The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-10-24 00:00:00

Oct. 24, 1845.

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THE SCOTCH CHURCH IN LIVE/0L.4-°

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1101
CIO 'd
A meeting of the friends of the Established cps,
Scotland was held yesterday, at the Clarendon-
thia town, for the purpose of forming an auxiliaqo the
Lay and Mi.sionary Associations in connection ws' 004
o°o the
Established Church of Scotland. The meeting w°,07411
for one o'clock, and shortly after that hour, ,0.
others present, we observed the Revs. Dr• 1/6gToese°.
Boss, and J. Thompson, Mr. Alderman Nicol, 0, 0.
D. Gibb, Bogie, Sandbach, Badenach, R. gel/ober/
Mathewson, R. Crawford, J. Boyd, A. Lovie'
Rankin, J. Bell, John Miller, &c mderte°
On the motion of Mr. DUNCAN. GIBB, 141%
Nicol was unanimously voted to the chair.
The CHAIRMAN, having called on the Rev etsl
who opened the meeting with prayer, proceeded pe se'
the object for which they were called together.„ to bedil
it was, according to the circular calling It,„ Agsaeo;
statements respecting the operations of the JAY Qebete",
tion in support of the Educational and ;Missionary ',heb&
of the Church of Scotland, and to consider as t° 'see°.
means of the friends here co-operating with th,,erCbaltbi,
tion in their efforts to promote the interests of ,_t`..", she„,"
Tmh:re
of Scotland in the peculiar circumstances in wl by J 1,1;
htausrcniol
at present placed." (The circular was signe of trs
Ralph and Mr. Robert Penney, the SecrerstY, of
o'bes\Nhee'remvseet
des Western
aßtthrielaencwci
tion than any one present, and therefore the shorbre;col
world be to call upon his friend Dr. Rain'', W
afford them ail that was required. ho ld
de
Dr. RALPH then came forward and said he er;hlle sav,
fain them but a few minutes whilst he explainea ".,
n
ject for which they were convened. He said thee'io the
Layt
ifn Associationstc,oostlsaenssdi.o,
)i n
of suppo'
aware that owing to what had lately taken Pl,l. theta;
Church of Scotland many of the clergy and cr't"tablisk,
considerable body of the laity had left the es soli
g
Church, in consequence of which they were rt
desirous to seek from other sources, and in s-regeet,e;
their institutions. He said he happened to be P'tteoaei
a meeting in Edinburgh, which was numerously s form
,c
when measures were adopted and an Associatilig theli
by an influential body of clergymen, for stWeergtscott
schemes of benevolence, which the Church c"
had been for some time so laudably prosecuting 'veorth,t
greater efficiency than hitherto, and in fartheranewbieb
view an Auxiliary bad been formed in Glasgowaebstle
was hoped would be followed in alltowns' " those
doubt from what he knew of the liberality or
tbst
netted with Scotland, resident in Liverpool. d 105
would not be behind the great towns of Scotlanc,i,orek„A
port of such an Institution as its established u'otrys;
church which had conferred blessings on the °Lanced,
must entail in its fall the most disastrous e7.nts-re;icier;e.
They were aware that it had lately been brougu` ntle°°
severe trial, but she now possessed peace withinta 0.01 lebs
quently great vigour on the part of those whobelnnorkegto,
—and every hour showed the folly of those (hesPt had of
body generally) who in a moment of excitenlitots
oti
parated from her. Many of the Scotch in", eaeilltbs
Liverpool had obtained great wealth at at i"8„„ort
their native land, and he called upon them B,llrtprefot
missionary institutions of their fathers—to s.„,'"
gating the gospel in our Indian and Colonial Dniary
more especially amongst the ancient neoPle firrsneig
(Hear, hear.) The plan of subscribing was s°,, (Melo,
that they might subscribe to any one of the „efi.tbeirt re
the association had in view, or they might 100`tbere0?;
nations at the disposal of the committee. lee' per°
the $
begged to move the first resolution. (See
ment in another column.) ‘fe
Mr. PENNEY, of Glasgow, the secretary t°_,,is not for
branch, seconded the motion. He said ir ""0-bjee' 0
cessary for him to enter into any details of the oper 4
which they were assembled after the able nint,eo,:ts
which it had been introduced by the rev. doe fight e"-ta
for the encouragement of those present be %01'0
what had been done in Glasgow. Two gentleeto if
Edinburgh had attended in that town, a weed fel"
called, not larger than the present, which entered
into the subject; an association was formed, E),
was promptly subscribed. The subscriptions l
utM,
burgh up to the present time amounted to 813_,°,t 00.
and he had no doubt before the commission roroogoo
vember it would reach £lOOO. He trusted a It'll thtba
sociation would be formed in Liverpool, an" t in
belonging to Scotland, or who felt an interteeso
cause, would give as the Lord had prOSperedne OOP"
The resolution. which with the others chair
our advertising columns, was then put from t"'" 00
passed unanimously. which
Mr. Lows proposed the second resolution.
seconded by Mr. RANKIN, and passed unalli,T°d, than
An acting committee haying been afated.
were voted to the chairman, and the meeting

