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rttrli lEtltttori SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clocit. IMPERIAL PARLIAAIENT. (THIS EVENING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Wool sack at Five o'clock. The Earl of EGLINTON presented s petition from Ayr in favour of a Post-office delivery on Sunday. MILITIA PAY BILL. This Bill was read a third time and passed. IRISH PAUPERS. Lord REDESALE drew their Lordships' atten tion to the statement made at one of the police-courts of the metropolis, that a Dr. Do novan, one of the poor-law authorities of Ireland, bad sent over several paupers to this country without making any provision for them, thus leaving them to be maintained by English parishes, or to starve. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE was understood to state that the matter should be inquired into. THE LIVERPOOL FORGED PETITION. Lard BEAUMONT moved that Hinde. M'Arthur and Byrne should be called to the bar, admoniated, and discharged. L9rd BROUGHAM supported the motion; these per sons hal given all the inf ,rmation in their power, if they had used no: prevarication in their evidence, and they were the dupes of others. The Marquis of LAN USD° WIVE should not oppose the motion, but he must denounce the offence of which these persons had been guilty as most heinous ; and he found that in many parts of the kingdom there prevailed a practice similar to that of which these persons had been guilty—s practice which did irreparable injury to the sacred right of petition. The Earl of HARROWBY had received a letter from the secretary to the society which had employed these men, exculpating himself and his society from blame. Lord BEAUMONT said the inquiry into these frauds was still going on, and he hoped the really guilty parties would be discovered and punished. The prisoners Byrne, /Linde, and l M'Arthnr were then called to the bar, reprimanded by the Lord CliAti CELLOR, and discharged. PETITIONS. Lord BROUGHAM presented' several petitions in favour of the County Courts' Bill. He would take this opportunity of correcting a gross delusion which certain persons, who he suspected knew better, had propagated, charging him with inconsistency as a law reformer in relation to this Bill. It was because he was not inconsistent that he had given the option of bringing actions either in county or superior courts, fur he had given the same option in the Bill he had in troduced in 1836. The Earl (.f CARLISLE presented a petition from sundry labourers in Scotland, praying the House to in troduce some measure to prevent pirochial boards from taxing their wages to the relief of the poor. The Marquis of BREADALBANE presented se veral petitions against the Marriages Bill. HYDE-PARK AND THE EXPOSITION. Lord BROUGHAM then rose to direct their Lord ships' att , ntion to one of thejmost important ques tions ve Lh could engage their_ Lordships as a high court of judicature. He held in his hand a petition from some most respec, able inhabitants of the neigh. bourhoud of Hyde-paik, stating that they had prepared documents to apply to the High Court of Chancery for an injunction to stay the erection of the building for the expia ion 'n Hyde-park, and complaining ofthe conduct of the Attorney-General, in refusing to permit them, as informers on behalf oil the public, to take proceedings in his name. That petition lie should present to their Lordships. (LEFT SPEAKING.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. In consequence of the general understanding that it was the intention of Baron Rothschild to present him self at the table of the House-of Commons to-day, and require to be allowed to take .his seat as one of the Members of the city of London, long before twelve o'clock the lobbies of the House of Commons were crowded to excess by members of the Jewish persuasion, anxious to witness the arrival of the Baron. This anxiety was also manifested on the part of Hon. Members, who flocked in crowds to the House in order to be present at the novel ceremony of one of the Jewish nation presenting himself at the table of the House as one of its Members, and desiring to be sworn on the Old Testament. Baron Rothschild appeared in the lobby at twelve o'clock, and was loudly cheered. The Baron was accompanied by a host of friends, among whom we noticed Mr. Page Wood and Mr. J. A. Smith. He appeared in the enjoyment of excellent health and spirits, and seemed delighted with the excitement which he appeared to have created. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Twelve o'clock, when there was an unusually full attendance of Members. NEW MEMBER. The SPEAKER, before the business of the day was gone into, announced that Members to be sworn must advance to the table. The Hon. W. O. STANLEY, the new Member for Chester, in the room of Sir John Jervis, was then in troduced by Sir W. Hayter and Lord Marcus /Jill, and Ook the oaths and his seat. Some disappointment ap peared to be felt at the non-appearance of Baron Rothschild. The business of the day was then proceeded with. The Lords' amendments to the following Bills were considered and agned to:— Midland Great Western Railway of Ireland. Timber Preserving Company. PETITIONS. Sir R. H. INGLIS presented a petition from Banff against the wirnisslon of Jews into Parliament. _ — Mr. D'EYNCOURT presented a petition from Lam beth complaining of the grossly defective sewerage of that borough. AGLIONBY presented a petition from Carlisle in favour of the. Copy holds Enfranchisement Bill. PRIVILEGE.-BARON ROTHSCEIILD. At this moment Baron Rothschild appeared at the bar of the House, introduced by Mr. rage Wood and Mr. John Abet Smitb. As the Honourable Gentleman advanced up the floor of the House o the table he was loudly cheered by Members on both sides. The clerk at the table placed the customary oath in his hands and was about to swear the Honourable Gentleman upon the New Tes tament, when he was interrupted by Baron ROTHSCHILD, who said in a loud and clear voice, "1 desire to be sworn on the Old Testament."— (Loud cheers.) Sir R. H. INGLIS—I protest against that.— (Load cries of disapprobation.) The Hon: - Gentleman was then ordered to withdraw. Sir R. H. INGLIS then rose and said—He believed that he beard distinctly the words " I desire to be sworn on the Old Testament." From the time that this bad been a Christian nation, and that House had been a Chris tian,Legialature, no man had ever presumed to take his seat there unless he was sworn in the name of the Com mon Redeemer upon that Book which contained His re vealed will, or at least upon some symbol of the common redemption. He did not undervalue—and God forbid that he should undervalue—the Old Testament, but if the Hon. Individual who came to the table of the House and asked to be sworn upon the Bible, though he had known what his mind was, he should have objected to that; but when, by the terms of his proposition, he vir tually abrogates the second part, bow much more was he bound to object? They had not an Old Testament in their collection. It might be found in courts of criminal judicature—(Hear, hear)—and if this were a court of criminal judicature, and the Hon. Individual had been a witness, the case would have been entirely different, but when they knew that he came forward to claim his right to legislate for a Christian people, he should never, waffle he had strength to resist, have his sanction. Mr. P. WOOD—Sir, I rise to order. The SPEAKER—The Hoe. Gentleman has posses. sion of the Howie, and is quite in order. Sir R. H. INGLIS resumed—He never would, what ever might be , the decision of the House on the present occasion, cease from striviug to render the House, in name and profession, as he prayed it always might be in heart and mind, a Christian Legislature for a Christian people. If it were necessary to conclude with a if oti on,' he would do so in these terms:— That it had been the practice ef this country ever since it had been Christian to regard all the Members of its supreme legislature, whether Lords or Commons, as bound by Christian obligations; and, therefore, when any one approached that table to take part in the delibera. tions of that House. he ought not to be permitted to take such part without first having taken upon him the obli tions of a Christian solemnity. The Hon. Member then reduced his motion to writing, having first substituted the name of Baron Rothschild for the words " Honour able Member," and handed it to the Speaker. Mr. HUME asked if the Hon. Baronet would have any objection to embody in his motion the words that Baron Rothschild bad been chosen and elected by the citizens of London ?—(Cheers and uproar, in the midst of which Sir R. Inglis's reply was lost, if reply he made.) Mr. HOPE rose to order.--(Loud cries of " Order," whereupon the Hon Member resumed his seat.) The SPEAKER having rend the motion, The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said—Mr. Speaker, I rise to suggest to the House that it should take that course which I apprehend will be consistent with the due dignity of the House upon an occasion of the present importance and gravity. The House will observe that it has in this case a judicial duty to perform—(Hear, hear) —and that no feelings of party consideration ought to enter into the decision which the Hou-e comes to on ihe present occasion. —(Hear, hear.) I propose. therefore, without at present expressing any opinion of my own—(Hear, hear)—upon tan suhject which is now before the House, to ask the House to adopt a course similar to that which it adopted when Mr. O'Connell was elected for the county of Clare, and came to the table of this House and declined to take the oaths which were then in usage in this House to be taken. On that occasion, after an adjoa rued debate, it was moved by Sir Robert Peel that Mr. O'Connell be heard ; s i t the bar of this House upon hi s clan ;,.and .lipropose to ask the House to follow aisieellar' role on this occasion, and to Adopt a resettitient in conformity with the one come to oft-thit occasion. I propose, as an amendment to the motion of the Hon. Baronet (Sir R. Inglis), to ask the House to leave out all the words after the word " that," for the purpose of inserting " that Baron Rothschild, a Member for the city of London; be heard at the bar by him self, his counsel, or agents in respect to his claim to vote and sit in parliament."