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THE EXAmi!

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Toronto, Weilncsday, October 25, 18al.

The Clergy Reserve Bill.

The Ciorgy Uesorvea Bill of iho (lovern-
mcni, suljitiitled by the Hon. John A. Macdon-
aid lo Ihe Assembly, on Tuesday, the 17th inst.,
wo copy at Icii^'tli in another column, as also his
sjiocch, explanatory of the measure. It differs
frou! the numsure oftlielalo Covernnient in
some particulars, 1st. In the adoption of the
tenu " Municipalities Futul" for • Clergy Re-
serves Fund,' and almndonin,^ sei)arnte funds
for " inveslnient" and " di^trihutioti ;" 2nd, In
the proposal to coninmte the stipends or ullow-
anr-es of present recipients, for a sum to he
estiniat'Ml |)y tiie riovernor in Council, when-
ever ihcy niuy deem it t'xpedii-nt ; 3rd, By
providing for the di.stribiuion oi" tiie prin-
ciple, as well as the interest ; and, 4tii,
By the declaration, that " it is desirable to re-
move all senddance of connection between
Cluirch and State."

There are, in our opinion, very grave objec-
tions to the measure, us a whole. While jiro-
posinfj to annihilate ail connection between
Church and iStute, it provides for a State-paid
Priesthood of the very worst description— a
Priesthood supprrlcd by State funds, but inde-
pendent of all State supervision or controul.
The Bill mi^fbt be condensed lUid sin»plified. by
11 single clause, d^ daring, after the preamble,
'■ tiiat all the Clergy Ranerve monies now in-
vested or in hand, shall be given over to incum-
bents, and ail to bo realized in future to the
Municipalities." This appears to us to be the
design of the Bill, and involves all its stipula-
tions, when stripped oi legal verbiage.

The pnyment of Incumbents, reipiired l)y the
late Imperial Act, is a most unwnrrimtahlo in-
terference with free legislation on our local
affiira We admit that individual cases of hard-
hhip among Incuiub.mts should have been pro-
vided for, in the final abrogation of this social
wrong ; but the local Legislature should havo
been allowed lo exercise its judgment iit mak-
U)H the proviiion. Aged men, and parties wh'.
had immigrated to the Province, relying on
such a provision, would huvo been ohjecUi for

., •- 'ous consi<'-''«ioii ; '"• 'are nf you

priestliiigr., uui.Mid H' (t inny li.iv« beou, ai tlio
public coM», in «oni« of our public peminnrieii of
learning, or at least who.beini,' natives, were con-
versant with the intrn.e public ho-'ilily which
proviiiled against the.-e ecclesiastical reservations
niui knew that tlioLogislativf.\ssemhly had deler-

aniong life stipendiaries. But it will be said
thiit the Imperial act forbids nich an arratig.-
ui«;nt. The Imperial Government should be
made to understand that Canadians know their
rights, and will assert them. Let the House
patis u Bill with such provisions as wo liave
stated, and let the Imperial (loverument assume
the responsibility of its rejection. In doing this
the House wouiil only act with a dignity becom-
ing its own character, and our po.sition as " the
brightest gem in the British Crown,"

But the most obnoxious feature in tho bill is the
provision that "the Governor in Council. wbeiiev-
erhe may deem it expedient,'" may commute die
salaries of i,i 'ividuals, or of nil the incumbents
belonging U> any pnrtiadur dcnominuduu. U;i'>n
nn e([uital)le adjustments of the term of incum-
bents, f(j<Ziri(/«oi commutafion if carefully guard-
ed, could not perhaps be opposed ; but to allow
a comuiUt.atlon of «//. belonging to. and for any
dcnomiiiatioii, is conceding the very point whicli
the friends of religious equlity have always resist-
ed, — the building up of a favored church in the
.',::!ld with fuiuls drawn from theState. The design
obviously is to submit the amount of commuta-
tion to be given to the Churnh of England to
the arbitration of the Governor in Council and
the Bishops, or to Sir Edmund Head and •' the
Society for the propagation of the (iospel [Epis-
copacy ?] in Foreign Parts,"— which Society
receives and manages ihe (church of England
f .jids derived from the Reserves. The amount
t . be given to the Church of Scotland, is to be
determined by the Governor in Council and the
i'^yuod or General ;\.tsembly : to the VVcsleyau
Methodists by the Governor in Council and the
Conference: to ths Roman ('alholics. by the
Governor in Council and the Rmiiish Bishops!
Tills scheme would at once drain every (iiribing
now invented, into the cofl'ers of these branches
of the " Holy Alliance." if it would not besides
tfwallow up a portion of the lands. We may
here notice that this scheme to arrange the com-
niutalion wiih religious bodies or denomiuntious
niay be inleiided to include for"THK Church,"
an amount vvc have seen outereJ as puyahia to
Trinity College .' /

