The southern press., 1851-08-06
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ENGLAND.


ENGLAND.
The JEWISH QUESTION IN PARLIAmEsT-E
PULsioS OF NIX. SAL0MoSs-Th was a sin
gular scene - the House Of Commons on Fri
day, jury ~ The speaker took the chair at ten
minutes 70 four o'clock, at which tin the House
was unusually crowded, there having been about
300 members present Mr.. Alderman hoIomons.
the recently elected member for Greensvich. Who
is OF the Jewish faith, presented himself a The
table, and, having requested 10 be sworn on III,
Old Testament be took the oaths Of allecianca
supremacy, and abjuration; but in the last'nsn,ed
oath he substituted for the closing words. On
the true faith Of Christian" the exclamation.
/" So help me God" Having a. he stated. th,,s
taken the oaths in the form and with the caremo.
MES binding on bis conscience, ia accordance
/ with the statue l and 2 Victoria, G. lO5, he de-
.manded to be permitted to subscribe the oath Of
abjuration and to declare to his property qualifi
cation. The speaker informed him that, having
failed to take the oath of ahjuration in the form
prescribed by law, he must retire below the bar.
The honorable gentleman, however, took his
seatrpext TO Sir William Aiolesworth, ilnmedi-
ately below the ministerial bench, whereupon
there arose cries Of = Withdraw r. and aOrder!,
and considerable upeoaf, and the speaker then
plainly intimated that the alderman must with.
draw. Led by Mr ]. A. Smith, Mr. Salomons
went below the bar; but'this did not sat,sfythe
House, and he ultimately obeyed the order d
withdraw by going up the steps Of the lords
gallery, and standing there during the discussion
which took place relative I'd he case. Sir B.
Hall then stated that Mr. Salomons was anxious
to try, before the legal tribunasVof the country.
his right to sit in the House as the Representa-
tive Of the people of Greenwich and the Hon.
Baronet wished to know whether what had been
done was enough to induce the government to
instruct the attorney general to prosecute the
honorable gentleman, in order that the question
might be fairly and fully kied. In the absence
of Lord John Russell, the chancellor Of the ex-
chequer was not prepared to reply to the oues-
ton on the instant; and he suggested that in 90
grave a matter the House s,ould take time for
deliberation and inquiry and postpone the sub
ject until Monday. After brief, but rather
warm discussion, this suggestion was agreed to.
On Thursday, the speaker announced that he
had received letter from Mr.. SaIomons, COM
planning that the minutes of fridays proceed
ings contained no mention of the document
which he attempted to read at the table OF the
house, and afterwards handed in. The speaker
said that those minutes properly excluded men,
ton of anything which had taken place after
Mr. Salomons had been ordered to withdraw
Sir B. Hall asked whether the government
would authorize prosecution of Mr.. Salomons
for the acts he had done upon that occasion
Lord John Russell replied that he did not
consider that a prosecution ought at present to
be ordered by government.
Sir b. Hall said that the only course then
open to Mr.. Salomons was to take his seat in
the house. kas
Upon this ntimation, Mr Salomons, who had
been sitting under the gallery, came down into
the house, and took his seat IN the front Of the :
liberal benches, between Sir w. Molesworthand
Mr.. G. Anstey This step was followed By the
very noisy manifestations Of appreciation and The
reverse, which tasted for some time e.
The speaker ordered Mr.. Salomons to with
draw, but that gentleman did not obey the order :
An excited disthssion arose, which continued
for several hours. Mr.. Saomons persisted in
keeping his seat and in voting on three different
motions that came up, subjecting himself to
f500 fine each time At length, after sn inef-
fectual attempt to adjourn, the house divided on
the original motion, that Mr.. Salomons do
withdraw
For the motion 23l against it 81. Majority
for the motion $50.
The speaker then called upon Mr.. Alderman
Salomons, pursuant to the resolution of the
house, TO withdraw.
Mr.. Alderman Salomons still retained his seat.
The speaker directed the sergeant-at-arms
to move MIR. Alderman Salomons below the bar.
The sergeant.atarms having approached the
honorable member for the purpose Of CARRYING
the speakers orders into effect,
The honorable gentleman retired below the
bar.
Lod ]. Russell then stated that the resolu-
ton he should propose this day would be exactly
similar TO that he moved in the case of Baron
othschid-Ac cjourned.
The ROMAN CATHOLIC QURsTroS.-On mo-
ton of the Marquis Of Lansdowne, the EccIesi-
astcal Titles Assumption Bill was read sec.
ond time in the House Of Lords, on Monday,
July 2lst. He discaimed any intention of en-
tering into doctrnal discussions, considering that
the bill had no other object than to assert and
enforce the hitherto undsputed right of the
crown TO prohibit the use Of titles conferred by
foreign potentates, and TO resist the slightest
approach TO the exercise Of territorial jurisdic-
tion.
The Earl Of Aberdeen spoke forcibly against
the bill. In going through the details Of the
he pointed attention to the clause re-
lsting TO the Protestant Bishops IN Scotland,
saying that the footing on which they were es-
tablished was exactly that on which he desired
TO see the Roman Catholic prelates placed
With reference TO the complaints made against
the arrogance Of the Pope, they amounted to a
complaint against his existence but there evil 4
dently was no intention on the part Of the Pope
TO offer the least offence to the crown of Eng
land. There were many persons who had just
reason to complain Of the bill, but none had
greater cause than the Pope, for the declarations
of Lord John Russell and other ministers laid
n trap from which he could scarcely expect 10
escape. If the bill continued TO be anything
but dead letter, there never again would be
pence in Ireland.
Lord Beaumont declared that his cordial sup
port should be given TO the bill, regarding II as
a great national protest, which the necessity Of
the case had rendered unavoidable. - =
The Duke Of Wellington had always endeav-
ored to support the heprovisions of the great mea-
sure Of 1929. bot when the recent proceedings
of the court of Rome were brought under bis
notice. he felt at once that they could not be