, 1869-05-02
TIE JEWS II ENGLAND.


OF his great schemes, took up the tale, md sum-
noned his big men OF law and divinity to debate
the matter In hs own presence.
In thoss DAYS no Jew coal1 openly Ire md
t,p,e In England Now and then Jew cane over
I9 ne o. Sse1 a9 u 5n
In rler 10 eyade the Law, md deceive The MOI he
e.a4 to 1t on foztyl ~, I'D Pass - eitss AZ
I'D Ct wh!prlI .te Ee!y race Win sharper
iLGc:s tE-E the !sl211 watca oHee ha1 been ta:.lr
h;-r rlcst homo .-.. ...-. ,...
Eu,l4l.t. Ihsy we:r Ecsr bttote tho So1a.aa
Srl-s~.S.~ Tt.y were acre Eke2 NcSvvsss l1SleA
In III ia 1eys We nae selUIs II
:ron a HtLsrw word: from Ea1a.-anaca, tn
isl, Nhea Mori ts va !;sS5, lnSs9l0pWS W,oa
sae a q 81 o. sass gnn
one 4 tic edleis of .Aus9s,us SPEAKS
q The Scws IN Br.lain- One Ct thu Iionaan bricks
C.E Fu1rs stamped upon IL Bedt Mention the
Jews IN connection withtht great cons5uFe.sE on
ths tensote EegDe5: forbade ne @ Sa19n ,nie Gn1is
L: En-. .:azl h.;: tha: ,neo,llJ intercourse taen
siys Jews. In ihc c1oNlaE lHbey records there
Is m tLtry which p1oves-n the record i:sell be
gtnliue-:nat Jews could ho!4 laal, aad taas they
Nelc IN t.e EaLt Of enlo,r1S mculs and auus
with sene part Of their wr-..h- ...
Tne e' sto e snss re ,,!ss 1asT
drove them from the county: and this L. legend
which the JLws accept Is t1::c Tia hardly ltSels
nst s Tyss ~ aSa} ~ ~. 1oae w.
sts g hs &c Il f er
ta1 Ea1S $onss n:s e sae H
springs Of CHARITY were Ee1el Only undes the
-, ,kns sp an1 Es nss5 ~ sssin n :ns
families permitted to ho.d 1telr gEoand. The
Jew, ND all that he has, belong to :he King, ;,
HEs Tie iaw q Elwsld ne GontesSoFna g ~ !aW
CefIiEC luc ..... q
TIE Jews made very slight prceresz In England
s7seas @ ~ nav, ia1iteI The .tch traders an u;emen
u tat race from France. CrowcA Of Jews now
settled IN Stamford and IN 1ork; Afterwards they
came to Oxtoru and London; and during tne nIst
golden period CT tter return THY oecErted aaa
enriched these cities BY art md Eade. In London
they dwelt IN tWo several rlaces, both OF which
ens c~u.id.r.I a, "the Kings nen'-iot as
.G:aarS e!siz, 2s-f:ec Of the orl!na-5 Law. Quo
u ih.r s25.ers " II sss s'y pr;Sfn e. ne ne
c:l,nt Lupd6u Palaec. This qCartcr was called
lrym tlcn the JtNTy. Tley clustered about
he eic lace, because they were the Kings
/ ra!aee walls The second quarter, which lay be-
,old tie city, towards the east, was also royal
,ca1es, tc!!s clcse to lhe Kings To.e1, past oi
| wss week, the Jews ncd into the Tower, which
on Ta sn
lives ard their projectors 10 the four winds When
he Prince was strong, bis "mcn" multiplied In
dt:c nso ,se diatact row xnorn IS ,nc Mnoae,
/ ard the 6waNp called Hounds Ditch. The great
merchants CT tic sacred rare dwelt IN the city, the
se ana snsRsa eaeG oa M Jsw nc
second qnatte7 Poor JeTrr,
TCLcs It'd The earlier So1nan A1gs to befr1end
ttI> gifted lI3l useful race Against the monks a2tl
! against the nab. Rufus, Indeed, was so fac at
*achcd - iletl that soInc writer's fancy he bal
ts2us:i Of becoming JsW t;ssell. p; ~. M -
| tL: ccI-ssIIctlGn. ELlIs resisted a3y otttmp. TO
I ctnve1t the Jews; ND on a notable cccaslon he
called IL fore HIN certain converts n Rsucn, ard
waelte II has been Inferred tEat he was In favor
pf tl-.s fa!tn. The truth NE, f!ufus was in
;sn.s, and Rufiis had no wish 10 eee their nun
rtr redsc.d by conversion, IN The rrauty Of which
he wGS net likely 10 believe. The stor, toll Of
stephen, Norman Jew, carnc to l.rlus complain.
trS that his sca had quilted the s!na.os:c, ant
Offering The k!ng ru5:e o1 s:Sty silver marks to
Ca: :o7 INC lad. "sissan.' he a1ei, "the father
here cen2a!neth that without his license thon arr
,ecoEe = Christian; II ts!s 'e tyuc coEnan'l
nnhost more more a,lo.'s ..Tosf Gtace, ratl The
.oarg conIcrt, 3" doth but Jest On which Nufus
p Il no .sa slHfp es T'Sn Wa tnee ac
s., Iuke.s lice shall cause thine ryc to he
i:s.m his new wats. even after such threat; an''
lrrTsse, &c assed tor his money lack. But RcfHs
man" said The King, ~ t,td Whist coud;" and
on Tie e!d fsleM 6, tog that hs m:ist have e:sns!
e tG tveT at hs y AlaE M Ea taat n
Oxford was IN that tine almost Iewtsh CITY
TIE best hoHses belonged to men Of this race wht
schools Tor Tie sildy oi Hebrew law. Lom1arl
Hall, Noses Hal, and Jacob Has1 werr centres Of
learning. great synasogne was e9llt, AMI tht
Great rsltts tctntcA on their faith, and two lnal
'ers Ct oxford wire Known ns tie Ula JewFT and
! The New Jewry.
