The Sun. — London, England, 1850-08-06 00:00:00

sr IMMER TIME IN TOWN AND COUNTRY. i (From Etizrz Cook's Journal.) " The Season" of the Faihionahle World is now over, rand all, who can get away, are off to the country. The great houses in Belgravia are dismantled and put by. 'The last. barouche, all hung round with travelling boxes, left town this morning, and is at this moment rolling along the broad beech avenue up to the hall•door of 'Nrcnson,. Manor, where a group of tall footmen are in waiting. to usher the family into their paternal mansion. A few disconsolate Members of Parliament are occa sionally dribbling into the weather-boarded House of Commons, where they vote the estimates a bore, and everything else which keeps them in town at this hot season, when the twelfth of August is so close at hand. You may even catch sight of the retiring skirts of a lord, at the Government-cffices in Whitehall; and the old Duke may still be seen riding up to the Peers' lobby ou his accustomed cob. But, to a intents and purposes, " the season" is at an end: Almacks is &wed, and dowagers and their daughters have vanished from the whirl of London I:fe for a time—the former to consid,r the success of their plans—the !alter to dream over their conquests. The young bloods hive Laken down a store of buck-shot, sundry canisters of " No, 4," and arrann• ninon enough to see them well through the moonsh campaign. Lieutenant Scarlet, of the Coldstreams, miy still be seen in the Square at St. James's, engaged in the hazirdous enterprise of relieving guard; but he, t ,, 0, is contemplating a move to his sporting ground; he de • chirps " the teen is deserted," vows the park to be tt de testable," and prot-sts that he is the " lest man is town." On Monday Next, go down to the Square, and you will see the Lieutenant is off. There is only Ensign Straw glel, and he has to be content with an occasionol petit souper at the Star and Garter at Richmond. So " the last man" has left, and the City is deserted! Not quite: About two millions of souls remain, and even the gay " world" is scarcely missed. The full tide of city life still rolls on; the roar of London is with us yet; the streets, the roads, the river, all the great thoroughfare, are multitudinous with the throng of men. The capital of the world is not so easily emptied. Trio twenty or thirty thousand lords, ladies, landed gentry, with their followers, hangers-on, and servants, who may have left town, were bat visitors: the people of London —they whose homes are there—are all still in " town;" and these are a little nation in themselves. They must enjoy their summer ac they can; and if they cannot carry themselves out to the country, they will, at least, endeavour to bring the country into the town. Not that the Londoner is ever tired of the delights of town li.e; the country is stale, flat, and unprofitable compared with it. There are the coffee-shops, with their newspapers, crowded as ever. There are the shops along Oxford street, the Strand, all over the City, stretching out. for miles together, still overflowing with their wares, and still attractive to purchasers. We are 6 ' a nation of shopkeepers:" Napoleon may have meant that for a sneer: but it was a compliment of which we may be prouder than if he had called us a " nation of warriors." Our shops, and oar steam-eneines, our ships, and our spinning-jennies, have made London what it is. See our shopkeepers running their far-spreading suburbs into the country, throwing railways over the land, and making even desert places musical with life. Our shopkeepers are no mean civilizers; they have reason to be proud o" their shops. THE COUNTRY MARKETS. The following is the official statement of the quantities of eons, &e., received in the port of London from the ports in Essex, from the 30th July, 1850, to the 3d Aug., 1t 4 50, both inclusive : • >, 4 1 lil L' I 41 4 g 0 i 66 4 4 4 60nt —I 320 777 f 20 715 198 2.5 791 4i) Colchester ...... Harwich Leigh Mahlon 29) - 428 70 1339, 10 320 1 - CHELMSFORD, AUG. 2.—Prices to-day were as follow: Wheat, white, old 44. to 495; new 45. to 50s; red, old 36s to 435; new, 37s to 44s ; barley, 23s to 2is ; chevalier 2.4 s to 265; grinding 21s to 231; oats 15s to 20s; malt 53. hi 55s ; chevalier 64s to 56.; peas, partridge, new 27. to 29.; old, —s to —s ; white, new, 22s to 26s ; bid, —s to —. ; dun, new, 26. to 255; beans, tick, new 23s to 26.; old, 24s to 275; harrow ticks, new 2ls to 275; old 2"; s to 2t4s; ma sagan, new 22. to 24. ; old 23; to •25s per qr. COLCHESTER, AuG. 3.—Wheat, white 46. to 50s ; red 12a to 461; barley 22s to 24.; beans, mazagaa 24s to 25.; middle and small 26s to 235; peas 2 Is.to 28s per qr. KIRKA LOY, A uG. 3.—The following are the quotations up to this'date:— Wheat. I Barley. First 43s Od 22 6d Oats. 21s 61 212 Oct 182 &I imperial, e fotlowini Beans. Peas. I —s Od --s 111 Second 41s I'd 213 Od Third 363 Od 19 , 1 Od Oatmeal, Der bag' of 2801 hs HA.DDINGTON, AUG. 2.—Tb grain at our market to-day:— : Wheat. 44s 6‘i 4ls Id 35s Od -8 Od I—3 Od —s I—s Od Od to Os Od. g are the prices of 1 Oats. lleftia. 1 22s 6d 31s (hi 20s 9d 303 4d 19s Od ( 283 (id _ _ First Second Third Barley. 24s 61 21t 10a 1t33 Od Total quantity of W heat in market . 3.48 qrs., 342 sold Do. Barley do. 82 qrs., 70 sold Do. Oats do. 276 qrs., 266 sold Do. Beans do. 36 qrs., 14 sold GLASGOW, JULY 31.—Provisions—Cheese, 40s to 47s Od per cwt ; retail, 5d to 6d per lb. Skim milk, 2)sOdto Os per cwt. Country fresh butter, 10d to Od per lb. Trish pow dered, in lumps, 7i-d to &l; country powdered, wholesale, t , d to Od. Country eggs, Sd per dozen ; carried hen ditto, 5s 4d per . 20, or 7d per dozen. Hens, 2s 6d per pair ; Ducks, 2s 6d. PERTH, Au°. 2.—Wheat, 4, 1 s Od to 44s Od ; barley, 19s Od tot Is 01; oats, 18s to 21s ; peas and beans, 23s Od to 261 per quarter. Oatmeal, per sack, 22s to 213. Kimso, AUG. 2.—Wheat, old, Os to Os; ditto, new, 27s ed to 345 04 ; barley, new, 15s Od to 17. Od ; ditto old, Os to Os ; potato oats,oos to Otts ; ditto new, I4s I'd to 15s Od ; common oats o's to 00s Od; ditto new, ols to 00s Od ; peas, 299 Ud to 21s Od ; beans, Ids to 2!s per boll of six imperial bushels. STIRLING. A LTG. 2:—Wheat, foreign, 20s to '23s; ditto, home, Os to Os • ditto ditto new, 19,i Od to 21. 6d; barley, per bulk of 6 bushels, Os lid to Os Od; ditto new, 16. 6d to 17s 6d. Oats, common, Os Od to Os Od; ditto new, 13. Od to 15. 3d; ditto, Flemish, OS Od to o.i Od; ditto ditto new, Os Od; malt, distillers, 3:15 04 to 31s ; c itto brewers, 343 Od to 35s ; beans per boll, Os Od to Os Od ; ditto new, 13s 6d to 145 6d; pease 13. Od to Os Od; flour, new per sack, 31s Od to 33s Od; ditto common chttO; liSti 6d to 20s Od: oatmeal, per load, Os Od to Os Od ; ditto new 28s Cd to 29. 6.1; ditto per peck of Ms, Sd to 9d ; fresh ' butter per lb, 7d to 9d; eggs per dozen, 7d to 9d ; hay per ton, Os IA to Os ; ditto new, tiOs to 70s. izimetaii, Ana. 1. —The supply of grain in this day's market was 24 * bolls; wheat at 14s 3d to 21s 3d per boll. ; barley, {Vs Od to Os Od ; oats, 13s d td 15s 6d; beans, 13s Od to log 04 per boll ; oatmeal, Os to Os per load. Bitswicg., A ua. I.—Wheat, 41s 21d; barley, 20s Old ; oats, 00} Od ; rye, Oas Qd ; beans, 00s ; peas, 00s Od average per imperial quarter. HAWICK, AITG. 11—Wheat, old, 22s to 33s Od; barley, new, 15s to 00, Od ; ditto old, 1.5 s to 17s 6d ; potato oats, ; 14s ; Od to 16s Od; common oats, 133 to los Od • peas, 18s Od to 22s Od; beans, 18s 04 to 22 3 Od per boll of six imperial bushels. COAL -MAIM ET.- YESTERDAY. Carr's W. Hartley 143 Hasting's Hartley l4s II orywell Ituvensworth'sW.Hart 14s % est Hartley -14s Wylam ........ 185 &e. Eden Main . 143 Lambton Primrose ... 14s Belmont 143 Braddyll ' ' . 15s Hatton Haswell l6 5 Larnhton Richmund— ...... lis Scarborough .. 14s ~Vhitwell Ileu3ti Hall Od Hartlepool ... 16s Od Od Kelloe .. 15s Od Od' South Hartlepool ..... 143 9.1 Od Thoroley 0 r West Kelloe ......... 6d' Adelaide Tees .Corructen Tees 9d. Maelean's Te.s l3s 3d 9 I Richardson's Tees 133 31 91 Seymour Tees 9 , 1 South Durham Od!Tees o,lCompen Hartley dartley . 61 Nixon's Merthyr and 31 Cardiff .... ......... 21s 6rf 0 , 1 - SidneN '3 Hartley 3d Stun., at market, 6i. RAILWAY St-IA RE MARKETS. BRISTOL. AUG. 5. SToox Exclurrom—The market does not show much improvement to-day, either as regards the amount. of business done or the prices, it still having a tendency to a fall. _ • VNKPovA_, Auo. 5. Slikse•Exonat , tow—There has been a firm market to-dap, still the business done has not been extensive. The transac tions were--ilirkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire (late C. and B. ), guaranteed 6 per cent. tit 18 iO, I . 2 l .A.—East Lanca shire. Preference, Quarters, h%—Lancashire and Yorkshire, Fifths, 9 5- is dii.—Lancaster and Preston, 5 p.—Ditto, Quarters, 1344--London and North-Western, t t2%--Uitt o, New Quarters, I 1-16 p.—Ditto, Fifths, t p.—Midland, 34 , 4-- Ditto, Halves, 243-t6 dia.—South-Eastern and Dover (N0.•4). Registered, 4 14—Ditto , (No. 4), s—Dutch Rhenish bag c. MANCHESTER, Am. 5. STOOK EXCMANGI. —The shire market to-day was firm, but quiet, and business rather hmited. The transactions were alifollow :—East Lancashire, 77.4—Kendal and Win dermere, 5 , y4 ex div.—London and North-Western, 111%— Di tto . New Quarters, 1 p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lin coloshire, Preference, 8 1 4 1 — North Staffordshire, 11 NI . BIRSIINGIIAM, Anci. 5, STOCK ~.scn.,utGiz.—We have little change to notice in this (Aura market. A small business has been done, bat prices • .Q f old stock remained at last quotations. The onl y transaction reported was --London and North-Wester:li, 1 p. . . rrry THE POOE- GAS STOSERS.