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participation in the making of their laws, and the endan-
germent of their institutions.
Mr. CROWDER was somewhat surprised at hearing
the sentiments on this subject which had been expressed
by the Hon. lember who had just sat down.—(Hear.)
lie confessed he was astonished to hear from lion. Mem.
hers of that House that the Jews entertained no consci-
entious scruples in matters of'religioua belief, whereas
the fact was that a class more conscientious could not be;
and it was those conscientious feelings that operated to
keep them out ot that House ; and did they not enter-
tain such, there would be no necessity for the measure
now before the House for altering the Parliamentary
oaths, so as to admit them to seats in the Legislature.
No class had been more subjected to persecution than
the Jews for their conscientious adherence to their reli-
gious principles.—(Hear, hear.) On what ground,
then, could it be said that the Jews had no conscientious
regard to religious scruples ? The Jews were admitted
to the rights of citizenship in many Christian countries,
and to the highest offices, and he was at a loss to
know—seeing how they conducted themselves—how
their admission to this House could have the effect
of unchristianising it. He denied that it would have
any such effect, or that there was any ground for
saying or apprehending that they would not act in har-
mony with a Christian legislature. The Bishop of St.
David's, but a few evenings ago, said, in the other House
of Parliament, that in matters relating to the interests
of the established religion of the country, he should
prefer seeing a Jew have a seat in that House to a Dis-
senter—(Hear, hear)—for the Jew might be supposed to
have a more impartial feeling on the subject. Then,
looking at the conduct of the Jews in the discharge of
their duties as fellow-citizens, were they not admitted
to the possession of the elective franchise for the return
of Members to that House, and did they not exercise it
in as free and impartial a manner as any men ot the
Christian community in which they lived, moved, and
conductedthemselves, in every respect as good citizens?
They were appointed to the office of magistrates, and
to corporate dignity, and would it be said that they in
any way suffered their religious principles to intertere
with, or mar, the proper discharge of their duties in
those positions? The experience and observation of every
day showed that they had not. With respect to the
Roman Catholics in that House. he had a strong opinion
that they would, to a min, support this measure, and
endeavour to obtain for the Jews that full measure of
toleration which was so long and so unjustly withheld
from themselves.—(Hear.) He felt strongly on this
subject, and that he would not be performing his duty to
himself, the community in which he lived, the Jews, and,
he hoped, the increasing liberality of the age, if he did
not give his vote in favour of this measure.
Mr. GORING was surprised at the opinions of the
Hon. and Learned Gentleman who had just sat down
respecting those expressed by his Hon. Friend the Mem-
ber for Warwickshire (Mr. Newdegate) on the question
now before the House. He (Mr. Goring) felt no sym•
pathy with the opinions expressed by one Roman
Catholic against the opinions of another. He owed a
duty to God, before binding himself to do an act of
kindness to his neighbour; and he believed he would
offend God and our S tviour if he consented to admit the
Jews into that House. He should, therefore, oppose the
Bill now under consideration.

cide.i movement iu favour of the Jews, when their cause
was supported by the citizens of London, and by 'all the
metropolitan districts ? Would any man say that an
unfriendly or indifferent spirit pervaded the country ?
There was no c.,tatry in w.eich the Christian religion
was more revered, as he was iustified in saying from the
magnificent temple which England had built, and to
which she had given the name of that distinguished Jew
who inculcated the virtue of charity in all his writings—
a temple which looked over the vast expanse of greatness,
of power and grandeur, of their metropolis. The cross,
the emblem of Christianity, was visible on all their
churches. It was the type of the religion of Christ.
The cause of Christianity was the cause of toleration.
The victory of the one was the triumph of the other.
end for the consummation of that victory he should
anxiously look forward, and hail the triumph with joy
and exultation.—(Cheers.)
Mr. GOULBURN said, that notwithstanding all that
had been stated, he adhered to what he had already ob-
served regarding this Bill, and which he believed would
have the effect of injuriously altering the character of
Parliament. That was the great objection he felt to the
present measure. What was the situation on which
they were called upon to legislate? The constituency
of London had sent into the House a gentleman who
was known by them to be incompetent to represent them;
and now they called upon the House to pass a retrospec-
tive measure, which was attempted to be forced upon
them by numbers and by wealth. They were now called
upon to admit Jews, not by a- direct law brought in for
that purpose, but by an alteration of the oaths hitherto
necessary to be taken by Members of the House. The
Right Hon. Member then referred to the abrogation of
the oath of supremacy, and which, he said, hsd been
dune in order that the Jews might be admitted to Par-
liament. It was admitted that they had to deal with the
temporalities of the Church, and he believed that tee
Hon. Member for Oldham had gone so far as to declare.
that he would feel it his duty to deal with the doctrine
and the discipline of the Church of England also, so far
as Parliament could be admitted to deal with that doe-
trine ant discipline. Another effect of the Bill would ba to
create distrust in the deliberations of Parliament when
they affected religious matters, and the general interests
of Christianity. It had been said that public opinion
was not expressed against this measure, but they might
depend upon it there was arrayed against the principle
et the measure a numerous class, who did not assemble
at public meetings, or brawl on the hustings, but dis-
seminated respect for the authority of the Church and
State.—(Hear. hear.) Ever since the admission of the
Roman Catholics to Parliament, and the subsequent
change effected by the Reform Bill, which added to the
influence of the Dissenters, there had been growing up
in that country a distrust in Parliament to deal in ec-
clesiastical matters; and such had been the conduct of
the Legislature, that it induced a doubt in the mind of
the influential classes whether the maintenance of the
Church with the State was any longer a matter to be
desired. He should regret to see such a separation. He
should be sorry to find that it became necessary, from
the conflict of antagonistic religions, or from differences
between the Jews and Christians in that House; but he
had no hesitation in saying, that if they introduced
the Jews into Parliament they gave the strongest pos•
Bible weight to the arguments of those who upheld the
justice of such a separation. Should the House of Com-
mons sanction the mtasure, he was not without hope
that it would be rejected by the other branch of the
Legislature.
Mr. ROEBUCK said tbat, in consequence of the ex-
ample set him by the gentlemen on the opposite side of
Rouse, he intended entering into a discussion of the
measure before the House. If the measure had been of a
purely democratic nature, respecting an alteration, for
instance in the constitution of that House, they would
find Hon. Members objecting to its being brought for-
ward repeatedly; but though the House had discussed

