The Sun.
London, England, 1829-12-05 00:00:00

/T' MARY WOOLCHURCH HAW.

t!Parishioners are respectfully informed, that at aVestry
" t'tlP4rials held on the 9th day of October, 1829,
Winirt-;11tato Consideration the opinion of Counsel on Mr.
4,14) a'" the late Churchwarden's defalcation, and
p-Pqr°l-sal made by bins to pay a composition of two
45 /41;4- in the pound on the amount of the balance,
kti "s' gd.s due from him to this parish, and to adopt
t?leasures thereon as might bo deemed expedient,"
hap oP'ilkn of Mr. William Bollaml (now one of the
en% of his Maiy est 's Court of Exchequer) was read, and
a% fellows j Y

oriNxos.
Th ion of the money by Mr. Burton is
tv4c't Puoisl:ibalPPr°Potff. offence The powers over a Church-
17'ttritclZ givenetoasiNaLingisterates. by the 43d, of Elizabeth), the
are e :". 11., cap. 38, and the
-50th Geo. 111., Cal 49,
illti;°!'"44 to his character of Overseer, they have no
2:l.tetion over him as Churchwarden.
111esui;111fe7:.ett'eily against Mr. Burton, is by action at
!„ _
present Churchwardens. Turner v. Barnes,
Black. 559.
liark: Whether the Insolvent Court will remand Mr.
l'elianeell4 8 to the money due to the Parish, oi the Lord
-or
e will t I i certificate, must depend upon te „ cou Bay 3 use of the misap-
roprniat tio uurton may give of the c
Inner T WILLIAM BOL LAND.
erople, July 23, 1829.
tecoodeti ,and the following Resolutions were moved,
let nisl d to :
44ty in--i-i-!7l.es°'l verly That hisr Vestry regret that the laws
public ce are inadequate to punish the deliquency of
,)a
virtu "tek'r collecting the money of the parishioners. t y
titatele‘,°t 1,1i.a office, and appropriating the same moue-
tu
4 s own use.
this .ttesolved, that considering all the circumstances of
tt., I:l"traceful transaction, the various futile proposals
end ate from time to time been made by Mr. Burton,
tars atriteriWarils abandoned by him •; the great unneces-
tad ettule and expence occasioned to the parishioners,
de, Particularly to the officers of this parish ; this Vestry
iiitri,tit'ject Mr. Burton's last offer of compounding
.the
duty►
debt at two shillings in the pound, and feel it a
loa‘rvgee,both to their fellow-parishioners and the
to oppose Mr Burton's discharge by the
that i
tvieet Court on the 2,1 day of November next,_ am
titlte;'eCliurehwardens, assisted by the Vestry Clerk, do
ti '"measures for opposing his discharge by Counsel
a',eYall think fit.
*ittYl4"eleed, that the Vestry Clerk do transmiti a
of
the laat Resolution to Mr. William Burton fort 1-
Pile.hie,(''hurchwardens, therefore, beg leave to inform the
tql:tB.,,u°"ers that having, in pursuance of the aforesaid e-
itt'e of Vestry, instructed the Vestry Clerk to oppose
P Burton Vestry,
discharge by Counsel in their names, as the
Churchwarilens of this parish, in respect of the
'tt4etaBl(l debt of 456/. 3d. 9d., so due from the said Mr.
,rsttite" t° this Parish as per audit of his accounts, the case
t 0 be heard in the Insolvent Court on the 2(1 day
tr) -•••er last, when the Insolvent was remanded to prison
illy: a new special balance sheet of all his receipts and
e4te generally, with dates, from the time of his np-
ie nttrie„
'l' as Churchwarden of this parish, which having
kt:4ll done, the Insolvent was heard again upon his petition
io),l44lended schedule on the 21th day of November hest,
elait,it'le,ease Was then' adjourned until the first day of_De-
t„°°, when the Court, ordered Mr. William But-
blea(lll,ii"Selvent, to be imprisoned at the suit of Messrs.
for the'" and Burn, the Churchwardens of the said parish,
fitted period of six months, for a breach of trust, coin-
! tlaieil It).* hint in respect of his misappropriation of the
IF4' Church rate, made on the oth day of Janufarye,
sz, for defraying 0-sths, being this parish's quota o
reoces attending the recent general repairs of the Church.
Dec, y order of the'Churchwardens,
2; 18829. MOY THOMAS,
Vestry Clerk.