The names of all incumbents on the Reserve
Fund in the (Churches of England (and Scot
land?), wfl believe, were published about Ihe
time thfl late Imperial Act was passed ; but we
ihiiik it doiiblfui " that the iinmcs of the
Wesleyasi Missionaries, or Roman (Catholic
.'riests receiving a share were published. This
n«'.!V be the reason given for making provision
■ 'ho P'" '"I" " '»ll'i vances" to anv other "' teV-
giouA bodies or dem mnations of Clirislians.''-—
This attempt to secure a commiilnlion with any
< hurch, as such, should In? rcsolulely resisieil :
if mndo in the case of the Weslcyaiis or Rmnan-
iots, the t;hurclies of England and Scotland may
demand iho same, and the result wi.i be iho vir-

don, in future, " all s
tion between Church ai
vince, only ou conditio
£500,000 or £600,000
aries ; or, in other wo
heretofore, in violation o
to well ktjown public op
their f'dlow citizens ain
to £:{r)0,0()0 ciirrency oi
up their respective sec
is a most iniiiuitoi.'s pi
rather refund what they

If tliero be any apj^rec
tice ill Parliament — any
Patriotism — its member^
SUCH a scheme as the Bil

suggests.

■W'ere we inclined to
with iucuiabents, we she
uriangeineiit as this, in
riddance of lliis curst;,
da, or stipciularies und
allowed their stipends ft
death: — all others from
ten years salary or until
years of age pay.nenl (
to be excluded. Or, if
sidutely unavoidable to
for lii'f, besides allowiii;
£350,000 already paid ii
be iuliniicly better to
transferring at once Ihe
investment to the Mimic
the individual incumben
for the payment of theii
commutation vviih any
for all payments rn bloc \
fore run.irked, be a vir
which the V\)luntaries ol
long contended — ^viz., p
all denominations.

The legal robbery of
tion of ("!aiiada. by the (
her minor ally the (.'huri
ly thirty years ; — the eoi
(y'hurch leaders to plac
hood as pensioners for i
Protestant fund ;— and
thus bidding defiance b
and man. that the aim ol
the interests of the re
ruch a displ.iy of hypon
handed injustice, that
has been endured by c
much piuicnce.

With a zeal and pe
better cause, and a rraO
ness worthy "f the ai
darkness, havo ihe lea
Stale parly pursued a
menfs like a blood-hou

been allowed to evriiiNe ilf

,'menl ill nink- | t|,;„t5 n donbilni ' ihu Ihe n

anus o

f II,,, I ibe iiilrreNis nf iIm< reiigiiui <

lAMIMER EXTRA.

don, in future, "all seinblnnce of connec-
tion between Church and State" in the Pro-
vince, only on eonditiou of the payment of
£500,000 or £000,000 to present stipendi-
aries; or, in other words, to parties which,
heretofore, in violation of Jaw, and in opjiosilion
to well kuown public opinion, have plundered

" of your bill, providing for the confiscation of
" the Clergy Reserves, and I declare, without
'• hesitation, that it 18 the most atrocious speci-
•' men of oppressive legislation, that has appear-
•' ed i.ince die days of the French Convention.'"
Afler several hits of a similar character, and tht
onliuary tlireats about the confiscation of Ro

their fallow citizcn.-f already of from £rJ50.UOO man Catholic Endowments, this old chieftam

among clcrico-political criminals— professes a
kind of iioly resigntition to his fate and that of
his fellowconspirators in " the Church' ! lie
,„ays— " but gloomy, and I venture to say, fear-
'• fid as the cuuseipiences are likely to be should
" this 11 ca.-urc of religious spoliation become
" law. in 'III not dcqmir, nor allow oursdvcs to
" dread the. nsuU."

