The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-03-06 00:00:00

DAViP'S.. PAY.

St. David's Day, failing this year on a Sunday, the- celebratiOn
of it took place on Alenday last. At eleven o'clock, the
children of the Welsh Charity SChciois;atieniled by the direetori,
Went in processien froth the school-roomstnSt, David's Church,
where the service ivas read with great taste and devotioatil feec-,
lag, iii the ancient British language, by' the Rev.' Evan Jones,.
and an impressive and appropriate sermon was preaehed in
English by the 'Rev: Robert Davies, M.A:, from Cor,
The love ofChrist eoustraineth us." Fronuthese words Vie
preacher elucidated the 'constraining influence of the love of
Christ as affiniilibg a motive for ihe exercise of trite benevolence,
This he applied to `the car.: of the institutions whose cane he
advocated. A. very respetitable congregation assembled, many
of whom were much interested kith hearing the Service read' in
Welsh. The music was very good; the children alone singing
their part, and 'the congregation, supported bY a. very effective
choir, pining at the close:Of each verse, The chanting did very
great credit both to the organist and the choir.. The ctillecqoa
did notainount to £10; but as it was the first tiree an appeal
was made to the pdblic on a, similar occasion, and some miscon-
ception' having, eilisted with reference to the services,, and no
particulareffort hiving been made to secure.a full attendance,
the directors have occasion to be satisfied with the Collection.
After servicw the president, the clergy, the directors, and a
respectable number of friends of the Welsh Charity schools,
returned in procession, preceded by the children. to the school-
rOOM, where the annual examinations took. place, The boys
anagitla acquitted themselves very respectably, and gave myth
satistaition, to a great number of ladies and gentlemen present.
After the examinations the children were regaled with. beef and
biscuit..
In the evening a number of the friends of Cambria assembled
at the Adelplii Hotel, to celebrate the anniversary of their
tutelar saint. An excellent dinner was provided for the occasion,
Nearly sixty gentlemen. sat
.down to dine. - During the.dinaer
we observed, with pleasure, a Welsh harper,-whO played a num-
ber of national aOrs irt a very satisfactory manner.. Sinai*
enough, a large portrai: of George IV-when Prince of Wales,
graced the *room,_ with the Welsh arms over it. 'After the dinner
' Sobis acimine" was effectively suns by.
,Messrs,
new( Thoinas Holden, George Holden, Laird, and au ama;
teur. „
The President, GEORGE GRIFFITH, Esq. then proposed "The
King," which was' drank With three tunes three and much
applause. "God save the King," .The president then said,
loyalty filled' the last glass, let gallantry fill the neat. "The
Queen." This toast was likewise drank with great enthusiasm.
Glee, "Hail, sniiritigniorn." The presidelit then said, the next
toast which I shall have the pleasure of
,propoiin to you is the
health of a young lady who I think will ere long be toasted very
frequently. I give you, "The Princess Victoria." Glee,
"Hail, star of Brunswick." The preeident gave next, `.`,The
Army and Navy." "Rule Britannia." The president, then
gave next, "His Majesty's Ministers, and may their consulta-
tions he for the good of the church, and. the safety. honour, and
welfare of our Sovereign, and his dominions. This toast
was drank with the loudest demonstrations of applause and
enthusiasm. Glee, "With a jelly, full bottle." The president
then said, the next toast I shall propose. 6 you is, "The immor-
tal memory of St. David."_ -10 proposing it, I feel very great
pleasure in observing that, during the. early ages in which he
lived, he was a defender of the trite. faith.,-,-(cheers,)—and that
we Welshmen can very justly beast of being very early advo-
cates of the true faith, and very early supporters of that esta-
blishment of which we are members. Wales was .the seat of
learning when many other countries knew, not the use of letters.
(Great applause.)
The PRESIDENT then said, the next toast I shall propose is an
interesting one—" Prosperity to the Welsh Charity School.".
I am glad to find, since my arrival in Liverpool, for I am
ashamed to say that I knew little, about it :beiore,that it is in a
favourable state; I understood to-day, in a good. discourse deli-
vered to us by ply friend Mr. Davies, that the school has been
established upwards of thirty years, and that it is among the
oldestiti the town, (cheers,) and I feel hippy to say that' it is
now increasing in numbers and prosperity; and I hope it ,Flrt
exceed its present prosperity. (Cheers.) . `.
