The Sun.
London, England, 1848-01-14 00:00:00

EVENING, JANUARY 'l4, 1848:

'nto conflagration by the quarrel for the-inheritance
of the throne. When such cases• eccur laws are of
no force,, and tribunals and Parliaroents are silent.
An appeal is made to the nation; arms are 'snatched
up; he is called on. who exercises sovereignty de
facto, and the right •to it is decided by .force. All
pretenders then appeal to the decision•of the nation,
because no one mishes to pass for a King imposed on the
people. ,Philip of Anjou and Charles of Austria spoke,
both, of the love of the people to them. Joseph Ba-
naparte himself; the most intrusive monarch ever
known in Spain, never would admit that they were
Spaniards who expelled him. Thus it will happen in•
the case we suppose. Montpensier will invoke the
will of Spain ; nontemolin- Will do the same. And
a great part of the nation will; from the first moment,
be found in the .camp, but divided. -
" But the Progressista party ? Is it possible to
eply to this question, we ask in our turn Have we
liberty sufficient to discuss it ? Has that party re-
flected sufficiently, and with the deliberation neces-
sary, to resolve on what ought to be done in such a
case—taking into account the whole of the ante-
cedents—all the circumstances—the laws—the con-
stitution—the interests of our national independence
—those of the representative system—its future lot—
the exigencies of its principles ?"

IRISH SPECIAL COMMISSION.
" (Prom Saunders' Nrws Leit,?r uF. Jan: 13)
9PENING OP THE COMMISSIOR'FOtt THE

. COUNTY CLARE'.
-ENNIS, JAN.. 12.—The s'Pecial Commission for this
county was opened to-day at half!past one, by the
Lord Chiefjuetice• and the Lord Cad Bait-A) who
arrived in town from Limerick shortly aftet twelve.
•Their Lord Ships left the city at nine A.AL, escorted
by a troop of the -QUeen's Bays, and were met some
miles out of town by the High Sheriff, Robert A.
Studdart, Esq., of Kilkishaullpuse, who-aceornpanied
• them to their lodgings. .
When their Lordships had taken their seats upon
the bench, •
The Clerk of the Court (George Samson, Esq.)
read .the writ -of commission, after which the following
gentlemen were sworn in on the grand jury :
Sir Lucius O'Brien, foreman ; Sir I
Dillon Massey, Bart.; Sir EdwaKd Fitzgerald, hart. ;
Charles Crofton Vandeleur, Captain Francis M`Na-
mara, John M‘Donnell, Bindon Blood,' Richard J.
StackpOle, James Malony, Simon G. Purdon, John
O'Brien, Augustin Butler, Colonel Charles Syng,
Thomas D. Studdart, James Butler, George Stud-
dart, Major W. Ball, F. J. Fitzgerald, -William
M. Malony, Marcus Patterson; Philip Read, F. Gore,
and 'William Butler, Esq.
There was a very large attendance-Lso much so,
that the first twenty-three names on the panel formed
the jury. •
The Chief Baron was just commencing his addreis
at post hour. •
THE' CALENDAE..---The
.pumper of cases in this
county, although not as great as the number which
appeared upon the Limerick calendar, is extremely
large. There are not' less than 164 prisoners in cus-
tody, and seventy to eighty trials to be disposed of,
including six cases of murder, in which there are from
fifteen to twenty prisoners. The other cases are al-
most all offences under the Whiteboy Act.
The bills in thz., following prOseCutions will be
sent before the grand jury teMornent they are
Sworn

Martin Scott, for the murdor of rii6M6 .M'Alahon
leplit;ntlll•Namaras for the murder. of P. Frawley
renee i(ennedP, ditto. . .
James.ll9.yesi for the murder of James Wat.,on.

j'atriel; 14an, ditto.
Michael Butler, for the murdel: of Patricli. Cltary.

