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London, England, 1829-05-21 00:00:00

EARLIESTIaCOADS Or ,THS CHURCH OS SCOTLAND,

' mow lissom= • tit 510$ • COLLO:014 . LONDON;
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" A few ',ears ago, a Committee of the General As-
'outlay of the.. Usurch.of, Scotland was appointed for
the purpose of .collecting • and recovering the various
manuscripts winneited with, their ecclesiasheil esus.
•bliihnient ; And, among .Othei objects to which this
Committee mere required to direct their attention, they
were specially instructed to print the ancient. record.
'entitled, • Tne Book of the universal Kirk ofSCotland:
It his been dilcoveced that this boqk;:iraeitiing to
three volumes, is extant in-the library of Shia pillege,
London.. But after much correspondence, and repeated
applications.. dot unit do the Goverohrevi thk-College
refuse to restore the:volumes upon any terms. but even
to permit a copy of the wotk to' be taken, or to allow a
collation with the paitial Abbreviates of it preserved in
Sccitland ; the College stating, that they Would not be
justified in so doing,. under the &cif of trust by which
the. poisession'ot ..the.e, volumes was Acquired by the
44 There is no difficulty to proving • that the volumes
Itiquelticar deft laid pis the, table of the General As.
ienibly.wbicb,os. tat Glasgow. in. 1688 ; end tbut they
.werepronothiced by that Assembly to be• hue and
authentic Registeis of Ibe-Kirk of ScOtlaed. The feasting
provibg their authenticity are inserted in.the
journals of tbat.Asieuxhly, and also, 40 a very, Satisfac-
tory lota:sin the printed Acts of thmGcnetal Assembly
of theChorth of Scothitid of that yam. The descrip.
tioni are minute is to eitahlislftbe iilentiti„ofAll the
Voluidellrbieft ere itill•extant. .The am:stub:4k the
ulekk is superscribed at the 'beginning, and subjoined to
she end of-thefirst volulnein these words : • This-is the
' great volume apprbeia
she the General Aueinbree at
iGhtscow. in November, 1638. A Jhonaion.gla..gccl:
:The, autograph of :this clerk is 'to be • seen•On: e n ious
documents in possession of the General Assembly;a4d
particularly on the copy of the printed •Acts-of, the. A
sembly 1618, inAhe custody, f the 'preseni c tett. Tne
other volumes have the well, known signature of a clerk
named • Thomas Nicolson:

lt is understood, that in 1649 the books vieretrans-
fined to the charge -of Mr. Andteri Ket; Clef k of the
Assembly ,andlahat, in 1652, most, if not stie.galgole. of
the pries* were for some time intrusted to Lord: Hal-
ts:rag: Dating the troubles of the suCeeedingliiiiioi,
they were concealed in the hope of a private iaiiidual
till the year 1677, WheO they were put into the hinds of
Bishop Paterson (of Edinburgh), who retained then) till
after the Revolution. The account of their discovery
and subsequent fate may be seed History of
the Church and State of Scotland ; but it appear. from
a paper preserved in. the Advocates Library in Edin-
burgh, and published- lathe .6 Appendix to Dr. M•Cric's
Lives of William'Veidff abd 'George Blisson,•; that
Keith's narrative is tint bbireit in every particular,'
" Atter the Revolugiiih' Some of the volumes Ind
papers were delivered tip to a son of the forriser clerk,
Mr. Secretary Johnston, who lent some of theni bis
cassia, &Shop Burner, and others to Mr. Gee. Rideath,
who about that time undertook to write a Mabry of
Scottish affairs. Three volumes fell into the hands of
a person whose Irandlathel had bren the' intimate
friend of Johnston, and had, like him, suffeteirlii-the
Same cause by.thi hands of the public eirtutioUrt.—
This person was the Hon. and Rev. Arcihibilci Campbell.
' grandson of the. MarqUiii 'or Argyle, and ion of 'Lard
Neil CanipbelL Mr: Campbell"was'searal yeartkepwa
as an Episcopa)ian Clergyttfab, and'subsiquebtly as
one of thelfori;juting Bishops in busing tie
latteraiiiri of his life he resided chiefly in Engiand, but
it ts'believed that he was not in communion with the
ChisrCh of England, and that he Mairitairied no inter-
course with the Episcopalian body in Scotfand, to which
he had been originally attached.
About the year 173$ a correspondeoce•Waa opened
between him and Mr. William*Giant,Proctitator and
,Clerk of the Church of Scorland (afterwards Judge,
with the title of Lord Prestongrange);ois the subject of
the records in. Mt. CaMpbell's possage+ • Mr, qamp.

