The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-12-17 00:00:00

PLAN OP A PERMANENT PIER

Mr. WAtiER, in scbmitting a plan for the purpose of
Obviating the present inconvenience in embarking and landing
at the Pier Heads, Said, that in the opinion Of•several nautical
men and others, it promised, though simple in itself, to realize
all the requisite advantages, at a comparatively light cost,
and without the introduCtion of complicated machinery, which
was often found to:be liableto damage or darangement. The
proposition was simply a permanent pier, applicable, more
particularly, in the first instance, to George's Pier. It
consisted of an isolated oblong stone pier—to be erected
immediately opposite the Public Baths, of •the full length of
that building, or about-300 feet, parallel with the sea wall, at
a distance from it of from 60 to 70 feet, and of a breadth
sufficient to secure at its outer side, at low water of spring
tides, a depth of 12 feet or thereabouts. This pier was pro,.
posed to be of the same hight, or top level, as the present
pier, and to communicate with it by a swing bridge, similar
to those now used in crossing the guts of the respective clacks.
It was to be rounded at both ends, so that vessels accidently
coming against either end might swing with the tide to either
side of it, and, get clear without damage.

Separate sets of steps are to be rorrned for the respec-
tive ferry-boats, and two tunnels, on inclined planes, for
carriages, cattle, &c.

The plan appeared to meet with the general approval of
those present, no objection to it being finally made.

MODELS OF VESSELS.-SUGGESTED VALUABLE IMPROVE-
MENT IN OUR MERCANTILE MARINE.
-

Mr. WALKER, after some remarks on the benefits to the
country of navigation and commerce, introduced to the no-
tice of the meeting a series of beautiful models, built by Mr.
Melling. The first was a model of a merchant ship of 400
tons,, in the ribbons, the- proposed dimensions of which
Were—

Length aloft
Beam for breadth 2B feet six inches.
bepth of hold
If with a poop, and top-gallant forecastle, 1 ft. less of depth.
This, said Mr. Walker, is an improvement on the ordinary
construction of merchant vessels, which, with few excep-
tions, it was Mr. Melling's opinion, had the besetting sin of
being too narrow and too deep, causing them to be crank,
and so impatient of sail as to be liable, under even a mode-
rate pressure of canvas, to lie down on their beam ends. In
some of them it was necessary to put ballast to keep them
on their legs, before they could discharge the whole of their
cargo. There were some cotton ships too of that construc-
tion, that most constantly carry from 100 to 200 tons of
ballast ; and this ballast—gravel, sand, and mud, which paid
no freight—getting wet, ground away, and tended to rot
the planks and timbers. These ships had also great lee-
wardness, and it was requisite sometimes to put them before
the wind. ere they could be pumped out—tightness being an
uncommon quality of such laboursome craft.

The William Sharpies, of this port, of about 918 tons bur-
den, built by Mr. Melling, on the construction of the model,
carried a large cargo of pine timber without an ounce of ballast
being required, and she sailed like a frigate. She made the
run from Quebec to Liverpool in sixteen days—the quickest
passage on record, the shoriest previously being nineteen
days. She came up with one of the New York dramatic line
ships,—all of which were fast vessels—off Cape Clear, and
after a tussel up the Channel, beat her by a tide. Both ves-
sels started on the same day, the one from New York, and
the other from Quebec. The William Sharpies had a full
and dead cargo—consequently deep ; the other a light and
general one, and in fine trim. The William Sharpies, which
was built as a monument to the memory of the deceased gen-
tlemen whose name she bears, had also made astonishingly
quick passages to and from Bombay, where she was hailed as
" The Liverpool frigate." She had been knoWn to go eleven
knots an hour for a fortnight together.
The proportions of merchant vessels of this class, which
Mr. Melling proposed, were :—The length, from stem to
stern-post aloft, of ships of 400 tons and upwards, to be four
times the beam. (In smaller vessels, considerably more
beam is required in proportion.) The depth for a flush-
decked vessel not to exceed two-thirds of the beam. If the
vessel have a quarter-deck and top-gallant forecastle,—one
foot shallower.

The next model exhibitsd was that of a piratical or fast-
sailing schooner,' also scientifically built, and in a more
finished state than the former. In the parlance of brother
Jonathan, " She looked' so slipperish and so elipperiBh that
sho would outsail, outwalk, outrun, or °Will any of the sail-
ing, walking, running; or flying tribe." It was remarkable
that there was a similarity in the shape of every one of her tim-
bers, which had been observed as far as possible throughout,
forming, nevertheless, a whole combining admirable propor-
tion- for a veritable " clipper." The model, which is of
polished mahogany, was much admired.

- Next was shewn a model of a corvette, of 700 tons bur-
then, arid calculated to carry 20 long-eighteen pounders, and
2 long twenty-four pounders, as stern-chasers. She is built,
framed; and timbered from the keel upwards precisely and
scientifically as the others, and planked and masted ready for
rigging. The dead-eyes are all welded on links, and she is
in every respect. superbly finished as a real ship, with masts
and yards correct in proportion. There is no paint on this
or the other aodels, the whole of which are of fine worid,
varnished to show the workmanship. h.'
A model of a New York pleasure-boat, " Miss Nancy,"
of peculiar construction, was then exhibited, similar to
one which he saw in America, and which sailed with astonish-
ing quickness.. She is of great breadth for her length, and
calculated for smoothish water. A keel of iron lowers in the
middle, to give her a good hold of the water; it works in a
water-tight well or case, rising a little above water mark, and
may be easily taken in, .in shallow water. If she touches the
ground it goes up of itself without damage. The general
length is 24 feet of keel, the breadth about 12 feet, and the
height of the mast is very great, being 41 times the beam.
These boats have but two sails,—and. the bottom of the
mainsail is lashed to the main boom, so that it will sit very
close to the wind. They draw 2 feet aft, and about 2 feet
forward.

