The Sun.
London, England, 1834-06-10 00:00:00

JEWS.

The Earl of DURHAM presented a petition,
signed by 23,398 of the first bankers, merchants,
traders, and other inhabitants of London, praying
for the removal of the disabilities under which
the Jews labour. He stated that it was signed
by the governor and deputy-governor of the Bank
of England, by several of the directors of it as
well as of the East India Company, and by nearly
every banker in the metropolis. The petitioners stated,
that in their opinion religious belief did not constitute
any ground for civil disqualification, and their regret that
the relief given to the Roman Catholics had not also
been extended to the Jews. It was unnecessary for
him then to make any speech further than to say that
he most cordially supported the prayer of the petition.
The Marquis of WESTMINSTER presented se-
veral petitions to the same effect from Hull, Bristol,
and other places. He thought it right .to state, in
consequence of what was said last session, that many
of the Jews themselves did not wish for the
boon ; that the petition he now presented was much
more numerously signed than the one ho then did.
He did not consider it necessary then to make a
speech, as every one was aware that a bill was likely
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thought it absurd to oppose the emancipation of the
Jews upon religious grounds. But to those who did
oppose the measure upon such grounds he would beg
leave to remark, that the Jews had this advantage, in
a religious sense, over the Unitarians, that they be-
lieved in the coming of a Saviour, and in his divinity,
although they did not think he had yet come, whereas
the Unitarians altogether denied the divinity of the
Saviour.

The Bishop of HEREFORD -said he was not in
the house when the noble marquis presented his peti-
tions. He had only heard the observations of the no-
ble marquis in drawing a comparison between the Jews
and the Socinians. The noble marquis, as he under-
stood him, asserted that the Jews believed in a Saviour
to come, whereas the Socinians did not believe in a
Saviour at all.

The Marquis of WESTMINSTER—In the divi-
nity of the Saviour.
The Bishop of HEREFORD had so understood
the noble marquis, but he did not think his theology
very good. He was not in the habit of defending the
Socimans. He held their doctrines in abhorrence; as
a christian he could not do otherwise ; but between
the Socinians and the Jews this difference was to be
remarked, that while the former disbelieved in the di-
vinity of Jesus Christ they acknowledged him as a
Saviour, whereas the Jews held that the Lord Jesus
Christ was an impostor.
The Earl of STRADBROKE presented 100 peti-
tions from different parishes in Suffolk, against relief
to the dissenters.

The Marquis of WESTMINSTER presented a
petition from Chester, praying for the protection of
the established church.

The Bishop of LONDON presented a petition from
Staines, praying their lordships to give effect to the
bill for the better regulation of the trade of chimney
sweepers.
Earl GO SFORD presented petitions from Ply-
mouth and Stonehouse for the better observance of
the Sabbath.

The Duke of SUTHERLAND presented a peti-
tion from a parish in Salop against any alteration in
the Beer Bill.

Earl VERUL AM presented petitions from Bishops
Stortford and two other places in Hertfordshire, in
support of the Established Church, and against relief
to the dissenters. Also a petition from the agricultu-
rists of Hertfordshire against the importation of corn
from Jersey and Guernsey.
The LORD CHANCELLOR gave notice that he
should to-morrow present a petition, signed by between
6,000 and 7,000 inhabitants of the city of London,
praying for the removal of the disabilities under which
the Jews laboured.