The Sun.
London, England, 1849-06-11 00:00:00

STATES.

Mr. HUME said, the Noble Lord the Secretary for
Foreign Affairs had stated on a former occasion that he
had received a communication from the French Minister
with reference to the expedition to Civita Vecchia,
and he wished now to ask him whether that included any
reference to the march of the French army towards
Rome; and alto if he thought it fit to state whether he
approved or disapproved of that proceeding upon the
part of the French, and what answer he gave to the
communication?
Lord PALMERSTON said he received the communi-
cation. With reference to Civita Vecchia in November
rr December last, but no mention was made in it of the

ulterior proceedings which were contemplated by that
expedition. The answer which he gave to it was this,
that it was not for them to judge of the pro-
ceedings of the French Government; that in
their opinion, the differences:,—which had arisen
between the Popo and his subjects might be well arranged
by diplomatic intervention; that that intervention ought
to
his subjects,
in view an
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should secure
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the
Roman people those conatitutionalconcessiens which wete
granted last year, and that there should be a practical
andreaftlustehpoarriatyti.o_n(Lbeoud twecerniesthoef
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temiipeoarr,alhesaard.,,)
the spi-
ritual Mr. HUM: said to nearly
d wished to know whether
threencochmanirumnyieatotiotankse possessiontiateNtiha.titoTansotm.
the intention of the
French
l Lord PA LMER.6o he had received no infer-
! MatiOn to that Effect.
Mr. J. O'CONNELL wished to know whether that
reply was rite consistent with the principle which had
been professed, not to intermeddle with the affairs of
foreign countries? And also, whether there was any
degree of alarm as to the sincerity on the part of his
Holiness the Pope?—(Oh, oh!)
Lord PALMERSTON said he had received intima-
tions from various continental States, that their concur-
rence in the negotiations about to be entered into at
Civita Vecchia would be well received.
Mr. JOHN O'CONNELL—Where from?
Lord PA E RST ON—From Austria, Naples,
France, and the Nuncio at Paris.—(Laughter.) It was
intimated to the Nuncio by Lord Normanby. at Paris,
thatthere would be no interference, by her kt,ijeit)%l Go-
vernm- nt, between the Pope and his subjk cts.— (Cheers.)
THE'RECTORY OF BISHOP WEARMOU
In answer to a question from Mr. HORSM.AN,
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said it would be
highly improper to bestow any professional advice on
that subject; but if the Hon. Member asked whether he
(the Atturney General) had made up his mind as to the
powers of the Commissioners, he had only to say he
had.— (Laugh ter.)
Mr. HORSMAN would ask the Nate Lord at the
head of the Government whether the arrangement with
respt ct to the rectory of Bishopwearmouth would be
carried out by an order in Council, or by an Act of
Parliament ?

Lord JOHN RUSSELL—I have not yet received the
opinion of our Attorney-General.—(Loud laughter.)
CHARITABLE TRUSTS BILL.

Mr. SPOONER asked the Solicitor-General when the
Charitable Trusts Bill would be brought forward?
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL could give no definite
answer; that would depend on circumstances.
PUBLC BUSINESS.

Mr. DISRAELIiave notice that on Thursday he
would make inquiry of the Noble Lord at the head of
the Government as to the probable routine of public
business during the session.

PARLIAMENTARY OATHS BILL.

On the ny.:,tion of Lord J. RUSSELL, that this Bill
be read a third time,
Mr. LAW rose to move that the Bill be read a third

time this day six months. The opening sentences of the
lion. Members speech were wholly inaudible from
the noise occasioned by Members leaving the House.
The main object of the 13d1 was the admission of Jews
into a Christian legislature ; but the real object
of the Bill was not stated until they came te
the latter clauses cf the Bill—which was a
very short one. He objected to the tenor of the Bill,
and to the form of oath which the Bill prescribed, which
was the same as that propounded to the Roman Ca-
tholics, except " on the true faith of a Christian." But the
oath taken by Roman Catholics declared that they would
do nothing to subvert the Church as established by law.
Why should not the same oath be required of the Jew.
The recognition of the admission of Jews to Parliament,
in common with all free-born citizens, was a modern
principle, since they had been treated as villains, to whom
a certain class of laws were applied, and indeed only as
merchant traders. He was extremely glad that this idea
which had obtained for centuries, was no longer enter-
tained, though it was quite evident Lord Coke had
clearly laid down the law of his day. In later periods
privileges were conferred upon them as merchant
strangers, but in a subsequent reign the Jews, to the
number of 17,000, were banished. They remained so for
300 years, and it was not until after the martyrdom of
King Charles I. that they reappeared in this country.
Then the Protector allowed them to return as merchant-
strangers, but no new privileges whatever were conferred
upon them. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman having
traced at some length the course adopted towards the
Jews up to the present period in this country, observed,
that one of the strongest arguments against the admission
of the Jews into Parliament was, that such an admission

