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signed a declaration, not that presented to bim by the conscience. That view of the question was also sup-
officers of the House, but prepared and written by him- ported by the late Mr. Charles Wynne, a high authority
self, and having signed that paper, he then left it. It on the matter, and who, after having made it the pecu-
was not for him to complain that the House bad not liar object of this; study, was prepared to acquiesce in
dealt with Baron Rothschild in the same way as it had the view thus taken. There was also another mode,
dealt with Mr. Pease. Ile thought then, and he still but which he (Lord John ea nltilion, the cons( pence of
ltssell) was unwilling to
rd
thought,. that equal justice had not been dealt to come to, owlet a
at
Baron Rothschild.—(Hear, hear.) But he die maintain, whic ' these words could be passed over.
and he .called upon the Hon. Member for Warwick- If that course had been adopted he was afraid the House
shire to disprove
the statement, that the mode of Lords would consider, as another branch of the Legis-
in which Baron Rothschild affected the question lature, that that House decided an important question of
was the same as the Member for Durham.—(Hear, that nature without their consent. But the House of
hear.) He felt it due ,to the electors of London, over Commons having ected with so much deference to the
d so
had presided as_
_chairman, to take House of Lords, it was entitled on the other hand to
whose meetings he
notice of another charge of the Hon. Member (Mr. New- have a fair view taken of the difficulties in which.
degate), namely, that bribery had been used to carry they now stood; and as they had shown a desire
the election in 1848. He begged also to meet that not to step a single inch beyond the letter of the
assertion with a denial as positive and explicit as the law, they ought to consider what was due to the
former charge.—(Hear, hear.) He told the Hon. Gen- people of the United Kingdom, anal to the privileges
"eman that bribery at that election would have been as of the House of Commons.—(Hear, hear.) It was
useless es it would have been illegal—(Cheers)—and in that respect that the question now presented itself in
when it was recollected that there was a majority of a different position from that which it hitherto bore.
3,600 persons, it would be seen that bribery would have And no man will deny that if, like Lord Bolingbroke
been aa- absurd as it was unlawful.—(Hear.) He begged and Mr. Gibbon, a Jew dared to take the oath, no Com-
to tell the Hon. Member that the moat strenuous, ear mittee could displace him. Now, that was the position
nest, and careful exertions were made by Baron Roths- in which the House now stood. The only argument he
child, and all couneeed with the election of 1842, to heard during the present debate was from the Hon. and
,o if
theywe were ref
so
secure it from even the slightest taint or liability of such Learned Member for Cambridge, who said that it was
a charge, and he would say the same of the election of not on account of religiousobpieneiaoensse Jews re used
1847. lie trusted that this distinct and positive denial admission to Parliament, but
would settle these charges And now with respect to admitted, that House would no longer possess the confi-
the general questior.—(A laugh.) He did not know deuce of the country. That seemed to him (Lord John
whether the Hon. Gentleman meant by that laugh to in- Russell) to be changing the question at issue, but he
thnate that his statements were untrue. If so, he hoped thought they were, as representatives of the people, en-
the Hon. Gentleman would say so. With respect to the titled to change the oaths if they thought proper, and
tohna. t Then,
House
losing again,
general question, then, he said that he had as sincere and next they hadbl theb fbacet of the repeated elections of
earnest devotion to the faith he believed in as the Hon. Baryoenl
jneßceervoleostrhnsbcbaeetacraddusyeeffthae.mcivte
Member for Warwickshire, or any Hon. Member in that tbhise
,
parnodo in itself of what the elec-
House;
,but he had done his best to promote the passing for the admission of
of that Bill, and would continue to do so, because he be- f thett
r Igeneral w
thought,Jews,
feeling
couenwtnry wopaisn,iothnat wasno potlhitait-
lieved that faith was inconsistent with the imposition of
When
nigtht cal rivile es should be withheld from any party or
civil disabilities on others.—(Hear, hear.)
Right Hon. Baronet (Sir R. Inglis) asked
