The Sun.
London, England, 1857-07-16 00:00:00

THE PARLIAMENTARY OATHS BILL,

Meeting of Members of Parliament This

Day.

This afternoon a meeting of the Members of the
House of Commons, favourable to the principles of the
Parliamentary Oaths Bill, was held at the King's Arms
Hotel, Palace-yard, for the purpose of taking into con-
sideration the rejection of the measure by the House of
Lords.

Amongst the Members present were the following :
E. W. Watkin John Locke
W. S. Lindsay S. Gregson
W. Coningham G. Ridley
T. M. Weguelin T. Mills
T. P. Thompson R. Davey
M. T. Bass J. Townsend
W. Williams • D. Nicoll
J. A. Wise W. G. Langton
W. Cox G. Hadfield
B. M. Wilcox J. Platt
J. A. Turner G. B. Pechell
J. T. Norris G. G. Glyn
C. Paget J. Brady •
M. Williams C. Forster
A W, Kinglake H. A. Bruce
J. A. Kinglake C. Napier
J. M`Cann H. W. Schneider
J. White C, Trueman
Goderich,Viecount J. Wyld
C. Buxton J. Cheetham
J. B. Smith C. Akroyd
J. Blake A. F. Kinnaird
J. Bagwell W. Kirk
H. Pease S. Gurney
J. A. Roebuck T. Hankey
W. Ewart A. Macarthy
L L. Dillwyn J. Paxton
C Gilpin K. D. Hodgson
R. N. Philips W. T. M'Cullagh
J. S. Trelawney R. W. Crawford
A. S. Ayrton E. El. J. Craufurd
W. Hackblock C. E. Mangles.
G. C. Glyn H. Fenwick
C. S. Butler Raynham
Robert Grosvenor De Lacy Evans
S. WC. Greer Chas. Cavendish •
J. A. Smith S. Beale
James Clay R B. Sheridan
W. Brown W. Jackson
John F. Maguire Wm. Pinney
William Scholefield C. P. Grenfell
C. R. M. Talbot C. W. Grenfell
R. W. Grey. W. P. Price
E. Horsman J. G. Rebow
George Byng W. P. Thornhill
Hastings Russell Herbert Ingram
Erskine Perry George Bowyer
B. D. Mangles Harry Vernal
W. Hutt Francis Pigott
T. E. ifeadlam P. MacMahon .
Augustus Smith E. Mac E voy
Henry Rich John Hanmer
J Jervoise W. Cubitt
J. C. Vivian John Biggs
W. Fagen E. Ellice
E. Colebrooko R. P. Clinton
H. R. F. Davie R. J. R. Campbell
J. Kershaw H Hussey Vivian
J. V. Harris Wm. Henry Sykes
J. Potter R. M Manes
F. H. Berkeley George Moffatt
John Steel W Roupell
E. H. Holland J. C. Stuart
James Pilkington C. Cowan
H. W. Wickham L. Waldron
H. M. Clifford F. French
Thos. Barnard John Ennis
R. Dalglish F. W. Russell
Melgund Sutton Western.
Wentworth Beaumont
At two o'clock precisely the chair was taken by the
Right Hon. Edward Horsruan, M.P.
The CHAIIIIIAN, in opening the proceedings, said they
were met together that day, as a party, for the purpose
of concerting measures for carrying out a principle of
civil and religious liberty, to which they were all attached.
They were not there as the partisans of Baron Roths-
child, but, as he had said, they were there to show their
adherence to a great principle—(hear,
hear)—civil and
religions freedom. Mr. D'llon had given notice of
a mo-
tion, which, if carried, would be of great importance, and
the noble lord the representative of the greatest commercial 1
city in the universe, the colleague of Baron Rothschild,
had also given notice of a motion to amend the Ist and
2d of Victoria, to regulate the oath for the admission of
its members, The subject was an important yet
simple one, and, if they were only firmly united
amongst themselves, the object they all had in view
would be accomplished, and the gentleman who had
been seven times returned as one of the members of
the- City of London, would be eligible to take his