The pious mail does not despair of gelling
along with another £;5r>0,000 from the public
client by way of commutation for the stipends
of the Reserve iiicumin uls : he does not dread
the result of getting possession of this at once to
invest 111 lauded r slate to endow "thk Church"
ill ))erpetuity. The £200,000 already received,
together with the Rectories (obtained by fraud)
ii"i numerous otiier possessions obtained from
'the Stale, he thinks, wilh that addition, may
sustain the sinking spirits of the Clergy— these
holy men(?)— in view of the spiritual wants of
our larg.' population ! " Labor not for the meal
that perisheth," says Christ : -'Labor for it above
all things.'' says the Bishop. "Seek first the
Kiiig<loni of Cod and its righteousness," says
Christ: •' Seek first an endowment from the
Kingdoms of this World," says liishop Straclian
and his allies.

\V<! learn that .ibout twenty-five of the
clergy of the Church of F.ngland have gone to
tlnebec to try their hand at doing a kind of
pious lobbying among the members of the As-
sembly during the present strnggl'J. Like black
w.dves in fear of losing their prey, they are out
in full pursuit. We hope they will meet with a
suitable reception. They haveprcsentedagenenil
claim to an average income of £200 perannuni
for the past : that is, they present back claims
for all who have had only £150 or £175 ' ! !
F IKe men inureii to crime, " they refuse to be
ashamed." AOer robbing the Protestants of
I'rotestant fund;— and the plea set up, while (1^^^.^ (..^„„,j,, of iJOOy 00(1. they claim coni-
thus bidding defiance both to the laws of Cod pen^aiiou, because they deem thi.'i amount in-
ami man, that the aim of all this was to subst^rve suiHcimit ! We hope the House will have
the interests nf the religion of Christ !— form , j,,,,,^ rospcct for its own character and digni-
fuch a display of hypooi^y, violence, ami high- 1 jy ^^ ^gll j^g j-,,, t|„, riglitg of tho people
handed injustice, that we only wonder that it | gj.„p,„||y^ l,y repudiating their claims to one
has been endured by our popiilatimi wilh «e I larihing of the fuu<ls. giving whatever may be
much patience. j granted lis u mere giaUliiy to "li p.iupcis, lur

Wilh a zeal and perseverance worthy of a | »''« ^^*> "'" f'^^**"-
better cnn»e, and a crnftinew and unscriipiilon*- — — — r— — — ?

nesrt worthy of the aarnts of the prince of

darkness, hav., the icders of the Church and , The Wesloyans aud tlie Reserves.

Stale party pursued aOer these Htnto Kmoln- ^^^^^^^ ^.^^^^^ ^^^^ imimaled that some mudi.
ment, hke a blood-hound aOer lis prny. •••^«" | ,;,,,„,„„, i„ ,„.. workmgs of the We.leya.,

to £:jr)0,000 cnrrency of imblic funds, to build
up their respective sectaiian schemes ! This
is a most iniquitou's projiosition. Let them
rather refund wh.it they have stolen from us.

If tlierc be any apjjreciation of right and jus-
tice ill Parliament— any of the spirit of true
Patriotism — its members ^vill never sanction
SUCH a scheme as the Bill now before the House

siiggeslb.

Were we inclined to make any co'.nmntatioii
with iiicuuibents, we should propose some such
arrangement as tlil's. in order to an ei]uital)le
riddance of this curse. Let all natives o'" Cana-
da, or slipciuiaries under TjO years of age, be
allowed their stipencis lor seven ye.ar.*, or until
death: — all others from .^0 to (30 years of age
ten years salary or until death ; and all over fx)
years of a^e payment during life ; all Rectors
to be excluded. Or, if the House deem it ab-
sidutely unavoidable to pension the incumbents
for liie, besides allowing them I'.e .£:!0(».OOII or
£'350.000 already paid into their hands, it would I
be iuliniiely better to get rid of the evil by
transferring al once the whole amount of the
investment to the Municipalities, and to give to
the individual incumbents fiovcrnment security
for the payment of their annual salaries. The
commutation wilh any religious denoniinalion
Ihr all payments m bloc would, as wc have be-
fore rcm.irked, be a virtual giving up of all [\)v
which the Voluntaries of Upper Canada have so
long conteiiiled— ^viz., perfect civil equality for
all denominations.

