The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-04-21 00:00:00

sons who shall Or shill d • 1%,..... rive ally cattle, sheep, the borough, during the linurs o histmas-adv. (;,;oil h'ri ds• public fast or than„ ' so made, shall be prints rilit!ipel, or place of el', and in some con s picuous e pg,nos thereto, and elsewhere as p the • ,-..,ierYbr,7acli of any such order shaii ne neenieda sp i a o ra i t )( e ; lici;r10!•1 ,--I,Neldr. Gardners communication was ordered A lett:t4rorn Mr. Banks, relative to the best Orreil coal lupplied to the corporation, was directed to lie on the 1 - -. btleir. Herbert Spring, of London, settrliiitn, ployed by the i nsurance-offices in a gentleman pre, the losses by the conflsgr , prevent to the council aco the accounts.—A h'4i,ssaltierreiteitoeldi to be written to p) Mr. Spring, acknowledging 140,.., complaining A m emorial : from the occupiers of property in South John t Committee. of some slaughter. houses in Cable -street ',11)0,t as-street, was referred to the Finance orialized the'lero'uCnr.tuatigington, Mr. Brook, and others m em orialized stre et. `"" in. to prevent an alleged encroacionen e t a in . C . o , o ir k u - , th e . .tile M e tri ori a I was ordered to be acknowledgul, , 1 Parties to be informed that the council had no power to interfere. or ot h lay appointed I"' 9ti any or public a•orshi layor shall direct ritiou iii Formby-, Mr. ItELler IN cases or SIIIPWaECK. j ec T , r_ li.olern then brought forward his motion on this sub rr icas,:flieli had several times appeared in this "Par' he braottl.aid, with unaffected regret and reluctance thatthat no attem before the council this subject ; regret ~ e. tape pt had been made Years and years ago, and ie t u should uteallk he had long been most anxious that . the peteot ties undertaken by some one more experienced r over-oat:I:. himself. In this latter respect he c could riot oPial eo of t ,' . s .. Own deficiencies, because in proportion o to his fear artd the thiportarice of the object . must always be the fea r aod thee risk of failure, and in this instance both the 11ut1,,, hire risk were exaggerated by every circumstance. Iniaseyfool not be mistaken in the very . outset. It was for h e b ad ~.. , e Y that he had these misgivings, not by the force of i ts o ' iv u t. o rte to advocate— a cause which ,• be weadple.eially in for the cause which , es ' Merit alone must prosper in whatever hands, and Ice ravtidgt ellii t 11? was about an assembly of merchants, could never yain. The subject upon which . he of " e4l ' the necessity for providing means itselfpre upon hi s ~,e .'n shipwreck, had for many years impressed tiatla w'aild ne,,11,44, alenost with the solemnity of a vow, I . i milled diree-ticaega'aettusio.,e such . mea . ns as he might possFss t o u a - H eCord% g I tie ' ention to it with the view of providin, a 1.1.°41 truly say that he had not hitherto failed, ' I N he - "18 oOrtunity of acting upon this resolution, lia con sd as still fall f 1 '' • and determined in it. , 1 er e d io„, u , earnest, . ethy posse ueed the opportunity which he now unexpect °lost eased of advocating it in that room as by far the a nd tro s ,! l e , if hot the only privilege of the office , h , e tn h s e e l l ( f l : (th 0 0,.,,, o f so far as depended upon b osine: s it had oftenoft been ' delayed by the pressure of l other y the only ''tie i) to propose this, mos , :rob the o l l c, to appeal Which he should originate. He '_ ef the most eoUncil on behalf of the sufferers under one thosesea„,. afflicting dispensations of providence, on behalf we ° "ed a r r e °, to whose laborious and perilous profession withio our wealth, suffering by storms and shipwreck dsni er 4 : ?or! very , almostat our doors, and against whose only ol w - .lau hitherto hesitated or refused to provide the hia i l e eu ns of rescue which could, in most cases, b Might atailable. m tied Mr. North, that Al .' re Y tein g wit i!)',. proceeded et ' t he st to work orni attempt ~o rides upon the . whirlwind and di of ai ,°Ut his he work, by aid hie now in this humble . hearts so impressing thel may ili s o, aid. with the solemnity of this duty, a hi nie-__ere.egree succeed in setting it before you, t ri l i l id t tliat you, adveeaf 4t iless of the cause may forget the feebleness of tn t a h v e ho t, `e. Despise if You will the messenger, but you . . yob' ja.°4 ° lust not he re temed roeoitilOt reject the' message. ' naY consult your own consciences, d (Hear, hear. Nlially afre.,°, ally Peculiar interest in a causew ) him P ust " monopo n,t ot ho ~ 4 . all right-minded men ; he wasno not now , i 4 hie w a n ', d'iltY," to use the language of a member 'ePreach to on this question ; for it was a matter of daily be re a c h ° hint that he did, and that he could do,. so little.osal for he should riot the merit even of originating this bock "oe'llil,be told that it had been several times before ProP the aid where ther e „e `lllntee, whose peculiar duty it was, , ith it ; o f 11.1 er e smear gener 11 tooth competent to dea w . tio illst be acknowleadgYedu' eutmost, the right inten -4f theB mighti be . tl , e gell__emen, it was no disparagement opinianisnee them offence to attempt - 0 coal,. '''staken, and certainly it was no to say they of it. W e alt knew how we clung t t n o t e ll! liitine tb,,We h eld, and how unwilling "Ps, h -Yrtntilds upon which they had been first and,. we were even per n in volved slily formed, especially when a change of oPin - lo f our Prejadio' "'lnge of conduct more or less condemnatory oattai,es; besides there had been many knew, there since this question had been agitated, and, G changes in the Dock Itisti e re had been proofs enough,to I 1 the re - h t Among much Mat ter ~. re ca s t of the most o...stina e.. in disasters at sea, was eoe'ur Painful reflection in approaching this subject, there mor e i,„, no Poi for mutual congratulation, not common to tittestio"Portatit debates in that room. This was for eoee yeti of Party spirit. (Hear, hear.) TheywereThere cook' he .ed fro in all political and local prejudice.. h all must e'estder Po objection to promote a design ! jeer was r° Not, in intention, and no contest except how that bet Was Lob'o intention and rio contest ecept how that ofCvtr to be he wisely and efficiently carried out. Of the , that he hoped to be unopposed, for he had notice ioti.. L . r r.• Alderman b e tl °l)Pc'altion of M Evans; but, should h . e thatreeeiveosu A esuinptous if he expressed a . doubt whether Withhe 44) Ple re notice with most regret or satisfaction ) lip oo thi gr t certainly that they could not, for once, .e_ve r r . r . No rth \ ,' oetitral • ade .ground, meet to agree, because he (M lii ") fad in h' - ability always ni in fo rolid , ini dn opponent wsitesloe d . ueseended a ole, and who, as far ha seen, never cone or ti h ir enSi ve l a ° weaker' his arguments by . discourteous Le serve -nguage• (Hear, hear.) But withthisregre sa t t co s_ r heti, eo f his cause, he (Mr. North) had also some on 04 his owe account, for, next to a sincere friend, he 'ro ta :" able, open, and fair enemy ; and though d uPon w`lttt. gentleman, as he probably did upon . every qu i l es e tion their e uat st '"eb two Me°. equally honest might differ, billti a 3 might be frequent they must remember that the lie b e w ail not alea to the stronw, nor the race to the swift. I,, L t . g 7d . , .then, respectfully to move Dock '6 41 it is proper and expedient vide a ,431bitee, or those two bodies conjointly, should r pro.the be 41°., maintain a powerful steam-boat or steam-boats, to hoa e t,, PioYed in aid of the present and with additional t h e earre'dand With other necessary and useful apparatus obe t by such ' . Y b•ts in the preserve ,!e of life . steatu-boat or steam- Oa . 0 trtthe nee and property (but more especiall of life) upon ; at : ( l°R of shipwreck or other disaster y at sea off with the o.ek C o '.9t etaputation be appointed to confer. this Hof tftee.. oritnat or a deputation of that body, with the view e h "og this object." ess g is t °aid endeavour to make out this propositicn . not bi at a e n . U etaated appeal to the feelings, or by an exciting s as laoi;ittli:ireal or supposed evils, but by a view, as brief and of the r eSea t ,„'e °ild wake it, of the extent and operation , . o „ th ....ea rls of preserving life from shipwreck, and v . v the why, and and °lna., `home Means ought to be farther increased. Let him in Dock o ia ' tb ` ilitrst offer the tribute of his utmost praise to the lidrairablteee' and their successive marine surveyors, for their ifleaos eXertions in providing and maintaining the . present ss tek 0,?! Preventing ihipwreck. He believed that tne rropa,_lllting and buoyage adopted in this port might Y be Of thl;c e d to be almost perfect; l'reciat,..;° w houl it was owing could not be too highlY e and the talents and . labo a u p r! *er e `u• But those , kilful and noble as they wer , !'o r:: er all but fairtneantse s r contrivances ; they afforded ;t. N„ ‘ , 4 s' a ll shi pwreck, weaie or the means of escaping from they ' l ltle - e' theY Were even l than this , for the very multi.they (4 these contr. aace e s: n indisper;ble and excellent as their were for all trainerbvSms purposes, They f•an gernentincreased the peril been ° glit had too often l, e riar we ,_ en most needed, evident, t().th in aim wh "* and thus added infinitely tt efor - e tile Were designed to prevent. It was . but j oe er that rteY bad but half done their work if they . did . a nd w:.rease the Means of escape,escape and so diminish the risk; alt hflacssible port and dangerous, and_rit ? t he 14e i trte all b t li "( in the world, the Order4tBibility .o.f both edinut2s was equally extreme.. In zlooe_arry Lae Council duties hhim to this conclu t s n ion th h a e t Stacy.o. e essarily 0: 4 - I c t St d,„ , , W ound their feelings by recurring r"l4 it andYB'ttlit January,ttlaysdnnfas of Liverpoo , l — , or rather two days, %tll he,,llotlevastation annd e teot 0 1 f 83 m 9 but made darker misery, but in the unpar -1;11401 fre-lisirt(Zon apathy in the x charge which then devolved upon ii , vv eo , s ‘, none of us forget the misery of . those two days, tinttl Ciliatlnaf Z a t ell», "PQn s hore ; but we must all especially remember horror:with which we received the the Pri cii"i th e Midst of the storm the north-west light-ship ret,..terrltzeaisaa.li,d. leading guide into the port, from among the anks' had li eleb e t l into "(lb *hi, Is,breath a river. Every ' . one, at that intelligence, pared from her moorings and shrinking even wi;Via h tei ..,,, nd shuddered in silence, oa'''ell beka7ir heal the contemplation o of the vast misery Iv r w orst f ew Must en sue. —(Hear.) Awfu y, . 11 indeed were d 'after h"rde, ta ears ralized. It fell to his lot, a few ays B rew take th • • of the few survivors of sio o eW o f e e xamination Of Il lade u very.noble ship that was lost, and the impres t, circumstance in their tale ailsweue couT°llevtlis mind by one cir ni cu e ls a the fact of the Nit motif th, ii_apear.be effred ; h hi e when he first discovered th at st f eart .c o o t f .7 of t le s i light -ship adrift. Lp to S lid 41°I'letit Ile , d iorrors tie t,_ iiii ihtell. na Strugg l ed withdeath, a . brave captain h '. Net igent seaman, equal, under Providence, even to 1 1 0 4 Ir's°9eY ; but that discovery seemed to have operated e; ' l ad di- mind as a flash of lightning : it at once dethrone cke h ea qs. even • the - b t death could take, os ar \ snit itt en in worst form t a 1 14,1 7 Hi s f el . erey to that poor stricken . . 1 atic —(Hear, lin of ;hose who 4io' b e Ca re at ? h ,eightened the responsibility 1 I this wes not all. ca,.B tactaf 801 these things I but, a.as. 44414 e, abet on that dreadful day,from _ the same sad hbr!., o ver wh 'Plee of the light ship, careered onwards the i t ii.ir er i iieresinn. b road to destruction. (hear.) And, ;4 1 ,_ thild._4orrore, an emigrant ship, full of men, women, d off the 047, aoht°, Miserably perished, a few yar be s ings went tioal totethe” hundred and eight human t4 sl r : l'or th r • , Why did he recal this scene of misery hijo respoal,Wholesorne purpose of setting . their duty and th e e l l ne yer s! 