The Sun. — London, England, 1848-02-08 00:00:00

birti SUN OFFICE, Seven o , Clock. THE COMMERCIAL BANK OF LONDON.—(TFIIS DAY. A special meeting of the proprietors was held to day, at one o'clock, at the offices of the bank, Loth bury—John Taylor, the Deputy-Governor, in the chair—for the purpose of electing three directors in the room of those who had resigned. A dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum for the half-year having been declared, Mr. BARNWELL proposed and Mr. OAENFORD seconded the election of Mr. Charles Dickson Archibald in the room of Mr. John Shewell. Mr. HopioNsoN proposed Mr. Henry Cooper in the room of Mr. Henry Cornfort. Mr. RENNIE, jun., proposed, and Mr. CLAY, M.P., seconded, the election of John Alfred Chowne in the room of the former. The gentlemen proposed having been elected, and having severally returned thanks for the honour con ferred upon them, The CHAIRMAN briefly addressed the proprietors. He said he had great pleasure in stating that the progress of the bank had been very satis factory since the directors had the p leasure of meeting the proprietors at the last annual meeting in July. The times they had passed through since then had been very difficult to encounter, and most portentous in their character. lie supposed that at no period within their recollection had such remark able changes taken place in the value of securities, and, in fact, of every kind of property, as during the last four or five months of the past year. During that year they had Consols at 94, and also at 79 ; they had also Exchequer-bills at 152 premium and 37 discount. All the great articles of general use and consumption, such as sugar, cotton, and indigo, had, he believed, declined in value 25, and some as much as 40 per cent. Under these cir cumstances, of course, the directors were obliged to exercise peculiar caution in their transactions, and he was happy to say that at no period—not even during October or November—did the balances diminish to a greater extent than about ten per cent. from the highest amount at which they were during any period of the last year.—(Cheers.) He had, therefore, unfeigned pleasure in stating that during the last half-year the gross profits of the bank were as large as they had been in the same period in 1846, for although their balances were somewhat less, yet the higher rate of interest which they had found it necessary to charge had made up the difference.—(Cheers.) Ile could not but expect that they had had some losses during such a period as the one they had passed through ; but he was happy to inform them that these losses were of no importance, considering the amount of business now transacted by the bank. The bad debts had been much less than might have been expected, considering the commercial embarrassment that had provailed. In one respect they had been peculiarly fortu nate; as, seeing in some measure, the corning pressure, though he did not pretend to say that they foresaw its extreme intensity, they, in September, soli a considerable portion of their Exchequer-bills and other stock in order that they might be prepared to meet any demand that might be made upon them, for the directors were most desirous to give all the accommodation and assistance to their friends which they were en titled to receive at their hands. They had since re bought a large number at a price considerably below that at which they had sold them, so that instead of sustaining a loss, they had been enabled by the transaction to add something to the profit and loss account. Since, the beginning of the year the 'progress of the bank had continued equally satisfactory, for, during the month of January, they had opened 50 new accounts.—(Cheers.) He trusted that these short statements would prove satis- factory to the proprietors, and that they would not consider that his recital of them had unnecessarily occupied their time.—(Cheers.) A vote of thanks having been awarded to the Chair man and directors, and suitably acknowledged, the meeting separated. MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS. NIT3LBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN .THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, FEB. 5, 1848. Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases ... 364 Diseases of Uncertain Seat ... 45 Turbercular Diseases... ... 219 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... ... 156 Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 50 Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of ... 362 Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs Mn of Digestion... ... Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. ••• ••• Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, &c. Diseases of the Joints, Boues, and Muscles Diseases of the Skin, &c. •.. Dlalformations... ..• ••• ••• Premature Birth Atrophy ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• Old Age Sudden ... ••• ••• Violence, Privation, Cold, or Intemperance Causes not specified ... DEATIIS FROM ALL CAUSES ... Population Enumerated, 1841. West Districts... 300,711 North Districts.. 375,971 Central Districts 373,653 East Districts ... 392,444 South Districts .. 501,190 .Averaio weekly Deaths Deaths, 1843-7. In the Five Winters. Week. . 161 ... 192 . 209 ... 251 . 203 ... 286 . 235 ... 323 . 299 ... 426 Totals... ..... 1,948,425 -. 1,107 1,478 714 764 Male 3 • • • Females ... BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. Males Females ... Total ... COURSE OF EXCII. Amsterdam ~ ...„ 12 3)4, 1 Ditto, at sight ...• 12 1 Rotterdam • .. • - 12 34 , 4 ' Antwerp .... llamburgh .... • • 31.13. 13 14% l'aris, 3 days' sight .. • • 23 45 Ditto, ••••.. • • • • • ... 25 89 Marseilles • • • • • • • • 25 85 ourdeatix.• .••• • . . .• 25 85 Frankfort on Maine.... 122 3 -4 Petersburgh, Sit. Rble • • Berlin Vi e nna, cffec. ii.o• ••• .. 10 lf; Trieste, ditto.... •••• •• 10 Madxid •• .. •• • • •• 46 Cadiz .. ..... 48 ,)", Barcelona •• •• • • •• • • •• ;iavu l e .. ..... • ... • . ...1,367 LNGE.-(TIIIS DAY.) 11braltar . • • Leghorn •-•• 31 Genoa Milan ....... . Naplel ............ 35 Palermo, pc" oz • : 14 Lisbon.... • ......... 52 Oporto ...... • ;,214 Rio Janeiro • . Bahia Littenos Ayres ........ New York, 21 days' dight Philadelphia ..... . _ PRIOZ3 OF BrLLION, TEA oz. Foreign Gold in bars.. £3 17 9 New Dollars ••.. • . 0 4 91i Portzgal Gold Coin 0 0 0 Spanish Donbloons .. 0 0 0 Silver in bars ...• .. • • 0 4 1114 MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the 'London New Price Cu off in the rr e ntof home Feb.. 8.) SecAn.—To-day there was a falling as well as export demand for Raw Sugar, mer- k chants ware more inclined to sell, and the market was better supplied, and for all descriptions prices in consequence suffered a decline. The purchases made in West India Muscovado were limited for both the scale and refining purposes, although the rates taken were Gd per cwt. under those of Friday for all kinds. The quantity sold amounted to only 200 hhds, &c., in cluding a public sale of 124. hhds of Barbadoes which went off heavily at a fall on former quotations of 6d to Is per cwt.; fine yellow went at 43s to 44s Gd, good middling and good 41s 6d to 42s Gd, and middling 40s 6(1 to 41s per cwt. The Raw Sugar Market closes with a dull aspect. REFINED.—To-day there was little pa;sing in Re fined goods for home use ; the supply is larger, and prices are on the decline. We quote brown grocery lumps at 54s Gd, and standard lumps at 54s 6d, and standard 55s to 55s Gd. For Bonded Crushed Sugar there is less inquiry, and prices are not so firm, fine sort selling at 29s to 30s per cwt. MAURITIUS, —This afternoon there was not much in clination shown to operate in adallib7riiitc,ivasanaldSeutlaer'inwair'kilestt holders were more inclined yd T to he re p a u e Whole sold, but was more freely conaisatien"mii"d and 55 r 2 ts cask T s he w g c idly 07 fo3middling 141 and tierces, finssu ppy, 01 rat: t ea of at a fall on Friday per cwt. 'This afternoon them for Madra s F i r e t:t a n 6 d d 2t,05515, under rpourtic sale were only in r E AST INDIA. Sugar had a quiet appearance rates. Bengal met pwairtthslittle attention, and 1,100 bags at auction went Gil lower. pu ri b % ! a ie te s i a y le w of er F o oreign Sugar, and the few parcelsupon FouEtom.