The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-09-13 00:00:00

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that the general and universal truths wt
fathers adhered to, and others still professed, were good in
themselves ; but there were particular doctrines which
separated them frOm those fathers, and those universal
truths, and throw them upon dangerous errors, fallibilities,
and traditions. lie regarded these new doctrines under
three aspects, but on this occasion confined himself to the
first only—the Scriptures as a revelation of salvation. The
Romish Church said they would not be able to know
whether the Bible was the Word of God, only in so far as
the Catholic or Apostolic Church should direct them. God
was not, in fact, to speak to them direct. We were to
throw ourselves in that respect upon the guidance of man.
The Romish Church had not always, however, acted in this
respect with that unity which it assumed ; for while
some of the fathers and learned 4loctors had repu-
diated the Scriptures as of no value without the autho-
rity of the Church, and had thus incurred a fearful
responsibility ; others had considered them a light
and truth, which all men had a right to avail himself
of, and which, (as one of the fathers said) engraved that on
the heart of man which could not be written. On this point
and others he quoted the recorded opinions of many of the
first Romish divines, and also many passages. He next
alluded to similar discrepancies in the edicts of the councils
of Trent, and Nice, &c., not only in this primary point, but
with reference to the Apochypal books, the most absurd and

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contradictory of which were, by one set of Romanists, to be
received implicitly as true on pain of anathema (or damna-
tion,) and by another declared to be spurious. The general
doctrine of the Romanists of the present day was that the
Scriptures were not enough for salvation without tradition;
that they were obscure ; and that no versions of them were
to be put in the vulgar language, and read by the people—
opinions contrary to reason as well as to revalation itself,
and, indeed, little short of blasphemy. He next alluded to
the translation from the originalinto the Latin or "Vulgate,"
from which the Blemish and Douay Bibles were rendered.
Two translations had been made in Latin, and both were in-
accurate and contradictory ; and even the learned Cardinal
Belarmine had objected to both, and expressed his fear, not-
withstanding the Council of Trent, of trusting to any but the
original. He (the Rev, gentleman) could not see why a
labouring man, an artisan, a sailor, or a soldier, should be
debarred from reading the Scriptures in his own mother
tongue. But all the inconsistencies he had noticed in Ro-
manists, as well as the bull of the late Pope introducing the
use of the Bible, so as to put down Bible societies, had
their object. He considered the Bible sent as a blessing
to all mankind, and showed that it would be so, by many
promises which it contained, to all who searched it diligent-
ly. The Romanists had been raising Heaven and earth to
bring Britain to their arms; but they never would—they never
could renounce their bibles. Those who bad it not had
neither faith, piety, nor good works, but were immersed in
sin, ignorance, and misery. He concluded by a powerful
and affecting appeal in behalf of that holy book, which, as
well as the rest of his discourse, made a strong impression
upon his audience, which they evinced by 12 iequirocal de-
monstrations of respect and esteem at the close of the dis-
course—of which this is necessarily but a feeble outline.
An appropriate hymn concluded the proceedings, and, af-
ter a blessing was pronounced by the Rev. Gentleman, the
meeting passed to him a vote of thanks by acclamation.

" THE HINDOSTAN" STEAM-SHIP,

We gave an account of the fine passage of this larg
splendid vessel hence to Dublin, on her way to Southamp-
ton ; and have now to add a few particulars of the interest
she excited while at Kingstown, and also to report her pro-
gress thence to her final port in the British Seas.
On Wednesday (the day after her arrival at Kingstown),
in consequence of previous arrangements with the directors,
all the Irish proprietary, amounting to upwards of 200 with
their families and friends, visited the ship. In all, not fewer
than 1500 ladies and gentlemen, including the fashion and
beauty of the Emerald Isle, visited her in the course of the
day. They were all much delighted, and indeed astonished,
with the elegance of the saloon apartments; and were loud
in their praise of the whole arrangements for the comfort
and enjoyment of all who may voyage with her. After two
o'clock that day, the vessel was thrown open for the inspec-
tion of the public generally, and vast numbers ^4' -----
visited her, including the whole of the nobility o
of the country. The ladies were very numeroth
and cake was served in the Grand Saloon. She was
open to the public on Thursday, but, owing to the continued
rain, the number of visitors, though great, was not so nume-
rous as on the previous day. The proceeds (a small sum
from each visitor) were paid over for charitable institutions.
On Thursday evening the Hindostan left Kingstownfo;
Southampton, which she reached after a fine run against a
head sea and contrary winds, at an early hour on Saturday
morning, as will be learned by the following communication
from Mr. Powell, the first officer, kindly forwarded by re-
quest to a gentleman of our establishment who accompanied
the ship to Dublin :
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that part

Sept. 10th

' DEAR 8112,-

form you of the arr

.e much pleasure in being able to in-
al of the Hindostan' at this place, at
`. We left Dublin (or rather
at 4 40 p.m. on Thursday, with a fresh breeze
from south-west, and arrived abreast Wicklow Head at 5 49,
distance 22 miles. At 725 we were abreast Arklow Light-
ship, wind freshening a-head, donsed masts and yards:---onadt
at 8 found, by both patent and common logs, ship, going at
'te of nine and a-half knots per hour, which
tteahislegad seams
and favour of her capabilities of contending
and contrary wind. At 123 p.m. (Fridaya)sgpaeinns:
ta ce from Ark-
Ship's Light, (Land's End,) making the_
ii per hour,
passed the Long
low Lights-165 miles—at the rate oft- u
against a strong head wind and sea.satAurd6ay4Compo.rmnin we ep
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abreast the Eddystone—and 1 16 on
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the Portland Lights ;at 5 a.m. ran tn tt the Needles.

a.m. this day (F.

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ave only just to refer you to a chart of the Bristol and
nglish Channels, to see the splendid run she has made.
" I have the honour to be, Sir, in great haste,
" Yours obediently,
" H. W. PowELL,
" Chief Officer Hindostan."
_

The whole distance from Kingstown to Southampton, as
nearly as it can be steered, is, we believe, little, if anything,
short of 400 miles ; and the vessel having accomplished it in
38h. 20m., made good quite 10 knots an hour on the whole

On Saturday', the 24th instant, she will leave Southampton
with passengers for India. Her route will be Gibraltar, the
Cape de Verds, the Cape of Good Hope, the Mauritius,
Ceylon, Madras, and Calcutta. Arrived at her destination,
she will ply regularly between Calcutta and Suez, calling at
Madras and Ceylon, and vice versa.