The Sun.
London, England, 1845-03-11 00:00:00

MR. J. COI-lAN'S CONCERT.

This concert trv::& place at the Sussex Hall, Leadenhall-
street, last and went off with great cchit. The
t?lenttu bentficiarc himself gave us three of his own exquisite
k;intasias on the Pianoforte, which were cleverly executed
and much applauded. The Distills were there, with the
Sax- horns, and John Parry with his comic songs. The must
wonderful performance of the evening, however, was the
guitar duet by Don J. and Don R. de Ciebra. In their
hands the guitar is really an instrument—an instrument of
expression, of power, and of compass. Until we heard
these gentlemen we had no idea that the guitar
could be 'made to discourse such excellent music.
They were loudly applauded, and the duet was rapturously
encored. The principal vocalists were Miss Sara Flower,
bliss Canavan, a young lady of great promise, and the
Beguina. Signor Lanza conducted. The concert was very
well attended.

DREADFUL Didall BY FIRE OF A FESIALE, 103
YotßAitse
O'clock,
Gaß—On. Saturda morning, between twelve and
103 femalel named Sarah Cox, who had arrived at
the age of
distressing
expired in St. George's Hospital under
the fullowir, isitressing circumstences :—The deceased ie-
sided at Chapel. place, Brompton, and was in possession of a
yeizirlsl
oirfalugepeeiimalennia)cl;h Her daughter, who is upwards of 60
oh lived with her, had left home for the
purpose of obtaining quarterly amount of income, when
the. ()Id woman, in reachingefrro something from the mantelpiece,
fell over the guard in of the fire and set herself in a
blaze, in which state she found by her landlady ; but
before the flames could be esxr•anfugliii3i.shsceodrchleierde.lotshie,se
I,..aweres coilC(1"1 :
sumach and her person frightfully
veyed to St. George's Hospital, where death terminated her
aulleri9gs.
CoLusiori OFI' DEPTFORD DOCKYARD.—Late on
Al-55 proceeding en
Saturd .iy night, as the Iloyal Adelaide stel
and Nvl,l,l,t;ra,lairte.a.(iiii'en'fl:lP,lte dockyard, she ran
her F.,..ktge to Edinburgh,
anti sb1)::,", Lineolmillire, last
down the sAtooner Aan Guthrie,
froin Sligo, with a full cargo of pork, beef,
it Joi, together With
a grattitity ef oatQ, for the London market.
..--,-7-_...7tpa, (-h:, it (Aven o'clock) tit the schooner Nvas'nsit7sedclainuknattil the
—CO lecarrk hie, lt,l k. -:1:e wan ntritek co the Sin v;dtlt such
lllrce that ,1., ,at..; (tit to the watcT'S taige ill all in.iia
L.rifiruii ,r,.:-..,- (4. the Eiry.d :\dclaide retalarc.l tvery-tt.,l7'!;aolil' c*l)-
seltolikr, and whil..: in a 7inkin,i; ltitte iolVf,d le..r into nfiallecj to the
nest t:,;.. f• lc Cl I)e.'4i,, where tlk tr.nter. clod erc,v.- were safely pli,t'oenr
Shofc. 1:y the collklon Ilk, A7lll !,Iqt t!,./. foremast., her 1.,,,,,,,c,",,,ns
cut to ergs, aa.l 11,:- bal,V,i'::o; 1,1,,,, h. Late List night 'she was
still tilt',',' 1,'.1,1*, nolhiog I :::: !kr inainlas• rani r:t:glng bee vi-
aside. Every Attempt to NyelOt or during the day was made, Lut
without success. .A coosiilo-nIIC portion of her ew-go has been do.-
--,roaatit autl rendered unsaleohl9,
- L.lti Duman had an interview with Sir Robert Few on
StanarciAy.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
HOUSE OF LORDS, March 10.
The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat on the
Woolsack at Five o'clock.
SALE OF SPIRITS ON SUNDAYS.