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bill cartel to son,ttitit these ilichtes on certain ti

which did not appear c Me. Grant ta.bermoonacii
equitable. He demanded 'a lArge soon of money for..
' the.reistitution of the.v.ilu ales. in -vehkh he never had.
..aignired aderight of property, and evesi•thiclum he
- wneld tot accept till the ,books had beta published, as
. Wiepropbsed, under hi, superinlendance, on the under-
.staeding that no member f the church of Scotland,
. was to be, suffered to revise the sheets as they passed
through the press. .'
is It could scarcely be expected that these and other
huthiliating conditions would be acceded to without
hesitation; and while the negotiation was still in pro.
gress, Mr. Campbell. as be had sometimes threatened
to do, took a step which was intended to put the books
for ever beyond.the reach of the Cliorch of &Weed,
by entering into a deed of trust or covenant with the
- President and Fellows 'of Sion College, the terms
' 'which do not 'appear to be accurately known to say
member of the Church of Scotland, but the effect of
which has -undoubtedly been to detain these records
front their lawful owners for nearly a centary pest.
It is unnecessary to add, that the hardship is deeply
felt by all the members of the Church of Scotllnd, who
. , are aware of the importance of these books, not merely
as the only stile and satisfactory mentoriallonliergurse
of ecclesiastical affairs in the times imMedbaely sue-
ceeding the Reformation, but also because. ley area,
capable of shedding additional light on a most ibte•
. resting and instructive portion of Our Civil tailor!. •i
44 In these circumstances, the General' Assembly have
deemed it necessary, as a last resource, te*ake as appli.
'nation to Parliament by petition, in thehope that some
means may be devised by the wisdom otthe Legislate e,'
fee relieving the members of Sion' College froth the ie.
ptraint under which they feel theinseliesi'anderiabling,
• them to do that which they must as an act of justice
with to do—to restore to the Church of Scodind these
ancient records, which, in whatever way acquired by
the College. the Church of Scotland still consider to be
their own property."

swam Jams,.

On the ripen of a Rewind m. that the lodges' Edwin Ade be
maddened.
Mr. HUME said, if the object was, u he undetstinid
it was. to sum:sant the Judged salaries of Seodoud, he'
gave this'eatly notice, that he should oppose. ally rip
position for such augmentation. • Therd were timid,
Judges in Scotland, and their salaries ought to be re-1
duced one half rather than increased; bet certainly as,
the Ministers bad so time to inquireintothe difficulties
and di.tresses of the people, he should adefue that tke
proposition now contemplated could not be ;devise*
considered ; tu should therefore oppose it. • s'.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER add It WeeM
be better foe the Hos. Member to wait so see wine were the pre.
'elides' of the liesohniee i it odglst save the Has. Member a
good deal of to ouble.—CMaideratlen postponed. tUI usamierovr.
Mr. It. GORDON asked what was the object or radiant!**
of the proposition regarding the atigasentadee of lodge. salaries?
He always suspected what coat VD itediatitlipe secret.
CIIAOCItLIAMt of the =CH WM rushed that be
was pursuing tba custom:l course. Tie time was Sued for the
btillltlent, and when that came he wield ester law the amplest
epiatietions. That was the most ammoinit teen. •
iccutaterrsr..sc corns sta. .
Mr. HUME 'maned a retbiee preying that a dame might be
Inserted In this pill 'fur reguLning the mode of tailrsg the Foos of
Proctors.—Te he printed.
Lard MILTO?i moved for the appointment of. SAM Ceen-
toittee. to which should be referred the petitios'it Cadman
hums. recommending Government Assurance of Annuities after
ibe age of 60.—Modoe agreed to and Committee_eppeintett.
Mr. DA WSUN obtained lean le bees to te smile as.
.r more'of the Commissioners et Excise to set for she dispatch
business for Scotland and Ironed respecdvely....The Bill weasels.
a. Omit, brow ht ie.
The iteptirt on the Metropolis raft Sill. sod the &poll era
the ResolutionJuting the Salary of the Magistrates at WM per
minim, were brought sr, aid both ordered win read a third time
thee disposed of, sod the

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MR. 'O'CONN E.LL.

