The Sun.
London, England, 1848-01-05 00:00:00

outrage or murder would be to go tbrward an meet
the danger? Every man kill his man, and p, would 'et
be to do something.
It is, Sir, a very sad thing that we should be led
into any such anticipations. The very indulgence of-
them is harmful to the enlightened hopes of peace. t!.
Bat the discussion once begun, it cannot be avoided, _
and it is of the last importance for the people that the 'a
matter should be settled at once and definitively. I
deprecate beyond measure the constant renewal of 7,
these irritating subjects, and still more any necessity'
that leads to it. It is the business of the Government
silently, and thereby without offence, to provide for
the efficient safeguard of the realm. This paper h,
never ceased in its claim for the performance of toast
duty. England requires so small a force for this
pm-pose, that its amount is quite answer enough to
Europe that it cannot be used for aggressive purposes.lf
France chooses to play the frog with the ox, in mim:.ck.
ing our fleet, let her; the folly is suicidal. if we mea-
sure things. by needs, we must have a large navy, and
she requires but a moderate one. Let us hit, in the
expense, the right medium between fright and ovet
confidence. It is, doubtless, cheapest to he prepared;
no more of such economy as stripped the dockyards.
And as such men as the Earl of Ellesmere evidently
feel that their " stake in the country" is the thing to
be defended, as they are well-content, and only desire
to keep things as they are, let the tax that pals
for the new army fall on the properties it guards. .•
Lord Francis Egerton was made Earl of Ellesmere ;1
principally because he is immensely rich. If riches
are to make such senators for us, let their wealthdit
least, serve their country. Another Lord, Lord IngesU'et
asserts that we want nothir g -but a due appreeiatioa of
Capt. Warner's shells. I would leave him to talk over this
with the Earl. But our true safety is, in common
prudence, in the honest resolution of our Government
to ask for what is wanted, and na more—in its aban-
donment of all party patronage in the services,-in
justice and sufficient pay to the seaman—in a rational
method of ship-'wilding—in good treatment for the
soldier—and if the worst should come, if' we are
beaten after taking all these wise and honourable
precautions, then in the old bull-dog resolution that
will fasten and not leave its hold hut with life. May
we never need the help of one of these means; but
the surest way not to need one is to keep all :egay,- -
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Weekly Dispatch.

CAUSTIC.

THE JEWISH DISABILITIES
RELIEF BILL.

We yesterday received a copy of this important
measure from the Parliamentary Paper-office. It is
entitled, " A Bill for the Relief of her Majesty's
subjects professing the Jewish Religion," and is en-
dorsed with the names of Lord John Russell, Sir
George Grey, and Viscount Morpeth. The number
of clauses amounts to ten. The first clause substi-
tutes the following form of oath to be taken by the
Queen's Jewish subjects (including public function-
aries and Members of Parliament) instead of the
obnoxious formula, "on the true faith of a Christian,"

viz.:-

"I. A. 8., do solemnly promise and swear, that I
will be faithful and bear true allegiance to her
Majesty Queen Victoria, and will defend her to the
utmost of my power against all conspiracies and
attempts whatever which shall be made against her
person, crown, and-dignity ; and I will do my utmost
endeavour to disclose and make known to her Majesty,
her heirs and successors, all treasons and traitc•ous
conspiracies which may be formed agailitt..‘?tr
or them ; and I do faithfully promise to nl•
tain, support, and defend, to the utmost of any
power, the succession of the Crown, which sac=
cession, by an Act, entitled, 'An Act for the
further Limitation of the Crown, and better securing
the Rights and Liberties of the Subject,' is and stands
limited to the Princess Sophia, Electress of Hanover,
and the heirs of her, body, being Protestants, hereby
utterly renouncing and abjuring any obedience or al-
legiance to any other person claiming or pretending a
right to the crown of this realm ; and I do declare
that I do not believe that any foreign prince, prelate,
person, state, or potentate hath or ought to have any
temporal or civil jurisdiction, power, superiority, or
pre-eminence, directly or indirectly, within this
realm : I do swear that I will defend, to the utmost
of my power, the settlement of property within this
realm, as established by the laws ; and I do hereby
disclaim, disavow, and solemnly abjure any intention
to subvert the present Church establishment as settled
by law within this realm; and I do solemnly swear
that I will never exercise any privilege to which I
am or may become entitled to disturb or wcaken tnr
Protestant religion or Protestant Government in the
United Kingdom ; and I do solemnly, in the presence •
of God, profess, testify, and declare that I do make
this declaration, and every part thereof, in the plain
and ordinary sense of the words (.f this oath, without
any evasion, equivocation, or mental reservation what-
soever.

" So help me God."
This oath is to be taken in the same manner as
Jews are now sworn in courts of justice, &c.
The sth clause allow .r p•-tc,,,,iog the diVish
religion to make the declaration set forth in the Act
Bth and 9th Victoria, cap. 52, instead of that pre-
scribed in the Act 9th George IV., cap. 17 (Repeal
of Sacramental Test Act), in all casys which are not
within the provisions of the last recited Act ; and, in
short, extends the relief sought for in the widest
and most universal manner. A few restrictions -are
still retained, such as the disqualification of Jews to
exercise the office of guardians and justices, or Re-
gent of the United Kingdom, that of Lord Chancellor,
that of Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, and that of her
Majesty's High Commissioner to the General Assem-
bly of the Scotch Kirk.
Clause 7 continues the disqualification of any;per-
son, otherwise than now by law enabled, to hold any
office, place, or dignity in the Church of England, or
in any other ecclesiastical establishment ; and clause
deprives Jews of the right of presentation to
benefices, which right, in the event of the descent
of an advowson to a party of the Hebrew persuasion,
is to devolve on the Archbishop of Canterbury
pro tern.

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