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Finding, on .ny rc'lurn from my tour fur the benoil; of my health, thiit very gross fjilsehoods hud been most industriously, in my abst'noe, circulated amongst you, in respect of the proceedings of the Session held immediately before I left, I am driven thereby to pub- lish to you tile truth. The Rev. J). Iiiglis, and his few pretended friends and supporters, being determined to prevent the action I am bringing against them, to test whether the trusts in the deed o^ nr church have been groHsly violated or not, being proceeded Avitli, and careing little how- foul the means might be whereby to accomplish their object, evidently for that purpose colluded, and concocted the scheme tu expel my sister from the Sabb;ith school, (^s I have already explained in my last letter to yon,) and thereafter from the church ; and as evidently, David higlis and Pluramer Dev/ar — one of your elders — arranged that he (Dcwar) should, as a friend, advise mo to have the matter brought before the "r'ession. so as to save them from going on with their lillliy wMirk, and thereby in th(! event of their failure in their designs, save them some exposure. (Tie, Dcwar, knew^ prior to the meeting at which my sister was e:JcKenzie was guilty of perjury in the matter of his ordination vows as an elder.' •'The other niendjcrs of Sc.^.-inn who were present at the teachers' meeting, at which these statements against Messrs. Ilopkin and McKen'zie were made, having testilied to the facts in reference to the expressions used by .Isabella lleid on that occasion, — " I/. ivc'S lu/rccd, That the said Isabella Keid be cited to appear be- (i^rv the Session, at their next meeting, on the ('ighthof dune, at half- past eiLdit o'clock, evening, in the Session room of McMab Street chiireh.'and that she be required to answer to the charges brought against her. " Extracted from Records of Session fd' McNab Street Church, twentv eiirhth day oi' May, 18(30. (Signed)' MAITLAND VUUNG, Skn'r. Session Clerk. '• In accordance with the .•< -ve, 1 now cite ym, to appear betbre Kirk Session of McNab Street Church, in the Session room on Friday eveniiii--. the eio-ht dav of June, eighteen hundred and sixty, at half- past eight o lock. (Signed) " To All. -S IsAliELLA ItEID." MAITLAND YOUNG, Sen'k. " Sessum Clerk:' At the lime appointed. I went v.'itUniy sister to the Sessitm house, and mv lister iutbrnvd the Session, <:hat she was ready to go on with the matter. The ebler^. with Ini^bs wr their head, looked black and furious at me. but dur>t not. put me oui. 'i'he citation was then read bv the elerk, and luiilis asked my sister what she had to say thereto, t.) which she han.ieci to Inglis her answer in wi'iting, signed by her, of which the following is a true copy, viz : "The answer of me, Isabella Reid, to the charges preferred agamst 3 me by Robort Ilopkin and Alexander McKetizie, lo the Session of the Macniil) street I'resbyterian (>huroli, mentioned in their eitation to me, . , ,, "I admit, that I said on the necasion referred to, lliat ltol)eit llofi- kiii would not lio to Donald McLellan's sh.-]. to buy the Traets fur the Si'l.hath sehool. I still say so. Robert Ilopkin refused in his own shop to i^o. Thtre was not any other person present. 1 le dnre not swear that he did not refuse to -o. I ;ut whether he so swears ,,r not, 1 am ready to state upon oath, that what 1 have so said is true : and i liereby otfer to take my oath to the truth of wiiat I have so siiid, an<] how the eonversation arose, in pur<>;ation of myself; there not havinjr been any one present durinj,' said eonversation, by whom I can prow' the truth thereof. ^'i d.