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LONDON, FRIDAY, JULY 18, 1851.

In the House of Lords last night,
The LORD CHANCELLOR moved the second reading of
the Oath of Abjuration (Jews) Bill. The Jews were al-
ready-permitted to ex,rcise the highest authority in the
administration of the law, and considering their position,
their social influence, their wealth, their loyalty, and
their love of order, he thought they should no longer
be excluded from the - exacite of legislative func-
tions also.
Earl NELSON moved that the Bill be read a second
tine that day six months.
Loyd WODEROUSE .upported the Bill.
The Archbishop of DUBLIN regretted that the Bill did
Pot go far enough. It should have gone to the extent of

removing every religions disability from all her Majesty's
subj acts.
The Earl of SHAFTESBURY believed that persons holding
such opinions as the Jews ought not to legislate for a
Christian country. He might meet the accusation of
persecution which had been brought against the oppo-
nents of this measure, by a counter-accusation of infide-
lity, but he would not do so.
The Earl of CARLISLE considered the ultimate suc-
cess of the measure certain, and besought their Lordships
not to place themselves in dangerous antagonism to the
other House and to pubic opinion.
The Earls of WINCHELSEA and GALLOWAY and Lord
ABINOER opposed the Bill, which was supported by the
Earl of Wrcs.Low, the Duke of ARGYLL, sad the Bishop
of NORWICH.
The LORD CHANCELLOR replied.
After which their Lordships divided, and the numbers
were—
For the second reading 108
Against it ... 144
Majority

The Bill was consequently lost.
Their Lordships then adjourned.
In the House of Commons,
Mr. M. GIBSON withdrew his County Rates Expen-
diture Bill.
Mr. BaNKEs moved that it bo an instruction to the
General Committee of Elections, to select a chairman
and six other Members to be a Select Committee, ap-
pointed to inquire; into the allegations of a petition re-
lative to the last election for the borough of Harwich. ;
and that the Members so selected do constant° the said
Committee, with power to send for persons.? :Itipers, and
records, and that five be a quorum. The petition charged
that there had been, on the part of the Government
officer an undue influence and interference in the said
election.
The motion was opposed by Mr. COISDEN, Mr. T.
DIINCONBE, and Mr. B. OSBORNE, on
the ground that
the corruption of Harwich was so notorious that it ought
to be at once distranchised.
It was supported by Mr. J. STUART. and Mr. DISRAELI,
The House divided, and the numbers were—
For the motion of Mr. BANKES ... 82
Against it 80
Majority in favour —2
The announcement of the numbers was received with
loud cheering.
On the motion for the House resolving itself into Com-
mittee of Supply,
Mr. Sergeant MURPHY callei the attention of the First
Lord of the Admiralty to the want of accommodation
for the repair of steam-vessels at Hawlboline, and moved
that a Committee be appointed to inquire into the subject.
Sir F. BARING opposed the motion.
After a short discussion, in which several Irish Mem-
bers took part,
The House divided, and the numbers w-ere
For the motion... ... ... 26
Against it 104
Majority

The attention cf the House was then directed by Mr.
P. MILES to the case of the Bishop of GLOUCESTER, and
the lease of the Horfield manor.

An animated discussicn ensued, in the course of which
Mr. HORSMAN vindicated the course he ht;d pursued, and
Mr. GLADSTONE and Sir JAMES GRAHAM defended the
Bishop.
Eventually the subject dropped, and the House went
into Committee of Supply.
The remainder ot the evening was cccupied in dis-
cussing the estimates.

