The Express.
London, England, 1849-06-12 00:00:00

PARLIAMENTARY OATHS BILL

It having been moved that this ball be reed &tided, time,
six months. The present bill we a bill to alter the esthete be
to
third tine
The real object of the measure, the admissibility of the Jews
takens
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ifnut catholic
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lb eneenthmonitoabatahnumt o,ntle,
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farm of oath for the protection of the established
ptiooys utcbhhveuerdw thei
established church, he thought they should require a similar
pledge from the Jews. It was said that this would be of
little force with those who denied Christianity altogether.
Bat although the Jews dissented from Christianity, that me
no reason why they should not exact from them, and she
from the quakers and separatists, as well as from the It inint
cateolics, a pledge that they would do nothing to subvert the
established church of this country. It was a pure novelty
and fiction to suppose that the Jews had a right, as natural
born subjects of the realm, to sit in parliament. Hs
objected to the alteration of the oath by omitting the
words " upon the true faith of a Christian" when tendered
to Jews in order to admit them into parliament. He argued
from the history of the Jews in this country—from their
having been from the earliest times kept separate and apart
from other subjects of the realm ; from their bovine bee
expelled for 300 years, and from their having been treated,
so late as the reign of William 111., by act of parliameM
es merchantestrengus under protection,—that the staters*
condition of the Jews in this country were distinct leen
those of British.born subjects generally. He then proceeded
to show from the language of judges and the eneetmeets d
statute" that Christianity was so much parcel of the commas
law that nothing could be allowed to contravene it, sod that •
this doctrine we true, not in • modified, be am absolute
and exact sense. Whilst ev, rytbing of a persecuting or igs
gressive character against the Jewe should be removed, the
office of legislation could not be delegated to those who were
eternally separated from Christians; who were incapable of
incorporating with the mw of the nation—and wet wham
Christians could not commingle, as with other foreign mess,
by marriage—without breaking through the fundamental
principles of our coostitution, which was ernentielly Chris.
tem.
Mr. RAPHAEL said that though this new bill, *tad
of being called " The Jews B. 11," came to them under the
mere refined appellation of " Tne Parliamentary Oaths
Bah" the object of both inseams was the same—namely,
the introduction of Jews to parliament—homage being that
paid to Mammon. (Laughter.) If this bill were passed, sad
he was ever again returned to that house, he would es takiii
the oath repeat loud enough to be heard on all sides the
words, " The true faith of • Cnrstian." If a former mess
sure were, in the words of the hon. baronet, the member for
the University of Oxford (Sir R. Inglis), " a Cr Zen bill,"
d foriori, this was a Christless bill, introduced to gratify
the vanity and ambition of tome half dozen people.
Ha
would give the Jews • piece of advice; it wss test they
should remove the veil from their eyes, and believe in the
sacred history of the Christian religion; then they might
approach the table of the house boldly, and, on " the tree
faith of a Christian," take their seats, without being in-
debted to any one. After adverting to the tact thee at a
Roman catholic, he had been recently admitted to a teat is
that house, and expressing his gratitude for that adrnselees
the hon. member concluded by stating that he felt bound to
oppose the bill ni et amis. (Great laughter.)
Mr. KEOGH said the Jewish population in this countey
had reason to feel greatly indebted to the hon. gentleman
for his modest proposal.
Mr. NEWDEGATE supported the amendment.
Mr. CROWDER said that the necessity which had arisen
for the bill before the house, as the sole means of enabling
Jews to sit in the house, was in itself a sufficient vindicatios
•f the high religious and moral character of that people,
since, were they as immoral, as little bound by the ties bind.
itee.en ether men, SS war charged against them, they would
in the pursuit of their laudable ambition to participate in the
legislature of the country, have no hesitation to take the
oath, "on the true faith of a Christian." (Hear, hese)
He should like to ask hon. members who had used the
Phrase that the house would be unebristlanised by admit'
Sing the Jews, what they meant. How would the house le
unchristianrned ? Would the Jews legislate in • differ*
spirit, on subjects connected with the well-being of the
empire, from their fellow legislators? Would they attempt
to overthrow the Christian religion ? He bad never beard
that the Jews were a proselyttaing people; and armed/
there was no ground for apprehension on that score.
it had been urged by several bon. members that Asti
were unfit to enter that house because there gnu
occasionally subjects brought before parliament ow
neoted with the interests and discipline of the ebszek.