Glee—" A generous' heart." ' - • • •
The CHAIRMAN 'then proposed "The Lord Bishop and the
clergy of the diocese." •
The reverend gentlemen preseht severally teturited thankS.
• The Rev. R. DAvi Es begged leave to call the attention of the
conipany to a toast which he Was sure Would be receii-ed With
the kindest feelings' by 'all present—" rrh health of their Wor-
thy president, George. ;all
Esq."' (Cheers.): . He 'had
great pleasure in saying that he had been' long intimately 'ac-
coainted with him and 'his 'family for many years, ha:ving
re-
sided near to them, and knew that he was agentleman•of sterile*
character and Worth, and his ancestors alivaya sustained the
eliaraeter of real Welsh gentleineu. (Loud applause, and three
lintel; three.) • •
The. PREst DEM' then rose, evidently affected, and said,Theg
to asSurey.ou I little expected that, being, almost as a perfect
stranger in Liverpool,•my health. should hitVe been 'drunk in
this flattering manner. I can only say that return Yoh nay
sincere thanks for the -kinOness With which you have iicelted
me, and•MOre particularly to my friend Mr. Davies for the flat-
tering:trimmer in which he has introduced my name. '(C.
40heeie:j
I feetthe-honour of being in yourchair more'deetily than I
express; I'onlY hope that your charitable institutions in LiVer;
pool:will flourish ; I have endeavoured, as much as 'lay in My
power; to get an effluent suceessor • for the ensuing year, and I
hope that the gentleman who has consented to accept the office,
a geptleman long connected with the principality having been
entrusted with the representation of the Denbighshire boroughs,
will your institutions into the notice which itsimpottanee
deserves. •(Oheers.):- I feel 'no hesitation in saying that-that
getilleinate.s: influence in the principality Will enable -yOtt to
Nave a good attendance -at yOut next anniversairy; and it must
be COnlessed that- a good atteivianCe and_PatrOnage is necessary
-.the-Well-being of such institutions; His scarcely zieceasar-

mented by ,legacies, though hope it may. be long before any
legacies will be available from the present company. (Laugh-
ter and cheers.) Wtien bid funds haVe been at'the lowestehb,
we have .stiddenlyheen .favoured *:ith some legany
p,xtrica.ted us out ut difficulties. 'nt there was one important
legacy WitictiiViikeived•at 'a.: Period of perhaps greater,•diff-
catty than we evee:befoo enyoli.oteredoncousequenee.offthe
neeessity of recohstructiug the roof of the large school.-room,
*filch taideeined oiir Character, and again put us in a satisfactory
poiritiopuniongst,the.Other,charitabl; institutions of, the toiwu.
(Cheers.) This legacy was obtained for Lis by a gentlemaupre-
setit.' we have frecipeditv had great 'pleasure in expressing
our thanks to-him:for his services in:hiS absetwe ; and can,say,
that on this, occasion had be not pointed out the legacy, with
numerous others, to the testatrix, the property would'have fallen
into'the residUe and become his own. (Laud cheers.). Lbeg
to propose the health.pf JohnOrp, FAsq. •Thkstoast, was drunk
WiillethreeitUnei three, fitidigi•eit appla'use..
JOHN OWEN, Esq. rose aud must aCknowledge,• that-I
was unprepared, but the kind manner in which Nr,.Davaes has
mentional Ine*anhe yrhidlirtithe'ddsei;iei 'my warmest grati-
tude, and I. can .only return my most sincere thank's' for the
manner in which you have drank my health. For anything I
have ciotte,'ot "tin•V 10nel:fee %Chia • I 'ray haye exerted, I am
sure I aM more thaa sufficiently repaid by the kind manner in
which you irave drank my health. (Ch,ecrs„)„
The Vii":•sieigivi 'thin said, I am'exceediugl'y sorry that I
should Kaye deferred the toast Lam about to give you so long.
The convivialily.of the das has been very much nicrgased by
the-company of thOie*Enkfiatimeii Whose uealths I now propose.
(Lost cheers.). ,I ath obliged to own. that without their encou-
ragement we should not have made quite so respectable an ap-
pearance as we now do. (Loud applause, and three times
three.

