Ma. IavING.—The further consideration of the"question of the Scotch Church
took place, according to adjournment, on Wednesday. The Presbytery met at twelve o'clock ; when it was agreed that Mr. Irving should be heard in reply to Mr. Mann, who bad spoken in behalf of the Trustees on Friday. A memorial was tendered by Mr. M'Kenzie, an Elder of the Church, iu favour of Mr. Irving ; but the Presbytery decided that no further evidence could be received. Mr. Irving then proceeded to reply. In the conclusion, he intimated his intention of appealing to Chancery against the Presbytery's decision, on the ground that they had refused to allow the question to be argued in reference to Scripture as well as the Canons of the Scotch Church. When Mr. Irving had finished his reply, the Presbytery adjourned for two hours. At six o'clock in the evening, they again met ; when the several mem- bers having delivered their opinions seriatim, it was unan.:mously re- solved— " That this Presbytery, having seriously and delib(rately considered the me- morial and complaint presented by the trustees of the National Sc( tch Church, Regent Square, and the evidence adduced before them, together with the state- ment by the Reverend E. Irving, and acting under a deep and solemn sense of their responsibility to the Lord Jesus Christ, as the great Head of the Church, do find that the charges contained in the said complaint are fully proved; and therefore, while deeply deploring the painful,necessity which is inq oseil on them, do hereby decide, that the Reverend Edward Irving has rendered himself unfit to remain the minister of the said National Scotch C:hurch, and ought to be re- moved therefrom in pursuance of the provisions of the trust deed."
Mr. Mann "took instruments in the clerk's hands, and craved extracts ;" which the Presbytery allowed as of course. The Court did not break up until half-past ten o'clock. The Times, we perceive; states that two of the "inspired"—Miss Halls and the " Yorkshire attorney"—have recanted, and now confess that the whole affair was a hoax. Something of this was hinted at in the Presbytery; but the imputation on Miss Hall was indignantly repelled by Mr. Irving, who declared that she was one of " the lambs of his flock."
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