Majesty subjects on account of their
Jews had among us, he replied that he believemwdhettitehyerrhaodf
rcelalisgisp.oonf._h(geerheMeraso
The • the same right as the Hon. Baronet, or any
aannd Catholics;othe r o cheasvi
in.
ng question now was, having re-
that House. He believed that their discharge of all the moved disabilities from city of
voted
Membero oft d
duties of citizens had been of the mostadmitted Jews to both multi-
the country, would they con-
and that in the hospitality and devotion tePtoar
charities of life they were seconed to worth whilb to keep up for 40,000 persons a
thanked the Hon. badge of
our countrymen.—(Cheers.)
Se
uestion, for if there of civilslavery, or curtail on that account the priciples
Baronet for alluding to the Sabbath and religious liberty.—(Cheers.)
character of the qJews more honour- The House then divided, when there appeared—
was one trait in the was the continued sacrifice
able to them than another, it For the second reading ... ... 202
1 '
their own Sabbath , ant. certainly, Agaisat it ... ... ... ... 177
they made to observe
observed the day that was
when they so stringently Majority
binding upon their own consciences, they could scarcely On the motion for going into Committee on the Valua-
be
expected to observe as closely a day which had
no tion (Ireland) Bill,
religious sanction for them.—(Hear, hear,) With re- Sir D. Norreys, Mr. S. Crawford, Lord Naas, Mr.
spect to the reception of this Bill in
another House, he Sadlier, and Lord Bernard objected that the Bill should
remarks which had fall f
trusted that the rema h en ron t 1., ee ee via.
on. be committed at that late hour, particularly as there
Member, more in the way of t rest than anything else, were so many Irish Members absent, in consequence of
Would not be realized. As the Solicitor-General had the Easter recess, who would take an active and ener-
said, the powerful arguments by whiclethe Bill was sup- getic part in discussing this Bill, clause by clause, in
ported could not fail to be appreciated, and, ere long, Committee.
produce their due effect, and he trusted therefore there Sir W. SOMERVILLE consented to withdraw his
would be no collision between the two Houses of Parlia- motion fur the present, but would to-morrow state to the
nient in future. In conclusiou, he should gladly give House on what day he would again move for a Com-
bis vote for removing the last badge of civil disability, mittee on it.
which, he regretted. still disgraced our statute-book. CIVIL BILLS, &c. (IRELAND) BILL.
Mr. GOULBURN bad so often addressed the House Mr. SADLIER raised a similar objection to this Bill
on this subject, that he would not have intruded again as to the last. The Bill propcsed to eject tenants nnder
were it not that he wanted to know what measure was certain circumstances, but he could not find a single line
really before the House, and what was the nature of the in it which gave improving tenants compensation for the
Bill they were celled to vote upon.—(Hear, hear.) The improvements they might make ; and so far as the Bill
Solicitor-General and other Hon. Members had argued related to landlord and tenant, he would resist it.
the question merely as a question of admitting Jews to Should the Bill be referred to a Select Committee, as he
seats in both Houses of Parliament. When he heard hoped it would be, he would suggest that those clauses
such arguments as these, be thought it desirable they of it should be much altered, or altogether rejected.
should know what was the actual measure on which they As regarded the eelareement of the local courts its Tre-
*ere called to vote. The first Bill brought in by the land, he could have wished that a portion of the juris-
Noble Lord was in 1846, but that was very diffent from diction of the judges of the Insolvent Debtors Court
the measure before the House. That Bill provided a should be exercised in the diocesan courts. He also re-
new oath for Jews, instead of the oath of abjuration, gretted that it was intended to return to the old system
and which, if taken, would have rendered them eligible of stamp duties on ejectment cases, and he hoped before
to fill all places which those who took the oath of abju- the measure went through a Select Committee a more
ration were qualified to fill. That Bill was thrown out moderate scale would be adopted.
by the other House of Parliament, and after consult- Mr. F. FRENCH supported the second reading of
ing with Baron Rothschild and his friends, and fully the Bill. It was much called for by those capable of
