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. r n w i ' . I. y it, those of her, sister and awmthe ChurchmtiflScotlan'o h ,, lave been suddenly , vtved; and in her hour of need she “V ‘ in a nght‘to claim rem her she formerly. befriended a re- lpmnoll Of her serum and sympathy. From me, at ' can. she aha,“ not look far it in Vain. ' The question which

.1" _ l Pfenm 881mm}! her is as vast and comprehensive as it is'

” in“ "Id essential. to her very being as a church. It rests

- 3tth the entire series. of her ancient struggles and her for- .» _ , .100? history. and It involves all her hopes and prospects lor ' . b0 fim‘w- 1 do not presume in such a manner to pro- ]. 1; 11W. of my own authorit , upon details; but this I do unhealtatlngly av'ow, that 1 sliall not give my assent to any

_ -~ measure, purporting to be a settlement at this great and - ‘ momentous question, which does not, in principle, establish 5‘ the thorough and entire ri ht of tlte Church of Scotland to ' the selection, reception, antfofiiciation of its own ministers, - tn the mode most. conformable to the spiritual wishes, and

ht, ‘. most conducive to the spiritual wants of her communities.

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to pronounce upon the detail: ofthe demands made by t 6 Church of Scotland at the present crisis; but as to the prin— ciple of any settlement she tnay propose, I have such confi- dence in her purity ofintention, and her boundness of judg- ment, that I would regard it as an insult to her conception of religious liberty, to assume that she aimed at more than spiritual independence, as it would be an insult to her sense I of Christian dignity to imagine that she ought to be content . with less. The present struggle which disturbs the Church ofScotland is a struggle, not lor forms, or emoluments, or ,' , external privileges—it is a struggle of the heart, of the iii- 93 ward mind, and of the conscience ; anti, inconsistentlv with duties exercise of these, the law may crush and silence,

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‘ - '1. . E.‘ . 1 v ~ ‘ " The news from the com-districts is une'xce ii ii bl gratifyin . In Canterbury, the Isle'ol"1'hanet,'Sittitigbiilfi'lttiy and Rs ester.- scarce a field of wheat is standing. The' produce ofKent promises altogether to be a good average one.

The firm of Messrs. Anderson, 'Gariow & Co. of: Liver- pool, liad resumed business. , -. ‘ :5 f a .A lighthouse, to hearthe name of“Liglit of All Nations,” wrll soon be erected on the North-east end of the Goodwin Sands, which will mark and render accessible a channel hitherto closed, leading from the North Sea into a lar e bay within the Sands, where ships may anchor quite she ered in all Weathers, in thirt or forty feet depth of water. '

We understand that r. Cunard, the contractor with the Government lor carrying the Halifax mail, has .had the al» lowance raised from £60,000 to £84,000 per aitnum, the; made now running twice a month each way; but as soon as he shall rlin every Week, he is to have £120,000 per an- num. The addition made to the sum received from Go- vernment ts £24,000 per annum, which will make the whole sum This addition has, we believe, been niade'on condition of the contractor doing, at the requirement ofthe

oyemmeiit, certain extra services in the conveyance of the mails. Last year, only one as despawhod in the month of November; this ye will be two. But in the month of March next, iii two mails bein des- patched, there will be only on forWarded. In arch feqpassengcrs offer, and the voyage is rendered rather dangerous li-om the ice which usually, at that period, floats In the track of the steamers—London Times.

DiAsoLICAL ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATI‘. THE SONS or Louis PHILIPPE—It appears that on Monday, the 13th of September, the Dukes of Orleans, Nemours, and Atitnale, were making their triumphant entry into Paris, on their re- turn from Al iers. They Were preceded by a brilliant Staff, and rode at t Ie head of the 17th Ragt. Light Infaittry,—aiid

but it cannot settle or compose her claims. When Stephen,

- the King of Poland, was pressed by some of his .courtiers to enforce uniformity in religion amongst his subjects, his re- ply was worthy of a monarch—4‘ I cannot,” said he, “ en- tbrce it if] would—1 ant a king of men, it is trite, btit not a king ofconsciences." The present seems to me to be the cause of consciences and of freedom of thought in the Church of Scotland; atid so long as these are unsatisfied—— I. so long as the demands of conscience are ttncomplied with, any formal settlement will be but temporary atid delusive, should the law or the Legislature succeed in eficcting cvcn

