The Sun.
London, England, 1826-01-19 00:00:00

WINES AND 'SPIRITS AT REDUCED PRICES, IMPE-
RIAL MEASURE. •
A SAVING OF 30 TO 40 PELL CENT.
-TAMES HILLARY and CO. having hEttl the
experience of 45 years in the Wine and Spirit Trade,
have OPENED PREMISES, No 32, POULTRY, near :the
Mansion House, fur the Sale of thyse articles, and they pre.
sums to think their knowledge of the Mallets will misfile
them to :apply the Public, with Wines and Spirit!, Genuine,
and of a greatly superior,quality to what are usually offi•red
through the medium of a Public Advertisement, at the fol-
lowing low mice*, for ready money only:—
GOOD PORT WINE, Vic per slaters ; Ohl Crusted, three
years in bottle, 444,

GOOD SHKRRY, ; Very Superior; 301.
GOOD CAPE %VINE, tr.'s.; Cape Madeira, excellent, els.
Claret per Julien, Sauterne,. Morelli.,
Caleaven°, 965. per dozen.
Champagne, Sparkling and Creaming, 7`25.; and all other
Nines pr.tportionably cheap.
FINE OLD COGNAC IittANDY, 281.
JAMAICA RUM, 13s, tl. I ShrUb, lis. ed.

GOOD iiNGLltifi 011,4, toe. dd.
Letters, post paid, inelosing Remittances, duly attended
to; nel should the quality of any goods purchased tit this
Istublisbntent not be approvedolle money will be imme-
diately returned.

SKATINO.---011 iaturday Duddingstone Loch
presented a most animated scene. At 11 o'clock
the Curling Club commenced playing for the
medal, which aftet a keen contest was gained by
J. W. Dickson, Esq. advocate. There were be.
aides various rinksof curlers, all evidently deeply
interested in tills fascinating game. The mem-
bers of the .haling Club exhibited their more
graceful accomplishment principally on the west.
ern side of the Loch, it being the, wish of both
clubs to interfere as little as possible with each
others amusements. Much dissatisfaction was
expressed, and indeed considerable danger op.
prebended, from the practice of playing at
shinty, which number of inconsiderable boys
indulge in, to the great annoyance of all persons
on the ice, but we are glad to learn that it is in
future to be prohibited. The bands of the 601
Dragoon Guards and the 17th Regiment played
at intervals during the day, and were surrounded
by crowds of well dressed persons. 'A military
friend informs us, that as nearly as he could cal.
culate, there were upwards of eight thousand
persons on the Loch at one time.— ( Edinbstrgh
Courant, Jan. 16.)

S‘VALLOVV-STR Err CHAPEL.

A rneeting.of the Presuytery was held pester-
day at this Chapel, at which Dr: MAttuct, pre-
sided as Moderator. Tice object of the meeting
(which sat in this instance as a judicial court)
was to decide whether seat-holders, as such, were
entitled to vote for the election of a minister.—
This tinestion was litigated in consequence of the
Rev. Win. Woodrow to officiate in this chapel in
the place of the Rev. Mr. Marshall, who has
been lately removed to another situation. A
number of individuals who were dissatisfied with
the:nomination of Mr. Woodrow, signed a pro-
test and dissent against this gentleman's appoint-
ment. A petition, signed by 52, seat-holders, was
also presented; praying to be allowed to vote for
the election of a pastor.
Mr. NEveMarr on. the part et- those who signed the protest
and dissent, said that the congregation wet* the moist compe-
tent persons to decide the qualifications of a minister; that
many of those who signed bad been thirty or forty yeara Mem-
bers of it, and their opinion, therefore, was• entitled to confide.
Lion: It was seat that the seat-holders were incompetent to
*Me, and tkat they should have been guided and directed by
the decision of the elders. They had .applied to the elders to
establiih their unquestionable right, but they obtained no an-
swer, and were left in utter tiatimess, to grope their way as
well as they could.
Mr. Score said that he would not impute blew to any
person, but he would assert that he, anti all those who signed the
document which was under the consideration or the Ctiurt,were
dissatisfied with Mr. Woodrow.

The MODEIRATOIL here said it was competent for Mr. fir-
ney and Mr. Rot worth, the elders, to whor the protest and
dissent were forwarded, either to appear at the bar, or to sit as
judges. These gentlemen waved their right of elders,. and
appeared at the bar.

Mr. Marta stated that his reason for not attending to the
protest was, that it contained a false statement, and wog not
therefore a fit document to be read in such 4 sacred place as
the chutch.
_ _

