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Jolt 19, 1851.1 «*« tUa&en 689
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ON MARRIAGE WITH A SISTER-IN-LAW. Leeds,...
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* Sometimes the reason concerned domesti...
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The Ludicrous.—There is so great a charm...
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HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK. (From ...
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Commercial affair*.
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MONEY MARKET AND CITY INTELLlGENCB. Fbid...
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BANK OF ENGLAND. An Account, pursuant to...
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BRITISH FTJND8 FOR THE PA8T WEEK. (Closi...
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FOREIGN FUNDS. (Last Official Quotation ...
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SHARES. Last Official Quotation for Week...
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AVKRAOK PKICK Ol MI/OAK. The average prl...
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Sunday In London. Juno 6, 1851. Sin,—It ...
Sunday becomes a misnomer ; and that cheerfulness that its name would seem to indicate as its bright and sunny characteristic , is totally wanting , and we feel its apter designation would be Dull-day or Gloomday . ¦ ¦ ' Be it understood that for a fertent t » ety , or honest religious conviction , I entertain the most profound respect , and never , in the slightest degree , have I interfered with its devotees when intent upon their devotions . But it is because such parties do interfere with people like unto myself that I now protest against their aggressive conduct , that I now claim those recreations on the day in question that their zeal has kept from us .
The religionist is quite at liberty to seek the foetid atmosphere of the house of worship and therein to pray or sing from morn till night , but he is not at liberty to make me imbibe the air of his evangelical hothouse , nor is he at liberty to stay our steamboats , stop our railways , close our museums , our picturegalleries , or our public gardens , & c . In his present position he is an arrogant tyrant . Not satisfied with taking the opium of his godly medicine himself , he compels us who need it not to swallow it likewise . Faugh ! it makes one sick—away with it ! It has frequently occurred to me that " pious Scotland , " as Dr . Cumming is wont to call it , furnishes us with an
illustration of the ill effects of making our Sunday a day of gloom . There we find " faith and drunkenness" iu luxurious profusion ; and , sir , methinks that an inquiry , in proper quarters , would discover that the absence of cheerfulness in that country on the day of rest has not a little to do with the great absorption of those liquids that " steal away the senses . " Certain it is ( and ponder well over the fact " rigidly righteous" ) that our Continental neighbours , who provide amusement for the people on the Sunday , are not guilty of such filthy excesses .
For too long a period have we been the staves , the victims of a handful of vinegar-visaged saints , and it is high time we cast off . their heavy yoke . We have on our side both right and might , and it is childish to be duped any longer by the tribe of selfdubbed " miserable Binners . " Let the subject be well canvassed , call and attend public meetings , sign petitions , write pamphlets on the question , give prize essays , in short , follow the advice of your correspondent , who signs himself ** A Fly on the Wheel , " and agitate , agitate , agitate . I am your obedient servant , E . H .
Jolt 19, 1851.1 «*« Tua&En 689
Jolt 19 , 1851 . 1 «*« tUa & en 689
On Marriage With A Sister-In-Law. Leeds,...
ON MARRIAGE WITH A SISTER-IN-LAW . Leeds , July 5 , 1851 . Sir , —The new issues which Mr . Friend's letter Opens up , I have neither time nor taste for pursuing . t simply designed to explain the harmony of the direct and express laws of Scripture with the enactment proposed for this country , and can b y no means undertake to vindicate the consistency of the entire body of Jewish laws , either with themselves or with reason . I would do justice to them in this matternothing more . A few observations , therefore , must conclude what I am disposed further to say on the
subject . _ In the interpretation of the Jewish Law no principle of interpretation can be more utterly inapplicable than analogical , deductive , or the inferential . That law is notably one of historic compromise , detail , and explicitness , addressed to the childhood of a nation . Lerit . xviii . is itself a proof of this . Not only have we , in verse 6 , the general prohibition concerning near kinship , but , subsequently , cases which it included , as well as marriages objectionable on other grounds . ( With the reason of these last I have now nothing to do . In part they related to caeca of close affinity ; in part , perhaps , they arose out of peculiar conditions of society . )
Now , Moaes has distinctly and in detail enumerated whnt he understood to bo chiefly included ; it was not left to be discovered by the exercise of the comparing and deductive powers of the rude people ho was endeavouring to train and civilize . Nevertheless , he not only does not prohibit this natural marriage ( much more likely to be fprmed than others which are prohibited ; and therefore more strongly calling for explicit prohibition , if wrong ) ; but he refers to the matter in a manner which no one could do who had a decided objection to such a union—limiting his law to the prohibition of a marriage with a sisterin-law during the wife ' s lifetime , and assigning as the reason for that partial prohibition only that you Should not take the sister beaidc the wife to vex her
Thus the express words of the Jewiah laws permit rather than forbid marriage with a deceased wife ' s sister ; and how can we put a refined deductive interpretation in opposition to the clear intention of the lawgiver } Certain it is , the Jews themselves novor did drhw such an inference-. The prohibition in verse 17 seems rational to me ; I havo hot advocated the doctrine that connection of blood is the only ground of objection to union nmongBt relatives ; there are others , and in this capo the objection seems plain enough . Two coses may bo equal ( or " equivalent ") byway of objoction ; but that does not make them " equivalent" logically , . 0 ., of the samo kind .