— [Up to this point the resolution THE SUN, is identical with thxt moved by Sir Robert Peel, as copied from the journals (..f the House.]—ln respect to his claim to sit and vote in Parliament, upon taking the oaths on the Old Testa ment—(llear, hear)—l apprehend that is the course which it would be consistent with the dignity of this House to observe on the present occasion, and that i would then appear whit grnunds Baron Rothschild has to allege—for what he claims as a right—to take the oaths on the Old Testament, and that after hearing what is to be alleged on that occasion by himself or his counsel, it would be fitting that the House should deliberate and come to a judicial decision on the course proper to be taken. I shad say nothing at present respecting my own opinion on this subject. I shall merely state that these are the identical words of Sir Robert Peel's motion, which was adopted by the House without any division, and in conformity with which Mr. O'Connell was heard at the bar of the House. Mr. PAGE WOOD said it would be scarcely necessary for him to follow at any length the somewhat singular address of the Right Hon. Baronet the Member fur the University of Oxford in moving his resolution. In start ing with an avowed declaration of his Christian principles, a declaration which he (Mr. Wood) should have thought extremely unnecessary, because those principles were common to the whole Heuse—(Hear)—and instead of taking that view which he apprehended to be the con stitutioeal view of the subject, via., whether or not a gentleman who was twice returned is a Member— (Cheers) —of the metropolis of our own country—one among the largest constituencies in the country, con sisting of Christians as distinguished—he wished to make no invidious distinctions—but he would say, as distinguished as the Right Hon. Baronet himself; but he said whether the constitutional question be whether or not a person so returned and so elected is or is not en titled to those privileges which it must be admitted were the common privileges of every British subject until the law be pointed cut debarring it from them—it the Right Hon. Baronet had entered into that question the address which he offered to the House might have been pertinent to the subject before the Heuse, but as his whole argu ment proceeded on a principle with which he entirely agreed, he held himself excused from saying one word more on the arguments which be addressed to the House. The Attorney-General had met that Right Hon. Baronet's resolution by an amendment which did seem to him to meet the case before the House.—(Hear, hear.) He might ob,erve here that there was one im portant question which appeared to have been overlooked. Mr. Baron Rothschild, as in the case of Mr.O'Connetl, had not been required to be heard by counsel. It would be recollected that an amendment was proposed by Lord Duncannon that Mr. O'Connell should be heard by counsel at the bar; and was acceded to by the House. In the present case there were two different branches which had to be con sidered ; one arose on the oaths of supremacy and al legiance. Now Mr. Baron Rothschild was prepared to take those oaths in a mode to which he thought no lawyer in the House could offer the slightest objection. Indeed, he should- like to see any lawyer in the House rise in his place and say, that any gentleman taking those oaths in the ordinary form, "So help me God," was acting contrary.to the principles of the New Tes tament. A Committee of the House bad deli berated on this question, and referring- to their report, it would be found that Mr. Alderman Salomon!, in filling the office of Sheriff of London, did take the oaths of allegiance and supremacy, in that form and under the same statute, by the provieions of which Mem bers in that House took their oaths. But the question did not rest here. The oaths of allegiance and supre macy, and oath of abjuration, were imposed by differ ent statutes. The former by the Ist of William and Mary, the latter by the 30th of Charles 11. Mr. A HOPE rose to order. The Hon. Baronet had called the Honourable Gentleman Baron Rothschild. Now he believed, according to the English Constitution, no person was allowed to be so addressed, unless he had been created by her Majesty.—(Great laughter.) Mr. WOOD would easily cerrect that mistake by calling him in future the Honourable Member fur the city of Londou.—(Greet cheering.) If the Honourable Member for the city of London should take his seat without taking the oaths of allegiance and supremacy, which he had tendered himself to take, if he was com pelled to seat himself in that House without taking those oaths he would immediately by Act of Parliament be made a Christ ati—(Great cheering)—a Popish re cusant convert.—(Cheers.) The oath of abjuration was imposed by Act of Parliament, of the 13th William the Third, and between the first and thirtmith year of that reign Baron Rothschild could not have been ex cluded from Parliament. The Member for the city of London had tendered himself to take the oath, and he assented so to do in the way in which persons of his persuasion have been allowed to take them every where.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") Now, in a case be fore Lord Hardwicke, where a Jew came forward to be sworn, and where that Noble Lord was asked to alter.the commission in that respect, that Noble Lord held that a Jew might be allowed to swear upon the Old Testament, on the ground that a man taking au oath called upon God to punish him if he told an untruth.— (Hear, hear.) And the Noble and Learned Lord, in that instance, directed the words " upon the Evangelists " to be omitted, and the corporeal oath to be administered, and the principal of the judges de cided, upon review of that decision, that it was correct.— (Hear, hear.) Administering the oath upon the Old Testament to the Member for the city of London was not a new mode of procedure, and that had been clearly laid down by some of the first judges of the land.— (Hear, hear.) All that was necessary to their administration of an oath being the appeal of the party taking that oath to the Sure ewe Being, believing Him to be the rewarder of truth and the punisher of false hood.—(Hear, hear.) He must deny, therefore, the ac curacy of the statement of the Hon. Baronet the Mem ber for Oxford, that such an oath was never administered to a person of the Jewish persuasion, although that as sertion was made in the good company of Lord Coke. Sir R. INGLIS had said that such an oath had not been taken by a Jew in the Legislature. Mr. PAGE WOOD did not care whether it was in the Legislature or not.— (Hear, bear.) No one had acquiesced in that view of Lord Coke; but the Hen. Baronet, the Member for the University now says, that this has never been done in the Legislature. Now he apprehended what they were standing upon was this. Here was a party who was a British subject, who had unquestionably the right of a British subject, who had the property qualification required for a Member of Parliament, who had been elected by his fellow-citizens, against whom, moreover, a petition had been presented but not prosecuted— and yet this Gentleman, so qualified, and having these Privileges and these duties imposed upon him, was excluded from his seat, although there was nothing to justify that exclusion, if he took the oath prescribed by the Act of Parliament.—(Cheers.) The Act of Parlia ment prescribed no definite oath, but if it did, he calltd upon the Hon. Member for the University to prove it; oaths were prescribed either by the common law or the statute law. Now, the authorities which he had cited clearly established that tho common law prescribed no specific form of oath, nor did the statute law, except in the case of Quakers , who took no oaths at 11. The Jew in all acts was left to take the oath in the manner which he considered the most hinding and the most solemn. Nor did the matter rest bete, for in order to prevent all disputes about it there hai been a declaratory Act of Parliament passed to settle the question. Now the Act Ist and 2d Vice, chap. 105 e provides as follows:—" And be it enacted, that in all cases in Which' an oath shall be lawful or shall be administered to any person, either as juryman or witness, or deponent in any proceedings civil or criminal, in any court of law or equity in the United Kingdom, or on any appointment to any office, or on any occasion whatsoever (did not this apply to oaths when taken in that House?) such parties shall be bound by the oath administered; provided the same shall have been administered in such form and with such ceremo nies as such person may declare to be binding." Now he maintained that this Act applied\ to Parliamentary oaths, and this gentleman had a right to be sworn in the manner which he thinks beat.- The Hon. Member had a right to come there and demand to be sworn in the manner which be considered the most solemn and bind ing, and it the Honorable and Learned Attorney-Gene ral had not moved his amendment, he should have moved another, which would have authorised the clerk at the table to administer the oath in the manner pro posed by the Hon. Member himself.