The Express.
London, England, 1850-07-29 00:00:00

LILPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
souse OF COMMONS.
=IS DAY. •
The Semen Me! ibe &dr at e'dedi.
Alter the privets k.i.a bed Mei of, several
pealimas were presorted "rim w ef Jews hate
perlianeret.
Oa the order of the day for the edirenesideloste or Baer
Relsothild,
Mr. HENLEY asked whether beim the reeneeptiss
• question should nos be pat SO the he.. amber for Los-
ers to ester to get ea the records of the haws whether the
fens otos* proposed by the ameasbasat would be binding
es his soneelesee.
Tb. SPEANER rid that, aloe the bowie desired, sash
• question could sot be put belles pseessellas with the
• ow e f Ms day.
Mr. W. P. WOOD said that the rely queries whisk
Nail he pee to the balsa was, it nob sa oath woe blasting
or Ms erassiester_ whisk sdoubt he would sewer.Mr. F. SOOTT willed to blow, U tke house decided that
Bars Selhashlld seal& be swore is the Old Testament,
w.bether be wield be a scriber of she how, ad vete.
The SPEAK= said that if the hoses ea decided, the oath
'maid be se ideriehased ; hat the the vegetal unsaid arise
whether he treeld take the other oaths.
Mr 0 OAST said that it the swaths was geserally
semi to It sight be pet, sad he sadersteed that the
1 bona wee willow as answer it; sad perhaps that weld be
h She Awe ems&
Arta seem. weeds items Mr. Wm"
Sir 3. GRAHAM teseeteld it wield be expeiliest to haws
an answer to that queerer from Bares Eetheabibt.
Sir F. THESIGER thought the house should haws
required to know from lb. biros why he desired is Le
swora en the Old Testeasent, as he {Masted to the anal
form of oath fa the hare. This would probably cease
"nether quires to be put to him, viz.—Wheeler he was el
the Jewish pareassisa. (No, ao.) Sapp's' the Wes had
said that "doable( a teaser so the (mad, was the to,.
stoat binding on ht. sonesiesee could the horse have hese
unshaded trh a booking fowler Into the grenade of his
belief is sods as cork ?

Mr. E. OSBORNE—Though no doubt the house might
pat question they chose. still the hes. member fir Lon-
de., whim salmi te the table, should be wanted that it was is
his diseredem se elheWer my quashes, as be did sot thick
that the emetics of the milt of abjuration should be debated
in that way.
The SPEAKER thee pst the guidon —" That the
Base ReiheabilS be Oiled te the table."
After ems sheet diereedes,
Mr. ANSTET proposed that U Baron Rothschild be
again called in he Amid have all the oaths exhibited to him,
sad let ban mate hie objections to them all. At the same
time he maid ember he woe not oiled amis.
TM CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER thought
that all that the home should know " was why Baron de
Rothsehild refused to be swore." and he moved that he be
sailed spin and he asked why he refused to be 'were.
Sir J. GRAHAM lamight es a point of order no goon=
should be piat by the speaker *zees is writing, having been
firm moved, osemdei, sied serried. 'TM house ought to have
the Tuition asked of Rum de Rothschild, " whoa you are
asked to be ewers es the Old Testament is that oath binding
00 your oesetbass T "
L,rd J. RUSSELL agreed that the question should be
put as suagered by Sir J. Graham.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER saved that
the Bares Rothschild, ono of the raembers for the City of
L reds., having demanded to be sworn as the Old Testament,
he be willed to the table, and Mr. Speaker do ask him why
he demanded to be swore is that form.
Sir T. ACLAND asked it Bare. Rithsebild really
required to take the mass of a member of parliament.
The SPEAKER then pat the motion, which was carried.
Baron ROTH !CHILD then came to the table, sad
The SPEAKER said—You 'aeriag demaaded to be sworn
on the Old Testarneut, I am directed to ask you why you
desire to he or sworn
Baron

