The Express.
London, England, 1852-11-09 00:00:00

dEETING OF TRE_CLERGY OF TEE CITY OF

LONDON.

Yesterday afternoon a meeting of the rectors,
vicars, and incumbents of the City and Archdeaeonry of
London, all of whom are az officio Fellows of Sion College,
was held in the large hall of that institution, in accordance
with the following requisition:
" To the Rev. the President of Zion College.
"Rev. and dear Sir,—We the undersigned Fellows of
Zion College, believing that the revival of the active powers
of Convocation is, under present circumstances, inexpe-
dient, request that you will have the goodness to call a
meeting of the Fellows, to consider the meuures which
ought tc be adoptad by them in reference to that subject."
The Rev. R. RUDDOCI, M.A., the president of Zion Col-
lege, occupied the chair.
A long and warm discussion having tikes place respect-
ing the legality of the meeting, which was impugned be-
cause some of the Fellows had not been summoned to
attend.

The Re,. Dr. M'Cetm, rector of St. Magnus the Martyr,
and representative of the clergy of the archdeaconry of
London in Convocation, addressed the meeting at great
length in deprecation of the revival. The rev. doctor con-
cluded by moving the following resolution :—" That a
report having been widely circulated that a majority of the
clergy of the Church of England and Ireland are desirous
that the Convocation now assembled should be allowed to
proceed to business, the president and fellows of Sion Col-
lege beg to be permitted to state that they do not participate
in that feeling, nor believe that under present circum-
stances such a course would be expedient."
The Rev. W. Jon:lams, B.D , rector of St. Clement,
Esatcheap, seconded the motion.
The Re,. J. J. ToooooD, rector of St. Andrew's, Hol-
born, moved as an amendment that the meeting should be
adjourned tine die.
The Rev. W. Scorn, incumbent of Christ Church, Hox-
ton, seconded the amendment. He believed there was an
obseurity in the mild form of the requisition, which appeared
merely to protest against the revival of convocation at the
present time, but which went directly against synodal ac-
tion under any circumstances—in fact, agaiest that most
sacred synod of all which was summoned by the apostles at
Jerusalem. (Cheers, and cries of No, no.")
The Rev. W. Boons, reactor Allhallows, Thames-street,
expressed his approbatiod of the motion proposed by Dr.
M'Caul.

The Rev.Dr.Wortbington, incumbent of Trinity Church,
Gray's-inn•road, and the Rev. Thomu Darling, having
spoken in favour of the revival of Convocation.
The CHAIRMAN put the amendment to the meeting, and
it was lost. . .

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The resolution proposed by Dr. IDCaul was then
agreed to.
A vote of thanks to the chairman closed the proceeding'.

du!growl:mat ExeLosios.—Whilst some men were
employed on Thursday in blasting the rocks at Richmond-
walk, Devonport, an unexpected explosion took place,
arising from the want of proper precaution, and the fire
having communicated with a barrel containing half a cwt.
of powder, that too exploded. The mull was that the men,
named respectively S. Pengelley, Edw. Willis, E. Welch,
J. Bellick, and William Veale, sustained very severe in-
juries, their clothes being literally torn off their backs.
They were immediately conveyed to the Devon and Corn-
wall hospital, and it is hoped that they will eventually re-
cover.

