other resolutions moved by Dr. Welsh. CHAPELS OF EASE. The Clerk read some overtures on this subject, complaining of the violation of the barrier Act, by the admission of the Chapels of Ease ; and also one from the Presbytery of Aber deen of an opposite character. Principal HALDANE moved that the resolution of the last General Assembly be rescinded, and that it be remitted to a committee to consider and report to this Assembly, and after wards to obtain the opinion of Presbyteries. Dr. COOK seconded the motion. Dr. P. MACFARLANE stated that his former objections to this measure bad now been removed. He concluded by show ing the necessity of certain modifications in the Act, and moved in substance, that the Assembly see no cause to disturb the Act of last Assembly in regard to Ministers of Chapels of Ease, and, therefore, reject the overtures laid on the table thereanent, which motion was seconded by Mr. Dunlop. Mr. GRAY, of Woodside Church, Aberdeen, advocated the cause of the chapel ministers, contending that the Act of last Assembly was no innovation, and that it introduced no new principle. He hoped that the members on the other side would not persevere in a hostility which would be so lacerating to the feelings. Such an Act, he was sure, would go far to alienate the affections of the congregations from the Church of Scotland. A long discussion ensued, for which we cannot possibly find room. A Committee was appointed to consider the Act of Assem bly, 1798, respecting the erection and constitution of Chapels of Ease,. and to prepare an overture to be transmitted to Pres byteries, embodying the regulations to be observed in future. It was also agreed to include the overtures anent the erection of new churches, together with the references anent Gaelic chapels, to a large committee, with power to sub-committee. The Assembly then adjourned at 10 o'clock. Wednesday, May 27. TRINITY GA SK. The Assembly took up the case of Trinity Gask. It ap peared, th at t h e par i s h h av i ng f a ll en vacant s h ortly a f ter the passing of the Assembly's Act respecting Calls last year, the parishioners s en t a li s t o f th ree i n di v id ua l s to t h e patron , L or d Kinnoul, requesting his Lordship to make choice of one of as minister of the parish. This hi s L or d s hip d ec li ne d, presented Mr. Gray to the vacancy. After some di sc ussi o n, themandNir C. FERGUSSON moved, " That the Assembly approve of the reference, sustain the appeal, and, as it appears on the record that the proceedings in the case of the presentee have not been in conformity with the directory of last Assembly, re mit to the Presbytery of Auchterarder to proceed with Mr. Gray's trials, and with instructions that the heads of families may state any special objections to Mr. Gray to be considered by the Presbytery, and disposed of as if no moderation of the call had taken place." Dr. BRUNTON seconded the motion. Mr. A. DUNLOP contended, that no neglect or omission on the part of the Kirk Session or Presbytery in fulfilling the injunctions of the Act of Assembly anent calls could take away the right of the parishioners to dissent from a minister being intruded on them against their will. Dr. COOK said, the interim act of last year laid down a cer tain position—it laid down a fundamental principle, that it was the law of the Church that no minister should be intruded on a parish contrary to the will of the people, and declared that a disapproval of the majority of the male heads of families, com municants, was sufficient. Thursday, May 28. CHURCH EXTENSION• Dr. CnALmEas read his report, which stated that the first care of the committee had been to make known their appoint ment throughout the Church, and to the various individuals fliroughOut the country who were well known for their attach ment to the Establishment. The result of their labours was on the whole most satisfactory. The Rev. Doctor then, enu merated the various new places of worship which were com pleted, or in the course of preparation, and went into a variety of details as to the subscriptions and donations. Bu't although the subscriptions and donations had been so great during the first year, of course they could not expect the mime liberality in future. Their aim was not accommodation only, but cheap accommodation, so as to congregate the lower orders in the house of God, not by individuals, but by families. But this essential object could never be achieved as long as the scat rents formed the fund for the support of the clergyman; and unless they were assisted otherwise, they might despai r o f bringing back the Ch urc h t o that efficiency it possessed in former days, when it forced its way into the bosom of every household. The first step was no doubt to build churches, and that might be done by private exertion. The next great step, however, was to relieve the people of their support, and for that they must look to the powerful hand of a good and wise Government, who, with comprehensive views, saw that the highest work of patriotism was to encourage the spread of religion, and thus stem the tide of irreligion and immorality. The munificence of the subscriptions afforded the best answer to all those sophistries that had been lately maintained against the Church of Scotland, although there were unlet sittings in the Established Churches, and also in the Dissenters' ; but when people were too distant it was no answer to tell them that