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Les diagrammes suivants illustrent la m6thode. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 At a General Meetiuj^ of tlio Standing (Jonunittec, appointed severally by the Members of St. Gabriel Church, of St. Paul's Church, and St. Andrew's Church, of the city of Montreal, in connexion with the Established Church of Scotland, held at St. Andrew's Church afore- said, on the 25th day of September, 1838; for the purpose of framing and carrying into effect, with their brethren in the Sister Provinces, such measures as might be deemed ad- visable in the present crisis for vindicating and maintaining inviolate, by al* constitutional means, the rights and privileges of the National Church in British North America ; it was unanimously Resolved, That the following Address, subscribed by the Chairman and Secretary of the Meeting, along with the Resolutions of the Membersof the said three Churches, appended thereunto, be forthwith printed and circulated as widely as possible, (unong the Members of the Established Church of Scotland in these Colonies. ' OF THE ESTABLISHED CHURCH OF SCOTLAND, IN .; \, , ,Hy i . BRITISH MORTH AMERICA. ' FELLOW COUNTRYMEN AND BRETHREN, A crisis has arisen in the state of affairs in these Colonies, in which we behold not a merely threatened invasion, but nn actual infringement of the Constitutional rights of our Church. In the recent establisl nent of the Rectories in ITpper Canada, the first decisive step has been taken t«)wards comerring an exclusive Establishment on the Sister ('hurcli of England — of imposing upon us, who belong to the equal co-ordinate Establishment of the Church of Scotland, built, in respect to her civil and political standing in the Empire, upon the same rock of the British Constitution, and guaranteed and perpe- tuated by the same inviolable securities, n yoke which our Fathers could not bear, and which we, their free born doscendaiits, the inheritors of the invaUfble privileges, purcha- sed and sealed with their blood, have not, we trust, so far degenerated from their wisdom, spirit, and virtue, as t^unely to submit to at this day, in British North America. No ! Countrymen and Brethren, we did not come from our native Scotland, in the full, the proud possession of e<|ual rights luid privileges, civil and religious, with our bre- thren and follow subjects in South Britain, to submit here to such disfranchisement, to such degradution. Not one jot or tittle will we suffer to be blotted out from the dear liought charter of rights and liberties, which we have, which we hold, which we inherit in coinmun and e<|ually with our Brethren of the Sister Ki igdom, of the Sister Church. We have no hesitation to aver, that without reference to our constitutional rights, a just regard to the character and merits, no less than to the commercial, moral, and political im{)ortance of that |)art of the Colonial jiopulation, which belong to our Church, ought to have determined the FareiU Government to turn a deaf ear to any counsel, from whatso- ever (Uarter it might come, of which the effect might be, to divest us of ony honour or advantaire, enjoyed by us in nur |Kirent land. Yet, what, we would nsk, up to this moment, has been the result of the many peti- tions and tnemorials, which, in the cours<> of the la.st twenty years, we have presented to llu< authorities of the Empire, waiting the issue with exemplary temper and moderation, and Kuslaiiiing all our repttatcd disappoiiUments, delays, and evasions, with long suffering jialifMire even luitil now .' What, we would ask, hiks been really done by Government in tiilliiini'ut of claim"!, of \vhic!i they have professed to admit the justice, holding out to us h(>|K's ot imriicijMitiusr, in some e< ^ront has been youphsafed to the many destit^ite Settlers of the communion of the Church o( $cotlau^ ? rifdt one iorfhing ! And yet are they not British Protestant Settlers ? An- they not inembers ota Church of the Enipire, havitig an equal standing with the Church of ^ng^liuid ? and are not their wants such as to give them a just and equal claim to a particip^on o( this grant 1 It might seem inyidious