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 le S^minaire de JfifB^TE 
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 O 6bec 4, QUE. 
 
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 THE RIGHT HONOURABUP 
 
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 FI^ST LORD COMMISSIONER OF THE TREASu£¥<3i 
 
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 RELATIVE to 
 
 THE RIGHTS OF THE 
 
 
 
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 CHURCH OF SCOTLJjYD 
 
 IN 
 
 jmiVISB NORTB AMURIOA, 
 
 FROM 
 
 
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 A PROTESTANT OF THE CHtJRCH OF SCOTLAND. 
 
 
 ifnrasToir, v. o. 
 
 1836. 
 
 
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 A LETTER 
 
 TO TI|E RIGHT QPN0yR;4»LE 
 
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 THE EdRL OF LIVERPOOL, K.G. 
 
 J^c. Sec ^c. 
 
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 The rights of the Church of Scotland, in the Bri- 
 tish Provinces of North America, are of^such im- 
 portance to a large proportion of His Majesty's loyal 
 subjects, have been so long neglected, and are now 
 so strongly opposed by the Clergy of the Church of 
 England, that 1 tioist your Lordship will allow me to 
 submit, for the serious consideration of your Lord- 
 slnp, ^d of His Maiesty's Government, a statement 
 of the reasons on which the claim to these rights is 
 founded. 
 
 By the 31 st of his late Majesty, the seventh part 
 of Canada is reserved for the support and mainte- 
 nance of a Protestant Clerg^r ; and the Clergy of the 
 Church of England have claimed, and obtained, the 
 management^ and whole profits, 6f this munificent 
 appropriation. '^%ni. ' 
 
 They style themselves " The Protestant Clergy ,*• 
 as if they were the only Protestant Clergy ;^ — ^thcir 
 Church " The Established Church of the Mother 
 Country," as if it were the only EstabUshied Chiirch 
 of the Mother Country ; and they class with Protest- 
 ant Dissenters their Brethren of the Church of 
 Scotland. ' . 
 
(4) 
 
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 These positions are not supported by facts and fair 
 induction, but by colours of reasoning, adduced with 
 boldness and art. 
 
 The term " Protestant'* was first applied to Chris- 
 tians in the beginning of the 16th Century ; and the 
 Protestant Church contams every denomination of 
 Christians who protest against Popery. It is one of 
 the three Professions into which Chnstianity is now 
 divided. The others are the Greek Church, and the 
 Church of Rome. 
 
 In Robertson's History of Charles the Fifth, the 
 following account is given of the original application 
 of the term *' Protestanf* to. Christians. 
 
 " At the Diet of Spires on the 15th Day of March, 
 1529, a Decree was made prohibiting any innovation 
 in Religion, and particularly from abolishing the 
 
 " The Elector OF Saxony, 
 
 „ Landgrave of Hesse, 
 
 „ Dukes of Lunenburoh, 
 
 i. Prince of ANnAi^f » and 
 
 ,f Deputies of 14 Imperial Cities, 
 entered a solemn protest against this Decree as un- 
 just and impious. On that account they were distin- 
 guished by the name of " Protestants," an appellati- 
 4iin which nath since become better known, and more 
 honorable by its being applied indiscriminately to all 
 the Sects, of whatever denomination, which have 
 revolted from the Roman Church." , 
 
 With this meaning the term "Protestanf'is uni- 
 formly applied, not only by Historians, but by Bri- 
 tish Legislatures in their Acts of Parliament, as will 
 appear from the following extracts, in which are al- 
 so clearly shewn the respective and equal rights of 
 the Scots and English Churches. 
 
 In the Act for securing the Protestant Religion and 
 Presbjjterian Church Government of Scotland, (and 
 which is a fundamental article of the Union, and in- 
 serted in that Act,) the Religion of the Church of 
 
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(5) 
 
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 i 
 
 Scotland is uuiformly called ** the Protestant Re- 
 ligion." '^ ^ 
 
 * And it being reasonable; and necessary that the 
 
 ' true Protestant Religion, as presently professed ' 
 
 * within this Kingdom, with the worship, aiscipline, 
 
 * and government, of this Church, should be eflectu- 
 
 * ally and unalterably secured : therefore, her Ma-' 
 
