The Sun. — London, England, 1849-05-08 00:00:00

fourtbli7ibition SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock. A LT: . -1 - 1 R(A. VIENNA, MAY 3.—The iatcst intelligence from Hungary states that General IVohlgemuth is now with his corps in the vicinity of the Wang, that Ge neral Schlick is advancing with a very large force to wards Comorn. The gross of the army at St. Peters • burg is estimated at 60,000 men. The actual position of Bern is not ascertained. The intelligence that he has taken Temeswar is not contradicted. Lieute nant-General Berg, of Russia, arrived here from St. Petersburgh on the Ist, bearing the consent of the Czar to the immediate co-operation of the Russian army against Poland and Hungary. The command in chief of the Russian army will be confided to General Rudiger. The garrison of Vienna has been reinforced by 1,000 men, and now amounts to 22,000. Intelligence from Pesth brings the account of a sitting held by the Hungarian House of Representa tives, which met in both Chambers on the 14th of April, and decided that Hungary should be legally united to Transylvania and proclaimed an independent European state. 211 y. That the house of Hapsburg Lotheringia, by its treachery, breach of faith, &c., should be for ever excluded, and banished for ever from the throne of Hungary. idly. That the Hun garian nation, in virtue of its right as an independent kingdom, will enter info friendly alliances with the neighbouring Italian and Turkish States. 4thly. That until a regular system of Government shall be organized by the National Assembly, a Pre sident shall be appointed, with a responsible Ministry. After some debate Ludwig Kossuth was unanimously elected President, and the carrying out of the above resolution confided to him, assisted by E. Szacsvay and S. Garove. The Wiener Zeitung of this day contains a procla mation by Baron Welden, inviting patriotic persons to join as volunteers in a corp aquibusiers about to be organized with the consent of his Majesty. MORTALITY in the METROPOLIS. NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES REGISTERED IN THE WEEK ENDING SATURDAY, MAY 5, 1849. Epidemic, Endemic, and Contagious Diseases ...*248 Diseases of Uncertain Seat ... ••• 46 Tubercular Diseases ... 193 Diseases of the Brain, Nerves, and Senses... •••• 118 Diseases of the Heart and Blood-vessels 34 Diseases of the Lungs, and other Organs of Respiration ... Diseases of the Stomach, Liver, and other Organs of Digestion... Diseases of the Kidneys, &c. Childbirth, Diseases of the Uterus, It ... Diseases of the Joints, Bones, and guseles Diseases of the Skin, &c. Mal formations... ••• ••• ••• ••• Premature Birth ... •• ••• Atrophy Old Age Sudden ... Violence, Privation, Cold, or Intemperance Causes not specified ... 50 ... 33 DEATHS FROM ALL CAUSES Population Enumerated, 1841 We,t District;... 300,711 North D. Arias.. 375,971 Central Distr., ts 373,653 East Districts ... 392,441 South Districts.. 501,190 986 Average weekly Deaths Deaths, 1844-8. in the Five Springs. Week. 145 ••• 151 . 185 ... 187 168 167 . 207 ••• 196 • 258 ... 285 Totals... ..... 1,948,369 Males Females ... 986 ... 525 ... 461 Males Females BIRTHS IN THE WEEK. ... 801 ... 721 Total ... . . ... 1,522 *ln this number are included 0 case of death by Cholera, 41 by Scarlatina, and 36 by Typhus Fever. COURSE OF EXCHANGE.-(THIS DAY.) AInISVIT lam •• •• •• •• •• 12 13i Gibraltar— •• •• •• •• •• •• Ditw. at sight • • .... 12. 0 Leghorn ........ •.• 31 80 Rotterdam 12 2 Lienoa •• .. 26 10 Antwerp ••••••• • •• •• .• 25 70 7 >filan .. ••••••• • • • • • •• 11,iniburgh .... • • ALB. 13 12 1 4 Venice .. •• • • .... "atone • • .... Maples 40% Paris, 3 days'sight 25 35 Palermo, peroz ........ 116% Ditto, 3 months .... 25 60 Mmlna 120 ilirseilles ........ 25 64 r•ithon..... • .......... 53 Bourdeaux.. . 25 60 Jporto ................ 534 Frankfort on Maine.... 121% Rio Janeiro ....... • • Petersburgh, Sil. Rble.. 36% iiuenos Ayres .... .. • • New York, 21 days'sight Vienna, effec. fib ••• • • • 11 45 Philadelphia .. Trieste, ditto.... • • .... 11 45 PRICES OF BULLION, PEE OS Madrid ............ 49%, Foreign Gold in bars...£3 17 9 Cadiz .............. 49% t'ortegal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Bilbao •••• .. ipanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 Barcelona •• .......... New Dollars ...... 0 4 10 iilver In bars .. ...... 0 4 11;4 THE LONDON GAZETTE (THIS EVENING.) WHITEHALL, MAY 7, 1349. The Queen has been pleased to con.,titute and appoint the Right Hon. It,bert Montgomery Lord Belhaven to be her Majesty's High Commis.ioner to the Gent - ral As sembly of the Church of Scotland. WHITEHALL, MAY S. _ _ The Queen has been pleased to present the Rev. John Macaulay ' M.A., to the _Rectory of Aldingham, in the county of Lancaster, and diocese of Chester, void by the death of Doctor John StonariJ. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire. Lancashire Hussars—Wiiliam Ed wards Hughes, Gent., to be Cornet, May 1. WHITEHALL, APRIL 30. _ _ _ The Lord Chancellor has appointed John Luke Peter, of Redruth, in the county of Cornwall, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. BANICRU - PTCY SUPERSEDED. John Wesson, lace-manu!'actur•r, Nottingham. BANKRUPTS. Richard Dearie, licensed victualler, Charles-street, Soho square, to surrender May 19. at half-past one. arid June 9, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Follett, official assignee, Sambrook -court, ; Basinghall-street; Innes, Bitliter-street. James Killick, carpenter, Dorking, Surrey, May 14 at half-past eleven, and June 25, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Turquand, official assignee. Guildhall chambers, London ; Seuallpiece, New. square, Lincoln's Inn-fields. William Busb, builder, Kentish-town, May 17, at eleven, and June 19. at twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Gruun, official assignee, Abchurch-lane, Lom bard-street ; Ivimey, Chancery lane. Alfred Baldwin East, scrivener, Birmingham, May 23 and June 20, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Whitmore, official assignee, Birmingham ; Spencer and Rolling% Birmingham. Edward Capstiek, upholsterer, Greenwich, May 22, at twelve, and June 19, at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Old Jewry; Mardon and Pritchard, Nowga.te-street. James Davies, bu r ilder. Bromley, Middlesex, May 16, at half-past eleven, and June 21, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Bell, official asssignee, Coleman-street buildings; Linklater, Charlotte-row, Mansion-house. William Phillips, draper, Brecon, May 23, and June 21, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Hutton, official assignee, Bristol; Holme, Loftus, and Young, New-inn, London; Prideaux and Son, Bristol. Thomas Maddocks, jun., cattle salesman, Westbury npon-Severn, Gloucestershire, May 22, and June 19, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman, official assignee, Bristol; Wilkes, Gloucester. James Hymers, newspaper proprietor, Gateshead, Durham, May 22 and June 14, at two, at the Newcastle upon-Tyne District Court. Baker,official assignee, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Chater, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Edward Yates, veterinary surgeon and blacksmith, Leeds, May 21, and June 12. at twelve, at the Leeds District Court. Hope, official assignee, Leeds; Sudluw and Co., Bedford-row; M►ddleton, Leeds. John Bell and James BA!, jun.. drapers, Richm ind, Yorkshire. May 24, and June 14, at eleven, at the Leeds District Court. Young, officisl assignee, Leeds; 'Filson and Co., Coleman -street; Robinson, Richmond; Cour tenay, Leeds. Charles Gough, ironmonger, Altrincham, Chester, May 24 and June 14, at twelve, at the Manchester Dis trict Court. Hobson, official assignee, Manchester; Raw, Furnival's Inn; Canna, Chester. Thomas Tindle, banker, South Shields, May 21, at twelve, and June 19, at one, at the Newcastle District Court. Wak ley, official assignee, Newcastle; Lawrence, Crowdy, and Bowlby, Old Fish-street, Doctors'-com mons; Griffith and Crighton, Newcastle. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (From the London New Price Current, May 8.) SUGAR.—Today there was a further improvement in the market for all sorts of ram sugar, and a less quantity was on offer. There was a brisk demand for West India for'home trade purposes, and the rates obtained in the private market were 6d per cwt above those current on Friday. A public se!e of 150 hhds Barba does went briskly at nn advance of 6d to is per cwt; fine yellow realised 42s to 42 , 6d, middling to good 40s to 4ls 6d, low 39s 6d; 120 hhds, 3 tierces, and 257 barrels of St. Lucia, sold at stiffer rates, good yellow fetched 393 6d, good grey 311 i 61 to 395, low to middling 37s to 38s, and good brown 36s to 36s 6d per cwt. The total purchases to day amounted to 1,.520 hhds, &c. The mar d ket for all sorts of Sugar closes with much firmness. REFINED.—To-day Refined Sugar met with a ready sale for home -trade purposes, and better rates were ob• tained. Brown grocery lumps sold at 51e to 51s 6d, and Standard Lumps 523 to 52s 6d per cwt. Of infe rior sorts tee supply is barely sufficient for the demand. Bonded Crushed Sugar finds a brisker sole at 30s to 30s Gd per cwt. MAURITIUS.—This afternoon Mauritius Sugar met with increased attention, and the public sales of 4591 bags went at an advance of from 6d to Is advance, and the biddings were spirited—fine yellow realised 4th 6 , 1 to 41s 6d, good 39e 6..1 to 40s, levy to middling 37s ed to 395, fine brown 37k, and low 33s per cwt. By private treaty several purehases have been concluded in all de scriptions. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon Bengal Sugar was in gaud demand, and the public sales of 1,286 bags went at an "0 44 00 affitir wt, good white Benares realized 42s to 42s 6a e leee : , iddliug 395 6d to 41s, middling and; good "soft • • IF. 7s to 395, ordinary 36s 6d, fine browns nd ordinary 32s per c wt. A good business has been concluded by private treaty at similar rateQ. Fortzicti,—To-day there was no public sale of Forelfr,n - Su4sr; privatf-ly, hics - ev'•r, a Liir hnsines3 was concluded atfornier rates, and on the part of holders there is con- fidvnee. COCOA,—West India astral held with firmness, and none has again been submitted to public sale. By private treaty opt-rations ware upsn a more extended scale, and at firm rates; Trinidad, red has been selling at 403 to 46a and grey 38; to 435. Oaly a moderate demand exists for Foreign, yet hullers are firm, and require 21s to 30s per cwt. MOLASSES.—The market for West India has a more active appearance, and prices hare an upward tendency. By private treaty 200 puns have been sold at 20; for Trinidad, and at 21; 6i for fine Dominica; there are many buyers rather under these rates. Bengal Treacle is held for 16; to 1.6 s 6d. COFFEE—This afternoon the quantity of Ceylon Coffee offered at public sale consisted of 289 casks and 1,712 bags; there was less demand, and a part only sold at rather lower rates. Native good ordinary went at 30; 6d to 31s 6d, real good ordinary 32s 6d to 335, triage 283. damaged 293 6d to 31s 6d; Plantation, very superior 75; to 903, middling and good 50; to 60s, low middling 44. to 47; 6d, fine to fine fine ordinary 35s to 435, and in ferior 30; to 34s per cwt. There was little business done in the Foreign Coffee market. TEL—There is no variation to record in the value of black, but a good demand exists, and on the part of holders firmness is apparent. To-day .a greater desire was manifested to do business in both black and green Tea, and former rates are well supported. SPICES.—To-day a public sale of 750 bags of Malabar Pepper went at 38d to 3id for ;hot, and at 3d to 3id per lb for damaged; these are rather higher rates. RICE.—To-day only a limited business was concluded in East India Rice by private treaty. At auction 1,000 bags Bengal were only in part sold at former rates; floe white went at lOs 6,1, and damaged 9s to 9; 6i per cwt. There is a fair amount on offer by private treaty. INDlco.—The quarterly sale of East India commenced to-day. Previous to the commencement, and during the progress of the sale, 1,190 chts were withdrawn. 832 chts have passed the sale. The mid and ord qualities of Bengal; went off at an advance of 2d per lb on last sale's Prices. Of the good and fine shipping quali ties, but little as yet has passed, and may be quoted at the last sale's prices. Madras and Kurpahs sold with spirit at from the February sale's prices to 2d advance. The quantity bought in this day, is 151 chests. The rates obtained for Bengal were from 2s to 5s 3d, Madras 2s 2d to 3; 3d, and Oude 2s 5d to 2s 9d per lb. SALTPETRE.—To-day some parcels of rough were sold by private treaty, but at rather lower rates. The value of low to fine Calcutta is from 27; to 29s per cwt. There was no public sale. SPIRITS.--To-day there was little passing in Rum, East India is to be obtained at is 2d to is 2:14. ' Lee ward Island Is 31 , 1 to is 4d per gallon. Brandy met with and increased demand, and realised higher rates. Cognac best brands of the vintage of 1846 was sold at 5; 3d to 53 51, 1847 ditto 4s 3d to 4; sd, 1848 3s 7d to 3s 9d, and superior sorts 2; 4d to 3; 6d per gallon. FRIIIT.—To-day at auction 394 pkgs of Currants were sold; Zante at 343 to 36;, Patras 363 to 375; 116 pkgs Cape Raisins, good 384; 201 1 boxes Prunes, ord 17s, and 50 drums Sultana Raisins, damaged 50; per cwt. TALLow.—Only a limited business has been concluded in Russian on the spot during the last few days, and a fall in the value has taken place. There are sellers of fine P.Y.C. at 38s 6d to 3839 d, and a further fall is expected to take place. For delivery in last three months of the year only small contracts have been con cluded at 39s 3d to 39s 6d. Home melted has been in good demand at 37s to 388 nett cash. Of other sorts of Tallow large parcels have been sold at auction, but at easier rates; 65 cask; Odessa yellow Candle went at 35; 3d to 35; 9d for ord quality; 558 casks, 165 boxes South Americaa, good and tine, 37s to 393, low to mid 333 6d; 321 casks of Sydney at 333 311 to 38s for prime. For auction 1000 casks, &c., of tallow are declared. Fur rough fat the price has fallen to 2s Id. per stone. Wis.—To-day Linseed Oil was dealt in with more readiness at 26; per cwt on the spot, and the market has a firmer tone. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat upon the Wool sack at Five o'clock. EXCHEQUER-BILLS BILL. This Bill passed through Com:nittee. NAVIGATION-LAWS. Petitions against the repeal of the navigation I irrA were presented by the Duke of Northumberland, the Earl of Harrowby, and Earl Talbot. THE SUN, LONDON, AGRICULTUR U. DISTRESS. At the request of Earl GREY, The Duke of RICHMOND postponed his motion on the subject of agricultural distress from Friday to Mon day next, as the second reading of the Rate in Aid Bill was fixed for Friday. NAVIGATION LAWS—ADJOURNEDIDEBATE. The Earl of CARLISLE then rose to resume the ad journed debate on the Bill for the repeal of the naviga tion•laws. He felt that he was labouring under greet disadvantage in having to follow the eloquent speech of the Noble and Learned Lord last evening, which was so calculated to excite those prejudices by which their Lordships were supposed to be actuated. He could not suppose that their Lordships were actuated by p• r ootlet motives, and ho granted to his opponents that which he claimed for his friends and himsel , , viz., th , being actuated solely by what they considered would br for the benefit of the country. It he believed the mea sure would h• prejudicial to the maritime or naval in terests of the country, he should say that h ought to encounter, not only defeat, but ignonsin for supporting it. He believed such an idea to be utterly groundless. Ho supported it because lie believed it would promote the progress of the commerce of the country. That commerce was the principal support of the mercantile marine, and that marine was tine main support of the naval supremacy of the country. He agreed with the Noble Earl in denouncing those who would sacrifice every thing for wealth, but the wealth which they sought to promote was only the proper reward of honest in dustry, and would tend to promote the peaceful inter course of nations.—(Hear, hear.) He would not go invi the history of the navigation-laws, nor into that whir was more properly the affair of his Noble Friend the Secretary for the Colonies—the bearing of these laws upon the colonial interests of the country He could rot look upon a navigation code with the reve rential awe which had been professed by many. At first it had been fruitful only in disasters. Its enactment had been dictated by jealousy of the Dutch, and its first fruits were two sanguinary wars with Hel land. What bad been its effect ? R. striction had necessitated restriction, until those restrictions had been extended to Ireland and the colonies, and bad goaded Irelind into discontent, and Americ t into a re. volt and war, which ended in our being forced to acknowledge her independence. This law had thus founded our great rival, and these ought to be set down as off-sets when any 'panygeric was made upon our navigation laws. He was, however, inclined to let bygones be bygones, and to consider whether, in the circumstances of the present times, in our present maturity of wealth and power, it was worthy of this country to maintain those restrictions, which in former times she had thought necessary. If the navigation code was the wisest that the wit of man could have devised at the time of the enactment, they shout I consider whether it was profitable now to maintain them. The battle of Trafalgar effectually cleared the ocean for our ships more than any maritime code could have done. It was long after the peace before continental nations could create a marine, but there was a growing spirit of resistance to monopoly of trade on th 3 part of any Power. That resistance had been met by the recipro city treaties. That spirit was now reviving. It should be remembered that Russia and several other nations could, by giving twelve months' notice, put an end to those treaties. The Noble E irl had said that, if the affairs of this country were properly administered, th , re would be no fear of such improper threats. Would the Noble Earl consider that we should be justified in treating such a motion as an improper threat? The Noble Lord then went into lengthened statistical details as to the comparative tonnage of Russia and other foreign shipping as compared with British shipping. (LEFT SPEAKING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the :glair at Fuur o'clock. REPORTS. The rPpnrts on the following Bills were considered and agreed tn:— _ Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Railway (Branch to London and South Western Railway—No. 2) Windsor Extension of the Windsor, Staines, and South Western (Richmond to Windsor) R.tilway (with power to the London and South-Western Railway Com pany to subscribe). London and South-Western Railway (Extension of Time for the Purchase of Lands and Completion of Works on the Basingstoke and Salisbury, and Farnham tend Alton lines). The consideration of the.report ou this 13111 having been moved, Mr. COLES moved that the Bill be re-committed, and that it be an instruction to the C:.mmittec on the re-corn • mated Bill to entertain the petition of certain residents in the town and neig , hbourhood of Andover, deposited in the Private Bill-office upon the 7th day of this instaut May. The Hon. Gelid' man stated the grounds oa which he sought the House to relax its standing orders, b ut t h e motion nut having been seconded it of course fell to the ground, and the report was agreed to. Colonel VERNER presented a petition from Armagh in favour of lid for the Churg , h Education Socii-ty. Colonel MURE pr,sentud petidoaJ.apinst trAvellig on Sundays. An lioN. MEMaER presented petitions in favour of national arbitration. Mr. MUNTZ presented a petition from Birmingham in favour of local boards of trade in order to arrange terms between misrer and man. Sir J. TROLLOPE presented a petition from Lincoln complaining that protection had been departed from. Mr. PLUNIPME presented a petition from Kent to the same effect. Mr. P. W OOD presented a petition praying that measures might be taken to supor.