The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-06-20 00:00:00

IMPROVEMENT IN SHIP-BUILDING

The severe losses which the shipping interest have sus-
tained lately naturally excites the attention of those con-
nected with the mercantile marine to any project which has
for its object the preservation of life and property at sea.
When it is considered that many millions sterling are yearly
ventured upon the ocean, an element precarious at all times,
any additional degree of safety that can be rendered towards
either the ship or the cargo is a matter deserving of general
attention and encouragement, both on the part of owners of
vessels, brokers, and merchants, as well as the public at
large. There are few families that do not contribute in some
measure to the success or improvement of the maritime in-
terest, either as passengers, shippers, &c.
The melancholy losses of the Reliance, Conqueror, and
Fairy, are fresh in the memory of all, and dispose the way
for a fair impartial trial of any measure or project which in
any degree tends to lessen the danger all vessels are subject
to. To avert a similar catastrophe to that of the Reliance
or Conqueror, several valuable suggestions have been roads
and adopted, and the French authorities have nobly respond-
ed to the sympathy excited upon our own shores by the wreck
of those two vessels.

It is not, however, on shore alone that the most important
alterations can be made to effect this object. There requires
something as regards the construction of ships to surmount
many of the dangers which the vicissitudes of a seafaring life
can alone ►rake us intimately acquainted with. When it is
considered that upon one rope alone (the gammoning of the
bowsprit) the entire safety of a vessel often depends, it will
be perceived that too much attention cannot he paid to these
matters ; nay, much depends upon even the proper fastening
of a rope-yarn, and great caution in even so small a matter
in itself as this is necessary for the safe keeping of a vessel,
her cargo, and the lives of all on board. Many improve-
ments have of late years been made in both the hull and rig-
ging of vessels, but experience as well as common sense must
show that naval architecture has not yet attained perfection,
although allowing the full meed of justice to the present ele-
gant and much-improved building. Mariners must all ac-
knowledge that the present construction of a ship's channels
are, compared with the other portions of a vessel, imperfect,
and oftentimes fraught with danger. At anchor, for instance,
in a rough seaway, or in harbour blowing fresh, many a boat
has been swamped, and many valuable lives lost, by the boat
striking under the chains through the boisterous state of the
waves. Such a catastrophe as this cannot he at all times
avoided. At sea, I;owever, in a violent hurricane for instance,
with the sea in a most turbulent state, the danger is more
importantly increased. It the waves carry away the chains
(a circumstance, however, not of so frequent occurrence as
many other casualties), and the masts consequently follow,
or if the vessel be dismasted by the more usual manner, ex-
treme danger threatens ad on board by the chain plates and
dead-eyes striking heavily under the ship's bottom, and,
from the difficulty that there exists in clearing away the
wreck, much valuable time and life is lost ; every minute
thus expended, until the arduous task be accomplished, adds
to the danger of the vessel, and the injury she thus receives,
allowing that finally she weathers the storm, takes many
weeks• dock repair necessary, attended with a large outlay of
capital to make her again seaworthy. All this danger can
now be obviated by the valuable improvement which has been
suggested by Captain Couch of the Royal Navy, and acted
upon by her Majesty's government with the American 60-
gun frigate, and Wolf sloop-of-war. This improvement is
simple and effective, and must, when it becomes generally
known, come into general use. It has received she favoura-
ble opinion of Admirals Sir Robert Stopford and John Er-
skine Douglas ; Vice-Admirals Sir Robert Otway and the
late Sir Thomas Fellowes; Rear-Admirals Maitland and
Skipsey, besides that of many scientific gentlemen. The
invention, or improvement, more properly speaking, consists
in tilling up the vacant space between the ship's sides and
the chain plates with solid wood, and a differently-constructed
plate and dead-eye, so that when a vessel at sea is dismasted
the wrecks of yards, masts, sails, &c., are detached by merely
cutting away the lanyards of each shroud ; the dead-eyes
and chain plates, instead of 'wiling with and under the ves-
sel, retraining in their proper place:

. . .
A personal inspection of the model is, however, necessary
to perfectly comprehend its advantage over the old manner
of building the channels. It has received the approval of
the committee of Lloyd's, and a model is placed in the
" Captains' Room," where it has received unqualified ap-
proval. The chief shipwrights of her Majesty's dockyards
have given valuable testimony in its favour; and the most
extensive shipowner in the city of London is about having
his vessels constructed with the " solid safety-channels."
The Star packet was alone saved from foundering by being
built with the new improvement. To a landsman's eye it
may appear bulky, and give an appearance of heaviness to a
vessel ; but its many advantages otherwise must insure its
adoption.— Times.