 * jesty, with advice and consent of the said Estates 
 
 * of Parliament, doth hereby establish and confiite 
 
 * the said true Protestant Religion, and the worships • 
 
 * discipline, and government, of this Church, to 
 
 * contmue without an^ alteration to the people of this^ 
 ' land in all succeedmg generations ; and more es-' 
 
 * pecially her Majesty, with advice and consent ar^ 
 
 * foresaid, ratifies, approves, and for ever confirms^ • 
 
 < the fifth Act of the first Parliament of King WilHani^ 
 
 * and Queen Mary, intituled. Act ratifying the Coui- ' 
 
 * fession of Faith, and settling Presbyterian Chtirchf' 
 
 * Government; with all other* Acts of Parliament' 
 ' relating thereto, in prosecution of the declaration- 
 
 * of the Estates of this Kingdom, containing the claim 
 
 * of right, bearing date the eleventh of April, one 
 
 * thousand ^ix hundred and eighty-nine: And her' 
 
 * Majesty, with advice and consent aforesaid, ek**^ 
 
 * pressly provides and declares, that the ioi esaidiriie^ 
 
 * JProtestant Religion, contained in the above-meiifii^ 
 
 * oned Confession of Faith, with the form and purity 
 
 * of worship presently in use within this Church, and 
 
 * its Presbyterian Church Government and Disdplinei^ 
 
 * (that is to say,) the government of the Church by- 
 ^ Kirk Sessions, Presbyteries, Provincial Synods, 
 
 < and General Assembhes, all established by the 
 *■ foresaid Acts of Parliament, pursuant to the claim 
 *• of right shall remain and contmue unalterable, and 
 ' that the said Presbyterian Government shall be the 
 
 < only government of the Church within the Kingdom 
 
 * of Scotland.' 
 
 * And lastly, that after the decease of her present 
 
 * Majesty, (whom God long preserve,) the Sove-. 
 
(.6 ) 
 
 * reign succeeduigto her in the Royal Gayenune^u 
 
 < of the Kinedomof Great Britain, shall in all. time 
 
 < coming, at his or her accession to the CrowHi swear 
 
 * and subscril^^ that they shall inviolably maintain 
 
 * and preserve the foresaid settlement cj tfi^ true 
 ^ Proieatatii Religion witK tjh» goyerni^^nt> worr 
 
 < ship, difcipUqe, right, and nnvileges, of ^i| Church, 
 « as, aboye established by the I^aivs of thi^ Kingdom, 
 
 * in prosecution <rfth? claim of ngW—^ct of Ifmofi, 
 ^r/. 2^. <?A, i; ; , ^ 
 
 In, the Act W^^ ^Y ^ Sogli^h Farli^menit for 
 securing t^ Clmrdi of England, the expression 
 
 by- Limin the Churm of Ipnglmd,*' occurs, once ; 
 and the exprejssioii ^^ Church of Enghmd,^ occurs 
 fiy& tin^s. la bpth -Aicts itjijB tierm " Prote^nt?' is 
 applied ^9 the fieiljigiony not tci the Ckurjch Qavem- 
 me^t Thp e^prAjBsipn Pr^t^tantb Church does not 
 occur in jither 4^t of security, nor in the Act of 
 Unio^r ; non co^dj occur, fort ^o^A Churches o>re Fror 
 iestanir' h^th^ H^iiffona 9ft<e fir/Jiiefitantf i^t Uieir 
 forms of Ohivpch rQpyernmeptt ^flfer ' widely/ The 
 one is Presbyterian ; ^e other Episcopal^ Both<are 
 established m> 6<Feitt Eirits^iin ;r both are establi^ed 
 I^ligipns of the MpUier Country ; the pne, of 
 SooUand ; the other, of i^ifigland.. 
 
 liaving shewn the messing of the- tetm Protesjtot, ' 
 aj)4 pi^^^®4 ^hat) in th^ phraseology of Bdtisiji Act» ' 
 of Parliament, the Clergy of^.the Keligion establish- 
 ed in Scotland are as truly Protestant Clergy , as the 
 Clergy of the Religion established in Englanct I 
 shall proceed tp exj^nine the authority by wmch ilic 
 Clergy of the Religion established in England claim 
 the whole of the profits accruing from the Clergy 
 Reserves in this Country. . \bi£k.Mi 
 
 , They found heir claim; op ,the Provisions of the 
 (Quebec Act, the 31st of his late Majesty. 
 
