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with the greatest ardour. During the whole night the
debate hail proceeded upon io that the ;tore had had advisedly exelud, d '
then Jews from sitting it,
rent. l'his wee not the fact either directly or
other re
r...... a Jew There was not even a declaration r, quired
, . .
or any one else, be they Calvinists, Soetnians,
had rians, or any other sewarians, to theet that they
eyidthe slightest belief in any one document, upon the
.I;4leece of which the Christian religion was support, d.
that a Member was required to du was to abjure the
nerretender, and to uphold the succession of the House of
unswlek; and he was r, quired to make these promises
Ott the faith of a true Christian. But that form did net re-
iliir° him to declare himself a Christian, although he
eordßrougharo.)
did not un an to deny that a very preper
:_oscientious feeling had operated in deterring the Jews
r,°urn taking the oath prescribed to the Members of both
5e uses of Parliament. What, therefore, became of ell
arguments by which their Lordships had been al-
- nauseated, to the eff ct that the Parliament would
':° b_ehristianised by the admission of Jews to a seat in
,5 House of Commons ? The House of Commons ha
d.
by Unchristianised itself, if this argument wa. goo-
.r sending up the Bill now het'. ?re their Lordships, and
requesting • , - sing. that
the , them to pass it. But, even supposing
near case was as had been represented by the Noble Lerd
administered
(Lord Stanley), did the present form of oath
Kist
to Members of the House of Comm"ns
it%lo4wer the purpose that leas attributed to it ? Were all
Christ
,who took that oath betore they took their eetits
las ans ?He could with safety Si')' no—it did net
te
twee e
il tee purpose. shone oath had the incurable vice ot
eeeNs--t let in the dt and unprincipled man and
;ramfed the conscientious man. With regard tel the !tr.:
eats that had been urged rasp, cting the impossis
hifilaitYj of talking about religion in the Legislative Houshe.
Bill ew Were admitted into Parliament, and . that the
wo
i:viould effect the separation of Church and State, e
44 IY exclaim, God above forbid that the Church
t 1.2 a State should ever be separated, but if such a Bill as
present were to effect that object, how did it happen
.
ingtst the letting the RomanCetholics and the Dissenter.
S.lep44e.rttit,,h; House ot Commons did not produce that result?
in the Dissenters was a far more dangerous
set Man letting in the Jews would be ; for th.e. it i
the "shad n much more active and bitter hostility re
t,....Fihurch of England than. the Jews, who, to say the
81;autti. cared nothing about the matter. As for the oath
theh
40 tng out all but true Christians, let him remind .
uutuswe that
Lordships' House
Shaftesbury sat in their Lords .kw ilkes in the other House of Parliament. He was
he leT: of opinion that, even supposing the Jews wereho to
lees o'hnt,o arliainent the Legislature would not the
that A I;istiell than it was before, in the same manner
I..°'ngittstice to the Dissenters' had not
_in, any way
Inleuristla . ready
assent allied it. He again repeated that he gave his
thatthe to the Bill at the same time he must say
did . , . '
Penance not think it by any means of so much in -
e"lidet '1
many other measures that were under the
The it);_oll of Parliament.
111)% rifle of OXFORD said he was sorry to find,
1 tvord'weiehti°r3, that in the heat of debate he had used
the Go, t reference to the Noble Lord at the heead.
had
a e rternraent
nOt which was not just, but which
.ha
was
mrlereaef:'lllY uttered in malice. The expressio
aereatie °lll him in the heat of the moment Iby an ob-
fore n°f the Noble Marquis near him. le, there-
' leek the first public opportunity of saying
iloeee it
Russell, or to
.11,11 Y ote,,e,,ant to attribute to Lord John . that he
ecipatecc member of the Government, the having par-
bad 8 111 a job. lie was aware that the Noblel Lord
fora I,lPP(irted the Jewish disabilities removal ,:.inF be-
liitie tue lest election for the city of London. Ills Noble
dealtl34l (Lord Brougham) had, in his PlaYfu
rat
object to the
obeer Per hardly by him; but he did notmanner,
afforded
the opp
made by the Noble Lord, as he had been
uttered ortuuity of withdrawing the expressions
rile bY him and of stating publicly that he never
ant to ea ' Noble Lord.
. Them st an slander upon the .
the R. arquis of LANSDOWNE replied, and acquitted
tewarcitght Rev. Prelate of any
Govern-
malignant intention
toeet- 3his Noble Friend at the head of the
key'chose conduct, both with respect tofthheispresent
public
career
,and
L I indeed, during the whole o
and.di,,utd been distinguished by the purest patriotism
Their sinterestrane
ritordships then divided, when there appeared—
,96
Content—Present
Proxies 32
--128
11 on-content—P r e sent 125
Proxies 3B
—1

Ma• .
Pray against the second reading 35
"r Lordships then adjourned at Two o'clock.

