The Sun.
London, England, 1834-07-11 00:00:00

',lle: mendicant follr.wers and fr'l';,
1,110 only labouri?d to thicker. the palPa"
(LiT1771.9-74. their i-Inorant hcr,,J•er,s.
Tile dal n of a brighter and purer light appeared at th 3
Reformation ; but the foundation of the papal throne sral
not shaken by preaching, but by invective ; or rather by the
abuses of the clergy, and the tyranny of the Holy' Selea'
The first Reformers were stern, uncompromising,
bo
men, who were not scrupulous about the means, when
end they proposed to themselves was in accordance wit
their impressions of gospel truth. They opposed cortur
tion by tl:e only means by" which they could hope to clrY
up
its sources ; and they succeeded.
During this long series of centuries—from PolyearP, tos
Latimer—preaching was an address to the Passt.°:,
and the credulity of the people, and not to their i.l
derstanding. Doctor Barrow was one of the first of
divines who reformed and purified the eloquence of tP-
pulpit ; and who converted the pulpit itself from a rostrul:
of invective against particular sects and tenets, into
chair of moral philosophy. He was the first to toe°
Christians that it is of more importance to be sure oftha
salvation of one's own soul, than of the perdition of :
unbelieving neighbour ; and that the love of God is hetteje
evinced by the observance of his precepts than the listr
of those whom we may think his enemies. He search
Scriptures, not for quaint conceits, and prophet'
allusions to Antichrist ; but to trace the moral he3lloll
of the law marked throughout by the finger Of G.if;
The efforts made by this great and good man to PC,
the pulpit, diffused a healing, conciliatory, and holy sr:,
throughout the land. He even refined an. d dignified ti;
language itself, so that to know English well, is thought {
some to require the perusal of his Sermons, with these'
Stillingfleet, Taylor, and Tillotson. feW
The volume before us contains eight sermons, with &
fragments, never before published, making altogethe,
very handsome book. Of their merits generally, We crt
speak very highly ; though by no means equal Ole;
themselves in point of ability. We have no rooro.
",(
0 extracts to-day, but the passages which we intended
shall appear in the course of the week.

AMERICAN TONNAGE.

41X. moill
From the Report of the Secretary of the, Treasury re ;o,
made to Congress, the registered, inrolled, and. licensee *do '
nage of the United States amounts to 1,439,450 21-95
divided among the States and territories as follows
Tons.
Maine
New Hampshire 17,126 54-95ths.
Massachusetts 395,924 23-95ths.
Rhode Island
Connecticut 52,878 79-95ths•
Vermont 1,531 04-95ths.
New York
New Jersey...
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Maryland
District of Colombia
Virginia
2q
2552
6713041
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999595551;h
sgs,.. :
43,877 55-95ths.
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Ohio 9,683 72-95ths.
Tenessee 3,047 1-95ths.
Michigan 1,753 74-95ths.
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana 61,171 74-95ths.
Florida 1,911 2895tbi1.
Key West
It will be seen that New England owns nearly one-tw
the whole tonnage of the country. Massachusetts owns rAS 1
than one quarter, and has the largest amount of tonnage° titto,
State in the Union, _ having upwards of 26,000 tons re°r°
the State of New York.—Boston Post. ,

(From the Boston Post.) tsi'll
AMERICAN SIIIPPING.—A few days ago we gave a ous:
compiled from the late Treasury report, showing the *le
of American tonnage owned in the different states and It'
tories of the Union. We now give from the same rerow.
view of the tonnage for each year, from 1815 to 1832 1,01
sive. It will be seen that from 1828, the date of the f
law, to 1830, there was a very exti aordinary falling of
shipping interest, and that, in 1831 and 1832, after 609
ing of the West India trade, and the settling of the
question, there has been a gradual increase.
Tons.
1815
1816
1
1817
1818
1819
1820 1.280.1'5 24-95th5.
821
1822 1,324,699 17-95ths.
1823 1,336,665 68-95ths.
1824 1,389,163 02-9565.
1825 1,423,111 77-95th9.
1826 1,534,190 83-95th5•
1827 1,620,607 78-95th3•
1828 1,741,391 87-95th9•
1829
1,260,977 81-9565.
1830 1,191,776 43-95th5•
1831
126
29
78,46291:9552:.•
1832 1,439,450
rid
[The Post is in error as to the cause of the great aP
wit/
falling off in our shipping, from 1828 to 1829. It was,lclll
to a general overhauling of the register books, by 'IV'
was found that a large number of vessels remained on '
as so much tonnage, which in fact were lost, or had bee„ d',"
out of the country. All such vessels, so far as could
It
certained, were at that time struck off the books, and. MS
understood that care has since been taken to keep he 11",
044
from unreal tonnage. In this point of view, the increase,'
1829, is very satisfactory.)—Eds. Jour. Comm.

