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Rush, near Cheraw. net. llth, 11113. Cerek, Ocf. lit.-:-The Very it. ^verend tie. Pre:
Slit,—A very intelligent writer, A. C.'in• your iincial Synod of Pile thet heye on Tuesday hist; the
Paper of the 9'h ult. which I have lately, read, states 10th current. • k was opened by the Rev. Theis'
the hardships, or rather the injustice, which the 0;5-' Millei,. at. Torreyburn, the late Nloderatesr, Omit
errs in the naval service of the gag India Company ' preached in excellent sermon from the Epistle or P.
labour under, with great force and ell the decency, of Nil I. the Romans; C. i. v. i.—" Therefore., itOng
legitimate ciimplaitir ; but 1 am afraid he appeals to . jellified by faith, we have peace witli.G4ll, thrgisgh
those who ate ion murk involved in abuses to extrie ' our Lord Jesus Cliti:t." The Rev. Tiketngs Mkt;
care themselves from thraldom, or et' remedy the in, I pie, at Cults, was unanimously elected Maltreat
justice of
of a let
whichhreririe bilerithe victim. I sent! you . for the Current half-rear.
ther copy
- ' • `a
Overt to me by a near and dear 1 Two clews of greet impottertcs Came to;fere the
relation on his embarketion for 'Madras, some;hiag. Synod. The first catreason.isted of n complaint by
more than IR motitiis•since, ander a solemn promise' Mr. WitliarwF errie, at Kilemiquliar, ageiriet wsene.
that I would, on my return to London from Port.. tericeenf the. Presbytery.. of St. Andree'v, dated the
mouth, forward one copy of it to the Chairman arid 90 of August last, dismissieg e compleintexhitilted
another to tie Deputy Chairman of the Court of by him on aehat day nearest Mr Aridiew Bell, at
Directors, aod that I e ould not oe any :remelt give Cold, changing that Gentleman with a derelietion of
it publicity 'or allow any third Gerson t., peruse it, pastoral duty, arising from his not keying Cleliverett,
unless it should he passed over in silence. and she for the space of five months, a single' sere. n, or
scandalous practice of exacting fees•frrini 0111,ers tee Other reiigiousdisenuree,atrywheie within the aounds
turning e
in,gupt e t
njyoui
pi
i ig
theirl,T regiments, or to thole reertive of lint extensive cod populous parish. Mr. Ferries,
civil
should he continued, vs hose feet who ably supported the complaitit, admitted, that the
are yet continued, notwithstanding the modest re. church was under repair during (ire time specified....
presentation of the abuse in the following letter to I)rs. Cook and hill were heard for the Presbytery.
NI r.TuottoToat told Mr. graitstsvosirv; and biasing The genends of defence adopted by these Genttemers
discharged the first pert of the (lay imposed or, ' were—the ...ewe of the church, es described.—the
ime by my kinsman, I am now bound to dis- want of a room sufficiently large for cote/tiding the
!charge the second part by publishing the Letter congregation—Mr. Bell's unfavourable state of
addressed to the above Gentlemen, in the ex- health—and the circumstaatce of Mr. Ferrie not hie:
pertation that an end would have been put, in n pri. log presented his complaint till the 9th of August,
vale and honourable meinier, to the arbitrary, end, alitiough the neglect complained of commenced in this
. I should suppnee, illegal exactions iti question. If month of May. Mr. Ferrie, on the other handi
the Chairmen and Deputy Chairman have not sub. contended, that . lietitors are hound by lay ts,
milted the Letter I sent them hart year to the censie furnish proper places for the admioistratiod of
deration of the Court of Directors, they have failed religious ordinances, while churches are either re:
in their duty, not on!y to their colleagues, but to building or undergoing repairs ; thet the absence of
the Proprietors of India Stock, and to every Gen. a room of sufficient size for receiving the congrega:
ilemen in their service subject to the impositions tints might have been siiiii.lie.l, deritig the summer
complained of. It is. therefore, in compliance with months, by the Mitiister's preaching iii a tent be the
the directions, that I request you to give pub. open air; awl stated, as feces well known, that Mr.