—(Cheers.) Now that was what he thought this gentle man was entitled to. He quite admitted that they were proceeding gravely. For his part he wished it not to be taken as a party question, but racily he did not think that it was for the credit of the House or the law officers of the Crown that a point so clear as this should be treated as a disputed poinh—(Hear, hear.) He therefore found himself in the position of being obliged to vote both against the original motion and the amendment.—(Cheers ) Mr. S. WOR LLEY said, considering the nature of this question as affecting theprivileges of this House, and considering h the p os i t i on of t h e H onoura bl e M em ber whoimpossaidbleoffered e overrate eseltfh atthe the importance tabletoofbe thiss worn, h suie it was (Hear, hear.) e G ne e e r to sitt;e that opinion He ceuld nu t too strong l y g i ve hi s con e at th is 0 the Hon. and Learned Attor ney-General, 'p roceed ing must assume a judi cial character, arid it was th re t essenti al the shouldfor the d i g • nity and ch aracter o f the Hous e h pro ceed with du e deliberation.—( ear, hear.) A n d f urt h er , he thought it wou l d b e wiie on this occasion to follow in the steps of those who had preceded them, and to take the course which they hail done under circum in re o a erringextent great circum stances. He was, therefore, pre pared to vote for the amend ment; b ut, instance which the Hono ura bl e and Learn ed Atotttohre ney-General had called attention to, h e must allude to one important step taken o n that occasion, which he thought on this occasion was even more neces sary than then.—(Hear, hear.) It was well known that Mr. O'Connell was about to tender himself at the table of the House, that he was about to take an objection to a Particular form of oath; but he (Mr. Worthy) believed that until 12 o'clock last night the vast majority of this House was ignorant of the step abort to be taken by the Honourable Member for the city of London.—(Hear.) For his own part he ventured to say that oatil a few hours ago he had not the sme.lie et notion that the House would be culled upon to come to a decisio n, at least at that hour of the day, upon that question. lie had not had the honour of being a Member of that Committee of which the Honourable Member for Oxford had spoken, and therefore he had not the advantage which he possessessed over the rest of the House in being per cognizant with the subject. He bad, however, read the retibit' e but when the Noble Lord at the head of the Government introduced a Bill, he bad thought that that report had been abandoned. When the Honourable and Learned Gentleman drew the distinction between the oath taken on the faith of a Christian and the simple oath of allegiance, and claimed that the only question before the House whether the Honourable Individual was entitled to be sworn upon the Old Testament, he thought it was impossible to consider the question with out reference to the full difficulties even of that mode of LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 26, 1850. t putting it. Both questiAs were questions of grave im portance. He was one of those who had supported measures for the admission cf Jews into Parliament, but he had ventured to caution the House at the beginning of the present sessior against taking any indirect mode ofideciding the question, arid he was quite sure that the House would not allow iiseif to be taken by surprise in the matter—(Hear, hear)—end of all persons the Hon. Individual would be the last to wish to gain by surprise mist which he sought openly and fairly. In the case of Mr. O'Connell it had been thought advisable, upon the suggestion of the late Sir Robert Peel, to adjourn the debate from Friday until Mon• day, in order to give time for consideration, and at pre sent, considering the little notice the House had had, and that, most of the Members had not had an opportunity of acquainting themselves with the subject, he thought it atnsisable that they should follow that precedent. Mon day, perhaps, would not suit the convenience of the Go vernment, but he would propose that they should adjourn the debate until Tuesday. at twelve. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said he thought that when any Hon. Member asked that that debate should be ad journed, considering that up to last night no one ex pected that Baron Rothschild would claim his seat, be owned that he considered that that proposal was but reasonable, and was so conformable with the character of the House, and he thought that time ought to be allowed for deliberation. He did not think that the Hon. Gen tleman was quite right in his precedent, he would find that when Mr. O'Connell made his claim it was proposed that he should be heard at the table of the House in support of his claim. Mr. Peel was in doubt, and adjourned the debate until Monday, to take time for consideration. Mr. Peel then proposed that instead of being heard at the table he should be heard at the bar, which motion was adopted. The House was not, however, in the same condition then as it was now, for, as the Hon. Member stated, he could not be content to receive the resolu tion, since Baron Rothschild had not asked to be heard in support of his claim, and that such a resolution could not be carried unless he made such a claim as had been made by Mr. Archdale by letter, and Mr. O'Connell by letter. He (Lord J. Russell) though it would be advisable to give him the the opportunity of choosing whether he should be heard by himself, or his counsel, or his agents, in support of his claim, or whether he would be content to allow the matter to be decided entirely by Parliament in its present state. Certainly, if the Honour able and Learned Gentleman opposite complained that he had not had his attention sufficiently turned to the subject, lit was very likely that there were many other Members in the House similarly situated. be hoped the House would now make up its mind on the question before them, and that they would, on some day next week, come to a decision on the subject. He should rather wish that the Hon. Member himself, who claimed a seat in this House, should have his conve nience consulted with respect to the day that should be named. He (Lord J. Russell) did not wish to prolong the argument on the subject at present. If the House should wish to ask any further question as to the oath to be taken by the Hon. Member who claimed to sit, and if the Hon. Member should prefer one day to another fur that purpose, that day ought to be fixed. He (Lord J. Russell) would beg the House to consider that this was not a question merely of general principles which should guide that House, but if was one involving the very form and constitution of the House, and that in deciding that question they would make a most important precedent. He (Lord John Russell), like his Hon. Friend (the Attorney-General), did not propose to say a single word on the merits of this question; but he (Lord John Russell) really did hope that this House, although they must come to a decision in the end with respect to the rights which the Member fur the city or London might claim, would endeavour in the prelimi nary stages to come to a decision without any great difference of opinion.—(Cheers ) Sir 13. HALL entirely agreed with the observations which had fallen from his Hon. and Learned Friend the Member for Oxford (Mr. Page Wood), arid he should feel it his duty to vote against the proposition of the Government.—(Hear, hear.) He denied that he and his friends, in counselling Baron Rothschild to tender himself at the bar of the House, had any desire to take the House of Commons by surprise; and he could assure the House that the Hon. Member (Baron Rothschild) himself did not de sire to become a party to any such proceeding.—(Hear, hear.) In the early part of the session the Noble Lord ' at the head of the Government, who had the charge of the Parliamentary Oaths Bill, stated his intention over and over again to bring that measure before the House, declaring most emphatically that he would take the opinion of the House as to whether the Member for the city of London should take his seat or not.--(Hear, hear.) He (Sir B. Hall) believed that so late as Saturday last it was the intention of the Noble Lord to bring forward a measure of that de scription at no very remote day—(Hear, hear)—and in forty-eight hours afterwards, on Monday evening, the Noble Lord stated that. it was not his intention to bring forward a measure during the present session.— (Hear, hear.) Yesterday a large and influential meet ing of the citizsns of London determined that, as the Noble Lord had abandoned this subject for this session, they would not be any longer trifled with. Now he would ask the House whether it had any doubt with respect to the meaning of the Act which had been referred to by his Learned Friend below him; and whether it did not think that the proposition of the Go . vernment was to create still further delay in the settle meat of this question?—(Hear.) He saw no reason why Mr. Baron Rothschild should have be n sent from the table without being'eworn on the Old Testament. It Jews were allowed to take an oath on that book in the House of Lords, and other courts of justice, why should Gentlemen who a ere elected Members of that House not be permitted to do the same ?