The Express.
London, England, 1857-07-11 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS.—FIOOAT, JOLT 10.
The L out Citannit.Loa teak his seat on the woolsack
The b .uee mwented sa animated appearan at in anticipation
ef the esp.. rod debate' n the Oaths Bill ;en there was a neme-
ses Waal err of poe qeite a crowd ound the throne ;
the stranger; 'Amy was tilled, and there was • large muster
el ladies.
THE OATHS BILL.
Lord LEIGH preemiled a petition signed by 3,000 inhabi-
tant. of 114 oeuglesi (wow et the Oaths Bill.
The Mayas of llarhedowno. Lord Brougham, Lord Tyne'.
home, Leal Colville, and several other noble l nt.. also pre-
sented petite's, in favour of the bill. The Earl of Derby.
the Duke .4 Bucckarb, and 'wend other noble lords, pre-
sented pelt' me spina the mensure.
Earl GRANVILLE, before moving the wort reeding of
the bill, Loved that the Clerk read the ...ohs of supremacy,
and abjuration, and allegiance, at the table.
The CoLuit teed the oaths accordingly.
Earl GUAM-ILLS—I now beg to move the second
reeding of this bill. At different time, when I bare had to
intreluce ramming to your lordhhipa I have felt some diffi-
culty lee,. I should be able but imperfectly to state the object
of the commie I bad to propee. Hy clinleulty to-night is
of • different dwription. The arguments that may be
adduced in favour of tie bill may not be of a novel character,
but I will endeavour to elate them Lri. tly. Some of your
lordships may think that there is some preeuteption, after
your, opin a has been given on a pert of this bill, in my
agaiX venturing to being the subject under your consideration;
but, in the course of the observations I Alan nuke I trust I
shall be able ts show toot there are some grounds why your
1. niships s'iould change your opinions. The object of ilia
bill is to emend the oaths whi di are now required
to be taken by members of the legislature. All
your loidetiips have lately taken thow oatha, and
you have just beard them read at the table, end it to
therefore unnecessary for me to explain their nature. It as
impoesit le to hear thaw oaths read without seeing the &no-
sr dons and incoagrumas character of them. The object of
the bill is to amend those oaths, and by so ding remove
anaemia which exist at present. I believe that nen is nn
nation superior to our own ia the impotence lilt they
attach to the wnetity of an osth. natant Owl, sit e*
a matter of general principle, but wen as • wassign slide
big and goad taste la the dusted claws et Ihe ouseley
whom there oaths mots partiouleriy cenests, hen bse
watery where so mob horror and darts.* hi OR at,witlfwg
like taking in min the name of 0,4. AM I *Mb ee
tgLi.g in vain that holy name when you wake Or MINI
solemn append on thing, which are of theologian elleily
atter ani ridiculow. I think it woo Cicero 11611 sell Ise
could u t .nmive how two awes could nest in lit Meet
el Haute without ad wit lingbiag in etewellhoes hen
What would be the stew greet Paps It be 'theet
representatives of the in mother phis, Wine sew
in this house the and *s ten Its lei
weed their seen 171174=11: the sdeeYllYsYes ge
the law, together with the pine, en es Se ere of God
to witness anything 76..r= beat tiest the
elheeindents of is bear set ant Ire me right to
the crows et Wee unine. Os the othae heed, to call on
protestant' to new that ibey did sot bine is • doctrise
which I believe is doned by wed Kowa Whelks who do
sot tam the oath at alk is ea eneenly. It mold be washes
your kirdaisipif We if I weeeledele the gnat Weeder le the
oaths which yea weaned an le Wm. lam the mea ow
rimed of that llowle dread all site bars bees ere
this hone to amid lbw. Thine senething in year pm.
lisinastary fines ides saomons Wanine, but ita tombs-
We • sort of webehns antiqedislin Wry are preserved, and
there is a art et Wit bows, Y the institutions of the
tea try In penortag then. Set with regard to
these oath" se web conhheallen Wets. They have
not greet andialty, they ban been added :to, they
law bees plebs & and added to in various ways, and
lave obi...lately failed this afternoon In counting
so the somber of act* of parliament by which they have
her Wind end enacted. One collatert advantage he the
Curbill I. that by the change in the oaths admirer Isle
nt er leer sf parliament may be given to the Jews, who
ei thinner,
by wean WWII in the oath., i
leniesti, re asiladei es &mama of their relight=
MI tin emelenme sibune• to truth. We psopss. le
Meese then lbw that dkehlity, ea the growl
an dright, end news wbelieve it is ebodenly enbew
to the prim*, sr we oinetiteelea that ma Weld be de-
bawd hen *been sears et their en
winese.