 J shall prove that the Quebec Act does not author^ 
 ize the Clergy of the Religipp established in Eng- 
 
 
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 land to ciigross the whole profits of the Clergy Re- 
 serves ; — ^thktthe Clergy of the Re^gion established 
 in Scotland have an equally good <^laim to part of thut 
 mimifiddhtappdpriation ; and that deprivhfig them 
 of that right) privilege, and advantage, is an infraction 
 of the attlKJles bf the Act of Union of Scotland and 
 England. « 
 
 The clauses of the Slst of his late Maiesty, Whi<!h 
 "relate to the Clergy, are in number eight, viz — the 
 d5th, 36th, d7th, 38th, ddth, 40th, 41st, and 42d. 
 
 Clause d5th recites »is Majesty4i 'instructioiis to 
 Sir Guy Carleton, Sir Frederick Haldeman, and 
 Lord Ddrche^ter, secures to the Clergy of the 
 Chlirchof Rome their accustomed dues ai^d rights 
 from those piH>fes8ing the Roman Catholid'Religion; 
 and apprd)[^riates< the tythes paid by ProtestsAvts to 
 the support of a Protesiunt Clergy. 
 
 In tniS clause the expression ^^ Pfotestant Religi- 
 on^ occurs once ; the expression *♦ Protestant Cler- 
 gy" twice ; but the expression " Clergy of the Church 
 of England," or "of the Church of Scotland," or ** of 
 the Established Church," of either Kingdom, or of 
 Great'Britain, orofthe Mother Country, does not 
 occur. * 
 
 Therefore, on this clause, the Clergy of the iRe- 
 liffion established in England cannot ouild their 
 cEdm to an exclusive provision for themselves, nor 
 to anv provision to wnicli the Clergy of the Religion 
 establi^ed in Scotland have not an equally valid 
 claim. 
 
 Clause d6th recites His Majesty's Message to 
 Parliament, and enacts^— That His Majesty may au- 
 thorize the Governor to make allotments of Lands 
 for the support of a Protestant Clergy in each Pro- 
 vince, ana that the Land so allotteaand appropria- 
 ted shall be equal in value to the seventh part of ^e 
 Land granted. 
 
 Ih this datise the expression <' for the sttpp0rt and 
 maintenance of a Ptote9t<ml Clergy/* occurs three 
 
(8) 
 
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 "times ; but the expression^ "Clergy of the Church 
 i<of England,** or "of the Church of Scotland,** or 
 "of the Established Church,*' of either Kingdom, 
 or of Great Britain, or of the Mother Country, does 
 not occur. And, therefore, the Clergy of the 
 Church of England cannot build their exclusive 
 claim to the Clergy Reserves on this clause of the 
 Quebec Act, .nor to any part of the Reserves inpre- 
 ference to their Brethren, the Clergy of the Reli- 
 gion established in Scotland. 
 
 Article 37th being brief, I shall quote it in the 
 words of the Act; 
 
 ;;" And be it further enacted by the authority a- 
 foresaid. That all and every the rents, profits, or 
 emoluments, which may at any time arise from such 
 Lands, so appropriated as aforesaid, shall be appli- 
 cable solely to the maintenance and support of a Pro - 
 iestant Clergy t within the Province in which the same 
 shall be situated, and to no other use or purpose 
 ^whatever.** 
 
 Surely it is impossible to found on this clause any ' 
 -claim in favour of the Religion established in Eng- 
 land, to the exclusion of their Brethren of the Re- 
 ligion established in Scotland. j 
 
 Clause S6th reserves a seventh part of the land 
 in Canada for the support and maintenance of a Pro- 
 testant Clergy. Clause 37th appropriates liie pro- 
 fits arising from the Land so reserved to the sole 
 purpose of maintaining and supporting a Protestant 
 Clergy, No preference is given in either clause to 
 the Church of England ; no exclusion is mentioned 
 pf the Church of Scotland. Neither are named ; 
 yet i)y inference, both must be intended, for they 
 are both supported by Government in Great Bri- 
 tain, and they are the only Sects of the Protestant 
 Religion supported there by Government. 
 