—(Hear, hear.) Thinking, therefore, that the best course they could pursue was to allow the Hon. Gentleman to be sworn on the Old Testament, as pre scribed by the Act of Parliament, and in the event of his stopping at certain words in the oath, to give him an opportunity of availing himself of the precedent which was adopted in 1829, he should oppose the adjournment of the question. The provisions of the statute on the subject were so clear, plain. and concise, that little, if any, doubt could be entertained with respect to them, and entertaining that opinion, he should give his cordial assent to the amendment of the Hon. and Learned Gentleman. Mr. AN STEY stated that on the occasion of Mr. O'Con nell refusing to take the oath, Mr. Brougham moved that he should be heard at the bar of the House, whereupon Mr. Field moved that the debate' should be adjourned until the Monday following, with the view of enabling the House to look into precedents, and to see whether he ought to be heard at the bar or at the table. On Monday Mr. O'Connell was called back, and heard at the table, and Mr. Secretary Peel, in opening the debate, on his own amendment, that he he beard at the bar, stated that according to precedent Mr. O'Connell ought clearly to be beard at the bar, and moved accordingly, stating that the House should com mence and finish the debate that night. That was the case, and no case had occurred like it since the time of William HI. Since that time, however, matters had altered. There was the case of dr. Pease, the Quaker. He deprecated the course that had been adopted by the Noble Lord at the head of the Govern ment to exclude his own, colleague from the House, namely, that the debate should be adjourued to seek for precedent. There was no necessity for the adoption of such a course, precedents were in existence, and to his mind it was perfectly obvious what was the meaning of the different motions that had come from each side of the douse. If the proposition of the Noble Lord at the head of the Government was adopted the fish dinner would not be postponed. (Laughter, and cries of " Oh, oh.") It was notorious that last night the leading Members, as they were called, on both sides of ,the House had come to the determination to obstruct the claims of Baron Roths child.—(Cries of " No, no.") He said yes, yes; the House bad now the brat opportunity i of repair ing the blunder they had committed n not dis cussing the Jewish claims.—(Hear, hear.) He cared not what might be the consequence to himself per sonally, but he must say that he thought it was the bounden duty of those who advocated the claims of the Jews to insist upon the debate pro ceeding at the present moment. It was clear to his mind that if an oath was to be taken of a Jew at all, it must be on the Old Testament.—(Hear, hear.) Those who opposed the admission of this gentleman wanted an authority for the oath he was prepared to take. Well, he would give them one. Suppose Baron Rothschild had been sailed to the bar as a witness, could they administer to him an oath hut the cue he was now ready to take as a Member? Consi dering, then, the insignificance of the objection, the conduct of . the Government, the lateness of the session, and the Consequence of delay, he was prepared to give his vote against the motion for adjournment, and every other motion fir adjournment or postponement of the proceedings necessary for is final decision of this all - important question of privilege. Mr. NEWDEGATE declared, that at twelve o'clock last night but few Members were aware of this question coming on today. He hoped the House would therefore consent to the adjournment. A sudden decision, however, would contrast very badly with the previous conduct of the House on the question. They were asked to decide this question in a moment, which they -had been considering and debating for two ses sions, and with reference to which the Noble Lord at the head of the ,Government , had introduced a Bill, which had been before the House all the session, and which had only been withdrawn with the view of its re-introduction next session. Now what were they asked to do? Why, they a ere asked to declare that they had been debating a question which, in fact, had no substance; that they had been attempting to decide a t d io e i t n er t m w i h n i e ch t , b i a n lve fa ii c tis t ; they were already precluded by law from doing. t d h w en n , would the eHo b u sd House abgeernee so th r t i a d d i cul b o c u e s:e b o etra c y o e n d fess into tha c t ond it uct ha e d qua w lly aste a d bur th d that sessions—and i;s o — b t a ,. n .L d r that theuld persevere House of in Lords hs If tm e e tr o u f ste t d w :: determivati,,n, and he would then be prepared to silo* that the arguments of the Hon. Member fur Oxford were utterly false. Mr: B. OSBORNE would not have presumed to offer h th h eHo e u e s t e e he t such been a t n he early period . of the debate to ahate had of a large constituency —the count yre representat ive consti tuency of that person who had been c the " individual," but whom he would term a high spirited gentleman. Wben they were told by the judicial accents of the Treasury bench to proceed in this quus lion with due deliberation, he would put it to the House whether, on this question, w hi c h had been deliberated for three sessions, and which had been affirmed by large majorities of that House, they were to fight a sham battle, and to postpone the great question of civil and religious liberty, because it was not convenient for the Government, and because it was disagreeable to their friends on the oppo site side.—(Hear.) He, f)r ene, would be no party to such a proceeding. The Noble Lord was greatly to blame, and he did not think ho had shown himself in the most advantageous light.—(Hear.) He had pes'poned the cause of religious liberty, because these Jews were a small body; but that would not have been done if they had been mole to annul the Cabinet or to interfere with his return. He (Mr. Os borne) was not content to address himself to this as a question of precedent or black letter. The citizens of London would not be content to see the House delaying from day to day a question upon which they had already piles of evidence. It had been said that this was no party question; he maintained it was a party question, and the greatest party question of the day: it was one of prejudice against progress, if intolerance , and bigotry against civil and religious liberty.—(Hear, hear.) If there was any Liberal party in that Hume. if they were not content to drag for ever at the heels of an equivocal Government, he called upon them to comeforwerd upon the present occasion. It bad been said that Mr. O'Connell's case was a precedent, but there was this difference between the two, Mr. O'Connell refused to take the oath, and prayed to be heard by counsel. Baron Rothschild did not refuse to take the oath, and did net ask to be h. and in support of his claim. He called upon the Speaker to answer this question—if the judges of the Court of Queen's Bench were authorised to administer the oath to Jews, whether he did not feel himself empowered to administer the oath to Belem Rothschild, in the same way as the judges of the l an d ? He called upon the Liberal party to come for ward to oppose the Government, and, if need were, to throw them out on this question—(Laughter)—to stand by the motion, and to affirm that Baron liothschild had a right to take his sent in that House. The SPEAKER said that with regard to the Hon. Member's question, thii was a point which did not de pend upon any opinion of his. When an lion. Member came forward to the table of the House to be sworn in a manner unusual to the Members of the House, it was not in his (the Speaker's) power to adminis ter . the oath in any different manner ftom that always employed without the authority of the House. Mr. GOULBURN was of opinion that the oaths, wh, n tendered to a Member should be tendered alto gether.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. O'Connell made a distinc tion between the oaths he could take, and those he could not take. He said, when he appeared at the table, that he could take the oaths of allegiance and abjuration. but that he could not take the oath of supremacy. He (Mr. Goulbutn) thought the more con venient course for the House to take was to discuss the whole question, of the oaths in their entirety, rather than any particular portion of them. Mr. AGLIONBY said, as one of the constituency of the city of London who had advised Baron Rothschild to take the course which he had adopted, he thought the best thing the House could do was to consent to the motion for the adjournment of the debate until a future day, when the; whole question might be discussed. For years they had waited pa tiently in the hope that the House would do something to award persons holding the persuasion of Baron Roths child the rights and privileges of Englislinkn, and it was only after repeated disappointments that they had re solved to be no longer deluded by the attempts to pass a Bill on the subject, and had advised Baron Rothschild to throw himself at once upon the House, and, if necessary, the country. Sir F. THESIGEft said it appeared to be the inten tion of Hon. Members opposite to divide and to consider separately questions which seemed to him to be necessarily and inseparately connected together. He thought that the proper course to adopt would be to take the whole question together, and not divide it as had been suggested by the Hon. Member for Cocker mouth. Mr. HUME had no objection that the question as propounded by the Honourable Baronet the Member for the University of Oxford should receive the full consideration of the House—(Bear, hear)—but what he and those that were acting with him objected to was that the Government should step in, and say that Baron Rothschild should employ counsel. They asserted that his case was clear, and that he did not want counsel. If the Govern ment would withdraw their amendment, he would at once consent to the adjournment. He thought it was the deliberate intention of Govern raPnt to throw this question over and deprive the citizens of London of their Member. He then Sore objected to the amendment. 