The Sun.
London, England, 1851-07-17 00:00:00

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SUN OPFIOE, Seven o'clock.

NOTTINGHAM RACES.

(THIS DAY.)

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)

The Nottinghamshire Handicap.

Montague
Herbert ...
Cocktail ...

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Eleven ran. Won by a head.

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... 2

... 3

THE GREAT EXHIBITION.
(THIS DAY.)
The number of visitors, though not reaching the high
level of Tuesday, shows no decrease from the general
average. The police returns up to three o'clock were as
follow:
From 10 to 11
11 to 12
12 to 1
1 to 2
2to 3

58.658

Several Sunday-schools, apparently from the country,
were among the visitors this morning, headed by their
clergymen and teachers. Her Majesty continued her
inspection, arrivina and departing at the usual hour.

SCOTTISH CENTRAL RAlLWAY.—Traffic for the Week
ending July 13, 1851 :
Passengers (12,419), parcels, horses,
and carriages £1,134 19 1
Goods, cattle, &c. ... 766 0 5

Total .„ ... .. 1,900 19 6
Corresponding week in last year... 1,320 8 1
Perth, July 16, 1851.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

(THIS EVENING.)

HOUSE OF LORDS.
The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the Wool-
sack at Five o'clock.
MILITIA BALLOT SUSPENSION BILL.
This Bill passed through Committee.
ASSESSED TAXES COMPOSITION BILL.
This B li passed through Committee.
PUBLIC, WORKS, FISIIEItIE3,&c., BILL.
This Bill passed through Committee.
HIGHWAY RATES BILL.
On the ruadou of Earl GItANVILLE this Bill was
read a third time and passed.
PE rITIONS.
The Earl of ENNISKILLEN presented a petition
from Tyrone, praying tti,tt; the Cnur?h Education So-
ciety might have a share in the grant for education.
ST. ALBANS BRIBERY COMMISSION BILL.
Lord BEA.MAIONT moved the Committee on this
Bill. The circumstances of the case of Albans were
nearly similar to the case of Sudbury. The Ncble Lord then
entered into S narrative of the circumstances attending
the late election for St. Albans, and the absence of the
witnesses summoned to give evidence before the Com-
mittee of the house of Commons.
The Bill then passed through Committee.
JEWISH EMANCIPATION.

Lord REDESD ALE presented several petitions against
the telmissioe of Jcw. into Parliament.
The Bishop of OXFORD presented several petitions
with a similar prayer.
The LORD CHANCELLOR then rose to move the
second reading of the Bill for the amendment of the law
regulating the administration of the oath of abjuration.
The Bill proposed to omit from that oath the words "On
the true tattn of a Christian." Those words had the ef-
fect of excluding conscientious Jews from Parliament.
The subject had been so often before their Lordships
that nothing very new could be expected to be said on
the subject. Argument the most convincing, elo-
quence the most brilliant, had been brought to bear
upon this subject; but yet that was no reason why they
should abstain from the discussion of this subject. Pre-
judices tae most determined had been found to give way
to argument, and therefore he called upon their Lord-
ships to discuss this question, which was nothing more
nor less than to extend the benefits of civil and religious
liberty to the Jews. When it was first proposed to admit
foreign Jews to naturalization in this country, such was the
ferment occasioned that their Lordships thought it ex-
pedient to withdraw that boon. Yet that boon had been
subsequently extended to them, and now Jews were en-
abled to hold the highest municipal offices. Their
Lordships had always opposed a barrier to sudden
innnovation. Their Lordships deliberated, and delibe-
rated cautiously, but when they saw that the sense of the
country was in favour of an alteration in the law, their
Lordships deliberated and considered the subject, and if
they saw no insuperable objection, they determined in
accordance with the feeling of the nation. Five times
had the House of Commons determined in favour of
Jew emsucipation. It had been said that the
absence of petitions proved the indifference of the country
but recent accurrences had shown them that the peoples
was by no means indifferent to the safety of the Estab-
lished Church, or of the Christian religion, and there-
fore the absence of petitions showed that the people
entertained no apprenensioes as to the effects of the
passing of this ail. Few, indeed, had been the peti-
tions presented in opposition to this Bill.—(Hear.)
He called upon their Lordships to do an act of justice
to the Jews, and in so doing he would recall their Lord-
ships' attention to the situation in which the Jews now
stoxl. Their Lordships had continued to permit Jews
to be magistrates, and to fill all municipal offices. They
might sit in judgment on life and death. We now
depended on their oaths for the safety of all that
was valuable in society. They might determine
all questions relating to liberty and property, and no
whisper had bean heard against their administration of
justice. The °Wavle which this Bill proposed to re-
move
was the only barrier to the ambition of the Jews 1
to fill the highest offices. The British Jews were to all
intents and purposes British subjects, and as such were
entitled to the enjoyment of all civil rights
He freely admitted that no rights could exist incom-
patible with the capacity for the due and proper per-
formance of those duties ; bat he contended that there
was nothing in the position or conduct of the Jew
which would incompacitate him for the due performance
of the duties of the rights to which ihey aspired. They
were perfectly observant of the rights of property.—(A
laugh.) He hailed thai good-humoured admission of
his argument as to the right of property ; and he hoped
that all his oth-.r arguments would be as unanimously
assented to. They were good subjects, they were no
disturbers of the public peace or of the public religion.
They administered justice uprightly, and they were
therefore entitled to ell the privileges of good and faith-
ful subjects. Mattel had laid it down as a principle that
in a civil state, although the Prince was bound to up-
hold the esta:lished religion, yet as the State could know
nothing of religion, save by the acts or its professors, the
Prince was bound not to deprive any loyal subject of
his civil rights on account of his religious opinions, ex-
cept in the ease in which the subject should make his
religious opinions a cause for disturbing the peace of
the State. Now, such could not be said to be
the case as regarded the Jews. The burden of
proof in such a case rested with those who
sought to exclude, and no such proof could be
brought against the Jews. Among the objections which
had been brought against the Jews was that this was
not their country. He could not understand this objec-
tion. Every British Jew was as much a British subject
SS a Christian.