The last model was that of a Bombay droger, a vessel of
antique and curious construction, the long projecting bow of
which forms her landing stage. This kind of vessel has been
in use for some-thousands of years amongst the easterns, and
excited much curiosity,

,A discussion then took place, in which several gentlemen
took part, on the proposed improvement of merchant ves-
sels, shown by the first model, and also, in practice, by the
success of the William Sharpies. The question of the com-
parative cost (ships being generally built at so much per ton
old measurement), and the apparent diminution of profit by
the plan under review, being mooted,
Mr. MELLING explained, that according to the present
mode of contracts for building, the merchant endeavoured to
get a ship of large stowage for her tonnage; and sacrificed
all her good sailing qualities to the solitary one of carrying,
which he considared injudicious and unprofitable in the
end. The length and breadth only were taken into account
by the old measurement, and a ship measured by it no
more with ten, feet of hold than if she had twenty. The
measurement could, certainly, be nearly ascertained by it,
while the ship was laid down, or on the stocks, which could
not be done till the hull was finished by the new mode of
measurement, which required the breadth and depth to be
taken into account in several diVisions and subdivisions
pointed out by law. Coasti4vessels only were benefitted by
it, owing to their comparative shallow ness, and were as a class
superior to our sea-going- ships, for whiCh the new measure-
ment, though it permitted some improvement, did not supply
an altogether adequate remedy. Until the law was altered
the only way to obviate this disadvantage, without injury to
the builder, and with advantage to the 'hip as regards her
sea-worthiness, was, for the merchant, before he entered
into a contract for building, to ascertain the dimensions he
wanted, as dictated by experience of good ships, and con-
tract for the work not by the ton, but for a lump sum. By
this means both parties would be satisfied, and we should
have a generally finer class of vessels. From the peculiar
construction of the William Sharpies, she registered 918 tons
old measurement, and (contrary to the general run of vessels)
only 760 by the new. At the former she was not so very
profitable as ships on the old plan, but by the new she
carried as much as most ships of equal tonnage, and was
navigated as cheaply and much more safely. The cost, he
said, would be but triflingly increased by giving ships a little
More beam; deducting it in tonnage from the depth. The
builder would only have to lengthen the floorings and beam
a little, and add a few more deck planks, which was but a
small consideration in building a large ship, and would cost
very little more in labour.

The PRESIDENT corroborated Mr. Melling's opinion, that
the present tonnage laws required amendment, as they
operated detrimentally on the naval architecture of the
country.
A GENTLEMAN remarked that ships of the present con-
struction carried more than those built on that proposed, and
he should like to know how the ledger would stand with
regard to the latter at the end of the year?
Mr. WALKER remarked, that as it had been shown beyond
dispute that the present deep wall-sided cotton ships and others
had to take a large quantity of ballast, he could not see what
credits could be placed in the ledger, for the carriage of a
quantity of gravel and mud, which cost a considerable sum
to load and discharge, and paid no freight. (A laugh.)
Finally
,a general impression appeared to pervade the
room, that Mr: Melling's model for a merchantman was ex-
ceedingly judicious and desirable.
PROPOSED IMPROVEMENT OF SHIPS' RUDDERS.

Mr. J. S. WALKER submitted a small model showing a
proposed improvement in rudders. It consisted simply of a
long plate of spring metal, six to ten feet in length, according
to the size of the vessel, attached to the keel, countersunk into
it, and secured forward only by bolts. These plates are to
extend a little beyond the usual rudder at its bottom.
When the helm is amidships both lie flat against it, and have
then, of course, no effect on the steerage. When the helm,
which need not be so broad as usual, is put to port or star-
board, the plate on that side is raised, and forms a curve
like a fish's tail when turning, the other remaiuing flat with
the keel; and this, it is supposed, will greatly facilitate the
steerage, without forming so strong a stopwater as the pre-
sent rudder. The plates arc fixed higher than the keel, so
that they would not be carried away, even if the vessel's heel
took the ground. .

A model of a windlass, by Mr. G. P. Payne, was also ex-
hibited.

The PRESIDENT then rose, and delivered an eloquent
address, which was listened to with marked attention
throughout.

Mr: ROSSON passed an animated and eloquent encomium
on the ability and zeal of the retiring president ; he also
pourtrayed in lively colours the rapid progress and utility of
this society, and concluded by moving—" That the thanks
of this meeting be given to our worthy president, for his able
conduct in the chair, and his zeal in promoting the welfare
of this society ; and also for the admirable address which he
has just delivered, and that he be requested to allow the
same to be published with the Annual Transactions of this
society."

The motion was seconded by Mr. C. F. SALT, and carried
with acclamations.

Of the thirty-four Irish local crown solicitors appointed
by the late Government only two were Protestant.
PATENT HATGLIARD.—Professor Espy, in his theory of
storms, shows that the tendency of the currents of air is ge-
nerally upwards ; this is the reason, we presume, why the
hats and caps worn by mortal man have a tendency to quit
the head, and, after traversing the regions of air, to perform
certain ungraceful evolutions against the mud. Most per-
sons must have experienced the inconvenience of walking in
exposed situations in stormy weather. Either one hand must
be occupied in holding on the hat, or away it will assuredly
go, and he must be a clever mathematician who can calculate
where it is likely to stop. As we are now in the midst of the
season of storms, our readers will probably be obliged to us
if we not only name the inconvenience, bat point out a re-
medy. This is well provided in an ingenious contrivance
which has been recently presented under the denomination
of Biggs' Patent Elastic Hatguard, This hand may be
worn with the greatest ease and comfort, and while it holds
the hat moderately tight to the head, all inconvenient pressure
is avoided. We recommend a trial of this useful invention.

•
CERESIONY,-PLIBLIt IireANTA,
THE ERRORS OP TIIQ RONIIBI-1

It cannot but be gratifying to the friends of pure and un.
defiled religion, at a time when
.the Protestant churgh of
these realms has to contend with the bitter hostility of open
enemies no less than against the tergiversations of false
friends, to observe the increasing affection of the poor for
that church. Numbers are perpetually waiting upon her
ministrations who, without her watchful care, would be in-
cluded in the ranks of infidelity ; and in the proportion that

her ministers are zealous, laborious, devoted, and affection-
ate, is she gaining converts from those who, whilst professing
to hold the same faith, deteriorate that faith by idolatrous
worship and unscriptural ceremonies.
This latter proposition received a very remarkable exem-
plification on Wednesday, in St. Jude's Church, when five
persons, all of mature years, in the presence.of an overflow-
ing congregation, publicly recanted and abjured the errors of
the Church of Rome, in which they had been nurtured. In
the first instance, three other Roman Catholics [making
sight in the whole] intended thus openly to enter into the
communion of the Church of England, but between the pe-
riod when they intimated their desire and the celebration of
the service, some concealed influence so worked upon their
fears that they did not make their appearance at the appoint-
ed time. We have great pleasure, however, in saying that
conversions from Popery are rapidly increasing, and that
the service which we are about to describe, is likely to be
repeated in other chuiches besides St. Jude's.
The. Church of England has no preScribed form of recanta-
tion of error; and, therefore, the Rev. Hugh M'Neile, the
incumbent of the church, prepared one from Archbishops
Tennison and Magee, which he has printed for circulation.
The preface to this tract is.sorneWhat curious, and we insert
it as eiving a clear expositlon of the mind of the reverend
compiler when he undertook the office :-

I
'4` n the early part ortliFiast Century, considerable exer-
tions were made for tic6'-iiiiiigirit:VVer from the
Rome to our communion such persons aS were found disL
satisfied 'with..the tenets of that faith. From the 35th of
Elizabeth down to that, period, very Mile
,appears to have
been done in the way of 'directing the clergy of the Church
of England-by what ceremony-,theY should proceed in such
cases, it being left to r,he discretion of the diocesan and his
ordinaries within their seimiljurisclictions ; for the statute law,
although it provided a public and open form of submisson
and declaration to be made in church, of conformity TO THE
QUEEN'S LAWS AND STATUTES,'. as a security to the civil go-
vernment, had yet failed to prescribe a form of recantation of
error. Numerous formularies were to be met with; Bishop.
Kennett says that he had seen more than a hundred, and several
of them were. printed ; an inconvenience which at length be-
came. so great, as a part of the public discipline of the church,
that Queen Anne, in a letter of instruction to the House of
Convocation in 1710; as to the briiiness whereon they were
to proceed, enjoins them; among ocher offices, to draw up a
" form for receiving converts from the Church of Rome ;"
and, in a similar letter of instruction, in March, 1714, her
Majesty was pleased to repeat this injunction.—Slonestreet.

