The Sun.
London, England, 1856-05-27 00:00:00

THE OATH OF ABJURATION,

The following is a copy of the Bill (as amended
in committee) for Abrogating the Oath of Abjura-
tion and the Assurance, so as to admit of Jews
sitting in Parliament :

"Whereas there has not been for many years any
descendant of the person who pretended to be Prince of
Wales during the life of the late King James 11., and
since his decease pretended to be and took upon himself
the style and title of King of England, by the name of
James 111,, as described in the oath of abjuration set
forth in an act passed in the 6th year of his late Ma-
jesty King George 111., chap. 53, entitled, among other
things, as `An Act for altering the Oath of Abjura-
tion and the Assurance ;' be it therefore enacted by the
Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the ad-
vice and consent of the Lords spiritual and temporal,
and Commons in this present Parliament assembled, and
by the authority of the same as follows :--
"I. The oath of abjuration and the assurance, as set forth
and prescribed in the said act, or as set forth and prescribed
in any previous act or acts, and the affirmation instead
thereof as prescribed by an act passed in the 3,1 and 4th
years of his late Majesty King William IV., chap. 49,
entitled 'An Act to allow Quakers and Moravians to
make Affirmation in all cases where an Oath is or shall
be required shall not from and after the passing -of this
act be requited to be taken, subscribed, or made upon
any occasion or for any purpose whatsoever.
" 11. In lieu of the oath of abjuration and of the as-
surance, set forth and prescribed by the said recited act
or any other act, the following oath shall be substituted,
which shall be entitled An oath for securing the Pro-
testant succession to the Crown as by law established,'
and shall be in the words following—that is to say,—
" I, A. 8., do faithfully promise to maintain, .sup-
port, and defend, to the utmost of my power, the suc-
cession of the Crown, which succession, by an act en-
titled An Act for the further Limitation of the Crown,
and better Securing the Rights and Liberties of the
Subject," is and stands limited to the Princess Sophia,
Electress and Duchess Dowager of Hanover, and the
heirs of her body, being Protestants." So help me God.'
And every statutory enactment now in force with respect
to the oath of abjuration or the assurance hereby abo•
lished shall henceforth apply to the oath hereby substi-
tuted, in the same manner as if such last-mentioned oath
had been expressly mentioned or referred to in and by
such statutory enacttnents instead of the oath of abjura-
tion and the assurance hereby abolished.
"111. Every person permitted by the said act of his
late Majesty King William IV. to make his affirmation
instead of the oath of abjuration and assurance shall in
lien of the oath hereby substituted, and of the affirma-
tion contained in the last-mentioned act, make his solemn
affirmtion in the following words—that is to say:—
" 'I, A. 8., being one of the people called Quakers (or
one of the persuasion of the people called Quakers, or of
the United Brethien called Moravians, as the case may be),
do solemnly promise that I will be true and faithful to
the succession of the Crown, which succession, by an
act entitled " An Act for the further Limitation of
the Crown, and the better Securing of the Rights and
Liberties of the Subject," is and stands limited to the
Princess Sophia, Electress and Duchess Dowager of
Hanover, and the heirs of her body, being Protestants.'
" IV. This act shall extend to the whole of her Ma-
jesty's dominions."