•ss prostitution. Mr. LACY presented a petition against the ALE ration of Oaths Bill. Mr. CHRIS TOPHER presented a petition praying for the restoration of a moderate imp ort d uty and the abolition of all local burdens which pressed unju3tly upon the agricultural interest. Mr. COWAN presented several petitions from Scot land against the R.gistration Bill, Marriage Bill, and the Lunatic Asylums Bill. Mr. M. GIBSON presented a petition from the Society of Arts praying that they might be permitted the use of a public building for their exhibition of British ma nufacturel. INSOLVENT MEIIBER3 BILL. Mr. MOFFAT postponed the sec)nd reading of this Bill until the 6;h of June. VOTE BY BALLOT. Mr. IL BERKELEY postponed his motion for leave to bring in a Bill to take votes for M‘ mb..2rs of Parlia ment b y wad ~f ballot until the 24:h of June. COLONIAL GOVERNMEN r. Mr. ROEBUCK gave notice of his intention to move on an early day for a Committee of inquiry into some mode for the better government of the colonies. Sir W. MOLESWORTH gave notice that on the 24th inst. he would move for a Committee to inquire into the cost of our colonial government, with a view to giving free scope to private enterprise on the subject of colo uizltion. DEBTS' FROM FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS. Mr. ROEBUCK gave nutice of his intention to move, on an early day, for a Committee to inquire into the amount of debts due to this country from toreign states. REPE IL OF THE MALT.. I'AX. Mr. FEEWEN preFented a petition from farmers attending Hay ward's Heath Market fur the repeal of the malt CANDIDATES FOR 'ME ARMY. Mr. E WART said he had understood - from the Secre tary of War some time ago hat he would lay on the table of the House the regulations for the examination of he candidates for the army; he begged to ask again if the Right Hon. Gentleman was disposed to lay a copy of those reguNtions on the table of the House. Mr. F. MAULE said he would have no objection to produce the paps ri in question if the Hon. Member v; oukl move for them. Mr. E WART—Then, Sir, I do move for them now. JOINT STOCK BANKS. On the order of the day e being read, Mr. HEADLAM rose to move for leave to bring in a Bill to render lawful the formation of Incor porated Joint-Stock Banks, bawd upon the principle of a limited lielsility of the shareholders. In doing SO he said, in a commercial ceuntry like this it was of the highest importance that the laws which regu late the system of joint-stock banking companies should be based on the clearest principles which reason, fortified by experience, could discover. Nut the least of the evils of the present state of things was, that it had brought discredit upon the whole system, and prevented that full development of it which was necessary fur the full play of the capital and energies of this great country. When they considered the infinity of mercantile transactions that were constantly carried on, and which affected the em ployment of the labouring classes, and especially, when the House contrasted what we had dons with what had been done in other countries, they could not fail to be of opinion that if a bet ter system had been adopted the country would have been greatly benefited. When the failure of one of these banks took place, the energies of the whole district were paralysed, public confidence shaken, whole masses of the people left unemployed, and irrepar able injury thrown upon a banking system which under a wise limitation of responsibility would not exist. Joint-stock banks were comparatively of recent growth in this country. When they were first established men were sanguine of their success, and shut their eyes to the dangers that attended them. It was held out to the world that a limit could be placed upon the responsibility of the shareholders, and clauses were inserted in the deeds of settlement providing that in case a certain amount of the capital were lost the business of the bank should be wound up, but so long as the present law ex isted, it was perfectly right to attain the object of limit ing liability by clauses in deeds, or conditions in charters.—(Hear, hear.) And yet such allurements and misrepresentations were held out to the public to this day, and in districts too where the public might be sup posed to have had some experience in such matters.— (Hear, hear.) He held in his hand the prospectus of a bank in which this captivating condition of limited responsibility was held out to the shareholders, and, without mentioning names, he might state that these prospectuses were continually appearing in paragraphs and advertisements in the public prints.—(Hear, hear.) Another characteristic of the evil of the present system was, that it allowed every bank a degree of credit which wss thoroughly false in principle and perfectly injurious in practice. A joint-stock bank did not borrow money upon real security, but generally upon the security of its proprietors. there were instances in which as much as two millions had been raised upon the security of the proprietors, and he held that that was the most dangerous power which they could possibly place in the hands of any body, unless controlled by a superior power. In case of failure, if the law worked well, two alternatives ought to be held oat to the proprietary, either to make oud the capital which had be, n lost, or to wind up the bank and bring it to a conclusion at a comparatively trifling loss. But as the law now stood, the batik could continue its operations for a considerable time upon borrowed capital after it became bankrupt.—(Hear.) £he law gave the strongest possible inducement that any yst,En could give to every individual in the bank to maintain the unhealthy sy stem which he had been en deavouring to describe. From: the first commence ment of the bank till the failure took place the operation of those laws marked the road to ruin ; and not until that failure had taken place did the bank come to any healthy operation. It ould be in the knowledge of the house that before 1826 joint-stock Canks were not lawful in this country. The Bank of England then possessed what were generally, though erro neously, called exclusive privileges in banking. Chi Bank of England had not an exclusive monopoly in banking, but it had an exclusive privilege, in the tact hat it was the only corporation which build carry on the rade in banking. The Bank of England was a corpora ion in the strict term of our law, a corporation being the complete merging of the individual in the body corporate. rile Bank of England had two of the greatest elements of stability and permanence ; first, a limited liability in a corporate character, and, secondly, a paid-up capital. rho Ba sk of England by its paid-up capital and the ad vantages conf. mil by its charter, had been enabled to cooler much public good. The liability of the share holders being limited,that establishment possessed an ad • vantage over other smaller ones, which was unjust. They gad applied to be plac , d upon the same footing, but the Bank had objected, though Mr. Huskisson and Lord Liverpool were of opinion that the advantages possessed by the Bank of England should be extended, since they eould not fail to tend to the promotion of commerce. tie had now said sufficient to enable the House to form some idea of the origin of unlimited liability, and she same effects which resulted from it in early years ful !owed in 1833. At that time, however, the Charter of he Bank of England came to an end, and then an opportunity was afforded to Government of placing the banking system upon a safe footing. Lord Althorp did, indeed, endeavour to pass a Bill of this nature, but cer tain objections were raised against it, and he failed to pals it. Since then, however, the Bank of England kad eursued a more liberal policy, they had given up all their restrictions but this one, and he had no doubt, if the House now expressed an opinion adverse to its eolith u mice they would be prepared to give that up too.