The Sun.
London, England, 1840-10-20 00:00:00

EVENING 14:DITION•

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SCOTLAND•

TOWN COUNCIL ELECTIONS.-- The approaermoi
elections continue to excite very great interest among
all classes of the inhabitants. The first move me nt of
importance was made last night by throwing out Con-
ren-
vener Clark from the office of deacon, and thus
dering it impossible for 11in to be again returned
to the Council as Convener of the Incorporated
Trades. Mr. Clark was considered the chief sup-
porter of Sir James Forrest in the Council, and al-
ways acted and voted with the High Church
and
Tory party ; and thus his rejection will be a rY
blow and great discouragement to Sir James For-
rest and the intolerant squad by wl.om he is supported.
It is understood the Convener'y will return a
member. One vote will thus be lost to Sir James/
Forrest and adlcd to Mr. Black, making a difference o
two votes in favour of the latter. and renderine his clec-
tine to the civic chair almost quite certain.--,5
DR. CHALMERS AND THE GLASGOW CHAIR of
DIVINITY.—The Times and Globe are doing their bes
to cram the Doctor down the throats of the Sena
tus beef
Glasgow. The Globe has it that the Doctor has sust:
tamed a mighty loss by the city bankruptcy, and tba
owing to some casualitirs, his income as Professor hailed
Liberal
which
was very small at first, was now down at zcrog,"ba
just on the eve of becoming a negative quantity! fur-
Globe
.„obe was grossly imposed upon by the parties whechaj..
rushed it will) these statements. It is true, Dr' to
mers' salary was suspended when the city baokreP re-
took place, but it is also true, that he has since
ceived about 18s. per pound of the whole sums terelth
not wnr d
rarity stopped, and his loss is a bagatelle
naming. His present income from salary, fees' Ano
allowance for a house, is from 4001. to 450 t. Per: ;
num, which is at least twice as much as his predece
and, begging pardon of the Globe,
had,
better than a negative quantity. The emoluments t
are about
the Glasgow Chair, if we remember r k offers a
5601, and the difference, we humbly thin .
: Aiwa
very small inducement to leave a place in - be
has been settled for many Tars•l illeadvibat
proper to remind the Times s)and Globe 0,1,1
they seem to have forgot, that the loss of the !-71.ese`, to
chair does not infer the loss of the Doctor's ser.ic- ihe
the Church. It merely keeps his light 0141'41%11
east, instead of the west, and we cannot discover.'
..0g
lectures in Edinburgh may
are inclined to attribute the
not be as efficient in Planl'olw.
andWe nursing sound theology, as lectures in ,Glarlodi.
considerabolYi
dateship to mere restlessness, for ho is diver e
S, 0,
of one mind, and seems soon to Wewjbowever,
or
place, one scheme. Others think,,T Intr°.
that it is a manoeuvre to keep out a '°n- We
s:on man, and this is no improbable supeition.
the
have copied a good article on the subject frog
ono
Observer, and may state, that we heard the verLacher
opinion expressed of the Doctor's deficiencies as a: a; 00(1
a long while ago. His lectures are an ingel°,..larded
eloquent medley upon all sorts of topics, moos tar
with fragments of theology, which the student4e hoe
able to unite into the semblance of a system. ,„; us le
heard, indeed, that his own party were very a"--?tb the
get the office of Principal for him, expressly
Doctors r
long
view of putting a more efficient teacher in his roots
Scotsman.