The Sun.
London, England, 1837-09-23 00:00:00

purity, and to reinvest it with a power over the minds
and conduct of men, which it can never have, so long
as its alliance with human Governments is suffered to
exist. We are told that there are Dissenters who feel
indifferently on the subject of a Church Establishment.
Such persons are Dissenters in name only—they have
yet to learn the first principles of Dissent. They know
nothing of the genius of the system with which they,
ostensibly identify themselves. The sooner such per-
sons detach themselves from Dissent the better—they
only operate as an incubus on the effective operations
of the body, in its efforts to abolish religious Establish-
ments. We cannot too often repeat, that the Church
of England would herself be a gainer, to an incalcu-
lable extent, were she thrown entirely on her own re-
sources. The adoption of the voluntary principle
would invest her with an additional moral power of
inconceivable magnitude. It would purge her of the
dross which is now so largely intermixed with her pure
ore, and which renders her so unseemly a spectacle to
all who know aught of the genius of Christianity. It
would play sad havoc with her fox-hunting and card-
playing parsons, and would send her drones adrift in
perfect shoals. The inevitable tendency of things is
to this desirable consummation of the voluntary system,
and every enlightened Churchman will contribute to
the utmost of his power towards its acceleration.—
Morning Advertiser.

DREADFUL STORM IN THE EAST

INDIES.

(From the Liverpool Telegraph.)
By an overland dispatch, which arrived at Falmouth on
Sunday, intelligence of a very violent and destructive hur-
ricane, which occurred at Bombay on the 14th of June, has
been received. The shipping in the harbour of Bombay
suffered severely ; more especially the Liverpool vessels.
The following details will be read with interest :
" Bombay, 24th June.
" One of the severest gales that has occurred here for
the last 46 years commenced on the evening of the 14th
inst. On the morning of the 15th, the scene of destruction
was displayed. The roaring of the wind and the thunder
was truly awful. Large palmira trees, six feet in diameter
and seventy in height, were torn up by the roots, and hurled
down upon the ground with a tremendous crash ; many of
the houses were completely unroofed, and the tiles blown
about like chaff of the summer threshing floor. But the
most destructive scene was the harbour, where the ravages
will be long remembered by the inhabitants and natives of
Bombay. Large vessels of 600 to 1,000 tons were forced
from their moorings, and driven high and dry upon the
rocks, close under the walls of the fort. There were 14
vessels altogether on shore : eight of them Liverpool ves-
sels, and out of that eight six of them were condemned—
the Richard Walker, the Ranger, the Northumberland,
the Mary llugdale, the Great Harwood, and the Briton,
all of which (ready for sailing) went on shore and became
total wrecks. The loss of European lives was but small,
but hundreds of native boats went to the bottom with all
hands. There are no less than four vessels from Liverpool
this week."

The following is a list of the vessels driven on shore :
The Richard Walker, of Liverpool, 381 tons, between
400 and 500 bales of cotton on board, on shore near the
Ranger, totally diimasted, rudder gone, broken amidships,
and a complete w reek ; cargo much damaged.
Toe Briton, of Liverpool, 505 tons, ready for sea, on
shore at Calaba, total wreck, with loss of three men and one
passenger (Mr. Campbell) ; cargo saved, much damaged.
The Itang.2r, of Liverpool, 516 tons, partly loaded, on
shore at Juron Bunder, a total wreck ; cargo much damaged.
Toe Great Harwood, of Liverpool, 420 tone, very little
cargo on board, ashore close to the Flagstaff shoal ; con-
demned.

The Northumberland, of Liverpool, 361 tons, no cargo,
on shore at Custom-house Bunder ; bilged and condemned.
The Mary Dagdale, of Liverpool, 375 tons, ready for
sea, on shore at Mozagong, full of water and condemned ;
cargo much damaged.
The Rapid, of Liverpool, 232 tons, about half loaded,
on shore near the Castle, got off, and is repairing ; ship
and cargo seriously damaged.
The John Stamp, of Liverpool, 400 tons, on shore at
Brag Bunder ; much damaged, repairing in dock.
'1 he Edinburgh, of London, 1,414 tons, small part of
cargo on board, on shore at Borah Gorah
.Bunder ; ship
much damaged, will be repaired in dock.
H. M. S. Hastings on shore at the Custom-house Ben-
der, lest rudder ; ship making water.
H. C. S. Tapter dismasted.
H. U. steamer Hugh Lindsay parted her moorings, got
foul of the Bernice, lost paddle-boxes, cut water, figure-
head, a Al suffered other severe damage.
The Adelaide, of Bengal, 333 tons, on shore at Borah
Bunder, now afloat, much dam aged.
The Julia, 286 tons, now afloat, much damaged.
The Hindoo, of Bombay, 476 tons, on shore close to the
Mins, a total wrack.
The Corsair, of Calcutta, 127 tons, dismasted, now afloat,
but making water.
The Aurora (floating chapel), on shore, and bilged.
Had the gale continued an hour longer, not a ship would
have been saved, as the whole drove from their anchors.