Pr.
hook ;1140 LEOPOLD left town yesterday after-
r-h stet at Claremont.
n
ve4t,r,e of GLOUCESTER arrived at Glou-
-4h 44, Park-lane, yesterday, from his seat at Bag-
Park.
The'
11,41, Governor and Deputy-Governor of the
~orEngland attended by appointment yesterday
the tae
of he tha
Treasury, and had a long conference
ofwitl Wn-lasicTax and the CI-unwell-Loa the
Thi
e"qPitit.
k e ptT, of ROSSLYN, Lord ELLENBO-
14)(01.0'and Mr. HERMES, vi•ited the Duke of Wet-
" 1 Yesterday at the Treasury.
A
Arb MONTROSE.—The spinning-mills
bieaverl°ath, are all at work (16 in number), andd thet
tote, a.re employed ; but what is the wre?tcheFivepior
thiluipr
days' hard labour procures them
4tui 4 '!',ge are all ,
aworkman can make to support
. a wife
"'tier "'tier drna'..l'", in a conversation with an octogenarian, t
olat " mentioned that, at the time of the break-
e
'404, " the American war, he got a load of meal for
fee .4 a web, and this he did in one week. Taking the
„„t I'M of meal at its present value, a weaver
‘roaero-s'ep4eareelY make in seven weeks the value of it.—
«per.

CELEBRATION OF ST. ANDREW'S DAY.

(From the Manchesti:r Pimps of this day—S•►turday.)

