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Nov ready, in 1 01., IGs. 6d. bound, THE WANDERER IN ITALY, SWITZERLAND, FRANCE, AND SPAIN. By ADOLPHUS T. TROLLOPE, Esq. Author of " a Summer in Brittany," &G. Princinal Contents : —Venice—Rome —Florence—Zurich—Lucerne P err e—luterlaken—Certaldo—Arles—Beraers Toulouse —Pan—Or tbez—St. S e bastian—Aziberlia—Saragossa — Ja ca—Pantuosa—Ba s . onne, &c. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great Marlborough-street. liuw ready at all the Libraries, in 2 vols., past sys., A NOVEL. " The author, we are convinced, is young, otherwise we could hardly see displayed such fresh and enthusiastic sympathy in be half of his heroes and heroines. He is a writer of genius, inspired by a high standard of morality and religion, an 4 by a laadable love of the purest sort of fame. We gather this from the glowing lan guage in which he expresses his feelings, sentiments, and opinions on the subjects just mentioned. There are several chapters, in which links of the story are dropped, containing most eloquent essays on matters that are the prima mobilla of the actions which cha racterise nature's nobility. The writer evidently belongs, though he has market per se peculiarities, to the school of the Disraelis, Man names, and Smythes."—Observer. 6 " gilwood' Is no ordinary work ; It contains passages of exce4- ing beauty, and Is written in pure and forcible language, with great good taste and power. It is one of the most interesting and en gaging novels which the present season has produced. Of the cha racter of Amelia Ross we have already spoken, and the extract we have given above is the surest voucher of the truth of what we have said. The other ladies who play conspicuons parts In the tale are Florence Howard, an intellectual beauty; Jessie Gordon, a wild and impulsive genius, passionately fond of music and poetry; and Julia Maitland, the noblest and best of them all."—Morning Yost. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. H ER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. GRAND EXTRA NIGHT. LA TEMPEST A. It 1.4 respectfully announced, that a GRAND EXTRA NIGHT will take place On THURSDAY EVENING, August 1, When will be presented the highly successild new grand Opera, by Halevy, the Poem by Scribe, founded on The Tempest of Shakspare, and composed expressly for her Majesty's Theatre, LA TEMPESTA. In consequence of the approaching termination of Madße. Carlotta Grist's engagement, this is the last time bat one that La Tempests can possibly be given. The Incidental Dances by M. Paul Tagßoni. The Scenery by Mr Charles Marshall. Alfonso, Sig. Lorenzo ; Prospero, Sig. Colletti ; Antonio, Sig. F. Lablache ; Ferdinand. 51g. Baucarde ; Trinculo, Sig. Ferrari; Ste phano, Madile. Parodl ; Sycorax. Madile. Ida Bertrand; Spirit of Air, Madame Giuliani ; Ariel, Madile. Carlotta Grisi ; Caliban, Sig. Lablache ; Miranda, Madame Sontag. With other Entertainments in which Madame. Frozzolini, Signori Gardoni and Calzolari will appear. With various Entertainments in the Ballet Department, combin ing the talents of Madlle. Carlotta Grlsi, Madile. Amelia Ferraris, madtlas..Tulien, Rosa, Lamoreux, Aussandoa ; MM. Charles, Vena fra, Di Mattia, Gouriet, &c. To conclude with the revived admired Ballet Divertissement Epi , • sodique, by M. P. Taglioni, the 31usic by Signor Pugni, entitled LA PRIMA BALLERINA; on, L'Embnscade. Applications for boxes, stalls, and pit tickets to be made at the Box Office of the Theatre. HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE. THIS EVENING Will be performed Mozart's Opera of DON GIOVANNI. Don Giovanni, Signor Co!etti ; Don Octavio, Signor Calzolari ; Masetto, Signor F. Lablache ; Leporello, Signor Lablache ; Donna Anna, Madlle. Parodi ; Donna Elyira, Madame Giuliano ; Zerllna, Madame Sontag. To conelude with the Ballet, by M. P. Taglioni, LES PLAISIRS DE L'HLVER. In which Mdlle. Carlotta Grist (her last appearance but four), M.adlle. A. Ferraris, and M. Charles will appear. Director of the Music and Conductor. Mr. Balte. Applications for Boxes, Stalls, and Tickets to be made at the Box office of the 'Theatre. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. itil6 EVEN AN., Will be performed L JUIVE. Composer, Director of the Music, and Conductor, Mr. Costa. The Scenery by Messrs. Grieve and Telbin : the Dresses by Mrs. Bailey and Mine. 3darzio ; the Appointments by Mr. Bla mire ; the Machinery by Mr. Allen ; the Dances arranged by M. Alexandre ; and the Spectacle under the direction of Mr. 4. Harris. The Performances will commence at Eight o'clock. ST. JAMES'S THEATRE, King-street, St. James's. Lessee, Mr. John Mitchell, 13, Old Bond-street. MrtS. FANNY KEMBLE. READINGS IN SHAKsPEA.R.E. Mr. MITCHELL respectfully announces that Mrs. FANNY REM )3LE is engaged for SIX READINGS of SHARSPEARE. TO-MORROW EVENING The Second heading viill comprise Sbakspeare's Play of " Midsum mer Night's Dream." The Tbird Reading on Friday, August 2, Windsor." To commence at half-past Eight precisely, " The Merry Wives of Stalls, 75.: Boxes, 53. ; Pit, X: Amphitliasatre, Is. Private Boxes One Guinea, One Guinea and a-half, and Iwo Guineas. tsuxes and oval, 11:14V be secured at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street ; Mr. Sams' Royal Library, St. James's-street ; Messrs. Ebers', Andrews', llookham':. Allcroft's, Leader and Cock's, Chappell's, Hammond's, and 011ivier's Libraries, Bond-street ; Cra mer's, and the Carlton Library, Regent-street ; and at the Box-office of the Theatre, which s open daily from Eleven till Five o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. Under the direction of Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be produced a new bomestic Drama, entitled THE EMI GEE'S DAUGHT. Principal characters by Messrs. Hughes, Boyce, 0. Smith, Wright, Cutlenford, ; Miss Woolgar, and Miss K. Fitz willia m After which a new Terpeicorian Burlesque Entitled ESMERALDA. Characters by Messsrs. 0. Smith, Wright, Y. Bedford ; Madame Celeste, Miss Woolgar, and Miss K. Fitzwillitun. _ . To conclude with a new and original Farce, in the Vulgar Tongue, to be called JACK IN TELE GREEN ; or, Hints on Etiquette. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. The best ventilated Theatre in London. Crowded }louses to witness the attractive and magnifieent Spectacle of Mazeppa, which, with brilliant novelties in the Wonders of the Arena, form the most varied and attractive Entertainments in the Metropolis. THIS EVENING, Will be produced Lord Byron's gorgeous Spectacle of MAZEPPA Ind the WILD HORSE. Mazeppa, Mr. N. T. Hicks. To be succeeded by an inn:ratable Display of Batty's Feats of Equitation in the Cirque Olympique. To conclude with a Comic Ballet. Box-office pen From Eleven till Four Stare Manager. Mr. W. West. inder the Patronage of her Most Gracious Majesty, his Boys Highness Prince Albert, &c. &c. ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. OPEN every MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, and T II UR:_ , D AY. Re-Engagement of M. JIILLIEN. Another splendid Elephant. Promenade Concert, conducted by M. Julden and Mr. Godfrey—se lect Programme of Aneient and Modern Music—Jullien's Nepent. ese Quadrille. The nu. I nin Quadrille, the " Hibernian." composed by M. Jullien. The Derby-Day Galop," composed expressly for these Gardens, is on 3 of the most successful of Monsieur Jullien's compositions, and in consequence of the nightly encore, will be repeated till further notice. The Grand Ghorka March, performed for the first time before the Nepaulese Ambassador. Prodigious Success of the entirely new-modelled Dioramic Pic ture representing the PASSAGE of the ALPS by Napoleon and his Army!! the largest Picture in the World! with innumerable moving Figures the size of life. Modelled, painted, and produced by Mr. Denson and Son, assisted by Messrs. Adams, Wilson, &c. &c. The Picture has occupied the Messrs. Damson for many months, and it is esnlidently submitted to the Public as a chef-d'oeuvre of art, and not inferior to any production of the day. The Splendid MENAGERIE has lately been enriched by several valuable Presents tom the Queen. The Musical Department will be conducted by Mons. Julllen and •• Mr. Godfrey. It will be the aim of the Establishment to offer , for the gratification of the Subscribers and the Public, the most Splendid Military Band in the Kingdom Selected from the Bands of her Majesty's Horse and Foot Guards, and the most eminent Artistes in the profession. The following list of engagements will, it is hoped, convince the Public, that the long-acknowledged excellence of the Band of this Establishment will he fully maintained ! The Repertoire of Music will be most extensive and varied, arranged from the most Popular Operas in this and other countries. Solo-Players—Messrs. Kcenig, Lazarus, Prosperre, Colinet, Pratten, Jarrett, Sonnenberg, Sommers, and Winterbotham. During the evening a grand Colossal, Scenic, and Pyrotechnic Tableau Illustrating the celekrated Picture by David, of Buonaparte Crossing the Alps ! Showing a general view of the Region of the Alps, stretching from the small mountain lake in the foreground to the distant snow-clad mountains, crowned by the stupendous Mount St. Bernard and its far-famed Monastery. A portion of the French Army is first seen "en bivouac," presently the drums beat to arms, and amid the clash of Military Bands and Martial Music, the Troops commence the Ascent. The Soldiers are seen dragging the Artillery in Trunks of Trees, now ascending almost Perpendicular Heights, and traversing the most Terrific Ravines, bnt all difficulties are overcome, and the Gallant Army is seen purwaing its course to the Fertile plains of Italy. The whole to conclude with a Gorgeous Display of Fireworks, by Messrs. Southby, introducing, amongst various novelties, the most admired feux d'artiflce of former seasons, jets d'ean, water rockets, revolving pieces, a 'magnificent Transparency fifty feet in height, painted by Messrs. Dttnson, representing Bnonaparte on Horseback cheering on his Troops, surrounded by warlike emblems, insignia of honour, flags, trophies, &c., amidst a cerruscation of various coloured fires. the complicated and difficult machinery, and the erection of the picture under the direction of Mr. Thos. Lowe. The extensive gas fittings by Messrs. Botcherby and Dixon, 23, King-street, Covent garden. Admission. Is. HEGEL WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Trns DAT Morning 2S min. after 5 I Evening 47 min. after 5 !'u-Mositow— Morning 6 min. after 9 Evening 26 rain. after 6 THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, JULY 30. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 69—highest since noon yesterday. 53—lowest this morning and during the night. 65—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 3026. WIND N.E.—dull weather, with occasional sunshine. aux LONDON, TUESDAY, JULY 30, 1850. The House of Commons has pronounced its deci sion on the first of the preliminary points that have been raised with respect to the claim of Baron ROTHSCHILD to take his seat in the Commons House of Parliament, as one of the chosen representatives of the city of London, the metropolis of the British domi nions. The judicious and reasonable amendment of the veteran Member for Montrose has been affirmed by a majority of 54, and it is thereby deter mined that in Parliament, as well as be fore every tribunal in the country, every British citizen shall be entitled to take the oaths that may be prescribed in the form which he may declare to be most binding on his conscience, and that whether the oaths be of a juridical or of a promis sory character. This decision is so clearly in accordance with the law of the land and the constitution, that we can only express our astonishment that any Honourable Gen tleman at all acquainted with the course of legal proceedings, and the ordinary rules for the interpre tation of the written and unwritten law, should have hazarded an opposite view, and contended that, because no person professing the Jewish re ligion bad previously put forward his claim to be sworn on the Old Testament, that it should be assumed that all such persons were now disqualified, and that a penal and disabling law should be passed without any distinct or express words. The Right tt yi"N dor ( 0,4 I•AI A 4k ‘r ... ,;; •P' daf . l q , ' -ipor:Ao 7"4, 4) .!0•24.:1 _ no , l ;„•• Taft; , NUN, ilenonrible Gentleman the Member for Abinolon argued, that because it was the practice that the oaths should be taken on the New Testament, that " the onus should be thrown upon those who desired to de part from the practice to show that it could be lawfully done." Now, with all respect for the acknowledged learning of Sir Paz DERICZ THESIGER, we must Express our unqualified dissent to this proposition. Baron ROTHSCHILD was asserting not only his own rights as a natural-born subject of Great Britain, but the rights and privi leges of the numerous and influential constituency by which he was elected as a representative. It was not on his side that the onus lay of showing why he should not be deemed disqualified on account of the religious principles which he conscientiously entertained, or why the city of London should not be partially disfranchised, but for his opponents, who en deavoured to resist the just demand and to exclude the Honourable Gentleman from the Legislative Councils of the nation of which he was a free citizen. They should have shown that there was some express enactment on the subject, or at least some previous decision. of the House itself on the point that would constitute a precedent sufficient to warrant a decision contrary to the judgment of every judicial tribunal of the country for the last century and a half, since the leading case of OMMICUIS V. BARKER was determined by the Lord Chancellor (Lord HARDWICKE) and the three Chiefs of the Common Law Courts, Chief Justice 'WILLIS, Chief Justice LEE, and Chief Baron PARKER. In that important case, the princi ple of which has never since been impeached or con troverted, Lord HARDWICKE declared that "all that is necessary to an oath is an appeal to the SUPREME BEING, as thinking him the rewarder of truth and avenger of falsehood." The Noble and Learned Lord added—" This is not contradicted by any writer that I know of but Lord Cogs, who has,taken upon himself to insert the word Christian, and is the only writer that has grafted this word into the oath." C.J., assented to this reasoning, and used these remarkable words—" The nature of an oath is not at all altered by Christianity, but only made more solemn from the sanction of rewards and punishments being more openly declared. The form of the oath varies in countries according to different laws and constitutions, but the substance is the same in all.'' These opinions would appear to be conclusive on the question, although no enactment had subsequently passed the Legislature. If the substance of the adju ration was complied with, the form signified little, providing it were really looked upon as binding on the conscience as an appeal to a SUPREME BEING, "the rewarder of truth and avenger offalsehood," to witness the ceremony. The religious principles acknowledged by every creed and sect would con sider such an appeal of the most formidable character' if made falsely. But the Ist and 2d Vic., c. 105, added temporal to the eternal punishments that might be inflicted for its violation. It was thereby enacted, that in all cases in which an oath " shall have been administered in due form, and with such ceremonies as such person may declare to be binding, every such person, in case of wilful false swearing, may be convicted of the crime of perjury in the same manner as if the oath had been administered in the form and with 'the ceremonies most commonly adopted." There is thus every sanction, spi ritual or temporal, that could possibly be desired to give full validity to the oath or oaths that may be taken by Baron ROTHSCHILD on the Old Testament, and it would indeed have been strange if any body of educated gentlemen had come to a different decision in the present day. Having thus determined that it was the substance, and not the form, of the oath that was essential, the second point arises, which is under discussion even while we are writing. Are the concluding words of the oath of abjuration, "on the true faith of a Chris tian," matters of substance or of form? Do they constitute any portion of what is to be faithfully observed by the person taking the oath, or are they merely parts of the religious ceremony, which are mere matter of form, and which may dispensed with when repugnant to the feeling and not binding on the conscience of the juror? On this point we entertain as little doubt as on the other. And had it not been for the strange, ill-timed, and unfortunate declaration of Lord JOHN RUSSELL, that "it was not in the power of the House to dispense with these words," and that , be should feel himself compelled to vote against their omission from the oath, we should have considered that the second point was necessarily governed by the decision in the first. It is unneces sary to enter into the consideration of the reasons by which the Legislature was actuated in framing that oath, and requiring all Members to take it before entering upon their Parliamentary duties. It is well known that there was at that time a claimant to the crown of Great Britain, who asserted himself to be the King de jure, and against whose pretensions it was desired to pledge every person of weight and in fluence in the country. It was not the object to ex clude Jews, or the members of any other religious persuasion, and the words " on the true faith of a Christian" were added merely for the purpose of giving additional solemnity, and were as clearly a portion of the "form as the swearing on the New Testament, and could therefore be dispensed with in like manner;' and this we trust will be the decision of the Bri , ish House of Commons, although the head of a quasi -Liberal Ministry has adopted a course and made a declaration so deeply to be deplored by every true friend of civil and religious liberty. It is true that Baron ROTHSCHILD might, if so disposed, take the form of oath framed for Roman Catholics, in which the words " on the true faith of a Christian" are not contained; and that he mightget into the House by an evasion of the tru intent of the. Roman Catholic Relief Act, in the very same manner that it is attempted to exclude him by an undue ex tension of the Act which provided for the taking of the oath of abjuration. But such a course would be unworthy of the sacred cause of which Baron ROTHS CHILD is the champion. He, -at least, will not shrink from a fair decision on the merits, or shirk the true question at issue—a question which we fully concur with the Hon. and Gallant Gentle man the Member for Middlesex in considering " the greatest party question of the age, the question of prejudice against progress, of intolerance and bigotry against the principles of civil and religious liberty." Although we have argued it merely as a judicial question in the preceding part of this article, we are fully alive to its deep and vital importance, and we only desire that the feelings