—Punch depicts the police luxuriating idly in the parks on Sundays, and the swell-mobility doing what they like with other people's own ou the ,fir4t day of the week,,as a day made "sacred to idle ness," in, caricature of the seventh, the type of creative rest. —but the poliel are likely, in sober earnest, to have a some= what heavy addition to . ihtir Sundays' surveillance, if the example of the Sheffield gas stokers and cokers prove to tie contagions. They complain, in the local Times, that their only exactive Sunday customers are the street lamps. the church 71)mA-end the lamps of those other temples devoted to less spirit4al observances—that the gas used on Sunday must be made on Sunday and attended to on Sunday—and that they cannot see why they should be compelled to labour on behalf -of these threw "old lights , " any more than the letter-carriers on behalf of the social, moral, and intellectual lizht of the community, on the day of days. They, there fore, virtually threaten t s place the streets in darkness, and the churches al4n, as well as the gin temples, on the evenings of that day. —Builder. THE STEWARDSHIP OF WINDSOR.—AIIIODg the various appointments held by the late Duke of Cam bridge, was that of High Steward of the " Royal borough of New Windsor." ,A vacancy having occurred in consequence of the decease of the late Duke, the mayor and corporation of Windsor, in whom the appointment is vested (but subject, according to the terms of he charter, tai the anproVal of the Crown ), have jest nnanimously chosen his Royal Highness Prince Albert, wbo has thus become a burgess of the borough. according to the charter granted by Charles 11., dated February 8, 1665. Three Royal Dukes (the sons of George 1II.) have held this office in succession, viz., the Duke of York, elected in 18 11, up on th e d eat h of the Earl of Cardigan, who was also Governdr of Windsor Castle; the Duke of Clarence, appo • ted in 1827 (on the death of the -Doke of York), and who resigned the office on his accession .to the throne in 1830. when the Duke of.Caminidge was elected, and who c on t i nued to hold - the app ointment . up to the period of his death. RARE Fts-.—ln the course of last week, a speci men of that rare fish, the Striped Bonito, Thynnus pelam s wan caught i n a net at 1,90% and presented to Mr. C ouc eat . Polperro. It measured in length about t foot 8 inches.— Chrnwali Ga2ette. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 6, 1850. EXHIBITION OF INDUSTRY OF ALL NATIONS, 1851. The following is a copy of a letter addressed by her MajeAty's Commissioners to the various commissions ap pointed in foreign countries to promote the . Exhi bition:— " Palace of Westminster, July 29. " Sir,—We are hereby directed by her Majesty's Commissioners for the Exhibition of 1851 to communi cate to you and the other Commissioners appointed by the [ ] Government, the great satisfaction with which they have received the intelligence of the formation of your commission, and of the steps which have been taken by it for the purpose of co-operating with them and of properly representing the industry of your country, in the approaching Exhibition in London. " The Commissioners have themselves been anxiously occupied in making preparations for the reception of those valuable and interesting objects which you may forward for exhibition and for the erection of a suitable building for vieir displ I; and also in nirtking such ether arrangements regarding medals, prizes, juries, and the general e.aditions of Ole Exhibition, as seem most likely to promote the objects of the friendly competition in which so many great nations are now taking such deep interest. " The inclosed printed papers (Decisions cf her Ma jesty's Commis , ,ioners) will sufficiently communicate to you, fur the information of [ ] exhibitors, the nature of the arrangements that have been made for the admission of foreign productions to the Exhibition; and we are directed to call your attention especially to that portion relating to the Custom-house arrangements. " According to the regulations of the Board of Cus toms, it is necessary that the agents employed should enter into bonds to secure the payment of the duties assessed on the goods which are sent for exhibition, should such goods be sold in this country after the Ex hibition is closed; but as all goods transmitted by the same vessel, and consigned to one 'and the same agent, will be covered by one bond, it would much facilitate the arrangement for all parties, and diminish the ex pense, if the articles intended for exhibition were for warded by each central authority en masse, or at all events in as few separate consignments as possible. " Hir Majesty's Commiltioners, as you will perceive by the accompanying papers, have nominated, on the recom mendation of the Commissioners of the Board of Cus toms, several persons as proper and responsible agents to be employed for the port of London; all of whom have stated their willingness to adopt a much lower scale of charges than those usually required in ordinary mercantile transactions for the services they may render, and to furnish a statement of the proposed charges, so far as they can be specified beforehand, to all parties who may desire to know them. " Of the agents named for the ontports, Mr. Ormston, of Newcastle, and Messrs. Ford and Canning„ of Bristol, have signified their intention of not making any charges except those to which they may be personally subjected, and the others purpose to charge less than the ordinary rates. "In addition to the facilities offered by these gentlemen we are further directed to add that the firm of Messrs. Nicholson, Besley, and Co. (East India and China Wharf, London), have signified their intention of making no charge upon goods conveyed by their lighters or for landing on their quays; and the Hull Dock Company, Hull, have also an:,ounef , d that no charge for wharfage will be made by that company. The usual charges will therefore be still further reduced in the ease of all per sons who may take advantage of the offer thus liberally made by these parties. " In transmitting the names of these agents, her Ma jesty's Commissioners are desirous that it should be clearly understood that they do not hold themselves in any way accountable for the charges which may be made, and that the sole object which they have had in view, in what must be considered as a private transac tion between the exhibitors and thelsKent•, has been merely to suggest weans for affording to foreign exhi• tors the opportunity of availing themselves, if they might see fit, of those arrangements which the Commissioners believe would be found to be most convenient and economical; it being distinctly understood that any cen tral authority or rot eign exhibitor is perfectly tree to employ any oilier agent than those named, and to make any other arrangements that may be deemed more con ♦enient. 1110 " The attention of the Commissioners having been called to the question of fitting up the [ goods for exhibition, the C , inamissi , n3rs in London have to state that they are willing to undertake to supply counters upon which the goods may be displayed. But o.xhibitorP, or such commissioners or representatives as may be duly authorised to act for them, will be at perfect liberty to take charge of fitting tbem up according to their taste with glass shades, &c., at their own cost. It will be very de.irable that y,,u should acquaint us at an early period with your in tentions with reference to this point; and also with the views which you entertain of appointing authorised agents here to be specially charged on your behalf with the care and display of the goods transmitted under your orders. _ . '• The Commissioners trust that the arrangements, the details of which are now submitted to you, will be esti,- factory, and that these will serve to show that they are not insensible to the value of the exertions which you are malting to co-operate in this groat Industrial Exhibition of the Works of all Nations. " We avail ourselves of this opportunity to iffer to you the assurlncei of the high consideration and esteem with which we have the honour to sign ourselves. • " Sir, your Most faithful servants, "J. SCOTT RUSSELL, " STAFFORD 11. NORTIIC3TE." ROBBERY OF 1201. BELONGING TO THE FILESMITHS' SOCIETY. The funds of the tilesrniths' !emery were a few days ago robbed of the large sum of 1201. by an executive member of the trade. The delinquent is Samuel Paley, a tile forger in the employ of Messrs. Blake and Parkin, of Meadow-street, under contract. He has absconded, leaving a wife and four helph Si children, and has taken with him an abandoned woman of the town. Paley was a member of the filesmith,' committee, and as such ha attended at the society's roomy, Coalpit Line, on the evening of Tuesday in last week. A good deal of money was turned over in the office during the evening, and Paley assisted in counting it. The sum of 1201. in coin, and a like sum in Bank of England and local notes were deposited in the iron safe, a receptacle provided with three locks, one of the keys of which he carried. The notes, rolled up together, were in an open case some thing like a pocket-boek. The coin was in a bag. To wards nine o'clock in the evening, when the officers were about to leave the place, a payment of a couple of sovereigns that had been received late remained upon the table. Paley remarked that it ought to be put into the safe, in the bag with the other cash; tend, taking out of his pocket his key, asked for the other two keys, in order that he might open the safe for that purpose. The keys were given to him, and he knelt down and un locked the see. It was then dusk, and his movements could not be distinctly observed, but no one present ,thought it necessary at that time to watch him very closely. A hard substance was heard to drop in the bag, and then the safe was again 1 icked and the three keys distributed as before. A!most immediately after wards the parties separated, and the oflim was duly secured as tieial by Mr. Warren, one of the secretaries, who resides on the premises. On the following Thurs day eveuing the m-mbers of the executive met by ap pointment ; and Paley, whose term of office had eepircd, ought to have come forward and given up his key to his successor. He did not come, however, and hence. arose a suspicion as to the se.,fety of the money. Inquiry heightened the suspicion into alarm. On Friday merning the safe was forced open, and it was then tonnd that all the bank-notee, veluell2o/., had been abstracted. The locks had evidently not been tampered with, and the safe appeared precisely as it was