'lay before them, that they ht be deter mig If I ), ',eir e o Zat. to meet such unprepared.musfortunaesste er of their th tl i , , , p ar ile c l e „ ru nt e erehaasdnnt possessedhtnen suppose that any one of these d t t‘ reeplatie,W,otild have occurred, because the steamer would Vra„ e ,,arn,b o v° the light ship. Why did they not to se _d t fs t i 4 wl b e te at ? Tire question was a very seriousore . . . e l . li e Pihle .... "Nd that Captain Denham was most . ind ty a° !ltotilajdl;4l:l.6 exertions : even upon his own responsibility, c a t r islc ; b a l ,have. undertaken the service at his ta dt so f aite , ne faded to obtain a steam-boat only because necessary tett°ity. o `. to obtain the instructions, and the 1 1 0, p 't, h at ' the Dock Committee, who acted under s . el l Il e doubt • k ' •s to the extent of their alidd and d . mista en, view a h e f est ge titles. But he would drop the curtain upon this or treat o r t N at tOtteo. Nod he tragedy ; that fal mistake d onenver eof elle r t, doubt there was greyious indecis and ire; f t bu t t rY , !ta fearful responsibility there must be some ute„W but eirchnistances were very trying, such, perhaps, of 08e th ey Were equal to, and he only alluded to them now Nvr4 4 II': Pre,:Premised the best possible argument in support, ei I' 110 e. The storm of the 13th of January . last" Dsttitli elk uL aris so violent as that of 1839, but still it was se tt ef th e ". It was his lot to be at the time within . a few t h ,ho„,, v 'lliel l ° , 1 , )41 sea. The next morning's sun exhibited a 'OlesNer hsic°lle who witnessed it could ever forget. A ‘ 14 3 , 1? 'matt 54 ° 1 t, at four o'clock, on Burbo Bank, wlti" re,,,tht of o he re d - a Mile from where he stood, and soon after ao 4roiedio vescried the crew in the rigging. The storm deati: l iiie e 1 Yenee, and as the tide was rising there seemed ..e b> . c. or the oo .". and bomb! 1,.• %eel l''''o after . fellows but 1. ' r, a ingerme,,.. 'ali \Pt th e v i eight o clock he was inexdressibly relieved d by the ..15,_ .iall p ~illitazine life-boat come up, towed great t ittl li t h ee to aeket, which cast her off, but she had a f the Pka , Wb.,go before she could get to windward o_ al_ 4,, a I), 'Le anis m Tug t- 13 -th at s e, engazed, one of the Steam iltea_e° felt , g '"e LI, followed byLiverpool life-boat ; the g the to tiuer, whiesUred of the safety of the crew, thinki ceeding ,tilit ZWre e Q was in the North Channel, was pr . o f boat; 'tiv lYtt Re a a'! sat was a ar ent i wa i t i ng f or the II e: t he P'lltit his cOnste PP' Y in a to see her, to b otir _ es, 1:), 4 _ rnatiou and horrorthe northward ii tiog!bik..toerie‘outt tile.r steam, and to go which was in distress, igoteiteanahlit:inmediatenant'_etTrstisurg.,,vehim if be wronged t _ oso lioi fellow °at:a crew •danger b ut •whenolsaw her leave wa h ter, l e. mh o . e eli n „ .. _ ~ he scarcely above . mo. 1, 1 ;4, h 2 ~ I..orri ~1 6 1 .1 5 . to a few spars, sunk in a . IClltertt:aund th;,..04..0ured causes, might havewith exceedla 41 i -- -14 t 'ul ie and the thought came _ salvage than sa h .ilef eo I 'IC liv es. ,A, were more intent . upon let him also give li t 'qe ge„, e ,e. Ile ,withl,lsot the accusation, afterwards, by atiit'a egr‘ilnen eo ‘ltl been informed two days that the steam ed il l ., ew co ., , nnected with the company. - American ship, t h tlitsi t T• the y vs ,`e not from the deck see the made by the del is ;Pi tar ant tewards her from the signals attri 'o Ili - " re wre th the object c em, 1,, eY could not have dit was ; b . s wjght be true, es be hope fogiimir,t4;4g4wod it ; ton titky titp? need hi did hat gth.,,cu.itl testimony to their excellence, tun ine lifeboat did succeed, thoug! .oggle of two holm:, in reaching the wreck, and rescuing fire trvil, but three had perishrd befiln efficiency that the seve.rt atr from exhaustion. The 53 me morning a schooner sunk in Crosby Channel ; her crew, of live men, clung to the rigging, but four of them perished, and the survivor was saved or Captain Saarsiield, of the Irish mail packet. Again he stated if the Deck Committee had then possessed a steamer of their own, and that steamer had rust upon the banks, as she would, by daylight, seven lives would have been saved under hi, (Mr. North's) own eye, and within a mile of the Rook light house. Having seen such things, could one forget, could one cease to remonstrate and protest against that inhuman apathy which would make no exertion? When he (Mr. North) so ceased, let his tongue cleave to the roof of his mouth, and let his right hand forget her cunning ! (Hear.) Mr. North proceeded at great length to state many other facts of equally appalling interest, and to urge a variety of additional reasons to spew that assistance in all these dis asters would be mo►t efficiently rendered by the Dock Com mittee having, always, a powerful steamer ready to pro ceed to sea on the occurrence of these terrible emer gencies. He said, however, that he was not wedded to any particular plan ; if the object could be better accomplished by hiring boats he had no objection to it. Mr. North con cluded by a powerful appeal to the council to forward this object. Then, said he, will this great community rejoice that, by God's mercy, such calamities may not be again ; and to have contributed to such joy, however hurnby, will be our reward. Living, I shall seek no other praise, and dead, no other monument! Mr. SHEPPARD seconded the motion. Mr. G. H. LAWRENCE expressed his_repprct that the coun- cil could not co-operate with the Dock Committee in any such measure as that proposed, on account of the obligatory expenses which were entailed upon them. Even if they had sufficient surplus income, the business belonged properly to the Dock Committee, and the council had no power over them. Mr. NICOL said if Mr. North would so frame his motion as to require a conference of a deputation of the council with the Dock Committee, he would support it there. Mr. HODGSON doubted the efficiency of a single boat be longing to the Dock Committee. It might give a false reliance that could not always be calculated upon. The tempest might come on, and find those entrusted with the business unprepared. He thought it would be better to give a general interest in the business; for, if it were limited to one or two, the object would not be attained. Mr. EVANS agreed with Mr. Hodgson, and spoke of the great cost of building and maintaining an efficient steamer, and of the necessity for expending the Dock funds in improv ing the port so as to benefit commerce. Mr. Aricirr contended that better means could not he de vised for effecting the object which Mr. North had in view than those already in existence at this port. and which were carried out by the Shipwreck Society, which he spoke of as an honour to the community. That society, he showed, had, established stations, and arranged a set of rules for rewards, whereby even the widows and orphans of those who might perish in the service of saving others were to be provided for. The true way, he said, of attaining the object aimed at by Mr. North was to give increased efficiency to that society, of which he invited Mr. North to become a member. Sir THOMAS BIZANCKER expressed his concurrence in the views of Mr. Aikin. Mr. ROYDEN suggested that the Steam Tug Company should be engaged to build a powerful steamer, and that sailing life-boats should be established along the coasts. He concurred with Mr. Hodgson and Mr. Evans as to the non efficiency of a single boat belonging to the committee. At the suggestion of Mr. HoncsoN, Mr. North's motion was modified. Its effect in the new form was, that a depu tation be appointed to confer with the Dock Committee, for the purpose of considering and reporting to the council on the most effectual means of carrying out the object of pre serving life and property (but more especially life) in ship wrecks. The Council divided, when there appeared—For the mo tion, 11 ; against it, 28 : majority, 10. For the motion:—Messrs. Hodgson, Copeland, North, Royden, J. Lawrence, Cooper, Birkett, Bushell, Kilshaw, Parker, Lace, Trotman, Sheppard, Smith, Houghton, (Al derman) Crook, and Nolyneux. Agai►ast the motion :—Messrs. Shand, Shaw, Houghton, Isaac Holmes, Thornhill, J. Holmes, Aikin, Priestley, Faw cett, Aspinall, Proctor, Rigby, Lloyd, Plumpton, Leigh, G. H. Lawrence, Platt, Bulley, Earle, Turner, Frerve, Holt, Nicol, Bramley-Moore, Moon, Evans, and the Mayor. A memorial was read, praying the postponement of the further consideration of the Fire Bill till next Wednesday. The bill was postponed accordingly. The Council adjourned at half-past three o'clock till Wed nesday next. ANNUAL VESTRY On Tuesday the annual general vestry for transacting the affairs of the parish was held in St. Nicholas's Church. The Rev. Rector BROOKS having taken the chair, Mr. Lowndes, the Vestry-clerk, read the notice convening the meeting, and Mr. Hart, the Treasurer, read the accounts for the past year. Mr. Churchwarden BIRKETT, in moving that the accounts be passed, said that they contained nothing out of the usual way, with the exception of one item of £350 from the last year's accounts which had been transferred back, under an act of Parliament, to the church account. The balance was rather larger than ordinary in consequence of the work for that church having been executed tor a sum considerably loWer than the estimates, and in consequence of a legal order not having been made for the repairs of St. Paul's Church, which had thrown the work so late that the cost did not fall within the present account. The church-rate for which it was intended to apply was the lowest that had ever been laid, Id. in the pound, which he thought would be amply suffici ent to carry the succeeding churchwardens through. On this subject, however, he would have an opportunity of speak ing %viler, it came regularly before the vestry. Mr. KNAPPER seconded the motion for the passing of the . - accounts. Mr. BIGHAM asked if it was not usual for the parishioners to be furnished with a copy of the accounts, previous to the meeting of the vestry. He thought it was highly necessary that they should, as it was too much to expect them to un derstand and pass an opinou upon the several items, upon hearing them once read. Mr.BIRKETT replied, that it had always been customary to print the general accounts, but this year they had nothing to decide upon but the church accounts. A great misappre hension prevailed respecting the expenditure of the parish. The greater part was under acts of Parliament : £5OO per annum was the utmost the rate-payers had under their con trol. If the parishioners would go to the expense of print ing the accounts, the churchwardens could have no objection ; but they would not have been justified in incurring that ex pense without authority. Mr. BIGHAM.—We should have had £350 less to pay, it appears, which was illegally expended last year. Mr. BIRKETT said, it was by a vote of the vestry that the money had been laid out. He himself had neither art nor part in the matter. He was unwell and out of town, and on his return he found a requisition, very numerously and re spectably signed, calling upon the churchwardens to convene a meeting for certain express purposes. They did so, and the account was laid before the parishioners, and unani mously passed. The act subsequently directed the sum to be paid out of the poor rate, and it was now returned to the church account. Mr. BIGHAM supposed the fact was, that the senior churchwarden had expended a certain sum in a deputation to London, and when he found that the auditor would not pass it, he had it fransferred to another account. Mr. BIRKETT.