Mr. SADLEIR said the Jews were excluded from the
House by accident—for the words " en the true faith of
a Christian" were intended to bind Roman Ca:belies in
regard to the obligation of the oath which they took—as
it was supposed that a Catholic could be absolved from
his teeth by an ecclesiastical authority—not for the pur-
pose at excluding the Jews. This being so. he did not
think they should continue to exclude a class of tbeir
fellow-subjects from the privilege,t of sitting in that
House. It was said on former occasions that. if they
admitted Roman Catholics into that House, they would
destroy its Protestant character, but the result proved
that this was a most extravagant and unjust prophecy.
It seemed new to be admitted that the admission of the
Jews into this House would be perfectly justifiable on
social and political grounds; but it was proposed to ex-
clude them on religious grounds. Now he contended
that no man ought to be excluded on account of his re-
ligious opinions. On all questions of foreign or domestic
policy a Jew could legislate with the same ability and
knowledge as a Christian, and he believed that on a ques-
tion relating to the Church a Jew would act in a manner
perfectly consistent with the rights of the established
religion. He believed the majority of the people of
England were in favour of the Bill before the House;
but this he knew that the people of Ireland were decided
supporters of it. And here he might mention that the
gentleman who was now practically excluded from sit-
ting in that House by an accident, which this Bill was
intended to rectify, was the promoter of, and one of the
most active members in, the British Relief Association,
which had effected so much good in Ireland, by forward-
ing to the poor of that country timely food and raiment.
He should give the Bill his hearty support.
Mr. SPOONER said if he was to give his vote in
accordance with the liberal and high character of the
men of the Jewish religion, he must give it in favour of
this Bill, and it he was merely to consider the interesting
character of the Jewish nation and its people, he should
also be obliged to vote with her Mejests s Ministers.
But he looked upon this question in a very different light,
and he felt that if they admitted Jews into that House
they would unchristialoze it. ['his was the reas 'n why he
objected to their admission amongst Christian legislators.
The arguments urged by the lion. and Learned M tuber
for Liskeard in favour of the admission of Jews,
on the ground that Roman Catholics and Pro-
testant Dissenters had been admitted into it, did not in
the least apply. The Hon. Member then alluded to
another part of the Act which released every Member of
that House from taking the oath of supremacy, in a
portion of the Act, which he highly disapproved of, and
he declared that he never would consent that the oath of
supremacy should be done away with.—(flear.) He
heti, vest that few of the public knew that the oath of
supremacy was done away with. At the time the Noble
Lord (Lord J. Russell) introduced the clause, it hap-
pened by an injudicious enforcement of the standing
order which excluded strangers from the gallery, that
the usual channel of communication with the public was
prevented a knowledge of the proceedings of that House.
—(Hear, hear.) He (Mr. Spooner) supported the Bill
of '29 chiefly on the argument of Mr. Canning, to the
effect, that as an oath kept Roman Catholics out of the
House the force of an oath would act upon them when
they became Members of that House.—(Hear, hear.)
But now they had taken away that safeguard, and, as it
was well known that the efforts of Roman Catholics were
directed to promote the ascendancy of their church, he
believed, as was foretold by a Noble Lord, that they
would not rest satisfied till they had succeeded in making
the Catholic Church dominant, and in putting down the
Protestant Church of England. Under these circum-
stances, he should feel it his duty to oppose the measure
of the Noble Lord.—(Hear, bear.)
Mt. SHEIL said toe Bill under their consideration
was a Bill to alter the oaths to those not profe,sing the
Roman Catholic religion, who should be admitted Mem-
bers of that House, the sixth clause enacting that
nothing in the Act should be arplicable to R.:anan Ca-
tholics, nor affect the provisions of the Act of 10 George
IV. It had been argued that there was now nothing
to prevent a R iman Catholic taking the Protestant
oath ; but if a Roman Catholic came to the table of
the House, and took the, oaths prescribed for Protes-
tants, it would be a virtual recantation of his religion.
and by taking that oath he would at ante show that
he conformed to the Protestant religion.—(Hear, hear.)
He found that the oath proposed to be taken by the
Act was a simple declaration, and was disencumbered
from superfluous and useless asseverations, while the
Roman Catholic oaths remained uninterfered with and

this question titre() times, ilon. Gentlemen on the oppo-
site side were not yet satisfied; they dug up their old
arguments, reanimated them, put life into them, again
before the House and the country, to influence, he sup-
posed, the other House of Parliament. The Right Hon.
Gentleman spoke of the vote on this Bill in the other
Clouse of Parliament less despondingly, as he considered
that House more given to listen to arguments on reli-
gious questions, and batter capable to judge of what was
fit for the religious government of the country than the
representatives of the people. He had the greatest de-
ference for the House of Lords, but among its virtues he
did not give them credit for religious observance above
other classes of the Community. It was not among
that class that he found the peculiar devotion
which characterised the people of England.—(Hear,
hear.) The Right Honourable Gentleman opposite said
it was not to a body like the House of Commons that a
question of the present nature should be referred, but if,
as Sir George Grey stated, the House of Commons ac-
tually represented the people of this country, he did not
see why it was not a proper tribunal to decide on the
Bill. He would say that he accepted his (Sir George
Grey's) proposition, that this House does represent the
feelings of the country, and that those feelings are in
favour of this Bill.—(Hear, hear.) lie would trawl
back a few }ears in memory, to 1828. when the Right
Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Gou!burr) then argued with re-
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spent to the admission of Catholics, and he would strike
out of his speech at that period a few words, namely,
" Christian," and put in " Protestant," and the speeches
of the two periods would be found to be almost the
same. In 1829 he (Mr. Goulburn) votel under his
master (Sir R. Peel), and should have stuck to his text
and nailed his colours to the mast; but no, bt,cause two
or three Jews are required to be admitted to the pri-
vileges of the House he alters his principles; that is,
he admits, as a matter of constitutional right, over
100 Roman Catholics, and refuses these rights to
a few Jews. He also recollected that the Right
Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Goulburn) said, in 1828, that by
the Emancipation Bill the House would be uupro-
teastantised, and now he attempts to ague that it will
be unchrtstianised. He was at a loss to know the
meaning of unchristianising the House, for many at pre-
sent sat in the [Luse who did not proteas Christianity;
and he would ask could half-a-dozen infidels unchris-
tianise the House? Was the House to be made an as-
sembly that should do unchristian things ; or do the
people send representatives to do unchristian things?
The Right Honourable Gentleman (Mr. Geulburn) ad-
mits that those few Honourable Members are not likely
to cause any danger, because they take an oath that,
according to their belief, cannot obligate them; but he is
very apprehensive of danger from the Roman Catholics
taking the short oath. He was well aware how he (Mr.
Goulburn) was obliged to take the repeal of the 'rest
and Corporation Act as a model for a clause in the
Roman Catholic oath, in 1829, which he then stated
was to be considered as a safeguard. And what, he would
ask, was the result of the words of the clause i,,trodueed
into that oath? Sume one or two Raman Catholics felt
a twinge of conscience in consequence, as they thought
that this oath precluded them from taking any part in
m.king any alterations in Church matters, and usually
retired from the House rather than compromise
their conscientious conviction by speaking on
any subject of that nsture. Lie did not see
that any good was effected by the continuance
of the Roman Catholic oath, and therefore thought
that the short oath should be sub,tituted. In fact, he
eked upon that clause, introduced in the oath by the
Right Hon. Gentleman, as a mere web that could not catch
strong flies, but took the weaker ones. Another Hon.
Gentleman (Mr. Newdegate) had recourse to dipping
into the Talmud. He took a text from that sacred
work, and wished to make the House believe, that
the Jews received a dispensation from all oaths and ob-
ligations through the authority of their rabbis. But he
would ask, what was the object of their present legisla-

tion ? Was it not to admit to the privileges of the
House a few Jews, who would not do anything by com-
ing into the House that would impeach their honour,
their honesty, or their veracity. These men value too
highly the obligation of an oath, and give no credence
to such a doctrine as the Hon. Member (Mr. Newdegate)
!has represented to be theirs. What right, he would ask,
had he (Mr. Newdegate) thus unjustly to stigmatize any
class of his fellow-subjects and fellow-men with such
imputations of dishonour and dishonesty ? He believed
that he did not understand the extracts which he read to
the House—(Laughter)—and would ask him, were such
doctrines to be found in their Bible ?
Mr. NEWI)EGATE—No. in their prayer bock.
Mr. ROEBUCK said that he could give proofs that

untouched. He was sorry to find that angry religious
controversy had been introduced, and that the
passion for it remained unchecked ; at the same time
he could not fail to feel that a liberal construc-
tion and definition of the Catholic oath might in-
crease the difficulties which this measure would else-
where be beset with, and interfere with those objects
which he owned he had so much at heart.—(Cheers)
He thanked God he was not like the Hon. Member for
St. Albans—that pure and disinterested borough—
(Hear, hear, and laughter)—who had told them that
Mammon was not an obj ct —(Laughter.) He was glad
to be atie to state that he duly sympathised with those
who were labouring under disabilities similar to those
he once suffered under. He had not forg ,tten the pres-
sure of those corroding chains which now galled him no
longer.—(Hear, hear.) lie set a proper value on a seat
in Parliament, and he trusted he would be forgiven by
his HOD. Friends opposite if he ventured to say that they
ought to coincide in this Act, and that nothing but
necessity could justify the exclusion of the Jews ; but
so far from that necessity existing it never had been
I established, for their denials were not warranted by
their admissions. As high-sheriff a Jew had the em-
pannelling of a jury, by-which the highest sunj-ct in the
realmholl
i Irt.hLmo
LAW
—'there
rei eecduwr fdaoserr. his hfe. A Jew could also
no precedent for that.
Mr. SHELL—No; there was no precedent, and he
hoped the necessity for one might not soon arise.—
(Hear, hear.) A Jew could vote t r the worst Christian,
and a Christian should be able to vote for the best Jew.
They excluded the Jew from Parliament, who looked
with an eye of profound indifference on both Catholic
and Protestant, while at the same time they admitted the
Presbyterian who had overthrown their Church, and they
admitted the Catholic. whose Church had been over-
thrown.—(Hear, hear.) Hon. Gentlemen had told them
that the House would be unchristiallized if the House
did not depend on the Christianity of the country. They
might be told that England was not Christian because
they had not driven the Jews from their shores, as they
had been driven from other shores, where the basest im-
morality and the most merciless persecution prevailed.
He would ask the Hon. Gentleman whether the Con•
gross of America, in which Jews were admitted, or the
Congress of Mexico, in which Jews were excluded—he
would ask him which was the more Christian of the
two? In the late Constituent Assembly there were
tour Jews. Did any of those Jews ever interfere with
theM.einbers, or ex-
postulate
t the
isuesuttitmheenatsugouf
august ceremonies of
of the Catholic
Church—the celebration of which an eminent statesman
thought was a revival of that which France needed so_
in lib:Ting the religion of
the House they would indulge h H
id much? Did any one suppose if Jews were
. admitted. into
those who admitted them?—(Hear, ear.) e would
be z
so-
phistries of men who said that they ought tothe au -
not enter into the arguments of the sanctimonious
iliaries of God Almighty in carrying out his behests.
‘Vith as little regard would he treat the arguments of
those who said that the Jews could not be good citizens.
He (Mr. Shiel) would say that the Jews were good
citizens, loyal and faithful to their Queen. They
were interested in the prosperity of the country iR
which they lived, in which they hoped to be
buried. Tney were industrious, and were distin-
gtf shed by their charity, and many of them
by their virtue, and they were ready to render suc-
cour to al—to Jewa as well as Christians, indiscriad-
!lately and without distinction.—',He,tr, bear.) ;is to
the feeling of the country on the present question he
would ask, could any one say that there was not a de-

