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LONDON, FRIDAY, JUNE 21.

THE Derbyite organ in the press announces that
"at a very numerous meeting of members of tho
House of Commons, held (on Wednesday) at Lord
DERBY'S, in St. James's-square, the unanimous feel-
ing prevailed—after the speech of the noble Earl—
that the amendment of Lord STANLEY should
be supported." The murder is thus out. The
cloven foot is openly displayed. The motion
that Young Derbyisni concocted and published under
a flimsy guise of pretended friend.hip fur L is
now endorsed by DERBY, settler, who in the columns
of his favoured journal openly says that " the
party" are to conic to the field and try a fall m fib the
Coalition. The notification thus made has one great
value. There can now no longer be any mistake as
to the point at issue—as to the question really
to be tried. Damaged by their many short-
comings, the Aittitphs.N-RussELL Ministry are
thought by their Derbyite antagonists to be open to
defeat. The word is given, and up goes the signal,
"The Carlton expects every man to do his duty .°
The Tories believe that the discontent of the Pro-
gress party at the insufficient measure of India
Reform can be turned to Derbyite advantage.
They calculate upon the obstinacy of some, upon
the obtuseness of others, and upon the help of those
who, rather than not be troublesome, would vote all
the world an abuse, a swindle, a delusion, and
snare. They reckon upon the wisdom of the old
proverb being forgotten, and expect many will help
them to upset the Government Bill for India upon
the theory, that " No bread is better than half a
loaf." Others they expect to influence by the very
feeling which animates themselves. To postpone the
India Bill will postpone reform, which will postpone
the dissolution of the present corrupt Parliament.
If the Tories could but get into office just now
—good bye to all electoral improvement. Europe is
in a very ticklish state. Any 'lory Minister could
find no difficuly in precipitating a war. Once firo
a shot, and half the world might quickly be
embroiled. Up at once, and mast high, would then
go the flag of Toryism. Good bye to all reforms—
good bye to all further improvement—adieu to any
further reductions of taxation or mitigations of debt.
Consols might drop to 80,—but the Succession Tax be
certainly upset. What a charming picture all this for
the landlord imagination and for the landlord-
leader, Earl DEnur. The India that Tories never
offered to reform is made to serve them as
the needful stalking-horse. "Postpone the vile
Bill that Reformers have grumbled at," is
the cry, and their plan is complete. " We'll
have some Liberals on the hip," seems Lord
DERBY'S thought. " They must vote for STANLEY,
and on their shoulders we may ride triumphantly
into Downing-street." A pleasant vision truly.
Place to begin with, and for the future—the chapter
of accidents, foreign embroilments, possible war,
and the certain postponement of all reforms. Their
position to some members may seem difficult. To
the man of clear and distinct views it is plain
enough. If Lord STANLEY had really desired to ad-
vance Indian Reform he would have proposed either
a better scheme than Sir CHARLES WOOD'S (a very
easy task), or he would have adopted our often-
repeated suggestion of a simple Continuance Bill, or
he would have moved as an amendment that the opera-
tion of the Government scheme be limited to two or
three years to be spent in taking evidence about
India for the future welfare of that great, ins.
portant, and ill-governed Dependency. Had he taken
any one of these three courses he must have had the
prompt, hearty, and thorough support of all India
reformers. But when he takes no one of these, nor
nay inch honest course, but makes the troubles of
poor Hindostan a mere catspaw to help DIsEAELI
and Co. back into place, it becomes a very
different matter altogether. There is room, however,
in " the situation" for the factious, the dishonest,
and the self-seeking to try and " make their game"
as they might in any non-political gaming-house; and
the division on the India Bill thus seems sure
to display some curious tableaux. Under the par-
tisan standard raised by the Tory Lord STANLEY
we shall in all likelihood see a choice collection
of political recruits : some sillily caught by the re-
cruiting sergeant's ribbons—some craftily looking to