would be against the Christian religion and faith. The
arguments against that proposition of the Noble Lord at
the head of the Government appeared to him to have
entirely failed, namely, that Christianity was
the fundamental principle of the common law,
and in proof of that the Hon. and Learned Gentle-
man adverted to the opinions of Lord Hardwicke and
other eminent legal authorities. They were told that
by the scheme of the present Bill that the only impedi-
ment to the admission of the Jews were the words
which lay at the foot of the oath. The powers ot
Parliament extended to a wide scope, but it was
not within the competency of the Legielaturo to
alter the original bounds of our ancient Constitution,
and he did think that it was a very strong assumption of
the powers of Parliament to place Jews in municipal,
and official, and judicial offices. At every new
step they were asked to take, they were reminded
of every one of their previous concessions, and it
was said that they bad only to go a little further, in
order to complete their work. The Hon. and Le,rued
Gentleman then went through the gradual abolition 0.
first, the Test and Corporation Acts, and then of the
several advances which had been made to extend poll
deal and municipal privileges of those without the pale of
the Church of England, and ultimately to the Jews.
He was ready to admit that this Bill would not intro-
duce many Jews into the House, but it would deal a
heavy blow to the character of that House, who, it
would be said, had lost sight of their Christian faith, end
afforded the Jews the means of scaling the wall of the
Constitution. He denied that the statement was true
that by the Act ot the Ist of William and Mary. Jews
might have sat for thirteen years in Parliament, since they
had on record an Act of Council of King William, refus-
ing to remove the laws which dealt with Jews as aliens.
During the dispersion of the Jewish race they had the
command of the money market of the world, and that
was the secret of the attempt to introduce them into
the British House of Commons. He would confirm all their
existing privileges; hut he implored the House to pause
before it took the last step of all, that of breaking
through the fundamental principles cf the Constitution,
and admitting them to share in the Legislature.
(LEFT SFL'AEING.)

SPORTING.

" Men's judgments are
A parcel of their fortunes."--Shakspere.

TO THR EDITOR OF THE SUN.

'udgment was tolerably correct on most of
the stakes run for at the right royal meeting on the Heath
of Asoct just passed away, but particularly so on the race
for the imperial gift of the Emperor of all the Russias,
for in my observations on this race, published on the
22d ultimo, I placed Van Tromp first, Chanticleer
second, and Cossack third, exactly the order in which
they passed the judge's chair; the struggle between
".the grey" and " Val," was intensely exciting, the lat-
ter winning by sheer gameness by half a length. Cos-
sack-was well up, being beaten a short length from
" the grey," and having only a neck the advantage of
Collings ood. _ _

_
The Ascot Triennial Stakes riddle I cannot solve ;
Borneo's victory over Nunnykirk, Honeycomb, Osterley,
Elthiron, Vatican, and Hotspur, completely sets at
defiance all my calculations. Of one thing lam con-
vinced, that Borneo is superior to Hotspur, the acci-
dental second of the Derby, but decidedly inferior to
Nunnykirk and Honeycomb, whom he, however, by
some extraordinary means managed to defeat easily
enough on Tuesday last.
Mr. Dixon's Blarney, by Mulatto, or Ballinkeele, out
( f Bohemitnne, by Confederate, made a triumphant
delnit, by defeating the " Derby premier." by a neck,
for the New Stakes; Lord Chesterfield's Penang, only
succumbing by a head to William the Conqueror for
second place; all three will figure prominently in the
Derby market, but are in my opinion at the present
time, not good enough to do the " deed of note," next
year.
For the Derby of 1850 my fancy points to Pontifex,
by Touchstone, out of Crucifix, by Priam; and Tile
Italian, by Touchstone, out of Florence, as the most
dangerous nags to be against; but the following lot, one
and all, will make a noise before the day, viz., Sidus,
St. John, Blarney, William the Conqueror, Witch-
craft, Penang, Sergius, Compass, Ghillie Callum.
Decoy colt, Windbound, Crossbow, The Rat, Hardinge,
Sting.), colt by Ballinkeele, Earl of Strathmore, Flare-up,
and the Knight of Avenel.
The present wet k contains two meetings of but little
race, Hampton and Newton. At the former, on Wednes-
d.ty next will be run the Surrey and .Middlesex Stakes,
which has an acceptance of eight, and will probably
have six starters, with either Durdans or Chicot for
winner, the Dark Lady bring close up ; and on Thurs
day the Claremont Stakes for two years old, which
ought to be won by Royal Hart or Ballet Girl.