were wo to state,what monies have been drawn, from a variety of soiirces, and appropriated to the service of the Sister Church, and that not always in cases of extreme iirgoncy, while our solicitations, on behalf of many populous Settlements, utterly destitute of Pastors and Religious Worship, have received for answer, that then; were no fluids at the disposal of Ctoyernment lor their reliaf. By pressing upon the Colonial Secretary, Lord Glenel^, an old pledge, which had remained unredeemed, since the Administration of Lord Dalhousie, a reluctant consent was obtained, afler long importunity, to have five hundred pounds, out of the proceeds of the reserved lands of Lower Canada, divided among our Ministers in that Province. Assurance was given, at the same time, that this grant should be continued to them, until a finni settlement of the question of the (Church Lands might be tfTected, by the Colon.;il Legislii tures,' in concurrence with the Imperial Porliotnent. Within these (evr days, however, information has been received, that payment cannot be made of this grant for the present year, until a fresh order shall \k produced in our favour, from the Colonial Office. And let it be borne in mind, that the first and only payment, made last year, is the whole amount of Government assistance, with which our Church has been favoured in Lower Canada, after nearly twenty long weary years of solicitation and hope deferred. Even at this: moment, while two small salaries, of fifty pounds per annum, hitherto allowed to the senior Ministers of Uuebec and Montreal, have been, it would seem, irrevocably withdrawn — the ProtcstaiU Bishop of (Quebec has prevailed to have the noga- tive recalled, by which he was deprived, at the same time, and on the same plea, of the annual salary of one thousand pciinds, enjoyed by his predecessors ; that is, twice the sum which the liberality of Government allowed to our whole Presbytery, for one little year, hiu< been annually given to this Prelate, no doubt for life, as if to enhance, by tlie contrast, our disappointment and humiliation. Vve do not envy, we do not mean to complain of his .success, but we may he permitted to say, that the ligid adherence to a paltry economy in our cose, is not very duttering to our hopes of finally receiving justice at the hiuids oi Government. It is not, we are bold to say, it is not in human nature, to be insensible to sifch, cold juid contemptuous neglect. • • i , -< Wljot, we would osk, have we, Her Majesty's Scottish subjects, been ? — what liuve we done, that wo should be so lightly esteemed / Where, we appeal to all the world, is the wisdom, justice, or policy of .such treatment ? But this monopoly of the pecuniary means of provision, for the support of Religion in these Colonies, tu the all but utter exclusion of tiie Church of Scotlajid, whose Minister.s and inembers have an oqiiul right, is not even tlte weightiest part of our complaint. To consummate her ambitious scheme, it was necessary for the Sister Church, by the muno- |)oly of P^Iucntinn, to secure and perpetuate her exclusive Ecclesiastical sujjreuiacy. For this pur|xjse, our Universities and tVilleges were originally founded upon (/barters, by whose provisions none could hold a place as Governor, or fill a choir as Professor, without previously suljscribing the Thirty-nine Articles. Though the voice of the people, reclaiming against such preposterous illiberal ity, procured the rcvisal of these Charters imdthe retrench- ment of their exclusive proviiiions, the government and patronage of those institution.s are still in the hands, or subject to the influence of tlie Exclusionists, whose inten tion, as originally proclaimed, is to render them organs for proselytising tu the faith of the Church of England. Suffer the administration to remain in the present himds, and the liberal Chorters will be of no avoil. The Ministers and inembers of our Church will lie de facto excluded, and not only so, but a powerful engine will be wielded for the dfipression of every rival interest, to the great prejudice of letters, religion and education. Witness at this moment the exclusively Episcopal odmiuistration of the Minor