_ a temporary tranquillity. Gentlemen, to your cause then, . , ‘ to your community and your minister, 1 have to other this ' humble testimony of my services, my attachment, and my esteem. In all human probability, the gilt will long survive the fleetin existence of the giver; but the marble itself 5' cannot out ive the memory of the man whose mortal fea- ‘ titres it will ’petuate to our descendants; and if, in addi- _ tion to my ostensible desire to hear my homage to the merits : ofa great and a good man, 1 have a personal feeling excited by the incident, it is the hope, that at some for distant day my children may have it recalled to their recollection by

. this feeble memorial, that their father was the advocate of . I’resbytcrianism and the friend of Dr. Cooke. I have now . only to request your acceptance and preservation of it, as a ‘ memorial of your minister, ’our adviser,atid spiritual li-icnd. ' V Dr. Cooke acknowledge the honor in eloquent tcrnis.

‘ ‘ Alter speaking for some time oti the subject of Mr. O’Con- ‘ < nell's late invasion of the north of Ireland, he went on to al- ‘ lude to the present state of the Church of Scotland, and ‘. ‘ said, that on this subject he felt intense interest. This indu-

' cod him to look with interest on the return ofmen to Par- liament who would promote the rights and privileges of the Clturch of Scotland. He hoped that one of those represen-

' tatives whom they had the pleasure of lately returning to ~ Parliament, when his voice was heard within the walls of - ,St. Stephen’s, would stand forward in support of those inte- rests. Every man had his own taste, and be (Dr. Cooke)

. . had his. Now, there was one class of the House of Coin-

l ' mous had a good deal of his wishes. It was that class who, , ‘ in their Parliamentary career, took for their motto the , _ words, res, non verba. The simple translation of the motto ‘ was, “ deeds, not words.” He would be glad to get sotne

“ deeds” now from his friends in the Hotise of Commons. A few of them had received some‘ service at his hands ; and he hoped they would do something for him,atid all he wan- ‘ ted was, justice for the Scottish Church. There was ati old proverb which might apply to the case, “Giff-gulf makes good friends.” Ile hoped they would realize the words.

I He would tell his hon. li'iend beside him to inform the Pre- ' mier, whoever he may be, that it was his intention and duty a, ~ to do so. A certain man, who wanted a favour, told a Pre— ‘ I misr once, “There are seven of us ;” but, let his friend tell the Premier, there are 700,000 Preslfierians iii Ireland, V with thinking heads and brawny slioul rs, With hands and , hearts not cold as the marble, if treated with kindness and . 'ustim; but, if their cry was unheard, atid their hopes of uticefrustrated, those hearts would, indeed, become colder ._ I marble. (Hear, hear.) When the Carthagenian went to -‘ me,und asked the Roman Senate whether they would have e or war, the reply was, “ \Vhiclt-ever you wish.”

. ,Thu's stood the case with re ard to the Presbyterinns of Ire- i' "lsnd. If the Church of gcotland were utijustl ' treated, -‘ .the Presbvterians of this country would consider t iemsclves trampled itpon. They were ready for peace or war. (Hear, , hear.) If that church he treated coldly, the Irish Presby- .‘ I terian would become warm, and resent the insult olferedto his mother church. He had only to say that if the liberties ,3, of that church were deserted or trampled Iipou iii the liiture Parliament, (hear, bean) as far as any interference of his I [with public matters was concerned, his occupation would ~ be gone; and any one that went itito Parliament, for this or ‘*' any other part of the country, might go in as he wished for him—he would have nothing to do with it. He would aid ' , his friends as far as they aided the mother church, and no ' farther. Alter returning thanks, iii an impressive and tool-

_, ing manner, for the tribute with which he had been just pre-

. ~ ‘ -. seated, he sat down amid greatapplause.