Matthew Hourigan, ditto.
No trial of importance will tatu place to-day; in-
deed,. it is inost probable that their Lordships will
adjourn until morning, after' charging the grand
jury, and then proceed with (MeV the capital cases.
The Attorney-General, the Solicitor-General,
Messrs. Bennett, Q.C., and Plunkett, Q.C., have ar-
rived, to conduct the prosecution ; and Mr. O'Hea to
act for the prisoners.
ADJOURNMENT- OF THE COURT IN

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FLANDERS ,b(pii ,-.-, \ -D'
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Bitussm.l,, j.-.-N li • -T: • - "'''.. -,....,,wp • 4.,k4 --,
said kr some ti::, :' .: ~, I_.. ,_71,! liAiiit
sources of revel-Ale in tl:, .. t, ,iiiVw Zitliir.;
' .. TVA ig
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are not to relieve•the Toor, be: •4& tic !_-44, , ,
for new exienses. -The Cl:o,mm 's.,-, . eljnljstL,str-,,
( stablishment of a duty on sueee ,—• i' (-111 IN r
Ike, and the re-establishrxient of the-oath in the col-
lateral line. It is said thett-the,y are inclined towards
a system which,
.by. the monopoly of assurances hi
their hand, will give them a revenue of three millions
of francs.
that
are opposed to this system, and aru
convinced that in the present stat(l of things, certain
retrenehniertts would suffice fi,r maintaining the
equilibrium; betw( en the receipts and expense. It
is insisted that the financial state of Belgium
cabs ler i prompt - - succour --!.-; they quote the
c
w ds whicili Lave escaped front two of our
Ministers, IVles:srs. 1716 re and Ranier, and e.e in return
dr:tw attention to thew 6f. M. Vc,j.dt, which he pro-
nounced inl the Chamber and Senate. M. Vevdt
acknowledged that our financial situation is good;
that the State will not take a loan except upon reason-
able condithins, and that it will do so only to fulfil
tbeengagenients into which it entered at the time of
the constitution of the Cabinet, for the execution of
necessary-pUblic-works. ' In the!sjtting of the Senate,
on he 31st December, M. - Veydt . said " the financial
situation mily be sounded without fear. I believe
that it is calculated to inspire confidence. By eking.
with this circumspection, we shall pass happily
through the present moment,-whicir has its difficulties.'
ThSse difficulties the Minister is the first to compre-
hend, and to examine, but :,he is • also con-
vinced that the Government_ . may surmount
them, and further, that it will surmount them.
There-is nothing:-here to indicate penury!suell as to
call for extreme. measures. Immediately after this
speech the Minister undertook to point (Alt the public
works which were to be undertaken, and the loan to
be concluded, as if they stood in connexion :--:-"'lf I
am to give my opinion on the question whether the
! Ministers propose soon to make a loan, and if they
intend to execute the extensive works which have
been so often spoken of,. I should say that if they. de-
cided upon them it would be impossible to do s:1 with-
(Mt creating extraeralary rescuices, v.hich Ir.uA be
procured by a loan on account of the considerable
sune.i which they will require; but it will not be ne-
cessary to undertake them- simultaneously?! Ac-
cording to this it is evident that the public works
projected will alone render the creation of extraordi-
nary resources necessary. -
A provisionary credit of one million francs has
been opened for the department of Justice.
The report of M. Tielemans on the budget of
Public Works is about to be distributed ; it is a very
voluminous document, which demands particular
examination.
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KARISRUIIE.—When the creditors of Heber and
Sons, bankers, had a meeting, and granted them a
respite of ten days, three of the manufactories sup-.
ported by that firm addressed a petition to the Minis-
ter of State for a loan from the Government. A.
committee, consisting of members of the departments
of Finance and the interior, has bear_ appointed to in-
vestigate the case. They have already visited the
manufactories, and as their financial difficulties are
merely temporary, it is confidently hoped that not
only these, but the house of Heber and Sons, will be
saved.