 I,, Methodists and Independents are Protestants : 
 but they are not supported by the Government of 
 
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 its: 
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 *Gfeitt Birit^f , and tUer^ipre; cai^not <4fMfP .m ttff 
 f ame gi^uy4b as the ClcHrv pfth^ (}%cft y/i5ci)fj 
 
 land, or f^Ttbe Chwch <m.^Iw?(^m^ j.jto i.q.f) iK , 
 .But, altlwwh^,! 
 clauses d{6, apd 37, 
 
 Ckray. of either of 
 Af pthejr Country, y 
 
 M> tb^ ^debates in l;be Hpiue ^^f. Como^ 
 
 ^ ^ ttgthii p^nof Ae^^pt r^atiye i(^^W^ 
 
 AfpthejT Country, yetu^ipaj^ .ijiptJbe .^hout,,^!^!^ i^ 
 rfirer<;iM> lji§ ^debates m ijbe Hpwe .^f, Gpwn^pis^ 
 tpiwwtt th« piart of;the<Act r^ative tq^w^^^ 
 
 
 
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 two objections to these regulations, Doth ot||t^j|m^ 
 
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 of Parspnages is prpyidea fpr, that provi^iah «as not 
 been apted upon. , JSaph, JV^inistjer has not received 
 his^artici^ai' allotment of Land. ; * 1 
 
 Hadthe Actmeantthe establishment of the ckuroh 
 of EnglancJ axclusively in Canada, the expression 
 "church of England" iyo\il(l have been, used in 
 claui^es 8|5| S6, ajj4 ,^7, and not the general expresr 
 sion, "jprQtestant R^^ 5vt these clauses 
 
 provide generfij^y^ fpr V the Protestant Religiony^ 
 leaving thcdetails t^ |uture enacti»i?iijs4 . . :. mjoH 
 
 Clause^ ^8, 4^, at^4<4Q^ Tplate partiQukiirly to the 
 Chprch of JEpglan4> aM p^cularise i|bytke desig- 
 nation of *• phurch pf ^S^gland." ; Xhis chaiifee of 
 expression in the clauses i^^ews that th^framers; of 
 th^ Act knew the ii|eaping of th^ la^gui^ge they, usied, 
 and cUd .nol^ jS^ply the t^ys^ /* Pjiptestdnt'* as $yno^^ 
 imous with thp tei^m " jjpiscopal." v 1 > 
 
 Clause 4|st shpAys this, contyadistiiictipn.in the 
 clearest light. It recapitulates the contradistmction 
 b^tweep mo sener at mi{ particular provision^ in lan^ 
 guage more Nearly expressed, and not admitting a 
 
 double me jmii^g. o«j{vjo'>^^^^^^ ^fr\m, aii ni bjui^iiii 
 
 , r , XI4I. ^Provided ^lioays, €ttid MiifUfth^ 
 
 en^ctpd by the » uuthoritv aforesmSr^ That 
 
 Protestant^; tl^| sevcrsd provisiojifs liereinb.efei*e /con- 
 ciergy J tal^ed, respecting the allotment : and ap^ 
 propriatipn of Lands fw the supp^Kt of a 
 Prptestant plergy within the said Provm- 
 ces, and also respecting the constituting, 
 erecting, and enoowingi Parsonages,! or 
 Rectories, within the^said Provii^c'^* and 
 alsp rejspecting the prjesentatio^ of Inc'um^ 
 bents or Ministers to the same, and also 
 respecting the manner in which, such In-? 
 cumpents or J^^inisters shall hold and . en^ 
 joy the same, shall be subject to bi5;!varied 
 oy, repealed by any express pcpviaicHis for 
 that purpose, contained in any Act or Acts 
 . which may be passed by the Legislative 
 
 generally 
 
 EpisQppal 
 Clergy, 
 particular- 
 ly.. 
 
 The L^- 
 gUrqidi^of 
 <Cannda*lj(, 
 flinty mUp.i* 
 f€hj this allot- 
 ment of 
 land| an4 
 grant the 
 whole of it 
 to the 
 
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( 14) 
 
 
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 i Council and Assembly of the said Provin- 
 ces respectively,, and assented to by His 
 Majesty* His Heirs, or Successors, under 
 the restriction hereinafter provided 
 The 42d clause m. the same clear manner contra- 
 distinguishes the Protestant Religjan from the par- 
 ticidar sect of Protestants called Ejiiscopalians, and 
 evidendv contemplates making Legislative provision 
 in Canada for more than that one sect. Any Act for 
 that purpose must be laid before both Houses of the 
 British Parliam'ent, and if within thirty days either 
 House shall address His Majesty, His Heirs, or 
 Successors, to withhold his or their assent from such 
 Act or Acts, it shall not be lawful for His M'ajesty, 
 His Heirs or Successors, to signify his or their as- 
 sent to such Act or Acts. 
 