considering the question, another Bill was brought in judging of the subj ct in Ireland ; and as the mea-
in 1849. But that measure excluded the Jews from sure was to be referred to a Select Committee, he had
-many high offices. It prevented them from being no doubt but that it would be rendered a most useful
guardians or regents of the kingdom, from filling measure.
the office of Lord Chancellor, of the Queen's Lord Sir W. SOMERVILLE said he did not wish to refer,
High Commissioner of the Church of Scotland, Ec- at the present time, to the objections used against the
clesiastical Cathedral and University offices, or Head measure, as he had stated from the commencement, that
Masters of Schools in Royal Foundations, that measure he intended to refer it to a Select Committee, and he
was also rejected, and it was not now before the House. trusted that with that understanding the measure would
The Noble Lord proposed to admit under this Bill every now be read a second time.
Jew to every office; and, thus, while the Roman Catho- Mr. S. CRAWFORD protested against the mode in
lie was to be excluded, the Jew was to be admitted. He which Irish business was carried on, for it was impossie
would ask the Noble Lord was that consistent? and was ble at that hour of the night properly to discuss a mea-
such the way in which he was prepared to maintain the sure of such importance.
Constitution of this country?—(Hear, hear.) It was Mr. SCULLY hoped, as the measure was to be re-
not merely a question of admission of Jews to the House ferred to a Select Committee, that it would be in the
of Commons, but it was admission of them also to the power of parties to examine witnesses in reference to
House of Peers, and to every administrative office from certain portions of the Bill.
which they were at present excluded by the oath of ab- The order for the consideration of the Apprentice to
juration. Could the Noble Lord, and other Honourable Sea Service (Ireland) Bill was discharged.
.LLembers opposite, deny that? Booking at the reading The second readings of the Customs Bill and of the
of the Bill, a Je.v might be Regent, and in the same Inhabited House Duty Bill were postponed until Monday.
way might be Lord Chancellor or Home Secretary. Was The consideration of the Small Tenements Rating Act
that the way to maintain the safeguard of the Protestant Amendment Bill, and the Committee on the Sale of
Church? Was it by proposing to place power in the Arsenic Regulation Bill (from the Lords) were also post-
hands of individuals of different faith, that the Noble poned.
Lord prOposed to uphold the Christianity of the country? Mr. TRELAWNY moved the nomination of the Se-
The measure was quite preposterous, and would inter- lest Committee on Church Rates, bat in consequence
fere with, and treat as a nullity, the coronation oath of some opposition from Sir R.. Inglis, postponed it till
taken by the Queen. He did not hesitate to say that to-day.
the measure was fraught with the greatest danger to the The House then adjourned at a Quarter-past Twelve.
Christianity of the country and, looking at the whole Mr 0r.....ixame.5x.37-71seemsenanorcrom --.................--
character of the Bill, he was disposed to give it the most
uneemprornh-ing opposition.—(Hear, hear.)
Mr. ANSTEr, as a Roman Catholic, was anxious to
express his opinion on this Bill. He perceived by the
"laughs" of some Hon. Gentlemen opposite, that they
were disposed to oppose the measure now before the
House, but he would tell those Hon. Members that the
Jews had a right to be admitted to Parliamnat, and he
must say, tiott utiles; they adraitttd them to Parliament
they had no right to administer the oath of abjuration
at all.—(Hear, hear.) They had on the journal of their
House a record of the cep city of a Je A ish gentleman to
take at the table o' tie House the oath most binding
on his cOnscisece, whi'e be was not prepared to take the
oath of abjuration, and could not assent to take the oath,
"On the faith of a Christian." The manner in which
the Noble Lord at the head of the Government now peo•
posed to meet the
difficulty,
was by a declaratory Act;
but Hon. Gentlemen opposite were opposed to the e.d-
mission of Jews to Parliament under anycircumstauces.
Baron Rothschild had be elected to sit in Parliament
for the city of London, and he was at
that moment as
much a Member of the 1101 tit, us any Hon. Gentletgan
who enjoyed his seat in it—(fiear, hear)—and as the
Honourable Derelict opposite (Sir R. Inglis), who was
much oppollhd to him. He asked lieu. Members to con-
