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that the denouement has fully proved the wisdom of those who deprecated all approach to the Grand Duke through the medium of diplomatic relations. Such a course would probably have complicated the affair, by infusing into it elements of delicacy and difficulty which might have been fatal to its success. The mission was undertaken in the fear of God, and the management was confided to gentlemen who, it was believed, would act in that fear. We may safely leave the result to His sovereign direction without solicitude.

"Papers, it is understood, will be made public which will throw augmented light upon the proceedings of the deputation, and explain the difficulties of their position. Meanwhile the country is indebted, and the cause of European liberty is indebted, to Lord Roden, Lord Caven, and Captain Trotter, for their generous exertions. We cannot conclude this notice without stating, that the conduct of Sir H. Bulwer is mentioned by them in terms of grateful recognition."

CENTENARY COMMEMORATION-GILLESPIE
CHURCH, DUNFERMLINE.

THE mother church in Dunfermline, as
might have been expected, has not forgot-
ten her centenary, and she has been engaged
in commemorating her origin. On Sabbath,
the 7th of November, there were special
services in Gillespie Church, the services
being conducted by Drs M Michael and
Anderson. On Monday evening a soiree
was held in the same place, which was
crowded to the doors, with a respectable

and attentive audience. The Rev. Professor M'Michael gave a brief review of the United Presbyterian Church, in its two branches. He described how the great Head of the church gave each of them its own separate mission; how Truth waved upon the banners of the Secession, and Freedom upon the banners of the Relief; not, indeed, that the Secession was unmindful of Freedom, or the Relief unmindful of Truth, but that each had its own special commission; and how well these two glorious symbols, Truth and Freedom, were written in large and legible characters upon the banners of the United Presbyterian Church. The Rev. Dr A. Thomson, Edinburgh, spoke on "The Secession Church: its origin and principles;" the Rev. Dr Johnston, Limekilns, on "The Relief Church: its origin and principles ;" the Rev. Dr Anderson, Glasgow, spoke on the "Influence of the United Presbyterian Church;" Professor Eadie spoke on "The present position and obligations of the United Presbyterian Church." Our limits do not allow us to characterise the speeches and the speakers, as they deserve. The speeches are fully reported in the local newspapers; and they are all distinguished for their warm and generous spirit towards the illustrious dead-their lofty assertion of principle-their sympathy with humanity in its struggles, and in their hopeful aspirations for the future. Professor Harper elosed the proceedings of the evening by pronouncing the apostolic benediction; and from all accounts, the services were of unusual interest, and will long be remembered by a delighted audience.

UNIVERSITY TESTS-NATIONAL EDUCATION.

THE appointment of Professor M'Dougall to the Chair of Moral Philosophy in the University of Edinburgh, has given a fresh impulse to the question of University Tests. It is well known, that according to law, Professors, Principals, Regents, etc., in the Scottish Universities, should be members of the Established Church. The law is rigid and unbending. It enacts, "That, before or at their admissions, they do, and shall acknowledge and profess, and shall subscribe to the foresaid Confession of Faith, as the confession of their faith, and that they will practise and conform themselves to the worship presently in use in the church, and submit themselves to the government and discipline thereof; and never endeavour, directly or indirectly, the prejudice or subversion of the same; and that before the respective presbyteries of their bounds." Such is the law, and though, in its present form, it dates as far back as 1707, it has been in disuse for about a century here in Edinburgh. Such is the law, and with respect to the chair in question, it has never been complied with by any one of its occupants. Principal Lee, in the Commission of the General Assembly, specially convened for this business, declared the remarkable fact, that the subscrip

