The Sun.
London, England, 1844-03-12 00:00:00

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.

LONDON, MAncn 11.—Wind this day at noon, strong breeze
from S. to W., and cloudy, with rain at times.
DEAL, MARCH 9.—W. S.W. to W. by S. 10.—S.W. to
N.N.E. and N., squally.—Arrd. Medora, Spragge, Berbice ;
Wilhelm Ludwig, Batavia, for Bremen ; John William Dare,
Calcutta, for London ; John, Mauritius ; Caroline, Bock, Rio,
for Hamburgh ; Secret, Valparaiso ; Octavie, Peterson,
Para, for Antwerp. Ski. British Empire, Madras ' • Rose-
berry, Bombay ; Toronto and Harriet, Cape of Good Hope ;
Lucretia, Cape Coast Castle ; Vicar of Bray, Valparaiso ; Janet,
Willis, Demerara; Thistle, Antigua; Martha, Trinidad; Gla-
diator, New York ; William, Henderson, St. John's, N.B. ;
Harmony, St. John's, New Foundland, with the rest of the
outward bound. The Claudine, from China, has not arrived
in the Downs as reported. The Toronto, for the Cape of Good
Hope, and the Thistle, for Antigna, were in contact to-day,
and both received considerable damage ; the former preceeded
down the Channel, and the latter has put into Dover, with
bowsprit sprung, &c.
OFF MARGATE, MARCH 9.—T. Hoult, Cape of Good Hope.
OFF DOVER, 111Ancx 10.—Mary Catherine, Taylor, China;
Agrippina, Rogers, Mauritius.
PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 9.—Wind W., fresh breezes. 10th.
—W.S.W. to N.N.W., hard.—Sld. Surge, China; Ellison,
New York.
OFF THE START, MARCH 9.—Stadt Schiedam and Gu-
zina, Batayia for Rotterdam.
PLYMOUTH, MARCH 10.—Wind S.W.—Sld. Hymen, Lima.
LIVERPOOL, :MARCH 9.—Wind W.N.W., fresh. 10th.—
N.W. moderate. 9th.—Arrd. Commerce, Jones, Ichoboe,
Jan. 10 ; Violet, Simpson, Cameroons ; Irt, Grier, Pernam-
buco ; Gipsy, Cresswell, Maranham, 4th ult. ; Matthew
King, Miller, St. Domingo; Captain Ross, Kinnaird, Hon-
duras ; Perseverance, Bennett, Savannah, 10th ; Pickwick,
Cornish, Lima, Dec. 6; Champion, New Orleans; Spring-
field, Roy, Savannah ; Abijon, Charleston ; Challenger,
M'Ewen, Ichoboe, Jan. 10. Off—Lady Paget.
WHITBY, MAncu 9.—The Queen, Read, of and from
Shields to Charente, drove from her anchors, and went out to
sea during a gale atW.N.W., the master and five men on shore
at the time. A large loaded brig was seen to go down between
one and two o'clock this morning, four miles to the north-
ward, with all hands.

BRIDLINGTON, MARCH 10.—The George Canning, Allen,
from Shields to London, sprung a leak yesterday afternoon,
and was run on the rocks to the north of Flamborough Head
Light-house, and went to pieces (crew saved), it blowing a
gale at west-north-west at the time.

- FALMOUTH, MARCH 9.—Wind W.S.W. to N.W., fresh
breeze. 10.—S.W. to N.W., strong gales and squally.—Arrd.
Mary, Hendrichsen, Buenos Ayres, and sailed 9th for Ham-
burgh ; Swift, David, Aux Cayes. Off port, St. George,
Lughrue, Callao ; Edward, Schmidt, Buenos Ayres, and sailed
for Antwerp.
GUERNSEY, MARCH s.—Sld. William, Cape of Good Hope.
JERSEY, MARCH 9.—Sld. Damon, St. Helena ; Harriet,
Campbell, Rio Janeiro.
SUNDERLAND, MARCH 9.—The Symmetry, Palin, of this
port, was abandoned last night, in a sinking state, having
been in contact with the Elizabeth Adnet, arrived here—crew
saved.

REDCAR, MARCH 9.—The Jenny, of Faversham, is sup-
posed to have foundered, 26th ult., off this port—crew sup-
posed to be drowned. The Hopewell, from Whitby to Stock-
ton, was driven on the rocks near here this morning, and is
now on the beach, with loss of rudder—crew saved.
EAST INDIA SHIPPING.

Arrivals.—John William Dare, Ellis, from Bengal, off Port-
land, sailed 17th October, St. Helena 10th January ; Mary
Catherine, Taylor, from China, off Dover, sailed 29th Oct.,
Cape Bth Jan., St. Helena 20th Jan. ; Jane, Stewart, from
Mauritius, off Margate, sailed 4th Dec. ; Agrippina, Rogers,
from Mauritius, off Dover, sailed 29th Nov., St. Helena, 15th
Jan; Commerce, Jones, from Angra Pequena, sailed Ichiboe
10th Jan., St. Helena 24th Jan. ; Amelia Mulholland, Evans,
from Mauritius, off Cork, and proceeded to London, sailed
14th Dec. ; Challenger, M'Guen, from Angra Pequena, at
Liverpool, sailed 13th Jan., St. Helena, 26th Jan. ' • Champion,
Steele, from Mauritius, at Liverpool, sailed 11th Dec.
Arrivals at Mauritius.—Tartar, Luce, Dec. 13, from Bom-
bay, and Colombo, Active, Reliant, from Madras.
Departures from Mauritius.—Peru, Dec. 9, to Cork ; Prince
of Waterloo and Juliana, 11th to Calcutta; Sucrier, to Bour-
bon ' • Cowslip, 12th, to London.
Arrivals in Table Bay, Cape of Good Hope.—Carron, Dec.
5, from the Clyde ; Lascar, 6th, from Ceylon •, Caroline aad
Apprentice, from Mauritius ; Mountain Maid, from London ;
Meg Merrilees, from Mauritius; Courier and Wilmot, 7th,
from London ; Harriet, from Cape de Verds ; Argyra, Bth,
from Ceylon ; Dublin, Bth, from Sydney and Port Philip ;
Hamilton, Ross, from Calcutta ; Mary Barbara, sth, from
Calcutta; Roberts, Elder, 6th, from London to Madras and
Bengal.
Arrivals at Aden.—William Abrams, Edward, 27th, from
Shields ; Ocean Queen, from London ; St. Mungo, Jan. 15,
from Newport ; Hope, Kerr, from the Clyde ; Palinurus,
19th, from Cape Guardafui ; Cheverell, Feb. 2, from New-
castle.