when left on the Tuesday evening. The con clusion naturally come to then was, that Paley while depositing the oddment of money, had tak...n the nor( s out of the open case, equcezed them to gether in his hand—he had a large band—and he:d them there unobserved till he found a convenient opportunity fur depositing them in hire pocket. The other money put into the safe along with the noses, was all right, ex cept one sovereign, and it is supposed that Paley had kept back one of the two sovereigns that he took off the rsble under the pretence of putting them into the bag. On inquiry it was ascertained that the traitor had ab sconded from the neighbourhood, in company-with a prostitute as already stated. Doubtless he had pre viously taken the precaution to convert the notes into gold. Oa Friday afternoon Mr. Warren set off to Liverpool and searched the Cambria steamer at the mo• merit she was about to sail for America, but the fugitive was not there. Mr. Kirk, the other secretary, went to Hull by train on Saturday evening, that being considered a probable port for the delinquent to embark at. Aided mi W al Ob e ty c n - a saila policeman underoyc importante his a tf a h e me Malre• Kirk found that a man anion,ar s lt r corresponding h a a n ad firs. been rs. staying tet s io ce n, l d n snaeialerd t b h er e the rai g lw e a ee y n ofs that they had steamer, on Saturday evening, fur Hanaburgh. Believinga K th i a r t l t it h h e a se fid w ee er e e d the the parties he was inquiring after, Mr, Birk • search and forthwith returned to Sheffield. The trad e were called tog et h er on Monday morning, and in pursuance of a resoluti on come to, Mr.warren forthwith dispatched to H am b urgh, on the tra:l e c n of w th a e s thief. Messed. Blake and Parkin and several other par ties kindly furnished Mr. Warr en w i t h referen t oparties in the city of Hamburgh likely to be service to him in furthering the object of ;hie visit to that city. It appears that the manufacture of files is carried on to some extent in Hamburgh, and also atithe city of Mag deburg, about 200 miles further into the country. A hope is eotertivee 1 that at one of thoses places Paley will be faind. Considering the extreme insufficiency of our criminal law with respect to this description of dis honesty, we fear that no adequate means of punishing him will be found in the event of his being brought back to England, but at any rate it is right that he should suffer the mortification of being dragged back to Sheffield before the face of those of his fellow craftsmen whose confiderice he has so perfidiously betrayed--a punishment that he will dread probably more than any thing that might befall him in a country of strangers. &ern' eld Timeß. ALARMIKG FIRS IN HOLBORN. —On Sunday afTr• noon, at a few minutes before two o'clock, a tire of an alarm ing character, and nearly attended with dangerous conse quences, broke out in the extensive premises belonging to Messrs Graves and C.), tailors and drape. s, carrying on busi ness at 313, High Holborn, near the corner of Cuaacery-lane. Considerable damage was done to - the valuable stock in trade and also to the premises before the fire could be extringuilied. Tw: - , of the female servants had a very narrow escape. They having run into the shop, became overpo tiered with smoke, and tell amidst the fire. Police-constable Collins, F 97, having rushed into the place, he succeeded in dragging them out, but one of them was much burnt about the hand. LIMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, August 5. ROYAL ASSENT. The Royal Assent was given to-day, by commission, to the following seventeen public and private Bills: The Population. The Factories. The Metropolitan Interments. Municipal Corporations (Ireland). Highway Rates. Australian Colonies Government. Vestries and Vestry Clerks. The Trustee Act (1850). Bills of Exchange. Gorbals Gravitation Water Company. Bridge across the River Clyde (opposite to South Port land -street, Lsurieston, Glasgow). Birmingham and Pershore-road (Act to continue Act of 6th Geo. IV.) Peterborough Improvement, Police, and Cemetery (Amendment of existing Acts). Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport Railway (Deviations, Enlargement of Stations), 860. Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway. Chippindaß's Divorce; and Ashby's Divorce. . . The Lords Commissioners were ae LORD CHAN. CELLOB, the Earl of MINTO. and the Eirl of CARLISLE. Their Lordships aclj urued during pleasure. Their Lordships resumed shortly after Five o'clock. CRUELTY TO ANIMALS (SCO ['LAND) BILL. On the motion of the Earl of IMINTO this Bill passed through Committee. PUBLIC LIBRARIES AND MUSEUMS BILL. This Bill passed throu h Committee. COMMONS ENCLOSURE (No. 2) BILL. This Bill was read a second time on the motion of the Earl of CARLISLE. ties is which they trew find themselves. But I would ask the House here to consider whether that position, grevioua an they may feel it to be, is the consequence of having pursued a constitutional course to release them selves from those grievenees, or whether it be in con sequence of haying' deviated from that constitutional course which they had hitherto pursued? Now, Sir, with respect to Englishmen pro`e:.sing the aewish religion, I am bowel to say that no class of religionists is this country have less cause to complain of the spirit of the community, or of the temper of the Legislature, than Englishmen professing the Jew ish religion. When I remember, Sir, what was the position of such men a very brief period back— hardly a quarter of a century ago—when I contrast that position of social degradation and political dis ability with the position which they now cc cup), and enjoy, I am proud and gratified by the contrast; and I am bound to say that it is one which is far more favourable than that which any other body of her Majesty's subjects not professing the religion of the state could have relied upon in so brief a space of time. The Roman Catholics, for example, were for a much longer period disqualified for the possession of any offices and eejo:, menus and many more rights than the Jews were. Every class of Lis sewers also had to undergo a more prolonged and more severe struggle than Englishmen professing the Jewish religion in order to obtain those rights which they now enjoy; and, Sir, I think at a moment like the present, when we admit the impatience, and naturally the impatience, evinced by the eh ctors of London at not imme diately accompliebing the results which they desire—l say, Sir, I think it is expedient to take a calmer and more comprehensive view of the circumstances of the case than the electors of the city of London. and taking that more comprehensive and calmer view, I arrive myself at a result much more favourable to the enlightened spirit of the community, and temper and moderation of the Legislature of this country, than some opinions which have been expressed out of this House and in this House on the subject. But, Sir, if Englishmen professing the Jewish religion have little cause to complain of the bigotry of the country in which they live, or the want of toleration in the spirit of the age in which they exist—have they a fair quarrel with the con duct of another branch of the Legislature, whose conduct in these discussions has been subjected to some criticism which, on examination, I think will be deemed not only harsh, but unjust. It is barely three years ago, when, after a prolonged discussion in this House in consequence of Baron Rothschild being elected for the city of .London, a Bill was passed which removed disabilities which prevented that gentleman taking his seat. It received the solemn and deliberate consideration of the House of Lords, but it was not passed by that House A Bill was suddenly proposed which made great altera tions ; that Bill received a full and temperate discussion, and it was not carried, but rejected by a majority not of startling amount. The Government brought in another Bill, and it was discussed with mitigated hostility in the House of Lords, and he wanted to know what had taken place in that House to cause the reprobation and the language that had been used with respect to it. —(Hear, hear.) The Hon. Gentleman, it was true, had been returned again for the city of London by an over whelming majority, and if after such a demonstration the House of Lords had objected to the Bill, he admitted that it would have been to blame.—(llear.) It ought to be remembered that the late triumphant return of the Baron Rothschild had not been brought forward as a data in the House of Lords, and if it bad, he had very little doubt different results would have taken place.—(Hear, hear.) It the second election of the Baron Rothschild was, as be admitted it would be, a sig nificant demonstration of public opinion on the subject, was not that an additional reason that the Bill should have been again brought forward, and the opinion of the House of Lords taken upon the subject?—(Hear, hear.) He thought the natural impatience felt by the city of London had no foundation as against the community, or the House of Lords; but that if any persons were respon sible for the situation in which the city of London was placed, it was • her Majesty's Government.—(Hi ar, hear.) He had thought it his duty to make these observations upon the position which the House of Lords occupied on the question, because he thought the course that had been pursued by that branch of the Legislature had not been looked upon in a just light.— (Hear, hear.) Now, with respect to the reselu tioss that had been proposed by the Attorney-Ge neral, he felt bound to make a few observations. The first resolution was declaratory of the law, not, ho felt hound to confess, an extremely constitutional pro ceeding.—(Hear.) The other resolution was a resolu tion pledging the House on a subsequent occasion and in a subsequent session; that, certainly, to say the least of it, was not a very politic proceeding—(Hear, hear) — and was one that ought not to be adopted except in a case of extreme necesssity.—(Hear, hear.) Now, where, he would ask, did the necessity for such a pro ceeding exist?