men in other religious denominations are strongly o
opinion that they could be relieved from the greater!
crimes, and that when Paschal wrote a Christian work
against a similar doctrine, propagated by the Jesuits and
other religious orders of the Roman Catholic Church, he
attackoAl men, and not Catholicity, for the promulgation
of such opinions; and such Was the case with the Jews.
There might be some opinions of that nature prevalent
with a few of them. which was strongly repudiated by
the immense majority of that creed, for they are as
honest and conscientious as the Hon. Member might
himself wish to be. lie did not see why a b..dy of men,
who are distinguished for their honour and honesty,
should be deprived of the privilege of sitting in that
House, and would, consequently, support the present
mt-asure. Were they not men of education? Yes. Did
they not possess the necessary qualificationin money?
Yes. Some Honourable Member had denominated them
likens. Why, the father of the Solicitor-General was
en alien; and was the Honourable Gentleman to be
objected to because his tattn-a. was an alien ?
(Hear.) Certainly not. Or were they to be objected
to because they owe spiritual allegiance to an autho-
rity other than the Established Church? If so;
the Roman Catholics are in the same positiJn. The
Jew paid all• giauce to no earthly body, but to their
sacred volume, to an idea—the Godhead. He also re-
collected that at the time Mr. Pease, the Quaker, was
asked to take the oath at the table of the House,
he refused, and that the result was that this form was
necessarily altered by Act of Parliament, anti he (Mr.
Pease) was then admitted by tnakieg a solemn declara-
tion. He would ask, was not this form of declaration
also allowed in the two highest courts of the realm?
Was it not considered by the Lords to be equally
stringent as an oath, and why, therefore, object to one
or two Jews acting according to their consciences in
taking a seat is this House? He, therefore, in addition
to his former arguments, contended that the assertions
of the Right Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Goulburn) were not
tenable, because persons, such as Quakers and Unita-
rians, come 0 the table of the House making a declara-
tion, which does not tend to demoralise or unchristianise
the House in the least. He would ask, was not the very
fact of a Jo-,w being sent to Parliament by the people a
sufficient guarantee for the entire trust and confidence
of the people in the honesty arid principles of the Jews?
On a late occasion it had been asserted, that the people
were not in favour of the m otion of the Hon. Member
for Montrose, because there were no petitions presented
this session in its favour. Such would not be the case
at a future time, arid such was not the case on the pre-
sent occasion; stn i he hoped, that the great desire of the
people to see their joist and honest principles carried out
would be acceded to by Parliament.
Mr. SANER slid he cuuca rod fully with the Hon.
and Learned Gentleman who had just resumed his seat,
in thinking that this question ought not to be con-

sidered on any ground of persons' fitness, but upon prin-
ciple. The question WEI', he thought, whether a p2rsoa
not professing Christianity ought to he admitted into
Parliament. The Bill of this session contained provi-
sions which, though he did not intend to dwell upon
them at any length, were worthy of serious attention.
The Noble Lord was careful to omit the words, " on the
true faith of a Christian," in the case of a Jew seeking
admission to Parliament, but yet a Deist was refused
that benefit. Upon what ground of justice or common
sense that distinction proceeded he was quite at a loss
to ascertain. It was the toleration and liberality of the
English Constitution, founded upon the Holy. Scripture,
which formed the bulwark of their liberty, and to which
Kieg, Lords, and Commons owed their obedience.—
(Hear, hear.) This was not a question of persecution,
but a question of power. He objected to this Bill be-
cause it was frittering away all distinctions between
truth and falsehood—between those who obeyed the dic-
tates of Christianity, and those who regulated their con-
duct by other rules. He found the Noble Lora destroy-
ing the great basis of their constitution in this respect,
and he, therefore, should oppose the Bill which was in-
tended to do this.
Mr. P. WOOD said that he hailed this Bill as a great
step towards breaking down that spirit of religious per-
secution-and intolerance, which ought not to form any
feature in, or character of, the present age. In this
feeling he shottld certainly support the motion. It they
could only depend upon oaths of this sort to secure the
proper discharge of &Mit duties they bad but a very
insecure test. It was quite absurd to suppose that these
oaths were necessary in all the cases in v. hich they were
applied. He flotilla, hoverer, from a roll deposited in
the Court of Queen's Bench, that the following persons
were required to take an oath to the effect that they
would not use the influence of their office to subvert the
Established Church. After enumerating Admirals and
Bishops, he found the list to- contain the names of the
Master of the King's Bench, -and the Conductor—
(Laughter)—the housekeeper of' Himpton Court Palace,
the heralds, State pages, the King's porter, trumpeter,
waterman, swa-:keeper, topacier (he did not know what
officer that c mit" be), and, last of all, though not least,
came his Mij sty's rat.killer.—(Great laughter.) It
was recorded that his Majesty's chimney-sweeper also
presented himself to take the oath, hut that in his case
it was dispensed with. These were not laws to do good
to the Church, and, feeling so, he should give his earnest
support to the measure.
A%er a few words from Mr. PLUMTRE against the

law has ever been rAcognised by that Ilouse. There was
the case of the Six Clerks' Office in Iri4s.nd.

Mr. HENLEY—On the same principle you ought to
give compensation to the Lord Chancellor of Ireland and
the counsel practising in that Court, as they bad reduced
the business of that Court by passing the Incumbared
Estates (Ireland) Bill.(A laugh.)
Leave was then given to bring in the Bill, and at a
subsequent period of the evening the noble introducer
or the measure brought up the Bill, which was road
a first time, and ordered to be read a second time on
Monday.
On tne motion of 'Sir WILLIAM SOMERVILLE,
a Bill to continue certain costa for regulating turn-
'Ace roads in Ireland was brought in and read a first
time. The Right Honourable Baronet also brought in
a Bill to continue an Act of the second and third years
of her present Majesty, for the better prevention and
punishment of assaults in Ireland, which was read a
first time.

Mr. FRE WEN brought in• a Bill to abridge the
holding of benefices in plurality, which was read a first
time.

Mr. OSBORNE moved for a Select Committee to
inquire into the state of the law as respects the ap-
pointment of receivers of the Courts of Chancery and
Equity Exchequer in Ireland. and the effect of the pre-
sent law and regulations of the said Courts in the
management of estates under their control.
Agreed to.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL brought up the Bill
which he hae previously obtained leave to bring in N hick
was read a first time.

