a Christian," the form prescribed by the rules of the house.
He was then ordered by the speaker to withdraw. Mr. Salomons sat down on
one of the benches o the ministerial side of the house, but the speaker
insisted upon his withdrawal, upon which he returned to the bar, but
under protest of his right to take his seat. Called upon, in the
course of the discussion which ensued, by various members to do so, he
repeatedly resumed his seat, addressed the house, and voted on divisions
concerning himself. After long protracted and violent discussions, he
was conducted forcibly by the sergeant-at-arms below the bar. The house,
at the instance of Lord John Russell, resolved that he had not a right
to sit until he took the oath of abjuration on the true faith of
a Christian. Lord John at the same time intimated his intention to
persevere in seeking the emancipation of Jewish citizens from all civil
disabilities on account of their religion. These events in the English
House of Commons attracted the attention of the Jewish community all
over the world, and the reports were perused extensively abroad as well
as at home.

On the 27th of May a party debate arose upon the conduct of Lord
Torrington, when governor of Ceylon. Debates occurred in both houses,
the object of the opponents of government being to condemn the policy
of Lord Torrington, and the friends of government to uphold him. Nothing
was proved against his lordship sufficient to justify the course
pursued against him, but it was made plain that his appointment to the
government of a colony as distracted as it was important, did not arise
from the noble lord's fitness, but from his political interest; and that
Earl Grey, the whig colonial minister, had performed his official duties
in a way crotchety, self-sufficient, and arrogant--in the spirit of the
partizan rather than of the patriot.

Various bills were passed in reference to administrative departments
of the church, and of the state. A bill for the removal of Smithfield
market was carried on humane and sanitary considerations, after a
discreditable opposition from the corporation of London. Law reform
made some progress, especially in connection with the court of chancery.
There were several sharp discussions and important motions on colonial
and foreign affairs, which will be more appropriately noticed when
referring to those departments of the history of the year.

On the 8th of August parliament was prorogued, a