The Bishop of LONDON presented seventy peti-
tions from various parts of the country, praying the
Hcuse to prevent the sale of ardent spirits on the
Lord's-day. The Right Rev. Prelate said, that al-
though he could not go the whole length with the
petitioners, he would observe that the clause intro-
duced into the Metropolitan Police Act, prohibiting
the slle of intoxicating liquors after a certain hour
on Sundays, had had an extraordinary and gratifying
effect in improving public morals, so that there was a
very great diminution in the number of charges at the
police• offices on Mondays. A similar clause, intro-
duced into the Liverpool Police Bill at his (the Bishop
of London's) suggestion, had also been attended
with the most happy results in that great town.
This he had upon the authority of one of the magis-
trates, who assured him that the people of Liverpool
could never be sufficiently grateful to their Lordships
for so great an improvement. He thought that the
provision ought to be extended to other large towns,
and that so far their Lordships might comply with the
prayer of the petitioners.
FEMALE PROTECTION.

The RIGHT REV. PRELATE also presented a petition
from the clergy and other persons in the town of
Uxbridge on the subject which had been brought
under their Lordships' notice last session by a Right
Rev. Prelate, in order to put down those houses which
were used for the seduction of females, and who were
desirous of protecting females from the evils to which
they were exposed.
AGRICULTURAL. PROTECTION.

The Duke of WELLINGTON presented a peti.
tion from Basingstoke in favour of agricultural pro•
teetion.

IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT.

Lord I3ROUGHAM presented petitions from the
Ayr Stewatry in the county of Kircudbrigbt, and
from another place in Scotland, on the subject of im-
prisonment for debt, as regulated by the Act of last

session.
The NOBLE LORD also presented a petition
from certain gentlemen, attorneys at Oswestry,
who were entitled to practise in the Courts
of Westminster, and who from their position as
masters extraordinary in Chancery were authorised
to take oaths. The petitioners, their Lordships were
aware, were highly respectable individuals, and from
their peculiar position their experience was highly
valuable. They stated that it was their impression
that if the Act of the Lord-Lieutenant for Sussex
had been acted upon it would greatly have tended to
prevent the commission of perjury, which was fre-
quently occasioned by the necessity for taking so
many oaths in the courts of law and justice.
REMEDY FOR CREDITORS.

The NOBLE LORD also presented a petition from
the city of Bath, praying that after all the necessary
immunity had been given to the creditor, that ad•
ditional means might he given to the creditor for re-
covering his claims from fraudulent debtors. The
Act of last session touched all the goods but did not in
many instances touch the incomes o: debtors.
Creditors could not seize the rents of their
debtors, neither could they touch their salaries.
If therefore a man had a salary of 2001. he might go
to several tradesmen and contract debts of 19/. and up
to 201. each, and then laugh at his creditors. He
(Lord Brougham) would remedy this defect.
OTAHEITE.

The Earl of MINTO said, that in consequence of
the indisposition of Lis Noble Friend, the First Lord
of the Admiralty, and his consequent il.ability to ap-
pear .n his place, he would postpone the notice of
motion of which he had given notice with respect
to her Majesty's ships Hazard and Basilisk
at the islands of Otaheite from this day
till Friday. He would take that oppor-
tunity of saying, that though he perfectly
agreed with the expressions of the Noble Dulce (the
Duke of -Wellington) the other evening respecting the
courtesy of the llouse ; yet he thought the Noble
Duke had gone too far in that motion, ani that his
Noble Friend (the Marquis of Normanby) was right
in the course he intended to pursue.
Lord BROUGHAAI said the Noble Earl had pro-
fessed to be a great patron of order, and yet he had
began with one of the most irregular things that
could possibly have occurred.
The Earl of MINTO said he would not trouble
their Lordships further than to express his opinion that
a notice was only necessary in cases where opposition
might be expected. In other cases, he thought it was
still left discretionary with the party putting the
question to give notice or not.
The Duke of WELLINGTON admitted the ex-
ception, and the matter dropped.
JEWISH DISABILITIES BILL.
Lord MONTEAGLE presented a petition in
favour of the Bill.

