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REFORM RIVALRIES. January 24,1852. Sib,—...
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THE EDINBURGH COLLEGE AND THE HOMCEOPATH...
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[Declined.—"Invasion Panic; "Horrid Murd...
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HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK. (From ...
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Change of Opinion not Chanob op Nature.—...
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MONEY MARKET AND CITY INTELLIGENCE Fbida...
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BANK OF ENGLAND. An Account, pursuant to...
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Judges Of The County Courts; " Habea Auo...
SSSSSSSS ^ a ? ElSSSSpiS now tSt the inferior have become the principal and popular courts .
My apprehension , which dictates this warning , arises from the practice , now decidedly top prevalent , of our county court judges dining with the wealthy solicitors in the respective stations on their circuit , from which honour the poorer members of the profession are necessarily debarred . This was the precise objection raised , and successfully , against the Welsh system of judicature ; and if ** de mortuis nil nisi bonum" did not prohibit , I . could name the affluent , hospitable , Welsh lawyer , the festivities of whose board actually occasioned the ^ abolition of our old-fashioned Cambrian mode of legislation .
Let the judges , then , of the county courts , be wise in time ; they have not , probably , been chosen for their very eminent professional rank , but they are all gentlemen of education—some of family—others of fortune . Let them scrupulously decline invitations from solicitors in the various towns of their respective circuits , and accept in preference those of the clergy , gentry , and merchants , who will be found equally well informed , and less filled with professional technicalities and stale Westminster jokes . The same Roman satirist quoted above , in another passage of - his writings , advises distinctly that all judges should observe this non-dining policy .
" Yet , why before we dine ? I'll tell ye , friends ; A judge , when tribed , but ill to truth attends . ** I feel this fact requires only to be mentioned to command acquiescence . Chief Justice Hales enjoined strict attention to such habitual abstinence ; and the bar , in our days , uniformly avoided , with becoming delicacy of manner and bearing , too intimate an association , even with the solicitors who employed them , lest their feelings might become insensibly engaged in their forensic exertions , beyond what was due to the exactest rectitude .
I assure you , Sir , the arguments on my side of this question , if it be one , are endless and woundless . I could call in moral Cowper to back less scrupulous Horace , but refrain , his censure of the practice being so severe . A- Solicitor .
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Reform Rivalries. January 24,1852. Sib,—...
REFORM RIVALRIES . January 24 , 1852 . Sib , —I have recently observed in your paper , that whilst strenuously advocating what I must call , in the absence of a better name , universal suffrage , you have encouraged and lent a gentle support to the Keform movement conducted by Sir J . Walmsley and Mr . George Thompson ; but , at the same time , snarled at the resolutions proposed at the Manchester Conference , la your paper to-day , whilst commenting upon the Reform meetings held during the week in the provinces , you state that" the successes ( incomparison with ihe Manchester and Leeds meetings , I presume ) at Nottingham and Derby are due to the broader policy of the Parliamentary Reform Association * " It immediately occurred to mq that it might
be instructive to your readers if you would explain in what particular direction the policy of this association is broader than that adopted by the Manchester Conference . Surely a ratepaying qualification with » ix months' residence is wider than household suffrage with twelve months' residence . The unfortunate amendment proposed by Mr . George Thompson at the conference , and sanctioned by Sir J . Walmsley and some six other delegates , was generally acknowledged to be more restrictive than the original resolution , though at the time , I believe , it met with your impartial eupport . Sir Joshua Walmsley and Mr . Thompson may bo of opinion that universal suffrage is tho best of all the schemes now before the country ; but , if I mistake not , they , as the leaders of the Parliamentary Reform Association , publicly advocate a suffrage to tho extent of household only . Q . 13 .
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¦ WESTMINSTER REVIEW . Sliofflold , January 28 , 1853 . Sin , —You have chronicled one case of " persecution" against this review in ita now phase of existence ; please add to it another . From our Mechanics' Library at Sheffield it has been expelled , and , on reproposal , rejected . A mechanics' library ! you say . It is indeed a complete misnomer . It lias fallen into the hand »; vof Evangelical or Dissenting cliques , who inqndaj ^ D the library with tracts or religious publicatibr » H ; Qli at leant did so last year , Wo hope next , W $£$ ! W thorn all , if an active little band of the 'Mdttma school can do so . V 39
I copy two of the protests inscribed in our note book : « r- . , 1 Understanding frdm some members of the committee that this valuable review had been proposed and negatived for the coming year in the last meeting of the committee , I have ventured again to call the attention of the members of that committee to this work , trusting that they will , not allow the stigma of bigotrjr to rest upon the institution , as it surely will if they reject this review , but rather will uphold the character which it has already obtained for catholicity of spirit in its selection of books' *
" 2 . I beg to add my earnest solicitation to the committee to continue the Westminster . It was the first review which introduced the riches of German literature to the English public , and some of the ornaments of our literature have been contributors thereto . 1 hope the committee will have regard for the gratification afforded by it to all who are not afraid to open its pages . " I am , Sir , and honoured critic , A Member of the Mechanics' Libraby .