—To-day there was)ni,c,,, p rather lower terms for 150 eases 35s 6(1 accepted, and for 1,000 bars_, of re i low ; n bar rather moreo 1w Bahia s brown quality at 37s per cwt. :Eno of Pernambuco c o Sugar on offer. MOLASSES.—To-day there was less d lasses, but hold ers wou ld n ot take lower with demand d for Mo- CorFEE—Thi s a ft ernoo n Native Ceylon met ready purchasers, and 1,294 bags at auction were all sold, and at rather higher rates, good ordinary fetching 33s Gd to 345, real good ordinary 34s to 34s 6J, one lot 35 5, pea berry realized 50s, and damaged 26' to 325. The public sales of Plantation consisted of 1,759 bags, and S 2 casks, they went off without spirit, still former rates are generally supported. TEs.--There has been more activity in the market since last T 'Tuesday, ind ee d the businesstransactedsacted is although eee h greater than f ur some time. For most tu e kindsmarket a rise has in the value took place, been more readily supp li ed. good demand, and reali ze d an aiVancenleotn with for a rates of per lb., whil s t o th er sorts of Black haveb"mer more freely dealt and realised st iff er prices. In n Green extensive purchases hav e b een made. *This afternoon several parcels of Tea ware disposed of, and generally at prices rather above those of yesterday. The better kinds of Green are the most in demand. Sicu.—A more active demand has been experienced by private, but no improvement in the value is observ able, although the supply is less plentiful. The parcels T ITLE SUN, LONDON, TITIP,SDAY disposed of by private treaty were at from 15s to 255, but 145 boxes at auction were taken in at les for middling small greyish white. Tapioca is in better demand, and the paresis sold by private treaty were at full prices. BeeE.—To-day there was little desire shown to make purchases in East India Rice. At public sale 3,793 bags of Bengal were offered, v; bite sorts went 6(1 cheaper, but yellow realised the full value. COCHINEAL.— All descriptions have been much in re quest, and a further advance of hl per lb is apparent, By private treaty several parcels have sold : at auction, 59 bags Mexican sold. SPIRITS.—To-day there was much heaviness in the market for all kinds of Rum, and the progress of prices is downwards. The nearest value of proof Leewards is is Bd, East India is 7d, and Jamaica 30 to 38 per cent over proof 3a 8:1 to 4s 61 per gallon. The price of British Corn Spirit has been reduced to lOs, and which which is 3d cheaper. Gin is 2d per gallon cheaper. INDIGO.—There is greater firmness on the part of holders of all kinds of East India, and there appears a desire on the part of exporters as well as the home trade to get well supplied, and the progress of pikes is sal upwards. The quarterly sale which commenced to-day was well attended; the quantity declared amounted to 10,133 chests. 851 chests have passed the sale this day. The biddings having been animated, especially for the qualities fit shipping (of which there is but a small proportion in the sale); there has been also a fair de mand for the consuming kinds and for Kurpab, but less animation for dry leaf lei adras. SALTPETRE.—Of Rough there are large arrivals near at hand, exporters and the home trade in consequence operate Kith caution, and prices tend downwards. Bri tish Refined is held for 34s 6d to 355, but few buyers are to be met with, and there is a fair stock. OILS.—The market for Fish Oils has a more active appearance, and prices have assumed an upward ten dency, whilst supplies are on the dccreats. The arrivals have been of little moment since our last report . . In Cod a good business has been concluded at 251 lOs to 261, and on the part of holders there is much firmness. Southern is wanted, but not much is to be obtained In Seal several purchases have been made. Sperm has been in excellent request, and realised better. prices. Prices have assumed an upward tendency for Linseed Oil ; the home trade operated largely, and a fair quantity has been taken by exporters. Por forward delivery several contracts have been con cluded at 24s 6d to 23a. Of Rape Seed Oil several parcels have been sold; there is no increase in the sup ply. Olive has been in excellent request, and holders are less inclined to press sales. The dealings in Palm Oil have been upon a large scale, and prices are on the advance, whilst the supply is on the decrease. In Cocoa Nut the sales made privately are upon a more extended scale at full rates, but 135 packages of fine Cochin at public sale were all withdrawn. TaeLow.---There has been an extensive business transacted in Russian on the spot, and the advance in prices amounts to es per cwt, P. Y. C. of fine quality realising 53s 6d to 545, and on the pert of the holders there is confidence. The demand has been good for delivery next month at 52s 6d to 535, and for the last three months of the year many contracts have been en tered into. Home met with a free sale at 51s ed to 52s 6d net cash. All other descriptions have been in excellent request, and realised higher rates. At public sale 219 pipes, 91 lihds, 407 boxes of South American found buyers. THE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING..) BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. Henry Leatham, slater and plasterer, Liverpool. BANKRUPTS. Thomas Bate, hatter, Birmingham, to surrender Feb. 17, at half-past one, and March 24, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Canaan, official assignee, Birchin lane ; Cox, Sons, and Walrond, Sise- lane, London. Thomas Charles Stanbrough, wine merchant, Ber ners-street, Oxford street, Feb. 18, at half-past ten, and March 24, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whit more, official assignee, Basinghall street; Lawrance ane, Plews, Old Jewry-chambers. Thomas Morris, hotel-keeper. Ivy-cottage, Maida hill, Feb. 15, at half-past one, and March 21, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee; Sidney, Finsbery-circus, London. Richard Fuller, innkeeper, Feb. 18, at half-past twelve, and Marcy 23, at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Nicholls and Co., Bedford-row. William Farmer, engineer, Great Sutton-street, Clerk enwell, Middlesex, Feb. 14, at two, and March 27, at twelve, at the Court of Bakruptcy. Turquand, official assigne, Guildhall-chambers; Dig by, Circus-place, Fins bury-circus. Edward Thomas Andrews, ironmonger, Southampton, Feb. 18, at half-past twelve, and March 24, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankrupcy. Follett, official assignee, Basinghall-street; Randall, Southampton; Tilson, and Co., Coleman-street. Thomas Sharp Hall, brewer, Southampton, Fee. 18, and March 22, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street buildings; Pownall and Co., Staple Inn; Boyle, Ly mington. Francis George Klingelhoefer, merehant, Old Broad street, City, Feb. 18, at one, and March 23, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-buildings; Miller tend Carr, Eastcheap. William Lodge, stonemason, Birmingham, Feb. 17, and March 11, at eleven, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham; Mot ' teram and Knowles, Birmingham. Samuel Bardsley, agent, Manchester, Feb. 21, and March 13, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court Fraser, official assignee, Manchester; Abbott, Lincoln's Inn field; Slater, Manchester. Thomas and William Marsden, wharfingers, Man chester, Feb. 18 and March 10, at eleven, at the Man chester District Court. Hobson, official assignee, Manchester ; Johnson, Son, and Weathorall, Temple ; Bagshaw, Stevenson and Lycett, Manchester. Samuel Stevensun Pollard, grocer, High-street, Isling ton, Feb. 18, and March 22, at twelve„ at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-a treet; Walker, Bay-ham-street, Camden-town. Robert Parker, woollen draper, Ludgate-hill, Feb. 15 at two, and March 27, at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Turquand, official assignee, Guildhall chambers- Linklaters, Leadenhall-street. Joseph Notting, currier, Poole, Dorsetshire, Feb. 18, and March 14, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Frederick's place, Old Jewry; Bischoff and Coxe, Coleman-street, City. John Frayne, draper, North Molton, Devonshire, Feb. 17, at twelve, and April 7, at one, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel, official assignee, Exeter ; Retherick, Exeter ; Petherick, Furnival's lan, Holborn London. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat upon the Woolsack shortly after Five o'clock. N ATIONAL DEFENCES. Lord DACRE presented a petition from Barnard Castle, praying the House not to adopt any measure for increasing the military establishments, which would excite the jealousy of other countries. ODD FELLOWS. Lord ASHBURTON presented a petition from the New Forest Lodge of Odd Fellows, praying their Lordships to pass a law to legalise their society, so as to be enabled to enjoy the privileges enjoyed by other benefit societies. The Duke of RICHMOND believed that many of these societies had done good. Many of the societies had determined to petition for a measure such as that petitioned for, but others refused to peti tion, and they had determined to turn out of the society. Now he thought this rather a strong measure to adopt, and he hoped the w hole question would be re ferred to a Committee, where the minority could he heard. After a few words from Lord CAMPBELL, the petition was ordered to lie on the table. EDUCATION. Lord LYTTELTON presented a petition from the Worcester Diocesan Board of Education, on the subject of the management of the clauses required by the Committee of Privy Council to be inserted in the trust-deeds of schools receiving aid from the Parliamentary grants. MAIL STEAMERS. Lord COLCHESTER moved for certain returns relating to the contracts entered into by the Board of Admiralty for the conveyance of mails by steam vessels. Ile desired to know what number of them could be fitted up as war-steamers, if necessary. The Earl of AUCKLAND signified that there could be no possible objection to furnishing the in formation required. The greater number of them could be fitted up as frigates on a very short notice. The Earl of ELLEN BOROUGH contended that few of these packets, in the event of a war, would be available for home service, and it seemed to be the obj ec t o f the motion to ascerta i n w h at num b er o f these mail s t eamers would, i n t h e event o f a war , b e spared to o o fbe themfitted w u o p u lads be w war-steamers. t h e i a r iz e rs .The h greater spor number t for the transport of s troo - p, especially at the beginning of a war. After a few words from the Earl of AUCKLAND and the Earl of ~ El, - E:11101tOU GH , the motion was agreed to. DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH ROME. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE postponed the second reading of the Bill authorising her Majesty to enter into diplomatic relations with Rome, te Thurs day se'nnight. The Earl of EGLINTON thanked the Noble Marquis for the postponement, because he thought it right that the cou ntr y should have time to consider the matter. He should net oppose the , Bill • on the contrary, he thought it most advisable that • tions should be entered into Rome, diplomatic rela inasmuch as th e with the Court of accrediting of an ambassador from Rome to this Court would be a virtual recognition of the Queen's supremacy; but, at the same time, care should be taken to preserve our Protestant faith, and he thought this could only be done b y introd uc i ng a clause into the Bill prohibiting the re ception of any ecclesiastic as Ambassador from the Court of Rome, and he would give notice of his into'- , tion to introduce a clause to that effect. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE would,not pro pose the measure to the House without premising that it did not involve the slightest possible danger to. the Protestant faith, but that, on the contrary, it would give it additional strength. The bishop of EXETER, although he disapproved of any Nehl- Lord pledging himself, even so far as the Noble Lord had done, on a question of such im portance, yet hailed with feelings of satisfaction the declaration of the Noble Marquis that he would not push the measure forward, unless he proved to the satisfaction of their Lordships that it was fraught with no danger to the Protestant religion. IRISH POOR-LAW. Earl FITZ WILLIAM gave notice that he should on Titunday move for a return of the number of places in. Ireland in: which then 'Poor. law Unions had been dissolved. that the , receipt of one of the petitions had not been acknowkedged. Sir GEORGE GREY said he was not en abled to :add anything to what he stated yester day. It appeared that one of the petitions had not been acknowledged, but on inquiry he found that the reaic in of this was, that Mr. Whitehall from whom the peti' ion had been received, had called at the Home•th See, and its receipt was there acknowledged to him. He (Sir G. Grey), however, directed a letter to be sent. He had no doubt the petitions were duly :laid before her Majesty like all petitions entrusted t 4 him fur presentation. Copies of the petitions 'had not been sent to the Lord Lieutenant, neither littd any explanation been demanded of him respecting; his conduct. Leave of absence was granted to Mr. Thomas Duncoml e for two months, and Mr. Ludlow Bruges on accou. at or ill-health. NAVAL. AND MILITARY ESTABLISH MENTS. Mr. 1.10 - .4E moved for a return of the number of seamen, dis tinguishing the number of marines and boys, votod in each year since 1829 to 1847, inclu sive, static g the total number of each class, and the number of each actually employed in each year (in c.o7nt!nuation of account in the appendix to the Finance Co mmittee of 1828. Also an account compari son of the st pply for army, ordnance, navy, and miscel - laneous s . ar ;ice for each of the years 1828 to 1847 ; and of the. .number of men, distinguishing the charge for the effei :tive establishment, and for half-pay and pensions of the army, ordnance, and navy, in each of those years (in continuation) ; and also a return of the number of commissioned officers in the royal navy, on the Ist day of January, 1828, in each class,. it'rom lieutenant to admiral ; also, the number of each cl at struck off the list by death, or by any other cauuus, in each year from 1828 up to the Ist day of Ja ciliary, 1848, both inclusive • the numbers of each claos that have been promot e d in each year during the same time, to show the increase and decrease of numbers of each class in each year. Agreed. to. NEW HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT. Mr. called the attention of the House to the state of - the returns made to a motion which he made somo time since for an account of the sums of money laid out up to the present time on the con struction a the new Houses of Parliament. The return in question was only calculated to mislead Hon. Members as to the real expenditure which had been made.--(Hear, hear.) He wished to know from the Hon. Z/tember for the county of Oxford (Sir R. Inglis), wirm it was his intention to move the ap pointment of the committee on the subject of the new Houses of :Parliament, ofsvliich he had given notice previously_ Sir R.TIMLIS said that if it were the pleasure of the House to support hitn in the appointment of a Committed,,, he would bring forward the measure—he could not say exactly upon what day—it certainly would not he any day in the present week. SALARIES AND FEES OF TUE COURTS A.IV. Mr. AGLIONBY m'ived that all petitions which had ben present,Al to the Howe, praying for inquiry into the fees imposed upon the suitors of the iligh Court of Chancery in England, in pursuance of the powers contained in the Act 5 and 6 Vic. c. 103, be referred to the Committee on Fees and Salaries in Courts of Law and Equity.—Motion agreed to. MASTERS IN CHANCERY. Mr. AGLIONBY moved for a return, showing the data of the appointment of each of the present Masters in Ordinary in Chancery, with the annual mount of each of their respective salaries, and when paid; also stating whether any and which of such present Masters were under any and what Act or Acts of Parliament entitled, upon retirement, to any and what retiring pension ; and also stating whether any and what masters in ordi nary have, since the year 1880, retired upon any and what retiring pension, and for what periods the same were respectively paid and received. Motion agreed to. Mr. OSBORNE said he understood the estimate for the new Houses of Parliament was 1,400,0001., and he wished to ask the Noble Lord the First Com missioner of Woods and Forests, whether he had any objection to lay upon the table of the House a detailed account of the estimate ? and also whether the Woods and Forests were responsible for the amount? Lord MORPETH replied that the Hon. Gentle man had correctly stated the amount of the estimate, and he trusted the architect would be able to carry it ovt.