The Sun.
London, England, 1840-09-01 00:00:00

MON 7:.; MARKET and CITY NEWS.

(MONDAY EVENING.)
TIATES.—upon reference to the transactions of the
under, yriters at Lloyd's, which may be received as a test
a mor.gst others of the state of public opinion on the sub-
ject, of war, it appears that in the case of French risks,
Ar.d risks likely to be involved in the consequences of a
-War, there has been a considerable alters' ion, though
not at present of a very definite character, each insurer
being disposed to act on his own views of the impending
danger. With regard to distant voyages, what are
termed " capture risks" are doily coming forward. Some
rpolicies have been entered into, inclusive of capture
zisks, but accompanied with a condition to return that
portion of the premium should no declaration of war
take place previous to the termination of the voyage.
In ordinary business the effect is chirly shown in the
general unwillingness to underwrite at all, rather than
in any actual increase of premium Thus it is seen,
;that among a very large and sagacious class of men the
motion of a war is very prevalent, though some allow-
ance must be made fOr their natural anxiety to protect
their own interests in the matter.

CHRONICLE.—An important decision has been
given by Judge Betts in the case of the schooner Catha-
rine, an American vessel, captured under American co-
lours near the coast of Africa, by a British cruiser, for
'being engaged in the transportation of slaves, and car-
ried into New York. The cargo and equipments of the
vessel, when captured, left no doubt that she was to be
employed in the transportation of slaves; but Judge
Betts nevertheless decided that she was illegally care
lured, chiefly because " there is noth!ng in the statutes
of the United States to reach the case of an American
,vesel built and fitted out for the slave trade, but ac-
guaily sold Ito a foreigner and employed by him." Tile
facts upon whieh this decision was pronoutaied are, that
after the vessel was chartered to a man clamed 'Thrasher,
for a voyage from Havannah to Principe, the agent
contracted to sell her to :t man named Teran for 10,000
dollars, and to deliver her at Bona, on the coast of
Africa, of, or before the Ist day of Oetoner following.,
7,001'1 dollars having been paid to account of the price
b!f ,re thesscaeture. Oa the seine day th re was a mo-
elatication of the charter-party, whereby the charterer
eengaged to the vessel " atter the cygol
have now on board is landed at the Isle of Principe, in
accordance with the bill of lading," to enable the
claimaiet, to deliver the vessel to Teran at Bona ac-
cording to contract. It seems there is nothing in the
law of the United States inhibiting an American yes
me from earning any description of cargo to the coast
rot Africa. For such a voyage this vessel, therefore,
was legitimately let on freight or chartered. The sta-
tute could only reach her if the evidence showed that
her outward voyage was only in part fulfilment of her
employment as an American vessel to be continued and
consummated by transporting slaves into some other fo-
reign country. Tile words of the Act are, " That it shall
be unlawful for any citizen of the United States, or other
;person residing within the United States, directly or indi-
rectly, to hold or have any right or property in any vessel
employed, or made use 01, in the transportation or
carrying slaves from one foreign country or place to
another, and any right or property belonging as afore-
said shall be forfeited," &c. Judge Betts held that
this section did not reach the case of the Catharine,
built and fitted out for the slave trade, but ac• ually sold
tto a foreigner and employed by him. He was satisfied
abet she was fitted out and laden at the Havannah
iatent to be employed in the slave-trade, and that
if the. s;...itere hail been made under that condition of
facts, the condemnation of the vessel must have been
proa.ouneed ;
.but the proof was satisfactory that the
voatga was changed, and the vessel put under contract
to carry out a cargo.