-ny hein^ miilty of the other ehar;,rcs Robert Uopkni has l)rou citation of the Session to me. I nevH>r made anv such statements as he alleges against him, to the best of myreeolleetion and belief, notwilhstnndmg the very unjust manner 1 was treated on the oeeasion releried to. I deny most strongly being actuated by malice in any way to Robert Hopkin. , "1 admit, that on the occasion refrrreii to, I did say. or words to that elVeet, that I would not bi-lieve Alexander MeKenzic's word, and I still sav so, and I say o truthfully, that I cannot believe his word I did not say the same maliciously, (I have not any malice to him.) but solelv in self defence, in cnnsefpiencc of the false charges brought ao'anist m«?, bv him. on the occasion referred to : amongst which mue that 1 leul spoken ill of the Rev. D. Inglis, and also that 1 had endeavored to turn the minds of the parents of ray Sabbath school children against Mr. Inglis, ;urI some ot the teachers ; which charges were not proved, as same could not be. •• 1 deny beinf^ guiltv of the other language imputed to me, (U' ciiariic preterreS 'r.gaiiist me, by Alexander McKenzie. I did n.>t chiiro-e him with p(u-)ury. such a charge never entered into my mind. '•'• On the occasion referred to, I simply defended myself a<.:iunst unjust attacks and charges made against me, and which were v, hody unknown to me prior thereto ; and 1 was not aetu-ited by ma lee m any observation 1 made, but stated in my defence, what 1 believed and do still believe to bo the truth. •'Under th^se, circumstances, there are not any grounds lor any action of the Session against me."' (Signed.) "ISABELLA RLID.' ••Dated 8th dune, 1860.'^ Upon the answer being read by the clerk, Inglis tried to get my sister into verbal exphuiations of ^ame, evidently so as to entangle her if possible, and without giving her the benefit thereof under oath as she offered in her answer, :uid as she was justly and strictly entitled to, hut uiulor my advieo she rorusod to uuswor his qnostioiis, saving;, that nnl(;«s sworn, her aiiswor in ^vriting was quit^ sufFiciont, and sho had nothins; to expl.iiii or to udJ lo it. Inf^lis lindiiiu; that hf coidd malve noliiin^ in this way, took up II'>))kiirs oaso, tuid aftor a jfood deal was said l)y him — Intilis — an .'s- siveness, use other language,) visible in his eye and countenance, said, " But 7ve are not done with it. I for one. wisli to know th(j exact time that Miss Reid spoke to IMr. Ab/Lt'llan, as we must get at the animus or sj/irit in which Miss lieid acted in the matter."' And, there upon he again began to question my sister, fully as well as a Father Inquisitor could have done. I here interposed, and told my sister to beware of the character she had to deal with, and not to answer him, that her written answer was cnougii. Upon which Inglis coarsely ordered me to hold my peaoo. I told him 1 came to protect my sister from being imposed upon, and I would do so. 1 was speakuig to her, and I had a right to do so. He then had recourse to xMcLcll.m, but fmding after every ellbrt he could make, that he could not niake anything against my sister, but the reverse, notwithstandmg McLellan's great and apparent willingness, aud dishonest desire, to assist him, he abandoned this course, but not, huwt^ver, before Hopkin, (fearing no doubt that if the matter was pi-rsisted m, that he would be made worse,) had repeatedly declared, that he was quite satisfied, and that he cleared my sister from all blame. And thus ended the examination into Ilopkin's charges, and my sisters rights —as the elearlv and admitted injured party— were thorougluy trampled upon and set at dehaiuse. Mackenzie's case was then taken up, and Inglis again tried to get my sister to give explanations, but again fiiiled, as she replied to his questions, " you have mv answer in writing." bglis then asked her, if she based her opinion*'of McKenzie, solely upon his conduct at the meeting of the sabbath-school teachers, at which she was expelled, to which she answered, under my advice, that she considered his conduct on that occasion, to be amply suflicient to justify her, in her opinion . of him. This answer evidently much relieved Inglis and Mckenzie ; for what reason, they know best ; whether the John J udd matter loomed up in their minds, T know not. Inglis then said, that McKenzie had not of o/'/iiv 0(«/< ^•'io?