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LITERA R LV ENV. REASONS in FAVOUR. of a NEW TRANSLATION of THE HOLY SCRIPTURES.--.By Sir JAMES BLAND Burt- LSS, Dart. Though tve h rve thought it our duty to intro duce the present Work in the critical department of our Misceihlny, we are not presumptuous enough to suppose that we are qualified to deter mine on its. rum's. But Ers our Paper is suppos -0-o to be particidatly patronized by the Clerical Older, and by those who have peculiatly directed their attention to Biblical Studies, we feel it to be a 'Rind of duty to submit it to the notice of our lleadets, it is, however, so important in it self, with Teference to the awful nature of the subject, that it is to bepresumed it will be 'uni versally Nat ent among' the Ecclesiastical Body.— The work is qddressed, with a brief hut pertinent :and elegant dedication, to Lord 'GRENVILLE.— The Author, whom we have °fir u had occasion to mdmite for his poetical, humorous, and tic productions, .tor‘v comes forward in a tucre solemn and impressive. character. It appears that lie was induced to enter upon the present inquiry by the ObservAtions tA•THE OVARTERLY I(tivlEW on a New Translation of the Ohl 'Testament, by 11Ir. Bl:Lt.Ami, but he does not examine the toe tits of that Transhrion,:coiteeiviaz it rather proper to point mit the general necessity Of a New TransLition, Hod as a motto for his work, the followin 4 words o Ili , hop Low'ru, f' Thar nece!,s a cy tvoilt, a New Translation of the Holy Set ip'ores."—The Author ColifilienCeS islit work with the following observation, to which All r.A.C,,-hl e mut pious minds must heartily assent, viz:— •• As alt our de:zrest interests, both temporal and eternal, depend Ott our o!redience to the com mareets of our Maker, revealed to us in the Holy crintit! es, nothing can he of amore serious itn porauee than to ascertain the fidelity Of those versions of rite Sacred Text, through which alone knowle,'ge of those commands can be acquired by the majority of mankind." In the porsuit of his 'inquiry, he observes, that the amount of our Icoo:vied4e on the snb ject is, 014 the story told by ARrsTzus (+vi,o gives An ar 7 COOttt Of the Trauslation otoered by PTOLEMY PHILADELPE-1138, and toiiowed, with vas ry other Biblical Historian') i s f a l se; sit,d that though it is certain thar, 'it some time between the years 336 and 141 8.0 Translations of the Holy Scriptures were Made, they were made by persons of whose names, qualifications, Hay existence, We ate absolutely ignorant." In the course of the Author's learned and ela. hot ate investigation, be asserts that the Jews employed persons to alter tl,e text of some pas sages of the Septuagint Version, and erase others, in (trier to avoid the at ktiowledgement of CHRIST as the ME”IAH ; but though he seems to have proved the tact. we cannot conceive that such could have been the object, for though there was certainly enouell to prove the Divine :fission of our SAVIOUR, the Jews peo!)ably did not think so, anti therefore must have deemed the prototors in"eolkient without any necessity of alteration ; for otherwise they conic, have bad no reason for refusing to acknowledge his Divine Origin and Mission. Thc . Anthor proreedS to examine all the Transla:ions of the Holy Scriptures, and states that do pure version from the original IV-brew has yet been presented to :he world. To prove this position, he gives a table of tour parts, in parallel order, consisting of nassageS, collated Iron) a It era: TratiOation of the Hebrew„ from the Sep tnagiut Version; trout JEROME'S Version, and the Received Version, by which it pl4ily appears, that " there is an entire coiiiridenie between the Re ceived Vt . rsion, aml the Vulgate, and as entire' a 41sagreement between them and the Hebrew Original," and consequently he infers she necessity for a Nt..