_ .
"A form was accordingly prepared by Archbishop Tenison,
but, owing probably to the death of the Queen the same
year, it was never ratified by royal authority.

" I❑ 1827, the Rev. G. S.,G. Stonestreet, chaplain to his
Royal Highness the Duke of York, published a reprint of
this form. In an introduction to it he says But although
the form'isthns.deficient, as a positive part of the Liturgy ;
yet, whether from the great. authority of the prelate who
composed.it, or f1)111 the,ittentiOn paid to it in convocation,
it has continued in use,to _this. day.
,There is a manuscript
copy of it among the papers of Jr. Chandler, Bishop of
Durham, (additional MSS,_British Museum. No. 6484, vol.
XXV. 3.,) with.several.erasures and slight alterations in the
bishop's handwriting. It. is stated, upon the best authority,
that Bishop Porteus always read this form in the diocese of
Chester, and after his translation ; and it is the only one now
known in the diocese of London.' "
" The form here printed differs from that of Archbishop
Tenison only by the introduction of a few questions, used
and recommended by his grace the late Archbishop of
Dublin."

" The editor can adopt the language of Mr. Stonestreet
He has felt the want of such a form, and thought that a
republication at such a moment might be found of peculiar
nse, and save the trouble of privaite persons composing new
and arbitrary forms, and prevent danger of running into too
great a variety of them.' It would ill become him to dwell
upon the caution with which such a form should be used,
although he believes the advice given by several of the pre-
lates to the parochial clergy, about the time it was composed,
to be as much as ever necessary, namely, to be well satisfied
of the willingness and sincerity of a convert, especially when
a stranger, before receiving him, and to give the ceremony
all the solemnity belonging to it, without unnecessary osten-
tation, or too great notoriety.' "

The service„ commenced at two o'clock in the afternoon.
The Rev. Hugh Wlsleile, the officiating minister, took his
place at the communion table, and the five persons to be re-
conciled stood without the rails. The various exhortations,
collects and psalms being read,and the several eonverts having
each separately for himself renounced all the errors and su-
perstitions of the Rornish Church, the officiating minister
standing up, said . '

" Almighty God, who hath given you a sense of your
errors, and a will to do all these things, grant you also
strength And power to perform the same, that he may ac-
complish his work which he hath begun in you, through
Jesus Christ our LohI.—AMEN."

Then the minister took each convert by the right hand,
and said to him,
. _

" 1, Hugh Wistede, minister of this church, do, upon this
thy solemn profession and earnest request, receive 'thee into
the holy communion of the Church of England, in the name
of the Father, and of the Son, and of the'Holy Ghost."
To this all the people responded Amen.
After this followed a prayer of thanksgiving to the Al-
mighty for his greatmercy and goodness in bringing these
people into the communion of the church, and beseeching
him to give them stability and perseveralice in the faith'; and
the service terminated by the rev. 'gentleman pronouncing
the customary benediction.

.
A hymn was then sung, and Mr. M'Neile ascended the
pulpit for the purpose of addressing the congregation.
The text selected by the rev. gentleman was the 16th verse
of the 6th Chapter of. the Prophecies of Jeremiah—" Thus
saith the Lord, stand vein the ways and see, and ask for the
old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye
shall find rest for yOur souls."

