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TO ADVIBTISIBB. S'h• abolition of the Duty on Advertise+ insert al the prise of Three Shillings the Jo► which we have hitherto charged Five ; and Adner• users generally will receive the full benefit of the change in the law. esables tta to TO CORlZorunmara•.. It is Impossible to acknowledge the mass of letters we receive. Their Insertion Is often delayed, owing to a press of natter; and when omitted, it Is frequently from reasons quite inde- pendent of the merits of the communa.- We cannot undertake to return euttununication. not avail ourselves. Cuttounlcations should always be legibly written, and on one side of the paper only. If long, it increases the difficulty of finding space for them. Whatever is Intended for insertion must be authenticated by the name and address of the writer, not necessarily for publication, but u a guarantee of him good faith. ♦ COUNTRY Susumu and W. J. M.—Froto both of three correspondents we have been obliged by communications of which we desire to avail ourselves wholly or in part here.! after. A WOULD•PE CONRINTENT FRTE•TRAMIR is longer than usual and, at all events, too long for insertion tide week. of which we do /Mt it)rvgg+ LONDON, SATURDAY, AUGUST ts, 1853. POSTSCRIPT. HOUSE OF LORDS.-FRIDAY. Lord KINNAIRD moved the second reading of the Combination of Workmen Bill: The LORD CHANCELLOR and Lord TRURO opposed the bill, which Lord KINNAIRD ultimately withdrew. INDIA DILL. Earl GRANVILLE moved the second reading of this bill, which he justified on many of the grounds pre viously urged by Sir C. Wood. The Earl of MALMESBDRY complained of the delay which had occurred in bringing the measure up to the House of Lords, and declined to discuss a bill of such vast importance at the fag-end of the session. The Earl of ABERDEEN defended the course pur sued by the Government, denying that there had been any unnecessary delay. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH, although he did not consider the measure complete, saw much in it that was good, condemning, however, the mode in which it was proposed to amend the constitution of the Court of Directors, and the proposal with regard to the constituency. The Marquis of SALISBURY spoke in opposition to the measure. The Duke of ARGYLL strongly insisted on the necessity of legislating during the present session. He thought the epithet which had been applied to it (the bill), of being a bit-by-bit reform, rather com plimentary than otherwise, for it was only by degrees that this country could attain perfection in govern ing such a vast empire as India. Lord ASHBURTON also defended the bill. The Bishop of OxvoßD, regarding the measure from a religious point of view, should have liked to see a larger machinery in it for the spread of Chris tianity in our Indian empire. Lord WHARNCLIYFE urged several objections to the hill. After a few words from Earl GRANVILLE, the bill was read a second time. Several bills on the table were forwarded a stage, and their lordships adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—FRIDAY. At the early sitting some discussion took place on the South Sea Company's Arrangement and Trust Bill, but it was ultimately read a third time and passed without a division. The rest of the morning was occupied with the committee on the Pilotage Bill. At the evening sitting the CHANCELLOR of the Ex- CHEQUER, in reply to Mr. GinsoN, said that the few replies yet received from our colonies on the subject of the Government proposal as to colonial postage were decidedly in its favour. The proposition was to effect a low and uniform rate of postage, including not only the ocean charge, but the charge from door to door. Lord Jolts Russzu. intimated that on Monday he should move the precedence of Government orders a portion of Wednesdays for the remainder of the session. SOUTH SEA ANNUITIES, &e.. BILL. On the order of the day for going into committee ea this bill, Sir F. KELLY repeated his objections to the three Government alternatives proposed to the holders of stoat. At that period of the session, however, the hon. and learned gentleman declined to divide the house. THE PRESS. After some remarks from Mr. WILKINSON, the house went into committee. The several clauses, after considerable discussion, were agreed to. The house resumed, and the report was ordered to be brought up on Monday. The house shortly afterwards went into committee of supply, and a variety of estimates were proceeded with until twelve o'clock, when the CHAIRMAN reported progress. The other orders having been disposed of, the house adjourned. RUSSIA AND TURKEY. The Russian Government, though it allows the Hospodars of Moldavia and Wallachia to retain their titles, and nominally also their power, has decreed that those Princes shall have the assistance of a board of government, to consist of three members, to be appointed by the Czar. All political and adminis trative measures are to be submitted to this council, and its decisions are to be final. The two princi palities have, moreover, been ordered to furnish a contribution in kind. Several young Boyards, having shown their disgust at the burdens imposed upon the country by the invading army, have been seized and pressed into the Russian regiments, where they will have to serve for a term of three years. Advices from Constantinople mention that a Rus Sian army was assembling at Erzemum, which city would be completely invested in a few days. Accounts from Riga affirm that. several Russian vessels had been sent to Cronstadt to be fitted out for sea. A letter from St. Petersburg, of the 24th ult., in the Patrie, says :—" The evening before last the Emperor gave a grand fete at his palace of the Her mitage. On this occasion the ambassadors of France and England, it was remarked, were the objects of particular attention from his Majesty." The Grand Duke Constantine has been accompa nied in his visit of inspection by several engineers, who are about to make hydrographic surveys along the shores of the Crimea. THE GREATEST