The Sun.
London, England, 1850-08-05 00:00:00

PETITIONS.

Sir R. IT. INGLIS presented petitions from several
psrts of Oxtcrdshirr against the admission of Jews and
other nebthcvers into P4rlisment.
NEW MEUBER.

Mr. HIGGINS took tho oaths and his seat for Mayo in
the room or Lhe lbte Mr. Dillon Browne. Thu Hon.
Member w.ts introduced by Mr. Hatter and Mr. F.

Fren,:b.

BARON ROTHSCHILD.

Mr. J. A. SAIT 111 said, before the Honourable and
Learnt d A ttorney-Creneral moved his two resolutions, he
wished to take the opportunity of asking the Speaker u
qUestion of some importance to the proceedings of the
House. Tho house would remember that when the
ilunourable Member for the city of London came to
the table to take the oaths in the form most binding
upon his conscience, and after he had done so, he ac-
cording to the Act of Parliament, signed a declaration
of having taken the oaths, - and lets it on the table.
Now, he dirt not see that fact mentioned on the
minutes, and he wished, therefore, to know why it was
omitted.
The SPEAKER replied that it was not entered on
the votes b•_chuse he considered it an informal and
irregular procceditg.—(Cheemy -The practice of the
house was_ this.. atter—an aun,)iember had taken the
three oaths he sired a book prepared by the clerk, in
which he declaied that lie bad duly taken the oath,.
New in, this c:...!Ne, atter the Hon. Member for the city of
" London had taken the oaths in his own manner he
siv.ned a paper which was not prepared by the clerk, and
the contents cf which the clerk was perfectly ignorant
of. That paper was not formally tendered to the House,
but was merely left on the table, and when he found
that it *as a declaration of the Honourable Member,
stating that he had taken the oath, omitting the
words "upon the, true faith of a Christian,"
be considered it to be an informal proceeding, and
directed the-clerk not to take auy notice of it.
Mr. HUME wished to know then, if the precedent
r established by Mr. Pease's case had been followed, and
'the paper had been prepared by the clerk, the declara-
tions would have been allowed?
The SPEAKER replied in the negative. In Mr.
Pease's case the declaration was sanctioned and author-
ised by the House. The House came to no decision of
that sort in Baron Rethschilif.s case. Ho was only em-
powered to hike lir? oath in the form which he declared
to be most binding upon his conscience.
The minutes of the former proceedings were then read,
after which
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL rose to move the two
resolution; of wnien no nod given notice, remarking
that they were distinct and separate, and the House
oc(uld rejertt one and adopt the other, just as it
thought fit.—(Llqa,r, hear.) It appeared to him, how-
ever, to be essential that the Meuse should come to an
I'VE Ws i. x j If: mediate eeeision upon the question. It appeared
/ - e-- him, after what had taken place, that their
.„. ' _ 1 /,'""t- t proceedings woulol be ,nothing less than
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f•- e rzty`,(--• , k.- , oekery if the House did cot determine now what
-ir:::::), ite,..-1 IZet se should be adopted in the =Yen—Meer, hear.)
l .e.k%-1 -,4,..0'. ':l3‘ at that decision should be he had already expressed
:- 41`"4 . , he former observations, he ventured to address to the
-._l'% . 4'. e, and ho,thereforo. did not propose to go .over all
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a e for the course he .luggesteo justatter th;Tharon appeared
at the table.—(Hear, hP.ar.) There mere three iequi- 1
sites to be observed in taking an oath. First, the sub- I 1
stance of the oath, sec,..ndl7, the words or form in which I