 I have now remarked upon all the clauses of the 
 Quebec Act that relate to me Clergy, and have prov- 
 ed Uiat the Clergy of the Church of England are not 
 exclujsiively entiUed by that Act to the whole profits 
 arising from the Clergy Reserves. That was the 
 position I undertook to prove. If the proof have 
 proceded farther^ and shewn that they are not esta- 
 blished in this Country according to the letter of 
 the Quebec Act, each Kectory not having assigned 
 to it a particular portion of land, and are 'therefore 
 not AN Established Clergy in Canada, much less the 
 Established Clergy, to the exclusion of the Church 
 of Sc6tlapd, they must blame themselves for excit- 
 ing this discussioik by their greediness and intole- 
 ranee. 
 
 I shall now attempt to shew that the Clergy of 
 the Religion establisned ih Scotland have a legal 
 biithrigbt clarni to part of the profits arising from tne 
 Cler^ Reserves in Canada. The proof of this po-< 
 sitioii will not detain me long. It only requires the 
 
 guotiitioii of two articles of me Act of Union of Eug:- 
 ind and Scotland. 
 <* Article 1. — ^Thatthe two Kingdoms of Eng^ 
 
 
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 " land and Scotland shall upon the first day of May, 
 ** which shall be in the Year one thousand seven 
 ** hundred and seven, and for ever after, be united 
 ** into one Kingdom by the Name of Great-Britain ; 
 '* and that the Ensigns Armorial of the said United 
 ** Kingdom be such as her Majesty shall appoint, 
 ** and the Crosses of St. George and St. Andrew be 
 " conjoined in such manner as Her Majesty shall 
 ** think fit, and used in all Flags, Banners, Stan- 
 ** dards, and Enskns, both at sea and land." 
 
 " Article 4. — ^That all the subjects of the United 
 <* Kingdom of Great Britaiv shall, from and and af- 
 '* ter the Union, have full freedom and intercourse 
 ** of trade and navigation to and from any port or 
 " place within the said United Kingdom, and the do- 
 <* minions and plantations thereunto belonging ; and 
 ** that there be a communication of all other lights, 
 " privileges, and advantages, which do or may be- 
 '< long to the subjects of either Kingdom ; cfxcept 
 " where it is otherwise expressly agreed in these 
 "Articles." 
 
 Canada was conquered in 1759, not by England, 
 not by Scotland, but by Great Britain ; and there- 
 fore, any right, privilege and advantage, enjoyed by 
 the Clergy of the Religion established in England 
 ought equally to belong ta the Clergy of die Religi- 
 on established in Scotland, as clearly as that the 
 mariners of Greenock and Glasgow nave ah equal 
 right with the mariners of Liverpool and London, to 
 navigate in the St. Lawrence and Ontario. 
 
 Why our Legislators bom north of the Tweed, 
 and especially whv the Clersy of the Ch^rch of 
 Scotland, have hitherto silenthr allowed the rights, 
 privileges, and advantages, of their Church, secu- 
 red to them as a birth-ri^ht Inr tlie valour and virtue 
 of their fathers, to be talen from them m the North 
 American Colonies, by art and influence, is not ea- 
 ;sily conjectured. . 
 
