The Sun. — 1854-07-27 (London, England)

AGAINST ITSELF.  A curious scene took plafle in the House of Commons last night on the debate on the Russian Securities Bill. The principle involved in this bill is the old-fashioned English doctrine that, if you are at war with an enemy, it is augment his resources with your money as to assist him with your arm. It makes very little differoncejust as criminal to whether you hire troops and lend them to Russia or lend Russia the money to pay them with. Mimmon does not see this, or will not see it. Mammon does not care whether his guineas come to him covered with ordureor reeking with blood. Mammon holds with Vespasian, that money, however procured, cannot stink in the nostrils. A guinea is a guinea in Mammon's eyes, and, let it be as black as a murderer's conscience, Mammon will find means to polish it. Thus Mammon in the House of Commons knows no difference—except that shown by the various rates of interest —between money lent to the Queen for the purpose of punishing the Czar and money lent to the Czar for the purpose of enabling him to shoot the subjects of the Queen, and Mammon very naturally voted fortho sale of Russian securities. In the great money market Mammon says, `` Let QupdVictoria and the Czar stand upon an equal footing " It is gratifying to find that Mammon has it not all his own . way in the House of Commons. He and his Russpin friend could do nothing against the righteous English feeling which actuated most of the members. During the debate on the subject, Mr. Wilson, one of the Secretaries of the Treasury, expressed opinions adverse to the provisions of the bill., Lord Palmerston, who took the proper common-souse English view of the question, in the course of his observatis, remarked that the statements of the Secretary to the Treasury were "sheer nonsense." This is a curious way of backing your friends. anti -Russian, the Secretary for the Something still stranger took place. A division took place, when Lord Palmerston and Mr Wilson were the two tellers on opposite sides. The noble Home Secretary was -Russ Treasury was forfree trade iu Russian promises to pay. After the division attention was called to the fact that an honourable member, Sir W. Molesworth, who was in the house before, and in tho lobby when the division was taking place, had abstained from voting. Here is the Home Secretary abusing, the Secretary to the Treasury, and the President of the Board of Works trying to get rid of the responsibility of a vote. This was not the termination of the Comedy of Errors. After the division for reporting progress Sir J. V. Shelley, ono of the tellers, reported that Mr. Lowe, the Secretary to the Board of Control, who was in the house when the division .was called, bad " bolted up stairs," and abstained from voting. All this is very small, very pitiable, very cowardly, very mean. Are scenes like these calculated to give. confidence to the country in the Coalition Ministry ? —Datly dens. i  LIVERPOOL, Wednesday.—At noon, to-day, the United States Mail ti team-ship, Atlantic, Captain Briggs, sailed from the Mersey, for New York, with the usual weekly mails for the Western Continent ; 160, passengers and a lull cargo of merchandise on freight.