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n, 8.A., of Trinity College, Dub-
Parish of St. Giles,

t Curate to the

M.A., formerly of Clare Hall, Cam-
r of the University of Durham, to the
t. Margaret, Durham, vacant by the

!anon To;wnsend.
)wnsend, M.A., of Trinity College,
ige of Brantingham with Ellerker
It by the death of the Rer. Samuel

t the Rev. Win. Marsh, D.D.. has resigned
St. Thomas, Birmingham. The Rev. Thos.
Dr. Sumner, Lord Bishop of Chester, has

on Raymond, M.A., to the Rectory of
ie death of the Rev. F. Ekins ; patron,

iamin Sanderson Ffinch, formerly of Trinity
mbridge, Rector of St. Paul's, Deptford, has
ed Domestic Chaplain to the Earl of Buchan.
[ON AT DURHAM.-At a general Ordination
_ _

lishop of Chester, in the Cathedral, at Dur-
ay last, July 24th, the following gentlemen

e Henry McGill, 8.A., Brazenose College,
Carteret Manic, 8.A., St. John's College,
Powell, M.A., Worcester College, Oxford ;
art, 8.A., Exeter College, Oxford ; Jas.
1.A., Balliol College, Oxford ; Duke John
Inn Hall, Oxford; Thomas Suter Ack-
College, Cambridge ; William Spen-
:e, Cambridge ; Henry George
ege, Cambridge ; Wm. Gray,
Cambridge ; Charles Richson,
Hall, Cambridge ; Samuel Moon, 8.A.,
Cambridge ; William Haddon, 8.A.,
bridge; George Thomas Kingdon, M.A.
Cambridge ; Chas. Henry Wilson, 8.A.,
Cambridge; Diston Stanley Hodgson,
isti College, Cambridge; Henry Offiey
roke College, Cambridge; Arthur Wm.
y College, Dublin ; George Bamford,
Dublin ; Elliott Elmes Carr, 8.A.,
)lin ; James Cookson, 8.A., Trinity
le Martin Meara, M.A., Trinity Coll.,
edith, 8.A., Trinity College, Dublin ;
A., Trinity College, Dublin ; Arthur
University College, Dublin ; Frederick
;t. Bees College; Joseph Littler, St.
am Sutcliffe, St. Bees College ; and
s College.

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ist's Coll

Goff, 8.A.,- Oriel Coll., Oxford ; Thos.
)rcester Coll., Oxford; Jno. Paul, 8.A.,
Oxford; Chas. Cuthbert Southey, 8.A.,
Jno. Palmer, Firmin, 8.A.,
Robert Nicholson Featherstone,
)ridge ; David Henry Morris, 8.A.,
George Henry Stephens, 8.A.,
Richd. Charles Swan, 8.A.,
James Yonge, 8.A., Corpus
Benedict Arthure, 8.A., Trinity
s Barton, 8.A., Trinity Coll., Dub-
man, 8.A., Trinity Coll., Dublin ;
8.A., Trinity Coll., Dublin; Henry Geo.
iblin ; William Walter, M.A., Trinity
Chas. Wood, 8.A., Trinity Coll.,
ssenger, University Coll., Durham;
St. Bees Coll. ; Edward Thomas
John Dalton, St. Bees Coll. ; Dan.
es Coll. ; George Lancaster, St. Bees
m Maxwell, St. Bees Coll. ; James
St. Bees Coll.

