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There is no learned man but will confess...
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WAR. Momus /o Mart. *• Thy sword within ...
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Mauri age with a deceased wife-s SISTER....
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Public Opinion. - Let children be oarly ...
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Cnmntfrrinl affairs.
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MONEY MARKET AND CITY INTELLIGENCE. Fkid...
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BANK OF ENGLAND. An Account, pursuant to...
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SHARES. Last Official Quotation for Week...
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J Uly 5, 1851.] __—————
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riN THIS DEPARTMENT , AS ALL OHMONS , HOWEVBB EXTRBMB , [ ABE ALLOWED AN EXPRESSION . THB EDITOR NECESSARILY MOLDS HIMSELF RKSPONSIBLE FOR NONE . ]
There Is No Learned Man But Will Confess...
There is no learned man but will confess he hath much profited by reading controversies , his senses awakened , ind rua juaWent sharpened . If , then , it be profitable for him to read , why should it not , at least , be tolerable for ias adversary to write . —M ilton .
War. Momus /O Mart. *• Thy Sword Within ...
WAR . Momus / o Mart . *• Thy sword within the scabbard keep , And let mankind agree ; Betier the world were fast asleep , Than kept awake by thee . The fools are only thinner , With all our cost and care , But neither side a winner , . For things are as they were . " Dryden ' s Secular Mask . Liverpool , Jaly 1 , 1851 . Sir , —The only mistake , here , of Dryden is in his affirming that , at the conclusion of any war , " things are as they were . "
At the termination of every war that England has ¦ waged with any of the Continental powers , her national debt , since its commencement , has been increased , until , in the last struggle of our aristocracy , in aiding to force back a legitimate monarch upon the French throne , it was rendered so enormous , such a " millstone round the neck of this nation , " that nothing but a bankruptcy of its Government can ever again free its industrious millions from a load of taxation daily becoming more intolerable . Ev . ry reflecting man that has rrad history , must be well aware that war has ever had an inevitable effect of inducing and extending slavery ; and that not only the vanquished are reduced to this state by war , but the conquerors , too , by the addition necessarily made to the number and power of their princes .
The peace society , with Cobden as one of its leaders , is now laudably exerting itself for the promotion of its assigned object . But how long would Emperors , Kin « s , and Princes , exist in Europe , were all their military forces disbanded ? Common sense might reply , " A very short time only ! " And why do all the potentates of Europe keep up such large standing armies ? Knavery answers , F .-r the preservation of the " balance of power ; " and for the protection of the rights of one people aguinst aggressions from another ! But Truth , if »« he dared speak out , would Bay , Solely for the maintaining of what are impiously called the divine rights of a few families that is , thtir hereditary claims to farm nations as their individual
properties . And for no oth- r than the name reasons all nations are cunningly kept jealous and fearful of each other through the arts of their selfish rule ™ , who at the same time foment certain discords even amongst their own nuhjects . Thus Catholicism and Protestantism , VVhiggism and Toryism , have for centuries served the purposes of despotism under its various guises in different countries . For the present , our national debt has rivet » ed the chains of England ! for ev < ry man , every working-man in ihi * country , M obli
* ° w ged to yield up more than h . If , if not threeiourihs , or live-sixths , of the proceeds of his industry " > Ins rulers , to pay the interest of the national debt " l whu : h t' > e aristocrac y of birth or wealth alone f 'uracted , and who alone derivo any advantage from * ts existence . I **' ! r ctor time 8 for the industrious are looming 2 » c'y u * the distance ! A Continental democratic on » 8 not an impossibility nor a chiinaora ; it is yearly , <> t hourl y , approaching to a coiiRumin ition * uace , Umty , and Perseverance ! Yours , Video
Mauri Age With A Deceased Wife-S Sister....