The LORD CHANCELLOR said, in moving the
second reading of the Bill referred to by the petition
just presented by his Noble Friend—as he did, not
anticipate any effective opposition to the measure—he
should confine himself to stating very shortly the
motives and intention of the Bill. The object was to
get rid of the disabilities, some anomalies, some
inconsistencies, and, he might be permitted to say,
some absurdities, w hich pressed upon persons pro-
fessing the Jewish persuasion. In order that he
might be fully understood upon the subject, he should
begin by shortly calling their Lord-hips' attention to
the position in which persons entertaining the Jewish
religion stood with respect to offices held under the
Crown. There was no objection to these persons
being placed in the commission of the peace for a
county, and many of them at present held
.theim-
portant and responsible office of county magistrates.
There were recent instances of these appointments to
offices of this description. Sir Moses Montefiore,
who was at present a justice of peace for the Cinque
Ports, and also was a magistrate for Kent, had,
within a short period, had his name recommended by
the Lord-Lieutenant to be placed in the commission
of the peace for the county of Middlesex. But this
was not a solitary instance. Mr. Salomon, several
years ago, was placed in the commission of the peace
for the county of Sussex, and had since been placed
in the commission of the peace for the county of
Kent. Mr. Lizardi and Mr. Cowen, two other gen-
tlemen of the Jewish persuasion, were also magis-
trates for the county of Sussex, and he had
never heard c.ny complaint made of those
appointlnents, nor had he ever heard that any

of these gentlemen had rniconducted thernselvjs
in the discharge of their magisterial duties.
On the contrary, he believed that they had
conducted themselves with the greatest propriety.
Nor was it merely to the commission of the peace
they were confined, they held also the office of Deputy-
Lieutenant in different counties. Mr. Salomoes was
a Deputy-Lieutenant ; so was also one of the Messrs.
Roth3childs—nay, more, they were so by Parlia-
mentary sanction and authority. They were eligible
to th... office of High Sheriff. They were not only
eligible, but they were bound, when appointed, to
discharge the duties; and if they refused to accept
the office, according to the charter of the city of Lon-
don, they were subject to a heavy pecuniary.
penalty. That was the position of persons belonging
to the Jewish persuasion with respect to many high
and preeminent offices in this country. They all
knew that the office of sheriff was a stepping-stone
and pnssport to the office of alderman of the city of
Lon& n. A person who conducted himaelf with pro-
priety in the office of sheriff, and discharged the
duties to the satisfaction of the citizens of London, so
as to earn their regard and esteem, thus would have
great hfluence and effect when the office of alderman
became vacant, and that person appeared and offered
himself as a candidate. When a responsible and
burdensome office was imposed upon any man, which
led to others as the rewards of that labour and re-
sponsibility, and their Lordships compel him to fulfil
the preliminary office, and to discharge the burden-
some duties, while they excluded him from the higher
and lucrative office, which was its usual reward—

(Hear, hear)—nothing could be more unjust than
such a proceeding—nothing more impolitic and un-
sise than to withhold rewards for the discharge of
duties in a laborious and responsible office. That
was not only unjust and impolitic, but the manner
in which it was effected was vexatious. A gentle-
man in the office of sheriff gained the esteem and ap-
probation of his fellow-citizens, and was unanimously
elected Alderman. He went to the Mayor and Alder-
men to be admitted. He offered to take the oaths,
but the answer was, " there is, in addition to these, a
declaration prescribed by the 9th Geo. IV., which
you will have to take first." That declaration was, that
the person elected would not use the influence, power,
or authority of his office to injure the Protestant re-
ligion or the Protestant Church of this country. All
this the person elected was willing to declare, but he
was told that he must subscribe the declaration in the
true faith of a Christian. That ho could not consci-
entiously subscribe. If it were necessary to exclude
the Jews, let it he done by direct legislation. Hera
was an individual, a county magistrate, a deputy -
lieutenant, capable of being elected and bound. to
serve the office of the Sheriff of London, educated
in the City, brought up in commercial
pursuits, and intimately acquainted with the
trade and local interi;sts of London. Would their

