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      Satckday , July 8 th . last night the Lord Chanthe Testamentary Jurisdiction on the ground of the difficulty of apart from the whole ques-Courts . He should , how-, and Matrimonial Bill . The House then went into committee on the Oxford University Bill . Several amendments were proposed , among the most important were the following : — On clause 4 , relating to oaths , Lord Bekners moved the omission of the words " and no oath taken by any officer of the university shall be pleadable in bar of any authority of the Commissioners . " On a division , the amendment was defeated by 77 to 64 . Lord Ward moved an amendment on clause 6 , the effect of which was to alter the mode of electing the Hebdomadal Council , and to make tlie congregation the elective body . The amendment was carried by a majority of 24 , the : numbers being 107 to 83 ; the Government supporting the motion . . On this Iiord Dbrbv moved an amendment to omit the word " congregation , "' and insert the word " convocation . " .-.:... , ¦ His amendment was lost by a majority of 27 , the numbers being 99 to 72 .

      On clause 27 , which provided for the establishment of private halls , Lord Derby moved the omission of toe clause . A division took place , ¦ wrhen there appeared- —IPor the clause , 109 ; against it , 76 ; majority , 33 . The Earl ' of Derby soon after intimated that he should ' struggle further against these adverse divisions—and the bill was proceeded with . The IJouse of Commons was occupied for more than two hours in debating and dividing on the liords' amendments to the Middlesex ; Industrial Sciaools BUI ; but they \ rere ultimately carried , Lord Johh Hussem . speaking and voting against one of the amendments , tending rather to neutralise a clause of the bill giving free access to the schools to religious teachers of all denominations .

      On the motion for going into committee of Supply , Sir John Sheiaey brought the case of Unstamped Publications forward , with especial reference to a threatened prosecution of the Musical limes , a periodical published by Mr . Novello . The discussion elicited from the Attorne y-Geneual a statement that the Government had come to a , decision on the question , and that it would be stated as soon as the Chancellor of the Exchequer ' s health enabled him to appear in tlie House . ' Mr . M . Gibson and Mr . Cobdek took occasion to urge that the simple and easy plan was to take the stamp off all newspapers , and make them subject to a charge when transmitted through the Post-office .

      After a discussion on the hardship which morning sittings on Tuesdays inflicted on independent members and their motions , which was introduced by Mr . Bowyeb , who took tho opportunity of complaining of his being " counted out" last Tuesday , the House went into Committee of Supply on the civil estimates . Divisions were taken on some of the votes—among others on the vote of 27 , 800 / . for the purchase of additional land for a National Gallery at Kensington Gore- —but they were all carried . The House resumed soon after twelve , and disposed of the other orders of the day .

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      TO CORILESPONDUNTS . Ifc Is impossible to noknowlodgo Uio n >; um of lottors wo roe §}| Vfii ShfiteIwsortlou b often dolnjod . owiiiK to a pros * of manor ; ami wlioii omitted it 1 h fronmmtiy from nnsoiw < mlto lndopomlunt of tho inoritH of tho communication . N ™ r ! vo } lco c . * ' ° M "' " of anonymous communications Whatever » h Intended for insertion must bo nut lion McaIcm ! by tho namo and atWrowa of tho writer ; not nucoBttartlj for publication , but no a guarautoo of IiIk good faith . Wo cannot undortako to rotiirn rojootod ooinmunloationH . All letters for tho Editor should bo addressed to 7 , " WolIliigton-atroot . Strand , London . C ' !/ i , ? , nfl Mho " } w « V « »> o loglbly written , and oji oulty of finding spftco for them .

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      A Ministry which lias excited more hopes aad conciliated more trust than most Governments that vre have had for some time , has gradually become the object , not of mistrust , but of attack . The most violent assaults are made upon the most conspicuous menVbers of the Ministry ; the most brutal

      OUR PRESENT PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT .

      attacks of all being levelled at its Premier . In the midst of the storm , what account has Government given of itself ? Noticing these attacks , not understanding them , the " public la beginning to feel that vague inarticulate uneasiness ¦ which precedes a distinct want , and presently we may expect to hear a demand to be told—What is the matter ?

      There has been a defence here and there . Lord Aberdeen has defended himself ; Lord Clarendon has defended the foreign policy of Government ; IJord John Russell has defended himself ; and some journals defend the Ministry , with the insinuation , that we must put up with the" present because we cannot have a better . Very likely . But what account can this Ministry give of itself ? We do not find that it makes either a defence

      or an explanation as a whole . Perhaps it has no account to give . It was appointed to execute for us various practicable reforms , about which there did not remain much question . But measure after measure has been given up ; we are to have no Parliamentary representation , no bills for the castigation of corrupt boroughs , for the improvement of the Poor-law , for the

      improvement of local police , of municipalities —no county boards , no public education , not any of the reforms urged by the Ministers themselves ! And this week Ministers have added to the list the Testamentary Jurisdiction Bill . The Ministry , therefore , has given up its mission of conducting practicable informs . Then " what the devil does it do in that galley f" What business has it on the Treasury bench ?

