The Sun.
London, England, 1851-03-27 00:00:00

SHIP NE WS.

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BATAVIA, JAN. 26.—. herd Van Nes, from Passa-
rouany for Holland, has put back to Sourabays with a
considerable part of her cargo thrown overboard, 1,000
bags of coffee, 300 boxes of sugar, and 50 slabs of tin,
having been on shore on the reef off Dinfges Island, at
the entrance of Bali Strair,s.

PORT PHILIP, OCT. 18.—Accounts from Launceston
of the sth inst. state that the Thomas and Joseph Crisp
had been on shore in Whirlpool Reach for about ten
minutes, but was got off as the tide rose without injury.
FREDERICKSHAVEN, MA.SCH 17.—The Emanuel, from
Bremen for Copenhagen, which got aground on the
Thistholm on the 14th inst., was assisted off and arrived
here to-day. As she is tight, she will proceed without
repairing.
Jimmie'', MARCH 22.--The wind blew very heavy
from the S.W. all last night, and several vessels at
anchor in the harbour drifted from their moorings.
GOTTENBURGH, MARCH 16.—Border Queen, steamer,
cf Leith, from Aarhuus for Leith, struck at the Wingo
Beacon during a fog on the 14th, and it is feared will be
lost; part of materials and cargo saved.
NORDEN, MARCH 19.—A hawser, 75 fathoms long and
six inches thick, and two ends of running rigging have
come on shore near Borkam, supposed to belong to a brig
wrecked on the Branwers Plata. _ _

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HALIFAX, NOVA. SCOTIA, MARCH 13.—A vessel, be-
longing to Nova Scotia, is reported to have been lost
at Mega°lon; crew missing. The Primrose, from Phila-
delphia for this port, went on shore at Barrington on
the Bth inst.
GALLE, Fyn. 16.—China, from Calcutta, put in here
Jan. 24, to stop a leak in her bows; has had to discharge
cargo, to lighten for repairs, but is now expected to pro-
ceed in a few days.
NEW YORK, MARCH B.—A large quantity of spars
and barrels, and part of a rudder adrift, was seen Jan. 29,
in lat 47, long. 21. A vessel, bottom upward, spars and
rigging alongside, was passed, Feb. 16, in lat. 37, long.
60, by the Constellation, arrived here.
HULL, MARCH 24.—Wind S.W.—Arrd. Brilliant,
Gallipoli; Prince steamer, Kampen; Julius, Copen-
hagen; Claudine, Jansen, Nykioming ; Maria, Rose,
Gothenburg.
GRIMSBY, MARCH 24.—Wind N.W.—Arrd. Wan-
deringman, Gothenburg; Azel and Walborg, Melanc-
thorn and Schien.
PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 24.—Wind W.N.W.—SId. her
Majesty's steamer Cumberland, North American station;
Northumberland, New York.
SOUTHAMPTON, MARCH 24.—Wind S.—Arrd. 25.,
West India mail.
GRAVESEND, MARCH 24.—Wind W., light, cloudy.
Arrived—Rachael, from Bombay; Anna 'O., and
Soho, from Antwerp; • Emerald, from Boulogne; War-
nor, from Jamaica; Ocean, from Guernsey; Tiger, from
Hamburgh ; Adelaide, from Lisbon; Borneo, from Cey-
lon; Richard Cobden, from St. John's, New Brunswick;
Clas, from Galatz; Merlin and Susan, from St. Michael's;
Richard Mount, from Monte Video.
Sailed—Seabird, for Port Adelaide; Diamond, for
Dantzic ; Agnes, for Jamaica.
VESSELS SPOKEN WITH.
Drone, from Newcastle for Philadelphia, March 9, in
lat. 40 N., long. 30 W.
Louisa barque, from Antwerp for Valparaiso, Jan. 4, in

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lat. 39 S., long. 44 W. -
Mount Stewart Elphinstone, from London for Adelaide,