The same objection might be urged with fiftyfold ghat
against the Omission of dissenters, and, indeed, the Bishop
of St. David's had expressed his opinion that it was pre**
able for a Jew to legislate on church matters to • dissenters
for the latter had a strong feeling on the subject, whams a
Jew had no prejudices or bias either one way or the others
As to the principle of the bill, he thought that whet the
Emancipation Act of 1829 wee passed, the principle that no
religious tenets should exclude a man from political TOO
had been ones and for ever recognised, and believing the
present measure to be only the fulfilment of tbat mat ad
of justice, he should vote for it with the most corffiel car
faction.
Mr. GORING said he bad been taught that he owed.
duty to God higher than the duty he owed to his neighbor,
and believing that he should be dishonouring God and his
Saviour Jesus Christ, by sanctioning such • measure as the
present, he felt it to be his duty to oppose it.
Mr. SADLEIR thought that Jews were excluded 0081
parliament eibeint efnotirt
thelyabayeci
test, for he no more regarded the oath taken at the table*
be • t'st of christianity, than he should consider a arid*
actednetntot,
put
td
jthewatiethhequlei:Mot:reteru
man taking an oath in China with a saucer upon his tieed
to have become • convert to Budhists or to the tenets of*
philosopher Confucius. As to the efforts to be expected's*
the Jews to upset Christianity, he regarded the fan ale
pressed oa this score to be factitious and wholly without al
beds in the belief of those who uttered them. As
had heard it asserted that the tendency of the per!
mind was decidedly against the present bill. Bo
judging from the number of representatives sent bnibre_
and important as well as highly informed consteue=
that house who had supported the measure, he was
to assert boldly and open] that the community ;11114
was decidedly in favour of the bill.
Mr. SPOONER said the Jews were • most honour.
able, conscientious people, and, if so, how could they
co.,scientiously maintain the Christian religion *es
they considered Christianity a fable and our Lord fa
impostor. Them were many Jews, whom the more II
knew them, the more he respected them ; if they W*
conscientious Jews they must act on Jewish prindlge!
There was *Ili" great difference between the Rossiosipaues
Act of 1819 and the present measure, xis , that this me
tooksern
e
that
jaetbaeystithaneinveoewssasitnyoolfonorperntporbetefenthieengro;
pencdple on which members were called on to take theuult
He warned the government not to believe that tear tooth
was indifferent tee this question; iffil a sul. f
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Views there was despair a enme.. bet Rme not the lass
laWise. Then was a part of tkis Ith which had been
agoaght befotv the hoses for the AM tine-the minister
gg the crown proposed te reline May one of her
ggekety:s subjects Irons the *Met enpreseatiy. He would
*gem give • vote that the oath el ememarry should be done
we, with, as he believed it to be one of the safeguards of
lie asuos. This alienate* was proposed by the nolile lord
et the new the usual channels for conveying information to
teg publie were euladed from the house; and he believed
giggessly say one was aware that the oath, as it now stood in
bia, was imply as oath of allegiance. He called
ga the bows to take are what they wire d ring. Let them
Mk at history. Were Wei: liberties ever safe when they
pre under Rimsa ea-kolic dominion ? He ettribired much
dike prosperity which blessed the country to its Christian
gal protestant character.
Mn. SUET L thought that if the kw. pentlentan had looked
se the title of the WU, he would have found in that title a
enstatios of • great pert of the assemption is whWb his
proareded. This was • bill to alter the oaths le be
skis by members set prohseing the Ramat catboat NW
0.8, sad Wes game the 6th slam, which run thus:
WM
NOW Sands est serreard in salmi et be sprig dis te
se pm or rumba eine Mom ef Ommeh wines the Rum
modteds rolihhe se be beti toMa darer
tisse. allbelthe pensions et se eat
Lei year elf lbe /weft Whiled let
be tee Lan bWM
klkWnet arm Cathie BMW*? maAairles
tYmth ria.reby iggeinteaseg em keine betimes end enagetW
=6.1-1-wtglus..ll64=trmas
• et rthe penalem, Ong
ay moment, he
Win megrim Fiftieths amen seta.. rallgisa
s=
wag insflerbsemaperthment Wiest Wag
gash oath is by seek an mils oname,
If a Rama sabots epee to the table ell the
bees and took the oath prescribed for preessimellea is
world be • virtual recantadea of his religion, been= be
meld take is oath which, a Roman catholic was betddde•
Item taking, and by taking the proweteat tooth he at wee
gleamed to the protestant faith. He fogad by this eel that
the oath to be taken be ell other awes of her Melody's seb-
jews was simple and plain. It was moot usefully dierneem-
Med of • great deal of stree,, Aeons phraseology and swam
asedeatios. He was sorry that the opening of angry mime
'my sad ultimata. hapirearioa remained unelused. DM
they believe that, if the Jews were admitted iota the house.