Whether there be a sound reason ( as I think there is" ) why a man should not marry his wife ' s daughter ( during her life-time there Was evidently the same reason V against marrying the sister in the lifetime of the Trife ) i or against marrying his uncle ' s , his son's , or his brother's -widow , I shall not discuss . I am only concerned to maintain that there is no Mosaic Law opposed to the enactment solicited . I think Mr . Friend is quite right in his inference from the permission of Christ , that after divorce for adultery a man may marry his wife ' s sister , she being legally and truly , as to the relationship of marriage , dead to him . . ft is but justice to observe that Moses might have in the dif
very different reasons for his prohibitions - ferent cases cited , ttntil Mr . Friend produces the reason in the case of the brother ' s widow , he can have no warrant for affirming that it is the sam « as in the case of the wife ' s sister , & c . ; and the difference of penalty shows that the cases were different in his view . * There may be no " physiological " reason , but who says that the reason was , or is , of that kind in either case ? Does not Mr . Friend first assume certain principles and facts of interpretation , and then press these somewhat hardly against Moses ? Let us not prejudge the Bible by assigning " reasons" for its laws where it is silent , and then charge it with being inconsistent or unreasonable upon the evidence of our own assumptions !
Our excellent " Friend ' believes that he does not assume , so much as search for , a principle of interpretation . But he obviously searches with the assumption that there is , or ought to be , but one principle running through the Moaaic marriage-laws . Now , this itself is a principle of interpretation , and , as I think , an erroneous one . Yours truly , F . R . Lees .
* Sometimes The Reason Concerned Domesti...
* Sometimes the reason concerned domestic peace and individual proprieties ; sometimes property and social relations ; sometimes religious opinions ; and sometimes physiological laws . The difference between the enumeration in chapters xviii . and xix . of Leviticus , indicates that the cases were not regarded as a common class , i . e , as of one kind ; and , therefore , it is unfair to Moses to treat them as such . Moreover , in a certain case a man was enjoined to marry his brother ' s widow , which proves that no bar in blood existed .
The Ludicrous.—There Is So Great A Charm...
The Ludicrous . —There is so great a charm in the sportive play of fancy and wit that there is no danger of their being neglected and undervalued , or that the native talent for them will remain undeveloped ; our chief solicitude must be to keep them , even in their wildest flights , still in subjection to duty and benevolence . We must not allow ourselves to be betrayed into an approving smile , at any effusions of wit and Humour which are tinctured in the slightest degree by ill-nature . A child will watch the expression of our countenance , to see how far he may venture , and if he find that he has the power to amuse us in spite of ourselves , we have no longer any hold over him
from respect , and he will go rioting on in his sallies until he is tired , and seek at every future opportunity to renew his triumph . Wit , undirected by benevolence , generally falls into personal satire—the keenest instrument of unkindness ; it is so easy to laugh at the expense of our friends and neighbours—they furnish ouch ready materials for our wit , that all the moral forces require to be arranged against the propensity , and its earliest indications checked . We may satirize error , but we must compassionate the erring , and this we must always teach oy example to
children , not only in what we say of others before them , but in ourtreatment of themselves . We should never use ridicule towards them , except when it is so evidently good-natured that its spirit cannot bo mistaken ; the agony which a sensitive child feels on being held up before others as un ol > ject of ridicule , even for a trifling error , a mistake , or a peculiarity , ia not soon forgotten , nor easily forgiven . When we wish , therefore , to excite contrition fora serious fault , ridicule should never be employed , aa the feelings it raises are directly opposed to self-reproach . —Education of the Feelings , by Charles Jtray .