tion had never been made by a single Professor of Moral Philosophy in the Metropolitan University. Such is the law, and though it was originally. passed to exclude Episcopalians, on account of their supposed Jacobitical and disloyal sentiments, the practical effect has been, that with one exception or two, the Episcopalians are the only Dissenters who have occupied these chairs. We have Episcopalian Professors in Edinburgh who have never subscribed these tests. And we have Episcopalian Professors in Glasgow, St Andrews, and Aberdeen, who have subscribed these tests, and who have thus entered upon their academical career, by signing a Confession of Faith which they did not believe to be true. Such is the law; and while it was not applied to Professors Brown and Wilson, the previous occupants of this Chair, though the former was a Unitarian, and the latter an Episcopalian, an attempt is made to enforce it upon Professor M'Dougall. And whence all this outcry? Is Mr M'Dougall an Episcopalian, a Unitarian, or an Anythingarian? Is he unsound in the faith, or is his moral character suspicious? No! The head and front of his offending is this-that he is a Free Churchman, and as such a practical Dissenter, though an advocate of the creed, government, and theory of the national Establishment. A special Commission of the General Assembly was convened, and nothing could exceed the horror and consternation of some reverend gentlemen who took part in the proceedings. All sorts of gloomy prophecies were poured forth. The Established Church was on the very verge of ruin; her mighty pillars would soon crumble into dust; Ichabod would be written upon all her walls; philosophy would be polluted at its source; and the young students would certainly become infidels; and we suppose the world would speedily come to an end, all if a Free Churchman of an orthodox creed, and of unexceptionable conduct, were permitted to teach moral philosophy in one of our national universities! And in a kind of hysterical paroxysm, the students in connection with the Establishment were forbidden to attend the prelections from this chair, during the present session. Mr Stevenson, of St George's, Edinburgh, made himself foolishly conspicuous during this discussion; and we beg leave to remind him of a Professor of Moral Philosophy in a western University, whose class he attended along with ourselves. This Professor signed the usual tests, and was, moreover, a minister of the Established Church; but, we ask Mr Stevenson, as an honest man, to lay his hand upon his heart, and to ask himself the question— Were these any securities for the soundness of his faith- any guarantees for the character of his teaching? Wretched simpletons must such persons be, and miserably oblivious of all they have seen or heard, if they are really in earnest, and actually believe, that a Presbyterian Dissenter cannot teach moral philosophy, without sowing around him the seeds of infidelity and eternal death. But these men cannot be sincere, It would be an insult to their understanding to suppose that they have faith in the nonsense which they enunciate. They want to place our national universities at the feet of the Established Church, and the more impracticable such an attempt appears, the more insolent and overbearing become their pretensions. An Established Church claiming the monopoly of the professorial chairs, and that, too, at a time when two-thirds of the people have deserted her, is as ridiculous as it is impertinent. A great meeting was held in Edinburgh, in the Synod Hall, immediately after the commission had uttered its childish and querulous threats; the speakers were men of mark and intelligence, and the resolutions, as well as the ad

dresses, were manly and vigorous. The dissolution of this ecclesiastical monopoly is now merely a question of time. The present government may take this honour to themselves, or they may leave it to their successors. We can afford to wait a session or two, for we know that this system of organised hypocrisy is doomed, and that nothing can save it from a speedy destruction. The universities belong to the nation, not to the Established Church; and we must get the best men to occupy their chairs, irrespective of denominational distinctions.

We wish we could write as favourably on the progress of national education in Scotland. Voluntary dissenters cannot agree among themselves as to what should be done; and the consequence is, that the education of the young is fast getting out of their hands. Government grants from the committee of Council on Education are increasing every year. Sectarian schools are becoming more numerous, and the children of our members are receiving their education in them, while the more active and intelligent of their number are pensioned as pupil teachers. But we stand still and do nothing, for we can agree about nothing. Next year a new arrangement will require to be made, with regard to the parochial teachers. Their salaries will then be fixed, probably for twenty-five years. As that portion of their income which is derived from land has been reduced, say one-third, from the repeal of the corn laws, an attempt will be made to increase it. The heritors will, no doubt, resist the attempt, should it be made, to make up this deficiency from the land, and probably it will be paid from the national exchequer. We should oppose this with all the energy in our power, unless these schools be placed upon a better footing, and be emancipated from their sectarian disabilities. We are solicitous that teachers should have a larger remuneration than the greater part of them possess; but we are equally anxious that no fresh burden should be laid upon the shoulders of the community to support schools, which are confined to one sect of religionists. And yet, if Scotland does not act with unanimity and vigour, this will assuredly be done. The business of Scotland is disposed of very quietly in Parliament, and unless we bestir ourselves in time, we may learn some day that the measure has passed, and that all our efforts are vain. Indeed, we almost

expect that this will prove to be the case. And it will certainly take place, unless the Free Church and ourselves enter upon some combined plan of action. The Established Church interest will prove more than a match for either of us fighting single-handed; but if our forces be united, we have influence enough to neutralise their exertions.

