The Sun.
London, England, 1844-05-11 00:00:00

JEWISH MARRIAGES.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. r
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SIR,—An article headed " Wholesale Marriages, oir
peared in your paper of yesterday, in which you
serve that marriages are prohibited for twentrel7o
days at this season amongst the Jews; whereas it shnver
have been for seven weeks from the Feast of ras kr,
to that of Weeks, excepting on the thirty-thill-L4 of
which, as you mentioned, was Tuesday. The ualn7ol
marriages supposed to have been solemnised on that
was thirty-seven.
May 10. A FIEBR
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THE BANK CII*RTER.—Last week prouuc-_,.10-,
Ministerial Budget ; this week has witnessed a far ron,"'sii
portant Parliamentary expose—that relating to a re11e..."
the Bank of England Charter, and the plan of a flltiif elf
tional currency. These two public questions are
connected, and we wish it were in our power to sPeffliqt,
terms of commendation of one or the other; but we °l'D*,
'When we reflect on the rapid diminution of the Public 1819,
which took place previous to the " fatal measure" n,f,uir tb".
a decrease of twenty millions per annum, and consl"- ad.
r 'O,lO
constant struggle we have had ever since to keep 0,11.
above water, and that we are now, after twenty. Pn,-;a,
of peace, in the predicament of the drowning man esters ala':
a straw in the shape of a surplus revenue of lerto
400,000/., for which we are indebted to the return 0' diger
noxious income tax, we can scarcely restrain our in it re'
Lion at the financial folly that has produced slly° SAirt
sults. Unfortunately for 'himself and his count';
Robert Peel, in the beginning of his career,
into very bad company—that of schemers, bullionispies
self-styled political economists, who succeeded ill Iy° tli
his mind with foolish dogmas as to free trade in event AP"
except the most important of all commodities-9dd'layed ~°llO
never our misfortune to hear more ignorance
the subject of the currency than was exhibited_i/if 131
Premier on Monday night ; indeed, we doubt Illn%phicr
knows what money is—of course we mean in a Phu°' op e,
sense ; for in his eagerness to get the command of it'll, tbu
part of Government, he evidently confounded it ifint ?lite
mercantile currency of the country, so that, not corte of tbof
exercising the prerogative of the Crown as the isall!jlege4l
money of the realm, he would, forsooth, usurp the Pilot P
banker in general for the nation, as if the Goverou' it 001
not quite enough to do to mind its own affairs, but 0000
needs look after those of other people. Let the' Gn,v, sue
issue its receipts (we do not want gold ones) for all
plies, services, salaries, &c. &c., which it raises ""tiol
people, and let these receipts pass current as inonegj AtO•
receivable at the Treasury in payment of taxes, an prstli
will be thus formed of legal tender, on which the o'"e
tura of mercantile currency may be safely reared ;.,s, ss re;
then be guided by the wants of our own commulliTifed,A
gards the circulating medium, instead of being ncjiia.
now, to fix our gaze on Amsterdam and Paris, wa' r 6,,
the changes of the bullion market, for the purpose,;be
lating our circulation on some fanciful theory and
changes. Gold, as an article of commerce, WOO c ali‘*
ould 0,
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go according to our wants, and it is likely we c- 1100,
command our fair share f it, seeing that we can tile "of
pay the best price for it. We all got rich during are
when the foreign exchanges were against us our
all impoverished with the foreign exchanges in °ee and
So much for the wisdom of the Bullion Computt
disciples !—Pictorial Times.

BIRTHS. a of If.
On the 6th inst., at Stansted, Mountfitchet, the w'ec4,
' the
F. Maitland, Esq., of a son. 's'ilo
On the 6th inst., at Willow-cottage St. Johnn. eof
lady of Mr. Thomas-H. Barber, of New York, of 3 9(7" atth
On the 6th inst., at Shirley, the lady of the Bev° ~ v.
T. Farrer, Vicar of Addington, of a son, still-born. ice of '''
On the 6th inst., at Brooklyn, New York, the W
Blackburn, Esq., of a son. eiv tber°ll'
On the Bth inst., at Highgate, the lady of N. T.
oil/
Esq, of a son. a Willer'
On the Bth inst., in Hans-place, Mrs. W. —•
daughter. till
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On the Bth inst., at tlMlepliaßrisßhlcEhuDich of St. Parivepraettrlftf.
GHeoonr.gaend Rev Hnry Montague % iiiiers, A.M. .-- fscl.,°
second
Thomas S'
burgh dau
Spencer V Bloomsbury, Raymond D'Arcy NeivtoMihe pate
ta.enrd...olfVsaar:picskon•squuaorled,sinseiznEdscis7ool::fiet7,
assail,
.ENsq., of Clapham-common, to 1./o.
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intOenEtihs:ell9aNtrheapiniesrt,., at St. John's, Paddington, Chafetr'4o-11/tTer.
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wwride_o_ws _ of. the Rev. C. 11. Pulsford, Canon Resicten"
II Cathedral.
DIED. Dunbar,
the 30th ult., at Winterfield HOUSO
Lieutenant-Colonel R. Anderson, R.H.,_ late 91st near
On ii. Ii•
On the Ist inst., at Bergholt, near Colchester,
Taylor. '
On the 4th inst., at Blurton Parsonage, Judith 11(ger91
,1 ownoloo:nnacttthhhigeldB7litothhf the Rev. J. Hutchinson, M.A. T. 18''
on the 6th iinnsstt.: at Theberton House, Saxroundilaill.
on, sq.
Franks, Esq. Cloodesler
inst.,
in. ati3Caio,leerl_lsoturseee,t!Doregl:....vgiErsecliericic
On the Bth inst., at Lower Islington-terrace,
square,
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