Arrivals at Ichaboe, West Coast. of Africa, previous to
Jan. 10 Baron of Bramber, Blake, and Colchester, from
Liverpool ; Britannia, Wylie, from —, and all loading for
Liverpool ; Ann, Farr, from Bristol ; Maid of Athens, from
Cape, and both loading for Cork ; . Unicorn, from Olyde, and
loading for Grenada ; Clydesdale and Isabella, from Liver-
pool; Clifton, Lockey, and Halifax, from —; last five not
loading.
Arrivals at Sydney, New South Wales.—Gondolier, Oct. 17,
from China.

VESSELS SPOKEN WITH.—Sam, Liverpool to Ceylon, 10th
Dec., lat. 6 S., lon. 23 W., by the Corsair, arrived at the Cape
of Good Hope. Ann Milne, Calcutta to London, Jan. 1;
Ambulator, from Mauritius sth, by the Argyra, Rees, arrived
at Cape of Good Hope. Nereid, Liverpool to Singapore 18th
Nov. off Luciparas Island ; Guiaua‘of Port Adelaide, 22d, in
the Straits of Sunder; Diligentia, Smith, Batavia to Amster-
dam, Dec. 22, by the Mary Catherine, arrived at the Cape of
Good Hope.

PRINCESS'S TUEATRE.-A new ballet, in two acts
and four tableaux, was produced at this theatre on Saturday
night. The scene is under, on, and near the Lakes ofKillar-
ney ; the music (which is composed and adapted by M. Corti)
is well selected ; and the dances (which are arrangeol by Madame
Vedv) are national and characteristic. The first tableau
of Raiad groups is really striking. A Naiad must visit
earth to win a mortal lover to the Lakes on May-night, at the
peril, in case of failure, of incurring everlasting torture.
Leola, Miss Baffin, accepts the offices and having been first
deprived by Rhona. Miss Charlton, the Naiad Queen, of her
talisman of immortality, proceeds to perform in it the
character of a gipsy girl. All objects on earth are new
to Leola—the bird, the rose, the butterfly. The first flies
from her; the thorn of the second, when she plucks it, pains
her ; the third by its death, when incautiously crushed, hor-
rifies her. She succeeds, however, in securing a lover, the
son of an Irish farmer, Phelim (Mr, Gilbert), whose
brother, Ryan (Mr. Harris), becomes his malignant rival.
When Rhona demands the victim, Leola substitutes Ryan
for Phelim, and receives again in reward from the Naiad
Queen her chaplet of immortality. Then follows a struggle
between love and duty. In the end she throws her talisman
into the lake, and, giving up immortality for love, is united
to her mortal lover. A beautiful tableau concludes the ballet.
The dancing is in parts rather tedious, and the whole needs
abridgment ; but, doubtless, when properly cut, the piece
will prove very attractive. Bouquets were flung to Miss
Bailin, and the ballet was given out for repetition with great
applause.
NATURAL CLAIRVOTANCE.-Dr. Teste, of Paris,
has lately announced the arrival in France of a man who, in
his natural state, has the power of seeing through opaque
bodies. He is a Polish Jew, named Rabbi Horsch Dcene-
mark, and on his arrival at Mentz, in August last, exhibited
letters from the Pope, Prince Metternich, and some professors
in Germany, testifying the reality of his pretensions. The
three seances he held at that city are asserted to have been
satisfactory. He read a closed book by his hand. He has a
son, aged ten, at St. Petersburgh, who is said to.possess the
same faculties in a higher degree. He is consulted in cases of
sickness, or as to the future event of affairs ; he is declared
to have mentioned to the Emperor Nicholas what was con-
tained in the apartments of the Empress. At a recent ex-
amination of his pretensions, he is said to have exhibited
proofs of his powers ; they are to be investigated by a com-
mission of the faculty.--Polytechnic Review.
In a provincial town in Hampshire, not a dozen
miles from Southampton, a member of the musical profession
announced his intention of forming a singing class on the
plan adopted by Hullah. He commenced by giving
an in-
troductory lecture, in which he descanted much on good
singing, and moralised on the relative merits of nature and
art, observing that the former could materially assist the
latter, but that art could not improve nature, when he was
interrupted by a voice from among his auditors, with "How
would you look without your wig
Ream ?"—Dratnati e and
Musical

