The Sun.
London, England, 1806-05-27 00:00:00

EDINBURGH, MAY, 23.

The office of Procurator for the Church of Scot-
land, the principal law office of
.that venerable
Body, having become vacant by the appnintirient of •
Wm. ROBERTSON, Esq. late one of the Senators of the.
College of Justice,. JOHN CoNNELL, Esq. Advocate
has been appointed his successor, after a very keen
contest for some months. The General Assembly,
who ele& their own Law .Officers; Met here yeger.-
day. As soon as the Moderator was chosen, and
the Lord High Commissioner had opened the As-
sembly in the usual form, Principal HILL, of St..
Andrew's, moved; that the Assembly should pro 7
ceed immediately to ..ele& a Procurator. Principal
BROwN, of Aberdeen, seconded by Mr. Solicitor-
General CLERK; moved a delay. After reasoning,
the Assembly agreed, without, a vote, - to proceed
to the. eleaion. Then Dr. GRIEVE, Father •of
what is • known
,by the name of the •Moderate
Interest of the Church of Scotland, Seconded by.
Principal TAYLOR, of Glasgow, proposed Mr. CON-
NELL ; and Dr. HUNTER, seconded by Princi-
pal BROWN, proposed Mr. .MONCRIEFF, son of
the Rev. Sir HENKY MONCHIEFFAILLWoOD, Bart.
The roll being called, there voted for Mr. CONNELL
260, for Mr.7lVloNcßwr .54. The Assembly con=
sists of 361 Members, Ministers and Elders, who are
composed of Delegates from. all the Royal Burghs,
and of a:number of the Nobility and Gentry of Scot-
land ; and it is believed that so great a number of
Members never were present in any. former As-
sembly.-

The following., we under Stand, is the Amend-
ment which Mr. JACKSON offered to substitute for
the previous Question, at the ,last General Court .--r
The Learned Gentleman was about to read it, when
the Supporters of the original-Motion insisting that
he could not be heard a second time, he of course
forbore to press it.
" That this Court entertains the highest Consideration of
" those Instances in which the Diredors have asserted the
" Rights of the East India Company, and will at all times
" support the Exercise of their Authority for the due Pre-
" nervation of the same ; but this Court is of Opinion, that it
" would be inconsistent with the principles of justice as
" well as with the Deference due to the klotise of Commons,
" to come 'to any Resolution which has for, its objea to con-
" vcy an opinion upon the Government of Marquis Wellesley,
"during the present Parliamentary Proceedings respeding that
"Nobleman, and before his Lordship has even officially seen
" the Accusations preferred against him in the intended and
other Dispatches printed by Order of this Court."

The Officers of the Westbury and Clifton Voliy-
teers, with a.spirit truly worthy of the great cause in
Which they are engaged—the honour and security
of the Country—have presented to their late Com-
mandant, Lieutenant-ColOnel CoKE, who has re-
tired to Cheltenham, a silver vase, as a testimony of
their attachment ; 'and as the Inscription is so ex-
pressive of the feelings which di&ated the transac- _
tion, we think we cannot do a greater honour to
the parties than to transcribe it :
" This vase was presented by the Officers of the
Loyal Westbury and -Clifton Volunteer Infantry, of
the County of Gloucester, to Lieutenant-Colonel
TuomAs, COKE, as a testimony of their sincere
esteem and regard for him as a private Gentleman,
and of their very high sense of his public conduit, in
haying dedicated the distinguished military talents
formerly so gloriously exerted in the defence of his
Country in India, to the forMation and service of a
Corps of British Volunteers."
This Gentleman had the singular felicity of asmst-
ing in the reduaion of Seringapatam, where he had
formerly been a prisoner for More' than four years ;
and, after this triumph, had the important charge
confided to him of conducting the Princesses and La-
dies of the. household of Tippoo, with
,their para-
pharnalia, the place assigned, to them by Govern-
ment, a charge to Which he 'was recommended by
his humanity and integrity.