Star.
London, England, 1829-05-25 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE STAR.

Sta—Doctor &swim Brno, fete President of Sion Cargo, les
published a letter in several of the gaily Papers of yest.rdsy.
which he contends that the GIIIIIRACASSIIIIIIILT of the Sistioe
Klan have ne sigki to demand cenaln ancient records which kb g
to it; that the (intuitions of Sion College would not be essisllg
justified-la giving up these records or even allowing c. pin or al.
Istiuns to be made ; and that • Parliament anstiatissalfy interfere 's
the nutter." _ _ _ _

OR the two Bret of these positions, the Doctor effete nothing In
the Way of ar.ument. On the last. namely. tbat " Pullpssent
anus( jamas interfere." he gives as a reason, that devotees... so
ordinary Court tit Law to determine the rightl it
of property in "we.
don. Hence it sevens to be the Ducroa's opinion that Parliamest
canned interfere in any cause which an ordinary Court of law n
competent to decide! What an invaluable di.eovesy and deaths
nowt this prove—if troe—to all who are in pouemion of peepers,
which they have so right to possess! What a blessing to suck po-
ems must the Coot* of Chancery be! I world recommend is
Duryea D. a perusal of Lord Domain speech Fast night in tM
House of Lards. on the power of Parliament for bringing forth
papers or documents; and when he has done with that 1 do not
dunk he will venture to speak so very rashly ea what Parliament
mu or comsat do. _ _ _

But' with this escepdon, although Doctor Disco offers no owe
anent,
itens. he indulges in antpk comment and taunting recrimination.
I hail fondly hoped that the stale affair of national repined' hid
MVO given up both by the English and the Scots, as Bisk ra. as
manly. and altogether inconsistent with the dignity and stake of
the respective nations. At all events, such a coarse is unworthy
and uncharitable on the part of a irtiness Divine. The Dew
assigns as a reason for the absence of the record in tragedies ger
the Scottish reposkaries, the went cf woo it oegueision wish
Mr. Caneset.i. was broken off," says be, '• by that lave Omsk
which since prevailed to the selling of an unfortunate Wog, hoot
would Mg allow them to buy the tecords of dirk own lure r-
Here the Doctor, at the same time that be acknowledges these re.
cords to belong to the Kirk, shows the spirit of the Birch with el
much little venom as ever did any spknetk Dwaine in the lad
while chastising a poor, helpless, hide offender. But unformaikl
tor bioteelf and for his cause, the taunt is as devoid it truth sal
sense. as it is of good taste and correct feeling; toe the pkin moor
of fact is this, that the Sughsh refused to pay a just debt is &A-
land till Charles was given up; and when they wale dunked vitt
the person of their unhappy but legitimate Monarch, what dll she
English do with him ?—theyerewilyelne ken / Are each shims •
these to be nuw sipped up—and by a Devote, too—in sorrel d
suppoiied right of property in an old musty book ?—Sbante. &me
And now to the subject matter In dispute. " The Bead sar
Usiteeried Kerte/ Scedwier was first hammed frallf•the.iegsl con
dire by a Insnia ; from that friend it was borrowed by a wansll
and from the second.friend it was basely stolen by a member •
the Episcopalian Church—a netniuring Bishop at that time odor.
tunately in Scotland—namely. the Reversed AaMilluitioCAlMMY
Aster being in his paSseadue fur sonic time, be iuiqattoesit tow
twitted, and called, the Book cis own / And because the
owners of the Book were nut rich enough to satisfy his capithl/
because they could not come up to his price—because they &Om
to bribe Mai (which was an that be wanted), be most Deeds oar
Into a deed of trust and covenant, the terms of which are a str
tery, to put the lenpeought-for book forever beyond the reack •
the Kirk. Thus canto "the Bed She Miami Zwkdi f Swine
into the hand, of the Governors a Sion College, who maimataill
their mouthpiece' Doctor Boer, that they would not be wank
justified in giving it up.
Now, being a plain simple man, I think that the Gamow
Sion College quite mistake the meaning of the word morel. Id
I bound this argument on the proceedings of " an vodka", Coot
of Law " which, if 1 do net dream, invariably classes" the remit*
with the thieG" Contrary to the Wirt et the Reverend Deco'
I conscientiously think that the Km has the best right • the
Book; that it wu dishonestly obtained, and is now iftdmiliewhit
withheld; and lastly, that Parliament will interfere, and 00111
the Governon to give k up—and I am, Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
J. M. a Member of Kirk of Scodsat
13d May, 1929.
Wednesday night the shop of Mr. CAWritt, the sag'
smith, in Greenwich, was broken into, and robbed
considerable papacy, chiefly consisting ofjewelleel.-
The thieves effected an entrance into • the premises
boring through the shutters with a centre-bit, le
which instrument they made so apeman eldricirril
large to admit of the introduction of a boy. The army.
taken off consisted of gold seals, keys, and brood"
together with silver pencil-cases, fruit-knives, &c.

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