The Sun.
London, England, 1829-04-25 00:00:00

DEACONS.

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OctaviusSwall Harrison, B.A. Queen's College, °xif°tlLA
William Grendon Heathman, B.A. Catherine

Cimbridge. '
George Robert Lawson, B.A. Trinity' College, (11""

bridge.
Edward James Phipps, B.A. Exeter College, Oxford.
John Woodhouse, B.A. Sidney College,'Cambridge.
PRIESTS.
Edward Nicholas Braddon, B.A. St. John's Culler
Cambridge. ICo lege,
Ralph Lampton Hooper, A.M. St. John s
Cambridge. oxford.
John Simon Jenkinson, B.A. Magdalen Hall, f rd.
George Robert Kensit, B.A. Wadham College, vel'cr:i
John Poulett M'Ghie, B.A. Queen's College, 011°:
Henry Moseley, B.A. St. John's College, Cambria,—
John Perry, B.A. Balliolpllege, Oxford.
George Ross, B.A. Lincoln College, Oxford. j
Charles Pickwick, B.A. Worcester College, OxfoeuLd
George Philip Simpson, B.A. Corpus Christi C°l"

Cambridge.
Richard Buller, M.A. Oriel College, Oxford.

The long continuance of the lato heavy
has flooded most of the low lands in this neighbourbonlo

Berks Chronicle.
•idt
A POSTING DOG.—J. W. iCNIGHTI,e),
Esq., of Offchurch Bury, about six miles from Warvl.ite;
has now a dog of the Newfoundland sp
anecies, that 010100
as postman, and carries his letters d newspaper' jp.
the Lion Inn, at Radford, up to the Bury, and back ag,ll.gh
a distance of three miles, daily. The leather casio'li,
contains the letters, &c., is no sooner fixed round hirtne
than off goes Neptune for the place of destination.
The public works in this vicinity cOntinLl;
very flat. A number of the mills remain on two-th'r
time; and the stocks are notwithstanding augatentifrti
The power looms are generally on full time; but seven,
of them are entirely stopped, and the workers thrown we,'
Comparatively few webs have been given out since the r
sumption of the October prices. The Magistrate/ ba:i.
intimated their willingness to employ every married iven:!,A
at out-door labour who finds he cannot make a
livehh
at the loom ; but they have expressed their. decided di*.lY
beamed,i)r o b probation ni ofi
th
the
any r attemptiee plplease
beinge
the
has recently travelled through some of the principal atep
facturing districts of England, and a considerable
of Ireland, states that trade is in much the same staWrif
is Scotland. A brisk autumn trade is however confid,o j
weaver.
pArergeenntwiemebalre;:o,
anticipated by the monied men.— G/asgow Cheesic'
„wry We
w"eavd
STOCKPORT TURN OUT.—We are fi.'•-•';nd,
cannot congratulate our townsmen on any flattering:-
cation towards an early settlement of the unhappY (I—i Purr
which has now for months existed here; het, 'on the
trary, there seems rather a determination to resist the .ne,
tempts which the new hands are making, as they ari:ey
to obtain employment in those establishments to whicht-o-
had engaged themselves. About 100 weavers from
cashire have entered the town since our last, and have,
.the
put to work; but the breaking of their windows, sn",ets,
hootings which they have been subject to in our atr," fa
may probably have the effect of causing so much Inn:ip
amongst them, as will produce a disinclination to re,,n3,00
even now that they have brought large familiesofchnue
with them. On Tuesday and Wednesday evening, in lot. •
ticular, much of this kind of intimidation was in" d
fested, until at length the number of people,. NI/11;0"W
collected at Brinksway, and in the Chestergate, iacrf ttIO
so fast as to give apprehensions of a serious breach o,‘,
public peace. The police officers were for eeveral "-vete
in attendance, and the Magistrates also repaired to of
spot to enforce the laws should there be any open tot
riot. Notwithstanding all this precaution, bricks of
ether missiles wore hurled at the windows and don tit
the houses where the families were living, much to 7;0
alarm and danger. A reward of ten pounds in each ,trf
is offered to be paid on conviction of the offenders, a°lo;ig
linpe the perpetrators of such acts of outrage will 001:illf
remain concealed. Several cases of overtures, Ps' ,'lO
made both by dressers and weavers to their empl°Yeri:
meet the difference of price at present in contentiodt
been told to us, but nothing can with any thing like 01, if
be stated, for every assertion, come from where it vvilj/O0
almost certain to be met by a flat negative front 'int
quarter or other. Such was the case with our'statelilio
of last week, notwithstanding that we had ourinforillt,.
from the mouth of the proprietor of the mill hima4l'
Stockport Advertiser.