The legal robbery of the Protestant popula-
tion of CJaiiada. by the Church of Knglaml and
her minor ally the Church of Scotland, lor mar-
ly thirty years ; — tho consent given by the High
Church leaders to place the Romanist Priest-
hood as pensioners for many years on the saim

ty of expressing our opinion upou the Clergy
Reserves.

Resolved, \st. That it having been represent-
ed by a member in the House of Parliament
that the Wesleyan Methodist Church is willing
to fraternize with the Churches of F.ngland and
Scotland on the Clergy Reserve question : we
decbire that no person has been aiuborised to
represent our Church on this question in the
House, and utterly repudiate liie assertion that
our ("hurcb is in favour of a division of the
Clergy Reserve fund among the various religi-
ous denominations of the Province.

2nd. That we call upon the authorities of our
Church to refuse any participation in the pres-
ent pending settlement of the (Clergy Rosorve
(piestiou, Uy which the sum said lobe paid to the
VVe.-leyan Methodist Church in Ujiper Canada
is to be secured to it for a number ot' years,
pledging ourselves that any apparent I >ss '-us-
laiiied by sucli a refunding shall be more than
made up by our personal contributions.

3rd. That wc advocate and contend for, as
we have done for many years, a complete, entire
aud final Schetue of Seculari/ation, as tho
only one which will settle Ibi.s long agitated
question, — " according to the wejl-understuod
wishes of the people ;" and this must eniliruco
all the proceeds of the (-'lergy Reserve lands,
whether already realized aud funded, or to be
realized.

The foregoing Resolutions, moved by John
Beaty, .Fr., F,sq. M. F> , of Coboiirg, and second-
ed by.Fohn .>Fathevvsou. Esq., of Montreal, were
unanimously adopted.

(Sigued.) JOHN P. ROBLIN,

( Uairman
M. Lavell, M. D., Stc'y.

Resolved, I'hat a copy of the foregoing Reso-
lution and proceedings be transmitted to .Attor-
ney General Drummond.

John BKATTY.Jr,

Cohourg.

T. BiCI.KE,

Hamilton.

J. H. Moore.

Brant ford.

W. W. Nki.i.es,

Mount IMeasani.

J. Bnoiisv;,

Matilda.

J McNf.n.r,

Fmilv.

Wm. Pktkh.^.

Port Hope.

Isaac Stevknson,

Maitland.

Thos. DniFFir-,

Bradford.

Chmii.k.9 Kkknch,

Melbourne, C. E.

MrrrHK.i.i. Nkivii.i.e, Newbiirg.

OwKN l{omii.v.

Consecon.

ISFlCHAEI ASSKLSTINK, WiltOU.

Wit.r.iAM Merkii.i.

^orwicii.

John Hihhaku,

St. Johns. C. E.

M\rTMFw Dixow.

Stanslend.C E.

John H. I'huss,

Ruseliown, C. E.

John Deacon, Jr,

Perth.

Shfiufk Skvuer,

Owen Sound.

lioHEKT (lARPNEK,

Brampton.

Wm.F. ClTHBERT

Hunt ey.

Hamiei. Huri.buri

, Prescott.

JoHff VVir.HON,4th,

VongeSlrest.

M.Caukv,

Osgood.

F.I IAS S. Onn.

St. Andrews, C. E

Stephen Vouko,

Brightmi

ilvvin i* KO.ST,

SiH'lford. C E.

Wm Tyrheix,

Weston.

J 1'",. Fkntom,

Kichmond.

1). Mu><RO,

Barrie.

I'etkk MrluM,

Waterloo, Kingnlon

John BoNHAM,

St. <Jeorge.

Wm. Ml Briue,

London.

Jamks Uodiisoi*,

Whitby.