On Monday last, St. Andrew's day was celebrated in
this town, by two parties, one of which numbering a hun-
dred and fifty-eight gentlemen, met in Salford Town Hall,
and another of fifty-five, in the York Hotel, King-street.
At six o'clock, the Salford company were all mustered
is the Ante-rooms of the Hall, and in a few minutes
afterwards took their seats in the large room, the excellent
band of the 87th playing with great effect, " Oh, the auld
Scotish trail brose." The Chairman, William Grant, Esq.
was supported by John Walker, Esq. of Levenshuhne, the
Reverends Campbell, M'Kerrow, and Carlisle, Dr. Hen-
derson, of Bury, &c. M. Sinclair, Esq., M. D., occupied
the Vice-Chair. The dinner, which was provided by 111.
Hayward, of the Bridge-street Hotel, was plentiful and
elegant. Before the cloth was drawn, the drones of a bag-
pipe were heard on the stairs, and the door opening, in
marched a piper of the 93d, pealing warlike music, and
creating quite a sensation. During the evening the very,
full and effective band continued to play a number of na-
tional airs, and the company were also gratified by some
beautiful airs on the harp, by Williams, who has, for some
years carried off the principal prizes at the Eisteddfod.
After dinner, and when one of the clergymen had re-
turned thanks, Mr. GRANT rose and proposed " The
health of our gracious Sovereign the King, Baron Ren-
frew, Duke of Lancaster, and may God bless him." This
toast, which was drunk with the usual honours, was ap-
propriately followed by the song, from Mr. Hudson,
" Here's a health to the King, God bless him !" The
next toast was " The Royal Family," and then " The
Ladies." Mr. Grant then, after expressing the gratifica-
tion which all Scotsmen must feel, that the rose and thistle
were now entwined, gave " The Land o' Cakes," which
was drunk with enthusiasm, and was followed by• an ap-
propriate song by Mr. Platt. The Chairman then gave
" The land we live in," prefacing it by some remarks on
the hospitable and kind character of its people, and the
disappearance of all rivalry between them and their
northern neighbours, which in former days had occasioned
so much bloodshed. " The Army and Navy" were then
given with the usual honours.
Mr. PaissinCir having obtained the Chairman's permis-
sion to propose, a toast, addressed the Vice-Chairman—My
fellow-stewards,:said he, have permitted me the privilege
of addressing you, and I do it with pleasure, whatever
embarrassment I may-feel.; for although I am not much
accustomed to be eulogistic, nothing can give me greater
satisfaction than to bestow on worth the praise that is justly
its due. To a person occupied in observing the conduct of
prominent men, grieved as he must often be at the failings
and folly of some, and indignant as he must often feel at
the perversity and profligacy of others, it is exceedingly
refreshing to to be able at times to regard the course of a
man whose whole careeegives:evidence that he possesses, in
an eminent degree, the best qualities of the head and the
heart. Were I now to draw the picture of such a charac-
ter, I know that you would at once understand whom I in-
tended to describe, and that I had risen to propose to you
the health of William Grant.—(Loud and long continued
cheering.)--1 knew, Gentlemen,. that the bare mention of
this honoured name would be sufficient to ensure your plau-
dits, and perhaps I should do well to say no more; but I
cannot deny myself the pleasure of stating on whit grounds
I consider him as entitled to the most public manifestation
of our respect. I will not dwell, Gentlemen, on the in-
dustry and integrity which have characterized Mr. Grant's
business life, because industry is necessary to all success,
and a certain degree of integrity also, for honesty has at all
times been found the best policy; but it is not a slight
thing where the most wary circumspection and the ut-
most keenness seem indispensible to successful dealings to
say of William Grant, and of the house of Grant and
Brothers, that the man does not live who can accuse
them of one single shabby transaction.—(Loud and
reiterated cheering.)—l say, Gentlemen, continued Mr.
Prentice when silence was restored, that in men who
from small beginnings have become as the princes of the
land, it is no slight thing to be able to challenge the
world to adduce one single instance where they have taken
advantage of the poverty of those who have sold to them,
or where they have used undue harshness to those who
have bought of them, and have unfortunately been un-
able to pay them, .nr where they have exercised an act of
oppression to one of the thousands, and tens of thou-
sands to whom they have , given. employment.—(En-
thusiestic and long-continued applause.)-,Gentlemen, the
wealth of Princes has been acquired, not merely without
One act of. injustice, but without one sacrifice of elevated
and generous feeling,
.and can we, therefore, regard the
head of this honourable house with other sentiments than
those of respect. and, admiration ? (Loud cheers.) I will
not trespass on your time, by, dwelling on the character of
our Chairman as, a pious son, an affectionate brother, and
a warm friend, though lie is eminently exemplary in all of
these relations; nor will I give bins pain by any eulogy on
that well known disposition of his, which makes his heart
and hand, " open as day to melting charity." (Great ap-
plause.) I wish to confine myself to his character as a
merchant and a magistrate. There is, Gentlemen, in
this our adopted country a law which says, that no man
shall perish for want of food, while there exists the
power to relieve him. Some may think that such a law
is impolitic, as encouraging improvident habits. Others
may, like me, he convinced that such a provision for
the poor is not only in perfect accordance with the
merciful precepts of Christianity, but as a measure of
policy, absolutely necessary for the safety of the other
more fortunate classes of the community. But whatever
may be thought of the law itself, there can be no doubt
that in its administration, it is highly important the Ma-
gistracy should exercise their discretionary powers with
sound judgment and good feeling. (Hear, hear, hear.)
—And, Gentlemen, allow me to say, that in this most
important department of his duties, our excellent Chair-
man is distinguished alike for the firmness which disre-
gards the importunities of the worthless, and the hu-
manity which gives prompt relief to the distressed.—
(Great applause. )—I have spoken of the qualities which
entitle our 'excellent Chairman to our respect. Ile has
another quality, which especially entitles him to our affec-
tion—his nationality. Though his is the spirit of a citizen
of the world, and though he is ready to hail every man, of
every nation, as his brother ; Lis heart especially warms
at the sight of the tartan, and we know that his is no
lukewarm spirit, when he recognizes " Scotland, his auld
respected mither."—(Enthusiastic cheers.)—l am. sure,
Gentlemen, that in drinking the toast I am going to pro-
pose, you will all feel that you are doing no more than a
just homage to exalted merit. Let us therefore pay the
tribute to sense and worth to which they are so well en.
titled ; and further, Gentlemen,
Let us pray, that come it may,
" As come it shall, for a' that ;
That sense an worth, o'er a' the earth,
" Shall bear the gree for a' that."
The CHAIRMAN rose amid the applause which followed
these observations, and his rising caused its renewal with
increased energy. He said he felt extremely gratified to
see around him so many of his esteemed friends, and so re-
spectable a company on an occasion when they could Hill
the wishes of an ancient monarch of their native land, who
having achieved a glorious victory, 'assumed net to himself
or his brave warriors the merit, but piously ascribed his
success to the God of battles, and instituted an order
which the motto nemo me impure lucesstt,whoever touches
me shall net go unpunished, a motto that has been the
Scotsman's pride ever since —(Loud applause.)—and I
trust, said Mr. Grant, we shall not, when we meet on
the Saint's day, be less:mindful of the God of armies, than
that pious Prince was; and though we may boast of our
bravo kings and our brave generals, our Wellingtons and
our Grahams, we will not forget that we owe dependence
upon a kind Providence.—(Great Cheering. )—On a former
St, Andrew's Day, I had the honour of entertaining some
officers of the Scots Greys, that noble 'regiment that so
often has made our enemies tremble, and next year, it
seem., that for want of a better I was selected to preside
over you. I should have been glad if Lord Balcarras had
now been enabled to fill the chair ; or our good friend
David Bannerman, the Boroughreeve of Manchester, but
he, alas !• is ill. However, Gentlemen, I could not refuse
your depntation, and agreed at once to dine with you,
(Loud eheers.")—l should have been glad if all the natives
of Caledonia could have dined together ; but there is only
a bridge between us and our friends in King-street, and
perhaps, with a long pull and a strong pull, we may be
pulled together next year.—( Loud cheers.)—Let us, there-
fore, drink to our friend Connell and the Gentlemen at
the York Hotel, and to our countrymen all over the world,
who are now celebrating St. Andrew's day.—(Loud and
long applause.)
Gentlemen, resumed Mr, Grant, I should not have sat
down without expressing my heartfelt thanks for the ho-
nour you have done me ; but I fear I cannot reply to
all the kind and friendly things that have been said of me
by Mr. Prentice. It is delightful to me to see that al-
though our English friends tell us we dinna like to gang
back again to Scotland, we like England so well, that a
Scotsman never forgets his country.—(Loud cheers and
laughter.)-1 hope these meetings will continue, and that
we shall often meet and spend happy St. Andrew's days
together. My esteemed countrymen, accept my grateful
• thanks for the honour you have done me. Long may ye
• all live, and happy may ye all be.—(Loud applause.)
• The next toast was " The towns and trades of Man-
chester and Salford." " Gentlemen, (said Mr. Grant)
ovhen I came to Manchester, there were only two factories