Bill,
Lord JOHN RUSSELL replied. Before the House
proceeded co a divbion, he wished to take notice of some
of the objections which -had'been urged against the Bill.'
First, one which was not concerned with admission of
the Jews was argued by the Right Hon. Gentleman the
Member for the University of Cambridge, that if. the
Bill passed Roman Catholics would take advantage of
that portion of the Bill which allowed Roman Catholics
to take toe Protestant oath. He could not believe that;
because if that were attempted they would be subjected
to the loss of their seats. The pith of the arguments
against the Bill had reference to that clause of the Bill
by which Jews were to be admitted. As those argu-
ments, however strongly urged, had very little in them,
different from that which they contained before, he did
not propose to offer any observations in answer to them.
There was a great objection that the personal religion
of Members of that House would not be secured.
The personal religion of the House was, he be-
lieved, sufficiently well secured, and placed beyond the
reach cf danger from this quarter. Ihress this measure
of toleration was agreed to, they would have all class( s
and sects of men clamouring for the privilege of admis-
sion, and a general lgialation would be necessary.—
(Hear.) In firmer days, when they had not so great
a security for the personal religion of that House as they
had at present. the introduction of this measure might
be attended with considerable danger in this respect; but
at the present day it was an objection which could not
be entertained seriously. They were a Christian House
of Parliament, and for that, reason should do away with
all religious disabilities. For those reasons, he should
call upon the House to give the Bill a third reading. He
could not aoswer for the course of the Bill in the other
House of Parliament; but it was perfectly true, as statid
by the Hon. Member for Kerry, that there was a large
number of persons, many of them his own (Lord John
Russell's) constituents, who felt a deep interest in this
subject, not as being connected with that of the admis
sion of the Jews, but because they felt that this was a
question of religious liberty, and that the character of
the country was concerned in making the objects of this
legislation free. On those grounds he called on the
House to give its support to the Bill.—(Hear.)
The House then divided, when there appeared—
For the third reading
Against it
Majority --66
The announcement of the numbers was received with
loud cheering.
The Silver Coinage Bill was read a third time and
passed.
The County Cess (Ireland) Bill went through Com-
mittee.
The Newgate Gaol (Dublin) Bill was read a second
time.

Mr. HAWES brought in a Bill in reference to the
Australian colonies, which was read a first time, and or.
dvred to be read a second time on Monday next.
The House then adjourned at a Quarter-past Twelve
o'clock.

PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS.

STOCK-IN-TRADE BILL.
On the order oY the day for the second reading of this
Bill being read,
Sir R. IN'GLIS expressed a hope that the Right Hon.
Gentleman (Sir G. Grey) would give the House an as-
surance that this would he the last occasion on which a
temporary measure would be propose an this subject.
Sir G. GREY was understood to say that the subject
had been under consideration, but was certainly attended
with difficulty; it was not, however, his intention to
press the second reading of the Bill to-night.
Mr. DISRAELI was glad to bear the Right Hon.
Gentleman make that declaration. He .wished this great
question of rating to be fully and deeply considered. He
was quite sure there was every disposition on all aides to
come to an equitable adjustment upon it.
The Loan Socioties Bill was read a second time.
- RAILWAYS.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL moved for leave to
bring in a Bill to facilitate the abandonment of railways
and the dissolution of railway companies in certain cases.
The provisions of the Joint-Stock Companies Winding-
up Act were not found to be applicable to certain cases
of incorporated railway companies, which required spe-
cial provisions; and it was proposed to introduce them
into the Winding-up Act. The principle of the provi-
sinns,was, _that anplication,should be made to the Com-

From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.)

MONDAY. JUNY
PARLIAMENTARY OATHS BILL. ,
Order for Third Reading read ; Motion made, and Question
proposed, " That the Bill be now read the third time :"
Amendment proposed, to leave out the word " now," and at
the end of the Question to add the words " upon this day
three months:"— Question put, " That the word now' stand
part of the Question." The House divided :

MAJORITY—AYES. 272.
Abdy, Thomas N. Gibson, Thomas M. O'Connor, Feargus
Adair, ri ugh E. Gladstone, W. E. O'ilalierty, Anthony
Adair, R. A. Glyn, G. C. Ogle, S. C.
Aicock, Thomas Grace, 0. D. Ord, W.
Anderson; Arthur Graham, Sir James Osborne, Ralph
Armstrong, Sir A. Granger, T. C. Oswald, Alexander
Armstrong, it. B. Grattan, Henry Owen, Sir J.
Arundel, Earl of Greene, John Paget, Lord A.
Bagshaw, John Grenfell, C. Pascoe Paget, Lord Clarence
Baines, M. T. Grenfell, Charles W. Palmerston, Viscount
Baring, sir F. T. Grey, Sir George Parker, John
Baring, Francis Grey, It. W. Pearson, Charles
Barnard, E. G. Grosvenor. Lord R. Pechell, Captain
Bass, M. T. Hallyburton, Lord Peel, Sir Robert
Bellew, it. M. Harcourt, G. Peel, Frederick
Berkeley, Captain Hardcastle, J. A. reflect, Robert
Berkeley, C. L. G. Hastie, Alexander I'eto, Samuel M.
Bernal, Ralph Hastie, Archibald Philips, Sir G. it.
Birch, Mr Thomas Hawes, Benjamin Pigott, Francis
Blackall, S. W. Hay, Lord J. Pilkington, James
Blake, Martin J. Hayter, W. G. Pinney, Wil lain
Blewitt,:lteginald Headlam, Thomas Price, Sir Robert
Bouverie, E. P. Heathcoat, John Pryse, Fryse
Boyle, Colonel Heneage, E. Pusey,lPailip
Brand, Thomas Henry, Alexander Reynolds, John
Bright, John Herbert, H. A. Ricardo, J. L.
Brocklehurst, John Heywood, James Ricardo, Osman
Brotherton, J. Heyworth, L. Rice, E. R.
Brown, W. Hindley, Charles Rich, Henry
Browne, R. D. Hobhouse, Sir John Robartes, T. J. A.
"Bulkeley, Sir R. B. Hobhouse, T. B. Roebuck, J. A.
Bunbury, Edward Hodges, T. L. Hominy, Sirjohn
Burke, Sir T. J. Hodges, T. Twlsden Russell. Lord John
Buxton, sir E. Hogg, Sir J. Russell,:E.
Callaghaa, D. Hollond, Robert, Russell, F. C. H.
Cardwell, Edward Horsman, E. " Rutherfurd, A.
Carter, J. B. Howard, Lord E. Sadleir, John
Caulfeiid, J. M. Howard, C W. G. Salwey, Colonel
Cavendish, C. C. Howard, E. G. Sandars, George
Cavendish, G. H. Howard, Sir R. Scholelleld, William
Cayley, Edward S. Hume, Joseph Scrope, U. P.
Cholmeley, Sir M. Humphery, Ald. Scully, Francis
Clay, James Hutt, William Seymour, Sir H. B.
Clements, Charles Jackson, William Shatto, R. D.
Clerk, Sir G. Jermyn, Earl Shell, R. L.
Cobden, It. Jervis, Sir John Sheridan, It. B.
Cockburn, A. J. Johnstone, Sir J. Slaney, Robert A.
Coke, Edward K. Keogh, William Smith, Vernon
Colebrook's, Sir T. Keppel, George T. Smith, J. A.
Collins, W. Ker, Richard Smith, M. Tucker
Cowan, Charles Kershaw, James . Smith, John B.
Cowper, W F. Kildare, Marquis Somers, J. F.
Craig, W. G. King, P. J. Somerville, Sir W.
Crowder, R. B. Labouchere, Henry Spearman, H. J.
Cubitt, William Langston, J. H. Stanfield, W. R. C.
Currie, Hansa Lascelles, W. S. Stanton, W. H.
Dalrymple, Captain Lawless, Cecil Strickland, Sir G.
Dashwood, G. H. Lemon, Sir C. Stuart, Lord Dudley
Davie, Sir H. Lewis, George;C: Sutton, H M
Dawson, T. V. Lincoln, Earl of Talbot, C. R.
Denison, W. J. Loch, James _ Talfourd, Sergeant
Devereux, J. T. Locke,.Joseph Tattered, H. W.
D'Eyncourt, C. T. Lushington, C. Tennent, R. J.
Disraeli, B. M'Cullagh,.W. T. Ihicknesse, R. A.
Divett, Edward M'Gregor, John Thompson, Colonel
Duff, G. S. 3leaglL,r, Thomas Thompson, George
Duncan, Viscount Maitland, Thomas ThornelY, T.
Duncan, George Mangles, It. D. Tollemache, F. J.
Dundas, Admiral Marshall, William Townshend. Captain
Dundas, Sir D. Martin, Samuel Trelawny, J. S.
Ebrington, Viscount Matheson, A. Tynte, Colonel
Ellice, Edward Matheson, James Vane, Lord H.
Ellis, John Matheson, Colonel Verney, Sir H.
Enfield, Viscount Hanle, Fox Villiers, Charlet;
Evans, William Melgund, Viscount Vivian, J. H.
Fagan, William Milner, W. 31, Wall, C. B.
Fagan, James Mitchell, A. T. Watkins, Colonel
Fergus, John Molesworth, Sir W. Wawn, J. T.
Ferguson,:Col. Monsell, William Westitead, J. P.
Ferguson, Sir It. Morison, Sir W. Wilcox, Brodie
FitzNy, Henry Morris, David Williams, John
Fitzwilliam, G. W. Mostyn, E. M. Will, ams, U.
Foley, John H. Mowatt, Francis Williamson, Sir H.
Fordyce, A. D. Mulgrave, Earl Wilson, James
Forster, 31. Nichol', J. Wood, Sir Charles
Fortescue. Chichester Norreys, Lord Wood. W. P.
Fortescue, J. W. Norreys, Sir D. Wrightson, W.B.
Fox, It. 31. Nugent, Lord Wyvill, 31.
Fox, W. J. Nugent, sir Percy
Freestun, Colonel O'Connell, John
French, F. O'Connell, Maurice
Haskell, J. M. O'Connell, M. J.