Health Of London During The Week. (From ...
HEALTH OF LONDON DURING THE WEEK . ( From the Registrar-Gcneral ' i * Report . ) The public health now presents a more favourable aspect . In the week ending last Saturday the number of deaths registered from all Cannes declined to 881 . In the ten corresponding weeks of 1841-60 the average waa 877 ; but as population has been growing throughout that period and up to the present date , an average mortality corrected for the rate of increase may be estimated at 965 , compared with which the deaths of last week exhibit a decrease of 84 . The progress of the summer months in reducing the mortality is preceptible in all
those , classes of disease which make the principal contributions to the aggregate amount , with the exception of the class of epidemics in which there now appears some disposition to increase , ftmnllpox is recorded as having been fatal to 27 perHOiiH , nil of them children except one . The regintrarH mention particular f . unilics which huve suffered extensively , rim ! lament in such canes that Vaccination , which might huve prevented the spread of the disease or its fatal results , hud been negleoted . The births of 700 boys and 046 girls , in all 1310 children , were registered last week . The average number of six corresponding weeks in 1845-50 wan 12 * 27 .
Commercial Affair*.
Commercial affair * .
Money Market And City Intelllgencb. Fbid...
MONEY MARKET AND CITY INTELLlGENCB . FbidaY . There have been some variations in the English funds this week . Consols closed on Monday 96 } to 97 for money , and for the account 97 J . Ort » Wednesday they declined to 961 to i ( ° money , and 97 for the 12 th of August . At this thejr remained on Thursday . The opening prices this morning were—Consols , 96 j | . The fluctuations have been : —Consols , for money , from 96 S to 97 | ; Bank Stock , 214 to 2154 ; Exchequer Bills , 49 s . to 52 s . premium . The news that Bravo Murillo ' s plan for the settlement of the debt had been agreed to by 154 to 52 , caused some slight advance in Spanish funds . On Thursday , Sardinian Scrip was done at | and 4 discount . Brazilian Small was done at 90 $ ; Danish , 771 ; Portuguese Four per Cents ., 34 J ; Russian Four-and-a-Half per Cents ., 100 | and §; Spanish Five per Cents ., for money , 21 ; for the account , 21 J ; Passive , 6 ; Spanish Three per Cents ., 384 and f J Venezuela , for account , 32 ; Belgian Four-and-a Half per Cents ., 93 J ; the Five per Cents ., 102 J ; Dutch Twoand-a-half per Cents ., 59 | , f , and 4 ; and the Four per Cent . Certificates , 92 J , 4 , and 4 .
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 , the 5 th of July , 1851 , ISSUE DEPARTMENT . £ £ Notes issued .... 27 , 581 , 520 Government Debt , ll , 0 I /> 100 Other Securities .. 2 , 984 , 900 Gold Coin and Bullion 13 , 548 . 145 Silver Bullion 33 , 375 £ 37 , 581 , 520 £ 27 , 581 , 5 iO BANKING DEPARTMENT . £ £ Proprietor 8 < Capital , 14 j 553 , 000 Government Secu-Rest . 3 , 128 , 517 rities ( including Public Deposits ( in- Dead-weight Ancluding- Exche- nuity ) 13 , 515 , 235 quer , Savings' Other Securities ,. 14 , 251 , 192 Banks , Comnus- Notes 8 , 036 . 265 sionera of National Gold and Silver Debt , and Divi- Coin 631 , 195 dendAccountB ) .. 8 , 831 , 362 Other Deposits 8 , 695 , 802 even-day andother Bills 1 , 155 , 206 £ 36 , 463 , 887 £ 36 , 463 . Dated July 10 , 1851 . M MahsHALL , Chief Cashier .
