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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS.—MoNDAY, JOLT 4. The Loan Citaisettel.ol took his seat at 6 o'clock. PETITIONS PRESENTED. Mittiteet. Pluresstun.—By tha Earl of DERBY, from Croydon. praying fur a reform is the medical profession. L.:DIA.—AIso, from St. Helen's, against the duty on Bri tish salt imported into India. PAMLI . PAPeas Also, from the Bury Athos:ems, in (avow of • free distribution of parliamen to7 PM*. SCOTCH BANKRUPT L.W. Lord BROUGHAM presented the following 'petitions in favour of improving the administration of bankruptcy sad insolvency in Scotland, and assimilating those laws through out the L sited Kingdom:—From London: By . 200 mercan tile hems of the City of London, trading w ith Scotland. Glasgow By the members of the Glasgow and West of Scotland Mercantile Society, composed of mercantile houses in the City of Glasgow. Carlisle By 34 mercantile firms and commercial men, trading with Scotland. Hudders field . By 23 merchants and manufacturers of Hudders field, tratlint with Scotland. Cupar—Fife : By seven pro curators, practising before the Sheriff Court aiCuper, Fife —parties interested in the proper administration of the *states of bankrupts and insolvents in Scotland, sad in the assimilation of the bankruptcy and commercial laws through out the United Kingdom. Bradford By the Town Council Of Bradford. CHURCH BUILDING ACTS AMENDMENT BILL. On the motion th it their lordships do go into committee upon this bill, The Earl of HAIIROWBY said that as the second fad ing had parsed without observation, he wished to state briefly the Alecto of the bill. These were two in number; the first being to give facilities for the integration of small tieing. in populous cities and towns. In the City . of London. for example, there was an immense accumulation of churches, forming no doubt a great architectural attrac tion to the metropolis, but doing little for its spirituel welfare. The truth was that the causes which haul in ancient times caused vast populations to be pent within walls, had long since ceased, and London was now fast becoming a city of shops and warehouses. (Hear, hear.) The question then, was, whether it was not better that the churches and en dowments should follow the pee). pie ? (Hear, hear.) The present law gave the bishop the power to order by a faeolty, a church to be pulled down, and also to unite contiguous benefices; but in the former ease the process was inconvenient, and in the latter the ne ceeeity for the benefices to he contiguous, would interfere with the end in view. The first eight clauses then proposed to deal with this part of the subject. The rest of the bill treated of patronage. Powers would also be given to various companies to part with their patronage, not for any pecu niary advautage, but for the purvose of improving other livings, and so creating new parishes with efficient means for the cure of fouls. The Earl of POWIS said it was hard to criticise any measure relating to the church that emanated from a noble lord so well known for his judgment and zeal in such mat ters as the noble earl ; but still he thought the measure was open to grave objections. Really and truly, it was an at tempt at church extension by pulling down churches. (Hear.) The Bishop of LONDON said the bill was the result of a commission issued by her Majesty to inquire ioto the beat means of subdividing large parishes, and of making more effectual provision for poorer benefices. He hoped their lordships would allow the bill to go into committee. After a few words from the Msrquis of BATH and the Earl of al•LICL$Hver, their lordships went into committee on the bill, and the tire: tire clauses were agreed to. On clause 6, The Earl of POWIS moved the omission of the clause. The chitin gave power to sell the site and the burial-ground attached to a church. He thought such a power ought not to be given. The Bishop of LONDON supported the clause. The Bishop of SALISBURY agreed with the lipids nod (Malmesbury) in many of his observations ; but he thmlis be was pushing his feelings toe degree that was op ls the public interest. It was not possible, in a metropolis like this, that a church should remain as a ruin, and a burial - ground as an unoccupied site. He hoped this noble earl would net continue his opposition. The Earl of DERBY suggested to the noble lord that, omitting the metropolis, an ell other towns the consent of the municipal corporations should be obtained before the church was pulled down or the burial ground abolished. The right rev. prelate could have no wish to exercise an invidious power, and it was clear that his ob ject was to be effected in a legitimate way. Some conversation took plaice on this suggestion, and it was understood that the Bishop of Landon expressed his roadie. se to adopt it, but the Earl of Harrowhy objected to accept an alteration which would miter the principle of the bill. The amendment was rejected without a division, and the clause was agreed to. The remaining classes were agreed to, and the house re eumed. EXCISE DUTIES ON SPIRITS BILL. Earl GRANVILLE moved the third reading of this bill, aid stated its general principles. Lord MONTEAGLE took the opportunity of stating that he viewed this bill, in its principle and application, with great alarm. He approved of this effort at equalising the duties on spirits in the three countries, but he feared they were playing nicks with the revenue, and he doubted the wisdom of reductions in England in order to benefitf re bind and Scotland. The Earl of DERBY was disposed to leave the matter in the hands of the governm-nt, believing that like former governments, they would eventu ally find it necessary to retrace their step. when they found, as they certainly would de, the same evil conse quences flawing from their measure as had invariably at tended all similar experiments in this direction. However upon them would rat the responsibility of having passed the measure, and upon them would hereafter devolve their duty of confessing that they had made • mistake, for if they remained in office until this time next year, they would certainly have to ask their lordships to repeal the present bill ( Hear. Earl ORANVILLE admitted the ability with which the noble lord near him(LordMonteagle)had stated his opposition to the bill ; but still it was not necessary for him to detain their lordships with • lengthened reply. It was enough for him to state that be had recently been over to Ireland, where he had the pleasure of mixing freely with the com mereial claws, and he had heard no opposition to the financial measures of the government, so far ae they applied to them. (Hear.) The bill wee then read a third time and pealed. COPYHOLD BILL. This bill was read a mooed time and ordered to be com mitted. TAXING OFFICER, COMMON LAW BUSINESS (IRELAND) BILL. The LORD CHANCELLOR moved the second reading of this bill. After a short discussion the bill was read a second time. SOAP DUTIES BILL.—MALICIOUS INJURIES (IRELAND) BILL. The above bills severally pored thrsesb ammaittre, and were reported, after which the house odiessatedl at 9 o'clock. HOUSE OP COMMONS.