—(Hear, and laughter.) Mr. OSBORNE said, after the answer just given by the Noble Lord, and considering that they had a deficient and sinking revenue, he was entitled to put a question to the First Lord of the Treasury, and he begged to ask if the Noble Lord was prepared to check this enormous expenditure that was going on, and if he would give that House an assurance that no more than 1,400,0001., as specified in the estimate, should be spent upon the building. Lord J. RUSSELL could say no more than what had already been stated by his Noble Friend, of course he could not undertake to be responsible for the estimate of an architect. Mr. OSBORNE said, then he would give notice that on the earliest opportunity he could call the at tention of the House to the subject. Mr. SCULLY moved that the petition of John Sadleir, Esq., M.P. (presented 20th December), be referred to a Select Committee on the petition of Sir Willoughby Jones relating to the Cheltenham elec tion.—Agreed to. MR. C. ANSTEY'S MOTION. Mr. HUME submitted to the Hon. Member for Youghal whether, considering that an important debate on a national question had been adjourned to that night, it was prudent in him to bring forward a motion, containing forty articles, every one of which would give rise to an ordinary day's debate, to the interruption of the adjourned debate. He did not make this request with the view of shirking the questions likely to be raised by the Hon. Gentleman's motion, because he was most anxious that they should be debated, but he could not promise him a patient hearing on that occasion, and seeing that the House was anxious to proceed with the adjourned debate, he hoped the lion. Gentleman would not persevere in his suction to night. Mr. STAFFORD as the mover of the Amend ment under discussion last night, he begged to state that from the communications he had had with Honourable Members o❑ his side of the House, he could assure the Hon. Member for Youghal that it was the wish of that si '.e of the House that the adjourned debate should cicse this evening. He therefore most strongly appealed to the Hon. and Learned Member for Youghal to postpone his motion. Mr. C. ANSTEY said, before he proceeded to answer the appeal of the Hon. Gentleman who had just sat down, he thought it right to state that he had not been fairly dealt with by the Hon. Member for Montrose, because the Hon. Member had made a similar request to him in private, when he gave him a satisfactory answer, and how the Hon. Member had repeated the question, with the assistance and support of a number of impatient Members, who were anxious to proceed with another subject. He told the Hon Gentleman in private, and he now told the House that he could not consent to postpone his motion. He had assured :those Hon. Members that, let the consequences be what they might, he would perse vere in his motion, and on the faith of that statement several lion. Mcznbera who intended to be present du ring the discussion on the Jews Bill had left the House ; he therefore must say, most respectfully, to the Honourable Member for Montrose that it was impossible for him to accede to his application. Lord J. RUSSELL fully admitted that it was perfectly competent for the Honourable Member to proceed with his motion if he pleased, but if he did so he must understand that he pursued such a course against the wishes of the House.—(Hear, hear.) It was for the public convenience alone that he had asked the Hon. Member to postpone his motion. Mr. C. ANSTEY was perfectly aware of the responsibility he incurred in persevering in his mo tion. He was sure, when he informed the Noble Lord that his motion was likely to effect not only his colleagues but himself, that the Noble Lord would at once admit the importance of the subject, and would be the last man to attempt to prevent his bring. ing it forward. He did not undervalue the impor• tance of the Bill under discussion before the House, he would not deny that it was a national measure, but before he sat down he would undertake to satisfy the House that the motion he was about to bring forward was far more important and of greater consequence than the Jewish Bill. The subject he had ,to bring under the notice of the House was foreign aggression abroad and treason at home. li e could not have conceived until this day that any servant of the Crown could wish to postpone till a future period the decision of so important a question as that which he now brought forward. As far as he was concerned the question of personality between him and the Noble Lord was quite put out of the way. It was a very painful duty which he had to dis charge, he had to present to the House the condition of a country ruined, her treasures lavished, her blood spilled like water, her policy m ade the scorn and laughing-stock of other countries, and all this brought about by one person who acted in defiance of all laws, and that parsons whose conduct he was about to bring before the House was the lion. Member for Tiverton (Lord Palmerston). The preservation of the Indian possessions and their colonies from the ambition of Russia depended upon the the decision which the House should come to upon the questions contained in his motion. (LEFT SPEAKING.) rADSTOW,FED:S. —The Marquis or Abcrcorn, of Londonderry, which was stranded near the Uanuet in December, was to-clay got off, and brought into thin harbour. ... 34 ... 27 ... 29 1,478 ARMS IRELAND. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH asked if there would he any objection to make a return of the arms delivered up in Ireland under the rQcent Act. Earl GREY said that return should be made so far as it was practical to obtain the information. Their Lordships then adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly before Four o'clock. Colonel CONOLLY and Sir MONTAGUE CHOLMELEY :ook the oaths and their seats. _ _ Mr. FOX MAULE brought up the report of the General Committee on Elections. GRE AT YARMOUTH ELECTION. The following Members were appointed and sworn to try the merits of the petition against the return or Great Yarmouth :—Mr. Edward Ellice, jun., Mr. Charles Lushington, Mr. W. H. C. Plowden, and Mr. Henry Stuart; and Mr. Henry Ker Seymer was chosen as chairman. PETITIONS. Lord C. MANNERS presented a petition from Melton Mowbray, in favour of the Jewish Disabilities Bill; also a petition from a place in Leicestershire, against that measure. The Noble Lord stated that he concurred most cordially with the prayer of the latter petition. The Noble Lord also presented a petition against the Roman Catholic Relief Bill. General LYGON presented petitions from Worces ter against the Jewish Disabilities Bill. Mr. H. BERKELEY presented petitions from the Mayo: and Corporation of Bristol, and from the citizens of Bristol, signed by 6,000 persons, in favour of the Bill. Sir It. INGLIS presented petitions from Manchester and Salford against the Bill. The Hon. Baronet also presented the petition of ,which he had given notice from the Dean and Chapter of Westminster against the Catholic Relief Bill., Mr. SIMEON presented a petition from the Isle of Wight against the Jewish Disabilities Bill. Mr. G. DUNCAN presented a petition from Arbroath, praying fur the repeal of the Bank Charter Act of 1844. _ _ _ Mr. G. BERKELEY presented a petition from Gloucester, in favour of the Roman Catholic Relief Bill ; also, a petition Fraying for an alteration in the Poor-laws. Mr. W. BROWNE presented petitions from Ac crington, Chorley, and other places, in favour of the removal of the disabilities complained of by the Jews. _ _ _ Mr. J. GREENE presented a petition from the Roman Catholics of Frome to the same effect. An tioN. MEMBER presented a petition from the Dissenters of Preston to the same effect. V I` , Mr. BAINES presented a