they would aloes the suet reposed in thee *
eater blasphemy maw* the religion of the.. -b
ashes they were surrounded, sad easiest those Wee sews
limit he*? Let so men say that two millions a Regiishme•
Si• ladiffaitat to the interests of Christian,. There is net
• sky is the world in which Christianity is more prised, er
awe revered ; sad fr.m the summit of that majestis temple
width B gland hair dedicated to the same albs bemeas Jew
who contributed so ementially to the dimemistatiem of the
mlistion of amity through the world, over the wet im-
passe of greataew, and grandeur, and power, where so natty
el the glories of Reiland an assembled, the ems appro-
priately sewers. It is the memorial of • great sin ; but als
the symbot of • eieseureleis wary. (Load sheen.) It is
We type of that relietria with which wealth's are
Mae; the cease oe ehrietlaulty, and the aim at e=
we identified. They we highly and tidily the memo.
(Chem.) The victory of the ese is the triumph el the
caber. And, as for the Mistresses& of the Miry,
end the wasurnmaq in of that triumph, I I*
thatly pray, is that whievement sad is that
ithesseaaties I lama trustfully cookie. (Load sheen.)
0017LBURN wee not surprised that -be has. meres-
kw for Damperve• (Itr. Shell) should have sympathised with
the Jew, imeasis se they now amain the pleas of the
Rama eathello. of • arm. day; bet he was sowerwhat
Mallaidled umt Maid& lard (Lard J. Russell) should have
arehetly eseladad the Jews by his b 11 from holdip some
amt el draattoss is the ensrary. Wiewithatending all that
bed bees said, be (Mr. Owallears) adhered to the opioion
he
had forwely gemmed, awl was prepared to peon tnie
measure, believing that it would area the character of par-
Ilazeent, affect its op glens sad habeas*, sad loosen the hold
it bad upon the aft reirwis of the Chastise public. It had bees
lesineaud that as the belief ads. Jew was founded oa a par-
ties et the scriptures, he was ant so aroma after all front
the Culottes ; and one how. member hadgine es far as te
eiry that he considered the Jew to be as imperfect Christian.
Tlds was • istortrous proposides for there was a
Wiry wide adenines between the ma who hollered
Mt the 8 'slew had epos wed is the world, and the man
whe believed that that Saviour wee as impostor. (Hear.)
The boo. la-mher tor Lisksard had contended that the ez-
dna* of the Jews SOe parkisment wee accidental. This
was a misalte. They bed bees efesteally excluded from
the rvisn of Jaws 1. dews as the plasm day ; and :he
principle of the entwititeties was, that they should not be
admitted to the legielature of the wintry. It was the
genera, minim to hied up every sot by some
religious ceretway. When the Qamen was called to
the throne, the minutiae of both houses attended in
Westminster Abbey, and the mac., of the church were
perfoemed. At the avesmibliag of the house every day c tee
ma prayers were read in which the members • ore expected
to Jae. This was a dation, indication of what was the
inset of the eonstitation-that the comma pr eyes should
he sieved up by ell through One Mediator. Now could the
Jew jots I. that prayer ? Could be, who diehelieved in the
maker of the Christie, faith, join in Christian worship?
(Hew ) Beppnse a Jew hi be elected to the Asir, could
Mire be asything more palatal dm for the chap.in to be
Mining up prayers is width the Speaker could net see
seleseionny join ? And, °apposite; the other home of per-
lament to be thrown open for the admission of Israelite%
what • humiliating sight would it be is see • Jewish rabbi
'Wis./ side by side with a bishop, sad dimming the sear
dastical affairs set the sew ry. (H-ar, Mar) Charity was
doubt'. se s aris' lan duty, but self-proteetion was incumbent
sign every Wristlet. menhir. He holism' that their ad wades
would dawn the boa • in the eyes of the coantry, and create
a distrust la the d lberatioes of palletises% particularly
when matters aiming the general interestsof Christie
unity came nada discussion. He also believed
that there was a strong feeling ha the Pastry
against the prime measure, pariailarly mooing masses
who were led to b Mare that the legislature w e Christian.