The following entries in the vete. relatlve-to,Tie6-
days appearance:
Davila O'Cosaell, RN.-.Order reel leg the attead_sees el Mr.
O'Catiaell. sad Ms. O'C.issaell being is attendance. be. teas lialled
to the bar. where're Mr. Spoker ceineseekated to Mee the lie
soutioe agreed is by die Mew. awl the &dot made theampast
That it is the eidetic of this Meese. that Me. OVesinsed
Myles been reterned a Member et this Home Wert do taw
meacement of the Act passed in tMs Sculls of Past...mat far-
the Relief of Ida Majesty's Kama Cithede atthisets; i. as 'added
to de at tote la dale Hesse sake bie am take the oath of maw

•
enst7.'
" Ordered, that Mr. CrComa ls.gland the Home this day
mad that Mr. Speaker do thee eenummleme to him the said nee—
balm; and ask Mot whether he trM gab the oath of supremacy r
And then Mr. Speaker. puma to the said Whet WWI Mr.
O'Connell whether he would tete the said oath of supreenamy
whereupon Mr. O'Comerall requested to see the said isith,whkh -being
shows to hint mosedingly. Mr. O'Connell stated, that the said each
mouthed me proposition which he knew to he false* sod another
propeeklea which he believed to be muse. sad that he therefore
rtiesed to cake the said oath of supremely.
4' And Ahem, Mr. O'Connell was dimmed to withdraw:sod he
withdrew scomitsgly; motion made. anAquestion proposed; That
Mr. Speaker do Iwo his merest to the Clerk of the Crows to make
out a cow writ for the electing of a Knight of the Shire weer,. I.
this Farad Parliament for the money of Clare, to the roses a(
Daniel O'Connell, Req. who hawing been returned a Member of
this House before the ammeocentent of an Act passed in this SNP
elm of Parliament,' fee the relief of his Majedy'Lliesonan Catholic
swims; hal refused to take agouti of sepreenacy'—Delete there.
upon adjounied tin Thursday.
Mr. Spring Rice—To move as is amendment en the statism
for laming a warrant for • • new writ foe, the county of
Plat Wl* be glees to bring in a DUI to amemd
the se
which
relate to the %do administered to Members of the se of Cotes
woes recessing the Roman Cetkolle mist or

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METROPOLIS TURNPIKE ROADS.
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• I
The tenotethe to in &tract front the Third newt of the Cos.
&Wooers et the Metropolis Taropilie Reads:
The first beneficial alteratioe the Catnitiliiaiin#ta in
their last Repot announced their intention to aro.
was, the abolition of the Night Tolls; which, Irons beiiig
levieqe only within particular hours,and attended with
other circumstances liable to doubt 'aid cohtr.eatlctinn,
were the Vistaless source of vela:ion Aid disputes.. The
whole of these Tolls, notwithstanding the consi4eru.ble
sacrifice of revenue consequent upon their ibohtioii,
have been discontinued.
It was stated. secondly, that. the Conirisissitibeta hid
it in view to submit a:nictitate to. Patlianient for
equalising the rates of Toil. on their several Roads upon
equitable prii.ciples, and. thisplifying. the regulations
uni:er M hich they were levied: This nisportant Object I
*ins continued *to engage the ittention of the Commis-
:tenets, and the Bill walteitt shortly be submitted. to
Pselierneni, for realtiosy.die *menet of Toll to be paid
by each centribotorstellte consmensurdtoosids the actual
use made Of the Rcnid than is ai present the soae.
The nett object with respect to Witch the Comas is-
sirsuers repressed their intentions, was the removal cf
turnpike gates from the streets of the Metropolis. They
here always had this important design in view; but
doting the past year they have been able to effect the
rpoinval of no more than one gate, situated in Albany-
strert,which street was surrendered to the Commissioners
for paste% Resei.t.street, on th'e Ist of January last, by
•otue of An Act of Parliament repealing a portion of
the MettopOlis Road Act relative to that stt est, wf.eo the.

turnpike wag removed. This removal is understood to
juin given great satisfactionllkthe inhabitant}. notwith-
stasiiinf that by thogjemiltronirf the turnpike a ratebas
beer thrownupott#CM. tb defraltit ',stria of SO*
turtling the street. 4 .e.-1:•• S r •
• A much muse extensive- Impeeitment of this kind,
1114 which WIN one of the prisespal objects the Com-
missioners bad in view. at the sommeneeareat el their
iabuurs, is at present about to birsubmitted to Parka•
pent. namely. the removal of Turnpikes from certain
[Streets of the Metropolis.. ezteading over a space of be-I
'tweets eight and nine Miles. and the placing of these
streets. like others. Under the care of the respective
parishes through which they pass.
(Mimi) . LQ writ EL Chabot's.
LTbe whole ettpeese.of the sudeativairee of the made now pro-
posed to be Am 'err to deck respective parishes le good. per
menus, saddle' leaf errevestoe which the Ceenniseelao win sustain
by the rollsrphilemet of tolls anteoets to 9,14& pee aonosm The
great advantages is point et centenkone to be derived from she,
proposed altendes may be. eminteed from the fact, that it would
rase the rememt of ptos, as well as Numerous side ban, which I
are now m eirstrostim is the free passage artmod. the Ma
We have egg to add, that the Commissies *fief 'V 1114 smi=l:-
&obi realm, the dirks et. she ceounseity• kt lame for its
lebeern]
The