—It was transferred by the act of parlia ment. The CHAIRMAN believed that every parishioner was at liberty to look at the parish books. Mr. BIGHAM said he had gone to the books, and what did they do? They threw him forty or fifty volumes back, so that he might have been long enough in finding what he wanted, (Laughter,) _ _ _ , Mr. BIRKETT said, the orders were, that the parishioners should be treated with every courtesy and respect; and if a representation had been made of the proceeding complained of by Mr. Bigham, it would have been immediately investi gated, and the party severely reprimanded. The instruc tions were, that every information should be given. They had nothing to conceal, and nothing was concealed. (Hear.) Mr. PATON, in answer to an inquiry from the chairman, said the expense of printing the accounts would be about £lO. Mr. DOWNEY moved that the church accounts be printed a fortnight before the meeting of the vestry. • The CHAIRMAN explained that this would be impractica ble, inasmuch as they were not made up till the 25th March, which, when Easter fell early, would not leave time. It was suggested that the accounts should be ready by the day of meeting ; and in that form the motion was carried unanimously. The accounts were then passed, the mover and seconder being altered to Mr. Knapper and Mr. Hand, to avoid the informality of the churchwarden moving the passing of his own accounts he next business was the election of churchwardens for the ensuing year. Mr. R. W. Houghton and Mr. J. Wil kinson were proposed. Mr. KILSHAW, seconded by Mr. KNAPPER, moved the substitution of Mr. George Riding for Mr. Houghton. On a show of Lands, Mr: Houghton was carried, and Mr. Kilshaw demanded a poll. The CIIAIRNIA.N thought Mr. Kilshaw had been too old a parishioner to put the parish to the expense of a poll,,for the sake of a churchwarden. (A laugh.) Mr. Arthur Henderson and Mr. Scholfield were appointed sidesmen without opposition. Mr. Muncaster, Mr. Ford, Mr. Robert Jones, and Mr. William Birkett, were named as overseers. Mr. URQUHART nominated Mr. Joseph Henshaw in lieu of Mr. Birkett. The amendment being carried, Mr. Houghton demanded a poll o❑ behalf of Mr. Birkett. In answer to a question from Mr. Urquhart, the VESTRY CLERK said the act certainly seemed to favour the idea that the poll should be confined to the parishioners present ; but repeated decisions showed the real construction to be, that every parishioner had an equal right to vote, the show of hands being merely a rude mode of obtaining the same end, which was to get the sense of the parish. Mr. Lyon and Mr. Gerard were appointed churchwardens of St. Paul's, and Mr. Helsby and Mr. Hollinsworth of St. John's. The VESTRY-CLERK then announced the names of the seven select vestrymen retiring by rotation, namely, Mr. John Whitby, Mr. Arthur Henderson, Mr. Saml.Thornely, Mr. James Mellor, Mr. Doke, Mr. James Gill, and Mr. Joshua Henshaw. Mr. William M'Gee was nominated as one of the new members. Mr. BIGEIAM said, though he knew little of Mr. M`Gee, yet he would second the nomination, for such had been the goings on under the last vestry that any change would be for the better. The CHAIRMAN.—That is rather a sweeping condemna tion of the retiring gentlemen. (A laugh.) Mr. BIGHAM meant to convey that condemnation. Since recent facts had been brought to light by the stipendiary ma gistrate, showing the system carried on under those who had held power so long—(" Since July last !")—and which they would have kept secret if they could, the ratepayers were perfectly justified in rejecting them, whoever they might get in their places. There was one among the seven who was a credit to the town, who had exerted himself when no one else would, when the town was visited with cholera morbus, and who had received a service of plate for his kindness and at tention to the poor. Mr. ISAAC HOLMES understood that there was a commit tee for the special duty of superintending the workhouse. He hoped, as the subject had been broached, that their names would be read over, in order that it might be seen whether the churchwardens were to blame for anything that had oc curred there or not. He believed also that the chairman himself could give some information on the subject, having seen the working of the system here and in other places. He was sorry the matter had been propounded, because the fact was, that the stipendiary magistrate himself, who had brought the charges against the workhouse management, stated himself that he had known for nine or ten months what was going on. Why did he let the matter pass over so long ? (Cries of " He did not !" and much confusion.) Mr. BIGHAM.—He made representations to some parties then in office: I believe to Mr. Rector Campbell. Mr. KNAPPER did think Mr. Bigharn had been very point ed in his remarks. He (Mr. Knapper) meant to say une quivocally, without fear of contradiction, that no blame what ever was attributable to the then authorities. (Hear, hear.) Mr. BIGIIAM wished to know if the Workhouse Commit tee was not delegated by the Select Vestry. (The Chairman seof,e4 r fi -W44:444 they witt a otiwgo.24 4:31 - A:i-Atti,3? They had to do v.'it4 the rioasel ef Guardiens, of which that committee formed a part, Mr. BavneN thought the ci reurnstance of other workhouses being ill-conducted was no ieason why theirs should be the same. Two blacks. did not Let.ke one white. ( Hear, and a laugh.) Let them conduct heir establishment properly, sod set an example to all the noahouses in the kingdom. Mr. Binicrrr said, he wished to look this matter calmly in the face. When, ;Wont four years ago, he entered upon office, there was a very general impression that the new poor law was about to be introduced, in consequence of which the authorities did not like to go to any expense in the alteration of the Workliouee,not knowing whether thosealterations would be allowed to stand or not when the new system came into opera tion. The new poor law was introduced, and the following year neither he nor any of the overseers had a seat at the hoard. The parties whose names were now before the vestry did not enter office till July last, Previously to that an inti mation had been given to Rector Campbell that great abuses prevailed in the Workhouse. The only knowledge be had had that any thing had been going wrong was gathered from the public prints ; and he defied any man, either in that ves try or out of it, to assert with truth that he ever knew, directly or indirectly, of one single case of immorality having occured in any department of which he was an honorary officer, with the exception of one, of which cognisance was taken. •He believed the charges ranged over a period of sixteen orseven teen years, and that the irregularities complained of had been going on during the wardenship of many of the gentlemen who sat as magistrates on that enquiry.—(Hear.) With re gard to the general charge, he did not believe one-half of it. He was of opinion that the case had been in a great measure got up. (" Order !") The Ca AIRMAN said, they were getting a little out of their line. Their object was to supply the place of the seven ves try-men going out by rotation. By such as they might con sider worthy of their confidence, and he did not think that personal recrimination would be of any use in helping them to make a good choice. Mr. BIN GH AM.—Have we not a right to criticise the con duct of those going out? The CHAIRMAN.—OnIy provided you can support your charges by facts. Unsupported assertions ought not to be brought against the character of any man. Mr. WILLIAM EARLE said, he wished to say a few words in reply to what had fallen from Mr, Birkett. He was not going to accuse that gentleman of having been aware of the immoralities that had been going forward in the Workhouse •, the question was, whether he ought not to have known of them.—(Hear.) lie reminded them of the time when the new poor law was introduced. He (Mr. Earle) recollected that at that time a great deal was said about the perfection of the Liverpool Workhouse. It was a model for the whole kingdom. He (Mr. Earle) contended on the contrary that the new law would be highly beneficial, and he thought it had proved so.—(Hear.) Mr. BID.KETT.—In increasing our rates 25 per cent. (Cheers.) Mr. DOWNEY wished to,know if the new poor law act was in force in Liverpool. The Cu AIRMAN.—OnIy to a certain extent. Mr. DOWNEY.—Has not a recent act been got, and if so, by wimm was it authorised, and at what amount of expense has it been obtained ? The CHAIRMAN said it was authorised by the vestry, and cost about £lOOO ; he thought, however, that this was quite foreign to the subject before them. Mr. KNAPPER remarked, that it was not owing to the want of proper attention on the part of the authorities that abuses had crept into the Workhouse, but to the want of room for classification. If the officers had been constantly in attendance, some improprieties might have taken place. The individual retiring were then proposed for re-election, Mr. Urquhart nominating Mr. R. Bright in the room of Mr. Thornley, and Mr. Wilkinson proposing Mr. Samuel Raw land in place of Mr. M'Gee. On a show of hands, Mr. Rowland and Mr. Bright were declared elected in addition to the five unopposed candidates. A poll was demanded on be half of both the losers. Mr. BIRKETT moved that the church-rate for the ensuing year should : ,be Id. in the pound ; and in order that there might be no mistake, he would state the objects to which it was to be applied. The expenditure, under different acts of parliament, amounted to about £3,600. Some repair were required this year at St. Peter's Church, the cost of which would be about £3OO. The windows, it would be observed, were all falling in. The commissioners of St. Paul's had now made the order according to law for certain repairs, which the parishioners were bound to do, and which would cost about £330; a sum of £53 was also to be laid out upon the organ, making altogether £4OO. The rest was for St. Martin's Cemetery and St. Matthias's Church. They had £2OOO in hand, and the penny rate would provide the re mainder. Last year the rate was 2d. Mr. Th_Gn Am considered it his duty to express his dissent to the church-rate. The sum of money was not large in amount, but it was of great consequence to persons posses sing tender consciences. He did not profess to have a very tender conscience himself; but he liked, in astraightforward John Bull manner, to have something for what he paid. If any persons wanted their consciences soared over or made strong, let them pay for it as he did his medical men. The rate was taken for the support of the church. What had the church done? What had the church party done for the poor of the parish ? Why they had forbidden them to enter the schools to receive secular education. (Hisses and uproar.) They might hiss as they liked ; but all their hissing would not prevent him saying what he had to say. Could the poor children of the dissenters go to the parish church and receive education ? The CHAIRMAN.—A great many of them go. hear.) Mr. BIGHAM.