The Sun.
London, England, 1840-08-26 00:00:00

THE CLOVEN FOOT.
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In another column we give an example of Non-In
trusion principles, as practised by the Rev. Robert Bu
cham..n, of the Tron Kirk Glasgow. A vacancy oe•
curred lately in the Chaplainship of the Town's Hospi-
tal, and the inmates were permitted to hear a number of
candidates, that they might enjoy the privilege of a
choice. The Directors met on Tuesday last to make
the appointment, when a petition was presented in fa-
vour of the Rev. Mr. Smith. The Rev. Robert Bu-
chanan, took it upon him to move the election of a Non-
Intrusion friend of his ow n, and contended that this was
not a case to which the principles held by the Non-
Intrusionists could upply. The speech of the Rev.
Gentleman was, we bear, of a peculiarly offensive na-
ture, as regards the poor inmates, and spoke little for his
Christian charity. Taking many circumstances into
consideration, which Mr. Buchanan must be fully
alive to, the taunts thrown out were, coming from
him, angularly injudicious, and he ought to have
been the last person to make use of the lan-
guage that he is alleged to have uttered. What
does the Scottish Guardian say to the doings of it's
Reverend collaborateur ? Is the sanctified journalist
prepared likewise to back out of its Nou-Intrusion
doctrines, when it is not convenient to carry them into
practice. This, among, many other instances, proves
that the object of the Vetoists is not. to give power to
the people, but to hand it over to themselves. Had the
occupants of the Town's Hospital petitioned for Mr.
Buchanan's friend, we would, no doubt, have found him
loudly supporting its prayer. and glorying in the princi-
ples of Non-Intrusion. May we be permitted to ask
to what end a variety of candidates were permitted to
preach, save that the inmates might be allowed to ex-
press an opinion in favour of the individual whom they
preferred ? One of the reasons given in favour of Mr.
Smith appears to have been peculiarly cogent. A large
number of the poor people are old, and they stated that
they heard him better than the other candidates. But
what mattered this to Mr. Buchanan, who was one of
the disposers of a nice little bit of patronave, which he
wished to send in the way of a friend ? We arc glad to
say, however, for the credit of the majority of the ma-
nagers, that they refused to he guided by the sophistry
of the Non-Intrusion oracle, and the Rev. Mr. Smith
was appointed to the vacant office.—Glasgow Argus.

HORRIBLE MASSACRE OF THE
CUMANACHE INDIANS BY TEXIAN TROOP S.

(From the St. Lucia Independent Press.)
The latest Texian Papers detail an act of brutal
treachery towards a party of Cumanache Indians, by a
detachment of Texian troops, under the Secretary of
War, Wm. C. Cooke.
A body of the Cumanaches, about sixty•five in num-
ber, arrived at San Antonio, on the 16th of March,
with a Miss Lockhart, a little girl captured from
another tribe about eighteen months ago. The object
of the visit, it appears, was to hold a council with the
agents of the Texian Government for the ransom of
their pr:soner, and to ascertain if they would be paid
for others in their possession. The Indians were in-
vited to a council, but while assembled in the room, two
companies of troops were marched in, and they were de-
tained as prisoners. The Indians, finding they were be-
trayed, made a rush to escape, and a fight commenced,
which resulted in the death of eighty five warriors,
principally chiefs, two women, and three children. A
small number, who escaped across the river, were pursued
by mounted men, and every one killed but a renegade
Mexican. The Texian loss was seven killed and three
wounded.
The next day a squaw was despatched to request
an exchange of prisoners, and it was expected that she
would return in four days with the captives. An expe-
march against the Cumanaches forthwith.
dition was to

LoRD JoHN ItussELL.—The following re-
quisition, addressed to Lord John Russell, and cravii,, his
Lordship's attendance at a dinner to be given to him by
the reformers of Ghtsgow, was laid down in the Exchange
on Saturday last, and bad received the signatures of
three gentlemen up to the time of closing the rooms. We
havii beep informed that a similar document has been laid
down in the Tontine, which is respectably signed :—" To
the Right Hon. Lord John Husssell, her Majesty's Secre-
tary for the Colonies. Glasgow, August 22, 1840. My
Lord;—We request you will have the goodness to set apart
1 a day, suitable for your convenience, for dining with the
Refc,rmers of Glasgow, that they may have the opportunity
of expressing their thanks to your Lordship penonally, for
the able assistance you afforded in carrying the Reform
f3;11,, for for your long-continued and consistent exertions
ut proraoting, the improvement of the laws, and amelio.
rating thu 6901044)11 or Plc geople."—Glaspow Herald.