FREE CHURCH OFSCOTLAND.
Claire
A public meeting of the friends of the Free. for bb
of Scotland was held last evening at xeter flail: epee
purpose of receiving, from a deputation fromudi
Church of Scotland, a statement of the preseatTro.
tion and prospects of that Church, with the riew.:o, 0
lag a contribution towards the expense of erec:11;"), the
places of worship for those congregations whit' roe.)
secession from the Establishment, are left without..atied,
accommodation. The meeting was very. fully attended'
the hall and galleries being crowded. A leitrgesPtelort'
tion of the meeting consisted of ladies. r• ,
Esq., M.P., presided. ftbentGe
The following gentlemen, being ineraber..,_usfihr
putation, were present :—Rev, Dr. lia,"Th;nien'
Forbes, Dr. Candlish, Dr. Wilson, Dr. BelLeedie
Messrs. Beith, Wallace, Smith, Alexander, Fastest,
Cowe, Main, Buchan, C. J. Brown, Sir JamestiforJ"
Bart., of Comiston ;W. H. Crauford, Esq., 01 „,,soo,
land ; James Bridges, Esq. •, Alexander There
Esq., of Banchory, and Dr. Mushet. There ivieeifelii:l
present the Rev. Dr. Alder, Dr. Jenkins, Pf• uatiog,
Dr. Jenkins, Dr. Campbell, Dr. Bennett, 1-fl.irketeli.
Dr. Henderson, Hon. and Rev. B. W. Noel, Rev. n. i,o'
ton, Rev. Mr. Shearman, Rev. Mr. Cubitt,
BeNoo',l
rimer, Rev. Mr. Roxburgh, tztc , &c. ~ :re P-
gentlemen of the lay friends of the church
present : Captain Macintosh, R. Saul, J. liether
W. Hamilton, J. Robertson, Townley, 1),,' yirtnei
spoon, J. Finlaison, Thomas Farmer, te,..mrpleff
G. Webster, Alexander Gillespie, William Pr. sa,
W. Stevenson, Esqrs.; and Major Jervis, wo'iresei
The proceedings of the meeting having been A,
by a prayer from the Rev. Dr. Jenkins, is of
The CHAIRMAN called attention to the objee wore!
meeting. The question to be submitted to tbelcc.ooo9
one that could be confined within the limits of 460
or England. It was a momentous question 5".,,,t0
every Christian in the world. He was, nettratl°l
trench on the business of those around hire" Jet t`
in abler hands than his; but one point he hatters 'I,
He had the privilege of glancing at the ootistP
those who had come as the deputation from :" thel
This was no slight point. What an evidence tiler
not offered of their sincerity, by givine. 01) AssetiO
worldly endowments, to which they refused to
the olit
religious liberty and spiritual independence f°ries. werf
of expediency. Theie were the men to whom t,
asked to listen. They were there, not to'plead .0 t 1)!
selves, but for the destitute congregations left.i!nare3
wilderness without shade or shelter. Eight ufaitifof
congregations came out from the Establishment,or ore
these congregations 500 churches had been balit',•iief`l,
about to built. The had, therefore, still to Pri,eo;
200 or 300 congregations. This was the cause t"
to plead for, and he was sure that the efforts °ell $ll
who were to address them would be both susses
5
convincing. He then called on I itis6r
Dr. MAKELLAR, late Moderator of the Gel-writhe osee:i
bly of the Church of-Scotland, who addressed tot h
ing. He said though the nature of the events 0e
taken place in Scotland was becoming better ltDat,
England, still some explanation of the objeetonir
mission was necessary. They came as a dePutablof bc:
the Church of Scotland—not from the Chtlred no e.„";
land as by law established ; with that they 118_teer:d
nection ; they differed with it in spirit, in char"; is
in proceedings. He did not use this long
,treb yt
offensive sense ; their controversy with that u'cl not Pip
one of principle, not of passion. They eavi,,e to set,li,
Church its possessions. Their object was not
iChsl
a rival Church ; they wished to constitute a red the tto
—(Cheers.) And that the Free Church 1,1°,14 be°,
Church of Scotland was proved by reference t° mg.";
of their Church, the proceedings of its Genera ,testl`j
blies, the history of the Church, and to the COllsolot
of the country.—(Cheers.) By the union cbstc„(
with England, the independence of theielaest
had been injured, and their full elOreveetol
the privileges of their Church been 1),,,i
The evil their forefathers conteraPl land trio
occurred, and by the preponderance of Eilignt
had been wronged and injured. They di" rl-whe
bring " a railing accusation" against those
rejogir
caused that injury and wrong, whether they we„, as 1110
legislators, or ministers of state. But fr°:,ns
re 3
willingness to look into and examine what "theroi
the constitution of the Church of Scotland,. 00,11/
been induced to judge it by a theory of theircherelhe
by what was really the constitution of thati,sh peel)
(Hear, hear.) They did not accuse the Eng;Li just ba
of being parties to this wrong ; they were
°f
steel
generous people ; they did not accuse them ° steel ,Y;tit
instruments of this injury. But they till- and ,)),
through the intercourse they had with tbenii;;o4.:o,
information that had gone abroad on this scadoe,i4
people of this country would use their bestkelloo A!::$
not to put them back where they were-4'lld vet' De
them in maintaining the cause of God 511.,„ of,'?)
cause that might, sooner than they were sera,'" Oa)
to their own door.—(Cheers.) That the Fi—,e(lor
was the true Church of Scotland, might be Pliniols'
from its constitution and the conduct of its .„wo 91re,
They had no desire to speak there of their obis ,Pr;
fices ; but at the same time it would be rais,,„er; bsi
tation to say that they had not suffered, 7..d5.
severely.— ( Hear, hear.) Five hundred 0.1 oft
quitted connexion with the Established Chartas tbt
land ; from the relative number of the rainlsljetel'h
Established Church in England, and the et° if StiC.ty
population, they would be able to estirnateAnrclihe
secession were to take place in the English ‘ItA 11)1
extent of the sacrifice. Of the probationers,
Church of Scotland—men duly licensed to rth thee
