The Express.
London, England, 1849-06-26 00:00:00

MARRIAGES (SCOTLAND) BILL.
She LORD ADVOCATE hoped hci would be allowed to
se ea with tide bill, which was ea the paper foe couiders.
few, as amended.
Mr. FORBES *acted, and said he would move that the
Remo do adjourn if it were attempted to proceed with it a.
eat hoar of the night (half past twclve). The bill was
against dm public feeling in Scotland.
The LORD ADVOCATE said that if allowed to punned
so step that alitt the disewnint could be takes on the
aird
Tble was objected to, and after some discussion It was do-
sided that its present step should be pomp inel to Wants.
iley asst.
AUSTRALIAN COLONIES BILL.

Mr. tiTi•Tril, in eons.-
Wof an informality which had been pninted out by the
hoa. :en Leman the member for the Univenity of Oa-
he& ia4 to bring in another.
Mr GLADSTONE sa'd the hon. gentleman must not
=eor he intended to introduce • new tariff, that ha
tto so without discussion.
Mr. DAWES then obtained leave to bring in another
MILITIA BALLOTS SUSPENSION BILL.

ordered tot;:
matted Ws day,
JIIVEN I LE OFFENDERS AND SMALL LARCENIES

BILL.
Oa the second toad Sg of this bill being moved,
Mr. C. PEARSON said he •elt it his public duty to oppose
se a retrograde sep in legislation and a return to the bidy-
termenting system of former years. by exrendis g the panic
sent of fi ycging rom children of 14 to children of 18 years old.
11 it 'holedd be found that the punishment of fl Ida/ hul
a deteri, g cr reformatory ii.fluente, they would be juslifi, d
In applying such a remedy ; bet it the feets should prove
that the eonsquer oe bed been the increase of erim,., the
Loam ought to pane. Instead of flogging, children wanted
coercion and control on the part of the parents. This ap-
pearcd from the reports of inspectors of prison!). De ale
wished to know whether P was intended to continue to pay
the ceps ties of pings convicted under this act out of the
Comolidated load ?
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL thought the *Niels of
the hon. member did net apply to the principle of the hill,
sad might be diseased in ementitt is. An idea had gone
*bend that bee wee tonsmary collie:4ms were taken away,
clerks at mindowe were to hare compeciAtion. Such was not
Ile het.
Mr. HENLEY eSjoettd to the bill as taking so many
ems oat cf t e hash of juries!, that he dsbted whether
they would amt get rid of trial by jury altutether.
Bit J. PAID NOTON suppored the bill.
After a few words from Sir G. GREY, the bid was read a
second time.
CLEROY RELIEF BILL.
Mr. BOUVERIE invved that this bill, as =coda, be
eemsldwal.
Mr. MULLINOB intimated his intention to move en
am eselment at which he had given notice.
Mr. GLADSTONE said that the pesciple of the Lill was
mew a debseabl- subject, and express. d • hope that, at that
Lear of the night, the discussion would not be commenced.
Mr. BOUT ERIE as. determined to proceed. The bill
Imd been pespened in c ,•sequence of the Derby day, seal
Salem it were now germ d.d with, there was no knowing
when it would egein come under the coasitieration f the
bone •. Ile would fix the third reading for a distant and eon-
Weaken dab.
Mr. BROTHERTON moved the adj suroment of the
boas; aced the moths was put and carried wPitnit a
The house accurdlngly adjourned at *quarter after one
tlec:otk.

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LONDON, TUESDAY, JUNE 26.

Tne Common Council determiner!, on Thursday
last, by a unanimous rote, to petition the House of
Lords to pares the bill enabling Jews to sit in parlia-
ment. Truitt is a well-timed demonstration of the
feeling and opinion of the City of London. Two
years have now elapsed since Baron LIONEL Rove-
'omit was elected a representative of the great
metropolis. The citizens of London, when they pro-
ceeded to elect him, were aware of the difficuliies
which attended his position. They have since been
deprived of his valuable services in parliament;
bat, so fir from complaining against their
member on that score, they have awaited
with laud ible ratience the consummation
of their hopes that parliament would remove
all imp diments to his assumption of his place. Now
that the Commons have done so as fart in them lies,
the ciiizens approach the House of Lords with con-
fidence that they will offer no further obstruction to
a concession CO conformable to the improved end
liberal feeling of the day on all points affecting
privet judgment in matters of religion.
The bill c.imes on for second reading in the Lords
to-eight, and we have reason to know that many
peers who voted against a similar measure on a
former occasion will not consider it desirable to per-
sist in their opposition to a principle twice sanctioned
by large majorities cf the Itouse of Commons. The
numb rot ti.e opponents of the bil! will be found, there-
fore, to have dimmirlied. This is to a great extent the
effect of full and fair discussion. It could scarcely
be otherwise. The lords must feel that the funda-
mental laws of this kingdom require no such testa ar
those which custom has imposed. Neither oaths not
tests were aver requited at the table of parliament as
all until the penal statute" were introduced to assail
Roman esthetics and make war on nonconformists.
In eff. et, there oaths and tests are now a nullity.
The very parties against whom they were directed,
are now, by law, admitted. Nonconformists, indeed,
insinuated themselves into the house even at a time
whoa parliament was intended to be exclusively
Church of England. Quakers and Moravian sic
now admitted by express enactment, and we have
repealed the legislation which encumbered our statute
book .gait at the catholic, and which ineffectually
sought to curb, restrain, and, if possible, extirpate the
peolessors of that faith. No legislation was ever di-
rect d against the Jew ; but the form of the oath—an
acePental eimbination of phrases—had the effect of
introducing a religious test, under which he has been
excluded from participating in the primal privi-
lege. It is now proposed to reinstate him in his posi-
tion in the realm, and at the same time to put the
capital on that column which has been reared by the
justice and the policy of the legislation of our age.
With regard to the form of the new oath, on which
we offered some observations last Friday, it ought to
be observed, should that topic be discussed, that the
addition to the oath of the words "on the
true faith of a christian," adds in no way
to the force of the obligation. Does this
form—does this avowal capacitate—a man for
the better discharge of his public duties ? In com-
mon perkier, it may be said that every man's
Christianity is presume ,and he nee the words omitted
in the case of a Jew cannot possibly do harm. But
the question is, can the words in any case do any
good? Yrii may assume general Christianity with-
out entrrcieg a recognition of it; and we see no
seas )n why the Baron ROTLIBCHILIAI Christianity
should not be assumed as well as other men's. Even
at the table of the House of Commons the Christianity
of the quaker is assumed without any obligation being
imposed on him to declare himself a Christian. In
the form of oath administered to Roman catholic, the
objectionable words are not introduced. There are,
in fact. three distinct forms of oath now in use : one
for (huskers, Moravians, and Separatist"; one for
Roman catholic' : and one for other denominationists,
including member, of the church of England.
Whilst some Christians, therefore, swear " on the true
faith of a Christian," Roman catholic, and others are
not called on to make any such profession of their
Christianity. Such being the cue, we beg to pat a
question to Sir Roster Hsette bolos. Are we to
suppose, from the way in which legislative wisdom
has thus all wird the oaths, that the religion of the
Roman embolic conveys so superior an idea of true
Christianity as to render it unnecessary that heshoutt
make his obligation on the " true faith of a C:ais-
time ?" Re should be Algid by an answer to
that quest.cm. And if we allow the catholic so to
swear, why not the Jew also? "Oh, but," Mr. LAW
will say, with mush subtlety and special pleading,
the catholic takes the gospels in his hands and ap-
peals to the influence of a common Christianity."