My brethren, proceeded the preacher, I need not offer any
preliminary observations for the purpose' of winning your
attention, and exciting your interest, to the circumstances
under which we are now assembled. The controversy which
we have been carrying on so long in words has come upon
us in facts. It liaS come upon our country in facts upon
both sides. Membersof our church have joined the church
of Rome, and members of the church of Rome have joined
us. The controVersy is becoming practical, and more and
more so daily, .1 feel it'a duty which I owe to myself, to the
members of my own congregation here present, to the
strangers who. may be 'here assembled upon this occasion,
and to those who ha've noW confessed their earnest desire to
he enrolled in. the communion of our- church, and solemnly
abjured the fearful enormities of the papal:system, both in
its political usurpations andin, its false theology. An histo-
rical statement will be upon the whole the most explanatory
and the most satisfactory. In offering an historical state-
ment, a distinction must be borne in mind from the very
outset, to the want of which, as appears to me, much con-
fusion hangs upon, the supposed history of this great ques-
tion. The distinctionl refer -to is between the history of
the public authoritative documents of the church, and the
history of individuals teathing in the church. I invite your
attention first to a very brief sketch of the history .of the
public authoritative documents of the church. This will
throw light upon the question of antiquity which is so much
discussed. The basis of all Christian faith we believe to be
the holy scriptures; but I must advance from that at once in
the present instance, to consider the authorised documents
of the primitive church. These are in number, three; they
are brief, they are explicit—the Apostle's creed, the Nicene
creed, and the Athanasian creed. The date of the apostle's
creed is not known ; it is found to have existed from a very
early period. The date of the Nicene creed is from the
council.pf Nice, in the year 321 ; and until then there does
not appear to have been any public authoritative Catholic
document except the apostle's creed. The date of the
Athanasian creed is nearly the same as that of the Ni-
cene creed. These three compose the faith, the saving
faith, of the Christian church ; they contain the " tri-
nity in unity, the unity in trinity, neither confounding
the person nor dividing the substance ; " they contain
the incarnation, the life, death, resurrection, ascension,
and second coming of our Lord Jesus Christ the person and
agency in the prophets, as well as in the Christian church, of
the Holy Ghost ; the existence of a body distinguishable from
all bodies, and called by the name of the church ; the com-
munion existing among the members of that church ; the fact
of forgiveness of sins in that church ; the belief of the resur-
rection of the flesh ; and the anticipation of eternal life after
death. ThiS was the Catholic faith. Observe, lam not now
speaking of the opinion that individuals held. The distinc-
tion I made at the outset keeps, or is intended to keep, that
out of sight for the present. I speak of the public authori-
tative Catholic documents of the church—they were these
three, and none other. These three were received by public
assemblies of the church as containing the faith. The second
general council was held at Constantinople in the year 381 ;
and these three creeds, or rather the Nicene creed, as it is
comprehensive and sufficient, were received by that council
as the faith of the church. The third general council was
held at Ephesus in the year 431. In this council the deci-
sion of the church as an aggregate body went still further.
It not only recommended the Nicene creed as the faith of
the Christian church, but it rejected all attempts at substi-
tuting anything else, or adding anything to it. The decree
of the council of Nice concerning the faith of the church at
that time is most important. It is transcribed in this, and I
will read it. Having read it, he continued—Mark the deter-
mination of this holy synod, that if any person should pro-
pose, should offer, should compose or propose any other form
of creed than that which was agreed upon by the council of
Nice, the persons 'so doing, if they were clergy, should be
degraded, and if they were laymen, should be anathematised.
So stood the faith of the Christian church to the year 431 ;
the Nicene creed, and 'the Nicene creed alone, was the re-
cognised symbol of the, Catholic faith. A decree of this coun-
cil seemed to set the matter at rest for many centuries. No---
attempt was made for centuries to interfere with, to add to,
or diminish from, the Nicene creed. When the council of
Trent met in the 16th century, they, too, recognised the
Nicene creed as the faith of the church. During all their
sittings, whatever matters they may have discussed, they
recognised the Nicene creed as the Catholic faith. It was
not till the conclusion of the sittings of that council that any
other form of faith was proposed ; no one had dared to do it;
the decree of the council of Ephesus was against it ; and until
the close of the sittings of the council of Trent, no one presu.
med to do it. Who, then, was it that had first presumed to do
it ? Who was it that first propounded another form of faith, to
be received as Catholic faith without which no one should be
saved ? It was not a layman, it was not a common clergyman,
it was not merely a bishop, nor even a' cardinal only—it was
a Pope himself ! Pope Pius IV., who was the reigning pontiff
at the time the Council of Trent closed their sittings, com-
manded, and they yielded, to add, as the Catholic faith, a
new, a totally new, creed, consisting of twelve articles which,
whatever individuals may have said about them, had never
till that hour been propounded as the Catholic faith. Till
that time the Nicene creed, with its companions the Apotles'
creed and the Athanasian creed; were the only authenticated
Catholic documents of the church. Now my brethren, with
this brief sketch of history as regards the public documents
of the church, look at our present position. For the last
300 years there has been the old creed and the new creed.
The old one originating with the Apostles, confirmed at Nice,
guarded at Ephesus, continued for centuries till Trent—and
continued till now. We hold the old creed still—open your
prayer-bookstand there you have it—the Apostles' creed, the
Nicene creed, the Athanasian creed—and we utterly reject,
in compliance with the decree of the Council of Ephesus, any
attempt to propound a new creed different from that which
was approved by the Council of Nice. Along with this for
the last 300 years, there is a new creed, the creed of Pope
Pius IV. Our creed was 1500 years old before his creed was
propounded. The members of the Roinish church adhere to
his creed, and they are contending for a creed which is but
300 years old as a public document. We protested against
its an innovation upon the ancient' apostolical creed, and
we have stood in an attitude of 'protesting for the last 300
years—protesting against novelties, protesting against innova-
tions that never had been heard of until the reign of Pope
Pius IV. Now as regards the public documents of the church,
the authorized, the authoritative, Catholic documents, this
sketch of history is undeniable ; and see where it places us
now ; see where it places our friends who have just renounced
it. It will be a consolation to them if they understand it; it
will be a consolation to them to know that they are not for-
saking Catholic antiquity, to know that they are not giving
up the old faith, that they are in no wise giving up the old
creeds. When they take the Church of England prayer-book

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the church ruled as her faith for fifteen hundred years.
They will not find the creed of Pope Pius IV. there : they
will not find that. What is it, then, that they are leaving be-
hind them ? They are leaving behind them the noyelties of
the sixteenth century, and they are cleaving afresh to the
antiquities of apostolic truth. lam persuaded that this will
be a satisfaction to thei- hearts, and 1 hope it will throw light
upon the subject, in this general view of it, to all your
minds. With regard to this view I must say to them in the,
language of Jeremiah of old—" Stand ye in the waYs
walk
see, and ask for the old paths where is the good way and a
therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls."
The rev. gentleman having addressed some appropriate ex-
hortations to the converts, in most affectionate lang9age,
then entered upon the consideration of the history of indi-
vidual teaching in church, from which he had before distin-
guished the history of its public authoritative Catholic
will
ments. Of this part of his discourse a short summon'
best suit the state of our columns. The first teachers 0f the
Christian church had themselves been either Jews or pupils
in some school of heathen philosophy : they had been either
Jews or Platonists or Pythagoreans. When these men were,
converted, they were not inspired as the apostles were, and
therefore it was but fair to look upon and judge them accord-
ing to the common principles of human nature. The prejudice:
of education are strong ; they cleave to men's minds ; and .
was difficult for even a converted man, honestly so, to shake
off the early prejudices of his education. • We could under-
stand very well how these early teachers in the Christianchurch might be orthodox in sentiment, and that when
sh
and calm they sat down to construct a creed, they owd
construct an orthodox creed—as that of Nice ; but we could
also understand very well that the same men, when warmed
in their subject in teaching, and excites in their studies with
the pen in their hand, and writing at large, or still more ex-
cited in their pulpits when speaking to the people,
upon the stores of their early education : nay, we could net
Understand how they could avoid it. It was miraculous how
the apostles themselves avoided Judaising; indeed, it was
a.
proof of their inspiration ; for they were educated as Jews,
yet, from the moment the Holy Ghost descended upon then?;
there was no Judaising in their teachings. Not so wed
u.
with the men who were uninspired engrafted the eects of early erM"..
cation broke out in them ; and they the remnants of
Platonism and Pythagorism and Judaism uon the doctrinesi
of the gospel of Christ.. Hence, the worshippilig of a, °go%
—which Paul cautioned the Colossians against, or dern.',4
—which made part of the Platonic philosophy. So wit°
gard to the Phythagorean philosophy. An important featuow
in Pythagorism was celibacy, another was abstinence froth
certain meats, another keeping the secrets of their profeele
—the arcane—from the public, and practising reserve Mew.
communication of their sacred knowledge. We sattb,: was
ments of Papery in the Pythagorean philosophy. Pei; the
the commencement of the individual false teaching '"gegt
church : but for 1500 years they did not go so far as M s".he
the public authoritative documents which were to hind In
church catholic. These errors were found among some ":
dividuals : other individuals opposed them : there were ecti
troversies going on. Many of these errors were orbiter
and preached by the celebrated men whom we called the the
thers of the church, to whom we were now referred for !e.,
I true view of Christianity, and invited to receive all that t?_?..
said. Now how should we distinguish between what they
said after Christ, and what they said after Pyther)rssi(t),h
Plato ? How should we determine but by comparing !tli-A.
Christ and the apostles ? But it was said though no in 74
dual father claimed our deference, yet their universal conga,
did. Their consent was pleaded as a ground of deferen
why it was our duty to receive what they wrote. Well : UP'
the only points wherein they did universally consent, ive
receive them : they had an universal consent upon otherthNl
cene creed, and we received the Nicene creed. UP"I
points they differed with one another, and,tehueeenif:errTateon9;
was no universal consent at all. So, then, th
sent of individuals was given to the authoritative documen for
ts,
of the church—and that was given to the Nicene creed-
blseonOoye
otherars .
universal There wasno
consent.othe rTheredocument,
w er
were much
t h e r e could
many individuals went astray, and there was
versy ; but no universal consent—no catholic document,,
Now, when that new creed of Pope Pius IV. was put
it was so constructed that the teachers of these philosoplu
falsehoods could adhere to it. It was natural to the corn
heart of man in many of its parts, and the old creed ladled
simplicity was not natural, and, therefore, it was reel)", a
mnfeby ceornrtop;:
to by hundreds—it was the thing that the false teachers '1!,1
long looked forward to, and now they had got it. But stmt
God did not leave himself without a witness : he did no
leave himself without hearts that slave to the prirnitive clocu:
went, hearts that slave to the original creeds, and tongr
that protested against the innovating falsehood. The mar;
rite that took to the falsehood formed the Romish churcii
and the minority that slave to the primitive documents
formed what we call the protestant church.
In conclusion, the rev. gentleman adverted to the
ImPthe
tance of circulating sound scriptural instruction
working classes, eulogised, as a means of so doing, the
testant Associations, and proposed that a collection show':
Protestant
be made at the doors in aid of the funds of the
Operative Association.
We understand that the collection amounted to £22.
attiong_ •
LWe strongly recommend the form for receiving converts
from the Church of Rome into the communion of the Churc!l
of England, compiled and published by the Rev. liggu
M'Neile, to the attentive perusal both of sound and waveriq
Protestants. It is a most instructive and improving compi-
lation, full of the fervour and simplicity which are the cha-
racteristics of our noble liturgy. We believe that the con!'
pilation has the sanction of several venerable prelates. It
is
published in a form adapted for general circulation, and we
trust it will have an extensive sale.]