' ' Enos-urns or Mammal—The select committee of l . the House of Commons, lately appointed to inquire into the « operation of the existing machine?“ have just published their second report to the 'buse. This report is tnuch too long to allow of any detail- —~ 0d llelerence to it, but we subjoin the final recommendation ‘ v of the committee on the subject, which is to the followmg - '- t, viz :—‘ That considering that machinery ts the only < - net of British industry upon the export of which res- ” ints are placed, the committee recommend that the law .wr' hibiting the export of machinery should be repealed, 6. - - the trade of machine makin be placed upon the same

, ' ‘ , ting as other departments of ritish industry.’

a g . the Colonial thereto. . ~3 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1841.

laws affecting the exportation of

3’ ; The Pocahontas, steamer, with an English mail, arrived ‘ - last night about Ten o’clock. The ate heavy North- l'ly sales prevented her leaving Pictou unttl yesterday

', " latest London date;l are to the. 18th Sept. but the “lust of much liti im rtance.

' 8" Glades tpo is the n5: Governor General of " .3 lotSlr oward Douglas. . . Mn Peel hasdeolared his determination not to g r - . any new measure lbr the regulation of trade '3 “Wdurin thepresentsession. Mutt—£606!“ aces tance of silica occa- j‘ ' to?“ writs for 27 places. ot much opposition was ‘ .

f. "1 “Wick ha- been elected lbr Sundedand, in room

H..- -de"n.m'l‘h° nfiwbohadresi ’ 9 film! for l: i W“ °PP°9°d by Mr. Wolvsrlay Attwood,e conser— g ll take one from the conservatives and add I. - Wilbert! mm Indie commons. 'Mr. Busliéld, ’ w' ' “III” ord,viceMr.Lister, I

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had reached the Rue Faultourg, St. Antoine, when a man presented himself belbre them, attd levelled a brace of pis- lols at the Duke of Orleans, heir to the throne of France. Only one ofthe pistols wctit oil; and the ball fortunately mi58ed the Duke, and wounded the horse of one of his suite. The assassin was arrested, and the cortege moved forward without further molestation. V

The name of the ruflian by whdfl this outrage was com- ttiitted, is Nicholas Papard, a wood~suwyer, 37 years of age, a villain noted for several previous outrages. i ' Gnu BRITAIN Ann. was Usrrsn STATES.—-_III to the Foreign Relations of the ccutttr 17th, Sir Robert Pecl thus spoke ofthe “ As to the United States,”

.alluding ‘iu debate on the tilted States: said the right lion. barouet, “ oonfiu I to the state of our relations with them with'great anxiety. (Hear, hear.) It seems to be so manifest- ly the interest of these two countries, which are uttited by so many ties, to avoid a hostile collision, that I hope the good sense of the people will aid the Government if any necessity for it should arise. But at the saute time I feel the obligation of making no concession derogatory/to the honor of flu: country, [hr the sake ofa temporary conciliation.

THE NEW ADMINISTRATION. The following is a correctnnd complete list of the recent ap- pointments z—CAaiuIt'r-Duke ofWelIiagton.—Firsl Lord ofthe Treasury, Sir It. Peel ; Lord Chancellor. Lord Lyndhurst; Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rightllun. H. Goulburu; Presi- dent of the Council, Lord \Vliurnclill'e', Privy Soul, Duke of Buckingham; Home Secretary, Sir .la's. Graham; Foreign Secre- tary, Earl of Aberdeen ; Colonial Secretary, Lord Stanley; First Lord ofthe Admiralty, Earl of Httddingtun; President of the Board of Contioul, Lord Ellcnbornugh; President of the Board of Trade, Earl of Ripon; Secretary at \Var, Sir II. Hardinge; Treasurer of the Navy and I’nymaster of llio Forces, Sir E. Knntclibull. Postmaster General, Lord Lowllier; Chancellor of the Duchv of Lancaster, Lord G. Somerset; \Voods and Forests, Earl tif Lincoln; Master General of the Ordnance, Sir G. Murray; Vice President oftlto Board of Trade and Mastcr of the Mint, \V. E. Gladstone; Secretary of the Adiniritlt , Hun. Sindoy Herbert; Joint Secretaries ofthe Treasury, Sir . Clerk, Sir T. Freeman- lle; Secretaries of the Board of Control, Hon. W. Baring,.|. Emerson Tennem; Home Under Secretary, Ilon. C. M. Sutton ; Foreign Under Secretary, Lord Canning; Colonial Under Secretary, G. W. Hope ; Lords of the Treasury, Alexan- der Ptinglc, H. Baring, J. Young, J. Miles Gaskcll ; Lords of the Admiralty, Sir G. Cockburn, Admiral Sir IV. Gage, Sir G. Seymour, Hon. Capt. Gordon, Hon. H. L. Corry; Storekee- per of the Ordnance, J. R. Bonhain; Clerk of the Ordnance, Capt. Boldcro; Surveénr General ofthe Ordnance, Colonel Jona- than Peel; Attorne eneral, Sir F. Pollock ; Solicitor General, Sir W. Follelt; Jutlgo Advocate, Dr. Nicholl; Governor General of Canada, Sir C. Bagot; Lord Advocate of Scotland' Sir IV. Rae; Solicitor General ofScotlaud, Duncan M‘Neil, Esq.