hir. R. W. BatEsots returned thanks; although not a na-
tive, he was-intimately connected with the principality by the
ties of friendship and kindred.. In all his' sojourns and vrander►
ings in. that romantic country he had experienced the most unT
hounded hospitality and attention tram its inhabitants, the me-
mory of Which would never be effaced' from his heat', until re.
moved by the hand of death. (Cheers.) • .
' "Mr: MotaNtu'it then sung—" The Old Etielish Gentleratin"
in.a very taitetar arid feeling manner, which gained him .grine;-
ral applause. •
..i) 1
The FaES/DENT then ahid;lanishappy that when the cause
Of charity is concerned its supporters are not cen fined to Welsh-
men or Englishmen We have Acetehrnen,. an, though :with-
hut niy knowledge; tt is poisiNe we 'may have Irishmen present
amongst us; • hoitriver, we have a Worthy Scrotehmen here, arid
have noticed that gentletuan,to be an-old standing, friend of
our charity. rallude to Nir. Francis roster, anclmany thanks
to him fin his attendhnee,inot on this occasion ahine,.but upon
many others. (Loud cheers.) . „ .•
FRANCIS rv:itat then rose and said, 1 rather tlink, Mr.
Chairman, 06'1a:hour under a mistake when you consider Mete
he a Seinchman.. J, thipk it rather strange lihoold be turned.
into the society of
.Scotehmen after an attendance of thirt
years at yoar -antthallestivities. (Laughter and-cheers.)
should have .expected by.. this time, you, would have behaVe
more kindly to me and considered me a native of Shropshire.
(Laughter.) • I am proud of having an opportunity of meeting
those mound me on the present occasion, and of seeing you, Mr.
'President, in the chair. This town has reason to be proud yf
thegentleman Who is to be Yin)t successor at your next anniver-
sary; on which. occasion I hope that., this room, if three times
its size, would be found inadequate to .contain all the guests.
(Cheers:) I thank yett for 'your attachment to an indi':i,tual
who haa'had a much stronger attachment thScotchmen than he
now has. (Cheers ) . . • .
Gfee—L" Willie breted a peck o' inaut."
The PexsineNt next proposed the health den American
gentleman who had been Ion" a resident of.lbist.ob.vn„Mr.
Shipley. ' (Cheers.) I feel, said he, that he is one of our own.
(Applatisez.)., Long may England . and America live together
in the bonds of union. Their inhabittints,have the ,saine ['Loyd
flowing in their veins—the same spirit yf independence diffused
in their framed.. They have the same courage and Maythose na-
tives who have such generous feelingsinetimmon pet weer!tlifin
CO 'AA Other" never be separated: (Cheers.) .Mr. Shiltley has
attended this day' with the
.proper reeling of celebrating theati-
niversary of the ancient,Pritons, as he ought Wide, for America
was first peopled by the ancient Biitons. (Cheers and laughter.)
I do assure you thst I feel great pleasure personally in propos-
ing the health ormy friend Mr. Shipley, and,, liviog.so lung as
he has One in Liverphol, you must Join with me in such feel-
ings, (cheers,) and it is in the ktiOWledge that each of yon
sesses those feelings.that I step forwards to propose his health.
(Great cheering.)
Jositeri ier.xt, Esq., returned thanks for the honour
which had been, done;.him, • If,,it be,,true, said he, as
many believe, that America was first peepled, from.. Wales, niy
country has'patticular reasansror feeling proud Of thedistingtrish-
ed manner in which .ypu ,have mitrced.her,
,and I am certain
that my countrymen will respond to the sentiments which you
have' expiedsa. ICheers.) When I say that I trust the
two countries may betiniteil,in happiness, I am snre there is
not an American merchant who does not amid in.my,septi-
ments, and T .HopetheY continue' to preserve the same
friendly relations which at'present exist. (Cbeers.). .
Mr. Trioiii;s, in obedience to the president's call, favoured
the etinipartY:ilifh "The Soldier'alear: • '
The Pekstu.g:Et next proposed the, health of Lord Kenyon
and the other suhscribers,te the,Welsh charity schools, which
was drank' 'ikith greitinianifesfatkitis of reeling.