ABERDEEN AUXILIARY CHURCH
PATRONAGE SOCIETY.

(From the Scotsman of Wednesday.)
ANNUAL SERMON.
On Monday evening, 13th instant, the annual
sermon, in aid of the funds of the Aberdeen Auxi-
liary Church Patronage Society, was preached in
Trinity Chapel, by the Rev. Mr. Clark, one of the
parochial clergymen of Inverness • and on Tuesday
evening, the,
llth instant was held, in Machray s
notel, Union-etreet, the fourth annual meeting of
this Society. It was more numerously attended-
than on any former occasion. In the absence of the
• President, Charles Ross, Esq., the state of whose
health did not permit his attendance, the Chair was
taken by the Rev. Mr. FOOTE, who, after the meet-
;lag had been opened with praise and prayer, spoke
to the following effect :—" We are met to celebrate
another anniversary of the Aberdeen Auxiliary
Church Patronage Society. The lapse of _another
year has afforded additional evidence of the safety
of the mode of operation of this Society, and of the
correctness of its management, the extent of its suc-
cess, and the genuineness of its principles. Two
instances have occurred of the election of a parish
minister exactly on the principles of this Society,
though not brought about by its immediate influence.
I refer to North' Leith and the South Parish of
. Aberdeen, in bolt of which cases the election was
unanimous--strongly rebutting the argument alleged
against us, of creating dissension among the mem-
bers of the churches. And now that a change has
taken place in our national constitution, it is more
heedful than ever that our church should be en-
trenched in the affections of the people; for, next
to the Providence and truth of God, we see no
more likely I•vay
to support a church, than to hare
the majority of the people along with her. Our
church has been often tried, and 'as often come off
Victorious ; and if she should again happen to be
assailed, it would be well that she were embosomed
in the affections of Scotsmen, that, standing like a
rack, she might smile at the dashing of the billows,
and that, set upon a hill, 'the darts of opposition
. 'night fall pointless at her feet.—(Loud applause.)
i.The Committee's Report was read by the Rev.
air. Simpson. Various motions were den made
by the Rev. Dr. Kidd, Mr. Mackenzie, Mr. M‘Mil-
lan, Mr. Clark, Mr. Simpson, and other gentlemen.
Mr. PARKER spoke as follows—At this late hour,
`I
-do not wish to detain the meeting; at the same
time. I would congratulate the people of Aberdeen
°a the spirit which they have manifested in the cause
''re are met to advocate. I was glad when I first
heard of the formation of this Society—not that I
thought it the thing which Scotland requires, but
• that it would lead in an eminent degree to the thing
Which Scotland requires. I am of opinion that it is
calculated to give birth to petitioning; and the
present crisis is one which cannot fail to open in
rite degree the hearts of our people. In the mean
time, this Auxiliary, and the Parent Society in
Edinburgh, should be supported. Although the
people are not to be roused very rapidly, yet year
after year must add some additional light, and some
new excitement to an ignorant and sleeping popula-
tion. Whet, we look at the evils of patronage, it is
but fair to acknowledge that the mischief is riot so
great as might have been expected from such an ab-
surd and pernicious system, yet it will not work much
longer. Infidels speak boastingly of the " march of
intellect," and of the rapid and extensive spread of
literary and scientific knowledge : and they say the
,truth. Knowledge shall prevail, and the time shall
come when the inhabitants of Scotland will not
itiffer themselves to be trampled under foot.—(Ap-
' Plause.)—Really, Sir, our national church is a noble
kaeltine. There is none on earth that can be corn-
Pared with it I It reminds me of an immense ma-
, thine erected' for snpplying our parishes with pure
Water : the men who constructed it, did so with
difficulty and danger, and their memories we vene-
rate:, And the machinery is still standing, but the
Pity is that any part of it should remain useless,
~and be broken down rind injured.—(Applause.)—
hat would people say of a man who should shut
