The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-04-26 00:00:00

THE PRESBYTERIAN SYNOD

FRIDAY.-MORNING SITTING

The Synod of the Presbyterian Church in England,
resumed its sitting in St. George's Church, Myrtle-street,
at ten o'clock this morning. _ _

The proceedings were opened as usual with prayer,
after which the minutes of the previous meeting, includ-
ing the resolution on the organ question, were read and
sustained.
DEPUTATION FROM THE FREE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND.

The next business before the Synod was, the reception
of a deputation from the Free Chuch of Scotland. The
deputation consisted of the following gentlemen, Rev. Dr.
Henderson, Glasgow, moderator of the General Assembly
of the Free Church: Rev. Dr. Alexander, of Kirkaldy ;
Rev. Mr. Laughton, of Greenock ; and Mr. Robert John-
son, of Edinburgh. _ _ _

The Rev. Dr:Mackenzie introduced the deputation, and
in doing so, intimated to the court, that last year; as
on previous occasions, the deputation from, the Presby-
terian Church in England, was received very cordially
by the sister church in Scotland, and an expression of
deep interest in their affairs was given by the General
Assembly. _ .

The Moderator expressed his regret, that the Synod
were prevented from receiving the deputation at an
earlier period, and that the very late hour to which their
debate was protracted the previous night had caused the
audience t hat morning to be less numerous than it other-
wise would have been.. _

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The Rev. Dr. Henderson then addressed the Synod
upon the character and genius of Presbyterianism in
general,
The other members of the deputation also severally
addressed the meeting.

The Rev. Mr. Welsh, Liverpool, proposed a vote of
thanks to the deputation.
The Rev. Dr. Hamilton seconded the resolution.
Dr. Macaulay, of London, supported the resolution,
which'was agreed to unanimously.

The Moderator then, in the name of the Synod, ex-
pressed their thanks to the members of the deputation.

DEPUTATION FROM IRELAND

The reception of the deputation from the General
Assembly of the Irish Presbyterian Church followed.
The deputation, as constituted, comprised the Rev. Robert
Parke, of Ballymoney, near Belfast, clerk to the General
Assembly, Rev. Henry Wallace, and Mr. John Coates.
The two latter gentleme were prevented, by circum-
stances, from being present, and the deputation was, there-
fore, represented by the Rev. Mr. Parke.
The Rev. Dr. Munro introduced the deputation.

The Rev. Mr. Parke addressed the meeting on the
position, labours, and prospects of the Presbyterian
Church iu Ireland.
The Rev. Mr. Smith proposed a vote of thanks to the
deputation, which was seconded by the Rev. Mr. Mur-
doch, and carried unanimously.
The Moderator tendered to the
.Rev. Mr. Parke the
thanks of the Synod.

THE ORGAN QUESTION,

A dissent, by the Rev. Dr. Chalmers, was handed in
from the decision of the Synod upon the question of the
use of instrumental music in churches. The dissent was
signed by the names of several members. After some
discussion, it was agreed to receive the dissent, and a
committee was appointed to draw up reasons in support
of the Synod's decision.
The Synod then proceeded to consider a dissent and
complaint of the Rev. Alexander Munro, Manchester,
and a protest and appeal of Mr. Lang, elder, of Man-
chester, against the decision of the Presbytery of
Lancashire, in the case of the introduction of an organ
into the services of St. George's Church, Myrtle-street.
Liverpool. The decision of the Presbytery appealed
against was that they deemed it inexpedient to interfere
with the use of the organ in St. George's Church.
The Rev. Dr. Munro, Rev. Mr. Welsh, Rev. Mr.
Lundie, Mr. Smith, and Mr. Barbour appeared for the
appeal.
The Rev. Mr. Crornar, Rev. Mr. 1114 Can, and Mr.
Thomas Matheson, appeared to sustain the decision of
the Presbytery of Lancashire.
The Rev. Dr. Munro stated that in consequence of what
had taken place the previous night, he and those whp
acted with him were ready and willing to withdraw the
appeal. His original purpose was that the Synod should
know of the matter, and deal with it. He considered
that the Synod had now dealt with it elaborately,
thoroughly, and exhaustively, - and that the conclusion
which had been come to was all that 'could be' wished for
on the present occasion. He would now leave St. George's
Church to take to heart the decision given by the
Synod the previous night, consider its import, and act
accordingly
The appeal was accordingly withdrawn.
THE COLLEGE REPJRT.

The report of the college was then read, and contained
an expression of the regret of the committee for the death
of Professor H. Campbell. The report also comprised
Several details with regard to the position and working
of the college. . .

Dr. Hamilton moved the adoption of the report, when
a debate followed on some of the details of the working,
which had not concluded when the Synod adjourned to
tho evening sitting.