 Are my countr3rinen unacquainted that there are 
 
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 rights, privileges, arid advantages, which their Na- 
 tional uhtirch ouj^ht to possess iii the British Pro- 
 vinces'if Ndr<h Alherica ? J^dt th^ii^ read aiid uiider- 
 stdiid the Qi'iebec ktt and the Act of Uilibn of Scot- 
 land tffid fenglatid. ':./ jk'N- 
 ^ Are ttiy couiith men imacqiiiiiiftdB '^Wm Iftie Value 
 of these rifflits,privile<^es, and advaiitii^es, to them- 
 selves and the * nation ? A portion of the profits 
 arising tv6ih <:he allotrncnt of the seventh ^drt of' the 
 ijdiidS iti feahada WbiM jlarit Ministers aild School,- 
 mfest^rs of the Church olScotland in eveiy t6(wnsliip 
 in theSfe Colbhies, aiid a Uiiiversity m Wmgii^ot or 
 Motoeal/ • And what ha Ve theSe effected 'm Scot- 
 khdi^hice 16887 They have clianged the Scottish 
 peasantry frdm being poor, ignorant, idlfe siiid Wick- 
 ed^ td^becofirifortable, enlightened, industrious, and 
 moral ; arid wbdld to certainty pi^bdiice the saine eif- 
 fects^iii Canada. ~ ' •:^^'-^.. .';;*, i;;^:^^,"^•:':;. ']'';,i^^ ., 
 "E^i^top^eyitiilane cM n^v8ir'ptbclii8e the^eTesufts. 
 For the genius of Episcopacy is in oppositipn to the 
 geniilsbfthe J5e6ple.' However Epis^dpatUalis, bc: 
 ctipyiti^ the priiicipal places Of trtist, pbiv^r, and 
 etiiblUiiietit uttder Government, ^ay send hoifie iix- 
 flat€id statetaierits, ^nd by address arid ihfhjett'ce, ile- 
 ceive ihe feiiti^h Gbverrim^rit^rid pebplie, fruth will 
 atla^tpi-evailJ^^'*^^ \ 'HUifr* . ■ 
 
 Are iriy countryhien 'unacquainted ^ith the num- 
 bers^ ^rtkcHed to the^ Church of Scotl^didib reside 
 in British Ndrth Ani^erica, and conseqiijentli With the 
 eScpediency of tfieir obtaining from His Maij^i^iy's 
 Government the rights of their Mtiiiil^ Clitlrdfa 1 
 Smiy it IB Obvious ttiat Whilfe t^b ^nlilleis htiv^^- 
 qualrightS tb a patrinidny, the dfebisibh Wliibh MV^b 
 theivhdfe'tb briebf thcim cariiidt Be ji^t. Ahff tHe 
 ittjitf«tice#ifl 'bie faibrie reiiikrWblfe if ihie^^otti^e'd 
 family h the least iiUttidrbusi . Yet this dfei^fiibhi^ii- 
 tatis mutandis, has, in effect, been givbn ^M kc^idJi 
 upx)n in the^b l^bviiicbs. The fienibbii of the 
 Church of England, the least numerous family, re- 
 
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 ceive, in '^he Canadas alone 'ftbt ' lesk thaii £12,000 
 Sterlmg Annually, from the Pa^ientState ; while the 
 ,MemWi» of die ChiirbKof Scotland, the most nu- 
 ifieroii^ faiiiOv^ withtWo ihconi^iderable exceptions, 
 receive nbthuig. Arid a^ part of the fimds for pay- 
 ing the Clergy of the Church of England in this couji- 
 try ih t^ken frdm the Reveritie of the ^rit!sh Empire, 
 the MIsQiBers dftlie Church of Scotland pay not on- 
 ly the ^ Whole st^elid giverfto their own Clergy, but 
 part of the stipend given to the Clergy of the Church 
 of England. Thfis they are first deprived of their 
 birth-right patrimony, then taxed from their hard 
 earnings to support the rich famUy by whom the J' 
 have been depnvcjd of it. 
 
 That thq Members, of the Church of Scotland, res- 
 ident in the North Americiiii Provinces^ are more 
 numerous than the Members of the Church of Eng- 
 land, is generally adtilitted ; but the verified num- 
 ber$ of each I have not be^n able to procure. The 
 following statement, relative to Upper Canada^ I 
 have good authority for believing to be correct. 
 
 The number of Communicants of the Church of 
 Scotland in Kixosto^ last year was 114, and in one 
 congregation of the Cllurch of Scotland in Glengary 
 was 500. 
 
 In Bellville, the professors of the Church of Eng- 
 land, and who attend Church two or three times a 
 year, are about 50, in a population of 600 ; and the 
 con^municants last year were 10. On Good Friday 
 the Clergymaii preached to a congregation of nine, 
 one of whom came to hire a pew, and three were 
 Presbyterians, 
 
 InBatl^the number that attends the Church of 
 England fluctuates from 30 to 60. Of these many are 
 notlBpii^copalians. And last year only 15 persons 
 partook of the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper. 
 ■ It is stated that Methodism prevails among the 
 jp^ople i and that Episcopacy, which made no pro- 
 gress when hot opposed, is now unable to withstantj 
 
<tiie AMfa^lts.of Secta^iims, supported^li^yihefayor qf 
 Ijbe^ople. 
 ^n ^y ^f the Dwtri^tp Qf Upp.er }C Wflfr #- 
 