ipene c

FORTHCOMING MEASURES OF SIR R. PEEL'S

GOVERNMENT,

eeta
And what are these ?—the reader will exclaim, as he g l=
at the heading of the few remarks which we are now about W
place before him. Has the cautious baronet drawn aside the
veil which hides the features of his purposed policy ? Hes
he allowed any eaves-dropper—any peeping, prying scribe--
to hang about the closed doors of his cabinet, and filch (Nal
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and the matter of Sir Robert's measure and Yet'
this, we can discern sufficient to afford foundation for eon"
gratulation upon the prospects and hope for the coming
storation to contentment and solid prosperity
abused and distracted country. We can see sufficient to as-
sure us that the troubled sky is clearing, and that We are at
length about beginning, beneath the steady light of day,
and by the aid of practical experience and wisdom, to repair
the dilapidations which, during the last ten years of gla"'
of this late
and unsettled principles in legislation, have been permitted
to spread themselves through every existing interest of the
country, and to root up the rank errors which choke, the
growth of its greatness and its happiness.
The details of the' measures which Sir Robert Peel will
propound to parliament, during the approaching session. are
not known ; but it is sheer folly to declare that the character
of those measures is hidden from any man who chooses to
make use of his eyes and his understanding. It is clear, in
the first instance, that the right hon. baronet conteraplatel
no speculative legislation—no measures subversive of the
existing balance of the •constitution—norbing
to impede or
materially to alter its present working. We shall have no
abstract principles to discuss; no all-important theories to
weigh and decide upon. On the contrary, every indication
'around us proves that the attention of parliament will at
length be called to practical and remedial measures in every
department of our commerce and finance, as well as in our
social system ; and we have also a confident assurance that
those measures will not be entered upon without the ministry
being in possession of full information to enable it to legislate
upon them with advantage to the interests of the community-
The most important measures of this character are those
which affect the productiveness of the revenue, and the
pressure of taxation upon the various interests of the country
and to these questions it is obviously the intention of Sir
Robert Peel to devote himself. The inquiries which are at
the present moment going on in our own port, are sufficient
proof, if even we had none else, of the intention to legislate
in this direction. From other manifestations, however, de-

rived from information upon which we can confidently rely.
we are satisfied that not any mere alteration of the mode of
collecting the revenue of the country is in the contemplation
of the government, but that an entire re-modification 4f
our
import duties themselves—not founded upon the one-sided
report of the late Whig committee, but upon unbiassed evi-
dence, collected by personal investigation, and based upon
the opinions and experience of unimpeachable witnesses--
will form a leading measure for discussion at an early period
of the session.

We have direct assurance, too, of the introduction of other
practical measures, of vast importance to our manufacturing
and commercial interests. There can be no question, for
instance, with respect to the adoption of a measure to afford
greater encouragement to the improvement of the higher
branches of our manufactures, and to arrest our downward
progress in the scale of excellence and taste, as compared
with die manufacturers.of other countries, by the extension
Of the period of copyright of designs in calico printing, wed/a;
ing, &c. We have little doubt either of the introduction of
a bill for the regulation of factories. We look also to con-
siderable benefits to be derived from a well devised measure
for the regulation of emigration to our colonies ; not as our.

whig contemporaries are anxious to represent it, a measure
to enable the government to draw off our industrial population
to those colonies—uot to stimulate emigration, but to direct
it, and to protect those whom circumstances induce to quit
our shores from the frauds to which they are exposed previous
to their departure, as well as to aid them in the deportation
of their industry to those new countries where it may be most
profitably employed. We anticipate besides many important.
legal reforms ; vast practical improvements of the machinery
of measures which whig legislation has left imperfect; and
the permanent and satisfactory settlement of many questions
which have been purposely left open for agitation to catch at
and whig charlatanrie to hang professions upon.
But the question of all questions—the corn law—what of
that? Why, reader, simply this much we know of it:—that
it will be taken up by Sir Robert Peel with the unanimous
support of his cabinet, and that it will be settled, without
stooping to the demands of agitation on the one hand, or, on
the other, disregarding the just demands of the industry of the
nation. We have no fears with regard to the settlement of
this much mooted question. We rely with confidence upon
the integrity of intention, united with the experience and
sound views of the majority of the cabinet ; and we do this
the more readily because we are assured that they will ap-
proach its consideration in a practical spirit and with a firm
determination to legistate, apart from faction, for the welfare
of the ageregate people. There is no real difficulty about the
question except that with which faction and misrepresentation
have surrounded it; and we venture to predict that the measure
which, we expect, Sir Robert Peel will bring forward will be
received with gratitude and satisfaction by nine-tenths of the
community.