Printed by THOMAS MURRAY, of 2 Arniston Place, and WILLIAM GIBB, of 12 Queen Street, at the Printing Office of MURRAY and GIBB, North-East Thistle Street Lane, and Published by WILLIAM OLIPHANT, of 21 Buccleuch Place, at his Shop, 7 South Bridge, Edinburgh, on the 27th of November 1852.

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197, 463

Caffrarian Converts,
Caffre War,
44, 95, 189, 252, 364, 427, 549
CALLS:-D. Croom, 186; G. Dodds, 185; W.
Drummond, 42, 89, 555; W. Gillespie, 186; A.
Graham, 424; J. A. Johnston, 89; J. B.
Johnston, 186; W. Johnston, 516; J. M.
Lambie, 376: A. Leitch, 186; D. M'Ewan,
327, 473; J. Macfarlane, 280, 327; W. Main,
235, 327; A. Miller, 424; J. More, 516; W.
Riddell, 376; J. L. Rome, 516; G. Sandy, 235;
J. R. Scott, 565; D. Sim, 89; A. Stewart, 376;
J. Stillie, 42, 424; D. Taylor, 136, 280; J.
Thomson, 136, 186; A. Walker, 424.

504

Campbell (Rev. R.), Memoir of

Canadian Clergy Reserves,

Ceylon, Government Support of Idolatry in

522
236

Christianity Suited to Man,

97, 145, 193, 241

Church of England,

Church (The) and the World,

Colonial Bishops,

92
57
186, 376

95

156

Colonial Policy--Recall of Sir H. Smith,
Confessional (The) Unmasked,
CONGREGATIONS, NOTICES OF:--

Bell St., Dundee, 43; Gillespie Church,
Dunfermline, 568; Blackett St., Newcastle, 89.
CRITICAL NOTICES :--

Aiton's Land of the Messiah, 491; Alman-
acks, 130, 181; Arnot's Race for Riches, 179;
Art and Faith, 34; Assembly's Catechism in
Hebrew, 34.

Barber's Hearths of the Poor, 372; Barnes
on Job, 180; Barnes on Revelation, 468; Bat-
tles of the Bible, 257; Bible Characteristics,
37; Bible in Every Land, 178; Biblical Re.
pertory, 255; Blackburn's Nineveh, 35;
Bloomfield's Annotations, 81; British Quar-
terly Review, 31, 416; Brown's Remarks
on A. Haldane, 318; Brown's Resurrection
of Life, 127; Brown's Plain Discourses,
254; Brown on Salvation, 131; Bunyan's
Works, 109.

Cairns' Second Woe, 417; Candlish on Ge.
nesis, 254; Chalmers' Life, 357; Chapman
on Romans, 128; City of Rome, 420; Chris-
tian Fireside Library, 558; Classical Se
lections, 418; Cobbin's Oriental Bible, 35;
Combe's Secular Education, 345; Congre-
gational Year-Book, 256; Coppard's Ka-
tharine Douglas, 35; Cyclopædia Biblio-
graphica, 467.

Davidson's Introduction, 174; Duff's As.
sembly and Missionary Addresses, 86.

Edmund's Milton, 35; Elles' Portrait, 129;
Englishman's Hebrew and Greek Concord.
ances, 557.

Fletcher's Constantine, 418; Foreign Evan-
gelical Review, 417.

Guthrie's Sermon on Gunn, 86.

Halley's Lectures, 371; Hengstenberg on
John, 413; Binton's Test, 418; Hood's Self-
Education, 130.