Among the circumstances which have attenaeat;
success of the constitutional cause in Portugal, there have ~ber)
none more truly gratifying than the honourable and 'lOO
treatment the British creditors have received from the Inal)
power at the close of this momentous struggle. Having pit
heretofore, in many points, the conduct of M. Carvaliol
nistry, we feel the more strongly called upon to expre,',#'
approbation of the wise policy which has regulated bis
tions with those, to whom the final triumph is P"of
owing, and who certainly incurred at the °,O
enormous risks by the assistance they gave. /
money subscribed was rendered on terms in Log
degree proportioned to that risk, but there was a period 5;11
before Napier's victory when all appeared lost, and but °oil
confidence with which the creditors then agreed to go 0.
Atp
further advances, total ruin must have been the conseqtlecot,
Now that all has turned out well and triumphantly, M.
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valho judiciously determines on overlooking the terms in;il
the contracts were made, in the consideration of the ine,/
ble use to whia they were put, and he therefore no sui"l
feels the resources of Portugal to be placed 'at his (lig 0
by the termination of the contest, than he br'ngs thelit),
bear on the acquittance in full for those claims out Of
so much benefit arose in the commencement to PortiV=
We do not refer more particularly to the text w re's?ei,
late decrees which have been published, and no doubt
lei
carefully by all concerned, but we think that in point of b°l.olf;
and good faith they may bear a comparison with the acts I.ol'
Ministry in any country in Europe. The example is °ole!
more va.ue at this moment, as we are on the eve of a
ment of claims far more extensive and important with ant
bouring country—Spain, who cannot but feel her charactcyoitt:
pride and honour roused to an imitation of it. Nothing tlti,
now astonish the whole of Europe more than to find ri!
Spain, with a representative Government and the mine,
hand in the Administration to which that must inevitabitd
shall consent to be outdone by a country so much below "'
real resources.—Morning Paper.
A Bordeaux paper states that a man named Breo
of English origin, was lately arrested on suspicion of 61'
tempt to poison a Madame 8., his partner in a spirit
upon whose affections he wished to make an impregoi
however, not being able to touch her heart, he was rer
to affect her stomach, and for that purpose called upon o
at the hour of breakfast with two rolls, one of which "-stii
himself, and offered her the other, but the lady, on the ty
gestion of a sagacious female gossip, who was present/ 00
there might be love-powders in the roll, refrained
,rit#
tasting it ; but, not having the same dread of its late
spiring effects upon the heart of her servant Louisa, Poo
lowed the girl to eat it, who soon after exhibited the
00)1
symptoms of being poisoned—violent vomiting, blueneslo
lips, &c. Prompt medical aid being called in, no faint
co
has yet resulted. • ill
Large quantities of mackerel have been catt,teo,
this neighbourhood, and sold at from 4d. to Bd. per °
other fish are also plentiful.—Sherborne Journal. -
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LIVERPOOL COTTON-MARKET, JULY •••
• niSt en
have had a fair demand for Cotton to-day, without ,toi,
change in prices. The transactions are :-3,000 bags, roo);
10kd. to 10-2,1 d. ; Pernams 1 led. ; Surats (for exportat.l,,o9,
bid. to 6-id. ; and the remainder American descriptiv
74d. to 91-d. per lb.
ost,
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CHOICE OF A `WIFE.--Rely upon it, that .0
woman as " a mistress," although a delicious deliritonlr of
toxication far surpassing that of champagne, is altogct`;bicii#
cssential, nay, pernicious, in the choice of a wife, 1,0,0
man ought to set about in his sober senses—choosingfot r
Mrs. Primrose did her wedding gown, for qualities 10'4,
" wear well." lam well persuaded that few love matcioPe
happy ones. One thing, at least, is true, that if 018, ;010 1
has its cares, celibacy has no pleasures. A Newton, 01:‘,405)
scholar, may find employment in study ; a man of 0:4
can receive in books a powerful auxiliary ; but a 0'..70 !"-1
have a bosom friend, and children around him, to clit"it;i,
support the dreariness of old age. Do you remembeling
He could neither read nor think, any wife, even a scoluAfter
would have been a blessing to that poor man. If "(i
" suitability" is the true foundation for marriage: lifee
parties be suited to one another, in age, situation in
teesto
man, indeed, may descend, where all else is fitting) 00
and constitution, these are the ingredients of a happy le of
..or, at least, a convenient one—which is all that poop
perience expect.—RandoVes Letters.