promotion. The old allies and sutlers of the Tory
camp will, of course, be there. DISRAELI the
consistent, and SIBTIIORP the enlightened, the pure
Mr. STAFFORD, late of the Admiralty, and that
gallant friend of FRAIL, Major BERESYORD, still
of the Carlton ; Mr. WALPOLE, who wished
militia bayonets and county votes to go toge-
ther ; and Mr. NEWDEGATE, who still clings
to Protection. All these are safe votes for
' Lord STANLEY. Who will vote with him be-
sides P Are we to see SPOONER of anti-Maynooth,
file off into the same lobby with Mr. LUCAS of the
Tablet ; or Sir IL as Nous band in hand with
Mr. DUFFY of the Nation f' Are we to find any re-
presentatives of large towns, sent by confiding con-
stituencies to Parliament as Liberals, there frater-
nising in a partisan vote with the nominees of
pocket boroughs and aristocratic counties ? "W. 8.,
has been using his whip well, it is known,
but the division list alone can show whether any
proles/ling Liberals have been lured into the Tory
fold. But division lists always tell their own story.

IT seems to bo agreed on all hands that our sug-
gestion for the immediate recall of Sir CHAJ,LES
GREY from the government of Jamaica must be
adopted by the Duke of NEWCASTLE. Sir CHARLES,
it will be recollected, was originally appointed
Governor of Ilarbadoes, and on Lord ELGIN'S promo-
tion to what may almost be termed the Vice-Royalty
of Canada, he was transferred by Earl GREY,
then Secretary of the Colonies, to Jamaica;
in accordance with the principle of promotion
which that noble earl professed to have adopted ; and
which in these instances operated first in favour of
his own able friend, Lord ELGIN, and next in
favour of his very feeble Northumbrian clansman,
Sir CHARLES. Beyond this territorial merit, it would
be difficult to say what peculiar qualification Sir
CHARLES GREY, a retired Indian Judge, had ever
for the government of Barbadoes ; but against his
elevation to that of Jamaica there was, at all
events, a very strong reason in the opinions he
had uttered in Parliament on a very critical
occasion on the subject of the constitution of the
colony in question. When Lord MELFIOURNE'd
Cabinet was in 1539 compelled by the state of parties
at home to withdraw the measure they had intro-
duced for the suspension of that constitution, strange
to say, the only man in the House of Commons who
spoke strongly against the withdrawal, and who
continued to denounce that constitution which the
Government he supported had failed to suspend,
was—the present Governor of Jamaica.

"*.7....1„ Wore, no unfair imputation, but rather a
~.:aromas, to say that Sirlithl.LS GREY
:,.iatimict with a persuasion that the consti-
.l., was uuworkable ; and it will not
o our readers to imagine that this was
•, frame of wind at all calculated to pro-1,
IT to saicoth away difficulties between
~id jealous Assembly, an absurd and
Council, and a Governor wish strong
,1 vi ry little real power. So, nearly all
..1-c that Lae taken phice between Sir
Acil the Assembly has been of a.sparring,
~ geµ rGIUu9, undignified sort, sure at last
into a bitter quarrel. And this is just
dear things have reached in Jamaica. Sir
E. liciA niust be recalled, because, having no
of success, he has signally failed in the go-
cassact of tlw colony. The power of a Got crnor
, 1, serious mischief to imperial interests
his persotal conduct is so great, that
stash an cflicer does not by his habits, his man-

trf and Iti4 private life, win the respect and esteem
.f p opk--amengst whom he represents a Sow
oho basset all her colonial representatives the
of examples in this respect,—his ivabi
to do so is in itself a just ground of
1,;111. Mr. 61..insiox F., when at tho Colonial-
cite, in one instance, perhaps, pushed this principle
;Jae conme length; for he recalled the late Sir
Earn.' WILMia from the government of Van
:lanica's Land, bemuse he had not mastered " the
of the reprobates of Norfolk Island. That
:..trsh measure ; but when a Governor does
.....tr.,und his little court with the choicest sped.
colonial society, does not set an example of ,
_,,n; within his income and keeping out of debt,
1:11 dots not treat with consideration tied regard the
iiiin who have acquired popular confidence; then,
„r:‘ and obviously, the sooner he is got rid of the
r. Fur he is not a fit representative of Queen
C01:1 t or her people.
But, whilst our suggestion for Sir CHARLES
,i.t:t recall is adopted as a step necessary and pre-