1 hey had no ri g ht to call upon the Member for the city of London to employ counsel to support his claim to take the oath as he himself pro posed. Lord J. RUSSELL said the Hon. Member for Montrose had strangely misunderstood the object and intention of the amendment. He had already stated that he thought it was nothing but fair that the Hon. Member for the city of London should be entitled to expl a i n to the House, either by himself, his counsel, or agents, the reasona which induced him to de mand that he should be sworn on the Old Testament. Now, if the Honourable Member did not wish to give any reasons of course there would be an end to the amendment. Mr. lIUME then suggested that the lion. Member should again be called in and asked that question. Mr. WALPOLE submitted that the lion. Member ought not to be asked, as was done in Mr. Archdale's case, whether he was prepared to take the oaths, but whether he was prepared to take the oaths appointed to qualify him to take his seat.—(Oh, oh.) Mr. PAGE WOOD said he had been authorised by the Baron to state that he did nut wish to be heard in support of his claim to be sworn upon the Old Tes tament, either by htm,elt or his cuutssel. Mr. STUART aas gild of that, for he was going to object to any counsel being heard without some precedent could be cited for it. This was a question of Parliamentary law and custom, and it they allowed counsel to be heard in this instance, how could they retuse to hear counsel on behalf uf any Member who might reluse to take the oath of allegiance? It would get them into endless difficulties. There was no analogy between this case and that of Mr. O'Connell, for there the question did not relat's to Parliamentary laws and customs, but it was simply whether a particular Act of Parliament, which had then just been passed, precluded Mr. O'Connell from taking his seat. Mr. HUME said that there was no objection to ad journ on that aide the "Luse if the Attorney-General would withdraw his amtindteent. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL, after a few words, intimated his readiness to withdraw his amendment. Sir JAMES GRAHAM advised the friends of Baron Rothschild to consent to the adjournment. He considered this was a grave judicial question, and that there ought to be abundant time for its consi deration. _ • After a short conversation, Mr. B. OSBORNE gave notice that on resuming the debate he should move, as an amendment, that Baron Rothschild, one of the Members fur the city of London, having presented himself at the bar of the House, and having requested that an oath should be ad ministered to him on the Old Testament, the form which he believed to ba most binding on his conscience, that the clerk of the House he directed to administer to him the oaths of allegiuuce and supremacy upon the Old Testament. _ The motion for adjourning agreed to. AI M M r. SAYNOsOTNEEyRmov mov ed, d obj ected as to an this amendment that a t s h a then Mr. HUME proposed that the adjourned debate should Afte r he a r d e i s s u c m w e s d io o n n de bate be resumed at five o'clock this evening. , Mr. B. OSBORNE seconded the amendment. Mr. SPOONER hoped the gouge would not assent to either the motion or the a mendment.—(L lie thought some farther time ought to be amendment.—(Laughter.) allow furadj t ren to Scotch and other Members who might L ut to attend in their places when the debate was resumed. e a Lord JOHN RUSSELL thought the adjournment should be to the earliest possible time in order to decide this question, the more e a r, h: l a i r)— the Hon. Member for London (Baron Rothschild)esrie of a Monday, ve ry irregular att h w e e l debate een.bttuer nature, y d l icl a ptphoertudt adjournment eurmnaloteinont shouldO b tl e rnge m n t 0 n o d a l a n n y d riot wish to be heard by cuunsel on the prelimina ry p • t. t H h e oug w h o t uld tha s t u next.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. SCOTT IN se, amid loud cries of " Dkide " and considerable uproar. to propose that the adj urnment should be to Tuesday ! next. Mr. RiLYNOLDs bad listened with Job.lle patience for the last three hours to the speeches on this question —(Laughter)—but had been wholly unable to understand to what day the House wished to adjourn.—(..Divide, divide," and great uproar.) All he had to say was this, that this question had been before the House for three years, and that eight divisions had taken place upon it, or upon the question of civil and religious liberty. H e begged to express his delight that Baron Rothschild had taken a manly stand on tbis question, and that all hypocrisy in di.cu , sing it was to be got rid of. He• trusted this House would not to the tool of the House of Lords in treating this question.—(Divide, divide.) He would support an adjournment until Monday, at twelve o'clock, though it his Hun. Friend (Mr. Anste)) persisted in dividing the House en his amendment, that the adjournment should take place until five o'clock this day, he (Mr. Reynolds) would vote with him. Amid great confusion Mr. SCOTT ultimately with drew his motion. Sir C. BURRELL proposed an amendment that the debate should be adjourned until Tuesday, at twelve. The House then divided, when there appealed-- For the motion that the debate be ad. journed until Monday at twelve . l9l For the amendmen : t ha• it be adjourned until this evening at five ►llejority in favour of adjourning until Monday at twelve —l29 The gallery was again cleared, and the house divided on Sir C. Burreli's motion, when there appeared— For the original motion l6B For the motion of adj , .urnment till Tuesday .......................... 67 Majority for the oliginal wordon ... —lOl The debate was consequently adjourned until Mon day. at tivr:lve o'clock. The House then adjourned until a Qaarter before Six o'clock. The }louse resumed at a quarter be:ore Six o'clock. PETITIONS. Mr. WYLD presented a petition from the colliers of Darhem in favour of the Colliery lospectt. n Bill. General LYGLIAM presented a prtition from Corn wall again,t tne adome on of Jews to Parliament. Sir F. TFIESIGER presented a petition from four individuals who had been prevented from becom ing relators in a suit in Chancery, complaining of the !mitt and inconvenience which will arise from holding the National Exhibition of 1851 in H} de park. The petitioners stated that it was the ntention of the Commissioners of the Exhibition to ezect a very large building in a portion of the park, and for that purpose they had obtained a licence from the Commissioners of Woods and ForeSts for about 20 acres of the most ornamental Fart of the park; that it was proposed to erect a steam-engine and boiler of consi derab!e size, with the necessary offices and conveniences; that the Attorney-Guneral had retused to sanction the institution of a suit in Chancery; and the petitioners rriyed the Howe to take the matter into their consi der,t'on, and to t4te suck such a course as should prevent a denial of justice. Mr. SCHOFIELD presented a petition from Birming ham, against the new postal arringemente. NEW WRIT FOR DUNGANNON. A new writ WaS order'-c1 for the election (f a Member for the burough of Dungannon, i❑ place of Lord Nurtu land. PROVISION FOR THE PRINCE OF WALES. Lord J. RUSSELL brought up a message from her Maje,ty, recommending her faitalul ComtuonA, as we understood, to gra:l Marlborough Hauf , e to the Prince of Wales on hi. attaining the age ut eighteen. Lord J. RUSSELL gave notice that he would move the Mes-age her Maj,sl be tak.,:n into consideration on Monday ,:ext. there is a firm market, and a good business has been con cluded; the rates paid tor 'Turkey 4 to 51 lbs are 40a to 45., Ilamborgh 6 t 7 ibs 34s to 355, 10 to 10 lbs 335, 14 to 15 lbs 32s 6 , 1; tittle rs 22 to 30 lbs 29s 6d, Prus:tian 40 to 45 lbs 30s. Dutch 6 to 10 dm 29s 6i to 31s, and Belgian 10 lbs 27s 6d to 28s per cwt. MAURITIUS.—This afternoon Mauritius Sugar was operate d in with caution, and of 1,652 bags at auction a part only sold at rather lower rates, good yellow went at 36s 61 to 37s 6d, low and mid 34 to 35s 6d, good and fine brown 32a to 335, and interior 30s 6d per cwt. EAST INDIA.—This afternoon at public sale 2 ; 323 bags Bengal Sugar offered, white sold at full rates, but other sorts went rather cheaper, good yellow like Mauri tius sold at 36s to 37a, mid and white Benares 38s to 40s 6d, low 37s to 37s 6d, damp and washed 37s to 40s, one lot superior sound white 42s per cwt. FOREIGN.—Today there wits little passing by private treaty in Foreig,n Sugar, and in some cases rattle r lower prices were taken; at auction 130 bags brown Bahia sold at 32s to 343. The private sales for the week are only a cargo of 600 chests yellow Havannah at 39s to be deli vered here; one for Bahia tor export at 183 for brown, and a small proportion of white at 21s; and 200 chests yellow llav,nnah at 218 on the spot. uLAsSES.—The n. a- krt for IVe:t India is still quiet, but as prices rule low, holders are not dieepose , d to press folks. and require f,:r Antigua and Bsrbadoes 15s 61 to 16 , , S.. Kitts and Tona A :o 13 , to 13 , . 6d, arn4 St. Vince-pis 14s to 14s fid per cat. For liukt India ratpa rule at 11s to 12s, and even thereat not much desire has been evinced to upon, e. Although importers keep upon a small scale, still there is a much larger stock than last 3 ear. 01 Jamaica Honey 40 casks at auction sold at 39s to 43s for good quality. To-day 200 puns St, Vin cents Molasses were sold at the low rate of 13s per cwt. COFFEE.—This afternoon tnere waa litt , e desire evinced to do business in Native Ceylon, and there were sellers of good ord at 435. Plantatisn was only in limited request, still prices are supportel; at auction 20 casks 121 'thigs sold, low mid and mid at 51s 6d to 53s 6d, tine to time fine ord 478 61 to 50; 6d, and pea berry 59s to 59, 6d. Of Java 547 bags taken in at 42s to 43s fur Singapore. CoCoA.—There has again been no arrival of foreign, and holders are not disposed to take lower rates, but operations have been limited by private treaty at 27s 63 to 28s 6d. British Plantation continues iu good request, rather higher terms are paid as supply does not get larger. At auction 450 bags of Grenada were sold at 39s to 46s for ord to fine, red and 16 bgs ord Grey Trinidad at 40s per cwt. TEA.