petition from Leeds to the same effect. Mr. MUNTZ from the Unitarians of Birmingham ;o the same effect. _ V Mr. PETO presented a number of similar petitions from Norwich, and from various parts of the county of Norfolk. An HoN. MEMBER presented a petition to the same effect from Leamington. Dr. BOWRIN G presented a petition from the Roman Catholics of Bolton to the same effect. An HON. IVlEltnErt presented a petition from War wick against the Bill. , Mr. FRE WEN presented a petition from Bethnal green against any further concessions to the Roman Catholics; from the High Sheriff of Montgomery shire and others, praying that denunciations from the altar might be rendered penal ; and another from Nottingham, against the admission of Jews into Par liament. _ _ Mr. PLUMPTRE presented a petition against the admission of Jews into Parliament. _ An 'lox. MEMBER presented a petition from pox law officers, praying for a superannuation fund. Mr. ROUND presented a petition to the same effect. _ _ Mr. BUCK presented a petition against the admis sion of the Jews; and another, signed by 600 persons in Hereford, against the alteration of th• navigation laws. An HoN. MEMBER presented a petition from Kent against the admission of Jews, and praying that denunciations from the altar might be made penal. Mr. CHRISTOPHER presented a petition against the admission of Jews. Mr. G. THOMPSON presented a petition from Greenwich, against any addition to our war esta blishment. Petitions in favour of the abolition of the civil disabilities of the Jews were presented by Mr. J. O'Connell, from Kerry and Carlow ' • by Mr. Anstey, from Roman Catholics of Lincolnshire, from the] clergy and laity of the county of Stafford, the city of Hereford, Bromsgrove, from the Very Rev. the Provincial of the Dominicans of Leicester ; by Mr. Ricardo, from Stoke•upou-Trent ; by Mr. W. J. Fox ; by Sir B. Hall ; by Mr. Heywood ; by Captain Pechell, from Brighton ; by Mr. Cardwell ; by Mr. P. Scrope ; by Mr. Hume, from Spalding. Mr. STAFFORD presented a petition against the measure. An 110 S. MEMBER presented a petition from the society of Odd Fellows, praying for the passing of some legislative enactment enabling them to carry on the operations of their society upon the same prin ciple as other benefit societies. Mr. OSBORNE presented a petition praying fur the removal of the Jewish disabilities. Mr. VILLIERS presented a petition from a place in Staffordshire to the same effect. Mr. EGERTON presented several petitions from places in Cheshire against the Bill for the ad mission of Jews into Parliament. Mr. HENLEY presented a similar petition from Oxfora•hire. The O'GORMAN MAIION presented a petition, signed by the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Clare and his clerg7, in favonr of the Bill. Mr. C. BRUCE presented four petitions against it. NOTICES OF MOTION. _ _ Mr. HUT C gave notice of his intention, this day fortnight, to move for a Select Committee on the sub ject of the slave trade. Mr. FAG-AN gave notice that on a future day he should ask for leave to introduce a Bill on the subject of ministers' money in Ireland. Mr. BOUVEME gave notice that on this day fortnight he should bring the state of the Ecclesiasti cal Courts under the consideration of the House. Mr. SiIARAIAN CRAWFORD gave notice that on Monday, the 25th, he should move for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the Irish Poor Relief Ex tension Act, with a view to the repeal of the 10th section ; and also to extend the power of purchasing and hiring land in connexion with workhouse esta blishments. SALE OF SPIRITUOUS LIQUORS IN CAN. TEENS. Colonel LINDSAY asked the Secretary at War if it was in contemplation to restrict the sale of spirits in barrack canteens, and to propose any alteration in the existing system of letting them; or any plan which may be calculated to place those establishments on a footing more beneficial to the service ? Mr. FOX MAULE said, in reply to the question of the Honourable and Gallant Member, he might state to the House that the Honourable and Gallant Member brought this matter under the consideration of the House last year, and since that time it had been carefully considered by himself, and although he could not adopt the llon. and Gallant Member's plan of doing away with can teens in barracks to the full extent, they had thought it right to intimate to the parties concerned that when the existing licenses expired from that period spi rituous liquours should no longer be sold in_canteens. REGISTRATION FOR IRELAND. Mr. SMITH O'BRIEN, seeing the Right Hon. Baronet the Secretary for Ireland in his place, wished to know whether it was the intention of the Government to bring forward at an early period of the session a Registration Bill for Ireland ? Sir WM. SOMERVILLE said that it was the intention of the Government to bring forward such a measure as early as possible. CAPT. DENMAN'S CASE. The ATTORNEY- GENERAL, in answer to a question from Mr. Urquhart, stated, after reading a long correspondence between Sir Fitzroy Kelly and himself, that it was not the intention of the law officers of the Crown to require the assistance of Sir Fitzroy Kelly in the case of Captain Denman. CONDUCT OF THE LORD-LIEUTENANT OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE. Mr. G. BERKELEY wished to know from the Right lion. Baronet the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether two petitions addressed to her Majesty by the electors of the western division of Gloucestershire, and also another similarly addressed by th e mo th e r s an d d au ghters of the same had been received at the office of the R' ht Hon. Baronet ; whether it had been presented to her Majesty, and if so, whether copies of the pe titions had been sent to the Lord Lieutenant, and an explanation demanded from him? 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I - Wilts & Brks 67, 11. 11 IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. ROUSE OF COMMONS, Feb. 7. The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly before Four o'clock. JEWISH DISABILITIES BILL. On the question that the Bill be now read a second time, Mr. STAFFORD proceeded to move, pursuant to notice, that the Bill be read a second time that day six months. He contended that there was comparatively little feeling out of tho House on the subject, and that the proposition was one which almost entirely ought to be discussed as an abstract principle. It was no ques tion of religious persecution, of religious toleration ; that question had been settled by the concession to the Jews of the civil liberties which they already enjoyed. Those liberties he had no desire to recal, but while he was w"lling to admit the Jews to a full participation in the benefits of our legislation as fellow-subjects administered fer, he conceived that it would be wholly contrary to our duty and interests as Christians to admit those who were the enduring antagonists of Christianity to a share in the legislation itself. The chief argument that had been used in fav,mr of the Bill was the certainty that so few Jews would be admitted under its provisions as to be utterly unimportant in the Hou s e s of Legisla ture.—(flenr. hear.) But if such an argument were worth anything what would it hav e amounted to in the case of a neighbouring inland, part of the realm, wherein there were 7 , 000,000 Catholics who demanded admission, and to whom the answer would conse quently have been — " We cannot admit you because ycfu are so great a number of Catholics. Why, the ar gument itself was an insult , or little better, to Judaism. The Bill was described by the Noble Lord who had brought it in as one that would abolish the last rem a i ns of the intolerant spirit of former ages. With ref erence to this assertion he might refer to a notice of motion which stood on the paper, to the effect that it s h ou ld no longer be imperative that the Lord Chancellor of Ire land should profess the Protestant religion. Let such a measure as that obtain the sanction of the Commons House of Parliament, and it would then not prove to have expunged the last rem nan t o f w h a t was t erme d th e spirit of intolerance, for the En g li s h Lord Chancellor would still of necessity be a Protestant, and those who resisted a similar relaxation of the law in his favour be termed intolerauts and bigots, as were the persons con scientiously opposed to the present Bill. Nor would the steps of concession after concession which led into the broad path of infidelity be finally passed until the measure to which ho had alluded had been agreed to, and then it would be for the Legislature and the country to re flect 110,e/ it could ba proposed to preveat the holde r of the Crown from becoming a Roman Catholic, when the keeper of the royal conscience was allowed to profess that faith. 