Star.
London, England, 1830-05-18 00:00:00

hived he met in the street the other day, who asked him, if he
voted against this measure, how he could ever hope to borrow money ?
But he replied, that the Jew would be just as ready to lend him
money as before, since it was for his own sake, and not for that of
the borrower, that he afforded the accommodation • and he quoted
the passage in the .14roliant of Venice, in which,when Fhilock says,
Fair Sir, you spat on me, on Wednesday last;
You spurned me such a day ; another time
You csll'd me dog;"--and so on.
But Antonio replies—
" I am as like to call thee so again,
To spit on thee again, to spurn thee too.
If thou wilt lend this money, lend it not
As to thy friends (for when did friendship take
A breed of barren metal of his friend ?)
But lend it rather to thine enemy ;
Who, if he break, thou may'st with better face
Exact the penalty."
In conclusion, he never could give his permission that Turk, Jew,
or Infidel, should be made a member of this house.
Mr. MILDMAY was understood to say, that unfortunately on
this subject his mind was not in unison with the opinions of his
constituents. Still, however, he should not abandon principle for
interest; for if he did, he was well aware that he should not only
inflict pain on his own feelings, but that mode of conciliating the
goodwill of his constituents would occasion him to lose their
respect. Ho should therefore give his support to this mea-
sure. It was insinuated that those who favoured the measure
now before the house wished to overturn the Constitution.—
He yielded to no man in a wish to support and maintain
the Church of England in all its purity ; for he believed diet
in doing so he should best contribute to the welfare of the people
in this world, and should must truly promote their happiness
in the next. lie was anxious to discover a rag, a scrap of an
argument—nay, even • pretence for an argument against this mea-
sure; but, so help him Heaven, he had not been able to do so—
(Hear, and a laugh.) It had been said we could not amalgamate
with them. Why, we had amalgamated with the Prussian, the
Russian, and the Turk—(No, no, no !)—and these were neither
Russians nor Turks, but fellow.subjects, with one common interest
with ourselves. He knew that some persons supposed that the
Jews hated the country, and were influenced by a feeling inimical
to the constitution. He denied that such was the fact. But if
it were true, what he would ask, was the cause? The answer,
was, the constitution itself. It treated their Intentions with
scorn—it cooled their friends—it heated their enemies, and then
the makers and supporters of this constitution turned round, and
made an accusation that they pursued their own interests against
those of others. The gallant Gen. had spoken of our institutions as
if they always had been, and always were to remain unaltered.—
What would have been the case if such had always been the princi-
ples on which our ancestors had acted ? We should have been a
nation of slaves. The noble lord near him had supposed that the
Jews never could and never would amalgamate with their fellow.
subjects; but for himself he could see no reason for enteraining
such an opinion, and he looked forward with confidence to the happy
results of this measure.