there was plenty of accommodation twenty miles off. The number of people who had an opportunity of going to a place of worship, but did not do so, was also no argument against their scheme, as it only showed the amount of good undone. They could never make head against the accumulat ing profligacy and irreligion if they did not get cheap sittings for the poorer classes, and additional facilities for the visitation of clergymen, and active and zealous elders. The manner in which a vast majority of the working classes were at present left unprovided or in all large towns, clearly showed the ineffi ciency of the voluntary system. In thus endeavouring to pro vide the inestimable benefit of cheap religion to the working classes, they felt that they approached the Legislature, not as petitioners, but as donators. - They certainly did expect their co-operation in averting the hideous spectacle of a depraved population. One hundred and thirty churches would be put in their hands, and they would be asked to endow them, so that the seat-rents being thus lowered, the entrance of the people would be facilitated. All that would be asked would be a decent subsistence for the clergyman, not for his own sake, but for the sake of the people, for that endowm en t was not a boon to churchmen, but to the common people —not for the multiplication of pampered ecclesiastics, but as the great means whereby the lower classes might be reclaimed and humanized by the lessons of Christianity ; and that the gospel of Jesus Christ might be preached without money to the poorest in the land. But they never expected provision from the State until the wants were first fully ascertained, and there was a test for the ascertainment of those wants which was quite ef fectual to guard the national purse against any uncalled-for ex penditure, for many were the grotesque and extravagant mis conceptions abroad as to the enormous draft they intended on the public purse. But there was always prima facie evidence that the application did not exceed the real wants, when the application was not made for the endowment of the Church, until the Church was raised by the liberality of the individuals, which liberality required the strongest necessity to call it forth. He had already expressed a hope in the liberality of the Government, and he now expressed an equal hope in the liberality of the Legislature. The Government might impose any conditions whatever--they might provide all the securities which a wise Government could devise, or the most vigilant Administration insist upon. With regard to the division of the funds, the committee were unanimously of opinion that they ought generally not to engage in the enterprise of church• building themselves, but that the general f u nd s s h ou ld b e ex pendedin aid of local efforts, and to stimulate parties by a pro portional allowance. The friends of the Church in Glasgow did not propose to avail themselves of any part of the sum raised by them for general purposes. Thus Glasgow, besides supplying her own wants, wa s e le va t e d t o t h e ran k of a great and general benefactor for Scotland at large. He then allu ded to the donations which had been made in aid of the scheme by the working classes throughout Scotland. But all these aids would be nothing without the assistance of a higher power —without the recognition of the Spirit. The reverend Doctor then said that he would recommend a change in the name of their object. Church extension was not perfectly adequate, still it might relieve them from the misconception attached to the present name. After intimating his intention to proceed to London, for the promotion of a Government Grant to the Church, the reverend Doctor sat down. On the motion of Dr. P. MACFARLANE seconded by Doctor Cook, it was agreed that the General Assembly approve of the report of the Committee, and that it be re-appointed with the same powers as before. ASSEMBLY LIBRARY. Dr. LEE moved the adoption of an overture, recommending that the Assembly should establish a Library in connexion with itself. The subject was referred to a committee. Dr. P. MACFARLANE read the Report of the committee ap pointed to consider the state of religion in the Highlands. Agreed to. DREGTIORN CASE. The Assembly then took up the appeal of Mr. J. C. Jamie son, presented to the parish of Dreghorn, from a decision of the Presbytery of Irvine, and referred by the Synod of Glas gow and- Ayr to the Assembly. The presentee had been pre sented to the parish before the decision of last Assembly re specting calls ; but that, on the parishioners objecting to him, the Presbytery had delayed his appointment. Lord MONCRIEFF moved that the appeal be sustained, the judgment of the Presbytery be reserved, and that the Assem bly remit to them to sustain the call, and proceed with the set tlement according to the laws of the Church. Mr. MONTEITH moved that the Assembly recal the judg ment of the Presbytery, and remit to them to endeavour to remove causeless prejudices in the minds of the parishioners ; but if the dissents should be persevered in, so that there shall appear to be intrusion, that they then reject the call. Majority for Mr. Monteith's motion, 1. The Assembly then adjourned at 12 o'clock. FRIDAY, MAY 29. IRISH CHURCH QUESTION. Dr. HALDANE intimated his regret that the Committee on Bills had not included the overtures on the appropriation of the revenues of the Irish Church. Captain