'With regard to the cperution of religious opinions on the chief magistrate in a state, ho might instance the caze which had formerly presented itself in a neighbouring king dom; and he was justified in asserting that alien Napo leon placed the imperial diadem on his own head with his own hands, ho well knew the meaning of that symbolic act which was to withdraw his temporal power from the power of .religious reaction. When the House and the country were told that the present Jill had actually swept away the last remnant of religious dif ferences, and of the compulsory observance of certain forms, let him assume that it had passed, and that the Jews had taken advantage of its provisions to became Members of that House. He had been exceedingly anxious to secure a seat at the present sitting of the House, and he had accordingly come down to prayers.— (Much laughter.) Hon. Members might laugh, but he did not mean to imply that he had been imattentive or unobservant of the form of prayer. In order to make good his claim to one particular seat it was necessary for him to take one of the cardswhich lay on the table, whereon were inscribed two words, "at prayers"— write his name under those words—and fix that card to his seat. Could it be expected that the name of Lionel Rothschild would ever be found to fill np that blank? That gentleman might very fairly and justly say that he came down to the House because he had been told by the Prime Minister that religion had nothing to do with politics, and therefore he might urge that politics ought not to be mixed up with religion. A Jew might, on such gronnds as were advanced in favour of the present Bill, argue that he was prepared to act on the maxim cited in its favour. Let every man wor ship God in private according to the form of his own Conscience. It had been very fairly put by the Honour able Member for Oldham, that it was unfair to compel the Jew to observe the Christian Sabbath when he so strictly kept that which was to him sacred in that sense. And yet how could the law enforcing the obser vance of the Christian Sabbath be maintained towards a Jew, if, in other respects, he was placed on a level with Christians? Could society be kept together if the House were to sanction and promulgate the opinion that legislation proceeded only from human authority? The forms; enjoined by the Church must, in relation to such a system of legislation, prove a sorrowful subject of reflection to all who did not believe in a higher des tiny than that marked out for her. But the question for the House was not one which regarded the forms of the Church only, it affected the Christianity of the whole nation, He was not desirous of involving the Church as a single institution in such a controversy as the present. He was ready to fight the battle of the Church when that institution was assailed, but did not wish unneces sarily to expose it to assault. The Honourable Member concluded by moving that the Bill be read a st cond Utrie that day six months. Lord BIfIiGHLEY seconded the amendment, and said that, in his estimation, the question before the House was one of no small importance, for it was, ,f t o or character. aoi ef ftai teh words fo l I rad e tsx runeeegereestisrta: necessarily very ya nin whether the House was or was not to possess a Chris die) e h dn o t htoant sufficiently t t h h u e o v a e t r h y , s lli cr u l i CI • t• " d show to the Noble Lord (J. Russell) that, by proposing to omit them from thst oath, he would inevitably offend a vast number of the Christian community. But it would be heard from the Noble Lord that when the form of oath now extant had been proposed during the reign of James, there was no reference whatever con templated to the situation of the Jews. What he would say on that subject was, that the oath had hitherto ex cluded the Jews, and what reason was there why it should now be altered? The answer was, that a par ticular indivdual of that nation could not take his seat unless the law was altered. If that was done, the door of the House was opened at once to Turks, Mussulmen, or indeed to whoever might possess money or influence enough to induce people to send them to that place. He hoped it would not be considered that he was actu ated by a hostile spirit towards the Jews. He had not read their history in soy such spirit, and he trusted his opposition to the Bill would not be ascribed to a want of Christian charity. He begged leave to second the amend ment. Mr. P. WOOD said that he had come to the coneu sion, as well on social grounds as on those of Christi anity, and as a member of the Church of England, that it was high time so disgraceful a memento of intolerance as the Bill before the House was framed for the purpose of removing should be swept from the statute-book. Twenty years since he had signed a petition for effect ing that which the Noble Lord (J e ßuseell) now pro posed to the House to sanction. That religion had nothing to do with polities, was an adage which, though constantly cited, was not altogether true, for religious opinions, which ought neither to qualify or disqualify any one for holding a political station, still did have that effect The llon.Member for North Northamptonshire had talked of a Jewish theocracy, but he (Mr. I'. Wood) challenged him to show from Scripture any word by which the union of Church and State was enjoined or even sanctioned. One of the arguments used against the present Bill was, that Christianity was part and parcel of the common law of England. He begged to deny that proposition, in so far as the present question was concerned. That such was the case to a certain extent was undeniable; but if that doctrine had prevailed to the full extent claimed for it, the Hon. Baronet the Member for Oxford University, could not have practised his religion without being a traitor, for he offended against the statute of Six Articles of Henry VIII., enjoining the belief in transubstantiation. That statute was part and parcel of the common law of the land. By the old law of the land, all persons in it were assumed to be Christians, and consequently these who were not so were excluded from tho State. This practice had been enforced in Spain, Portugal, Naples, and other continental states; but the first instance which occurred in English history of a law being directed against heretics was in the reign of Henry V., when a law was passed against the Lollards. The Jews were not dreamt of during those days. From the time of Henry V. to that of Henry VIII. no statutory mention was made of them, nor did they re-appear in England from the time of Edward I. until that of the Commonwealth. The decisions in the law courts, which had been referred to as having affected the social and political position of the Jews, did not upon examination bear out such construction. That of Hale which had been cited, was directed against an infidel, and the judge's dictum on that occasion was, that the man wko said all religion was a cheat could not claim the protection of the law, for his sentiments were subversive of all government of whatever description. Lord Hardwicke's decision in 1753, in the case of a Jewish bequest to educate Jewish children, was questioned by Lorct Eldon, who had ob served, that much surprise would be felt in his time if such a decision as that come to by the Court of Chan cery were to be given then. But Lord Hardwicke's judgment was intelligible when it was recollected that the year in which he gave it was that of the celebrated Jew Bill. Again, as to the assertion that the Jews were all aliens, and could not hold land, Lord Mansfield had settled that point at once by purchasing an estate from a Jew. The Jews were banished from England in the reign of Edward 1., and they did not, as he had stated, re-appear in this country until the time of Crom well. The first place in which they were encouraged to settle was that of the Honourable Baronet (sir Robert Inglis) and himself were the representatives (Oxford), where the Jews had three halls, namely, Moses hall, Jacob-hall, and Bernard-hall. (A. laugh.) So that, until the time of Cromwell, the social and political condition of the Jews, as such, was a cusuc ornis.sus kith in respect to the common and the statute law. The declaration " on the faith of a Christian" was introduced merely as a protection against the Jesuits, who were supposed, rightly or wrongly, to have been implicated in the gunpowder plot. And yet it was on that declaration that the Jews were at this day held excluded from the Legislature.