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to her It yesty and her aseargers all Puns gad traitorous cow*.
raise whisk I skill know tele sepia barge =yet them :
"dad I de 6ltkfaily per se the Pelee et my pewee to mane
likes...irk and defend the summthe et Os mews suing all
Mvietsoner, wain enearsige, by on est, PIMP es eat '
olar theetating of theareem owl kmasseneleir the rights
end Illiertles et the end than limiest le the Priam I
letisissliseerem see Dowager d threswer, and the heirs
of king Tisirilwal • :
"And thenthlons I de pietay end slug* selmoviedge sad
ewer mendlng to Ogee sup verde by me when, end amordieg
to tOO pita endoemmeemesml unfoestanding of the sue words, I
without my oplemstils, mend weelcu or Kent reservation
weensewry dad I dogma thle resendttoo, acknowleduseu and
lqirhesstlth elifingly, sal fib.epos the true Wald • PA*.
e help ineeed."
was with entreats reluctance that he once more yea-
toed to trouble the hone on this quite exhumed subject,
Weed, could be hays brought himself to think it a quer
ties of trifling importance or could he have moulted his
uth fielinp merely, he should have abstained from Dee-
pening on their foramina. But the view which he took
the gravity of this subject would not allow of such a
sane. His object in proposing the amendment was to
being beck the oath to the form in which it had atcod for
IfiO years, omitting only that portion which by altera-
tion of circumstance had beans obsolete. Let
the be... amider who were the parties, and whet
were the motives they feud is combination, for
the purpose of admitting the Jews into paha-
nent. There were the advoutes of whet was called
civil sad religious liberty, cushy eusisting of dissenters,
who were openly and avowedly opposed to the eliablisked
earth. Than there were those members of the church who
considered it desirable to emancipate the church from state
eentrol, end to revive Convecetion with all its original
powers. Those persons 'unglued that nothing would easel-
bate mere to promote their object than for parliament to
peons nee that religion had nothing to do with its delibera-
tions. Bond up la this alliance were the Roman eatbolia,
who were no friends to the establishment, sad would mat
ia say movement to destroy it. Butk were the parties who
Wife salted together from different motives, but all par-
esis; the same sad, and, seeing this, he trembled for the
eezdese suer of the first false step in the direction they
nines the house to go. (Hear, hese.) If they
tosk this step, it wee impoesible that they could stop there.
Other demands would be made. The infidel who sekaow-
ledged religious obligation, but who had a conscience,
sad woo guided by what he celled his morality, would claim
also to be relieved from all oaths or religious tests. It this
step was taken, that demand must be yielded, and the
legislature, by its owe act, having divested itself of the
Christian character, would become prefewedly and
avowedly irreligious. He felt deeply upon this question.
When he was admitted as a member of that house and
professed the true faith of a Cbriitian, he took upon
himself the badge of a Christian, not for the purpose
of entering upon a arm& against other religions, but as a
pledge that he would guard the Christian religion spinet
attack. He was aware that he might be charged
with being influenced by a p= re/entice and intolerant
He should deeply regret were his motives so misunderstood.
He bad no penonal hostility to IMMO or to any body of
nigionists. It was not to punish the Jew, or to compel',
him to change his faith, that he resisted this measure, but
solely on the ground of self-defence, and to guard Chris-
tianity against what he believed to to a dangerous blow
aimed 'plan it. (Cheers from the Opposition.) He
trusted the house would pause before it consented to aban-
don this safeguard to the Christi= character and she coon-
try, and of Indifference on the part of the rulers to the
Ohtistian religion.
Lord J. RUSSELL wee sorry to trouble the house spin
on this subject, bat as the hon. and learned gentleman had
thought It necessary to introduce his motion by an elaborate
statement of his opinions, he thought it would be scarcely
respectful to him or consistent with the dignity of the house,
that they should come to a decision without some notice
being taken of the hos. and learned gentleman's argument.
(Hear.) Let him, in the first place observe, that owing to the
introduction of this bill of the right hon. gentleman's the
member for Meechester, they stood upon a more advan
twos' position in dealing with the question than they had
ever done before. The right boa. gentleman abandoned the
old oath required to be taken by members of the House of
Commons, and proposed a new oath and new securities, end In
that way would prevent the exclusion of Jews from pulls-
ment. is we. a great advantage to the., who argued
against their emission, for It admitted that the oath as at
present framed could not be maintained—it admitted the
absurdity le: °canning to renounue the claims of a family
that had long creased to exist. (Hoar, hear.) Hating then
a new oath to frame, it was clear that In framing it, they
ought not to go beyond that which, if not necessary, might
at lout hays some appearance of necessity, and not require
porous presentiag themselves at the table of that house, to
take superfluous oaths, or enter lute npatlecius engage-
ments, but merely to subscribe to such engage
meats as would be consistent and proper for parka
mint to ask, and for them to take as secarities for the