MOUSE OF COMMONS, May 25•

PUBLIC
Edition of last
keontinued from our
HEALTH BILL.
beer' %V. P. WOOD tholuligihrtdthe clauses ought night.)torhinacvie-
To h.
..
aretained if only for the sake
_of.
esettling the
tpc
ex-
ii-.11 00 which 'compensation should b
a sentence of anm
les the Bill was be compelled to
iii_n; water cemPan
Act. In the case
beateon; fur all houselheodlders would
under this by the water
uleji:e the water eupp i
ading, 8,000/.
corporate!) .
y and 6,000 .
had been spent-2,00on;
le on which
rums; might have been spboth which
by
b"°lllpenstition should be assessedle
tired had t h
beene p ri n c
recognisedip
c_
was certainly ion.n s'arlittnen:. The substituted c
-eiek to the companies;
t-41(1 be • bdrawn. and he ahoped the amendment
t, kr. SPwOlOt NM?, asked when the proposed alterations
"(Lehi be printed.
i
' 411° ArfORNEY-GENERAL said they would be
ri the hands of the Members before " the further con-
sideration of the report."
b,!dr• SPOONER then withdrew his amendment (leave
inti g given), and the House went into Committee.
co elegise 105. empowering local, AL
es
sntlelscoxrrpolaw.
te, °Y, the ATTORN EY- GENE le A g
.et-eZeas; and introdueed some verbal amendments, which
ee d ted, and the clause was egreed. to.
re "tue(e)l33 106 to 110 were agreed to with some amend-
-444.
heo clause 111, providing for the repayment of money
--eere,e,.,
heee on mertesee
to fix the
ter"' 0 ATTORNEY-GENERAL proposed . .
years, thirtieth
repayment at 30 yea without requiring one-
,"etli part of the sum to be paid off each year. ,
4krter La conversation, the clause as amended was
reed to
CI '
uuee 112, empowering
pointed to col-
mortgageesa,
14teent of interest, to have a receiver appointed in case of non-
Pdiscussion, Mhrc.
litlitTh_e rates, gave rise to some
to
steurietal expressing doubts as to the sufficiency of t
tesk 3. (lathe local boards could not be compelled.l,
a.
theetea tae,ra and the ATTORNEY-GENERAL
hoebscelravuinseg
was
,boy. had remedy by mandamus, bu
greed to unaltered. -
of
tips, and
41113, giving: local boards power to make by-
. the ' first penalties subject to the confirmation
iireeral board,
had been given
be core' BAINEs suggested that these by-laws should not
to leilrled, until public notice of them
AT; a inhabitants.
• 48C0un
tnitiari t RORPETH consented to adopt the preli-
es au kr. n ggested.
4-1 . 441i11,11Y suggested that the confi,rmitaetiionnstoeafdthoef.
the au'a should rest with the Secretary of State
1,,,,, neutral b , .
' z,nrio, , oaru, in or er t ia
d 1 t t h e re s h o utlod
the
laws of
411 1 , inat they would net be repugnant
R ence
• to the a short discussion Lord MORPETH assented
• The suggestion.
el.: clause as amended was then agreed te.
tee.iese, a 114 115 and 116 were agreed to with some
eizeratio'fis. '
= Clauses " 117 and 118 were struck out.
tiee 119 was agreed to.
oiluei!e 120 was struck out.
Pree„etitse 121, relating to the audit of accounts, being
posed
• *144 LtTTORNEY-GENERAL moved amendments,
the time an that ten days' notice should be given of
4 e 0" and place when the audit was to be made; that
tif rho i)1. the accounts 'should be deposited at the office
should be
Idleive-Volerd of Health, and that all person
Th'em to take copies or extracts of them 'shout fee.
e lite!lause, with the amendment, was egwrietedatuoy.
tate.
4eleac•es 122 to 145 were agreed to without
On
tier the 142 being read, by which it was proposed
the .l'a dwellinn•
n the
of any individual might be entered by
hourtsentectore a nuistinces at any period betwee .
44tve "1 Itll and four o'clock, for the purppso of
amea.lung
imps sewers, levelling and opening drains,. lie, Po.ee""UltNElt submitted that some cheek shouldvcsted bine
tet eli,-‘, uPon the powers thus intended to
de n amend-
kekit t-r
esetura under th A t nd he Propose a b
wAttio„, the effect that sue__ surveys shou
writing, pro-
'dem e. tne consent of two justices
e be ' a should not e made
ilt
ccauo,l nbjeCtion were made on the pianrtof the owner
The titer,
litrkTit ATTORNEY-GENERAL having
Ivhiel, to this amendment, it was added to
sigthneificeldanhscis,
Thelvas then adopted.
passed,
thatee re'e„suleining clauses of the Bill having
th'i• eroRNEY_GENER AL said P s intended
kid
that till should be reported and reprinteditwa at once,
amendments,
01%V the report, with the various
Therseee brought forward for further consideration on
dee, l next, or such other day as the House might
Ci.,7 convenient.
rkaat.poned clause 67 being read,
kale 401tPETII said that by this clause it was
rks to
atippivT.Perative on the, proprietors of water-
Proil "uses with water at the rate of id. per"'o week,
the sued that the local board of health on the report
be
, the sued
had declared the supply of water to b
I%44:eta in such houses. lii Nottingham Id. a wele
044 ;11 found sufficient for this purpose ; but as it had_
bredWet,rsePres that loss might accrue to owners of I.steretwe°,ll" b compelled to supply water at t a
the
of ' ae had to propose an alteration in the clause to
Tbetet that 2d. a week should be allowed.
knead elteration having been adopted, the clause as
euleed
,was agreed to.
89. whrileeki TROSIPSON proposed that after. clam
vise ,d 1 '', had been
.Postponed, the following pro-
fit
Ntetedeuti be added P always, and tie. it
or
ape ! ,that upon the 'etition ot e, majority
t_ ,baiitibiab!tant householders of tiny such district,
u Provie ' !awful for the local), board o.f. health
111% Du " d'altable premises in or near such district, for
disteictrP°s° of being used as' a burial ground for such
r
an gran eeighbourhood and to make by-laws fe.
tellies respect to the management and use of the pr
men th3:rePore°,l,ided, and to charge for the use and occupa-
After ' '.
6ealti it diseu ;
ttecee,,a to the arloptio
-ssa°u, in the course of which several difd-
f provisoh were started, L.or.
• aute 3/411 au,,,ggstin-g tuhaot the
ee
application should °rip-
Ttltlan: rublie neeet'ogof the inhabitants, and Mr.
eery ;,!-- Proposing that - e power should be compul-
Itaiiretee,.°4,°l Peimis.tiveh'
•Gokildf/hi. for Consideration on wonastdheecirdeepdortth, that
tnidt should
lidt
14 tii'c,i'et!l_ten in conjunctioe with the 80th clause.
44urlf "" 'Testi f Mr HUDSON,
041, ea rom •
Ilk. 841(1. that with reference to the