Accounts from Preshurg state that his Imperial
Highness the Archduke Palatine is considered con.
valescent from the measles, but will not be permittel
to leave his room for the next two or three weeks.

Prince Michael of Servia, who hay, obtained a year's
leave of absence, set out for. St. Peterlurgh on the
31st of December.—Brimsels Papers, Jan. 10. -___
BERLIN, JAN. 10.—In consequence of the low ex-
change of Francfort on the Main the Cologne and
Northern Railway shares have fallen considerably—
other funds wero firmer, though lower than on
Saturday.
BRUSSELS, JAN 12.—The average price of corn the
weekending January the Bth was, wheat, 211. 82c.;
rye, 14f. ; being a fall on wheat of 50c., rye,
Mc. From the sth to the 10th of January three
vese;l:s-ititered thnport of Antiierp laden wholly or
in part with grain. The importations made were—
Rye . 156,600. kit.
Rice

Total ..
The King-of the Bligians returned frein Paris last
night.
Her
Majesty will remain with her august
family a few days •longer. It is confidently asserted
that his Majesty .was actively
.engaged in
endeavouring to make a loan, for the purpose of
finishing the railways of this kingdom. He is said
to have had several interviews with Messrs. Roths-
child and other capitalists The retirement of the
three Ministers—Messrs. Ves-dt, Fre re, and d' Roff-,
schmidt—from the Cabinet, appears to be more than
mere report. It is said that they will be succeeded
by Messrs. Rousselle, of MODS ; Lehon, of Tournay;
and Delhounge, of Ghent, who, being all deeply in.•
terested in Flanders, have consented to act with
Messrs. Rogier and Ghazal. bI. Nothomb, who has
formally declared his intention of resigning his post
of Ambassador at the Court of Berlin, will be suc-
ceeded there by N. d'Hoffichmidt. These changes,
says the Liberal Liegeois, have been determined not
only by the former disagreement upon seve-
ral questions between Messrs. Rogier and
Frere, but by. the new discord. which has
occurred between the Minister of Public Works
and the Minister fOr Foreign Affairs on the question
of the restitution of the securities given by the
railway companies.
Public prayers have been ordered in all the churches
oa account of the contagious disease which is now
prevalent in Flanders.
From the statistical report it appears that • during
the month of December the number of births in
Brussels was 431, that of deaths, 493, being an excess
of 62 deaths. The annual return for 1847 on a po-
pulation of about 125,000 souls, was—births, 4,3'25;
deaths, 5,201 ; being an excess of 876 deaths. The
mortality is 1847 was 485 snore than 1846.—Brus-
stis Papers, Jan. 13.

RAILWAYS.

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The Northern, or Ferdinand • • • •
Gloggnitz - . .• • • . •
Vienna—Milan •-

Leghorn
Sienna
Grosetto
Oldenburg ........
resto.ia• • • ...
Pesti! Bridge ......
Apennine!' ........
DUTCH re.NDS.—Astsiumhtm. lAN. 11
aloney. Bills
• 5434• '
Grp.. C 7
Sisi 85

•• • 1106
•••••• •• .• 83%

Actual Debt, 2 pn• Cwit
Ditto, 3 per CeLt ..........
Ditto, 4 per Cent.. •
Atnort Syndic, 3IA "per Cent..
Commercial Compary, 4% per Cent •
East India Loan, 4 per Ceiit . • •
Exchange on London, at sight
Two months... ••••
On liamburgh, at sight • • • •
Twomonths.... .. • • • • • • • • • •
On Paris • • ...... •••• • • • •
Twomonths. • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