The conslderatian of the petition neat came before the court,
vrhen
Dr. flan NIN addressed the coltrt, he said that those who
signed the petition were persons who had not, as he had been
informed, ever cow Moniented with the congregation, and might
as well be considered Mahometans as members of that congre.,
gation: He was proceeding to make further observations of ;
this kind, when he was called to order by the Moderator, and
admonished to abstain from personalties. The gentlemen hav-
ing complained of the cold, discontinued his harangue. Per-
haps the observations of the Moderator served •as a damper to
the warmth witit'which he began.
A Mr. NiewstAst replied. ~
Mr.-Ltstxt advocated the eating of the seat-holdeta. Ile
read a written speech. lie answered two objections against the
right of the seat-holder to Vote for the appointment of a mini.
ster. The first was that the practice was contrary to the custom
of the Church of Scotland; anti the second that It was dange-
rota to admit such a right, as many persons might become seat-
holders for the purpose of eXercising that right to appoint ob-
jectionable persons. To the hrstobjection he replied, that the
Clergy, of the Presbyterian Church derived their sit port final
the contributions of the seat4holders, hut in Scotland they de-
rived it from other sources. In Scotland, a patron who was not
a Member of the Church might appoint; but he contended that
they were not bound by the laws of the church of Scotland, nor
could they appeal to a synod or Presbytery of Scotlaud from the
decision of that Court. It wait therefore illiberal and unfair to
restrict their privilege to Vote. The Rev, Gentleman in goes-
, tion.hati declared that he would not accept the siinatien
he was 'appointed by the consent of all, and now that twitAirds
of the congregation had dissented, it would be equally og res.
sive to the seat-holders, and that gentleman, if the dissentients
were decided to have no voice in the election, us he must obtain
tt proportion of his support from persons who disapproved of
his ministry.._ In reply to the second objection, he said, that as
the consent of the Presbytery was necessary in all cases, no
tlanger could arise from allowing the right in questicin, The
exclusion of the seat:holders to vote mut .the more lntblerant, as
it proved a gross partiality for those , who were friendly to the
" were allowed to sigh that litatrUnient, while Mote
Who dissented were not allowed to voter. 'Were :now obliged
to appear as petitioner at the bar of that CM rt.' The right of
the seat-holder; to vote was establiehed at the Caledonian Chanel
at Loudon. wall, and Dr. Manuel himself admitted the right at
the election of the Rev. Mr. Marshall, and he had an affidavit.
in his hand which proved that the Moderator (Dr. IMMO),
had spade that admission to Sir Peter Laurie.

Mr. Inv Ina asked to see the affidavit t but as it Was not
signed, he said, it was not a valid liniment.
The MOPEMOPElSAroahayingasked both parties a they had any
further observations to make, declared the proceedings on the
part of the dissentients and Presbytery closed. lie then vacated
his seat as Chairman, which wag taken bg' Dr. &iglu.
Dr. Marrutt. then said that he never,admitted that the seat.
holders had a right to vote ; on one, occasion, Where all Were
unanimous, he had waved the technical forms, and perniltted
those persons to express their approbation of the person then
appointed in that way, and he was sure his friend Sir Peter
Laurie would admit that to be the fact were,he present. Dr.
Manuel having given this explanation, resumed the Chair, and
Dr. Ilt.ton; an elder of the Chtuch, moved that the call
should be sustained.
Mr. luvino, in seconding this motion, said that the views
taken by Mr. 'Lesley were grounded on false principles; the law
of majorityt some cases, be a hard law, but it was, not-
withstanding, e only mode that could decide questions like
the present, and was sanctioned by the practice of the Church;
even from the apostolic. times, and it could only be oppressive
when the numbers there nearly equal, but that was not the case
in the present instance, for the numbers stood as one to four.
11 was a Alse ptindiplo to argue from, that because the
sestt.holdets paid their money to support the minister, that
therefore they were 'entitled w . vote Jro his appeintwient.
This was commercial . view •of° a; matter to " which the
rules of debtor anti creditor were quite inapplicable ; it
was to confound the irronottal materials of the soul
with the perishable or the' earth. The pastor was
bound' to labour in his vocatiou,linwaver ha twin ~,obtain
his bread and water. Sc. Pauloiaiti.",Evea so bath the Lord
ordained, that they which preach sheuld'llYe by. the
Gospel.'," He should he content with his bread and Water,. and
if his,flock forced anything more upon his acceptance would ye.
ceive such remuneration as a favour. (A. smothered laugh,
pervaded tlitt„Court.) Mr. Irving said hi did 'not,Nrorider at
the Pnile' which' he noticed on the assembly ; he:knew-the spirit
of the times, and how little, suited to that spirit Was the an-
nouncement of Gospel truth; he knew Mr. Notairow, he KM
him minister in the' prison to the convicted felon;.;-he saw hint
instruct children, and saw him beloved by those children, and
respected and approved , by., their parents; with. such a abarac-
ter for a pastor. if the petitioners had the spirit of p!rtience and
the love of (Jed, they would also rejoice in his Ministy. lie
sthree aid the arpimentliadduced did naotrnPriosteith:arnl.gdhthealdairtlaerdigbbYt
tltli"ellintitfenstsll% airrf et.? forrig hi
one o r twoibl itfeitonirbi ti:rnws°ooupflpdtoh:tePvlecnnointy!
gregatioh chose to disapprove of
which. would enable- him to,throw opert the door of • diasention,
ttohetitetnatenkliiet*,,acitt:ttilli!nieghhtu'rbchlwretihntiel4dlwinthwic'oinsequenees which it
was not necessary for hint to riterfArY:
The
.prelibytery.unanimausly decided that the call was to Ile
sustained. "Plitt meeting separated at five O'clock.

bOUt ten months agoi Mr. litszttit, Chief in-
;pet:tor-General of the material at• the Opera-
house, -was iiiie‘ted upon the charge of having
committed numerous forgeries. A lengthened
investigation of the affair ensued, but at
the moment when the Attorney-General was
about to make his report, the papers relative to
the ploceedinas disappeared. A great part of
them is said to have been recently found.—(Gall,.
noes Messengrr.)