—To-day the public sales of Tea went off at stiff rates. and of 5.573 pkgs offered 1,400 sold Congou good ord 111 d, medium at is to Is to Is 1,1, good is 2d to Is 4 - 1, Scented Orange Pekoe good is 7d, Hyson ord Is ald, Young Hyson ord is 6d to is 7d, Gunpowder ditto 2s 51d to 2s 7d per lb. lisce.—East India met with little attention. At auc tion on Tuesday 1,000 bags of Arracau were taken in at 8s 6d; 348 tags very low broken dusty Para at 7s, but 1,752 bags and 438 pockets Bengal were sold at 103 to 10s 6d for good, at 9s 6d to lOs for mid. and at 6s to 9s for damaged ; 150 hags good pinky white Madras realized 8s 6d to 9s. yesterday, however, a large demand prevailed, and there was an advance 3d to 6d per cwt, and the pri vate operations were 10,000 bags, the chief part on pew on. s• • lati Prices for white Bengal closed at 9s 6d to 12s, cargo and pearl Barley 8s 6d to 8s 9d, and pinkey white Madras 8s 9d to 93 3d. There has been no arrival of East India this week. Patna is still in good request at 9s 6d to 16s for low to fine, but town dressed Carolina is still operated in with caution at 22s to 283. Of American 42 casks at auction realized 18s to 19s 6d per cwt. To-day the market was less active, still a fair business a as concluded privately at full rates. At auction 418 bags Brazil sold at 12s to 12s 6d. SAGO.—Today at auction 300 bags Sago taken in at 12s 63 for Borneo, but 373 cases small pearl sold at 21s to 21s 6d; 400 bags Sago Flour partly found buyers at 16s 6d; 100 brls Tapioca 4id to 51d; 240 pkgs Ar rowroot, Bermuda is Bd, Brazil 4d, East India 2id. FRUlT.—Since our last the business done in Currants has b, en very limited, but prices continue firm. The clearances far home consumption are increasing, and altogether amount since the Ist of this month to 750 lons. The stock of Valencia Raisins is very small, not exceeding 140 tons, and at the present rate of consump tion cannot last till the arrival of the new crop. In other descrivions of fruit there is not much doing. Snsees —There has been a mach better demand for black Pepper this week, and previous rates are well sup ported. i t auction 4 861 bags Sumatra were all sold, good clean black realized 3d to 3kd, grey ditto 2jl to 3d per lb. By private treaty a fsir business has been concluded, and Malabar realized 3d to 31d. White realised full terms, flood wet with more attention. At auction 146 bags realised 6d to 6io for mid, and 4kd to sitt for damaged. For brown Nutmegs of in terior and mid quality a reduction of 2d per lb has taken place, but full terms have been obtained for better sorts, which met with a good demand. At auction 66 pkgs were sold, fine at 3s 3d to 3s sd, good 2s 10.1 to 3s 2d, mid 2s 6d to 2s 9d, low 2s 3a to 2s sd, out of condition is lld to 2s 2d, and a few lots of good limed 2s 10d; 312 bags wild in the shell went at 2d to 3d, and one lot good sd. Mace is wanted, and must be quoted Id to 2d higher; 30 packages at auction all sold, common at 2s to 2s Id, mid dlieg 2s 2d to 2,3 d, and out of condition is 7d to 2s. Of Cassia Liguea there is still a scanty supply, and a fair inguiry has prevailed, whilst the rates (Haled are from 86s to 90, per cv, t. A reduction of id per lb has taken place for Bourbon Cloves, the supply having much increased, still at public sale 333 cases were chiefly sold at 61d to 62cl for raid and fine, and at 6d to for damaged. The value of Penang is still Is to is 6d, but little has been done. Pimento is not much wanted, and rather lower rates are acceded to, although supply is not ltsrgt r. At auction 66 bags sold at 5 ) 351 to 6d for good, and at 54d for damaged. Jamsiea Ginger has been freely offered for salt, and reduction of 5s to 10s per cwt. took place at the public sales of 320 packages, but all sold, good to fine at 41 10s to 61 inferior and middling 21 lOs to 4155. and one lot low 2195. Of .Malabar 82 cases went at 27s to 28s 6d for small, and 25 cases Cochin at 75s to 95s for good and fine bold brown. The value of shipping East India is 17s to IBs. Cassia buds are in more active demand, and realised an advance ; at auction 33 boxes realised 99s 6cl per cwt for good. In Cinnamon very little has been done, as the public sales of 2,300 packages will commence on Monday. SALTPETRE.--LTo-day the sales made are small in rough, and at a public sale of 600 bags prices declined 6d per cwt, 84 to 9 per cent ceiling at 24s 6d to 25a for Calcutta of ord and mid quality. CLCHINEAL —This afternoon at public sale 22 bgs Mexican Cochineal were taken in at 3s 7d to es 9d; 19 bgs Tenerife sold at 4s to 4s Id for good black, and 4 bags Honduras silvers at 3s 6d to 3s 10d for very ord to good. INDIGO.—The market for East India is still firm, and a fair business has been concluded at fully former rates. Since the Quarterly sales about 1,000 chests have been sold chiefly tor exportation. Former terms were well supported for Spanish, and supplies have been moderate, whilst a steady demand exists. SPIMTB.—in Leeward Island Rum sales have been upon a limited scale this week, and rather lower rates are acceded to, whilst only 150 puns have been sold at Is 3iil to Is 4d proof. Dist India met with a dull sale, and must be quoiod rulter chelper; only small parcels have been sold at is 2id to is 3d proof. Demerara is not much wanted, and last weeks terms are not supported; the purchases do not exceed 200 puns at is 11d to 2s 2d tor 30 to 40 over proof. There are free sellers in Jamaica at former terms, and shippers or home dealers do not appear much disposed to operfAe. The sales are confined to 250 puns ai; 2s 6tl to 2s 91 fur middling 34 to 38 over, good and fine 3s to 3s Bd, with :small parcels of superior at 36 9d to 4i. Brandy has been suld to a fair extent and the market is firm; Cognac b-st brands of the vin tage of 1849 as 4s 5d to 4$ 7d, 1848 ditto 4s 6d to 4s Bd, 1847 5s Id to 5s 3J. Geneva is dull of sale with sellers of ord at is 6d to la 7tl, fine is still quoted at 2s to 3s. In tke value of Brili! h 'de Spirit there is no variation. OILS.--To-day at public sale 70 tuns Manila Cocoa Nut 01 sold at the low rates of 24s to 27a 3d, 20 eska Palm 26s to 284. TALLow.—'lhi lift.-rnoon at Public sal,' 300 cults Sydney 5(.1(1 lit 32s 9d to 35s 9d; 640 pkgs South American 33s to 36. FUTURE ADDRESSES TO THE CROWN. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUV. Silt —Yrs) irtitind the Premifr, through your urd vers,illy-pexu.ed columns, of his hitherto unfu'filled pro mise c,t a-king she House of Commons to assimilate its practice with respect to addresses to the Crown to the usual practice with resp, ct to addresses in reply to the speech from the Throne, and which assienilistiou would render the sort of atrocious surprise practised upon Par lam. nt and the people oil the Sunday post questio❑ a matter of impossibility for the future. 1. am, Sir, yours respectfully, July 25, 1850. INDIGNANS. P.S.—The Premier should be made to pay, for his Sunday post enormity, the losses he has occasioned to individuals thereby. CHURCH RATES. The following petttion on behalf of the Religious Socit ty of Friende, for the abolition of those rates called cburch•rates, Wits lately presented to the House of Commons. IRISH FRANCHISE BILL. Lord J. RUS:"ELL said he would now s!ate, in com pliance with the notice which he hod given, v bat, course he intended to take with reference to the Iris:i Franchise Bill. The House of Lt:rds had made several amendeuent3 to the Bill, two of which were of considerable importance. One was the alteration of the qualification giving a vote for a county from 8/. to 151, and the second rendered it tn , t compulsory tor p-r -sons qualified to vo , e to reosrer their names. Now, with resp.ct to the first amendment, be proposed that the qualiticlticin inst-ad of being 151. should he 121., and as to ohe ther, amondinenr, he proposed to disagree with STAMPING OF PERIODICALS. In rcp.y to Mr. SCHULEFIELD, Mr. CORNEIV ALL LE A Is. wt o wag indistinctly heard, was underLt.od to say that the Board of Sraulv• considered that Mr. Dicken's Household Aarrative of current events came under th" d. signatron of a news • paper, and therefore required a stamp. Messrs. Bradley and Evans, the printers. bad offered to send a special case on the subject to the Court of Exchequer, and the board had ugrted to th , irprovsition. CEYLON. Mr. BAILLIE called the attention of the House to the report of the Ceylon Committee. The Committee had come to the extraordinary resolu tion of nut reporting to the House either their opinion up , da the matter referred to them or the evidence which they bad taken, but that they would recommend the evidence to the serious attention of the Government; that was to say, the Committee was appointed to enquire into the conduct of tte Government, and they recommend the evidence to their serious consideration. He need not say that he utterly repudiated hav ing anything whatever to kay to this report, which he believed to be discreditable to the Committee, and not very re•pecttul to the House. The Committee recommended a Commission to be sent out to Ceylon. which the House had previously decided should not be, in the event of the Government not taking some step, such as recalling the present Governor to improve the government of the colony. It was too late, however, at this period of the session to go fully into the matter, and he therefore gave notice that early next session he should move that the evidence be printed. (LEFT SITTING.) THE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING.) WAR-OFFICE, JULY 26. 2d Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant Simon Filzherbert Jacson to be Adjutant, vice Squire, who resigns the Adjutancy only, July 26: 21st Foot—Lieutenant John MacDougall, from 42d Foot, to be First Lieutenant, vice Robert Harkness, who retires on half-pay, 42d Foot, July 26. 62d Foot —Liumenant Martin Francis Kirwan to be Paymaster, vice Charles Henry John Lane, who has re tired upon half-pay as a Lieutenant Unattached, July 26. 