To ny greet neweige sew desk hes tees eepeeni wham
this clause we net ishatiewhy Waned le way to
the Jews. I d not triable your lesehtsielslth
quotations of options Irvin some of the vaned
of this country ; I will net even pints Wrenn
an refer to Judicial opinions, but I will refer to yenews
good sense. When this oath was framed, at the
ef the 19th vagary, the object was to protect thsrees/
Hanover from the Hoses of Stuart. At that time the Jews
were of no political significance whatever; and I ask if tt is
possible that these womb were introduced with a view to ex-
clude thcle we from parliament? While they debarred from
their civil right, they are permeated. Noldsierdeeppettemsg
petal I that it is not peeeeeutloc to prevent Jews; etneerise
properly qualified, from taking their nets is the Win Wen
of parliament. I think I hays a right to sit thin ieelm
the line where persecution begins and Awe It ens ? I
would ask wirther it existed a quarter et a senitsw7 ego
when your laws prevented a Jew from hag the fret
wenn* of that great city which fter sem yews
hes returned • Jew as its representative? I ask
whether it was persecution when you prevented a Jew frees
being a schoolmaster or a lawyer, or even exereibLitaiett.ili
Wads in the cite of London? And Ima if these
it., of the slightest advantage to the country? I sale whe-
ther it was persocutiou when the property of about KIN
Jeers was coullwated in this country? Thin bill is intended
to remove the tion now existing. I hope your lord-
shige will attribute it to my want of understanding, or any-
thing else be.. • want of respect for these who entertain •
contrary opiates ; but heel the beet consideration I have
been able to give to the subject, I hare not been able with
any sedsfactkn to myself to law down an easel principle on
which an objection can be taken to this inessime. I have
leant appeals to sentiment sad prejudice that is supposed to
stet in • Chriatiaa community, but so char
principle. as I commas, bee been bad down. llt et
said that by admitting the Jews to a seat in parliament
they unehrietianised the legislature. I tenet that my noble
friend who is to follow me will not wady himself with
bolding out that horror, but that he will explain how the
sesult is to take place. In the fret pace, we ought to be in-
:mead whether the nation at large is to be consideeed
Mist= or no'. If the preposterous notion is entrained
that it is unchristian I ask your lonlehips whether it is not
chimerical to anion to maintain for the legislature • cha-
racter which the ran nat large doe. not porta lf, on
the other hand, the onion is said to be Christian, how is It
potable that the notion can maintain its Christianity, Jew"
being allowed to We for members of parliament, awl le rani
all the duties of essibtrates and sherith. They do that sow,
and how ~an it be said, Ws, that you nisch:Winne the
legislature by the sandshoe et • dew Jews? Ipmtntoyour
kniehipe wham Christienty bolds its pia is the
world by laws intentionally or anintentiaaWly Ernie
by te en whether by such means yen really this& yes
on ftide sot only the outer senahken tint be Weer
aubennee et Chriatianty. I bare e'en U rearded that
naessest the ern Christine—ma who tow sot relesent to
rriw their lives he swelesee sate—caw d then WI see
hanale le Unseen la the Items earn I awl earlar-
Owl a Chrinan et that elan ebeald Loin iderelf Jen-
Sol in with the warehippere d Jenne in ratan of
a tenweal a web yet thee we amenlied
nest, not hr the lures cuisines en gassier et retigi,tat
belief, brit es mini slssatag the Wepeeel wine our
Idlow-sabjertverephiss peens being almost every form
et mentions belief is the world, not we should lose our cha-
lweerslClnistlimsbysiltdegalserwse,theerron of whom,
bower darner le drainer, urn be aid to be dosser-
we le others, asi width they done Ink to propeplo I
tot thank thank that Ws is sewer, sad I think the neater denim
ib wichrietian anlineste propounded and bY
sonini Christians. Fee thew ewer I think tlltu=sliersu.
nest et Chrictianity comma be erhanined. The noble earl
=tt say that he lad awn Mt • sational pride in
at thieconetry snowed teeppeeisee montelntleen
Gait wantries, the armor ad an sad religsoneWty.
Tide lordships bad yesseisate hr the coon they bai per
son with neer& at ibe Jaws Imre be teas any let,
la Meek en other yarn et the continent of
Jew toes en perseesail, bet if they went Rtramie
!ma an Sardinia, to senrat Ilollad. sad to the 'Wee
died the Atlantic, they went find that those sientries
did an debar Jew. of tr civil rights. And the disabilities
a the Jews did not exist throughout the whole el our
ow mann They were under no disability Is In-
as, In the Australian coloulas, a Jennie', or In
Beendoes. In Canada the subject wan wry mach
discussed, and be was happy to esy that an of the
drinks of their civil rights there was •
rwarstaid that there was no mitabliehedchtuch in the
States, and that the queetion had not been mooted there, How
that was not exactly the fact, for in the state of lieresabs-
setts, which was stilt imbued with something of the Puritan-
ical spirit, • full discussion had taken place on the subject,
and It had Leen speed to 'weep from the statute-book no-
tin weds which bon the of whet
wee considered • ashen Wen lorricetoienuice. These
were home of the reasons which indeted him
to oak their lordships wean set he hineneed by the
spoke* my that the sesame went net nnehrintianise the
=lll.et tbe eswity. (Ser, bear.) TIM, were some
I.argessees to which it our seareely escesenry to allude,
an he raceme as that the Jews bens a we nn nation
eel eapeehas thdr neleestkoi weld prevent
One bereasing good ennui leoniPalirZewe imeneatly
Wined that would even at a dine peeled of be
Ina
.=o.that might be the ; lbst bowie theyespeeted
restoration as likely le sneer sew thorned or
thosnad yews Warn they inset lase el Waren is
Ile preepority et the emery wham they
our *now a Addle erwasest. The angweerk4
they wen wet he lannensal wenn bed albegetbar
wenn Be vend set new laie this teem, ja ndmr
waste, who. heir Weibrelosa agiaee beg b.r taa,
bat be m nes te that there our '•
ijeefrt of sense la nigh thy In •an been an as/
aearil ceisedram
81.0ai.) vend NM may
htv mists& elm et eta aft eer n. Ile ha:
UM that seer et the sloth some et that,
leneligs• bar bit a illbeeley Is veils be the reed
wines. New be melmily Wee natives, sad be
yea wee nay nee Inmell by the me marste r
am non wer capered sour years ago by ma
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