—(Hear, hear.) Where was the neces sity for the House to take such a course? He would venture to say it was not to be found in the community —that it was not the temper of the community that had been the great impediment, nor was it the temper of the House of Lords—(Hear, hear) that House had considered the subject to the best of their abilities, and they had come to that decision which they considered just. The case was clear to them; they had a , nuvel and important proposition before them, to which they gave an impartial and solemn consideration on two instances, and although they rejected the measure they never rejected it by an over whelmning or an overbearing majority, but upon the last occasion by a majority diminished in numbers. —(Hear, hear.) So far as the tamper and community of the Legislature was concerned, there was nothing to discourage those who believed they were pressing a jest claim, nor was there anything to Justify the impatience which had been naturally shown by the electors of Len don.—(Hear, hear.) Then they came to the fact which no one could deny, that it was the conduct of the Go vernment which had brought the House of Com mons to a proposition that was made as if it were the opinion of the Government that there was no other means of extricating them from the difficulties and embarrassments in which they now found themselves.—(Hear, hear.) The House of Com mons then was to take the most unusual—not to say a most unconstitutional course, and one which none but the gravest circumstances could vindicate or justify. —(Hear, hear.) And now for myself (continued the Hon. Gentleman), speaking only for myself, especially upon this question, I decline to take that course ; 1 shall not vote for either of these reso lutions. Cheers. ) I leave the law as I find it, and if there be any necessity to change the law I call upon the Government, who have expressed on more than one occasion an unequivocal opinion upon this subject as regards a matter of policy, to remedy the grievance which they have acknowledged.—(Cheers.) I want to know what excuse can be made for Govern ment for not having the moment Parliament met introduced a Bill upon this su bj ect . It i t was desir able in 1848 or 1849, it was much more desirable in 1850, after the recent election for the city of London. —(Cheers.) If the first election produced such an effect as to induce the Ministry to believe the city was ripe for legislation merely, the second election for the city of London renders that course much more imperative and clear, and one about which not a moment ought to have into the nature of the oaths taken I may be told that there was a Com mittee lofsotr.m—e(dCthoeers.) by l wereM eilmleboemrspeotferP,tartloiaamdevniste they received . the result of the labours of that Committee, and Parliament Government, u o i the q u u n e t s i a t c h t e i ng Governmentupoa imperfect p m ea nto stty i then, °n. that they t a h r infor mation upon a subject of such importance, of such peculiar delicacy and interest. Have they rushed into the House of Commons without due deliberation and research, and counselled the Legislature on the subject? —(Hear, bear.) Is that the policy of the Government? I am in the correction of the gentlemen learned in the law, from Mr. Attorney-General to the lion. an I Learned Gentleman who had been so frank upon the extent of his practice this morning —(A, and even in the presence of all these learned gentlemen, and of all these gentlemen of the long robe, I venture to say, that however extensive may have been their researches—however profound might have been the investigations of the Committee over which the Honour able and Learned Gentleman the Member for Oxford presided, they did not succeed in producing a new fact, or in eliciting any new result to those which had been arrived at by those who had given any previous study or investigation to the - subject.—(Loud cheers.) Well, then, Sir, I consider it a mere mockery on the part of the Government to pretend their project of legislation was retarded because they waited the results of the investigation of the Com mittee on oaths. I shall use no violent language upon the subject; but I say, the Government having brought themselves into this condition, we ought not to do any.. thing to extricate them from the consequences of their own misconduct; or the consequences of their unfounded clamour against the constitutional proceedings of another branch of the Legis lature a clamour, not only unfounded, but absolutely most unjust, and one which I believe the candid, and just, and generous people of this country will never countenance, and never approve of.—(Cheers.) I have tak en th e lib ert y of making these few observa tions. I have, as the House will perhaps con descend to remember, when the question of the removal of the disabilities of Englishmen nro fessing the Jewish religion has ever been brought before the House—l have recorded my vote in favour of their removal.—(Hear, hear.) I have been accused sometimes of not accompanying the exercise of the suffrage with any observations on the subject it se lf. I remember tho Noble Lord the First Minister, not very courteously, and certainly not in a hearty manly way, reminded me last year that my vote was a silent one. Now, if I thought anything I could say could accomplish what is so dear to my heart and convictions my vote would not have been a silent one, but, inasmuch as I believe my opinions upon the subject were not shared by a single Member on either side of the House, I thought it was but good sense and good taste that, atter having unequivocally expressed the grounds upon which my vote w as g i ve n, I should hav e taken refuge in si lence, which at least could not offend the opinions or prejudices of any genticman.—(Cheerz.) Those opinions, however, I now retain; they aro un changed, an d if i t were not presumption to speak of human opinion being uechangeable, I would express my belief that they never will be changed.—(Cheers.) If this were a Pagan country, I can easily conceive and comprehend h ow th e c l a ims of Englishmen being Jews should be politically resisted, and to a certain degree with a show of reason opposed.—(Hear, bear.) But, Sir, it is a Christian country, and because like every other Chri s ten country, it owes its Chris tianity to the ,agency acid influence of the Home of Israel, I cannot believe' tile 'the course ivhicii is pur sued at p resent b y t h e Leg i s l ature o f England is a j ust or wise one—(Cheers)—and though I may abstain some times from dilating upon feelings and views which may not be prevalent or popular in this House, I will never retract them; and, even now shrinking from offending the feelings of any one, I will express my hope that full and complete justice will speedily be done to the descendants of a race which we acknowledge to be sacred, and the professers of a religion which we admit to be divine. Sir R 11. INGLIS did not think it necessary to follow the Hon. Gentleman the Member for Buckinghamshire in his elaborate defence of the House of Lords, or his briefer attack upon the Government; but his Hon. Friend must forgive him for saying that, like himself, his opinions upon this subject were unchanged, and as far as human opinions could be, unchangeable. These opinions he had entertained ever since he had held a seat in the House. It mattered not to him from whenCe these resolutions came, he should treat them as ho found them.—(Hear, hear.) The British Legislature had never sat except under Christian sanc tion. The question in the case of the Quakers was a question of difference of Christianity. But the ques tion was different now. If the House admitted Jews into its assembly, they would admit those to legislate for our Christian country and our Christian Church who themselves would feel it a gr.-at affront to be described as members of our Church and our Christian Government. —(Elear, hear.) Ile (Sir R. Inglis) would remind every Member in that House, that on his single vote might depend that constitution which had never sat except under Christian sanction, and the question whether that constitution should continue to be bound by Christian sanction. Believing as he (Sir Robert Inglis) did that the profession of our common Christianity was the birthright of this nation, and that they should not lightly sell that birthright for any such advantage— and he (Sir R. Inglis) would not undervalue it—as that which the Honourable Baron Rothschild might furnish to their deliberations, still, when he (Sir R. Inglis) considered what they were to pay for that advantage, he could not agree with his Honourable and Learned Friend (the Attorney-General) in expressing even a passing regret that some delay should be opposed to the admission of such a man. He would oppose anything which should have the effect of making that House anything but what it was now, a Christian Legislature, of which every Member mast profess himself a Christian, or else be unable to take his seat. Under these circumstances he should feel bound to oppose the proposition which was laid on the table. Mr. ROEBUCK said that he was pretty well con vinced- that whatever might be said the question was now settled.—(Hear, hear.) Though he had come to that conclusion, and was pretty well satisfied as to the result, he could not say that the mode which they would arrive at those results would reflect much credit on the House. The question before them was no longer a mere legal question—it was a question of policy, and he must protest against the mode in which that policy was sought to be carried out. The House was no longer sitting in a judicial capacity, but they were deliberating on a voluntary proposition on the part of the Administration. It was a proceeding on the part of the Administration. It was no longer a Bill pro pounded by the Member for the City, but a re solution propounded by the head of her Majesty's Gavernment; and they could not, with common honour, fail now to pursue the proposition of the-Attorney-General. It must be propounded in this House in the shape of a Bill; it must be carried through that House, and carried through the House of Lords successfully, or the honour of the Ministry would be forfeited. When Baron Rothschild was first returned for London, feeling a great interest in the settlement of the question, he (Mr. Roebuck) had pressed to bring it to a speedy issue. The answer was that the matter was in the hands of his colleague, the Noble Lord at the head of the Government. Well, a Bill was brought in, but the Bill did not pass. Well, the matter was delayed, and the answer he always got to his remonstrances was, that the Bill was coming in time, and he was told not to bo im patient and in a hurry. But at the time he pro phesied that the Bill would not come, and bade them mark his words. He knew that the Government would never dare a difficulty.