<;/efA;<' charged my sister with being guilty of the conduct with which she was charged, in the resolu- tion prepared and moved by him, at the sabbath school meeting, hvt merehj from hearsay, and it was so expressed in the resolution, that he could not prove therharqes to be true, and it was not to be expected he could. And said much inore in justification and excuse of Mckenzie's condue* When he was done, (and hear in tnind that ^lackenzie had not yei spoken,) 1 said to him, " You are telling falsehoods, McKenzie did charge ulv sister of his own knowledge m the resolu- tion prepared and moved by him." To which in his haste to shield McKenzie, he answered, " You are mistaken, Mr. McKenzie merely made the charges from hearsay, and the same is so stated in the resolution." At this stage. McKenzie rose and said, that he knew nothing of the charges he made against my sister, but by hearsay, and therefore that he could not prove same, and so he would with- draw the same. I then replied, " that is false. Your resolution, which you refused to give my sister a copy of, will prove that you did make the charges of your own knowledge." McKenzie then denied that he had refused to allow Mr. David Gillies, the Secretary, to give my sister a copy of it. I answered, that is another gross falsehood.' You went to :Mr. Gillies early in the morning following the meeting in question, and said to him, " Miss Reid will be wanting a copy of that resolution but do not give it to her.' And when 1 bo h you an.l Hopkins refu c7sa ' w ^"' "^^^ '^'^^^'^ " copyTf ?' 2ie to pTi ' '^^"^^' P'-'^^« tho chaAes na?: "''/"' ^^^ ^"s^^ting duct I'Tr^'" ''»"• "• P.-'' e M ™S "Pj"-'> P-™»' ofS auct IS most attrocious • h„f r ^V . '''^ ** churires false • «w.i, ^ the court ; to which! a'.,- '""' ^'''''S theni,and will do 'if ?i^ '''"" seen hi i.r fi, l ^ "'''' tneir condiir-f fii^„ i •'^ "'S''^ to keep on thisj rwMV* h""ve, ana tnereroiv f thu^u . ° '*oout me. cZt,rn ' ''^^^''" ^h^^refore pa^ o, ,r\r'-'"^^'^ has been said Milletrit",,:;.:^ J ^t: '™8 speech i„ j„,,fi,,,;„ ., ^. de al thf \1"e«tion put to my sSt^ V/fh ' ^"'^ P^'-J^^y. (im- afiain rofiispd, Miyini;, " Hr.w can I suy that I am suirv tor that ..f which I am ii.-t |:uilty." At thi^ sra.^o, IMumiiu-r .]")r\Vai' evi-h'iitly fflt !«(• kcotily the niter hascneps of Mi>oh an atx.iiiinal.lc atU'nipt to ^'ft my sistiT In i|.) a wronct nff-. that he vo^v and said. " I thinlx iliat Miss IJcid's slafnnonf is (jiiitc MiHicl"iit and salisfacfm-y. and I dcmi itdisfirairfu! !■> ].iit word.', in jicr moulli. whidi sho clfa'lv, hnfh in hi'V wi-itft-n answer, and personally hctlnc im denies h.ivinir used, and asked liei" to say, //' ! Inglis, •' If not to be any admi^slou of wrontr by mv sister, wi which i received I lie biiiral answer^ "SSit d( busuK'ss Lo speai(.'" Dii', tliai. ended this most Atier a few luinntes jianso, anri \'ario;i.s ('Xchanired bet\vce!i these l-eines, M(d\en/ie > was eoneei'ned ||.i ! ad no wi,li to push the matter fov/r//// was al;. stake, and to estaldish it. lie would ,ikc eonsciii of ih» Session, to ^ive (evidence, that tny sister did charge him will periury. and use that word : to which Inglis at once con- sented. Melvenzie then c-illcd on Ib.j'kin, as a witness, but Hopkin sairl. '-yon all know I have a l)ad memory, I really do not know wiiat was said that )iiu-l!t. ^^(dven/ie then 'cailed on Donald Mcd.eliiiii. wlio rose anil m-iile a long sjieech coinmendin«' "■his very r 1 memory :'■ after which he began. "As it is now admitted on all hands tlia! Miss Reid did u^e the said language." I at once stop- ped him, aiul told him nor tn tell such a gr •ss^'lie in my presence, that lie ioiew niv lister de'iied ii. Inglis here again interfered, ordei'iec' me lu sit down : and told Mtd.ellan to proceed; wdio, after a long harangue m which he told many lies, ntrcred the following fd-ehood, namel\ : ihat h.