The Express.
London, England, 1847-12-06 00:00:00

soon lose its interest and its use. Dr. HAMP-
DEN has attempted, rightly or wrongly, to define the
respective offices of faith and of the understanding in
religions doctrines. We offer no opinion as to his
success; but that both these faculties are engaged in
the formation of religious doctrine most persons will
admit; and the exact proportion in which eitherpower
is applied seems a fair subject for discussion. We
I scarcely think it desirable that the course of an in-
quirer into the subject should be prescribed before-
hand by those who have not inquired. The church
may be well assured that it is not prudent to exclude
from it all men who think or reason. The unreasoning
all use the same formulas, but no two scholars, no
two philosophers, ever agreed in the use of the same
language. A rigid orthodoxy of verbal propositions
excludes all who are at the same time disposed to
reason, and inclined to publish their opinions.

IYI IS amities relating to trade and navigation for
the month, and for the ten months ending sth No-
vember, which have just been published, contain
some facts of interest.
The quantity of cotton wool imported daring the
ten months of the present year ending on the sth of
November amounted to 3,757,462 cwt. ; during the
co
giro nding months of 1846. it amounted to
, 3 ,411, and of 1845 to 5,648,599. The quantity
ire ed during the month ending sth Nov. last, is
, considerably in excess of the imports of the corre-
sponding months of the two preceding years; the
total for the mouth was 334,401 in 1847, 124,322 in
1846, and 152,800 in 1845. The quantities re-ex-
ported during the ten months were 546,356 in 1847,
541,203 in 1846, and 365,963 in 1845.
The tables of the: month ending sth November,
when compared with those of the three preceding
months, show a great falling off in the quantity. of
grain imported. The total of unground grain im-
ported this year has been: during the month ending
sth August, 1,253,686 quarters ; during the month
ending sth September, 1,205,236 ; during the month
ending sth October, 1,171,569; during the month
ending sth November, only 610,442. The falling off
in flour imported is equally marked. There were
imported during . the month ending sth August,
989,021 cwt.; during the month ending sth Septem-
ber, 1,894,362 ; during the month ending sth October,
1,639,255 ; during the month ending sth November,
only 401,411. Still the imports during the ten
months of the year 1847 ending November 5, are im-
mensely in excess of the imports during the correspond-
ing
periods of the two preceding years. The quantity
of Indian corn in 1847 has beeen 3,389,335 qrs. ; in,
11846 it was 473,594, and in 1845 only 49,381.1
During the first ten months of this year 2,254,535
qrs. of wheat were imported against 1,219,178 in the
corresponding period of 1846, and 518,824 in the
corresponding period of 1845.
The quantity of unrefined sugar imported this
year during the five months ending sth Nov. was
6,976,067 cwt.; during the same period of 1846 it
was 4,751,973 cwt.; in 1845 it was 4,754,614 cwt.
The quantity. of foreign, " not equal to white clayed "
imported during the first ten months of this year,
was 2,050,114 against 163,540 in 1848, and
none in 1845. Of the two million eats., only
888,042 were entered for home consumption.
The quantity of unrefined foreign sugar re-
exported during the first ten months of this year
was 668,717 cwt. against 220,176 in 1846,
and 597,269 in 1845. The value of refined
sugar exported during the first ten months of
the present year was 349,1811. against 334,1271. in
1846, and 410,3761. in 1845. The total of unrefined
sugar entered for home consumption during the first
ten months of this year was 4,959,980 cat against
4,467,330 in 1846, and 4,228,113 in 1845.
Our object at present is to record these facts, not
to reason upon them; indeed, they speak for them-
selves. So do the returns of the total of ships of the
long voyage (and their tonnage) entered inwards and
cleared outwards in the first ten months of 1847, as
compared with the corresponding periods of 1846 and
1845. The totals entered inwards during these ten
months were : _

______ .....,._ .
Ships. Tonnage.
1845
1848
1847
The number and tonstage of the British ships in-
cluded in these totals was as follows : _

Tommie.
1111 TrA
1944 - 2,969.312
1647
The returns of vessels cleared outwards are to the
same effect.
The returns relating to the coasting trade are, un-
fortunately, illustrative of the depressed condition of
Ireland. For the first ten months of the three years
they are :