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SYNOD OF GLASGOW AND AYR.
FRIDAY, APRIL 17.

CANADA CLERGY RESERVES.

Mr. ROSE brought forward an overture, which was
in the following terms :—" It is humbly overtured to
the very Reverend the Provincial Synod of Glasgow
and Ayr, met in the Synod at Glasgow, this
14th day of April, 1840, that they petition Parlia-
ment against any Bill or Bills, relating to the Canada
Clergy Reserves, which may propose on the one hand
to endow Popery and other erroneous systems not re-
cognised by law, or on the other to confine the proceeds
of the sale to the Church of England alone, to the
exclusion of the Church of Scotland, which being
thoroughly Protestant, and an Established Church of
the empire, has equal civil rights with the Church of
England." He should be glad if the overture should be
carried without discussion.
Mr. APNAUGHTAN could not allow the overture to
pass without noticing the insult which had been heaped
upon them by those men called Bishops, who sit in
the House of Lords, but who would, i❑ his opinion, be
better employed elsewhere. The opinion of these
Learned Spiritual Lords, or Civil Lords (or whatever
they are) concerning the main clause in the Act, was
not to be thrust upon them so easily as they might ima-
gine. Having read the clause in the Act which bears
on the subject of the reserves, the Reverend Gentleman
urged on the Court to go forward and demand their
rights. They were the " Protestant" clergy, not the
clergy of the Church of England, according to the true
meaning of the term.

Dr. FLEMING had a word to say as to the necessity
of their taking steps to assert their rights. When the
opinion of the Judges was to be taken as to the mean-
ing of the word " Protestant," it was necessary that
they should state what was their conviction in regard
to the meaning of that word, as well as the clergy of
England. Let it be remembered that this was a Bri-
tish Act, passed after Canada was conquered by the
arms, the blood, and the treasure of this country, and
the word " Protestant" in that Act was meant to apply
to the Established Churches of England and Scotland.
He held that it was the most important matter which
could come before them. Were they to be abused
and considered as no Church at all ? Were they to sit
silent under such imputations? No. Let them stand
by their rights when they were invaded—those rights
confided to them by the Act of 1791. Let them send to
Parliament the opinion of the Synod, and let it be
placed before the Judges who were to determine as to
the meaning of the term " Protestant."
Mr. DUNCAN would not be a party to addressing the
term spiritual lord to any man, as he held it to be con-
trary to the Scriptures. He therefore protested against
their employing that term in any petition which might
be adopted on the subject.
Dr. SIbIYTII thought they should make a strong de-
claration against the monstrous doctrine laid down by
the Bishop of Exeter in the House of Lords. They
had been assailed in many quarters, and the most con-
tumelious attacks had been made upon them in regard
to the situation of the Church in this natter.

The overture having been unanimously adopted, a
petition was read and approved, and a Committee was
named to transmit it for presentation.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.
(LLOYD'S.)

VESSELS SPOKEN wirn.—The Genevieve from Valpa-
raiso to Bordeaux, 2d January, lat. 41 S., long. 45 W. ;
Star, Monte Video to Cork, Feb. 17,1 at. I 1 S., long. 37 ;
Provence, Bordeaux to Rio Janeiro, with loss of foretop-
mast, &c., 29th, lat. 1 S., long. 30 ; Eucharis, Havre to
Guadaloupe, 13th ult., lat. 22 N., long. 40 ; Joaquim,
Terceira to Rio, 23d, lat. 27, long. 34 ; Ophelia Anne,
Mauritius to London, 14th inst., lat. 47, long. 13 ; Jem
Crow, Cuba to Swansea, 15th, with loss of mainsail, jib-
boom, &c. by the Regulus, arrived off Scilly ; Amethyst,
Cuba to Swansea, out fifty days, with loss of two boats,
bulwarks, and other damage, four men overboard, by the
Rebel, Long, arrived off Plymouth ; Ruby, bound to St.
Kitts, 12th inst., lat. 46, long. 11 ; Emma, bound to the
Cape of Good Hope, 13th, lat. 47, long. 9, by the
Caroline Newton, arrived in the river ; Europe, of Scar-
bro', 6th inst., lat. 48, long. 10, by the G. Ramsey,
arrived at Bristol; Victoria, Blakely, Liverpool to New
York, 6th inst., lat. 42, long. 51 ; Orion, of Nantes, 27th
Sept., 1,400 barrels ; Mouse, of Havre, same day, 1,200
barrels ; John Cockrill, of Havre, 30th, 600 barrels ; Gus-
tave, 21st Oct., one whale and 230 barrels; Ketos, of
Nantes, 29th, 1,400 barrels ; Cousin, of Havre, 31st, one
whale and 200 barrels ; Ville de Rennes, 18th Nov., one
whale and 2,300 barrels; Indian, Reine, Rotterdam to
Batavia, 18th Feb., lat. 10, long. 33, by the Albatross,
arrived at Havre.