The Edinburgh College And The Homceopath...
THE EDINBURGH COLLEGE AND THE HOMCEOPATHlCS . 5 , York-terrace , Cheltenham , January 20 , 1853 . Sib , —The attitude assumed by the College of Physicians at Edinburgh , in reference to the homoeopathic heresy , is at this moment exciting considerable attention in the medical profession . The following proclamation , or something like it , I have reason to believe , is at present under consideration in the College , and may shortly be expected to appear : — " Whereas certain pestilent heretics have recently appeared in various parts of the United Kingdom , denying the sacred ordinances of medicine and the leading doctrines of medical faith , repudiating the catholic doctrine of justification by jalap and salvation by mercury , rejecting the divine authority of the Pharmacopoeia Edinensis , and speaking contemptuously of the ineffable mysteries of bleeding , sweating , and purging : And whereas the said pestilent heretics do openly and publicly proclaim their belief in the efficacy of certain ' dangerous novelties * unknown to - catholic antiquity , ' to wit : —Aconite , pulsatilla , belladonntf , cocculus , dulcamara , & c . & c .: And whereas said heretics , not having the fear of the Sacred College before their eyes , do openly forbid the use of certain meats hitherto regarded as orthodox , to wit :- — Turtle , mulligatawny , oxtail , and gibletsoups ; goose , pork , tripe , bacon , and all salted meatswhatrover ; crabs . with
lobsters , and all kinds of sheUhsh ; togetHer all wines and fermented liquors :. thus laying a burden on the consciences of weak brethren which we have not thought proper to impose . We , therefore , taking the premises into our consideration , and'being anxious to prevent the spread of these ' blasphemous fables and dangerous deceits , ' and to check their further progress into the ' bowels of the land , ' do hereby solemnly exhort all true believers in the catholic ordinances of medicine to eschew all communion with the said pestilent heretics , and to hold the same as heathen men and publicans . " Given at the Sacred College , this day of , 1852 . "
Here follow the names of the subscribers , which , for obvious reasons , I must for the present withhold ; and am , Sir , your obedient servant , P . J » F .
[Declined.—"Invasion Panic; "Horrid Murd...
[ Declined . —" Invasion Panic ; " Horrid Murder . " The letter received from " Blois , " throwning doubt upon the facts detailed in the first communication of our Paris Correspondent , received due attention at our hands ; but the corroborations which subsequently appeared in contemporary journals so established the substantial veracity of our Correspondent—whom we had selected , not only for his personal character , but for his facilities of accurate and special informationthat no necessity for discussion remained . The 2 s . sent by Mr . Hewett Watson and Mr . Bym for the Kossuth Shakspeare received . ]
Health Of London During The Week. (From ...
HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK . ( From the Registrar-General ' s Report . ) In the week ending last Saturday 1061 deaths were registered in the districts of the metropolis . In the two Rrevioua weeks the numbers were successively 1111 and 096 ; the last returns , therefore , show a continuous decline , though not to any considerable extent . In the ten corresponding weeks of 1842-51 the average number of deaths was 1080 , which , if a certain amount be added for increase of population , becomes 1198 . On this corrected average the mortality of lust week shows a decrease of 137 .
Change Of Opinion Not Chanob Op Nature.—...
Change of Opinion not Chanob op Nature . — Intellectual conversion is not coextensive with , and coercivo of , moral conversion ; a change of attitude is not a change of being . The Catholic may turn Protestant , tho Protestant turn sceptic ; but this alteration of creed does not necessarily imply alteration of moral nature . We all know servile democrats , intolerant sceptics , haughty preachers of equality , mild preachers of rigour , gentle believers in everlasting torments . A man may write the ablest " evidences" of Christianity , and believe them , too , yet have no trace of Christian love and charity in hia nature . Wo aro here only illustrating a familiar truth , namely , that a man is not always what his opinions are : —belief and praotico are not one thing , but two things . —Weetminater Review , JVo . 1 U «
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Money Market And City Intelligence Fbida...