— (Hear.) Having stated the defects of the existing law, he would now mention the nature of the provisions which he pro posed for the purpose of remedying them. In the first forma bank withoutl,raeehereiquiredth the sanctionindividualatnoof th she administrative tiesatbrlar able to Government of tiie country. He proposed that a pe tition should be laid before the Board of Trade, stating the circumstances which rendered it expedient that an additional bank should be created, so judge whether the governor should be able to whether it was properly constituted, and whether it was desirable thet another bank should be formed. He also rf quired that, before the promoters received letters patent, a certain sum should be invested in the public funds ; but he would not prevent the Bank availing itself of the sum so invested when periods of difficulty and danger arise, although he required that no dividend should be declared until the sum was reinvested. In addition he provided that a bank should produce its accounts, which were to be kept in a particular form, four times during the year; and that if there were any material error in them, that the parties who were aware of it should forfeit the share which they had in the bank. He did not think that there would be any practical difficulty in putting that provision into operation. The t ffect would be that the accounts would be perfect accounts, and the public Might depend on such accounts. The public would have first the capital paid up, and they would know secondly bow the bank was going on by the continued publication of its accounts. The security of the public would, therefore, be considerably greater than it was at the present moment. There was a provision in the Bill to enable existing companies to come within its provisions. There were some other minor provisions; but looking at the length of time he had addressed the Hous , 4 he should not deal further with the provisions of this Bill. He did not propose the Bill as a theoretical measure; for they had tried that plan in this country, and in Scotland ; and in America, where muc h attention had been pad to the science of banking, a similar plan to the one proposed had worked well. France also had tried it, and looking at the extension of new banks, and to the disastrous results that had taken place with respect to many, and that the plan he proposed had been approved of by Mr. Hes kisson and Lord - Liverpool, he thought he had a right to ask the House to permit him to introduce this with the view to the protection of shareholders, who were exposed to greater temptations than men should be subject to,—(Cheers.) Mr. E WART seconded the motion, having for many years entertained similar views to those enunciated by the Honourable Member. He was opposed to unlimited liability, because it aff'rdfd no definite protection to the public. The Scotch system had been so stpcessful because it was based upon the principle of limited liability. The CHASCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he was opposed to the principle of litnitcd [LEFT SPEAKING.] THE ARMY. CHATIIA3I, MAY 7.—MILITARY OFFICERS FOR INDIA. —The foll,,win}, officers from the several &pots form ing the Proviional Battalion, aim selected by Colonel Thomas W. ate, ICH., for embarkation to join their re giments in India:- 1 Oth Foot—Li , ut. James Van Hartnals Montague, Lieut. A. Montgotnerie, Lieut. M. Valera 13nd, Eosign F. B. Sand.% ith, Ensign R. M'Culluch Peurd, and En sign F. Beatty. 18th Foot (Royal Irish) —Captain Thomas Barnes, Lord Cohrance, Captain Ashton, Lieut. Thos. Martin, Lieut. Anthony W. S. Armstrong, Lieut. C. Wood wright, Lieut. William T. M'Gregor, Ensign Elliott, and Ensign A. M. Jones. 24th Foot (2d Warwickshire)—Capt. F. C. Skurray, Lieut. Acton Do Valle, Ensign W. V. MunDinga, En- TUESDAY EVENING, MA Y 8, 1849, sign Robert Hamilton Montgomerie, and Ensign JAn A. O'Neill. 29th F (WcrceAtershire)—Major Anthony St. G. Stipney, 7.i, utenant 11. G. Colvin, Ensign Wl'Hain Con2;rave and , En , 44n Fredpriek Brown. 32i Foot (Cornwall)—Lieutenant James Wemysr, and vnsign William James Andurson, 61st Foot (South Gloucestershirn)—Capt a i n T. P. 11. Fitzuvayer, and Ensign John Crawford. 80th Foot (Stafford Volunteers)—Captain James D. Nforris, Lieutenant Benjamin 11. Boxer, Lieutenant Charles F. Amiel, Ensign George Sullivan, Ensign John Wilkinson, and Ensign Thoms3 P. WU. 96th Foot—Captain J. Snodgra4s, Lieutenant Patrick J. John Grant, Ensign W. T. Little, Ensign George Bentinck Cumberland, and Ensign D. W. Dundee. 98th Foot—Lieutenant John H. RPade. The above officers are for Bungs], and the following officers are for Madras,;=viz.:— 25th Foot (The King's Own Borderers) —Major A. Armstrong Barnes, Captain Jilollll o;►ilvey, Lieutenant Stewart Northy, Lieutenant R. Massie Taylor, and Ensign AleKanler Strange, 51st Foot (King's Own Light Infantry)—Captain Perry Rice, and Ensign William James Baillie. 84th Foot (York and Laneast ,, r)—Captain F. A. Da vidson, Lieutenant Lightfoot, and Lieutenant John G. B )Iton. PLYMOUTH, MAY s.—Major Burnaby, of the Royal Artillery, at Woolwich, has succeeded Lieut.-Colonel Rowland as Colon-1 of the Plymouth division. The Qaepn's birthday is to be celebrated by the troops on Mountaise, Devonport, on the 19th inst., at which also the several companies of enrolled pensioners in this district are to be in attendance. No further drill for the season is to take place, in order, it is said, to meet the wishes of the reform financiers. IRELAND. DUBLIN, MAY 6.—Lord Stanley's Irish allies—the landlords—are beginning to fear that their hopes and expectations are doomed to disappointment. It is said that letters have reached London from an influential personage, to the effect, that maugre all the opposi tion of Lord Stanley and the Noble Protectionists, the Navigati.m Laws Bill will be carried by a small majority. This will be " a heavy blow" to the Irish landlords, who have been speculating on the chances of a change of rulers, to save them from the penalties of their manifold " sins and wickedness." PROGRESS OF DESTITUTION. The accounts from the provinces are so revolting, and appear so incredible, that I am almost ashamed to transcribe them. For instance, G. E. Burke, J.P , late Chairinan of the bloyculem llospital, writing to the Central Board of Health, states that the mortality %ithin the last month is more than frightful. On Sunday last, in about four hours, I saw twelve burials ; on Monday there were eight, and yesterday, I saw within two hours, no less than seven rude coffins conveyed to the grave-yards, on carts drawn by horses which were scarcely able to drag their burdens. A few days ago my attention was attracted by the noise of pigs contending for their prey, to an out-house in this village ; I went in, and found to my horror, the brutes fighting for a meal of the remains of a poor lad, of about fifteen years of age. I - know of six people to have been lying dead at the same time last week in one small village, and to have been left unburied until the pure air of God was tainted by the decomposition of their remains, because the relatives of the unfortunate victims could not procure coffins for them, as they had not been recipients of " the relief." I have known a mother who had entered the poorhouse, or, as it should, under present management, be more. properly called the " pest house" of this union, with her husband and four children, to have been turned out in a state of disease after having seen her four children lying dead, to have been carted about from place to place, refused ad mittance into any hospital, and left to die on the public roads; and why was this ? Because her poor husband fled the " house" in despair at the loss of his children, and preferred death from starvation outside to cruel treatment and certain death within. In Skibbereen the scenes of last summer are re peated with additional horrors. At the village of Ballymacaw, near Skibbereen, three inquests were held in the course of the week, and in each case the verdict was, " Died from want of food." In one case, that of a man named M`Donnell, Dr. Cooke, the medical attendant, stated that he examined the body of the deceased, and could scarcely find out his stomach in consequence of the want of food in it ; he had not the slightest doubt on his mind that the man had died from starvation. Constable Michael O'Connor visited the house of the deceased the morning of his death, and found him stretched on a heap of dung, with more than half the roof off the wretched cabin in which he lay. EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF FORGERY.—Consider able sensation was created yesterday in legal circles, in consequence of a discovery which took place in the early part of the morning. From what has transpired it appears that a native of England, who has been a resident of this city for years, and who belonged to a branch of the legal profession, in which he enjoyed both reputation and busiees(, got married some time since to a lady of great respectability, who had a fortune of about 1,2001. This sum, it appears, was invested in trus tees for the benefit of the lady, and lodged in Government security, so as not to be drawn save by the trustees. Some days since the gentleman alluded to presented himself at the bank, produced two separate powers of attorney for nearly 6001. each—both purporting to be wit nessed by clergymen, and on these documents he received the money, with which he disappears d. his absence for a day or so created no suspicion, but its continuance caused some uneasiness ; and yester day, on inquiry, the whole case became exposed. The gentleman who committed this alleged forgery has left wife, house, home, and friends. It is stated that the trustees expect to be able to recover the sum from the bank, inasmuch as the power of attorney was not genuine. We believe an active search is being made for the absent gentleman. Several of the detective corps, and some of the metropolitan police stationed at the Rock, near which his country residence was situated, are said to be on his track. FLIGHT OF A PUBLIC OFFICER —The Under- Sheriff of Mayor has disappeared, taking with him large sums of money, the produce of sales under exe cution. The High Sheriff will he the sufferer. VALENTIA neenona.—The Colleen oge, a hired cutter, is now lying in Cove, with Captain Wolf, R.N., on board. It is supposed that the gallant officer is going on an exploring expedition to Valentia Har bour, with the view of ascertaining its fitness for a T to ME lo N o TS e i ec T tm he en C ts o: i k nc E lu x d a i m ng in a er g s r t e a a t t e e s r , p “ a t c hx k ia e ot t uf s rEo t a nE t l i j o 9E n c number of families, have been served on the Midle ton estate since it came into the possession of the present owner, a Miss Rushbrook, who, by the way, is not connected with the family of the late Viscount Midleton. Under the new proprietor, the tenantry confidently looked forward to a reduction in their rents, which are stated to be 26 per cent. higher than on any contiguous property ; but in this expectation they have been disappointed." RUMOURED REFORMS AMONG CROWN SOLICITORS AND CLERKS OF THB PEACE.