WILL OF BISHOP KEN.—" I dye in the holy Catholic
Apostolic Faith; more particularly I dye in the communion
of the CHURCH OF ENGLAND, as it stands distinguished
from all PAPAL AND PURITAN INNOVATIONS."—BeIIe's
Life of Bishop Ken.
WHo IS WISE ?—He who keeps away from the rum-cel-
lars in the city of Lowell.—Lowell Trash. And Newhaven,
too.—Fountain. And New York, three ! rum palaces in-
cluded.—Organ. And Albany, four! not forgetting the
beershops.—Patriot.
DESCRIPTION OF COUNTRIES.—EngIand is a vast manu-
factory, a great laboratory, a universal counting-house.
France is a rich farm, tending to turn itself into a manufac-
toyr. Germany is an ill-cultivated field, because they are
philosophers and not peasants who till it. Southern Italy
is a villa in ruins. Northern Italy is an artificial prairie.
Belgium is a forge. Holland is a canal. Sweded and Den-
mark are Carpenters 'yard. Poland is a sandy heath. Rus-
sia is an icehouse. Switzerland is a chalet. Greece is a
field in a state of nature. Turkey is a field fallow.

THEATRICAL INTELLIGENCE.—Everybody is asking what
is to become of Covent-garden Theatre ; but nobody thinks
of asking what is to become of the proprietors. It is said
that the market is to be enlarged by throwing the theatre into
it ; but as the theatre has been in the market for some time,
we don't see what more can be effected. Snobbins, the
eleventh priest in Norma, has, it is said, made an offer of
some kind to somebody; but as nobody knows anything
about it, there is every probability of its coming to nothing,
which is the exact amount of the rent which he would be
enabled to find security for.—Punch.
LOVE AND PARSIItONY.—A remarkable instance of the
spirit of economy is given by a journal of the Bas-Rhin. A
man went a short time ago to the tnayor, at Schelestatt, and
gave instructions for the publication of a marriage between
himself and a young person, whom he named. After the
lapse of a fortnight, he went again to the mayor, and stated
that he had changed his mind, and had selected another wife,
and wished her name to be inserted instead of that which he
had given in. Ile was, however, informed that this could
not be done without the production of fresh certificates, and
the other necessary documents, involving additional fees to
the amount of 6f. 50c. This took the would-be Benedict all
aback; and, after debating whether this new expense could
not be spared, and finding it to be indispensable, he coolly
made up his mind to save it, and decided upon taking the
first-named girl for his spouse.—Galigsiani.

A CONTRAST-1815 & 1843.—" The following eulogium,"
says the Courrier Francais, " was published in the year 1815
upon one of the Generals of the Empire :--` This man, in
the succession of his different characters, will have founded
the monument of Quiberon, and laid waste the dwelling-
houses of La Vendee ; he will have celebrated the obsequies
of Louis XVI., and the resurrection of Napoleon; he will
have been Minister of Louis XVIII. when Napoleon con-
spired, and the Major-General of I3uonaparte when Louis
XVIII. was betrayed.' The object of this diatribe was Mar-
shal Soult; the journal which published it was the Moniteur
de Gand; and the author who wrote it was M. Guizot. The
lifoniteur de Gand shortly afterwards disappeared from the
political world, but the two personages are at present
ministers. When perusing this passage what must M.
Guizot think of Marshal Soult, and what must Marshal
soilit think of M. Guizot ?"

UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL PBWS.

VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT.-FRIDAY

(Before Dr. Kenyon, Assessor.)

MAC MULLEN V. HAMPDEN.—On this case being called
on this afternoon, the Rev. J. W. Hughes (proctor for the
defendant) applied for an adjournment, on the ground that
the " pretended libel" he had received from the plaintiff's
proctor contained so many charges involving not only eccle-
siastical and university law, but also common law; and he
therefore prayed to be heard by counsel, in which prayer the
plaintiff's proctor (the Rev. H. Cary) joined.
The Assessor said, that had university law alone been in-
volved, he should not have granted the prayer ; but as charges
affecting common law were alleged to be also involved, he
should grant the prayer, and fixed Saturday, at twelve
o'clock, for the hearing.
The counsel engaged are, we believe, Dr. Twins and Mr.
Hope.