maintenance of the general principles of the constitution.
Looking upon the matter in this light, he confessed that In
the oath as proposed by the hot. end learned member he
foaled much that was weneossury. First, there was the
audition that the member must ackcowledge prelim, too-
thy, and defier* on his candelas, before God and the
world, that our Sovereign Lady Queen Victoria was the
lawful and rightful queen of them realms. He held that to
be paeocseery, and that a person who hail just taken the
oath anisette.* need not repeat the GNOMON that her
Majesty wee the rightful queen. (Hoar.) He could well
understand that at a time whim there were persons who
said William 111. is de facto king, but James is king
ate jws it might have bee* ntensary to require
a data:S(loM from members on taking their eats,
that King William was the lawful king—but no such
question could arise now—there was no person or
body of penes. now existing who thought that her
Majesty was de facto the Ogees, while de Aire tie title of
'overawe belonged to some other peu.s. He did not,
think, therefore, that that deelaratien should be r.quired.
(Hear, hear) The hon. gad learned gentleman went en
to ay that the person Inscribing should dial se and make
known to her Majesty and her successors all traitorous
coupiracies swains' her person, crown, or dwell, with
which he might become acquainted. Now he did net ea
what special winnings there was in a member of that
hues tskiog such an ostb, more thee goy other subject of
her Meinty's subjects. (Hear, hear.) It was the dot,
of every person who took the oath of alleglates—it was the
duty of every loyal soli ea, whatever his anon or de gres—te
make known any traitorous ceneplracy which might came le
his knowledge. There was no peculiar knowledge Ithe
nee to members of that houses with regard to teahouse
coaspizacise more than to other persons which should re-
quire each an oath to be takea by them. A privy eau-
other or a meretary of state sight have the means of learn-
lag the secrets of traitors, and of course their duty would hi
to take means to counteract them ; but it was not the duty
of individual members of that house to make themselves
acquain;ed with such matters, nor was it to be supposed
that they would posse's any special mesas of information
ancerning them. The hon. and I d gentleman bad
laid great dress upon the words, "On the true faith of a
Christian," end had adverted, he knew rot for what
purpose or with what intent, to the controversy. whether
those words wore Offended to atelude the Jews. He (Lord
J. Russell) believed there was no doubt whatever that they
were not originally introduced with that object. (Hear,
hear.) 0.v.0g the hon. and learned member the full benefit
of the achnisum theta Jew would in the time of Jame. I.
have been excluded by those words, it Rust he conceded on
the other had that that was not the purpose for which
they were intuited. Their object was to exclude not Jews,
but aortas Roman eatkollce, who were believed to be Dan
aced by feeling. of disloyally to the protestant sovereign
of this country—the words were meat to secure the fidelity
of Christians, net to secure the exclusion of the Jews.'
(Hear, hear.) This was a matter of importance when they'
were framing a now oath. If the intention were to exclude
the Jews, the more simple mode would be to do it se it had
been done in the time of the Commonwealth, and as was
done In the Chita States, vim., to compel every men who
claimed to sit in the legislature, to make oath or to declare
that he was • Christian. (Hear, hear.) But ander the
monsaly of Et glad, that oath had n es far as he
knew, been required. If, however, It were intended to
esiude the Jew now, by a taw form of oath, that would
be the simple and dine; mode of doing it. (tiger, hear.)
Thou the hon. and learned gentleman asserted, sod he
(Lord J. Russell) did net dispute It, that there were errata
qualifications which the legislature had a right to demand
should be poueesed by the holders of office and by members
of parliament. No doubt that was the ease; bet on the
other hand, unless there were strong grounds of exclusion,
it was the cosmos right of every subject of the resle to
ploy such office, snob honours, and such legislative powers
se the favour of toe crown or the election of his fellow-sub-
might confer upon him, and the ealueion of anyone
Nun each legitimate objects of ambition wee as great a
hardship as Gould be inflicted upon= Eogliehman. (Hear.)
Se wee not enough to say that there should be an exclaims,
thine who advocated It mist show that such exclusion was
meetwary on imperative grew& of state policy. (Hear,
hes.r.) In the case of the Jew there were no ugh ground..
Is the first place, he could nel think that religious faith
ryas proper ground of solusion and in the second pleas,
▪ mum these Pees aid Goths did not afford the means of
measlag the= !NI et their members. (Hear.)
blab. be knew sorbing in the religion
W :Mlilet would prevent his doing his duty as a faith-
Raabe: of the leasalatare, or interfere with the ner-
biases et ail the dam to the state. Believing as the Jew
lieolllkelummt. dud wassubs se be did with to
be am of ele embsee•de embed teen shove, he (Lord J.
awrisll) knew ralikeee pumas his doing his duty faith-
illy u • legfeletut. The his. and learned gentleman had
dim bin Se lemur to regale ea °plebe ho had' stated.
SAM dill Mak It was a ihistg theambeal en members of
Me beam le have the malatemaithe of religlea mad a seine
of religiose oldiptfon always in view. He had so doubt
hg that that dada be she we, but be looked ft