The present long-continued rains have, very naturally,
resulted in the overflowing of the principal rivers of Engird;
and considerable inconvenience, with no little destruction,
has been the consequence. The Thames, the Trent, the
visted the inhabitants of the various neighbour-
hoods9 Medway, the Tame, the Avon, &c., &c., have
sSeevveerrani
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with an overflow, in some instances such as has not
been experienced for years.

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ANNUAL RECITATIONS AND DELIVERY OF
PRIZES AT THE ROYAL, INSTITUTION.

The
yeste annual recitations and delivery of prizes took place
tee theatre
at the Royal Institution, Colquitt-streat, when
„ eatre, including the gallery, was crowded by a highly
eeel)ectable and fashionable assemblage of ladies and gentle-
Est', the former preponderating. Joseph Brooks Yates,
In(st. was president upon the occasion. The pupils of the
ef itotion were ranged on the side forms in the lower part
tee theatre, whilst those, to the number of twelve, who
here selected to deliver recitations, with those to whom the
Ziztformwere to be awarded, occupied a seat in front of the
toTsbe Rev. Dr. Iliff, immediately upon the arrival of the
~„ur aPpointed—twelve o'clock-calied upon the pupils to
'''.l.n.rnerice their recitations. • •
of tithe first reeitation was the scene from Shakspeare's play
rie enrY V., in which the young monarch, upon his acces-
__sa‘ to the throne, expresses his satisfaction with the firm-
-117 displayed by the Chief Justice in having executed the law
Aou himself for his violent conduct whilst Prince of \\, ales.
Tee dignified justification of the Chief Justice was delivered
ZY grcefully, and with very appropritate action, by Master
ability
and the part of Henry sustained with considerable
by Master POOLE ; and both younr, gentlemen were
renrded With the warm approbation of the audience.
j:1:11e next was a Latin recitation, by Mr. CHILTON,
ues-h of Turnus, from Virgil's .lEnead ; and to thosewho
.!re but partially acquainted with the author, the spirit and
,_;orrectness of tone with which it was delivered must have
trseyed a great portion of the beauty of the passage, into
entered fall appreciation of which the reciter had evidently
.froerea ; whilst to every classical scholar it must have
Jded unmixed gratification.
Mr. SALUSBURY delivered, with considerable feeling and
effect; a poem, " My Three Sons," by Moultrie, and was
e reralY applauded, although the piece itself was not one
‘!„ d for the display of the graces of elocution.
Mr. MILNER gave, with considerable energy, and, what
7, better, with correct enunciation, Helen's description to
IP,III of the Grecian Chiefs, .in the original Greek of the
of. The only desideratum, in our opinion, of this beau-
-1111 and somewhat arduous effort was a better preservation
°, the stately rhyth of the author. Mr. Milner was loudly
arid deservedly applauded.
The next recitation was by Mr. WILLINK, and was very
Prettily given, although the producfion itself was quite un-
worthy of being selected for such an occasion.
Mr. BENSON recited from the Greek of Plato, the Dis-
F.ourse of Socrates upon the Immortality of the Soul. It was
beautifully and impressively delivered, and elicited marked
aPPrObatioll.
11*. HARRISON gave, with great chasteness and taste,
I.at,shough occasionally with somewhat too little energy, the
The
of Music," by Dryden.
l'he gem, if we may so term it, of the recitations was the
ticene from Terence, given by Masters BOUTFLOWER and
trtrreitErt. Nothing could 'be finer than the picture of
subserviency and plausible cunning depicted in the tones
sadmanner of Master Boutflower, as the " Parasite," un-
less we except that of the opposite qualities of " the patron,"
?is depicted by Master Fletcher. The enunciation too of
both was beautifully distinct ; and the whole was received
*ith, and deserved, the loudly expressed approbation of the
audience.
" The Prisoner of Chillon," by Byron, was given with
great taste and feeling, by Mr. BANNER, and was loudly
4PPlauded.
Milton,
concluding recitation was the noble description, by
Milton. of " The Battle of the Angels," and was given
very spiritedly Master GeansToNE.
The President, JOSEPH BROOKS YATES, Esq., then rose
to deliver the prizes to the successful competitors, previous
to doing which he expressed himself in highly flattering
terms of the recitations which had just been delivered, and
Particularized especially that of Mr. MILNER. He' com-
mented at the same time upon the excellent conduct which had
distinguished the pupils generally, and in a few feeling re-
Marks impressed upon them the all importance of preserving,
together with their attainments in learning, correct morality.
tle then explained briefly the motives by which the corn-
tnittee and Dr. Iliff had been actuated in abstaining at the
Present meeting from awarding the classical prizes to any of
the seven young gentlemen whose names appeared as the
most worthy to contend for it. Five of these had been
selected for the university ; and it was thought better in
order to forward their proficiency that they should be con-
tinued a little longer in their course of amicable emulation.
He took the opportunity now, on the part of the toaster,
the Rev. Dr. Iliff, of correcting an error which might go
abroad—that this was solely or chiefly a university school.
The number of pupils which it had hitherto furnished for
academical education were very few. It had seldom been
More than at the rate of two in a year, although this present
quarter six had left for Oxford and Cambridge. The edu-
cation which they designed to supply was one which would
k the pupils to adorn any station or profession to which
they might be called. •
Messrs. WILLINK and CHILTON were then called up to
receive the prizes for mathematical proficiency, in the course
°f which both were highly complimented by the president;
and in corroboration of what had been before stated with re-
spect to the objects of the course of education pUrsued in the
school, Dr. ILIFF explained that Mr. WlLLisx. had, only a
few weeks ago, been decided upon to go to the university,
and that, in consequence of his proficiency in his studies.
He remarked also that the competitors for the mathematical
Prizes were required to have a certain proficiency in the clas-
sics as well.

The prizes awarded were—to
Mr. WILLIN K—Wordsworth's Greece and Martin's Edition
of Milton;
Mr. CHlLTON—Curiosities of Literature and Wilkinson's
Ancient Egyptians ;
the whole in beautiful bindings.
The prizes for the drawing class were awarded to Messrs.
BANNER and DEsynEux, as follows, viz., to
Mr. BANNER—Haydon's Dictionary of Dates.
Mr. DESPREUX—Sir Walter Scott's Poem of " Marmion."
The names of the seven young gentlemen, selected for fur-
ther competition for the classical prize, were Messrs. BAN-
NER,
BENSON, BOUTFLOWER, FLETCHER, GLADSTONE,
HARRISON, and MILNER. We have arranged them, as
given in the printed bills, alphabetically, in order to avoid
the appearance of preference. It was announced by Dr.
ILIFF, that die president, Mr. YATES, had intimated to him
his intention •of presenting to the successful competitor a
Most valuable and splendid work, at present in course of
Publication, viz., a " Dictionary of Greek and Roman Anti-
quities," which, when completed, would be a prize worthy
of the acceptation of any scholar.
Mr• YATES then moved that the thanks of the audience
were due to Doctor ILIFF, the head master of the school,
and to his four tutors, for the gratification which had been
afforded to them by the interesting recitations which they
had heard.
The motion was seconded by Mr. INMAN, and was re-
sponded to with loud acclamations, after which Dr. ILIFF
briefly returned thanks, and the meeting dispersed.
We cannot conclude our hasty notice of this gratifying ex-
hibition without expressing our warm satisfaction with the
degree of proficiency displayed by the- pupils who were
brought forward on the occasion ; a proficiency—and the pro-
mise which it afforded, as well, of better things to come—
which must have been the source of highly delightful feelings
to those of their parents and friends who were present.