The Ytcit:PitestneisT then rose and. said, ,withiour permis-
sion,.l ,propose a toast.-" The Erineipaln/ of Wales." I
ern' extremely hdripy to lehrri there is a better attendance of
gentlemen 'from the principality than usual on this occasion,
which I attrihute to pux,present worthy president, filling. the
sithatfen he is now in. Amoiigst others 1 .observeliu,gties,
of! Ystrad. beg to propose "The Principality of Wales,
with thanks to. these )I.7elshgentlemen who, have! favoured us
With their' attendatice.thii evening." (Cheers.)
Mr.;l-li,nries; in' iiing thrdturn thanks, said, as one of thOse
gentlemen in the eonipany, who 4ve,cpo?o, from Act principality
to do ourselves the of dining with you to-day, I beg you
wilt accept ofiewafiffieknoivkAginentartir the'honour you have
dpne us in drinkinghur hcalths:
.(cheens,) !Although we have
come rr;iirittorrie distance, we came hereto meet our epuntrymen,
and those who; ialttinligh not our countrymen, take a deep inte-
rest in the, welfare; of our country,. and, lend their assistance
towards affording the blessings of a religious education to those
whdse-riteans cannot afford thenisPlves. (Cheers.) I' tee)
proud that, in this emporium of:conunerce,- so many of oiw
countrymen are present for the purpose of contributing towards
such a good purpose. I have been present in London at the
anniversary of the ,Welsh society, and it appears to me,that,
proportion to the. population of that large town, ,a larger
of children are educated in your schools than in those of
London.
~ (Cheers.) In conclusion, I say, that it is highly gra-
tifying to us,to have been present here for the first time,. but I
hope tt will not be the last. (Cheers.)
. The, PHLS!,WiNT then proposed, the health of John Had-
docks, Esq., the president elect fur the next anniv,orsary, which
was received with loud applause.
• The Vick-PftEstnerit gave the health of John Davies, Vsq.,
the Vice-president elect, which was cheered by the whole. meet-
ing.
A number of toasts were proposed after this, and several ex-
cellent speeches made, prior to the general, departure of the
company. Throughout the utmost hilarity and friendly feeling
prevailed, and those present speak of the meeting as one of the
most numerous and pleasant tha t. they have witnessed fur
series of years, ancreonsequently lOplZ forward to a successive
series, each succeeding its predecessor in accession of numbers
and friendship of intercourse.
I :7)( . - •

LONDON LAW REPORT.

TIIE OLDHAM-STREET CHAPEL, MANCHESTER,

VICE-CHANCELLOR'S' COURT—TUESDAY.
DR. WARREN v. BURTON, NEWTON-, AND OTIIERS.—This
case, the merits of ,wbich most of our readers are well acquainted
with, was opened on Saturday last, and continued by adjourn-
ments to Monday Ind Trieiclity, When the arguments of couusel
being closed,
Tile Vice-Chancellor immediately proceeded to deliver the
following luminous judgment. His honour commenced by say.
in .that the case had been. argued withsgreat .ability on both
sides, and with much excellent reason. In the statement made
by One of the learned counsel, thetrthe question was one of very
trifling consequence, lie certainly did not agree; any, qrstiolv
that concerned not only the wellbeing but the very existence
of that numarons body the Wesleyan Methodists, to whom it
was his firm belief was owing a large pcirtion of that religious
feeling which had extended not only oyer,this country, but oyes
the whole world, ceuld 'not be a trifling question: and when the
origin and nature of this body was considered, the character of
its pious and distinguished faunder, and. the many ,excellent
men, such its Dr. Adana Clarke; isgio had iiseu up among them,
no peirsOn who understood what religion really was could look at
such a body as the Wesleyan Methodists without the most attec-
tionate interest and concern. The questionhe considered the
court called- upon to decide was' whether he possessed jurisdiction
to interfere in a, case in which the trustees.efa chapel had vir-
tually excluded Dr. Warren and another gentleman from
preaching 'in chapels to which they had been duly and lawfully
appointed. It was .stated, in the first place, that this court
possessed po jurisdiction in a question of this naive, but that
• was a proposition to which he could not accede. It was evident
from the provisions contained in the deeds a Artist was of neces-
'sity created', and for his owu part he could not see, because the
trust affected persons who belonged-to a Voluntarily constituted
society, that those trusts were not to be carried into effect by
that court 'as well as any Other. His opinion on the question
was, that when:per-sons were created trustees of a chapel, and
it did not appear that such chapel was for the benefit of thems
selves; but held jointly for the benefit of others, that, a trust so
constituted was one .oSier which that court would exercise juris-:
'diction. - It then_ became a, question. whether.. under the .