of the eitizens of London should be taken thereon by Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S again coming forward to solicit their franchises. We have frequently, during the present session of Parliament, called the attention of the Legislature to the present unsettled and anomalous condition of the landlords and tenants of Ireland. We look upon the Land Question as one of the paramount evils of that country,and would deem its settlement almost a pana cea for its social and political disorders. We enter tained hopes that this urgent and important question would have received the due attention of Parliament, and would have been legislated upon in a manner satisfactory to owner and occupier ; but, alas ! in this as in many other matters of deep importance to the peace and well-being of the common weal, we have been sadly disappointed, for it would seem the session of eighteen hundred and fifty will dote its labours— as the Ministerial phrase is —and leave Ireland, and its land-question grievance, as they found it in eighteen hundred and forty-nine. Ireland is indeed an unfortunate country ! Hard and awful are the proofs she must place before the British Parliament, ere she can claim the attention of the Iklin'‘s'er of the day, and now the cumulative evidence of another winter of crime and blood will, perchance, be addel to the dark catalogue of agrarian crime which has so long and so fearfully proclaimed the necessity of the adjustment of the relations be tween the occupiers and owners of lard in that unfor tunate portion of the empire. Though we cannot hope that any legislation can take place on this subj,nct during the pre sent sittings, yet we cannot allow the session to close without calling attention to the sub ject, in the hope that the Government will be pre pared at the next meeting of Parliament to introduce a measure based upon principles c:aleulated to give satisfaction to all parties concerned. The Bill of Sir WILLIAM SOMERVILLE, though, we. believe, well in tended, was not based upon sound principles. The only true grounds upon which ti ;is subject can be LONDON, legi4lated upon are the conditions , pf the " Plantation of Ulster." By these conditions the settlers on the confiscated lands, that is the tenants or occupiers of the greater portion of the north of Ireland, were en titled to a large share of the privileges of their land lords, these landlords themselves holding their estates not for their own individual profit or advantage alone, but also in trust for the discharge of certain public duties imposed by the Crown for state purposes. It was the intention of the English Monarch to colonize the confiscated lands in the north of Ireland with Protestant settlers. The strongest inducements were held out to English and Scotch Protestants to settle in Ireland. The Crown only granted lands on the conditions that such settlers as should be found bold enough to risk their lives, by settling in a country where every native would look upon them as intruders and enemies, should form an independent yeomanry, holding their land by secure tenures and at moderate rents. This is the foundation of the Ulster tenant right—s right as strong and indefeasible as any right of landlordism in that portion of Ireland included in the " Ulster Plantation." The terms of inducement held out to tempt Pro testants to emigrate to Ireland, and locate themselves on the lands of Ulster, are plainly set forth in several charters and orders in Cou,ncil during the reign of JAMES I. This Monarch was looked upon rather favourably by many of the Celtic chiefs, in consequence of his relationship to the blood-royal of Ireland—a circumstance of which, it is said, JAMES himself frequently boasted. And, taking advantage of this predisposition in his favour, he determined to adopt, on a larger and more secure basis than his pre decessors had attempted, the policy of colonising the confiscated lands of Ulster with British Protestant settlers ; and for the purpose of carrying this plan into full effect, we find that in the year 1608 a State paper was printed and issued under the authority of his MAJESTY and the Lords of the Privy Council, entitled, " A collection of such orders and conditions as are to be observed by the undertakers upon the distribution and planta tion of the escheated lands of Ulster." This official document, which forms the basis of the ultimate titles of the greater portion of the Ulster proprietors, goes on to set forth the terms upon which these lands were to be distributed among such of his subjects of merit and ability as would undertake to carry into effect the terms imposed by his MAJESTY, —first, these lands were granted, not for his MAJESTY'S own private profit, nor for the private and absolute profit of any individual or company atone, "but to do service to the Crown and the Com monwealth." In the charter granted in 1613 to the Irish Society, when the London companies became the proprietors of the whole county of Derry, his MAJESTY more fully and explicitly declares the public objects of the " plantation," viz., "To establish the true religion , and to recal that wretched province from superstition, rebellion, calamity, and poverty, to religion, obe dience, strength, and prosperity." In pursuance of this project the forfeited lands were parcelled out to undertakers, the present landed proprietors of Ulster, in graduated proportions of two thousand, one thou sand five hundred, and one thousand acres—bog, wood, mountains, and unreclaimed land forming no part of these allotments. Several stringent conditions were imposed by the Crown upon these undertakers or head-landlords, but no condition was more stringent or imperative than that they should make fixed estates to their tenantry, which, if they failed to do, they rendered their own estates liable to for feiture at the discretion of the Crown. It is manifeit, then, that the undertakers or landlords of Ulster have no absolute right of ownership, but are the mere trustees of the Crown to carry into effect the several conditions to which we have referred, and that the Ulster " tenant-right" is as much a grant from the British Crown, and should be held as sacred as any other proprietary right whatsoever. In the portion of Ulster where this custom is strictly ob served the most beneficial effects have been expe rienced, and we confidently believe that its extension to the whole of Ireland would be eminently calcu lated to secure the peace and prosperity of that country. We cannot devote more space to this sub ject to-day, but we will repeat what we have before frequently urged, that the Ulster "tenant-right" should be defined and legalised, and extended to every tenant in Ireland. During the course of the last week large public meetings have been held in various towns in this realm of England, fur the purpose of devising some method of expressing the national respect for the memory of Sir Robert reel, and similar meetings have been held in the metropolis for the purpose of raising subscriptions to erect a national testimonial of respect to the memory of the Duke of Cambridge; but, whilst it is graceful and decorous for a nation thus to give expression to its feelings of respect and gratitude for the memory of it. dead benefactors, it would be most indecorous, not to say it.decent, were that same nation to treat with neglect the claims of its living benefactors. We are sorry to be compelled to admit that to this reproach England is but too open, as the melancholy fate of poor Waghorn bears witness. Let us not put it in the power of other nations to reproach as with neglecting the claims of one who has, although in a different manner, been, as great a benefactor to the nation as even Lieute nant Waghorn himself, we mean Mr. George Alfred Walker, the great Apostle of Sanitary Reform, the man to whose (fur a long time unaided) exertions we owe it i that the atmosphere of our large towns is no longer to be poisoned by the putrid exhalations of the grave yards, and whose claims have been ignored and himself treated with neglect by a Government which has unscrupulously stolen his ideas, and, gipsey-like, spoiled them by perverting that which was intended for the benefit of all mankind into a gigantic job, for the exclusive pecuniary profit of the richest clerical body - ..iri' ilie 'world, whictLimblershitigly. 10_5 claim to a vested interest in the propagation of pestilence, for the giving up of which it demands and obtains an enormous com pensation. That, however, which the Government has neglected to do the people, we are happy to learn, are doing. This evening there is to be keld, at. the Old Cheshire Cheese Tavern, near Drury-lane Theatre, a meeting for the purpose of forming a local committee to collect subscriptions for a Walker Testimonial ; and we trust that similar meetings will be held in every pa rish of the metropolis. Flat IN THE SmAND.—About half-past two o'clock this morning, great alarm and excitement prevailed in the neighbourhood of Off-alley, Strand. It appears that the son and daughter of Mr. Mansfield, a hair-dresser, occu pied the'lower rooms on the ground floor, and while asleep in bed were aroused by the clothes burning around them. An alarm, of course, spread in every direction, and instant intelligence was forwarded to the Chandos-street fire-brigade station, and in a few seconds the firemen and engines were in attendance from that place. Meanwhile considerable damage had been done, but the firemen soon extinguisher the names. The two individuals above named were dread fully burned in endeavouring to stay the progress of the fire, which was caused by placing a lighted candle on a chair too near the bedstead. No p , rtion of the property is insured. On Saturday, H. E. the El rl of Clarendon, Lord • Lieutenant of Ireland, honoured Mr. P. Phillips's Diorama of her Majesty's visit to that country with his presence, and expressed to Mr. Phillips his delight at the accuracy of his painting, and complimented him on the selection of the vari ous views. MR. GEORGE STEPHENS.