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ELVILLE AND THE CORN-LAWS

,n extract from a sermon preached by the
de, in accordance with the Queen's letter
)f money for the distressed operatives in
.s. Mr. Melville's name will at
don of the extract ; but its sound
LL.. aim
condemnation by Mr. Milner Gibson
ch in the House of Commons; and
has in consequence of it pronounced
'eat pest in the country.' The sen-
qimilar to those we have so often
greater importance do they
in his glowing and earnest language i—
ed even to the preacher to express a
viction, that the tendency which of late
gely exhibited in this country—the ten-
;ing an agricultural for a manufacturing
,athering the people into dense masses,
-t hopeless to attempt providing means
(even if the frightful demands upo❑
Le allowed of their being used, suppo-
led)—that this tendency is among the most
ver encouraged, and is but likely to continue
ireased and even irremediable disaster. The
it England ought to be the workshop of the
the dream of avarice, which for once bor-
g of the imagery of the poet, all nations have
d as crowding to our shores, entreating that
them, and eagerly proffering the rich pro-
lds i❑ exchange for what we could dig from
brow off from our looms. We left out from
dation that bone and muscle belong to other
is to us ; that industry and ingenuity, how-
distinguish the English, are not monopolised
in manufacturing for the world, we might
he world to manufacture for itself; and that
iossible that, if other countries saw us driving
s a trade, they might think of their own re-
tempt competition. And the fearful evil of
e engaged in a struggle with the world—(and
e now is; if not the struggle of army against
t against fleet, as when we stood almost single-
, a glorious, be'ause a righteous cause, chal-
to the combat, yet there is the struggle of
ist machine, toil against toil, factory against
we say, of being once engaged in a struggle
it is that human beings have to be more and
together, and more and more tasked."
lergyman, would I shrink from seeing i❑ this
mlition of all corn-laws ? Because lam a po-
? God forbid that a clergyman should ever be
se I wish to uphold the interests pf one parti-
God forbid that a clergyman should ever iden-
ith any class. But I cannot hide from myself
tended still more to drain the people from the
wd them into factories—whatever went to en-
lan of making England the workshop of the
Jut increase the difficulty of getting any moral
railing population. And this is what a Christian
rate. Parties may jostle for place ; but the
;h. a Christian should oppose are those which,
apparent political expediency, menace injury
piety; the measures which he should further
ch, however they may seem to threaten our
kingdom, tend to the advancing the cause of

district

at infinitely

istruction

LIGIOUS AND BENEVOLENT
S FOR THE PAST YEAR.

3,692 10 3
1,600 6 6
:1,849 17 4
22,727 2 2
5,153 15 5
2,300 0 0
507 .9 1
1,600 0 0
95,095 4 8
2,500 0 0
7,080 13 4
1,100 0 0
1,508 14 101
90,476 0 0
1,428 8 9
93,592 7 9

~
4,Di7 3 0
5,839 9 11
4,160 0 0
5,684 17 2f
18,900 0 0
1,900 0 0
2,200 0 0

250 0 0
1,953 0 0
7,050 0 0

1,905 7 4
9,402 4 0
4,136 0 0
2,000 0 0

21,699 8 ,
799 0 0
5,534 18 11180,874 0 22
513 4 0
10,651 9 9
6,000 0 0
2,809 0 0
2,137 6 10
3,470 0 0
768 0 0
2,496 8 1
1,376 0 0
56,014 8 1
2,811 0 0
4,196 14 91
10,241 9 71
908 15 0
2,201 14 0
101,618 2 4

receipts of the societies thus marked,
ations.—Christian Spectator.
nsion Fund of the Church of Scotland
the general fund was £3,403 15s. 4d.,
ptary fund £1,240 9s. lid. Adding

r the Probationer and Library schemes, the
income of the Church of Scotland amounts
id., which, with the exception of the Church
Methodist Societies, forms the largest deno-
-ibutions in the list.

AWFUL THUNDIM

TORM I

LANDO

(From the Shipping Gazette.)
At a very early hour on Thursday morning the reetropoli
was visited by a tremendous storm of thunder and lightning,
accompanied by torrents of rain and hail, which continued
with scarcely any intermission till six o'clock. The flashes
of lightning were exceedingly vivid, and several of them were
followed by terrific peals of thunder resembling the report of
a volley of artillery. One cf the loudest was at the com-
mencement, between twelve and one o'clock, which came
from S.S.E., and did considerable damage at Vauxhall and
Newington. The electric fluid struck a chimney stack on a
small house situate at the corner of Clarence-place and Nor-
folk-street, Vauxhall ; it penetrated through the roof, carry-
ing with it a great portion of brick-work, destroying the
frame-work of a closet in the room beneath, breaking away
a great portion of the ceiling, cracking the walls of the
chimney, smashing every square of glass in the window,
destroying the frame, shivering part of the wood-work of the
bedstead, wherein lay three young children, but who were
providentially uninjured. After doing this damage the
lightning found its way between the joints of the hearth-
stone into the lower room, where Mr. and Mrs. Moss, the
father and mother, were lying in bed with two other
children, who also as miraculously escaped injury, notwith-
standing the mantlepiece was shivered to atoms, portions of
which were tossed on to the bed, the fire-irons and other
articles driven across the room with great violence, as though
propelled by fire-arms, the whole of the crockery and glass
destroyed, the frames partly torn off some pictures and a
looking-glass, and in fact almost every article of furniture
broken or damaged, while the room was strewed with soot
and pieces of brick, mortar, and plaster. The fluid, after
making a complete circuit of the apartment, is supposed to
have passed out by the window, as all the squares of glass
were broken, the sash much damaged, and the window shutter
blown from its hinges into the street. As soon as the poor
creatures bad partly recovered from their alarm, having
ascertained they were all unhurt, Mrs. Moss ran out and
called some of the neighbours, several of whom came, but
fortunately were only required to console and assist in re-
moving the children from the mass of rubbish with which
they were surrounded. Police constable L 22, who was on
duty near the house at the time, describes the appearance as
awful, adding that the roofs of the above and several adjoin-
ing houses appeared on fire, and that the shock drove him
violently against the wall, and singed his right hand. The
above family are wholly supported by the father, a hawker of
vegetables, and the loss by this calamity will be severely felt.
The house is so much shattered that it appears unsafe for the
inmates to remain in it. . _

