The Express.
London, England, 1849-07-04 00:00:00

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OUTGOING MAILS.

The malls for Madeira, the Brazils, and Bassos Ayres, labs made
up tilts swain", the 4th of July.
Mena for Smash North arnerias mad the United State. will be
made up to-morrow evening, July IL
The mails for Vigo, Opotto, Lisbon, Madeira, Cid* and Gibraltar,
will be made up on the morning of the 7th of July.
The mails, via Marseilles, to the Mediterranean, Egypt, Ceylon,
India, Bong-Kong, U., will be made up on the evening of the 7th of
July.
the Watt India Mails, excluding Bermuda. Hanna, Nano,
donduran New Orleans, and Mexico, and includhin those lot
Madeira, St. Juan-le-eicarscrea, New Grenades ChM. end Pere. wit.
be made up on the 17th of July.
The mats lot Gibraltar, liana, Onuses, the lonian Wanda. root
Ceylon, India, and China. via Southampton, wit. be made up on the
morning of the 20th of July.

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LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 4.

YOUNG ENGLAND is no match for Sidonia. One
might fancy that the prophetical gifts of his ances-
tors had descended to Mr. DISRAELI ; and that his
account cf the steeple-chase—whir. Sidonia at an
easy canter outrider Coningsby whipping and spur-
ring u for bare life—was a typical prophecy of the
contest between BARON ROTHSCHILD and LORD J.
MANNERS for the representation of the City of
London.

An attempt has been made, and in a quarter where
liberal principles are prolersed, to represent the
musty and de:ided at' p taken by B iron Walls-
euinn on the second rejection of the Jews' Bill by
the Lords °, uncalled for. It is alleged that not ha-
ving, like WILKES, been turned out of the House of
Commons, he had nothing to gain by a re-election. It
may be admitted that the cases of RonisciiiLD and
WILKES are not exactly 'mallet: that has
nothing to do with the question. At the hat general
election, the City of London—the most powerlul con-
stituency in the empire—returned Burin Itozusentim
to pirliamen*, avowedly and exclusively for the pur-
pose a trying the question whether tic legislature
would refuse to admit him on account of his religious
opiuioos. Hitherto, the House of Lords have refuel d
to allow him to take his scat. The faction of the
big.ds have spared no pains, in the meantime, to cool
the zeal of the citizens of London for religious liberty,
by reminding them on all occasions of the immeme
sucrifice they are makinu to obtain justice for a not
numerous sect. The lords, very probably, relied upon
the success of these insidious whispers, and flattered
thems.ilves that if they persevered is rxeludieg the
Jew the ci'izens of London would grow tired of ask
ing admission for him. Baron &TIISCIIILD wisely
res heed that there should be no doubt on this

point. He pieced himself again in the ha' de
of the citizens. He said to them, "if your zeal in
behalf of myself and my co.reigionists has wax:d
faint; if you are disinclined to eantinue the great
sacrifice you are making in our behalf, it is now in
your ; ow. Tto do eve us." Baron ROT liSClttnn bad
this to gain by taking such a step:—An unequivocal
declaration on the part of the his nds of Jewish rights,
that their obstinacy in asserting the cruse of justice
is at lout as great as the obstinacy of the fanatics
in opposing it.
Tee rionstituency of London have responded to the
appeal of Baron Itomseitinn, in the same frank
and generous ep'rit in which it was made. He has
polled within two hundre I of the number of votes he
reecise d at the general election, whilst his antsgonist's
voters are fewer by upwards of fifteen hundred, than
were polled on that occasion for the lowest of the con-
servative csndidate a. 'I he determination of the Lenden
liberals to have the hot link of the chain of religious
ser'dnm struck off is unabated, while the zeal and
hopefulness of the illiherale are manifestly on the
wane.
The pretext of the bigots that they have boon taken
by surprise will not hold water. They, as well as the
liberals, have their standing election c‘mmirtre and
organised agency, ready to act at a miment's warning
In behalf of any man who may be the choice of the
party. An impression entertained by the conferee.
lives that a vacancy in the representation of London
was 1 kely to occur at an early period, has of late
kept this agency more on the alert than usual.
The difficulty experienced in finding a candi-
date (Id not for a moment impede their
exertion's, and that difficulty arose from their certain
kno vledge that they must be defeated. The only
question at issue on the election was whether Jews
shall be allowed to sit in parliament; and it was
well known that many of the conservative party were
resolved not to take an active part in resisting their
admission. There is a prejudice against candidates
who have eau been defeated, and the BARINGS and
You os were resolute not to diminish their chance
of being returned for London at some future period
by incurring it. A candidate was wanted who did
not ca e for representing London, and, consequently.
did not object to be defeated ; and the whole force
of the anti-Jewish party were nay to vote for any
candidate that might be put up.
The other pretexts set op by the advocates of
religious persecution to extenuate their defeat arc
equally untenable. If the commercial position of the
house of Rornscnitio was apt to influence the imagi-
nations of men on one side, the commercial position
of the rival house of BAKING wu equally p3werful
on the other. Any accession of votes that the sym-
pathy of his co religionists naturally brought to
Baron Rornsenan were fully counterbalanced by
vulgar and virulent prejudices against the " German
Jew " (is they aff• ct to call a thorough-bred and
accomplished English gent'emen), so recklessly
appeal.d to by the creatures of the opposing faction.
The very Whiggish tone of the declarations that have
been emitted from first to last by Baron ROTUSCIIILD
may have disarmed opposition in lukewarm tied
genteel quarters, but they bare to a much greater
extent thrown cold water on the vial of that majority
amour the L ndon liberals r Bich identifies itselt
with the movement for financial and parliamentary
reform.
The declaration of the London constituency, that
they will hive the paltry impediments which exclude
their Jewish fellow-countrymen from seats in the
legislature removed, is unequivocal. And the liberal
majorities throughout the country entirely approve of
the decision which has been pronounced by the eke-
tors of the capital.
It is certain, then, that the majority in the House
of Commons fiat admitting the Jews will not be di-
mine,ed at any future election. And so long as
there is a majority for their admission in the Com-
ne ns, the offices of executive government must of
re -essity be filled by men desirous to promote
their admission. On this qnsstion, therefore, it is
clear that there are two branches of the legislature
permanently and unalterable opposed to the views at
pr. sent entertained by the third. It is a necessary con-
dition of all legal and constitutional government,
that where equal power and influence are
'resisted in three bodies, the minority must on
all c intested questions give way to the majority.
Where three bodies are allowed each a vote, a ens-
pensive veto is the utmost that can be allowed to any
one of them. Government would be imp'ssible on
any other terms. The Lords have only exercised
their constitutional right in twice impo-
sing a suspensive veto on the Jaws Bill ; to
insist up m rendering that veto perpetual would be a
tyranny to which assuredly the people of England
will never be brought to submit. The Crown, the
Lords., and the Commons have each, according to the
constitution, an equal vote on all legislative measures;
but if the Lords are allowed permanently to neutralise
rite will of the other two branches of the legislature,
tin y will, in fact, have two votes, and each of the
others only one.