A LANDLORD ON Fns TRADE.—III the midst
of the abuse that a remnant of the protectionists are con-
tinually dealing out against the system of free trade and
its advocates, the following extract from a speech delivered
by Lord Harrowby, at • meeting of his Staffordshire ,
tenantry, a few days ago, and reported in the Staffordshire '
Advertiser of the 13th instant, will be read with interest,
and to many who aro in doubt as to the issue of free trade
principles it cannot fail to be highly satisfactory For
the purpose of improvingthe condition of the tenantry, he
believed there was nothing better than agricultural im-
provement and activity. It was unwise to depend for
support on laws : they were a kind of artificial dam, which
the waters of impalas feeling might at any time sweep away.
The ednumstenem of the times were, no doubt, of a trying
nature ; but be believed the demand occasioned by. free
trade would Wag about greet results, and possess in itself
bbioneg Isaiikes wennift had indicted ; although
the hesihig pressen not ielkwing so rapidly as could be de-
sired, mused in the intake gnat dilliculty."
FALL OF A NEW CHURCH AT SHEFFIELD.—Sun-
day lest witnessed the horns*. of an almost completed
new church Is this teem armed by the falling of the
tower. It wee In minim of erection in a part of the town
called liesdaidedn me elf the new ecclesiastical districts
constituted wader the bees Sir H. Peel's Act, and was styled
St. Jade's Ohm* Ehrideble. When the workmen left
off at the ekes of het writhe lower was at its fell height
and reedy hr reedag, the sessiadar of the structure being
already seeded. On Smoky afternooe, at half-past two
o'clock, the tower fell Is ems mass, with a fearful crash,
the entire building, with the exception
of walls, the cease, the clerestory roof, six., of
the diens* and its ram The fabric was hemmed in
delft by headings, snag inferior cottages. The tower
filarg hagitudinally, rather than transversely, the effect
wee erailmed to the new @tincture, and the neighbouring
buildings esestied thernelien or damage. Some children
who were playing in the vicinity were slightly injured by a
few of the stones rolling against their legs, but with that
exception so one was in the slightest degree hurt. It was
most theemeate that the accident happened on the Sunday,
ea this Monday) morning there would have been upwards
of trod," men employed in doing the roof of the tower,
and plasterin the inside of The total loss is estimated,
at present. to be about 8001.
A Vl:lmm TamunaL.—An English diplomatist
took up his nsidence some time ego in an hotel in the Rue
Nene dee Idatlinsins kept by a Swiss, who, it is said, was
famed, Lsedmann, or President, of the Confederation.
He had with him a box containing a number of bank-notes,
together with about 2401. In sovereigns. The box had
several locks to it, and the gentleman always placed the
keys at night under his pillow. To his amiss, • few days
after his arrival he found that the gold had been taken
away, but that the notes bad been left untouched. A
oetnplaint was made to the police. The hotel-
keeper, anxious to preserve the credit of his house,
made great 'efforts to detect the th,lef, and succeeded
in obtaining information which led him to suspect one of
his waiters, • Swiss. To obtain a confession from him, he
established some persons as a sort of Vebmic Tribunal in
his cellar, and made • pompous display of all tbe parapher-
nalia of justice. The waiter was taken before the tribunal
and solemnly interrogated, but he stoutly persisted in pro-
testing his innocence. The commissary of police, who sus-
pected the same man, learned on his part that he had told
some parsons that he would indulge in debauchery to get
himself discharged, and also that, in expectatioa of his dis-
charge, he had taken an apartment in the Rue du Races.
The apartment was searched, and part of the sovereigns
stolen were found. The man was at once ',petted lie
then stated that he bad taken the keys of the box whilst the
owner was asleep, and, after stealing the gold, had replaced
them beneath his pillow.
WOLF HUNTING IN FRANCE.—Some grand wolf
hunts have just taken place in the environs of Gentili, de-
partment of the Morihan, a very wild country. Inane of
them a young Perin= lady, accompanied by her linsionds
was noted for the ardour with which she followed ths
hounds. On entering a valley she all at once found herself
in a bog. She made her horse take several leaps in order
to reach solid ground ; but at last the animal could go no
further, and began to sink. First, he descended to the
knees, then to the body, and afterwards to the back. At
that moment the lady, with great presence of mind, drew
up her riding habit, and stood up on the saddle. Still the
poor hone continued to go lower. She thereupon placed
her feet on its head, and with a vigorous leap succeeded in
reaching tern:firms ifer husband was near to her, and,
as his horse was also sinking, he followed her example. The
escape was considered most miraculous. The emotion
caused by the danger of the lady and her husband was so
rest that the heat was suspended. The horses were
rwoud with groat difilcalty.—Galipasai.