In addition to the above, and about the same time, a thun-
derbolt, probably the same, penetrated the clock turret of
the chapel at the Fishmongers' Almshouses, near, the Ele-
phant and Castle, Newington, and after melting and rending
the greater part of the works of the clock, so as wholly to
suspend the movement, which is fully indicated by the hands
having remained stationary since twenty-five minutes past
twelve ; thence the electric fluid broke through and damaged
the roof, causing the northern wall of the tower to bulge, and
present a very dangerous appearance, and passing out of the
upper part of the fine old Gothic window, at the east end of
the chapel, smashed several panes of glass, and damaged the
stone frame-work ; it then proceeded along the lead which
covers the cornice of the adjoining low buildings occupied by
some of the inmates, and descended through the interior of
a leaden rain water pipe, perforating an orifice near the lower
part of about three inches in diameter, whence it proceeded
into a cask used to catch the rain water which descends from
the roof, and, after splintering several of the staves, drove
out the metal tap at the bottom, tearing away a large piece of
stave with it ; and, finally, appearing to have buried itself
beneath a quantity of garden pots, seval of which, with the
plants therein, are broken and damaged.
The buildings, which are the property of the Hon. F.
Thynne, are insured in the Union ; the contents in the West-
minster.

The houses of Mr. Howell, 1, Vincent-square, and of Mr.
Cooper, No. 2, next door, were set on fire by lightning at
six o'clock on Thursday morning, but which was extinguished
through the joint exertions of the firemen connected with
the Fire Brigade and West of England, and the parties at-
tending with the parish engine. The only damage done to
the buildings was a partial destruction of a chimney stack
and the scorching of the paint and paper. A great portion
of the furniture was much injured by the fire and removal.

DREADFUL STEAM-BOAT EXPLOSIONS

[We gave in our last a brief statement of two steam-boat
explosions, which we gathered from the papers brought by
the Caledonia. We now subjoin more full particulars of
those melancholy occurrences.]
EXPLOSION ON BOARD THE EDNA.

The following particulars are from the St. Louis Bulletin
and Republican of the 4th instant.
The Edna reached the mouth of the Missouri river about
1 o'clock on Sunday morning, and landed on the outside of
the steam-boat latan, which was lying at the mouth. At
daylight both boats made preparations to start, but the Edna
lay in such a position that it was difficult for the latan to get
away from the shore. After waiting nearly or quite half an
hour, the latan, with some difficulty, got away and proceeded
onward. The Edna shoved off immediately afterward, and
the bow was about 100 feet from the shore when both flues
of her larboard boiler collapsed, scalding 63 persons, and
blowing overboard some two or three. The flues collapsed,
one at the forward and the other at the after end of the boiler,
sweeping the decks fore and aft. The latan immediately
dropped back to the Edna and towed her to the Illinois shore,
when the Annawan took her in tow, and the latan came to
the city with 26 of the wounded in the cabin. The Edna had
been working her engine out of gear, full half an hour pre-
vious to shipping her wheels, and it had not been stopped
more than ten minutes at the outside, when the accident
happened. The conclusion is irresistable that the water was
obstructed in the supply-pipe, or that the force-pump was
out of order, so that the boilers became short of water. Cap-
tain Eaton states that he is fully of opinion that the steam
was not unnecessarily high, as he heard it escape from the
safety-valve, and it did not make that appalling noise which
invariably attends the escape of high steam. Captain Eaton
is disposed to think that the accident is mainly attributable
to the unfitness of the iron of which the flues were made. He