British Ftjnd8 For The Pa8t Week. (Closi...
BRITISH FTJND 8 FOR THE PA 8 T WEEK . ( Closing Prices . ) Satur . Mond Tues . Wedn . Thurt . Frid . Bank Stock .... 214 215 215 215 215 3 per Ct . Red .. 97 | 97 g 97 $ 97 * 97 S 97 | * p . C . Con . Ans . 97 9 tfJ 962 962 3 p . C . An . 1726 . 3 p . Ct . Con ., Ac . 97 96 ? 961 96 J 3 / p . Cent . An . 99 9 H 99 98 j 99 951 New 5 per Cts . — - 123 LongAne ., 1860 . 78 7 f 7 3-16 7 g 75 lnd . 8 t . 104 p . ct . 262 263 , 2634 Ditto Bonds .. 62 p 59 p 62 p 59 p 63 p 63 p Ex . Bills . 1000 / . 49 p 54 p 52 p 49 p 53 p 49 p Ditto , 5 i » 0 » . .. 49 p 52 p 53 p 49 p Ditto . Small 49 p 51 p 5-J p 53 p 49 p
Foreign Funds. (Last Official Quotation ...
FOREIGN FUNDS . ( Last Official Quotation during- the Week endlhg Friday Evening 1 . ) Austrian 5 per Cents . — Mexican 5 per Ct . Ace . 32 J MelRinn Bds . y 44 p . Ct . 93 | Small .. .. 3 ^ Brazilian 5 per Cent * . — Neapolitan 5 per Centn . — Buenot > Ayrea 6 p . Cta . — Peruvian 4 ^ per Cents . 90 | Chilian 6 per Cents . .. — Portuguese 5 per Cent . — Danish 5 perCenta . .. — 4 per Cts . 31 Dutch 24 perCenti ... 594 Annuitit'H — 4 per Cents . .. 9 t \ Russian . 1822 , 4 . J p . Cta 1 U 0 J Ecuador Bonds .. — Span . Active 8 , ft p . Ct 8 . 21 1-rench 5 p . O . An . atParig 93 . 90 Passive .. 0 3 p . Cta . . July 11 , 5 ( 1 . 20 Deferred .. —
Shares. Last Official Quotation For Week...
SHARES . Last Official Quotation for Week ending Friday Evening ' . Hailways . Banks . Aberdeen .. .. 10 J Australasian .. .. 31 { Bristol mid Exeter .. — British North American - — Caledonian .. .. Bj Colonial .. .. .. — Knatern Counties ... — Commercial of London .. L'tfJ Edinburgh andTHasgow — London and Westminster — Great Northern .. .. 171 London Joint Stock .. — treats . 8 c W . ( Ireland ) 38 } National of Ireland .. — Great Western .. .. 83 » National Provincial .. — Lancashire and Yorkshire 47 ] Provincial of Ireland .. -HJj Lancaster and Carlisle — Union of Australia .. 3 G Loud ., Mrigrhton . ScH . Coast 941 Union of London .. — London and Dlnoktvall .. 7 Minks . London and N .-Western 18 » 4 Bolanos .. .. .. t-Midland 30 Brazilian Imperi .-d .. •—North British .. .. — Ditto , St . John del Key \» k ttoutli-Kastern and Dover — Cobre Copper .. . - Wk eoiith-Westem .. .. — Mihoki . i . anUoijn . York , Netvcaa ., & Berwick 18 B Anatrnlinn Ajfri « niltui-al — York and North Midland lHf Catuxla DoOKN . ( jioiiural Steam .. -- — Kast and West India .. — Peiiiim . * . Oriental St « imi «'¦>! London - Itoyal Mail rttriini .. — Hi . Katharine .. .. — Houl . li Australian ..
Avkraok Pkick Ol Mi/Oak. The Average Prl...
AVKRAOK PKICK Ol MI / OAK . The average prlo « of Brown or Musoovudo Bugnr , computed fYotn the return * made In tho Week ending tin ) 3 d day of Juno . IH 01 . ia ' SI * . Ud . nor cwt .
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Leader (1850-1860), July 19, 1851, page 21, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_19071851/page/21/
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