TELLZRS.
Tufnell, Henry •
Hill, Lord Marcus

MINORITY—NOES, 206.
Acland, Sir T. Egerton, W. T. Maunsell, T. P.
Adderley, C. B. Estcourt, J. B. B. Maxwell, Hon. J. P.
Arbuthnott, Hugh Farnham, E. Meux, Sir Henry
Archdall, Captain Farrer, James Miles, P. W. S.
irkwright, George Fellowes, E. Miles; William
Ashley, Lord Filmer, Sir E. Moody, C. A.
Bagge, William Floyer, John Moore, G. H.
Bagot, William Forester, G. C. Morgan,;().
Bailey, Joseph Fox, S. L. Mullins, J. IL
Bailey, J., jun. Frewen, C. H. Mundy, Wi'dam
Bailie, 11. J. Fuller, A. E. Napier, Joseph
Baldock, E. H. Galway, Viscount Neeld, John
Baukes, G. Goddard, A. L. Neeld, Joseph
Barrington,inscount Godson, R. Newdegate, C. N.
Bateson, T. Gooch, E. S. Noel, Gerald J.
Bennet, Philip Gordon, Admiral Ossulston, Lord
Bentinck, Lord H. Gore, W. 0. Packe, C. W.
Beresford, William Goring, C. rakington, Sir J. S.
Bernard, Viscount (Jou!burn, Remy _ Palmer, Ruben

. .
missioners of Railways for pe;',.;;Lis'ne to abandon the
undertaking, and that compensation should be made to
those persons with whom the companies had entered into
contracts for the purchase of their land.—Leave given.
THE PALACE COURT.
Lord DUDLEY STUART, in moving
.for leave to
bring in a Bill for giving a person sued in the Palace
Court, Viestminster, a right of election to be sued in the
County Court of the district in which he resides, said his
object in asking for leave to introduce such a measure
was to remety one of the greatest evils of which the in-
habitants of this great metropolis had to complain, and
under which they most seriously suffered. He believed
that the evils of the Palace Court were so great, that it
was unnecessary for him to dwell at any length upon
He h
them.—(Hear.) hoped that the members
motion.
frer
Majesty's Government
He believed that one of the greatest and most desirable
blessings was the bringing home of cheap justice to every
man's door, and he felt that cheap justice was not to be
had in this court—a court which was attended with
the most exorbitant costs. The fees in this court
were ten times higher than in any other court in
this country, and the wretched persons who were
dragged into it were frequently reduced to absolute
ruin. What, he would ask, could be more monstrous
than that which had such a name and character? But
that was not all. Supposing him even not to defend his
cause, he was put to a heavy amount of expense in
costs. He might refer the attention of the House to the
case of " Stafford v. Omnium," wherein the amount sued
for was only 21. 175., and he was obliged to pay a bill
of costs of 211. He asked the House if that was not a
grievance which demanded immediate redress?—(Hear.)
Bat that. was not all. In the Palace Court suitors were
not at liberty to choose their own attorneys, they were
obliged to employ an attorney who was one of the pri-
vileged of the court. Now there had been established,
within a few years, most excellent courts called " County
Courts." where the process was simple, and the costs
were small; and he could not but think that it would be
well it persons wh•, were sued in the Palace Court were
to be allow. d the right to transfer the trial of their
cause into the County Courts.—(Hear.) Out of 9,000
cases, for example, tri, d in the County Courts, there
were only nine which asked to have their easel's recon-
sidered by a jury.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said there was no
doubt that the Court in question was a monopoly, and
that its existence was a grievant.'. There was, however.
a difficulty in respect to its abolition. There were in
connexion with the Court, six attorneys; lour counsel, a
jedge, and certain other officers, all of whom have pur-
chased their situations. This it was that created the
difficulty. He had the case under his consideration, and
the difficulty which he had to contend with was, in find-
ing funds to meet the claims for compensation which the
gentlemen to whom be referred would set up in the
event of the Court being ab dished. He thought his
Noble Fresed ought to move that the Court be abolished,
instead of oringing in such a Bill as that he had just
mentioned. He (the Attorney-General) honed to be able
to bring in a measure during the session to abolish the
Palace Court.—(dear.)
ir
7R4NhEansdaidBththavt
itohteorilluouo,slopuegnhsatttioon hadknow
that
already been granted to many of these very officers
l. b
y OSthoo
of the Palace Court. The House had already voted
5,0001. to meet the claims of compensation. One attor-
ney alone had upwards of 3,0001. in respect to compete-
-13
!ration. He maintain. d that these persons had no right
to compensation, for he would prove at the proper time
that this Court was illegally constituted. It was created
by letters patent by Charles the Second, and charged
tees which it had no power to do. He apprehended
that it was unnecessary to bring in a Bill at alt on the
subject, for if the letters patent were withdrawn, the
Court at once expired. Then as to compensation, he
hoped the House would not think of it for a moment.
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that it was the
Act to which his lion. Friend (Mr. Osborne) referred,
that had created all the difficulty in the case. There the
principle of compensation was recognised, and then
came the question could they now abolish the Court
without granting to the efficers some compensation?
Mr. REYNOLDS rejoiced that they were going to
do away with a Court, a twin sister of which, in Dub-
lin, he had brought in a BAI to abolish. He hoped the
principle of compensation would not be recognised by
the House.
Mr. H. I)RUMMOND would remind the Attorney-
General that the Court was established for the benefit
of the public, and not for the advantage of judges and
principle of compensation in
counsel.
resSpiercGt loGtßheEhYo—ldßerust the
of offices connected with courts of

Blackstone, W. Granby, Marquis of Peel, Colonel
Blakemore, R. Greene Thomas Pennant, colonel
BLlndford, Marquis Grogan, Edward Plowden, W. IL
Boldero, Henry Grosvenor, Earl Plumptre, J. P.
Bowles, Admiral Guernsey, Lord Portal, Melville
Brackiey, Viscount Gwyn, Rowel Prime, Richard
Bramston, T' W. Hale, R. B. Reid, Colonel
Bremridge, Richard Raiford, Sir Henry Repton, G. W. J.
Better), M. Hall, Colonel Richards. Richard
Broadley, H. Halsey, T. P. Rushout, Captain
Bromley, Robert Hamilton, G. A. St. Geurge, Chris.
Brooke, Lord Hamilton, J. H. Sandars, Joseph
Brooke, Sir Arthur Harris, Captain Scott, Francis
Bruce, C. L. C. . Heald, James Sibthorp, Colonel
Buck, Lewis W. Heneage, G. H. Simeon. John
Buller, Sir Y. Henley, J. W. Smyth, J. G.
!Sunbury, W. Hervey, Lord A. ; Smollett, A.
Burghley, Lord Hildyard, R. C. Somerset, Captain
Burrell, Sir C. Hildyard, T. B. Spooner, Richard
Burroughes, H. N. Hill, Lord E. Stafford, Augustus
Campbell, W. F. Hodgson, W. N. Stanley, Edward
Carew, W. P. Hood, Sir A. Stanley, B. H.
Chattdos, Marq. of Hope, A. Stephenson, Robert
Chichester, Lord J. Hornby John Stuart, Henry
Christopher, R. Hotham, Lord Stuart, J.
Christy, Samuel Inglis, Sir R. IL Sturt, Henry G.
Clive, R. H. JoWife, Sir.W.:ll. Taylor, T. E.
Clive, H. B. Jones, Captain Thesiger. Sir F.
Cobbold, John C. Kerrison. Sir E. Thornhill, G.
Cocks, Thomas S. Knight, F. W. Tollemache, John
Codrington,Sir W. Knightley, Sir C. , Trußope, Sir J.
Cole, H. A. Knox, Colonel Turner, G. J.
Coles, H. B. Lacy, Henry C. Tyra, Sir J.
Colvile, C. R. Legh, G. C. Yesey, Hon. T.
Compton, H. C. Lennox, Lord HG. Verner, Sir W.
Conolly, Thomas Lewisham, Vise. Villiers, Viscount
Corry, H. Lindsay, Colonel Villiers, F. W.
Cotton, W. H. Lockhart, A. E. Vyse, R. H. R. H.
Davies, D. A. S. Lockhart, W. Waddington, H. S.
Deedes, W. Long, Walter Walpole, S. II
Dick, Quintin Lopes, Sir Ralph Walsh, Sir J. B.
Dod, J. W. Lowther, Colonel Welby, G. E.
Drummond. Henry Lowther, Henry Wellesley, Lord C.
Duckworth. Sir J. Lvgon, General Whitmore,' T. C.
buncombe, A. Mackenzie. W. F. Williams, T. P.
Duncombe, 0. 311.Naghten,Willoughby. Sir 11.
Duncult, John Mahon, Viscount WorCester, Marquis
Dundas, G. Manners, Lord C.
Du Pre, C. G Manners. Lord G.
East. Sir J. D. March, Earl of
Egerton, Sir P. Mastenn.tn, John

