The Sun.
London, England, 1858-02-13 00:00:00

CO..VVOCATION.

The two houses of the Convocation of the clergy of
the province of Canterbury assembled again yesterday.
In the Upper house, among other petitions presented,
was one by the Bishop of London, from a large body of
clergy and laity, who prayed that house to take steps to
bring the clergy and laity into more intimate co-opera-
tion with each other, for the general benefit of the
church, by the revival of rurideconal synods throughout
the province. The bishop, without committing himself
to any particular mode of action, spoke strongly of the
desirability cf eff,ctizig the co-operation of the laity with
the clergy, The Archbishop of Canterbury said he
might mention that synodical meetings, Kea as those
prayed for in the petitions, had taken place more than
once in the most important part of his diocese—namely,
Kent. Those meetings had been conducteel very service-
ably, the persons who had met the clergy being the
ci,nrchwardene of the different parishes, but not un-
mixed with others. In Kent a great number of the
gentry were churchwardens in their respecLive pa-
rishes, and it was not, therefore, necessary that the
laity should be selected merely from the church-
wardens. The general pla❑ was far the archdeacon
to select a certain number of clergymen as the cle-
rical part of the assembly, and, they, with the laymen,
formed themselves into a synod. They had consi-
dered matters of great importance, and the meetings had
been reported to him as being of a most harmonious and
cordial character, giving promise of usefulness. These
meetings took place every six months. Their lordships
afterwards agreed to a report. in favour of the adoption
of a system of recognised resignation of their benefices
by incumbents who are no longer able to give their full
energies to the work of the ministry, and to whom
pensions should he assigned from their benefices for their
natural lives. To effect this a thorough and careful re-
vision of the varicas enactments relating to simony
would be needed. The Prolocutor of the Lower House
having berm again summoned, Convocation was formal),
prorogued by a schedule read by Mr. Hart Dyke, her
Majesty's proctor, until August next.—ln the Lower
House business of importance was taansacled. A.
proposal to establish theological colleges, separate from
the universities in connection with cathedrals, was
negatived.

WEEKLY STEAM COMMUNICATION WITH INDIA.—
Southampton, Feb. 11.—The opening of the additional
line of steamers established by the Peninsular and Orien.
tsl Company, which, alternating with the boats of the
4th and 20th of the month, gives a weekly communica-
tion with our East Indian possessions, was inaugurated
to-day by the despatch of the Ripon, Captain Powell, for
Malta, Gibraltar, and Alexandria. She carries out a
heavy mail for Bombay, 34 passengers (among whom are
Colonel Anderson, Captain Williams, Rev. W. Earner,
&c.), a very full cargo, and 404 boxes of specie for Bom-
bay, value 192,7241., of which 5,0001. is in bar geld and
the remainder is in silver. The Ripon also conveys to
Alt xandria, en route to India, 230 men of the 92d High.
landers, with the officers enumerated in The Sun a few
days since. The troops arrived here by train at 4 p.m.
yesterday, and were marched directly cm board the
Ripon, where everything was in such readiness for their
reception that within an hour of their embarkation they
were all comfortably located, and partaking of .a sub-
stantial meal prepared for them.
FIRES IN THE METROPOLIS.—Last night (Friday) a
fire happened in the premises belonging to Mr. Smith,
the proprietor of the Richmond House day and boarding
academy, situate in Richmond-terrace, Caledonian-road,
leliugton. The discovery was made by one of the
neighbours, whose attention was called to the building
by smoke pouring forth from the lower part. He at
once gave an alarm, and sent off for the engines. In
the course of a few minutes the engines attended and
the fire was eventually subdued, but not until the
house was completely gutted. The total loss is
roughly estimated• at over 1,0001., and owing to the
ab ence of the occupiers it could not be ascertainedwhe-
ther they were insured or not, and no information could
be gleaned as to the origin of the fire. As the
West of England firemen were returning with their
engine from the above fire, they were called to another
at No. 12, White Hart-court, Long-lane, Smithfield. A
man named Riley, who lived in the house, buried his
wife a fortnight ago, and having no one to fake cars of
his home he left the place in the charge of two children.
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which prevailed the neighbours locked the other child in
the room, and upon the arrival of the firemen, Howell,
of the West of England-office, forced the door open, and
pulled the child out of the smoke, not much injured.
Another fire, also attended with a loss of property valued
over 1,0001., broke out in the premises belonging to Mr.
Totten, sailcloth maker, sack merchant, &c., in Union-
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