smoke clause, several Hon. Members had suggested to
him that the best we)' of deahvg. eith that subject was
by the Bill which lied elreedy teede considerable pro-
gresi in. the Hous? of Lord•. He therefore pro
omit the clause in question altogether.
Mr. VI YU) moved a clause to the effect that the
assessed tax on funeral carriages and the post-horse duty
on buries let for hire for funeral purposes, be abolished,
ea the ground that these imposts prevented the poor
from availing themselves of the cemeteries for burying
tin it dead. The sacrifice to the revenue would be un-
important, as the whole amount raised from this source
was considerably under 6,000/.
TLe ATTORNEY-GENERAL opposed the clause
which the Chancellor of the Exchcqui r had informed
nim was unnecessary, as, whenever the hire of the vehicle
and horses used fr r funeral purposes was not charged,
ihe duty mieht be recovered back.
Mr. NVYLie doubted if any case could be shown in
which the duty had been returned.
The clause was withdrawn.
The preamble was then agreed to, and the House
having resumed, the Bill was reported and ordered to be
reprinted with the amendments; the report to be further
considered en Thursday next.
JOINT-STOCK COMPANIES BILL.
This Bill having been read a third time,
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved a clause, em-
powering the Lena Ciemc.-11or to appoint district com-
missioners of the Court of Bearuptcy, or judges of
county or locel courts having jurisiliction in civil matters,
to be misters extraordinary for the purposes of tnis Act;
which was agreed to.
Mr. HEADL A M moved the following clause:—" That
after an order absolute shall have been made execution
shall not issue against any contributories of the company
at the suit of any creditor, in respect of any debt due
from the company, unless, on motion to the Court of
Chancery, leave to that effect be given; and that upon
such motion it shall be lawful fur 7he Court of Chancery
either to permit execution immediately to be issued, or
to suspend the same for such period and upon such terms
as the said court shall. in its discretion, think fit, regard-
being had both to the proceedings pending under this
Act, and to the conduct of the shareholders against
whom execution is sought to be enforced in obeying the
same."
Mr. M. GIBSON regretted that it was not in his
power to agree to the proposal of the Hon. and
Learned Member, on the ground that this Bill had no-
thing to do with creditors, but its simple object was to
enable shareholders to settle their differences between
each other by themselves. Creditors took no benefit
from the Bill, and he could not consent to place them
under the difficulties which this clause would create.
Mr. TURNER opposed the clause as being totally at
variance with every principle on the Bill was