Jarvie's Discourses, 369; Jean Migault, 180;
Jeffrey's Life by Cockburn, 302.

Page

Katterns' Sermons, 466; Kidston's Funeral
Sermous. 551; Kitto's Bible Illustrations,
83, 319; Kitto's Journal, 85, 255, 416; Kitto's
Palestine, 177; Kirwan's Romanism, 419;
Knight's Valley of Decision, 131.

Laing's Historical Notices, 370: Leila Ada,
403; Leisure Hour, 129; Little Things, 180;
Luke's Female Jesuit, 244.

Macfarlane's Crystal Palace, 33; Macgill's
Life of Heugh, 178; Maclagau's Ragged
School Rhymes, 36; Manson's Bible in
Schools, 345; Memorial of the Exhibition,
36; Miall's Footsteps. 418; Milne's Garland,
420; Monthly Volumes, 131; Morisonian-
ism Refuted, 559; Morning of Life, 31;
Morning Watches, 318; Moses' Paradise,
139; My First Grief, 85.

Natural History of the Year, 372; Neander
on Philippians, 319; New Casket, 180; North
British Review, 32, 552.

Paul on Genesis, 465; St Paul's Life, 469;
Pictorial History of Scotland, 177; Pirke
Aboth, 34.

Real Religion, 130; Reports on Schools, 559.
Sabbath School Tickets, 468; Sailor's
Prayer Book, 556; Scripture Gems, 257;
Standish's Pastor's Family, 86; Stark's Me-
moir, 485; Stewart's Europe, 130; Strong's
West Indies, 131; Successful Merchant, 117;
Symington's Sermon, 468.

Thornley's Skeleton Themes, 35; Tomkin's
Hulsean Essay, 33; Tree of Life, 469;
Tregelles on New Testament, 554; Tweedie's
Lights and Shadows, 256.

Uncle Tom's Cabin, 452; Urwick's Triple
Crown, 257.

Wallace's Lecture's on the Bible, 368;
Wardlaw's Call to Repentance, 469; Weiss
on the Psalms, 415; Wolfe's Hebrew Gram-
mer, 553; Wright's Britain's Last Struggle,

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INTELLIGENCE, FOREIGN :--Africa, 182, 422; Australia, 281, 38; Burmah, 422; Calcutta, 186; Ceylon, 236; China, 38, 183, 421; Deaths of Missionaries, 39; Florence, 556; Greenland, 132; Hungary, 181; Jews, 38, 181, 421; Labrador, 132; Levant, 131; Madagascar, 560; Malacca, 37; New Hebrides, 561; Nova Scotia, 327; Palestine, 90; Persia, 37; Roman Catholic Missions, 37, 131, 559; Sierra Leone, 423; Tonquin, 559; Tuscany, 378. Intemperance in Scotland,

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PROBATIONERS LICENSED :-

41, 89, 234, 471 42, 135, 234, 423, 565 186, 234, 326, 375, 472, 515, 565 135, 327, 424, 472, 515 424,516, 565

42, 235, 327, 472, 516

G. Barlas, 327; T. Bruce, 136; A. Brunton, 135; J. Carrick, 42; A. Clark, 376; J. Donaldson, 472; R. S. Drummond, 135; A. Gra. ham, 42; W. Johnston, 280; T. Kennedy, 327; J. Kirkwood, 42; J. M. Lambie, 42; J. B. Logan, 135; J. M'Farlane, 42: M. M'Naughton, 42; A. Millar, 42; J. More, 136; A. Robb, 472; J. Rome, 42; G. Smith, 42; A White, 42.