—(bear, hear.) When a question was important, and excited immediate and great tuterest, it became an open question, in the Cabinet; but when matters swam smoothly it remained a Ministerial question. It was the duty of the Noble Lord to have propounded that Bill, and to have gone through with it. But as long as they could, they eluded the question; and when the Hon. and Learned Member for Oxford's Com mittee was proposed they took it quite as a God-send. Well, then, after the required precedents were found, and the report was laid ou tne table of the House, what was the conduct of the Noble Lord? Promises were made, and those promises had been broken,—(Hear, hear.) At last, when the House was tired of all legislation, and bu siness of all sorts had been postponed until a future session, what did the Learned Attorney-General take upon himself to do? He said there was a monstrous state of law, and that, mind, was net the description which they gave, but which he gave—he said there aas a monstrous state of law, and the sooner they got rid of it the bettor. He would ask the Hon. and Learned Gentleman whether he believed that that House was a fit tribunal to decide upon a question of law? And he would ask whether, as a matter of policy, there was no other course open to him than the one he had taken? It was admitted that there were doubts as to the correctness of the conclusions which bad been come to, but there were no doubts as to the facts; and yet he asked them to assume to be what they were not fit to be, judges of the law. Let them look at the thing in its present posi tion, and he would ask if that House was the place where this proposition was to be mat. The Attorney- General, throughout the whole of his speech had placed the House of Lords in a very invidious position. He considered them to be persons of so idle a character, and so easily impressed by considerations so beneath the character of legislators, that what was true and right was of no consideration placed by the side of personal vanity. If they left the matter as it was then, he told them the House of Lords would say," Why did not you pass some resolution on the subject:" but fir his part he (Mr. Roebuck) could not see how they could possibly arrive at that conclusion. The whole of the argument of the Attorney-General was, that if they did not ac knowledge that Baron Rothschild had no right to sit in the House without taking the oath, they would have no chance of carrying a Bill through the House of Lords. Despite of the assertion of the lion. Baronet opposite (Sir R. Inglis), he believed that at this moment there was a very strong feeling in the country on that subject; but the reason was that a great question lay under this. They might pretend to say that there was a large majority of persons in this coun try ready to stand up for the Protestant religion; the majority of persons in this country were not to be caught by cobwebs like that. And then to say that they always met with prayer and religious observances; how could that bind such a man- as Bolingbroke for instance? He would have taken not nine nor nineteen, but nine teen hundred oaths, if they made them. They could not bind such a seen as that. Whom did they bind? None but the most conscientious men in the House, who least needed it. When ho heard the Hon. Member for the city of London repeat the oath after the clerk, and only omit the last few words, which were not binding on his conscience, he asked himself whether there was a man in the House who really did not believe that all the purposes of the oath had been answered.— (Chters.) This was said to be a Christian assembly, but he thought that no really pious body of persons would allow words of holy import to be applied in so mischievous a manner on grave and serious matters. Now if they maintained these oaths for the purpose of excluding certain Members, why should they not say so at once? Let there be no side- wind in securing such an object ; let the House 'impound at once its desire, and then pass a resolution that from this day henceforward no Jew should have a seat in the House. —(Hear.) At the time when the oaths were first con cocted the Jews could not have been in the contempla tion of any parties. Improvement, however, marched rapidly, and he was not, like the Hun. Member for Buck inghamshire, surprised at the advance which the ques tion had made within the last quarter of a century. We were very different to what our ancestors were, and if we were desirous to understand clearly the difference between the past and the present we had nothing to do but to refer to the history of those oaths. A more painful part of our history could not be conceived. —(Hear.) From their first institution they were cha racterised by bigotry and bate, but they were gradually improved, and we were now endeavouring to do away with the last wretched remnant of bigotry which still remained. He hoped the House would not only get rid of that, but would go still farther and grapple with the whole question in a fair and honest spirit. The course proposed by the Attorney-General was not generous, safe, or candid. lie had no right to assume to him self the privilege of stating what the law was; he acknowledged that he was not infallible, and that this House was a bad tribunal, but he could not deny that there was another course to adopt which would meet all difficulties, and prove —which his resolution would not do—acceptable to a large body of conscientious men in this country, and at the same time attain every end which he said ho wished to attain, viz., doing away with this most monstrous state of the law, which he acknow ledged was a disgrace to the country, and which might at once subject the Honourable Member for the city of London to all those pains and penalties which the Attorney- General kindly and considerately begged and entreated the House not to in flict upon him. Now, could not Baron Rothschild take care of himself—(Hoar)—could they not let him run the same risk as Mr. Pease, whose case he understood the Attorney-General to sav was attended with the same difficulties?—(Hear.) If the House had no power to alter the oath for Mr. Pease, as stated by the Attorney- General, why, as he was now living, he might any day be called upon to pay all these fines and penalties. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman said he should vote against the proposition of the Government, believing it to be not only unsuited to the circumstances of the case, but also unjust and reprehensible.—(Hear.) Mr. REYNOLDS rose amidst loud cries of " Divide," and finding himself unable to proceed, said he would either go on or move the adjournment of the debate.— (Loud cries of "No" and " Go on." The motion for the adjournment having been put by the SPEAKER, Lord J. RUSSELL said, as it was peat three o'clock, it would be advisable to adjourn if the House thought the debate should be continued; but if the► House was ready to divide, of course he had no objection to that course.—(Loud cries of " Divide.") Mr. REYNOLDS then withdrew his motion. He re• joiced that though the Hon. Baronet the Member for the University of Oxford had spent twenty years of his po litical life in fighting and speaking against his (Mr. Reynolds's) faith, yet that the middle and trading classes of Oxford, who returned his Learned Friend behind him (Mr. Page Wood) were far more advanced than the magnates of the University. The Hon. Member for Warwickshire had the other night protested against Mr. Berkeley making any attack on the yeomanry of England from the other aide of the House. Now, in the same spirit be protested against the. Hon. Member for the University of Oxford occupying a seat on his side of the House.—(Cries of " Hear," and " Question.") Lord J. RUSSELL said that the Right Hon. Gentle man had already made the greater part of his opsech. Mr. REYNOLDS denied that the grounds taken by he Hon. Member for Buckinghamshire were correct that the 'Lithe of Lords was not to blame-- (Hear, hear.) He begged to remind Honourable Gentleman over the way that they were playing a des perate game, and all that be would ask was, would they be the footstool of another place?—(Cries of " Order.") B-cause if they would, they might depend upon it the people would ask the significant question, was the House of Lords never to be reformed.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. P. WOOD rose amid loud cries of " Ad journ." It was impossible for him to allow the debate to conclude without saying a few words. They had asserted that the seat was full, the House had asserted that the seat was va cant, heesuse Baron Rothschild had not taken the oath. On that side of the House they contended that he had, avid he denied that any of the arguments that had been put forward on behalf of Baron Rothschild had been answered. He protested as much as the Attorney-General against its being supposed that the House had a dispensing power, it certainly had no such thing.