- IIALIrAx, Oct. 6. The Steam-ship Acania, Captain Ryrie, arrived here on Saturday night last, at half-past eleven o’clock, iii 13 days from Liverpool. The weather during the passaae was very boisterous, with almost constant head winds. She brought 98 passengers, 13 of whom were landed here, who were re- placed by twelve others.

II. M. S. Piqtic, bearing the Flag of Vice Admiral Sir CHARLES ADAM, arrived on Thursday last, li'om Plymouth. —Sir Charles is accompanied by Lady Adatn, aitd their family. Commodore Boxer came passetigcr in the Pique, and on Saturday proceeded to Canada, via Boston.

Sta CuAans AND LADY Fi'rz Rox arrived on Friday last from Prince Edward Island, on route for England by the next teamer. These distinguished visitors were accom- panied by Mr. George Fitz Roy and the Hon. Mr. Ilnviland, —aud the whole party have put up at the hotel, till the ar- rivul of the steamer.—-Post.

FAILCRE.—A failure took place last week itt Halifax —liabilities said to be about £20,000. Embarrassment said to be partially caused by a sudden wind tip of a St. John firm. Considerable assets are expected to make their appearance.

The Caledonia, steamer, frotn Buston, due on the 4th inst. had. not arrived at Halifax when, the mail left, conse uently, no intelligence had been received respecting M‘Leo ’s trial.

THE WsA'I‘IIan—The heavy ruins of last week have been followed by cold, gloomy, disagreeable weather, the wind from Sunday last until yesterday morning blowing with great violence, without the least intermission from the N. E. Yesterday morning the gale had subsided intoa moderate breeze ; the dense clouds which had for days obscured the sky suddenly cleared away, and the sun once more a peered in all his majesty, a change truly gratifying to the fee in s, as every one must have experience . The line weather, ow- ever, has been of short continuance ; the wind is still in the old quarter, accompanied with drizzling rains.

Upivards ofa hundred sail of vessels, chiefly American Fishermen, put into Three Rivers during the late North- easterly gales. Anumber of them were said tobe well fished. -

The Charlottetown Fair and Cattle Show was held .on Wednesday ‘last. Although the weather was far from being propitious, the town, from an early hour was, as usual on. suc occasions, thronged with country people, many ol whom came from a considerable distance, some no doubt with a view to transact business, but by far the roster upm- ber, with evidently no other intent than to ma e a holiday of it. Although there was a goodly shew of horses, bulls, heifers, shee , doc, very little business was done throughout the day, an the few sales that were made were at prices far frotn encouraging to breeders. The number of buyers seemed to bear no pro ion to that of sellers, which ren- dered the business of t e day unusually flat; indeed, It Wu! remarked, that it did not exceed that frequently done on common market days. . _ The premiums offered by the Central A cultural So- ciety for Cattle and Sheep, were awarded as ollows :— For best 2 year old Bull, 35s.; Hon. George Wright. ‘

“ 3 year old do., 35s.; W. H. Hyde, Elliot River. “ 2 year old Heifer, 35s.; William Hyde, do. “ 3ycur old do., 35s.; Henr Charlton, Charlottetown. “ 2 your old'Ram, 350.; J. tawsrt, Brackley Point Road. “ 3 you old 60., 35s.; W. W. Irving, Bomhsw. ‘ “ 2ycar old Ewe, 35s.; do. do. “ 3 year old (10., 35s.; Henry Longworth, Charlottetown.