TELLERS.
Raphael, Alexander
Law, C. E.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.

BAP:TOL, Jinni 11.

Rroct Excnarmi.—Th.,re was a considerable amount of business
done to-day, and in consequence of the lirmcesi of the market prices
advanced. The chief transaction* were in Great Western, QuArter
Shares, which, during the day, were done at 6 946 to 63 j, and 6%
dls.— Taff Vale, Old, (LIVERPOOL. JUNG 11. •

de-
pressed,transactionsgmfaorrt,eatrcdolatnuseisnagllr.Tyraendducedsi
are—Lancashiregiaorein and Yorkshire, Fifths, dis.—
Ditto. Halves (Lincoln and Bury), 14 dis—Birkenhead, Lancashire,
and Cheshire (late Chester and Birkenhead), guaranteed 6 per cent.
prSiprices
s cz
till 18:41. 14%—Bolton, Clitheree. and West Yorkshire (No. 1), 7
—Caledonian, Preference, 11 %—London and North-Western, New
TheEndx cts
nha
sales Ns
al'
Irh
Quarters, 1/. 6s. 31. p.—Manchester, Sh,ffield, and Lincolnshire.
Preference, 1114—Midland, Halves, 1114 dis.—North Union (B),
14914—South-Eastern and Dover, 20 4—Ditte (No. 4) 61. 11s. 3d.—
Yet., Newcastle, and Berwick (G. N. B. Purchase), 6 per cent.
till 1850, 3% die.

