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mined in the first instance to be suitable to the circum-
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stances of

hat such revised scale take

respectively, upon the then next
2 That on the Ist day of January,

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1845, a

of all the bishoprics
Lary, 1837, to the 31st

clay of December, 1843, was presented to Parliament, and
n the 6th day of February, 1846. and the

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16th d

1846, respectively, were presented the
neral reports of the Ecclesiastical Com-

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ng how the provisions of th
een carried out. 3. That, from these
I by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners
trs to this House that the provisions
un IV,, c. 77, so far as relates to
been carried out accord-

of the Act 6
the I

iiament

ided the motion. He would say

at the outset
to the abuse:

; he believed those who shut their eyes
existed in the working of the E,tab-
taps the worst enemies of the Church.
the hon. member for Cockermouth had
ni this question was, in his estimation,

with h

nt were
•s.)

motion
He beli

eat importance, and he was willing to go along
in the resolutions which he had proposed.
the hon. member intended to follow up his

he did not know

I with him that some further proceedings were
r as the working of the Ecclesiastical Commis-
sion could not be satisfactory to those who considered it
in all its bearings. (Hear, hear.) He did not believe
that the hon. gentleman meant to make an attack on the
prelates. It was the system worked as it had been that
lie spoke ot, and wtout. icd v. 1., to tuv,v., the active, nine,
and intelligent view which he had done of the whole sub-
ject. He would repeat that the greatest enemies of the
clergy were those who winked at abuses, and shut their

that such was his intention

he agr

of this kind. He would not lose sight of
the Act of 7th of William IV. had respect
it ulterior end ; that its object was to put
bishoprics on a proper footing, and ultimately to promote
the comforts of the working clergy. If the object of

that Act was that any funds-which might be found to
exist should be applied to that object, unquestionably
they ought to be so directed. On these grounds, there-
.

Lord J. RUSSELL said that Mr. Horsman could hardly
lope that the house would affirm a resolution to the effect
that the ecclesiastical commissioners had not fulfilled the
trust reposed in them, and he, therefore, hoped he would
withdraw his motion. _ He was not at present prepared to

Etuuniustenng cue
he did not see his way clearly,
g to legislate until he did.

church revenues
and

The house divided, and the motion, which was some-
what modified at the instance of Mr. HEYWOOD, was
negatived by a majority of 130 to 65.
Mr. PACKE obtained leave to bring in a bill to alter
the time for holding the Epiphany Quarter Sessions. The
object of the bill was to postpone these sessions from the
week after the 28th December, when they are now held,
to the week after December 31st. By that means the
judges, the witnesses, and the bar would have an oppor-
tunity, which they now did not possess, of enjoying their
Christmas holidays.
Sir G. GREY thought that some objection to the bill
might arise hereafter on the ground of its interference
with term.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

-WEDNESDAY

The nomination of the committee to inquire into the
causes of the late commercial panic was proceeded with
this day. A notice stood on the paper in the name of
Lord G. Bentinck, that on the appointment of the com-
mittee; he should move the following substitutions :
Mr. liastie for Mr. Labouchere, Mr. W. Brown for Mr.
Cardwell, Mr. Henley for Mr. Ricardo, Mr. Pattison for
Sir W. Clay, and Mr. Muntz for Mr. J. Wilson. The
twenty-six names proposed by the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer were therefore put seriatim to the house, and on
coming to each of those for which Lord G. Bentinck pro-
osed to substitute others, divisions took place on each,
but the hon. members named by the government were
carried by considerable majorities.
Mr. BROTIIERTON brought forward his motion to pre-
-vent the house as much as possible sitting after twelve
o'clock at night ; but, after a short discussion, it was
negatived by a majority of 57 to 33.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—THURSDAY.
A great many petitions were presented among them one
by Sir R. Inglis, from Oxford University against the ad-
mission of Jews to Parliament, and some in favour of
their admission.
Lord. Jonx RUSSELL said that he was in correspondence
,with the Duke of Wellington on the subject of the de-
fences of the country, but that he was ignorant of the let-
ter purporting to be written by his Grace on the same
subject, until ho saw it in print.
In reply to a question Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that
le did not intend to bring forward any measure to relieve
•Dissenters from church rates.
Lord J. RUSSELL then moved that the house resolve
'itself into committee on the removal of the civil and poli-
tical disabilities affecting her Majesty's Jewish subjects.
Ile based his motion on the simple but solid ground that
every Englishman born was entitled to every honour and
-advantage which the British constitution held out, and
that religious opinions ought not to be any obstacle to
the enjoyment of those honours and those advantages.
Unless, then, something could be proved to disqualify the
„Jews, natives of this realm, for civil and political office,
they were entitled to all the privileges which British sub-
jects claimed as their birthright. Our present restrictions
Aid not attain the end which they were intended to accom-
plish ; for whilst they excluded those who felt the religious
.obligation of an oath, they did not exclude those who
'denied religious obligation altogether. Complaints had
been made that the Jews held up Christ as an impostor,
end were constant revilers of Christianity. Now, was
-there ever any man who sneered more at Christianity than
Mr. Gibbon, and yet he had taken his seat in that house,
lad held office on the true faith of a Christian, and had
sat on the treasury benches with a government which had
.upheld the very highest church doctrines. Mr. Hume
bad never sat in that house, but he had held the office of
English Charge d'Affaires at Paris ; Sir R. Inglis could
;le Jew who had undermined Christianity
vet Mr. Hume would have taken the de-
required to be made at the table, with a
t what he would have deemed the folly of
le appealed to the house in the name of
of England, which was a friend to free-
-1 justice, and an enemy of every kind of
to take away this last remnant of religious
ppealed to it also in the name of our
thich was a religion of love and charity,
dictated to us to do unto others as we
mild do unto us. The noble lord then
md cheers from all sides of the house.
ked the house whether they would have
.1 the motion before the house ? If un-
sure of the house to go into a
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