‘sr Translation.. But the most important. point of all is expressed in the following pa"ge . , which precedes a long colla tion of particeikrt to illustrate the conclusion.:— " In ordt:r therefore to sheer yet More distinct ly the effect attributahle to these :misbrerpreta lions of the fexi,,l will conclude what I have to .say on the' Snbject by a second collation of corre sponding. passages ; not, as before, fortuitously "taken, but most intimately connected with the very basis of Christianity, namely, The Uninter rupted Succession of the Priesthood . and Church of GOD, and the equally Uninterrupted Practice of the Sacrifice of Expiation and Atonement, sym bolical of the one great Sacrifice and Atonement to be consummated by the death of our Blessed Saviour." After this long, striking, and convincing colla tion, , he Author concludes in the fullowing manner : in the sacred original, these passages form a connected„ chain of evidence, illostralive of most important truths, and placing them in the roost. luminous ai!il irrefutable point of view. In the opposed translations, whatever may he the value, of each separate text, as a whole they prove no thing conclusive on the subject. Should the reader concur with ine in this opinion, he will be disposed to thinkAbat the translation which bears such inttrnal evidence of its truth, is in all pro bability the most faithful to the sacred original. " The matter is highly deserving of attention. It is b gaestion of no less magnitude, than the choice between a Hind adhesion to error, and a pure and pet feet knowledge of the revealed Law of Goo. Which of thee is preferable, which of them ir is no less the interest than it is the duty of every reasonable and accountable being to adopt, cii.nnot admit of a doubt. In such case, let u~ not be alarmed by any vain fear of tempo rary inconvenience, which otiL4lit not for a moment to weigh against the permanent ;Ind incalculable ad vu it age attendant on such a measure. Let us, on the other hand, entertain a lively, and I trust, a well .founded hope, that should a similar convic tion be felt by those who govern our Chinch and S , ate, they may be pleased to take the matter iuto consideration, and, as the necessity may appear to require, direct an immediate revision of our Received Version, or whet might perhaps be more recommeadable, a New Translation of the Ori ritial Text " We should consider this Mak as far too " high flatter'' for a Public Journal, it we were not licvare Qt ii:t gcnt..7e. atienf - an excite, and consequentkr their from the parti cular circulation of our Nailer (1)01) , 4 the Clergy, we may bring it to their notice, and thereby produce an investigation among those who are best qualified to decide upon its merits, LONDON JOURNALS. FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAY. LATEST ACCOUNTS FROM MANCHESTER, &c. [Morning Post] It gives us pleasure to find, by all the acconnts which 'reached town 'yesterday from Manchester, .'Macclesfield, Leeds, titc. that no freTh disturbance of the public peace has occurred. The persons taken up for rioting at Macclesfield, on Saturday, were under examination at the Town Hall when the post came away. [New Times.] MANCHESTER MEETING. After so many conflicting and contradictory mis-statetnents of the proceedings at Manchester on _londay, the 16th inst., it must be satistactoky to peruse a plain and accurate account of what actually took place : The Magistrates had no intention to prevent the Meeting, and had only adopted proper pre cautions to preserve, the pea Ce. The alteration in their intentions was cau,ed by the information of above fifty most respectable persona, who came in and deposed on oath; as fast as depositions could be taken down, to the several facts, that on ail the roads from tbe‘ manufacturing townships the people were coning in large bodies in military array, and acting under the orders of appointed lat'ers ; that persons of any respectabilny pass ing them were insulted, and taunts and threate made we of ; that flags, with unequivocal in scriptions, were carried before them ; that the se veral bodies, as they arrived at the apiointed place, formed by word of command, and took appointed stations, while a select party from each formed a strong 'cordon, and remained conspicuous with their hats off, to be distinguished Irons the rest, who had their bats on. So many thousands thns coining in from various distances, it could no longer be considered