The Sun.
London, England, 1851-07-23 00:00:00

EVENING,

TO THE SECRETARY OF THE BRADFORD

REFORM ASSOCIATION.
(EVERY MONDAY AND WEDNESDAY.)
Sir,—On Monday the 21st, was scene the second of
the Jewish drama. The Member for Greenwich took
his seat in the House, and ultimately ♦oted three times.
The division-lists, which may be had for a penny, ought
to be bought up as curiosities by all who love the House
of Israel.
On the motion that the Member for Greenwich "do
now withdraw," amendment was proposed, that he "hav-
ing been returned to serve in the present Parliament for
the borough of Greenwich, and having taken the oath
required by law in the manner most binding on his con-
science, is entitled to take his seat in this House." But
notwithstanding this display of vigour, there was every
appearance that the House was going to a division with-
out debate. Strangers had been ordered to with-
draw, and the operation nearly completed, when the
Member for Youghal (Mr. Anstey), who as a lawyer is
inferior to none in the House, threw himself into the
breach, and to him, under Providence, is attributable
the step finally gained for the advancement of religious
liberty.

After this the debate again languished, and would
have gone out like a dying taper, if a second deliverance
had not been wrought at the hands of the Member for
Lincoln (Mr. Hobhouse). The debate then proceeded
with considerable liveliness; which was further inv,igo-
rated by a speech from the Member for Greenwich him--
self, the first time probably that the voice of the peculirar
people has been heard in that assembly. His abildrasa
was everything the most fastidious judge could have de-
sired; aided too by a personal presence which event an
Inquisitor would not dare impugn. Efforts were after-
wards made to effect the adjournment of the debate;
which would at all events have been keeping possession
of the conquered ground for twenty. four hours longer.
But one after another of the ostensible leaders of the
case rose to declare that they could not see of what pos-
sible importance this was; and there was no getting
three men to agree upon its necessity, an instance of
most imperfect knowledge of the ways and steps by
which a cause works its way in public opinion.
After the motion that he should withdraw was car.
ried by 231 against al, the Speaker directed the Mem-
ber for Greenwich to withdraw, and on the Member's
continuing to sit in his seat, the Sergeant-at-Arms
placed his hand on him and he withdrew.
The speech of the evening, was that of the Member
for Aylesbury (Mr. Bethel], Q.C.). Though opposite
lawyers did their best to pick holes in its details, the sub-
stance of ,hat was left untouched was this,—that thfa
Oath of Abjuration had been framed solely with a view
to know who would repudiate the Pretender, mad
who would not; and that on every ocoasion where
it had been held desirable, to apply this test to per-
sons of the Jewish persuasion, those words had been dis-
pensed with, which in point of fact were never put
there with any idea of keeping out Jews at all. The
opponents answered by harping on the consequences of
allowing men to put out first one portion of an oath and
then another; as not discerning that the question was
not of putting out any of the substance of an oath, but
a portion of the form, which by universal law has been
determined to be alterable.

The upshot of the whole is, that the cause of reli.
gious liberty has made a great step. The bigots have,
seen a Jew in their unholy of unholies, and heard him
speak and vote. In cases of thiskind, c'est le premier pas
qui coute; and the obtaining such an outward visible alga
of success, is as important as hoisting a certain flag
upon a fortress, however it may be averred to be only
a particular configuration of bunting.
There is one new move left for the next comer, and
that is, that after going through the previous parts of
the process according to precedent, he should utter the
words "on the true faith of a believer in this book."
This would be clinching the absurdity, and augmenting
the dilemma of the House. What is clear is, that the
majority which voted for the Bill sent to the Lords
might have settled the question for themselves if they,
bad chosen, and that the Lords on a future occasieo
must act under the conviction, that the Governmfmt
have the full means of doing the thing themselves, if the
second estate refuses to be the agent.
On Tuesday the debate was renewed, upon the motion
that the Member for Greenwich should not sit. The
Attorney-General proved to the satisfaction of all, that,
the Oath of Abjuration was not directed against Jews
at all, but simply against the abettors of the Pretender;
and the Solicitor-General voted with the minority. Tate
Member for the Tower Hamlets, who is just re-
turned from America, was treated with violence hardly
to be matched in that semi-barbarous country. By
great efforts on the part of the minority, the debate was
adjourned till Friday.
I am, Sir, yours very sincerely,
AN OLD REFORMER.
London, 23d July, 1851.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sir;,—l have just read in this evening's Sun a paragraph
stating that there is great sickness in the navy on the Indian
station, and special notice is made of her Majesty's ship
Amazon, whose Captain (Barker) is said to be just con•.
valescent from, and frightfully disfigured by, small-pox.
I received a letter from Captain Barker this mornitig,
dated Singapore, June 1, where the mail from Hong-gong
to England had just arrived; there cannot, therefore, be any
later dates. He speaks of himself and crew being all well.
As the notice in your paper may cause anxiety to thott,
who have friends in the ship or on the station, I beg you will
insert this statement.

