The Sun.
London, England, 1834-09-03 00:00:00

IMPORTANT TO PRESBYTERIES.

A case which has excited considerable interest in the
church courts before the Presbytery of Lorn and Synod of
Argyle, came before the Presbytery of Lorn, on a remit
from the Synod, and was decided in favour of the Appel-
lants, the inhabitants of Oban and heritors of the parish of
Kilmore and Kilbride. The case had originated in a misty
interpretation of the act of last General Assembly, westing
in Presbyteries the power to disjoin parishes, and annex an
an additional territory to Chapels of Ease, upon which the
Presbytery of Lorn, or rather a small portion of that vene-
rable body (one minister and two lay elders) without any
citation or intimation whatever to the heritors of the parish
or the inhabitants of Oban, disjoined an extensive
portion of the adjoining parish to the parish in
which the chapel is situated, and annexed it to the chapel
quoad sacra, and declared the same to be a separate
and independent parish quoad sacra. On the pro-
ceedings coming to the knowledge of the heritors of
the disjoined lands, and the managers of the chapel
and sitters therein, both parties appealed to the Synod of
Argyle to have the preceedings revoked and rescinded, as
illegal, unconstitutional,• and. unjust, on which the Synod
remitted back to the Presbytery to reconsider their pro-
ceedings and hear parties. The case accordingly came •
before the Presbytery at Oban, on Wednesday last, and
was ably argued on the part of the magistrates, managers,
and sitters in the chapel, that the chapel was built by
private subscription, and for the accommodation of the
feuars of Oban who are not entitled to seats in the parish
church ; that the chapel is already too small for the grow-
ing population of the burgh, and that the ministerial charge
of the burgh is too heavy for the strength of the minister,
who, in place of obtaining an additional territorial district,
ought to be provided with an assistant, and without their
knowledge or consent the Presbytery could not intrude an
additional congregation upon the chapel, which was built
entirely for the use and accommodation of the fears and in-
habitants of the burgh. On the part of the heritors, it
was argued that it was ultra mires of the Presbytery,
to take up the disjunction and annexation of parishes
quoad sacra, without calling the heritors as parties, and
having the consent of at least three-fourths of the valued
rent of the parish—that the_ annexation was unnecessary
and uncalled for ; that church accommodation could not
be obiained for the tenantry of the disjoined lands in the
Chapel, and that, at all events, it could not be expected
free, as in the parish church ; that the Act of Assembly
never contemplated to do away with the civil and este.
Wished law of the land, as to the disjunction and annexation
of parishes, am! could not even be so intended. For the
Presbytery, it was pled that the late Act of Assembly
vested them with full and ample powers to disjoin parishes
and annex to chapels of ease quoad sacra, that it was not
incumbent on the Presbytery to give intimation of the dis-
junction and annexation to the heritors or managers, and
sitters in the chapel, and that the proceedings of the Pres-
bytery could not be controverted. The Presbytery, after
due and deliberate consideration, revoked, and rescinded
the proceedings complained of.—Edinburgh Courant.

The Presbytery of Dundee, at their last two meetings,
admitted three new members of their court, the ministers
of the chapels of Lochee, Broughty Ferry, and. Chapelshade.
A motion was also carried, by a large majority, that a commit-
tee be appointed to divide the overgrown parish of Dundee
into as many parishes as there are ministers in the establish-
ment. Against this resolution a protest and appeal was taken
to the next meeting of the Synod of Angus and Mearns by a
member of court.--.lbid.

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Between 10 and 11 o'clock on Sunday morning tit*
grandson of a farmer named Henman, of Broraham near /led-
ford, and another boy, were pig-keeping in a field adjoining
Solom Thrift-wood, one of the preserves of the Marquis o
Tavistock, when, smelling a disagreeable stench, they went
into the wood, in order to ascertain from whence it proceeded.
They had not gone more than a dozen paces when they die-
covered the body of a man lying on the ground, which to all
appearance had been dead many weeks. The flesh of his face
was completely decomposed, and the head and hands had,
dropped from the body. The deceased had a black silk
neckerchief on his neck, attached to which was part of an_
other, the remaining portion being tied to the branch of art
oak tree, spreading itself over the spot
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He was respectably attired, having on a blue coat (nearly
new), black trousers and waistcoat. In the pockets were found
6.-id. in copper, two pencil-cases, two. gold pins, two silk hand..
kerchiefs, a silver thimble, and a pair of spectacles. The hods.
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that the deceased was a young man. The jury returned a ver-
dict of " Found dead."