!cuinstaisces of the present ease, the court was properly
.called
on to interfere. • It was to be obseived that the trustees in this
instance were to be:considered not merely with regard to the.
words which 'were contained in themselves, but in connexion
with the leis as a part of the machinery by which the whole body
was kept together, and heshould indeed be takiug a very narrow
view of the question if be were to leek merely at the words of
the deed. and say that no circumstance that was extrinsic of the
case ought to be considered. He thought he was bound on this
occasion to follow the , principle laid down by Lord Eldon
in the celebrated ease between the Duke' of Bedford's tenants
'and the British Museum. Here although there were express
covenants in the deed, they were contrary to a whichitiageTo
pre-
vailed 150 years before, and Lord Eldon was of opinnt
de-
termine
the question fairly, he must regard nut merely what was.
the nature of the proVisloni in the deed, but alio the circum-
stances under which it was created, .althotigh not a single word
of what was referred to
.appeared on the face a the deed. His
honour then stated the provisirins of, the steed which created
the trtist in 1781, duriug the lifetime of Mr. Wesley, the founder,
which 'before his death was conveyed tii trustees, to permit and
suffer such persons as should be appointed by the conference to
preach in the chapel, and occupy the teoements connected with
it. There was also a provision, that if any person appointed by
the conference to preach in' the said chapel shOuld, in .thestoeland-
nicin of the major
.part of the trustees tor the time being, be an
unfit'and improper person, and the committee
sefs lie conference
should tuklect hr refuse' to appoint another person, in the
of such' pel-son so to be deenied.tittfit, withiu two months after
notice thetent in writing given to the committee bythe trustees.
or the major part of them, such notiee containing the reasons
why the trustees or the major part of thenc think such person
unfit orlmnrripes;.that such case it should be lawful for the
:trustees, in' the*major part of theui,'to appoint such other person'
as they should think fit-until the next conference, This was a
power'in thetiature of aniXecutieg power, but the deed did nut.
'contain anything which Put in terms any obligation on the .trus-
lees, incase they, considered an individual, an impropeisnerson,
to peirisit !tiro to enjoy tbe chapel. There was nothing in the
'deed'of that nature but what might
.be infested frOutsthe.tirst
'part of it creating the trust; lie could pot help thinking, how-
'ever, that if the trustees Should conceive, inconsequence of art,
act which a person had cornmitted;it becaine necessary to in-
terfere immediately, and prevent such person from preaching,
that.then the deed gave them, the power to take the course pre-
scribed. by it.' The course prescribed was to give the coofereace
poweete. appoint a substitute, and in case they did not exercise
that power, then that the trustees might, proceed. The other.
'chapel was built: in 146,slorig. after the. death of AIL Wesley,.
and after,those regulations hail been. made by the conference
1791, I'm 179.3, 1795, and 1797, which had. been so. much the,
snbject of comment. There the trust was' to permit the chapel
to be used and enjoyed. fur the worship of 41ruighty God,

by the. society of people called Wesleyan Methodists, to the
intent to perinit.such persons e should .from: tithe to tithe beesp.
pointed. by the conference to „hove the free. and uninterrupted 1
use of the chapel. • "Then theee Was a preVision, if the mural
character of the person was good and unexceptionable (whieli
was general), and next, if it should appear. to elm trustees that
the conduct of any preacher should" appear immoral, a certain
rule of proceelling was laid. denten • .Tbese deeds; therefore, it
would he.observed, refereed in a general wig, to the. use of the
chapel for the•purpoece of religious worshielv'the Methodists,
which. was a circumstance not tO -be • loSt sight a whets: tairtmient- ?.
iiig, op tbeeffeet of the deeds,eandethe.oestatte af:thet trastship
created under tbeihe lie •Mnst, therefore, cuiesider it inteuded
by the paltieer w Ito had .contenued .tebelong to the methodist conel.