—They had a conscientious objection to re ceive education from the Church of England parsons— (hisses)—because certain doctrines were taught in those schools which they did not believe true. They had their rights of conscience, which were as much entitled to respect as those of any one present. In the wisdom of parliament a plan had been devised by which persons with tender con sciences might receive education. Who put a stop to it? Was it the church party ? Were they backed by the parsons? Yes; the church did it. He begged to move a direct nega tive to the proposition—namely, that there be DO church rate (Hear, The motion was seconded by Mr. BOULT. Mr. Joins: Sraurn begged, before the question was put to the vote, to make a few observations. Liverpool, it was well known, had the advantage, if advantage it were, of several special acts for its special government. The general law of parishes throughout the land was cut to the form and ani mated by the principle adapted for this town. We were one great parish to the extent of the boundaries of Liverpool. Hence local legislation had been sought, and granted, in many cases, with good reason. He, therefore, thought that it would be very honourable in them, if, on the next occasion when an act of parliament had to be applied for, to say, touching the question of church rates, that they were a large and liberal community, and that they felt they bad risen to a position in which they were ashamed to take contributions from dissenters for the support of their establishment. They did not hear that the windows of Dr. Raffles's chapel, or of the Jew's synagogue, or of the chapel in Copperas-hill, were broken, and therefore there must be a penny rate. (A laugh.) He had no objection if they did it all round ; but he decidedly objected to the wealthiest and best supported of the churches coming upon the poorer classes, who had their own ministers to pay, and their own places of worship to keep in order. On this ground he hoped they might speedily claim the great privilege of maintaining the church in this parish without laying any burdens whatever upon the dissenters and Roman catholics. Something was due to long-established custom and the law of the land, therefore he would not oppose the rate at the present time. They were likely, however, in a short time to be visited with another rate. A pioposal was before parliament which would make the parochial funds liable to the expenses of public education. He was so warm a friend to education that he thought they ought not to op pose it : it was the only leverage by which they could lift the mass of the people from the barbarism, the vice and ignorance in which they were plunged. Let the measure then be car ried, at the expense, not only of private endowments, but also of the parochial rates, if found necessary. But if all wid the rates, let all have the benefit of the education. (Hear.) Therefore, if the church rate were decided upon, it was his intention to propose that they petition that no rate be laid for educational purposes which was not applicable to a system founded on the principle of doing justice to all par ties. Mr. BOULT asked Mr. Smith if he had ever heard of any priesthood ever giving up one farthing that they could extort? The CHAIRMAN said, that they had an instance of the kind in this parish at any rate. (Hear.) They might surely find some specimens of respectability among the clergy, as amongst any other body of men. It was ill becoming any gentleman to deal in this kind of sweeping condemnation. (Loud cheers.) After some further discussion, in which it was explained that there was no alternative but to pay the rate, inasmuch as the rectors could distrain upon the churchwardens for it, the motion was agreed to. The Cu Alumni.; signified that it would not be in his power to put Mr. Smith's proposition. The proper course for that gentleman would be to call on the churchwardens to summon a special vestry : but as the church was not a place where a question likely to excite so much party feeling should be brought forward, he should recommend a requisition to the chief magistrate to call a public meeting. The usual sum of £5O was then voted to each of the parish clerks, in lieu of their fees for the bills of mortality ; £5O for the Welsh evening service at St. Paul's ; and £5O for an English evening service at St. Matthias's. The thanks of the Vestry were voted to the medical officers of the parish. Mr. KNAPPER wished to propose a resolution pledging the parish authorities to oppose the bill for the suppression of fires. The CHAIRMAN stated that that was a matter they were not competent to interfere in. Thursday, (yesterday) at ten o'clock, was then fixed for taking, the polls. Mr. SMITH moved, that it be a recommendation from that Vestry, that reporters be admitted to the proceedings of the Select Vestry. Mr. WILLIAM EARLE gladly seconded the proposition. He took credit to himself for having prevented one of the vilest jobs that ever were attempted, in the case of the schools at Kirkdale, by simply laying the matter before the public. The motion was carried by a show of hands. Thanks were then voted to the Chairman, and the Vestry broke up. CHESTER DIOCESAN BOARD OF EDUCATION The anniversary meeting of this society was held yester day, in the Training College connected with the board at Chester, and was most respectably attended. The Very Rev. the Dean of Chester was called to the chair ; and the meeting having been opened with prayer, the CHAIRMAN briefly addressed the meeting ; after which the Hon. and Rev. HORACE Powis read the report of the board, which contained very gratifying statements of the success of the institution. The Hon. Sir EDWD. CUST then moved " that the report read be adopted, printed, and circulated." The honourable baronet, in a lengthy and able speech, pointed out the evils to the country of the want of proper education, and urged on the assembly the necessity of affording to the people a sound religious education, under the controul, and in ac cordance with the principles of the Church of England. The Rev. C. A. Titurn.Low, Rector of Malpas, seconded the motion, and in the course of his observations pointed out the evils arising from a want of religious education, more particularly among the agircultural classes of society, and hoped the Board would be enabled to establish schools and to afford efficient masters so as to enable farmer's sons to have the benefit of a true Christian Church education. (Cheers.) The motion was put and carried unanimously. The next resolution was moved by Mr. AUGUSTUS CAMP BELL, Rector of Liverpool, seconded by the Rev. HUGH M'NEmid in a most eloquent speech, and supported by the Rev. John Owen Parr, Vicar of Preston, and was unani mously adopted. The Rev. Canon SLADE, Vicar of Bolton-le-Moors, pro posed that this meeting desire that the whole plan of the Institution should be accomplished, and in particular that middle or commercial and agricultural schools should be brought into full operation, and they earnestly request the attention of the friends of education to th e advantages ewhich would be derived from this part of thei r sc h eme. The motion was seconded by ADAM HODGSON, Esq ., of Liverpool, and supported in an able speech b y the Woriii P ful and Rev. Chancellor RAIKES, who gave a deplorable ac: count of the state of the population of a manufacturing dis trict, where the education afforded was not under the direc tions and control of the Established Clergy. The motion having been carried, Sir S. R. GLYNNE, M.P , pro p os ed the thanks of the meeting to th e R ev. the Dean . , for his conduct in the chair ; which, being seconded by the Hon. and Rev. H. Powis, was carried by acclamation. Th e I proCeedings then terminated. OVROP Of ThIR P.A.g!SAY.TOIO4N gfill4Ctii i 4 NCLAND TUESDAY The annual meeting of the Synod of the Presbyterian Church in England commenced on the afternoon of Tuesday last, at St.• Andrew's Church, Rodney-street, and was at tended by a large number of the clergy, from various parts of England,. and friends of the Scottish establishment, respecting which much interest has recently been manifested in consequence of the recent controversy in the sister kingdom. The proceedings commenced by a fervent prayer by the Rev. Dr. Patterson, the Moderator of the Synod for the past year, which was followed by an impressive sermon by the same divine. The text was taken from Revelation, 2d chap. last clause 10th verse, " Be thou faithful unto death, and 1 will give thee a crown of life." At the conclusion of the discourse the reverend gentleman descended from the pulpit to the chair provided below, and, having again implored the Divine blessing, the business of the meeting proceeded by the Rev. Mr. Rennison, appointed interim clerk in the absence of the Rev. Mr. Munro, calling over the roll of the Synod. Amongst those present were a considerable num ber from the Presbytery of London—others from various parts of the north of England, including the respective representatives of this town, Woodside, Manchester, Bol ton, Bury, Newcastle, Berwick-on-Tweed, &c. &c. The Chairman then said, that availing himself of the usual privilege awarded to the retiring moderator, of nominating a successor for the ensuing year, he should propose as such the Rev. John Park, minister of the church in which they had assembled, on whose character as a man and a Christian he pronounced a high eulogium. The nomination was warmly seconded by the Reverend Dr. Brown, of London. *The Reverend James Hamilton proposed as an amend ment the name of the Rev. Mr. Murdoch, of Berwick, on whose qualifications he briefly dwelt. He heartily joined in the commendations pronounced on Mr. Park, assigning as his sole reason for his preference, the fact that while the office of moderator had frequently fallen to members of the Lancashire Presbytery, Berwick had not yet had the honour conferred upon it, and that the activity and services of Mr. Murdoch, to the cause in which the Synod was embarked, strongly recommended him to the favourable consideration of the meeting. A Member seconded the proposition, on the same grounds. The Rev. Mr. Clelland, of Bolton, and one or two others, expressed a hope that the retiring Moderator would not nominate his successor, but leave the Synod free and unshackled to make the appointment. Se veral members expressed an opinion that the usage was not to be complained of, inasmuch as the Moderator who had served them was well qualified to judge of the qualifications required in his successor, and that it would he wrong co de prive him, while he remained chairman, of the privilege of nomination, which was open to any other member of the Synod. Some conversation ensued, from a remark of Dr. Brown, as to whether the amendment did not tend to the disparagement of Mr. Park, but this was denied by the par ties in favour of Mr. Murdoch, and repudiated by Mr. Park himself. Finally the votes were taken, and there appeared— for Mr. Park 15, and f or M r . M ur d oc h 19. The latter gen tleman then robed, and, having taken the chair, returned his cordial acknowledgements, and expressed his deep anxiety to perform to the satisfaction of the Synod, and, with their aid, the arduous duties that devolved upon him. The minutes of the proceedings of the last annual meeting were then read in short by the retiring clerk, the Rev. Mr. Munro, copies of which, in - an abstract form, bad previ ously been printed, and were in the hands of the members. The Rev. Mr. Sawers complained that the pamphlet did not contain a copy of the overture made to the Synod from a presbytery in Ireland, requesting that a correspondence should be established between it and the synod. It was, he raid, merely stated that this was agreed to " in terms of the overture," but what these remarks were, were not set forth. A member moved that the overture alluded to, and another document also omitted, should be printed in a pamphlet of the proceedings of the present year; but on an explanation being given by the clerk and others that the printing of such lengthy documents would swell the book to a large volume, and absord the funds at the disposal of the synod; and that members might procure abstracts by application to the clerk. This motion was withdrawn. A motion was then passed, to the effect that the minutes be sustained and adopted. A committee of the synod, to meet daily in this town du ring the stay of the synod, was then appointed, consisting of the Rev. Mr. M`Lean, Mr. Park, Mr. Lamb, Mr. Camp bell, and Mr. Rennison. —The moderator then suggested that the valuable services of Mr. Munro, the clerk for the past year, should be gratefully ack now l e d ge d , an d t h at he be requested to continue in office for the present year. Mr. Munroe returned thanks, but declined the honour from want of time from other immediate occupations. It was finally moved and agreed that he should so continue, associated with Mr. Rennison, of Risley, a gentleman well qualified to assist him in the duties. Mr. Munro expressed his ac knowledgements for the honour, expressing his willingness to act with Mr. Rennison to the best of his ability for the benefit of the cause in which they wet e mutually engaged. —ln consequence of divine service being to be performed in the church on the same evening, and it being then half-past five o'clock, the meeting was then adjourned. WEDNESD.