The Jews grew fat, ond fat men are ,rcauttous.
| Ia TIC rcGu Ct Henry the First tho soonks began
70 fhoT t1cir teeth: anu from this rr!En down.
] y cru tLe Church I'D On the MOI TO attack the
Jews II TIC rcifn OF Stephen they were 1ne,l
acd imrr1sorcd; IN the reign Of Richard the First
they were Eassacrcd; IN lhe reign OF John they
We,i cheated al.i toblt4l; and 70 far forward uu-
t.,,sc reign Of Edward the Frat when they wc.e
| LEally cxIe5.cd the Kingdom under pain Of death
/ INea cane TING o! silence nEd EXCLUSION For
merey OF lte Jew. 1Iewas m l1nlcl eaeot, a
'tIcr, thing that could not I've upon the English
The offence: charged upon the Jews. and held
10 Justify their exrnlston from country Ia which
| they had ttwelt bcfore the Norman s,arou and the
| Saxon 9etnan came into the land, were such a.
70 Tatse smile In more considcrasc and moro CRIT
.ca! ih.s. They dsbased the cole, they fore-
| poisoned tho wells, they stTpye to convert the
| christians they kidnapped young children, whom
| ihtS sacrificed aa burnt oGeringA
one accusation rouseti The anger Of the Com
mons, second tustiaeti suspicion In the pontes-
st.tlous than unjust Nine out OF every ten meu
IN this Kingdom fGljevesi that Itotcrt OF St. Ed
manl's Bury. WIS killed By the Jews, and that his
I hfood WIS srTnk.et on thelr altar BY the high
priest Cur fathern were not singular In these
1 beliefs No page IN the long story OF popular de-
| WHaty.Errt.a1 Y n
a.atn i set .ne'f esooa fsis as belief 'wss vss
IN Damascus Just ns 1t was found in txfnrd and IN
Lonaou: Nay. 1t ts s,i!i to be found In the South
anA n the East; Many persons IN Rome, and yet
ecrnot be properly kept unless the cakes mixed
with Christian hlood- No Easter ever passed by
n z9n tSs ny tns :1a e.
llols C,ty between Jew and Christian leads 10
ana and Spa 4Slss "ise asee es
decide, scconltna 70 their written
law. A few years tso, these accusations we're
aeonmtss!ou OF inquiry INTO the facts alleged and
denied. when both sides were heasl, the Jewish
bocks weyc oyerbauIed BY musu, md an imperial
us, .a1s note. % declaring that tee Gseef M ana n.
| Eenian allegations we're untrue.
The higher English kniGhts aud nobles had
Of thtfe mobiles may hare really feased-as they
certainly kald they feared-shat the richer Jews
gould brine the co1z1less over TO their faith.
and sraln. Still more, the Jews were much
moro Liberal" ns 1t is called, than their
sturdy ue,shhors: Many Of the Jews were lesrncd
| Lnfp, hnd learned men arc trt to laugh at things
hich vulgar folk holl sacred- An Oxford Hebrew
! niG1Ied ST F1idcsw!de, saying he could cure "a
I4aay hek persons As the saint herbcf. The legend
| rlns that The moekiuy Jew went mad aud hung
himself In his own kitchen which IL perhsps pol.
NC way Of telling the tunuuous story OF PopuiAl
meE we're learned IL the wny to excite suspicion
they were a!cnemists, eofrerers and astrCsogers,
professors Of mag1an art dealer1 IN Charms and
smIfets agents OF The seEaano and the court But
their crence was-they were rch. -
| They wcte r1ch, and the world could not forgive
sSeE,; sSe1 H.! 1as M re- +! tns 5ew *ho r. natu5s
II the nasture and The garden, and whose National
Ieetzy bteathes Of tie tent, tie tocf and the vs.
fsrn: the courses which he loved INTO the practice
Il stts which were originally foreign to his race.
wneE a Hebrew could hold land Of Ills own, he ~as
lis own skeep, p,ansed his own Gives he preseesi
Gls 1wn grnpts- he tnrethed his own eo.u. Tntier
iha. RenAu lsT, which the Church sent into West
hcLee he vas driven mo trade, = hlen h,s genius
eeLyelted t2to rTS1table calling, Most OF xll
nc took TO auJ!Eg md sllLng money: to lending
tn Interest and EccEritT--s vocation for which few
ntn arc ratr1a1Iy Ct The Jews were dealers In
noIeE. and nearly every m1u Of Influence In the
f4L asLet Ceurt Was In ttetr dett-
!, tAt "fS o44tLtE e1N1E-As h4A lUl kEA+ DEE0EG
they WGre driven Into foreign lands. They were
d.ssen away frum this Island with Il mueh c7uel-
y IS theT hrpthfen Afterwards uute4wtat tn
sVG9. 1oe Ch1reh put them to the bs1cu1red
the-u. rl11dcted them and drpre thcra forth For
I TT fErdrtd years the tteTn decree Eas nekd,
ct cealse vas coming for The holy race. The
lion age VS. tlmost past; and though tae golden
prize was yet faT of, tic wiser sptfits were look
les ior brighter day, Luther, Cranner, Gavin
al Tie great Fltrt.a Of the Reformation had been
tue unconscious frencs OF Israel; and when The
sentiment q Erseeet for private Judgement Ia a.