The Sun.
London, England, 1833-01-19 00:00:00

ABOLITION OF CHURCH PATRONAGE

(Abridged from the Edinburgh Observer of Tuesday.)
Yesterday a meeting of this society and of those
interested in its objects, was held in the Assembly
Rooms. Among the gentlemen present we observed
George Sinclair, Esq., M.P., Rev. Drs. Dickson,
Muirhead, Manuel, and M'Crie; Rev. Messrs.
Johnston, Paxton, Anderson, !Sommerville and
Goold; Sir W. Seton, Bart., Mr. Forest of Co-
miston, Mr. Campbell of Carbrook, Mr. Walter
Brown, Mr. Adam White, Colonel Wilgress, Major
M'Gregor, Mr. J. G. Ward, Mr. Bridges, Mr.
Stothart of Cargen, Mr. Joseph Liddle, Mr. A.
Campbell, Mr. Alexander Dunlop, advocate, &c.
Letters of excuse were also read from Mr. Andrew
Johnston, M.P., and Rev. Mr. Martin, Kirkaldy.
Mr. SINCLAIR, M.P., was called to the chair, and

the business of the meeting opened with prayer.
Mr. SINCLAIR then rose, and was received with
much applause. We are not assembled here for the
purpose of controversy or debate; we are not going
to consider whether patronage be or be not a
grievance; we are not going to discuss the expedi-
ency of forming a society for remedying those evils
which we consider patronage to be productive of ;
we come before you a society already established,
and some years in operation, and none can be ex-
pected to take a part in our proceedings who is not
himself a member of the institution, and conse-

quently an approver of its objects. I know that
there are many men of great piety, intelligence, and
respectability, who consider that to be the bulwark

of our church, which we consider to be its bane.—

'Here there was some interruption, occasioned by
,he entry of Dr. M'Crie, who was very warmly re-

ceived.) The Honourable Gentleman then alluded
in the most feeling terms to the late Dr. Thomson,
who had so cordially co-operated with him on a
former occasion of this kind. The object this so-

ciety has in view is the total and unqualified aboli-
tion of patronage. But we only consider the
abolition of patronage as the means to the accom-
plishment of an end—that end is, that there shall
be established in every parish throughout Scotland
a faithful, zealous, popular, and efficient minister.—
(Applause.) I would put the question to your-
se-lves, and ask you to appeal to your own consci-
ence, and consider whether the patron of the com-
municating peasant is the best judge of a minister's
qualification—the patron who slumbers over Blair,
or the peasant who feeds on Boston—the patron
who resides at the distance of three hundred miles
from the precincts of the parish, and never passes a
Sabbath them from the commencement of the year
to the close,—the peasant who is never absent from
the hour in which he was rocked in the cradle, until
the moment he is consigned to the grave,—the pa-
tron who accompanies his family to the midnight
pantomime,—the peasant who assembles his house-1
hold to family prayer,—the patron who goes to the
Episcopal cathedral, or the peasant who passes by
that church in which the patron has intruded a

faithless and inefficient mini•ter on a reluctant con•
gregation, in order to walk five or ten miles to some
more favourable resort, where he knows his soul
will be nourished with the things which accompany
salvation. I remember to have heard an anecdote

i)f an influential country gentleman, who, in his
way, showed great kindness to a clergyman, and
this clergyman was called on to preach on a subse-
quent Sabbath. When the patron had reached
home immediately after attending church, he said,
" Here is gratitude for you! here I and my family
have shown this man the greatest kindness, and the
return he makes when be gets into the pulpit is to
tell us that we are great sinners unless we repent.
He preaches that our good works go for nothing
before God. This sermon will do very well for a
penitential—a Newgate; but before a genteel and
respectable audience, to tell them that they are sin-
ners, is the most extraordinary conduct that they
ever met with."—(Laughter and applause.) The
Hon. Gentleman sat down amidst great applause.

ofisrtstcOrdial
resolution,conSeton, Baronet.
ed
whnpAitc:h.t.ocD'EvltHaAlisselisniLDencopat enK,dssa:bnNNyd, ESg:isrovqvle. elsitaandmme the petition to
be transmitted to Parliament, and moved that the
same he intrusted in the House of Lords to the
Marquis of Breadalbane, and in the House of Com-
mons to their Honourable Chairman, which was se-
conded by Alex. Dunlop, Esq., Advocate.
PATRICK TENNANT, Esq., moved the third reso-
lution, recommending that the different parishes
throughout Scotland should petition Parliament
on
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moved by Professor Paxton. After which,
Dr. ArCRIE, on being called upon by the meet-

