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is allowed six months to present another, not in-
eluding in these six months the interval between
lodging the presentation and the final de-
liverance by the Church Judicatory. Thu-S a
parish may be vacant for 18 months, exposed to
all the evils of agitation and party spirit, nay it
may be vacant for three years, for the Bill declares
only that the patron's right to present shall
cease, if it is not exercised within six months.
Can rational men sanction such an absurdity as
this ? The General Assembly no doubt will, for
it is the work of their hands ; but the people of
Scotland, thank God, are not yet left to the
tender mercies of such a tribunal.

While on this subject we may notice a strange
article which has appeared in an Evening Con-
temporary, the Globe, the organ of the INon-irA-
[
trusion party in London, and in order that our
remarks may be' ,understood, we give it at
length :—
The Times of this morning has an art;_cle on the case
of the Strathbogie ministers, who are about to be de-
posed by the General Assetraily for disobeying their
ecclesiastical superiors, and violating their ordination
vows. Let it not be dreamt that these gentlemen are to
be punished merely for obeying the civil courts, and
disobeying the ecclesiastical courts of Scotland. Be-
sides their contumacy, they have been guilty of i nflict-
ing great practical evils on the Church and pc( !plc of
'Scotland. They have injured the people in turning out
a:// the parishioners of Marnoch from the edifice in which
t heir fathers worshipped for centuries, by intrudiity into
lis pulpit the moral nuisance of an obnoxious
nan. They have injured the Church, whose vows they
I ave taken by dis-establishing the parish of Mt- c-noch,
inn throwing the minister of the parishioners on t he vo-
lamtary principle for his support.
Of the column of the Times' article, a single short
:paragraph alone deserves any notice :—
" Heretofore it has been the practice in most Scotch
Presbyteries, to elect clerical representative to t:ie As-
! ;embly according to the principles of rotation ; bu t , its a
I woof of the dead partisanship of the dominant fl tction
•
n the Church, they have this year violently set aside
the rotation system, and packed that venerable r.hotise
with their own obsequious tools ! It is due to the I Pres-
bytery of Glasgow to say, that., as far as they ar v con-
,:erned, this pitiful piece of pettifogging has been : man-
ildly and successfully resisted. In the Edinburgh ,Pres-
bytery, however, Messrs. Candlish and Cunnin gham,
ltave been thrust into the Assembly out of their ± Droner
t urn, and both of these modest persons voted fir ttieir
own intrusion—in defiance of the prescriptive rig Sit of
some of their reverend brethen ! The ensuing Asse mbly,
therefore, is a packed one, to all intents and purpos ies;
Now, this is all untrue. It never has been the :prac-
eve in the Scotch Presbyteries to send representati• u es to
tae Assembly entirely by rotation. Heretofore, as .now,
t ee practice has been to send them partly by rotatio t I and
partly by election. Both parties in the Church feu 1 the
necessity of sending their ablest men invariably in the
Assembly, and this they do by election. But it' de-
cidedly have the moderate Presbyteries adopted and
used the election principle in sending representativ :.s to
the Assembly, that several moderate Presbyteries have
never allowed their Evangelical members to go to the
Assembly at all ; for instance, there are two Evangeli-
cals in the Presbytery of Elgin who have never been
returned ; and will the Times tell us when the Presbytery
ox Langholme returned by rotation Mr. Clark of ki-alf-
Morton ? But the Presbytery of Ellon every year set. ds
Mr. Robertson—every. Assembly sees Paul of Tull. 7-
nessle, Forbes of Boharm, Gibbon of Lonmay, and tL e
Cooks (uncle and nephew) of Laurencekirk, present am I.
ready to fight the battles of moderatism, and owing their
seats to election and not to rotation. Of the nine repre-
sentatives of the Evangelical Presbytery- of Edinburgh
in the Assembly about to be held, six have been chosen
by rotation and only three by election—Candlish Cun-
ningham, and Chalmers. Unlike several moderate
Presbyteries, the Evangelical Presbyteries have never
used the election principle to the exclusion of moderates
who would come in by rotation. So much for the en-
suing Assembly being a packed one !