sider hoar much the circurnstafiees of this question were
changed •itece it was last Leferd the House, and to re-
flect that it we.. not edviseble en th© subject to pro-
voke a collision between the two Houses et Parliament.
He hated hypecriett, and it wht because he was anxious
to see an end put to hypecrisy, injustice, and bigotry,
that he should give hi. 3 voce? in support of this Bill, and
that he should vote, not only for the admission of Jews
to Parliament, but ee nithomedans, and men of every
relidiout denomine:ion. (The Hon. Member resumed his
seat amidst cries OS' " Oh, oh," from the opponents of the
Bill.)
Colonel SIBTHORP said the Noble Lerd forced on the
measure because ho believed that it would be injurious to
the constitution of the country. With regard to the Ex-
hibition, lie Ne Ti. '3 '
AS be was glad to say, pres-nt et it.-
(A laugh) lie felt not,'
duty to his God—(Ohl)—
it to be a . and a duty to his
inciting the country, however showy, seductive, or
Crystal Palace might he, not to go there. Ile
deeply regret
venerated theeiti to have heard—and from one, too, who
blessing from hies Church—a prayer invoking a
what (Colonel
guides—(Cries of " Question")
—a blessing on wra
injurious to the welfahe (Colonel Sibthorp) considered
tinned cries of e eI„Z of this great country.—(Con-
feelings, and be would °en, question.") Those were his
the present measure, he express them. With regard to
eemabeippose_d to the admission of
Jews into a Christian as
on the Friend d tock the sa •
subject as his Hoe, m(e view
the Member for War-
s
wickshire. Now, if the Speaker
Sibthorp's) attendance on a Saturday commanded his (Col.
bound to obey it; but if Baron de_ he should feel
Member he would not do so, becauseth
itschild became a
bath, and be would, therefore, possess
.w.als his Sab•
no other Member possessed. It was 1
Isar(f
there
erges which
me-
thod in madness—(Cheers andlsughter)--hht
ehtevtlouldprotest against proceedings which
would admit an
J
anti-
Christian, a Mahemedan, or a Jew,
who did not ac-
knowledge the Saviour of the, world, into a Christian
usembly.—(Cries of " Divide.)
Lord JOHN RUSSELL wished, before the tie
use
divided, to make a few observations on the measure then
tinder consideration, though ho would not detain them
at any length, or prolong a debate by any reply, more
particularly to the Hon. Gentleman who last addressed
• themcircumstances Theredif-
ferent were, however, some
ferent from those brought forward on recent occasions
to which he should apply himself. The question re-
solved itself into the admission, as a Member of that
House, of large body
of a gentleman, who was chosen by a
of electors. lie (Lord' John Russell) would not dispute
with his Hon. Friend the Member for the University of
Oxford, whether Parliament had a right to decide on a
question of so much
rs
the admission of Members toimportance, that
Mouse. It or pus a restriction on
was most
important to observe, with regard to restrictions,
that while there were certain
to which Members - ,)Iboth Houses
matters in regara
them took oaths,
there was no oath require,
were Christians, until, ea requiringgthe lto declare they
Protector Cromwell, it was first enactrediat
Parliament
boufldthe
Christians and Protestants. On the contras yy,sthoe oathbe
of fidelity:to the Queen, the oath deolarie.. the supre-
macy of the Crown of this realm, and exclu'ding spirituel
supremacy-as taken be
Protestants, rit'd temporal eu-
prencacy. as ttken by Roman C,tholies, the oath of ah•
juration by which the title'oF t tee pres,nt family to tee
Throne, and an tidherence to a lineted succession was
admitted, these three itneoreant 04J11'.. which Members
were requiree to take, Baron Reehtchild W:l3 ready to
take, without any difficulty tehetever. The Barre. wee
three times elected, he WWI ready to !eke the oath of al-
legiance, the oath of supremacy, (+her in Le mode
taken by Protestant-or Catholic. and ,he on'h of abju-
ration, end when called to the table was ad:riled to take
them, until he came to the concluding at rds of the
oath of ahjuration, "on the true faith of a Christian,"
These words were not the substance of the oath, but when
he came to these words, and refused to subscribe to them,
the -House declared he could not sit without doing
so. On that a question arose which gave rise to a very con-
siderable debate, when his Hon. and Learned Friend the
Solicitor-General, maintained with great power and
argument, that 0 was not necessary to take such
so oath, as he telt
sit could not be binding on his