HERALD.—The private letters received in the
City this morning express much anxiety about the set-
tlement of the account to lie operated this day at the
Faris Bourse. It the Three per Cents., which is more
wanicularly the speculative stock. should by any favour-
able intelligence of a political kind be carried above the
price then rulin; or 80 franks '2O cents, there would
necessarily be large quantities of stock to buy, that is
the " hears " at lower prices must purchase in their
atccoty,ts. If, on the contrary, by any casualty prices
should recede to about 79, considerable quantities of
stock. would have to be brought to market by the
" that is the weaker portion of them, who
wen! una6le to hold. Arrangements had been made
illy one or two leading capitali-ts with the B Ilk of
Trance for large advances by way of loan against the
depo,it of stock. It is as;erted, however. that the corn-
rob tee of be( kers, or agens de charge, had coma to
the determination that the liquidation should be (41 cted
-at one uniform price, say between 80 and 81. Such a
stretch of authority would seem scarcely justifi tole, iind
%vas c: icuiatcd t 3 work injustice one way or the other
to a la-;:e proportion of the sp,culators, ,ind perhaps
snore especially to these who in the course of the ae-
ecount might have been inthiecd to change the nature of
their operations, or, as the technie,l term is, change
their account, so that there was every chance of their
being cut both ways at the limits stated. As the spe-
cuLtor, for the risi_!, or for supporting the market, had
decidedly hail the evor,t of the operations hitherto, it
avouki certainly appear harsh towards them to he obliged
rte cleso a: from 80 to 81, should the tendency of priers
be i;! rongly upwards at the time of settlement. Money
was easy on 1:onle stocks and might be currently had at
four per cent. per annum. but the case was materially
different on shares and some foreign stocks, fir advances
on troieb there were no fixed rates. It was expected
they would run extremely high and crate a great deal i
of rinbarrassment in the adjustment of the account,

POST.—Mesars. Wright and Co. have written to
us respecting the Illinois 6 per cant. State loan, upon
which tice niai some observations in our City rorre-
spor dence of Tuesday last. We have great pleasure
in giving insertion to their letter, as the explanations it
contain:, serve effectually to dissipate all apprehension
as to the good faith of the State of Illinois :

5, Birmingham at 78, and South Western at 151 pre-
mium. Brighton were 91, Blackwall to South
E Istern and Eastern Counties 12i discount, Lon-
dun and Wi stminster Bank Shares were at 4i prem.um.

SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS

FROM THE MOANING PAPERS OF THIS DAY.
(From the Times.)
We have patiently paused for a reply to the charge
we preferred last week against Lord Melbourne, of ne-
glecting to secure to this country the benefit of dis-
coveries which involve its safety, but no answer from
authority have we received. We certainly did not our-
selves much expect one, for it, truth none can be ren-
dered ; but, as a hardened offender will occasionally
deny his guilt, though detected in the very act, we
thought it just possible that Lord Melbourne's subor-
dinates might be commanded to flatly contradict our
SI atk.'ment. This, however, they have not ventured to
, do ; they have confined themselves to the easy task of
imputing party motives and using abusive language.
Fully furnished with incontrovertible facts, we shall now
proceed to open out a few more of them, unmoved by
the mockery of fools, or the sneers of the sceptical.
We have stated that Sir itehard Kates reported
favourably of them to William IV., and we inform Lord
Melbourne that we have a copy of that report at his
Lordship's service. And furthermore, we have now
oefore us a copy of the report made in October last by
the naval officer who was appointed by Lord Mel
bourne to inspect some of these inventions, from
which report we will now publish some extracts.
"In my opinion," writes this experienced officer,
" the merits of these inventions are so extraordinary
as to vest the absolute sovereignty of the seas
in the hands of the first power that shall adopt
them ; for I am fully convinced that it is
impossible fur anything that floats to resist
them, either at close quarters or any given dis-
tance, oven to a range of five and six miles. The
strongest fortifications in Europe could not rith-
stand these extraordinary powers for a single hour ;
in riverways and against stockades, as in India,
the largest Armies would be annihilated without a
chance of escape, and the most difficult mountain p•qr;.es
would be utterly untenable againtt their operation.
'roe country might by their application be rendered im-
pregnable, for 100 sail of the line might be eas.ly des-
troyed by a single small ship constructed on the princi-
ples I have bad explained to me ; and wherever it might
be necessary to call this power into action, its effects
would be attained at a trifling expense, and upon the
shin test no!ice." Iu anotner part of this irnrot tent re-
pert the gallant writer reinarks—" I consider the whole
country der ply indcoted to --- for these ineentions,
and deep gratitude is due to him tor the patients, for-
bea...anee, and self-denial be has shown, when with to
mighty a secret in his bosom his own interests would
lia.tc been ( stablished in any other land by its diselusure.
I therefore earnestly intreat your Lo-dship not
long,.:r to neglect a man upon whom the exist-
ence of the country may be truly said to de-
pend." But Lord Melbourne, knowing of Wiliam IV.'s
promises, after himself undertaking to fulfil them, after
keeping this ill-used man under the tortures of suspense
year alter year, by every species of frivolous pretext,
now that he has escaped from Parliament coolly refuses
to perform one of his engagements. This is no party
question ; we disdain to reply to the insinuations of
those who impute our advocacy of this iedividuars
case to party n:otives ; but, to remove the incredulity of
the doubtful who may imagine that we are ourseites
misled and over-estimate the importance of these disco-
veries, we pray our readers to remember how and by
whom these inventions have been examined and ap-
proved. B" Sir Richard Keates, by Sir Thomas Hardy,
by an officer of forty years' standing in the service, by
two naval Lords, by a distinguished Admiral now liv-
ing, all of whom have concurred ie attesting their effi-
cacy and importance. We defy Lord Melbourne to
contradict our statement ; we challenge the Lords of
the Admiralty to contradict the testimony we have ad-
duc a. Tueir Lordships and the country may rely upon
our assurance that we will not permit this matter to
rest here.