—We regret to learn that this gentleman, who has been for many years devoted to literature, and amongst whose works may be named the dramatic poem entitled " The Hungarian Daughter," " The Voice of the Pulpit," " The Manuscripts of Erdely," ‘. Pere la Chaise," and the tragedies of The Vampire, Ger trude and Beatrice, and Nero, &c.--is reduced to a condition of extreme pecuniary difficulty and distress. Of late years Mr. Stephens has been compelled to depend altogether upon his literary industry for the supp ort of his famil y . A protracted and painful disorder has rende r ed it impossible for him to leave the house for months. From this cause he has been disabled both from seeking literary employment and from filling the duties of any occupation which necessitates absence from home. Under these cir cumstances it is proposed, by a benefit appointed to take place on Wednesday (to-morrow), at the Soho Theatre (late Miss Kelly's), 73, Dean-street, Soho, as well as by private subscriptions. to raise a fund for the purpossof aiding him in this distressing emergency. tragedy of Ir committee, pieces sele c ted f o r th e o c c asion are Shakspere's play of u ar r i t tni ur tte z e i , Henry IV., Part the First; the last act of Mr. Stephens's and amongt he petite whom e ofnumberedTime All. M r. edyTirag Douglas Jerrold, Mr. l..harles Knight, Mr. Westland Mars ton, Mr. George Lovell, &cearnest ly • • ~ invite t h e sympathy and co-operation of all who may be willing to recognise the double claim of genius and suffering. EXTENSIVE FORGERIES UPON THE E ANIL OF AUS TRIA.— BIRMINGHAM, IM ONDAY. —A man of gent len, enly ex terior named James Hill, was to a, atter considerable trouble, d - y apprehended by Mr. Stephens, the active chief su• perintendent of the borough police, charged with forgeries upon the Austrian Bank, at Vienna, to the extent of 15,000/. The prisoner was taken at one of the principal hotels in the town, and had in his possession at the tune of his apprehen sion forged notes of 101. each, printed in Birmingham, to the amount stated. He will be brought up for examination be fore the magistratesat th%public-office, on Wednesday nest. The quiet and dexterous manner in which he was captured bY Mr. Stephens is highly commended. We are happy to state, upon good authority, that the Duke of Hamilton is progressing towards recovery as rapidly as the nature of his late severe accident will admit. TUESDAY EVPINING I .7171,4 Y 80, MO. • MONEY and COMMERCiAL NEWS. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The Cotton Market st Liverpool yisterday closed firmly, with Am,rican 1 1,1. per lb. higher. Surat nearly id., and all other devrip:ions at full price=. The sales were estimated at 12,000 bales, of which 2,000 Amo-ican were taken for export, and 3,000 American nod 1.000 Surat on ni.eculation. . The sales comprised 9,500 Ame rican; 800 Yerr , am and MarAnitm. nt 7i-d. to 84 , L; 500 Egyp.ian, at 811 to 91; and 1.200 Sur:lt, at 5 : 11. per lb.—The Share Market was steauy, at fully former rates. At a meeting of parties interested in the Indigo trade, held yesterday, no decision was come to respecting the re-tare. of the article, and the question stands over. In the Amsterdam Stock Market on the 28th instant, Mexican Bonds were in requesr. at 29 15-16. There was an animated inquiry also fur Mi , tallics. At Frankfurt on the 27th instant Austrian Bonds were quoted 83i and Spanish Three per Cents. 3215-16 to 33 3-16. The Australian Mining Coinpany makes a very fair report, and it is obvious that our southern colonies will contriAtte largely to the supply of the useful metals, and the development of its resources is probably in is infancy._ The Brighton report has upon the whole, and con sidering the adverse times fur railway property, afforded satisfac'ion, but there are points brought under conside ration in an analy s i s by M r . J. S. T r ipp, th a t show whatimprovements could be eifected. The mortgage debt bears en average rate of interest of rather over 41. 105. 1011 per cent, per annum. Now, if this could be reduced to 41. per cent., the annual saving on 1,486,3381. would be 8,094/. Now it is to the cheapening of money generally that we look for one source of improvement in the value of , railway property, and while the capitali.t, who can best afford it, will undoubtedly suffer a little, the shareholder who findi his income so misera bly curtailed will be a gainer. The whole amount, for instance, required to pay the dividend of 11. 10s. per cent. for the half-year, on the Brighton shares, is but 69,3481., and 8,1001. added to this is more than one eig'ith. The party j ust name d w h o wr i tes u p on th e position of this line, contends that the sum estimated by the directors for maintenance of way is inadequa'e, and remarks, that any oee looking at the accounts simply as rendered, and' not being conversant with the prior statements of the company, would be led to suppose there remained 301,3621. mortgage powers not exercised; whereas the real truth is that the loan power is already exceeded by 19,8031., and any further capital, it is contended, must be raised by preference shares. The directors state, referring to the estimate of 7,200,000/. fir the final capital, that " they see no reason to apprehend any excess in that estimate, unless a further considerable development of traffic should take place." Upon this Mr. Tripp ob serves: —" It a further development of traffic does not take place we should like to know from what source the additional income is to be deriv.d to meet the additional charges on revenue on the completion of the company's undertakings. There must either be an Increase of traf fic or a decrease of dividends; and if an increase of traffic, then, according to the directors' statement, the much' vaunted estimate of 7,200,000/., and the final closing of the capital account is to be moonshine." The Stock Market continues firm, but the transactions are as limited as for some time past. The decisive battle in Denmark inspires a hope, whatever may be the opinion as to the right on either side, that further bloodshed will be avoided. Consols have been 96i to 97; the New Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. have been 99* 4; and the Three per Cents. 97i to I. Bank Stock has been at 211 to 212; and India Stock 270. Exche quer-bills have been marked 67a. to 70s. premium. Foreign Securities have been rather more in request, and at fuller prices. Portuguese Four per Cents. have been 34 to 341. and Spanish Three per Cents. 34. Brazilian Bonds have been marked 92 to 92k. Chtltau Stock has been at 103, rod Peruvian Four-and-a-Half per Cents. have risen to 82i and 83. French Tnree per Cents. have beau 57 75, with the exchange at 25 45. Dutch Two-and-Bali per Ceuta. have realised 57* to.. Railway Shares are tending upwards again, and tne account s.ems Bearish. Great Northern, North Staf ford, Brighton, Great Western, Midland, North-Western and Caledonian are all decidedly higher. QUA RTE IC TO THREE. Coti4ols 96 97 Ditto Account ... ... 961 97 BRITISH FUSDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. t From toe Official List.) Bank Stock 211 212 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities .. ... 97 1 / 2 4 3 per Cent. Consols Anna New 3 1 4 per Cent. Anne. Long Annuities, Exp. Jan. sth, 1860 B l4 India Stock 270 Do. Bonds, 10001 49 p Ditto under 1.000/ South Sea Stock Ditto Old Annuities 96% 97% Connols for Account Exchequer Bills. 14d. 24. March. June. 1,0001.... — 67 70 p 5001. — 67 70 p Small PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. 9244 Ditto, Small Chilian Bonds, 6 per Cent . 103 Dansh Bonds 1825, 3 per Cent.... 78 Ditto, 5 per Cent bleiican 80n.:.A,1846,5 per Cent., Coupons Ditto Ex Jan. Coupons Peruvian Bonds, 41i per Cent 82% 83 Ditto Deferred Portuguese Bonds, 5 per Cent — Ditto 4 per Cent. Russian Bonds. 1822, 5 per Cent — Ditto 4 1 A per Cent. 9 4 1 1A Spanish Bonds, 3 per Cent,l840 Dividends on the above payable in London. French Rentes, 3 per Cent Exchange .. Dutch 2 1 ,. per Cent., 12 Guild Ditto 4 Der Cent. Certificates BUSINESS DONE IN RAILWAY SHARES AT ONE O'CLOCK RAILWAYS. PAID. PER SHARE. . I ledonian Ditto, New 101,.'refercnce 10 ..... 5% to Eastern Counties Do. New Prof., 6 per Cent.. 10 f3reat Northern . Do. % A Deferred ..... 12% 2 ~,., to Great Western ..100 _Hi, 59 % 59 to 39% i,ancashire and Yorkshire ...100 ..... 36 5 ..... to Ditto Fifths 114..... 2%...... to Do.. West Riding Union II IA .... . 2' , 4 3 /.'s .. to London & 81ackwa11......11/ 69.3 d...... 4 1 A to Lund., Bright.,& South Coastloo ..... 8244 q to London & North Western...l'lo 11 0 3% ..... 10 1)o. New Quarters. l7 l7q /8 to Midland •-•- .... ........ _lto 9 i tto, s so/. Shares ..... ...... 35 ... •• 1014 to 3.lldland, Consol. Bristol and Birmingham. 6 per cent.... 100 .....120 1 ,2 1 4..• to N ore , Staffordshire........,.. 17 4, Reading, Guildtd., & Re4,..te 18 outh Eastern ........ . ..... ... 33 % ..... 1414 Ditto, Registered No. 4.... 10 York, Newcastle, and Berwick 25 ...... 14 3 / % to Do. and Newcastle Eaten. 20 Do. G• N. E. Pur. or Pref.. 9 York and North Midland ... 50 FOREIGN RAILWAYS. Boulogne and Amiens ... 20 ~ ... 