that fever contracted in those exertions laid him on the bed of sickness which terminated in his death.

"My acquaintance with Mr. Porter was of many years date; of the late awful scenes of disease and destitution in which he was toiling I was an eye-witness, from being for some months past the government inspecting officer, stationed at Hollymount, to carry out the new measures of relief in that part of the County Mayo.

"I had thus constant opportunities of seeing his unwearying perseverance, and how grieved and harassed he felt, that all those exertions were so unavailing in checking the progress and ravages of famine and diseasein him the poor have truly lost a steady and untiring friend and benefactor."

The following extract is taken from an appeal which is in circulation on behalf of the afflicted family

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"It has pleased Him who giveth not account of any of his matters,' to remove from the sphere of his labours, in the midst of his days, the Rev. Charles Porter, for eleven years the consistent and devoted curate of Hollymount, in the County of Mayo. Typhus fever, caught in the discharge of his sacred calling, was the messenger appointed to call him hence-his constitution, worn out by his unwearied efforts in the cause of the starving thousands by whom he was continually surrounded, sunk an easy prey to this dreadful disease.

"The blank thus created in our mourning Church, is experienced in all its desolating character, by the partner of this faithful servant's life, who is left in broken health, with five helpless orphans, the youngest not two years' old, and no other earthly provision than a debt of £300 which was due to her late husband-the interest of which only is available at present."

Mr. Porter had never more than £100 a-year, and that only for part of his ministerial course.

4. Rev. Francis Cooper.-Extract from the Cork Constitution:—

66 'FEVER.-DEATH OF ANOTHER CLERGYMAN,-In the last Constitu

tion we announced, in addition to many similar announcements in for mer numbers, the death of the Rev. T. B. Tuckey, curate of Fanlobbus, from typhus fever, caught in the discharge of ministerial duty to day we have to announce the death, from typhus fever, contracted in the same way, of the Rev. Francis Cooper, curate to the Rev. Henry Bevan, rector of Droumtariffe, near Kanturk. Mr. Cooper, who died on Saturday, was a curate for upwards, we are informed, of twenty-five years, and leaves a widow, nearly blind, and ten children, seven sons and three daughters. The youngest of these is only a year old, and all, we are sorry to say, are utterly unprovided for. We hope we are not wrong in alluding to the circumstances of a family whose husband and father was, we are told by a correspondent, 'greatly beloved and justly respected as a kind, benevolent man, a good and humane clergyman, charitable far beyond his means.'

We cannot refrain from giving our readers two simple touching letters from one of the daughters, fifteen years of age

"Clontanin, July 22.

"Poor mamma was very happy when she got your kind letter, to find that my little sister was recovered from measles. Poor mamma then was getting strong and well, but soon we were thrown into deep sorrow by the death of my darling papa, who took a bad fever from a parishioner whom he attended. But for this sad event, mamma would have written to you long since; she now deputes me to do so, and begs, if you think it right, that you will break these sorrowful tidings to Annie. The 10th of this month we were left to lament his sad loss. Please give our united love to Annie, and believe me, yours faithfully, SARAH COOPER."

"Millstreet, County Cork,
August 3.

"Mamma has desired me to reply to your kind, soothing letter, and to say for her how much she feels obliged for your sympathy, and that she will gratefully state her present circumstances, which are as follows: She

has ten children, the eldest only seventeen, not one of whom are provided for in any way. Her income is the interest of her fortune, £700, £100 of which goes to pay debt, chiefly contracted in the building of the house we now inhabit. She will have £20 a-year from the Annuity Endowment Society, to which dear papa subscribed. We have as yet the farm he had, it contains 88 acres, at £1 per acre, which in this place, (so far from town,) is considered dear; the rates, also, are now so high that we fear we must lose keeping it; however, we are advised still to hold it on, as nothing better can be thought of at present. She feels very much the disadvantage here with regard to the education of her family, there being no school in the country, and we are six miles from the nearest small town.* The loss of our beloved