 Scftt}a»d w.believed.to b^e muel^^^r ; ma vmt 
 be increase^ ,pj p3fk>BcdyRSjpid i)|ipi]|B HjIjpiUy^ joje^- 
 
 ,betHre^ja#pisc(wp^cy^W^^ &tn^9im,^«^d i;^fiw}jig 
 
 4oihe.QlHirch of vi«^ .forefiBi,wrs ^qaany ^wp^ ^h 
 
 ; joined Necta^^^' because Minuterft of t^ ;^bu]x^ 
 ii^fScotlaildw^retpptpl^ed.m ' ** ' 
 
 ' For these reasons 
 
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 ibat: GoYermaeni§iy 
 
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 S' jar^llj^us instmp^on, apqprdui^-io fi^ jates cjf 
 . ^ i^^pf^Ct^i:i||Hr^^ jtbat it,isjnei|^ justice 
 inor^Q^a P9B^y*hit Qo^enapiwt^iW^^i^ 
 clusiYe.siipjp<H* to %ia«^pAcy:^iftfi^ .Pi55^y?»ces. 
 
 present themselves ; anapplica^^ 
 
 .tp^tiie lo^;^ !^jegi§latMrf&8» or an applicat^p,|tpi ^eJm- 
 ,p^i;id,GQy)^^rniaent. 
 
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 and )tt^caa,x^lyi|o,<^l^,pf^to cp^Bpug^,,pr 
 
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 '^olm ,qwwi|er^d (fey Mv^tm :«9oe ^e JJ^q>n,qf 
 
 who 
 
 tnem a Clerg3rinan of U^e iKpispppal 
 was formerly a Presbyteriaii,: but ^g|7 employs his 
 influence and pen ^gmf^ .^e Cbyrch of his native 
 Comitry, it is notpino^le J:h^^y enactmenteivinff 
 the Ghuceh,ef^C9(di9^^a^qualitym Churcfi 
 
 of-Engli^d WOuW pws tjirpyjph /Iji^ir <hp)i§e. And 
 such waatfeie op^^Qp^t&ptertained l?y <|h(B (H^iuise .^f 
 Assembly, when, in 1824, with a knowledge and 
 liberali^^that does them honour, they laid the claims 
 of the Church of Scotland at the foot of the Throne. 
 
 3. — ^Because the Legislatures of these Provinces 
 have no power to abrogate the national rights of the 
 Church of Scotland, but probably would assume it 
 when legislating on the suoject. 
 
 4. — ^Because it would be unworthy of the Church 
 of Scot^uadthat her r^hts 4^f{|ild l^e deidared end 
 de&jedjJ^^ai^jMilt^^ 
 
 It isTli^toe, .^ m^^(^ ^\p ^ 
 
 Government that must be maoedtor an enaci 
 the Imperial Parliament, declaring the rights of 
 the Church of Scotiand in Canada. And to obtain 
 such enactment through the influence of your Lord- 
 ship, is the object of this Letter. And my hopes 
 are sanguine that this object will be obtained wmle 
 your Lordship is Prime Minister bf JBriiain4=nbi'mi 
 account of the representations in this Letter, but of 
 the strength of the claims, and on account of the ta- 
 lent and enlightened liberality which, at present, 
 beyond all previous periods, characterise tne mea- 
 sures of the British Government. 
 
 The claims of the Church oif Scotlandjto.the same 
 encouragement as the Chivehof CnglapdintheJi^ri- 
 tish Provinces of North America, are fiiuhded on 
 justice, and the Act of Union of Scotland and £ng- 
 
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 laiid; and your Lordship is not a Lauderda|e, aA 
 Aberdeen, or a Perth, to propagate Episcopacy, 
 bjr nersecuting Presbyteriiins, n6r to suffer an Arch 
 Bisneip Sharp to influence your Lordship'is Couns^i^. 
 od.Y ,'*Ihave the honortobfe, » "^ ^ -'^ '^^^ ^' '^^ >'«* 
 ftfd J^volqf' ^ My I^rd, '- • ■'''<''* ''^^**^ 
 
 io ri > Your Lordsl^'s ni-rmoulini 
 
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 i*^i^ Most humble Servant, * ' 
 
 hi'tA. ^ PAOf ESTANT of the church b^ SCOTLAND. 
 
 Kingston, Upper Canada, Ist Jme, 1^86. 
 
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