Jan. 20, six days' sail.
Gratitude, from the Clyde for Moulmein, Dec. 20, in

lung. 88 E
Saghalien, from Manilla for Queenstown, Feb. 22, in
►at. 7 N., long. 28 W.
Emma Graham brig, running to the southward and
westward, Feb. 24, lat. 12 N., long. 26 W.
Vesta, from Dubli❑ for New York, Feb. 26, in lat. 51 N.,

long. 9 W.
Liverpool, from Liverpool for Coquimbo, in lat. i N.,
long. 21 W., out 43 days.
Elise, from Tampico for Bremen, Jan. 31, in lat. 5 N.,
long. 10 W.
Lady Hilda, from London, in lat. 20 N., long. 40 W.
Clansman barque, of Glasgow, in lat. 22 N., long. 41 W.
Augusta, from the Clyde for Calcutta, in lat. 2 N., long.
21 W.
Sisters, from Moulmein for London, in lat. 3 W., long.
21 W.
A ship, supposed to be the Clifton, from Manilla for
Cork, the same day.
Wanderer barque, from Liverpool for Havannah, Feb.
28, in lat. 26 N., long. 36 W.
Lenhouse barque, from Calcutta for Liverpool, March
11, in lat. 52 N., long. 23 W.
William of Hayle, March 8, east of Gibraltar.
Pegasus schooner, bound south, March 17, in long. 8 W.
Oriental, American ship, from London for China, Feb.
14, in lat. 3 N., long. 22 W.
Prince Regent, out 35 days, Feb. 20, in lat. 9 N., long.
31 W.
Lay Landys, from Ceylon, Jan. 23, in lat. 45 S., long.
26 E.
Admiral Kenshuger, from Batavia, Feb. 31, in lat. 35 S.,
long. 20 E.
Symmetry, from Ceylon for London, Feb. 1, in lat. 32
S., long. 15 E.
James Shephard, from the Mauritius for London, Jan.
30, in lat. 35 S., long. 36 E.
Europe, French ship, for Cayenne, Jan. 27, in lat. 44 N.,
long. 13 W.
Mexican, from Bordeaux for Guadaloupe, Feb. 3, in lat.
45 N., long. 11 W.
Perseverant, French ship, for Marseilles, Jan. 8, in lat.
30 —, long. 11 E.
Mary Ann Peters, from Bristol for New York, March
5, in lat. 41, long. 29.
Caroline Mary Clark, American ship, for New York, in
lat. 45, long. 17.
Bruy, of Annan, March 11, in lat. 32 N., long. 14 W.
Lusanne, from Singapore for the Mauritius, Dec. 22, off
Java Head.
Annie, from Adelaide for the Mauritius, Jan. 7, in lat.
22 S., long. 68 E.
Charlotte, from Liverpool for Bombay, Jan. 8, in lat. 23
S., long. 67 E.
Ottawa, of Glasgow, from London for the Mauritius,
F.,b. 1, in lat. 33 S., long. 15 E.
Norjina (P), of Dundee, from Cadiz for Calcutta, Jan.
22, in lat. 17 S , long. 32.
Rosgo, of and for Cork from Rio Grande, Feb. 3, in lat.
1 S., long. 31.

THE BOASTED UNITY OF THE ROMISH
CHURCH. _ _

In the bosom of that Church which called and still
calls herself indivisible, which claimed and still claims
her oneness as her proof of catholicity, there were, and
aro schisms as numerous and as alienating as can be
found in the past or present history of any society
calling itself Christian. Let her own historian
enumerate some of them:—Benedict sth anti-Pope
to Lo-o the Bth ; Boniface the 7th, Benedict
the 6th,"and John the 14th, all opposed; John the 17th
against Gregory the sth; Sylvester the 3d in con-
flict with Benedict the Bth ; Ilonorius the 2d contradict-
ing Alexander 2d. These are but a few of the occa-
sions on which she has uttered uncertain and discrepant