—It is rumoured that the offices of the circuit and local Crown Solicitor ships on the Home and Connaught Circuits are to be immediatelyho county is consolidated,tu attend and anddo the that the local duties of he solicitor t of assize court. This will cause a saving on these two districts of about 3,0001. a year. It is also rumoured that the offices of Clerk of the Peace and of the Crown of each county in Ireland are to be consoli dated. This will effect an additional saving of about 12,0001. The latter change has been long in contem plation. The Clerk of the Peace, it is supposed, will be the officer retained to do the duties.—Freeman's Journal. CORN EXCHANGE, FRIDAY.—We had again a good demand for oats, which met with a small advance. Vneat, on the contrary, was dull, and hardly brought Tuesday's prices. Indian corn in fair demand at former currency. Baker's flour lower by Is per cwt. White wheat 23. to 26. 6d ; red wheat 22s to 24. ; barley 13s to 17. 6d ; oats Ils 6d to 13s 6d ; oatmeal per cwt 12. to 13s 6d; M Cann's meal 14:; second flour 14% to 17s ; Indian corn 3ls to 36s ; Indian cornmeal 8s 6d. ROYAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY SURGEONS. Yesterday the annual general meeting of this college was held in the Freemasons Tavern, Great Queen street; Thomas T urner , Esq., president, in the chair. The election of offi,ers for the ensuing year, agreeably to the charter, having been gone through, the secretary proceeded t o rea d t h e m i nutes o f th e l as t meeting, which being confirmed, he went on to lay before the court the fifth annual re p ort . F rom thi s d oc ument it appeared that during the past year twenty-seven new members were admitted to the college, making the number of diplomas granted by the college to members, since its obtainment of the charter, 273. The balance sheet showed th receints to be (including the precious ba lance of 1931) 3901, and the dieburs-ments 2551., leay. ing a balance of 1351. Upon the motion of Mr. Hunt, sec tniled by Mr. Baker, the report, after a lengthy and very warm discussion, in which many disgraceful per sonalities wero thrown out by various speakers, was adopted by a majority of nineteen to six. A vote of thanks w ts: , l;cn hurriedly pats ~ t 1 to the chairman, and the greater portion of th. , se present departed, lest soul? other angry (panel should arise. POSTAG E TO SOUTHERN EUROPE AND TURKEY.-- On and from the 15th of this month, the pro -payment of oostege will be optional on letters to Constantinople, Galatz, Bucharest, Jassy, Ibrailli, Botuschany, Salo- Sctrari, and Seres. It is contemplated by a wealthy shippirg-house in New York to establish an opposition line of steamers in the Pacific between San Francisco and Panama.---Liver peol Albion. LA MADELINE, APRIL 18.-7 he Hellespont, steamer, grounded on a sh4.llow in the Madeline Passage on the 16th instant; part of cargo savt d and deposited i❑ the Custom's warehouses.—The vessel now !its on a mud bottom. WATERFORD, MAY 6.—Wind E.S.E. to E. by N.— SW. sth, Thistle, Quebec; Georgina, ditto, LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, May 7. (Sittings in Banao, before Mr. Baron ALDEusoN.) morning Mr. Baron Aklerson sat in the Exche quer Chamtinr to take motions, as it was the last ( 1 .;:y but one of term, by way of " easement" to the full Court, BROWN V. YARDLEY% Ia this case an action fled b brought against the defendant for the seduction of the plaintiff's niece, one Mary Ann Brown, which was tried before the Lord Chief Baron at the Guildford Assizes of the last sum mer, upon which occasion the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff, with damages for 2001. In the course of last Michaelmas Term, Mr. Lush obtained a rule for a new trial, on the ground of a misdirection on the part of the Learned Judge, in telling the jury that they might take into their consideration the future maintenance of the child of which Mary Ann Brown had been deli vered, as well as the alleged breach of promise which had been made by the defendant when they were discussing the question of damages. After this rule had been obtained, and whilst it was pending, a nego tiation was opened and carried o n between the respec • five attorneys, of which the object was to effect a settle ment of the matter by a private arrangement. A gen tleman of the name of May acted at the representative of Mary Ann Brown. In the progress of the matter it appeared that this gentleman had been consulted in the fi st instance in reference to the adoption of proceedings for a breach of promise of marriage which it had been intended to institute against the defendant by Miss Brown, when he advised that no such action should be commenced, seeing that the gentleman was not of age when he made the alleged promise, and consequently that an action would not lie against him. In the course of the negotiation it was proposed to s atle an annuity upon the plaintiff's niece for the support of the child, and it was to constitute a portion of the terms of ar rangement that Mary Ann Brown should waive her right to affiliate the child to the delendunt. Prior to the ar rangemeets, however, being brought - to a termination, the young lady took out a summons to bring the defend ant before the magistrates at Maidenhead, in Berks, with a view to the obtainment of an order of affiliation, and thereil altogether repudiating the acts of negotiation of Mr. May, which acts, she asserted before the justices, had been undertaken without her sanction. Upon this, the proofs having been satisfactorily established, an order of affiliation was made upon the defendant. The defendant thereupon applied, under the altered state of the facts, for a rule to have the rule for the new trial made absolute. It further appeared that an action had been brought by the defendant against Mr. May for the recovery of 941., which be had paid to him upon the faith of his representation that he was acting under the authority of Mary Ann Brown. In his affidavit Mr. May now excused himself upon the ground that he had had an express authority from the plaintiff to enter into these proposed arrangements, and that he had had no reason to suppose but that her niece, Mary Ann Brown, was a consenting party Mr. Sergeantbee,Mr. Prentice, and Mr. C. Pollock now showed cause::gaiest the rule. Mr. Lush and Mr: H. A. Simon were heard in sup- port of the rule, contending that the defendant had a clear right to be placed in the same situation as that in which he had stood prior to the attainment of the order of affiliation. Mr. Baron ALDERSON said that in his opinion the de fendant in this case had been ♦ery hardly dealt by. The offer he had made was a very fair offer, and very rea sonable. He had no doubt but that Mr. May had been deceived by the young woman, and be, therefore, could not see that that gentleman was personally to blame. It was quite clear that after , A hat had taken place the de fendant was entitled to be relieved from the effect of this verdict, and it was equally clear that the plaintiff nut pay the costs of the present application, The rule was, the•reforP, made ab•iolute. BAIL COURT, May 7. (Sittings in Banco, before Mr. Justice COLERIDGE. JEWISH DISABILITIES. On the Learned Judge taking his seat this morning, a number of barristers, principally members of the Middle Temple, who had been called to the bar of that inn on Saturday last, attended to take the usual oaths, and to subscribe the roll. Among the members was Mr. Salomons, Alderman of the city of London. Upon his name being called, Mr. Salomons demurred to taking the oath of abjuration, in coasequence of the concluding words of the oath, " upon the true faith of a Christian," and wished to sign the roll without taking that oath. A communication of this objection being made by the Clerk of the Crown to the Learned Judge on the bench, a conference with his Lordship ensued, which was concluded by Mr. Justice COLERIDGE expressing an opinion that he was incompetent to alter the usual fora. The Learned Judge, however, suggested that Mr. Sal o m ons might take the opi n i on Of the full Court upon the point. Mr. Salomons acquiesced, and subsequently appeared in the Court of Queen's Bench; but an important case being under hearing, no opportunity was afforded him of moving the court. T 1-113 BRITANNIA BRIDGE.—We haar from the Menai that a few weeks back Mr. Stephenson settled the plans for crossing and placing the first of the gigan tic tubes for the Britannia bridge, and that several tidal experiments were made in his presence, by Captain Claxton and Mr. Edward Clarke, since which two of the wooden pontoons which were at the Conway have been brought round, and the other four are shortly ex pected to be delivered at their destination. In addition to them, two iron pontoons of increased dimensions have been built on the spot, and are ready for launching. The rock under the tube No. 2 (the first which it is intended to move) has been blasted, and the way made nearly clear for the pontoons. The mason work of the Bri tannia pier is fast progressing, and it is said that the first tube will be cross► d and placed at the latter end of the month, or early in June. Visitors by shoals are daily inspecting the site and the tubes, and it is expected that every hotel and lodging house within twenty miles of the bridge will be full to overflowing long before the day. Houses at Beautnaris are being taken already, early as it is in the season. Captain Claxton has been there roam days. Mr. Stephenson is expected in the course of a week. The tubes appear to b 3 nearly all finished, and all the mason work, except that of the Britannia pi• r, is quite done.