LATEST PROM THE UNITED STATES

By the paeket-ship Roscius, Captain Collins, which sailed
from New York on the 27th ltimo, we have received files of
American papers to the above date, inclusive, The Roscius
has made the passage across the Atlantic in eighteen days,
and has brought 29 cabin passengers. On the 7th instant
she fell in with the wreck of the Erin-go-Bragh, Sumpton,
of this port, homeward bound, from Quebec. The Erin-go-
Bragh was in a sinking state, and the Roscius took on board
the captain, J. W. Merritt, a passenger and 19 of the 'crew,
all of whom she has brought to Liverpool. The vessel sunk
immediately after the Roscius quitted her. So imminent
was the peril of those who were so fortunately rescued that
they had no time to save an article of their property.
The news brought by the Roscius was not generally im-
portant. The politicians were speculating on the probable
course of events during the approaching session of congress.
The whig majority was somewhat reduced, but it was be-
lieved', if no division occurred amongst the party themselves
that it would be sufficient to enable them to carry their mea-
sures. The markets presented but little appearance of ac-
tivity. Cotton and flour were exceedingly dull. The daily
sales of the former were to small amount, and the stock of
the latter on hand at New York not more than 150,000 bar-
rels. , It was believed that the shipments to England would
produce some effect on the market. The quotations were for
Canal to 6 621 dole. ; Ohio 6,50 a 6,624 dole.; Michigan to
6,50 a 56i dots. ; and GeorgetOwn to 6,50. It appears that
the news of the probable scarcity in England some time
since drove the market up, and that it has been recently
getting down to its proper level. The stock market was
heavy and prices falling. Exchange on England was 94 to
10 per cent. premium.
There appears to be still much conversation touching the
right of England to search the merchant ships of the United
States. The subject is one which has been very industri-
ously stirred for the purpose of exciting a feeling of hostility
towards England. It is generally alleged that this country
claims a right to search American merchant ships. The first
allegation was, that certain English cruisers, having found
that slave vessels were in the habit of dealing under the Ame-
rican flag, by mistake boarded and searched a merchant
vessel. Some correspondence it seems has passed on the
subject with Lord Palmerston, but in what state he has left
the question we know not. It was very generally rumoured
in the United States, that England is to have " a grave re-
buke" administered for her misconduct, or in other words,
that the subject is to " occupy a conspicuous place in the
president's message."
From Canada we have nothing important. M'Leod, it
was rumoured, had again got into trouble. It is stated that
he had been arrested on a capias, at Niagara, for defalcation
at Canada.
The papers contain additional details of the disastrous fire
at St. John's, from which it appears that, in addition to the
new market-house, lately erected at expense to the city of
40,000 dollars, the following buildings were destroyed :
namely " seventeen in South Market-strset, eight in Ward-
street, eight in Water-street, three in Market-square, and
three in Prince William-street, making a total of thirty-nine
buildings, nearly all of which were large, and three or four
stories each."
,Many bonded warehouses were also much
injured. It is not stated that any vessels were burnt. The
aggregate loss is not less than 400,000 dollars ; other accounts
state it as high as 1,200,000 dollars.
The Observer says, that " a large portion of those persons
deprived of their places of business were burnt out in former
fires :—Messrs. M'Avity, D. M`Millan, and C. M`Lauchlan
have been three times subjected to this. trial. The whole of
the present district was within .the district laid waste in
January, 1837. Many of the sufferers lost their entire stock
of goods. Several of them have been but a few months in
business. The insurance companies have of late decidedly
refused taking risks on wooden buildings in the district now
destroyed, except at very high premiums, consequently
nearly all the parties were without insurance."
Intelligence had been received from Texas to the 13th ult.
Congress had commenced its session on the Ist, and the mes-
sage of President Lancar was delivered on the 3d. It is a
lengthy document, and opens with congratulations on the
prosperity of the country. The relations with Mexico are
deemed unsatisfactory, and an amicable adjustment of the
quarrel impracticable. The President advises hostilities,
and states that he has made arrangements to send the Texican
navy to co-operate with the government of Yucatan in acting
against Mexico. Thus, he says, the navy will be preserved in
active service free from expense, and will compel the Mexican
government to a more peaceable policy as regards Texas.
He is opposed to a military invasion of Mexico, but advises
the establishment of military posts for the protection of the
exposed portion of the country. The commercial convention
trerty with this country is not completed. The ratification
I thereof is postponed till June, 1842. The cause of this ap-
pears to be some difficulty about a clause in the instrument
respecting the suppression of the slave trade with the United
States. The relations of Texas with France are friendly.

The Caledonia, Halifax and Boston steamer, reached this
port last night, bringing New York journals to the 30th ult.,
Boston to the Ist inst., and Halifax to the sth inst. She
reached Halifax late on the evening of the 3d inst., having
been detained twelve hours by fog. At twenty minutes past
eight a.m. on the sth inst—she left Halifax, and has therefore
accomplished the voyage from that port in little better than
eleven days. She has brought thirty-one passengers. The
Acadia, which left Liverpool on the 19th ult., reached Hali-
fax at two on the morning of the sth inst., after a very
stormy passage.
The papers brought by the Caledonia contain little ad-
ditional intelligence to that conveyed by the Hoscius, and
given above. The chief features of interest are the festivities
which have greeted the Prince de Joinville an&Lord Morpeth
on their visit to New York. The former was entertained at
a dinner on Saturday, the 27th ult., which is described as the
most brilliant affair ever given in any country on the same
scale. About one hundred and forty gentlemen, including
Lord Morpeth, sat clown to dinner. The prince left the
shores of the States on the 29th ult. on his voyage to Lisbon.
• The entertainment to Lord Morpeth was equally magnifi-
cent, though not quite such a numerous company welcomed
his lordship. The mode of conducting these dinners is
rather ludicrous, and must have contrasted strangely with
what Lord Morpeth has been in the habit of witnessing in
this country. There is nothing peculiarly striking in his
lordship's address.
Mr. Clay, it is alleged, has announced his intention of re-
tiring from the senate immediately on the termination of the
Florida war.
The winter had set in in good earnest, and a considerable
quantity of snow had fallen.
The first regular session of the twenty seventh congress
commenced on the 6th instant, and was expected to be pro-
tracted and stormy. As there were no officers to be chosen
preparatory to the organization of either house, the message
of the President was expecte& to reach New York on the
following day. The details of the administration scheme bad
not trans?ired, bat the impression was, that one feature would
be a provision tor the issue of Exchequer Bills, never ex-
-1 ceeding fifteen, or possibly twenty millions.
The news from Canada and New Brunswick is not impor-
tant. All were on tiptoe awaiting the arrival of Sir Charles
Bagot, the new Governor General. The loss by the recent
great fire at Net; • Brunswick was upwards of five hundred
thousand dollars: No fresh intelligence had been received
from Texas or Mexico.
Advices had been received in New York from Jamaica, to
the 7th ult., being a few days later than the last intelligence
brought to this country. The subject of European immi-
gration was warmly discussed in assembly. Much sickness
prevailed in Kingston and Spanish Town. The markets
were overstocked with American produce. The application
of the colonial government to the mother country for the
remission of the loan of £200,000, due the latter, had not
been successful, and " principal and interest would be ex-
acted from the colony."