up all the springs in a parish, and prevent the in-
' usbitants from getting a supply of water ? By such
141 act he would do but little harm, compared with
that Which would be done by admitting a carnal and
tUngodly pastor for a single month—aye were he to
ut them up for a hundred years.—(Applause,)—
What would you think of one who erected a scaffold-
- Ti.over a whole parish, so as to exclude the light of
tile 'natural sun ? He commits not so outrageous
an insult upon the people as the man who shuts them
tIP in spirituel darkness, by giving them an ignorant
' and carnal pastor. I do not deny that some patrons
exercise their rights wu 11, and I make no par-
ticular
,allusion' but I regret exceedingly that
patrons should have the power qf acting ill.—
I cannot see any solid objection against the object of
our society, viz.--That Christian people should be
allowed to appoint their own ministers. The mode
proposed is perhaps the very best that could be
• lidopted—that professing Christians should have the
Power of electing their own pastors. I do not say
that this is the only plan laid down in Scripture, but
it is scriptural, and accords with the opinion of our
church. But the system of patronage is highly in-
jurious to the patrons themselves. If they often give
aver the charge of souls to careless and worldly
teen and dispose of churches as a part of their
*oddly substance, it would be surely doing them
the greatest benefit which could be conferred on
them in this world, to relieve them from exposure
10 such criminality, and to put it out of their power
.1° bring guilt upon themselves. As to the feelings
!If the people, they have long been injured ; and it
11 not wonderful that they should in many places be
hostile to the pure christiauity of the Bible, and pre-
talentstrur; to piety, and show and parade to sober
ti Now, were our system brought into opera-
on
, their condition would be rapidly ameliorated.
eaeerverY existence of the Society tends to that
i;,,_• Otte in a family, or a few in a parish may
, and in this manner spread the leaven through-
toutthe country. I entirely agree with the opinion
h4t the Legislature ought to be petitioned on the
(Greatlre applause.)
Rev Mr. CLARK.—The supporters of pa-
., chHuge Will say, " What skill have poor people to
• a minister ? Leave that to men of educe-
nnn' Would you say that a poor man does riot
• the meat that is best for his health ? That
,oe requires skill in chemistry to know, what food is
1311°st proper for his stomach ? I would say that a
t,puir,roart knows as well as a rich man what is good
'Os•soul ; he knows that kind of doctrine which
kelr him good, and such capability on his part is
nowledged, for in the popular; call which every
erter must receive, previous to his settlement in
tert„a.rg,e, the people are made to say," being most
ei ."1111 assured, by good information and our own
tuPerience, of the ministerial abilities, piety, litera-
'6Zand prudence, as also of the suitableness to our
capacities of the gifts of you Mr. --- we
la You to be our pastor."—(Applause.) It often
keens when people come to a meeting of this
to 'd, they imagine they come to a meeting hostile
the church. I would say to you, that the church
Scotlandti did for many years, annually instruct
Set Commission of the Assembly to endeavour to
tsv '4l of the burden of patronage. Therefore, we
o(:,Yoti are walking in the steps of the Assemblies
sh.le Church in her best days, and thus your
04,4: i'Yourselves to be the true children of the
sn-'en's
Allusion was made by some of the
ekers to the danger which threatens the
our.Ureh, in consequence of the present turn in
silNtional affairs. would just say one thing ;
._
.man, when fie sees a storm approaching,
16 IA his great coat around him, in order
L,Prepare for meeting it; arid I would say to you,
*-Lus take care that the church of Scotland be
,(qPPed in the mantle of her people's affection !
hi, cheering.)—When, Sir, the seamen perceives
14-0),.."°- ruffles of the water, the approaching breeze—ils
Zglzds are immediately at their posts—the sails
sh-duanded—all superfluities removed from the deck,
io "ththe vessel's head being turned to the wind. s e
'"us prepared to meet the coming storm,—(Great

