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Majority against Ministers,

The resolution for the repeal of the Stamp Duty on
Newspapers was negatived by 282 to 100, and that for
repealing the Paper Duty was negatived by 277 to 82.
FRIDAY, APRIL 15.

Mr. TOLLEMACHE presented a petition from Birken-
head for the repeal of the Attorneys' Certificate duty.
LEICESTER ELECTION.-Mr. DIVETT brought up the
report of the Leicester Election Committee, which de-
clared Sir J. Walmsley and Mr. Gardner duly elected.
The Mayo and Barnstaple Election Committees were
sworn.

SLATION.-.

Mr. CARDWELL moved

)t resolutions, making provisions of considerable
mportance respecting railway and canal bills, which,
after some discussion, were agreed to.
SEIZURE OF ANIMUNITION.—In answer to a question,
Lord PALMERSTON said that, information having been
received that, in a house near Rotherhithc, not occupied
by M. Kossuth, there was a quantities of warlike stores,
and especially gunpowder, the house was entered by the
police, who found 70 cases ready for transmission, con.
taming ball-rockets for war purposes, a considerable
number of rockets in various stages of preparation, iron
cases, unloaded shells, composition for filling the rockets,
and 500 lbs. of gunpowder, all which articles were seized
by the police. It remained to be ascertained to whom
the premises and ammunition belonged.

THE JEW BILL

On the order for the third reading of the Jewish Dis-
abilities Bill, Mr. C. BRUCE moved to defer it for six
months, summing up his objections to the bill in this
sentence :—" That the bill went to unchristianise the le-
gislature, since it involved a principle of reckless infidelity."
Mr. WHITESIDE maintained that in every part of the
system of the constitution and law of England Christianity
was to be found, and that the oath which excluded Jews
was the exposition of a deep and settled principle of our
law, which was founded upon Christianity.
Sergeant MURPHY said his own interpretation agreed
with that of Lord J. Russell, namely, that while Chris.
tianity was so engrafted upon our system of law that it
was not to be reviled, scoffed at, or blasphemed, the law
did not forbid the conscientious exercise of a religion
opposed to Christianity.

In the subsequent discussion, the Bill was supported by
the SOLICITOR-GENERAL, Mr. BRIGHT, and Lord J.
RUSSELL, and opposed by Mr. GOULBURN, Mr. R.
MooRE, and Sir Roar. PEEL. The latter denounced, in
very strong terms, the course which he imputed to certain
members of the Government upon religious questions,
and proceeded to argue against the measure, which, he
said, so long as he bad the bower of speech, he should not
hesitate to stigmatise as derogatory to our institutions
and inimical to the national sentiment.--Lord J. RUS-
SELL attempted to answer the objection, that this mea-
sure would unchristianise parliament, by repeating that,
if this was a Christian country, though having Jews in it,
parliament would be a Christian parliament, notwith-
standing the admission of a few Jews.—Upon a division,
the motion was carried by 290 to 232.

LORD HARDINGE has made a new rule that he will not
appoint any candidate to a commission unless he has been
a twelvemonth on the list, however powerful may be the
ihtereet used la his behalf.