Star.
London, England, 1829-10-03 00:00:00

IRISH DISFRANCHISED PEERS.

" Stretton Hall, Sqt. 5.
"Mr Loan—l lose no time in acknowledging the receipt of.
your Lordship's letter of the 24th ultimo, forwarded to me from
Boyle ; and in reply beg leave to observe, that I have the honour
of fully agreeing with your Lordship, in your remarks upon the
situation in which the disfranchised Peers are placed ; but I must
request permission to call to your Lordship's recollection, that Mr.
O'Connell (the great champion of Roman Catholic Fanancipation,
as it is called,) has pledged himself that the Act of Union shall be
repealed ; and as he certainly carried the' healing measure' into
effect, I cannot doubt of his redeeming his present engagement ;
upon the success of which, as a decided opposer in Parliament of
that Act, in the year 1800, I shall, with every feeling of consist-
ency, congratulate the empire.
" With these impressions upon my mind, I am inclined to think
your Lordship's present plan may be considered as a work of su-
pererogation. have the honour to be, my Lord, your Lordship's
very obedient servant, " LORTON.
" The Lord Rossmore."
" Cortolvin Hills, Monaghan, Sept. 12.
" lly Lord,—Your Lordship and I may differ as to the merits
of a late question, without any unhandsome insinuations being
thrown out against the judgment of either—so nice is the point
allowed to be by much more profound casuists. So far, how-
ever, as regards the subject to which alone my circular ha,
cants! your Lordship's notice, it is most welcome intellizetic.:
to find from your letter, that in this at least we wholly coin-
cide. With respect to the Union, likewise, against which
your Lordship expresses so much hostility, no honest Peer f
Ireland could be a friend us it. In the event of nor
grievances rem:Ming unretressed by Government, (which I
can hardly contemplate, recommended as an opposite conduct
must be by present circumstances,) I do not hesitate to say, th t
that repeal should be manfully struggled for, and, if legally po,
aible, obtained. But it will argue very litt:e prudence, and ati:i
less nobleness of spirit, my Lord Lorton, it the Peers of Ireland
allow puerile animosities or party feuds to prevent their taking the
chief part of Chit glorious work on th-mselves, and nut con-iznitti
it to those unworthy hands in which it seems y..ur Lordship is per-
fectly satisfied to leave it. I have the ton:our to be, my Lord,
your obedient humble servant, " MOSSIiORE.
" The Lord Lorton."

St,:iday last a numerou4 meeting of till Pre.byterian con,tregation
of llutinsurry was held tor the yurpose ut tAltit:g into c.n.si.:eraiutt
the propriety of continuing in connexion with. or withdrawing
from, the general Synod of Ulster. John Jl‘Cance, Esq. in the
Chair.

Mr. It. Cement. moved the first resolution, " T;iat the
Synod of Ulster having, in their proceedings, during the last
three years, violated the right of private judgment, which is
the fundamental principle of Prozestantism; having trampled
upon their own code of discipline, adopted unanimously in
ides; having broken the solemn compact under which Ministers
entered that body; and having eructed (matures tending to pr,,-
duce the most shocking hypocrisy amongst Ministers, and denying
to the people the free choice of their teachers—we can no longer,
as Presbyterians, valuing our own Christian privileges, and desiring
to transmit them unimpaired to our posterity, continue our con-
nexion with the General Synod.
The motion having been seconded by Mr. J. SERVICL, passed
unanimously.

Wtulast lit:Ns-Ea, 1211. proposed the lieTt Itesolution—" That
we shall therefore embrace ear earliest opportunity of connecting
uurselves with tlae new Pre4byterian body about to be formed by
the remonstrants for the ptotectioil of the rights of conscience."
Alr. J. JuurisoN secunued the motion, and the resolution passed
sees. con.

A resolution of " Thanks to the Rev. H. Mmtgomery for the
conscientious, manly, and upright part he took in stemming the
torrent of bigotry, maintaining the rights of the laity, and vindi•
eating the true principles of Presbyterianism," was then moved,
and unanimously adopted ; after which the meeting separated.