College, Toronto. C^^sider these facts, in connection with the recent establishment of Rectories in Upper ('ntioda. in rminectioii with the exorbitant pretensions of the Church of England, and the liigh-ntniiiied pxiriioiis that are making, at home and in the Colony, by very unscrupulous means and very i|iiestionable representations, and you will be enabled to estimate the 3 mngnitude and extent of the dangers which, at this crisis, threaten our Church, and the iiiimedinto necessity for promptitude, energy, union, and perseverance, in order to vindicate and secure permanently our rights. We should be blind indeed, if we did not perceive to what point all this is tending. The establishment of the Rectories is only one of many proofs, that there is a disposition. It would alniust see' a determination, to exalt tiie Church of England, and, if not to pres.s, nt least to neglect ours. But we will unhesitatingly proclaim our conviction, that so long as this partial influence is suffered to prevail, as it has heretofore done, in the ( 'ouncils of the Colonial Government, there can be no hope of retaining the confidence iuid affection of the Scottish population, and we fear the Government will find it, in tlie end, n bad exchange, to have bartered, especially at the present crisis, the honest attachment ot II whole mass of loyal and faithful-hearted subjects, for the interested and mercenary devotion of a few aspiring priests, or ambitious courtiers. This crisis is one which needs every nerve of loyalty and patriotism to be braced to tlu! uttermost. This, at least, is not the time to damp the ardour, or to shake the confi- dence and attachment of the well-affected. Countrymen and Brethren, it is against this pernicious, this pe- tilent system, that we lire now suinmoned to array our united strength, to arouse and put forth all our collective ''iiergy. The cause for which we are this day constrained to lift up our voice on high, 111 lift it up as a trumpet, is one which involves our national honour, our national birthright, iiiir civil and religious rights iind privileges, as members of one of the British Protestant < 'hurrhes and Kingdoms. It involves riirhi^'. interests, and advantages in this land of our adoption, which it would lie foolish and wicked, as it would be mean and pusillanimous, to ii'liuquish, or to suffer to bo infringed or wrested from us. It involves rights and interests, dear, precious, niid invaluable to us to our children, to posterity, and at the same time, as «i; deem, in.separably connected with the peace, prosperity, tmd welfare of the whole lommimity, of which we form a part, neither inconsiderable nor obscure. In vindication and defence of these rights and privileges, national and religious, you lire now summoned to step forth, and to say, whether you are willing to have them tuken lioni you and your fellow countrymen in British North America, and if not, we call upon you to unite as one mnn,and without delay, to subinit,with one heart, with one voice, to your Sovpreign and the British Parliament, your just complaint and solemn remonstrance, l.tuienting that thcM! rights .sjiould have been attempted to be invaded or inlHnged by any p.irty, iind bcwailin^jr the neressity, which comi^ls you to resort to such an extreme course, its the present, in order to obtiiiu redress at the hands of rulers, whose duty it was to liJive wnfohed ovor them, and to have guarded them from all violation. It is also necessary, at this crisis, in consequence of the elaborate and audacious mis- r. presentations of those who are adverse to your claims, that you make known, as far .IS possible, not only your sentiments, but also your number and your strength ; thot you arn not the insignificatU fraction of the Colonial population, which your adversaries would represent you ; that when your number is considered, in connection with your general in- leljifreiiec, wealth, and respectability, you yield to no other British race or Protestant sect III weiffht or importance ; that you are not indifferent or lukewarm with respect to the nuhts and privileges of your Church and country, which are at this moment perilled, but are determined to vindicate, to hold tost, to guard as the apple of your eye, what your latlu-rs bled and diwl to purchase for you, and what the Constitution of Britain secures, as your inalienable inheritance and patrimony, in every part of her great Empire. Lot every mmi, who bears in his bosom a Scottish heart, press forward in order to ifive his name and his sanction to the memorials and petitions, which may be framed and circulated at this conjuncture, by properly authorized persons, for the pu.