Mauri age with a deceased wife-s SISTER . o , ^ Dover . July 1 , 1851 . kiml >~" i nnki nK I ) r " Leo 8 moHt lleaitily for h * l ) roc . "' i' 10 "'! ' 1 reply , I will , with your permission , aider it - tO Inake H fcw rc » nnrks upon it lor his con-»» lio ° " ^ tll e HfHt ' «* t' » " «« , however , venturing o ,. ! ll " m 3 ' I > revionn letter ( at well an the present . *»!* u W l . bt' f «» un « l to eonti . iu mil ho much of tin 80 ^! , ,. '" t'Tl'ttntiou of Heriniure u « «> f u reul ^ lutionqv ! " ( i ' does a PP ° t « » no to regard the * M > t TmaTt 9 y mttr"u » e i « o » t distinctly f for do wo *« Kl u » U m i 4 th ifith , » nd 10 ( h « f th « Moond
chap t er t ha t a man shall no t fo r m an a lliance w ith his unc : le * s , his son ' s , or his brother ' s wife ( meaning also , of course , their widows ) ? and if so , is he not clearly forbidden to cohabit with those who have no consanguinity with him , but merely affinity r It would seem from the 17 th verse that a wife ' s relatives ( or at all events a wotrian ' s ) are somewhat " equivalent to one ' s o w n kin , " or wherefore the interdiction against a man ' s taking a woman and her dau ghter ? And for w hat particular reason can we say that he may take her sister ? The latter is as nearly his sister as the former his daughter , I should
imagine . Evidently " a natural objection to marriage with one ' near of kin ' is none whatever to one * allied ;'" and if there exist no objection to one simply allied , a man may surely marry rm brother ' s widow , who is not related tJ him by blood ; but in that case he would act in direct opposition to scriptural authority ; or , if there be objection , then it mu > t extend to the wife ' s sister . My acceptation of ** They twain , " & c , in the face of Dr . Lees ' s lucid explanation , ( alls to the ground at once ; but admitting , | by rational deduction , that ** marriage does not literally make man and wife one flesh—that there can be no interfusion of nature , " I
cannot yet see how , by the same reasoning , the justice of a prohibition , affecting the uncle ' s , son ' s , and brother ' s wives , or widows only , can be established , seeing that they must be included in the admission . I mean , that they gain no more of our blood by marriage than we do of our wife ' s sister ' s . " Christ teaches that a man mig ht put a way his wife , and marry again , without committing adultery . " Yes ; and have not our Christian laws recognized the woman ' s right to marry again when she has been divorced ? If the tie is dissolved , it certainly releases both parties ; thus proving that thenceforth they are to be equally strangers to each other . From the above quotation I gather that a man may "join in holy btind * " with hissistt-r-in-law before his wife ' s death quite as consistentlv as after ! Is it so ?
I think still if we adopt the Bible regulation with reference to the brother ' s widow , and wish at the same time to be at all reasonable , we must conclude that the wife ' s sister is quite as certainly concerned in that law ; for , physiologically , their appears no material difference in their cases . But if , on the contrary , we advocate the proposed measure , because it would involve no violation of nature , or morality , then , I apprehend , we shall likewise acknowledge the justice of the claim of the brother ' s widow to a participation in its privleges ; the difficulty being , that in making such an extension we reject a traditional distinction for a true identity .
If the Jews did not put a prostitute to death , who , in her loathsome avocation , received the patronage of two brothers , I see further cause why a man may marry his brother ' s widow ; but that does not affect the present diacuasion . Faithfully yours , Richard Friend .
Public Opinion. - Let Children Be Oarly ...
Public Opinion . - Let children be oarly taught to seta true and just value upon public opinion . Show them how the world has already treated its greatest men—how it has stoned its Prophets , ciu « ified its Saviours , martyred ita Apostlea . Show how ticklehow indincriminating it is to this day—how ignorancq speaks with the same confidence , or even with mure , than knowledge—how the heights and depths of the greatest minds are measured at once by the conceit of the smallest . Show how hard it is for
peoph ; to praise , how ea- * y to blmne . Call the attention of the young to the kind of ciiticisrns current of both men and thingH in this much-dreaded socieiy , and let them say , if they rt ally seek excellence , whether they ought to value such criticism . When they have mastered any one subject , let them listen to ihe flippant , trivial , conceited , shallow judgments of the world of their acquaintance upon it , and let them It am from that to appreciate the worth of public
opinion , and judge whether the deKire of fame , bu * ed upon such a public opinion , is worth striving for , or ought much to influence their motives to action . To appreciate n greut man , requires , if not one an great , still a great man , and the judgments of the world therefore' must be either borrowed or erroneousmore frequently the latter , us sclf-couccit ubuully suplies any deficiency of talent . " Whau'vor Nature Ii . » b in worth denied ,
She givca in l . irge rccruirs of needful |> ride . " Upon whom does Fame bestow her roward . s ? Rarely upon those who most deserve them . L ) o « h conscience approve the judgment even of tho moat intimate friends with respect to our characters ; how , then , can we expect the world or posterity to do justice ; and praiao or blamo that in not discriminating nnd just , who would value ? The originators of useful reforms are generally persecuted ; they who reall y work , and , in the . mode t quiet of their studies , ^ niduully prepare the world for n < w tru h * , art- unnoticed nnd ut gltMite . d ; hut he vvlio hcc <> ut < m ti . e mouthpiece of thin public , opinion , who hun bruin * enough to nppr < ciuto but n < t to oriirinnte , nnd who can t ... lk
—tins in the man whom th « world pay » and fume immortttliw » . - ~ Etfttcution of tho l \< linya , by Chut lea iSray ,
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Money Market And City Intelligence. Fkid...