79th Foot—Ensign Francis Augustus Grant to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Graham, who retires, July 26. 1,1 West India Regiment—Ensign William James Rosy, to be Lieut , ,nant, without purchase, vice Doris, deceased, May 31. Commission by the Lori'-Lieutenant of Lancashire. Sir William Henry Feilden, Bart., to be Deputy- Lieutenant, July 19. Commisshin by the Lord-Lieutenant of Mid-Lothian. Royal Mid-Lothian Yeomanry Cavalry—Cornet Sir Graham Graham Montgomery, Bait., to be Lieutenant, vice William Stuaer Welker. Esq , resigned, July 12. WHITEHALL, JUNE 22. The'Lords Comm!Bookers tor the cus.ody of the Great Seal have appointed James Atter, d Stamford, in dm county of Lincoln, Gent., to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. BANKRUPTS. Charles Bunyard, seedsman, Mark-lane, City, to sur render, August 8, at two, and Sept. 6, at half-past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, i fficial assignee; Marten, Thomas, and Hollams, Mincing-lane. Thomas B nukes, dealer in Bailin wools, Brunswick place, Blackheath, Aug. 2 and Sept. 6, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Whitmore, official assignee, BNsinghall-street; Lowrance and flews, Old Jewry - chambers. William Raynbam, builder, Ladbrooke-road, Notting hill, Aug. 5, at twelve, and Aug. 31, at half-past twelve, at the Court cf Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guildhall-eharnbers, Basinghall-street ; Rogers, k'en cburch-buildings. George Garrard, ironmonger, Saxmundham, Suffolk, Aug. 3. at eleven, and Aug. 31, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Pennell, official assignee, Guildhall chain ben, Ba•iiughall-street ; Stevens and Satchell, Queen stre-t, Cheapsid-; Mayhew and Sun, Saxraundham. Dirk Horatio Haley, irordountier, Lodge-road, near Birmingham, Aug. 6 and Sept. 3, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Yalpy, official assignee, Birmingham; Motteram, Knight, and Emmett, Birm ingham. Robert Fairley, chemist, Sunderland, Aug. 2, at one, and Sept. 13, at twelve, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court. %Vakley, official assignee, Newcastle upon-Tyne; Alcock, Sunderland; Pringle, Stevenson, and Shun], King's-road, Bedford-row. PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sugar, com puted from returns made in the week ending July 23, 1850, exclusive of Custom Duties paid or payable thereon on the importation thereot into Great Britain:— From the British possessions in America 255. si-d. per cwt. From the Mauritius 235. „ From Ihe East Indies ... 235. lukd. Average price of the three foregoing de scriptions of sugar, jointly, computed as above, and exclusive of duty ... 21s. 11id. By authority of Parliament, HENRY BICKN aLL, Clerk of the Grocers' Company. Grocers'-hall, July 26. BANK OF ENGLAND. (From this night's Gazette.) AnAccount, pursuant to the Act 7th and Rtti of Victoria, cap. 32, for the Week ending on Saturday, the 20th day of July, 1850. ISSUE DEPARTMENT. Notes issued •... .... 30,257,440 Government debt • • 11,u75,100 Other securities .... 2,984,900 Gold coin and bullion 15,038,182 Silver bullion ...... 219,258 £ 30,257,440 M. ➢fARSHALL, Chief Cashier. Dated the 25th day of July, 1850. X 30,257,440 BANYLIING DETARTNIEN T. Proprietors'capital.• 14,553,000 Rest •• •....... 3,180,101 Public deposits (in cluding Exchequer, Commissioners of National Debt, Sav ings -banks, and Di vidend accounts).. 4,645,194 Other deposits • ... 11,122,418 Seven day and other bills— •. .... 1,311,702 Government securi. ties (including Dead Weight Annuity) .. 14,285,583 Other securities .... 10,184,360 Notes ••••••• • • • • • • • 9,, 89,180 Gold and silver coin.. 653,292 £34.812,415 .C 34,812,415 M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier Dated the 25th day of July, 185 COURSE OF EXCI - 1/ A.LusLer E, •• • • 1 2 1 % Bltw, three months 12 2% otterdaa. . 12 3 knrwerp...• „. 25 65 Brussels • . •• 25 64 Elam burgh 31.8 . 13 11 Paris. 3 days'sight - 25 40 Ditto, 3 months 35 65 ;families -• .. • • •• 25 65• 80urdeaux........ rrankfort on Maine.... 1 z()% Vienna, effec. flo ••• • •• 11 54 Trieste, ditto.... 11 56 Patersburgh, 375 Madrid • • •• 49X, Cadiz .. ••• 50 Barcelona • • •• .„ „.., .„ kNGE.-(THIS DAY.) Gibraltar.. •........... t.egnorn ........ •• ..•• 30 70 ieHoa .. • ••• •• .. 26 5 Milan .• •• •• •• • • •• •• •• Venice................ NapTcz ...... • • .... •. 40% ealermo, per0z........ 121% Lisbon.. •• •• •• •• •• •• 53% • )ports. •.• • • .... ••.. •• 53% ,cio Janeiro .• ........ quenos Ayres ........ New York.6odayesight Philadelphia .... • • .. •• MUSS OP BULLION, PER oz. Foreign Gold in bars...£ll 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin .. 0 0 0 Spanish Doubloons .. 0 0 0 New Dollars ...... 0 4 104 Silver hi bars 0 4 11% seTiu.••••••••:::::::: MARKET INTELLIGENCE. (Prom the London New Price Current, July 26.) SUGAR.—To-day the West India Sugar marker, pre sented a dull aspect, and there were sellers at rather lower rates, but all parties operated with much caution; of 388 hhds 6 tons 41 brls St. Lucia at public sale a few lots only sold, good yellow at 36s 6(1, mid and good grey 353 to 363. ord 34s to 34s 6d, and fine brown at 33s 6d. Only 336 hhds, &c., were sold to-day, making 1,498 for the week, and prices close fully 6cl per owe lower than on Friday last. • REFINED.—Tuere is yet a small supply of Refined Sugar, and a further advance has taken place in the value. Prices for brown grocery lumps rule at 49s 6tl to 503, standard lumps sth 631, tittlers low to fine 50s to 53s 6 I, double 54s to 24s 6d, Hambro loaves 50s to 543, and double at 55s to 593 tier cwt, but low and middling sorts continue to be most want , d. In wt thanps a good deal has b , en done at 46s 6d to 47s 6d, superior 483 to 48s 6d, and the re are not free selleri. Fur Bastards a good sale exists at 273 to 32 , for brown, and at 334 to 363 fur yellow. O: Pieces large.patcel4 have been sold, but not at an advance. The value of good to fine is 403 to 455, at.d low to middling 37s to 39i. Treacle continues to be operated in with caution, and there are ready sellers at low rates ; bolded from West India Mo lasses is to be obtained at 13s Gd to 143 6d, patent 143 6d to 153 6d, and golden syrup at Ibs to 18s. For British Crushed Sugar the rates demanded are 27s 61 to 28s 6d. The value of wet lumps is 26s to 26. 6d, but little has been done. Treacle is not much wanted for exportation, and prices remain at lls 6tl to 12s 61, but the supply is larger. Prices do not improve for Foreign Crushed Sugar, still larger transactions have taken place; Dutch at 23s to 25s 6tl, superior 26s to 275, and Bigian at from 24s to 253 6d. For Loma TO THE COMMONS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND IN PARLIAMENT ASSEDIBLED. The petition of the undersigned, members of the reli gious Society of Friends. respectfully showeth, • That the Society of Friends has uniformly objected, on conscientious grounds, to the payment of the rates called church -rates. Their objection has been apart from political motive or consideration; it has been founded on what they assuredly believe to be the doctrine of our Lord and Saviour Jr sus Christ—doctrine which, when rigLtly understood and consci,iitiou-ly ac,ed upon, forms the ground-work of the happiLess of man, and the wel fare of states. It is, in the conviction of your petitioners, contrary to the law of righteousness and truth , that any podium of the community should be compelled to contribute to the support of a system of religious belief and practice which they regard as at variance with tho dee:rine of the New Testament, and especially the.t such chums, as i s the case of your petitioners,. should be exacted w i t h a serious and oppressive loss of property. Without enumerating all tic objt wions to the appro priation of the rate in question, your petitioners would especially mention the assumed consecration o f build ings• ed for divine worship, ami of ground se t a p ar t fur the interment of the dead; th e p rov idi ng c f special vestments for the minister; the supplying ofbred and wine for what is called a sacriment; and tLe upholding of a fabric wherein certain dcctrines are Lug!. t, aid usages are upheld, from which they religiously dissent. It is against these, and other similar appropriations, ,c. ---"------------------- "..-- ,:., your petitioners entertain a strong conscientiona our,: tion; an therefore, hilst cherishing a warn' ott”11 nsent to t d he constitutio w n 01 the Government under Ivblcof they live, and - desiring peaceably to obey the 13 11 the land where they do not violate the law of God, t would earneritly entreat Parliument lieu by the eat' ire and immediate abolition of the rates c} church-rates. e• Signed by us, members of a meeting p, appointed to r . tom relieve t he ' . present the li i • e %nuts Society of - dby 49Fri on i (Signed London, the 19th of the 4th me 1850. Pro [The Edict of Noma, 1578, eXt•ropted French .. . 4 Friends in Great.e-But„i.t.Blll3' now from all payments to the Catholic worshirt:e, r ow, in 1850, Dissenters may reasonably e igai to tle 'eyed from forced paN ments to the Eitablishntant.3 ------------ ----------.. riTv4 DENMARK AND THE DUCn"--'1 Tne d / a n te de o p t en H drc h e of Brussels has th e "13184 pos ition under rn urgh, 22d inst. :—` i rn e of the two hostile armies was on the 20:b such. that that of Holstein extended over all that part of be. south of Schleswig which was oeeoP i , ed the fore . the commencement of hostilities by os, Prussian corps, and that of Denmark was c irl P dish session of alt the northern part where the ° we of troops were previously stationed. The two demarcation therefore, which for more than tw° year' past has been so many times disputed , out in the Duchy. It is on this extent of groue,.