Everything has hitherto prospered in reference to
the Great Industrial Exhibition. Not England
alone, but each of the principal nations of Christen-
dom respectively has materially aided in its develop-
ment. Insomuch has this universal enterprise been
responded to, that every incidental expense has been
long since liquidated by the proceeds of this gigantic
undertaking. Proposals have eonsequently been
made for the ultimate purchase of the Crystal Palace'
so that the event which has thus conspicuously
marked the present year of grace 1851 may be
perpetuated in the national remembrance. " Ds-
NARIUS " has demonstrated not merely the facility
of such an arrangement, but the beneficial
end to which the edifice when thus rem_
dered public property might be turned. The
popular mind has in this manner become fami-
liarized with the idea of a permanent structure
in Hyde-park, where the inhabitants of the metro-
polis might promenade in all weathers, under a trans-
parent roof, in the midst of green trees and aromatic
shrubs., among flowers and fountains, with creeping
plants trailed up the pillars, and vines festooned
across the naves and transept, philosophers lecturing
to their classes upon mysteries of science no longer
recondite, sculptors displaying their statuary, and
artists their paintings in a profusion hitherto imprac •
ticable: frim the restricted limits of our galleries, and
under circumstances more than ever advantageous.
Sugg(stions have likewise been thrown out for the
revival of this wholesome competition among all
labourers in art or in industry, by supplementary ex-
positions such as would infallibly be calculated to
maintaAn the stimulus now first imparted to civili-
zation..

Meanwhile the citizens of Paris are making consi-
derable preparations fur the reception of the Royal
Commissioners, on the occasion of a grand banquet
to be gi .s en in the Hotel de 17-file, a banquet which,
it is h oped, may be attended not only by the LORD
Mayor. of London, but also by several of her Meessey's
Ministers, and, above all, by the august originator of
the whole enterprise, the illustrious PRINCE, the
Consort of our SOVEREIGN. Whether these anticipa-
tions of our neighbours meet with realization or dis-
appointment, it is certain that the festivities given in
the cwital of the French Republic will be worthy of
the great nation which has principally participated
with searselves in the carrying out of the Exhibition.
Gratifying as these things are, there is, neverthe-
less, o, ne point in the arrangements which has excited
the C.C. agrin of the exhibitors themselves, and one,
more.aver, which is likely to inflict no
small amount of injury upon many indi-
viduals. We allude to the regulations ac •
cordba g to which it has been resolved to delay the
distribution of the prizes until such time as the ex-
positi,on shall have been actually consummated. A
little reflection, we are satisfied, will be sufficient to
convince any unprejudiced mind that by such an ar-
rangt ement as this no advantage whatever is obtained,
while, on the contrary, a very grievous injury
is, ,aii various persons, necessarily and inevi-
tably inflicted. Supposing, fur example, that in
any particular department one exhibitor has,
by the unequalled excellence of his contribu-
tions, immeasurably distanced all competitors,
bear'i og away the palm even to the unanimous opinion
of Co e multitude, by denying him the benefits certain
to a t ;crue from a first-class prize until such time as
the ,d isplay in the Crystal Palace has been actually
closo d, you withhold from him the principal portion of
the good otherwise arising from his incontestable
sup riority. Besides which, his rivals in that particu-
lar 1 ranch of art or industry, availing themselves of his
mas:terpiece as a prototype, may (and we
know s, for a fact, really do) in the meantime
copy his ideas, and by so doing benefit fraudulently,
three ugh their respective customers. The evil here come
plaii ied of is really of a nature so grievous and
man ifest that it is earnestly to be hoped that a speedy,
or ai t any rate an earlier distribution of the prizes
may be resolved upon by the Commissioners. By
suck . a modification of their arrangements a grievance
of se ,me magnitude would be very readily obviated, a
grit: vance which, it should be remembered,
_is every
day' becoming more and more lamentably experienced.
el ..part altogether from the conduct of the Industrial
Exl libition itself, there are projects connected with the
Cry stal Palace eminently deserving consideration.
Are tong these, by no means the least interesting in its
character, is one embodied in a design recently con-
tributed to the Fine Arts Department of the Exposi-
ti en. According to the scheme indicated by the
a' caller, or architect of this design, Mr. E. BENNETT,
(;.E,, of Westminster, it is proposed that a national
I nonument to his Royal Highness the Prince ALBERT
shall commemorate the Great Industrial Ex-
hibition of 1851 and the chief events con-
nected therewith, effecting this by bronze
relief, and by emblematic sculpture illustrative
of the noble object his Royal Highness had in
view as the creator of the entire enterprise. A glance
at this design, as it is represented in the Fine Arts
Department of the Crystal Palace,revelniwg,il laaamtphley
sketchrepay
the
considerable of
the
amount
does,
visitor,
revealing,
skill
PRINCEand
CONSORT
Besides indicating the fact that the
was the author of the whole undertaking, the
com-
memorative monument would intimate in
-- a very sig..,
nificant manner to foreigners the reverential affection
with which the people of theseislands cling to each of the
respective portions of the Constitution. It may be re-
marked, as it were, en passant, that the design in ques-
tion is square, the four sides being intended to contain
the
e
bronze castirgs in relief to represent, first, the ex-
terir ofthbuilding, secondly, the interior, thirdly,
inauguration, and fourthly, the distribution of
prizes to the exhibitors,
each casting being twice the
size of those already affixed to the Nelson Testi-
monial. On either sid.
- of these bronzes it is pro-
,l posed to have sculptured figures in niches, emble-
matic in their character, while