—Mining Journal. Colonel Fremont's narrative relative to the late ex peditir al across the Rocky Mountains says, "Prone laid down in the trail•and froze to death. In a sunshine day, and having with him the means to make a fire, he threw his blanket down on the trail, laid down upon it, and laid there till he froze to death ! We were not with him." IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT, HOUSE OF COMMONS, May 7. PARLIAMENTARY OATHS BILL. (Continued from our Third Edition of last night.) Mr. PEEL said, he rose on the present occasion to express his sentiments upon the question under consideration, and which had already occupied so much the attention of the House; and he felt at the outset that he should not duly show his respect to the House, which had so much considered that subject, if he did not confidently rely upon the indul gence which they were always disposed to extend to these who had occasion for the first time to express their sentiments.—(Cheers.) Indeed he stood much in need of that indulgence, because he had the misfortune to follow a Bight Hon. Baronet well known in that House, and whose personal character entitled him to its respect ; and the more so because he had arrived at a conclusion directly opposite to that which he had come to on the facts which pre sented themselves for their consideration—(llear, hear)—he had come to the conclusion to vote for the second reading of the Bill, under cover of which it was sought to relieve the Jews from those disabilities which attached to them as subjects of this realm, and which, let the House recollect, attached to no other subject of the realm. Ile wished, by the permission of the House, to state some of the grounds. Ho supported the Bill on the broad fundamental principle of our constitution, that all its privileges ought of right to belong to every natural born subject of the realm— they belonged to them, not because they were communi cants of a particular sect, but because they fulfilled all the obligations which devolved upon the citizens of a free state. Indeed Parliament had recognised the rights of the Jews by conferring upon them all the offices of the state—civil, military, end judicial. As a magistrate he ought to administer the law judicially, and ministerially as a sheriff. Almost every office of trust and authority which he could name were open to the Jew. They had given him rotes at elections, both parliamentary and municipal, but nevertheless he was disqualified from sitting in that House. The constituencies might elect him, and the re turning officer must return him as a Member of Parliament, yet he could not take his seat in that House us a Mem ber of Parliament. It was true a distinction had been drawn between the holding of the two offices. The Act of Charles 11., on which much stress had been laid, did not prevent Protestant Dissenters from sitting in that House; yet these cases appeared in no wise different from the case of the admission of the Jew. The law to which he would now call attention affected the Jew so as to prevent his admission into the House, as he was called upon to take the oath "on the true faith of a Christian." In the reign of James the First an oath was required to be taken by Members of the House of Commons previous to entering the House, and no further legislative mea sures were made till the reign of Charles 11,, when a more stringent measure was passed requiring Members of both Houses of Parliament to take the oaths of allegiance, abjuration, and supremacy, and to sign a declaration against trap. substantiation. These oaths did n e t at all c o nt a i n t h e words " upon the true faith of a Christian," and there fore, as far as the legislative disabilities of that period went, the Jew was not di s abled from taking his seat in Parliament.—(Hear, hear.) Louis XIV., however, having recognized the Pretender, an Act was passed imposing upon the Members of the Legislature an oath, which declared that King William had lewfully suc ceeded to the throne, and eo one else had any tight or title to it, and then it was that the words "on the true faith of a Christian" were introduced into the oeth. The design of the oath, however, was not to ex clude the Jew, and it was not the oath which now ex cluded him, but the fortuitous circumstances which led to the introduction of these words. Upon political grounds, therefore, the Jew ought not to be ex • eluded. But it m i g h t b e argue d upon political grounds that it was important that before any man was admitted to Parliament that his con science should be first bound before he entered upon his legislative functiene. Well, the Jew did not obj, et to that, nor did he object . to take the oath, provided th e y p erm itt e d him to take i t a different shape.—(Hear, hear.) That they could bind the con science of a Jew was generally admitt ed, and as the words " upon the true faith of a Christian' were purely of a ceremonial character, intended no doubt to give greater significance and solemnity to the taking of the oethe, he could sea no le ason, eh her in a religious or political point of vier', why the phreseology should net he ellen-zed CO as to enable the Jew to subeeribe to it. These expressions showed how strongly the country was divided ueon the subject ; but, when the terms were considered ae.entiyely, it would appear that there was contained in them no d - cow of daeger.— (Llear, hear.) It was by some others supposed that, at in the olden time, the State was in subservience to the Church, it was not to be denied that there were per. sons who desired that the Charch should be in subser vience to the State. But there were facts which could not be denied, and among them was this, that they had deliberately, and after a sufficient view of the circum stances of the case, already in two instances altered the oaths taken by Members of Parliament, and departed from the old rule which had prescribed that none should he Members but those who were in communion with the Church of England.—(Cheers and loud cries of " Hear.") l'hey had first altered the sicramental test in 1825, and again they had altered the terms of the oath in 1828; and why should they depart from this rule of progress on the present occasion, and depart from that principle which had always been the distinguishing mark of the Briiish constitution? Another argument of religious expediency advanced against the further progres of this measure was chat the influence which this Bill, if pissed into law, might introduce into the composition of Parliament would unfit it for the discharge of that branch of its functions which concerned the interests of the Church. He thought it would be admitted that there was a community in Parliament, constituted as it now war, which dealt with the affairs of the Church. At the same time it should be borne in mind that Parliament dealt only with the temporal affairs of the Church. A short answer to an objection of that kind appeared to him to be that the con gruity which already existed was introduced when the Members of that House ceased to he exclusively composed of conformists to the Church. He should pass on to another argument. Ha referred to the value which was set on the nominal profession of Christianity on the part of the Members of the Legislature. That outward union was represented as part of the law and practice of Parliament and tho Constitution; but when was it, he would ask, that that had been a guarantee of the Christianity of the nation? The Hon. Member concluded by saying he would give his cordial support to the second reading of the Bill.—(Loud and prolonged cheering.) Mr. TURNER, opposed the measure, and could not help observing that the House and the country were much indebted to the Government for the calm and dis passionate manner in which it was brought forward. It had been, for the most part, considered simply as a question excluding the Jews. He thought it was a question of preference, rather than one of exclusion, or, in other words, that it was to be an admission of Jews to the exclusion of Christianity. That was not a mea sure, he contended, consistent with the policy of this country. They excluded the Arian merchant and the Arian gentleman from Parliament, who were as auxious to uphold the principles of the British constitution and the honour of England as any other class of her Ma jesty's subjects ; and on what ground, having excluded the Arian, would they admit the Jew? Beside, the Jews had, and he trusted would long continue to have, re ligious freedom in the fullest sense of the word, and that no law whatever interfered with their worship or ceremonies. Their marriages had all the social rights which every other class possessed, and certainly it was the first time in history that a nation living within a nation was permitted to enjoy its own laws and privileges. The business of that House was to promote Christianity among the people, and could they expect that if a Jew became a member of that House, he would promote by every means in his power, or vote for any measure which would have the effect of extend ing that which ho believed to be founded ou imposture and fraud? And then see what the position of a Jew would be, if that Bill passed, on the hustings at an election. He believed that such scenes would have the effect of rendering persons of that persuasion a bye• word in this country, by the common people of England. A Jew had never yet taken his seat in that House, and not withstanding what had been said by the Honourable Member who last so ably addressed the House, he (Mr. Turner) contended that Christianity was at all tirues a qualification for a seat in that House. The day might come when it would suit the pleasure or the duty of a Jew to revile Christianity, and how, consistently with the freedom of debate, could that be prevented ? Iu the case of the Roman Catholics they were called upon to revive u privilege, but in this case they were called upon to create aright.