Rev. Alexander Fletcher.
Yesterday evening, after the service at Albion Chapel, 3Ir. Fletcher addressed his congregation as follows:-Ele had something else to do than to eDrtettain the publir on the subject of himself, and tlley uvould therefore exetuse him, if he abstained from degrading the holy day, andl that acred place, by entering into details which might be called for more seasonably on other occasions. It seemet that those who did not love him very muclh, were determhiedl to publish all they could to his injury; he shoutld therefore he called upon, by and by, to publish all that he could for his benefit. It was his desire, aiid lie believed that he shouldl accetnplish it, to act on the defeinsive. He hopetd that it woould never be his lot to act ou the offeusive-Lo drag ahy personrs into couirts civil or ecclesiastical, He never wotald hive seut a single line to a printing-press, hail he not been Cotrpelled to d(o so by the conduct of others. He entreated his congregatioii to read his Protest and Appcipdix, whichk ontained matters intimately connected with his usefulness in that place. Oui Friday last he received a letter calling upon him to abilicate his pultlit-to give up his chapel and his people. 'Ihat was a hold demnand in- *;eed. To that comliunicatioti he s,ent a rep.y, stating that he would keep his place, his pulpit, andI his chiapel. It was propar that his congregaiion shouldl see those communitea- tiois, and they should accordinelv be laid before them in a day or two. 'He perceivtd that his respected fortner ma- nagers had thouight proper 'o exhibit him who was once tb,ir minister in the pablic papers. He was surprised at the yroceeding, but he felt hirmself called upon to give an auswer to what had'been published, which should be ready in a few days. A stranger tro the real merits of the case antght, on reading the paper which ha(l been published, be taken in thc snare; but he thotught he should be able to convinee a child of twelve years old, that it vas a coin- plnte fallacy, and had no bearing tt all on the question. In conelusion, he observdl that he did ;Jot wiish to obtrutde InlsMlf on tlhe notice of the public, unless when compelledl to dlo so in his own defence. Before the service commenced in the morning, a deputa- tion fron the Associate Synodi of Edinburglh presented thermselves at the chapel, and demaniled to be put in pos- scsSioli of the pulpit. iMr. Jonies, onie of the managers, re- tVsed, In the name of the congregation, to surrernder it. The deputation the-I recired. REV. ALEXANDER FLETCHER.