ARCHES' COURT-THURSDAY, JUNE 15

TIIC OFFICE OF THE JUDGE PROMOTED BY SANDERS

AGAINST HEAD

Sir H. Jenner Fust delivered his sentence in this case,
which was argued in Easter Term last. This being a pro-
ceeding by the ordinary against a clergyman of his diocese,
it was necessary to consider out of what the charge had
arisen, and it was quite impossible for any one to read Mr.
Head's letter without perceiving that it does contain matter
in derogation and depraving of the Book of Common Prayer,
as established by the Act of IsTuniformity, 13 and 14 Car. 11.
Neither of the learned counsel for Mr. Head would venture
to contest that point. The title of the letter showed that it
was addressed to Mr. Head's parishioners, and that it was
occasioned by a circular from the Bishop of Exeter to the
clergy of his diocese. The first part was introductory only,
and it was no part of the duty of the court to consider whe-
ther the doctrines of the Book of Common Prayer were er-
roneous or not; the law had declared that they were the
doctrines of the Established Church. In the fourth para-
graph it is said—" It becomes my duty to state to you that I
have received a letter (a printed circular) from the Bishop of
Exeter, requesting me to give notice of his lordship's inten-
tion to confirm such young persons of this parish as shall he
duly prepared. In short, 1 am called upon to address you
on the subject of confirmation—an equivocal word, pregnant
with that necessary evil controversy. Three years ago the
children of this parish did attend the confirmation. On that
• occasion the exclusive object of episcopal inquiry was, Have
these children been instructed in the sacramental parts of the
catechism ?' A negative reply was given. And the rector
of the parish was publicly censured for having omitted to
teach the erroneous and strange doctrines which the cate-
chism contains." Now, to go further, here it was affirmed
that the catechism contained •' erroneous and strange doc-
trines," and not only that; but it was avowed by Mr. Head
that he had written this letter in consequence of the circular
of the Bishop of Exeter, requesting him to give notice of his
lordship's intention to confirm such young persons of the
parish as should be duly prepared. The 61st canon directed
ministers to prepare children for confirmation when the
bishop should assign a time for the performance of that duty .
There was, therefore, an express canon for the conduct of
ministers in regard to preparing children for the rite of con-
firmation. In this letter, addressed by the Rector of Fe-
niton to his parishioners, he avowed that he was guilty of a
breach of canonical obedience, and of his duty as required
by the CEIIIOII. Though this was not the offence imputed to
Mr. Head, yet it was an aggravation of it. The letter went
on—" There spake the spirit of the present system of epis-
copal ministration. All the bishops, it is true, may not be
quite so incautious as the Bishop of Exeter ; but, inasmuch
as they connive at and continue the use of the catechism and
baptismal and confirmation services in their present state, I
do not hesitate to aver that they act upon a system by which
the episcopal order is exalted under false pretences, and at
the expense of the doctrines of the Bible." The letter
speaks of the " errors of the baptismal service," and pro-
ceeds—" These intreaties (it is fair to admit) are made in a
tone of great urbanity ; the letter contains some just obser-
vations ; and the whole announcement would be quite unex-
ceptionable if those church services, to which his lordship
refers both you and myself, were free from error. But the
letter covertly insinuates that those church services contain
nothing but sound doctrine. Indeed the whole communica-
tion is almost entirely founded on this assumption, which
assumption is not consistent with truth. Ido not mean that
his lordship intends to insinuate a greater proportion of
falsehood than is usually found in episcopal circulars. Far
be it from me to attribute a single grain of duplicity to the
Bishop of Exeter which does not attach itself to all his right
rev. brethren. All their lordships promise at their ordina-
tion to be ' ready to banish and drive away all erroneous and
strange doctrines ;' but, on the other hand, they do not
scruple to vex us with the erroneous and strange doctrine of
the confirmation service." "As reformation in this respect
is not hopeless, and as I also am pledged by my ordination
vows, as a minister of the Church of England. to hrnish aad
drive away all erroneous doctrine, 1 do hereby decline and
refuse to give any countenance whatever to the office of con- '
firmation as it is now used by their lordships the bishops,
and instead of recommending, in compliance with the epis-
copal circular, the perusal and reperusal of that service, to
the young personsjof this parish, I warn them all, young,
old, and middle-aged, to beware, in the name of God, of the
erroneous and strange doctrine which it contains." "It is
also a fact that the Prayer-book sins against itself. Some
parts of it are at variance with other parts. The 4th, 6th,
Stli, and 36th canons are repugnant to the Ist and 3d ordina-
tion vows. Some of the dogmas in the catechism, confirma-
tion, and baptismal services are utterly inconsistent with the
doctrines contained in the 11th, 12th, 13th, and 17th articles."
" If their lordships wish to satisfy the public that their
exaltation is just and right, let their lordships, instead of
teaching the erroneous doctrine in the church service, banish
and drive it away ; instead of bending the Bible to the obli-
quities of the Prayer-book, let them make, or endeavour to
make, this Prayer-book consistent with the Bible and with
itself ; instead of reversing the Apostles' rule, let them
' abhor that which is evil' in the Prayer-book, and ' cleave
to that which is good' in it." He (the learned judge) thought
it was quite impossible to say that anything could be more.
offensive in matter and style than this document, or that it
did not affirm and maintain positions in derogation and de-
pravity of the Book of Common Prayer, which rendered Mr.
Head amenable to ecclesiastical Jurisdiction and liable to I
ecclesiastical censure. The offence was, therefore. a grave •
and serious one in a clergyman of the Church of England,
who was bound, at his ordination, to subscribe to certain
articles, without which he would not have been admitted to
the ministry. By the 36th canon it is required that persons
before they be received into the ministry do subscribe three
articles, one of which is, " that the Book of Common Prayer
contameth in it nothing contrary to the Word of God, and
that it may lawfully so be used, and that he himself will use
the fora in the said book prescribed, in public prayer and
administration of the sacraments." He is to subscribe this
" willingly and ex anitno." The next question was the pu-
nishment which the court ought to impose for such an offence
committed by a beneficed clergyman. It would be no harsh
exercise of the power of the court if it were to pronounce
that Mr. Heath had incurred the penalty of deprivation. But
by the statute of Elizabeth there were degrees of punishment
assigned ; and, he should, therefore, decree that Mr. Head,
for the first offence he had committed, be suspended au, officio
et a benefic;o—from duty and from the emoluments of his
living—for three years, from the 25th of June; that he be
condemned in the costs of the proceedings and be monished
to abstain from such conduct in future; though the court
would have been fully justified in going to the fullest extent
of the punishment.

