The Sun.
London, England, 1857-07-24 00:00:00

BARON ROTHSCHILDS RIGHT TO TAKE
EIS SLAT UNDOUB I PD.—No. 2.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sir.—lf I chose to adopt the insolently dogmatic
language of Lord Campbell, I should declare that
no rational person. could doubt that Parliament
(King, Lords, and Commons) has already decided
that the words " on the true faith of a Christain"
are words of form,—that is, words of oath—pre-
cisely the same as, "so help me Gad.
1. Even Lord Campbell must admit, that this is
the opinion of Quakers themselves, and that their
only objection to use the words "on the true faith
of a Christian," is, bee ,use it is an oath, forbidden
by the divine command in the precept, "Swear
not at all."

2. The title of the 2nd Geo. 1., c. 6, is among
other things, " for appointing the form of an
affirmation to be taken by the people celled
Quakers, instead of the Oath of Abjuration ;" in
other words, an affirmation of abjuration, instead
of the Oath of Abjuration.
3. Surely not merely law but common sense
must decide that the only possible way to ascertain
the words which King, Lords, and Cotnmons,
considered to be the Oath of Abjuration, is to
discover what words are iu that oath which they
omitted in the affirina,ion of abjuration.
4. And there can be no doubt that the only
wo,ds in the oath of abjuration, which •hey omitted
in the affirmation of abjuration, are " on the true
faith of a Christian, so help me God ;" so that,
notwithstanding Lord Campbell's rollicking asser-
tion, the very act which permitted Mr. Pease to
make an affirmation of abjuration, has also decided
that the words "on the true faith of a Christiln,
so help me Gttcl," are words of oath, and not the
substance of that which is sworn to.

Although it suited Lord Campbell to treat with
such scoffing contempt the opinion of his by o•her
judge, Baron Martin, and :his to his lordsh.p's
eternal disgrace, on a questiou which he knew was
coming before him juoicially, -God forbid that I
should alopt the same one in speaking of the
judges who decided in the case of Miller v. Salo-
m,,ns, that the words "on the true fai h of a
Christian" were not a portion of the oath, similar
to " so help me God."

But surely these learned judges must admit that
the party who drew the Act of Parliament 2d Geo.
1., c. 6, must be a better judge of the intention of
the framers of the oath of abjuration than any one
can be at the present day, for the oath of abjuration
was first prescribed by the 13th Will. 111., c. 106
—l7ol—and the 2d Geo. 1., c. 6, putting this con
struction on the words " On the true faith of a
Chtistian" was in 1714, so that it is by no means
improbable that both the acts were drawn up by
the same person, very likely a lawyer.—l am, sir,
your obedient servant,

EX M.P.

July 22, 18'37.

40th .REGIMANT.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sits,—l see daily in your paper ciders for troops
from England and Ireland for India. Ido not conceive
it well to drain the United Kingdom of her troops.
Su ely there is a strong and eff-ctive regiment in
Au,trafa, the 40th, over 1,000 strong, and why not
order this regiment to the service of the mutiny ; two
lerge steamers despatched from Calcutta could easily
have this regiment in India in a fortnight. And in tle
present peaceable state of Au•tralia, there are enough
of the military and other corps to key the peace there.
This order should be given at once, and then the 40th
would on be in Irldta before the troops now under
orders to embark from the United Kingdom for India.—
I aw, , MILES,