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DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.
About half-past seven o'clock last night, a strong
smell
proceeding from the shop
u
'hs fet
at manufacturer,l Trongate, and
i :a it(. )
,(vbieucrkniientg o . 7a
in a few minutes thereafter flames iuddenly burst
out from the shop windows, which soon presented _a_
truly terrific appearance. The alarm was speedily
communicated to . the Central-office, and in a very
short time the Glasgow Fire Brigade -and West of
England engine arrived at the spot. And fortunate
it was that assistance was given so promptly, or the
eonsequetre would have been moat calamitous. When
the engines reached the burning premiSes the flames
had broken out of the windows of the shop with
almost uncontrolable violence, and, rushing fiercely
upwards, had caught the windows of the fiat above,
occupied as a warehouse by Campbell, Richmond, end--
Co., whiCh were almost instantly consumed. - The
fire was progressing into the interior of the ware-
house, which would very soon, in all probability, have
shared the fate of the flat beneath,-but at. this moment
the engines came into Play-, and, under the able direct-.
tion of Mr. Forsyth,. the superintendent,, the farther
progress of the flames was completely checked, ••
though the destruction of valuable property has been :,
very great. Mr. Freckleton's warehouse, which es- :
tends back from the street, a distance of some 50 or'
60 feet, has been completely gutted,-and- nothing but
heaps of rubbish and 'charred and blackened walls are
left. None of the stock- could be recovered from the
fire, for though the ShOp had been only shut up halt
an hour previous* to.. the alarm .being glven, Yet 4")
'sudden was the outburst of 'the flames, and such the
entire contents of the warehouse were comumeci Were
- The premises, so far as we
hold which they had taken of the premises, tkat,the
insured,
_as is the cast;
even an effort could be made to preserve anything
consisting of bales of
fromnere tahbelectoonfileaagrrua,tiaorne.
fully
also with those of Alessrs. Campbell, Richmond, and
has also been much damaged, as well
I by the water which was copiously
I
thrown in, as by
li
tCwl:°-?lilidg'injuhe'clsi.oet 'lliti°acdkitill:inficriepailclycurred in -a part of thf;
I.
city where the aid of the fire brigade could not lutve
been so readily procured, or had thi:; fire engin; s no
come so promptly forward, the damage don, must
have keen immense, as the
place \\ here' it calgicated
is in the very densest viert of tl.e' str:ct,-c.od :..0.--•
rour,di,d -n 4-very "t
-I.lc bv, valuable shops -and. ware-
u. cause can be assigned for the fire, though
it IN U111+; ,liinest appear-that it must have been spout-
dering in some quarter of the presoises before the
place was locked up for the night.--Ao.rth 13riti411
Mail of Wednesday. -
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.
ARRIVAL OF SPECIE.-.,-,The vett.el PrGussiselter
mkt., arrived in the River frOin,e6iii-,''hai-brOught-
parcel of specie ast.a portion of 'her general cargo.
Lottp TnntscorE.—=fite diameter of the
speculum Vas but a fraction beyond six feet, and the
total weight about three tons.