&Y, The Synod met again on Wednesday morning, at ten o'clock. There were present, shortly after the commence ment of the proceedings, the greater part of the seventy-three ministers, and twenty elders composing the roll of Synod, as well as a considerable number of ladies and gentlemen belonging to the Prebyterian Church. HOME MISSIONS. After the transaction of some less important business, the Moderator (the Rev. Alexander Murdoch) called on the gentlemen from the different presbyteries to read their reports on the home missions. The Rev. JAMES CHALMERS BURNS, of the London Presbytery, gave a report of the progress of the home mis sion in London, which showed that five new stations had been formed, and expressed a hope that these would speedily become new and flourishing churches. The Rev. HuGn CAMPBELL, of Manchester, gave the report of the Lancashire Presbytery. He said that in Wigan a most excellent missionary had been appointed to the congre gation there.' His own conviction was, that in a few months they should find it to be their duty to ordain that missionary, arid appoint another missionary in the place. Next year they hoped to have a new church erected in Bolton. In Liverpool, it was the intention to establish a mission in a very populous part of the town, in which a great number of presbyterians resided, and with the intention, he believed, of having a church there at no very distant period. The Rev. Dr. P4TERSON, of Sunderland, (Newcastle-on- Tyne Presbytery,) said that a very efficient home missionary had been introduced into Newcastle-on-Tyne, from whose labours much good was expected to result. The Rev. PETER SAWERS, of Newcastle-on -Tyne, said that the greater part of the population of that town, many of whom had formerly been.presbyterians, seemed to have sunk down into utter appathy an d neglect o f re li g i on . O u t o f a population of 116,000, th ere were 9 2, 000 who never entered a house of God. The missionary now at work was confined to a single locality of the town, in order that a clearer idea might be formed of the good which resulted from his labours. The Rev. Mr. Murat°, of Manchester, said that they had been cheered by the statements of what was being done in London and other places; burble report from Newcastle-on- Tyne was more deeply and painfully interesting. He felt convinced that there had been some great neglect towards it in the christian world. Belfast and Newcastle-on-Tyne were originally almost all presbyterians, and they had grown up pers passu ; but the religious condition of the two places was widely different. At one period, say thirty or forty years ago, they had a strong hold in Newcastle-on -Tyne, and he therefore thought it was their duty to do something for its spiritual welfare. The MODERATOR, vacating his seat, read the report of the Berwick Presbytery on home missions, which stated that until they had a missionary of their own, they had determined to aid the Presbytery of Newcastle-on-Tyne, the claims of which place they considered vastly more urgent than their own. The Rev. W. GRARAa(, of Newcastle-on-Tyne, who had been resident there for five years, expressed his belief that the gloomy state of the town had been much exaggerated. He said that his congregation, which, when he went there, assembled in an old chapel, that would only contain 100 per sons, had built a chapel capable of containing between 300 and 500 persons, and it was well filled every Sabbath. The Rev. Mr. SAWERS said that the statistics presented by him had been given by three different religious bodies, and that their results all concurred within a few hundreds. The same statements had been made in the newspapers, and had never been contradicted. The Rev. JAMES HAMILTON, of London, after some ob servations on the relative number of persons that might be expected to attend church on Sunday, said that they might very properly go on the supposition that the bulk of the la bouring population, in all our large towns, was virtually heathen. If they expected to see their congregations thrive, and Christianity progress in this land, they must set out on a new principle. They must not think only of the scattered members of the Church of Scotland. If Presbyterianism was good for Scotland, it was good for England. If it had once such a hold on England that the great bulk of the peo ple belonged to it ; if the bulk of their standard works in di vinity were the production of Englishmen, why should they not see again what England had seen ? But to accomplish this, they must give up their pulpit etiquette, and go out into the lanes and hedges: they must look to the labouring population, and to the lower portions of the population, so low that other denominations overlooked them. He believed that a blessing would rest on such an aggressive movement, and that the result would be the gathering of many souls into the fold of the good shepherd. It was only in such ways that presbyterian principles and their presbyterian church could make head in this land. The Rev. JAMES LAIDLAW, of Beweastle, read the repor of the presbytery of Northumberland. The statements and reports were adopted as those of the respective presbyteries. LADY NEWLEY'S CHARITY The Rev. J. C. BURNS read the report of the Synod com mittee on Lady Hewley's •Charity. The committee con sisted of the Presbytery of London, who received instructions to watch the suit, and to raise funds for any proceedings they might think necessary to undertake. They accordingly raised £llO ss. and engaged counsel to appear on behalf of the English Presbyterian Synod. The hearing of the case came on before the Vice-Chancellor, in the month of Febru ary. The interests of themselves and of their brethren in the north were ably represented. A strong opinion was expressed in favour of their claim, both as respected the administration and enjoyment of the trust. A decision had not yet been given, but it was confidently expected that it would be speedily given, and that it would be favourable to them, and conformable to their claim. In case there should be an ap peal to the House of Lords, it would be for the Synod to in struct the committee as to what should be done. The money raised by the committee was found sufficient for the emer gency. - As it appeared, from questions put by the Rev. Dr, Brown, that the London Presbytery had never met as a sub committee for the special purpose of reporting on the charity it was decided that the report should be re m i t t e d to t h e con . vener, in order th a t the committee might meet and report formally. d s I t ' o o rseummon them to attend in OLD SCHOOLS AND cptiourtn.fcrouransthis committee, and It the v a was sconvenertated th was s t h o c r r d e e w r e a the vestry of Rodney-street Church at five o'clock it► the the hands o f th e U n i tar i ans, 1 . 11 evening. this prop er t y . The Rev. J. HAMILTON stated that M r . M att h ews h a d discovered the will of Dr. Williams, by w hi c h a very l arge property and library, now had been left for Presbyterian purpos es . A suit was about Graham. suggested that a s t an di ng l aw com mittee should be appointed. The Rev. Mr. HAMILTON t hought th e suggestion a good to T b i e le commenced Rev Dr. B f ß o o r iy the s recovery o f one, and observed that the committee mig h t attend to legis lative Education Bill of Sir Jam es proceedings—such. for instance, as the Facto r y and UNION or PROTEST ANT EVANGELICAL CHRISTIANS. The Clerk of the Cour t read a n overture, th a t th e Sy n od should, io i n of i a s ,ro tes t a a s possible, take m easures for joining in an union n t Evangelical Ch r i stians, of different denominations, for the protection of themselves against their common enemies. The Rev. Mr. GRANT . moved the adoption of the overtnle. He said that the Dissenters of England, under which deno mination the Presbyterians of this country would of course be included, were, instead of bein g an un i te d b o dy, like diAjechr membrce, a nd often, instead of helping, interfered with and hindered each other. They were frequently taunted by the Puaeyites and Romanists with their diversions. A boast had recently been made that two-thirds of the Church thitil4.4 wic4 wt;4 44iiyirt that they halti that tiers wua no salvation ft; the Ne Church. Th;-, anxiety aid zealousness or this class (the Puseyites) to wake converts was notorious, its well as the amount of success which had attended their efforts. Perhaps the bill just alluded to (that of Sir James Graham) was OW result of a scheme ou their part. They were (milting efforts to secure that the rising generation should be trained up in their own sentiments, and if so, there was no doubt that they would by and bye extend their regards to grown-up persons. Ail Dissenters, therefore, should be like a strong, united, and fortified city, in order that they might oppose t heir enemii-s. It was contemplated that this union might em brace Independents, Baptists, Lady Huntingdon's Connex ion, the Calvinistic Methodists, the United Church of Eng land and Ireland, and perhaps the General Assembly of Ireland, and should a division take place in the Church of Scotland, then, perhaps, the seceding body also. The Rue. ALEXANDER MUNRO, chief clerk of the court, read a letter from the Congregational Union of England and Wales, held in Liverpool last year, suggesting to the Synod the desirablenes of such a union as that proposed in the overture. The jotter was signed, en behalf of the Congrega tional Union, by the R ev . D r . L e if c hild, t h e R ev. Al gernon Wells, &c., and contained the resolution passed by that body. The communication was laid before the meeting. The Rev. Mr. HAMILTON said that he did not know ex actly the extent to which the overture went. It was a very simple thing for them. as individuals, to meet other indi viduals, or bodies, and say that, as members of different churches, they were agreed on some certain point or points ; but it was a more serious and difficult matter, and calling for anxious deliberation, before any ecclesiastical body could make such a movement. He wished to know whether Mr. Grant designed that the Synod should take any steps towards an ecclesiastical identification with other bodies, or whether, for instance, they, in their synodical capacity, were to de clare that the Congregational Union was essentially one with them. The Rev. Mr. GRANT replied that it was not intended that any of the bodies should compromise any of their peculiar views. They might have annual, biennial, or triennial meetings for the communication of information by the rep resentatives of the various bodies, and the adoption of measures for the more successfully resisting the efforts that were making to put an end to what was called schism in our land. The Rev. Mr. CAMPORLL did not think that the explana tion removed the difficulty. They could not force an unin between different bodies. This must come in the good provi dence of God, and if they attempted, by artificial excitement or human skill, to force on such an union, the result would be greater disunion than now prevailed. He would leave every member of the court to act as he liked ; let them indi vidually meet other bodies, and fraternise with them as far as they could ; but let them not attempt, without any con ference or form of union laid down, to form an union between different denominations. They acted in a corporate capacity ; all their decisions were binding on every member of the court ; whilst they had no such body on the other side to meet them. De should oppose the overture. The Rev. ROOT. WALLACE, of Birmingham, opposed the overture. The Baptists held the doctrine of universal re- demption, which their church considered unscriptural and heterodox, and he could not consent to an union with them. Other arguments of the same kind might be advanced. The MouuttATou. said that the overture was not for an union in doctrine, but for an union to resist their enemies. Dr. &tows concurred in all that had been said by Mr. Campbell and Air. Wallace. There was a want of de finiteness in the proposal of the congregational union, and what there was of definiteness in it was objectionable. e Ultimately, the synod declined to adopt the overture, and appointed a committee to draw up a respectful reply to the communications laid before them by their chief clerk, reci procating the general spirit of those communications. 