four other figures, representing Europe, Asia,
Africa, and America, and again above these a granite
semblance of the globe, with a Parian marble
statue of the PRINCE CONSORT upon it,
enshrined in a metal gilt temple, dedicated to
Fame and Prosperity, and surmounted with
the royal crown of England. Flanking the
whole structure it is intended that there shall be four
gigantic lions couchant and slumbering, as types of
the international tranquillity to which the enterprise
is attributable, and which it is in like manner emi-
nently calculated to promote, if not to perpetuate.
Altogether the design of this monument is singularly
beautiful in effect, and would, if adopted, be likely to
reflect credit upon the artistic skill as well as the
industrial capacities of our generation. Added to
which, it would in the most effectual manner call to
the remembrance of posterity the great event of 1851,
that of the present Exhibition.

The practical reformer must now look forward to
the legislation of future years for the realization
of his aspirations. There is but little prospect
of any new business being carried to a success-
ful termination during the present session. We
cannot even venture to hope that the annual
" massacre of the innocents" will be dispensed with,
or that the measures now under consideration will be
passed in their integrity without mutilation or cur-
tailment. The year of the Great Exhibition will
therefore be notorious, as the year of legislative inac-
tion, and we can only hope, by increased activity
during the recess and in the next session, to make up
for the backslidings of that which is now rapidly ap-
proaching to its termination.

We have however a goodly programme for the next
sitting of Parliament. It is certain that measures of
Parliamentary, of fiscal, and of legal reform must be
brought forward by Ministers at the very commence-
ment of next year. Pledges have now been given that
must be amply redeemed. It is essential that these
should be of an extensive and comprehensive character,
if the Government desire to regain the confidence of
the country, and to occupy once more the position
which they held in the beginning of February last.
It is, perhaps, the last chance that may be afforded, and
lamentable indeed will be the result if those who were
once looked up to with pride should be found wanting,
or let the golden opportunity slip without being
turned to good purpose.

A new Reform Bill will be introduced next year.
The twenty years that have elapsed since the modern
charter of the national liberties have clearly proved
that a further concession is required, that the doc-
trine of finality must be solemnly repudiated. The
ignominious defeios sustained on the motion of Mr.
LocKE KING and Mr. HENRY BERKELEY have opened
the eyes of Ministers to the state of public opinion
on the all-important questions of extension of the
suffrage and protection to the voter in the exercise of
his highest privilege. Lord JOHN RUSSELL has exhi-
bited a natural anxiety to obtain the credit of intro-
ducing the new Bill, and from recent indications we
are inclined to hope that it may prove worthy of his
quondam reputation. It will, indeed, be a glorious
privilege to be permitted in 1852 to introduce a
fitting successor to the Act of 1832, and to none can
it be more properly intrusted than to the author of the
former enactments. That it will consist of a large
extension of the suffrage none can doubt who have
considered the speeches of the Noble Lord during
the present year. And there are other matters that
will also unquestionably be included, such as the
total abolition of the property qualification, and we
venture to hope the tardy recognition of the principle
of the ballot.