DOCES.
Di yieend Aakuut
Name of Company. per o' I
Paid. Price.
Anrnm. Share.
--- -- --I --- - -
.E k.. d. £ a. d.
C nnmerclal .... ••.• • C. per cert. Stock. - 70
East and West India ... 61. C 7 cent. Stock. I - 118,4
East Country ••.• • • • . It. per sh. 100 0 0 - 20
LanOt.r. 5/. p: ceqt. Stock. - ._Ditto Bonds.. ••• • • . 41. per c,rit. - - -
St. K atbarine 5 per cell:- I Stock. - -
Ditto Bonds.• ••.. • • • }4l. pr cen,.! - - -
snithampton •• •• .... 41. per cent.' 50 0 0 50 0 0 I -
WILTER-WOELES.
DA, dend A moart
Name of Company. 1 per of Paid. Pric.
Annum. Snare.
. -- -- -
£ t:. 0. £ s. d.
Birmingham .•••• • • • • 18s. 25 00250 0 I -
E.t.a, London.. •••• • • • Sj. 100 0 0 - 166x4
Grand Junction •••• • . , 21. 10s. 41 IS 4 ; - I 8.
Kent................ 1 3/. 100 0 0 - 84
New Rivr Lndn Brdge ; 2/. 10s. - - 55
Viuxhall •--•• • • • 100 0 0 - 101
West Middlesex • • . 57. 154. prcnt. 63 12 9 1 - ,I,
BRIDGES.
Name of Company. Dividend Amount
I per of Paid. Price
Annum. Share.
_
litingerford ... X. a. d. X. s. U.
houthwrk, 15,,, fic.u"b".'A• • - - - -
Ditto Nw of 7 yi -V.
- 632 12 S - 23.,
Waterloo .. „
..P•c• 355. per cent. 50 0 U - 16
Ditto Old Ann. ,:r.441 - 100 0 0 - 51,,,
Ditto Nw ditto or 7i. 11. 53. 4d. - 60 0 0 28
Vauxhall .... .., A,. ii. 2s. 2d. - 40 0 0 26
1/ I 16s. 7O 10 0 - 28
Wage...
_ LaimalubrEous.
Dlviclenn
y.
Nam. of Company r Amount
Annum. 01 PaLl. Price
..-------- Share. ,
11
Australian Airiculturl - 140; S. d. ,X.s.d. --
Anglo• Mexican Mint., 11. 4s. i", °o\3o 0 0 -
Ditto, Hal f Shares .. - ° 0, 10 0 0 -
Canada .• • • • • • • • • • • •
61. per cent. 100 0 o\i 210 0 -
Uppr Canada Bonds 5/. per cent. 32 10 0 _
City Bonds.. ........ 3%1. pr cent. 2 l\l - _
Comp. Cppr Mars Eng. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 i 70- _
Gen. Revers. Sc Invest. sp. c.& bs, 21 100 0 0 1;uo 0 0 _
Equitable Reversionry 4% ~ pr cent. 100 0 0 195 vo 0 100
Gen. Stearn Navigation 1/. 0 0 Bs. 15 0 0 14 ° 90
London Institution . • • - ......
ri
Peninalr & Orient.Stm. 2/• per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0R '
pr cent. 0 100 0 0 100 0 -
Reversionary Int. Soc. 34/.
60 0 0 4
97
Royal Mail Steam •. • • 3•ii l• pr cent. -
South Australian ..... 6/. per Cent. 2.5 0 0 25 0 0 0
Van Dieman's Land.. - 100 0 0 23 0 0 4
- 25 0 0 5 0 0 __
Universal Salvage •• • • ,

BANK OF ENGLAND.
(From this night's Gazette.)
An Account, pursuant to the Act 7th and Bth cf Victoria, cap. 32,fer
the Week ending on Saturday, the 4th day of January, 1844,

188 CZ DICPARTLENT.

X•
Notes lisued.... • • - • 23,876,770

£2.5,876,770
M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier.
Dated the tath day of January, itt;oi.

Government debt 11,015,100
Other securities .• • . 2,984.90.1
Gold coin and bullion 10,476,623
Silver bullion ••• • .. 1,400,1 4 7

.E2,b76,770

pETIRTSIENT.

.E.
Government securi-
ties (including Dead
Weight Annuity) 10,991.353
Other securities .. • • 16,345,954
,Nat'.is ••• • • • • • 7,315,345 Gold and sliver coin.. 701,591