—MONDAY, JOLT 4. The Situ's took the chair at a little before four o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Lore" amendments to the folio bills were con sidered and agreed to :—Eastern Counties Railway (Wood fir& NM lissibtous) ; East Orinated Railway ; HWwgdea end lawninnall Waterworks; Manchester Improvement; Manklead Railways. The felientne bill wen read a third thee mad passed : Reston end Midland Counties Railway and Desks; Harwich Decks and Pies}; Nerds and Beath Western (Hempstead sad City Inaction) Railway ; et.Mergaret and Et John the limn feint, Westminster, Vestries; Stamford sal leseadine Railway ; Chorley Improvement ; Mcemestinhke Railway and Canal. The following bills were cemaidered and ced•rad to herald • third time :—Ambergate haa t and Boston and Eastern Junction Railway t ine ; Castlessaine Estuary Reclamation and and Navigation ; Chard Railway ; East Anglian Railways (No. 2) ; Lime pool, Crosby, and Southport Railway ; Rochdale lasprww. mast (No. 2) ; St. George's Harbour; Severn Valley Rail way; South Wales Railway (Power to Purchase, &a.) ; Wellington sad Severn Junction Railway. NEW WRIT. Mr. HATTER moved the issue of a new writ for West Cornwall, is the place et Mr. Peedarree, deemed.— Agreed to. SUCCESSION DUTY BILL. The house then went into committee oa this bill, ream the consideration of clause 29. Mr. WALPOLE objected to the proviso. The Cnaticaiwit of the E1C11740 II and the Souct- Toa-Ciaitaaati pre soma explanation of it, and the clause was agreed to. Clauses 31 aad 32 were agreed to. On clause 33, which refers to the cam of allowance to be made for ineumbrances, Mr. WALPOLE proposed to insert after the word " sue comoc," to line 15, the words " after the passing of the act," the object being lb make a distinction between incurs brumes created before the passing of the act and incnm brances created after its passing. As the clause stood it would seriously a ff ect the security of existing creditors and where the estate might be mortgaged to the ral ° l l l2lr, and be therefore wished that the aet should not have a retrospective effect. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL opposed the amendment oa the pound that it would affect in a great degree the principal of the bill, and would diminish its operation ass source of There could be no doubt that if the eneeesbraneers took the estate in lieu of the ineuntbrana, he would be liable to the duty, and • mullo furtiori, the •ueowor should be liable to it. __ _ Alter a few words frost Mr. MINIMS and Mr. B•attow, The house divided— For the amendment ll6 Against a On our return to the gallery we found Mr. WALPOLE protesting against the clause slether, as retrospective in its operation, depriving the cr edi tor of his security, and taking awn y from successors that to which they wersostly entitled. The right hon. gentleman had said that only a few eases were put forward, but these were law* illustrat ions, the rule being against the clause. (Hear, hear.) It was a clause that deprived the creditor of all aaaarity, and taxed the successor (or that whi c h h e wo u ld would sever me sr enjoy. He felt so deeply impressed with the Injustice of the clause that he challenged hon. gentle men W get tip sad s ay, elan after the vote they bed gives, that they would still adhere to a principle such as he had & I embed. (Opposition cheers.) The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER complained of the irregularity of re-opening discussion one question which had already been decided by a Tote of the committee. ' His right hon. friend opposite had been invited to frame an amendment to meet the particular cast of which be com plained, but, instead of that he proposed one of so general and sweepng an operation that it would cover not only the class of cues referred to, but also a large number of an entirely dais rent description. That amendment he (Mr. Oltalstooe) felt bound to resist, as unjust in itself and foreign to the principle of the bill. As to retroaction, his right honourable !sista should remember that almost every taxing act was retroactive in its character. With respect to the observation that had fallen from the right hon. member for Droitvrich, he was willing to meet that gentleman's views by inserting after the word encumbrance" the Ivor:* " also in respect of any money which the successor previous to succession may have laid out in substantial repairs or permanent improve ments of the real property comprised in the succession." These words having been added, the question was put that the clause as amended stand part of the bill. Sir J. PAKINOTON opposed, and declared his inten tion of taking the sense of the committee upon the clause. The committee divided— For the clause Against it The clause was then agreed to. Clauses to 38 were agreed to after slight discuuion. The clause was agreed to, as was also clause 40, with some verbal amendments. On clause 41, which makes the duty a crowu debt, chargeable as a first charge on the estate, Mr. MULLINGS moved an amendment, to insert the words "simple contract ;" the effect of which would be to place the charge as against the successor or trustee in the position of a simple contract instead of a crown debt. The 80LIC1101t-GENERAL said that he had a pro position to make which he thought would meet all the ob jections which had been brought forward. The clause as it stood put the crown in no better situation than any subject ; for when a man obtained a judgment against any one it affected all the property of the debtor ' • or by • like analogy when the succession duty was unpaid the right of the crown would be against all the property of the successor. lie, however, would add the following words to the clause, which he thought would accomplish the object of hon. gen tlemen opposite. He proposed in the 16th line after the words "charges and interests created by him," to add these words, "but such duty not to charge or affect any otter real property of the successor than the property com prised in such succession." (Hear, hear.) This amendment was agreed to, and that of Mr. Mut Ltstos withdrawn. _ _ The clause as amended was then agreed to. Clause 42 was agreed to with some verbal amendments. On clause 43, Mr. WALPOLE said he feared the operation of the clause as it stood would be to destroy trusteeship in this country. The case was essentially different from that of executors and administrators of personal property, who were known, and were called ou to pay the legacy duty at once, the property also being known. Here the parties liable to pay, as well as the amount of the property, would be unknown, and the duty would be payable by instalments. Nothing was so much complained of at present, at the Legacy Duty office as these deferred payments. This was no question affecting real property only ; when this law came into ope ration settled personal property would pay more to the duty than real property. (Hear, hear.) They would neither know the pyrsoLs to account for the property, the property itself, nor the parties who were to succeed to it. There might be three trustees for a property, living in different parts of the country. Where a settled estate consisted of both real and personal property, with charges thereon, the trustee would be an accounting party for all his life probably, and the property would be perpetually the subject of account. The 48th clause required patties to account; but Ike government would not put that clause in force till they knew who the parties were ; so that they would probably have to fall back on the 44th clause, which gave penalties against trus tees failing to account. The responsibilities of trustees would be increased so much that persons would hardly be found to accept those offices, and the whole system of trusts would be destroyed. The only alternative wouldbe,to employ a solicitor to pay the duties when they became due, whereby a heavy lawyer's bill would be added to the duty. (Hear, hear.) Some hon. members thought this war especially a tax on the landed interest, but