nexiun from the time they, were thus appointed; thesesiseuldtiot
be any thing lese,than one general object presumed but that it ti
was the universal de:sire-to forth one body; to lie•governed by
.pne set of laws ; enstalthaegh it tpigbt.be erunthat the persons i;
appointed trustees under the deed of 1781 might think they were
to exercise their Trust, •haVing regard'to the' then existing law,
v Gt•it appeared thet if iu the progress, of ,time the. persons. who
'
were trustees received ,i.Peesou appeihted.hy the conference to te
preach in. their chapel; they. must . take thap person mrtenerely
by reason of,
.what was expressed in theetrest, hut by the laws
-Willetk regulated the 'whale body. Whether or not, a district
coniatittee had the tioWer to . aiemise it. person, regularly ap-
pointed by the yearly conference was a matter of seine doubt,
Tor thepersonseivho' created these rules having but one general
object in view,' could clearly understated. the general intention,
but nat beingprofessioaal persons, of course they could not
foresee end provide foe*very legal difficulty that might arise.,
During Mr, Wesley's lifetime the absolute .power pi appoint-
inept. resided in him, and therelbee, though there was no de-
claration that he possessed a similar power toren:love any inie
nistere in the absence of express declaration,• it. must be inferred.
On Mr. Wesley's death that Power ceased, and the tronference
immediately nset, divided the' Society-jilt° districts,: and passed
the following iniume:—•`fhe assisteent.of .a circuit shall have
authority to suinnuin the preachers Of his district who are in
full connexion on dureriticalesiee according to the best
ef ,hist judgment, .rnerite. spelt ;au ieterferdnen... And the said
preachers, or as many of them.as cau attend, shall assemble at
the place amid time aPpeinted‘by• the assistant aforeetad, and
shallsforma conentitteet fertile 'intense ofeletermiding•eodeeen-
Ingthe businesinn 'Which they are called. 'They. shalt choose a
hhairmate • for the: oceiteieh, and theirdecisieri shall be final till the
iineetieg of.thenextectinferenceePeheaithe chairman-of the. Cain-
mittee shall lay the minutes of the proceedings before the cons
ference. -Provided, nevertheless, that nothing shalt he'clehe by
any committee4mutra ry .to the_ resolutions of the conference.
By this article full sower was giveu 4) the assistant.trom .time
to time to suintoon the preachers ,on a sufficient occasion aris-
ing. ...1p 1792 this arrangement wasialteredi the.poiver being
given to the chairman of the district to call the meeting, but be
wes to interfere with no otherdistrict buthis own. "I. All the
preaeliere,of,every district respectivelv;, aho shall beveseht at
'the conference from tune to time, shall meet together as ecron as
possible after the stations of the preachers are finally settled,
and c hogs? .a ehairman. ler their • distriet :out. ofethe present or
absent members of the elistrict committee. :2. The chairman
so choSen shalfhave authority to calla Meeting of the committee
bis ditteict; ou. any..application of the preachers, or people,
which appears,to him to require it. But, he, must never indivi-
theallv interfere with any other 'circuit bht his own. 3. When-
ever (he chairman haareceived any complaint against a Weedier,
either from the preachers or the. peopteehe Shall send an exaet
accotint of the complaint in Writing to the Person accused, with
the name of the accuser or accusers, before he cattiest meeting
of the district comildttee to examine jun> the charge. 4. Ifett
appear on lust grOUnds to any s,uperintend.ent that the chairman
at' the district has. time guilty of any criirie drinisrleineantitte, er
that he. has neglected to call a meeting of 914.41644 a coat-
•mittee, when there was sufficient reasons ior calling it, such,
superintendent's:hall have authority., in that ease; a call a Meet-
jug of the district. .cosuraitteee end too• fist, t he. time. and place. of
meeting, The committee. thus assembled shall have power, if
they kidgentoe'ssary; td trp the chajrniair, end,- if found guilty,
!9-..euseend hint. (rum being a treyelling preacher till the ensue
ing conference, or remove him from the office of a superin-
tendent, or to.depose -hint from the chair; and to elect another
in hiaplace.." • There was nothing here to limit 'the p.iwer of
the district committee thus sumnioned. Then,, by the article
of. 17933, :there Wks a provision- made fit case the' chairmah
+oak!, be accused of immorality, which it..was not necessary
to %mite. After, this arose the great disputes about the•adiui-
nistratiod of the LOrd's supper and -the ordinances of baptism,
schen the famous,
.plan of pacification. wasepassed. (His Ito.