MERCEIANT TAYLORS' SCHOOL. The toast having been entbrslasticall?Tirunk, ."--1"7--
Accerding to annual custom, the election of probe- The Duke of WELLINGTON rose and said,—My Lords
tieuery fellows and exhibitioners to St. John's College, ! and Gentlemen, —I beg leave te return I husks
Oxford, and to the sheer University, took pace seater_
for the honour you have done me in drinking icy
day, the Feast of St. B srnahas, being the day appointed I health. I rejoice that lam enabled to be present
by the statute. A very numerous meeting was held at I upon the first occasion on which the illuerions
the school in Suffolk-lane. The business commeneed. as Prince near whom 1 have the honour of entitle has
usual, with an examination of the five senior seholare attended here since lie has been admitted a
by the President of St. John's College (the Rev. Dr. freeman of your corporation. I sincerely csngratu-
Wynter) and two of the senior fellows, and by the late you that his It eyal Highness hes been pleased to
examiners of the school, Professors Browne and Maine. accept of that fieedorn.—(Loud cheers.) His Royal
After this, the Master of the Merchant Taylors' Com- Highness has shown you by the words which be has
pany (Mr. Waugh). the Wardens, the Head Master of addressed to you this evening that he is sensible of all
the School (the Rev. Dr. HesseY), and the other masters, the advantages to be derived from your benevolent and
with a large number of visitors, consisting of friends of beneficent institution. I entertain no doubt that you
the scholars (including many ladies) and old pupils, ad- will find the utmost advantage from the example, the
journed to the school -room, where the usual speeches counsel, and the encouragement he will give to all the
were delivered by the senior boys. munificent objects of this great institution. My Lords
The orations on the whole were well and efficiently and Gentlemen, I drink all your very good healths.
delivered. With the exception of the last two, they The next toast proposed was the " Army and Navy,"
were, we understand, the productions of the scholars to which the Marquis of Londonderry responded on be •
themselves, half of the former, and &al Talbot for the latter branch
The prizes were then distributed by the Head Alas- of the service.
ter, who prefaced this interesting ceremony with a short The CHAIRMAN then gave as a toast, " St. John's
but satisfactory account of the conduct and progress of College, Oxford, and the President and Senior Fellows
the scholars both at school and afterwards at the Uni- thereof." In doing so be explained the connexion which
versity. existed between the Merchant Taylors' Company and
The prizes awarded were as follows: that College. He expi e--sed great satisfaction at the
Monte6ore Hebrew Medal.—M. H. Cookson. (C. M. progress which had been made by the boys of the Ali r-
Style was named first, but was disqualified us being chant Taylors' School during the last twelvemonth. Two
the medallist of last year.) ' of them had that day been appointed to vacant scholar-
Latin Verse.—J. B. Behr. nds. „hips at St. John's College. As provir g the liberal con-
General Latin Seholarehip.—M. H. Cookson. stitueon of the school, he stated that the majority ot the
Greek Composition.—C. M. Sty-le. pus educated there were not connected by birth with
History.—M. H. Cookson. any member of the company.
Dr. WYNTER responded to the toast in suitable terms.
The names of W. Helm and W. H. Hart were men-
tioned also with great credit. The next toast proposed was " the Right Hon. Lord
Chief Mathematical Prize.--J. B. Behrends. Viscount Beresford, the Rieht Hon. Viscount Hardinge,
Chief French Prizes.—J. B. Behrends (2), M. H. Cook- the Right Hoe. Sir Henry Pottieger, Major-General Sir
SOIL George Pollock, the Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel, and
A number of minor prizes were awarded for profi- the other honorary members ot the company."
ciency in classics, Hebrew, French, mathematics, and Viscount HARDINGE responded to the toast, and said
writing and arithmetic:— - - that they hal le arei that evening other honorary niem-
Classics —To Style, Hart, Cookson, Helm, Thornton, hers of the society express in most able and eloquent
Harrison. Thorman, Ashworth, D.mnkin, H. L, terms the gratification Lich they felt at the honour
Jones, Gardner, Richards (2), W. H. smith (2), eoliferred upon-them by the presence of his Royal High-
Austin (2). Howard Johnson (2), H. Waletab, F. :less Prince Albert and so many other distinguished
A. Legg, Hayward, W. H. Hodges, R. Lodge. visitors. He himself deeply and strongly felt that
FT brew.—.J. B. Gray and Hunter. honour, for it was to him a great honour to be seated
French.—Ashworth (2). Spence (2), Kelso (2), W. H. with persons of such high reek. the Noble Lord then
Smith, W. G. Longden, proceeded to eulog'ze the great services of his Gallant
Mathematics.—Cookson, Rice, C. Matheson, Menem, Friend Sir G. Poll•eile, and cenclud, d by proposing the
and W ix. neelth of the Master of the Merchant Taylors' Com•
Writing, Scc.—A, Wright, E. T. Wright, Gardner, R. Pany. They had all, he said, seen the very great ability
F. Clarke, J. W. Hill, T. Meggy, Leadaw, Lutman, pith which he ha i eertormed the duties ot the chair.
and R. F. Hosken. They had partaken of his splendid hospitality. and he
An election was then held with the usual ceremony in would therseore give them " The Alester's Health."
the chap lof the school. The other toasts proposed we The Merchant
Messrs. Behrends and Style were nominated prob 9. . Taylors' School," to which the Rev. Dr. Ilessey re-
tionary fellows of St. John's College, Oxford; Mr. sponded; •‘ !The House of Lords," which was acknow-
Hart, a scholar on Dr. Andrews' foundation, at the same ledged by the E.erl of Salisbury; " Ihe B•shers of W in-
College; and Mr. Trollope, a scholar on Dr. Stuart's cheater and Oxford," for which the former returned
foundation, at Pembroke College, Cambridge. thanks; " The House of Comm-ins," which was responded
In the evening a magnificent entertainment was given to by Lord Lincoln; " The Lord Chief Baron and the
by the Company in their spacious hall. Covers were other Judges present," •• The Governor and Deputy-
laid for nearly 200 guests, comprising the most distin- Governor of the Bat kof England," " The Chairman and
guished persons in the realm. Among those present Deputy-Chairman of the East India Company ;" and
were his Royal Highness Prince Albert, his Royal lastly, " Sir E. Cust and the Visitors."
Highness Prince George of Cambridge, his Serene The musical arrangements connected with the dinner
Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, his Grace were unusually good, Mr. Hobbs (who directed them)
the Duke of Wellington, the President and Senior being assisted by Mr. Francis, Mr. Barnby, Mr. Coward,
Fellows of St. John's College, Oxford, the Marquis and Mr. Mitchell.
of Breadalbane, the Marquis of Salisbury, the The galleries of the hall were crowded during the
Marquis of Abercorn, the Marquis of Exeter, the evening with ladies, who watched with great interest the
Marquis of Northampton, the Marquis of Londonderry. proceedings of the distinguished company assembled be-
the Marquis of Westminster, the Marquis of Granby, ueath them—a company which for the great number of
the Earl of Lincoln, the Earl of Egmont, Earl Talbot, eminent persons present has rarely been surpassed in the
Earl Nelson, the Earl of Morley, the Earl of Sheffield, annals of civic hospitality.
the Earl of Eldon, Earl Howe, the Earl of Strafford
Earl Grosvenor, Lord G. Lennox, Lord C. Wellesley,
Viscount Hardinge, Viscount Strsngford, Viscount Sid-
ney, Viscount Mahon, the Bishop of Winchester, the
Bishop of Oxford, Lord Saltoun, Lord Hotham, Lord
Faversham, the Hon. C. Hardinge, the Hon. W. Ashley
the Hun. Sir E. Cust, the Hon. Captain Macdonald, Sir
G. Clerk, Sir J. Clark, the Lord Chief Baron, Mr.
Justice Cresswell, Mr. Baron Rolfe, Major-General Sir
G. Pollock, Sir F. Thesiger, Sir J. Dodson, the Rev.
Dr. Wbewell, the Dean of Westminster, the Governor
and Deputy-Governor of the Bank of England, the
Chairman and Deputy-Chairman of the East India Com-
pany, the President of Christ's Hospital, Major-General
Wemyss, Colonel Bouverie, Colonel Chaplin, Colonel
Challenor, Colonel Home Sumner, Colonel Wilde; Cap-
tain Bedford, Major W. Beresford, M.P., Mr. J. Master-
man, M.P., Mr. T. Baring, and the Sheriffs of London.
The dinner was provided on a scale of ueusual magni-
ficence by Messrs. Ring and Brymer, of Cornhiil, and
the Master and Wardens of the Merchant Taylors'
Company had neglected no means whereby they could
sustain the reputation of their body for hospitality, and
do honour to the distinguished visitors who had honoured
them with their company on the occasion. Mr. W.
Waugh, the Master, discharged the duties of the chair
with great good taste, and in a very efficient manner.
At the close of the dinner, according to the immemorial
custom of civic festivities, the loving cup was sent round,
Me. Harker, the toastmaster, announcing it with great
emphasis and in his best style. The cloth having
been removed, grace was chanted by the vocalists pre-
seet . and
The CHAIRMAN proceeded to give " The Church and
Queen," a toast, he said, which had ever been, received
within these walls with the sincerest feelings of loyalty;
but which, looking to the present condition of their own
country as contrasted with that of Europe generally,
would, he was sure, be now received with more than
usual fervour.
The toast was enthusiastically responded to by the
company.
The next toast was " The Queen Dowager," which
also received the hearty acknowledgments of the com-
pany.
The CHAIRMAN then said that he had never risen
with more pride as a Merchant Taylor than when he
did so to propose the name of " His Royal Highness
Prince Albert." The tablet erected behind him told a
tale of former days, of many centuries dui ing which their
company had includet. Royalty among its members; and
it was a source of great gratification in those times
of change that they, as a society, were honoured with
the presence of his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the
consort of their beloved Queen, whom they loved to the
inmost recesses of their hearts, and for whom he trusted
that as Britons they were willing to make every sacrifice.
--(Cheers.) He called on them, therefore, to drink with
heart and goodwill to the health of his Royal Highness
Prince Albert, citizen, and Merchant Ta) lor.
The to ist having been drunk with great enthusiasm,
File Hope Uighness Prince Aerepece r" eneS said—
My Lords and Gentlemen:l am sincerely obliged to you
for your expressions of kindness and cordiality. Al-
though I have on former oec:asions met you in this room,
it has always been for charitable purposes, witnessing
with delight the readiness with which this, and. indeed,
every one of the great corpora ions of London, opened
the doors of their magnificent halls to the calls of cha-
rity.—(Cheers.) To-day lam among you as a brother
freemen—(Loud cheers)—fulfilling a promise which I
made at the time you first received me into your body—l
am ashamed to say how long ago. I beg you will not
measure by the tardiness of my appearance the value
which I attach to the honour you then conferred upo.-m
me.—(Loud cheers.) I remember well wits' how much
regret it was when, after I became of age, the compa-
nies of Goldsmiths and Fishmongers offered me the
freedom of their bodies I found myself compelled to
decline the honour, being aware that they were at that
time, by tradition and hereditary descent, as it were,
held to represent two opposite parties, so that I was
allowed to make choice of only one of them. I was
conscious that, like the Sovereign to whom I had
just been united, it was my privilege that I could be-
long only to the nation at large—(Loud cheers)—freed
from the trammels and the fashions of political parties.
—(Continued cheers) I remember well how much
pleased I was when these two companies, waving some
of their statutes, finally resolved to receive me into their
bodies, and I am the more pleased when I consider that
I owe to that the advantage of seeing myself seated with
you also now as a Merchant Taylor.—(Cheers.) Any.
body way be proud at finding himself included in a cur-
poretion which can boast of uninterrupted usefulness for
four centuries, while holding to this day the sante ho-
nourable position in the estimation of the country as at
the time of its formation.—(Cheers.) Tiara, although
the progress of civilization sod wealth has raised the
community around it, it has exempl.fi! d h ,w in this
happy country it is possible to combine the progress of
mankind with due reverence te the institutions and even
to the forms bequeathed to us by the piety elf our fore-
fathers.—(Lund cheers.) I will conclude by breathing
the hope that this company may continue to dispense its
charity to our pester ity, and th et it may be eel tally an
object of admiration to our children and totoe ur clutdren's
children.—(Loud cheers) I drink " Prosperity to the
M! rceant Taylors' Company." His Royal Highness
resumed his seat amidst continued cheering,
The CHAIRMAN then proposed " Their Royal High-
nesses the Duke of Cambridge and Prince George of
Cambridge, Citizen. and Merchant Taylors." In doing
so he expressed his regret that severe illness had de-
prived the company of the honour of having the Duke
of Cambridge present as a guest upon that occasion.
Prince GEORGE of CAMBRIDGE said, that he felt he
ought to apologize for intruding himself on the
rain
of the company; but after the handsome wanner in
which his name had been introduced he came forward
that .t.:
:Awe on his own behalf, and on that of the Duke
badbl
father, his heartfelt gratitude for the honour
been done them. He could assure them ot the regre t
which the Duke, whom he had seen that morning, felt
at being unable to be present on that occasion—rendered
especially interesting as it was by the presence of his
Royal Highness Prince Albert. After the able manner
in which the Prince had spoken it would be presump-
tuous in him to offer any further Observations upon the
topics on which his Royal Highness had touched, but he
might say that he considered it a high privilege to be
enrolled among the members of the Siercharst Taylors'
Company—a body ancient in its establishment, and
which caused its charities to be felt in every part of the
country. He trusted that it would long flourish, and that
he might on many a future occasion have the pleasure
of meeting his brethren in that magnificent hall.
The CHAIRMAN then proposed " The health of his
Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar."
The toast having been cordially acknowledged by the
company,
His Serene HIGHNESS in brief terms acknowledged the
compliment which had been paid him.
The CHAIRMAN next proposed " The Health of his
Grace the Duke of Wellington, Citizen and Merchant
Taylor." He could scarcely express the delight and
pride which it gave him to see his Grace present, as that
morning he had no expectation that the company would
be so honoured. He felt quite unable to do justice to a
toast which proposed the health of the man who so well
supported the honour of the country, abroad in the field
of battle, and at home in the senate—of a man who had
been spared for so many years to be the continual reci-
pient of a nation's gratitude,—(Cheers.)