(From the Morning Chronicle.)
The verdict against the Rev. H. Stowell, of Man-
chester, for personal libel on a Catholic priest, will pro-
baniy cast no cloud over his prospects in the rhumb,
nor diminish his influence among.t the infuriated dese-
crators of the Protestant, name who recognised him as
their leader. He will soon be "at his dirty work
again." And while the Establi-hment is in a condition
so unwholesome as to slow the reward, by preferment,
of participators in calumny upon their Sovereign, the
simple tact of having libelled a Popish priest will prove
no prejudice. That such should be the state of a
Church, intended to be and endow, l as a National
Church, all good men must deeply deplore ; whil,.
even the mere politician, if honest, most perceive
with regret how heavy a blow is dealt against tho e
moral iali;ences which conbtitute the worth of an
E,tablisised Church, on the ground of temporal utility.
'the viruletiuts with which political Peute.tants and
I.tettuus bigots assail the religion of a large portion of
their fellow-subj,cta, and of the great majority of
Christendom, wilt now perhaps become a little more
careful, end keep on the windy side of human law,
v.hatever liberties it may take :kith the tißine law of
hive. There is still • ' ample scope and v, rge enough,"
Under the pretext of doing that which every on: has
the right to do, cic:.rly, strongly, and ferverefy—viz.
exposing the manifold errors of the Church of It tIIIC: ---
F 41161111 attacks tm,y still be made on the feelings and
characters of Its professors. No legal process can en-
force the exercise of a Christian spirit. Ti.i Church
must, we apprehend, continue to sink in public regard,
and to forfeit its power for good over the public mind, II
unless a general demand he made for the restoration of
its proper objects, and that decency enforced by corm
mon opinion which is not maintained by ecclesiastical
auttmrity.