;urinary to accommodation and arrangement, it is
evely proposed that the pecuniary cost of a pacific
attlement of the Jamaica dispute sho3ld fall on
:Se English people. "Now is the time to deal
wieroutly," we are told, "with this unhappy colony."
tad this generosity has to consist in our assuming
Kment of the compensations which the Legislative
..ancil insists are duo to office-holders for the re-
action of their salaries, which the House of As-
will only provide for on a reduced scale.
',ion is wholly inadmissible, and if ever
the Duke of NEWCASTLE to Parliament will
the present Government, whose con-
e Canada Clergy Reserves is not yet forgotten.
what are the arguments by which it is sap-
Simply, that the expensive establishments
Jamaica were made for imperial purposes. Bat
is not so; those establishments are a necessary
of every society in which a state of freedom
Whilst slavery existed, and masters could
their slaves, prisons, for instance, were not
d in Jamaica to the same extent as now ; but
freedom prisons became necessary, not for im-
, but for the repression and punish-
_wonial crime. It was, no doubt, an imperial
to see that freedom was protected; and for the
of that duty this country did and does pay,
large cost of stipendiary magistrates in our
-a still testifies. But it was not Parliament,
local legislature which fixed the salaries
judges, gaolers, and other functionaries.
have fixed them high or low; had it had
Imperial Parliament would not hate
_ ; if it fixed them too high, that
give the office-holders or the island no per
claim against us to pay for compeash-
But the people of England are called
to be generous in respect of what the
of Jamaica hold not to be just. The po-
branch of the legislature of the colony has over
. denied that any compensation is due
be paid to the office-holders whose oda.
parties—Governor, Council, Assembly, and
of Jamaica—agree ought to be re-
one-fifth. The only individuals who in-
on
compensation are Sir CHARLES Gazir's
in the Council ; and they are
at home by a few West India traders, who
to get Jamaica out of its present " fix" in any
they can, and who regard • dip into the dapl
of Mrs. Mother Country as the readiest"(
Be it ours to pied and pretest that
draughts he West Indian put,

The House of Assembly of Jamaica hes mry
ewoethily commenced a system of rigid essmaser
in this career it is obstructed by the Oaen
and the Governor, on the shallowest of
-namely, that the salary of an diem is
immanent, although the funds to pay it are amiuslly
by the legislature. This
examination. The Ace-
appointments knew very
(Aril list or emosolidated fund
I they knew that the great
renewed annually, that the two-
' their salaries were yearly only,
offices were of a permanent
ss were annually fixed and
these circumstances, we concur
House of Assembly has
no claim for compensation
redaction of salary this year that
year. And having none on
that we should:pay what the
downright dishonest iniptt-
• nly come from the Sugar

AL, OF

TURKEY.

CONSTANTINOPLE, JOSE 9.

On the 7th inst. the following imperial firman was
issued, guaranteeing the rights, privileges, and iminu-
!mks of all subjects within the Sultan's dominions
not belonging to the faith of Islam :
impe•ial Firmsn, signed entographically, and delivered
to the Greek Patriarch, June 7,18.53 :
" let the resolutions contained in this my imperial ordi-
nance be perpetually and faithfully executed, mad
all men abstain from and guard against their violation.
" Merest honour of the nation of the Bitssish, support
and strengthener nf the people of Jesus Greek Patriarch of
re Constainapie, may God preserve tv thee thy rank ! lira n
receiving my i operial ordinance understand this a hich new
1 follows. _