in it.;--(Hear, hear.)—Since that time, many, changes
have taken place. Many of my freodS, have 'been re-
moved ley death, and many whom I havi, 'Seen in pros=
parity have experienced bitter adversity--; I Live-seen the
trade of the place flourishing, and I have seen it sick ;
(a laugh)—aye, and have seen it unco' ill at
(great laughter)—but, somehow, it has aye come round
again, and, gentlemen, I hope it will never die.—(Loud
and long cheering. )--Vire have yet some mechanical ge-
nius, and some integrity and industry, and, thank Gud,
Some wealth also ; and I trust that whatever other nations
do, we shall always keep a day's march before them.—
(Loud applause. )—Let the rich be kind to the poor, and
let the poor he industrious and contented, and let us all pull
together, and I hope we shall see things righted yet.--
(Renewed applause.)—The General can do nothing
without his soldiers, and the Admiral nothing without
his sailors, and the master nothing without his men :
and I hope God will bless their united labours, and
send bread to the poor, and make the land rejoice in peace
and plenty.—(lmmense applause.)—Again, my esteemed
friends, allow me to express the pleasure I have in meet-
ing so numerous and gentlemanly a company, and to hope
that we shall all meet again and often."
The next toast proposed by the CHAIRMAN was " The
Scottish Universities and their Graduates," many of whom
the Chairman said he rejoiced to see around him.
Dr. SINCLAIR, the Vice-President, rose to acknowledge
the honour that had been conferred on the graduates of the
UniVersities. It was well known, he said, that these se-
minaries of learning were originally ecclesiastical corpora-
tions, instituted for the cultivation of divinity; and that,
consequently, while Priests maintained the centroul, phi-
losophy and science were utterly neglected, until a change
in the religious sentiments of men gave a new impulse to
the mind, which overthrew Popery and the traintsels that
had been imposed on the advancement of literature. The
Universities were new modelled on a more liberal basis,
and being unfettered by ecclesiastical domination, were fa-
mous for being the promoters of knowledge.
The Rev. Mr. CAMPBELL (Minister of the Scots Kirk
at Rochdale) here rose and said he must protest against
the continuance of language which aspersed any class of
men.

Dr. SINCLAIR said he would have proceeded very briefly
to state the advantages that had resulted from giving the
Professors, instead of rich livings, a very scanty provision,
but not to give offence even to one man, he would desist,
and conclude by again thanking the company on his own
behalf, and on the part of his fellow graduates, for tile ho-
nour they bad done them.

The Rev. I. CARLILE, A.M., also briefly acknow-
ledged the honour conferred on the graduates of the Uni-
vereities.