(From the Morning Post.)
The addition of ten per cent. to the assessed taxes,
combined with the vexation and the annoyance of the
new survey ordered by Ministers, in order to extract
the uttermost possible farthing from the pockets of
the people uuder this most unpopular departmeat of
fiscal exaction, is beginning, we understand, to produce
in all parts of the country a very lively and accurate
perception of the kind and value of the advantages
which a nation derives from a Government which
calls itself Liberal. Many persons who have hitherto
shown themselves ready enough to be caught in the
:mare concealed under the attractive words, "a Liberal
Administration," now begin to find out thet although
a Liberal Administration may be a very good thine
when it can be had without paying for it :oo dearly.
it is the very reverse when it can only be erjev ed
on the condition of p tying twenty-two shillings
instead of twenty for leave to receive the
light of day into their dwellings, and of opening their
doors to the fiscal agents of the Government, for the
latter to "make some assurance doubly sure" that no
window. skylight, or lattice escape the tax. The
Ministerial party are elated beyond measure that Par-
liament has permitted them for a few months longer to
retain office. But the people do not sympathise in the
slightest degree with their exuberant joy. The nation,
we have every reason to believe, is quite unanimous in
the opinion that a Tory Government, with the assessed
taxes as they were, would have been better, upon the
whole, than a Whig Government, with the burden of the
assessed taxes increased by ten per cent., ant aggravated
by a grinding, vexatious, and oppressive system of rating
The people very naturally ask what the Wine
Government has done for them which a Tory Govern.
meat would not have done as well or even better, with
the exception of adding to the taxes ? Whenever a
Ministerial measure was opposed by the Tories, the
people have seen it quietly abandoned. Whenever a
Mtni-terial measure was only partially approved b)
the Tories the people have seen the amendments sug-
gested by the Tories implicitly adopted. In what con-
sists. then, the peculiar merit of the Liberal Administra-
tion ? The answer to this question is prompt and brief.
Its peculiar and exclusive merit is that of having added
five per cent. to the general taxation of the country,
and ten per cent. to the assessed taxes. How blind,
insensible, and ungrateful must a people be to uader-
value a service so important and meritorious!
(From the Morning Advertiser.)
In the Times of yesterday there is another attack
upon the foreign policy of the present Adarinistreton,
which is unworthy of notice, excepting as an exhibition
of the inconsistency of that journal. When the Treats
of July 15, between the four powers, was announced,
SUN.—Consols closed 891 I ' lauded it to the skies, and gave its best sup-
for Money. and 90 to i the Thies .
.. . .
for Tim,!.. Reduced Three-anda-Halt per Cents. fell to
98i. Tne other Stocks were the same as in the morn- port. to it, as being at once politic and just ; but
jog, viz., all rattled at. There were within the last
with
v days, whether reprimanded by its
or two large supporters, or with its usual. vacdlation, it. has bean en-
sales to ;.2onsols, amounting to 100,0007 e deavouring to persuade the public to think very dif.
11, settlement of the half-monthly account in the ferently of the matter ; viz•
Fcrsien Market was unattended by any circumstsapteisohf
e e.
partleuler novelly. Since the 15th instant, 1. That the Treaty was unskilfully framed.
2. That in consequence of the policy adopted by the
Active Bends have alternated 11 per cent., Portuguese pre. That England is exposed to war in
every quarter of the globe, and that the trade of the
New Five per Cent=. 2i per cent. ; Colombian. iper
countryk is crippled, because British merchants do nor
cent., tied Dutch Ttvo-and-e-Half per Cents., 11 per ,is send:rig their goods to a foreign port, whether
cent. Frcm the frequent alterations in the market, as they not be seized.
was the c•lse is our own funds, the differences were Inmaanyseo.rermet3O the first accusation we appeal,, as a
bea.ly, and, according to the credit of the borrowing completvteh:(7deffectul answer, to the diplomatic ,:ecu-
part:cs, per centeges varying' from 1.16 th to 3-16ths trent we published the other day, as a thorough
were ex,:cted for the continuation to the 15th Sept. and undeniL:rbehpsrt that France. objecting:, as she did,
Many of tire jobbers who have undergone the severe to co desce . te Four Powers in the settlement of
oper;tien of blood-letting for the last six weeks have the affairs of the E st, no other course was left for Eng-
bee >me weak almost to exhaustion, but somehow or land. but either to ce umb to France—a course which
other still hobble forward and keep themselves on their no Englishman would have
lapproved—or to asset her
legs. To-day the news from Lisbon of the 24th inst. own right to judge for rsf The latter alternative
was of a very unsatisfactory tenor, and Portuguese Stock she adopted, most reluctantly,e and the treaty is the thing
New .5 per Cents chomapnbstiwneerd of—thowsjeuesotnlyi,wethleeraeveiosuranreadegerusatooyjubdrgieef..
was in consequence very heavy, the
reply. If a war should ensue that war will not be one
at a decline from 34i to 34i and 34, and the 3 per Cents.
Everything has been done to
at 221 to 21. d Spanish Active Sock is also affected
by the ansett e state cf parties at Madrid, having been of England's seekine,
prevent and to avoid it ; and if it must come, mercan-
depres,ete at 241 to 2.5 For the Account they were a i
tile interests. cannot suffer. more than they have done
trifle higher, Colombian Bonds receded to 24f to i;1
upon all similar occasions. No Government can guard
Danish Bonds tole to -79, Russian werefirm at 115, and i
Dutch Two-and ' against the folly or madness of another ; all that it can
perrents. varied from 51it052.
Tne Share Market still depressed, and although 'dois to afford the broad shield of its protection to the
in the afternoon several sales were made, they were all . lives and property of its subjects, and the merctultile
at lower prices. Greate Western Railway Shares were community may depend that in case, of war, that pro-
at 23;-. to 22i, the New at 8 to 9, Gosport Junction
it ' to:tion wiJ bu effur4.led is Ulu sett ample manner,

TO TIIE tiDITOR OF THE MORNING POST.
Sir-- the Cty article of your paper .4 the 26th instant
there appeared a statemet.t respec ing the loan negotiated
by the State of Illinois with our house, which, as it is inac-
curate in its facts, and may lead to injurious misappreben.
skm, we shall be obliged by your correcting.
The articles cited as condemnatory of our contract were
mot, as supposed by your City correspondent, resolutioLs of
-the Legislative Assembly, but mere propositions suggested
by a committee for adoption, and never, in fact, adopted or
recognized by the house.