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i<liiiriii-ti>r mil

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KoHKRT (rAUP'im, Braiuptou

been aliowed to exercwe its jiulginorit in mnk-
iiii? the provision. Aged mun, and parties who
had immigrated to the Province, relying on
such a proviaion, would have beon objects for
a --• -'ous cousi<''""*«on ; '•* "ace of yon
priestliDjjfi, vittiiiud ip, u may have beon, at tlie
public coat, in some oC our public seminaries of
learning, or at least who,being natives, were con-
versant with the inten,5« pnblic hostility which
prevailed against these ecclesiastical reservations
and knew that thcLegisIativeAssembly had deter-
mined, twenty-five years ago, to abolisii them,
but, could not, by rei wii of unconstitutional
and irresponsible power — wo say, to be com-
pelled to j)rovidft for such (take, for instance,
tba sou of Alexander Dixon, the saddler, of
this city, Mr. McMurray of Dnndas, the son of
Judge Scott's coachman, and others of the same
class) is an outrage against the rights of the peo-
ple and of the Local Legislature, which should
not be tolerated. Many are the cases, we believe,
of this kind, where youths, whom chance has
' thrown into the rfec," when they should have
been at the barrow or the plough, will by the
proposed IJill be reckoned as pensiomrs of
the Province, probably for fifty years, to the
tune of .i;i50 or £200 per annum ! What
claim has any one of this class upon the funds ?
None whatever. The claim is altogether on the
other side, aa we showed in our last number,
and in a *lip we subsequently sent to the Mem-
bers of both Houses of Parliament. |"^ So ftif
from Incumbents possessing any claim, by way
of indemnity, for the cessation of the payment
of tneir annual stipends, they are, as we clearly
."howed in the calculation wc then uia'*^. bound
to TP.i'irn ahout three-fourths of all the Provin-
rial funds they have received up to this date,
before they can be justly entitled to the ordinary
benefits of the provision, when secularized. ^j».l
Uosides this class, there is another, whose
claims are still more monstrous and anjuit— we
mean the Rectors, who. since I83i>, have been
lu.vnriating upon property virtually stolen from
the Pi vincc — property which, in many cases,
has lieen yielding, and will yield them n com-
forfihle income of itself, uiilil thcyar<* compelled
to evacuate nr disgorge the spoil. What claims.
wo ask, have ihni upon the funds of the
co.inlry ! .Tu.st about as much as the bandit
who has driven the setller from bis home, and
tak'^n })OssHS«ion of his dwelltiig and rsiale.

Liokiiig at such cases vvilh an eye to impar-
ti:i! justice, and to I (doviiil rights, wc would
urge upt»u lh>' House tlui wisditiii and pnipnely
of milking a discrimination as to ihe siijiundiaries
on llio fund. Every idergyman educated in the
Province should not receive more, than seven
years' salary ; every rector's salary should bo
r'.-; (I'Tso loll!? as ;he rectory of which lo^ is the
iiicuiiiln'iil ..'Msti; and only mtu film al<>,|
tiliroiid, who havi' cniiio to the I'loviiice on th •
f.ith of a living on the fund, or ."peciiil cases of
men advanced in life, having, pe.'hnps. limiilies
d«f,>pnl"Ml 'ipo 1 ihein, should b • i lu.ssifsei

think it doubtful " that the names of the i
Wesleyan Missionaries, or Roman Catholic I
I'riests receiving a share were published. This
may be the reason given for making provision
■" *ho P'" *'nr '< Hllovance?" to any other " reli-
gious bodies or deiir uinutions of Christians.'' —
This attempt to secure a commutation with any
(hurch, as such, should be resolutely resisted :
if made in the case of the Wesleyaiis or Roman-
ists, the Churches of England and Scotland may
demand the same, and the result wiil be the vir-
tual endowment of those bodies with the whole
of the Reserve Funds now invested, if not more.
This will be carrying out the secularization of
the Reserves in one sense, but in direct opposi-
tion to " th« well understood vvishos of the peo-
ple." As to the Wesleyan Methodists, the
House has the authority of the organ of Con-
ference, and of the Laity in Convention (see in
another column), against making any provision
for that denomination, and we hope it will res- j
pect the desire expressed by both to be released |
from all future connection with or participation
in this fund. As to the Roman Catholics and
the Government arranging for a commutation
of an allowance from a fund devoted for the
support of Protestantism, yet given for a long
time in the teeth of law and moral <lecency for
the support of Romanism — we should hope that
shame would prevent such a debasing proposi-
tion or attempt being made. Justice and equity
demand, as wo showed last week, that they
should refund £33,000, already received from
Provincial sources, before they can btcome
equitably entitled to the general secular benefits
of the fund: the Wesleyans £10,000; and the
old United Synod of Upper Canada about £10,-
000.