notar•here read the article.) Here appeared to a'power given to
the• lay portion of the community to exercise a jurisdiction
;seer the-preachers which had never before existed. The stews
aids and leaders were for the first time to compoee a part of the
court in ,fotir 'particular cases 'specified—immorality, erronee
Due doctrine, deficiency of ability, 01 breach of some .of the
before-meutioned rules. The object of the conference, theme-
fore, in •particularizing ese four cases as the only instancei
in which the lay. portionth of the • &immunity .should have the
privilege of forming a portion of the. district committee,, was
so obvious that It' must be presumed the intention was not to
be construed :as applicable to all .cases. He :next alluded to
What took plaee at the, conference .at, Leeds in 1796, where
there was an express recieghition of the district committee.
After this came the circular letters of 1797, in which nothing
. was expressed to increase.thepower °lithe lay body beyond the
cases previously nientiOned.'. Last of all were the articles of
11329, which merely .modified the 'plan eef pacification, tint did
not alter the previ usselaw with respect to the laity.. Tbere watt
06 room for doubting thettbe district committees had exercised
the poker of .suspertsjOh in -several 'other cases besides thatuf
P. Warren,
lied for other offences besides iinunorality.; and
he 'was of 'opinion that if a case should wise that did not tall
within the four specified oecasions,:the district cothinittee could
lawfully interfere., The question wouldeleesibether there did
exist a case in which a district committee could legally iuter-
fere ? . If that 'case had- arisenethen there was no departure
from formality. He was of opinion, though the court did ee-
(lithe a jurisdiction over trust matters generally, it could nbt
exercise a jurisdiction itethe. -nature of• the appellant jurisdie-
tion,of a legal court over a voluntary-society, whoiltid decided
that certain things should be nianaged in a particular way by a
legallyconstituted . Nor. did he think he was at liberty
. to'treat their act as an enormity merely beceuss in his private
opinion he, might happen to think differently from a court over
which he -had no jurisdiction. He certainly most say he did
not think the strong expressions of tyranny, despotism, and
: oppression applied to the individuals who composed the district
committee were made out or could be justified. Then, with
regard to the publication of Dr. Warren,- there was a great deal
of discussion as tee the identity of Dr. Warren's conduct with
the pamphlets; but with regard to that he-might. say What was
uttered cm another occasion—r" What need we of furtherwit-
nese,"•the ProductiOn of the phamphiet being quite sufficieut ?
. He should be sorry to make any harsh observations upon an
individual .who here such' a character fee 'general utisefultless
and ability as Dr. Warren bore; but being called upon as a
judge to exercise his jurisdiction without respect to persons,
he must say that •he thought thoie publications contained Pak.
sages which that gentleman, when a caller. moment .should.
. arrive, and be was enables! to exercise a calm and deliberate
reflection, would contemplate' with deep regret.• He might
more-properly have considered the objects and -sentiments of
the pious tounder of his persuasion, and recollected that it-was
to.a society voluntarily attached to hirnselithat he endeavoured
to set an exampleof uublemished.holiness, and .ernanating-from
the purest faith. His honour then read several extracts from.
the directions contained in the minutes of conference, to show
that such proceedings were opposed, to the spirit of Mr. Wes-,
ley's doetnne, and always deprecated by him and his followers.
He would also remind that gentleman, that among those in-
dividuals whom the apostle has mentioned asnecludeds •froini
the kingdom of Heaven',. the reviler was particularly. pointed
out. His honour next read several passages from the pamphlets
- alluded to, and commented. severely upon: them. .On :corning
to that part of it where the president of the, district meeting..
was represented like-Jadge-Jefferies; he observed 'that it Was-
with the deepest regret he viewed: an .expression • made ueet
of with regard to this individual that liad only, been apistied
to Judas laeariot.- He had 'been 'Very' much struck with the
invaluable remarks of ,the late Dre Clarke upon. thisepassage of
holy writ, and earnestly recommended. them to the attention
of Dr. Warren; Upon this part of the case •he must say, that
considering, the situation in 'which Dr. Warren .was -placed,-
- and the nature of the pamphlets, and recollecting: also than he. was
a member of the' conference; and that
.no one Cupid .make a'
statement of what hail.passea at that assembly but one 'of -its
members, he must without hesitation. declatee thet no person-
could view the speech made by Dr.
.Warren, and the remarks
published with it, without feeling that itkent directly to ereate.