111-CENTENARY OF 'WESTMINSTER DIVINES. An overture was brought before the court, by the Rev. Mr. Campbell, proposing that the Synod should take mea sures for the celebration of the bi-centenary of the Westmin ster Assembly of Divines, to be held on the Ist of July next. The overture was adopted ; a committee was appointed ; and representatives of the different presbyteries were nominated to attend the meeting. i r t a l y , trth i gsg; l S ef t a li :y 4 ptgp s Att7 at i tl i tt God's pr p oyioenoe they Oen enjoy' 0414ining the prin ciples for which that church had been led to contend, and the position in which she was now placed in consequence of her contending for those principles, in the hope and with the expectation that those principles, based as they were on the word of God and the ancient constructions of the church, and in substance the same as their forefathers laid down their lives for, would generally meet with cor dial acceptance from Scotchmen and Presbyterians, and make them feel that in the present position in which they were called on to declare their concurrence in those prin ciples, and give their aid, countenance, and assistance to those who had been contending for them. He regretted ex ceedingly that one or two of his esteemed friends, who were expected to be present, were not there, and that he had con sequently, instead of having only a portion of the subject to deal with, to take up the whole of it, and thus make a larger demand upon their patience, He presumed he might take it for granted that a large portion of the audience were not very familiar with the controversy in which the Church of Scot land had been recently engaged, and that they still needed to have this subject brought in a plain and simple way before them. He presumed he might take it for granted that they had all heard something of the disputes in which the church had been involved, and thought many of them had heatd a great deal of what had been said and written against them — against those men who had been taking an active part in this important controversy. The periodical press and conversa tion teemed with misrepresentations of their character and conduct. He presumed he might also take it for granted what the lending charges against them were, that they were very seditious and rebellious men, who would not obey the law of the land, and who were set in opposition to that law, and who had declared that no decision of the courts of law, nor acts of parliament, would bind them, and that they would pay no attention to them whatever. Another notion :was, that they were a set of turbulent agita tors, who were turning the world upside down, and keeping the country in commotion, in order to enforce views of their own, and ' ,, et a large share of powe r i n t o th e i r own h an d s. He wished to remove the prejudices thus occasioned, by ad verting to the circumstance that there were the identical charges which in every age end every country bad been brought against all men who were labouring for the promo tion of what they conceived to be truth, and for the advance ment of the kingdom of God and of his Christ, and that there were charges which had been brought against our Lord and Master himself, and his inspired'Apostles. This coincidence in the representation given of their conduct was singularly alike, and, though of course no proof that they (the speaker and his associates) were right, was yet sufficient, he hoped, to secure for them a fair and impartial hearing. Having re ferred at length to the passages in which Jesus Christ was represented by his enemies as one who forbade the people to pay tribute to Caesar, "saying that he himself was Christ a King," and that they had found him " stiring up the nation, teaching all the way from Galilee to this place," he briefly dwelt upon the unbounded nature of the accusations, and then showed that precisely the same process was pur sued with respect to the Apostles. Now, the head and front of their offending was just that they said, as Paul and Silas had said, that there was no other king than Jesus; and they had asserted no principles and adopted no course of proceedure, which they did not think that they could prove to be a legitimate and logical re sult of those very principles; and for that reason, and that only, was the accusation commonly adduced against them that was adduced against the apostles, when they were repre sented as men that were turning the world upside down, and doing contrary to the decrees] of Caesar. They had always been willing to render to the civil powers all the submission to which they were legally entitled. It had been stated that no controversy was to be allowed at that meeting; but he was not sure that they could explain and illustrate those principles without something like controversy. They were in the position that a large number of ministers of the Church of Scotland had resolved, within a very brief period, to re nounce their connection with that establishment, to abandon all the privileges and emoluments they enjoyed as ministers of the established church, in a thorough belief that while they retained their present convictions as to the duties of the civil rulers, they could not honestly remain in that position, consistently with the principles for which they had resolved to contend. This was an important decision, and one likely to exercise an important influence on the Christian world ; and it had not been come to without care and deliberation, and strong and stringent grounds. He must remind the meeting of the leading outlines of the controversy in which, for the last few years, the Church had been engaged. This was the origin of it all, that in 1834 the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland adopted a solemn resolution that they would never again intrude a minister on a reclaiming congre gation; that was to say, whatever man might be appointed by a patron, and whateuer qualification he might have for the ministry, or other office, that in the event of the congrega tion coming forward and decidedly declaring that they would not have that man for their minister, that man should not be settled amongst them. (Cheers.) They thought that reso lution was a right one —a resolution which they cou ld f u lly defend. It was first of all demanded by consistency. Dur ing the reign of the moderate party violent settlements were common things. No regard was bad to the popular voice; that was entirely trampled under foot ; and on several occa sions ministers were settled by the moderate party at the point of the bayonet. The evangelical party had always op posed this, as contrary to Scripture and th e d oc t r ines of the Church. They were then a small party. At length they came to have the ascendancy in the Church courts, and then, in accordance with the principles they had always professed, they declared that principle to which he had referred, and took means to have it carried into effect. They thought they could unanswerably defend their conduct. They said that no patron, nor no presbytery, had a right to thrust a minister on a re claiming congregation, on a body of Christian men who had souls to save, consciences to exercise, faculties which they were bound to employ, and who were the parties mainly in terested in the formation of the pastoral relation. They held that this was Popish tyranny, lording it over the heritage of God, an interference with the discharge of duties which Christ had given to the members of his church. It was the duty of each man to say whether he would enter into pastoral relations with an individual; and as that was the duty of a single man, it was the duty of a body of men—of a congre gational union. They must form an opinion of the man, for the sake of their own consciences; and for the discharge of this office they must have the right of private judgment, of making up their minds, calmly and deliberately, whether this was a man under whose pastoral care they could rightly place themselves, and with whom they could cordially enter into this important and interesting relaiton. The substance of the whole matter, so far as concerned the expediency, and its bearing on religion, had been expressed in a single word by one of the old worthies, Dr. Witherspoon. He said that "a minister will do a people little good if they don't like him, and no good at all if they won't come and hear him." (Laughter and applause.) And the truth of this position had been fully tested by the violent settlements which took place in the course of the last century. Parish churches had been dissolved, the people having been driven from them by having thrust upon them a man to whom they could not confide the care o f t h e i r sou l s . A n d t h en they (the speaker and his friends) had proved, again and again, that this prin ciple was clearly contained in the constitutional standards of the Church of Scotland—the first and second Books of Dis cipline. There the principle of non-intrusion was laid down, and, as they had said long ago, the only ground that could in consistency have been taken up by the moderate party in the church would have been to have met the motion for non-intrusion by a motion for the repeal of that part of the second Book of Discipline in which this principle was clearly and distinctly asserted. This they had not ventured to do, and there it stood yet. The reverend gentleman then referred to some of the authorities on which the evangelical party based their opinions on this subject. He contended that this was the practice.of the apostolical and primitive churches. Clements said that the apostles always settled a minister with the consent of the whole church. That this was the doctrine and practice of the primitive church was admitted by many who did not approve of the princi ple itself. He quoted, to this effect, the testimony of several distinguished authorities of the Church of England— Bishop Bilson, Dr. Field, and the venerabl e H oo k er. The testimony of the latter might be considered as the testimony of one who, if not opposed to the principle, was very willing to find an excuse for its non-observance. Hooker, after announcing the principle, went on to say that it was, in effect, carried out in the Church of England, inasmuch as, where a minister was nominated by a patron, the people might be considered to have delegated the po wer of choosing the patron. (Laughter.) Hooker, however, was not here so satisfactory in his reasoning as he .generally was, or he would not be entitled to the estimation in which he was held. The same principle was distinctly laid down by the whole body of reformers. It was no objection to this principle to say that it interfered with the right of patronage. A mere argument from existing law and practice was no proof de jure that the thing was wrong. Even although it overturned patronage from the foundation, that would prove nothing. It must prove it to be illegal, and attended with some diffi culty in the enforcement; but it was no proof whatever that the thing was wrong and inexpedient. They contended that the principle of non-intrusion, acted on properly by the courts, was not inconsistent with patronage, or with anything that by the law of Scotland patrons had a right to. This would not however, affect the question wheth er it was a goo d rule or not. By th e statutes of the land, the Church was en titled to put order to all matters ecclesiastical, according to the discipline of the kirk, it being a matter of unquestionable certainty that at the time this principle of non-intrusion was in constant and vigorous operation. His objection to it was that it did not give to the people all the power they ought to have,—that it did not exclude patronage altogether. The virtual consent of three parties was required before a minis ter could be settled,—that of the patron, the presbytery, and the people,—and he said that the people and the presbytery ought alone to have anything to do