We will not adopt the words of the Globe and
sty " this is all untrue," but certainly there never
was such a perversion of facts, such a display of
ignorance on an important question, and such a
wanton attempt to transfer the blame from the
guilty to the innocent, contained in the same
number of lines. We are not the advocates of
the journal which the Globe attacks. At first,
it took up the part of the Non-intrusionists, and
then went over to the other side, and we are
ready to make allowance for the change, on the
ground that it had been misinformed as to the
state of the Scotch Church ; but this can be iiva
excuse for the course pursued by the evening
paper. The lywd. entipAqy, which the Globe gives
in italics, is A pure invention, and the description
of the practice inmost Scotch Presbyteries, " to
elect representatives to the General Assembly,
according to the principle of rotation," is strictly
correct. Till
,the Non-intrusionists obtained
power, it was rarely or ever departed. from.
We remember no instance in which it was set
aside, but we know many in which it was adhered
to, often to the disadvantage of both the
Moderate and the Evangelical party. In th e
Edinburgh Presbytery, which guided most me
the others, Dr. INGLIS, a Moderate, and Sir I
HARRY MONCRIEFF, an Evangelical, the leaders
of their respective parties, were often excluded
when important questions were to be decided,
because they renounced the principle of election.
The intrusion commenced with the Non-intru-
sionists when they obtained po,.ver. Had the
same system been adopted by the Moderates no
Evangelical Moderator would have been elected
for the last hundred years, and not one Presby-
tery out of ten would have returned an Evan-
gelical. So much for the election system of the
Moderates. The other statements of the Globe
respecting minor points are of the same descrip-
tion. Will the Times tell us, exclaims the Non-
intrusionist, " When the Presbytery of Lang7z!
holm returned in rotation Mr. CLARK, of Half-
Morton ?" We answer, he has been ordained
only two years, and as there are seven members
of-Presbytery, his turn may not .yet come for
three years. The COOKS (uncle and nephew)
of Laurencekirk," says the Globe, are present
and ready every year to fight the battles of mo-
deration, and owe their seats to election. There
is only one Cool: of Laurencekirk ; the other,
Dr. COOK, who succeeded to the place of Prin-
elpal HILL in the Assembly, is returned, we
believe, by the University of St. Andrew's, and
has no connection whatever with a Presbytery.
Mr. ROBERTSON is returned for Ellon, because
all, or nearly all, the members are Moderate:,
and he merely takes the place of the member in
rotation, who declines to serve. But it is need-
less to argue this question with the writer in the
Globe. He is as ignorant of the state of the
Scotch Church as he is uncharitable in taking for
granted that the Strathbogie ministers are to be
deposed ; and all honest straightforward Presby-
terians must rejoice thsit th,firebrands have got
such a miserable advocate. We are only sur-
prised that a respectable paper should admit ab-
surdities which expose it to ridicule in every
part of Scotland.

By the arrival of her MAJEsTy's ship Dec of
Portsmouth, at half-past six o'clock yesterday
evening, from Antigua, we have received news
from that island to the 5th of April inclusive.
The Dee did not touch at Bermuda. and brings
no account of the President. On the 3d a dread-
ful fire broke out in the city of St. John's, the
capital of Antigua, which reduced the greater
part of the town to ashes. Of the immense pro-
perty destroyed no part is said to be insured, so
that a whole community is thus reduced to abso-
lute destitution.

The Dee spoke to no vessel on her passage
homeward. _

With the Paris Papers of Sunday we have
Chamber of Peers,
re-
ceived the Report of the Commission of the
respecting DARMES, the regi-
cide. The printed Report occupies seventy-six
page,,—verbosity here being synonimous with
loyalty. The only important fact established by
this document is, that a secret society does exist
hi France, the members of which have sworn to
extirpate Royalty. The date of the origin of
this society is not given, but from an examina-
tion of details and circumstances, we have no
doubt that it is the spawn of that monster, the
Holy Alliance. When Kings openly combined
to crush their people, desperate men con-
spired for the destruction of Kings.
DARMES is proved to have accomplices,, of
whom two, DucLos and CONSIDERE, will
probably be brought to trial with him. Sixty
others arrested have been set at liberty.
The Report was to be read in the Chamber of
Peers yesterday. The conspirators are all work-
ing men. DARMES is a man of bad character in
every relation of life. He was a bad son and a

bad husband ; and whoever is both, is capable (-)
any villainy.
The Bishop of PAMPELUNA, banished frinn
Spain by the Regency, arrived at Bayonn; on
the 6th instant. This ecclesiastic chooses rather
to obey the POPE ttan the civil authorities of his
native Country.