the parties who would suffer most were the small owners of land—" states men," as they were called in Cumberland and West moreland. It would also be severely felt by the small fund. holders. It was calculated that half of that description of property was held in trust ; and of 280,000 persons who received dividends on funded property, 250,000 received less than 1301. a year. (Hear, hear.) This was so hard and objectionable a part of the bill, that he could not agree to it. He would suggest that in all cases they should tax the beneficial recipient of the property, and leave the trus tee exempt. He hoped the government would fully consider rile matter; for the operation of the bill as it stool would, in the course of 10 years, render it the most unpopular measure that ever was gassed. Mr. W. WILLIAMS said his great objection to the bill was, that it gave four years' credit for the succession duty on real property, while on personal proper y it must be paid in 21 days. (" Hear, hear," and " A year.") They must account in 21 days. and payment must be made too. In all mercantile transactions a discount was allowed for imme diate payment, and this ought to be doe* in the present case. The successor to real property would only have to pay U. on an estate worth 1,000/., and he would have 4, years to pay it in. There was no great hardship in that, not even to the poor " statesmen" of Cumberland. (Hear.) The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that it ell the evils anticipated by Mr. Walpole were to attend the working of this bill they would bring their own cure, for they would infallibly lead to its repeal ; but be did not think any good or valid ground had been shown for these appre hensions. The right hon. gentleman had certainly shown that difficulties ettsched to the working of that bill which did not attach to a legacy duty, imposed as it was upon petty of which they became cognisant through the of wills and administrations. It was quite true that im Me case they did not know the persons who were W Minent for the property, nor those who were to enjoy the Impiety. The question whether the machinery of this bill was suffi cient, and whether if sufficient, it was harsh, might arise non properly under the subsequent clauses. There were liese methods, either of which Parliament might adopt. They might go upon one or more of the parties connected with do y, and get at the nature and amount of the sae emtMtt the medium of those parties ;. or they might IMkfibMe property, end lay the tar upon it, leaving_ the hi show themselves or not, as they pleased. They Me lit plan with respect to the legacy duty,— the tad with respect to tie income tax, speaking llMmlly for in general they had no occasion to call upon persons for returns, but they looked to the property, in manyinstmess taking no cognisance whatever of the owners. Under the present bill they would not adopt the latter mum As to certain descriptions of propert in the income tax, they were obliged to go to indivi duals and call on them fee menensi and that would have been the ease is the etamedea slaty, if they had adopted that principle. Bat ▪ wield let have been wine IS equitable to adopt that pelneip . le in regard to those great matters of property which Mims in their power to get at, especially all real and visible geoperty, the funds and public securities and shares la Intilie companies. Had they adopted that course of pro ' seeding and gone upon the property the assessment must, lathe ant instance, have been made upon the gross value, irrespective of Incumbrances and irrespective of divisions el interests. An assessment upon the gross value was liable to this greet and fatal objection ; it would have been noose sary to have a system of minute investigation and of return of duty, fenced shout with all the jealous hindrances that were required to secure the in cases where a re turn of duty was sought. In the ease of a person dying rita"of estates in different counties, besides personalty, l t e s s ,& i .e., it might be said that, as the estates were known to be his property, the tax might be levied from the occupiers, giving them power to deduct, as under the income tax. But, had they taken that course, they would have obliged the person succeeding to that property, even if it were ea undivided succession, to come to London to exhibit the state of his affairs, to state the de ductions he claimed, and the incumbrances affecting the It property, and then to get his returns as he could. It ws perfectly plain that that process would have bees a most vexatious one, and would have ended, as it did is the income tax, in levying a larger per center than the tea no minally and professedly imposed. But if they were not to go directly upon the property, to whom were they to go ? Ir. Walpole had almost answered his own suggestion of going to the suooeseor ; for be said they did not know the successor; sad though in many C 4840 they might know the principal successor, still they might not know the subordi nate successor, or those taking subordinate interests, or even independent interests. Generally speaking, there was but one person who would be cognizant of all the sac cessions and all the parties—the trustee or trustees; they were this only parties who could be looked to as being in possession ot complete knowledge of the summon who were to take beneficial interests. The successor under a settlement might know nothing of that document ; it was sot ordinarily in his possession or command. They fol. lowed the analogy of the Legacy Duty Act, and trustees under settlement would occupy the same position as trustees under testamentary disposition. So much with respect to the question of whether they should go upon the property or on the persons connected with it in some way or other. Then, with respect to the other objection, that the case of trustees would be one of much anxiety, responsibility, and liability, that no one would be found to undertake the duty, he did not think that the burden thrown upon trustees by this bill would be greater than it was under laws already imposed. Indeed, trustees under this clause would have less responsibility than they had under existing laws. With regard to the small holders in the funds, they were secured already ; and it was only the large ones who might devise the means of escaping the tax. With regard to trustees to landed settlements, they would be placed in a more favourable position than were trustees now under the Legacy Duty Act. The great bulk of trusts created under landed settlement were trusts for uses ' that was to say trusts with regard to which the trustees to settled estates had no power to raise money or receive rents, and if they had no power to receive rents, their liability under the clause would be very light indeed. If so the dangers sug gested were quite imaginary. The clause assimilated the I Me of the trustees to settled property to that of trustees under the legacy duty act. And where they differed, the difference was in favour of trustees to settled property. The committee at length divided— For the amendment 139 Against it - - The amendment wu thus lest, and clause wu then spud to. THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 5, 1853. On elause 45, " Penalty on not giving notion of sue -006•4011." Mr. MULLINGS objected that no period was Axed in a ease where the penalties were cumulative. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER thought the slaws, sufficiently distinct and spathe. After some further discussion, The clause was speed to, the word "wilful" being in serted before " neglect ;" and one or two other amendments having been introduced with a view of rendering parties not liable to the penalty until alter notice and wilful neglect, Mr. HENLEY then moved that the chairman report prsrese. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER hoped the right hoe. gentleman would permit them to go on. They were now in the month of July, and it was requisite that they should get through with the business. Sir J. PAKINGTON said it was understood they were to commence with the committee on the India Bill on Thursday, and the noble lord (Lord J. Russell) had an nounced his intention of proceeding with it de die in diem. He thought great inconvenience would arise if, after having arrived at a certain stage of this bill, they should then put it off to an indefinite period. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said it would be his duty to propose that this bill be taken again at twelve o'clock this day. He was anxious that it should have gone on while their minds were fresh on the subject. Mr. HENLEY observed that the Pilotage Bill was al ready fixed for the morning sitting this de The CHANCELLOR of the EXCH EQUER said ho intended to take this bill first. Mr. DISRAELI thought there was every reason why they should not proceed with this bill in a morning. In all probability the bill could not be criticised in detail in another place, and therefore it would be well that they have the assistance of the gentlemen in the long robe in discussing the bill in this house, and they could not attend in a morning. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER quite agreed in that. At the same time there were circumstances that were stronger than they were. They had had great assistance from the gentlemen of the long robe, and he hoped they would be able to be with them to-day. It would be his duty if the bill was not finished in committee that night to propose that it be taken at the morning sitting this day. Sir W. JOLLIFFE was ready to go on with the bill, but he had strong objections to going on with it this day, for other bills of importance were already fixed, and when the legal gentleman could not be present. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER thought the general convenience of the house might be met by go ing on with the rest of the clauses now, postponing till the report that relating to timber, with respect to which the powers of distention were not yet exhausted. (Hear.) Mr. DISRAELI suggested that this bill should be taken es Thursday instead of the India Bill. After a few words from Mr. Mard.es, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER could not alter the arrangements in regard to the business on Thurs day and Friday. Sir J. PAKINOTON considered it would be more con venient to the government ss well as members g en e rally, to postpone the India Bill till Monday, when it might be taken de die in diem as the noble lord proposed. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER having consulted Sir C. Wood said an arrangement might be made to take the bill instead of the India Bill on Thurs day. (Hear, hear.) After some further conversation the motion for reporting progress was agreed to, upon the understanding that the committee should be resumed on Thursday, on which day it is to have precedence over the other orders. In answer to Mr. llama, Sir C. WOOD said the second reading of the India Bill would stand fur Thursday after the committee on the Suc cession Duties Bill, which , he hoped would be concluded on that evening. The India Bill would mast certainly be brought on on Monday, and be then proceeded with de die in diem. CUSTOMS ACTS. On the motion of the CustrcELLok of the EXCHIQUER, the house resolved into committee, and passed a resolution for continuing the Irish stamp duties, and another for re ducing the terms on which land tax might be redeemed or purchased. THE SAVINGS BANK BILL. This bill passed — ThrOnin — committee pro forma, the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER intimating that his object was merely to insert amendments, and that the bill would remain to the hands of members a week or ten days before it war brought forward for discussion. ------- - STAMP DUTIES BILL. On the order of the day for the committal of this bill being read, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he felt some difficulty in respect to the cosine of proceeding in this measure. In the present position of public business it might be some time before it would be in the power of the government to enter upon the discussion of any of those controverted matters involved in this bill, such as that they were discussing on Friday last, or that which had been brought forward by ►is noble friend the member fur Middlesex in reference to attornies' certificates. He proposed, under these circum ' stances, to put the bill in committee now, and drop from it all those matters that were of a character to excite difference of opinion : he meant the matters relating to the newspaper stamp duty and the attoruies' certificates. It was desirable that they should get forward as rapidly as possible with the other parts of the bill, in order to facilitate the intro duction cf the penny (receipt) stamp duty, as they could not take any proceedings towards preparing the dies and for the prevention of forgery until they could carry the bill into law. He proposed, therefore, to proceed merely with the uncontested parts of the measure, reserving the votes as to those matters which were in controversy for future discussion. . Lord F. :GROSVENOR hoped that notice would be given of the day when the attornies' certificate duty was to be brought on. The CHANCELLOR of:the EXCHEQUER assented. . - Mr. BOUVERIE suggested that it would be necessary to move en instruction to divide the bill into two separate measures. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER intimated that he would move a resolution to that effect. Mr. GROGAN 'Aced whether the practical effect of omitting the attornies' certificates from this bill would not be that they would have this year to pay the present amount. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER—What he had intended to say was that he would make an arrange ment for the purpose of obtaining the decision of the house upon that and the newspaper question, whether they would adopt the proposal of the government or any other. The house then went into committee pro forma. In 'newer tot question, The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the duty on supplements, as proposed by the government ori ginally, was included in the bill as it stood; but that was one of the matters he intended to reserve for future discus sion. Mr. T. M. GIBSON—The right hon. gentleman gave notice of a resolution as to the sin of the newsmen. He did not know whether that was in this bill. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER—Yes. - - Mr. T. M. OIBSON—But the house had passed no reso lution as to that point. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER—It was not necessary. The conversation then dropped ; and the clauses (omit ting the contested one.) were gone through ;Pro forma. NEWSPAPER STAMP DUTIES B LL. Second reading postponed till Thunday. ASSISTANT JUDGE (MIDDLESEX SESSIONS) BILL. Mr. R. LOWE (in the 4;17; of Mr. Fitzroy) stated the object of this bill, which was introduced by the government. Having recited the history of the court affected, and having shown the great increase of bean's' at the Middlesex Ses sions as compared with the Central Criminal Court, which had been relieved of business, he proceeded to submit a calculation to show that a " case " cost leas to conduct (11. Ss. to 41. 