!icily to the Letter he confided to my care,. in Bell had, in the interval, freqeetitly, if not regular.
the hope that the Court of Directors will pre. ly, officiated in neighbouring churches, particularly
vent the necessity of an .appeal to the Court in those belonging to two clergymen, members of the
of Proprietors, and, from a seem, of justice, abolish Presbytery of St. Andrew's, who resided, fora con.
a nuisance which, in equity, is neither more eor siderpble length of time, the one in Edinburgh, and
less than a fraud, and which, countenanced .in a the other in the county of Aberdeen ; and that be
timelier as it is by the corruption of the times, is possessed no.opportimity of presenting the complaint
growing to a most enormous and mischievous magi& in question., previous to the 9th of August, as no
tude.—l have the honour to be,. Sir, meeting of Presbytery had -taken lats since the SOII4
• Your most obedient bumble servant,. , .: ' pension of 'public worship in the rch of Civil, till
I ALEX. ROSS. the (lay here mentioned.
I. . .
I • Parties were fully heard ate. e bar, and removed.
'Cony of a Letter, slated August 2; 1814, from a . It was then moved and gecoptied—Remit the
Gentleman going to India, addressed and for. complaint to the Presbytery eel-St. Andrew's, to pro-
• warded by the Two-penny Post .to the Chairman teed therein with 1010.e/elm speed, according to
e
. • and Deputy Chairman of the. Kest India Cent- the rules of the -Chulelue t was also moved and
' •./ patty, addressed privately to the Chairman and seconded—Dismiss the complaint ; and the roll
Deputy Chairman of the Court of Directors:,- being called and votes marked, it carried dismiss by
GverLisiereeL'Aloorliiding from the able mintier agreat majority ; .upon which the Synod decerned in
terms of,the second motion.
in which you conduct your Asia,ic conceres• that a
Against this judgment Mr. Ferrie appealed to nest
coesidemble degree - f ability resides in the' direction,
General Assetobly,:far seasoes to be lodged by him
and Rosie& IN integrity to be equal r.c..ilits.ab.ility,
in (rue- time; took instruments and craved extracts
Ith leviteht,to apprise you, that tbe.co;qapii of
II:
w. hich Were greeted. S
seas of your servaoti in Leafirnhall-st,..ren•js:. likely
The other. case was .a complaint at the instance of
to bring the letter into questinue, awl to
~tantiress the
certain Mettibers of the Presbytery of Cupur, apinet
trie-iti with .art opinion, that you cotinive at abete.s
a eiestelice of that .Pleshatery, of date the Ist of
Itteetiaed on suitors at the -India-lleuser wider the
aepetbklieu of •fees ; and which are regulated, tint August lest. sustaining a presentation from the Prin.
by any Oiled immutable standard, but by the pre-
ciPi: I, etad Professore. composing the limited College
sunned ebility_of the applicant to comply with the
n St. Silverlor arid St. Leonard, in the Cidverslty of
St. Aad'eu's, dated the 31st of- July, ientrwiliatelyt
extestion. exacted, from Wirt, ..If any of the
i?cerjeriitig, io 'fryour of the Reverend llonry David
Gerka is your. ettletraire, establishment, coettary
enoke,, now Mitiiiter. of Kilmeity. A detailed vie*
to all prudence as •well ps to alljaattee, are authorise,',
of , the merits of this,atfoiris already before the pub-
to deemed fees for doirig whateinamint of fact,
,e
cram-
it is
their dory to perform, and toe which they gave tic.
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rh 4.Als,(lpri4or•boing a constituent Member of
pewee salaries, I submit it to your diaxretioet. wile. ,
Presbytery, left the Chair, which, at the request of
titer it would not he telviee4le to affix in different tne !ay two; wee .resumed by Mr. Miller, the late
Moderator. Doctors Campbell and Stewart, and
parts of your .building a t:l3ie of, fees, authenticated
My. William Thomsen, appeared for the Presbytery,
by your Secretary, as e guidteto thosewho may have
business to trets.act, and who,.not, aware of being
and the Comptaliters in support of the coniolaitit.--e
After a long and warm debate, ait
diderlated
subject to any legitimate demaod, are surprisrd by a
much luminous detail and cogency of reasoning, it
claim which, whether well or ill founded, they feel
was'agrevd that the state of the vote should le,, sue.
must be complied with, to alu.itl obstacles and de-
tain, air dismiss the complaint ; which was dismissed
lays amounting utmost to a refusal under a Ta-
il. by a large majority. Against this sentence an Ap.
they of frivolous, pretences, Wiheti
.clerks
peal was.also entered to the Assembly. The Synod
;ley Public Office assume the right o
of their of ol levyingcti. rose at 12 o'clock P.M.
fees by a kind of•an ad valorem of ordinary Meeting was appointed to be held
structinia, varying the fee from five to fifty poends,
at hi kcatey, on the 9th of April, 1816.
