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      eyer delivered ^ m , apulpit . In bis prayer , however , * after many petitions in behalf of his Majesty , he added the words , «* Plesf also the Queen ; " and Iqr this high crime and misdemeanour he was , thi same evening , placed under military arrest by his commanding officer ! This

      proceeding has excited a strong feeling p / f ^ urprise-7-perhapf of indignation—particularly among the members of the Presbytery of Kirkcudbright , wjio are no strangers . to the soundness of Mr . Gillespie ' s political principles , and who are themselves in th $ general practice of praying for her Majesty . How t ^ e matter will end we know not ; but we should

      suppose the clergy of Scotland wi | l be apt to view the arrest of Mr , Gille ^ pie as an insult offered to the whole order ^ especially after the independence of the Kirk of Scotland on this very poinjt— -a thing , indeed , that never could be doubted —was so ; distinctly recognised in the last General Assembly . / The chaplain of a regiment is , no douBt , bound to conform himself to the wisnWsbf his colonel in as

      far as regards time and place ; but farther than this no officer has any right to interfere ; and it Would certainly be very strange if the wise heads and bold hearts who , in imitation of John Knox , have never ceased to assert the independence of the Presbyterian form of worship , would concede to a military officer a power which cannot be claimed even by the King upon the throne- We also

      understand that a yeomanry corps are only under martial law when called into actual service , and that consequently no chaplain is liable to be arrested when the corps , in \ vMch he happens to officiate ^ is merely assembled for . the purpose of training . If this view of the subject be correct , it folloSys that f / li . Gille ^ pie jvas illegally arrested ! ' Besides , it is quite obvious that ifibe zeal of the colonel al ieai 01 ctuouci

      - ouvious tnat me : me culuded to must , in the end , defeat its own purpose . A rjeveirena :: ' gentleman in tjie same neighbourhood , noted for his talents and lb ^ aKy ; wh ^ tt Sfifeed whether heaver prayed for the Qtii&fti repBcfd ^ "No ; but I shall certatraffib so the ihomeht I am interdicted ;** iand » ^ several other clerl

      gymen , we understand , \ vrhii had previously , abstained from playing for her Majesty , Uavte ftiij ^ p- co ^ imenfeeW t * fe practice , wit ^ the , e *^ s ^ wof repelling croax& ^^

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      nothing to meri ^ t /^ uch tr ^ tm ^ t , ^ without , i ^ de ^^ lt ^^^ l ^^ t ^^ r ^ f ^^^ tji ^^ l ^ resolution of laying the coirimaHdaut ^ conduct before the ne ^ t Oerieral Assejably of the Church of Scotland . Her Majesty has sinde ' been regularly pt ^^^ r ^ m that quarter . ^^

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      Sir Alexander 6 ora ^ f > aid ^^ s $ n James Gordon , Esq . j of CulVeiihaBa ^ tlie elders who composed the meeting of the Kirk Session of Crossmichael , on the 16 th of July last , at which , in contravention of the laws and constitution of the Church

      of Scotland , and in opposition to the opinion of the Clergyman presiding a » Moderator , a resolutioS bad been entered into , to the effect that no minister appointed to officiate in that parish during the vacancy , should pray in express * words

      for her Majesty the Queen , appeared , > W £ bear , at the ^ bar ^ ^ pl ^ ih ^ ^^ r ^ l ^ ery ^ o ^ Kirkcudbright , on Wednesday the 6 th instant . - Having there ^ stated , that in obedience to the judgment of the Presbytery of the 2 < 4 of August , they bad erased from the records of the Kirk

      Session the minute in which the obnoxious resolution in question was contained , and declared that they had no intention of infringing the rights of the Church , however in appearance / they seemed to do * so

      and in th& amplest manner ) apologized for their conduct 9 Presbytery were pleased to accept their apology , and agreed to sist all further procedure in the business . After the spirited . ' and decided

      vindication on the part of the Presbytery of Kirkcudbright of'the ^ rights . of the Church , with respect , to prayers for / persons in authority , it is to be hoped , that in this quarter these rights will not again be invaded ^— - />^ w / H ^* Cowri ^ r .

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      A letter froi # : ' ^! iW ^ 4 ? te 4 ^ p « Pft 5 , says-7- " iV ypwng cjerg ^^ a ^ fcprfi time since visited one of the neighbpurmg parishes , and performed t ^ e duty pJL the

      Cfcwfh , w # hi t& ^ wm vv &wP& * sufra | fes 4 of ^ e parfshi ^^ rs , to Jb e ^ a&r FWt&gh ? - ^ WiSW ^ SP ^ M # ^ ^ WWj bent , who was % adv ^ gp % ^ rs ^ nd meant to resijgn . Xm $ mM $ * t $ Y % h | k , however , he onjit ^ ed ^ tha grayer for tjie Oiif » pn - whirh ffave so much bffence to

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    • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1820, page 625, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2493/page/61/