JEWISH DISABILITIES.
(THIS DAY.)
A public meeting of the inhabitants of the borough
of Southwark was held this day, in pursuance of a
requisition to the High Bailiff, at the Town Hall,
Southwark, for the purpose of considering the propriety
of petitioning Parliament for the removal of the existing
civil and religious disabilities of her Majesty's Jewish
subjects.
Shortly after twelve o'clock the chair was taken by
Mr. Pritchard, the High Bailiff: The attendance at
the meeting up to that period was very scanty, there
not being more than forty persons present, and the
commencement of the proceedings were protracted
for a short time in order to afford opportunity for the
attendance of other persons. A quarter of an hour
having elapsed,
The HIGH BAILIFF proceeded to state that the
meeting was called pursuant to a requisition
which was very numerously signed. The question
to be submitted to the meeting involved the rights
of a certain portion of their fellow-subjects, which, in
accordance with the principles of the British nation,
every loyal and peaceable subject was entitled to
claim. Statutes had at various times been passed
tending to deprive some of her Majesty's subjects of
these rights, in consequence of certain religious
opinions which they held. By a statute passed in the
third year of the reign of James 1., c. 4, the object of
which was to protect the country from the hostility
which was then generally considered to prevail upon
the part of certain persons of the Roman Catholic
persuasion against the monarch here. Some members
of the Catholic profession were disposed to fall in
with the spirit of the rest of the country, and to ac-
knowledge the Sovereign of this country as the
supreme head of the Church. Others, again, clung to
the principles which at that time prevailed among the
Catholics, and thought supreme allegiance was due
to thel Bishop of Rome ; and it was in order
to insure allegiance upon the part of the latter
who might accept any office, that this statute
was passed. Its forms were very stringent, requiring
the oaths of allegiance and supremacy to be adminis-
tered to all who might take office—the concluding
words being "upon the true faith of a Christian."
These words were inserted, not in order to preclude
any particular denomination of religionists, but, on
the contrary, were merely added in order to give
solemnity and sanction to the oath. In the 7th of
James I. another Act was passed requiring
the oath of allegiance to be taken by
Members of Parliament in the same terms as
prescribed by the statute of the 3d of James I. The
object of the measure now introduced into Parlia-
ment, was to repeal those words at the conclusion of
the oath, so as to admit Englishmen of the Jewish
persuasion to take their seats in Parliament. It was
not for him to express any opinion upon the subject
of petitioning Parliament upon that measure. That
was a subject for the meeting to decide, and he
trusted that they would hear with patience and fair-
ness all the speakers who might address the meeting
on the subject.—(Hear,)
The requisition, calling upon the High Bailiff, to
summon the meeting having been read,
The HIGH BAILIFF stated that he had received a
letter from Sir William Molesworth, which he would,
ith the consent of the meeting, read to them :
" Penzance, Bodmin, Jan. 12, 1848.

"My dear Sir,--I am very glad to hear that •the,re
is to be a meeting of the electors of Southwark in
f tvour of Lord J. Russell's Bill for the qualification
of the Jews to sit in Parliament. I regret very
uwch that I am at such a distance that I cannot
he present at it. I flatter myself that every
one of my constituents knows my opinions on
that subject. I should be very much obliged
to you if you would make my excuses for not
being present at their meeting, and assure them
that I shall take care, as one of their representatives,
to be present in my place in Parliament, to vote for
Lord J. Russell's Bill.— Believe me, yours truly,
"WM. MOLES WORTH."