MONEY MARKET AND CITY INTELLIGENCE . Fkiday . Depressed in the early part of thp werk , the English Funds grew firmer towards the middle , and remained so . Closing on Monday at 97 to & they declined one-eighth , on Tuesday , and returned on Thursday to Monday's quotations , ex div . The opening prices this morning were 97 J to J . The fluctuations of the week have bepn aa fol ' ovv : — Consols . 96 | to 97 i ; B-u . k Stock , 213 to 214 ; Exchequer Bills , 45 s . to 60 s premium . Foreign stocks are still reported dull . The bargains in the official lia ; of ypsterday comprised — Brazilian New , at 89 ; Chilian , 105 ; Danish Five per Cents ., 103 ; Mexican , for money . 34 £ ; for the acrnunr , 344 ; P ruvian , lor thp account , ' 90 , 904 , alltl i 5 th | J Deferred , 43 , 434 , * 2 f . and 434 ; P'TtustuPst- Five per C < nts ., 864 ex < iiv ; the Four per Cents , 344 arid £ ; Russian Four and-a-H-ilf per Cents .. 100 |» xdiv . ; Spanish Five per On's .. f « r money , 21 $ ; for the account .. 21 ^; Passive , 6 i ; Ve e zuela , for account , 33 ; and Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents ., 591 .
Bank Of England. An Account, Pursuant To...
BANK OF ENGLAND . An Account , pursuant to the Act 7 rh and Sth Victoria , cr > p . 32 , for the week ending on Saturday , the 21 st of June , 1851 , ISSUE DEPARTMENT . £ £ N ^ otes issued .... 27 , 44 ( 5 , ^ 20 Government Debt , 11 , 01- ' 100 Other Securities .. < J , 9 rt 4 , yuO Gold Coin and Eullion 13 , 413 , 415 Silver Bullion .... 33 , 375 £ = 27 , 416 , 820 £ 27 , 446 . 820 BANKING DEVARTMENT . £ £ Proprietors'Capital , 14 ,- ' 53 , 0 f 0 Government Secu-Ue > t . 3 , 101 , 284 rities > ( iitcludinsr t ' nblic Deposits ! in- ¦ JJeail-iveight . including Exche- nnit . O 15 , 514 . 281 quer , Savings' Other Securities . l . J . ^ 31 , 757 Banks , Coiinni * - Notes 8 ,. V >^ , 10 j sinners »» f National Gold arid Silver Debt , and Uivi- Coin 751 , 510 dend Accounts ) .. 8 / 3- > , 5 . i 9 Other Deposits ... 8 , 71 . < , t > 8 '> even-daj andother Bills 1 , 039 . 157 £ 36 , 06 ^ , 083 £ 36 . 06 i 683 Dated June 26 . 1851 . M Makshall , Chief Cashier .
Bltltish Funds For Ti1k Past Week. (Clos...
BltlTISH FUNDS FOR TI 1 K PAST WEEK . ( Closing Prices . ) Salur . Mond . Tues . Wedn . Thurt . Frid . Bank Stock .. .. _> 1 3 ^ 214 214 — . i per Ct Lied 97 i 9 : £ 97 J 97 | 97 $ : i p . C . Con . Ans . 3 p . C An . 1726 . — 3 p . Ct . Con ., Ac . 97 | 37 * 06 } 97 j 971 3 { p . Cent . An 98 j 98 § 9 H § 98 J 9 Sj | LorT g-Ans !" , I 860 . 7 | 7 7-16 7 $ 7 7-16 7 7-16 Ind . ' St . lOJp . ct . 2 <> 6 2 « 6 Ditto Bonds .. 55 p 58 p 58 p 59 p 59 p Ex . Bills , 1000 / . 48 i < 48 p 45 p 'i 9 |> 50 p Ditto , 5 nu .. 48 p 48 p 45 p . 49 p 50 (> Ditto , Sinai 48 p / 48 p 45 p ' 49 p 50 p
Koiteign Funds. (Last Official Quotation...