founded.
Mr. AGLIONBY supported the clause, which had
received the sanction and support of many competent
authorities in the country, who had communicated with
him on the subject of this measure.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL opposed the clause,
on the :grounds stated by the Right Hon. Gentleman
(Mr. M. Gibson) who had introduced the Bilk
The House divided, when there appeared.—
. For the clause
Against it
Majority —Bs
The clause was consequently lost.
Mr. WYLD then moved the following clause—" And
be it enacted that all associations or companies formed
for the purpose of Working mines or minerals shall be
liable to the operation of this Act."
The clause was added by way of rider to the Bill,
which was then passed.
LAW OF ENTAIL (SCOTLAND) BILL.
On the motion of the LORI) ADVOCATE, the
House resolved itself into Committee on this Bill.

On clause 2 being proposed,
Mr. D. M.'NEILL suggested that a better mode than
that proposed by the clause of altering the law would
be to put both heirs of entail in possession and heirs of
entail that were to come into possession on the same
footing, and to enable both descriptions, at 25 years of
age, to disentail the estate on the consent being obtaind
of the heir apparent; and if there was no heir apparent,
the consent of any limited number of the persons next in
succession. This would be a better and more simple
course of legislation.
The LORD ADVOCATE said that the suggestion
of his Hon. and 'Learned Friend was adopted in the
next clause. The present clause was necessary to give
greater efficiency and practical effect to that which fol-
lowed, and as it had been adopted by a majority of the
Select Committee, to whom the Bill had been referred,
be (the Lord Advocate) felt bound to press it.
Mr. F. MACKENZIE observed that the clause bad
only been carried in the Select Committee by a majority
of one, and, objecting as he did to the principle of the
clause, he moved that it be struck out of the Bill.
Mr. OSWALD supported the amendment.
The Committee then divided, when there appeared—
For the clause
Against it
Majority --GS

The clause was then agreed to.
In clause 3 the LORD ADVOCATE proposed cer-
tain alterations, with the view, as he stated, of rendering
the object of the clause more clear.
After a few words from Mr. M‘NEILL and Mr. MAC-
KEN ZIE,
Mr. BOUVERIE moved as an amendment the sub.
stitution of the word " three" f(r " four," i❑ the num-
ber of consents of heirs-substitute necessary to constitute
a title.

After a discussion, the Committee divided, when there
appared—
For the clause B6
Against it ...
Majority
The clause was then agreed to as amended.
Clausei 4 to 11 inclusive were agreed to.
On clause 12 being pr.)posed,
Mr. 13. COCHRANE suggested with reference to this
clause, and the two subsequent ones, that words should
be introduced to enable proprietors to sell outlying lands
to the extent of three-fourths of their improvements.
Mr. HUME thought it advisable to adopt some alter-
ation of that nature.
The LORD ADVOCATE said the subject had been
much considered, but he was of opinion that the clauses
were better as they stood.
The clause was then agreed to, as were clauses up
to 35.
Clauses 36 and 37 having been agreed to, the House
resumed. _ _ _

The LORD ADVOCATE said there were some
clauses in writing which he was anxious to introduce;
but on account of the lateness of the hour he would not
propose them until the bringing up of the report.
The LORD ADVOC:).TE said that he hoped to
bring it up to morrow (this day); but if the Committee
wished, the report might then be read pro forma, and
the discussion on the additional clauses taken on a future
day,
The report was then read pro forma, and its further
consideration having been adjourned to MondAy next,
the House adjourned at a Quarter-past One o'clock.