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London, England, 1844-01-24 00:00:00

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BRITISH AND FOREIGN REVIEW,
No. XXXII. CONTENTS :

I. Critics and Criticism in France.
2. Arnold's Lectures—The Church and State.
3. The Musical Antiquarian Society.
4. The Principles of Tariffs applied.
5. Secret Diplomacy of Louis XIV.
6. The Oxford Controversy—Anglo-Catholicism.
7. The Oregon Territory.
8. Laing's Notes of a Traveller.
9. Ireland—Repeal of the Union.
10. Nate on the Law of Debtor and Creditor.
11. Postscript on the Oregon Territory Question—The
President's Message.
London : R. and J. E. Taylor, Red Lion-court, Fleet-street.

DR. ROBERT LEE'S LECTURES ON MIDWIFERY.
This day are published, Bvo., with nearly Seventy Illustrations
on Wood, 15‘.,
LECTURES on the THEORY and PRACTICE
of MIDWIFERY, delivered in the Theatre of St.
George's Hospital, by ROBERT LEE, M.D., F.R.S.,
Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians ; Ph) sician to the
British Lying-in Hospital; and Lecturer on Midwifery at St.
George's Hospital.
London ; Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans.

GOLDSMITH'S GEOGRAPHY, BY HUGH MURRAY.
This day is published, New Edition, 3s. 6d. bound,
GOLDSM [TICS GRAMMAR of GEO-
GRAPHY. New Edition, revised throughout and
corrected by HUGH MUd RAY, Author of the "
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INTRODUCTION to the above, by DOWLING, 9d.
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KUHNER'S GREEK GRAMMAR.
Just published, Bvo, 9s, cloth,
AN ELEMENTARY GRAMMAR OF THE
GREEK LANGUAGE By Dr. RAPHAEL
KUHNER. Translated by J. H. MILLARD, St. John's
College, Cambridge ; late Second Classical Master at Mill Hill
Grammar School.
" To those who would learn or teach Greek logically, sys-
tematically, and thoroughly, Dr. Kulvier's Elementary Gram-
mar will be advantageous, if not indispensable."—Spectator.
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MR. MAUNDER'S NEW SCHOOL CLASS-BOOK.
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TIIE UNIVERSAL CLASS-BOOK : a New
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Every Day in the Year; each Lesson recording some important
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the day of the month under which it is placed, or detailing, in
familiar language, interesting Facts in Science ; also a variety
of Descriptive and Narrative Pieces, interspersed with Poetical
Gleanings : Questions for Examination being appended to each
day's Lesson, and the whole carefully adapted to Practical
Tuition. By SAMUEL MAUNDER, Author of " The
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In the press, and speedily will be published, a New Edition of
ADICTIONARY, PRACTICAL, THEORE-
TICAL, and HISTORICAL, of COMMERCE and
COMMERCIAL NAVIGATION. By J. R. APCULLOCH,
Esq. Illustrated with Maps and Plans.
Nei;:her labour nor expense has been spared in attempting to
perfect this edition, every part of which has been carefully re-
vised and cerrected, and the statements and details brougirt
down to the latest period. The various Supplements have
been incorporated with the work ; which has been farther
enlarged and improved by information derived from all parts of
the world.

Recently published, by the same Author, in_ two thick vole.,

Bvo., price 41., cloth lettered,
A DICTIONARY, GEOGRAPHICAL, STATISTI-
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and Principal Natural Objects in the World. With Maps.
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BARKER'S LEMPRIERE, REVISED BY CAUVIN.
Published this day, Bvo., 12s. bound,
.EMPRIERE'S CLASSICAL DICTIONARY,
abridged for Public and Private Schools of both Sexes.
By the Late E. H. BARKER, Trin. Coll. Cam. New Edi-
tion, revised and corrected throughout. By J. CAUVIN,
M.A. and Ph. D. of the University of Gottingen ; Assistant-
Editor of " Brande's Dictionary of Science, Literature, and
Art."

