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SSlSHSSEcs a « ssas ^ ss = cent occurrence , nor has W class of men preserved thehr high tru 8 t more inviolate ^ and pure than the fudges of our several courts , . inferior and superior . fiatTfany reason were requisite , this would be in S suSent for the observance of still greater delicacy on the part of the law officers themselves , now that the inferior have become the principal and popular courts .
My apprehension , which dictates this warning , arises from the practice , now decidedly too prevalent , of our county court judges dmmg 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 jiisi 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 bribed , 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 xectitude .
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 . g > —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 Heform movement conducted by Sir J . Walmsley and Mr . George Thompson ; but , at the same time , snarled at the resolutions proposed at the Manchester Conference . In your paper to-day , whilst commenting upon the Reform meetings held during the week in the provinces , you state that *• the successes ( in comparison with the 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 me 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 six 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 Bupport . Sir Joshua Walmsley and Mr . Thompson may be of opinion that universal suffrage is the beat of all the schemes now before the country ; but , if I mistako not , they , aB the leaders of the Parliamentary Reform . Association , publicly advocate a suffrage to the extent of household only . G * B .
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WESTMINSTER REVIEW . Sheffield , January 28 , 18 !> 2 . 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 ut Shofllold it has been expelled , and , on reproposal , rejected . A mechanics' library ! you suy . It is indeed a complete misnomer . It has fallen into tho hands of Kvungelicul or Dissenting cliques , who inundate tho library with tracts or religious publications , or at loaBt did bo laat yoar . Wo hope noxt your to ouat thorn all , if an active Uttlq bund of the German school can do 00 .
already obtained for catholicity of sp of books . " " 2 . I beg to add my earnest solicitation to the committee to continue the Westminster . It was the iirst review which introduced the riches of German literature to the English public , and some of the ornaments of our literature have been contributors thereto . I 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 op the Mechanics' Library .
irit in its selection I copy two of the protests inscribed m our note book : — " 1 Understanding from 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 bigotry to rest upon the institution , as it surely will if they reject this review , but rather will uphold the character which it has
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THE EDINBURGH COLLEGE AND THE HOM 0 E 0 PATHICS . 5 , York-terrace , Cheltenham , January 20 , 1852 . Sir , —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 he retics do openly and publicly proclaim their belief in the efficacy of certain « dangerous novelties ' unknown to ' catholic antiquity , ' to wit : —Aconite , pulsatiila , belladonna , 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 giblet soups ; goose , pork , tripe , bacon , and all salted meats whatsover ; crabs , lobsters , and all kinds of shellfish ; together with 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 , F . J . F .
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[ Declined . —" Invasion Panic ; " " Horrid Murder . " The letter received from Blois , throwing doubt upon the facts detailed in the first , communication of our Paris Correspondent , received due attention at our hands ; but the corroborationa 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 . ]
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Change op Opinion not Change op Natuub . Intellectual conversion is not coextensive with , and coercive 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 . Wo all know servile democrats , intolerant sceptics , haughty preachers of equulity , mild preachers of rigour , gentle believers in everlasting torments . A man may write the ablost " evidences " of Christianity , and beliovo thorn too , yet have no truce of Christian love and charity in his nature . Wo faro here only illustrating a familiar truth , namely , that a man is not always -what his opinions are : —belief and practice are not one thing , but two things . -- Westminster Review No . Ill ,
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MONEY MARKET AND CITY INTELLIGENCE The commencement of the year shows a marked con ' trast to that of its predecessor . Of 1861 most sanguine hopes were entertained . Brisk speculation , advancing prices , and increasing consumption were , in January last , confidently predicted ; but as the months passed complaints of dull markets , drooping prices , and auei mented stocks , were loud and incessant . B y importers the effects were severely felt ; speculators were scarcely fotunateand if the home trad it
more r ; ers escaped , \? ag 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 , hold out 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 21 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 downto 96 j § . Foreign stocks have been more dealt in . In railway and mining shares there has been more activity , and prices are well supported .
The Protectionists are certainly most unfortunate men . On the very eve of the opening of Parliament , and at the very time when influx of foreign grain and consequent low prices were most desirable as staple grievances , not only do foreigners perversely refuse to send their own corn , but they actually come here to purchase ours , and thus cause an advance in the Mark-lane quotations . Curiously enough , too , the cause of this embarrassing improvement is partly the same as trlat which gave the death blow to the old corn laws ; 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 are clearly antagonistic .
The colonial markets this week show a slight improvement ; the transactions in Sugar , especially , having increased in number and importance . Consols yesterday closed at 96 J 3 . Saturday . The fluctuations of the week have been : —Consols , from 96 to g ; 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 , 94 ; Danish Five per Cents ., 102 J ; Ecuador , 3 jJ ; Granada Deferred , 4 \ ; Mexican , for money , 30 § , 31 ; for the Account , 30 g , 31 , and 31 J ; Peruvian , 934 and 944 ; the Deferred , 46 4 and 47 ; Russian Four-and-a-Half per Cents , 100 J and g ; Sardinian Five per Cents , 884 , 88 , and 88 J ; Spanish Five per Cents , for Money , 22 jj ; for the Account , 23 J and i ; Spanish Three per Cents ., New Deferred , 17 | and 18 ; Belgian Four-and-a-Half per Centa , 914 . and 92 ; and Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents , 58 A , 58 , 58 i , and 58 .
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BANK OF ENGLAND . An Account , punuant to the Act 7 th and 8 th Victoria , cap . M for tho week ending' on Saturday , January 21 , 1852 . ISSUE DEVAKTMUNT . £ £ Notoa issued .... 31 , 382 , 360 Government Debt , 11 , 015 . 109 Other Securities .. 2 , M 4 , 90 » Gold Coin and Bui- , lion 10 ' ? , S Silver Bullion « w >^ £ 31 , 382 , 360 £ 31 , 383 , 300 DANKINU DKl'MtTMENT . „ £ £ ProprietorB * Capital , 14 , 553 , 000 Government Sccu-Roet 3 , 240 , 002 rities ( including PublicDepoeits ( in- Dctid-woig-ht Ancludiny Exche- nuity ) ..... . ..... ¦ « quer , Savings' Other Securities .. 1 M-W , ;™? flanks , Ooinmla- Notea 10 . 74 l . aionera of National Gold and Silver .. Debt , and Divi- Coin W M «» dend Accounts ) .. 4 , 768 , 121 Other Dopoaita ..., 12 , 187 , 177 Bovon-day undotltcr Bills 1 , 140 , 577 jew" ^ " . ^ Wlf Dated Junuary 21 ) , lH . ) 2 . M Mausiiau ., Chief Cashier . lv
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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 previous weeks the numbers were successively 1111 and lOOC ; 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 last week shows a decrease of 137 .
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U 1 UTIBII FUNDH FOR Tlllfi i'AST WISIi . ( Closing Prices . ) ' _ .. _——rr ~
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Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 31, 1852, page 114, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1920/page/22/
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