religious obligation f,om a different point if view
from that of the honourable and learned roticman.
The boo. and I d gentleman Irked foe it in the Lams
of oaths, but he (Lord John Ras oli) 1. eked for it in the
convictions of this Christian kingdom. Colese the people of
thii country felt that religious obligation on trinseivai it
would be possible to obtain it by means of oaths. He
wee in no want of illustrations on this subject. He wee
happy to be able to refer to put times, when a seer of reli-
gious obligation wu deeply felt by members of the esta-
blished church, by Roman catbolics, and by all sections of
religious dissenter,. And when be looked to the times
whether oaths were =tithed, he found a men whose
talent' and acquirements placed bin in the fin' rank of the
period—Bolingbroke—who sat as the leader of that hors.
He did not know if at that time he held the opinions which
in an elaborate work he sought to promote, but we
know that after be was the author of that work
the ambition of his life was to be a member
of the House of Peers ; and when be was admitted taut
that house, and when be came to the table, he meet have
=ohm the words that "he took that oath without any
equivocation or mental reservation, oe the true faith of a
Christian" Bolingbroke lad no difficulty in making a
declaratioa in thou words, and Gibbon, who sat in that
hoes., had no difficulty in using them. Tt • hon. end
learned gainless= had said on tamer ocesesioes that as re-
garded members of that home who did not feel it to be an
taimousel act to take this oath, you had no seeority what-
ever. If you had no security against men who did net
believe in the Christian religion, what wu the value of the
oath ? It did not erre what wr sought, and what wee
the polio; and whet the judos when a member wee
elected to that house, and who did not object to
the oath, bet said that the words on the true faith of a
Christian"wers not binding on bieconscleace? Whet, he said,
Was the justice, or the policy, of telling him that though he
drily felt a sore of religious obligatioa—though he was
clearly Sneer, according to hie lights, In his belief of the
religion which he had been taught--nevertheless be woe
unfit to sit in this here. But if a man was brought to the
table who took the oaths, who was known by his own works
sad by his writings to be oppoasd to every Christie!' doe.
trim and belief, that wu to be • man to be trusted sad to
obtain • seat in that house—the ptaltiou which it was his
ambition to seek. (Hear, bur.) The argument on this point
had been well beaten, for it had been discussed
not only on this question but in the debates on
the catholic question, and it had been 'maintained
triumphantly that religious faith ought net to be a gritted
of exclusion from that hoer. (Hear, bear.) He was sorry
that the bon. and learned gentlemen felt it to be an impu-
tation, but he (Lord J. Haslet]) must say that that ',elusion
seemed to savour much of persecution, cc of peen' tog men
for their religious faith, as for any other cause, and be
thought that there could be no persecution more cruel.
They read the other day that—he was Deny to say in the
dominions of the king of Serdinia—a person was put into
prison for six month. for reading is the market place a
passage from Scripture 'mentioning the brothers of
• the Saviour. Tint was an set of religions perse-
cution, but the exclusion of pthsona from that
hoses on acoount of their religions faith was
founded on the same principle. He had always put
the question on the ground of religious principle. He
would not enter Into the question r to whether the Lori
Mayor was right or wrong in goteg to St. Paul's on the day
of thanksgiving for the pear; that was • matter wit
regard to winch the Lord Mayor may base judged it incum-
bent cm him to take a pert in the great national celebration.
It wee rather for the right hon. gentleman the member for
Barkinghemthire, who on this question of the admission of
the Jews to that house had always been their steady friend,
and who bad always given his votes in their favour; it was
rather for him to show; the merits which entitled the Jaws
to this right. He (Lord J. Russell) did not claim it as any
favour, but be claimed it as a right and as an act of justice,
and he trusted that the smallness of the number of the Jews
would not induce the house to refuse them that justice
which had been =corded others who laboured under simi-
lar disabilities by the friends of religiose liberty. He
should give his entire oppoeit on to to amendment of the
hon. and teamed gentleman.