7%%... to -- Central of France (f r leans Or ail leatis V an i Tß ß OrdeZi . x . ' ".727.. 20 ..... .••••• Paris and Rouen .. ...... _15% to to JOINT ieo i Londonoa and Joint w Stock es t Ini n 8 ,. t . e ! r . T. : O C . ." 2° t3 8 . A " .. N ... K 2 254 : 41 / 2 . to Union of London ...... .. ..... 10 - R ROBERT PEEL, The parishioners of d'Affaires at Berne A St Sir R. Peel has relinquished ART* on Wednesday last presented .his diplomatic post of Charg6 M.A., of Exeter College, . dvertsser. eox tf j loh rieda — Rrwge : avt li r. ee Mackenzieat , understand hs , anivdseosmtmelvina ls Walcott, t o h e tr a t richly chased salver, on his relinquishing that cury DI*PATCII IN SHIPBEILD:4NG AT BI LL . ENFIEAD.— dmuernintginthe past week. On Tuesday, Saturday masted and s e p h arr t eeel of w t as he . F a idget, an iron yacht of about last ita ip la b at ui m ldi r n . g La h ir a d s ,s b b e u en ild c i o n m g_ - fitpAhflteeertee,enmdthataoritnnkßssatbiarinheteFthhheieesvkd measurement, just ,three weeks fro muu took heed d anday place. one h t i whichre, To morrowcompletedyai ) , a n t d h ef oorn yachts ea ; will regulations hav e d inge niouslysmenandinlagbothuerirongoothdes S h a y b r b a a i t lw h- ay a tv y , the T k h e e el h w e a w s laid. — hd -L ay it,er p po o o st l a 4 l /bi. * ere in the common carriers multiplied hu All the habit.of havingtduplieates of their bills of parcels by post, and it often happened that half a dozen of these duplicates were delivered, in various towns in the kingdom, by a s i ng l e postman. It is necessary that these bills of parcels should be delivered on Sunday, in order that carriers may corn ay n - work at five or six o'clock on Mo d - •ay morn's] Since the . late postal regulat i o ns th e carriers have had these g* duplicates sent by rail, and every Sunday all the carriers are obliged to send each a man to fetch them, so that it often happens that where one postman was f ormerly employed on Sundays, six carriers' servants are nov employed instead. A BRIDE'S 1:W11. -0n Sunday afternood the residents at Thames Bank, Vauxhall-bridge-road, were alarmed by loud shrieks and cries for help issuing from the River; several boats put off, and five persons who had be come immersed were rescued. On the party recovering from their fright, it was found that a Miss Ashton, who had been married that morning to Mr. Harper, of 19, Little Dean-street, Southwark-road, and whose wedding excursion it was, had been drowned, and though search was made for the body, it was not recovered. The accident arose from the unskilfulness of the parties in the management of the boat. WociLwtcx, JULY 29. —Captain the Hon. W. E. Fitzmaurice'a engine was taken to pieces to-day to be in spected, after the trials that have taken place in com parison with Messrs. Seward's engines. Everything was found in perfect working order, and the Lords of the Admi ralty have in consequence purchased the engine from Captain Fitzmaurice. The engine, measuring internally only 21 inches by 10 incites, is stated in the official report to be of 15-horse power and the difference in size, 'weight, and cost as compared wit hl the engines with which it has been put in competition is highly in its favour. It is to be sent to Devonport, where it will be tried under the immediate di rection of Lord John Hay, C.. 8., superintendent at that dockyard, and will be placd in a superior description of boat to that in which it has been e orking here, as the boat was in no way calculated to show its advantages. There will shortly be a trial on a rally: ay with one of these engines, which is looked forward to with much interest by souse of the leading engineers. The Emperor of Russia, with that liberality which distinguishes his patronage of science, has, through. the Russian C o nsul-General , made most liberal offers to Captain Fitzmaurice, bath respecting his engine and gun carriage for heavy o - dunce. The experiments with the latter were concluded at Woolwich before the Select Committee by firing eight rounds frk,m an 8-inch gun mounted on a garrison-carriage with iron trucks, and the machinery for directing the gull and the supporting carriage on which it was placed were not in the least affected by the firing of the heavy ordnance, which, with the garrison-car riage, was nearly four tons weight. t2dPERIAL PARLIAMENT, (THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The House was again crowded to-day, Ft Twelve o'clock, in cons+ (pence of the itit.reA telt by 21 -m -hers to witness the course to be adopt. d by Mr. Baron Rothschild on account of the vu e come to last night. The galleries were also crowded to excess. The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly after Twelve o'clock. Sir ROBERT PEEL was introduced by Mr. Goulburn and Mr. Cardwell, and took the oaths and his seat. Otter the ceremony of taking the oath the lion. 13sronet retired behind the Speaker's chair, where he received the congratulations of his friends. AStII3Y'S DIVORCE BILL. This Bill, us anu-nded, was consider( d and agreed to. SECOND READING. The Bishop of L'aidon's Estate (Saint Gubriers Churcb, Pimlico) Bill was read a second time and or dered to be cummisted. On the motion of Mr. BROTHER [ON it was or der,d that is be an instruction to the Committee of Se lection, that they do appoint, if they thick fir, the Cum mirtee on the Bishop "f London's E-tate (Saint tie,briel's Church, Pimlico) Bill, to meet any thy utter the ex piration of the eighth day trcm the second reading if the Bill. On the motion of Mr. FREW EN, after a short discus sion, it wart ordered that the stinitng order, No. 200, nquiring one clear day's notice to be given of ail amendments proposed to be navde on the third reading of private Bills be dispensed with in the case of the Westwiusrer Temporary Midge Bill. Mr. SCULLY postponed the following questions of which he riad given notice till Friday, to ask the Chief Secretary for Ireland the following qustioris:—la it a ,tact that true bills of indictment were sent up mid found against George Mathews, alias Duncan Chisholm, at the recent Commission in Green-street, Dublin? Will the Right Hon, Gentleman explain the nature of the charges against the said clerk; and it any and what steps have been since taken to arrest the accused? BARON ROTHSCHILD—TAKING THE OATHS. At twenty minutes past twelve o'clock, at which time the benches oa both sides of the House were nearly filled, Baron Rothschild appeared at the bar, and im mediately advanced to the table in company with Mr. Page Wood and Mr. John Abel Smith, amidat loud cheers from the benches to the right of the Speaker. The Clerk, having first handed him a small edition of the Old Testament, which the Baron examined, then proceeded to read the oats of allegiance. The Baron repeated the words of the oath distinctly and emphati cally Lifer the clerk, and on coming to the conclusion of it, pronoun,!ed the words "So help me God" i❑ the usual manner in which Jews take an oath i❑ courts of justice, viz , by kissing the book while covered. The oath of supremacy was taken in the same way. The next and last oath was that of abjuration, which it will be recollected contains the words " On the true faith of a Chiutian." On coming to those words the Baron paused and said, " I omit these words, as they are not binding on my conscience."—(Loud and prolonged cheering from the Ministerial side of the House, during which the Hon. Member put on his bat and concluded the oath by say ing " So help me God.") A paper was then handed by the clerk to the Baron, which he signed amidst continued cheering. The SPEAKER requested the Hon. Member to with draw.—(Loud cries of No, no.") The Hon. Member, however, withdrew behind the bar. Mr. HUME rose to order. As the lion. Member had taken the oaths at the table—(Loud cries of " No," from the Opposition benches)—in that form which he thought most binding on his conscience, he put it to the House whether it was right that he should be required to withdraw.—(Cheers.) He concluded by moving that the Hon. Member do take his seat at once.—(Cheers.) The SPEAKER thought the Hon. Member had risen to "order."—(Cheers and laughter.) He (Mr. Speaker) understood that the Hon. Member for the city of London did not consent to take the three last words of the oath, " on the true faith of a Christian," which were prescribed by the Act of Parliament—(Hear. and cheers)— and he therefore requested the Hon. Member to withdraw that the House might come to a decision on the question which that omission involved.—(Cheere.) Sir F. THESIGER—Sir, I beg leave to move that the Baron Lionel de Rothschild, one of the Members of the city of London, having refused to take the oaths pre scribed by law to be taken, before a Member can sit and vote in this House, Mr. Speaker be instructed to issue a new writ for the election of a Member in the room of the said Baron Lionel Nathan de Rothschild. Sir R. INGLIS seconded the motion. Mr. ANSTEY wished to know from the Speaker if this would be the proper time to move the amendments of which he had given notice? No answer was given to this question. Mr. P. WOOD—Do I understand that the motion has been seconded? Sir R. INGLIS—I had the honour of seconding it. Mr. P. WOOD said the Honourable and Learned Member had moved for a new writ; but he had stated no reason far it—(Cheers)—end he should take leave to move by way of amendment that the meat of the Lion. Member was full.—(Cheers.) He apprehended that this was a question of extreme and deep im portance to the privileges of this House, and one which not only concerns the privileges of this House, but concerns most deeply the country at large and the rights and privileges of the electors of this kingdom.