Upon a commutation of the clain of the

Church of England stipendiaries, which one of

the High-Church Tory Jiuirnals esiimales at

about £20,000 per annum, the capital, of which

this .sum would be the interest at .-.i.\ per cent.,

would amount ti> ahout £334,000 currency, or

!|!l,33t),000' The CliunJi of Scotland would

reap in this hiirvest ol luiciuity probab'y more

than .C 100,000. or .*4lti).tK)0; .ind the Roman

Catholics, the Old United Synod <if I'lijier

i Canada and the Wesjcyaiis (were they to n;-

I ceive it) the greaicr part if not the whcle ofthe I

balance of the funds now investcii in Uritish i

1 and F'roviuoial fSecuritifs. Well imglit Uishep

i Strachaii write every where to his (rieiids iid-

! vising tii'im to accept of the (fovermnenl pro

pusal !

The proportion accruing to the Municipalities

under snvh a category of I'rauils, would be all in

the distant huure from Sales of the remaining

Reserves. The propos«'d siili-di\ i!»ion id" the

tiiiicls :icc>iiiiiit« i" tile t'l'usns nfihr poiiuintinn

. generaily, is periinps tlie wice?! .Iiat could be

I adopted under all circumstances.

: The. Sehenio of the (loveminent Pill is.

1 in our opinii/'i, u tacit propo.-itinu to abaii-

the iiUorests of the religic
such a display of hypocrisy,
handed injustice, that we
has been endured by our
much patience.

With a zeal and persev
better cause, and a craftine.s;
ness worthy of the agent;
darkness, have the leaders
State party pursued aller
me'<ts like a blood-hound a
now, after robbing the Volu
million of dollars, and after
cotifusicu, and bloodshed o
the same parties, through th
evince a like spirit as in I'l
cry of that Priesthood still v
from the State, or Blood !"

And this is the final triutr
sible Government! — this is 1
Administration, latterly a
Both appear to have adn
stamina" of Lor<l Elgin, in ]
'• The Church ;"— both I
years to evade doing justi(
this vital question ; and
Lord Elgin) has finally m
Rolph, to toss him overboi
time has managed to bet
the hands of the enemy,
most inclined to believe thi
of the scheme of treachei
and aequiesced in by all of
working it out, Rolph has I
Hinck?. Our hope is, tha
not pass the Bill withoi
monts.

Renewal of the Wa
in full pui

Bishop Straehan, this old
sacks ofthe Church, has jr
under date the 20th install
Hon. Mr, .Moriii. on the C
it occiiiiies no less than abr
of the (■olonist. Ir is put
printeil in pamphlet form IV
members and others ; and i
tory to aimther campaign i
the iiulepeHdent eiidowmei
Eiiglanil and Scotland froi
from the Reserves.

We are convinced thm
meri' $tra1ngtm to pitt Hliern
Bishop .'"Jtraclian or his aj
an undoubted source, have
friends by all means to ac
meiit proposition, wliilo he
Press pmli'ss to take «troiij
the letter befori! us, addres
i:rarty ecclesiastic declarr
" iiad gone to pre^s, I wus

the (ntorests of ihe religion of Chnsc .'-forui j ^„,„g ^^.p^^j ^^^ U^ ^^.^, character and digtii-
such a. lisplny of hypocrisy, violence, and lii-h- I jy^^^gj, j^, j.^,^ ^j,,. ^ig,,^^ j,,- t,,^, p^^pip^
handed injustice, tlnit wc only wonder that it j genersilly, by repudiating their claims to one
has been endured by our population with so j ,-,^r,hi„g of the funds, giving whatever may be
much patience. j granted as a mere gratuity lo the paupers, for

With a zeal and perseverance worthy of a ! ^'''* =*'''*'' "' pe.ice.
better cause, and a craftiness and iniscrupulons-
ness worthy of the agents of the prince of

diirkness, have the leaders of the Church and j The WesleyaUS and the ReSerVeS.
State party pursued after these State Eniolu

mcts like a blood-hound after its prey. Even
now, after robbing the Voluntaries of about one
million of dollars, and after the toil, the social
coiifusicii, and bloodshed of about thirty years,
the same parties, through their agents in power,
evince a like spirit as in former days, and the
cry of that Priesthood still virtually is — " Bread
from the State, or Blood !"

And this is the final triumph of our Respon-

Some lime ago we intimated that some modi-
fications in the workings of the Wcsleyan
System were contemplated at last meeting of
Conference. Since then a meeting of Jay-
delegates has been held in Kingston, to confer
on some matters relating to the denomination,
the particulars of which we have not seen re-
ported ; but one document has appeared of
considerable importance at the present time —
I the unanimoiis opinion of the Delegates on the

sible Government!— this is the fruit of Ilincks's I i^jserve (Question. This opinion substantiates
Administration, latterly aided by Kolph !— | t|,e views we have always taken of the Wes-
Both appear to have admired " the princely | i^v^n, lujty i,, opposition to many of the preach-

stamina" of Lor<l Elgin, in playing his game for
'• The Church ;" — both have managed for
years to evade doing justice to the people on
this vital question ; and llincks (aided by
Lord Elgin) has finally managed, after using
Rolph, to toss him overboard, and at th«i same
time has managed to betray Reformers into
the hands of the enemy. indeed, we are al-
most inclined to believe that the great outlines
of tiie scheme of treachery were understood
and acquiesced in by all of them, but that, in
working it out, Rolph has been check-mated by
Hincks. Our hope is, that the Assembly will
not pass the Bill without material amend-
ments.

Renewal of the War : the Clergy
in full pursuit.

ers, and the declaration copied below is highly
honourable to the denomination, and equally
valuable at this time when the Ex-Mayor of
Toronto— the notorious John G. Bowes of De-
benture celebrity — has been attempting to com-
mit the body of which he professes to be a
member, and of whose opinions he professes to
be the. exponent, to a line of policy relative to
the Reserves, which the laity repudiate.

In a late number of the Christian Guardian
the Editor thus honorably repudiates the inter-
pretation of Wesleyan opinion by Mr. Bowes.

'• [n the speech of .Mr. Bowes in the House
of Assembly on the Clergy Reserves question,
he is reported as stating that the " Wcsleyan
.Meth(Mlists are most likely to accord in their
views with the members of the Church of Eng-
lanil, Scotland and Rome, in opposition to tliH
seciilarizatiun of the Reserves." Wc cannot
tell from what data Mr. Howes lias come to this
1 coiichiMoit, for so far as wc know the senti-
ments of the Weslevaii Methodists with respect

Robert Gakdser, Brampton.
Wm.F. CtiTHBKRT, Huntley.
Samuel Hurlburt, Prescott.
John WiLsort, 4th, Yonge Street.

M. Carey,
Ei-iAs S. Orr,
Stephen Young,
Divm Frost,
Wm. Tyrrell,
J. E. Fenton,

D. MUNRO,

Peter McKim,
John BosHAM,
Wm. Mc Bride,
James Hodgson,

Osgood.

St. Andrews, C. E-

Brighton.

Srietforu, C. E.

Weston.

Richmond.

Barrie.

Waterloo, Kingston.

St. George,

London.

Whitby.

Kingston, October 19, 1854.

Bishop Strachan, this old Hrtm.in of tlie Cos
sack.s of the Church, h.is jnst published a letter | to i|ii.< (juestion. wc'believc that nineteen twen
under date the 2<lth instant, addressed to the I tuMlis. if ii i.iiiety-nme hundredths, are de-
„ yr \t ■ .1 oi M . ,, 1 I cidcfily in favor of apptopnatiiig the Reserves

H.m. Mr, Monii. on Ihe Clergy Reserves, and : ^^^ ^J^^ ^^,j^^^^. ^^,^.^.^^, •/,,,,,} ,,, „..rHnpporl of the

it occupies no less than about tiv(!\vi<lei'olnniii.s I (.j||u.j^.|„,^ of aiiv (leiionuiiation ; and (certainly
of the (■olonist. It i.s put up cvideniiy to h^^ i ilic opinion of Mr. Bowes m his speech, as re-

printed in pan-phlet ftun. lor d.sinbunon amon. ; l..-.;;-;i. ;;;. 'I-'^.;':;™;; Imlong' Z They have conimenced the agitation, tlu.y have

Ml lli(idi;!t- on this subject."