Dr. Addams asked whether the court would not require a
certificate of good behaviour before restoration ? but _

The Court said it was ❑nnecessary, as Mr. Head might be
proceeded against a second time if he offended during or after
the period of his suspension.

DR. PUSF.Y.—The publication of Dr. Pusey's sermon, for
which he has been suspended, is delayed in consequence of
the very serious illness of that learned divine.

The church liturgy is to be introduced into the morning
services of the Wesleyan chapel, Fawcett-street, Suuderland.
Galfthead Observer.

The Marchioness of Bath is about to rebuild the parish
church of Horninsham, near Warminster, which is now,
with the exception of the tower, a heap of ruins, on the same
site, hut upon a much larger scale, at an outlay of about
£3OOO.

The Rev. George Talbot, M.A., formerly of Baliol College,
has resigned the living of Evercreech-cum-Chesterblade,
Somerset, and joined the Church of Rome. This is the filth
member of the University of Oxford who has turned Ro-
manist since the conversion of the Rev. R. W. Sibthorp.
Lady Arden has subscribed £lOO in consequence of the
appeal of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in
behalf of its missions to the colonies and the heathen. Mr.
Justice Patteson, the Earl Howe, and Sir Richard Glyn are
amongst the list of donors.

THE OFFERTORY AND THE.' BISHOP OF LONDON.--The
Bishop of London has addressed a letter to the clergy of his
diocese, in which he says that he is informed that some doubt
exists as to the subject of his remarks, in his late charge on
the offertory. His lordship now says, that he leaves the
time of introducing the changes recommended in the service
to the judgment of the clergy, and that be leaves the matter
of the offertory to the discretion of the clergy. His lord-
ship also states, that he did not calculate upon the extent of
opposition with which his advice has been met.

OX;iORD UNIVERSITY.—The quietness of this University
was disturbed during the past week by the gallant exploits of
Some members of the University of Cambridge, who found
amusement in sallying forth in parties at a late hour of the
night to break the slumbers of the citizens, and the knockers
of the doors, in a fashion which we have no doubt corresponds
with their views of good taste and gentlemanly hearing. A
capture was made of one of the party, the Hon. F. S. Grim.
ston, of Trinity College, Cambridge, who had kocked down a
policeman for interfering to prevent his breaking off a kocker
to which the honourable gentleman had taken a fancy. The
charge was summarily disposed of by the Vice-Chancellor,
who fined him fi%e pounds. Another case of assault, which
must have been sent to the sessions, was not pressed.—
Oxford Herald.
OXFORD, JUNE 15.—This day a congregation was holden
for granting degrees, &c., when the following were con-
ferred :

Masters of Arts.—Rev. S. Malan, of Balliol College
(grand compounder) ; Rev. J. 11. Waugh, Magdalene Hall
(grand compounder); Rev. C. C. Goodden, Exeter College ;
Rev. W. Wise (fellow), St. John's College; Rev. W.
Giffard, University College ; C. Cookson, University Col-
lege; Rev. M. W. James, Oriel College; Rev. A. L. W.
Bean, Pembroke College ; R. Ormsby (fellow), Trinity Col-
lege; Rev. H. Skriue, \Vadham College; It. Y. Lloyd,
Pembroke College; J. Shank, Christ Church.
BaMelors of Arts.—S. F. Craddock, of Brasenose Col-
lege ; C. Allen, Brasenose College ; W. H. Ravenhill,
Worcester College ; F. Naughten, Corpus Christi College ;
T. G. Luard, \Vadham College; J. Langworthy, Magdalene
hall.