The Gazette du Mida of the 5th states that it was decided
at the Cabinet Coe.ncil held by the King on the 27th ult.,
to reduce from twenty tarins to eight the duties on sulchur.
Hie Majesty, hcrsever, taking into consic'eration the immense
quantity of th at article recently exported froni—Sieily, and
wishing to avert all commercial disasters, had ordered that
the new taelf should only come into operation on the fii st
of January next.
We fin'A the following article in the Gazette du Dauphine :
Wr learn from an official quarter that the seizures of the
Gaz,,tte du Dauphine are on account of the conspiracy of
Grenoble. We are said to have accused his Royal Highness
eat, Duke of Orleans of having been the accomplice of Didier
in 1815.

This article, which is repeated this morning in several of the
Paris Journals, makes us hope that the truth will be at 1; ngth
known respecting this important affair. We must wait for
the public proceedings. The Tribuneaux will doubtless e-11 for
the testimony of those men who are acquainted with the fact.
The well known character of the person who acted the prin-
cipal part in putting down this attempt, is a pledge that he
will not keep back the truth, which every body now seems de-
sirous of knowing.—Gazette de France.

Madrid Papers to the 3d inst. have reached
us, but without any political news of interest.
On the 2d was celebrated the anniversary festi-
val of the rising of the Spaniards against the
French in 1808. The concourse of people was
immense, and the rites consecrated by religion to
patriotiSm solemn and imposing. There was no
meeting of the Cortes on that day :--
The following ceremonial has been ordered by the Senate
when the oath is taken by the Regent or Regents elected by
the Cortes:—

" 1st. When the Cortes are assembled in the place desig-
nated by Government, the President shall order one the Se-
cretaries to read aloud the list of thenornination of the Regent,
or of the Regents.-2dly. Eight Senators and Eight Deputies
shall then proceed to meet the Regent or the Regents.-3dly.
On the entry of the Regent or the Regents, the Senators, and
the Deputies shall rise, the President alone to remain seated.
4thly. The Regent or the Regents shall then take their
places, standing, to the right of the President; who, also stand-
ing and holding open the book of the Holy Gospel, shall proceed
to read aloud tit% form of the oath, which is as follows You
swear, by God and by his holy Gospel, to observe, and to cuts. to
be observed, the constitution of the Spanish monarchy and the
laws of the realm; being determined thereunto solely by a con-
siderat: on of the public welfare and interest, and to be faithful to
the august Queen of Spain, Donna Isabeila the Second.'
The Regent er the Regents having placed their hand upon
the Gospel, shall reply aloud, I swear it.' The President then
shall say, " So God reward you as you render him an ac-
count.' 5thly. The Regent or the Regents shall then proceed
to occupy the seats placed before the steps of the Throne. The
Senators and the Deputies then to reseat themselves, and the
President to pronounce these words The Cortes have regis-
tered the oath which the Regent (or the Regents) have just
taken of fidelity to the Constitution, to the Spanish Monarchy,
and to the laws of the realm, as also to the Queen.' 6th1y.
Tile Regent or the Regents then to retire with the ceremony
and the procession of introduction.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING—(THIS DAv.)
LONDON, MAY 11.—Wind this day at noon blows fresh
from the Southwards.

DEAL, MAY 10.--Wind W. S.W.,—Arrived the William
Jardine, from China ; Wellington, Madras ; Urgent, Marshall,
Calcutta. Arrived from the River, the Maria, for Port Phil-
lip; Spherior', St. Vincent; President, New York.
STArruGATE CREEK, MAY 10.—Arrived the Honesta, from
Constantinople ; Joanna, Badcock, do. ; Pera, Smyrna ; Mary
Ann, Ancona.

DovER, Mar 9. —Arrived off, the Nancy, from St Michael's.
PORTSMOUTH, MAY 10.—Wind S. S. W. —Arrived the
Greyhound, Parker, from I.ondon, with loss of jib-boom.
PLYMOUTH, MAY 10. —Wind S. S. W. —Arrivetlthe Louse,
Bay, from Rio Janeiro, detained by her Majesty's ship Grecian,
on suspicion of having slave-stores on board.
FALMOUTH, MAY 9. —Wind S. W. to S., showery, with
breezes.—Arrived the Rambler. from Odessa ; Briton's Pride,
Alexandria ; Royal Tar, Southton ; Mangles, Carr, Manilla.
DARTMOUTH, MAY 9.—Arrived the Dart, Wills, from
Teneriffe. Sailed the Charles Quint, for Havannah.
COWES, MAY 10.—Arrived, Saltwedel, from Pernambuco,
PENZANCE, May 9.—The Camilla, from Liverpool to
Amsterdam, put back with loss of main-boom, and sailed again
to-day.
BRISTOL, MAY 10.—Sailed the Sarah, for Newfoundland.
CORK, MAY 8.—Arrived the Royal Exchange, Leed, from
Havannah. Sailed the Cambridge, for Monte Video ; Eng-
land, Halifax; Orbit, Quebec. Enter-

