... standard of the mint, was always of the same real value, and intrinsicallyworth more than current money. It was at the same time enacted, that all bills drawn upon or negotiated atAmsterdam of the ... plainly and practically applies to England, inconsequence of her habitual use of borrowed capital. As has been explained, a new man, with a small capital of his own and a large borrowed capital, ... year 1860, the Bank of England did not perform at all, as I shall show farther on. A more miserable history can hardly be found than that of the attempts of the Bankif indeed they can be calledattempts...