a Manchester Meeting ; and no Magistrate, wi h any sense of duty, could be justified in permitting such a one to proceed. —Warrants were accordingly made out to appre hend those who were the principals in having di rected such proceedings. The Riot Act was read by Mr. Trafford. Fur the constables' to obtain ,access to the hustings to carry the warrants into effect, it was requisite for some military to pro ceed with them. The Manchester Yeomanry were properly selected for this duty, and were proceed ing at a slow pace, when they were s topped - for the Boroughreeve to come up to them. This halt was observed and pot iced to the crowd ,by hunt, who said, See, they are alrea.ly afraid-4e firm, —give them three cheers;' which was done, and afterwards bissings andhootings followed. This naturally caused the Yeomen to quicken their pace; when they came forward, they surrounded the.hustings, and the warrants were carried into effect by the Civil Power. The flags and colours were seized upon by the Yeomen, who were sa luted with brick-bats; &c. at this moment,, a e small proportion oldie 15th Hussars-, and a•squa 7 dron of the Cheshire 'Yeomen came up, and find ing the Manchester troops thus assaulted, were ne cessitated to clear the ground ; in doing this, the pressure caused the full of many,. who ex- . perieneed much injury, but very few .were hurt by the soldiers, who, in, general, used only the flat of the sword; not a shot was fired by the troops. And that an assemblage of 30,000, persons should be dispersed with so few receiving an injury, is , the best proof that . the troops did not exceed their duty, notwithstanding the stonei, &c. thrown at them during the time, and the taunts and in sults used to them before ; in one instance, by ,Hunt himself, to the officers wbo were quietly going through the street unaccompanied by any .soldiers. While the individuals are in custody, and may be pnt upon their trial, it would not be correct to pteiudge the intentions of the principals who con ducted the Meeting ; but no person who saw the Meeting assemble, who heard what was said by several individuals in the various bodies, which was not noticed or disclaimed by those who, in other respects, assumed a command over them, could hope that the influence of a few could prevent the ex cesses evidently in the contemplation of the great body. For weeks past, threats of such a nature had been heard from them; their regular work had been neglected, and the greatest unconcern shewn whether their employers were pleased or not. The various nightly .drillings, which they did not even attempt should be concealed, are sufficient indications of what was to be expected from a hotly assembling together as they did. In the hope that the Meeting would be convened in the usual manner, no intention existed of preventing it ; but when their proceedings were seen and de posed to on oath, the thanks of every hottest Mall must he due to the Magistrates, who trianimons ly concurred in the resolution to stop the Meet ing in proceeding further, and in issuing a war rant to apprehend the principals in convening and directing it. We received this ino , ning the Paris rapers of SundAy last. [he Illoniteur contains 's Royal Or donuance, directing the assernUng of the Elec toral Lollege of Corsica on R (1,3 y to be appoint ed by ihe Praect. The following areextracts:— " PARIS, AUG. 22.—the King received yester day the Neapolitan Ambassador, and transacted business with the Marquess Dessolles. His Mt jesty took an airing to Maltnaison. " The 'Prince de Tallevrand arrived at Paris on Thursday. " General Pie, who was in the list of Exiles, haring obtained peitnision to return, has arrived tat Paris. " Wednesday next, the fee of St. Louis, there is to be a grand illumination, fireworks in the Champs- Elysees, a gratuitous distribution of wine and provisions, Bt.c. FIVE PER CENTS. Saturday ..71 f. Gse. DEFERRED STOCK. Of the 9.20 Alarch, 1817, ...... 90 f. 95c. 22c1 Sept. 1817, 920 March, 1818, 86 f. 95c. 220 Sept. 1818, e2cl March, 1819, 83 f sc. " VIENNA, AUG. 11.—The banking-house of liesmer, at Odessa and Trieste, has suspended its payments. " CARLSBAD, AUG. 10.