s - ,!uebec • Asnterprise, an.
LI WE arooL, MAY 10.—Wind W. S. W., fresh.—Arrived the
John O'Gaunt, from China; Livingstone, Calcutta; London,
Benn. do. ; S3ren, Mondell, Monte Video ; Triumph ;
Lancashire Witch, Cummings, Buenos Ayres, sawed 22d Feb. ;
Mountainer, Williams, Rio de la Hache ; Lucy, Murphy, New
Orleans; Clansman, Dewar, do. ; Warman, Laguina ' - New
York packet Savannah; Washington, Benson, New York;
Princess Royal, Burns, St. John's, New Brunswick ; Mae.a,
Falcon, Madeira ; Tennant, Sicily ; Premier, Malta. Arrived
off, the Alpha, from Buenos Ayres; Mary Cat oline, St. John's,
New Brunswick. The Brooklyn, bound to New York, has
put back with loss of bowsprit, cutwater, &c. and leaky, hav-
ing been in contact with an inward bound brig of about 300
tons last night, off Point Lynas ; the latter is supposed to have
sank with all on board.

Hum., MAY 10.—Arrived the Albatross, and Wave, from
St. Michael's.

VESSELS SPOKEN WITIL—Hibernia, from Sunderland
to Miramichi, 22d ult., lat. 42. long. 29 ; Powen, of Sun-
derland, for Quebec, 3d, lat. 51. long. 12., by the Earl
Kelly, arrived at ork. Lord Sandon„ Kinsale to St.
John's,.New Brunswick, 23d ult., lat. 44.-long. 33„ by
the Jean Hastie, arrived at Cork. Braganza steamer.
1st, off Lisbon Bar ; Oriental steamer, 5th, Cape Finis-
terre, S. W., 40 miles, by the Leeds steamer, arrived at
Falmouth. Schryd, Smyrna to Amsterdam, 27th ult., ofl
Cape de Gatt, by the Shepherdess, arrived at Gibraltaz
Norden, Bahia to Stockholm (two men dead and two
sick), 18th ult., lat. 41. long. 33, by the Lord Goderich
steamer, London to Quebec, 21st, lat. 42., long. 32 ;
Thomas Ritchie, Bridgwater, 22d, lat 42., long. 30., by
:he Wyvern, arrived at Jersey. Isabella, Sydney to
Ceylon, 14th Jan. lat. 12. S. long. 85. B., by the Gleaner,
arrived at Cowes. Ramboor, of Sunderland, 26th ult..
Mt. 49. long. 12. ; Phoenix, of Scarborough, 21st, lat.45.
long. 23., by the Comet, Rabe, arrived at Plymouth.

THE WEATHER.--NooN, MAY 11.
ROYAL GALLERY OF SCIENCE, A DEL A IDE-STREET.
Barometer 30.1 In.
Thermometer... 71 1 Highest......... 71 f Lowest 49
Wind S.S.W.—Freezing Point 32 Deg.

MONEY and COMMERCIAL NEWS.

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.
We regret to learn, by the following communication from
Liverpool, that a collision took place off that place on Sunday,
between two vessels, and one of them went down with all on
board :--

The Brooklyn, Richardson, which sailed yesterday from this
port for New York, when off Port Lynns last night, about ten
clock, came in collision with a vessel, name and destination
unknown, but thought to be a brig. The Brooklyn sunk the
unknown vessel in midships, the latter went down with all
hands. Captain Richardson reports that he hod a light wpm
deck, that had the master of the unknown vessel ported his
helm the collision would have been avoided.

LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET, Mir 10. The sales of
Cotton to-day are about 2,000 bales at steady prices. The
market continues depressed.