Because that is the form of 'wearing
most bleeding on me aostmience. (Load cheers.)
Sir F. THESIGBIL said that Baron Rothschild should be
asked whether he claimed the protestant or Roman catholic
oath, and moved sesordiagly.
The motion war put.
Mr. W. P. %WU Aught there was nothing In this, es
the question pat to the hon. member was not put on record
at all ; it was only put by the clerk se a matter of courtesy
and etinvenience. and no member war obliged to sewer it.
Mr. ANSTEY said no such question was put to him ; but
the protestant oath MI tendered to him, and be demanded
the catholic oath.
Mr. HENLEY said this vitalism would appear on record.
After • few iced, free Mr. Huts,
SO G. GREY said this question was only put by the
clerk for the co
clerk members and the clink, sad
usually there was an reseed of each a queetica being pat,
and it only appeared on this occasion on account of the au-
ntie, which accompaaied it.
Mr. J. A. 8111 H selpd under what statute the boa.
member for Abingdon scald pat Isis question'
Sir F. THESIGER said hie motion wse whether the
hum thought it expedient to put the question, and they
mad decide for thearelves.
Sir J. TYRRELL said that at present Baron Rothschild
had not refused to take any oath, but only objected to the
term of the oath. (Hear, eau
Mr. 8. WORTLRY and, querions of this kind did not
mrsaly appear la the joanals, but this question having ac-
ddeatally appeared on the journals, there was this difficulty
that there would appear on the journals • question which
was not answered. He thought the friends of the Baron
Rothchild were special rending and trflirg with the
question. What the bones wasted to kaow was, whether
the member for London was ready to take all the oaths re-
quired of • member on taking his seat—(hear, bur)—and
on that be was prepared to take a warn probably as liberal
II any one.
Mr. MURPHY irked whether it woo the friends of Baron
Rothschild who had taken this preliminary objection.
After • few woe& from Mr. NIMDTO/Mr,
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said the
question was the form of the oath, and not which oath was
to be taken. This was the first question to be deeded, and
must be so decided, and the mune of the hon. member for
Abirglon did not go to the form of the oath—whether Pro-
testant or Catholic.
Sir F. THESIGER thought there was la feet no
preliminary question, but the two were in substance the
same.
After • few weird. from Mr. V. SMITE,
Lord J. RUSSELL said that when a member cams to be
sworn, the clerk usually put the New Testament into his
hands, and the Protestant oath wee tendered to him ; and if
he was a Catholic, he demanded to be sworn on the oath pro.
laded la that case. But here thin was • preliminary ques-
tion raised by Baron Rothschild, who demanded to be sworn
on !hi Old Testament. That was the first question to be
decided.
B'r F. THESIGEB withdrew the motion.
Mr. S. WORTLEY said he shoal move " that Bares
Rothschild be called to the table, and the Speaker to di
rented to ask him If he was prepared to be sworn according
to act of parliament."
After a short dissuasion,
Sir G. GREY said this motion raised the whole sad not
the preliminary qualm, and the preliminary question
ought to be dispmed of fine.
Mr. SHEIL moved, as an annuffinese. " That Baron
Rotheehild be calla to the table sad he sworn on the Old
Testament." The question bad been put to him, why he
de bid too to be swore, and that question had bun answered,
and some step should be taken en that proceeding. As he
just understood that a similar amendment was on the paper,
ke would withdraw his.
Mr. NEWDEGATE thought it was • men farce to call
Biros Rothchild to the table spin, to tender him oaths
which he could not take, and therefore no step could be
gained.
Mr. HOME proposed now to move the amendment of
which he had given notice.
Lord J. RUSSELL said that the division ought to be
taken on the motion of the right hon. member for Bate, sad
then that the adjourned debate should be proceeded with.
The bones divided—
For the motion lO4
Against It
The adjourned debate was then resumed.
Mr. HUME then moved as an amendment, "That Bow
Lionel Nathan de Rothchild, an of the member; f 4 dm
City of London, having presented Masai at the table of dm
house, and having, previously to tahlai the oaths, requested
to be sworn oa the 04 Testament, being the form which he
is ready to declare to be binding on his isoaseienee, the clerk
be directed to swear Meson the Old Testament aceordingly."
He hoped the house, as an set Ukulele, would not exclude
any individual on account of their religious tenet', but would
give full civil rights to every one, no matter what his nil-
(lons belief.
Mr. WILLCOX seconded the amendment.
Sir F. THESIOER said that they were not considering
whether it was expedient that a Jew should be admitted
into parliament, but all they were to unsider was whether
a person requiring to be sworn on the 0:d Testament, and
stating that to be the form of oath lust binding on kis eent-
oleic., could be mr ewers and admitted a member of parlia-
ment under the law as it new existed. He dubbed
whether the affirmative reselaliem of the hon. seem-
her for the Univenity of Oxford was the right course, be
imam the Speaker having stated that the administre.
tion of the oath la sash a form was universal, it was for thole
who touted on deputing from the anal practice to prove
their case, and be thought it would he advisable for the
elegies' modes to be withdrawn and the discussion be taken
on the amendment. There woe, ia fast, only one question,
though it was attempted to separate the oath of abjuration
from the others. If a member could not take the oath of
abjuration by swearing on the Old Testament, it would be
found that, according to the present law, he maid not take
the other oath la that form. If the Boon Rothschild did
• re ii ire to take the Roman catitulic oath; he we. nesse-