-- (Hear.) Ile further objected to the language of the Bill. If ou expunged the words "upon the true faith of a Christian," and left the words " so help me God," you would put out of view the God of the Christians, and an individual might substitute in his mind any other deity. That, he thought, would be prejtieicial in many points of view, and therefore he could not give his vote in support of this measure. Mr. J. P. WILLIAMS said that the Jews were not a proselytizing race, and therefore the danger anticipated from their eccupying seats in that House could not pos sibly follow. Seeing, therefore, no good reason why they should be deprived of a privilege enjoyed by the rest of their fellow-citizens, he should give hie fervent suppott to the second reeding of this all. Mr. TRELAWNY said that the Jews discharged all the duties which other classes in this country were called upon to perform, and they should enjoy equal rights. Upon the 10th of April, last year, were the Jews back ward in affording substantial aid to the preservation of good order ?—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") The Honourable Member who spoke last said truly that the Jews were not a proselytizing sect. It was the last thing the Jews sought or desired. It seemed to him pure bigotry to oppose this Bill. It Was said that you could not, induce the Jews to vote in such a mariner as would be conducive to the interest of the community, but it that were the only objection, the words of the sauna- Lion or oath might be altered to guard against that con tingency. Mr. HOPE said that this Oaths Alteration Bill was brought in to cover a very diffe rent thing. It was, in reality, a Jewish Emancipation Bill., He thought that most objectionable in a Christian country and Legisla ture. He must, therefore, opt.ose the second reading of the Bill. Mr. ROBARTES said that this preposition was no thing more than to do an act of social justice to a class of fellow citizens, and he did not think that there therefor wa e s anything in Chri s ti an i ty opposed to that, and he should give his support to the Bill. Mr. NEW DEGATE said that a seat in that House was given by the public for the public good, and for the public good it should be continued. The words "on the true faith of a Christian" were introduced originally in times of danger as the test of the sincerity of each man's actions, and were these words expunged he thought they would have no claim to be considered as a Christian na tion. The removal of the present oath he regarded as a temptation to the Roman Cathohcs to take the oath which they were now obliged to prescribe. The present was not a period to remove the safeguard provided fir the maintenance of the Church as by law established. Evidently it was a denial of justice if they admitted the Jews to Parliament, and refused admission to the infidel. They should bear in mind, too, that at the end of the last session of Parliament the Duke of Wellington had proposed the insertion of a clause in the Diplomatic Relations with Rome Bill declaratory of the rights of her Majesty as the ecclesiastical as vied as civil head of the country. The necessity for such a clause was admitted, and the House of Com mons adopted it by a majority of 77 to 4. Ile knew not what were the circumstances which had since occurred to induce the Noble Lord at the head of the Government, who voted for the clause, to sanction the removal of the oath maintaining the supremacy of her Majesty. An HON. MEMBER moved that the House be counted, bat forty Members having been found present, Mr. NE WPEGATE resumed—Coeshiering what was passing in another place, where the fate of the Ministry hung in the balance, he was not in the slightest sur prised at the comparatively small number of the Mem bers present. If they admitted the claim of the infidel to sit in that House, they should determine that the House of Commons was no longer a Christian assembly. The Jews were aliens by birth, blood, and religion, and as such, not entitled to sit, he contended, in the British House of Commons. The Earl of ARUNDEL briefly replied to the re marks of the lion. Member for Northampton, and con tended that where men of different religious persuasions had been already admitted to the Legislature, he could not understand why those who professed the Jewish persuasion should be excluded. Mr.. SPOONER felt constrained to give the Bill every opposition. The Catholics, it was true, had been admitted to seats in the Legislature, but he did not on that account consider the Cath , lic religion the leas ob jectionable or the less idolatrous. The representatives of a Christian nation should be guided by Christian principles, as.d they ought to maintain that constitu• lion which they had received from their ancestors. lie objected to the alteration made in the oath, by which they got rid of the purely Protestant form of the oath, and which was essential to the existence of the Protestant constitution of this country. It was a great national sin to encourage idolatry, and to discourage Christianity, which would be the practical effect of this Bill. Mr. Sergeant TALFOIJRD said the state of the House (there was but a thin attendance) induced him, even against his intention, of addressing a few words to it on the question before it. Seeing that only fifteen or sixteen of those Hon. Gentlemen were present who re presented that, if this Bill passed, this country would be unchristianised, he was led to think that these opinions were onlxlip opi n i ons , an d that the feeling which they expresretidid not enter into the moral nature of the Hon. Gentlemen.—(Hear.) It was a fact that Patha n:sent existed for ages without any oath being adminis tered to its Members, and that oaths could only be traced back to the period of the Reformation. Why, then, all this desire to make an oath operate to the pre judice of the Jew? Instead of exciting hostility to wards the Jew, we ought rather to sympathise with him, for, surround d as he was from bis cradle to the grave by forms of religion, it was impossible for him to escape from that religion in which he was born. The Jew, was in truth, only au imperfect Christian. We hold the most of our faith in common with the Jew —he only not reaching that diviner simplicity which w as th e great attribute of the Christians religion. —(H-ar, hear.) The lion. Member for Warwickshire (Mr. Newdegate) said that the Jew wa , an alien in this country. Was not the Samaritan an alien? And yet when our Lord waived to give an example of universal brotherhood, he selected the conduct of the Samaritan as a lesson to the Jewish priests. therefore thought they should not exclude any man from civil rights on account o' his religion.—(Hear, hear.) Oaths were net intended as a profession of faith in that House. They were intended to express the allegiance of Honourable Members to the Queen, and " on the faith of a Chris; Lien " expre sse d t h at feeling. ','The Jew might exPr e ! s bin allegian ce i n any f orm that was equally binding u iiire.—(ilear, hear.) If th e y were i n d ee d to go l'a r ' k ': to the times of Richard the First, when 1,000 Jeri . ; were sacrificed in cold bl oo d ; if they could re"' the tittle when the J ews were consigned to the fairy of the people, or wh en th ey were k ept f or es pecial torture of kings, they might endeavour to keep WI them their civil rights. But these things had passed, 10 n . . this country had not b een l ess Ch r i st i an. J ew s we ' s allowed to hold office in this country, and yet the lira was not cursed.—(Hear, hear s )OThey had been admitted . into the corporation, and h e was not aware t h at t he c ( if s porations bad become less Ch r i st i an t h an h ereto f o re. _u e be a Christian was, in his o pi n i on , to d o w h at t h e y We! about to do with respect to this Bill. To act otherte J. tr . would be to violate the p r i nc ipl es o f Ch r i st i an ity. ". etearl of denouncing the Jews, they ought to do as ti d l. Author of our holy religio n did—f org i ve t h em . T°. this would be to sh o w th a t th e y regar d e d Christiani t y not as a part and parcel of the law of England, but as an attribute of our holy reli g i on , an d as an e xarq worthy of imitation.—(Hear.) Lord MAIION said that this question had a wid er range than that given to it by the Noble Lord the Meg' ber for Arundel. Th e e ff ect o f pass i ng t hi s Bill would l prove a heavy blow an d great di scouragement to th e missionary labours of th e army o f martyrs who were endeavouring to propagate th e G ospe l , w h e n tee, learned that the prof ess i on o f Ch r i st i an i ty was t hought so light of that Jews were admitted into P a rliament: It was urged that t h e di sc h arge o f d uties ent i t l e d a cl, tiz ea to all the privilege s o f t h e const i tut i on, provislei; fulfilled his d ut y t o t h e S tate; b ut to this there vier several exceptions? A c l ergyman was not e li g ibl e to sit in the House of Commons; a bankrupt, who might% have failed in his d ut i es to t h e S tate, could not sit I Parliament. The resistance to this Bill, founded on a d reverence to their own re li g i on, oug h t not to be rega rd unfavourably and of thi s h e was convinced, that thos e ho would against the Bill wou ld no t b e i n fluence" by religious rancour. The Marquis of GRANBY said this Bill was a me ans to to an end, and that e nd was t h e i ntroduction of Jews ' Parliament. lie opposed that m easure on religit i, grounds, for he could not think that Jews were fit es , legislate for Christian s . I n oppos i ng th i s Bill b e dls, claimed any desire to p ersecute t h e J ews or to d e tract their respect a bili t y as i n di v i duals. They had ad ready admitted them to all offices, military and civil, a° allowed them the right of worshipping in their sY I36 , gogues acc o rdi ng to t h e i r own fashion, and there f o re they would not be charged with being influenced by persecuting spirit t owar d s t h e Jews. It was urge d is favour of the Bill that the Jews were few in nu mber , but it was not whether they were numerous er few tha t the measure should b e j u d ge d , b ut upon the principle thi's Of their admission would b e a v i o l at i on o f the pr i ncip l e s 0 the constitution. It' they admitted the Jews to Pi"r. 