LIVERPOOL SHARE NEARKET, MAY 10.—The following
comprise the transactions at the Stock Exchange to-day :—
Glasgow, Pal-ley, and Greenock, 29i ; Grand Junction. 204 ;
Chester and Crew, 50; London and Birmingham, 160; Lon-
don and South Western, 5/. Shares, 2/. ; Manchester and
Leeds, 52i.
MANCHESTER STOCK EXCHANGE, MAY 10.--7he Share
Market continues in a depressed state. Manchester and Bir-
mingham, 254 ; London and South Western, 58 ; Ditto,
Tenths, 44s. ; Alliance Bank, 17 ; Bank of Manchester,
7/. Is. 3d. ; South Lancashire Bank, 5/. 6s. 3d.. ; Marine As-
surance,

We have received Cape of Good Hope Papers to March 14.
On Tuesday last his Excellency the Governor arrived in
Cape Town, on his return fron the frontier.
From Graaff-Reenet a Correspondent writes :—" A great
deal of rain has laden here lately ; in fact, every season ap-
pears to be better than the last; all the necessaries of life ale
cheap and abundant. The &flowing are the prices of the
princird articles :—Meal from 9 rds to 13s. 6d. to 12 rds 18s.
per muid ; Wheat from 6 rds 9s. to 8 rds 12s. ; Barley 3 rds
4s. 6d. to 4 rds 6s. ; India Corn 3 rds to 5 rds ditto ; Butchers'
Meat 114d. per lb. ; Wool from 6d. to 9d. ; Goat Skins Is. 6d.
to 2s cast-I."— Graham's Journal.

LIST OF CAPE Tows PRICES.—Beef, good, 3d. per lb. ;
Mutton 21/2d. ; Pork 6d. to 7d. ; Tea 4s, to 4s. 6d. ; SurRt
41/2d. to 5d. ; Coffee 9d. ; Rice 11Ad. to 'did. ; Flour 23/4d. ;
Potatoes 2.3/4d. ; Candles 8d. to 9d. ; Soap 5d. ; Salt Id. ;
Butter Is. I lid. to Is. 3d.

Consols, which left off yesteiday at 893 4 r the A2count,
opened this morning with rather a firmer appearance, and way
be quoted 894 Account, Mono; 893 4. Eit:lieculr Bills.
57 prem. ; Bank Stock, 167 169; India Stock, 250 t52 ; India
Bonds, 1 diQ. 1 Prem.

In the Foreign Market Spanish Active, 234 24 ; Deferre0,
12} ; Pass've, 53 8 ; Portuguese, 33.1 34* ; 'three per
Cents., 244 ; Brazilian, 681 691 ; Colombian, 221 23 4:Mexi-
can, 2834 29 ; Dutch Two and.a-Half per Cents., 52 6 ;
Five per Cents. 99*
SIIA Icrs.—Great Western, 27 28 prem. ; New, 131 14
prem. ; London and Brighton 31 14 die. ; Blackwall
dts. ; Birmingham 69 71 prem. ; Southampton 57 58 per
share ; Croydon 134 14* per share ; Greenwich 81 per share ;
Alanehester and Birmingham 15 14 dis.
PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE.
RAILWAYS. Paid. Per Share.
Birmingham and Gloucester 100 ...... 72 to —

Great Western 65 ...... — to —
Ditto Fif►hs 4 11 to —
London andBrighton 50 4648 ... to 47
Manchester and Leeds ... 70 .......56 to --

JOINT STOCK BANKS.
351 to — Colonial 25

MINES.
Brazilian Imperial (at 51. pm. )... 20 .. '' t if to 5
HA' 1-AS7' ONE.

,....___
Since the early part of the morning there has been more
pur chaset1 60,000 consols, which gave a tone to the market.
buiine•s doing in the British Funds than for several days last.
One of the first-rate brokers sold s,me Exchequer bills. and
7I'be public were also selling money stock prior to a dissolution
of Parliament, which is generally reported will take place in
about ten dal s. Money is in demand ; from 4 to .5 per cent.
is asked in the house.

Consols continue steady
,t 89% % for the Account;
Money, 69%a ; Exchequer Bills, 5 4 b prem. ; Bank Stock
1671 168 ; India Bonds, 1 dis , 1 prem.
In the Foreign Market Spanish Active 23,1 / ; Portuguese,
33k; Mexican, 2841; Dutch Two-and-a- lialf-per-Cents.,524 ;
Five per Cents., 99g 4. In the above Market there is scarce
anything doing.
The Share Illarket is quite He. Birmingham and Glouces-
ter, 72; Great Western Fifths
London and Brighton,
46% g 47 ; Manchester and Leeds, 11;
56.
QUARTER TO THREE.
Consols, Account, 8974 90; hlexican, 283 1 ; Portu-
guese, 34* ; Spanish, 231 24k. Markets generally firm.

ARRIVAL OF THE STEAM FRIGATE GREAT
LIVERPOO
L.- This fine steamer arrived at the Mother-
( )ff Ryde, Isle of Wight) last night, tte jOth inst.,
at eleven o'clmk. Her mails and despatches were landed
at Southampton,
morning and brought up by a-Special train this