Mr. APSLEY PELLAT, in moving the first resolu-
tion, thought that the meeting would concur with
him in the opinion that the time had now arrived for
the abolition of all persecution or deprivation of rights
on the ground of differences of religious opinions. No
Government had any right to interfere in matters
which were entirely a matter of conscience. It had
been urged by one of the ablest opponents of the
measure, that the effect of Lord John Russell's pro-
posed measure would be to unchristianise the nation.
He did not think that such an argument had much
weight. The number of Jews in this kingdom
did not exceed forty thousand, and was it likely
that so small a minority of the vast population of the
country could ever be able to unchristianise or cor-
rupt the character of the country, even if it was their
wish to do so P The Jewish religion was not in his
opinion hostile to Christianity ; the morals inculcated
upon the children of the members of the Jewish per-
suasion were of the highest order, and they were re-
quired to pray fervently at the shrine of the Almighty
for the prosperity of the country in which they en-
joyed their liberty. Was it right, then, to exclude
members of such a profession from a share in
the legislation and constitution of the country ?
The question was to be viewed entirely apart from
that of alienship, for, according to Blackstone, any
person born in the country was eligible to perform
the duties of a British subject. What was the prac-
tical effect of the measure ? Did the churchwarden
pass by the door of the Jew, or suffer any qualms of
conscience, in making an application to him for the
church and other parochial rates, which, in his opinion,
he considered necessary ? Apart from these prin-
ciples, founded on the constitution of the country, he
had derived an argument of immense weight
from the precepts of Christianity itself, which
enjoined charity towards all men. The ob-
jection urged against the admission of the
Jews were of the weakest nature. One of them was
that their ancestors had crucfied Christ. It was as
absurd to lay that as a charge to the Jews of the pre-
sent day, as to charge the High Bailiff himself with
being guilty of the crime of murder, because his an-
cestors had put to death Charles the First. Their
moral and intellectual qualifications offered no bar to
their promotion even to the highest offices of state.
The purity of their private life was a pattern
to Christians. Who could deny that per-
sons thus educated, and thus qualified, were
eligible to share in the rights and privileges of the
British subjects ? The speaker then proceeded at
some length to call attention to the treatment which
the Jews had received for centuries in this country,
and especially in the city of London, and in Frank-
fort, and the difficulties under which they had
la'ooured in carrying on their business. He con-
gratulated the meeting that a large number of
their grievances had now been removed, and that in
the city of London the Jews were permitted to
carry on their business with the same liberty as any
other citizen. He concluded by moving th• follow-
ing resolution :

" That this meeting having been long opposed to
the principle of exclusion from political rights founded
on differences of religious belief, have regarded with
the greatest satisfaction the passing of the several
statutes by which ;that principle has of late been gra-
dually relaxed, and their brethren of the Roman Ca-
tholic ;religion, and Protestant Dissenters, restored
to the exercise of their constitutional privileges.
They have beheld with ;equal satisfaction a
similar removal of many of the disabilities
affecting their brethren professing the Jewish reli-
gion, but have notwithstanding been compelled to
deplore that that class of her Majesty's subjects,
though now rendered eligible to corporate offices, and
to be elected Members of the Commons House of
Parliament, are nevertheless prevented from taking
their seats and voting in that assembly, ex-
cept on condition of their taking certain oaths, to
which they do not object in substance, but the form
of which is at variance with their religious senti-
ments."

Mr. THWAITES seconded the resolution. He
thought that the civil magistrates had no right to put
a barrier upon the free election of their representatives
by the people. He did not conceive that the Legis-
lature had any right to deal with religious questions
beyond that which concerned each individual in the
control of his own conduct.—(Hear, hear.) He felt
no doubt as to the result of the present meeting. He
was glad to see Southwark take its lead among the
metropolitan boroughs in favour of this great measure,
and he trusted they would follow up the noble con-
duct of the citizens of London. He most cordially
seconded the resolution.

The resolution haring been put, it was unanimously
agreed to. _ _

—J. CONDER, Esq., moved the second resolution, and
in doing so dwelt at some length on the great libe-
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that the question ought not to be treated
other ground than that of justice to every Pgrnitiasnhy
horn subject, and ought not to he treated as a mere
memento of past benefits conferred by the liberality
of members of the Jewish persuasion.
The resolution was unanitnounly agreed to.
Mr. Wm. HOWARD moved that petitions to the
Houses of Lords and Commons, in conformity with
the above resolutions, should be prepared, and lie fiar
the signature of the inhabitants of the borough of
Southwark at the Town-hall.

Mr. 'Tons Mums seconded the resolution which
was also unanimously agreed to.
A doput.,,tiuki a. iiien ci pointed to wait upon
Lord John Russell and Lord Grey, and requesting
them to present the same to the respective Houses of
Legislature of which they were members.
The deputation was appointed to consist of the
High Bailiff, the Members for the borough, and the
movers and seconders of the various resolutions.