*o* This is the only edition containing :al: the most recent
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eminent scholars; and it is hoped that it will be distinguished
from all other editions of Lempriere, which, though larger in
size, contain a large quantity of matter not calculated to assist
the scholar, and which has been purposely expunged from this
edition, thus diminishing the expense of the work without in-
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THE CURRENCY.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sim—ln the discussions of the currency, it may be
asked, what becomes of our definition of " standard,"
when it has been clearly shown that the standard by
which our liabilities are measured is a variable quan-
tity ? The exposition of this complex affair induces
a belief that it is an " arrant juggle," mystified in
such manner as to delude the industrious portion of
the community, who are paying, and have all along
been paying, the piper.
It is, doubtless, an easy matter to censure ; it would
be more commendable to show some plan that may
improve the state of our currency arrangements;
under such impression I hope to be pardoned in pre-
suming to offer the following suggestions, more espe-
cially as I have anything but a profound knowledge
of the subject under consideration.
Select for a standard some material that has main-
tained, for a run of years, a steady relation to the
necessaries of life. Suppose gold to be that material;
then let a certain weight of gold of specified quality
be the standard pound, by which all money transac-
tions are to be measured. Let the Bank-note price
of the standard pound be daily published in the man-
ner of the price of stocks; and for the convenience of
arranging money transactions, let it be stated by the
pound and decimals of the pound.
A money transaction, for example, would then be
conducted in some such manner following :—Sup-
pose on the day of transaction the Bank-note price of
the standard be 1.002; I borrow 5001., which I wish
to have in Bank-notes ; Bank-notes are at a discount
of -002 ; 500 -002,1; I must therefore receive
501/. in Bank-notes, and give an acknowledgment
for 5001. sterling. Suppose, after a lapse of years,
the money I have borrowed is called in, and on the
day of repayment the standard is quoted at .998 ;
Bank-notes are now at a premium of 'OO2 ;
500, •002=1; I pay therefore only 499/. in Bank-
notes, and my debt is cancelled.
Bank-notes of the Bank of England and private
banks to be legal tender; their circulation to be ex-
panded, perhaps to the amount of taxes necessary to
pay the annual expenses of the Government and inte-
rest of the debt.

That all bankers deposit in the hands of Govern-
ment securities of real property equal to, or exceed-
ing, the amount of their notes in circulation. The
Government can by the issue of stamps know the
amount of the notes in circulation, or the limit which
they cannot exceed ; the whole to be under the con-
trol of Parliament.

Bank-notes in payment of taxes to be considered
always at par; and in the payment of dividends,
salaries, and, in short, all payments made by Govern-
ment, Bank-notes are to be considered at par.
The foregoing suggestions comprise an outline of
a scheme ; but it may be remarked that confusion and
difficulty would arise from such a plan ; and even if
it were good in theory, it would be bad in practice.
In reply, it may be stated that the relative value of
Bank notes and gold could be arranged, according to
the fluctuation of the Bank-note price of the standard,
in a tabular form, and that any transaction could be
quickly performed ; in fact it would be something
like taking out logarithms to natural numbers, and
vice verso, in the process of computation.
As gold in the form of coin would be nearly, if not
wholly, superseded by Bank-notes, and as the use of
gold would be confined very much to commercial
purposes in the state of bullion, the amount of our
currency would not be liable to fluctuation from an
abstraction of gold for exportation, and changes in the
relative value of gold and Bank-notes would, in a
great degree, be avoided. Perhaps such steadiness
would prevail as to render it unnecessary to take into
consideration the Bank-note price of the standard in
transactions of small amount. Parliament having
the control of the currency, its care should be to
regulate the issue of Bank notes, so that the value of
Bank-notes be kept at, or nearly at par, and a con-
sequent steady relation between Bank-notes and pro-
ducts of industry.
Jan. 16, 1844.

A WORKING MAN.