-pose of eonveying to the foot of the British Tlirone, through our enlightened and liberal-minded ("Jovernor General, the complaiiUs and remonstrances of Her Majesty's loyal and .illectionate, biu much as^rievcd, Scottish subjects in these Colonies. Let every Settle- ment, Township, and Congregation, let every locality, where there is any considerable number of our countrymen or members of our Church, organize themselves into a Society, and appoint forthwith a standing Committee of their number to correspond and co-operate with us, and let it be our luianimous '•esolution to maintain this union, throughout the whole of British North America, until we shall have consummated the good work, and redeemed our Church and our people in these Colonies, from their present humiliating situation— finally— «ffectually, and FOR EVER. JAMES FLEMING, Chairman. D. CHISHOLME, Secretary. h 't V- „!■: ■■";<(:■!>!■ %»'j'\;'*" •:■■'■'•■■•'>• ''i' AVPENDIX. RESOLUriOMS OF THE THREE COMQREOATIOMS IM MOMTREAL. Plhsuant to notice given to the Congregntion of the Chiirih of Scotland, in St. Gabriel SIrttt, a meeting (MIS held tJR're on Wfiliiewluy afternoon, the 12th instani, iit throe, P. M., to lake into considemtion the Miilijcct of the Kocturies cstahhiihed in Upper Canada, and to concert meauures neceiMry lo maintain inviolate the righlH and privileges of the Church of SeotlHiid. Hubert Hanpvside, Eifquire, was called lo the Chair. The following motionH wens subniitled siicceitiiively to (he meeting, and pamed unanimously : — Moved hy Mr. Thomas Blackwood, iseuonded liy Dr. FnASER, I . That in consequence of the recent decision of the Crown Lawyers), recognizing the legality of the esta- hiislmient of lher Canada, tlie MiniHiiTii and adherents of the Church of Scotland in that Province are reduced lo the footing of Dissen- Ihe |ireiient crisiii, for the sake of peace, wo regard the rights and interests now brought into peril at Mured and inviolable, and we are prepared to con- tend fur them, as involving at once our honour and interest, and the |)eace and prosperity of these Colo* nicH. Moved by Mr. David Handtside, seconded by liMj, in violation of the sacred and constitutional I Dr. Scott, ri;;liiM of our Church. { 5. That while we hold fast our unabated convic- Aliivcd by the Rev. H. BssoN, seconded by Mr. lion of our e()ual and constitutional right — so long .Iamf.s Doucmx, 0. That luivliig, for nearly twenty years past, been lalioiiring u> oblain from the present Government a r'-ciighition of their rights, and an ptpial participation xviili the sister Church of England in whatever pro- visiuii mny lie made in support of religion in Canada, wo find with i-orrow and inortificulion, that all our iins for what we conceive to be our national birthright, have hitherto proved, in u great measure, fruitless. Moved by Mr. Jamek Morton Millar, second- ed by Mr. .\Les ander Ferguson, 3. That ^vc do most sincerely deplore, that under such circiiiiist;incoi>, we cannot — without !' main .ilenl and inactive; but (at the hazaiil of awaken, iiig angry |ia»8ion8, and, especially at a time other wise so full of peril, of adding new fuel to the flames of discontent and disaflection which already ^..re' vail )) are com|)elled, having no other alternative left, to make a suiemn and public appeal to the members of our Church, and to the Scottish popula' tion at largo in these Colonies ; calling upon them to come forward and express their sense of the wrong which has hereby been inflicted on their Church, and to adopt all proper and constitutional measures for the vindication of our common rights and privi- leges. On motion of Mr. Chas. Bowman, seconded by Mr. D. P. Ross, i. That while there is no