applause.),--Allution has • been made to the prevail-
ing indifference to thi,, wiestion ; now, that is one of
the effects of the law of patronage. In those coun-
tries where tie mart .age relation is desecrated and
made a matter of base policy and sordid gain, the
endearments, and the high and holy enjoyments
which that relation is designed to offord, are almost
unknown. So when ministers, by the patronage
system, are settled without any real affection be-
tween them and the people, it has the natural effect
of making the relation of pastor and people to be
looked upon merely as a matter of pounds, shillings,
and pence. I would not envy the man who enters
into a contract of this kind; I would say it was
a most abominable contract. And, Sir, the relation
in which a minister stands to his people is that of a
husband to his wife, for this should be his language
on coming among them—" nought but death (or a
clear intimation of the will of God) shall separate
between thee and me."—(Applause.)— The church
of Scotland, notwithstanding the blemishes with
which the hand of time has visited her, is the
.purest national church on earth, and as her laws are
pure and scriptural, should she be disentangled from
the yoke of patronage, it is likely that the fabric
shall endure till its towers shall be gilded and its
palaces illumined by the beams of millenial glory !
(Ariplause.)—Then shall the church be seen shining
bright as the habitation of the King of Kings, who
shall dispense to her faithful pastors and a holy and
affectionate people.—(Long continued cheering.)—
I was much pleased with the encomiums which
were passed by a former speaker on the patriotism
and the piety of our fathers in establishing such a
church. It was a great act of kindness in our fore-
fathers to establish a national church. Some will
tell you that the people ought to be left to furnish
themselves with religious instruction. This is a most
monstrous doctrine. Suppose you see the Magi—
strates of Aberdeen opening streams of water over
all the city, you would say that they do a great
good to the inhabitants. Some sophistical people
would say, " let the citizens furnish themselveswith
water." Suppose that in Aberdeen all the wells
were stopped—that the Magistrates refused. to let
out a single drop- of water, so that in consequence
the people died for thirst. What would you
think of their conduct ? Some Might say—
" Well, that does not matter, they will all
die some day."—(Great laughter.)—But this
consideration does not at all diminish the
guilt of those who withhold the means of
existence. If the government of a coun-
try profess to be Christian themselves, and do
not use all the means in their power to make the
streams of Christianity to flow on the people of the
land, I say, if the people die in their sins, it will be
no answer that they might have done so neverthe-
less. It will be asked, " did you do all you could
to give them the means of existence ?" I will tell
you of a conversation I had with two Prussian
clergymen who lived with me during two days.
(You will remember that the Established Church of
Prussia is
.Protestant.) I had been asking them of
the Church of Prussia, and they enquired respect-
ing the laws and constitution of the church of Scot-
land ; with these, when explained to them, they
were much struck; " we have travelled," said they,
" over the whole of Europe, but have never, rnet
with a church whose principles are so well calculat-
ed to promote the glory of God and the benefit of
its members." Would that Prussia had a church so
constituted !—(Cheering.)—l will mention one
thing "more. I would never call the man an enemy
of the church of Scotland who seeks to remove her
blemishes; for on that principle would a man cover-
ed with sores say of the physician, who sought to
probe them to the bottom in order to their cure,
" he is my enemy, because he gives me so much
pain."—(Applause.)—l will add no more. If you
think that I have been enabled to serve you, what
I desire of you is, that when before a throne of
grace you bear on your spirits the ministers of Scot-
land, you would turn your thought to one labouring
in its northern parts, and pray that he may be made
willing to spend and be spent in the service of his
dear Lord and Master.—(Much applause.)