I am, Sir, &c.,
Athenrcum, July 21, 1851.

A. D.

COURT CIRCULAR.

OSBORNE, AIONDA
Her Mljesty, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and
his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, with the usual
suite. attended Divine service yesterday morning at the
parish church at Whippingham. The service was
performed by the Hon. and Rev. F. P. Bouverin.
There was no addition to.the Royal dinner party 3 ester-
day. Sir James Clarke arrived in the afternoon from
London.

TUESDAY.

Her Majesty, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and
the junior branches of the Royal Family, walked and
drove in the grounds of Osborne yesterday.
Mr. Birch and Mr. Becker had the honour of dining
with her Majesty and his Royal Highness.
Sir James Clarke left early for London.

Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Harry Darrell had an in-
terview with Earl Grey yesterday at the Colonial-office.
The officers and corps of her Majesty's Royal Body
Guard of Yeomen of the Guard assembled yesterday La
the garden in front of St. James's Palace, in full uniform
under arms, and were inspected by the Marquis of Do-
negal, G.C.H., Captain of the Corps.

ALARMING RIOT ox the OXFORD, WORCES-
TER, and WOLVERHAMPTON RAIL WAY.
CAMZDEN, WORCESTERSHIRE, TUESDAY.—For some time,
past an extraordinary degree of excitement has prevailed in a
little village named Cambden, a place where the head offites
of the contractors for the formation of a line of road through
the Muckleton tunnel are situated, in consequence of a party
warfare being carried on between the officers of the above
oompany and a contractor of the name of Marehant. It ap-
pears that the contractor Marchant failing to complete his
contract, it was resolved that that part of the line should be
also taken in hand by Messrs. Peto and Betts, the contractors
for the whole line with the above exception, between Oxford
and Worcester. To this end, upon several occasions during
the past month, Mr. Marchant has been requested to desist
from keeping on any workmen, but he having refused, physi-
cal force was unhappily resorted to, and the consequence was,
that Mr. Brunel, engineer of the line, was made an-
swerable for any breach of the peace committed by the
" navvies." At first a slight skirmish between the " nav-
vies" of each party was the only evil result, but yester-
day morning, although happily no life was sacrificed on
the spot, several severe blows were dealt, and great cruelty
at times perpetrated. From official information received,.
the agents of Messrs. Peto and Betts were authorised to col-
lect about 500 men, and march them on the Sunday night to
Muckleton tunnel, in order to be the first on the ground, and
prevent Mr. Merchant's men from pursuing their work on
the Monday,
On reaching the Worcester end of the tunnel, Mr. Cow-
dery, with his gang of 200 men from Evesham and Wyre.
was met by Mr. Merchant, wise dared any one of Messrs..
Peto and Betts' men to pass the bridge,
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shot, Mr. Marchant himself being well
Mr. Cowdery, exercising great forbearance at the unseemly
conduct of Mr. Merchant, told his men on no account what-
ever to strike a blow. Mr. Cowdery finding that all expos-
tulation with Marchant was useless, and Mr. Brunel giving
peremptory orders for Messrs. Peto and Betts' men to pro-
ceed and take everything on the line, a rush was made to the
men, which for a few seconds was repelled with great force
by Marchant and his men, and the consequence was that
several heads were broken and three men had their shoulders.
dislocated. Up to this time the " navvies" bad not called
into requisition their pickaxes or shovels, but a man in the
employ of Merchant having drawn pistols, he was seized
upon, and his skull nearly severed in two.
This occurrence for a time daunted Merchant, and he left
Messrs, Peto and Betts' men for an hour in undisputed pos.
session of the ground. At the expiration of that time he,
returned with some three dozen policemen from the Glou-
cester constabulary and some privates of the Gloucester
Artillery, accompanied by the two magistrates of the place,
who immediately commenced reading the Riot Act. At
this juncture a miles had taken place on a high embank-
ment, and here several broken limbs were the result of the
conflict.
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sence a small batch of " navvies" again met, and one of
them had his little finger bitten off and another his head
obridseerPP to come to some amicable settlement. In their
severely wounded. Ultimately it was arranged that Messrs.
Cubitt and Stephenson were to act as arbitrators, and that
the works were to be suspended for a fortnight.

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