The Sun.
London, England, 1830-05-29 00:00:00

COUNCIL.

It is this day ordered by their Lordships, that every
Minister and Preacher, as well of the Established Church
in that part of Great Britain called Scotland, as those of
the Episcopal Communion, protected and allowed by an
Act, passed in the tenth year of her late Majesty, Queen
Anne, chap. 7, intituled " An Act to prevent the dis-
turbing those of the Episcopal Communion in that part of
Great Britain called Scotland, in the exercise of their re-
ligious worship, and in the use of the Liturgy of the
Church of England ; and for the repealing of the Act,
ps.'sed in the Parliament of Scotland, intituled An Act
against irregular baptisms and marriages,' " do, at some
time during the exercise of the Divine Service in such re-
spective Church, Congregation, or Assembly, put up their
prayers to Almighty God, fur the recovery of his Majesty
from the severe indisposition under which his Majesty is
labouring. JAMES BULLER.

Whitehall, May 17, 1830

The King has been pleased to constitute and appoint
the Right Honourable James Ochoncar Lord Forbes to
be his Majesty's High Commissioner to the General As-
sembly of the Church of Scotland.

Whitehall, May 17.

The following Address to the General Assembly of the
Church of Scotland, haring been transmitted by James
Ochoncar Lord Forbes, his Majesty's Commissioner, to
the Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel, one of his Majesty's
Principal Secretaries of State, has been by him present?d
to the King; which Address his Majesty was pleased to
receive very graciously:—
" May it please your Majesty.
_ _

" Your Majesty's gracious letter to this General Assem-
bly of the Church of Scotland has been received by us with
the highest respect and gratitude.
" The expression of your Majesty's approbation of the
manner in which we have hitherto discharged the im-
portant trust reposed in us, and the renewed assurance of
your unalterable resolution to maintain she establishment
which we represent in the full and free enjoyment of all its
rights and privileges, cannot fail to animate us with an in-
creasing desire to prove ourselves deserving of the protec-
tion and countenance which it has long been our happiness
to enjoy.
" The re-appointment of Lord Forbes, as the represen-
tative of your Royal Person, is held by this Assembly as an
additional proof of your Majesty's paternal regard ; and it
is most satisfactory to us to know that a Nobleman, en-
deared to this Church by the urbanity and purity of his
manners, has equally approved himself to our beloved So-
vereign, by his upright and faithful execution of the im-
portant trust with which he has been repeatedly invested.
" Feeling most strongly the value of the counsels which
your Majesty has been pleased to convey to ns, we will en-
deavour, through the aid of Divine Grace, to devote our-
selves earnestly to those services which we are condesend-
ingly assured have been so highly acceptable to your Ma-
jesty, on account of their tendency to promote the happi-
ness of your people; and in aiming at this great object,
than which nothing can be nearer your Majesty's heart,
we' will not fail to keep in view the indissoluble connection
subsisting between the temporal prosperity of the people
and their firm adherence to the principles of religion and
virtue; a consideration which, in proportion as it dignifies
our duty, calls upon us at the same time for the most zea-
lous and faithful discharge of it.
" We thankfully acknowledge, and engage faithfully to
apply, your Majesty's liberal donation of two thousand
pounds, for propagating Christian knowledge in the High-
lands and Islands of Scotland. _ _

" We cordially unite with your Majesty in praying that
this meeting may be brought to a happy conclusion under
the guidance and protection of DIVINE PROVIDENCE, sup-
plying us richly with that wisdom and discretion, .vhich
your Majesty is *wed to gay, have been at all times so
eminently displayed by the assemblies of this Church.
" That the GOD and EikrmEs of our LORD haus
CnntsT may bless your Majesty with all spiritual bless-
ings, and make your glory great in his salvation, that he
may sustain and refresh your spirit amidst the cares of
government and the vicissitudes of this transitory life;
that he may fulfil the desires of an affectionate people, by
the speedy and complete re-establishment of your health;
and that, after being saesfied with length of days and
abundance of peace, and the universal diffusion of that
eighteousneu which ecalteth a nation, an entrance may be
ministered to you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom
of our LORD and SAVIOUR Janis CHRIST, is the earnest
prayer of, may it please your Majesty, your Majesty's
most faithful, most loyal, and most obedient subjects, the
Ministers and Elders of the General Assembly of the
Church of Scotland.
" Signed in our name, in our presence, and at our ap-
pointment, by " WM. SINGER, Moderator.
" Edinburgh, May 22."