THE EVENING STAR.- •

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' THURSDAY. MAY 21. 1829 ' • .
MUCK .Or STOCKS AT TWO O'CLOCK.'
bank Stock SOO ladle Stade 0 /
3 per Canals& 0* i • Old Anneditis •
5 per At. oitscasti New ditto • .
`5l per Caw. ISIS. 04 ittodagra4 nal 04 i •
Se perCeet.Red.o/ X I 1 .000 Didion 0
epee Ci. New. tOsp rut moil and Moo Dkei4ll TX.
t
4 per Cool; OM 15$ 0•11111110114 . . .
Len Amin-046 :bate Ow Aere; I
ladle Ate*• • . CANNA, ler Ace 1171 •11 • 4`
IrOiRKION FONDS. TWO O'CIAMIL. • "
I
Austrian DewyX.p. Ot Ni renty.ll6l.4p C. 11 • .
IkasiliestMs.B OA. S. 4i. Pevos.Beeds4 p Ctlolll i
DoAcct 531 X 4fr 41 i yr Ittwe.ll6.lllo. S p Ot. Ni II
mutatu AND ItOKKION SHARKS. TWO O'CLoCK.

NBll.
1011

ram.
Anis Menlo. 100 66
Dies isbeatisiss . --• 4 . dl 4 -
Omni Mining An. so S 1 ei •
Miami Mealeas ' 40 SSe 6. 0
Allows British sod Irefelga ' 100 10 ' •*
•
Peassive Vies so • 1 ' 41 Is Id

• Under the pretence of discharging a necessary duty.
the Spanish Guards Costes are committing the Most
disgraiefol outrages: It is most vexations to find that
the navigation to and from the Mediterraneen must be
perpetually interrupted and annoyed by 0041 set of vaga-
bonds or other.. The port of Gibraltar, it mow appears,
is to a certain extent blockaded by the Coast Guard of
Spain. who, pretending to search for contraband goods,
board and cietaiu, for weeks together, amebas' vessels
of every Sag. They lately seised a Tuscan ship. boned
to the Canary Islands, with' British inanufactured.
goods. and carried bet into illieshas: Seal that
time were nogrounds for confAseation, they sneered
her to depart, bat not until her detention for severe)
days; and the objects of her voyage, by this delly, were
entirely defeated. The owners were obliged to seek for
another market for their cargo. It is to be hoped the(
the attention of Government will be directed to this
crying evil, and that measures fir the protection •of
COMUlarCe in that quarter will be arranged forihwielt;

lost u we anticipated, .the pubic Watt"
.is .now
fairly drawn to, and fully occupied with. the slain of
Russia and Turkey ; pd yester.tay a .repost . was is
circuletion, leading to a oioclusion that a war between
England aad•Russia was inevitable. The Strlistanee of
the •ritrisoUr is, that the Duke of •Wati.tuosots. seeing
that the:present -conflict in the East' is .caiesistect 'to
Injure tfis.itiosiretcisi interests of -Grist Britain. and
destroy the independence of •ns, of: her most ancient
and faithful allies, has resolved. to • demand from .the
Emperor of Roma a distinet avowal of his 'views in
pro►tcutirg the war with the OrroisAW POItL
But when we bring this tumrur to. the true test.
namely, the crucible of the Money Market-.we
and that no great importance is attached to it. The
merchants' and* snderwriters, although beginning
to take a lively interest in the matter, continue
to so and transact. as if no danger was near at hand..
Still there exists a firm belief among them, that Eng.
lend must ultimately interpose; but when that interpo-
sition becomes necessary, we repeat our hope that it
will be one Of friendly negociation, and not of what .is
well known by the name of a ovigeroismeasere." The•
the existence of the Turkish Empire is enilangered by a
continuance of the war, and that the -blockade of the
Dardanelles by the Russian fleet is injurious. in the
meantime, to the commerce of Great Britain, are points
on which there can exist but little difference of opinion ;
but we cannot give in to the prevailing doctrine, that
either or both of %bete points afford sufficient grounds
for plunging this cituntry into a longaad expensive was.