°_..woo the two hostile generals manoeuvre and w eal 7 nar t favourable moment for giving battle. The llirg e ( Jos of the Russian fleet continues to occupy a position e t. is thus 1 / 111 ,`.. 5 t mouth of the port of Kiel. The different steamers 8, s Oa Lathed to it are employed in the trat.sport of stores we of the Danish troops coming from tbv island... ,tis e , may credit the accounts received from the cond Russian fleet, with 10,000 troops on boarcl,t," ° t wo the point of leaving Cronstadt for the coast of to_ acio n Duchies. Sweden is also about to send a glifi t is there under the command of Prince Oscar, 5u". 4 01 not impossible but that England will also send s be ' , i d force equal to that of Russia. There will th en i n g to reckoning that of Denmark, four fleets able q - a Clef° maritime powers more or less hostile to heal cause on the coasts of the Duchies. At.... 0 _tiring was yesterday heard in the direc . tau fleet lickenforde; it was supposed that the It u, will 1 not was being cannonaded, but this fact 1 t Ol guarantee. The Provisional Government l e in • has just published an order forbidding loop habitants, while the war continues , from ke e l g reet any relations whatever with Denmark. , . r G r er number of persons compromised by t i p e w i i g oc man sympathies, in that part of Snh' es to ilil ° copied by the Danish army, daily e m igrate w hich Holstein. An event has just taken place i , , or proves to what a pitch the feeling of Ora° r 0 61 tied. On the 20th, a Holstein war stove, _ or iel, and captured a Danish merchant vessel, an State o her into the neutral port of Travetnunde V_,.", t it aci Lubeck). The authorities of the port interfererv."'o6 the captain was obliged to release his a c t y s t c l ge d st b o i; steamer, on leaving Travemunde, was superior Danish force. Findiug that she % p aths ° render, the captain landed his crew in Watt!, blew the vessel up." ail/ P t a The foreign consuls at Kiel have formally tested against the blockade of that port, w ° -bsre, been announced to them by the Pan es. il 'o n he ew e d Qt. Bielbasbeen l ai d en all the Danish vessels in . by the Government of Holstein. ITALY• thole The Croce di Savoia of the 19th sta tes have p society of British capitalists acid kernsiimeot tree,fi. propositions to the Piedmontes o .°s tot loan, sue if if the Ministry consented which would offer great advanos, seal ing with M. de Rothschild. bl i s heo g The Piedmuntese Gazette of the to r2eOnt f ßoyal ordonuance, dated the 120, reg li to MO iii formalities which corporate bodies nr e nieo t to 4 ,; order to obtain the permission of Govern-, with law of sth of June last. cept donations and le • in conforrnikr ounce npicuseting the gams, f tes th' it til t: The Statuto of Florence of the 18 02 5.5 he d f Gonfa,loniere of Leghorn has t o- 0 . been e ll tie , ' 1 Florence, to give his opinion as to t o r e tt glue, i.rop. „s raising uhgerh th lo, e f.lo s rs t e ate of siege in that D OT Florence, to , p ecruits are cons 'N a ples' DINNER TO JOHN WILL the ESQ, M.P. t ni t 11 itl ined The friends and admirers of this gepb`;:tert.-00, parishes ot Sr. Marylebone and St. f a vors )31ac r k ! r ell' on n im at a dinner, at the Artichoke Tavera , 0 w o o , Wednesday last; James Nisbet Fdscl" bait st warden of St. Marylebone, presided; the v" t he P'„,oo church en w c a e loyal, • socaatsiontimehsra had d d foga The usual of -I g H ra ' tifi hfaemdoinunselrocuagnldityw.ines :0. ~,,,,_toasts having been gipslinati,„' as: pre the " Health of thetihtenwhaosnowuirth and i r l r e; s sil acC re r o l e tieja fol : Hon. Member . 1 " t f ror 11 , 0 01 A , r. John Williams." —(Applause.) ilis . t ont 7-(Applause.) bile 1 ness, diligence , ,and integrity as a pu nos coorl i e truly and ' justly appreciated by the If flta er " oefiNo o present.tlust Having raised himself by Pe,rl, - , be_ do gi 0 -ry and sterling honesty t the pro ln k el . occupied, must, while it redounded to bit' s'ao l ' ' b a source of re I , e to all 11 •W 1 d deo s oe him. The sti a p of,easur contuency Macclesfield ba co o k i selves . much credit, and Mr. Williams g r whelps his u is returning him to the House of Commas:6.lo,o b. unwearied attention and untiring diligertoolo%,/ high manly and independent conduct, be h4d.s",i o t bi t '" or opinion his constituents had Colleelve lool d 9 (Applause) He (the Chairman) would .° r eer . tab the company, but at once propose his andesteemed friend, Mr John Williams. oils The 34 toast was drank with enthusiasm• c od be, oil' . WILLIAMS rose and said—Words f w o , ra teful bell ' inad r. equate to exress the warmth of h's & be' be ings fur the splendid WO ° ta° 1 .nv died, entertainment to w no 4 4, and the flattering manner in which ' iv soP i tae l bee received, and these feelings were grea t r esee ;o % 0 b the krona recollection that the numerous friehri; toolSaoo i_ him long before he had anticipate ° Colv i sos public man, much less a member Of nv01 4 0 1 : use of Parliament. He sought 0- , 0 10- 'do that of being useful to the industria' neatVonti which it was his pride to belong, and he ,h ° b r e ful l f 01 , was not far distant when that class viola __jibe! .01 fairly iio represented in the House of Cooinea901081; ote' Mouse would really and truly represent th e , Ile 8 s of wants of the middle classes.—(Applaase'i pee. A., P3l $ aths• a tradesman he bad never d OP, IF A thin to cast dishonour on his name, a° d P e e ° ' tier of Parliament he had always 1 ' 5 , e ,04 e tt a f t endeavours, by a co nstant and de./.,ests ', f ie!: to his duties, to support the true lininre6lnte,' country, by a'dvocatingShe principle °;. zo ited stO r i Commerce; free• trade in its most L' i tbostilellf pretation ; and the abolition o f t he 'Ol e which heavily bear and directly ar,,13,,„ the v e t o of the country—(Applause) — a u the the f ~,'" which was so urgently demanded ul , • ° ov a cities of theVeSir; all l - te r people. The •li he 're .0 Marylebone was the medium by w bic d o to 4 duced into public life, and cultivated theinittekatran useful,. as far as his humble abilities Per A die °,, 8 5 fellow-man. Having witnessed in tha t boar- b oo P d e . 0 etree of ts local sell-government, he b a d bof of 1 1 0 ardent admirer of the oinciple, i lti- 00 1 ' 6 t I should be ever found in ithe foremost rretie° the t s i u i pporters, and a most determined (441004 . centralising principle whic, b , coatroos ' 0 n among the rulers of ti . e present uNnoit, e d O.:, toe habits ot chi e lof this. - otletr ..no v- or p . up et their liberties, tending to throw au awe ° v 01 3 . ; ti o the hands of the Government of the (lEl ' l ;or b ( So ill)mi'.ht be applied to the basest P - 0 0 0 (3 r eil -, looked upon tti- present moment . 0 l3 °„'nen Prett.test and 1 , 5 • his We, a n d e le , ' 0' happiest of of ' should never ' forieit the high e steee' a d „lee - fr ous ffisnds by whom he surr° str 0 , 4 was - ~seate - heat whose friendship was a source of the Is 0 hi , „01' I , i him, and in whose kindly_ • elings it w g/ 0' 10 gli B bi • tun; to maintain a place. Th e o fun. GOP' t ICIJ jell his , peat amid loud cheers. ~. IP' silLa . „ la in v boveral tepee toasts highglce.",,'„tion' of speakers th to the g 007000 „, their Te "tiumhY guest . was held for the great to' 1 se t public services. 0 ° he 0 Alter a most agreeable meeting, t he at a late hour. PEACE CONG------------------R 0: p i gi -os4. 0,111101 I%la - 111r:1d r : 17 1 h i e (- c r continentaletari e s o d f e E l t S e h g s e a A l t : T e e a e l c:e it C , A r oNhneggyrr have the v: l icr i : 1 jets;: he o il l e p k i si ti P Elihu Burritt, are vigorously pre , s"°„lted 1 r It, Worms, Dresden, Giessen, Cl' s° thOlef P ° Berlin e : a m r:d are now continuing their coursteoos t ro ilif e cl , burgh, Hanover, and Cologne. In tbeg , e d 00 , 0' to o een t received with great attention, and 0bta,1,05 of i. O i 0 be p et le adt. u o n r i L s i e en r b s i i sg t . i : e a s tk , h i s ) ep ro ec f re e e s l: so br rs a , te a d nd ch o e t n h l e is r ti Pe ;: co e ni t o l ;;: resentrnn Leipzig m_ F e ae c t r t i Tholuck, is al -- ' Vlrici , 'd; 'or c l,r so expected; Professor s tteLl ro de whoLnglevuars, tutorPre s i d t o e President his of l otyhaeliCifaiosingiltu:oefilsglAerPitil: o il t o l b e V e l : fee ° I d el , t. th e a c p e o n w g e te rf c, u e l . and iiin,fienne. nktiilael (I,l3i've"rporreO:olo3, :;:: d af d on i r a del l i l g y onuol engaged his influence in favour ° I the f e d P 0 1 u .14)r p uo G rdp N so slye:inaogsotrohnseb.y-o—nAd, w p h o i r e t h y 114%414 o•-,ibilie. were inl o ad ol 9l o .oc 4 bon warehoused for exportation only, bef,itigoe eParle_lifid, thet l i n e i t n u h s e ; : . entitled tO rce f w o a r s ti made to the authorities for them to " e ,,,t it I o o' ll 0 a 3 s : tbey w e r e imported frorn .c.uf , o ' c ,/ pre that t ia li t e weretieo George e cy f ira d o l p t i : : : lo ,fh ir ci v ,pk i b l: re e o were imported contrary.to ttl i g 00 0 4 .'06' liarantrt f•itrint, the privileges conferred by them gation-laws. e l o s i ---_, i i n t s l t i . as , been ruled that no su ch 0 , 0 .victa.ali• ,•„gtoilt id Av. B eo bier 0 Queen A 3 a L t A S . t ; Jame:: Ann-street, to Ann Eliza, clang win, Esq., of Suss,ex-squarc. clot' l Mainwaring-, Esl On the 13th inst., at Coleby-bail, near LipL,... pre U . ( ter, 0 . r twit*. ote mi O ai i i i ji t , i , i )v e tdv,iiargi.da,g!2t(ll. 7P3a.rk-btreef , " r°-- 1 , pal' of staAntsisefdrTiovwunatiiil,Te'Ai $ ' ofic t $ 544 1' At 11, indsor, on the 23U inst., Roberto. 001710 the magistrates of that borough, ag ed .' 010 131 ' t, on agedt iiel)2:32 d b . On tlit: 23d inst., at Bedford -lane, 6•9' Cattley, Esq., aged 55. 'inst.' ;erb. bot 1111' It , 1 4011, 0 1)* 0 ; 44 1f ,vs,j) O tac e, ~0 L,nnon: Printed and Published bY 1 7 700, t i e Q. 112, Strand, Printer , At I : 4 , t .i v o y, 0 'fr ,,,, cl in 9 - it , Precinct o f t he Middlesex, Friday, July 260850: