The New York herald., 1850-12-23
MORNING EDrr1oN--MoNDAY, DECEMBER 80, 1850

$50.
that freedom In religion which Is their boast This
present insane exctement partskes Of tho nature Of
those penal laws which during three centuries, were
thought forever subdued But fear not my brsth-
rem; our church which has withstood the storm Of
thss. three o..tuiss Of seody psrsseutIen e.n looi
yernment oanEot go back upon the track psrsssu.
win Be condemned By every liberal man ssd Enslsnd
win be looked upon With contempt by the rest q tn:
his address by sxhorng his audience to bear With pa
tenoe the insults that we're being cast upon them to
acted with regard to them TO love thef Soy ps,Son
the more and the ustrious prelstss that
IT, and to pray more earnestly for their beloved yet
The church w.s crowded, and the preacher was lis
tened to with marked attention.
The Snartest Nation I'm all Creation.
THH SUPREMACY OF THE sRAs-ARRvAL OF THE
AMERICAN cLlrPER ORIENTAL AT LONDON FROM
CANTON.
The TRADE with California says our New York
snt and the repeal OF the British navigation
laws have together Effected revelation the naval
have always been distinguished for consulting speed
rather than capacity, are now cempstins more
ses Their rivalry Is stimulated BY the enterprise Of
the merchxnts who give them blanche TO cost
Our correspondent instances an order given b. we'll
their builder were to furnish them with ship Of 2e00
tons burden, with as little delay possible while the
only properties stipulated for the most perfect
eomblnsiion Of beauty and speed consistent with
strength, but without any limit TO expense. Such
orda for . vessel such dimensions would not be
given unless with good TO expect return for
ardent az the Americans are they not less
tious 1t found that vessels of known speed obtain
RI IN lora hare tha ma hat ia
huctuating and where the distance Is great the nrst
oomer resps harvest which leaves but little for the
rest. Speed gives virtual monopoly; and when that
is the prise California China becomes very
exciting affair The merchants San Francisco
their orders to be executed with the greatest possible
and insist the aeetest vessels being pre-
ferrtd Whatever the cost Of freight SO vessels OF this
cargo and double that price for ns goods while their
old fashioned and slower competitors take etsht st
half or nye. sightAs Of dollar Under these eircun-
stances 1t Ii evident that superiority Of speed may
be chesply purchased BY large sacrifice Of capacity
The American linersn between this country and New
York have hitherto bVen considered about feet
merchant vessels could be constructed with profit
but the new class Of vessels sprngng into existence in
the United States holds less than the lners
of the same nominal tonnage, and, we have seen
m mahet up In the more than proportionate value OF
One vessel mentioned by our correspondent, bound
to San Francisco, thence to Canton. and thence to
this port, or direct to New York, Is likely, If all be
we'll 10 clear the whse cost to her the time
che is year old. Another has gone vice round the
world ra Ban Franci,co and Canton performing each
The Oriental another Of this class BY
penden has already Jued the expectations Of her
nine,p-sisht days from Canisn. From that port to
scily she was only ninety.one days and ths sert Of
weather the have had for the latter part of her
voyage be sasiy imagined She Is the hrst arrival
at this port IRON Canton since the repeal OF the nsvi
cation laws and the profits derived from her thus far
will be TO lead many other In her train As
ships have precisely the opport and have
indeed, been prempter TO sere them the OF
the Oriental, though it has gained ths whole Of its
instance, should be rather stimulus than disesu-
ragsmsnt IL is simply trial of speed and ss such
jn.t ss 10 tho british as to the American ship
builders. The revolution described by New Yerk
corsspondsnt has been going on ,oms ysars In thi,
for freight and the slow sosches are degraded from
the long voyages TO the eossting the collier
sure the shipping interest IL anybody. howevsr.
can point out on devise an improvement which does
the ipprover at the expense Of those who sti
be viii earn the eternal thanks OF the indolsnt and
dun and take away the ehief incentive 10 human i'm
Everything conspirss to render speed as indis.
pehtsbs TO suscess on ses ss iapd By the aid OF
steam, we have intsi gencs withia tro months from
every eonsderable port In the world excepting only
our own Australian colonies In the third week Of
October We had Californian Newspapers OF Sept I.
Novithsfondins ne insuerse IF ps1a eonmni.
eatiOns vith me Wsd hides, Central .9~syios and hs
Pdcfe the .smeTioans able 10 anticipate them so for
that the brought 5y tie Hesf Lais pIcks 10 gene
raiip days OUT @ date by the electrs telegraph,
tween Boston an New Orleans. beating time" by hall
an hour The completion of the cont nts railroads
VIII soon shorten the journey betseen London and
Alexan aria; and there IL at length hope that
the journey between Bombay and the other presi
denoies will be measured by hsuis hut the quicker
the conveyance Of intelligence aud OF travellers the
quicher, be the conveyance OF goods AT all
events tho more certain Ia the svifer conveyance 10
take assy all profit from the slower. Just at this
time, vh.n Atlantic steamers multiplying every year,
rsiroads Increasing by thousand miles per spnum
In the New and the Old World, and the electric tes
graph teem TO quicken The pace and the pulse OF the
world the discovery Of California drives the compst
tion up TO fever heat and for time Teziens pf ne
Un,d Sfoss st me head e( e unfreI sal eosrp,ftion
There Is donbt that It will draw into this and
almost miraculous opening much of that enter.
prise when has lately been rewarded with won.
oeriul refults nearer home We have several times
bad 10 direct attention to the fresh aud fresh lines Of
steamers on the American rivers and lakes 10 vast ad
Of the fAiI~sy system ss also 20 the msnufso-
tures introduced wherever opening offered The
rnpic increase OF popnlstion In the States augmented
hy an annual imm'gration OF near thrss hundred
thousand from thete ises fact that forces itself
the notice aud the interest Of the unobservant
snd uncurous All these promise TO develops the re-
Of the states 10 such extent TO c0pi
70 ernpsfiiion 90 dBicut as u Is uHaroidabs. We
musf ~iih giganlie and uNshack,i rirIi
We must set our long practised sail our steady In
dustry and our dcgged determinati0n against his
youth Ingenuity. ana ardor. It is the father whs
russ with his A fell nfcessity constrains
and must not be beat Jet our ship butt d-rs aud
their employers take warning IN time There VIII
fact enough TOR short voyages The coal trade can
take Of i'sef for viii be refuge Tor the
vsyages, which otherwise will fall into American
hands 10 II fortunate that the Navigation Laws have
been repealed Ga time 60 destroy these false and
reasonable expectations which mi gbt have ued the
ardor Of British competition. We all start 20.
gether. With q tair field and favor. The American
captain can call at London and the british captain
can purrus his voyage 60 New York. VINO cancsn- /
plsinl Not We We trust that our eountrJmen viii
not be basp; bot. u they fhoud be, We shall knos
that they deserveit,
Spain.
IHE FoRHoN POLICY oF THE oovERsnKvr-rm