reasonable sacrifice which we would not cheerfully make, especially at denied us — we feel that our countrymen in these Provinces have justly earned by their meritorious conduct, a tiOe to be placed, in every respect, on the footing of the most favoured subjects, and we are moreover assured that nothing else will prove satisfactory to the Scottish portion of the Colonial population. Moved by Mr. Walter Feddie, seconded by Mr. Wm. Cormack, 6. That we have the fullest confidence, when the iruc sense of our people in these Colonics in declared, that the Im|>crial Government wili not hesitate to redress our wntngs, and satisfy our just claims, by placing us, in the Provinces of British North Ameri- ca, upon n footing of perfect equality, in every res- pect, with the Sister Church of England. Moved by Mr. George Johnstoh, secoiHkd by Dr. Smith, 7. That this meeting approve of the recommenda- tion of the joint Sessions of the three Churches in this city, in connexion with the Church of Scotland, to appoint a General Standing Committee, to be com- posed »f ten Representatives, chosen by each of the respective Congregations, and that the following gentlemen are accordingly nominated by this Con- gregation as its Representatives : Robert Handyside, Charles Bowman, Andrew Shaw, John Fisher, D. P. Ross, D. Handyside, John Speirs, Dr. Fraser, Jas. Morton Millar, Alex. Ferguson, with power to fill up vacancies that may occur. The Chairman having vacated the chair, Mr. Andrew Shaw was called thereto. The thanks of the meeting were then voted to Mr. Handtside for his able conduct as Chairman, and also to the Secretary. R. D. HANDYSIDE, Chairman. ALEX. FERGUSON, Secretary. „ At a public meeting of llio menilMn) of St. Puul'« Cliurch, of Montreal, in communion with the Ettablished Church of Scotlnnd, held at St. Paul'i Church, on the evening of Thunday, the IStli of September, 1838, for the purpoe of noniinniing, in conjunction with the two other Scottish Churche* in this city, RepreiientativcM to fiirm a Joint Standing Committee, to frpr-j and carry into effect, with their brethren in the Si^iter Provinces, tuch measures as may Iw deeoH-d adviiwlile, in the present crisis, for vindicating and maintaining inviolate, by nit constitutional means, the rlKlits and privileges of their Na- tional Church in British North America ; Robert Ahmouii, Esc|., was unanimously callol to the Choir, and Mr. D. Ciiisholme wns appointed Secretary. The Rev. Dr. Black, afier explaining the object and necessity of the meeting, considering the pre- sent conjuncture in the affairs of the Church, moved tiie considcmtion and adoption of the following series of Resolutions, which ho read to tlie meeting. It was then moved liy JoHK Redpath, Esquire, and seconded by James Breckanrioge, Esquire, that the Resolutions now read by Dr. Black, be read, one by one, and (he opinion uf the meeting taken titeroon ; which being done, the RuHolutinns wen unanimously adoptt>d as follows : — 1. That in the Articles and Act of Union, between the ancient and independent Kingilums of Englanil and Scotland, it is laid down as a liiiidamentul ami oflsential condition, that tliu two Churches of those Kingdoms should be preserved in the suiiiu stale that they were in at the time of the Union ; and that. therefore, any alteration in the conatilutiiin, righls, und privilegi.'s of either of those Chuiv.iies, wouKI Ik' an infringement ol those lundamenlal and esseniinl conditions.* 2. That, by the said Articles and Act of Union, it is provided that there should Ite a comniuiiicntion of all rights, privileges, and advantage:*, lietween (lie subjects uf both Kingiloms in the Colonies ; and, consequently, that, in such Colonic!', the Cliiiruii nl' Scotlatid, who.sc doctrine ainl t'orin of wur^liip con- stitute an inherent right and privilegii of the (leople port of the Clergy of the Church of Scotland, as well ns tluK. That a Select Coinmittcc of the Houm; uf Commons, in a Report daleit the 2'id of July, 18"8, declared (hat (liey eiuiivly concurred in the above (ipliiion of the Law Uffia'rs oi'lhe Crown. (j. That, in Novenilier, 18.'ll, the Euil of Ri|Miii, then Secretary of S(«(e for (he (.'oloiiial