The question mooted was as to the true intepretation of
the word " par" occurring in the Acts in virtue of which
the contrzet was made; that is to say, whether the par was
to be taken with reference to the price paid by the purchaser
of bonds in England, or to the value actually received in
illinoia. Ott this point a difference of opinion either really
'exited, cr, as is more probable, was pretended for pur-
poses of party. Two several Committees reported upon
it. By a small majority of the one it was held that the
par must be construed with reference to the price in Eng-
land, a counter resolution being put forth by an influential
minority ; whilst by the other Committee it was resolved
and declared that the other interpretation was the correct'
,one, and that the contract was buth valid in law and most
fair in its terms.

The contract bas been fully confirmed by the Governor,
and, as it was entered int) under the authority of ex-
isting Acts, it was obvious that it did not require the fur-
ther sanction of the Legislature. Indeed, the diocussion
411tuded to took place several months ago, and, as the ques-
tion has long been considered to be at rest, it is d fficult
to understand why it should be now re,ived. Sir ce that
time a further loan has been negotiated by the same
State with an eminent firm in the city of L9ndon, at a
rate below the limit fixed by our contract, nor is there the
slightest ground for apprehension, so far as we are aware,
that the State of Illinois, unquestionably one of the most
:flourishing in the Union, will fail in the performance of
this or any other rngagemcnt contracted with the capital-
ists of Great Britain.

We ackno4lcdge the courtesy with which we are
spoken of in the article in question, and we remain,
tour -very obedient servants,

HT
11,.nrietta-street, Covent-garden,W AugRIG . 28 and CO.
It'we had at the moment o! writing had the letter of
111 ~srs. Wright and Co., impugning our accuracy, be-
fore us, we do not know that %ye could have said any
thing more to the purpose. A c!intention arose as to
the meaning, or application, of the term " par." We
had taken flu granted that it was some puzzle of this
sort which I,d to the difficulty experienced in giving an
imme:liate sanction to the contracts entered into in
England, and this letter shows that we were perfectly
right.

However, there wilt be no war, and it would be folly to
waste another word upon the subject.
(From the Morning Herald.)
Our Foreign Secretary dreads the hereditary posses-
sion of Egypt or Syria by Mehemet Ali, but he does
not dread the occupation of Constantinople by a Mus-
covite army, under pretence of preventing Ibrahim
Pselia from encamping on the shores of the Bosphorus.
Sapient Statesman! reflecting Foreign Minister! He
would save a portion of the Turkish dependencies to
the Sultan, that the Sultan himself, and all his people,
might be given over as vassals to the Autocrat—the
Autocrat, whose name is identified with the great work
of massacre and desolation which his barbarian hordes
perpetrated in Poland, whose independence England
had solemnly pledged herself by treaty to protect. The
Whigs wia protect the integrity of the Ottoman empire
against the profligate ambition of the Russian Autocrat,
as they protected the integrity of Poland.