Mr. WARREN could not consent to allow nen Chris-
tiana to legislate fora Christian country. Whets the birder
which lupe a Jew out of pediment was otos withdrawn.,
there could be no safeguard loft against the entrance of
Mahoreetaes or pipes.
Mr. BIRO supported the bill.
Mr. T. BUNCOMBE said he thought it was admitted on
all hands that all parties were ashamed of the abjuration
oath, and there was no occasion, therefore' to discus that
oath any longer. He trusted they world no longer sea
soaks 650 mensben of that house, as well as some hundreds
In another place, claiming to represent the basin/nee of
the nation, solemnly calling Odd to witness that they ab-
jured that which led owed to (min, and which by pota-
bility could not be restored. Bat it appeared that hoe.
gentlemen opposite admitted that it wee not the family of
the Stuarts they were apprehensive of, bet that they
had an insurmountable objeetton to the house of
Rothschild. (Laughter.) The hem. and learned gen-
Inman who introduced this question had not told
them how he got over the difficolty of the citisens
Of London having returned a Jew to parliament. They bad
returned a Jew during nine morons; in point of Mot,
daring two parliaments. It was insulting to the Ctisers of
London, end it wee humiliating to the how that they
should continue as they were at present. He waned to
know whether, new oda, 100 Jews were retuned by the
oustitaenene of this country, they would still be excluded?
The ciliates of London had also suited a Jew to be their
diet maoistrate, and the hoe. andleareed ms mbar for Stun
ford (BO F. Thesiger) had alluded to the Lord Mayor of Lon-
don being at SePetios on the thanksgiving day But wha the
(Mr. Buncombe) rose princ-pely to say was, that a Jaw had
been fleeted at different times by two large parishes he
the city of London se charchwerden (Laughter.)
One of them was St. George Botolphin, end
the °PR r Sr. Munn' the Merle, London-bridge.
Thus they had a Jew whose duty bivalved the safe
guardianship of the church sad of proper y connected there-
with, the pour observence of the envies in conformity
with @silting law, the levying of rates f r its support, and
of reporting to the bishop of the diocese any neglect of duty
on the part of the minister. (Laughter) He wrote is Mr.
Keeling, the gentleman is question, who replied that he
believed he had performed the office to the satisfactics of
the rooter and the per;shionen gene rally. that was not all.
It was only two or three Bnadeys ego than, with his col-
leagues, this churchwarden Jew forwarded the canto of
education. The Bishop of Lichfield wee to preach a sermon
at St. Magnus the Martyr, Loudar -bridge. The Lord Mayor
attended then else, and the Jewish churchwarden received
the Bishop of Lichfial and seeordrd him all the
honours of the church on that occasion. The Bishop came
away without being un•Cbristiened, a snbeariptios was
made, end Christian education was aided by the exertions
of the Jewish shurehwerden. Now he thought it was rea-
sonable to euppose that they could not suffer materially if
they wire to 'flow tome few members of the Jewish per-
suasion to sit within tht ea walls. He was escudingly glad
to see no noble lord the member for London again came to
the rescue. He hoped they had now some reason for be-
lieving that this question would be settled in the other
hoes, of parliament. At all unite be h, pad there would
be a demonstration in this house in support of his right hon.
friend the member for Mencheeter's bal, and if an unre-
formed parliament repealed the Test acd Corporation Acts,
and conceded Catholic Emancipation, he hoped that a re-
lented parliameat sonic not perpetuate this last relies of
bigotry sad istolerecoe.
The house then divided, whoa then sprayed—
For the amendment
Against it
The question that the bill do pass was then put and
agreed to.
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY BILL.