gospel-170 had quitted the Establishment 1/1700te,
ministers, and that under circumstances even -0107_4001
ing than those attending the separation of thesitee'v/
They were in the morning of their days, ih„,
lase
of their,
hopes, seeing before them a prosPer°—Tbeiase
and all this they had renounced. Cheers.) the
further evidence that the Free Church viss state'
Church of Scotland in the conduct of the
der'
of those who were in course of training for thevre°o
of the Gospel. At their Theological College to bpd#3o
more than two hundred students, and those witiitecite
advantage of being the most intimately aci° that to
them—their professors and others—states ate stn
students were more distinguished by talent the 0
study, fervent piety, and real devotedness, tteors.)l out
dents before them for forty years back.--(Ces sae j5S'
could also refer, as a proof, to the missionario fortp„
to foreign countries,
to India and elsevvbere'o
ing another proof of the influence of the Frog,
The missionaries had, without a single exeleotlsliatf.l
their adherence to the Free Church of .....(01/?‘'
(Cheers.). This testimony was of great Nellie. le,/
Besides all this, the Free Church was tbe;tehrt- re°„e‘P 11,j
Scotland, because it was the Church of 11 the r (Pr
(Cheers.) There were at least a million 0 t werej
bt
once attached to the Established Church tb° Aso,er,
on the side of the Free Church.—(Hear, oola
believed that Scotland no undue influence were e,setlool°;Dell
tbhee pne othpel eside
f the
Free
aChurch.three-fourths
The
distilart o,er ot
he had the happiness to be attached wss (I,lharset,oe':
Highlands of Scotland. They all knew the;cl
the Highlanders for loyalty, for courage,,,o'ripe
—(Cheers.) The battle plains of -611.; teallne-at bb
the world had testified to their ric—ri.
thier courage, and their bravery.—(Chfe",,:girl tVl's
had now to tell them that never had ttse, e:„eOL,
courage testimony
inofanthyeeirartdhellry-oteedennteesast,to any c glto
as they hoot) TAII,
their firm, faithful, and determined attrrheers'itie
cause of the Free Church of Scotland.---kti 00
people of that district were almost entire I;sd te,t oar
of the Free Church, and if they 01111 with
enough to send among them, acquainted:l,lin thrt-ti,
language and feelings, they would be as ,:inh
The Free Church claimed nothing "..„ntlellee4
of right belong to the Church. The bidr" lie 'to
claimed meant an exemtion frort. sr ~.
the
of the civil magistrates in the .4
They claimed nothing more. '-'llO4
trary, in civil matters, they were retail tenoe's
" tribute to whom tribute was due, cushoo 111,0"
unsure
custom, fear to whom fear, honour to vrb ft 0, •
But in things spiritual they felt it -;vouldtfteay 004 !le.
of conscience to yield to the authority r they4ristied
had also further to notice the symPat4ther
ceived and were receiving from the cd especerne
Churches of Europe and America, an ntioas of tjje
England. The various religious denonsilcooth, it
.A 1
land had expressed towards them a ) Ad bar
kindest and most gratifying Ilatutriy hflad
visits they had paid sandhi coutnytioa, ore Pere
times of refreshment coes,c`aits of tre
trusted that these were but the first tra'.ibntio-coop
cious blessings to come. Their contreci, ofbefifted
needful and valuable to them. 110,_D:c1„ toelirelic
gations were without places of worsuir err' 3
there to ask their assistance to provide thetc.,..b to , ere'
pvot* tio0"40
that 3001, or not much more, was - ,regs
place of worship for some of these con `.aim ess //0,
he trusted their appeal would not be ic 000
toe Ito
eluded by thankin the meeting for tbe s
which it had heard him, and hor that oho
dulgence would be extended to t e others b°
sea • ol
ettecoed him. n ati,.,regsfOr#oo
Dr. BUCHANAN (of Glasgow) 11--,0 brwlor 010'600
meeting. He said the question he had or tellanee
was no longer a novel one. The nineof the c°soll net
that had elapsed since the breaking uP state' bill ieo
between the Church of Scotland and theier#ooe,.l it elllO
discussion the movement had since 1107thWhielilie is'
cessarily deprived it of the freshness w
(loco eat
,to
au • her e
struck upon the mind. But to to"
~e woe aost
present, the question must always hal pionthstbo
terest. The event that happ?ned ten
sty instoiteurid
striking enough to excite an intereet:_o e. ,ds
sluggish breast ; but now the inters ts" bonti of
hearing how that movement he"... d holt ety
on, how it had been sustained+ send tbe 0400414
telling on tahnedcoafusteheofwtorruled raetlifiarogue.sarliitletfbilte:oooo:
space since their career began, it h r
ductboth ofas itsto iatsdhcoenresntitatu,titoon atinicel
perhaps, at such a meeting as the pre ",,,ould test„wo,i
be without its use to set before it vvbal'..t of this
show how the Free Church had come had a` peanici
process. To the principles the Chuirleo,_ta
they had adhered, and without
,2,eer's'.)
cation they intended to adhere.--( back ist°to e 0,1110%
niP rti;:te Trsly_esiitet 5.01
_l4otttolit°ol
not attempt to carry the meeting.
cone iaagiesencef
controversy by which these principles
the dille 050
But he would say that they were r s• Tr bie
principles of the Reformation.—(Cbee.ssed the d Its !to
of the Reformation was that it recogellidescrihe ° the
God. The work of Luther might b troth t! bed 0,
'lard 0' f e°
that he recovered the great standard 0 ant
and the only infallible rule of faith. s raid ied,
great principle that God alonesewcead,e,:afodu;el ct ;00:00111::cv•P,DioeSi
science. On these principles they IT as a 11 dee; ilia
he contended that they had
(Hear.) It was as a Church that the) ,titatl A, ,0
and COn' tlittirli IP •
of the Legislature; both legally ,of Se° wit re
Free Church.claimed to be the Churcn,_lature tines
had no intention of troubling the Legl',„,veral
question now,--(lmmense cheering:,