" The Supreme Being, the only Dispenser of celestial be-
nefits, hinting in his sovereignty deigned to p 1 ice me an the
imperial, glerienv, and powerful the., ne of the Caliphate,
and having confided to my sovereign and equitable hands as
a 'acted trust so many provinces and towns and innume-
rable classes of subjects of different races, it has been my
care and solicitude, as it was my duty as Caliph and my
high mission as a sovereign, to watch unceasingly, conic-
seating all my cares to surround my Subjects with a corn
plete protection, and to secure to them the enjoyment of
the most perfect tranquillity in respect of their religion and
their spiritual affairs without exception.
" The favourable results of this course of conduct have
been obvious, and it is an object of my imperial anxiety
that any abuses which may have crept in little by little, and
unperceived through negligence, may be thoroughly up-
rooted, so that they may never again be renewed.
"'rho spiritual and special privileges granted by my
illustrious ancestors to the clergy of my faithful Christian
subjects of the Grnek rite, and also confirmed and consoli-
dated by me t the immunities and rights attributed to the
churches and monasteries, with the lauds aad possessions
annexed to them, and to all other religious establishments
and places of that kind ; the rights and immunities attri-
buted to the priests and monks; in one word, all the privi-
leges of the same nature which are mentioned in the berate
of investiture, which of old have fixed the status of the
patriarchs and clergy,—all 'hall, after my imperial deter-
mination and solicitude, be for ever preserve 1 inviolate.
I "To confirm and manifest anew my imperial determina-
tion on this subject in such manner that no infraction may
take place, while those who may act contrary thereto shall
be the objects of my sovereign displeasure, I have issued
a special imperial order which has been brought to the
knowledge of all the functionaries concerned, so that none
can excuse himself in case of neglect by pleading ignorance
of my will. And for the more full declaration and notifica-
tion that the faithful and constant execution of this order
is required by say sovereign will, the present firman has
been published by my Sublime Porte.
" When you, the patriarchs above-mentioned, shall have
taken knowledge of them things, abstain from all contra-
vention of the resolution just expressed, conform your con-
duct at all times to it, and if at any time any infraction of
my resolution shall take place, you shall bring it to the
knowledge of my Sublime Porte. Consider this, and put
faith in my august seal." Given, &c.
Lord Stratford, who is generally speaking "all
work and no play," has had, strange to say, within
these last few days some hours of relaxation—dinner
parties, and, moreover, a ride over the hills at But-
goley.
These events have not escaped the vigilance of our
augur', and portend well, they declare, for the political
situation. Meanwhile the peace and war parties
continue to discuss it fronfibus adversis, eagerly and
vigorously as the Ombristes and Asinistes in Wieland's
admirable tale. On one point, however, they are
both agreed—that much will depend on the attitude
and decision of Great Britain. The Russo-Greek
faction pretend to doubt her good faith, and Bag-
land, they say, can bear with heroic fortitude the
mischances of others, and look on without perturba-
tion
at a broil even amongst her" dearest friends."
She preaches up freedom and constituti3nal princi-
glee all over the world ; but will not, in certain cases,
risk much in support of her doctrines, or in favour of
her political sectaries. Thus they comfort one
another.
• On the 26th ult., Fete Dien, the crescent waved
beside the national flag at the churches of various
, religions communities, excepting, I need scaroely
add, the Russo-Greek, which has just started into life
' without a temple, as without a name, in ecclesiolo-
' gical annals.
, The fleet, consisting of three ships of the line,
; twelve frigates, several war steamers, and small
craft, has taken its position in the Bay of Buyuk-
' dere. On the Bth inst. a war steamer arrived from
Tunis, and others are expected from Egypt.

A letter from St. Petersburg, of the 13th inst.,
announces that the Emperor of Russia had, on the
precediog day, visited the port of Cronstadt. in which
the Balite fleet is at present assembled. Cronstadt,
which was founded by Peter the Great, is distant 20
English mike from St. Petersburg.
Accounts from Djeddah, of the sth inst., announce
that the late events at' Constantinople had produced
the greatest sensation throughout Arabia. The
numerous pilgrims who were assembled at Mecca
appeared to be ready to assist in the war, and that
the tribes inhabiting that eountry, in general dis-
obedient and uudisetplined, were only waiting for a
signal from the Turkish authorities to fly to the
support of the Empire of Mahomet, menaced by the
Russians.