91. 10d.) at the Middlesex Sessions than at the Central Criminal Court—the :judge at the former trans acting in fact one-tenth of the whole criminal business of the country. The proposal was that in consideration of these circumstances the salary of the assistant judge should be raised from 1,2001. to 1,5001. per annum. Lord D. STUART said that this was • proposal which out of doors excited a good deal of surprise. The judge in question was one whose name was frequently be fore the public, and unusually ender the censure of the press. He exhibited, it was known, great vaccilation in the discharge of his duties ; changing light to severe sen tences, aad severe to light sentences ; as, on a resent occa sion, in regard to the woman who called the accusing policeman . apig." Was this a judge to have his salary increased ? The private character of this learned person was distinguished by this peculiarity—that he managed to succeed in what he bad a fancy to. A Judge had recently said of him, "I hope he won't fancy my place, for if he did he would get it." (Cheers.) Apparently he wanted an increase of Were, and be was getting it from the House of Commons. But 1,2001. was ample. Mr. BOWYER objected to the proposition contained in the bill, and urged that the test of the number of Indict ments, as applied to the duties of the Assistant-Judge, was fallacious, as the trial of many of them only occupied a few minutes; and he believed the Judge in question did not take much trouble with them, but they were tried in a very off hand way. He thought the salary of the county court judges was • fair test by which to try that of the assistant-judge. Every, one knew that there were greater difficulties in deciding civil as compared with criminal cases, in the former points of law often arose, while in the latter only questions of fact were to be tried. The county court judges had 1,200/. a year, and they sat nearly every day ; they were obliged to sit every month in each place in their districts, they had no allowance for travelling expenses, and perform very onerous duties besides their ordinary duties, such as acting as masters in chancery, &c. He thought that comparing their position with his, to increase the salary of the assistant-judge to 1,5001. a year, was a monstrous waste of public money. He moved that the bill be read a seined time that day six months. The ATTORNEY-IDENERAL thought the house would agree with him is oao point, and that was that they ought to discuss this question with reference to its general princi ple—(heer, , hear)—and not with reference to a particular person—(hear. hear)—his noble friend (Lord D. Stuart) had entered into the question of the personal peculiarities of the assistant judge, and Ind endeavourel to amuse, or, he should rather say, to detain the house—C" bear, hear," and cheers)—witli some idle gossip about the personal pecu liarities of Mr. Serjeent Adams. It was rather hard on an absent man that his noble friend should repeat over and over again his old grievance about the " policeman and the pig.' . (Hear, hear, and laughter.) If be bad any charge to mike spinet the learned fudge he ought to bring it speeilloally before the house. The question now was whether as now additional duties had been east on the moistest judge since be •greed to accept his Ake at its present salary it ought not to be increased. There bad been • great accession to his duties no less than 829 indictments had been recently transferred front the Central Criminal Court to the Middlesex Sessions, on public grounds and at a great saving of public money ; and that court had sat 184 days as compared with 81 days sittings of the Central Criminal Court. The learned judge had accepted his office ate certain salary, since which there had been • great increase of his duties, and on that ground it was that his salary was to be raised. Lord D. STUART, in explanation, said his learned friend had charged him with repeating idle gossip about the aseis• tant-judge ; but the reason why he had restated the story about the pig—(laughter)—was, because after the ease had been stated in that house an explanation had been given by a minister of the crown, which gave no denial to the case about the pig. (Laughter.) Sir J. DUCK WORTH—A new question bad been raised when an increase of salary was asked for the judge, not only on account of the additional duty cast upon him, but on account of the saving to the country by the transfer of ewes from the Central Criminal Court to the Middlesex Sessions. If there was such a differeace between the expense of a trial in these two court., one being 4/. 19s. 6d., and the other 11. Si., he thought there ought to be same satisfactory explanation of the cause of such a differenee. Mr. ALCOCK complained of such a salary being paid to the Assistant Judge of Middlesex, as well as the proposed increase to it, when in the neighbouring county of Surrey the same duties were gratuitously performed by the Chairman of Quarter Sessions. Mr. WILSON said the Treasury were influenced in this proposition by the fact that a learned gentleman was taken from his profession to fill this office, to which he devoted his whole time, and he was made a judge, and one of that quality that he could transport people for 14 years. (Laughter.) Lest year the salary of county court judges was fixed at 1,2001. a year, with a power to the Treasury to raise them to 1,5001. ; and they bad applications for that increase, on grounds whieh they could not resist, such as the increase of business, and the same reason influenced them in raising the salary in the present ease. After a few words from Mr. Muastoroul and Mr. BUTLER the house divided, when there appeared, For the second reading Against it The bill was accordingly read a second time and ordered to be committed. SAVINGS BANKS' ANNUITIES BILL. On the motion for the third reading of this bill, Mr. COWAN said it was his duty . to resist the further progressof the memoir.. The bill, in point of fact, was intended to give the government power to commence the business of life assurance, although its title would lead to a very different impression. Clause ten gave power to the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt to contract with any such person or persons as those named in other parts of the bill for the payment of a sum of money at his or her death, and it would have been proper, or, at all events, more respectful to the house, be. tore introducing such an important change in the law as this bill contemplated, if the Chancellor of the Exchequer had stated plainly and frankly what the intentions of the government really were, in order that such intentions might be fully discussed and sanctioned by the house, if it conceived the measure would be advantageous to the community. He had a great objection to the government becoming a trading community, or doing anything which could be carried out by a private company ; but with regard to this especial mode of trading, he thought experience had proved that the manner of granting annuities by the government was highly objectionable. The system of life assurance was at present carried so successfully, and withal so judiciously, by the ordinary . life assurance companies, that it would be most unwiselo interfere with them ; but this bill proposed to make a charge on the ConsolidatediFund, and since he objected to it on the ground of the interference to which he had just alluded, be should be glad to know from the Speaker if this bill ought not to have originated in a com