Mr. Green is in' immense force at Newton, it is just
"on the cards," he may win the Golborne Stakes with
the Seignor of Holdernsss ; the Gold Cup with Swiss
Boy or Westow ; the Borough Cup with Westow ;
and the St. Leger Stakes with Garrick; the last named
the most improbable, as Strongbow and Magician figure
in the race.
Duxbury will be very forward in the race for the
Golborne Stakes, and will in all probability win the
Drawing Room Stakes.
I am, Sir, yours, &c.,
THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF.
June 11, 1849.

AGRICULTURAL DISTRESS-
GLOUCESTER, SATURDAY NIGHT.—To-day a very nu-
merously-attended meeting of the lando sners, farmers,
and other inhabitants of GloncEstershire, was held at
the Shire Hall in this town, to take into consideration
the digressed state of the agricultural interest, and to
determine what steps should be taken thereon. The Shire
Hall, which is calculated to hold about 3,000 persons,
was densely crowded, and on the platform we observed
Earl Ducie, the Marquis of Worcester, M.P. ; Sir Wm.
Codrington, M.P.; Sir H. Crawley Bower, Grantley
B.:rkeley, Esq., M.P.; Humphrey Brown, Esq.. M.P.;
the Rev. J. Edwards, the Rev. E. Lyons, Capt. Somer-
set, D. Bowley, Esq., S. Bowley, Esq., C. B. L. Baker,
Esq , E. W. Josephs, Esq., W. Hartland, Esq., W.
Allen, Esq., C. Buller, Esq., &c., &e.
On the motion of Mr. GRANTLEY BERKELEY, the
. High Sheriff of the County, W. Griffiths Price, Esq.,
was called to the chair.

The UNDER•SHERIFF having read the requisition con-
vening the the meeting:,
The CHAIR3IAN briefly opened the business. He said
that a heavy amount of distress weighed down the agri-
cultural as well as the manufacturing interests nobody
could doubt, though there might be a difference of
opinion as to the mode of alleviating that distress.—
Cries of " You are a Free Trader.") Eie was no pint,
to express his own opinion on that occasion, but he
begged that a fair and impartial hearing should
be given to all the speakers, whatever their opinions
might be—(Applause)—and should that not be the case,
a legitimate interence might fairly be drawn against
those who opposed such a fair expression of opinion,
that they were afraid of hearing the truth. The Chair-
man then read letters from Viscount Camden, the Duke
of Beaufort,
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gentlemen,
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Mr. PETER Ews,
a tenant farmer, came o
for-
ward, amidst loud cheers, to
propose t
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All the farmers wanted was equal-handedesjluusttiiocu..
Lhte hey were,s demandwn ao
gt e
tsh
ef goingor
r o
rights. Parliament pining and wining.
htior day's work. tLair
he
poor-rateday in his neighbourhood hi}
year ending in March, wwoarnkted tlongilvBe42a
g4,37uorlhood was, for the half
the
last half
the price of corn
provisions
was 5 3901., and the price of corn nesoarwwr. the poor
475. per quarter ; at
((!fthfreee trade.—(Uproar,
poor-rags
3ooosw per
quarter.—(Cries of 325.) The
wards of 40 percenweacsh:hapeeffr,eacut
cent. higher. That (sU3Or 13"'
and cries of" Nonsense.") The speaker here proceeded
read extracts from speeches of Sir Robert Peel, delivered
prior to intrceiecieg his free trade measures, to show the
disadvantage of free trade. Sir R. Peel admitted that
the farmers were overtaxed, and yet:he afterwards put
the property tax on them.—(Cries of " Serve you right.).'
After opposing free trade Sir Robert Peel sold the farm-
ers to free traders.—(Uproar.) What had Government
done since that time? They had not taken di any taxes,
and it therefore became their duty to erra
nd
cheap got
-
vernment.—(lmmense applause.) Th —er must n
be luxury to the idle, and slavery to the indus-
trious. And if they were to have free trade i
u n corn,
they must have cheap government. They mst com-
mence at the root of the tree, and reduce the allow-
ances of the Queen, Prince Albert, and the Ministers of
State. All sinecures and useless offices must be abolished
Their local taxation was always increasig, and they
lately had saddled on them a police, which cost him
more in a year than had ever been stolen from him in
thirty years. Then, again, iliac were expensive gaols,
in which the prisoners were so well fed as to give a
premium to poor labourers to commit crime. The
fundholdfr paid no portion of this taxation. The
manufacturer doing business to the extent of
80,000/, and employing 800 or 1,000 men, did
not pay local taxation equal to the farmer rented