AUCKLAND.

Colonist, Volume IV, Issue 321, 16 November 1860, Page 3

AUCKLAND.

''' (Prom tlie Ne'ii) Zealanckt.)

1o .animal irieeting of.tbisjCJoartiMs foeld'otf rm tto"tejilt>i>itf^^ jßivinef li,.- •Service ;!wa3; con^uijt'ed !;r<e?tiribi g'. n^pdiarator<% ','' ,'• :■ the, .^(eyvijV $ru;ce.\ 'i'^jbe. $ia^&eor.ge i Biwwoa c* ; .^aV:el(actea;ino3eratQribr-tlie nexfcyearjan^ti: !.:■ takings the Chair thanked'the Court forj^b.e,; . hotter; conferred!op him. Ofi^e, i§^ort jp^-1%, •'(llf]£p're!ign:'v Missjon" (jotomifciee bemg caliphjfo^,. , ';^he convener Rev. P. Monro, repoited^ogres.37 - A"letter was read "whiehrhad beenreeelved/roin the Mifeio^kfies^'iti fte^Hebritl^? ,in. connection* 'phurpK"of Novaj ScotiiP ;'.; landj iny;tipg thVcprppeifatipn ~of ;the Pre's'by-' ,?• Iterian Qburoh of New Zealand^in the Evangel ;:; ' !izing;of.the;Pacific'lsles.;;'The--letter- was'¥e-• '■^■iiftitted; tb'/ttfe; Jjfb'i?oig'n ,Mj|si6^'|oomffi,iite6'withs" ' lth'e request,<ithat the: o|{itlnaighti;if possi-i ble be plaoed before the Churoa and the puMio .'g^rally;;''^ collection was ordered to be made t vi m all,tß6^hWge^tift-si^ Presr; :byte^s The report of the collection_ ofl Jb6half of'tlje1, ; ■'''■• ftfeW Zealand ffdite/'Jtf^iiSij!.WaT^l|[e,d fot'an'd', the return? /j£36' 7s.liad' alH&djr; , be;e'n"|ia'nded'in to the treasurer. InstrucVidns 5 were given..that.the.putstanding sum.s.should;bd 1 Jorwarded. with «3 jiu!tle ( delay r«.s ppssible^theC f; Court jtfen adjourned' ta'meet. pa. theifollctwitig :!»;.- 'iUAdgoWnedMeeting. \ vi<i- - The'Cdutfc ;<n^et-bQ;the ;Bth ulfci^alt 12 q'cjpek,! i; porsuaht;;td;adjburnment.;!;^b^ Brawn, inpderator., : . ■;It idecided.., : thab ;Oneh.upga should be erected into a distinct charge.^ud, that it along with:the^ Wha|u,and the n©rth s)de ? of the'^ Jilanukaii'', geiierailly 'shpuld be placed • ; un^e'r'tl^ parochial care of-a !re^n|; Minuter, ;,.the, presbytery; farther*!deoide'cLithat\the: l^evV George Brown should be minister of the Inewly; •T;fonnedcharge and instructed him as'^oWW convenient ~to take up his residence in One-' 11 hunga.!'!^-^.:::::r': Jo<r Uqo.i ■;• ; Itiwaa intitoaJed(by^e;lle^Slr.]Ma^kay?,thaij ' in accordance with what was understood; tOi.be; the .wish ;,of the^ '"Pr^bytery, .diyi.ne,. service ; ;was; 1' ( now* Held'on the, Sabbath.!eveaiDg in the village . r of btahuhu, .ani-the (Presbytery expressed their i -satisfaction^with the announcement : .■' \ -i" : I* was intimated.'by:the Revi D. Bruce lit was \ /; the #ork; of ihe^sessors and Deacons, eburtjof the djburch of which; ■ be,-.■ was minister, that that - should henceforth be, officially re-i-cognisedVi'aa-church aiid-congregation; of St. Andrew,,and the; Presbytery; acquiesced m ; .the. -•request^/. ■■.?;,-'■■:.-■.'<;-i--.'^.::_/••■'■ ■■'■ :'-; ; "'"" ■

; ■ The clerk- .brbugh befoird tbe; Court ai .copy of a prospectus fpr therepu^lic^tipn .of. tile jworks; V of the, leaaing puritan divines, wbioh had been i ,':' forwarded to ; himi by Mr.-^Nichol, publisher^; - Edinburgh;! The proposarWaati^giytfWvpls. of ( , ( npt.less,, ijban, 50.0, pages octavo, for' the annual j .f'subacriptW of:one guinea; the terms to be.the j ; /same to subscribers in the colonies .as \to |those •! 1;:! in Briferi; ;The object; of' th|6;'. 'irddertaking , beinigjto fpymiisifou^ , braries,in.;connection with;eadh( congregation. ' The' Presbytery cordially -approved(■ of tbe y \ nnd&rtaking land resolved to ' &niafend it 'I * to"f:; t^ie . and^ :\ congregations "\ of the' " €h'urcb."' " '■ -,• ■■■'.'■. •:-;;"■■., •■.-,■'.■■; /.-.. I:, ■■■"■' A,letter-warread from Mr. Alpxander Grant,: 1 requestiDg to.be taken',under the care, of the ! Presbytery, ,with. a view tot his training' for the ministry; - and tilie Presbytery instructed hiini to appeal'at theifext^meeting arid:id the nifeantime ;; place^ Win;,uri^r^e;oare;pf ||ie Bey: iT^Mackj -Of.-Otah'uh.U|,t/'i, ;•:■!. ■': ;■/,:;', ■ r.-.ii V- r.\-'. ■■;. ■>{> i i, ;• -The buainesa of the Presbytery being; now closed1 the1' moderator dissolved ther Court; witb the Benediction. ~;.'!; ';:.„ • i I