      The best explanation that has been given has been about the war . Tho war is to bo carried on with vigour , for the purpose of obtaining guarantees that Russia will not again invade tho independence of Turkey or the peace of Europe . That is a very proper object , as far as it goes . But it is a negative object . The sole , distinct mission of tho English Government ia one to weaken Russia ; tho duty is necessary , but wo aak whether

      the satisfactory mission for this great nation is the negative purpose of rendering Russia weaker P Havo wo no good that wo can do at homo or abroad P—no energies to occupy , no opportunities to improve , no influence or wealth to onlargo ? Evidently tho Ministry ia tumbling to piuces through want of public confidence , —through wnnt of conlidonco in itself—want of Bolf-respcct , because it is tho Ministry of a gronfc nation without a

      mission . It unfortunately happens that that groat people cannot very well call tho Government to account , for a pah- of reasons , only two sufficing . In tho first place , tho great

      English people at present has no mission of its own . We are in hopes that it may arrive at a mission . It may gradually rouse itself to a positive enterprise in quest of victory for the enlargement of its influence and the extension of constitutional Government . And perhaps it may find something for a Q-OYemnient to do at home . Perchance the popular mind will awaken to an idea ; and when ifc shall do so , it may then l ) e able , either to call the present Ministry to its duty , or to create a Ministry that can acknowledge a

      positive duty at home as well as abroad . Only the other reason why the Ministry cannot be called to its duty is a reason also why the great English people has a difficulty in appointing its Ministry . Not more than a fraction of the people appoints the representative body ; and hence a very imperfect command over the instrument for questioning Ministers , or the power for creating Governments . In the meanwhile , the present Cabinet gives up the function which it undertook on entering office . It has become a Provisional Government .

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      Tutje charity is of no sect , but is one of the great facts at the root of all religion . It is not only Christ but Nature that commands us to love one . another ; and the religion of the feelings has its home in the breast of the American Indian as well as in the heart of the civilized European . Our own island , and the Eastern and Western continents , are studded with charitable institutions , and blessed is that nation which out of its abundance provides for the resourceless , the fatherless , the lame and the blind .

      CHURCH CHARITY AND CATHOLIC CHARITY .

      These reflections , common-place it is true , but good to remember , are forcibly brought home to us by two facts "which have arrested our attention this week , illustrating Church cliarity and Catholic charity . On Ham Common , there is a house set apart for the rearing and education , of orphans . There are many institutions of the kind ; we cite this as an illustration , only of what one or two gathered together in the name of goodness may do . Five years ago ,

      the Reverend Joseph Brown , a true pastor , seeing the havoc which the cholera made in oar homes , suggested the establishment of another Orphan Home . Mr . Minter Morgan , always ready in a good cause , bought Ham House for 2000 Z ., and added a donation of 5001 ., in order that the noble idea of his friend might bear fruit . The institution has happily met with support ; and is now a national orphan homo , beautiful to see . But it depends on subscriptions ; and appeals are

      made now and then to the public for aid . One of those appeals assumed the common shape of a charity dinner , and was celebrated at tllie Star and Gnrtcr , Richmond , on Wednesday . Xord John Hussoll , escaping from official pursuits , drove down thither and took the chair . Charity dinners are not lovely sights ; but they have their uses ; and , beaidoa , tho custom is not only old , but national . In no other way , perhaps , could heterogeneous masses moot who otherwise would never meet , and Dissent sit on tho right

      hand of orthodoxy for a common purpose . There ia ftn eclat about tho thing , too , which the ostentatious love ; and though ostentation is not a virtue , still it ia better to be ostentatiously charitable than not to be charitable at nil . On this occasion there woro touching incidents , when all felt their common humanity . For instance , when tho p hnirmmi , with emotion in his features and in his voico , said that tho presence of an orphan levels all distinctions of rank , and

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      SATURDAY , JULY , 8 , 1854 .

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      There is nothing so revolutionary , because there is ao thing so unnatural and convulsive , as the strain to keep things fixed when all the world is "by the very law of its creation in eternal progress . —Da . A . rnoij >

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      Tho recent advance in tho prices of nil raw materitila employed in tho manufacture of pupcr , has induce ;! parties interested in the question to look about for snpplica from other , and , if possible ^ new quarters . The Government , impressed ? with the groat importance of extending tho sonroos of supply , has instructed tho governors of colonies to turn their attention to any fibrous matei'feils growing in thoir territory which might bo turned to account in tho manufacture of pnpor . Whilst the proprietor of some journal hnu publicly offered 1000 / , to any _ one who fllmll discover a means of producing cheap paper from Bomo now and abundant material . This lias recently led to tho successful mnnufnctu . ro of paper from tho stern of tho common English rhubarb plant , nnd it ia said tho articlo may bo produced nt a prico much below tl )< i ordinary P'ipor in uso for printing purposes . A patent litia boon applied for .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), July 8, 1854, page 636, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2046/page/12/