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Church establishment, and I need not say
second with the utmost cordiality the vote of tbsi
that has been moved. I have cheerfully ettel/1
any meeting which the Hon. Chairman woule
attended, from the regard I feel to his private_
ratter, and from the coincidence of his political
moral sentiments with my own. He formerly)
the question seriously to me," Can nothing be el
for bringing the Established Church and the Sec
sion to near connection and communion ?" !i
swered his letter respectfully, and, I trust, vv't",,
any mixrure of jealousy, and without any ml
of the sour spirit of sectarianism, but at the
rime with all the due and characteristic caution(
Scotchman, I took care not to pledge reYselb.
(Laughter.) Among other things, I said that t.
was no ratioual prosect of it being rah!
unless the galling yoke which our forefatll
were unable to bear were removed from
neck of the Church of Scotland —(Hear, 11°,
I am decidedly of opinion that a lay patron IS
foreign to the Christian Church as a Lord Bishl
that lay patronage is no more necessarily cone:
with an Established Church than a Lord Biel
l
I trust the day is not distant in which the ides I
any established Church, particularly the Chore')
Scotland, depends on the patronage of any Peeoff
landholder will be scouted, and looked on es
plated, and as obsolete as the formerly favor
court maxim, " No Bishop, no King." And 1.1171
Tided opinion has long been, that patronage Ihig,
usurpation on the liberties of the Church,
Christ made free at a greater price than the vi'a
of the universe could afford, and she stands the:
kingdom, arid the first commonwealth on ear,'!:
(Great applause.) My opinion, to descend e
lower, is, that patronge is a remnant of feudal

—it has no recognised foundation—it rests on;
uld and now illegible shred of a vitiated contrio
which the priests entered into with barberi
barons, in order that they might secure their of
secular interests. My opinion iQ, that belle°.
flow from the Popish Kirk, and the corporaticrag;
the canon law,—that patronage degrades the Cho
flan people into serfs. It is an insult to a
country, a foul blot on the Presbyterian charge,'#
arid a scandal in the right of the pure sun of
gion.—(Great applause.)
The CHAIRMAN returned thanks for the bond,
they had done him, and the meeting dissolved.

THE COLDSTREAM GUARDS.--001°1
MACKINNON'S account of the Origin and Services of
elebrated corps, one of the oldest in the service, Is
pected in the course of a few days. The Coldstrellffif
,lependently of forming the body guard of Royaill
fully justified its motto of " Nulli Secundus," su
from its formation under General Mortcx, uniformly
vanced the glory of the British arms in almost every P
of the Globe. The utmost facility has been afforded c°fo
author in the prosecution of his labours. The War °
the State Pap •r Office, the British Museum, and c'd
national depositories, have yielded up their stores,
these has been added much valuable information, der',
trot private sources. The work will come forth °ft'
the direct sanction of his MAJESTY.

The St. Petersburgh journals state that t
small-pox is prevalent in several parts of the Russiel
pire, hut express their hope that, from the care take.ll,
he Government in propagating vaccination, the als"
will soon become harmless. They state, that dering
last year 402,460 children have been vaccinated, bulli
the intentions of the Government have not been fOR.,
as there remained 709,184 children who had not real
the benefit of this operation.