GORDON expressed his entire concurrence in the sen- timents of his reverend friend. Mr. DUNLOP deprecated the introduction of political sub jects into that house, and he should oppose any attempt to make the Church a handle for promoting the interests of a political party. Mr. GIBBON, Lonmay, thought a petition from the Assem bly would have great weight with the Legislature. Dr. P. MACFARLANE was decidedly opposed to its discus sion in the present Assembly, which had enough of business before it to occupy every hour of its time. He should other wise have rejoiced to have expressed his opinion fully on this important subject. Captain GORDON moved—That the overtures from the Sy nods of Moray and Aberdeen on the subject of the appropria tion of the revenues of the Irish Church, and the overture from the Synod of Ross on the subject of Irish education, and the grant to Maynooth College, take precedence of all other business on Monday next. Mr. ROSE, Nigg, seconded the motion. He thought the motion of Lord John Russell a direct encouragement to popery. Mr. BRUCE of Kennet, suggested that the subject should be decided at once. After some further discussion, in which Mr. W. Paul, Mr. Buchan of Kelloe, Mr. Fergusson of Kilkerran, Lord Man crieff, principal Dewar, and others, entreated Captain Gordon to withdraw his motion, Dr. P. Macfarlane moved that in consideration of the mass of business which must of necessity be taken up by the General Assembly, the Assembly proceed to the business of the day, which was seconded by Mr. Fer gusson of Kilkerran, who, at the same time, entered a pro test, that in voting as he should feel constrained to do on that occasion, his opinion on the principle involved in the question should not be considered compromised. The roll was then called, when 130 voted for the amend ment, and 45 for the motion. OVERTURE ON CALLS. The Assembly then proceeded to take up the overtures and interim acts as to the calling of Ministers. Disapprobation of the second overture was in most cases expressed, and in all was distinctly implied in the returns from the 26 Presbyteries which disapproved of the first overture. Lord MONCRIEFF proposed that the overture transmitted to the Presbyteries by the last Assembly, should be passed into a standing law. 47 Presbyteries had approved of the overture, and 26 had disapproved of it, and there were a certain number who had made no return; and though he was not entitled to speak of these as approving of the overture, yet he believed that several of them did approve of it. When he looked over the list of Presbyteries who did approve, he found every one of the large Presbyteries of the Church among the num ber. The Presbytery of Edinburgh, Glasgow, Paisley, Perth, Dundee, Inverness, Aberdeen, Dumfries, Stirling, Dumbarton, and several others,__ all approved of the overture. Dr. PATRIC K MACFARLANE seconded the motion. Principal MACFARLANE opposed it. The effect of this law would set aside the authority of the Church in judging of the qualifications of Ministers. He would give to the people connected with the Established Church all the powers con ferred by the Act 1649, but he would reserve to the judica tories of the Church the power of judging of the qualifications, and he would wish that the people should, as reasonable beings, assign reasonable grounds for the objections. The Rev. Prin cipal concluded by moving to the effect--That being satisfied that the declaratory Act of last Assembly on the subject of calls, is very ambiguous, and liable to be misunderstood, and see ing that it contains a provision, virtually setting aside the authority of the Church Courts in judging of the fitness of candidates for the ministry, that there is no means which can be devised for carrying it ; that although the measure has been a pproved of by a majority of Presbyteries, the Assembly do not pass it into a law, but do remit to a Committee to make out a draft of a measure founded upon this principle, and re port to a future diet of the Assembly. The LORD JUSTICE CLERK seconded the motion of Principal Macfarlane., Professor'BßOWN supported Lord Moncrieff's motion. Mr. BRUCE of Kennet could not see the necessity of going to Parliament on the subject, as he thought the Assembly had sufficient power, in its legislative capacity, of protecting tl►e rights of the people, as well as the rights of patrons. More than once there was a good deal of uproar in the house, which called for the interference of the Moderator. Dr. CooK said they were about to pass a statute that must : materially affect the state of our National Church. Ho would state what evils were likely tc result from the want of that consideration. This new law went to vest the right of dissent in .the heads of families being communicants, and the Learned Lord, when he made this enactment, went on the supposition that there were a considerable number of communicants in every parish ; but the Assembly had heard, since they met, that there was a large part of Scotland where that was not the case, where the communicants were the smallest fraction of the community, and that there was one parish in which, out of a population of 3,000, there were only twenty communi cants ; that there were parts of Scotland where the condition of the people was more deplorable than this. Were the pious part of the community to be deprived of the man they would gladly receive to convey to them the knowledge