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Baron Rothschild at the Table of the House of Commons [in London] - Taking the Oaths, 1850. '...extraordinary scene...one of the most curious of the episodes in the history of the struggle for the complete establishment of civil and religious liberty in this country; and, though neither the enthusiasm nor the theological hate which characterised the different phases of the contest in days gone by, were conspicuous, the occasion was, nevertheless, one of very remarkable interest. The present state of the case is, that Baron Rothschild's claim to sit in the House of Commons without taking the oath of abjuration, according to the form which retains the words "on the true faith of a Christian," remains undecided. The debate on the resolutions submitted to the House by the Government is fixed for Monday next, when it is expected a final result will be arrived at in this vexed question'. From "Illustrated London News", 1850.