DISORDER prevails in Syria. The Christians are leaving Antioch and Aleppo, and re pairing to the towns on the coast. At Laodicea the Turks have made an attempt upon the life of the Russian Consul. QUEEN Atom (Louis Philippe's widow) is ex pected at Seville before the end of the month. M. SAIN, president of the committee of bond holders of the Don Miguel Loan, has left Paris for Lisbon to urge theYrench claims upon the considera tion of the Portugues Government. THE QUEEN OF PRUSSIA set out on Monday for Vienna and Ischl. The King will be able to have an interview with the Emperor of Austria when he goes to join the Queen. THE LATE ARRESTS IN VIENNA have been nume rous, and include several ladies of honourable families. WE believe it is her Majesty's intention to leave town for Osborne on Tuesday next. THE REVIEW OF THE FLEET AT SPITHEAD, which is appointed to take place on the 11th inst., will be on a scale of magnitude and splendour never before wit, nessed. As at present arranged, the different vessels composing the fleet will move into action at eleven o'clock. It is stated that the Admiralty will place steam-vessels at the disposal of the members of both houses of Parliament, and other eminent persons ; and from Gosport an ample supply of boats for the general public will be provided, to enable them to view the manoluvres to advantage. THE ACT FOR REPEALING THE ADVERTISEMENT DUTY received the Royal assent on Thursday night, and came into operation yesterday. AT the seventh half-yearly meeting of the Royal British Bank, held yesterday, a dividend at the rate of per cent. per annum was announced, and an addition of the same amount made to the reserve fund, which now amounts to 9,1181. It is proposed to double the present capital by 1,000 new shares of 1001. each, 79,000/. of which has already been sub scribed. A DESTRUCTIVE FIRE broke out on Thursday evening at Dulwich, near the c liege, on the farm premises of Mr. C. Higgs. Several hours elapsed before the firemen could get the mastery over the flames, and not until two valuable hay-ricks were de stroyed. The fire is supposed to have been caused from the hay having been stacked too soon. THE BODY OF MR. WHITEHEAD, an eitensive farmer at Edmonton, was discovered by his labourers lying in a wheat-field on Monday last. A razor was by his side with which it was evident he had com mitted suicide. The recent dissolution of a partner ship in which the deceased had long been connected with a Mr. Starling had appeared to weigh heavily on his spirits, and is suppo ed to have occasioned the fatal act. He has left a widow, but no family. SATURDAY, NEW CHINESE " SHASTER." A CURIOUS document, containing what may not in aptly be termed the Scriptures of the revolutionary sect in China, has been extensively promulgated in the Celestial Empire. Like most other religious writings in the East, it possesses a metrical character, each line containing three words, and the whole being divided into verses of four lines each. Its contents present a curious admixture of facts and doctrines, derived in almost equal measure from the Pentateuch, the New Testament, and Chinese mythologies. From an able translation of this poem—which may per haps, ere long, become the bible of no small section of the human race—we present the following selec tions. The translator is, we understand, the Rev. Dr. Medhurst : The great God Made heaven and earth ; Both land and sea And all things therein. In six days He made the whole : Man, the lord of all, Was endowed with glory and honour. Every seventh day worship, In acknowledgment of Heaven's favour : Let all under heaven Keep their hearts in reverence. It is said that in former times A foreign nation was commanded To honour God ; The nation's name was Israel. Their twelve tribes Removed into Egypt; Where God favoured them, And their posterity increased. Then a king arose, Into whose heart the devil entered ; He envied their prosperity, And inflicted pain and misery. Ordering the daughters to be preserved, But not allowing the sons to live ; Their bondage was severe, And very difficult to bear. The great God Viewed them with pity, And commanded Motes To return to his family. He commanded Aaron To go and meet Moses: When both addressed the king, And wrought divers miracles. The king hardened his heart, And would not let them go; Wherefore God was angry. • [A metrical detail of the twelve plagues, the exodus from Egypt, and passage of the Desert, follows here. The promulgation of the Ten Commandments is then related, followed by the elementary facts of the Christian dispen sation.] And Moses was commanded To make tables of stone. The great God Gave his celestial comumnds, Amounting to ten precepts, The breach of which would not be forgiven. He himself wrote them, And gave them to Moses ; The celestial law Cannot be altered. In after ages It was sometimes disobeyed, Through the devil's temptations, When men fell into misery. But the great God, Out of pity to mankind, Sent his first-born son To come down into the world. His name is Jesus, The Lord and Saviour of men, Who redeems them from sin, By the endurance of extreme misery. Upon the cross They nailed his body; Where he shed his precious blood, To save all mankind. Three days after his death He rose from the dead : And during forty days He discoursed on heavenly things When he was about to ascend, He commanded his disciples To communicate his Gospel, And proclaim his revealed will. Those who believe will be saved, And ascend up to heaven ; But those who do not believe Will be the first to be condemned. • • [Adverting then to China itself, the subject is intrr duced by a declaration of the unity of the Creator.) There is only one God ( Shang te) ; The great Lord and Ruler, Without a second. The Chinese in early ages Were regarded by God; Together with foreign states. They walked in one way. From the time of Pwan-koo (1) Down to the three dynasties (1) They honoured God, As history records. • • • (1) The first man spoken of by the Chinese. (2) This period cloned B.C. 2*o.