The objections put forward by the PREMIER to the
Bill of the Honourable Gentleman the Member for
East Surrey, were not directed ao strongly against
the principle of the measure, or the assimilation of
the franchise in counties and boroughs, as to the fact
that it would form but a portion of the boon which the
Government was prepared to bestow on the nation,
and which they were anxious to introduce in one
Bill, and to obtain the entire honour of conceding.
It would certainly have been received as an instal-
ment of justice; but, although valuable so far as it
went, it would not satisfy the nation. If, then, Lord
Jous be prepared to verify the sanguine anticipa-
tions of true reformers—to act up to the con-
stitutional doctrine, that there shall be
"no taxation without representation," or, in other
words, that every man who contributes in any degree
to the liquidation of the national liabilities and the
maintenance and support of the national establish-
ments, shall have a voice in the national councils by
himself or his representative, we shall willingly and
freely pardon the tardiness of the concession.

But it must, as we have stated, be a full measure
of reform ; henceforward the want of the franchise
must be the exception, and not the rule. Every man
who is responsible in any degree for the support of the
pauper population, who is directly assessed to the
poor-rate, must have the right of bestowing his
suffrage in some electoral district. Every person
subject to direct taxation, by being liable for what
will, we trust, in 1852, be a property, and not an
income tax, should have a similar privilege
and it would be exceedingly desirable if
a literary test were also established, so that every
person who had received a certain degree of educa-
tion, and could stand a reasonable examination, should
also receive the franchise. Then, indeed, there would
be a motive supplied for exertion that would speedily
remove the brand of ignorance from the British
nation. Dien, indeed, the want of the suffrage would
reflect di'grace on the " political cypher," and
not on the Government or the Legislature of the
country.

The constituencies which are mere puppets in the
hands of some aristocratic patron, who can nominate
the representative or representatives at his mere will
and pleasure, must also be either disfranchised, or
the boundaries and number of electors so largely
increased, as to afford a reasonable prospect
of independent representation. The days of
rotten boroughs ought to have long since passed
away. It was one of the professed objects of the
Reform Bill to remove that anomaly, but, unfortu-
nately, it failed in its intended effect. It is but too
notorious that there are many boroughs where the
will of the patron is the supreme law, and the form
of an election is but " a mockery, a delusion, and a
snare." The pages of " Dodd" will afford ample
confirmation of this melancholy fact—the influences
paramount in each of the delinquent boroughs being
openly recorded in the pages of that valuable compi-
lation. Can such a state of affairs be permitted ?
No—most unquestionably, no. But the grievance
must be fairly met and boldly grappled with. No-
mination boroughs must not be spared, because
they belong to Whig families, or because they can-
not be disfranchised without a similar rule being
applied to Whig boroughs. An equal measure of
justice must be meted out to all, and it must be made
manifest that no private interests shall be suffered to
prevail in a measure of such paramount public im-
portance. _

But, as we have already stated, the extension of the
suffrage and the enlargement of the smaller electoral
districts, will be of comparatively little advantage to
the community, unless the security of private voting
be accorded to each elector. Under other circum-
stances undue influences will still prevail, and bribery
and corruption, coercion and intimidation, will be
attempted in too many instances. The total silence
of the PREMIER and his colleagues on the discussion
that took place, on the motion of the Hon. Gentleman
the Member for Bristol for liberty to introduce a
Bill, was exceedingly significant; and it is by no
means improbable that " the ballot" may form a
distinguishing feature of the new Parliamentary Re-
form Bill of 1852.