yet modest% submitting the exaction to the generosi-
ty of the individual; it marks an abuse of a very
mischievous quality, and is of a character to demand
immediate correction. I will nut expatiate upon a
topic that speaks so eloquently for itself, anti which
requires Ito interpreter to Gentlemen so well ihfnrmed
as the Court of Directors. I lisve preferred this
private communication to you and to the Deputy
Chairmen, to a public address through the offensive
channel of a public Journal; and being on the point
of sailing, I can only add, that although I am an
germs mous complainant, l'am trot a mercenary one
-I.lt is heither my trade nor my pastime, and I refer
Mr. you
to Ronoteand others for a full confirmation
of the fact above stated, of fees, remunerations, and
doticanws, beinelierred o,r expected by those u Apr
shit is absolutely their duty
year
In
perform,cotttwhich,rsualudfottollittg
trust,
rust,
this letter will put
an end for 001, Ai it is disgraceful' to the India Com-
pany, and a' very:lmpad
jent tax on the pubac.
I .u, Sr" your most obedient,

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SINGULAR :1-.OiNG I TY.-frtOr G pi!'
, has now. in his service a rap% apd, n horses,
who constantly. work together (this fort er lotvitili the
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rnavagezunit of the latter inbusbandrk concerns),
w hose itOiptcl• ages aranutit to 1.:/3.. years : the man
being 76, ope.of tbehorses•32, eo'cl the other 25
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TI ose who are lingering nicler painful and °Withal. pis/noes
Ipo9l feel n plesteere heti they are nitOrtned that Cooke.
three Surve• ns• itf•lltirtv yen r4' etperietite in Strithirre,
at-d Scrign,out ni,ea•iii, have eltabiblied
Great ClEirl•ilte•sitect,
• nupaiiite the Rev. Row laiol Chiipel; Blatt:lariats ;
by Wore the 'Public ate cur.l dithout vailValina or entellm,
mem, the atiettlitm elbow, ri•bri hair
attempted the gn.e, or Mho hove cooltneed klitterate Baca,
whet e improper treatment' have 'ruined ilion•and.. • frnpii•
on the h'nd, Line. and 'body, sore throat, Rt. hid •
noise in the ears. SWeilitlotS in the rttck. dimness of o,gllt :
Philo in the head and limb-, fiegisch.tly• nil t for
rheumatism weolnew in the k:eev. moles oh the tileih Ile •evr.
swelled merle,, Stc.- are ssmptono which oppeor ••••1-- :ti.•r.
and too often embitters the inatrinantinkl Alnico Coort
and C. are e“iisulted daily by All ranks of people. Mew rt. vuo
till risks precisely svosol giie advice on Itino4ll, nrss
day. and titt...tay m ,nungs, tall twelve o'clock. A 41.10 r wend
the corner, I* private rooms for females, a

FoOTratia.=-011$111ortlay evening. at riveter!, hoot
of half past five o'clock, as Mr. Rich, of Inner 'fem.
ple-lane, was returning home, in a gig, to hif count
try-house iii Hendon, he was stopped by three foot.
pill, at North End, near the live mile-stone. They
took from Ni.. Rich his witch, chain, mud seals, Ms
in Bank of England notel, a bill of eachange for
seventeen guineas, kr.
- Tuesday last a fire broke nut in a room occupied
as a counting-house, in lie rgrave's-buildings,npposite
the east side of the •'fowit+hall, IA1.4.11)001. The
Mimes rapidly spread to the adjoining room, and
Continued their ravages along the whole range of the
upper stories of the pretoises, from the corner of the
shambles to the passage, which sepliated them front
rho sowt.ssist angle of the New Emil/Inge buildings.
The fare was fortunately got un,ler et an early hour
.she &Mowing asorniug., Fi..d did 1101 communicate to
the lowar.apartutents. The loss, however, is very
'.cohsidetable.• • • .
v. .A •larar stack of lioy.was, obsc, ved last week to
be on fire, Ini the premises of Mr. Campion, farmer, in
Littleworth Drove, Littaornstilre, and before suffici-
ent assistance could be procured, the flames commit.
rticated to two:large wheat and two oat ricks, ail
I. hicit, with tits stack of hay, were de:,troyeil. The
j ire wee occasioned by the•heating of the hay, from
!being got too green.' Nog e of the property wan in.
, tared.
C0:4,4 Excitsscs. Noy. S.—Our market Was yell
1 ifthity snrpheil with all groin 4hi4 morning except
worts, tint our prices rentaig its on Moridae fur wheat,
Marley, (COPS, 1111:1 hennas 1 WiNhod *Pry abundant ar:
rivals •of eat% *which artitle is foil one shilling per
quarter lower, Ind dull 4:11P all thatneeduqlon. •
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