The Express.
London, England, 1862-02-05 00:00:00

B'fATI6 OP Tall crry PRISONS.

Thefthalts handed iu a report upon the state of the
City primes, from which it appeared that there are at pre-
sent confined in Newgste Fµ fn Whiteeroareizest 78, and
in Holloway 369 prisoners.
The following gentlemen took the usual oath required
from brokers in the City of London :—Messre. W. H. J.
Duttsou, R. T. Wallace, T. Bell, junior, J. Joseph, H.
Mauer, and R. Jobsou. The following gentlemen were
admitted to act as brokers :—Meesrs. A. Jacumb, T.
Jacomb, and H. J. H. Hogg; and Mr. T. Fisher was die.
charged at his own request from acting soy longer as •
broker. An incident occurred during this proceeding -, Mr.
Joseph being of the Jewish religious persuasion, was handed
the Old Testament, and the Town Clark requested him to
put on his hat—that being the usual form in which the oath
is administered to persons of the Jewish religioe.
Alderman fliathnoNs interposed, and raid that the court
had no right to require Mr. Joseph to be covered while
taking the oath. it was entirely a voluntary act, and
Mr. Joseph need not put his bat on unless he chose to
do so.
The Tows CLERK amid that this was the usual mode of
administering the oath to gentlemen of the Jewish persua-
sion. If Mr. Joseph considered the oath equally binding
when taken without being covered, he would, of course, be
at liberty to take the oath iu that form.
The RECORDER said he remembered an instance in which
an oath was administered to the Chief Rabbi, and he stated
that it was quite immaterial whether the oath was taken
while covered or not, and it was considered equally binding
in both aim.
The Loll, MAYOR inquired of Mr. Joseph whether he had
any feeling epee the subject, and whether he desired to be
sworn with his bat on, or uncovered, or if he considered the
oath more binding when administered in the one form than
in the other?
Mr. JOBSPH replied that it was luite immaterial, so far
as he was concerned, whether he was covered or not while
taking the oath, and he considered it equally binding in
both forms.
Alderman &Lotions said that his only object in interfer-
ing was that it might be understood that in such a case
putting on the hat while the oath was being taken was an
entirely voluntary act, and that the court had no power to
call upon any person to be covered, unless he himself
pleased to be so.
The oath was then administered to Mr. Joseph, who, of
his own accord, placed his hat upon his head while the
ceremony was gone through.

PRISON.

Alderman SIDNEY (who had another motion on the paper
having reference to the above • ) said that as the object
be had in view bad been f.artly carried out by the report
made at the last sitting of the court by the Gaol Com-
mittee, and the subject *as still under diacussion, be
thomht it unnecessary to proceed with his present motion,
and Wtould therefore, with the cement of the court, with-
draw it. (Hear, bear.)
Alderman CHAII.IS observed that it appeared to him that
was the better course to be taken. There bad been so great
an alteration in the law upon the subject of imprisonment
for debt, that he considered they were at present quite in a
state of transition. instead of the former state of things,
there were now only EV persons confined for debt in all
the prisons of London, and he had been informed by a
Commissioner in Bankruptcy that even this small number
was likely to be considerably reduced. (Hear, hear.)
The motion was then withdrawn.
Alderman HALE then moved that copies of Mr. Commis-
sioner Kerr's edition of Sir William Blackstone's " Com-
=eateries on the Laws of England" be sent to each mem-
ber of the court, and a similar motion with regard to the
supplement to the last edition of the " Magisterial Synop-
sis," by Mr. G. C. Oke the second clerk of the Mansion-
house, which were agreed to, after which the court ad-
journed.

The Mayor of Sontlutteptoo, Mr. F. Perkins,
has offered to give MO guineas towards the rejoin of 5,0001.
in Southampton and the cntuity of Hants for a local memo-
rial in memory at the late Prince Consort.
KIOOIIIItIIIIICATION BY THB SCOTCH CHURCH.—
SMOG few years ago (says the Ayr Soros), an individual
in Galloway was ►pprehended and brought before the Jun-
ties Court at Striatum, on a charge of killing game. He
wan sentenced to a period of imprisonment for the °Mina%
and underwent the sentence. Since his release he applied
to the minister of the parish in which he reiridestar baptism
for his child. The rev. gentleman peremptorily Notated to
administer the ordinance, for the very reason that the
braided proprietors of Galloway had suffered great loss from
time to time through the applicant's destroying their game.

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