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18th, between 11 and 12 a m. a 

 most destructive fire broke out at 

 Carbonear, on the premises oc- 

 cupied by a person named Barrj' : 

 the wind blew a heavy gale from 

 the westward, which scattered the 

 flaming fragments like a showet- 

 over the tor,vn. The method ist 

 chapel (nearly half a mile from 

 the spot where it commenced) was 

 in a few moments totally con- 

 sumed, from some of the burning 

 matter alighting amongst shavings 

 in the church-yard. The parstm- 

 age-house providentially escaped. 

 From the chapel tlie lire was car- 

 ried half a mile further, and de- 

 stroyed a house inhabited by 

 Thomas Clark, at Crocker's-cove. 

 In the mean time 15 houses in 

 town were totally destroyed, We 

 have not heard of any lives being 

 lost. 



General Synod of llsler. — At a 

 meeting of this Presbyterian As- 

 sembly, held on Friday, June 27th, 

 the Rev. INft-. Carlyle moved for 

 the leading of the report of a de- 

 putation to Lord Castlereagh, re- 

 specting the education of the Pro- 

 testant Presbyterian students for 

 the church. Lord Castlereagh had 

 asked whether this was a matter 

 of discipline, which it certainly 

 was, as the education included not 

 merely the classic Languages, or 

 even theology, but moral educa- 

 tion also. He observed, that at 

 Cookstown, an individual, styling 

 himself Lord Castlereagh, stated, 

 by verbal messages, that " Go- 

 vernment might regard their elect- 

 ing a j)rofessor to teach their stu- 

 dents in theology as an act of 

 hostility to them, and they were 

 therefore required to desist." 

 " Who, or what was this Lord 

 Castlereagh, that he should send 



such a message to the Synod of 

 Ulster ! Was he an elder ? Had 

 he his credentials with him? What 

 right had he to obtrude himself 

 officially on their deliberations ?" 

 The Rev. Mr. C. concluded by 

 proposing a declnratory act, that 

 they considered the education of 

 students as a matter of ecclesias- 

 tical discipline, in wliich they are 

 determined to admit of no inter- 

 ference whatever. Allusions in the 

 debate are made to a letter of 

 Mr. Peel's, and to some otlier in- 

 terference with the academical 

 institution at Belfast. After long 

 discussion, in which many of the 

 clergy spoke, the motion was car- 

 ried by a great majority ; and the 

 Synod, immediately after, elected 

 the Rev. Mr. Hay to the vacant 

 Professorship of Divinity. 



27. A genteel young man of the 

 name of WTiitehead Avas drowned 

 in the New River, a short dis- 

 tance from Islington. He had 

 ventuied with a companion to 

 swim under what is called the 

 Dark Arch, when about midway 

 he was heard suddenly to cry 

 out and make a struggle in the 

 water. His companion, not be- 

 ing an expert swimmer, became 

 alarmed, and made the best of his 

 way back to the shore, and called 

 out for help. Some people, who 

 were haymaking near the spot, 

 hastened to the assistance of Mr. 

 AVhitehead, and waited at the op- 

 posite end of the arch to that at 

 which he entered, in the hope of 

 his making his appearance, in- 

 stead of which they observed the 

 body of a man floating on the 

 water, with all his clothes on. 

 On dragging it on shore, they 

 found that the person must have 

 been some days in tl»e water. 



They 