- well recollected that Miss IJeid tised the very language charged, namely : perjury, he cuuld swear to it, as -he repeated the word more than once. I did not c-oss examine such a base fellow, ti?eling it too degrading to me to do so. . her?'' to ■u have no ■empt. 'i lances .as ho JUt his .vith the 8 McKcii/i'- thou cillfd oil .It.liii IJrowii — ;uiot|j»'i' t'lilor— and lie at OUCH isiiid, tfi.'it my j^Islci did not u-n.i .sin fi l!in<,nia|U't'. tli.'it he hi-ard u\\ she, said, as h(^ i);iid |>!iitifiil!i.r aUciiLioii, uml tlia! sh" did not, h-h- ihc hnginiL'e which Mr. .M(dicllaii >aid 'Ii.i did. This wi.s a sad tiaiii|H'f to lii'jjlis. hi- however rjiUied hinist'lfatu'c .1 diort |>au.st', mni lalxini: the cvaMiinalioii out ,'r iiitcidi'rciice — iisivcd Hrosvii. iC h'" \va^> quitu .s'lrc. • (^niic sure," siiys |{ro\\i!. llciT .iiM.MiiT 'di'^'t jiaii.f, when hii.di,s si.id I • Iimuvii. '• iJiil il she iicl not, iiM' ih;it exact laiiL'it;ie liice Uy this time was ^'ettin^ prettv icih and as he, Ihown. wa- lie/itatini^ :in liim, "did yi-n not ihinl> the IjiiiL-im'^e amofi.ted to ii,"' and Brown with a (ace nt In-iiiht .-catlet, Imt \i-< in a d<.iilii ine; tune said, " I think it did." An hoiust man would ;tt i.iiee have t .hi tii" tnitii, he wiMil I nnt have reiinired lo lie nr^;, I thiTclo. hut he evidently fell that he was not \\V{re<\ hy Ina,Tis to tell the truth. ;L falsehood, (lir when T asked him. '• wiiai l,in!irua<>-e dl'l my sistin* use which makes you now think amuiint.s to [lefiury,"' lie could not tell, iiiid no wondci- he cuiild not tell that which i"-vei' existed. And thus ended the •■videtice. liiylis then ;isked mv si-t(>i' to leave the Scis.sion roMiu. lliis I declined doiiii;; unless Hopkin and McKenzit — the !U!eusei'< — would also le.'ive. Iniflis replied, •• they af(> entilled i,) rum.ain. they art; memhcrs ot .session." 1 declared that it wa.s nio>t iiif'nuoiis that accusers sliould sit as jiidiv;c.s ill their own ;o. we will ajijieal to the I'risinterv." atel if jiisticiMs in-t jTot, ixo to the Syiiod :iir;iiii-t siich infamous work, ilopkin then scein;:; that iiuipiity was rather too much abonndiu:,', and fearinr;" no doiil)! the wofseiesnlt iliere(d' to himself, rose and said, thiit he would leave the room. McKcn/.ie then saiil, that he vvoidd leave also. In^flis a,i!;aiii ri'plied. ••_\oii n^ed not do so utiles.^ you see fu, y(Mi are memhers of the (".iiiri."" Moiikiii.s and .Molveiizie then left the room, and my >id,er and myself fodowed, leavinir the Session sitting with ch)sed doors, who d.wed not like honest ineii, discuss the matters in presence of my sister and myseli". It' Injilis did not want Ilopkin :^'\A McrCen/ie to remain tm- an inpropi-r purpose ; wdiy should he have so determinedly . deavoured to keep them i After we, had left the room, Inglis c.amc out of it, into the passage, where we were, and sjiid t(» my sister, that as the .Session miuht he sometime in coming to a decision, and as it was hite in the night, . . .