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London, England, 1858-07-17 00:00:00

SALE OF POISONS.

Mr. IVALPor.r. stated that, in consequence of the
numerous petitions against the Sale of Poisons Bill
which had just come down from the Peers, it was
not intended to proceed with the measure this
session.

THE MILITIA.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQT'ER announced
that on Monday he should ask leave to bring in a
bill continuing tbo Act for the Embodiment of the

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Miltia, and another bill empowering the Crown to
accept the services of militia regiments out of the
United Kingdom.

THE JEW BILL.

Lord JOHN RUSSELL moved the second reading of
the Jew Bill.
Mr. NEWDEGATE moved as an amendment that the
bill should be read a second time that day three
months. The hon. member emphatically reprobated
the inconsistent course adopted by the Legislature on
this question. The compromise now offered was, he
thought, discreditable to those who offered it, and he
was assured would fail to satisfy those to whom it
was offered. He traced the complications in which
the measure when passed would involve the several
estates of the realm, and the further surrender of
constitutional principle to which it must inevitably
lead. From this beginning the ultimate separation of
Church and State appeared to be only a question of
time.

The question was being put without remark,
when

Mr. SPOONER protested against the attempt to pass
in silence so important a vote. He opposed the bill
both as violating the principle of preserving the
Christian character a the Legislature, and as having
been carried by a sudden change of conduct and
deviation from consistency among a large section of
influential members in either house. The measure
had profoundly shaken the confidence of the country
both in Parliament and the leaders of political
parties. Repeated sacrifices had been offered to ex-
pediency until the climax was reached in abandon-
ing the distinctive Christianity of the British Legis-
lature. He apprehended that by consenting to this
compromise Lord Derby's Government would lose a
large amount of the support it had previously com-
manded in the country.
Mr. BENTINCK also protested against the silent
passing of a measure, which he observed bad not
even been explained in an introductory speech.
Mr. ADAMS objected not so much to the bill itself
as to the way in which it had been carried out. The
bill established, in his opinion, a most dangerous
precedent, and the licence now given to the Com-
mons to decide for themselves a most important
question by their own resolution might hereafter be
pushed to very inconsistent extremities.
Lord JOHN RUSSELL replied to the criticisms
passed upon his own conduct with reference to the
question.
Mr. DRUMMOND agreed that the present bill was
merely art item in the series which began with the
repeal of the Test Act, and would hereafter lead to
further changes of which no man as yet had any
idea. Believing, however, that the bill presented the
least mischievous mode of settling the question, he
consented to accept it for that purpose.
Mr. WALPOLE briefly announced his determination
to vote against the bill. He objected to the admis-
sion of Jews to a Christian legislature, and also to
the patchwork settlement which was devised for the
long-pending controversy.
Lord PALMERSTON agreed that the mode of settle-
ment was unsatisfactory. Feeling, however, the
importance of securing justice to the Jews, he
accepted the bill as an instalment, feeling assured
that a more complete and constitutional measure
must ere long be enacted.
Atter a few words in opposition to the bill from
Mr. MALINS,
The house divided,—
For the second reading
For the amendment ..

Majority
The bill was then read a second time, and ordered
for committal on Monday.

SUPPLY.

The report from the Committee of Supply was
brought up.
On the motion for going into Committee of Ways
and Means,

Sir F. BARING called attention to the report
from the Select Committee on Public Moneys, and
pointed out many anomalies in the system under
which money voted by the house for various branches
of public service was paid out of the Exchequer,
and dealt with in the Pay-office.

Further remarks on the subject were offered by
Mr. Bowyer, Mr. Wilson, Mr. A. Smith, and other
members.

The house then resolved itself into a Committee
of Ways and Means, and passed some formal resolu-
tions granting a supply to her Majesty for the public
service.

The remaining business was disposed of, and the
house adjourned.