sewed.
hi
idu) A s)ong as tat y required it, they
it- had sought
ti,_ etheissgislature to grant them protectioi! against
.':_e,cisions of the courts of law, by which their rights
latherties were trampled under loot. It would seem
Prot n iMpossible thins, to get from the Lessis'ature a
thmeee,ti°.n against the 'decisions of courts onaw w hen
th oecisions deprived Arians and Uni:aleans of the property
waned teurped and applied to purposes different to tho_e
brie the owners intended. Protection from the Legislature
8t th
esee decisions could be obtained. There was a Bill
rs.en.
arlia, laid on the table of the House of Lords
sl`!',e Lord Chancellor, practically for the purpose of subvert-
ing,.needecisions of courts of law, because those decisions took
larwnceties property that never ought to have been theirs,
it,ch they misapplied to the propagation of deadly errors.
lthki`tt"'n they went to obtain protection against decisions
et, tratnelled their movements, and thwarted their efforts to
falsekit'ione the waste places of their native land, then no legion.
sots° protect them could be obtained. The decisions of the
iht,.."e of law were enforced with the utmost rigour; on the
tivan title of those decisions, the Home Secretary laid down,
;he badement of Parliament, and said that the principles
a4t''.ch the
tteruish. How far he had succeeded let the prosperity of
Gee ra,e Church in Scotland tell !—(Loud cheers.) Let its
sters, its 200 probationers, its 3,000 elders, and its
latio°ll pf People, tell !—( Cheers.) In proportion to the popu-
eiliinot this was the same as if 5,000 ministers, and six or seven
tstist!' of people, had seceded from the Church of England.
the 'us tell how far the Home Secretary had succeeded. Let
411Zetines in England—let such meetings as the present
Chute, successful he was.—( Cheers.) The stablished
ith," as it remained, had excommunicated Christendom;
sia`uteut off from itself the communion with all the Christian
thoe"' in the world; surely it ill became her to make
her aeseagainst others of alienation and disaffection towards
he Was now endeavouring to take the places of worship
1,014 the money of those who had joined the Free Church
the l "'ern. Standing, like Shylock, on the bond—on what
piteeestter of the law would give her—she took to herself these
Ithect wftabip, and even the buildings erected by the efforts
tae it Missionaries. And, as if to crown all, she was labour-
ell lbans
fY parts of Scotland to keep the adherents of the Free
t4cli
of th . °cl having a shelter over them from the inclemency
dad, winter's sky. He would not allude to what had been
trot nett county,
but he would read an extract from a letter
c'tc which stated that a congregation had been
fontltped to meet t in the open air, when there was snow a
atpr "P on the ground. He admitted that objectionable
he :icons had occasionally been used, but, on that subject,
Otte"l4 saY, let those who were faultless cast the first stone.
oaf,of that the charge was not very extensively applicable,
be found in the fact that their opponents were obliged
*ere a.recourse now to the same hackneyed anecdotes which
ss_tit:e twelve months back.—( Hear, hear, and laughter.)
theeritted that they were opposed to the Established Church ;
(Cie 4intst be so as long as it continued in error.—
(4,„Ostel ee'o." Rear, hear.") That which justified their conduct
aotitrll-74atilY be condemnatory of their opponents.—
t They firmly believed that that institution could
anti l'er, and must come down. Truth was mighty and
qui Ultimately prevail. The true seeret, the true philosophy,
her 14CIIS!uption of the Scottish Establishment was found. in
she is-L:l'4 evangelism, in the growing fidelity with winch
!ere i,:",tifYing against error and sin. Everywhere. there
• tli's-eing indications of a great league between the infidel
tersi - papa power. It was high time that they should
oast ere:ut of sleep ; it was high time that the old Highland
Jae " Shouldes to shoulder," should be raised amongst
,s'"estisfss, (if Fite Lord's host, that so they might be ready, in
lee might Phalanx, to " come to the help of the Lord against
• j "
ged 42.1113 FORREST, an elder of the Free Church of Scot-
paseat addressed the meeting. He said it should not be
" titstie`o that the question which they had heard mooted that
tl!ey ll,Was a clerical question, although it was one in which
IN—', from the first, felt the deepest interest. Their
!Pet:ail friends had not been contending for clerical power,
ek•t?e interests of their own order, but for great principles,
geottZn all were interested. It was for this reason that the
404 of,,_People had supported them in their struggle. A wt
and-
Ilterth7orle had already joined the protesting Church,t
'tad 'gnes were at that moment rising in all parts of Sc.o -
%eel there was a necessity for instant and immediate assist-
*ire), Eight hundred churches were being built, and others
„ntemplation • and in such instances it was neces.sa.ry
a'ts Of% strenuous'efforts.—( Hear, hear.) Their min s- 7 Made great and noble sacrifices; many of
See "c'els were worshipping, as yet, under the
eteassaf,fleaven.--(Hear, hear.) He was happy to say that
ttabirs'° England met with the kindest sympathy. Even in
ti Lai% in spite of all the prejudices excited against them,
iles.o been received with the greatest kindness, and they
tait;7 to derive considerable support from that town.)
T ..—.
e 4 .o-morrow they proposed to visit another strong-
lot the enemy—Oxford, where they hoped, notwithstand-
Nee, character of the University, to meet with similar
Chetah)
eiaenTn• and Rev. B. W. NOEL said he had had great cause
as'efOt --",fle the p it; 411 s and conduct of the Free Church
hsg'inff principles
eadhesion to the cause ; and ho
s'ets self be to beable to state publicly that both
se "eh his ( Cries of " Hear, hear.")
t leeord entire approval.—
I teseleetnce with his views on this subject, he had to propose
k.he
which trusted would be adopted by the meeZt-
s4oinhat this meeting, having heard the statements of the
renews its expression of gratitude, for enabling s.s
~ 6ti ministers in Scotland to witness before the world this
hiselnifes
sion of the supremacy of Christ and the spirituality
lohehnrch, and learns with delight that such a large pro-
Mier; °f the people of Scotland adhered to their faithful
d;) and their testimony for truth in a day of peculiar trial,
aYmpathising in the privations to which ministers
;_misteo,"P'e have been subjected, and at the same time recog-
tlis'4t hindree Church an instrumentality which promises,
klend: of the quickening Spirit, and in friendly co-
elltiown with other evangelical churches, to revive the
ari t!' of Scotland, besides largely aiding in the
, lanisation 4nder the of the world, this meeting resolves
. Free Church its best assistance in
g Plaeesof worship for its adhering people."—(Cheers. )
tesolutien divided itself into four particulars. First, it
ired the justice of the principles upon which the free
soessch was founded ; expressed approval of the
pa-_ tot of those who maintainedaeeouy' these principles ; thirdly, it
t4taida4ettii them fo.r sympathy with them in their sufferings
s,the their fidelity had exposed them ; and lastly it pointed
tee°sequences which might be expected to result from
getit• te,"aciples, their conduct, and their sufferings. The Rev.
"'tie Mars
then went on to show how in each of these
keeti4-11._ .8 the resolution was worthy of adoption by the
rat, ths' He said he did not hesitate to declare his conviction
th; Prit.ciples of the Free Church were sound to the care.
mte :ati to him that these principles were resolvable
iothefirst °;
the' the second that of the spiritual liberty
tss,44 t 0 lurch. By non-intrusion he meant that no minister
t th, '°teed upon a reluctant Christian congregation, but
the ,'sent of the congregation must be obtained in order
"kiseio scrination of the pastoral relation.—( Cheers.) That
ifiirapo'itatawal one of the simplest common sense. Ina relation
t„ zit, aiscl upon which so much of the happiness of a
thilpeolVan, or district depended, it was not reasonable that
le lets,: should be debarred the right of protesting against
t.sselh, Uction of an unspiritual and unconverted minister.
Ostk;;',Geutlercian then- referred to a number of scriptural
"or the purpose of showing that this principle was in
, ttikissothee with the practice of the primitive Church. Hooker
pssbe k:clastiented to the principle that a minister was not
lies nded against the consent of the people ; and both
l's'gas, and Episcopalians in great numbers had
•-‘ests the same principle. In the Saxon, in the French
plc i 4 in the Helvetic, and in many other churches, the
Ikea diiit.!° question—the principle of the Free Church—had
•bt ahei 14etly recognised. Were not this the case, however,
eet, ai!ers of the Scotch Church would still be worthy
the
rte4.l4 Maintaining what bad been the principle of t
' tett de, tablishreent from the very earliest period ?—( Cheers.
47a, 4ditriciple could only be sustained by the aid of a
rweli of larger 'atger principle—that of the spiritual liberty of the
gist ,Christ. This was, in substance, that the Church
sZty, aissooeld in every land, and in all its branches, be at
tlejao,restrained by y stranger power, to fulfil all the
.Christ. Tahue- ministers of the Church could not
It 40., others, for any emolument, or on any ground,_ thene
es 1;0,2 diet authority which had been entrusted to themalo
kN",I; of lase es
%Zia* its_then ere to determine the meaning of
.Christ's'
might the Church itself trample on his coen
treeNth:juience to the law.--( Hear.) There was. a great
*s ters ofw,sen the claims of Papal ministers and those of
had
atipsh re Scotch Church. The Church of Rome
te,,,,,iththeu itself with the civil power, and sought to load its
skii4utect• e thunderbolts of the State. 'I he Church of Scotland
l•sha,stisid saw' such aid. There might be danger where an ,;cs
*her° ite°!Pooration separated from the laity were erecting
eitotho spiritual despotism ; but there could be no danger.
tifV‘t th:erY authority exercised would not be exercised
Se.% 1„, eonsent of the people.—(Cheers.) The charge
tiftt' chick-4Pation a eared to him wholly factitious, and the
%Aer t'ceded pp
h support must be feeble indeed.—
e insuc
quieted the the. Cburch of Scotland which might
rt'ad fears which had been. entertained?—(Hear,...
reference to the manner in which these principles
e,tateueen
style th-4intaieed, he demanded from the meeting admire-
tsd rtee...,eourage and prudence which had been displayed.
thtttlie dissentleman then referred at length to the Veto law
iesttllaW ilPitte With respect to it. To the establishment of
iee pry ttributed great benefit to the Scotch Church..
he,cegttaded to notice at some length the charge of vio-
'01:1_ be sgsc, which had been brought against Dr. Chalmers,
ere-t'oßised as one whose writing, wisdom, and bene-
Stesst'titee equally blended, and who would live in the minds
esetrtert'has he now lived n the hearts of thousands. He
Sto,lgo tt. the seceders had done the noblest act which the
rith`,lc desad witnessed. If the Scotch Establishment fell,
'to CeVe to fall or deserting the principles which it
nePtie aye Maintained. But he diought a day was dawn-
, lito-Zseeedreotland which it was impossible to describe.
Ltitl7, afesgtninisters remained true to their principles the
''paysked WRS such as ought to till every Christian heart
ed
Were in that country 500 Dissenting chapels ;
Leta aoliTsses of worship belonging to the Free Church
N° 4147 of erection, and the ministers of these last
etlet beet, t cramPted in their movements, as they , had
s'st 'nese ssslit were missionaries to every part of Scot.and,
, Ist kith cues,
--instances it was not too much to expect
hl/4(L-sette thorn Parish would'- be found testifying their ap-
se, Veers.) trinciples which men had condemned.—
ss,t es.° Plass 'c'neland itself might be benefited by what
kt'itlee reinie-Z-(Rear)—but whether that were the case or
teed. to —yrs of the free church would be equally
tttit admirati principles to which
0hn.,4 _ on. The two
ilue steno
.were destined to be theh
kpZ; it the se,,,!„b:t of. all Christendom..—(dC eserism.)
erTi,hhe.
(e7tt4 'lid historylivvueliegx'iniste.rs had commit
would bete rewcaordeir as the
tti4ers.)enl which , and it
present age.—
the roe: Fonclusion hTaaurorleo ised for having so long de-
est,i ung p g
ed e • Dr.
4,, rircintn seconded the motion, which was
jolieetizionsiy.
rte.p.7 was then made in aid of the building fund.
t4t,t4lls Ire
sas CalsnLisn then came forward to address the
101.. I;,Y gist Id the sympathy which had been manifested
tatig. 'or .11 tt"'ec.ctin. was an ample recompense, if any were
istlntfulss It was hick they had suffered in the defence of their
tlt'nels „tie seoi.!_lutettost cheering to him and to all the deputation,
ZOlt ss!'_'ey had noes advocated and pressed home with a power
t, mast •seen since they were first put forth by
aq re sought the Prit., Dr. Chalmers.—(Cheers.) They
_es.etgislature to look at this question
tifrastit.a...i.bneteliet° :se tish statutes, and Scottish practices;
'etqc,lo Lt eat inl. fusal to do so, they were now engaged in
thi:istl;7t histor z•neland itself.—( Cheers.) Throughout the
the Ntlo whi,Y of Scotland they had maintained the p
twitatia eo
c 0 they' seceded to be vital and fundamental;
tk soot krsued le °Pen to them, therefore, but that which
ta> slowest
t;_ Nothing had so sustained their minds in
040., ot el to
,15 circumstance that they had never had
Pea,
to re,„,"le path of duty.--( Loud cheers.) He then
wesa7 Wrir)! to some accusations made against him in a
tijk addre-_n against the Free Church and concluded a
E teof tl." amidst loud plaudits.
'edged 'guilts ha .
the meetvitug been given to the Chairman, and
ng dispersed.
ac-
• 4tie lis,e
vie eiltf. ndrepers 0
koqght.°l.4 have a ' °Kee of Woolwich, Greenwich,
r,14,. ni,,,ths greed to close their shops at early hours,
Stas--then a, i;t eight o'clock in the evening except
estat stt n;_s_o.alfspast ten; and in May, June, July,
"Le' aud on Saturdays at eleyen.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT
HOUSE OF LORDS, March 11.

The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Wool-
sack at five minutes after Five.

The Earl of RADNOR presented a petition from
the county of Somer:et, praying for the removal of
all duties on the necessaries of life, and that there
should be a revision of the whole system of the taxa-
tion of the country. The petition was agreed to at a
meeting presided over by the High Sheriff, and which
had been called by a requisition very numerously
signed byfreeholders. The meeting, he should state, was
called for a very different object than that which was
the result of it. It was called for the purpose of
passing resolutions in favour of what was called pro-
tection. That was the avowed object of the meeting.
A motion was made in support of Legislative protec-
tion, considerable discussion took place upon it, and
an amendment, embodying free-trade principles, was
submitted. This was put to the meeting ; and, as
decided by the high Sheriff, it was lost—the original
resolution, in favour of protection, being declared
by him to be carried. On this, parties became
dissatisfied, and much altercation ensued. The
Sheriff was required to put the resolution a second
time, and he refused to do so. But in consequence of
this, when a petition to Parliament embodying the
resolution was brought forward, a petition embodying
free trade principles was also brought forward by
way of amendment. This amended petition was car-
ried by a very large majority, and a vote of thanks
passed to the Anti-Corn-law League. These were
the circumstances as represented to him. In general
it happened unfortunately that the protectionist party
objected to discussion. Their meetings were select
and exclusive. This he could speak to from personal
experience ; for only the other day he went to a meet-
ing called (as the notice said) to discuss this
question, but when he got there he received an
intimation that it was of a private character,
and he consequently w ithdrew at once. The
Anti-Corn-law League had been accused of
sending their emissaries through the country for the
purpose of creating discord and disunion. Now he
denied distinctly and emphatically that the
Anti-Corn-law League was at all capable of
any such act as promoting any societies that
would have a tendency to promote disorder or discord,
and he defied any one to show that they had ever, by
word or deed, justified such an accusation. He
thought the subject of free trade was one of such im-
portance as to call for a distinct expression of opinion
on the part of those who were entrusted with the in-
terests of the country.
Lord PORTMAN wished to say a few words upon
this matter. His Noble Friend had stated that that
petition had emanated from the major.ty of the persons
present at the meeting. In any assertions he should
make, he did not mean to allude to the Noble
Lord's brother, the High-Sheriff of the county,
who presided upon the occasion, but still he (Lord
Portman) thought that a meeting, which was composed
of only 3,000 persons (and those mostly town inhabitants),
could not be construed into an expression of the opinion
of a county containing upwards of half a million of souls.
For his own part, he had all along abstained from tak-
ing part in the proceedings of either the Anti-Corn-law
League or the Anti-League Association. For, on the
one hand, he thought it dangerous to carry, by a legisla-
tive enactment, the total, immediate, and unconditional
repeal of the corn-laws; and, on the other hand, he,
thought it equally dangerous to affirm that the
present sliding scale should not be interfered
with, because it was partially a system of pro-
hibition. Under these circumstances, he was a sort of
amphibious animal, between the two parties. and could
take part with neither. He hoped yet to see the day,
when both would be disposed to meet upon his view of
the question.
Lord BROUGHAM wished to explain the circum-
stances under which he had made the observation re-
ferred to by his Noble Friend (Lord Radnor).
He (Lord Brougham) had not been present at
the meeting, but he had received a com-
munication from a highly respectable gentleman
connected with the county of Somerset, who assured
him that the account of the proceedings which had been
published were altogether erroneous. lie (Lord
Brougham) differed altogether, upon this question, from
the Hon. Gentleman, and the latter had thought that on
that very account he was a fit person to be applied to to
give an impartial version of the conduct of the High She-
riff (Mr. Bouverie), who seemed to have acted very fairly
and justly, according to the way in which such things
are done in Somersetshire.—(A laugh.) The resolution
first submitted to the meeting was in opposition to the
views of the League. An amendment, in favour
of the League, was then proposed, which, after some
discussion, the Sheriff properly put to the meeting before
the original motion, according to the usages of both
Houses of Parliament and well-regulated meetings gene-
rally. Mr. Bouverie, upon the show of hands, declared
the amendment to be lost, and the original re-
solution carried. A great part of those assem-
bled then went away, and afterwards the
amendment was again put, and declared to be carried
by a larger majority than had carried the original reso-
lution.—(A laugh.) That was a course of proceeding
peculiar to Somersetshire.—(Hear, hear, and a laugh.)
But at reminded him of what was once said by an old
sergeant-at-law, upon the Western Circuit, that " the
further he went west, the more he was convinced that
the wise men came from the east." He did not agree
with his Noble Friend Lord Portman, that a meeting of
3,000 was not adequate to express the sense of a county
containing 500,000. He had some experience in county
meetings, and thought 3,000 were more adequate to
express the sense of the county, and to discuss a ques-
tion, than 40,000 would be.—(Hear.) He disapproved
as much as any one could of the violent charges which
were made against the League, that they were inciting
the people to capital crimes—(Hear, hear)— but
it was to he recollected that there was as great
a fault on the other side. A gentleman, lecturing
in favour of the League, once asked his auditors, what
could they expect from the Iron Duke—meaning his
(Lord Brougham's) Noble Friend the Duke of Welling-
ton—who had put to death men, women, and children at
the siege of Salamanca ?—(A laugh)—a place at which
there was no siege.—(Hear, hear, and a laugh.)
It Was a very common thing for certain persons to im-
pute murder to the landowners, because they advocated
protection. It was also said, too, that they were blas-
phemers whenever they read the Lord's prayer. Persons
using such language as this did more harm to their cause
than they did to their enemies'.
Lord RADNOR explained.
The Duke of WELLINGTON said, that after what
his Noble and Learned Friend had stated, it was hardly
necessary for him (the Duke of 'Wellington) to address
their Lordships. He had received a letter from
a gentleman in Somersetshire, giving him
an account of the meeting which had
been held there. That gentleman stated that, after the
original resolution was carried, an amendment was
moved, and was carried by a considerable majority;
but he stated in the strongest terms that
that majority consisted, not of the persons by whom the
meeting had been called in the first instance, but were
persons not capable of deciding such a question.
With respect to the speech of an Hon. Member of the
other House of Parliament, made at 'Warwick, and
which had been alluded to by the Noble Earl, all he (the
Duke of Wellington) could say was, that he had never
heard of such a speech. With respect to the abuse
which the Noble and Learned Lord had alluded to, he
could only say that all their Lordships came in for a
share of their abuse, and he would recommend them to
bear their fate tranquilly. He was not at all ashamed
of his opinion with respect to the corn-laws, and he ear-
nestly recommended their Lordships to leave the corn-
laws as they were. That was his opinion, and he was not
ashamed to avow it.—(Hear.)
The Duke of RICHMOND said he was glad this
discussion had taken place. For the last two or three
years the Anti-Corn-law League had been in the habit
of abusing everybody. They were continually going
about the country stating things which were as often
proved to be untrue. They had repeatedly stated than
farmers of England were in favour of a free trade
in corn. The tenantry of England were independent
men, and they had now themselves come forward in op-
position to the Anti-Corn-law League. • It was a great
misfortune to the Anti-Corn-law League that they in-
dulged in inflammatory language. It was this that had
induced him (the Duke of Richmond) to join a protec-
tion society. He thought the conduct of the Anti-Corn
law League had been most atrocious from the begin-
ning. It appeared that at the meeting in Somer-
setshire a lecturer of the League had attended. Lle had
been in Bridegwater two or three days before, and had
organised a set of men to attend the meeting. This was
the manner in which the farmers had been treated. He
(the Duke of Richmond) always thought that unbought
opinions were the best, always barring, of course, the
opinion of lawyers.
Lord BEAUMONT denied that any attempt was
made at the meeting in Yorkshire to impute criminal
motives to the Anti-Corn-law League. The fact was,
that, at the latter end of that meeting, the persons who
came in, and carried the amendments, were the more
idle and dissolute portion of the town population. He
denied that they could expect so much international
traffic as that anticipated by the Noble Lord. When the
duty upon American ground corn was reduced to 45., was
there any concomitant reduction of the duty upon British
manufactured goods ? What had the people of Bir-
mingham gained by the reduction of that duty? and, by
analogy, what might they expect from any further re-
duction of those protective duties?
Earl RADNOR regretted that his Noble Friend had
misunderstood him. He (Earl Radnor) did not com-
plain of any gentleman explaining his views on any sub-
ject. He did not complain of any gentleman explaining
his opinions at a public meeting. He denied
the assertion of the Noble Lord, that any mem-
ber of the League had ever gone about de-
livering lectures which had the slightest ten-
dency to inflame the minds or passions of the people.
It was with great regret he heard the declaration of the
Noble Duke, that there would be no alteration in the
corn-laws. It was a declaration for protection at a time
when the principle of free trade was making the greatest
progress in France, America, and other countries. (The
Noble Lord then read an extract from a pamphlet re-
cently published by Mr. Colquhoun, a candidate for the
Presidency, avowing his determination to oppose to the
uttermost the principle of protection.) This country
(continued Earl Radnor) had been proceeding for the
last twenty years upon the principles of free trade. It
was absurd to stop short in the progress. They should
either go forward or go back.--(Hear.)
The Duke of RICHMOND then presented a petition
from Guildford in favour of the existing corn-laws.
PRIVY COUNCIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

BILL.

Lord i3ROITII4III, in moving for the appointment of

the Select Committee to which this Bill should be re-
ferred, said that he had seen some attacks made upon
himself in respect to it, which could only have emanated
from wilful Calumny, or her bastard sister Falsehood,
begotten by the Father of Lies, upon the weakness of
human nature.—(A laugh.) If he meant, as was said,
to make a place for himself—if he became tainted with
the vice of old age, avarice—from which he had been
free all his life—he might have taken the place when it
was offered to him, three or four times. He brought in
this Bill in the first instance, when it eould have been
carried as a Government measure, because the arrears of
appeal business in the House was increasing every year,
and could not be kept down by the present arrange•
ment. lie (Lord Brougham), the Lord Chancellor, and
other Lords were occupied six hours a-day, four days of
the week, and yet the business could not be gone through.
The Noble and Learned Lord then mow d, that
the names of the Lord Chancellor, Lord Cottenham,
Lord Denman, Lord Campbell, Lord Tenterden, and
several other Lords should be appointed as the Select
Committee to consider the Bill.

Lord CAMPBELL said, that in going into Committee,
he must say that he was strongly opposed to deputing
the apellate jurisdiction of that House to any other
body.
After a few words from the LORD CHANCELLOR,
the motion was agreed to, and the Committee appointed.
THE NEW HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT. -
_

In answer to a question from Lord BROUGHAM,
Lord WHARNCLIFFE said the new House of
Lords was now raised above the ground about 25 feet,
and it would be covered in in about two months. The
House of Commons was at present only about nine feet
above the ground. He had consulted the architect re-
specting the probability of the new House being ready
for their Lordships' accommodation by the next session
of Parliament. The architect had stated that it would
be ready for their Lordships. provided they would be
satisfied with temporary fittings. Those temporary
fittings, of course, would require a sum of money, and it
would be for the House of Commons to say whether
they would grant that sum. The architect said it would
not be safe to fit up the new House with permanent fit-
tings by the next rsssion of Parliament.

Lord BROUGHAM said temporary fittings would
cost very little, and he had no doubt the House of Com-
mons would willingly make a grant to defray the ex-
pense.

- Lord CAMPBELL thought every effort ought to be
made to get into the new House as soon as possible.
Lord SUDELEY thought there was ample time before
the next session of Parliament to get the new I:ouse
permanently ready. He thought the architect's plans
ought to be laid on the table of the library, so that
every Noble Lord might have an opportunity of inspect-
ing them.
Lord COLBORNE thought it would be most impolitic
to hurry on the building.
The Marquis of CLANRICARDE thought it would
be better to go into the new House in the next session
of Parliament, even if they had temporary fittings.
Lord BROUGHAM said his Noble Friend near him
(Lord Colborne) need not warn them of being in a
hurry—(Laughter)—they might as well warn the Court
of Chancery not to be in a hurry.—(Laughter.) It was
now ten years since it was promised that the new
Houses of Parliament should be completed in seven
years. He agreed with his Noble Friend (Lord Sude-
ley) when he said that the plans of the architect ought
to be laid on the table of the library, and he hoped his
Noble Friend near him (the Marquis of Clanricarde)
would move for the re-appointment of the Committee on
this subject.
The Marquis of CLANRICARDE then moved for
the re-appointment of the Committee ; and after a few
words from Lord Wharncliffe, Lord Brougham, and the
Duke of Wellington, the motion was agreed to.
The Duke of BUCCLEUCH presented a petition
from Edinburgh, against altering the corn-laws, and took
that opportunity of declaring that he had not altered his
opinion, which entirely concurred with that of the
petitioners.

The Duke of RICHMOND presented a similar pe-
tition from a place in Surrey.
EXCLUSION OF CATHOLICS FROM JURIES.
Lord CAMOYS presented a petition from " the Ca-
tholics of England," complaining of the exclusion of
Catholics from juries on account of their religious opi-
nions, and of the uwfair manner in which the jury-list
was struck on the occasion of the late trials in Ireland.
The petition was understood to be that which was agreed
to at the great meeting held at the Freemasons' Tavern
recently, when the Noble Lord presided. It was signed
by 3,740 persons.
THE CASE OF THE REV. MR. MARSH.

Lord GIFFORD put a question to the Bishop of Pe-
terborough as to what steps had been taken in the case
of the Rev. Mr. Marsh, a rector and prebend in the Rev.
Prelate's diocese.

The Bishop of PETERBOROUGH had not expected
that an 7 question would have been put that evening upon
that painful subject, which he regretted to say had been
made the occasion of some undeserved strictures upon
himself. The Church Discipline Act prevented him
from punishing any offence committed two years back,
or out of the diocese. This prevented him from visiting
any punishment on the reverend offender, other than to
forbid his performing any service in the diocese,