The Judges were, Messrs. Hodges, Match, and W. H . Hyde.

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quence of a imposition emanating from Sir Charles A. It; Roy, In I , a. correspondence, was, entered into be; tween the ‘Colotiial Departme imd Mr. David Stewart, of London, for the] purpose of se‘curin ' Lenuox 'Isl ltd/‘o‘i’ , _ 6 Indians. " _ is pro- position of His ‘xcellsncy was: grounded owthe supposition; that as Mr. Stewart had always expressed great: moiety to benefit the Indiana, he might, iii the eventh his declining to make over the Island to them gratuitously, be induced to part with it at afair valuation which, as the Island is at no" great extent, and the land ofindifi'erent qtialit ', could' not amount to more than an inconsiderablc snm. Do the cor- respondence bein laid before the House of Assembly in 1840, it appeared t at Mr. Stewart, so far fiom bein dispo- sed to part with the Island gratuitously, demandet for it the sum of £1500 sterling. This demand. appeared so ex- ceedingly preposterous, according to their inconceivcd ideas of Its Importance, that they requested His Excellency tq'caule a survey of it to be made, in order that they might arrive at some accurate conclusion with reference to its ex: tent, and its capabilities for improvement. As the Survey- or’s Report has not yet.been published, we herewith subjomi it for the information of ,our readers merely adding, that under the circumstances of the case, the House (21me the Resolution, “,that it is incxpcdient to appropriate any money for the purchase of said Is and, on behalf of the Indians.” “A Report ofSurvcy, &c. of Lennox Island, situate in Prince County, Prince Edward Island, and containing ny estimation, Thirteen hundred and eighty-nine Acres ofLund, br thereab‘onts, is as follows: “The Land in general, when: dry, is of light sandy soil, of an inferior quality. The point on which the Chapel is erected is dry land, containing, by estimation, One hundred and filly Acrvs. North East ol the Chapel is it largo Barren ',,tt little fur- ther North, is another larva Barron. Between those Barrens and Mossy Point, is Iflflcllllllly Swamp, with other small Barrens. Mossy Point is ii so it nrrcn. The South and oftho Island is rincipnlly Swamp and Barrens, with the exception of the Chapel vial, and a narrow strip ofdry land, between the Barrens and the shore, varying itt width from live to twelve chains, and ex- tending from t It: Clmpel Point in an Etislwardly direction, along the shore and nlursh, lo the Northern cxlrctnity ofMossy Point. The area of Swamp and Barrens on the Island is, as near as I can ascertain, from Five to Six hundred Acres.‘ The Marsh, from the information I have received, will cutfrom Twenty-live to Thirty Tons of Ho ', annually. The growth of \Vood on the Island is principally ir and Spruce, willt some inixiurc of Birch and Poplar. The quantity of land cleared by the Indians on'ths ls- lnnd, is about Twenty-live acres; and from the best information I can obtain, the Indians have occupied the Island for the last

thirty yoursund upwards. I JAMES CLARK, ’ Land Surveyor. " September, 1840."

Ptcroo.-Extracts from the Proceedings of the Pictou Agricultural Society :— Commt'tlce Meeting, .dugusl 3, 1841.

Resolved, That Daniel Ilockin, Esq., be requested to procure, while at the Charlottetown Fair, in October, live rams and two boars ofthe most approved breeds.

Rem/ted, That on being advertised one fortnight tiller their ar- rival in Pictou, Ilia animals thus procured be sold at auction, to the highest bidder, on the following conditions, viz : That tltey be kept within the Township of Pictou forthe space oftwo years, undera penallty offive pounds, liir each animal, to be drawn in favour of the resident oftltis Society and his successor in ollice.