As he felt moat deeply the important:is of not want mg the
ecclesiastical from the civil government of the souritry, he
had, in that respect, • strong motive superaddet to the reti-
e _oss grounds upon which he opposed this bill, sad which
bawd his to h pe that, although its fete in that house was
eldly foresees, it truth! n. 4 meet with the same mown of
Aiwar in the other house of pa:litigant.
Mr. ROEBUCK hoped the house would news his dRi
entering into • Mammon of the tell on its third reeding; but,
is doing that he was only 6 'Wales the example set him by
Ms. gentlemen on the other side. If it had Kees • mums
Ma democratic charade, r introduced by the hoe. somber kr
Mosinee for an alteration lit the emetitatien of that house
he thought that it would have been sew wet by the obis*:
Mt on the part of those has. gestbaten who discussed the
present measure, that it had already, dada, the pretent ass.
Men, ciesupied the attendee of the hoses. Now. •
M evenings ago the Secretary of State for the Rums
Dr
=t is combatting the motion of the bon. member fee
trews untended that that bows accurately reprwatel
the
It
idnfe of
ties ptMgleas. If he
tee.mat. thireeyteltleti dhee-
dared be Wire mei-irides thatthe bill ought to pre, end he m-
imed it to be the Shen' feeling of the people that it should
pus. (Rear.) In 1828, when the right hon. gentleman sat
is authority en the right hand of the Speaker, he argued
exactly as Ire did to-night revealing the Roman cabala.
If they struck out the word " Jew" and substituted " catho-
Be," sad instead of the word "Christian" put in that of
"pretesteat," they would get weedy the argamest of the
right how. gentleman-(hear, hear)-re-steted, re-insisted
apes ; sad if the same thin were to happen that happened
in 1829, they would double's have the 14/a• Serak.
(Rear, hear.) The right baseurable gentleman thee
Read ea admirable ream to depart fru. his tee-
m, and to admit the Roma catholic, to eater podia.
sent. Whee, therefore, he told Wes of the danger of ad.
nista( • few Jews, his (Mr. Boebsek's) memory naturally
brea Ide bask to the year 1828, wires he told the. •
Ns itesper be apprehended from the admiralow not of a few,
lisat tog 100, Rowan esthetics. If the right boa.
nailed his ordain to the muttered, and wee
esalded new le say thet he was so ineeentiag party te the
abeiriou of Rana catholic., be could give hiss credit ho
1111 apprehends. of danger boa Ike animas of Jew..
lea each wee sot his cowls. la 1829 he saw reales
he Mak, see • few Jews, hata largo
dpi ef
Rona asbellek who, he new sepal, had gives • em.
fkareater *that Muse and te the drank of the 'vestry.
Did the_ fightbee. geodes* suppose tbat the *-
thins el half • deem taMide-4. would we the weed at
thee-wean usabrktiaaiss the beaus Did be es
Mt& esehriss Instated the bone free beteg
umebeyrlaa-
bed? Or ow sot that redraw ea attempt to east a veil before
the eyes of the bigoted earl feast* I. osier to suite their
bete ? The right has. realesas said that this bill was
ten osly daagereas, as MeV to sachristiester the hew,
bet se edieillieLtrogeeebeWO le take another oath. When
the right Ism atoned
_his views at
lhe BMW es=itileYwe• otillged to towiliate
Listby 'pride% gall Wes. te ask= the bigelay of his ems-
*Pm§ by kfteillariae, ea be mid. fee the pupae of a safe
sew& the Mb admiabelered te the Rama whelk% Wilms
Is ids said tbe bill whisk be pond is Mak *erre the
abee as/ (beeeratla Ass, Mai impaled ea disesaiese the
arwiliti as see set le see the aathority derived
bee uselelpsl soe te eke, er attack the property of the
*week What bed bees the renk *lasi...lag the seam
earb telleammesthdies ? He Wirral Mete tees bedesell.
sisaesadis whose eramissaa was priebedby Re bad sees
Rum Wham es well as weemeriale-mest progeny, as
thembb-leineee, amide& that • member Mt bowel
wen 410 te skivers presesedletaibadea ef die Ferny el
the eharek. (Rear, bear ,) The whale vela., tberdtm.
that oath was, that one SIMIS• iereaber, earl be
base. ...sly, felt hie easasisara teethed, sad hit the
belie this sash a sabjed was about te be dadied.