THE CHURCH.
CA NI BRIDGE, Om 2.
Yesterday t'e Rev. William Carus, B. A, Thomas Williamson
Pelle, B.A. t harks Perry, II.A. and Same, Prince Lee, B.A. of
Trinity College, were elected Fellows of that Society.
The Rev. Phillip Gordon. 1.A.3 was last week Instituted to the
Rectory of Hacklord, Norfolk, on the presentation of T.T.Gurdon,
Esq. of Lefton.
The Rev. F. E. Arden was last week instituted to the Rectory
of l3urrougb, Norfolk, on the presentation of William Repro!),
Gent. of Aylshant, and himself.
The Rev. John Barwick Sams, jun. has been presented to the
Rectory of Fakunham, on the presentatiou of his Grace the Duke
of Grafton. On Thursday last the Bishop of Exeter instituted the
Rev. Richard Buller, A.M. of Oriel College, Ozlord, to the Rec-
tory of Lameatb, Cornwall, on the presentation of John Buller, of
Noreen, Esq. void by the resiznation of S. tuddicombe, Clerk.
zecutsiastieaL ritOMOTIONA
Rev. W. B. Mack, R. A. to the Rectory to Horsham, Seffullt,
Rev. J. Hampden to the Rectory of Hinton Martel, Dorset.
Rev. Robert Ward, M.A. Matter of the Grammar School,
Thetford, to the Rectory of Stanton, Norfolk.
Rev. J. B. Sams, jun. to the Rectory of Fakenharts, Suffolk.
The Very Rev. the Dean of York to the Vicarage of W -
thorpe, in the East Riding of Yorkshire.
Rev. J. H. Cottrill, ILA. to the Curacy of St. George's Church,
Newcastle under Lyme.
The King has presented the Rev. Francis Canaan to the Church
and Parish of *Pealing, in the Presbytery of Dundee, and cutioty of
Forfar, vacant by the translation of the Rev. George Tud to St.
David's Church, Dundee.

On the 17:h ult. Mr. William Colville, Preacher of the Gospel,
was ordained as Minister of the palish of Eaglaham.

THE ARMY.

COLONY or SIERRA Lacotz.—Accouots have been received from
Sierra Leone of the death of 'Major Ricketts, Royal African Colo-
nial Corp.. the Lieutenant-Governor of Sierra Leone. This is the
seventh Governor of that ill-fated Colony who has died sinse 1824.
At the present moment there i. not a single white man left out of
the regiment ; and of all the Officers who came front the Line in
1824, three only are left—Captain Fraser, and Lieutenants Ber-
wick and Burrows. A dreadful mortality unequalled in any regi-
ment in the world. His Majesty's ship Eden h. s suffered greatly,
but nothing equal to this regiment.
Tare EIGHTY-THIRD RIGHIENT.....ThiII gallant and distinguished
regiment, which debarked the other day at Newhaven from
Portsmouth, on its route to Glasgow, where it is now stationed,
consisted during the last war of two battalions, of which the first
went abroad in 1805 to the Cape of Good Hope, under the com-
mand of Lieutenant-Colonel Joseph Baird (of the Newbyth
family) brother to the distinguished General Sir David (lately dr- "
ceased), who commanded the expedition again.t that place, which
was soon reduced. The battalion afterwards proceeding to Ceylon.
On landing at the Cape the battalion was 900 strong. Of these
only two officers and five men returned with it. The se-
cond battalion, then left in Britain, had ere long a more brilliant
career of service opened to it in the Peninsular warfare, having
shared in all the sieges and battles. front that of Talavera, in 1608,
where Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Gordon (ion to the late
Lord Rockville) fell at their head, to that of Toulouse, in 1814.
Both battalion., with their joint and well-earned honours, now
verge into one. If gallantry in the field and orderly habits in
quarters entitle a regiment to consideration, the 85t1 must be well
received wherever they go.
The garrison of Dublin is now composed of the artillery, Bth
Hussars, 17th Lancers, 2d Battajion Guards, Bth King's, 32d and
64th Regiments.
Major Paulson, commanding the reserve companies of the 97th
Regiment, left Waterford for Wexford. to preside at a District
Court Martial ordered to assemble Wednesday last. Captains
Holmes and SUOMI*. and Lieutenant Reads., accompanied him on
the same duty. '