The Arbitration as to the remuneration for the con-
veyance of the mails to be paid to the Chester and Holyhead
Railway Company during the period antecedent to the com-
pletion of the Britannia-bridge, which has been some years
pending, has at length been brought to a close. The arbitra-
tor on the part of the Post-office was Captain Williams, R.E ;
on the part of the Railway Company, Wyndham Harding,
Esq. The umpire selected was J. Arthur Roebuck, Esq.,
M.P. The award of Captain Williams was, for the services
rendered during the period before the completion of the
Menai-bridge, 11,000/. ; the award of the umpire, 28,000/.
TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION IN NORTH WALES.
—The communication between Liverpool and Holyhead, by
means of the electric telegraph is now complete, and in full
operation, rui Chester There requires now but the laying
down of the long-projected submarine telegraph between the
iilaud of Anglesey and the sister country, fully to complete
the chain of telegraphic communication between Dublin,
London, end the great towns of England. It is proposed, on
the completion of the South Wales Railway, to adopt the
system o❑ that line, and finally to extend it to the Pembroke-
shire coast. By these means both the north and south of the
principality would be brought into immediate intercourEe
with England.

Leasing Business
Railways. Paid. Nominal Prices.
Companies. done to-day.
Barks andHants
Ex. 5 per Cent. Gt. Western 6 34 -- 1 p. a.l
Bir. and Oxford
paid, or withA
guarantee .. .. all 2834 2934 x.i
Do., without a
guarantee .. Do •• all 27 —2B x.l
Birm., WoL, &
Dud.,calls duly
paid, or with a
guarantee •• Do .. .. 15 8 9 p
Do., without a
guarantee .. Do •• • • 15 7 8 p
Buckinghamsh. Lon. &N. W. all 1734 —lB X 1 z.
Clydesdale June Caledonian all 41 —43
E. Lin., Guar. 6
per Cent. .. G. Northern all 33% 33%
Gloucester and
Dean Forest Gt. Western 20 34 134 p x.l
Hull and Selby Yk• &N. M. all 102 104
Do. 54 Shares Do .. • • all 51 —52
Do. % Shares Do • • all 23 —24
Midland .• all 101 103
Leeds and Brad. 182
Lon. and Green. S. Eastern .• all 1154 11%
Do., Pref. .. Do • • .. all 2334 2434
Lowestoft, Gd. 4
per Cent. .• Norfolk •• all 1434 1534
Do., 6 per cent Do •• •• all
Middlesbro' and
Redcar, 6p. ct Btockt.& Du an „
N. & East, 5
per Cent. E. Countle4 . all 54 —56
Do. New .. Do • • • • 43 4 6 p
Preston and 1 L. &N. W.
wyre & La.& T. j all 42 —44
Do. 34 SharesA Do • • • • 1034 3 9 p.
Read., Guild.,
and Reigate .. S. Eastern •• all 91% —9l
Roy. & llitchin G. Northers 63( g 54 634
'o. Shep. Ex.. Po •• •• 4 1% 9 p.
Shet., Roth. and
Goole, 5 per ct. Lana. &York 1811 6 •
„
South Staffords. xtr. hi'Cloan 9% a% 334 die.
Wear Val. 6 per
Cent. gua. Stoa•°' Dar. an 24 —26
Do. do. .. Do • • • • all • . 24%
Do. do. .. Do • • • • all ••
Wilts, Som., &
Weymouth .. ,Gt. Western a 45 4534 x.i xl.

SUARZS.