mittee of the whole house. Be that, however, as it might, he could not permit the bill to proceed any further until he had received some more satisfactory explanation about it than he had yet heard, and he should therefore move that it be read a third time this day six months. Mr. A. PELLATT believed the practice of granting annuities by the government had given general satisfac tion, and all that was wanted to render the system perfect was to increase the amount of the annuities beyond 301. and to grant the annuities themselves upon joint as well as single lives. Beyond that the government ought not to go, and he must join with the hon. member for Glas gow in deprecating any proposal (or converting the govern ment into an insurance company. Mr. WILSON found fault with the hon. member for Glasgow for not having given notice of his amendment, but he apprehended the hon. gentleman's opposition to the bill originated in a mistake or a misconception of the object of the measure. The only object of the bill was to confer upon the commissioners for the reduction of the national debt power to convert deposits in savings banks' into annuities. The commissioners certainly possessed this power under the existing law, but only to a limited extent, and the intention of this bill was not to enable them to enter upon the general business of life assurance, which would be entirely beyond its scope, but simply to give them power to convert savings' banks' deposits into annuities with more facility than the law at present allowed. Mr. COWAN said the explanation of the hon. gentleman hail not removed his objection to the bill, and he should, therefore, be glad to have an answer to the question he had put to the chair. The SPEAKER said—Undoubtedly, if the bill imposed charge on the Consolidated Fund, it ought to have origi• nated in a committee of the whole house. Mr. COWAN begged to call the attention of the Speaker to the 12th clause. _ _ The SPEAKER having looked at the clause, said he ap prehended the bill did not impose any additional charge upon the Consolidated Fund than the law already sanc tioned. Mr. WILSON said the bill certainly could not impose any additional charge on the consolidated fund, for, under the existing law, both the deposits, as well as the govern ment annuities, were chargeable to that fund. (Hear.) An HON. MEMBER having moved the adjournment of the debate, The house divided— For the adjournment Against it The bill was then read a third time, and passed. PUBLIC-HOUSES (SCOTLAND) BILL. This bill, as amended, was considered. Mr. ELLIOT proposed a clause preventing licenses being granted to toll gatherers. After a conversation the clause was agreed to. Mr. COWAN moved the emission of clause 10. The motion was withdrawn, and the clause was then agreed to on the understanding that if it was found to in jure the revenue the government should have the opportu nity of altering it. The other clauses were then agreed to and the bill ordered to be read a third time on Thursday. The house adjourned at 2 o'clock till 12 this day. PAIRS FOR MONDAY, JULY 4. Apia's Mien' ter*. For. Mr. Alexander Mr. Russell Lord J. Mennen General Amon Mr. Gore Langton Mr. Greaten Mr. H. Bairns Sir John Shelley Mr. Brian Colonel Peel Mr. F. Villiers Berl Grosvenor ?Tr: Mr. Whiteside Mr. Forbes Mr. Rich Mr. Glyn Mr. Mowsll Mr. F. Busse Mr. Mackinnon Sir R. Gore Booth Mr. Norman Wt.:Leif: ----- Mr. Luce Mr. D. Waddington Mr. J. Ball Mr. T. Waddington Sir IL Ferguson Mr. George Mr. L. Bland Mr. Mamma Mr. F. Scully Sir Win. Verner Mr. John i ' Gregor —.—. . Sir Mr. W. Bellew Mr. o r fiatierii Bir IL Prig Mr. Farnham ][r. T. 14rpby ..••• • ..•-••-••• ----•-• --• Mr. Peakenham Mr. Heard Sir T. Herbert Col, Harcourt Mr. Tail --• ---- Mr. Collier ii;L.ll;ll;rer Mr. Johnstone Mr. Packs Mr. Heneage (Lincoln) Mr. Alderman Thompson Earl of Dalkeith Sir R. Vyvyan Mr. Hutt Mr. Fuller Mr. H. Berkeley Mr. Bentinek Mr. E. Denison Mr. Denison Mr. J H . Vivian Fir W. Wynn Mr. S. Knox Mr. 0. Stanley Xr. Cogan Mr. Rots Moore Mr. Grim Mr. Arkwright Mr. Wrightson Lord Burghley Mr. Heatheoat Mr. H. Wynn Lord Milton Mr. Dod Mr. Fitzgerald Mr. Child Mr. Cheatham Sir J. Hindley final Mr. Col. Taylor Mr. Keogh Lord Bernard Lord Dalrymple Mn. ROEBUCK, M.P. for Sheffield, is feat recover ing from his recent indisposition. He has just left Malvern (where he has been under the care of Dr. Gully) for his residence in Hampshire. His medical advisers do not think it desirable that he should attend to his parliamentary duties this session, but good hopes are entertained of his resuming his duties when parliament shall again assemble. THE OUTWARD INDIAN MAIL—The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Bengal left Southampton yesterday with the India, Chins, and Australian mail. The mail was exceedingly heavy ; it was conveyed to Southamp ton by special train, Ailed four railway waggons, and weighed about 15 tons. It consisted of 32.1 boxes and 18 bags,-97 of the boxes were for India, 10 for Chic., and 210 for Australia. Of the Australian boxes, 5 were for King George's Sound, 25 for Adelaide, 108 for Melbourne, 8 for Geelong, and 64 for Sydney. Amongst the passengers by the Bengal were Colonel Outram, whose retain to India in the service of the East India Company is significant of his having triumphed over the Bombay government ; Lieute nant Percival, It.N., who is gone out to take charge of the mails between Sues and Calcutta, and a portion of the suite of the Rajah of Coorg. On board the Bengal, also, there were mastiff dogs, gold and silver pheasants, peacocks, and a quantity of poultry for the Pacha of Egypt. Vie eniiiregiis. TU CURRLSYONDENTS. a ..and Edition.[" The Flyer.," containing the cone ennirg's " Gentle," is publiahed cvely Tumniay and Friday night, in time for pod. ire:Memento intended for "The Ev,,reer," London Evening paper, moot be at the °ince, 10, Ficiiveriamitrect, by Two o'clock on the lay of publinition. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tau Der—Mornier. th. tent.— Afternoon. 1:4 42 m Taasuanew—llorniag. 2n. .Afternook 21.19 m. LONDON, TUESDAY, JULY 5. laveßron, though the second greatest maritime port in the empire, is a strange political town. Once it on a time was represented by brilliant statesmen and profound economists, such as CANNING and firs- KISSON ; lately it returned to Parliament such cor rupt or foolish nonentities as Mr. FORBES MAC KENZIE and Mr. CHARLES TURNER. Sometimes its more prominent partisans club their thousands toge ther, and spend them in defeating commercial candi dates; at another time political candidates have thrown away their tens of thousands, and half ruined them selves in aiming at its representation. Occasionally Dr. M'NEILE and No Popery can turn the scale; then the old Freemen can sway the balance ; on a third occasion, the hishisin of the Roman Catholic Liberals deters good men from coming forward, and secures the return of bigots. But of late years, be the predomi nant influence what it may, rarely since I:II:SKISSON'S death has Liverpool been worthily represented by dis tinguished politicians, eminent merchants, great orators, or even good men of business. And, unless Liverpool begins soon to turn over a new leaf, and have in its elections some higher and better object than mere petty local party triumphs, its re presentation will fall into that state in which it will not be any very great honour to sit for Liverpool in the Commons House of Parliament. In the session 1847-32 Liverpool had been better represented than usual. It had Mr. CARD WELL—then only a semi-liberal ; and Sir THOMAS BIRCH—an