Dt'|iuitiiient, while coiiimunicating instnictioiis to the Kirg^n Ke- pre^ent!ltlves in Ix'lli Up|ier and Lower Canada, willi res|)ert to the Clergy Reserves, in(iiiia(ed, that Ills Majt'tty, bound no less by his |iert>oiial li-ellngs (linn liy (lie sacred ubligalioiisof(liu( i>(a(ion to wliicli I'ro- udence hod called hiiii, to watch over (lie inteivsts of all Pnitesuiiit Chinches within his doiiiiiiioii!., could iiuvcr consent to aliundon (hoKC intcrcsit, v\itli II view to any objects of a tem|K)rarj' or iipparent ex- of Scotland and their descenoants, ought to be ma ji- pediency j an I it had, therelbre, Uwn w itli peciiliui- taineil in the full and cons(aii( enjoyiiieiK of her runk:^ntl^'lil( (ion, tlint in (he rosiill of liis iniiulnes, (!,» Ma. and station, as one of liie estulilihlied Cluircl>es ol'tlityoly had loiiiul, that ccilaiii cIiiiii>>i'h hi iIiu (•i>\ciii- Kmpire, in (he same way, and willi (he same exdiit; niont of tlic»e Fiiiviiiccr, nii^lu lie lairicd imo i IKci, uf endowment as may be provided for the Sitter wi(tiou( sacniicing the just clainin ol (liu Eii(uli|iii||. Church of Eiijiland. 3. That by the Im|ierial Statute, the 31, Geo. IIL chap. 31, it IS provided, that u certain portion of the Crown Lands in (he Provinces oi Up|iir and Lower Canada, should he set apart li>r (lie ii.aiii(eiiance ol a Proteatan( Clercy, an.l (lia( all and every the rents, pr:>li(s, or emoluiiieiUs arising (herein, should k- sole- ly applicr.ble to the luainteiiance of such a Clcn^-. ♦. That, r.n the 15th of Noveiiilie-, 1819, an opi- nion was pri>nouiiceort and ninin(enance ofa Protestant Clergy, weiv not contiiiiil solely (o (he Clergy of (he Church of England, hut niij>lit be extended aho (o (he Clergy of the Church of Scodand -tetlled in Canada, yet (hey did ne( ex(end (o dissenting Mini»(er)<, since the term Pro(es(ant Clergy could only apply to Protcv taut Clerg}' recognized and estalilii^liiHl by law ; and that llie renu ami profits of the lands above mention- ed, ought (o be a|)|ilied to tlio maintenance and lull- ed Churches of England and Scotland. 7. That in a coiiiiiiuiiica(K> made by onlerufdie present Secre(ary of i(a(e liir the Colonies lo llio liev. Dr. Black, ill April, I8J7, it was stated, that with respec( (o the right of (he Cliurch of Scodand to participate in the Cleigy Reservei", His Miijest)'.-* lioveriiiiientsaw no rensun to doiibt, that (he claim of (he Church of Scutland was warranted by the terms of the Act appropriating these revenues ; and that they much regrettoil that n more hU'r.il con^trllc- (inii bad not, from (lie lirst, lieen placed on the teni.H of tlia( Act in (his re8|iec(. 8. Tha( no(withi,(aiidiiig (he fundanieiUal and es- sendal condiduns of (he articles of (lie Act of Union between England ami Scotland, declamtory of (he righ(s of (he Church of 8<.'o(lnnd, Uidi in the Mother Country und in the Colonies uf (he United Kingdom the opinion of the ]mw OHicers of (he Crown, anirniing (he righ( of die Church of Scodand in (lie anadas, to n full and fair )iarticipa(lun with the Church uf England in all the Ixinclits arising from (he * IJy iIh" 'burlh Ani'-tc bctwii'ii 1*111^1.11111 hihI Si-iiilHtiil. i( ii* |irit\iilr(l— ' '1 lint all ilir sijhjtvla nl' tlu' I'nilul Kiii'.'iliirji nl' (irrni Britain Hlinll, rmiii anil after llii' l>iiiiin, liaM' Tiill In'riloni antlinli-n'oiirfi- (it'iru'li- nnil nuxi^atiun (oioifi rroiiiiwi) {Hirl nr |(Ih<'i- Miiliin tlii'MHiil t'niliil Kiiii?tli>fii. mid ilii- l>uiiiinii>ii-. nnit HlaniuiiiuiH ilMTruiitn iN'luuv'i'i:; : ami that tlu-n- mIiiiII Im- :t roiiiinuiiiiatuui ot' nil uthi-r ri'/ltt>i. priMlcccM, loitV nilvantac'*" wh ch ilo i»f iiii) Ih'lnii'.'io Ilii- kuIi^c "li* oi i-ilfhT KinL^tlttiii, t'Xi*i'|S wlu-rt* it is "tlii-rwis*- rX|iri'Mi.|y aun^tl in ihi'w AjIh !p» In ide 'Mil. I'lli, 'itr H;||, J lt|) mti) i.(i:iii' o hi-r /Xrlirli-.. llirri' .irr rrrtiiin frnnan htipulalionM nr pruviKioiiH in t'avikur III llir wn'i,!' "'a nlinir Kiii'filiiin, (rr'.'rir'liti ,' i*iii|>- liin'ii.'n I'liijl. "fitin nf vii-ftinm, ililly im aalt, on ivinilniva, lijttila &r ) III it arc nni '. rnnlril in thou' nl' ihr > tticr. ulm-li rx]>laili Itii' cxci'irliun lit ihi' riiii, atul i;t\r an i'.