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen held an Investiture of the most Honour-
able Order of the Bath yesterday afternoon at three
o'clock.

The Knights Grand Crosses having been robed in their
mantles, and wearing their collars, passed through the
Picture-gallery into the Green Drawing-room, where
they were called over by Bath King of Arms.
The Queen, accompanied by Field-Marshal his Royal
Highness the Prince Albert, was conducted to a Chair of
State, in the Throne-room, where the Chapter was held.
Her Majesty as Sovereign, and Prince Albert as Great
Master of the Order, both wore the mantle and collar of
the Bath. The Queen having been conducted to her
seat by the Lord Steward, and the Lord Chamberlain,
the Knights Grand Crosses, attended by the officers of
the Order, were ushered to the royal presence.
The ceremony of the Investiture then commenced by
the introduction of the Right Honourable Sir George
Grey, Bart., her Majesty'. Principal Secretary of State
for the Home Department, who was received at the door
of the Chapter-room by Lieutenant-General Sir John
Macdonald, and Lieutenant-General Sir James Caldwell,
the two Junior Knights Grand Crosses present, and ad-
vai:ced between them, preceded by the King of Arms
and the Gentleman Usher of the Order (the former bear-
ing the sign of the Bath ou a velvet cushion). Ween
near the Queen, Sir George knelt, and the Sword of State,
borne by Sir William Kirties, Gentleman Usher, basing
been delivered to her Majesty by the Lord Chamberlain,-
the Queen was graciously pleased to confer the honour
of Knighthood upon the Right Hon. Baronet therewith.
Her Majesty assisted by his Royal Highaess Prince Al-
bert, Great Master of the Order, then invested Sir Georg.
Grey with the Ribband and Badge of a Civil Knight
Grand Cross of the Bath. Sir George, rising, had the
honour of kissing the Sovereign's hand, and having re-
ceived from her Majesty the Star of the Order, retired.
Lieutenant General the Right Hon. Sir Edward
Blakeney, Commander of her Msjesty's Forces in Ire-
land, was introduced supported by Sir John Macdonald
and Sir James Caldwell. Sir Edward kneeling near the
Sovereign, her Majesty. assisted by his Royal Highness
Prince Albert, put the Ribband and Badge of a Military
Knight Grand Cross of the Bath over the Lieutenant-
General's shoulder. Sir Edward, rising, hid the honour
to kiss the Queen's hand, and having received from her
Majesty the Star of the Order, withdrew.
Captain Sir Charles Hotham, R ).)al Navy, was intro-
duced, betwe• a Bath King of arms, and the Gentleman
Usher, of the Order, and kneeling, received the honour of
Knighthood from his Sovereign, wss afterwards invested
by the Queen with the Ensign of a Military Knight Com-
mander of the Bath. Sir Charles having kissed hands,
retired. _ _ _

The Investiture being concluded, the Knights Grand
Crosses retired from the presence of the Sovereign.
The Queen gave audier_z at the Court to the Marquis
of Anglesey. The Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-
Arm:. li,ied the Throne-room during the Investiture.
The Queen and Prince Albert went early yesterday
morni❑g to the Zoological Gardens in the Regent's-park.
Her Majesty and his Royal Highness were accompanied
by the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, the Princess
Alice, and the Princess Helena. In attendance on the
Royal party were Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. C a Phipps.
Colonel Bouverie, and Mr. Birch.

His Royal Highness the Prince Albert went yesterday
evening to dine at the Merchant Tailors. The Prince
was attended by the Marquis of Abercorn, Lord George
Lennox, Colonel Wylde, and Colonel Bouverie.
The Queen honoured the French Plays with her pre-
sence last evening. Her Majesty was attended by the
Countess of Desart, Hon. Lucy Kerr, the Earl of Lis-
towel, and Lit ut.-Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps.
A Cabinet Council was held yesterday at the Foreign-
office. It was attended by Lord John Russell, the Mar-
quis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Minto, Sir George Grey,
Viscount Palmerston, Earl Grey, the Chancellor of the
Ex..hequer, Sir Francis Baring, the Right Hon. IL
Labouchere, Lord Campbell, and the Earl of

The Council sat two hours.
The Earl and Countess Grey had a dinner party on
Saturday at their residence in Belgrave-square. The
company consisted of the Earl and Countess St. Ger-
mans, the Lord Advocate, Mr. Curzon, the amager
Lady Morl.,y. Lord and Lady Seymour, Lird Howden,
Lord and Lady Wharnclitr4, and the Hon. 11. Grey.

HERR WlLnenza KUHE.—This well-known pianist
gave his annual concert yesterday in the Haney. r-
square Rooms. The programme presented many attrac-
tions, and the attendance was unusually numerous.
Herr Kuhe performed the " Concert-Stuck" of Weber,
a serenade of his ()an composition, Thalhe.....rg's popular
" Tarantella," and a fantasia, in all of which he was much
applauded. The great feature of the concert was Ernst,
whose performance on the violin createa the utmost en-
thusiasm In h's beautiful " Elegie" he displayed that
impassioned expre stun for which he is unsurpassed, and
in the " Carnaval de Venice " exhibited the mechanical
wonders of the modern school. He was sneered in
both pieces, and sub,:itut*d for the former one of the
Pent-iis Fugitives," composed by himself and Stephen
Heller. In ihe repetition of the Carnavel" Ernst in-
troduced a new series of varigtions, in one of which he
produced quite an original effect by a plxsicato accom-
paniment of tenths to the melody, and in another played
harmonica at double notes with extraordinary facility.
The vocal music was supported by Mademoiselle Jetty
Tn ffz, who sang the of Kueken, and a French
romance, in the most attractive style ; Madernoisehe
Graumanr, who introduced a pretty,
Miss Wallace, who
ballad by Mol'que,
known in Eighth as •• Fair Arnie;"sang the "Nacqui all' atiano," from Cenerentola, very
effectively ; Miss Basmno, Herr Schonotf, and Herr
Pischek. The last named gentleman bang
his popular
national song, " My heart's in the Rhine." with his ac-
customed spirit. Miss Bassani) gave an Italian aria end
the ballad of " Auld Robin Gray," and llerr Schoneff
int oduced two clever and pleasing songs by Thalberg,
" Sprache der Liebe" and " Miteafuld," which he sang
very pleasingly. In place of Mr. Sims Beeves for
whose absence an excuse was proffered by Mr. Olivier,
Herr Brandt and Herr Stigelli sang some German bal-
lads; both were favourably received, and the last was
honoured by an enc 're. Herr Strauss and his band at-
teeded, and performed in brilliant style the overture to
Meyerbeer's Camp of Silesia, and two marches, the
composition of Harr Strauss, which were loudly ap-
plauded. Messrs. W. V. Wallace and Wehle presided
as accompanists at the pianoforte.
MR. CHARLES llAAs.—This gentleman, a professor
of some little repute in the metropolis, gave a concert
yesterday morning at the concert rooms of the Princess's
Theatre. The programme was chiefly made up of com-
positions by the beneficiare, vocal and instrumental, in
which were exhibited considerable variety of fancy and
musician-like ability in setting it forth. The singers
and players were not remarkable, belonging chiefly to
the class of second-rate foreigners who come periodically
to this country and "make no sign." In the course of
the morning a new adaptation of the musical glasses was
tried under the name of the " Mattauphon," producing
a very pleasing effect. The inventor, Herr Mattau, was
his own exponent. Deloffre and Pillet were among the
solo instrumentalists. The rooms were full.
Mr. Thomas Binney has forwarded this week, per
Seagull, to Rotterdam, a fine bull of the short-horn
breed, from the celebrated herd of Sir William Cooke,
Bart., Wheatley Hall, near Doncaster.—Hull racket.