— (Cheers) The electors of the city of London had shown extrema forbearance with respect to the whole of this matter ; it had been no wish of theirs to bring the ques tion upon the House, or to throw the House into collision with the courts of law. So long as they were satisfied that there wes an intention to treat the question fairly in Parliament they were quite content not to in sist on a right which any party could question; they still believed it to be their right to send the Baron to that House as their representative, and to be their right that he should take his seat.—(Cheers.) Yet they were perfectly ready to have the question of right placed beyond the possibility of doubt, so long as there was any serious intention on the part of Parliament and Go vernment to deliberate and decide upon the question.— (Hear, hear.) But what had happened? A Bill was brought forward to remove all these doubts, which was passed by a large majority, of that House, but was rejected elsewhere.—(Hear hear.) Baron Rothschild, with that strs;ghtferward con duct which he had pursued throughout the whole pro ceeding, thought it right upon that to resign his seat and lay the case again before the electors of the city of London, with a request to know if it was their wish that he should again contest the question.—(Hear, hear.) The answer of the electors cf London was an immense majority in the affirmative, and that being so they waited patiently an other year; a second Bill was passed by a consider able majority of that House, and again rejected by the other place.—(Hear, hear) A third time they resisted, and perhaps too patiently this time. In the mean time, some facts transpired with reference to an admission of a gentleman in a much stranger case than this. It trans pired that Mr. Pease was admitted to a seat in that House without taking the prescribed oaths. That circumstance had only recently transpired owing to the records of the case having been destroyed by the fire which burnt down the Houses of Parliament.—(Hear, hear.) Upon that information it struck him and others that this was a most important feature in the case, and accordingly he took upon himself the task of moving for a Com mittee to consider the subject.—(Hear, hear.) The in vestigation of that Committee filly established the truths of the case, but from a technical cause the Committee was precluded from going into the circumstances of the matter in their re report. Still, he thought, he should be able to show, from the report and the state of the existing law of the case, that the House was called upon to take no active step in this matter after what had taken place, and after, as he contended, the oaths had been duly administered and taken.—(Cheers.) The seat was unquestionably not taken; and, even supposing that the oaths had not been duly taken, the House would have a difficulty in determining that the seat was not filled.—(Cheers.) He had already stated that the electors of London had exhibited the utmost forbearance in this matter e they had manifested no desire to bring the House into colli sion with the other House, or with the courts of law. (Cheers.) They were persons who had all along, as a body of electors, been distinguished in a most remark able manner; as much so as any body of electors in the kingdom ; and they had shown it in this instance.— (Hear, hear.) But when Hon. Members found at the close of the session that that Bill which had been so introduced was about to be withdrawn, it was impossible that the electors of London could remain in that position during this third session of Parliament, without bringing the case to a decision.—( Hear, hear.) Lie (Mr. P. Wood) thought he should be able to bring conviction to the mind of every Hon. Member that the oaths had beets preperly taken—even to the mind of the Noble Lord himself (Lord John Russell).—(Cheers and disapprobation.) And even if that were not established to the satisfaction of every Hon. Member, the House would see by the statutes that there was no vacancy the seat. Th e y must di v ide the oaths into two distinct classes with reference to this question. By the 30th Charles 11. the penalties were enacted which now regu lated the oaths of allegiance and supremacy. That sta tute directed those oaths to be solemnly taken at the table of the House; and the statute Ist of William ant Mary, cap. 1, repeated in words the Act of Charles, but re-enacted that the oaths of supremacy and allegiance should be taken under tee penalties of the statute C arles Now if those oaths had not been taken in this case it was perfectly clear the seat would have been vacant. —(Hear. hear, and cheers.) If those oaths had not been taken the penalty wetial have been that the party not taking them would be deemed a Popish recusant to begin with, and would be disab led to sit an d r ote in the llouse of Commons, and without further conviction or proceeding his election would be d-.clared void. So clear did the Legislature speak when it was intended to move for a new writ. He came now to the oath of abju ration, and with regard to that the case was most re markably different. The 13th William 111., c. 6, first imposed penalties with respect to that oath, and the t penalties inflicted by it were,. that if the oath o f a bj ur - don were not teken as therein prescribed, every person not takine it should be considered p re,.u, tt com a e :, and be disebled from ex. cutihg any e or plate of profit civil or military, and sb °eh bsdt,abh d a!so fr‘im tha-nce . orth to sit or vote in either [I )11.,,, of parlirtal The 17ib sectien of the Act ~t G erg,had I. a;l the same penalties as the A c t of' Widiete, except deeming a men a Popish recusant, and disabling } - .itrt from holding an office or trust, cavil or military ; and it also excepted and passed over the disabling to sir and vote in Parlie ment. which was most remerkehle.—(Cleere) When, theretore, the Legislature insisted chat a Me: bee should not sit or vote in Parliament. it StlW so in p! on and distinct words--that was to say, if he did no. take the oaths of supremacy and allegiance, his seat was to be !soil, and a nets writ was to he issued. The statute altered the oath, and altered also the penal ties, and emitted the penalty of disability to sit and I vote. - rheref, , re he said, that if this oath of abjuration had not been taken by the Hon. Member, he rids anti not disqualified himself, and though be may be liable to penalties for sitting and teeing. still he is not +li j from sitting and voting. He would now turn to the atm raiment. that the seat was now full, and he would say, with regard to that, that the question arose in this manner—bad the Hon. Member taken the oath of abju ration or not ? That would turn mainly on this, whether the words en the true faith of a Christian were a portion of the invocation of the oath, or were a declaration of the Christian faith contained in the oath. He had read to the House yesterday, and would not trouble them again to-day with the universal concurrence of all jurists, that it did not mate r how a man was sworn, but whether he was sworn or not. The question now to to considered was whether the oath had b , en taken. Let the House rererk the case of Qtrakers, and he thought that that would show them that these words were a portion of the oath w hich was sworn by, and no it portion if that which was sworn to. The case of the Quakers was thin—There was first the general st.ante of the 7th and Bth William acid Mary, c. 34, by which it was enacted that the solemn affirmation and declaration of the people called Quakers should be accepted in the place of the usual form of the oath. Let the House pause at this pint ; by this statute they had indulged the peculiarities of It people. arid made a solemn affir- IDZIVOII in lieu of an oath. This statute freed them trots the things by which they were to swear, but not from the things to which they swore; and though it ja,tified him in omitting the form of oath, it did nut justify hun from anything contained in the oath. Then they cam, next to the 61). Anne, c. 23, which was a special statute, and enacted that the oath of abjuration should be taken with regard to certain matters in Scotland, with penal ties against those who refused to take the oath, and against those who, being Quakers, should refuse to de clare and affirm the substance of the oath. How did the rate now stead? Here the Quakers were in precisely the same position as Baron Roths child—there was the oath of abjuration to be taken— there was the statute of William and Mary, which said that qttakers should make affirmation instead of oath, and there was the Act of Anne, which said that Quakers should declare the effect of the oath of aajuration. It was remarkable that in this oath the words" on the true faith of a Christian" occurred, and also the words " I swear" in the middle; and when the 1 Geo. I. cap 6 was passed, which recited these statutes, and provided for the forte of abjuration to be taken by Quakers, as directed by the 6tti Anne, they found that wnerever they were obliged by that statute to take the oath they were allowed to declare the effect of it, leaving out the very words "on the true faith of a Christian." Here there was Legislative declaration of the points which he contended for, that the whole substance of the oath was embodied without the words "on the true faith of a Christian." The Legislature plainly said that these words were no part of the things sworn to, but simply part of the oath to which they sword. The Legislature had split the oath into two parts—the thing sworn to, and the thing sworn by—be cause the Quaker would not swear to anything, and would only affirm the substance and effect of the oath.