MONEY MARKET AND CITY INTELLIGENCE Fbidat Morning . ' The commencement of the year shows a marked ( Son . , trast to that of its predecessor . Of 1851 most sanguine hopes were entertained . Brisk speculation , advancing prices , and increasing consumption were , in January fast , confidently predicted ; but as the months passed complaints of dull markets j drooping prices , and aug mented stocks , were loud and incessant . By importers the effects were severely felt ; speculators were scarcely
more fortunate ; and if the home traders escaped , it was by adopting the " hand-to-mouth " system—that is , by purchasing only-in proportion to their immediate wants and thus contriving , if they did not gain much , to lose but little . Of 1852 less is expected . The position of our forcible-feeble" Ministry , the certainty of an early dissolution of Parliament , and the state of continental politics , holdout no very bright prospects ; yet it is by no means improbable that the commercial balance-sheet will show a more favourable result at the close of the
present year . With nearly eighteen millions : in the Bank coffers , and with the rate of discount in Lombard-street at 2 and 2 j per cent ., speculation continues listless . For this the causes " above-named may , "in . some measure , account ; but the question is whether , " with a plethora of money , such a state is consistent , or can possibly be of long duration ? We think not ; but believe that , in the absence of more legitimate employment , capital will be diverted into channels of hazard to the speculative community , and of little benefit to the community at large . Foremost
among undertakings of a doubtful character loom already Californian and Australian gold-mining companies . Of the many schemes already broached , and of those about to appear , some are , no doubt , sound , and may prove highly remunerative , but we risk little in predicting that the majority will prove lucrative only to the projectors . Consols opened on-Monday at 96 , and advanced during the week to 96 J | . Yesterday , however , large sales and idle rumours sent them downito 96 £ | . Foreign stocks have been more / dealt in * In railway and mining shares there has been more activity , a ' fld prices are well supported . . unfortunate
The Protectionists are certainly most men . On the very eve of the opening of Parliament , and at the very time when influx of foreign grain arid consequent low pripes were most desirable as staple grievances , not only do foreigners perversely-refuse to send' their own corn , hut they actually ceme here . to purchase ours , and / thus cause ? an , advance in the Mark-lane quotations . Curiously enoutfji , too , the caiis . e of this embarrassing improvement is partly •' the same ^ as that which gave the death blow to the old corn law $ ; for it is to the failure of the potato and rye crops in Germany and France that the increased consumption- of wheat there , and consequent demand upon our stocks , are attributable .. Potatoes and Protection # re clearly antagonistic . The colonial markets this week show a slight improvement ; the transactions in Sugar , especially , having increased in number and importance .
The fluctuations , of the week have been : —Consols , from 90 to § -, Bank Stock , from 216 to 217 ; and Exchequer Bills , from 58 s . to 61 s . premium . In Foreign Stocks yesterday the bargains in the official list comprised—Brazilian , at 93 ; the New , 93 f ; Ecuador , 3 J ; Granada Deferred , 4 |; Mexican , for money , 31 ; for the Account , 31 and 30 $ ; the Small , 31 ; Peruvian , for the Account , 944 ; the Deferred , 47 ; Russian Four-anda-Half per Cents , 100 4 ; Sardinian Five per Cents , 88 J and 89 ; Spanish Five per Cents , 22 J and 23 '; Spanish , Three per Cents , 40 g ; the new Three per Cents Deferred , 17 ft and }; Belgian Four-and-a-Half per Cents , 91 J ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents , 58 iand 4 ; and the Four per Cent . Certificates , 904 .
Bank Of England. An Account, Pursuant To...
BANK OF ENGLAND . An Account , pursuant to the Act 7 th and 8 th Victoria , cap . 32 for the week ending- on Saturday , December 13 , 1851 . ISSUH DEl'AETMKNT . £ £ Notei Iwued .... 30 , 879 , 680 Government Debt , 11 . 0 U > , l < H > Other Securities .. 2 , 084 , 900 Gold Coin and Builion . 16 ' 2 MAfl Silver Bullion .... 33 , 375 £ 30 . 279 , 620 £ 30 , 279 . 020 BANKING ) DlU'AllTMHNT . JE * ProprIetors'Capital , 14 , 653 , 000 Government Sccu-Best 3 , 129 , 894 rifles ( including Public Deposits ( in- Dead-weight An- ,. , llt / , eluding Exche- nuity ) J ? ' 3 m ' -7 < m quer . Savings' Other Securities .. 11 , 454 , 7 Jj » Banks , Conimls- Notes H , »« V «» loners of National , Gold and Silver Debt , and Divi- Coin Oll . dend Accounts ) .. 8 , 534 , 018 Other Deposits .... 9 , 358 , 818 Seven-day andother Bills 1 , 152 , 453 £ 30 / 728 ^ 13 jt' 3 fl . 428 , * 13 Dated December 18 , 1851 . M , Mahsiuu ,, Chief Cannier .
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Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 31, 1852, page 22, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_31011852/page/22/
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