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, 5111,65-0(
Sr. ANDREW'S SCOTCH CHURCH. Rfir)l4 .1;06°11$
—On Thursday last, at twelve o'clock. in„;oage:eall
notice'given by the trustees and committee of niiiireg',;o%
of St. Andrew's Church, a number of the efopoinciort
frreoamd thet, o report,v toe
met in that place of worship for the puePose °' r P6-re`f
a minister, in the room of Mr. Park, the forth Air tl
eri
who is now -located in Scotland. The gei7resbYbi
Al' Lean , from Ramshottom, Moderator of the dog o
of Lancashire, took the chair, and opened the
ittlos tithed
an impressive prayer.—The secretary, gr' oseetNt
the shareholders on the previous FridaYs sth 00'00
Cwhhainc
elle hadllor beenw ig r
a laidtn ,
arising
beforeisti
ineg ade wi
lbeisoet:lo;
forth the proceedings of the committee wtojaefetife
the procuring of a minister. He then reed °not euf the
of the Church of Scotland as by
proceedings instituted in Chancery
Attorney-General v. Adam and others,. trustees' dine et
ror niot j
ing them from " proceeding to the election or 0,-, on
of a minister not being a licentiate and recog""ii d ' tea'll
also " from using, or allowing the church of S,,t day
to be used for such illegal election, until the4.l' ecolr bi
Michaelmas term, or until the further ordered', signea.p.
A. notice to all the trustees was also eee to tbe;Tioe,
Lowndes, tiobinson, and Bateson, solicitora,.., tee fordo`
tors, confirming the above, which was issued
thee, jolt:otos
Chancellor on the 17th instant. A copY °f ool' eft°.
ton, which has been filed in the Court of Chu as r.to
then read by the secretary, as was also the CP? itivse'et,
lution adopted by the committee that niorniAl. the ° the
the effect that the injunction should be reneqoeorl,.
ing, and the people informed that in CO":", with.' tlor'
election of a minister could not be proceedeu AOC. no
Chairman
said that in consequence e I it .
law establi; eittciof
of tbhe ialv, bor•
which threatened the pains and penalties of the
,pereN,6
obeyed, the election could not go on. HiS 101 t".ble''
man therefore ceased. and they would allow thei rhst
to dismiss the meeting. He then pronotiT,i, sail4er;
ing, and was about to retire, when fdr• IVI '_„we e° ottu
before they left the church they must have ef_eteefr_ tett
Neilson consented to preside. He
sation on the subject that had called then' L.",,fh take,,tiof
he moved that the rev. gentleman should i.lts'everal ;deg
chair. This Mr. M'Lean declined, as d'uvir, Alesoiele,"
gentlemen, on various grounds. FinallY' (I, as sad 1
her of that church, a deep interest in its : oiertl7orer,
otitl'etchaeslea,wasn.d
irireh
hopede
they were now constituted a cOrlgregati.°n 4 8 Illinot r
expreSSeeifare, be'
thought they might proceed to the election. e_ociel be I,'
but not for that church.—Mr. Adam said It,:si,cold
tvse
done there.—Dr. M'Culloch also thougnt %tie:o.ooV
legal. The injunction be considered a perse, :„,friotloo la
days of gospel Merl, but he deprecated a_e_l rte
coo'
gregation, when tney might elect the mieids,„ and el,borigi'.
choice. He urged the exercise of kin
„"stiogs ` borc";
feelings towards their opponents.—Mr. !lain Wit c 11)3i
iltdwsoUlnd learn
ri
in try sign of ttil,bei ri ill
it would be illegal to continue the tneet(nger Plare.ceet",
and suggested an adjournment to allot troth „ coots
they should be so persecuted in the
the minorit nilltelies *vefreetjta-