—(Hear, hear.) The Honourable Gentleman then alluded to the case of Mr. Pease, and observed that in the reign of George I. a statute was passed to relieve Quakers of some of the particular difficulties under which they laboured. That Act was the Bth George 1., c. 16 ; but the abjuration oath which was taken by Mr. Pease was not the one which was pre scribed by its provisions, but was an oath similar to the one imposed on Quakers by the 6th of Geo. 111. When Mr. Pease came to take his seat in the House, he could not refer to any statute which prescribed a declaration that would be binding on his con science ; and according to the evidence of that gentleman it appeared that a new form of declara tion was prepared for hirn.—(Hear, hear.) Now this was most important, especially when they came to con sider the form of oath which had been taken by Mr. Baron Rothschild at the table of the House. On the occasion of Mr. Pease coming to take his seat the House did not resolve on the adoption of any special form of declaration, but it came to the following resolution:se *. That it appears to this House that John Pease is enti tled to take his seat on making a solemn affirmation and declaration to the effect of the oaths which are directed to be taken by the House."—(Cheers.) Now, there was no law whatever that allowed an oath to be taken in that form.—(Hear.) This, therefore, involved the whole question before the House.—(Hear.) lied Baron Rothschild sworn to the oath ? Mr. Pease was allowed to escape from , affirming, and thus to avoid the words " in the true faith of a Christian." Baron Rothschild said he wished to be sworn in the mode most binding on hip conscience, and the House had slid he had a right to be so sworn, viz., on the Old Testament. Baron Rothschild said the words "on the true faith of a Christian" were not binding on him, but he had taken the whole oath with the exception of those words and had, therefore, done more than • a Quaker would have consented to do. The authorities he had quoted the other day laid it down that all the questions they had to ask were, had the party sworn upon an oath which he believed would subject him to the penalty of the Deity if he told an untruth—(Hear)—and did he believe in a state of future rewards and punishments ? and if he did that was enough. As to the declaratory statute of Victoria that had been so much relied upon, it only provided, that iu any case in which the oath had been lawfully administered, the person taking the oath was bound by it, provided it was admi nistered in a manner which the party declared to be binding en his conscience. —(Hear, hear.) The Baron Rothschild had taken the oath in the manner in which he had declared it was binding upon him.—(dear, hear.) It was idle to talk of' the danger of incurring these ques tions, for they would always arise, and the House must take upon itsof to decide them without any con sideration as to the course that ought to be adopted in the courts of law, it might be as well for the House to keep within the course prescribed by the courts of law, but it was not bound to pay a slavish adhesion to the construction that might be put upon, questions by courts a of law. It was necessary on swearing Jew that he should not bo sworn upon the true faith of a Christian, and Lord Hardwicke, on the question that came before him, dashed out with the stroke of his pen the words " upon the Holy Gospel," and permitted the party to take the oath upon the Old Testament.—(Elear, hear.) Formerly an Act was passed ruling that a legacy left to a party who was a witness to the will, which will had relation to real property, was null and void, because as the law then stood the fact of the legacy being left to the witness would preclude the will being proved. But a doubt afterwards arose as to wills relating only to per sonal property; and in a case where one of the witnesses was a legatee, it was sought to deprive him of his legacy. At that time, however, witnesses were not re quired to such a will, and the courts held therefore that the reason for the deprivation did not exist in this case, and the legacy was declared to be good.—(Hear, hear.) Well, that was the way in which he wished the House to say the common sense and mode of law does not exist to this case.—(Cheers.) When they found a thing doubtful they ought to take the common sense and common reason of the thing.—(Hear, hear.) In a court of law if such a point arose the Act would be looked into to see if it applied to Jews, and it would be found that the Act was directed against Papists, and could not there fore apply to the Jews.—(Cheers.) An abominable pro vision of the Act of George 1., which no one de n i e d wise directed against Papist s , sTili remained ia force, which ought to have been referred to iu the report, and which would illustrate the inconvenience of construing such Acts as these strictly, and nut according to their plain common sense reason and meaning.—(hear, hear.) By that Act any two magistrates who took it into their heads that suelrand such a person was disaffected, might call upon bun to take the oath of abjuration, and if he refused it, to inflict upon him all the penalties which it provided for.—(Hear, hear.) Now could it be supposed that under that provision two magistrates would be jus tified in going to a Chartist meeting, and, selecting a Jew, requite him to teke e oath, and yet that was how it was proposed to act in this case.—(Cheers.) He came now to the ouly argument which had been urged against the case or the Baron de Rethschild, and that was that in two instances Acts of Parliament had been passed to proti ct the Jews from the operations of un Act directed against Pepisty, which required ell Catholics who held real estates to take the oath of abjuration upon the true faith of a Christian upon pain of forfeiting their estates. Now one of these, tee 10th of George the First, was passed in the year fol lowing the passing i f the Act requiring all parties to take the oath to whom it might be tendered, and as the case case of Elireton v. Baiker had not been decided, it was thought proper to pass this Act to prevent its applying to Jews. In the other Act, how. ever, the 13th of George 11., which had reference to the Act for the Naturaliz alien of Foreign Protestants and others, *as passed to give the Jews the benefit of that law, but it did not affirm that Jiws could not take the oath prescribed by the original Act, bet simply declared that it was passed because " Jews may be prevented by the oath from receiving the benefits of the Act." What he (Mr. P. Wood) said was, that the House had a understood. a only a prima lade case, suggest e d a t t h e t i me when the nrscltoothde. y passed They ad mitted an npriiicillMalr. law Pease was on no a t resolution, eiel- Act afterwards, saying that the oath must be taken in the very way in which Mr. Pease took it.— (Cheers.) And that was not a declaratory Act. Yet the House admitted Mr. Pease to take the oath in that way. There ees then no fear of any of those conflicts with any other place, or with any of the higher or lower branches of judicature, which had been apprehended in this case. But the real truth and substance in Mr. Pease's case acs, that the House acted on general principles.— (flear, hear.) The house allowed Mr. Pease to treme a declaration, that declaration was made an Act of Parliament after they admitted it, and not by a declaratory process, and not by an enacting process. Therefore, by their own argument, he contended Hon. Members opposite were ad wrong in admitting Mr. Pease.—(Cheers.) lie (Mr. P. Wood) hoped he had now grappled with every difficulty in this case; and it would be for the House to say whether or not, in a case of thi.; gravity, they would hear it solemnly discussed aid argued by counsel, if the House was to be a judicial tribunal. But he said it was a very sOieCl9ll duty they had to perform. They were about now to exclude ge loan who, by the t esoluti ons they ha i passed, wigs arimittel ha' e toa cleur an d a; s . b ee s e ight, to a seat in that 11011 bl). He had been elected isvice by large bodies of his eunstitu: nts; he was ad mitted riot to be proscribed on the old pretence of his tieing an alien, or of that being u Christian Legislature. eney had gone by all that, and they had come to the it :.rr , ,de,,t, questioti, which was simply Whether, that h• Mg a statute which introduceil into the oath the words " on the truefaith of a Christian," following in the wake of a statute of Jameri iutended to :scTihl.t..uteih:rtfa.rodewroasTtassdhtPheilt,ehPrieGerostj", that Act, though a court of Yll/.ll_l°ol 2:11,71. penulties, had any particular applicoon tu,,,,r1 effect g tmTpy ui heeteaca.nresi ne,uoarigbsenvi itde,doieesofnsentppopi(ur,nt :I, i,Aatttt u ,stiy:rti s tcoe::: e ortrfnitus c k i:acatiltee) a atsnae ; :scd.wiwwrirtniie"twt k oldtei.l t o.:eu s nit eowy,s , htth t wnti i:s,je, s oiitit,u , behoo l l leemr}ohileadtt.tuntitelhtbnierecdotgiiiiii phnedcistrogoesthuuefhojoeeilliebvulei 1 $ 8:: ce e ti bc:ooB:::,) t ooLvt i os:.: c: Cdividifi i,kei sie.: n uese.r .. 500:0 1 :0.F 1 0: ,! jeugusptorwer, but they f court ofw were ac cords o n u. , l n d be take and i n that House we . power. favour. 