Lordsl-ips pad a Bill to exclude such a man from
the oPI;c of Alderman, and if not, they ought not to
do Lo 1:y the circuitous means now r.dopted. Per-
haps their LorchWips w re not acquainttil with the
rice distinctions upon this ~ulject. These dEtine-
tions ccre the subject tif inquiry in the Court of
Queen':, Bench, wt!,!re a Noble Lord near him de-
eidtd that it was the duty of the Court of Alder-
n tc alnit him upon his taking the ooths, leaving
it to lato;:elf to sign the declaration when he thought
but if he neglected to do so, he was protected by
the Act of Indtinnity. That decision was revel-Fed
by a writ of error, in the Court of Exchequer, which

ruled that the declaration should be taken at the time
of presenting himself, and that the Mayor, and Court
of Aldermen had the right to prescribe the order in
which the oaths and the declarations should be taken.
The result was, that the Court of Aldermen, who
had no voice in the election, might, by prescribing
the declaration in the first instance, exclude the person
elected, and place an officer favoured by them, but
not elected by the citizens, thus giving the aldermen
control over the elections in which they had no con-
cern. That was not the case in other towns in Eng-
land. In Birmingham the oaths were taken first, and
if the declaration were not signed afterwards, the
neglect was protected by the Act of Indemnity.
Thus it was in Birmingham, Portsmouth, Southamp
ton, and other places. Ilis object was to get rid of
these anomalies, and to place the matter on a clear
and distinct footing. The mode which he propost d
was well known to their Lordships. It was when
the declaration was about to be taken by a person of
a Jewish persuasion, that the words "in the true
faith of a Christian" should be omitted. They had
done this in the case of Quakers, Aloravians, Inde-
pendents, and others, who had scruples of conscience
against that form. lie might be told that the object
of the words was to exclude Jess s, but he had a case
in favour of th's view, in times less liberal than the
present, when people saw dangers that were not now
apprehended, and were disposed to be more chime-
rical. In the 10th year of George 1., the same words
were omitted in favour of the Jews from the declara-
tion prescribed by the Abjuration Act. In the Act,
the 14th of George 11., the same exception in favour
of the Jews was made. He thought it right to rest
his case on these limited grounds, lest the particular
hardship might be lost sight of, if he went into a
wider discussion of principles. He would not go
into details of what was dose in other countries—in
France, in Belgium, in the United States of America,
and, above all, in Holland—(Hear, hear)—where,
without any distinctior, for a great number of years,
Jews had been admitted into the highest offices with-
out any inconvenience, and to the satisfaction of all
enlightened minds. In the Austrian States a great
improvement was proceeding; but Prussia was taking
the lead of liberality to the Jews. Jews were ad-
mitted to the schools and universities, and several of
them attained the highest distinctions in the learned
professions. (The Noble Lord then read a document
to the effect that the Jews in the Prussian universities
and the learned professions in Prussia, distinguished
for learning and genius, were considerably more than
in the proportion of their numbers to the other race.)
There was nothing that he more regretted than the
degradation of this class; and their Lordships had
always expressed a sympathy for the disabilities to
which they were exposed. And under these circum-
stances he did hope that their Lordships would pass
the Bill which he now submitted to their attention.—
(Hear, hear.) He thought it unnecessary to enter
on any lengthened review of the Acts which related
to the hardships and disabilities to which members of
the Jewish persuasion were exposed; and he thought
that the time was come when all the obsolete Acts
by which tl-ese disabilties were imposed should be swept
from the statute book. He need only refer to one of
those similar Acts which had been imposed in former
times—he meant, that of Edward I.—by which members
Of the Jewish persuasion were not only confined to par-
ticular towns, but to particular districts of those towns,
called " Jewries," and by which they were obliged to
affix certain badges to their outer garments, which ex-
pressed their religious opinions and callings. This, he
thought, was a sufficieat review to justify the House-in
sweet ing those acts from the statute book.
The Bishop of LONDON said that he bad but one
observation to make on this Bill. He should not now
oppose it, for he knew that would only bring on a use-
less discussion ; but he would beg their Lordships to
observe that by this silent acquiescence in the second
reading he by no means precluded himself from Opposing
it in a future state. He would not pledge himself to
any particular line of conduct with regard to the Bill.
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE said that he was
not at all surprised at the declaration just made by the
Right Rev. Prelate, but he nevertheless rejoiced at the