was painful and surprising. Their theirforef? olle oP,e,
pelled to worship God in the fields, sea, ointo it.roe I
appeared to be inclined to drive them small' oorri Oat,
air. The majority of the congregation ws_l„) wou""hy 04
firm against such unjust opposition, al .7....„,..
_1 teseee,
law their success would be more certa I!' ~ sehe° cone its
he was one of the eleven or twelve Sutrre,l,, of theroust,fr,
ers, and being, io common with two-thnt 05 lie --- I%' se
gation, in favour of a Free Churoh toi_ „auseiteY,'„ of t.,1
conscience, resign his trust in thafcroacVe eofu'le
M`Bride, another teacher, and one of theple. Le sinlelf
school, said he should not follow this exa r_oo, Ws hi ,504
the injunction would not restrain theta "iic is!
cii,olfct
explanation of the gospel to they ounug_:_e his
,Btt,.`,t
a non-intrusionist, but he did not r_it old be `th'st Iti`ici
opinions on that point upon the childrgo,33 saiel,be ,ho 0
that Mr. Don should resign.---gr" reach' bel°llo'
Free Church minister were allowed °Sought their °Ws
willingly teach again.—Mr. J. Walker
~_,,, of t_eed if,t);
to approve or disapprove of the procee_aTZo profoito4o
mittee, and afterwards take other e
6t ?dad the port irc'
the object in view.—Mr. Macfie suhtnlrtiii, sel:ii,terliog,
resolution :—" That this meeting "
ber- 's- to blare
ceptable to the christian coogregatio deayour d jec _lf
al 000 resolved to °_, :,
matters at issue to a satisfactory COr .•.ate teis,o ois_o,
always that they are prepared to u
right 0106 efuth.
committee nrieisttoeleveintotlsreecironedndtehaevmouri:
atonyolibe_ntrailin:01::::::;11;
found that they have not a lee
unanimously agreed to.—lt was then the ititenoointeijor
mittee should be named to carry Oil _ „,ereaP. ft, _cos
resolution, and the following gentlemeYcuule _. Matra
he Chairman Messrs. Hastinest iviD4c.-.-1T0100;0,
then spoke at some length on the iropni itii., „ollytier
_et
intrusion ministers from preaching 1., ,'":0i co.,e,',orroge
can, Kirk, Wiride, Forrest, and' Ivi_osncriniety oftes of toot
intrusionis, s; hut the Chairrnan.yo,t_o_dutho aa1..`,',0 a'
question relevant at present, and ad 15'
fi'''
h :011,n'ittee. 0E lb°
being understood to be left to t.e , avope.,b ie ,ro
NEW CHURCH AT 511LNS anewBRID,;I eiluor_ies:o.rict
of the meeting, which was agreed,
—On Friday week, the first stone t
sual cererd; 0,,,:i
~ot
above locality was laid with the4bitants ° doost;je f "
Miss Armitage, of Hanley, the inom _,;Aceo.t 0 „f t ,Thrt•
are deeply beholden for the very !Te...recti,o,l'ige, V;100S
ONE THOUSAND POUNDS towards V(.7 _,.,,h 6.10041,: the
brie, and the site is a gift from Str J 'f' L
turnP' . fro' ,it'e
de of the ,iilo tea-lit
It is situate on the south side bout tw° 1 on cji Mt'
Huddersfield to Manchester, a _.,,iing _of
ec.
n cornr°,“„%" illage„a se 'Jed,
former place, on an elevatio
popee)-- v fit s'' tee 10
prospect, and overlooking
the
for the e"eii is ° t
Bridge and the adjacent valley, ,3_ chore.
~,,, sArco ,
modation of whose inhabitants ti .
offered '5005, el
• been
The customary prayers having _ the stoliverP°lvont'ir
order having been given to lowe'r,,,,nes, of °use, '! , :lilt,
tage, supported by the Rev• pf_liridge I-Iv.t, Ern' of 7,(
' " --,itage, Esq.,4of
tilrakiiii; the roa4:o`t goottlj of tP
il ulterior pi- n

1 to the centre of it, al

striking it therewith

' Thus ofay tti—
P
„pion ousei
totoceri.

the CO

Limn 600 sittin

ted to the use of the poor.