of Divine truth? Measures should be taken to make ffle statute appli cable to all the parishioners in Scotland. The Rev. Doctor next alluded to the declaration to be put to objectors, that they were not actuated by factious or malicious motives —and he thought it improper to call on a man to make that solemn declaration. The great body in whom dissent was invested might not be the most competent judges of the qualifications requisite in a presentee ; the consideration of this was the peculiar duty of the Church Courts, which ought to be re served to them, and not communicated to the people. Of all the evils likely to happen to a parish, he considered that one the greatest that would keep it without a pastor, the effect or which would be a state of spiritual and moral degradation on which no sincere Christian could look without the deepest feeling of anguish and despair. The mode to be taken was vesting the jus devolutum in the Presbytery ; but if there was one point of law more clear than another, it was that the jus devolutum can only take place where the patron refuses to pre sent, when he deserts his duty, and leaves the parish without a minister. He held it was ultra vires of the Church to pass the Act which they did pass, and had }'hey paused and taken a little more time, hey would have:! rendered the measure more perfect. He had great respect for the Presbyteries, but many ministers of this Church \vere extremely ignorant of her sta tutes. He had no des'se to interfere in any degree with the rights of the people, which he had always respected, but at the smite time he also anxious to preserve to the judicatories the rights they had enjoyed since the institution cf . the Church. The Assembly adjourned at a quarter past 11 o'clock, until 11 OR Saturday. Saturday, May 30. COLONIAL CHURCHES. The Assembly took up the report of the Committee on Co lonial Churches. The principal points contained in the re port, related to the exclusive enjoyment of the Clergy reserve lands in Canada by the Ministers of the Church of England there ; and to the attempt which is at present making by the House of Assembly to direct the produce of those lands to pur poses of general education. The Committee recommended that the deputation who are about to wait on Government to obtain additional endowments for the Church at home, be in structed to press upon the Government the claims of the Scot tish Clergy in Canada to a share of those funds. The report was agreed to. Mr. GIBBON, of Lonmay, said some person answered to the name of Mr. Nivison, when that gentleman was absent, dur ing the vote on the Dreghorn case. He moved that a Com mittee be appointed to investigate this subject, which was agreed to. AUCHTERARDER CASE. The Assembly then took up the case of Auchterarder. Parties having been removed, Mr. MILNE moved, that the judgment of the Presbytery and Synod be reversed, and that it be remitted to the former to proceed according to the laws of the Church. Lord MONCREIRI , moved, that the judgment of the Presby tery and Synod be affirmed, except in so far as they refused the extracts to the presontee. A long discussion took place, chiefly on the effect which the making up of the roll previous to the appointment of the presentee, had upon the case—Lord Moncrieff and his friends contending, that in this case the regulations had been in spirit and substance observed, and, therefore, that it stood on totally different grounds from Trinity Gask while Dr. Cook, and those with him argued, that the inferior had no right to inter pret a law according to its spirit, but must be guided entirely by the letter of the enactment, and, therefore, the findings of the Presbytery and Synod ought to be reversed. About ten o'clock the discussion was closed, and the roll being called, and votes marked, there voted for Lord Moncreiff's motion, 131—for that of Mr. Milne, 95—majority for dismissing the appeal of the presentee, 36. Dr. SMITH moved, that the Assembly do now adjourn, which was seconded by Mr. Graham Spier:. Dr. Burris met this by a motion, that the Assembly adopt the overtures for a fast day. After some conversation on the point of whether the day of humiliation should be on a Sunday or not, it was unani mously agreed to appoint a Committee to fix on a week day for this purpose, and to prepare a pastoral letter, stating the grounds on which they deemed it necessary, Adjourned at half-past ten o'clock tll Monday. Monday, June 1. ILLEGAL VOTE—REVISION OF THE DREGHORN CASE. Mr. lirniGnAm, appointed to inquire into the vote alleged to have been fraudulently given in the Dreghorn case, gave in the Report, in which it was stated that the Committee had examined several gentlemen, from whose evidence it was proved that Mr. Nivison was not present when the vote in question was taken; but that the name of the gentleman was answered to as voting for the second motion, which gave a ma jority of one in favour of that motion. A petition was then put in for Mr. Jamieson, the presentee to the parish of Dreghorn, praying to be heard by Counsel on the point. A:discussion ensued, in the course of which Mr. Dunlop moved that the decision of the House should be held as nulli fied, and the case remitted to the Commission to be re-heard. Dr. Cook agreed in the propriety of holding the case as un decided, and should be reheard, but had great difficulty as to the particular mode in which it should be re-heard. A mo