New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-05-05
CANADA.
CLERGY Reseryss-Dispatch from the Dnke OF New
eas,ie-The Tarin-stcam 60 Ensiana-Liauer Law.

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TORONTO, Saturday, April 80, 1855.
have lust perused manuscript copy oil dispatcn
from the Duke Of Newcastle TO Lord Egn on the sub
ieet of a guarantee TO the Churches OF England ana
Scotland In Canada that they shall receive cut OF the
CONSOLIDATED Fund Of the United Kingdom about 10000
ayear the Clergy Reserves revenues should fall below
that amount This guarantee was obtained by the Arch
bishop Of Canterbury in 1910 from the Russell Govern
ment and here s doubt that the same prcate Is now
IN A position 10 insist ts being continued When the
Clergy Reserve Bill now before the Imperial Parliament
was first introduced proposed TO repeal the clause OF
The act Of 1910 which contained this guarantee Wheher
from pressure from the Archbishop Of Canterbury or
some ether metise, Lord John hussen suosel1eney
His amendment was carriedi but sn opinion was ok
pressed that the Canadian Legislature ought 10 assume
The responsibility and this dispatch is written IN refer
ence 10 that point transcrbe the concluding portion
Of the dispatch;
the guarantee will be- that the charge contingeny I'M
posed on the consolidated fund will remain unaffected by
this act The contingency one which cannot arise so
long as the life interests protected by the b continue 10
require the expenditure OF t1,1UO annually tor tns
Church of England and $50 for the Church Of Scot
land unless (which not to be anticipated the proceeds
of the reserves should fall before that joint amount Ii
Was against this event. however that the provision was
intended TO guard When the life interests have SO lar
amount them IL the remaining proceeds OF the reserves
shall have been devoted 10 purposes other than those oil
the Churches Of England and Scotland It may be con-
tended even although the funds may largely exceed the
n,m mentioned in the act that according to possible
construction Of the clause in question, the liability may
arise. a.
IL has been urged in Parliament the guarantee on the
mart of the Imperial Treasury ought now to cease both
On the grounds OF Justice and because the reason org
nay ASSIGNED by Lord John Russell in lSiO for placing
Il ON the consolidated fund instead Of the revenue OF
Canada no longer exists and may be further argued
that in making the final settlement the sums 50 guaa-
teed ought to be reserved out Of the general provisions oil
the act definitely charged in the reserves
Her Msesty's Government would however feel them
selves bound 70 oppose the introduction of any such
vision into the present bill They would regard II a.
wholly incompatible with the general principles upon
which the measure is based and with the assurances
already given TO Canada
i cannot however, avoid expressing hope thai 81
some future time the Parliament OF Canada sheald think
proper 70 lecislate upon the subject Of the Clergy Re
serve they will not lose sight Of the expectation which
,hs guarantee whatever may be is force, held cut at
,h TINA 10 the Churches OF England and Scotland
srecay As il was inserted in he act Of Isle, for the
,rse az promoting sestlement of the question which
Vas then regarded highly beneficial 70 Canda, and
which has in the in.eyI greatly mGgased .noss sen
- Il h 80 MA that our Parliament viii take any
Z >i ~ rgar 10 this dispatch in the present session for
the spe ras,n that they win be in position to legs
late on the reserve question till the Imperial bill has
Scarcely had the new tariff gone into operation than
WAS discovered to contain provision which viii tend q
emba-rsss and cara our trade with and through the
United States Heretofore French, English and Wes
India goods imported through the United States vers
charged for duty on their invoice value ~ me place
their original exportation they are TO De charged
an the United States value unless departmental oraei
sne declaring that they shall be charged on their mrs.
and lower value As yet such departmental order has
ss.5 ana the result is that such goods subject q
a. shsres3 ON the American value hope prevails N
tse mercantile community that the order will yet issue
snS thas the discretionary power s only given TO the
Gsyerpmeut to meet some emergency when Il may o<