The Hone tbeo meet into committee on t—h;s1;11.

Considerable discusstoo took place in so amendment in
the 27th clans., proposed by Mr. Wtonam, to the cff,ct
that in all alteration, of the old college statutes& due regard
should be had to the ictsatimui of tte founders or donors.
The government re elated the ant.ndosent, and, on a division,
it was rejected by a msj city of 97 to 78
The other clauses were gone through, it boing agreed
that the clause on religious tests should be reserved for fu-
ture discount:in. The report was ordered to be r‘ctived oa
Monday.
The Onfold trahrereity Bill wu reed a second time.
The Dublin Metrop, lam Police Bill wag, after several
disieions on the adjournment, at last adjourned to
Thursday.
The other orders of t►e day were then agreed to, and the
hose* adjourned.

PHYSIOLOGICAL ACTION OF STRICHNIA.—The
Lancet, of Saturday kat, publi.hee the notes of three
lectures by Dr. 0. Harley, Profewor of Pt y.iology in Hsi-
versity College, London, on the physicet.gietal action of
strychnia. Proosediag by induction from • number of
demonstratium, made on stigma defier the haters, Prc-
farm Harley arrives at the conclusion that to produce
symptoms of poisoning, strychaia suet be 'berthed by the
blooderewle, la order to reach the spinal cord ; that It can-
not be conveyed thither by the nerves; that the spinal cord
alone is the meat of the art.ficial diaeue; that it is the n
whish, though not aspen:cited thestailers, team the
effects of the disease to the circumference of the toll'. In a
word, the yawls convey the poison to the spis al column, the
spinal column Demme supercharged like • Leyden tsr, and
the nerves era the wires which distribute the shocks.

A letter from Berlin, of the 6th, says : "It appears
that the proposed marriage of the Orend Duke Michael of
Ramie with the Prino•w &don's of Beim, h.. been br3ken
off, In comeequer cis of the princess objecting to the difference
of religion. The Princess Mary of the Netherlands is now
spoke& of for the Grand Daks."

rbe Oxortoo.

Awardaretst:alstieTtela;lll-7-tae-ni;a, Tenlngmar.
mart as at the Ogee, le. Beestalealress. by Tee *Veal se ths
Say climb-keen.

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LONDON, TUESDAY, JUNE 10.

Tin entente cordial. of France and England is an
entente cordiale of the nations. It has been cemented
among French and English warriors, by common
dangers and mutual aid, in the field of battle, and in
" the imminent deadly breach." Let it be cemented
among civilians by prompt and graceful efforts to
alleviate the suffering inflicted on France by the
visitation of the elements. We would have this
done in a spirit of delicacy. The resources of France
are amply adequate to bear the devastation that has
been wrought in the long run, but friendly aid at
the moment may obviate prolonged suffering on
the part of individuate. Let the English
public huts to tender its aid on this plea,
expressing a confident conviction that French bene-
volence would have been equally on the alert had
England been the scene of the elemental war. Eton
the sensitiveness of French delicacy cannot object to
such an offer from their English brethren. The
English residents in France have been behind none in
the work of charity; the English in England ought not
to be behind their countrymen in a foreign land. Let
subscriptions be forthwith opened in London, and
our great commercial marts, for the sufferers by the
inundations in France. Let us show to the world
that not on the battle-field alone, win the thorny and
tortuous paths of politics, bat also in the brotherly
interchange of support and consolation under domestic
afflictions, Frenchmen and Englishmen are hence-
forth "one and indivisible."
It will be wen by an advertisement in another
column, that the LORD MAYOR of London hes takes
the initiative, and that at the Mansion-house next
Friday, an opportunity will be afforded far acting
upon our suggestion.

Me. folimme Mason's Bill has passed the ordeal
of the Hoses of Cannes. Sir F. Tommie's
Amendment was rejected last night by a majority of
169 to 110, end thereupon bigotry strack its Beg, and
allowed the Bill to be read a third time without a
division. The struggle is now transferred to the
House of Peers. My Lord of LINDEUBST, it is now
time for you to gird on your armour.

Tam language held by Lord CLARENDON, in his
despatch to Sir I. HUDSON of the 26th of May (which
appear. in another column), respecting the occupation
of Rome and the Legations by foreign troops, is
worthy of all praise. It is to be hoped that hts lordship
has spoken as frankly to the Governments of Francs
and Autria as to the Government of Sardintap and
that he has earnestly pressed his views upon the two
Imperial Cabinets.

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