honest, steady, intelligent, if not a very brilliant, full-blown Liberal. But Sir THOMAS had given offence to Irish Roman Catholics and Mr. CARDIVELL to bigots on the other side ; and between these two extreme stools of intolerance both fell to the ground. The priests would not tolerate the one, and Dr. M'NEILE denounced the other ; and Liver pool returned a politician who, to keep a small place, had voted black was white on the Maynooth ques tion, and a merchant hostile to those economical principles by which only trade can flourish and navi gation thrive. The election of Messrs. MACKENZIE and TURNER has, however, been set aside on the ground of a sys tem of small treating and five-shilling petty bribery on a most extensive scale. And what do the Tories of Live pool do ? Why, they first pick out one of the weakest, silliest members of the aristocracy, the Hon. H. T. LIDDELL, and then they send to the Continent after Mr. HORSFALL, the disgraced and discredited of Derby ;and these men are their candidates! If the pride and good sense of Liverpool do not rise and reject the pretensions of the antiquated courtier, the petit-maitre of politicians, then Liverpool will indeed be fallen and degraded. Twice has the Hon. H. T. LIDDELL been obliged to retire from the represen tation of Northumberland, where he is known. For a while he represented North Durham on the nomination of Lord LONDONDERRY ; but, like a well-bred spaniel, withdrew from it when my lord's eldest son was ready to be imposed on that division of Durham. Last election he attempted the little borough of South Shields, but it would have none of him. And now, the flouted and despised of his own vicinage is the Tory candidate for Liverpool ; and the Tyne and the Wear are laughing at the folly and nonsense of the Mersey, in picking up their political castaway. Well they may. An emptier man than the Hon. H. T. LIDDELL Liverpool, in its love of lords and lordlings, could not have found. Compared with the Heir Apparent of the Ravens worth barony, Lord MAIDSTONE is a great statesman, and Mr. BAILLIE COCIIRANE a profound juris. Iconsult. It is difficult to recall to recollection the insignifi cance of such a politician as Mr.—we beg Liverpool's pardon the Hon. Mr.—LIDDELL's antecedents. Talk ing frothily about Mr. CANNING, he opposed Catholic Emancipation,--recalling affected reminiscences of Mr. HUSKISSON, he opposed Free Trade. Against Parliamentary Reform, Municipal Reform—against the fair government of Ireland by his brother-in-law, Lord NORMANBY—against Church Reform—against the whole spirit and current of improvement—Mr. LID DELL, when in Parliament, ever voted. In the House of Commons he rarely spoke without creating a smile, and on one occasion he covered himself with universal ridicule by a cock-and-a-bull story of untold deaths or murders in tho Sunderland Workhouse. But now, looking back again, as he always does when in a pickle or a dilemma, to the memory of CANNING, and the recollection of HUSKISSON, we are told Mr. LIDDELL is " a sort of Liberal." Will he vote for an extension of the suffrage? Let Liver pool ask the Honourable H. T. LIDDELL that. Will he support Free Trade principles as carried out in Mr. GLADSTONE'S Budget ? Would he have upheld the DERBY Government ? These are questions for the canvass and the hustings. Mr. LID DELL'S liberalism is about on a par with his sanctity and Protestantism—it is the sickly reflex of Mr. DISRAELI'S modern Bolingbrokeism, jug as Mr. HORSFALL'S religion is merely Dr. M'NEILE'S bigotry at second hand. Admirably selected by Mersey Toryism, Mr. HORSFALL is to play second best to Mr. LIDDELL'S first man. Bribery and corruption in infinitesimal doses, on a homoeopathic scale, voided Mr. TUR NER'S election. So the Liverpool Tories (or rather the more violent of them) seek for a successor in a gentleman who bribed and corrupted Derby in a more substantial manner; after the old allopathic fashion. Having recalled Mr. HORSFALL from his continental tour, we presume they will also summon Mr. FLUL from his barber's shop at Shrewsbury, and Mr. MORGAN from his bricks and mortar, to repeat at Liverpool the services they rendered Mr. HORS FALL at Derby. Opposed to Tory Frineiples and Messrs. LIDDELL and HOP9FALL is Sir ERSKINE PERRY an old and tried Liberal, son of PERRY of the Morning Chro nick in its old successful days. He is a re tired Indian Judge, and, in the beet sense of the word, a gentleman. Though the son of a man who in the worst of times, and under circumstances the most adverse and disheartening, kept the beacon of liberal principles steadily shining until better days dawned on them, Sir ERSKINE PERRY needs no bor rowed lustre from the services and memory of his father; for he has acquired reputation of his own. Distinguished as one of the best Judges that ever sat in, and at last presided over, the Queen's Court at Bombay, Sir Easaisv l'eatav was first and foremost in the great cause of native education. He did not while away his vacations at the hills ; but rendered himself familiar with the internal condition of India, saw fur himself how justice was administered in the country, and studied the native character and wants where few Europeans ever penetrated. By such means Sir ERshINE won the confidence of the natives in the Bombay Presidency to an extent unequalled by any other functionary; and lately in England he has been one of the most able and Intel. ligent of the witnesses examined before the Lords' and Commons'Committce on India. But Sir ERsiilN2 PERRY'S qualifications to represent Liverpool are n o t confined to his general political opinions, or to hie special Indian information. Since his return hom e he has laboured assiduously as a Law Reformer, a n d is evidently prepared to carry out in r ar h e , ment the experience he has gained on the Beach. Mr. MACAULAY, in a recent speech, regretted th e want and absence of men of this class and calibre from the House of Commons. Here is one without the disqualification of being on the Bench. It is, then, for Liverpool to say whether she will give to Parliament the benefit of his mind, learning, talents, and liberalism, or whether—preferring the inanity of a LIDDELLand the stolidity of a llonsFALL—she will reject Sir ERSKINE PERRY,and so still further damage her political reputation and perpetuate her political shame. RUSSIA AND TURKEY. I The statement of the Mon iteter dissipates whatever doubt may have lingered in any mind respecting the intentions of the Czar. Orders for crossing th e Turkish frontier were given in St. Petersbu g on the 27th ult. It is a seven days' post from the capital to Odessa, consequently the order to advance should have reached the Russian commander yesterday. But the Pruth cannot be crossed in a moment; the bridge has to be constructed, and the material and mtn must be brought up. This will require from 36 to 48 hours. We may thus reasonably suppose that at this moment the Russian engineers are constructing the works necessary for the passage, and if on Satan day news should arnve by the Semlin telegraph that on the 7th, 12,000 Russians entered Jassy, we need not suspect that sonic speculator has been discounts log the fact. From Constantinople we have letters of the 19th. The most interesting portion of their contents is the text of the note sent by Reschid Pacha to M. de Nesselrode, in reply to his eons munication requesting the Porte to accept Prince Isfenchikoff's ultimatum. The passages of most immediate interest are those which refer to the threatened crossing of the frontier by the Russian forces. Attentively considered, these passages are not found