FROM THE DAILY PAPERS OF YESTERDAY.
(From the Globe.)
We are very sensible of the imperfections of our sys-
tem of government in the East Indies. They arc such
as necessarily resulted from the difficulties of our posi-
tion, and the anomalous and imperfectly recognised
nature of ow power in that country. We have never
had 'much leisure for internal improvements amidst
the efforts which have been requisite to quell the native
coalitions against us. It is not the least to be lamented
consequence of those efforts, that they necessarily en-
cross the energies and absorb the attention of the
British functionaries, and, during their continuance,
divert their minds from the measures hest adapted
to develope the resources of the country, and
regenerate its miserable social system. It would,
however, be a libel on our administration to say that, in
the intervals of compelled warfare it has been inactive.
It may be mentioned as one instanee, that the roads
constructed under Lord W. Bentinck's administration
alone in 1831 were 1,784 miles, and 10,000 persons
were employed on them. If England were the mere
tyrant anti oppressor of India, it would be impossible
for the English name to stand where it does through
the East. Sir Alexander Burns says, speaking of
the traders and bankers of Bokhara—" We could
not but feel gratified at the favourable opinion enter-
tained by them of the British in India. One of them,
Sirwas Khan, a Lohanee merchant of great opulence,
to whom we were never introduced, offered us any
money we might require. and did it in a manner that
left us no doubt of his sincerity." If we deserve no title
but of mere misgovernors of the Indian peninsula, the
maintenance and extension of our empire would amount
to a moral miracle unparalleled in the annals of man-
kilt!, and exalting our powers above, or degrading those
of the native races below, the common standard of hu-
maeity. Bat our conquest of India has not wholly
been a conquest of force. Its native rulers have fallen
beneath our moral superiority, which, however it may
have been belied in more than one instance, has yet
secured us the faithful adherence of those soldiers and
those allies, without whom our handful of troops and
Company's servants would have been utterly powerless.
( From the Standard.)
The note of Lord Palmerston to the French Amb
is-
sador, copied into the Standard from the Morning Post
a the 28th, lied, at nearly the same date, reached the
P iris Journals through the Augsburg Gazette of the
24 h. Its effect his been such as we anticipated. The
Tiiiers Journals, the Coilstitutionnel and the Courrier
Francais. affect to question the accuracy of the Augs-
burg version ; the charge of incorrectness is, however,
very faintly advanced. We are no admirers of Lord Pal-
merston--we think the foreign affairs of the country will
scarcely prosper until they are taken out of his hands,
but in a question of veracity between him and such a
person as Al. Thiers, we cannot hesitate to decide in his
Lordship's favour. It is a great matter that in a Ca.
binet, where we unfortunately have one or two Minis
ters ready to lie upon any convenient and safe occasion,
Lord Palmerston has maintained nnimpeached his cha-
racter as a man of truth and honour. But indepen-
dently of his Lordship's personal character ; although
we have been nearly ten years suilect to Whig Go-
vernment, England has not yet been brought to that,
that a Minister can safely lie in a solemn public docu-
ment aff_cting a question of peace or war.
( From the Courier.)
We hazarded an opinion, some time ago, that no man
in the country, who is alive to the value of civil and
,eliginua liberty, can r•gard with indifference what is
now going on in the Church of Scotland ; and the
inure light is poured in upon us on these transactions,
the more are we confirmed in this opinion. We know
:here are good and excellent men on this as well as
on the other side of the Tweed, who are staggered by
the spectacle of ministers of the Gospel going forth to
preach and dispense ordinances, being met in the exe-
cution of this holy work by interdicts and inhibitions
from the civil powers. But the circumstances in which
these interdicts have issued are too geeeraily overlooked.
By the law of Scotland, both civii and ecclesiastical,
the minister of any parish has a right to be protected'
against any other minister of the Establishment entering
his parish, without. Isis consent, to preach or dispend
ordinances to his people ; and when he is thusinvaded
lie has a right to apply to the civil Magistrate for pro-
tection, and it is the bounden duty of the Magistrate
in afford it. The Commission, and afterwards the
General Assembly, saw proper to suspend seven of
the parochial clergy from their midsterial functions;
and these ministers, holding that in so suspending
then the Commission and Assembly had acted illegally.
applied, as they were entitled to do, to the Civil Court to
protect them in the rights which as parochial ministers
they enjoy under the lave of the landand on the ground,
that to punish them for having yielded obedience to
this law was beyond the power of the Assembly, they
craved that this sentence, so far as civil rights were in-
volved, might itself be suspended. This prayer was
granten ; and one of the civil rights protected in the
mean time, under this suspension, was the right of pre-
venting any minister of the Established Church from
entering these parishes and preaching or dispensing or-
dinances to the people, legally and ecclesiastically, under
their pastoral superintendence. They appli.A, there-
fore, for an interdict or inhibition against sundry minis-
ters and elders of the Church, who, in obedience to the
authority of the Ecclesiastical Courts, might enter their
pirishes to preach and dispense ordinances without
their consent ; and they obtained it. This interdict
obtained from, and under the law of the land, has bee❑
disregarded and trampled upon by a large body of
ministers and elders of the Kirk, who have proceed 7,
to the district of Strathbogie, and with the injunction
of the Court of Session in their hand?, not to break
the law, have notivi, bstanding been guilty of a gross
dial open violation of it It is, therefore, a most mani-
fest perversion of the true state of the case, to allege
that the Court of Session has interdicted the preaching
of the Gospel over the seven parishes of the suspended
ministers.