Railways. I raid. Nominal Prices. Busineca done
to-day.
Aberdeen • • • • ' • all 1 —34 dia dia.
Caledonian 101. • • 10 fix —636
Chester and Holyhead • • all 14% 15% 15%
Dun& Per. & Aber. Jane" all % dia.
East Anglian (31. 105.)
6 per cent. .. • • • • all 1314 234
Eastern Counties Exton.,
per cent. No. 1 • • all par —3f p x.d
Do. No. 2 • • • • • • all % dig par Par 34
Do. New 6p. cent. Stock 10 103(, 10%
Eastern Union, Scrip
guaran. 6 per cent. • • all 133{ —l4
Do. 101. Deben. Shares • all •• —••
East Lancashire, 6 Per
cent. quarter shares • • all ••
E. &W. York. Jane. sths all _
Edin. Per.BcDun.si p. et. all %db. par
Glasgow & S.-W. Consul. 100 .. „
Gt Northern, 5 per sent. all 133( -- 13% 1351
Great South. & Western
(Ireland) eighths .. 234 §i 1 p. x.d
Lancashire and York-
shire, F. 201. .. • • 6 • • -- •• dia.
Do. 6 per et. Stock .. 100 .. .•
Leeds and Thirsk, 6 per
cent., No. 1.. • • .. 11 .. p
Do. quarters, 1848 .. 9 .• p
London, Brighton, and
South Coast guar. 5 per
et., late Croydon thirds 100 •• •••• ••
De. pref., 5 p et. Stock,
1851, from 501. share. E 100 • • —• • 120
Do. new guar., 6 per at. 100 .• —• •
London EGS.-W., new 5 2% —3% P.
Londonderry and Ennis-
killen, half shares .. 10 .. •-• ••
Manch., Sheffield, and
Line., guar. shrs.,llo. 1 all 12 —l3
Do. new, 101. all 11% 12
Do., 6/. .. 3 %
Midland Con. 6p. c..tock 100 • • —• •
Do. Consel. Bristol &
Birming., 6 per cent... 160 12934 —13034 xd
Do. Bristol & Glonces. 48
Norfolk Extension .. all 15 —l6 X.d
guar. 534 per cent. all 434
Do. Waveney Valley .. 2 • •
North British .. 5 4% 5
Oaf. Wor. &Vi 01.151.6 p.c 4 1 p
Shrewsbury and Birm.
New Guaranteed .. all 105( 10%
Shrews. and Ches. (Nor.
W. Min.) 8 per cent. all 14% 15% •
South Devon all 1334 1434
South-Eastern, 434 p. et. 10 ..
Waterford &Kilkenny, 51. 1 • • —••
WestLondon,lst Cl. (101.) all .. • •
Do. 2d Class do. (par) all • • —••
York, Newc., and Berw.,
Gt. N.of E. Fur. ~ all 16 1634
4 —4%
York and North Midland
H. and S. Purch. .. 10 134 1 011. X.I EX x.l.
Boulogne and Amiens .. all 10% —ll 10% 11
Central of France (Or-
leans and Vierzon) .. all 1734 17% 17% x.l.
Demerara .. •• .. all .• —•
Dutch Rhenish • . 8 dis.
East Indian .. 16 2% 234 p. x.l
Do. do. do. .. 20
Great ludian Peninsula.. all % P. x.i
Ditto ditto • . 334 3% 4 x.l x.i.
Louvain ala Sambre .. 734 • —• •
Luxembourg • • • . •.
Ditto •• •• .• .. 10 235 —9 34
Madrid and Valenti/ ..•
Maria Antonia .. 2716 s 84 9 —ll
Ditto, New .. 734 2 —,3
Namur and Liege .. .. all 636 —'
Northern of France .. 16 14 —l4 xi.
Orleans sad Bordeaux ~ 9 4% rus. z 2.4.
Paris and Orleans .. 33 —45
Paris and Rouen .. all 25 —36
Paris and Strasbourg .. 16 5% 536 dia.
Rouen and Havre .. all 9% 936 33f
Sambre and Mouse .. all 334 —3%
Tours and Nantes .. 16 9% 9 Ws. xd 67's
Tournay, Jurbiso, Lau:.
den, and Hassell .. all . •
West Flanders 8% 4 —3% xd
Union " London, 13% z. die.. United mezica tag, 294.