lIER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.
THE FIRST APPEARANCE OF Madame SONTAG
It is respectfully announced that TO-MORROW EVENING will
be presented Donizetti's Opera,
LA FIGLIA DEL REGGIMENTO.
Maria, Madame Sontag (her first appearance this season) ; Tonic),
Signor Gardoni ; Ortensio, Signor Casanova ; Caporali, Signor Ba-
lanchi ; Sulpizio Sergente, Signor F. Lablache.
Between the Acts a Divertissement, in which Madlle. Carlotta
Grisi will appear.

To conclude with the highly successful Ballet,
L'ILE DES AMOURS.
in which Madlle. Amalia Ferraris, Madlles. Rosa, Esper, Lamoureux,
Julien, Allegriial, Aussandon, Kohlenberg, Pascales, Esper, Rosa,
Dantoine, MM. Ehrick, and Charles will appear.
Applications for Boxes, Stalls, an I Tickets to be made at the
Box Office of the Theatre, Opera-colonnade, Haymarket.
On Tuesday, May 6, will be presented, for the first time in this
country Atari'; new Opera Buffo, in three acts, produced with the
greatest success at the Italian Opera, Paris, entitled

LE THE NOZZE.

TIIEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. James Anderson.

TIIJ S EVENING
Will be produced Schiller' masgnificent romantic Play, in Five ♦cts, of
THE ROBBERS
(ailapted to the English Stage by Mr. James Anderson).
Count de Moor, Mr. Cooper ; Charles de Moor, Mr. J. Anderson ;
Francis de Moor, Mr. Cathcart; Herman, Mr. Marshall ; Karl, Mr.
Rafter; Amelia, Miss H. Gilbert.

To be followed by
A new grand Operatic spectacle, entitled AZAEL, THE
PRODIGAL. Reuben, Mr. Van(enhoff; Azael, Mr. H. T. Cra-
ven ; Amenophis, Mr. W. West ; Bucharis, Mr. Cooper ; Sethos, Mr.
Batter; Jephtele, Miss Viilars; Nefte, Mrs. Walter Lacy; Lia,
141,111 e. Victorine Legrain (Premier Sujet du Opera de Paris), who
has been expressly engaged for the occasion.
Stalls and Dress Circle - - - Os.
First Price. Second Price.
Boxes
Pit -
Lower Gallery - - - ls. 2 No half-price
'Upper Gallery - 6d..5 to Galleries.
Private Boxes to admit S reduced from 31. 3s. Od. to 21. 12s. 6d.
Ditto 6 ditto 21. 12s. ad. to 21. 2s. Od.
Ditto 4 ditto 2/. 2s. Oct. to 1/. I Is. 6d.
Ditto 4 ditto I/. I Is. 6d. to 1/. Is. Od.

THKATRE RO7AL, LIAYMARKEI.
Mr. E. Webster. Sole Lessee :Ltd Manager, 01C Brompton.
THIS EVE S'ING,
Will be revived Coley Cibber's adaptation of Shakespeare's LIFE
AND DEATH OF KING RICHARD 111. Duke of Glo'ster, Mr.
J. W. Wallack ; Earl of Richmond, Mr. Davenport ; Queen, Miss
Addison.
After which, a new and (as times go) original domestic drama of
startling intere,t, entitled ARLINE ' • or. The Fortunes and Vicissi-
tudes of a Bohemian Girl. Count Arnhem, Mr. J. Bland; Count
Florestine. Mrs. L. S. Buckingham ; Thaddeus of Warsaw, Miss P.
Horton ; Devilshoof, Mr. D. Buelstone ; the Gipsy Queen, Mr. 11.
Bedford.

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHL
Under the direction of Madame Celeats.
THIS EVENING,
Will be presented the popular and powerfully interesting original
drama, entitled MARIE DUCA—NGE.
Alter which a new and original Farce called LONDON FOG. Mr.
Frank Copal. Mr. P. Bedford ; Mr. Simple, Mr. Wright ; Mrs. Brisk,
Miss E. Harding.