- V she had hotii-i- rro hotnc, find their dtipislon vvoid J bi' sent to h • in thw ii.orniii^-. This ,i>r'miiiijl>- ooiirtrfMis liiit redly liaso pmixtsal, I at o!i('( ri>i"('ti'd, as I > >\v ch-arly the l)a.sc tilijcct ul' it, I si\\ lia^^f, as hi;4;lis will lait-w that it' hiTHild yc the .Session to dttcido 'against my sister, and if m. Hi>tcr was init (irtsfnt, whiii their decision was ^ivet!, as she eould not lie, 't f^iie went home, that she h)st the right to appeal against it, tn tlic I'lesliytery ; ai;i| henee the dtci.sionol the Se.sHKiii would I' • fuiid ; theri-fore his i<;roat desire to get her to ^o hotiie. ,!s he pressi'd it a stM-oiid time npoii iier. This very enmiing scheme also fiiiled. Soiiietinuf therealtei' wcr weie e;»ll»d in, and liiglis standinjf with the Citation In on(> hand, and my sister's written answer in the. (jth?r, sai.l to my sister, '• The Session npoii this citation, this your answer thervtn, and the admi-iioiis ot Afr. lIo[)kiii and Mr. McKeiizie, entirely acquit you from their chaijfcs aiiaiustyou. You understand liU', do you f that \ on are Cully alisolveii and acquitted from the chirLTcs laid ai:;aiiist yoii,"' 'lojtkin then rosi- and said. •• I am ij;lad it is over, I have, on uc- <'oi{.'( oI'Mi.ss Koid, having liecn j;nt out of the Sabbath sehool, lost the • )iilideiice of two or three ot the teachers, and (d" a mimber of the coniireitation ; and I a!!i now ylad the marier is set(lc(J. Tliiis ended these proceedings oi" tJu'se ]»nrties, ti)e whoU- iniqi(.i_, of which 1 have tiot told; and iqion which I eumnu'iit not; gross nefarionsness, ini(piity, infamy l)cing so liroatlly anrl so i()rcibly stamped u|;ou tile same, as to render comiurnt unnecessary. But 1 ask, why all this porseciUioii ot my si&ler ' — if Inglis felt ho was right in his Millenaiian h-rrs)'. Tliei'e are hoiiic other matters which 1 have ii> notice at ;i inorn <'onvei.ient s(vis( 11. lu the niej'ui time, allo\v niv; to say to _v on, serious- ly I'clli'ct upon , .•md take It 'cd to, the clear and foi'eii>lt! "'XiMnplifi'-a- tion in the conduct oi" (nglis, and of Hopkins and his other pretended supporters, of the truth of tli;t! most solemn and emphatic doclarfition of sei'iptuiH'. ■'He sure \mir sin will find you tn against ruy sister. 1 iiere copy the |U'eand)le of that i'es(dutioii, that i)eing enough, the resolution being a very long one and which I obtained from Mr. (Tillies after the said Jiieeting of session, as McKenzie and f lopkin dared no Jonet not say. it is rep('rted or use Avords to shew a charge upon hea mi/ ; but it !s ; language cannot be clearer or more posiiixe. '• ininu!rf'i.il(i /jcl/crei/,'' that is,'believecl by avery body : l)Ut that is not en.»:tgh, '■ /r/^o^c/i fo h'' a parli/ in these slanders,"' noton!\ dues every b.jdy b.dii've it. iuil everv bodv "^•«0'AS'" that die has to a certa-.i ^xt'-nt "•heen a pint\ ti. these slanders r" that yet is n(jt enouiih, •■ oijlcioudii A; cifi-ulate thcu' throiKjhoiit Ike con(iregal.ion :"■ Hiat i-. ui t only yory busily engaged, but without any good reason ioi- ir. A"d yet Inglis dar<;d sav that thes(^ were mere hearsay charges, v hirh iu consequence of" being hearsay, could not be proved. Be > mm that I had not a copy of the resolution wherewith, to confront \.\\: m tliis his fdtliv fd^iiood ; and he no doubt also weil knew that .MeLvei';:'.' made' and fabricated these foul and false charges ; and hoi oe could noi, orov«; the. same. Surely if my sist^er had been guilty ,,s charged; if ev(!-_\ bodv UjL only believed but knnn ju-r t«i hv. g'uli y ; anil it she ofic'ionshj < ircu- lated pamphlols mid slanders througf the congregation, therV coidd not have been the slightest diflicnlty in {>roving tlie J^anie. Yet n-a even one person couid be got to prove the same, and Ingiis haii to tell the aforesaid loul lie, to shield fn th'^ moment, a diriv liar of an Elder, and if possible — by preventi:,'>: jr.stiee beip'r done, blacken the character ol my sister, a woman. 1 .isk yen, what think \u\\ now of Inglis as a preacher of tinitJi / ■'^■''^-