The clerical agitation in Scotland seems likely to be terminated
by an influence which has hitherto been entirely overlooked. " Siller will do't," as Dumbiedikes would have said. On Monday last, the Procu- rator announced to the General Assembly, that the funds of the Church were in an embarrassed state ; that its debt amounted to upwards of 2,000/. ; of which Mr. Young, the Church's Agent, had advanced 1,8801. out of his own purse. Mr. Bridges reminded the Assembly, " that the debt had not been wholly incurred in the present conflict between the Civil and Ecclesiastical Courts, but that 6001. of it had been contracted in matters for which the whole Church was responsible." Subscription- papers were circulated throughout the Assembly, and the latest returns give about 4001. as the amount subscribed. With a law-agent nearly 2,0001. in advance for expenses for which only a part of the Church is understood to be liable, and only 4001. subscribed towards defraying expenses already incurred, there is every likelihood of the Nonintru- sionists being forced to give in for want of the " sinews of war." Or will the Judges of the Court of Session admit the recusants to the bene- fit of the "poor's roll "?
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