The proceeLlings in Parliament last night present no
le:store of. peculiar interest; but our report is well
worth a perusal, inasmuch as it presents a co ions does.'
went of .aoriqoarian research, namely. a Petition for'
the recovery ot a certain ancient book, now in the
'sacred keeping of thif Corporation of Sion.College--.
." The !took of the Uoiiersal Kirk of &Wane. This
bait, it would appear. contains the historical records of
the most important.part of the Kirk History, from 1550
to 1616 ; it had been abstracted, so body knows how,
froth the depositaries of the Scottish Ecclesiastical Este-
.blishinenr, and "for a consideration" at lait found its
way into the holy keeping of the Fellows of the .said
College. If, by porchase. or by long • and uniater•
rupted possession, it may be foond to be their legal
property, it is to be hoped that they will be com-
pelled at least to give a copy of it. Sir JAMBS MACEs-
roam supported the prayer of the Petition. ihicb was
presented by the Loan ADvoCATZ of &MAIM. •
birsVuste intends to oppose the increase of the
Salaries. of
.tbe scart. is l JCOGEs; bin his opposition on
this oicao9e, ha coaricpt, AS tired, n iil prove tm fruitiest
as his rectos: moat" about the Corn Laws, and his other
laudable exertions foe. the decrease 4 •ovr expenditures
and the intim/of oor tomfolts._ The only bodnesioti
imiottinceix ow left diScussichi belbg the proposed

plan fot improving tl e Police Of the Metropolis, it ilea
petted that Parliament wqMse prorogued early in June.
. With .11eferInke liejaht_follOpring. eimicts 'Ems the
Foreign received; we direct the public
attention to the organised system of the Morocco
privateer% While the African coasts are infested with
such crews, and are guided in their proceedings by a
barbarian. what security has the pour, powerless mfr.
chant-vessel, while peaceably tarrying on her commerce
in that quarter? This, when taken with the affair'
under. the Fria of Gibraltar. noticed ebewbere in,
this sheet, calls for especial investigation. Oa the,
atrocious proceedings detailed in a subsequent para.
graph as occurring in Lisbon. we forbear to make
it 4 comment. No comment. indeed. can be couched
is terms of sufficient abhorrence on a subject so cruel
and. revolting. Yesterday we gave a decree of Don.
Mardis for abolishing anonymous accusations, because
Ise was desirous " of putting an and to the anxiety et
families."—For his method of effecting this. vide a para-
graph below, dated 6th May. We look upon' thenews
from the theatre of war, which we received just as we
•
were,goiqg to peak as
,partial and unsati
We do not believe that SOO Turks were beaten by
150 Russians. •

BERLIN. Mar IS. •

eats iblies ems ememie or was. •
' The a. Ibtatisigh ammo glees she (sibwis; eccesst. dated
The inth Aped: . • •: •
,4 Oa tat llth eirmidatachenesti it Ibrke emend as ak.
-Wilms! of th Desshilme littie.Wallechia. at the wan« Y.
Zigasiet and Data. and hits Mime of Rama. At chain' two..
Dials they wore repoleed, wittiest asp loss es our aide. At Dubs..
las Amp Alma& Wicb cite Coismin. the Turks bad MIMI Nun
kipd 11101‘14 sad three Coesecke wove Med.
4 Tie attack of the mealy wpm the vile of ante wee more
eerier& About lee hundred nye who crossed front the Terkisii
side is eiztees boats,loaded. asd marebed -direct to
Liminess( Paerloinkl. who was stationed there with a company
et
imidemeers. (hefted hI. 110 acs into s mall square, advanced'
to meet the enemy. sod after having received some millet from
diem, charged them with die tapper'. sod pet them to eight.:—..
Daring the miles 41 Turks were billed, sad 45 tab's primmer%
use; wham vat she Commander llama Effendi Isms. ef the
Mosque, of lama. Liminess' Pawlow,kl closely passing chs
teeny, reached his bone. mid tont fear them ; ethers mak.
with the people Is diem% We had one osacestailedimed Meer
and two prbasee idled, wounded.
Acceedleg te the bum accessu from Major Oeseral Waehtea.
1
who commanded the tromps la Slosheds the essay lad sot re-
peated bin attacks op to the tedi of Argil. Two seer redoubts
have jute bare essmisted, sad steed perfect security to the fortress.
N'i'bs Flora Wpm. which noises eff the shaman of Castastb
utopia, returned ma the rfth of April. with tee traimparte. which
It bad captured. Proper laelleatitil have bees adopt'd to prevent.'
by means of Man vessels the fret csamiusicaties Wave's the
cliamei-of (a le lad else emits st Ada Miser. Atomise
warms el credit eosins fres all "erten the mesa* sensate
of
the great vast et revisions. se we lin the Turbleb fonnemie ea
Is Cesetasthleple."—Peamies Saabs Gann. Meilß