—(Hear, hear.) But to show the animus and true meaning of the decla ration, he would remind the House that when, in the reign of William 111., an Act was passed against Uni tarians, it spoke of " any persons making profession of Christianity who should deny the doctrine of the holy Trinity." The Jews never made profession of Christianity; and therefore the very Act which ex ' eluded the Unitarians must be held as admitting the Jews.—(Hear, hear.) But since that time there had been numerous cases in which the Jews were relieved from making the declaration. So late as the year 1633, his late Majesty sanc tioned an act of the Jamaica legislature, admitting the Jews to all privileges of citizenship, :and in 1837 they were in like manner relieved from all civil disabilities in Canada. Those colonial acts were all received sub silentio by the Imperial Parliament, and there was no alarm about unchristianising Canada or Jamaica. — (Hear, hear.) We had no fear of admitting Jews into colonial legislatures, while we refused to admit two or three gentlemen of that persuasion into the home Perlis ' ment. He considered that there was a vast fallacy in the phrase, " We are a Christian people, and ought to have a Christian legislature." Our Parliament could never be looked upon as a Christian Parliament in the exclusive sense of the term.— (Hear, hear.) From the reign of Edward I. down t o that of Charles 11. the English might have been called an exclusively Chris tian people, but from that time, having admitted the Jews to live and settle among us, we had no right to treat them otherwise than as natural born citizens—that was to say, on the Christian principle, " Do as you would be done unto."—(Hear, hear.) It was not right to say to them " You may come and settle among us, assist us by leading money, pay taxes, and even marry our Christian daughters, but yet having done all this, you are not fit to have a voice in making the laws or the imposition of taxes." He thought it monstrously unchristian to take from the Jews as much as we could get, and yet to deny them the privileges of citizenship.—(Hear, hear.) It wttp a great mistake to suppose that we promoted Chris ianity by continuing this exclusion. Ile held the direct reverse. He held that if he wished to convert the Jew, the first step was to put him on a par with ourselves in all civil rights. Conversion was not a mere affair of declaration at that table. It was an affair of the heart and the conviction. The Honourable Member having quoted a passage from Lectantius, a writer of the age of Theodosius, condemna tory of simulated Christianity, proceeded to say that, if we wanted to touch the Jew's heart, we must con cede to him his full share of political privileges.—(Hear, hear.) lie was not one of those who contended that between Jew and Christian there was no difference. There was a wide difference; but, as it had pleased the Almighty to throw for the present a veil over the Jew 's heart, while the language of his own writers gave pro mise of a brighter future, let not the British Parliament continue those mists by a narrow and exclusive legisla tion. One word more. It had been said that, if we admitted the Jews, the next step would be the admission of Mahomedans and Hindoos. Ile saw no reason why not.---(lronical cheers from the Opposition.) It might appear absurd in this country; but transfer the question to India, and if a local Legislature were about to be established, could Ilinloos or Mahomedans be excluded? —(Hear, hear.) We had tried exclusion long enough with the Roman Catholics, and he would ask whether I the long period of exclusion had converted one member of that persuasion? He InHever] the principle of exclu sion to be an unchristian principle, and th erefore he called upon the llouse, as a Christian Parliament, to pass the Bill then under consideration.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. B. COCHRANE would never admit that Chris tianity was not part and parcel of thie law of the land. He felt great difficulty in applying himself to the present Bill, because it not only enunciated a general principle, but it applied that principle to the case of tin individual of whom no Member of that House could speak other wise than with respect. The Baron de Beelbschild was distinguished by the greatest liberality of opinion, and had subscribed to many Christian charities.—(Hear.) The example of France had been quoted, but were we prepared to go the lengths which had been reached in that country ? They had enfranchised the Jews during the excitement of 1830, and since that time a member of the Chamber (M. D'Alton Shoe) has ascended the tribune and boasted that he was neither Catholic nor Protestant. He trusted that we were not tending to such extreme latitude in this country.—(Hear, hear.) The House had been congratulated on the apathy and indifference with which the present Bill had been re ceived by the people. He looked upon; it with far dif ferent feelings ; he looked upon it as a very terrible sign of the times.—(A laugh.) It looked as if the people having yielded up so much of their constitution in Church and State, they were determined to fling the remainder after it. The Hon. Member concluded by stating his intention to oppose the Bill. Mr. MILNES, in supporting the Bill, denied that its advocates were indifferent to Christianity. He thought it was possible—indeed the case of several distinguished men had proved the fact, that it was possible—to recon cile very deep religious feeling with liberality in this matter.—(Hear, hear.) He should regret if the passing of the Bill proved repugnant to the feelings of the people; but he would appeal to what had lately occurred, and ask whether they had shown any active hostility to the measure ?—(Hear, hear.) Compare the feeling at the present moment to that which had been exhibited when the proposition of an increased grant to Maynooth was under discussion. How earnestly the people of England fought against it, how very nearly many Members of that House lost their seats by the votes they had given in its favour.—(Hear, and a laugh.) There was a time when the people of England thought this a reli gious question, and the manifestations of their feelings were plain enough ; but he would appeal to the silence prevailing at the present time as a proof that no fears were entertained of the House becoming unchristianised by the admission of a few Jews. All he regretted was, that the opportunity had not been seized for the introduction of a still larger measure. He thought that this would have been a favourable time for adopting the reforms which had been recommended by the Commis sinners on criminal luw. They had the testimony of Lord Eldon, an unwilling witness, that the oath of alle giance was quite sufficient, and that the oath of supre macy should be abolished.