tion was eventually put by the Procurator, that the Assembly find that, in consequence of the absence of the respondents, it was incompetent to proceed in the case ; but, in respect of the Report of the Committee, prohibit the Clerk from giving out extracts, leaving it to' the parties to bring the case before the next Assembly ; which latter motion, on its being inti mated that the respondents could not meet the case in the Commission, was agreed to. Lord MONCREIFF gave in the Report of the C omm itt ee f or revising the regulations for carrying into effect the new Act of Assembly relative to Calls. Mr. DUNLOP, in reference to clause 14, moved, moved that the words " they shall sustain the Call" and " the trials," be omitted. The vote was taken on Mr. Dunlop's motion, when 96 voted against it, and 80 for it. D'IIWAR then read the Report of the Committee rela tive to the proposals of the Synod of Ulster, for an union with the Church of Scotland. The Report concluded with giving strong hopes that the result would be satisfactory to the Sy nod of Ulster. 'Dr. BURNS urged that some expression should be put on record, evincing the sympathy of the Church of Scotland with the Synod. This proposition was agreed to. Dr. M'LELLAN read the Report relative to the striking of the fiars. Tha Committee were re-appointed. ENGLISH PRESBYTERIANS. The Assembly then proceeded to consider the Report of the Committee on the petitions from certain congregations of the English Presbyterians relative to a union with the Church of Scotland, which they considered their parent Church. The Committee recommended that these Churches should form themselves into Presbyteries and Synods, and that then the General Assembly would enter into such communications with them as would distinctly mark the interest which the Church of Scotland took in this branch of their followers. Dr. RALPH, of Liverpool, appeared at the bar as a Com missioner from the petitioners, and advocated the expediency and justice of a union between them and the Church of Scotland. Mr. MUNRO, of Manchester, followed, and said that there were at present 200,000 Scotsmen in England, a number which, however great, was hourly increasing, and in the district with which he and his Rev. Brother, who had just spoken, were connected, there were no less than 30,000. The Rev. Gentleman said that splendid as had been the gifts to the Church Extension Scheme in Scotland, offers had been made by members of the Presbyterian Church in England, which far surpassed even the most liberal of those donations ; and they might expect, provided they extended their protection to that branch of the Presbyterian Church, that the liberality of its wealthy and influential members would be willingly ex. tended to every scheme that was conducive to the welfare of the mother Church. Captain GORDON confirmed what had failed from Dr. Ralph as to the favourable eye with which the Presbyterian Church of England contemplated the proposed union. A motion to the following purport was then unanimously agreed to :—The Assembly having heard the Rev. Dr. Ralph and Mr. Monro,:in support of their cl►aims, re-appoint the Committee, and recommend them to continue the correspon dence with their Presbyterian brethren in England, and to consider in what measure the aifficulties which stand in the way of a connexion with this Church may be removed, and to report to next Assembly. The Report of ay.': Committee to consider the best means of effecting a union with Seceders who adhere to the standard of the Church, was given in by Dr. P. Macfarlan, who expressed great gratification at the proposal made by the Old Burgher Synod to return to the bosom of the Church. The proposal was most cordially and unanimously agreed to. Dr. P. MACFARLAN gave in the Report of the Committee on new Churches, and for preparing constitutions for new Churches, which, after some discussion was approved of. The Committee appointed on Saturday to fix a day of genera: humiliation and fasting, reported that they had named Thin_ day, 23d July. . The causes not determined by the Assembly were then re ferred to the Commission, which meets at twelve o'clock this day (Tuesday) in the Tron Church. The minutes of this day's proceedings having been read and authenticated, the Moderator rose and addressed his brethren 3f the Church in a speech of considerable length, at the con clusion of which he returned thanks to his Grace the Com missioner for his attention to the Assembly. The Moderator then, in the name of the Great head of the Church, dissolved. the Assembly, and appointed the next General Assembly to meet on Thursday, the 19th May, 183 G. The Lord High Commissioner then addressed the House, and in the usual form dissolved the Assembly in the name of the King. The busi ness was closed in the usual impressive and solemn manner at half-past ten this morning. A man was killed last week by the tread-mill at tile New Bailey, Manchester. He was at work on the sand-mill, which requires sixteen to turn the wheel ; and after an interval of rest, the order was given to go on, when every man is re quired to take his proper station, and take to work again. The deceased paid no attention to the signal ;,and, when the wheel was set in motion, he was caught betweed the shaft and the wall. When he was released, it was fouurjhat he had. received a fatal injury in the abdomen. but witlivat any external marks of violence. 4%A , Nt \l‘