Important Decision. — A decision has jiist
been made by the Court of Common Pleas in
New York City, which is of pretty general
interest. It is known that tlie wholesale
merchants of New York have an agent in
every town and village of important o in the
country, who»o traders purchase their goods
in that city. These agents inform themselves
as to the standing of said traders, and report
accordingly. The case just tried was between
a house in Columbus, Mississippi, as plantiff,
and the New York agent, or spy, in that place,
as the defendant ; and suit was brought to re-
cover damage for an alleged libel on the part
of the defendant in having written disparagingly
of the plaintiff. The issue has now been tried
for the second time, the defendant having, on
the first trial, been mulcted in damages to
$6,000. and moved for a new trial on the ground
of the rejection of legal evidence. No new
facts, however, were elicted, and the jury
rendered a verdict for the plaintiff for the sum
of |5,000 — N. Y. Courier.

No Mope Slave States.— There wap a
time when the North would have lonsented lo
annex Cuba; but the Nebraska wrong has for-
ever rendered annexation impossible. For good
cause and in vindication of our national honour,
the North would consent to wrei-' Cuba from
Spain; but it would only be for the purpose of
establishing in the island a separate Repub'ic
under our protection. The Nebraska outrage
has settled for ever the annexation of slave ter-
ritory to this Union. When Missouri was ad-
mitted there was a condition annexed, ttiat
Slavery should not exist north of ;{9® iW, but
this condition has been repudiated by the South.
When Tring was admitted, tlx're was a condi-
tion ami.-xed that th' "e should be three other
slave States formed out of her territory. The
North will, in tniitiitiiin i/' the South, rvpuiiuilc
thi» condition : and wo now tell our Soutiierii
brethrun to be prepared for the consequenceii.

members and others; and is evidently pr.^para
tory to another campaign to secure if possible,
the independent endowment of the Churches of
Eiiglaiiil and Scotland from the funils derived
from the Reserves.

We arc convinced that the movement s ^r.
Mfrr stratagem to pitt lihcrnls off' t'xrir jtuuih.-
Hishop Strachan or hi* agents, v.o learn from
an undoubted source, have been wrili'ig to his i
friends by all means to accept of the Govern-
ment propo«iition, while ho and ih' IIi!(ii-chinoi

To this testimony w add tlie nnnnimoun de-
claration of Ihe lay Delegates at the Kingston
Convention, not only repudiating denominati n-
ul siili-division III any lorm, hut repudiating the
proposiimi (if the (iovcrnment. in their present
C'leigy Resi'rve Kill, to provide lor the payment
for a certain number of years, of liio inmH
heretofore paid to the V/csleyan Church.

'•We. lav-inemiier" of the W.'«icyan M»'iho-
dl.»t Cliiucii in Cuiaila, aisembled at KingHlon.

set the (ixample of repudiaiuig the most uacred
ccmipact, and of disregarding their honourary
engagements ; and just as certainly as wo now
write, pist so certain is it that no new slave State
will ever again be admitted into the I'nioii, and
no slave territory ever again be annexed to il. —
N. Y. Courur Sf Emjmrer,

It is now certiiin that three of the screw
steam liespatc h gunlioats are iutemied for ser-
vice in the nia.;k Sta— the Arrow, the Beagk.
and the Lvnx. The only >!<rew st. :-m despatch
gunboat nent to the Ralt'c up to tin- present time
• i^the Wranjjlrr, Li-HtrrKint-C-Miiiiander RiJik-
' The Nipcr. I,ii'iiteii inl-Couimander l.o<ld'>r. i.'*

Press p.oli.ss to take .Irotig.rou.id ngamst ,t. in j iy-,,;||';;,;;;;;,,:,;:;,,,,;i:. ;,,;,,, ,,,,, ^est. rep.e- ; in do.:k-at Woolwich, pi. p.^riug li-r sea, an.Hl.e

the letter befor.> us, addressed to Mr. .Moriii, this

sentina; as we believe, the opinions ol our

crafty ecclesiastic declares— *• After my lelter | (^;|,„r,:h on ail matters concerning the temporal Wrangler pa-^seij l-lsiu'-re o
" hud gone to pre^, I wun favored with a copy j lutcrests of our tMiur.h.eml.ra-.e this opportuni- >m the fleet under Sir L. Na

talc is having her engines put on board. Th"

on th»' fOlli lii^i to
pier.