(LEFT SPEAKING.)

HOUSE OF COMMONS.
The SPEARER took the Chair at Four o'clock.
NEW MEMBER.
The Right ion. EDWARD STRIITT took the oaths and
his seat for Arundel in the room of the Earl of Arundel
and Surrey.

PRIVATE BUSINESS.
Upton's Estate Bill WAS read a third time and passed.

PETITIONS.
Mr. BIWA DLEY and other ion. Members presented
petitions, from various parts of the country, praying for
the continuance ofthe Crystal Palace.
Mr. DUNCAN presented a petition from Aberdeen
against the Public-houses (Scotland) Bill.
Mr. BEADLAM presented a petition is favour of the
Arrest of Absconding Debtors' Bill.
Mr. M. GIBSON presented a petition from the Society
of Arts, and another petition from Manchester, in favour
petitions from various
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of the Patents Bill.
(r. COBDEN resented
,
033'itn bodies in p
the West siding, m
proceedings of conference, and praying the House to
take st.Pa to secure Wesley an reform.
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w'r. lIIMIE presented a petition from Montrose,
praying that
the postal communication between Scot-
land and the
metropolis may be facilitated.

4Rmoutii MAILS.
Mr. FREWEN asked Mr. Cornewall Lewis, if _
ce
he
had received an
they General Yost-office
report from the
relative to transmission of the mails from
Great
Yarmouth to Leicester and Rugby, in consequence of
the discussion which took place in this House more than
three months ago?
Mr. C. LEWIS said that a minute of the discussion
in question was under the consideration of the Post-
master-General, whose report was expected to reach the
Treasury in a few days.
COUNTY RAZES EXPENDITURE BILL.
In answer to a question from Sir J. PAKINGTON,
Mr. M. GIBSON said that the County Rates Expen-
diture Bill, which. had just passed through a Select Com-
mittee, had received b 0 many alterations at the sugges-
tion of the Government, and as the Right lion. Baronet
the Home Secretary was not able to attend in his place,
ho did not think it would be possible to proceed with
the Bill this session.
THE NAVIGATION-LAWS.

In answer to a questi, n from Mr. DISRAELI,
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said
that the discussion on the navigation-laws would be taken
on Monday, if the Committee of Supply were closed.
Mr. HERRIES, in reply to Mr. M. Gibson, said that
it was his intention certainly to bring forwitrd the motion
of whicn he had given notice on ti.is subject.
IRISH BUSINESS.
Mr. E. B. It OCHE complained of the manner in which
Irish business was set down in the pairr, night alter
night, too late for any chance of Lirig brought on; and,
at believed, witticiut any desire on the part of the Govern-
ment to bring it on. Ile suggested that one d9y should
',l?_rop_ria...ed to nothing else but Irish business.
" QEIANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said