Immense works are to be raised for the
fence of the banks of the Lower Scheldt, the project
which has been submitted to the King. The forts to
r paired and put in a state of defence are those of i
Mary, the Pearl, St. Philip, and La Croix. The s
first are on the left hank; St. Mary is situated aboOto
leagues above Antwerp, near the most difficult pass :00
river, and is regarded as an important point of dei
st,
The Pearl is about half a league in front of St. SA
in an equally favourable position, in consequence
vessels being obliged to pass under its guns. St. r)11
and La Croix are on the right bank of the Seheldl;or
former being on a level with St. Diary, crosses its is
with those of Fort Pearl. The fort of La Croix is,
less advantageous position with regard to the defeOud
the river. It is principally intended to protect A
the destruction of u hich would cause incalculable dams
The temporary works round Lierre and Hasselt are
tended to be permanent.—. Morning Paper.
THE ST. SIMONIANS.—The PERE
PREME and MICHEL CHEVALIER occupy No. 5, to
new buildings of St. Pe.agie. ENFANTIN wears a°'
velvet mantle lined with rich green and white fur, a
of red velvet, black pantaloons, and yellow sandals.
his white vest is inscribed, LE PERE. His beard i 0
and thick. CHEVALIER also wears his beard very It
and has a red toque. His mantle is violet, Wei°
with ermine. His pantaloons are of a bright red,
those of the troops of the line. The PERE Sari
lives retired, but the Apostle MICHEL CHEVALIER 011
his appearance in the pri-on very frequently, and reel
ae he passes the salutations of tho.e who are detaine°
political offences. When ENFANTIN comes forth, the
caps of the Republicans are respectfully doffed to biro)
is said that the room of the St. Simonians is ricblY
nigher!. They have a party evei y night from amongst,
political prisoners, without any distinction as o°„t
opinions, and pour out libations of punch to the 01
right and the sovereignty of the people.
TILE CASE OF ALLEGED CRUELTY
MAIDEN-LANE.—Ever since Monday, when it was 't
at Bow-street that the parents of a girl named HO?
living in Maiden-lane, had been discovered practi
cruel treatment towards her, their house has been asst
by a crowd of persons from an early hour in the MO
up to a late hour at night, who, fart of a well-intenti'
though mistaken spirit of revenge, have resorted t°'
great excesses, which several times called for the 10t'
rence of the police. On Wednesday the unhappy IA
of the girl ventured out on business, and was so rout
treated by the fury of a mob, by which he was Pell
through the streets, that to save his life be was coral°
to take refuge in a police station-house, whence it bee
necessary for a strong force of police to escort bin] tOl
home. In the evening of the same day a large assent
of persons, chiefly compo,ed of women, formed in (rev,
the house in Maiden-lane, and had recourse to various;
of violence, the women in particular, who carried oY
shells and other missiles under their cloaks, with s°
they succeeded in breaking fifteen panes of glass i!
windows of the house, in addition to those pre'
willh e n
be all
a d othermtt admitted,
broken. They also pelted penny-pieces at the wit'
w
ammunition
might have employed their ilition failed them, and certait
in a better way. It is to lie hoped that similar vie
will not be used in future, especially as the case is u
the cognizance of the police magistrates, who dot
Rill do what justice requires. The mob last night,'
not so violent as on the preceding night, and were
dispersed by the police who watched their movemen

MARRIED.
On the 15th inst. at St. Clement's Church, Hastingsit
Alexander Schlusser, from St. Petersburgh, to Sarah r,
youngest daughter of the Rev. W. Gurney, Rector of ,
ment Danes' London.
On the 17th inst. Lieutenant R. K. Barnes, R.M., to 04111
Letitia, eldest daughter of the late William Falwasser, ~..,4
the Haymarket, London.
r rted.
On the Itith inst at Berriew, John Rainier, Esq., 0. -;a0
to Harriette, eldest daughter of the Rei. John Jones, of P
Hall, Montgomeryshire.
On the 17th inst. at Care, Suffolk, William Hughes, E-14t0
SouthamVon-buildings, London, to Emily, third daug"„
the late Lieutenant-General Elwes. vAsO
On the 16th inst. at Bowdrip, Somersetshire, Francis
Leach, Esq., youngest son of Henry Leach, Esq., of Ki01:;i1
House, Glamorganshire, to Harriet Goodwin, youngest dA
of the late William Page, Esq., of the Civil Service, Bo

DIED.
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On the 14th inst. in Crutched Friars, Mr. S. Levy,
writer of the Course of Exchange, in his 62d year, leSer
widow and 13 children, to deplore his loss. He died aria
belovedth e d deservedly regretted.
On an
14th inst. in Francis-street, Tottenham-co-
Mrs. Cragg, widow of the late James Cragg, aged 80.
On the 15th inst. at St. Mary Abbots, ,ensingtoOL
Stukeley Kinchant, relict of John Charlton Kinchant, F. 5.74
of Park Hall, Salop, and Brook Green House, Hammers
On the 16th inst." at Brighton, Arabella Wilkinson 1
widow of the late William Bryan, Esq., aged 53.
On the 17th inst. in St. James-place, Bermondsey, aged
Peter Aising, a native of Drammen in Norway, for 32 Ye" A
tidential clerk to the la' e firm of Boulton and Baker.
5.„05
On the lt•th inst. in Hanover-square, Eliabeth Dent Y
the wife of P. Hesketh Fleetwood, Esq., M.P. of Rosa 4,1
Lancashire. _

On the I,th inst. at Netherfield House, W. H. Fel, oil
formerly of his Majesty's 17th Regiment of Infantry, an'
n f
the Deputy-ietenats or the cunty of Herts. e
On the 13Lthu inst. at Clifton,o Penelope, widow °- the
Francis Lucius Austen, Esq., of Wilmington, near Daef
the county of Kent.
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