—(Hear, hear.) Powerful attempts had been made in Spain to preserve unity of race and religion, and these attempts had been impla cably carried out. But what was the consequence? Why, this; that in Spain there were desecrated churches, and the houses of religion were abandoned. They had attempted exclusion in this country ; but the people, by electing Baron Rothschild, informed them that' they did not approve of the legislation of that House in that respect. The times were greatly changed within the last twenty years, and he thought the House would be acting wisely in legislating in the spirit of the age. He did not think that the form of prayer with which they began their proceedings in that House should be spoken lightly of ; and when they prayed that they might not be actuated by private feelings he considered that they would be carrying out that feeling and acting in the true character of a Christian Legislature by passing this measure. He agreed with the Honourable Gentleman who spoke last that great benefit might be derived from endeavouring to amalearnate the Hebrew race with the rest of the nation. The decision of that House would have a great effect upon foreign nations. The Jews in other countries were not in that position which they ought to occupy. They were recently ad mitted to many offices of the Prussian Diet, and were excluded from legislative honours only by a majority of three. If they, then, came to that conclusion at which he hoped they would arrive, it might have a most bene ficial effect on other nations with respect to the Jews. He thought that the English nation should endeavour to propagate and extend liberal principles throughout the world. lie trusted, therefore, that the House of Com mons would not stand between the people and the person whom they selected as their representative in the House of Commons.—(Hear, hear.) Lord MAHON said, that in stating his reasons for voting against the measure before the House, he trusted that not a word would escape from him disrespectful to the members of the Jewish religion. He was ready to admit the private worth and extensive charity of many of that body; but these were not sufficient grounds to induce them to abrogate their Christian constitution.— (Hear, hear.) If they were to admit the Jews within the walls of Parliament, they could not stop there. They would be obliged to admit persons of any religion or no religion. Give the Jews the liberty of obtaining seats in that House, and on what grounds could they refuse adraissit n to the Mahomedan, the Hindoo, or the pro fessed Deist. The Noble Lord, indeed, declared that religious belief should be no bar to any person's taking a seat in that House; but he heard many of the sup porters of the measure say in private, that though they were willing to make this concession to the Jews from respect to their character, they were not prepared to go farther. He begged to tell those gentle men, that if they gave way now they must giveway to the whole extent. It had been said that the question of creed should be left between the constituency and the Member they choose to elect. Such an argument was not con formable to the system of the constitution. In the ease of qualification, for instance, it might with equal justice be said that it was for the electors to consider whether they would have a rich or a poor Member. But the principle of the constitution was otherwise, for it imposed a certain qualification as indispensable. He might also instance the oath of allegiance for the same purpose. And in this consisted the answer to the argument which had been put forward in a recent pamphlet by the Arch bishop of Dublin, who said that this measure ought not be considered as one entitling certain persons to become Members of Parliament, but as one removing a disqua lification which prevented Christians from electing certain persons; and that it was a great scandal to think the exclusion of Jews necessary for the security of Christianity, because, if th e p r i nc ipl e o f t h e constitution was acknowledged in the case of the qualification of Members and the oath of allegiance, why should it be inconsistent to acknowledge it in the case of a solemn recognition of the Christian faith ?—(Hear, bear.) Then it was said that the numbers of Jews who could obtain seats in the Legislature must necessarily be so small that the privilege of admitting them could do no harm. Ho was not quite persuaded that the number in tho Legislature must be so very small, because, though few in number, their wealth gave them great influence. But, admitting the fact for the sake of argument, that was no reason why they should violate a principle. If they were to look to immediate consequences, and not to wide principles, there was no Act which might not be successfully defended. Pascal, in his " Provincial Let ters," showed that the worst crimes might be defended on this principle. A principle, therefore, was to be maintained because it was principle, and should not be violated because some instances might be adduced in which its violation might do no harm.—(Hear, hear.) Much stress had been laid on the case of Gibbon, as proving that their forms were _of no avail to exclude persons the most hostile to Christianity. On the same ground it might be argued, when there were pretenders to the Crown, that the oath of alle giance was of no use because the jacobites had taken it. But the oath was of this value, that neither honourable jacobites or honourable infidels would take it.—(Hear, hear.) And if they took it, they must at least hide their infidelity, and would not be able to propagate it, as Condoreet, who held similar opinions to Gibbon, was able to do in the French Assembly. At present, if a Member of that House spoke disrespect. fully of the Redeemer, the Speaker would be justified in interfering ; but if the oath were withdrawn he would have no power of doing so ; and the inevitable conse quence would be to lower the tone of debate in that House.—(Hear.) He had voted for the admission of Jews into corporate offices ; but that was quite con sistent with his resistance to the present measure, as there was a wide difference between an Alderman and a Minister of State. Another ground on which he re resisted the measure was that i t would tend to make the public believe that they were indifferent to religion in that House. This consideration ought not to influence them if the Jews were entitled to what they claimed ; but if they were not so entitled it was a very grave con sideration, and should make them pause before they consented to the measure.—(Hear, hear.) For the reasons he had stated he would give his vote against it. Sir WILLIAM MOLESWORTH—Sir, there is one part of the subject which I think has been singularly overlooked, not only by the Noble Lord who has just sat: down, but by other Hon. Gentlemen who have taken the same view of the subject, and it is this—lf the Bill of the Noble Lord be rejected, what substitute will Hon. Gentlemen opposite proposo in its stead? Have they well considered this question? Surely they will not let the law remain in its present state? Have they considered the dilemma in which the House is placed, by the fact, that an Hon. Gentleman who professes the Jewish religion is become a Member of the House of Commons? It appears to me that, as a necessary con sequence of that event, Parliament must adopt one of two alternatives. Either Parliament must agree to the Bill of the Noble Lord, which will enable an Hon. Mem ber who professes the Jewish religion to perform his duties in the House of Commons or Parliament must pass a law which shall declare null and void the elec tion of any person who does not believe in the Christian religion.—(Hear,: hear.) It appears to me that Parliament must adopt one or other of these alternatives; for, if the House will permit me to call its attention to the state of tho law as it would affect an Hon. Member who professes the Jewish religion, I think I can prove to the satisfaction of the House that there is an immediate necessity for altering that law. It is certain that, as the law now stands, an Hon. Gen tleman who professes the Jewish religion may be law fully chosen a Member of the House of Commons, and that he is not legally ineligible on account of his reli. gious belief. For, according to Blackstone, " every subject of the realm is eligible of common right" to be a Member of the House of Commons, subject to certain standing retrictions and disqualifications. —(Bear, hear.) Some of those depend upon the law and custom of Parliament as declared by the House of Commons ; others upon certain statutes. It is unneces sary for me to enumerate these disqualifications. They are to be found in Blackstone, or in any of the ordinary law books on the subject. 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