with it. (Cheers.) The one singla object of the veto law was to secure that in all time coming this principle of non-intrusion should be acted on. It brought out this principle from the neglect with which it had been involved by the moderate party. By pas sing the veto act, the Assembly pledged itself never to intrude a minister again on a congregation. That pledge had been honestly redeemed, and hence all their difficulties. The celebrated Strathbogie case, of which the audience must have heard much, resolved itself into this, that as the Church could not honestly and consistently intrude a minister herself, so she was equally bound, in honesty and consistency, to see that her servants should not intrude ministers—that none subject to her controul should act contrary to the feelings and principles of christian con gregations. In the Auchterardar case, the church refused to intrude Mr. Young on a reclaiming congregation ; in the case of Marnoch, she would not intrude Mr. Edwards on a reclaiming parish ; and in the Strathbogie case, she would not consent to let the presbytery intrude a minister on the reclaiming parish. If she had been willing to settle those men, her present difficulties would have been re moved, and her danger averted; and even now she might escape from them, if she would just consent to the in trusion of those men, and reverse the proceedure required in consequence of that determination. The question o Archtarardar was brought into the civil courts by the pre. sentee. Of course he was actuated by the beat of motives SLAVERY •••. • •• 1 • An overture from the Presbytery of Berwick next came under consideration. It proposed that the Synod should co operate with other bodies of Christians in endeavouring to put an end to slavery, by issuing remonstrances, when they were at all likely to be attended to. The Rev. JOHN GARDNER, of Woodside, said that this subject was connected with so many political movements, and as . he should strongly condemn any interference with politics on the part of the synod, he should at once propose that the overture be not adopted. The Rev. Jou?: WATSON, of Belford, moved the adoption of the overture, contending that no political feeling whatever had actuated the members of the Presbytery of Berwick, and thought they ought to imitate the conduct of the Society of Friends and other religious bodies, in doing all they could to put an end to slavery. The Rev. Dr. BROWN seconded the moths of Mr. Gard ner. Ile contended that all the great political parties in the state, as well as the great body of the people, were earnestly and anxiously desirous to do all they could to put an end to the abomination of slavery, and that there was, consequently, no plausible grounds for a religious body like theirs taking a new movement. The Rev. Mr. MuNito said that he also was of opinion that they should keep themselves free from anything having the semblance of a political movement. This distinction was not always obvious ; but one which presented itself to his mind was this :—Whenever a legislative question directly affected religion, then they, as courts, had a perfect right to interfere; but when any piece of legislation, positive or ne gative, touched reli g io n on ly i n di rect l y an d inferentially, he did not conceive that they, as courts, were required to come in with their particular addresses. They left the ques tion, whatever it might be, to the general feelings and senti ments of christianity which they diffused amongst their people, and if the subject was in opposition to those senti ments. the people would remonstrate against the evil. For instance, in the matter of the corn-law. The corn-law, say the advocates of its repeal, does affect religion, because it impoverishes the people, and thus prevents them from at tending the house of God ; but the tact was, that this effect was inferential and secondary, and therefore, as a court. they should do wrong if they interfered in the matter. But if the question were as to the establishment by Govern ment of schools wherein were to be taught religious prin ciples directly opposed to what they conceived to be true, then, as a court, they should have a right to interfere. He did not know that slavery affected religion directly. That it did indirectly, was evident from the fact, that wherever slavery flourished it was hostile to virtue and to the graces of religion. There was no precept in the gospel that abolished slavery ; but who imagined for a moment that the religion of our blessed Saviour intended that the souls and bodies of men should be bound in chains? On these grounds lie thought that they should be travelling out of their way to entertain the question of slavery, more particularly as it had been removed from their own doors as a nation. In America, many of their own and of all other communions were desirous of removing this stain ; but we might be interfering in a way that would thwart, instead of promoting the object they had in view. Yet their opposition had this advantage, that it was guided by a direct and practical know ledge of slavery in all its details ; whilst we, coming on with a clumsy and half•ignorant measure, could do no good, and would probably do harm. Let them encourage their brethren in the faith of the Gospel, and round and round the pendant world, as this Gospel circulated, freedom, valued freedom, would also circulate, and, as a natural consequence, the fetters would drop from the hands of the slave. The Rev. Mr. Saw Errs warmly supported the overture. He observed that many members of their own communion brandished the whip over the back of the slave, and held to his lips the bitter cup, and that it was, therefore, incumbent on them, by earnest remonstrances, to do all they could to prevent members holding slaves. He contended that legisla tive provisions and the force of the law would be utterly in efficient for the abolition of slavery, unless there was a moral preparation to act in conjunction with that law. The Rev. Mr. WaTsoN after some further conversation, proposed that the motion should be thus worded :—" Where as slavery, though opposed to the spirit of the gospel, is still enforced by professing members of the Church of Christ, it is humbly Os;ertured that the synod take steps to co-operate with other religious denominations, both in this country and in America, to denounce this utwhristian practice, by send ing remonstrances to those chargeable with the offence, when this may be expected to be of avail." Th e R ev . Mr. WALLACE received the motion thus modi fied, and it was put to the vote. There appeared for this motion, 25; for the amendment of Mr. Gardner, 8. ELDERS AND DEACONS The clerk of the court next read an overture from the Pres. by tery of Lancashire, that a law should be passed that in fu• tore all ruling elders and deacons should, in accordance wit! the original practice of the Church of Scotland, be set spat to their work by the laying on of hands. . . .. The Rev. Mr. CAMPBELL proposed the adoption of the overture. The Rev. Dr. BROWN asked whether Mr. Campbell con sidered this essential to the validity of the office of deacoi and elder. The Rev. Mr. CAMPBELL said that he did not consider it essential ; but, at the same time, he should not like to take upo❑ himself to say what was essential to the constitution of a church. Ile thought that the proposed form was a better form than the present one, inasmuch as it was the Scriptural form. The Rev. Dr. BROWN observed that Mr. Campbell had failed to point out any good result which would follow for the adoption of the overture. The Rev. Mr. HAMILTON proposed that, as the overture was a very important one, it should be printed, and lie over for consideration at the next meeting of Synod. The Rev. Mr. CAMPBELL pointed out that the laying on of hands was only departed from, at the period of the Re formation, with the intention that it should be temporary, and said that there were many passages of Scripture showing that, in the time of the Apostles, deacons and elders were appointed to their work by the laying on of hands. He said it had been cast against them that they had laymen officia ting in a ministerial capacity ; but such was not the fact. The elders were really ministers—men set apart for the mi nisterial work. After sonic further conversation, the motion of Mr. Ha milton was agreed to. The business of the day concluded at a few minutes before five o'clock. A public meeting was held in the Music-hall, on Wednes day evening, to receive au explanation of the principles and proceedings of the Church of Scotland. The business com menced precisely at seven o'clock, at which time the large room was densely filled with a very respectable auditory. On the platform there were a considerable number of the ministers at present in Liverpool, in attendance at the Synod. The Rev. ALEXANDER MITRDOCiI, moderator, was called upon to preside. and was perfectly prepared to say, if he could succeed in The CHAIRMAN returned his acknowledgments for the making the presbytery ordain him, that zeal for the honour honour they had done him in electi ng hi m t o p res id e over a of God and desire for the salvation of souls was his chief in meeting of such respectability, assembled for the object of ducetnent to enter on the ministry. It had been objected meeting a deputation to explain to them matter s connected to them that they pleaded in the court, and that then they refused to accede to the sentence, Even one of the judges with the interests of civil a nd reli g i ous lib er ty. Th e y were all aware that the lib er ti es w hi c h h a d b een en j oye d b y the church, and enjoyed by th e c h urc h o f th e i r father accused them of profligacy, and of thimble-rigging tricks. Now, the fact was that they obeyed the court so far as t he y land, and which were su pp ose d t o b e i na li ena bl e f rom ever admitted its jurisdiction. They admitted the rig ht of that church, and inseparabl e f rom th e ex i s t ence o f any inde ihe courts to say whether the parish was vacant ; a nd whether pendent church, presumed to be a church of Christ, had been there should be a new presentee ; hut, then, they said that so far as this action might be directed to the obj ect of finding called in question ; but the Ch urc h o f S co tl an d h a d ma d e a whether the opposition of the people was a good reason for noble, high-principled, and vigorous stand in defence of the rejection , and that, notwithstanding that reason, he must be liberties of her Christian pe o pl e , an d o f th e grea t principles mnister of Auchtarardar, they openly denied the right of of her own government and discipline, and for the good and the court to entertain the point. They were guilty of no salvation of souls. (Cheers.) All this they were well aware pro fligacy v and thimble-ri gg i ng ; when, at the end, they just of, and that the church now stood in the same appearance as carried out the principle which they had avowed from the did the burning bush in the wilderness before Moses, when first, viz., that of following out the sentence so far as they it appeared to be enveloped in flames, and yet to stand allowed the jurisdiction of the court, and of not attending to without being consumed. The Church of Scotland, be trusted, it, in so far as they objected to its jurisdiction. The church appeared to the eyes of that great and important meeting in proceeded to act as th oug h t h ere h a d been a vacancy. I t the same light, though enveloped in the flames of persecu- 1839 she resolved, nothwithstanding the decisions of the tion ; for that she was so, was not now a matter of question. civil courts, to act on the principle of never again thrusting They believed that—her principles being founded on the a minister on a reclaiming parish. Her grounds for this ' Word of God, and her rest being on her great head, the were—lst, the supremacy of the divine law; and secondly, thed Rock of Ages—she would come out of the flames that the law of the land ought not to regulate the business of in principles ; and that whatever might be the result u i n n ac regard would