To be followed by a new musical, historical, pastoral, comical
fairy drama, called O'FLANNIGAN AND THE FAIRIES; or, A
Midsummer Night's Dream. Pbelim O'Flannigan, Mr. Hudson;
Oberon, Miss E. Chaplin; Mary, Miss K. Fltzwillatn.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
Under the Management of Mr. C. Keaa and Mr. Keeley.
THIS EVENING,
Will be performed a new and original Comedy entitled LOVE IN
A MAZE. Characters by Messrs. C. Kean, Keeley, Wigan, Harley,
♦ddisoa, Meadows; Mrs. Keeley, Mrs. Winstanley, and Mrs. C.
Kean.

To conclude with a new grand spectacular Extravaganza (taken
from a Tale, by Washington Irving), entitled THE ALHAMBRA ;
or The Three Moorish Princesses. Characters by Messrs. Keeley,
Harley, A. Wigan, Wynn, Cooke, Plexmore ; Misses Murray, Daly,
Vivash, Robertson. Leclerq, Keeley, Afdlle. Auriol, and Mrs. Keeley.
Private Boxes, &c., to be had of all the Booksellers, and of Mr. hiatisingham ; of whom also places may be taken at the Box-office,
°Vord-street, from Eleven till Feur o'clock.

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.
Under the Management of Madame Vest's,
Sole Lessee, Mr. Charles Maths

THIS EVENING,
Will
COOL AS be performed
A. LTC-UMBER.
_ . _

To be fllowed by
A DIY OF /MC1(0171114, in owhich Madame Yestris will appeal.
To conclude with
THE QUEEN or TrIE FROGS. Characters by Messrs. C.
Mathews, Rokby, Bellngbam, Horn tle, Morris Mrs. Frank
igetthews. 1416' Ge"gs• Miss Martindale, and Miss Oliver.

PUNCH'S PLAYHOUSE „,‘,.„
Lessee, Mr. W. it, coi,'"-'T,
.:Too,:rAb
THIS Ey ilciltND, Liverpool.
Will be performed a new corntdy r,;(4. AND
teaching THEATRE.peopIe
tae
tbeemet n,yet3hrocclssro.f LifiNi'bluNrGy,lAN. ObLaAvitiesS
icortuosxs.
n i. Principal charac-
T. Rogers, and Romer ; Mesdames C. norm-. a "• H
.oward, Attwood,
n, C
and Wallis. • -.Ovine, Dibdin,
An ILLUSTRATION" OF THE EXPOSITIHIL ~.„
tare by Mc sdames Marshall, M. Taylor, C. Horsniltnr'neliial eharae-
:',lessrs. J. Reeve, Norton, J. Rogers. and Romer. ' and Dila,' ;
And POPPING TfIE QUEsTION'. Principal hip. ,
Messrs. Tilbury, C. Holman ; Mesdames Marshall, f.Vrs by
Wallis, and C. Melville. askon.
4,,T;hteopxreisces(flo.ft circle),
ad are arranged as follow :—Orchestra stall%
35.; (-econd circle), 2s. ; Pit, 1,.
boors to be opened at Hall-paat Seven, and the performances to
commence at Eight precisely.
A. second price will be taken to the Boxes only at Half-past Nine
—first circle, 25.; second eirc'e, Is.
Private Boxes One Guinea and a Half each.

z.iii Lk Y 'Pi it v Y Ai. AMP l-tl. T EISA TAE. righ,,s" Varier the Patronazr,o of her Majesty and his Royal
Prince Albert.
Proprietor and Manger, Mr. W. Batty.
Will be perform THIS EVENING.
performed THIS
grand new Spectacle, entitled ELEANOR
THE AMAZON ; or, Queen of France and England.
To be followed by new Scenes of the Circle, introducing an en-
tirely new Com
Clementine Soullier
',any of French ArtiAes, amongst whom Madlie.
, the first Female Equestrian in Europe, will
appear.
To conclade with a corms farce, called SHOOTING THE 3100 N;
or, The Cove of Cork.
Boa-effice open from Pleven till Fon!. St4eo eiallagorr mr. T. Thcsapece.