KOItEIGN FUNDS . ( Last Official Quotation during- the Week ending Thursday Evening . ) Austrian 5 per Cents . 05 J Mexican 5 per Ct . Ace . Z \\ Belgian Bda ., 4 £ p . Cl . — Small .. .. — Brazilian f > per Cent * . 8 'J Neapolitan 5 per Cents . — liuenof Ayres 6 p . Ct » . — Peruvian 4 ^ per Cents . — Chilian 6 per Cents .. 105 Portuguese 5 per Cent . 3 <» 4 Daiiiahf > per Cent * . .. 103 4 per Ctt > . 3 l { Dutch 24 per Cent ? ... 5 'J J Annuities — 4 per Cents . .. — Kuasiuii , 1822 , 4 \ p . Ctn . lOOf Ecuador liondft .. — Span . Activt-a , : " > p . Ctt > . 21 k I ' rencli . ) p C . An . atParif 91 . 00 —¦ I ' liaaive .. *» g a |) . OU ., Jul . i 3 . 5 tt . U 0 —7— Deterred .. —
Shares. Last Official Quotation For Week...
SHARES . Last Official Quotation for Week ending Thursday livening-. Uailwavs . Uankm . Aberdeen .. .. 11 ^ \ nf < tral . < iiian .. .. 31 ^ Briutol and Exeter .. 78 British North American — Caledonian .. .. 11 Colonial .. .. .. — Eiihtern Counties .. G | < youinicr < : lul of London .. — Edinburgh and Glasgow 2 ' . M l > oiidi > n and WcHlinintliT — ( jirat Northern .. .. 17 ^ l . riiilon Joint Su >« -. k .. ' — ( iriMt H . 8 c W . ( Ireland ) 40 National of Ireland .. — ( ireat Western .. h « lj National Provincial .. — l , uncuHhii < - mid V () ik » hlrc . > l I Provincial ol' I relaud .. — Lam-iiHti r and ( . ' arliwlc 80 l / nion of Auutrnlia .. ¦ ' !•> loud ., IU i ^ ltton . Hs , H . Conui U 4-J Union of ' -ondon .. — London and HIackwull .. 7 MlNKM . London and N .-Western 12 ^ 5 Itolanos .. .. .. — Miillaiiil .. .. .. 4 ( i ( Kiii' / . iliitn Imperi-. kl .. — North lliitisl i .. < . } Ditto , St . miIiii del Koy IK 4 Soulli-ICiiHti-rn ^ id Dovei 'i ' . l llolire Copper .. .. 41 ~ Kiuth- \ VeHierji .. 8 ^ 1 i M inuki . i . ankouh . York , NeucaH ., & llerwir . k ll » 4 Aii « tr , ili > n A iiciiliui nl — Vui k mid Norlji Mitllund l'J Ctinuila .. .. .. — Dciok . h . ( jeneral Steam .. .. — Kant mid West India .. — PeniiiM . & Oriental . Steam < i !» London .. .. .. — Koyul Mail Hteam .. " itf Ml . Kuthurin * , .. .. — tfoutli Au :. traliuu .. —
Avkragk Prick Of Kikiau. The-Jivernjjc P...
AVKRAGK PRICK OF KIKiAU . The-Jivernjjc price of llrown or MiiMcnvado Hu ^ ar , oon ) f > i »>« - » l fioin tlm m' ^ ui'in made in the week ending' ttiu JUl tin ; of Juno , 1851 , in LTn . tfjd . rer cwt .
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( 1 O R A KXt II A . \ < i »• * . AiiuuIn ( loin June ' J " i to J n > ' 1 ,, Mii < j > li .-h . lliHh . l' \> r » iyn 1 Whi'iit .. .. 2 M : > 11 ,. ' 510 Uaii . y .. .. . ' $ : o OatH um moo 27 , - 2 io Flour .. .. WHO ¦ Murkctu NHiuc « a Monday . Trade dull . Consols 27 | to 1 .
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Leader (1850-1860), July 5, 1851, page 21, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_05071851/page/21/
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