The Chairman then read the following" letter : — " Parsonage, Trinity Church, Dun edin, October 23rd, 1876; Dear Dr Borrows — 1 wish to put you in possesßjon of the fol-S lowing facts. When some three months ago, I was solicited to allow myself to be proposed as a member of the D.V.M.C.A. I consented \ery muchas a matter of course, I understood that the Association was mn' sectarian. I observed that other oity mini stevs, as well as many persona from my own congregation, belonged to it, and I wa« assured that my membership would be generally acceptable. 'Soon afterwards I learned that the Board was likely to refuse" me admission, and it was suggested to me that for thia reason I ought to withdraw my name ; but I did not feel that I was at liberty to do that. 'As ihe Minister of a Church and tne head in this Province of a denomina tion, I was Bcarcely free to taVe a course which, perhaps, a<s a private individual, I might have preferred. To have withdrawn my name would have seemed -an admission that there was just ground of objecting to it, and out of regard lor the Church and de nomination which I represent, I was bound to request the Board to proceed to a decision. In the discussion which has gone on 'in the public prints since the Board's decision became known, I have, of course, taken no part directly or indirectly, and the tone of some of it is, I think, much to be regretted. What I am chiefly anxious should be under stood, ia that the present contention is not between me and the Association ; but be tween certain members of the Association and certain other members. In my own behalf I would not lift a finger to disturb the decision arrived at by the Board.— l am, &c, A. R, Fitchett."

The Rev. Mr Moore : I feel in a rather difficult position, and also in a very delicate one, as a minister qf the Lord Jesn3 Christ, to stand up here. I feel adjlftdence in doing so, and it is simply as a minister of the Lord Jesus Christ, to make statements which J' believe are directly opposed to the state ments which have been made this night va.\ regard to a brother minister. 