He Wined the Jews to be se be*at sad sista, is their
feligilla. and es epright sea is their dealings, as say Chris
thee. (Rest, bear.) The right which they were Wrest *
ender es the Jewish peep. was • right width. Pm ti•
fees ells, they emits to be. a • • If they were be be her
retiiof kr. the es. ef lay with Woes who
R
ldee them stet. Thiry were Ist ad reepsel• qq
theexmsise a thy nein. They we* iaettuetsd, floa,gl
eared the ossuary qualliutles as regarded MOM
were sables. of the rube. As boa. gesilemos
deed, that they had bees diem Bates bad the moisten
el may Ma. wheat he sew usual him. The
hither dame =lmam* dleitgaithed emu who ever eat is
that house-the father ell the t Solicitor-OmM
Was ea Mies ; gad wwli it be said that his
hoc and learned frigid bad se eight to seat is that bootee
bream bisynadktbee woes alba ? The Jews their were
guided &priori t thia whims. Aright hoe. gentleman sup-
ped the horrible etreaseeleaes of a Jew si. deg in the chair.
Eat the eateries who &Mid the d"
sun ty of oar Saviour
is as marked a magnet se the Jew might sit is It, Mesa,
bow.) Ile believed he was speskiaraiten the promisee a some
Ishitariaas, (Haw.) A Jew wee y sheriff of load*.
Or was at present as ildtithea al Ludo", 1164 sight be

lard wee —e matt Inpatient office, with which the °See
of vie, etosiesidor was sometime connected. Whet atieehief,
thus, sooldseiss from admlttleg the Jews to parlieseat ?

Mr. NAPIER said it sow appeared that Were waa to be
me differeses mad* hereafter between them who acknow-
ledged Christianity sad those who repudiated it. (Hear,
hear.) Thlibill pretested we feature which was not to be
found in that of list year. The noble lord had struck out
that poetic& of the oath which related to the supremacy of
the sovereign. Oa what pruned that was dens he could
sot possibly andermand. If then ware so other vein
to wits with his own, and so one to which be could
Warms himself with say chance of SIMIAN but that of
heaves, he would oppose the bill, because it tended to abolish
all distiaseioe between those who upheld Christianity sad
those who disregarded it, sad, if earri.d, destroyed the last
badge of ChriirLanity.
Mr. W. P. WOOD said that while the hon. member pre-
tested against the lIISOSIITO as one by which they wee
par*" with the last badge of Christmaity, he ow the
other hand, hailed it as one by which they won relativist,
tne lase badge's( an anti-Christian and persecuting aylrit
(Cheers.) As he had before said, it was as a Christian, no
lee* than sea politisise, that he supported this measure.
Mr. PLIIMPTRE said that although be did net stand
there Is fangs the hos. and learned neember's (Mr.
Weed's) Christianity, he appeared to his to take a Ti?"
questionable way of showing his kin for the within
of his religion, by supporting a bill which would
admit into that boom those who regarded him
es
a deceiver and an imposter. On behalf of that
portion of the community he protested against this warm
as ow which, if it retained the expressions of samisen Us
en
earthly sovereign, was insonsiosot with true allegiance te
the King of Maga sad Lord of lords.
Lord J. RUSSELL said that the right hon. gentleman
Ithe mentter for the Uakeenity of Cambridge suggested that
Ilfthis bill pistol Kamm 'Whelks weld take 'drearier of
he Wander:Mt e><esrethee brae of oath to evade that ices
which the hass row imposed spas them. Is the first pine,
the rW _hes. pats man seemed to forget that the big did
net WM& Ue peeskies which the hones inflicted upon
Roam Wham who omitted to take the Roman catholic
OM subjecting
a them for such an offence
Is tie Latilithek mak s to pecuniary fines; and, in the
mend plagegseppesind that these penalties aid not exist, it
was imperial& hi suppose that any persons profess:ng the
Roma. ca belie kith, Wild raiding so an act of parli meat
that there was as oath which all Rosin catholic' were
bound to take, wadi retort to the subterfuge of taking an
oath which was sot intended for them—(hear, hear)—se
aridly, at all mats, with persons capable of rich 'quivers-
tioa, no security could be attained by the imposition of any
oath whatsoever. (Hear, hear) As to the arguments which
had that evening been directed against the admission nfJews
into the house, they differed is slightly, if at all, from thew
which had bees already repeatedly answered, that be coo-
&dared it qatte ansecemary to go into them. It had boos
urged there ea • former occasion, that the ineradicable
of Jews lain parliament would be dangerous is
our religiose, would be subversive of Christianity. Is
his spleen It was preesely because they were a Chehalis'
assembly, bemuse they acknowledged the obligations el
Cirialsaity, that they ought to do away with these religions
eikqueliflemons which were SO wholly weed tithe spirk
of Christianity. (Beer, he He net, of aware,
answer for what might be the fate of the mown in seethes
place ; but he would call epos the Hews of Neste^ set
to oompromise its character tor magsasimity, be them=
justice, by rejecting the claims of the Jews bemuse they
wen not a powerful body, after admitting the dam at the
Roman catholic. and of protestant dissenters because these
wen powerful Indies.