—(Hear, hear.) It was said it was dangerous to tamper with an oath; no one more fully accorded with that doctrine than himself, but what he asserted was that that which was proposed to the Baron ltethschild was no oath at all to him. and therefore in leavingout the words he bad done he tampered with no oath at all. Ile thought that the course the House had adopted was of the most inconsistent nature—they had decided *bat the Baron Rothschild should take the oaths on the Old Testament, and yet they would not permit him to take the only oath which he considered binding on his conscience. —(Hear, hear.) Hs considered that the Baron Rothschild had taken all the oaths that could be required of him, and that the House ought to allow him to take his seat. In a much weaker case than this the House had decided favourably to the Member claiming his seat; and at the instigation, too , of men, not like himself', of small expe rience in the aws and usages of the House, but fully versed in the privileges and practice of Parliament. That man was not other than the Honourable Member for the county of Montgomery, who would have come down to support him on this occasion had he not been prevented from doing so by illness.—(Cheers.) At that time he would say no more. Be bad simply attempted to vindicate the law of England, which recognised in the highest degree the principle-of common sense, and which in the highest degree respects the liberties of the subject. The law held that no British subject could differ from another British subject without an express statute could be produced to support the difference. The moment the black man put his foot upon this country he became free, and it was the same law which recognised no difference between the Jew and the Christian as a British subject, and there fore he contended that, by common law, the Member for the city of London was entitled to take his seat.—(Cheers.) The SOLICITOR-GENERAL was anxious to say a few words to justify and explain the vote be was about to give. He regretted that he could not arrive at the same conclusion as his Hon. and Learned Friend the Member fur Oxford. This was a ques tion, however, upon which every man ought to speak out according to his own conscientious convictions. They were called upon not to pass a law, but simply to expound the law as it already exists; and speaking, therefore, as a lawyer, it seemed to him to be impossible to come to any other conclu sion than that the words "on the true faith of a Christian" formed substantially part of the oath.— (Cheers.) Those words were introduced as an essential part of the oath for the purpose of binding Catholics; and although, as in courts of justice, they might permit par ties to take the oath in the manner which they declared to be most binding on their consciences, they still bad no power, without an Act of Parliament, to vary or alter the substance or form of the oath.—(Hear.) In a court of justice a man was sworn to tell the " truth, the whole truth, nod nothing hut the truth," and although he might take the oath by touching or kissing the book, he could not change the words. Now the Act which established this oath was passed to meet the cases of Roman Catholics who professed Je suitical principles, and felt that in taking an oath they could make mental reservations.— (Hear.) Suppose, then, a Catholic refused to make use of these words, on the ground that they were not binding on his conscience, he apprehended that he would not be permitted to take his seat. He apprehended that was clear and indisputable lam. With regard to Mr. l'ease's case, as far as it went, it certainly was a prece dent; but it did not go far enough to justify them in seating the Member for the city of London.—(Heir.) He must say, looking to the general intentions of the Legislature in passing those various Aets, and looking to those special Acts of Parliament made in the case of the Jews, it admitted of no doubt that those words were of the very substance and essence of the oath; and he for one could not permit Baron Rothschild to use words which were not in the form of the oath. Baron Rothschild had declined to take one of the caths—(" Hear, hear," and " No, no.")—in the form prescribed by the Act of Parliament, and what had been done? Had he been admitted to take his seat? No ; Mr. Speaker directed him to withdraw. The ques tion then was—would the House allow him to take his seat, or would they not ? The House was in a false po sition. If Baron Rothschild was prepared to take his seat, would the House allow him to take it? lie (the So licitor-General) contended the words which had been omitted by Baron Rothschild were not intended to exclude the Jewe, and it appeared to him (the Solicitor-General) that the House ought to take a fair and manly course of either admitting or excluding him.—(Hear.) Mr. BRIGHT (amidst loud cries of " Divide") said he had observed, from the commencement of the discussion on this question, tbat the case of Mr. Pease had been alluded to by gentlemen opposing the introduction of Baron Rothschild, and the case had been treated as one of extreme difficulty. He (Mr. Bright) thought he should show that the whole argument which the Hon. Gentleman (the Solicitor-General) had used, bad no foundation whatever. What did the House do in the cise of Mr. Pease? He (Mr. Bright) came into that House and took his seat by vir tue of the declaration which Mr. Pease himself had made when he was admitted into the House. Mr. Pease re fused to take the whole of the three oaths ; and the question was, what did be take? The House did not even ask Mr. Pease to take the sub stance of those oaths.---(Hear, hear.) He did not take the oath of. fidelity ; be did not even affirm it. With respect to the oath of supremacy, Mr. Pease did not affirm or swear that in any shape what ever.—(Hear, hear.) Then he came to the oath of ab juration. Mr. Pease did not affirm the substance of that oath.—(Hear, hear.) In the affirmation which Mr. Pease and he (Mr. Bright) made at the table of the House there was not a single word . about " defending. the Queen;" the words '° will defend" were entirely omitted. —(Cheers.) He would ask the House if those words were or were not a portion of the substance of the oath? Mr. Pease was also allowed to affirm, without declaring in the words of the oath, that he would "defend the succession," He (Mr. Brig t) understood those words to be of the form and substance of the oath.--(flear. hear.) With regard to the words "on the true faith of a Christian," they were not put to Mr. Pease or himself at all.—(Hear, hear.) Wus the House, then, asked to do in this case one-tenth part of so grave a thing as the House of Commons by an unanimous vote permitted Mr. Pease, the Member for South Durham, to do in 1832? He (Mr. Bright) was of opinion that the House was not allowing anything to be done half so serious as was done then. lie was in clined to think that the House did right in the case of Mr. Pease. It might be a stretch of the orders of the House to allow Mr. Pease to take his seat; the House was asked now to do a much lighter thing, when leave was asked for Baron Rothschild to take his seat. The Houses of Lords and Commons passed the Bill for admitting Mr. Pease. He (Mr. Bright) said, that being so, it would be' scandalous indeed of him, who sat there by right of that which the House of Commons had dune on that occasion, if he did not give in every way in his power the greatest support he could to the proposition that Baron Rothschild should be admitted to take his seat. After a few words from Mr. GOULBURN, Strangers were ordered to withdraw, and the House divided, when there appe2red— For Mr. Hutne'sameadment Against it 163 Majority against the amendment -62 On our return to the gallery we found Mr. ANSTEY protcsting against the assumption taken by the Attorney-General, that the words "on the true faith of a Christian" formed part of the main question. The gallery was again" cleared, - and the House divided on the Attorney-General's first resolution, when there appeared— For the resolution Against it ... Majority ... On our return to the gallery we found Mr. V. SMITH addressing the House, and suggest ing that the resolution should embrace an inquiry into the whole oaths ,administered to Members of Parlia ment. ••• .•. ... 166 ••. .•• 92 ••• -74 Lord J. RUSSELL said, as the House had sat so late it would be the most convenient course to continue sitting until the Royal Commission, which sat at a quarter to five o'clock, and then adjourn after the Com mission for two hours. In answer to the Right Honourable Gentleman (Mr. V. Smith), he had to state that though these had brought more prominently under view the real difficulties which stood in the way of gentlemen taking the oaths at the table being deemed Members of the House, yet, as the only point on which an obstacle had arisen to Baron Rothschild taking his seat, and which the House had just declared he could not get over, had reference to the last few words of the oath of allegiance, it was de sirable that that question should be brought by itself under the consideration of the House. He should be sorry to injure Baron Rothschild and the constituent body of England by mixing it up with oilier questions. Mr. GOULBURN said as the subject would un doubtedly come under the consideration of the House next session, whether the resolution was passed or not, when every Member would have au opportunity of ex pressing his individual opinions, he should content him self on the present occasion with entering his protest against the resolution, not simply with reference to the admission of Jews into Parliament, but because be objected to the principle of the House pledging in one session what it would do in the next. He thought it was most impolitic and injudicious to make any ph dge of that kind. The Hon. Gentleman concluded by pretesting against the alteration of the law with regard to the ad miision of Jews. _ _ _ Mr. BRIGHT concurred in the propriety of passing sueh a resolution, because it gave persons of the Jewish persuasion and the constitueecy of London a hold on the Govermrent and the House that this question would be brought forward next session. He understood the Government, as a Government, intended to take up the question, and would cand or fall by the issue of it.—(Cheers and laughter). ------ e He would not give a single snap of the lingers for th _ r.4s,lotion unless the public and the No ble Lord (Lurd J. Ru,sell) underst oo d it is that sense. — ( Cheers, and continued laughter.) Mr. 11UME ob,erved that the Attorney-General's re solution only referred to the form of the oath, whilst his rel f t r. ,4 t i o G tl L ie w sohs ri Tice.