42, 89, 135,

437

Paisley and Greenock, 42,

Ireland, New Reformation in

164

Perth,

Ireland, Religious Equality Movement in

526

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Lands of the Messiah, Mahomet, and the Pope, 491
Lauder (Rev. W.), Memoir of
Leila Ada, the Jewish Convert,

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Negro Life in America,

452

Scholarship Fund, 228; Examination,

566

310

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Obelisk, The Black, by Dr Kitto, OBITUARY:-W. Brash, 43, 78; R. Campbell, 327, 504; G. Clark, 186; J. Elles, 400, 424; J. Forrester, 280; D. Gorrie, 235, 250; J. Harrower, 236; J. Johnston, 566; Dr Kidston, 566; W. Lauder, 327, 460; D. M'Donald, 424, 542; J. M'Gregor, 517, 514; J. Read, sen., 376; J. Roy, 327; J. Stark, 485; C. I. Thomson, 122; Duke of Wellington, 477; T. Wilson, 473, 508. Operative Classes, Duty of Christian Employers to

ORDINATIONS:-P. Barron, 89; W. Cochrane, 42; G. Dodds, 235; W. Drummond, 235; J. Dunlop, 89; D. S. Goodburn, 135; J. A. Johnston, 473; P. Leys, 42; W. Limont, 43; W. Main, 473; A. Millar, 566; M. Orr, 89; W. Riddell, 516; A. Robb, 516; A Stewart, 516; J. Stillie, 566; D. Taylor, 280; J. Thomson,

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Scotland, Illustrations of Scripture from 200, 501 Secession Extinguished in Scotland, 334, 364 Secession in Scotland in 1773, by Dr Porteous, 448 SIGNATURES:--A., 8, 144; A. B. G., 202; A. H., 164, 400; A. M., 511; A. O., 357; B. E., 293; B. R., 57; D., 209; D. H. E., 511; D K., 252; F. H. M., 512; G. G., 153; J., 100, 148, 197, 243; J. B, 4, 53; J. B. M., 58; J. C., 313; J. C. H., 310; J. I., 124; L., 341; M., 352, 441, 485; N., 21, 67, 116; Q., 156; R., 491; R. H., 393, 447; T. D., 302; T. T., 540; U. P. C., 365; W. B. E, 228; A Member of Synod, 253; A City Minister, 171; Amicus, 26; An Elder, 229; A Preacher, 365; Omicron, 389; Resurgam, 534; D. Robertson, 230; G. Struthers, 199, 253, 364, 465, 551; A Voluntary, 109; W. Watson, 313. Stark (Rev. Dr J.), Memoir of Stipends, how Paid,

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Students' Missionary Society,

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481

Political Duties of Christians,

209

Popery-its Objects, Sympathies, and Operations,

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Popery, Progress of

94

Popery (Revived) and the coming Struggle,

8

Popish Countries, Religious Freedom in

378

Popish Defence of Bible Burning,

Temperance Legislation in America, .

Temperance, Recent Movements on behalf of 534 Theological Hall, Opening of, 424; Closing of, 517 Uncle Tom's Cabin, Sequel to

237

Popish Jay stripped of his Feathers,

238

Popish Miracles and Inhumanity,

Union with the Free Church--Why not?
United Presbyterian Synod, Proceedings of 257, 286

428

Popishs Processions,

328

Preachers' Board,

365

PRESBYTERIAL NOTICES

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39, 372, 469, 512 39, 133, 324, 562 372, 562

133, 183, 230, 372, 563 87, 183, 278, 373, 512 87, 184, 230, 512 39, 87, 231, 279, 512 39, 231, 279 40, 184, 279, 373, 512 40, 134, 184, 324, 423, 512 87, 134, 184, 325, 373, 469, 513, 563 185, 279, 563 325, 470 Glasgow, 40, 87, 134, 185, 231, 325, 374, 470, 513, 563

Voice (A) from the City to the Country,
Voluntaryism, The Tactics of

Voluntaryism in the New Parliament,

Wait, by Dr Kitto,

Wesleyan Disruption, The

Wesleyan (The) Conference,
Wilson (Rev. T.) Memoir of
Winter, Thoughts on .

World's (The), Estimate of Friends of Truth, 337
Written Rocks, by Dr Kitto,

Year, Thoughts for the New
Zechariah-- His Mission, 17; The Horsemen in
the Valley, 63, 112; The Four Horns and
Carpenters, 213.

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