introduction of this Bill, and he trusted that the time
was not far distant when all disabilities would be re-
moved from the members of the Jewish persuasion. He
c ;uld nut help congratulating the Noble and Learned
Lord on the Woohaek on the perfect consistency of his
conduct on this occasion. He (the. Marquis of Lans-
downe) recollected that five years ago the Noble and
Learned Lord had presented a petition from Mr. Salo-
mons, for the very privilege which this Bill was about to
confer, and he would therefore congratulate the house
on the progress of liberal opinions, and hoped they
would find encouragement in the wise course they had
now adopted. His firm impression was, that the time
was not far distant when a full consideration of this sub-
ject would be called for, and when that House would be
compelled to do justice to a class of men than whom
none were more respectable ; and that without in the
least inconveniencing the public interests of the country.
What could be more injurious to the public interests,
what more unjust to the individuals themselves, than
that while respectable men of the Jewish persuasion
should be admitted to the magistracy in counties, they
should be excluded in corporations? What more ridt-
culous than that they were fit for the office of -Sfiiiiff
and Justice of the Peace, and yet be incompetent to fill
the office of-Alderman of the city of London? He cor-
dially supported the Bill brought in by the Noble and
Learned Loral upon the Woolsack.
Lord BROUGHAM said he entirely concurred in
tho opinions that had fallen from the Noble Lord who
had just spoken, and he hoped that the measure brought
in by his NoVe and Learned Friend upon the Wool
sack would be passed without one voice being raised
against it. While he thought that no long time would
t lapse ere further cone, ssiens were made to the Jews,
he yet thought that the limited Bill of his Noble and
Learned Friend was more politic and more expedient than
a more extended iresieure would be at that time. It was
certainly a most ridiculous anomaly that members of the
Jewish persuasion should be empowered to act as
ministers of justice in counties, and be denied the same
privileges—he would not call them privileges, he would
say rights—in corporations. It would be most ungrate-
ful in him--it would be most unjust to his fellow la-
bourers in the city ( f London—if he did not take the
opportunity of recording the great, the charitable, the
generous, the magnificent aid rendered by the gentlemen
of the Jewish persuasion to all sects and all classes, their
enlightened industry in promoting wise and useful ob-
jects, without regard to creed or sect, and the readiness
with a hich they aided, with purse and hand, any scheme
which was calculatsd to advance the interests of their
fellow-subjects.
Lord CAMPBELL adverted to the Bill brought in in
1810, to remove the disabilities that pressed upon the
Jaas. That Bill was rejected by a large majority in
that llouse. When he had the honour, in 1831, of being
Attorney-General he, in the case of Mr. Salomons, re
ferred to by the Noble Lord, brought in a 13111 to re-
move those disabilities, but only in the single instance of
sheriff ; and that Bill was founded upon the analogy tint
existed beta eon the duties of sheriffs in counties and
sheriffs in corporations, and that as the former were not
required to make the declaration, so ought not the latter.
He was exceedingly glad that a change had been made,
and he hoped that in the next session of Parliament the
Noble and Learned Lord on the Woolsa k would come
down to the House with a Bill which would enable a
person of the Jewish persuasion not only to sit in the
Court of Aldermen of the City of London, but to a seat
in the Legislature of the country.
The Bishop of LONDON would offer no opposition to
the Bill because he did not wish to promote discussion,
but he begged it to be understood that the Bill was not
to be taken as an instalment of future concessions.
Lord COLCHESTER said the speech of the Noble
and Learned Lord opposite (Lord Campbell) had almost
persuaded him to oppose the measure, but it nevertheless
was not his intention to do so. But in assenting to the
Bill it must be understood that he did not for a moment
think it right and proper that persons of the Jewish per
suasion should ever hold a seat in Parliament.
Lord REDESDALE said it had been stated that
there was a similarity between this measure and a
Bill introduced in '1841; but this was strictly not the
case. There might be a similarity in the two preambles,
but in any other respect there certainly was none.
After a few words of explanation from Lord CAMP-
BELL, which did not reach the gallery,
The LORI) CHANCELLOR said the Bill of 1841
related to muaicipal corporations, and no doubt this
had induced his Noble and Learned Friend to assume
that there was a similarity between the two. The Noble
and Learned Lord had certainly opposed the measure is
a circuitous mode, and it appeared to him, from what
had fallen from a Noble Lord on the Ministerial side of
the House that this circuitous opposition had nearly
proved successful.—(Laughter.)
The Bill was then lead a second time, and ordered to
be committed