" The Kirk of Scotland" was the next toast, and after
it had been given,
The Rev. Mr. CAMPBELL rose, and said that as a mem-
ber of that Church, he felt bound to thank the company,
although he wished the duty had been placed in better
hands. He had never spoken at any public meeting but
one, and then he made so complete a bungle of it, that he
resolved never to inflict a speech on any company again ;
but he was now going to break his resolution. He could
not help saying that he loved the Church of Scotland. He
could not help thinking that it was a pure Church, and
he trusted there was no truth in the remark that when
Scotsmen left their native land they forgot their religion
and their Mother Church. He could not but congratulate
the Meeting on the prospect of there being erected in the
town of Manchester a Church in connection with that
establishment which must be dear to them all ; and he
could not help saying that they would rejoice to have an
opportunity of worshipping the God of their fathers in the
Church within whose pale their fathers' fathers had wor-
shipped. He hoped the patriotic feeling that had been
awakened would be fostered, and that they would soon
have to rejoice in meeting together, when out of their fa-
thers' -land, as one family within the Mother Church.—
(Applause.)
Mr. GRANT said, that they owed a duty to the mother
church, and that he would be amongst thefirat to acknow-
ledge it. They had reason to congratulate themselves on
having a respectable and able Minister among them of
another denomination, and on his now having an able
young colleague. There was little in the mere name of a
church, for men would be judged not by what church they
had gone to, but by what they had done. He would most
cheerfully contribute.his share to the establishment of a
Scotch Kirk, and provided it were on a scale like that of
the national churches, he would give his 500/. towards its
erection.—(Loud cheers.)

Mr. PRENTICE said he would rejoice in seeing the pro-
gress of any thing that would advance the cause of religion
amongst his countrymen, and therefore he was glad to
hear of the prospect of a Kirk being built ; but he could
not but rise to remark that in the Address-• of the Rev.
Gentleman, there was a most extraordinary omission of all
notice of the Kirk that was already established here.—
(Hear:)—" Yes," said Mr. P. " the Kirk. We have a
Scottish Kirk and Scottish Ministers, and that Kirk is not"
less dear to us that it is the reformed Kirk."—(Loud
cheers.)—As a Member of the Secession Kirk of Scotland,
he should think he did not do his duty if in any assembly
of men, who venerated the character of their forefathers,
he did not claim for it that respect which its purity de-
manded from them; and he was sure that the Chairman
would gladly give him permission to propose the health of
the venerable Dr. Jack, and his congregation.
Mr. GRANT said, he would give the toast with the
greatest pleasure, and would add to it the health of Mr.
M'Kerrow, Dr: Jack's young colleague, who had favoured
them with his company in the early part of the evening.
The toast was then given with general applause.
The CHAIRMAN, after having given several other toasts,
appropriate to the occasion, rose, and begged to call the
attention of the company to an awful inundation in Scot-
land, which had rendered 500 families utterly destitute,
and covered the fertile soil with sand and gravel. A sub-
scription had been opened for the sufferers, and he and his
brothers had given 1001., but all that had been raised was
insufficient for the relief of the poor people who had escaped
only with their lives. He felt unwilling to press upon
their liberality, but he could not help taking the opportu-
nity of saying that a subscription book was opened at the
Exchange, where the smallest contributions would be
thankfully received. Mr. Grant concluded by drinking to
the health of the strangers, as usually described, but Scots-
men knew no strangers on such occasions.
Mr. THOMAS PEET briefly and neatly returned thanks
for this honour, and eulogised the industry and integrity
of the Scotch, and said a better instance could not be given,
than that which the Chairman afforded in his own person,
of the advantages of these qualities to the country of their
adoption.
The Chairman then took his leaVe amid the loud
plaudits of all the company. The Vice-President was
called, by general acclamation, to the chair, and Colin
Gillespie, Esq. to the vice chair, and a number of other
toasts and songs were given, amongst which was " Per-
petuity to the St. Andrew's day meetings, as long as they
are conducted on popular principles ;" and it was an-
nounced that the Committee would appoint half a dozen or
ten gentlemen to confer with the same number appointed
by the gentlemen in Manchester, as to an union in one place
next year, with a view to the support of a charitable in-
stitution, or to make other arrangements if that union could
not be effected. The company broke up about half-past
eleven, and before twelve the last lingerer on the scene of
festivity had taken his leave.