NEW YORK MONEY MARKET, TUESDAY, Nov. 30.—
The sales at the Stock Board this morning have been to fair
extent, and rates have generally declined ; Long Island 1;
Harlem z ; Mohawk i; Farmers Trust rose It. Sales of
Illinois bonds at a rise of : Indiana s's declined Sales
of bills on Philadelphia 4/ to 5 ; New Orleans 6 to 7.
The supply of foreign bills for the Caledonia is fully equal
to the demand, which is not large, and many southern bills
are offering without city endorsement, at 81 to 9. The rates
have been as follows :

RATES OF FOREIGN BILLS IN NEW YORK
Oct. 15. Nov. 15. Nov. 22. Nov. 30
London.... 91a 10 10 a 101 94a. 10 94a 94
France ....5 174a5 1815 20 a 5 21 a 5 25 5 234a5 25
Amsterdam, 404 a 404 404 a 404 40/a 401 40 a 40/
Hamburg .. 364 a 361 364 a 361 36ia 361 36/a 36/
Bremen .... 784 a 79 784 a 784 78 a 784 78 a 78/
There will be but little specie shipped by this conveyance,
and rates have given way.
The depression which was upon the stock market at the
date of our last, owing chiefly to the results of the Mississippi
election, has continued up to this time. The results of the
election thus far, are in the State Senate 22 anti bond men
to 10 bond-payers. In the house it stands 63 anti-bond to
39 bond-payers. The immediate effect of this state of things
upon State credits was apparent at the departure of the last
packet. Since then Illinois and Indiana bonds fell to 25,
and subsequently rose to 23.
NEW YORK CORN TRADE, Nov. 30.—Notwithstanding
the purchase of twenty thousand barrels of flour for shipment,
the article has a tendency to decline. Prices for all kinds
range from 6 37 dolls. to 6 624 dolls., and but very few sales
at the latter price. We have a supply here of about 225,000
barrels.
NEW YORK COTTON TRADE, Nov. 30.—The transactions
' in this market have been very moderate, reaching scarcely
more than 2200 bales for the past week, at prices which run
from I to 4 cent less than the rates current previous to the
last news from abroad. At the South the business continues
dull, and generally at falling prices. The receipts are large
and stock generally accumulating, the rivers being now in
good boating condition. The crops promise exceedingly
well as to quantity, but the quality will be poorin consequence
of the rains during the " picking out." The following is a
table of the transactions at the different ports for the week,
prexious to the date affixed
STOCKS, SALES, PRICES, AND REMARKS.
Stocks. Sales. Prices. Remarks.
New York, Nov. 30 2,250 9 a 114 decline / a
N. Orleans, " 20 87,495 14,000 8/a 101 firm
Mobile " 20 14,213 4,000 7/a 10 declining
Augusta "24 7,053 1,000 7a 84 " Act
Columbus " 24 300 8 a 84 " 4ct
Savannah " 24 13,862 4,065 7 a 94 "
Charleston " 24 19,530 6,137 64a 10 jot
PHILADELPHIA MARKET, Nov. 29.—The price of Flour
has declined. Several sales have been made for export at
86,50 per bbl for common brands of Penne Flour. Corn is
dull, and is offered on rather easier terms. An import of
near 700 Laguayra Hides were taken at 124 cents. yer lb.,
less 3 per cent. for cash.
We subjoin the log'and list of passengers.
Abstract of the Log of the Royal Mail Steam-ship CALE-
DONIA, on a voyage from Boston to Halifax and Liver-
pool, E. G. Lott, Commander, in December, 1841.
December Ist, Wind S.W. P.M. received on board the
mails and passengers, and backed out from the wharf at east
Boston. At three, dismissed the pilot. Moderate breeze
and fine weather.
2nd, Wind W. by N. to E.N.E., 198 miles. A.M. mode-
rate and fine. P.M. strong breeze and fine weather.
3rd, Wind N.E., 200 miles. A.M. light breeze and fine.
P.M. light wind. At 11 arrived at Halifax, having been de-
tained twelve hours in consequence of fog.
4th, Wind S. by E. lying at Halifax. A.M. strong gales
and squally, with heavy rain. P.M. strong wind.
sth, Wind W.S.W. A.M. fresh breeze and fine clear
weather; at 8 20, sailed from Halifax. P.M. strong breeze
and squally, with a heavy swell from Westward.
Gth, Wind S.W., 212 miles. A.M. fresh breeze and cloudy
weather. P.M. fresh breeze, and fine clear weather.
7th, Wind S.W., 230 miles. A.M. steady breeze and fine
clear weather. P.M. moderate and fine.
Bth, Wind S.E. to N.B. by N., 210 miles. A.M. light
breeze and fine. P.M. increasing breeze and hazy weather:
9th, Wind N.E. by N., 187 miles. A.M. fresh breeze and
cloudy. P.M. fresh breeze and cloudy.
10th, Wind N.E. by E., 215 miles. A.M. steady breeze
and clear weather. P.M. strong head breeze, with heavy
rain.
11th, Wind S., 209 miles. A.M. fresh breeze and hazy,
with rain. P.M. moderate and hazy.
12th, Wind S.W., 236 miles. A.M. fresh breeze and
squally, with rain. P.M. fresh gales and heavy squalls.
13th, Wind N.W., 223 miles. A.M. strong gales and
squally, with rain. P.M. hard gale and heavy squalls.
14th, Wind S. E. by E. 4 E., 240 miles. A.M. fresh
breeze and cloudy weather. P.M. increasing breeze and
cloudy weather, passed a brig, running E.S.E.
15th, Wind S.W.' 236 miles. A.M. strong breezes and
squally, with rain. At noon, saw wizen head, bearing N.E.
by N., distance seven miles. P.M. strong breezes and clear
weather.