The Pivp.bytery o:: Clulha met on the ?Oth inchvit., when tlier:: wore present : 31.QV. J. Waters, Moderator : Messrs Cliia holm, Allan, Connor, M'Av.-,, r.nd Per son, ministers ; and Messrs Somerville and Brown, ciders. Ths minutes of t ho former meeting were read r.nd pppvoved. irep"v:s Clrsholni and To! ford wore ap pointed a d?pv.t~r.o""a to vi-it Oi'ouiwt-.11. An application from ike Deacon's Court of Inch Glut ha was road, to sanction the plans and specifications of a new church, with a vk'"s?' of seeming the usual grant of Synod. The pkna nvA specifications were a-pproverl of vritli approbation. Also, plans and specifications of additions and alterations to Lawrence Manse were ap proved, and it was agreed to recommend the Synod to give a grant towards the same. No report was given in by the Commit tee superintending Mr Boyd's strulk'S. The Presbytery agreed to meet hi ]v>>/,tc cf echini on the second Wednesday of Oc tober at 11 o'clock, to receive a c°Jl from the Southland Presbytery in favor of Rev. J. G. Pates-son, of Waihbla. The Presbytery took into consideration the overture of Synod on the Barrier Act, when it was moved and seconded, " That the overture be not approved." It was also moved as an amendment, " That the overture ba approved." A vote having been taken, there voted for the motion 5, and for the amendment 1.