to contain an express declaration by the Ottoman minister concerning the view which his government will take of the projected invasion es affecting the relations between Russia and the Porte. Reachid Pacha pronounces most positively upon the moral character of the threatened act, but as to the effect which it may have upon the relative position of the two governments now at peace he is silent SUBLIME FORTE—DEPARTMENT OF FOILEIGN Arealet. "To IBIS EXCELLENCY TILE COUNT DE NESSELRODE,-• " Sir, I lost no time in laying before bin Majesty the Sultan, my august master, the despatch which your Excellency has done me the honour to address to me on the 19th (31st) May last. "His Majesty the Sultan has always shown, and on all occasions, the greatest regard for his Majesty the Ensperoe of Russia, whom he has ever looked upon as his sincere ally and well-disposed neighbour. The Sublime Porte, while entertaining no doubt of the generous intentions of the Emperor, has been deeply grieved at the interruption of relations between them which has unfortunately occurred, and which arise@ perhaps from the Emperor not nada standing the real impossibility in which the forte has found itself placed on the question raised by Priam Menchikoff with reference to embodying in a diplomatic engagement the religious privileges accorded to the Greek religion. Nevertheless, it is consoled by knowing that for its part it has in nowise contributed to produce such a state of things. In truth, the Ottoman government has shown, from the beginning, the best disposition and every facility relative to the questions which Prince itfenchikoff was cam, missioned to settle in pursuance with the orders of the em peror. And even in questions so delicate as that of the religious privileges of the Greek church it was still inspired by pacific sentimints, and not refusing the assurances which tended to remove and reduce to nothing all the doubts which might have been excited in that respect, the Sublime Porte hoped, especially from the well-known wisdom of Prince Mencliikoff, that that ambassador would be satis fied with the project of a note which had been communi cated to him in the last instance, and which contained all the assurances that had been demanded. " It is true that his Highness Prince Menchikoff has, the second time, abridged the minute of the Sened which he had at first given, and in communicating at the last a project of a note he has made certain changes as well in the terms as in the form sad title of the document; but the sense of an engagement being still found there, and as that diplomatic engagement cannot accord either with the idles pendence of the Ottoman government or with the rights of its sovereign authority, it is impossible to give to the motiv, a of utter impossibilitypresented on that point by the Porte the term of refusal, anti to make of that a question of honour for his Majesty the Enrperor of Russia. Moreover, if complaints have been made of that impossibility by attri buting it to a sentiment of mistrust, Russia, by paying no regard to all the assurances effered in the most solemn manner by the Sublime Porte, and by de daring that it was indispensable to embody them in an instrument having tke force of an en gagement, does site not rather give a patent proof of her want of confidence towards the Ottoman government, and has not the Ottoman government on its part a right to complain ? Nevertheless, in answering on these two points it refers itself to the high and known justice of the Em peror of Russia, as well as to the nigh reasons and the emi nently pacific sentiments of your Excellene), which, more over, each has been able to recognise and appreciate. " His Majesty the Saltao, by an imperial firman bearing 1 e august hatti-scheriff, has just confirmed anew the privi leges, rights, anti immunities enjoyed by the members and the churches of the Greek rite abantiquo. " The Sublime Porte will never hesitate to maintain and to give the assurances contained and promised in the pro ject of the note transmitted to Prince Menchikoff a short Note before his departure. The dispatch received on the part of your Excellency speaks of causing the Ro -1 elan troops to pass the frontiers. That declaration is in compatible with the assurances of peace and of the friendly disposition of his Majesty the Emperor. It is, in truth, so much opposed to what one is justified in expectingfrom a friendly power that the Porte knows not how it can se it ; the military preparations and the works of defence ordered by the Porte, as it declares officially to the poseurs, are only those rendered nec esary by the considerable armaments of Russia. They constitute a measure purely defensive. The government of the Sultan having no ba We intentions against Kuria, expresses the desire that the ancient relations which his Majesty moreover regards gs so precious, and of which the numerous advantages are mani fest for both parties, may be re-established in their primitive state. 4 'l entertain the hope that the Court of Russia will sis predate, with a feeling of confident consideration, the sheers and loyal intentions of the Sublime Porte, and will take into account the -utter impossibility :n which it dads itself to defer to the desires which have bees ex proosed. Let that impossibility be appreciated as it dents to be, and the Sublime Porte I can assure your Excellency will not hesitate to instruct an Ambassador-Extraordinary 110 proceed to St. Petersburg to re-open there the negotia tions, and to seek, in concert with the government of his Majesty the Emperor of Russia, an arrangement which, while it may be agreeable to his Majesty, shall be also such as the Porte can accept without affecting either the basis of its independence or the sovereign authority of his Majesty the Sultan. " Your Excellency may regard it as certain that fot my part I most earnestly desire such a result, and I indulge is the hope that such is also the desire of your Excellency. " I pray your Excellency, &c., (Signed) " RESCISIn." Our correspondent writes: CONSTANTINOPLE, JUNE 19. The reply of the Porte was delivered on the 16th inst. to M. Balabine, at the expiration of the term stipulated in Count Nesselrodes ultimatum. Since the departure of the Russians, nothing of importance has occurred. We are all on the qui rive, and waiting with anxiety the final issue. The English fleet, as you arc aware, arrived at Batiks Bay on the 13th inst., and the French on the follow ing day. They are both in fine trim, and 27' in number. Each, it is said, expects a reinforcement of four or five ships. THE CZAR'S RELIGION. TO THE EDITOR OF THE Eirßy.ss. Sin,—l see it is again put forward by a morning contemporary that Nicholas is urged forward in his crusade against the Turk by the fanaticism of his subjects. Now, will not pretend to say that I have a profound kaowledgt of the Russians, but 1 know something of them, and I am thoroughly convinced that if their Emperor was to tarn protestant to-morrow, and issue an ukase commanding his subjects to be converted to his new faith, they world torn with him to a man, and if the week after he •as to ssl' he had had another light, and was now a Roman catholic, his good Russians would all be with him, humble servantl of the Pope. His putting forward religion at all is the shalhwest Pre' text ever advanced to shelter dishonest amMition. July 4. AN OLD CORRESPONDENr. fitE 13Nitor tn , ANTIGUA left England on Sato day in the West India steamer Parana. General Bu burr commander•in-chief of the West India forced, came Lome In the Magdalena, which arrived at e. , outbampton on Friaav Teat.