;those schisms in methodism which, if uotput an *tad to, would
.ultimately destroy the society itself; theiefore, it did appear to
himehat the district committee might in such a 'case decide
how far they could legally deal with Dr. Warren until the next
conference day. Upon the whole question he was called upon
to state whether by the laws land usages 'of methodism all had
been wrong, aud that all the proceedings of the committee and
the trustees were to -go for notiritig. Befdre the court in-
terfered in the executionof a .trust, it 'must be, asiured theme
had been such a breach as to justify its interference.• it
MIS probable the tribunal of the conference 'might differ
with him, or that .his judgment might be :considered errone
ous by a more awful tribunal, before which he must appear; •i
but he 'must assert it as his sincere and honest conviction,
that a case had not been made out to'svarrant tire interposition
of the jurisdiction of that court. He had been very .much
attracted by the traportance'of the' discussion, and if he had
wounded the feelings of Dr. Warren or any 'other individual by
any one of- the observatiouS he had felt it his duty to make, he
was heartily sorry for it, 'as well ae•the necessity that created it.
Hail :the pamphlet been an ordinary publication, he ',should ;
have passed it aims.' without observations, but taning from an .1
individual of his rank; station, and character in the society, he
could not help observing that he did'hot think it was the stand-
ard at: which his bright and eminent, talent should have aimed. ,
The conference would put an end to-the dispute in the course of
a short time; but all he would for Hie present say was that he had
no jurisdiction' to interfere. lie could not couclude this subs
jeet better titan in the words which were Made use, of:: by one of
the,ir own conferente in 1795:—"'0, brethren, 'be as zealous fur,
peace and unity in-your respective 'societies as your preachers
ha_ye. been. in this blessed conference, Let the majorities aud
minorities on both sides exercise the utmost firibearanie tokards
each other; let thew mutually concede orioles the other as fir as
possible; and by thus bearing each other's burdens, fufilt the
law ef Christ. Let all resentment be buried in eternal oblivion;'
and let contention and strife .befor. ever , banished from. the
borders of our Israel."—lnjunctien dismissed with costs.

The Watchtitati,- of Wednesday, contains the following re.
marks on this case We congratulate our Wesleyan readers
on the happy termination of the proceedings for an injunction,
instituted by. Dr. Warren in the Vice-Chaucellor's Court, against:
the Rev. Robert Newton and certain trustees of two chapel& in
Mancheiiter. The decision has fully established the authority
of the.cotarence, hs constituted by Mr. Wesley'.s deed-poll of
1784; and the subordinate jurisdiction of its diStrictCominittc.es,
in the enforcement of an efficient disciplineapan all'the 'preach.
ers and societies,.during the intervals of the annual meetings of
the conference. We consider that this decision will greatly
promote the purity, order, and stability_of Wesleyan methodism,
aecordinglo its present Constitution ; and that it completely
recognizes all those great.principles of its executive administra-
tion,
hl
forhewy.hhicahveitsfatiithestfuir mstaita
friends, supported by t.he almost unani-
tittinit approbation of the' conference.' have ever contended, and
its results• to "the' Wesleyan "connexion his not often occurred
than that 9n which this: elaborate :and able .judyrnent of;the
Hostility.
day against
more the
interesting efforts of faie n
tions and revolutionaryili.• V
Me-Chancellor was pronounced. 'We cannot omit to, remind
the Wesleyan cotnmnnity;lhat, while they rejoice, as they May'
properly. (19, in their ISUCCeSi. their devout aeknowledgmentg are
suprtemelV due, and
.should be. most gratefully offered, to that I
Divine Providence which. .has once more *so graciously pro-
tected the: interests of their 4ionnexion. Nor eau we' refrain
from the expression of our most sincere and anxious hope,:that,:
after such-a decisiOn, front a quarter entitled to the utmost re-
spect.-r-adecision motgrounded on, any mere technicalities or
niceties of law, but fully and explicitly embracing the,principler
of the case, and pronouticing upon: the ntetit.,—the:agitatiuts of
certain circuits will ,speedily cense, and 'that many, who these t
unwittingly, and in errorjent themselves fora time to those
agitations; will now feel it• their /July to desist from 'future agt
gression, and to -resume their former peaceable position and
1tabi14,43 Vbristians arid as methodists, •

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