says that an engineer, a good judge of the quality ofirOW,
had given it as his opinion that the iron was much too brittle
for fines. As the latan and Edna were lying together, and
both bound up the river, it might be supposed that the
accident resulted from a desire on the part of the Edna to
beat the latan up. Captain Eaton informs us that it was
the express instructions of the captain of the Edna not to
race with the Wan, and for that purpose suffered the latan
to go out ahead of her—and as the latan w.o ur iii
good running trim, and the Edna heavily loaded, it is not to
be supposed that the Edna would have selected a time for a
trial of speed when she laboured under such disadvantages.
Whatever blame (if it was the result of carelessness) is to be
attached to this unfortunate disaster should be attributable,
in our opinion, to the engineer on duty—who, in neglecting
to try the guage-cocks, was solely culpable. He has paid the
forfeit of his life for his neglect, if it was an act of care-
lessness.
P.S. 11 o'clock, P.M.—We understand that 33 of the
scalded have since died.

The unfortunate sufferers by this accident were chiefly
German emigrants ; a few of the crew of the Edna were
scalded, among them the second engineer, who is badly
wounded; many jumped overboard, and from the confusion
and distress which prevailed yesterday, it is difficult yet to
tell how many were lost, or who they were. None of the
cabin passengers were injured. The number ascertained to
be badly scalded were 36 men, 13 women, and 14 children—
one boy killed. It is the opinion of some of the physicians
that a majority of them will die. _ _

They were chiefly from near Dusseldorf, on the Rhine, and
what renders their case one of peculiar hardship is, that this
accident, so fatal and serious to all, should have occurred
when they had braved the hour of separation from their
friends and kindred, passed the ocean and its storms, and
were upon the last boat, within about 150 miles of their new
homes.
THE CANADA DISASTER.
(From the Montreal Herald of Tuesday.)
We have little to add to our yesterday's account of the sad
disaster on the lake above Lachine. The coroner empan-
nelled a jury yesterday forenoon, when a full investigation of
every matter connected with the accident took place. The
result was, that a verdict was returned of "accidental death,"
and no blame was attached to the proprietors or crew of the
unfortunate vessel. We subjoin the portion of the evidence
which was material. Several passengers were examined, but
nothing was elicited from them beyond the fact of the sobriety
of the captain and crew. Mr. Henry Roebuck, of Coteau
du Lac, who has an intimate experience in lake navigation,
bore testimony to the soundness of the Shamrock, and the
good working of her engine, so far as an unprofessional per-
son like himself could judge.
Thomas Halliman, captain of the steamer Shamrock, being
duly sworn, saith,—l have been captain of the Shamrock
since the 9th of June. She left Lachine between 6 and 7
o'clock on Saturday morning last, with three barges in tow,
one of which was laden, and the other two were empty. The
wind blew freshly. Two of the barges were alongside of the
steamer, and the third behind. We were in the habit of
having more barges in tow than three, and we have had as
many as six. The crew consisted of myself. four sailors, two
engineers, two firemen, and two pilots. There was no more
than the usual quantity of steam on the engine, which is
estimated by two weights which rise when the steam escapes.
I had not left the deck until within ten or fifteen minutes
before the accident took place, when I went to the cabin.

I saw the boiler tried about ten minutes before the acci-
dent occurred. The first intimation I had of it was the
breaking of the skylight window and the rushing in of the
water. 1 rushed on deck and saw the barge with the pas-
sengers full of water, and I then assisted so far as I could
saving the passengers. The Shamrock was a new boat,
built i❑ Upper Canada, and the engine was in good order to
the best of my belief. The boiler leaked a little when the
steam was off, but not to any extent. The engine was new,
and I never heard that it was condemned. It was built at
Niagara, and the leaking of the boiler in no way affected its
safety. lam of opinion that the bursting of the boiler was
the cause of the accident. The engine was on the high pres-
sure principle, and was of 32-horse power. The first engi-
neer was on the watch at the time the accident occurred. He
is a sober man, and I have never seen him intoxicated, but
have found him very attentive and careful about his business.
I certainly cannot attach the imputation of negligence to any
person on board. I cannot account for the bursting of the
boiler. I saved only my vest, shirt, and trousers, which I
happened to have on, and could not preserve even my shoes
and stockings. The engineer was always at his post to obey
the bells.
Thomas B. Benedict, the engineer, gave a similar testi-
mony. He had a young man under him, whom he was in-
structing as an engineer, but he never intrusted him to any
extent with the working of the engine. On the first trip
which the boat made, he perceived a defect in the guide of
the safety valve lever, which he remedied. About two mi_
nutes before the accident took place, he examined the boiler
and found the water to be above the third cock, at which
time the engine was working satisfactorily. He was stand-
ing near the cylinder when the accident took place, with his
back toward the boiler. When the explosion took place
he turned round, and saw smoke and fragments of the vessel,
which began to settle at the bows, whereupon he rushed to
the promenade deck. He has been an engineer for four
years. and considered that the engine of the Shamrock was
a good one. It was purely accidental, in his opinion. Ac-
cording to the directions of the builders of the engine, he was
allowed to carry bslbs. of steam, and at the period of the
accident there was not more than 701bs. of steam.
LIST OF KILLED, MISSING, &C., OF THE ENGLISH PORTION.
1 Mrs. Wales, Ormotherly.
224 Mmm rrr aas. Tnnddht:cicrrs. Johnson, near Darlington.
2 Mr. and Mrs. Buckon, Westerdale.
rs a yyaonrdk child,an and
2 chStockton.children,
1 William Eldyri, Cleaveland.
1 John Watson,ickering, -
1 Daniel Watsonn
7 John Coverd
Stockton.
9 Named Pearson,
a e
aCitnlde Cleaveland.
ela
children.n d .
3 Mrs. Lincoln and Rosedale.
swe.children.
72 children.
8 Mr. Cousins and 1 James Hugill
1 William Easton, Tirvnb%
-

In the Hospital—John Wailes, rnaotherly ;
and son, James
Hutchinson, near Richmond; Thomas Mowbry
George
two
daughter,
Pearson,
Middlesborough ; George Hagar, Danb
Y ;
H
two brothers and two sisters, Sarah Pearson
John Southernannah Coverdale, Cleaveland; John Thuckray,
Rossdale ;
At Lachine—Airs, Cousins, Cleaveland ; William Sher-
wood, ditto ; James Allanby, ditto; John Hugill, ditto;.
William Garbutt, ditto.

TIT?, LIVERPOOL rtmirom.ilotist

We take the following abstract of the first report of tho
Commissioners for inquiry into the collection and manage-
ment of the revenue from the Albion of yesterday. It re-
lates exclusively to the Liverpool Customs Ilouse :
DAY PAY OF TIDE-WAITERS, WEIGHTS, AND LOCKERS.

The Commissioners suggest a slight alteration in the mode
of paying the officers above-named. At present they have a
certain proportion of fixed salary and of pay for the days on
which they are employed. The object of this arrangement
is to provide a check on idleness, and on the disposition to
yield to trifling ailments. As the day pay now forms a larger
portion of the annual emolument than the fixed salary, the
Commissioners were of opinion that some hardships are in-
flicted on the officers in cases of trifling indisposition. They
recommend the reduction of the day pay of the lockers and
tide-waiters from 3s. per day to 2s. 6d. per day, and of the
weighers from 2s. to Is. 6d., giving them a commensurate
increase of their fixed salaries.

IN-DOOR DEPARTMENT: ATTENDANCE OF CLERKS

The Commissioners, after expressing their opinion that
the extension of the attendance of the clerks from three to
four o'clock in the afternoon was properly made, state their
belief, that employment may be found for the present num-
ber of clerks, so that, by proper management and precaution,
the employment of supernumerary clerks need never be re-
sorted to. The attendance book. which is left on a desk in
the long-room, is not, at present, a practical check on the
too early departure of the clerks, and they suggest that the
messenger should carry it round in the afternoon, at the pro-
per hour, as he does in the morning. The Commissioners
also remark, that the general discipline of the establishment
would be improved, if the junior clerks of each branch of it
were placed more directly under the control of their respec-
tive senior clerks, who should be deemed responsible for
their due attendance and for the proper execution of their
duties. The Collector concurs with them in this view.
" The magnitude of the Custom-house." say the Commis-
sioners, " is justly put forward as one of the motives for this
proposition, for it is assuredly of such a size as to make the
personal superintendence of the Collector much less easy
than if, in the construction of the building, adaptation to
what was required rather than to magnificence in appearance
had been more attentively considered."
The Commissioners conclude this part of the subject as
follows :—" We must now call your lordship's attention to
the salary and emoluments of the present collector ; but, in
so doing, we neither desire to interfere with his enjoyment
of them, nor to throw any slur upon a most valuable public
officer. But we do wish to record our opinion, that the total
sum (2,900 per annum) which he receives, exceeds the
proper amount of remuneration for any collector who may
be hereafter appointed."