Mr. KETZER, a member of the Jewish persuasion,
returned thanks for the kind manner in which the
Jews had been spoken of by the various speakers.
He always made it his endeavour to bring up his
children with a due reverence for the Christian re-
ligion, and if he knew any one of them to entertain
feelings hostile to that religion he would
" horsewhip " them. He felt that, as a Bri-
tish-born subject, it was a matter of some
regret that he should be called a foreigner. It was
riot that they were only 40,000 in number that they
were to be despised—it was not numbers which
made the wheel go round—it was money; and if
they wanted money to prepare soldiers to fight for
their country let them come to the Jews, and they
should have the money.—(Hear.) There was no
fear of the Jews making proselytes of their
Christian fellow-subjects, for none of them
could be admitted into the Jewish persuasion
unless they first consented to be circumcised. There
was, therefore, no great fear of many proselytes
being made from the Christian religion to the Jewish.
A. PELLATT, Esq., moved, and Mr. LYONS se-
conded, a vote of thanks to the High Bailiff for the
able manner in which he had presided over the
meeting.
The HIGH BAILIFF returned thanks, and the
meeting then broke up.

THE LONDON GAZETTE.

(THIS EVENING.)

FOREIGN-OFFICE, JAN. 13, 1848.

The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Luke
Livingston, as Consul at Trinidad for her Majesty the
Queen of Portugal and the Algarves,
WAR-OFFICE, Jeri. 14.
_ _

22d Regiment of Foot—Lieut. Fleming Gough Howell
Games Williams, from the 41st Foot, to be Lieutenant,
vice Hunt, who exchanges, Jan. 14.
41st Foot—Lieutenant William Hunt, from the 22d
Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Williams, who exchanges,
Jan. 14.

75th Foot—Ensign James Mason to be Lieutenant,
without purchase, vice Machen, deceased, Dec. 30 ;
Gentleman Cadet John Robertson Turnbull, from the
Royal Military College, to be Ensign, vice Mason, Jan. 14.
Ist West India Regiment Oliver George Stokes,
Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Searle, promoted,
Jan. 14.

lioarrraL STAFF.—Nicholas John Watson, Gent., to
be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces, Jan. 14.

UNATTACHED.

Brevet Lieutenant Colonel John Charles Smith, from
Major half-pay Unattached, to be Lieutenant Colonel,
without purchase, Jan. 14.
... _ _ _

Brevert Major Loftus Francis Jones, from the 69th
Foot, to be Major, without purchase, Jan. 14.
Lieutenant John Nicholls, from the Royal Newfound-
land Companies, to be Captain, without purchase, Jan. 14.
Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Southampton.
henry Beaumont Coles, Esq., M.P., to be Deputy
Lieutenant, Dec. 30, 1847.
ADMIRALTY, JAN. 3.
The following promotions have this day taken place,
consequent upon the death of Vice-Admiral William
Granger:—
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Vice Admiral of the White tbo Earl of Dundonald,
G.C.B , to be Vice-Admiral of the Red.
Vice-Admiral of thP Blue Thomas Browne to be Vice-

Admiral of the White.
Rear-Admiral of the Red Honourable Frederick William

Aylmer, C B , to be Vice-Admiral of the Blue.
Hear-Admiral of the White Mauritius Adolphus New-
ton De Starch to be Hear Admiral of the Red.

Rear Admiral of the Blue William Ward to be Rear
Admiral of the White.

Captain Honourable Alexander Jones to be Rear-
Admiral of thy Blue.
ADMIRALTY, JAN. 7.
The following promotions have this day taken place,
consequent upon the death of Rear Admiral Sir Thomas
Uz.sher, C.B. K.C.H.
Rear-Admiral of the Blue Sir Samuel John Brooke
Pechell, Bart., C. B. K.C.H., to be Rear-Admiral of
the White.
Captain Peter John Douglas to be Rear. Admiral of the
Blue.