The Sun.
London, England, 1829-07-02 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL.

TUESDAY, JuLr I.—High water 35 minutes past
ten o'clock.—Wind N.N.W.— Arrived the William
Thompson, Maxwell, from New York ; Liverpool, --,
from Boston ; Levant Star, Owens, from Messina ; En-
nigheten, Sneckenstrom, from Bogo ; Zaresa Alexandra,
Tuleff, from St. Petersburgh ; Charlotte, , from
Dantzic ; Germania, Bencke, from Wismar ; Delight,
from Westport,

CLEARED OUTWARDS.-The Eliza, Fell, for Douglas ;
Sagenay, Cumming, for Para ; Eleanor, Quayle, for
Douglas; Jansen, Wardle, for Lima ; Eliza, Gray, for
Oporto. _ .

Passed Holyhead, inward bound, the Margaret, from
New Orleans.

DISQUALIFICATIONS OF THE JEWS.

Yesterday, in pursuance of the motion of Mr.
Pellatt, of St. Paul's-church-yard, seconded by Mr.
Oldham, and agreed to by the Court of Common
Council nem con., a special committee sat to con-
sider by what (if by any) disqualifications Jews,
indigenous to this country, are prevented from en-
joying the corporate rights of the city of London.
Mr. Oldham, whose liberal views with respect to
religious and civil disabilities of any kind arc well
known, was called to the chair.
It is matter of notoriety that a limited number of
Jews only are allowed to act as brokers; and that a
Jew, in order to become one upon the death of any
broker who professes that religion, must pay an enor-
mous sum of money to the Lord Mayor, during
whose mayoralty the vacancy occurs, for the office.
The sum of 1,3001., 1,4001., and sometimes 1,5001.
has been given to the Chief Magistrate for liberty to
perform duties which another person may perform
without any such expensive sanction. The Com-
mittee were not in possession of any information
on this topic. They did not know at what
period the custom of demanding so reproachful
a penalty originated, nor what circumstances gave
rise to it; but they thought that if the privilege of
practicing were allowed to a few, the refusal of it to
the many could not be vindicated upon what would
now be considered reasonable grounds. It was
finally determined by the Committee, that the City
Solicitor should be applied to, with instructions to
search the ancient records for authorities on the
subject, and the Committee will no doubt recom-
mend, if the laws contain restrictive clauses with
respect to the Jews, that such insulting arid inequi-
table distinctions be immediately abolished. That
enactments of a prejudicial nature do exist on the
records of the city against the Jews, there is no
doubt, but the noble instance of liberality of late
testified by the Corporation is a security for
the abandonment of any contracted regulation!,
The most respectable Jews in the country look with
a great degree of anxiety to the result of the labours
of the Committee; but in speaking of the refusal of
the common rights of citizens to them, they never
glance at the recently granted, though long denied,
justice to the Roman Catholics. It is not generally
known that the members of the Court of Common
Council have very numerous and pressing duties to
perform. Every day Committees sit for several
hours. Indeed, the duties are of such a nature as
to render it necessary that a member should almost
make an election between his own profession or trade
and the office of Common Councilman. If the for-
mer be not such as can be conducted without his
personal application, he must look to the conse-
quences. Of late years many members have been
victims to their zeal in the Corporation.

There were exported from Sydney during the
last year 800,0001bs. of wool, 150,0001b5. of which were
the produce of Van Die►nen's Land. This falls consider-
ahly short of the total export of this article during the
same period from that Wand.