THE MAINE LAW ALLIANCE.— A meeting of the
United Kingdom Alliance for the Total Suppression of
the Liquor Traffic, was held in Exeter-hall last evening ;
Alderman Sir Robert Carden in the chair. The object 4
of the association, and its progress during the three years
of its existence, were stated by the different speakers,
one of whom was the Earl of Harrington, who said that
he regarded this as the greatest social and moral move-
ment undertaken since the Protestant Reformation.
Resolutions declaring the principles of the alliance were
agreed to.
RUSSIAN SPOILS AT PARIS.—Some works of art
brought as trophies of victory from Sebastopol have just
been placed on the terrace of the Tuileries bordering
the river. They are composed of two sphinxes, in mar-
ble, of a large size, and the pediment of a building, the
centre of which is formed by the double-headed eagle ;
whilst on the right and left are prows of ships and navel
instruments. The two sphinxes are placed on the right
and left of the eastern door of the Orangery, and the
pediment, composed of several pieces, lies at about the
middle of the south front.
EXTRAORDINARY SALE OF SLAVES.--The Lynchburg
Virginian reeerde the sale of a lot of negroes there, on
Thur,,d,%v, at the following high prices :—Sha.draeh,
about 70 years old, $lOO ; Samuel, $1,120 ; Mac,
$2,110 ; Willis, $1,900 ; Purnel, aged 55, $1,109 ;
Peter, $1,400 ; Robin, $1,250 ; John, $1,250 ; Charles,
$1,580 ; Jack, $1,770 ; Woodson, $1,320 ; John Mac,
$1,640 ; Pleasant, $1,500 ; Dick, $1,275. The average
price is over $1,400 each, and the aggregate amount
$19,825. - They were all bought by citizens of Lynch-
b •.rg.
A charge was brought against some men of the Royal
Artillery in Limerick on Friday of mocking a Roman
Catholic ceremonial, and of dressing out one of their
party with a straw imitation of a m:tre. A good deal of
excitement was created on the occasion, and a military
inquiry was held in the barracks, when the circum-
stances were most satisfactorily explained. The men
were, it appears, only amusing themselves without the
slightest reference to any religious ceremony, or the least
intention to give offence to any one ; and the Roman
Catholic clergyman who was present at the inquiry ex-
pressed himself perfectly satisfied with the explanation.
SHIPBUILDING ON THF, WEAR.—The shipbuilding
trade is at presont unusually active on the Wear. There
were six vessels launched last week, with a total tonnage
of 2,o97—this being about the average tonnage launched
every fortnightly " streams" during the fast four months.
The tonnage on the stocks is close on 36,000 (N.M.) and
prices continue tolerably remunerative to builders. A
ten years ship fetches fourteen guineas per ton, and an
eight years one from 11/. to 11/. 10s. New building
yards are syringing up along the river, and several are
now in ,full operation upon the beach at Sunderland, so
that at greater or less intervals the yards extend from
the sea up to Victoria-bridge, a distance of six miles.
The workmen are still paid at Ga. per day.
A FATAL WEDDING.-11eury Green, of Union-lane,
High-street, a pitman, got married in Gateshead on
Monday week ; and the Maine law was not observed
on the occasion. There was intemperance in the los
cality, with come disorder ; and two men, named
Edwards and Watson, who were mulled to sisters,
quarrelled, and came into angry and violent collision in
the lane. Rosanna Turnbull, wife of James Turnbull,
carttnan, living in an adjoining lane, beard the disturb.
ance, and went to see what was the matter. She found
the combatants to be her own sons-in-law, and she strove
to part them. Edwards, unwilling to be meddled with,
struck her a blow ; and on the following evening she
died. Deceased was a stout, heavy woman ; and few
persons were betier known in her circle than poor
Rosy Turnbull." Her age was 73.—Gateshead Ob-
server.
CHARGE OF MURDER.—On Thursday much excitement
was occasioned in Swansea, by the arrest Qf Miss Mar-
garet Jones, the under-matron of the deaf and dumb in-
stitution in that town, on a charge of having wilfully
murdered her male child. Mr. Joseph. Maslen, the
assistant-master of the institution (who has confessed
himself the father of the child), and a girl teemed Mar-
garet Hagarty, were also taken into custody as seriously
implicated in the transaction. The prisoner Jones is
accused of having smothered the child under the bed-
clothes. Maslen entered her bed-room soon after by a
ladder placed against the window, took away the child,
and threw it down the water-closet, where it was found
by the police. The parties concerned wore considered
strictly moral and religious characters. The coroner's
jury, -on Saturday, returned a verdict of "Found dead,"
thus leaving the investigation in the hands of the magic-
trates.
ANNUITIES (No. 2) BILL.—The New Loan Bill has
been printed • contributors will be entitled to the prin-
cipal sum of 107/. 103. 7d. in the Three per Cent. Con-
sols for every 1001. contributed. Of the 5,000,000/,
loan, it is ordered that 20 per cent. be paid on the 12th
of June ensuing, 20 per cent, on the 28th of June, 20
per cent. on the 24th of July, 10 per cent. on the 28th
of August, and the remaining 20 per cent, on the 18th
of September. The first deposit will be 10 per cent.
The Bank of England will receive 5001. for every mil-
lion of the loan as a compensation for the expenses of
management. The loan will be extinguished by a sink•
ing fund, for which purpose 250,0001. a-year issued in
the year commencing the Ist of April, 1857, and in every
subsequent year, out of the Consolidated Fund of the
United Kingdom.
MANCHESTER, SHEFFIELD, AND LINCOLNSHIRE RAIL-
WAY.—The working expenses and other outgoings of
this company's railways (exclusive of the Manchester,
South Junction, and Altrincham, stated below) have
amounted in the fortnight ending May 18, 1856, to
8,5511. 4a. lid., making, with the 80,946/. 17s. sd. al-
ready stated, a total of 89,498/. 2s. 4d. for the first ten
fortnights of the half-year, or at the rate of 55.21 per
cent. on the railway traffic for the same period. The
proportion of the South Junction, &0., receipts accruing
to this company for the fortnight ending May 18,
amounte to 1,164/. 2s. 51, making with the 6,4561.
19s. sd. previously stated, a total for the first ten fort-
nights of the half-year, of 7,6211. is. 10d., while the ex-
penses being 395/. 53. sd. for this, and 3,4321. 2s. 4d. for
the nine previous fortnights, amount to 3,827/. 7s. 9d.,
or at the rate of 50.22 per cent.
BAPTISM OF THE FRENCH IMPERIAL PRINCE.—The
following, says Galignani, are some few details of the
preparations now in progress at Notre Dame for the
baptism of the Prince Imperial. The whole of the
church will 'be decorated with paintings to harmonise
with the style of the building, and all the windows filled
with coloured glass, so as to throw a soft light over the
interior. The keystones of the vaulted roof and the
capitals of the columns will be gilded. In the centre of
the transept, and on an estrade approached by six steps,
will be placed on the right and left the legate, the arch-
bishop, the cardinals, the prelates, and the other digni-
taries of the church. In the centre will be seats for the
Emperor and Empress, the Imperial Family, the ladies
of honour in attendance, and the ministers. The altar,
which will be placed at the entrance of the choir, will be
covered with a canopy, and on either side in the choir
will be erected tribunes for the ladies of the high public
functionaries. Between the altar and the prie-dieu of
their Majesties will be placed the baptismal font. The
water for the ceremony will be put in the vase of St.
Louis (now in the Mus6e des Soverains), and which will
be placed on a table of white marble. The diplomatic)
body and the senate will be placed ,as usual in the
southern transept ; the northern being occupied by the
legislative body and the council of state. On the right
and left of the nave will be seats for teublic. The
orchestra will be placed, as on the occasion of the Mar-
riage of their Majesties, over the grand entrance near
the grand organ. Outside, in front of the central en-
trance; will be raised a richly-decorated porch, with
masts ornamented with flags.