The eurespondratt of the Vienna Lloyd sends
from iamb the following statements respecting
the mob= and position of the Russian active
corps alierrafar
"TM eemaleder-is thief of the active army is Prince
Poshewieli. who bee Prises tiortschakof foe the chief of
blast& The first infantry corps of the active army is sta-
des& is the goversmest of Augutovo, in Poland, and in
Litho's* end has its head-gearless at Eluvalki. When it
was review& by the Sapmer,in May, 1861, it numbered
03,000 men, Ma ea& of the followiug corps. it is
umposi of 3 divides. of infantry, Which together
an Siena of U reghasate and 48 battalloss, sot
a battalion of sharpshooters and soppy,. The
illibMt cavalry divides is stalks& in Lithuania, and
eamiesa. as sash of the following cavalry dishiest, of two
regiments of Chime mad two of Hassan, eeeb of eight
squirms, to that every divides of light cavalry includes
83 squadrons. The MA artillery divide.. like sack of the
&TWO'S, embers 3 foot and one horse brigade,
wick Ills
The Infitatry Gaps is statioaselin the kingdom
of P 'ananda has its Mad -quarters at Warsaw. Tibia
some was mastered, is June, 1862, at Warsaw, and ha a
of mane than 00,000 ma. The amend light cavalry
riviZlilise he sorters at Mediu, In Poland, and is of
the same &ism* se lag. The second artillery division is
at Woos,. Thoth& ha Who'd-quarters at Rossi,
is the serersissalpd ' , sad was reviewed in Sep-
tember, 1852, sod atheist& el 80,000 men. The Third
Light Cavalry division is mattered over Lithuania, the
of Mirk Maylow, M. The Tbird Artillery
C=l Zeit& its halhatry corps. The Fourth Istestry
mega is elegiss& is Faihyaut, Podolia, sad on the Frith,
and hes he boalkserten at Deber. (It is this end the
met amps which is destined to act against Tarkesessys.+ll t
was pwriewed in cam at Lash by the Maperor, is t.,
1861. The Fifth llnfantrycorpnis statioaed in is,
Its beedisarters beim at Odium. The cavalry of this
&TWOS wa reviewed by the Emperor twice in 1851 and
agate is 1852. The *kith Lamm, corps has its head-
quarters at Moscow and was reviewed is 1851 ; its Light
Cavalry corps is is the military colonies. We see from this
compendious statement, that the Runes active army an.
sin 0172 Isfastry regiments, in 308 battalions, and 24
meshy regiments in 192 squadrons, and the artillery
ed the 6 corps numbers 690 gnus. The strength of the
active army, which is always disposable sad on a war foot.
lap, is thus 240,000 men, without the reserve' which is
termed el 80,000 men in in infantry divides& and sin
cavalry brigades. The Comas are still to be added to the
amber.'

vrably will only provide
:his proposition is wholly
, aide by the Duke of NEWC
, aiously damage the preseni
:met on the Canada Clergy RA
Sat what are the argumer
sorted ? Simply, that the
n Jamaica were made for
ais is not so; those establ
Ft of every society in w
;serails. Whilst slavery e
punish their slaves, prisons
- ranted in Jamaica to the
i; with freedom prisons becas
;trial purposes, but for the
sent of colonial crime. It 1
duty to see that freedom wi
raiment of that duty this
a the large cost of stipend
unites still testifies. Bo
st was the local legislature
of Jamaica judges, gaolers
t might hare fixed them I
m too low,the Imperial I
monstrated ; if it fine
give the office-holders
ble claim against us
n. But the people
.a to be generous in
pie of Jamaica hold n
branch of the legislab
over again denied that
nought to be paid to the
-es all parties—Governor,
topic of Jamaica—ag
:aced one-fifth. The on
ist on compensation a
maims in the Co,
licked at home by a few
Irish to get Jamaica out of
asy they can, and who re
rxkets of Mrs. Mother C
LI ways. Be it ours to
/ticket from further drag
tom.
The House of Aseemb
traiseworthily commenced
ad in this career it is
it and the Governor,
tll groands—nantely, that
tormanont_ alihnaoh ehw f