ALAS! when will the miseries of Ireland end? The emigrants are taking out the fever to Canada, where, in one locality alone, (Montreal,) we have private letters stating that they are dying in sheds, outside the city, at the rate of 50 a-day! One of our letters mentions the death of Lieut. Lloyd, from fever caught in his labours amongst the suffering emigrants. Another letter names the hopeless state of the Rev. Mark Willoughby, of Montreal, in the same fever, one of the most devoted and influential clergymen in Canada. It is only a few weeks ago, that we sent out four large chests of tracts and books to these willing and devoted fellow-helpers, and now they rest from the burden and heat of the day. We subjoin the notice of their death from the Berean, which is just come to hand:

"With deep concern we record the death of Lieut. Lloyd, R.N., Assistant-Secretary of the Incorporated Church Society of this Diocese. We mentioned his illness in our last number; he contracted it at the visits which he voluntarily paid to the suf

fering and dying; and it terminated in his release from all earthly conflicts last Monday morning.

"Mr. Lloyd had been for some years resident near Sherbrooke, but had removed to Montreal last autumn, and had assumed duties in connection with the Church Society, which opened to him an extensive sphere of usefulness, and a course of duty for which he was highly qualified by zeal for the glory of God and the good of man, as well as by sound judgment and habits of business. God has seen fit to disappoint the hopes of those, who looked for great furtherance of the Society's efficiency through means of his labours. He has called the servant to rest, whom we thought we required as yet for much labour amongst us on this earthly field of duty. knowledging the dispensation as a merciful one towards the departed, who is delivered from trial and suffering, it must be our endeavour to believe also in the wisdom of it, as regards the work from which he is taken away, and the family-most of them at this time in England-who will mourn his loss. To all of us, however, this is an affecting call to be

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found watching when the Lord shall summon us to his presence, as servants who are to give an account of their stewardship."

"Some cheering hope of a favourable change had been given, by accounts from Montreal, with respect to the progress of the Rev. M. Willoughby's disease, when we went to press last week. It was with some eagerness, perhaps, that we seized upon even a dim ray of hope that his life would be spared to his flock, and to the Church at large: we gave expression to our hope in the postscript to our last. It has pleased God to disappoint us: this useful clergyman was called from his earthly pilgrimage on the 15th instant, and interred on Friday last, amidst a gratifying testimony of the esteem in which he was held, by the attendance of rich and poor, old and young, including not a few of those who were benefiting by the Sunday-schools connected with Trinity Church, which have been brought into so much efficiency under their late pastor's superintendence.

"The value of the late Mr. Willoughby's services in this diocese extends considerably beyond the fruits, which have manifested themselves from the exercise of his pastoral office over the congregation collected, and fostered by his successful ministry. He came to this province in the capacity of superintendent to the schools of the Newfoundland School Society, which now extends its sphere of labour beyond the island from which it first took its name, and is usefully engaged in encouraging a number of schools in this diocese, many of which would probably become extinct if that encouragement were withdrawn. To the connection thus established, between that Society and this part of the Lord's vineyard, is owing the introduction into the diocese of several of the clergymen now labouring in various parishes and missions, showing forth the pure light of divine truth, and teaching the way of salvation.

"After having paid several visits to Canada in the capacity of a lay agent to the Newfoundland School Society, Mr. Willoughby was admitted to holy orders by the Lord Bishop of Mon

