A Jew having been ordered to find bail for lurking
about the area of the house of Sir WILLIAM CURTIS in a suspicious manner, the enlightened Baronet is said, in the Police Report, to have . . . . "left the office, &elating emphatically as lac went our, that he would discharge any of his servants who might take upon themselves to aahnit a Jew, whether honest or otherwise, into his house again."
Why was not Sir WILLIAM made an Alderman of, like his father before him ? The Aldermanic understanding seems to have descended unimpaired to the son. Why are not Aldermen, as well as Peers, hereditary- ? The case of Sir W issi AM CURTIS affords a striking argument in favour of such a regulation. How subtile is the reasoning of this son of an Alderman ! A Jew is suspected of a felonious design ; he is not proved guilty of even a dishonest intent; therefore, says Sir \Vim.' aen no Jew, he he honest or otherwise, shall enter my premises. The sentence of perpetual exclusion from the premises of CURTIS, ABliCling as it must be to the Jewish race—(how can Rousso's' cn live under it?) —may appear at first thought harsh and cruel : but observe, the Jew is wily suspected ; therefore to banish none but dishonest Jews, would be either to give permission to the suspected indi- vidual to come again, he not being proved dishonest,—or to imply a doubt of his honesty, which the charitable Baronet desired to avoid. To protect his property, therefore, the chivalrous CURTIS denies lihnself the honour of entertaining a Roansenisn: nay, who knows but that BRAHAM, though he has embraced Christi- anity, would be ineligible? Yet Sir WILLIAM patronizes music, and it would be a great punishment to him to turn away the great vocalist, whatever he might feel with respect to the leviathan of the Money-market. The Jews may bid adieu to Sir WILLIAM CURTIS'S house, for the owner never will bid a Jew to it again. P. S.—Mr. IsAAc GOLDSMID has since called on the Baro- net for an explanation. He is satisfied, however, and the whole Jewish nation may be comforted ; for Sir WILLIAM not only makes a non mi ricordo denial of the words, but professes, in the fulness of his regret, he meant no disrespect to the Jews. How should he, if he did not use the words ? The Baronet denies too much. Be it known, however, to the whole Christian and Jewish community, that they are banished from the area of Sir WILLIAM CURTIS'S house: the door of his butler's pantry is for ever shut upon them. Not even the Mahomedan vender of rhubarb is permitted the privilege of approaching the kitchen : all strangers are prohibited. We recommend other owners of " plate" to follow the example of Sir WILLIAM CURTIS, and issue their edicts from the Magistrates' bench, that the public may have due notice,- and their servants he
properly impressed. "
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