—(l.l s ear.) stance" should be inserted instead Tye SOLICITOR-GENI4_:RAL thought he ba d clearly stated that he intended the inquiry to exten d to ' ,, t e d th o a f the ib rro."sub.. word the substance, to the form of the words, and to t he n3lO - ner in which it was taken. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw, and the Howe divide 1 , when there appeared — For the second resolution ... 142 Against it 106 Majority for the resolution The resolution was cons. quently carried. ROYAL ASSENT. Mr. Putman, the Deputy Usher of the Black NA appeared at the table, und sum moned the House to the House of Pe,•rs, to hoar the Royal assent given to Se veral public and private Bills. On the S he read over the titles cf the Bills (for which so Lords' report). ail The House then adjourned at Twenty Minutes Five. • peakers retura The House re-assembled at Seven o'clock. CITY IMP ROVEMEN. Lord D. STUART paid that the CoTSmmissionas vibo had been empowered under local Acts to raise morsel tor the purpo:e of opening a wide street from F.cring. don-street to Clerkenwell were now with out foods for that purpose, and he wished to know whether the or oiled to tion of the Right Hon. Gentleman had been the question of the completion of the street, wore °P cially as the approiching opening of the Great Nortker! Railway made it desirable to have a line of comettiol,°,ll; ion opened from Islington to Blaekfriars-bridge. 9 also wanted to know whether the Right Hon. GootleP/,,, c , ,ntemplated a measure for the renewal of the Comm stoners' powers on their expiration? 0 4 ,id that The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUEeLecithoil his attention had been called to the subj ect, woo 7 measure was in contemplation which he hop ed sa l of result in further means being placed at the dispo the parties to carry out the project. • In reply to Mr. CARDWELL, who Put a Uegii° 113 ' 45:. to the eligibility of the proposed , Cl site 0-f the now office at Liverol, The CHANC po ELLOR of the EXCIIEQ UE "n ot that upon the whole the s it e which bad been chose the most convenient. . we . Mr. ANDERSON asked SPAIN Visc o unt Paltnerst°; o bie of ther he would have any objection to lay on the 1 ; 0 00 the House a copy of any correspondence whie l ! to the have had with the Spanish Government relattee he P or e differential duties levied on British shippi n g il l t or M e. of Spain; and whether it was the intention of . 000 er jesty's Government, in the event of British shiPPl,7O tinuing to be subjected to these differential du t . l 7 fer e in force the provisions of the Act of last sessie,_, o ne! pealing the navigation laws, by on the ships of Spain in the ports of this kiog. • its dependencies? whic h noe Lord PALMERSTON said the subject 5w 1 1 9 , - (4 . levying differentlo sad maol had engaged the attention of the Governoien"-meniefe years, and on which they had had several cooly:100W tions with the Spanish Government, which Or ° 0 0 11 1 tions, however, had not led to a satiefactorionode" Those communications had necessarily been l e b on h r. when the relations of the two Goveimments li eu A . 5 terrupted, but they would now be resumed, s a b li ; so Ist matter stood at present it would not be adlle i to wh t ,,, the papers before the House. With regal' po t of course the Government might take in the e l- shoe e Spanish Government not choosing to eq ualise mo lies, or to place the British shipping on the et s ,,bat w h li s as the national shipping, in accordance wi tu le that' done in this country, it would not be des ot ter. should at present make any statement on the, W s nl oti e ,"' Mr. ANDERSON then gave notice or t ib e ,p ro ",That early next session he would move , th e ri eitte l 4 ,o of Spain having since the year 1824 been f e s p aio l- 0 ( import goods the produce or manufacture o r oes e the ports of the United Kingdom at the.retf:oye,,,,Lpee, duty as British ships, and since the Ist of eft ails oer-e; the carrying trade of the United Kingdom at f ias h e a d. dencies to and from all ether c ou n tries " 00 go J,' oo opened to Spanish vessels on the same te rra b s e oe P eri le' tish vessels; whereas during the whole 01,6 go h e ' ge higher rates of duties have been, and coot° a e li orte a Lie vied on goods when i m p or t e d into or tb- or Spain and its dependencies in British ver i t r i t ish A r eis apanish veosele, to the great detriment of: owners and the obstruction of tingle; a° ' ll/ het be presented to her Majesty, praying that °w ere; g o will be graciously pleaed, in virtue ef th e P 9, t ° d . in her by the Act 12th and 13th Vict., .. i ietly"( the et a such rates of duty to be levied on the itera l " .. n orts c o i CO Dori a tion of goods in Spanish vessels at the ro ro O r o Of United Kingdom and its dependencies as, po countervail the differential duties levied i ll Spain on British vessels. B Dr" STAMP DUTIES (No. 2 ) " his '" The House then went into Coasinittee,, ° „ ll The CHANCELLOR of the ESC' fi t alte:; 0 0 111 , " reply to Mr. Henley, sa id, that the iir' 7 dos which he intended to p ro p ose was , that tkbp°l. ► oStes come into operation on the 10th of the sth July. Clauses up to six were agreed to. i e e b triau je gg i io °- el Upon clause seven being proposed, er';',, - i ies tors receiving money to pay stamp `a th e crown debtors in the event of their not poY . oPr entrusted to them, ° Mr. MULLINCIS suggested that the w o rd pet be iPg lent" should follow the words gentleman might be placed in a great j etee n(v iaeg or r it e i,offiop to peremptorily made a debtor, withoet al to bit 0 0 ,b avoid the payment cf . the money entrustealSt• The CHANCELLOR of the EXCIL e d W he° „ the whole question had been fully cooki e— he e' , '' th e Bill was forrm-rly btfere the House. flO ti j 0 Mr. MULLINGS still contended ';'; a sett e " ha sirable to hare the word " tra,udulen e of t clause. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL se i u o ° oo °r the ' he wers to o clause was to make persons really liable Itbel serf!. duty under the circumstances to do so. bo peee,..6"i insert the word " fraudulent," it wank' so rno t ' s prove that the solicitor took the wclpe- t O P 6I A tP tif legacy, for instance, with an intention n i c ,„, t OS- ai tee to the Saimp-effice. The case was uetia"le sobs got the money to pay, he did not do sot . 4 11/ became unable to do so. 41 juk: Mr. HENLEY s till t h oug ht the w °r " fose: A pa " ought to follow the words " neglect or r,,entTO The CHANCELLOR of the EXCEIre O f objection to insert the word tt improier'l'aentale ' After a few words from the Attornerroper4l pP Henley, and Mr. Walpole, the word ‘` elee t oiti inserted in the cliuse, which was a gree" 5 go boil " 41, On clause 8, the intention of w hich w a s doubts respecting mortgages in retire- o f te e o f to be stamped, to P e ,0 0 0 , Mr. MULLINGS moved to insert W°i" 0 0 0 0 ' to P e 0 bo r d en-m,,rtgager from being called upon re viooope a b duty when it has been already paid bY " se a, te" gers. He thought it extremely hard th s 0 0 . 0 0, should pay double duty, and that seas the "elf to meet. s he ~f! o f The ATTORNEY GENERAL Or a . her b o irje c e t ere and said that the Hun. and Learned stle — 'gles " r a 1 ,0) mentioned cases of evasion, which it w'' ° e , O A ° Poo this clause to prevent. It applied eesgaireunah was a fresh advance of money, whi ch re e ohif ES security for its r e p a yment, and Yell 11'1" se Of ill' pay a iCARDWE L urther stamp. olor o gef' Mr. L asked the Chace tbeo ,c h chequer wh et h er h e cou ld g ive any id es f ro ns er t 'enV ill amount of revenue w hi c h would acertleQu' „le t The CHANCELLOR o f the E-% (; "" was quite impossible for him to do so• ge f Mr. CARDWELL said that that bel o e' s s OA' id Pa OAP" I know how the right Hon. Bironet coo ost jr„111 - The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said ig O t t ,1 0 4 0 i. had repeatedly decided that not only so'rd 0 0 11 0 010 e e t 0 1 AO'. eti lent to evade th e s t amp w h en the et. ro per "f o ol case The'recisely, but that it was period P os atillf As sd o°7 strict interpretation which we! ~ eet.,,se° Stamp Acts, in accordance with this rie ts 'ef 0 ;0'4 comparatively on the ground of revenue, therefore, tr it . , be., imperfect as instrumend 00 g boi the clause being perfect! clear and Lthicbt i a de Committee would agree to Y the Clause , l' o b fr ll- 00 1 0 e d as After some e w d o i u s l c d us e s p l e o n n, t i h t e door for T to thes`oo. o lo‘ was n greef wo rd , f d should el pass through Committee, o 'it d " 00 0 protect the or i g i na l mor tgagee, au • under him by descent or devise• d go. The clause, 110 amended, was egtlego. sea' did Clauses 9, 10, and 11 were agree, eing pr, 4 , 1 ,0 0 • 00-' Clause 12, duty The CHANCELLOR of the to o3o o- 00,14 /11 01 on conveyance3,,vooloB• 001; that he had promised to Wake a a' a v image Po Lion of duty which he proposed stigFig ir e p stlf auces. Certain amendments had b e w hich i dte.Jl l f Hon. Member for Cirencester, t m e ue f ires . 0 01 1 ° tlO / necessary that he should advert. -17foretiOtlobeo od which he proposed to make was an a' 00 °, 0 might tie on conveyances. The Housedu it f A instance, he expressed his own the g to •pp when he brought forward tbeseopstinaroeu ofr i s : o6(betri o l fs p i sirable to give relief rather more 0 0 08 ghl o niti l o sfl o o and the conveyance of mortgag e !' in i a to, 0 0 0 1 t o $ O ll desirable to act upon the Prw c f w er 01 0 111 , 10 1/ transfer rather than facilitate the r iieti thel o o o h o , Co to a greater extent. The Hou se ' " ' r educ e pot s/ t " 0 1)1 0 0 schedule on mortgages, mortgages to a very it to a most inconvenient amou r o f 1111 th e 0 1/ cons i t d o e t r e : l l3 lo . 