The bowie divided.
The numbers wen—For the third reading .. 272
For the amendment 206-4111
The bill wee then read • third thee, and rased amidst the
'outlaw of the how.

!SILVER COINAGE.
Thh bill was reed a third time sad pared.
COUNTY CEBB (IRELAND).
This bill w-nt throsib emasaitta.
COLLECTION OF RATES (DUBLIN) BILL.
This bill wee mod a second time. To be committed oa
Monday.
NEWOATE GAOL (DUBLIN) BILL.
This bill wu read a second time. To be committed on

Monday.
STOCK IN TRADE BILL.
On the motion for the second reeding of this bill,
Sir R. H. INOLIS expressed a hope that this was the last
time this hill "mold be introduced.
Sir G. GREY said that he had stated on a former occasion
that there was a necessity for such a bill so the present, hat
he was prepared to weirr the house that this was the last time
the bill would be introduced.
Mr. DISRAELI was glsd to hear that jasier principles of
rating than Moo which had ohtsined heretofore were in
Toga,. That was all they asked on his aide the hones; they
wiehtd the question to be censider,d, and he was quit* satis-
fied then was a desire to coins to an equitable adjestmeat.
The bill was then reed a woad time.
SITES FOR SCHOOLS BILL.

Tbu but w;;;ZA • .;04 tins.
AMERICAN EXPEDITION IN SEARCH OF
FRANKLIN.

Sir R. H. INGLIS called this attention of the house to
the aoudad ot the government of the United S.ates, in pte •
paring an expeditim to the Arctic Seas, with the object for
which her Majesty's government has already sent forth. ape-
ditions tram this country, namely, to discover and relieve
Sir John Franklin and the abips and crews under his sm-
elted.
The SPEAKER read the notice, but no further remarks
were made.
DISSOLUTION OF RAILWAY COMPANIES.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL obtained leave to bring in
a bill to facilitate the ebsadenment of railways, and the dis-
solution of railway timpani's, is certain eases.
ABUSES OF THE PALACE COURT.
Laid DUDLEY STUART, in moving for leave to heists
in a bill fur giving a person sued in the Palms Court, West-
minster, a right of election to be sued in the County Court of
the district in which he vides, said that he wished to
remedy one of the greatest grievances under which the in-
habitants sf this ir etropolis laboured .Ai he understood
that the Attorney-General did not oppose the elution, he
would simply move six leave to bring in a bill.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that be would sot
object to the introduction of the bill!. The ntheopoly, how-
ever, of which the noble lord complained was a difficulty in
the way of any measure of the sort.
Leave was given to bring in the MIL
SOLICITORS' COSTS.
Mr. W. LOCKHART moved far an account of sums paid
to solleiton is London for drawing bills, end for other paha.
mentary business relating to Scotland, for each year from
1841 to 1818, b,th inclusive; oisiagn siting payments, if
any, to solemn ofrEibibergh; also the estimated espouse
fir 1849.—Agreed to.
NEW BILLS.
Sir W. SOMERVILLE obtained leave to being in a bill
to continue certain acts b r regulating turnpike road. in Ire-
land ; and as, a bill to continue as set of the second sad
third years of her pow at Majesty, for the better prevention
and punishment os easaults in Ireland.
Mr. FREWEN nbtained leave to bring ia a bill to abridge
the holding of benteeles in plurality.
RECEIVERS OF THE COURTS IN IRELAND.
Mr. OSBORNE moved for a 'sleet commi.the to inquire
ieto the state of the law as retirees the appointment co Re-
ceivers of the Courts of Chancery end Equity Exchequer in
Ireland, tad the effect of the present laws sad regulations of
the said courts in the management of estates under their
mintroL
Afinot to-
THE AUSTRALIAN BILL.
Mr. HAWES brought in the Audrabaa Bill, sad up-
pointed Monday text or its second reading.
The house adjourned at a quarter after 12 o'clock.