treal, in the year 1839; and in the following year, upon the nomination of the late Major Christie, assumed the pastoral charge over a congregation to be formed, worshipping in Trinity Church, Montreal, then newly erected at the expense of that munificent churchman. He continued to superintend the Society's labours in Canada, assisted by the Rev. W. B. Bond; but his time and energies were of necessity mainly engrossed by his pastoral charge, which soon assumed a character of great importance, Mr. Willoughby's ministry and private character being highly appreciated, and proving the means of uniting together an affectionate, active, and liberal people in the bond of an ardent attachment to that enlightened churchmanship, which finds the value of the prominent principles of the Church in the honour done by her to the word of God above every commandment of man, the encouragement which she gives to the spirit of inward devotion and of active zeal in all her members, and the sobriety she inculcates by her steady adherence to paths approved as conducive to edification. Perhaps the most effectual testimony borne to his pastoral efficiency is the co-operation which he met with on the part of so many of the laity, as Sunday-school teachers and district visitors. The liberality which the congregation manifested towards the various enterprises of Christian benevolence urged upon them by their minister, deserves also to be honourably mentioned; and under that head we may refer to the response made, to his appeal for the support of a travelling missionary, by the congregation under his charge. Our readers will have noticed, in the statement of the Church Society's finances given in our last number, the acknowledgment of £135, placed in the Provident and Savings' Bank by the Treasurer of the Trinity Church Travelling and Missionary Association.' This sum is the first fruits of the plan which was formed five months ago, as our readers were apprized by our number of January 28; and no wonder that our lamented

friend wrote to us on the 9th of February, while contributions were

coming in: 'I am astonished at our travelling missionary scheme.' It will be recollected by many of our readers, that Mr. Willoughby was the first to introduce this publication to their favourable notice; we received from him many encouraging tokens of solicitude for the circulation of our numbers, and for the financial prosperity of the enterprise.

"The age of our late friend was fifty-four; he was

native of Somersetshire, in England, and leaves a widow to whom the sympathy of a large circle of Christian friends who appreciate the greatness of her loss will, it is hoped, be soothing in her affliction; but who, no doubt, derives still greater relief from the consideration that God has taken her beloved partner from trials and suffering that the messenger found him treading in his Master's footsteps, visiting

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"1. I addressed five large assemblies of Roman Catholics. They were quiet, and seemed to be exceedingly attentive. One of them told me that 'they wanted to hear far oftener about the Lamb of God.' At present they have Divine service only once month.

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"2. These meetings were held in broad daylight-one of them at the hour of noon. Generally they were held beside a thoroughfare-so that many of the people who could not find accommodation in the place of meeting, sat or stood on the way-side, exposed to the notice of the priest or any one who might pass by. A year ago these meetings would have been impossible, or, if they had been attempted, it must have been under eover of night, in some unfrequented spot.

the afflicted, encountering perils in order to bear consolation to those bowed down with outward misery and inward sorrow-and that the labours from which he now rests have been a blessing to many.

"The prayers of that affectionate congregation over which Mr. Willoughby watched with assiduous care and tender affection will, we trust, be earnest and lively, that God would guide those with whom rests the nomination of a successor to the incumbency of Trinity Church, and enable them to fill up the vacancy which has arisen, by the choice of one who shall 'feed and provide for the Lord's family: seek for Christ's sheep that are dispersed abroad, and for his children who are in the midst of this naughty world, that they may be saved through Christ for ever.

PEASANTRY TO LISTEN TO OF GOD.

"3. I also visited and examined eleven schools, containing nearly 1000 Roman Catholic children. I shall not speak of their attainments. They surprised and delighted me. These children were but the representatives of five times the number as anxious as they to get instruction, but for whom there is neither school accommodation nor teachers. In a little while these children will be the only population in the district; and nothing seemed to me more certain than this, that if Christians would but do their duty by them, not one of them would grow up a Papist.

"I could narrate many circumstances to prove that all the tidings we have heard about the falling power of the priesthood, and the anxiety of the people for the preaching of the Gospel, are true, but it is not necessary; for surely the very rumour of such a thing-the barest hope of being able to open a broad way for the Gospel into Ireland, will be enough to move our Church. And, sir, as the honour has fallen on me of being the first minister of our Church to proclaim the cross of Christ among the desolate homes of the Mayo peasantry, O! surely I shall