Christ's kingdom, and that, as far as regarded that, they to her mere temporal interests, her spiritual interests were under no obligation to obey the law of the land. They flourish, and that she would yet be honoured in her father were bound thoroughly to disregard it, and to look on it as land to be the instrument of good to the souls of men . the mere opinion of certain parties. They were a branch of The Rev. Mr. HAMILTON offered up praYe_r• the Church of Christ, notwithstanding their connection The Rev. Dr. Cur.iNitNou.tx, of Trinity Chairman, Churcli with the state ; and if so, then they were bound to Edinburgh, having been introduced by the . stepped apply to themselves the principles applicable to the re forward amidst applause. He said he had the honour gulation of the affairs of Christ's church, and entitled to of appearing before them as one of a deputation of the expect and demand that all who regarded them in that light Church of Scotland, whose duty it was in the peculiarly should also feel called upon to apply to them the principles t4o6o4it•tit4 i;ealrA a i;*crt2d that flu %VON (lard by which Christ's b ecclesiastical office-bearer the persons to interpret management of Chri't's understood and properly and made it manliest they had done. On these courts had been in accordan come to any other conclu Their opponents were not i they seemed to think that an submissive to the state, arid t little more than a municipa the law of the land. They (t. " Is this established church Christ, or not ?" Their oppoo a church of Christ, were obli i :; said, " If this is so, this is di regarded, and these the prinei gulated." Then, again, then lished church could not be in that was quite true in a certa. never dealt in express and ci dependent on the state for all from any other church. Theil and no further ; they should r taken away all that formed t admitted the extreme of Era, a' voluntaryism on the other. They did not admit that the ste over ecclesiastical things ; but th ought to be the object of the ma attention.; , It was erastianisin to jurisdiction in ecclesiastical matter to say that he should exercise ; illy. the honour of the welfare of Christ's distinction. Those who held the au, find it difficult to explain what precis of authority in ecclesiastical matters city of the crown implied. The bet of the Church of England honestly plained it away, whilst the more seen. were very willing to admit that it did of ecclesiastical jurisdiction in the m. Church. There were three grounds on selves warranted to disregard the dccisi in so far as it said that they were b, Young on the reclaiming parish of At first place, they said that the law of the between the Church and the State, as sot not impose, or profess to impose, any of intrude ministers on reclaiming congrega. no such obligation. They said that the deci, foundation, and that they knew of no law wh t ooTt.frfie:te?pei knew Ca a l s o: a r r oto i . g oti l df i n t sol o , earlisaves,e.To n iaen no ity, this rg e nev n , daootwtt: matter em to ne elusively final, and of course the House of r SlOll. In civil matters the courts of l as e them, and they willingly submittedto i t h ei r in ecclesiastical matters the Con rtof .zssenh coordinate with th e c i v il courts. Five On judges, and those five the ablest and most 1, Scottish Bench, concurred with them in opinic denounced the decision of their b re th ren to t h e opposition to the spirit and letter of the ',- violation of the constitution of tli ' quoted, in support of his staterne. by Lord Moncrief. After some further part of the subject, the rev. gentleman be the attention of the audier, question, mid spoke of the earein, thin which it required from them. It l beautifully said that the ministers of the taken up a position on the well-trodden saints and martyrs. This was quite true for the consideration of the meeting waS' ciples were true, and whether they b' asserted in a proper manner. The a speech of two hours' duration; tinned bursts of applause. The meeting was afterwards briefs, W. B. Kirkpatrick, of Dublin, the Re. Rev. Mr. Gardner, and the Rev. Mr. b, thanks was passed to the Rev. Dr. Cunning/. lar compliment was passed to the chairman. the 124th Psalm was sung, the benediction was p. and the meeting separated at a quarter past ten o'c ice the import THURSDAY The Synod resumed its sittings the Rev. William Murdoch, moderator. The Court was opened, in the usual mann, and prayer; after which the Synod took into c the best means of increasing the Mission Fun' . agreed that the ministers and elders of e• should be urgently recommended to adopt increasing the Synod Fund, the ultimate ant. which is the advantage of the Mission Cause. On the suggestion of Mr. BARBON , of Man spoke strongly in favour of it, it was resolve Moderator and ex-Moderator, with a lay assistai. be respectfully requested to visit the several Presby enquire into the state of the various Missions, with increasing their efficiency. REPORT ON BILLS. The Report on Bills ft , by the itsv. Mr. read and agreed to ; aer whichwas rp Synod should adjourn Et} alf-past five o'cl' TH A CTORY BILL great Mr. LAun laid upon the Synod tions on the Factory Bill now before Parlion. I. That the Synod view with alarm and so. ranee which prevails among a large proportion r jug classes of this country, and would cheerft any legislative measure calculated to remedy evil. 11. That no measure can be adequate tof which does not provide a Scriptural as well as cation,whilst, at the same time, in respect to sp instruction, due regard must be had to the civil liberties of all the subjects of this realm. 111. That the synod having had its attention educational provisions contained in the bill nc liament for regulating the employment of ch tories, is compelled to declare its disapProbatior embodied in those provisions, but especially , the following particulars :- Ist. The constitution of the Board of Manager 2d. The irresponsible Dower vested in the Cleri as to the selection of books for religious instr, 3d. The privilege conceded to the Clerical Ti not to the minister of ally other communion o. ting divine service, and of communicating rel struction in the school-room to the adherents of church. o f charging the cost of books fo 4th. The power the ordinary exp enses of the school, upon the instruction sele cted by the Clerical Trustee , nit rate,without any correspondent privilege being cc to other bodies of Christians, nor even to th schools whose certificates of attendance, are prop, be admitted as le g gal. sth. The requrin of the schoolmaster to be tom to communicate religious instruction according i catec hi sm and litu r gy of the Church of Esglao subsequently his appoin tment to the veto of the t by which it is in effect declared that . none but a IT arid have tended gr, of the Church of England can he eligible to that oi th a zeal and disint: 6th. The non-ae.mssion of certificates of attendant, schools conducted by Protestant dissenters. 7th. The injurious effects likely am to or le t p i r ,c oduced of Sabbath-schools of all classes of dissenters, i nst i• which, during more than half a century, h ave pi ucati e poorer whichthe stl p effect s p b l e y s h t tahi re. elackb e e n u o p fo carried oi educationent v i ness worthy of the highest commendation, h ut w the regulations of the proposed bill would be al not entirely destroyed, in favour of a party wi glect of this important duty has until very recen almost inexcusable. th Ilii.b'errlaialta,nidn eoorntl,eir,rteob tenne ;t e tl s m eh e e x m ig e en o e f ie e s ti o f Va l l!) I l e e . , an t; d re o g r a d ti e l trot of the government; and, in the opi n i on n as tL c t 's after due deliberation, to be established uncle nod, the plan recently adopted in Ireland modification, would be best adapted to tit, and circumstances of this country. V. That the Synod petition parliament in ter resolution!, and recommend it to their corn terms of be taken into consideration at a future sittin , !,. These fnrw resolution sar dP e tit ioswaesr were speedilylai laid o DEPUTATION' FROM THE CHURCH OF C . OTL The Rev. Mr. CAMPBELL, one of the deputatio AND , Church of Scotland in England to the General A l : em the Church of Scotland, was then called upon ; and he the deputation had been received with he the ,-• diality and kindness. The General Assembly ii.,dieate: a deputation to represent her at this session, aP i s P i : Dr. Cunningham, who was present, and several ecls— s . from various causes, had been unable to attend. nth' n 'r ,, - geneman concluded by introducing to the c: \ ,,i 2 " The Rev. Dr. CUNNINGHAM, Nvllo del' ' :—.l— • i„, able speech explanatory of the exact position a between the Church of Scotland and the • n of the qt country. In elucidation of this question, he courts ( Synod a variety of documents, historical ' he laid befo the privileges of the church ; an d and legal, sl he f o civil courts could not, according to the spirit urged th Union, interpose between the church spirit of the He concluded by announcing that, and her ancient stances, a separation had been determined under all the c jority of the General Assembly. rmined upon by ti The Rev. Mr. CAMPBELL then illoved, and it was s ed, a resol ution to the effect that the the statement of the deputation from Synod, basin' and the documents being laid the Church of Y" deepest sympathy with the presentuPcm the table, ear and resolved that that feelin , should conditio ,, Wiwi front the Synod to the ' General h ne expi. Dr. Buows, of London, i neral Assembn, expressed opposite views to thosen a speech of Mt and made an earnest appeal to the of the General A. separation. the Synod not to coast After some discussion, the motion was o pa d er s were ordered to lie table for a rt .._ by the committee ; and, in the the table bra ri by time committee ; and, lit the rncantinr Cunningham. Synod were voted to Dr. eantiunni REPOU'r OF THE IP ' The Rev. Mr. MUR 'lst! DEPUTATION deputation sent last year to brought up the byterian Church in I the general asst. the spirituality Ireland. He gave a pleasing of that church, said satisfaction in stating that it was making the ,reatesi sions upon the darkness • d destitution °t. an of the reg Anti-Christ. The Rev. JoSIAS WILSON, from the Presbyterian CI in Belfast, then addressed the Synod, On the part 0, deputation of which lie was a member, and said that he sh G ond go back warmed and refreshed with odly that the tills , : edification bl p ro ceedings of this Synod. He mentie aries sent fort by e Belfast Synod had m et with grea t es t success h in lhe th South and W es t of Ireland; and I had in many places established churches for the worshij the living God. The Rev. Mr. KtrocrArnrcK, a m ember of the s ame potation, stationed in Dublin, next addressed the sync), an encouraging speech, and mentioned several factthes, sl sont um l. the ex tension of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland. The Rev. Mr. PATTERsoN-, of the Irish d e p utation, r addressed the synod, after which the deputation were form. thanked by the Moderator for the information they had cc municated. THE DEPUTATION FROM THE 'WELSH R EPORT OF he folio mbly of When CALVINISTIC METHODISTS. The Rev. JAME,i HAMILTON presentc.d this report which the Rev. Mr. EnwAttps, and two other tninist made each a suitable relply. The Synod adjourned at half -past five o'clock with pre In the evening a !meeting o❑ missions was held, a which the Synod resumed, and remained sitting went to press. _ _ ))Ject of r, who view to Otis to a of pa ti p le er c , h w ur il c ill . i is teriln a i T ab il i e iz c 4 a e a d s mi c of f u pwhat,, i s s e d e e n n a o u m i u n k a i t g proposesensd e . :nob A standing provisional committee sits at No. 7, No now a be fr fo e r e e As e : sb it y gratuitously Edinburgh, aa:10 H i , : stuhees friends of Church ere,i land, at an expense of £300,0t10. The plans ,. church are given, and various directions for bu withcommunication 6O O churches for cot' Wien in earnest, a nev, &C. Tb e whole document shows ni • zea l o us in the cause they have espoused. ling m