7 t o r ti °ll o l3 4 ' l3 ll ,lllfil l ot rie placed him under the neoessillf„,ian ea cote Bill, and submitting a re s° de ° th e 0 ni.cons l bet 1 0 O l d The House had come to nu w Tb e Ili question. All parties agreed n° eo n bich 8 Per • or' ti;# mortgage should be uniformiY be vie° bed 0 w ide t ee t o , e 1 such that it was impossible which LI del ro t ' eeduc e on , et she "„eB, entertained, to give the boon be 6 d es o t _be do (e p , form one and therefore he . of tha o t n w e as pe t r o ce b n r t i . n ti g u t o:g t h i j o s u i t cnocs ,e ,e , ofbeb , i leo " evading the payment of duty 1 ° i ts t t° Olt eer law shales. By dividing the s A b : c ord ivg d i° o o° , o l / 1 duty to very great amoubt. to '' trao sfer 01 1.0 (1,101 , ing law,' the duty urn urea i 6 O Ol Of f er. ° 12/. By his proposal be red eius ietb re ersi o pe af ttC l tainly he was under the hapP sierricg p; old I 0) 5e all parties, that they were Iran , siv g t o re_ o f ol io s e e fi but ho found by a process , o o r i tlo oß ti v s , po t gir l, oo l ., • dividing, and the excteding ° duties . t •cje e i of the present scale of stamp 0 ,., divt !erred property which they o_ l l . ' 8,,, Flo! meat of 71. 10e., instead of each tV , w/ i , • l ` t fEl ; so that all honest people — i i s b P eo ffts 4 into two sums of 4991, and 2 1 - 1.0 An HON. MEMBER—AII foo Fig 1 Tho CHANCELLOR of 010 „. " n ola honest people suppoied they 005 PETITIONS. Lord HARDWICKE presented a petition against the Rating of Small Tenements Bill from Liverpool. The Marquis of SALISBURY presented a petition in favour of the Bill. CHARITABLE TRUSTS BILL. Lord REDESDALE presented a petition against this Bill, and hoped it would be withdrawn. Lord BROUGHAM most reluct2ntly withdrew the Bill. Lord STANLEY preiented a petition against the Bill. He regretted that the Bill had not been brought in earlier, and brought in in that House, which it might have been, without infringing on the privileges of the other House; and while on the subject of privilege, he would observe that he understood that the Bill for the suppression of outrage in Ireland, which had been intro duced in that Hbuse, had been dropped in the other House because it interfered with their privileges, and that another Bill bad been introduced there which had been threatened to be defeated by delay. He considered that the Ministers were responsible for having intro duced a Bill into this House interfering with the pri vileges of the other, and therefore they were responsible for any delay which might have taken place. After a few observations from Lord LANGDALE and Lord WITARNCLIFFE, the Bill was withdrawn. STEAM COMMUNICATION WITH AUSTRALIA Lord TALBOT presented petitions from Glasgow and from Plymouth praying for the establishment of a regu lar steam communication between this country and Australia. Divers sums had been voted by the legislatures of the different colonies to pro mote steam communication with the mother country, and already they could command with the amount of postage for letters to Australia, 40,0001. per annum derived from those colonies for that purpose. Three routes had been proposed; one by Singapore in con nexion with the Oriental Company, another by the Cape of Good Hope, and another by the Isthmus of Panama lie considered the route by Singapore the easiest, but be understood there was some difficulty on the part of the East India Company; but he thought it was the duty of the Government to take some route, and if these difficulties were insuperable, they should take the route either by the Cape of Good Hope or by Panama. It would be of great benefit to our South African colonies to open a route by the Cape of Good Hope and Mauritius, which would also promote emigration. The route by Panama would secure us against any impediment to the transmission of our mails in cons. quence of an European war. On the whole be thought, perhaps, that the route of Panama was the best, as we bad a line of steamers ready to take up the transit on the Pacific. He wished to im press upon the minds of their Lordships the `sit im portance of this subject and the absolute necessity that existed for establishing some rapid steam communication with our Australian colonies. Earl GREY said that Government were fully aware of the extreme importance of the subject to which the Noble Earl had drawn their Lordships' attention, and could assure him that the Government were extremely anxious to establish a rapid steam communication with Australia. He considered the route by Singapore the most desirable, and he thought the offer made by the Oriental Company an exceeningly fair one, and most beneficial to the public.—(Hear, hear.) The East India Company considered that, out of regard to their own officers, they ought to oppose it. He thought, however, that he might say that ere long a steam communication with the west coast of Aftica and °the Cap. of Good Hope would be established, and by that means with Australia, and also by a line from Singapore. He entertained a sanguine hope that even tmilly both lines would be established, but at present there were difficulties which prevented the establish ment of the limit by Singapore. He thought it extremely desirable that the matter should be amicably settled with the East ledia Company. Lord MONTE AGLE thought that if ever there was a step taken by a great company, exercising almost imperial functions, likely to set them wrong with the people of this country, it was this opposition of the Eait India Company to steam communication with Australia. The Earl ot ELLENBOROUGH said he did not see how the East India Company could refuse that which was required fcont th; , n l . A return was then ordered of all the correspondence between the naval department cf the East India Com pany and the Lords ot the Treasury, &c., on the subject of steam navigation by Singapore with the Australian colonies. BREACH OF PRIVILEGE. Lord BROUGHAM called the attention of their Lordship) to mis•statemer.ts that had been made respect ing proceedings in that House. To publish any of their proceedings at all was a breech of privilege, but that which ought to be reprobated was a perversion of those proceedings. He would give an instance of what had occurred the other night. It was stated in a Sunday paper that a Noble Lord had threatened him with the censure of the public, and be was described as saying that he did not care for one or the other, :and then in stantly running out of the House.—(Laughter.) Now, he left it to their Lordships to judge whether he had not stopped to hear what was said.—(Hear, hear.) He had no objection that a concise account should be given of his speeches, but required that the statement should be the truth. Thus, in the account of his opinions respecting the appropriation of Marlborough House, it was stated that he bad been dis.atiiided with it because he knew the in terior of the palace well, as he had partaken of the hospitality of the Queen Dowager. Now what he bad said he could not help stating, as he happened to bo the only surviving trustee of that illustrious lady. As to the observations that were made upon him whilst pre siding over judicial proceedings, he did not mean to call attention to them without making lurther inquiries. No matter whether those attacks proceeded from disap pointed clients or attorneys, the parties should be made to feel that they could not with impunity du anything to prejudice the administration of justice in that House. SLAVE TRADE. Lord BROUGRAtiI presented petitions from Jamaica and other places in the Weft Indies, praying that mea sures might be adopted for the more effectual abolition of the slave trade. All the West Indian colonies were favourable to the abolition of a traffic which was so in jurious to their interests. TENANT RIGHT. The Earl of RODEN presented a petition from a class of persons for whom he had the greatest respect, but from whose opinions he differed. The petition was from the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Chureh in Ireland, adopted at their annual meeting in Belfast, praying their Lordships to pass a law which would preserve in its integrity the tenant-right of Ulster, and that would leave to the farmers the fair fruits of their skill and industry. He hoped their Lordships would not adopt the prayer of the petition, as the whole value of the tenant-right now existing was, that it was at the option of the landlord to withhold it or not. COUNTY COURTS EX TENSION BILL. Lard BROUGHAM moved that their Lordships should take into consideration the Commons' amend ments on this Bill. •_ _ __ _ Lord REDESDALE moved that their Lordships dis sent from the Commons' amendments re-introducing the 17th clause, which gave the use of the town-halls with. out compensation to the county courts. Their Lordships divided— Non-contents, in favour of Lord Rules dale's amendment Contents Majority ••• ••• The other amendments were agreed to. The Bills on the tablo were advanced a stage, and the House adjourned. ... 11 ... ... ••• 13 ... -- 2 HOUSE OF COMMONS, August 5, BARON ROTHSCHILD. the u s s , s a i t h h i e c h i i h o a n s . take n Member be (Continued from ou r Aft ernoon Editi on o f y es t er d ay. ) Ur. D n which then rose and said—The previous dtac and„ . th e deliberations upon Plrfeo rthis t o of the city t o stiyono fr m e sL e poe t nc o dt ion b ng e character, of so stri ct ly a legal it , that I have ref f a'n e d obtrudin g myse lf on the attenti on of the House. But, Sir, the r today ns which have been placed on the table have departed from that limite d character which pr ev i ous resolutions proposed to our consideration have professed. The resolutions which the Learned Attorney-General has brought forward are, one of law and another ' of po licy. I therefore think the House will excuse me if, under these circumstances, I venture to make a few observations as to the position in which the Hon. Gentleman the Member for the city of London, who has not taken his seat, finds himself, .and also as to the posi tion occupied by the House. The course which has been pursued by the Member for the city of London, by the electors of the city of London, and by her Majesty's the Jewish religion, in their at tem pt s subjects professing to obtain an amelioration of the grievances which they feel, and the disabilities under which they are placed, this year differs from that Course which they have hi'herto pursued. I understand this arises from the impstience—l would say natural im patience—which the electors of London and her Majesty's subjects professing the Jewithh religion feel at the posi.