\|ili(-ii unij ilt'ttTiiiinata im-jiiin'/ III I M*r) \snrJ otitic tili A lioli- : Cletff Ile*ervm--«nd the long nrtea of admiMtons, (tn the part of the Imperial Government, of the co- onlinate rights o( both Churohei in theae Province!, iiu leal than fifty-oeven Rectories hnve been endow oil, excloaivcly in favour of the Church of tCngiaiid, in the Province of Upper Canada, under the auapiceii of the ume Government. 9. That HO long aa the Church of Scotland in theae Provinces is not put on the nme footing with llie Church of England, luch proceodingi are considered l)y this meeting as illegal, unconaliiutional, and un- warrantable ; nn infringement of the Ad ol Union between England and Scotland ; an innovation of tlio Imjierial Statute of the 31 Geo. ill. chnpl«*r31 ; an invasion of the righia and privileges of the Cburcli of Scotlnmi in these Provinces ; and tho uiihnppy sniircoof inAnito dissatisfaction and discontent to no inconiiiderahle and unonlightuncd portion of the loynl cntl «\-ell aflecte«t Inhnbitant^ of iNith iVovinceo, and to ind'vidnals who will never Htihmit to a depriva- tion of their inherent rights, whether mcred or secular. 10. That the continuntion, ns thin rmliwed, of the RerloricM in ((uestbn, linving, niit is asserted, the same ecrlcitiaMticGl authority » itliin their respective limit!) as nni viwtiil in tlic Rerlories in Englaml, would Inve the unjust and impolitic effect of degrad- ing the Church of Scotland in these Provinces from li'.Trnnlins nn KatsMislied CImrrli of the Empire, contrary to the undooMed rights rf that ancient and venemblo Church of Chriit — a oondition which her mumbera, in theae Cokmiea, will never be indueed to submit to, and which they are determined to reaist by all lawful and coiwtitutional nieana. 11. That this meeting do eameally and solemnly protest against tho endowment oCthe Bectoriea in Up- per Cantida, and against all other meaawea that may lie calculated to deprive the Church of Scotland in these Provinces of her undoubted rif^iila and privilegeti as A co-ordinate Established Church of the Empire, nnd fully entitled to ho placed on the same fooling in these Provinces with the sister Estnbliahed Church of England, with which, however, as a Church, they have no quarrel whatever. 12. That the following individuah, members of St. Paul** Church, be delegates in a Standing Com- iiiiilee to be formed out of the Scotch Churches in Montreal, to memorialize the Colonial Governments, the Provincial Legislatures, the Queen and the Im- perial Parliament, on the grievancea complained of Hnd all matters connected witli tlie interests of the Church, viz : — Rol>l. Armour, Charles Tait, David Chisholme, John Bruce, Dr. Roliertson, John Redpath, James Bieckenridge, William Wilsoik, Dr. niack, Dugald Stewart. The llinnkx of tli;- meetitig were tSen voted to Mr. AaKoVR for his conduct in the Chair, and to Dr. »i.ACK lor the nl)h! nnd lucid ninnner in which he I'X) omoiI the grievances of the Chutah of Scotland in tliese Priivinres, and the general olijocls of the pieecnt meeting. 'r V. ...,,.,., ROBERT ARMOUR, Oioirman. DAVID CHISHOLME, iStecretory. A meeting of ilie Congrpg'itio-i cf St. Andrcw'n Church, Montreal, was held in the Church on Fri- ilay ovuiiin^', the liili Si-ptcniU'r, IH'iS, liir t!ie purixM! of iippoiiiling representatives to concert measures in rniijiini'tioii with those from the Congn-galionn of St. Gnliriel's nnd St. Paul's, to obtaiii lo#the Church ! the first settlonicnt of tho Provinces. He aluo read various extracts from the records of the Synod ill (':;iiiidn,ilt'luiliiig llio proceodingi nilopted liy that iHxiy in relation to it. Tiif Ri'v. Mr. M'.MoHHiN Ix'ing called on,govi an cNplanotion of the question as it at present stotxl, ;irid ilic stiito of li'L-lini; in Upper Canada in relation to it; ai\ct which the following Resolutions were wvetdlly proimaed and carried : On I'lotion of .Mr. Wilkam Ritchie, seconded liy Mr. RoBtiiT MoRitts. 1. Tlinl this mooting iiiaiMtniiiK that the Chuivli III Scotland, as on Eiitablisliod Church of the Hritisli I'jiiipire, is fully eiitillcd, Ixitli in law nnd justice, to oiijoy equal r glit.i ami priviloges with tlio Chiiixh of England, in every Colony ucqiiired by Britain since the formalion of that Knpite. Uii motion of Mr. Neii. MAriNTOSii, srcondod liy Mr. JuiinUlack. 