'Militia they could no t li m i t the injury they could . by the fewn, se of their number. While they acted with all charity toward s th e Jew; they should take care m ot i to break down those barriers which were the defence°. their religion, and the m eans o f its diffusion through' out the world, end in w hi c h h e h ope d t h e Jews Mould U. included. ° °ld Mr. FAGAN said, a s a R oman Catholic, he sh support the second reading of the Bill, upon the Prim' ciple of doing to others as he would be done by. o f Mr. PLUMPTRE obj ec t e d to t h e secon d rea ding the Bill, but he did not do so from any hostile Or perpe; cluing spirit to the Jew s . H e l oo k e d b ack to their past history with a resp ec t amount i ng to veneration. But when Members of that House were called on to W i t . duce into a Christian ;assembly those who denied the , ' Lord and Saviour, h e must be permitted to decline bald a participitor in su c h an act. He thought, theref° l. 4; Wet the Hon. Member for Readin g was wrong w hen ° e asserted that the J ews were not at variance w i t h th I Christians, and b e li ev i ng t h e measure was one of grelia impolicy, and uncall e d f or , h e s h ould oppose its sec onie lauding. Mr. MONCKTON MILNES would earnestly recot iv s mood to the Eon. M em b er f or K ent, who had l'l, Tok, to that althou g h p ersons m i g h t ineividually oprs. the admission of Jews into that House, yet they had 11 1 , right to assume that others should have a similar I li to promote their ret urn . Bet the question, after s o i was—whether one of the highest and most influent''' individuals in the country, and elected by o ne of theb. most distinguished c on s tit uenc i es i n the empire, shall 0 prevented by, alter all, a qu stion of mere form, i'l l ?„e tekh g his seat in that House. And he was s urpris s that, in the deliberations of th:.t .v, ping, a mere fr, V eil ; allusion had not been made to that tact, so important in the consideration of the question under discuss o o They had heard that evening a history of the mode 1 , which the oath which excluded Baron Rothschild 11 : li t introduced into that House, perhaps in a manner super'l to what bad been heretofore done; but the question ** 1 ""„ . after all, whether a section of the great British ensPi o r ; and telly a section, should be excaded from the henna of the British constitution. He thought they sh° ° ,. agree with him that, amid all the disorders and distil', bences which had taken pace in other parts of t he world, it was not safe to keep any man from such a 1°,5 ticipetion. Let them p ass t h at Bi ll, and no portion if w the inhabitants of th a t em pi re , or o f the subjects of theft Most Gracious Sov ere i gn , wou ld h ave any cause I. complain of exclu s i on f rom suc h a part icipation. Wh e f ever the Jewish n a ti on; or any port i on of that nat i o n ° r people, ople, had established themselves, they had invariably; and without any exception whatever, identified 0 0°3 ; selves with t h e i nterests of that nation, and in no 0 ° instance had opposition come from them, but from these who governed. If any Hen. Member woull take t he trouble of readi ng t h e em i gration and colonization ° f that wend 'dui nation they would find that to be strict', tree. Ile should give the measure every support in 111 pow: r. Mr. I3ANKES observed that by far the best spee° h ! made in f at oar o f t h e measure was that spoken ~. the Honourable Member for Leominster (Mr. Pee characterised as it was by the diffidence which belong'. to talent, and the moeesty of one sp ea kin g f or the fire s , time in that H ouse . I n rep l y to what that Honoure e, , Member asserted, that Jews were not excluded frf d Parliament until modern days, he (Mr. &mites) only to sly that inasmuch as they were not ever lowed to possess a f ree h o ld property, it woul d have o been wore th an use l ess to h ave introduced a measure Su, prevent th e m, see i ng t h ey h ad not a qualification, 911:1 could not therefor e s it. U n l ess th i s Bill was cons ider' ably altered in Committee, the effect would be that it would admit not only Jews, but also Roman Catbolifil with all their hostility to the Established Church. P o , thought that the p resent f orm was a check to bonourau'o" Roman Catholics, As for persons not honourable , 1: oath would bind th em . Th e state and condition of iu " House was riot now what it was b e f ore Roman Cat h o lics , were admitted to th at H ouse. If he were asked, bad be observed any mischi e f f o ll ow f rom their admission t o th t House, he wou ld answer yes, he had.—(Hear.) Bill was more mischievous than the measure of last i, e 7 A seat in th e H ouse was no pr i vilege, it was a °,llO imposed upon th em by t h e i r const i tuents. The el"; tots had a right to choose them, whether they won serve or not. Thi s was a Christian Parli,ts; ment, and one of i ts d ut i es was to regtil!'s the Christian Chu c h, an d i t was not proper t°g/E, a Jew, whatever might be his qualifications of seal charity, sh ou ld b e ca ll e d upon to discharge these dude, ; towards an Establishment whi c h,lt o say t h e least o f it, b._ re-guided as an error . In regard t o suc h solemn deft was it right to call on one who believed our fath . to a falsehood to join in legislation? He thought it vil la not, and, therefore, should vote against the measure. A Lord J. RUSSELL sa id t h at as the House now cal l ed for a division—(Hear, hear)—he was anxious to gi v. " some answer to the objections urged against this no tt i stile. The Hon. Genttemen who had just sat down 10 fallen into th e error o f aff i rming that the oath had n °; bt en imposed with the express intention of excluding the Jews from that House. Such exclusion was gotta opposed to the spirit of the constitution, and it wail sireble to remedy that injustice. He did not see; 1* this Bill took away any security for the Protestant cession of the Crown, as the Hon. Member for Oxford seemed to thi n k. Th e Act of Parham, nt on that subject being perfectly good in itself, required no further fore; ‘s to sustain it. S ome H on. Members had thought that Christianity w ou ld b e en d angered. Only imaginethree - f ur Jews in th a t H ouse. What would be their power t° overthrow Christianity?.--(Hear, hear.) Again, it Wig :aid that they would use reviling language to Christi*' city, but happily that House was not a theological a s ' ieuably, and was it too great a stretch of charity to OP' pose that they wou ld not?—(llear, hear.) He wild"— that there should be no exclusion on account of religion —(H ar, hear)—and that there should be no punishnee ot or penalty on account of religious opinions.—(Cheersq They had b een accustome d to hear in those debates t hu" , this House was Christian, and that it was proposed S° uncheistianiso it; but that had been admirably an mere d by the fact, that the changes in our municiP corporations, and other civil offices, had not had tbs effect. He did rot believe that the character of that House would be altered by the admission of three four Jews.—(Hear.) If, while there were 40,000 Jet in the country, it was stilt entitled to be called Chris' tiara, so, when ther e w ere t h ree or four Jews in that House, it would still be entitled to be called Christian. (Hear.) He hoped that this House, disregarding th e arguments against the Bill and acting upon the princr plea of charity, which he believed to be truly Christian' would admit the Jews; and considerin g t h a t t h e y wets faithful adher en t s to the constitution nnder which We lise, and that they were loyal and peaceable subjectl ready to defend the Sovereign of these realms, an faithful to the British const i tut i on, b e hoped that t he / would admit them to all the advantages of that consiv tution.—(Cheers.) Mr. GOULBURN said that so long as the llonl he cot d was called upon da i ly to deal with matters deeply old not vitally b ear i ng upon the Christian faith, not lulp p o i nt i ng o out the inconsisten of e ntrusting those important d ut i es to persons incompetent from their religious f ee li ngs to the efficient dischare of th °ll6 duties. Mr. ROEBUCK said the observations of the Big b Honourable Gentleman who had 'list addressed t" - I - louie would, h e p resumed, be a lesso j n to the Noble Lord at the hind of the Government, for they had learn ed from hi m th at if the Bill brought under the consider a. Lion of the Legislature proposed to admit persons of a" religious &nominations to seats in the Legislature, there will be no objection to the measure. The argument s used, howe ver , b y the Right Honourable Gentleman did not militate ag a i nst the Bill, and he could show that a ° Honourable Gentleman, when introducing a Bill of th_ts nature, wai oft en o bli ge d to b e i nconsistent w i t h himself Take the Bill as it stood, and be was prepared to main tain drat it wen t t h e 12r,gth of admitting all men to seats 10 the Senate, without regard to their religious beliof.l (Hear, h ear .) Th e fif t h c l ause o f t h e B i ll was general in its ecustruction; it permitted every person to mat e the affirmation prescribed. The words of th e clause we r e genera l, an d t h ere f ore o f n ecessity admitted ever) body. What was it the L eg islature de,ired to do when it administered the oath which Bill prescribed ?Ia th e first insta nce,, to enforce the 6