4.l‘i n v i :or t u i u_ t . r? law. The The The Let es _ .. L .a t w the cow l ; its in. They would take the nseaning of tbe l3 ; o l, liberal sense in favour of the %d isi technicality. had h itaht e,so they would exercise no atorAPco manywFhoicrhipnobsietnathnsac de w , p vhi i ho c uhagt hciobuuelldido wthhetehisad,csiglit io ti oh d o statute stimell under rw u t a f .llolal G owski c : : oe : r n i w t oad : etdhe 111. said I . oin. ro uLlitisiodee vsv t o.h:tit::: : itrono.bboiieii::::o,o:4l: 000 0 1 .., his beintgtirstititi,aagualeinds.t Al3:arown:tihoetylischild, bill.ioa kr.k in thise was a rerson suing for their det . er, ~op i ruattt;eisrve,:auispt(rerson deprtled of a great prg l . l e e t, oir vent theywere bound to give every reasonable latitu.d .PL,,eir h a d tins tv•f 2 t i n t ,n u on the trout the whole, putting a liberol.c_7oo.o h t li th t a d ke to n t ho.eu. "'its their at. They found these Acts rec ou rei fur the pr tu eam"' that they wbwe ovhhrereehsaeepytentitled, utßaronidttwal e a rd, , ~I i t r . d wa a to s ehLille" wile:olr II:: conditions lature, of p w r e w,ection to which both Crowo 5 11 i ci n ' silo' and coati d T eii substance of the oaths had not beeo,l:A 11 0 _ 1 n conditions? The which chßabenei:edll)tcrh' wask s t: i t c t .. l e . h . gI G I t e i askedanbttalederm all required,l jfc a ll°' n 'i '18111: sat Ihitfda9hdaeit'iislirdli:Yuhelowci;fll('Pliee°ll:l:bit:llll.7l:s°ll:!ll6:l; The AT fORNEY:GENERAL rose sad ivos . (LEFT SPEAILIN(L) . a :11hTtsahhteian)t' whichtt:: :a: t h e; Cl ee g°l.3:Lib: q::::psioi ,1,0..0 more THE BLACK N Itl ! mALIBRAN, -:-----conti:j:, r HANOVER-S(4I).A 14E Rv:via•A Donna Maria Loretta Martinez, ~yis be 0 1 " ted q fists,bran, a jan g .td a ah v aho e cdmh a iDeeconcert dec immense 3n e cem r ei e eer ho l t a .rs s ree t n, ust e mub vi c : che l ei ! . b' t e d o r re ::$ DO9 b e. S 'Oe; „„ the 6 4 , she was not labouring under the excessirenord 0 mess from which she suffered when she S P: 0 •10 / 0 1 her Majesty's Theatre, and was therefore s ise i Tbe I P lc' do full justice to her posvera. . ear if the_ room, moreover, is much bett er . 5 i9 3 1 ) 5 ' 0 for the singing of a melody ~,:be tb e 1 , of a guitar accompaniment than can P° 56 7,0 0139te- il area of a theatre, in which the more de l •tsri ° re ef ! tb 6 that most delicate of all instruments, - e 0 those to ( h a great measure lost in space, and iti s fa 601e,,,i1d t otes, and on their harmonizing wit° 6 " s od li; 0 0, he voice, that the expression and felingoo selnecotio almost all Spanish melodies depens' ~ tbe Dodo too, was not confined to Cuban 0:W1001°5' 0a 09 t. Martinez gave us three Spanish snobsorll' toste',:io• it i lion such l d a i u d gh hiv t hi e ta r i , dh a Ah l d t s p t ower, and such expression as to sea l : 4o re. t oo then ance a rapturous and an Unanimous ri j osea or singing._ h hfunSaganz, and executed them with 0 in ebb fundone of of her hu mCouubranthsaotnghselr s:ie./lull:el oe i o ll; came infectious, and the audience Os t our tee P L re , 0 6 sl_ . ta Aragonesa, accompanied on the p oi tbe s' e V At o rts u ht g ea h ncd t o h nt e chi g eu r s ec oa t i r g t:abajgeo resi tail:;;:etalrlopbb.ir:ittetibit, stirring bras - te a r herself; this song is o ne 5 00 0 , 6 ip i t national melodies of Old Spiv, to tab' c h .t u . be of $i re is sciaosnmstuenxteihaebditbyathsiinsgJi:: WY this jotse tc h e f O S7Ol . j i e e at measure the successful defennn ions O. e r the 1 . 1 in g their countrymen to the higho t P in t o frit, b ,!,r of Saragossa and her Co n)P1113 s o 00 a siasm. It was rendered by Donna 0' 14 "; s ties"? i d exithuso • • el! A spirit and expression, and was plauded. Whether 'd her 89 ))sa lt we const er - k Ole ri ps or a sing er is a of national nielodies, the . n olo , , I tA are very accomplished artiste, and her r Vilrl lje r efl l most original and most interestiogiarod set course of the evenin the Ciebras P er ,Oi n g 111 fantasias and duet g ga itst —' i •' - ir s on the ' • roll • hands is really of muslea° an instrument - fel harp in • neg 0' power, and superior to It 1 11 00 d flextb • ay. TLe coifeLt2: l ;2 6 --------- riil A S. 61914 OLYMPIC TIL.-- boi rem f or The allenin 1 eye i& et Oa!), g 0 this house, 6 , ,nigob i C tip closed for several months, created isg"ol:o''. dr," Betio l o to lastn in Wy ch -street. The presep t 5 e t oPic el i foo for six nights only, is under the treat Sc'nos, George John_Bolton, who seems to entertela t11.4°;',i),0,; ever .Marston's Malcontent-an o ld Fltr w 09 l i i one e ry reader of Dodsl ' 11 don. I .° ' O SP tif of the many e Y s c ° ce 10 0 ?gs 14 'o' old plays which • se° ...11 i i i , the ta,extrac as, - by for instance , the eellitli are tole'lo,.. o i Malcontent himself, but WhiC"toetioll ,- hi ,i, out the • interest or closenese of 00°6-.,,- a t a 6 ' it 'ft to ma k e a piece popular in the die is peortdi'ao_.4.l - as a wascrowded last night, an d it e - ial'ee ose ' dramatic curiosity . , the Makoeten. for pi tioo , the remain d er a pieceo r ef the six nights, butf the 00 t the repertoire, ~ SCP SPORTING INTEL L lum rol AC Ol9 pat i ' GOODWOOD Ri- --S 'lll s ,:as el o 'ld CHICHESTER, MONDAY EVENIN'' Ars f I.•_,' 0 ,, ?pi boned .. a _ ed. horses have arrived since ollr. r ,",,abr n ribdj. I , years .-Strom b ow, g Cockernaotith, ilit'srddlesas'; VA. _ eh, T old fi lly by Envoy out of Ladi .0.1.1.,e eiletr.d, brook eddington, Venus filly, Merl ." - Ilielsd ir t el Vatican, Slang, Bacc'hansliatAtire' Al 4 „Ii berry,Hi Heroine, Beebee Bunnoo, . ( 701 4 ''i hy ' aia, J ac -o'-Sot, c by John n'''„ 01°' Saddler, a two years old by Pa n l ei flower, s w . --____-_t---- - ----- t gne 'ffi°' 1 4 • Three mushrooms l t l lifted a - 9g:s h" ing three-quarters s ae y 1 i , t o fi out of its bed, before a tradesman's door In Sete j I NAVAL F LOG Tf r1 , 4 01 ": 4 1 ? LOGGING AND DEslat de p t ea and two seamen, late of the Lily, COmilla° be eing e e fl 0 0 arrived at Portsmouth from Sierra Leone via V A o ti there w'th I out clot a ft.er lla irk" on board th L• hes or pay, an a iedol ily. The case is before the jog, most likely e A s lead to a very serious Mail. ....abe r 0 0 .. ri p Hip RUN DOWN IN TON Rifibe it i lli4lo l ., William, Dublin steamer, on her ways °Pi, ti e 0° fIF turday in m orning, about daylight, ran ri b v ii S o l es : r d6 ,, i , ound to the north, about ele li slisil/ Gray's. - pr, where her wreck n ow lies s s t glil' oi? crew of the Union was thrown from hi r eall° h.§ 11 1/ the colli • TR collision upon the deck of the RoYal -: ac e . - so il ai E PRCENIX STEAMER.---IntelliFe fe '4, received of the toe of complete wreck of this t oeD, ,be fil i Australian coast. She had recently bee . ! tr ad° 3 ,,,V o oo, country f sy, no a r o o d mNewcastle, and emploYed , i ' c rae feh" - i•ote ri aat '' Grafton with passengers an. ~ tile Otrify the reports re loot ° t o dr.,4 the 27th of _eeived it appears she Was .00 fro , 0 ,0 March list, bile Pas s '" sa° til ° Sydney. She V on a .„ was caught f 11l- d 011 0 1 in a g ale 0 j os, e on shore in a b of the b ay near a headland about ra 4 A rot 1111 above named ..e ter ports. 'l l ' 01; et ROYAL GENERAL 0 1$ i tl i • ANNUITY 0 0Cp oje asho.,,, half-yearly and very . numerously-at ten e,u v ri :4 el s supporters and friends of the above society of e; es id.,'il)+J day at the London Tavern for the ellrP i ° 7s4 • P.,cl s A fr o c - ,, nuitantq and deseribe--(1 the other business. H. rowa" • e tr; "i r " financial position of the sonlities _ A •D ir sl, its funds were members, l. applied for allowing anns o%j c ol e mater ankere clergymen, solicitor.s;oo a:, to ot f , manufacturers, tradesmen, their wi n . i ° a ll g.:01 3 i s° and to sing l e United females (their daughters) for t h° l t oo, were Kin g dom. unfortunately From the conditio °` admit 01014 out of the antelY not in a position to ,; i1 o id, c : h " ps , ,iii j 121 candidates - viz. , three 0 1 .° 3 a bee vibiOf, though he hoped from the rec ent exertion- ti el i e lie made that in future. algreater number of candidates 11° , :i el ttl e tif e he ballot then took Plac e ' 1111 0 0 for the • had been announced ' O s py - 0 tearful candidates , , the chairman eon t f 'WO • 0' and expressed his s, se eie • Oe successful, with eiabled to elect a fervent hope that the . 1 'l* 4 rll'' JP* pit The all the applicants. ft. • Earl of Eiii&killen, Si r osi ot d i Martin Lieutenaanail family, Sir John .A.,Gregor, ifi rd s ti o o‘. 11 "Yle, Ca Lieutenant -Colonel Fogo, Captain FereaslarY to aietsit) of Trade ; P i " Hay, Mr. G. R. Porter , sf i cre dite °. V ' at the St. Jr David Baird, and Lady I.orsrecipg,"? the Gener a l Steam on SaturdaY 1„ 0 00 li d dent for .11-1. Steam Navigation CompaaT 0 of Edinburgh. ,roorrtes LETTERS IQ ricsfA• 0 a tik or ii i , i „ TO PRUSSIA AND .'"' 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' Hist-, at the Vicarage, OO P •W. rhornton. et, r or d' On the 26th the wife of inst., at Old Quebec - stem o .l° Mr. C. A. Bartley. t, OF A DAVONTICS.TOreir) j r On the 26th inst., at Merifield, near defor-' the R ev .. 11 IP L. Jenner. ear On the 2 . ith inst., at the Retreat, 0 0 0/ 4 Fred • errck Lang. O, Ol lv° 4 d y DIED. s toc o o r On the 25th inst., TAO- eDa 4 I in Burton-street,. , p i. ,0, , -5:•, Isabel] : it wife of Archibald Barcia.vi.v., of so f daughter , !he late James Lindsay', P Old Ford, arty , ar e, l ~:iddlesee• ss ati in On the e • - ...ith inst., aged 73, Ti" --3 ~‘ f et° v Stewards H L Ou the ' , , Y, -eicestershire. norto c ' ' . o9• i sid o 24th lust., Mr,. Atkinson, aged 97, relict of w t On the 16th - in stree ' • 010°' / lust., Grosvenor the Hon. General ". tzlto SOP 7 1 ° I Charles lii Y• sn bo on the `)- -i th ins t., at Twiekentin, u- 0 010! of l' o - • b - ' SC'M e Ch ristchurch , H ants. i 0.,/,,, P 1 11 _A,, il s if Lend • • . on. 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