2. That in the Act of Union lietween the two in- dejicnilcnt Kingdoms of England and Scotland, the Cliiirch of Sootlanil was plnred upon a footing of [icrlect oqiinliiy with the Cliiirch of England, Loth' as to establishment and state provision, so that the basis on which her privileges rest, is as strong ai that of die Empire itself. On motion of Mr. John M'Kenzie, seconded by Mr. Alex. Ogii.vie. 3. That the general principles slated in the fore- going Resolutions, have been recognized with special releronce to Canada, by an Act of the British Le- gislature, as inteqirettnl in 1819, by the highest leg" 1 authorities in the land — by a Committee of the House of (Jommons, in 1828 — by King William the Fourth, in his Message to Parliament, in 1S3'3, and liy Her Majesty's (lovernment, in 1 837. That more- over, llicy have been practically acknowledged and fliilhriinjr loteil on in lh«i lempiirnl |iroviNioii mini lof tlio Clinrch of Sx'iiilund in Nriv Srtnin CNU'iit in Cnrmiiii. On nrntiii i nl" Mr. John Smith, Honimli'd liy M' Thomas M'Oinn. 4. TImt notwitlmtiiniling, in o|H.>n iMVincc ol' ii. abovo priiK'iplvfl and niitliorilic*, ii fiiur«'ol [(rucci'il- ingii hn.'< Ihimi U^gunoiid ('(iniiniml in iIuh- l'ri)\in ceo, the uliviou* dc»i|(n and t>n'o<'t ol' Mhicli in i< place tlip Cliurrli «!' Kiiglnnd in adviiiico of tin' Clnirrli .it St-4)tland, | n-puratnry to nmkii.g over V lliu loniitT llio wholf ifvfiiuif, iv«rv«d .1 tlic mip port of n Pioteitnnt Cliurcli in tliu Colon)', and tluip ik*pnvini; Hie Chnrcii of S-otland ufl, r jiihI riglili> and privilcgv,ii, as n co-or Jiiiolo wUiWbhniont with tlio Clnm Ii of England. On motion of Dr. (J, W. CAMraci.L, m-rondcil hy Mr. Fraxcw Adam. f). That hy n rerent decision of the Crown Law ye-s, linundcd appart-nlly on eiparte cvidi-iifc, and not on a full view of llio facta and circunistnnrw of tin" r««e, lhe»e enrroachmcnls upon tlio riglitn of our Church, have Ix'en dccliircd Icgnl iind valid, and til\y-iioven Rectories cstahlinhrd in lji|)crCannda, in Huch a manner m to place tin; MinisterM and Meni- Ix'rs of the Church of Scotland, situated within their lHiund«, under tlic tleclosiasticnl domination u( the Church of England. On motion of Mr. John G. M'Kenzic, seconded liy Mr. High Brodib. 6. That tliougli by no meani hoctilc to (he Church of England, and very unwilling to add to tlio excite incnt at present prevailing in the Colony, wc cannot remain ailent under the marc]) of a system, to (mriial unJ unjiMt as that which in now in progre*.", pspe- ciiilly when wc know, that aa ban hitherto been done, advantage will be taken of our forbearance to acocl- enitc and matmc thnae a ^jgits aiuoa upon oor dearest 11 nd most valued rights. On II'.' on of Mr. DoNAU) M'KaY, m'i'OIiiIi"! hy Mr \V\i '1 Brnnv. ■J. iliiu Mil tin- I'lintmry, we now di'c iin' ciiliiily, • ; ..riiiiy, ii iit wc never will miiinil lo ^Imw np- lOrSive Hii'-i ..rfsto which the Church nl Scolliiiidr ii ll.m (':>!iiMv liiw lieeii suhjertcd, iiii I tsitii vvliiuh li(- II) rtiri.i'.incil t'l II iiiiu'li greater cxii iit. Tliai \Vr kull I'.. 'MT; ClllmlltUtliMiUl ^ll'Ull^• III IHir |'IIWCI', I CMiijiiiii'liiiii vviih our linlliren in Imth I'ruviiicef, to prevent tli ir rMece*i>, nnd nhall never relax in our 1 tTiirtH, until tin- ('liurcli nf Scolliiiiil in put ii|Nin 11 l>iH from each of the o(hcr congrcga(iunii, a Slaiidiiii; t'omniidtv, who shall co-o(ierHte with other ("oni- iniltecs ofn hiniilar kind, ami take such Kieps us may neeni to them lot 'Ittcd, to enlifl in our cniiw tlie active nympiilliiesol :ill the friendi* and supportcrK ol our Church, both in the Colonies and in the Mother Country, and enable Uii to bring it, backed hy lIu- weight of numU'nt and inPuence, unik-r the notice ni Her Majesty's (!o»i'mnient. On motion of Mr. lullN Smith, svcundvd by Mr. Waltkr Benny. 9. That tlie following gentlemen lie noniiiMled !i> representatives of this congn'gation : ■ William Ritchie, J. (i. Mackenzie, Hugh Allan, John Smith, Neil Macintosh, James Fleming, W, l^lHion.