—The arrival here of the Prince de Metternich has been the signal for that of a great number of diplomatic person ages from different States. If some politicians are to be believed, the conferences which are to take place here will only be a continuation of those held at the Congress of Aix-la-Chapelle, and they will: not only embrace the affairs of Ger many, but also all that relates to public order and tranquillity in all the States of Europe. But ac- cording cording to the statements of well-informed per sons, the subjects treated of at Aix-la-Chapelle are out of the question here ; the conferences will be confidential respecting the affairs of Germany. Couriers are frequently sent off." LORD COCHRANE. (From an American Paper of the 2414 July.) We have had several blockading Decrees from his Lordship since he has entered upon T e duties of his office ; and, on the authority of letters, we are told he has indulged himself in many intem perate remarks respecting our national vessels, accompanied by insinuations that he would attack them: However, we should not forget these Spa nish Emissaries are very active in spreading false reports to injure the cause of the Patriots, and produce a rurure between them and this Country. Still the appointment of Lord COCHRANE as Admi ral of the Chili Fleet was an injudicious one. lie is a proud domineering young man, very brave, and very imprudent. The Officer which the Patriots require, is a mild but firm man, active, persevering, republican in his manners, and a good sailor. This Country could have afforded many such, who wonld have been more useful. His Lordship and the new Government will not long agree. THE FUNDS.—Yesterday being a Holiday at the Bank, none but private bargains were wade ; considerable deal of business was transacted ; ard as to-morrow will be Settling-day, a nun.ber of accounts were made tip ; the con sequence was, that six Defaulters were de clared, one whose differences amounted to 29,700/ , the others were of a minor consi deration. It now turns out a bull account, and Consols have fallen I& per cent, since the opening price of yesterday. This mot-1)11,g they comluenced at 70i, but soon fell to 70 ; at twelve they were d shade better, be:ng done TMEATRICAL ItZGISTEII. Performed Last Night. THEATRE ROYAL, HAvrismirmr.—The Iti als: Sir Anthony Absolute, Mr. Terry; Julia, Mrs. Edwin. After which, Ladies At Rowe:- To which bras added,' The Critic. THEATRE.RoYAL, ESiousit Oi.mait-tiousk:.--The Brown Man : .Principal ,Characters by Mr. Wrench and Miss Kelly. After whit)), One, Two, Three ) Four, Five-,.by Advertise ment. To which was added, Belles Withdut Beaux. - For I-19m E MISSIONAttY SOCIETY, • see the First Pager For PRovINcIAL JOURNALS, see the Last Page. PRICE 0 STOCKS THIS DAY AT T . Flank Stock .449 S pet Cent. fled.. 7I 7€l/ 71 S per Cent. Cons... 7niii 70j St per Cent • SO! 79i 80 per Cents 9 per Cent. Navy Ann. 10.1i1 Bank L. Ann... 19 1-18 3.lti ELV!' ti"CLIICK. Imp. 3 per Cent. Incia!ztock 2181 Ir,dm Bonds.. . pr, Etch. 'Bills, 2d, 4s. 6s. 3+ 2i pr. Cons. for Aceouut,7oiii 70A NIAII,ti. Aksitetio-1 Waterf.rd. DuE—t Waterford, t Guernsey ft,ul Jersey, 2 Lisbon, I Haul- hu tg RICH WATER A'l' LON t it )IN BRIDC:E TO•MORROW. N:ornelig, 34 'ninnies aftvr 5. I Evciline:, 3 malliltes after 6. Ti N 4LJN. 1101.E31 QUlti DICERE FAL, , ,om IjiAT 'AMMON , TIL.;DNES DAY „IUGUS 25, 1819. Al , "t .t.tchrq I. per 11 , 1 d. ..f it is et:trendy reported that the CHAticFO.Oll6O the EXCid asiusa intends issuing „Bilis ' it 2V. 3d. per day. ;,. The. absence of HUNT from he: J idlle"- It MOBOCRACY seems t o have orr,Ltet - . ° r i rivalry bet weed' those .renowl:ned Radical , mers, Sir FRANCIS BURDETT and Doctor IV" t soli, to obtain the vacant honour. Th e j33r n a d n in it is well known, l o st hi s p o p u larity; an d • f°6- „ rt . too severe an opponent • h e therefore des" • ed the place because he was unable to re fine arg," l t Mews founded on f acts , w hi c h the latter tirtsig:l. against him, and was a:so incapable o f e°ll i lc : be ing mains: the clamorous declatnati an ° / . I7AT . present incarcerated Reformer. But Doctor ' e. sow retaihs all his mob-4sOtoriety, tind' !lee r c c a ° .e. fore, We think that the Baronet has 0 0 against hin t ; and we should gradation of a man of his rank and for: w ie, ` 1 % . , 5,14' the pus.inility of any amendnviit is Pt.er liCal character. We shall not Stoop (0 ' 11 :1 1 's his scurillons abuse of the Maaistrates red a tio otti e f. chester, and the other authorities, the seizure of the Ringleaders at that h• have received the thanks of t he lie. o i l bouring Gentlemen, who best know th e weri i gii their services, and they have farther rece'vo :he well deserved honour of beipg thank ed by er r Let PRINCE REGENT, as will be seen by.th e ter from Lord SIDMOUTH, in another rut °' pity sach 11 Paper. We have inserted a Letter ,from as well as that from the Baronet 'this day; rs 6(lit we have not ikou g ht i t necessary , like the :g„ of some of the Morning Papers, to ins erf, s io terisks instead of the more d ar ing and niff' be passages. We hare given it entire, .l bst Public may see it i n i ts f u ll bulk ci f ill t bs chiecous venom, It was add' essed t° ; I v conductor of an Evening P a p er , a nd the V d t er , may judge of the political principles of that la}e by its being the favourite vehicle of the W ritr o l The Meeting of Radical Ruffians is no t P t o as was yesterday reported, but is act uti. A # take place THIS DAY at four o ' c l oc k in SlO ll.-4 01 The report that it was put off was probabilfoio artifice to steal a march upon the City /O: i• ties, but the LORD MAYOR', lance and judgment, issued last night the fol io° warning : with his to nal ft.ita " MANSION-HOUSE, AUGUST °4 • " CAUTION.—ATKINS, Mayor. itr it " The Loan NlAvoit cloth hereby request 811,1‘—vs %1P Householders and others, to prevent, as mach as their Apprentices, Servants, or any vart'of their 17(")bilti from going to the Meeting To-morrow, intended t o 4 :0 0 in Smithfield, because numbers give an appearan ce occasions. " By Order, „ F. 110101; be tti A very inflammatory Placard, which 11°6 b o dropped in many parts of the Town this t oo been sent to us for . insertion,'but it is °' pits infamous a description for us to pol l ' lte off columns with such execrable scurrility. Itg e it4 commencement is sufficient to chew its ri at°f lia r, diabolical tendency. It begins with thc f°. ing bead : _ . " Shall the Murders of the Reforol ers in the Country go Unavenged in the CoPi ta ` o l iJ The PRINCE REGENT iS abused in this Fl a° jof very gross terms, and the whole is a coryliGull,,ost the foulest scurrility against, every thiug 8 "' g oo and respectable in the Country. We 11° P e Author and Printer (whose name does 11- " n L ob' pear) will be traced and brought to due," oo _, ment. 14 1)° CORN-EXCHANGE, AUG. 25.—We We " arrivals of any Grain since Monday, and th e " il l peering but . fewilittyerS'ihis morning, " rhe-t lis exceeding,beay.y at Monday's Prieev. Oa"— „,. g f' i n Os very heavy, and ls. per quarter lower._ 0 01 1 ley, Pease, and Beans, there is little Or ° teration. t e s`' o There is no truth in the report circu —d t . erdAy afternoon of an intention to convenie i mew immediately, and call out fbe 3 111 ' 64. (3.lorning Post.) le a t 8 In cowequence of a communication late boor on Monday niht br the !Jo" tfi~-° tn to some of the Director s of tite East il ll4 i); : ny, a party of Foot Guards were, at lI I ' ; o ifiL 3 Ye s l : 'rddY molliing, placed in the N 65 1% here C i iinpally 3 store, in Ilisliopse,ate- street,o arms and military accoutrements are der , 5 , te r pievions in being shipped on the CoinFtlll - vice to India. tlto 3{l MILITARY ikrovemENTs. This morning liattidion of Grenadier Go4rik, on !el' tb e !nand of the lion. Colonel STevv NWT, friu;-beeti into town from Chatham, where t ley i lti , v ,, e v stationed for a considerable shine )aisl ; 111-1 heY go into ilt ciiiarters for a short tljet' y trill relieve the Coldstreany , , 110 W1i doing et the Tower. This Regiment then tl.n ilic° 6 (l : o , i : (e ters for the winter. '!'he full band of ' be rs met them tin the road, and be il4 „ ° itnf equipped in marching order, bad Ft VCry if i) appearance, tind littraCt'd (lie attention°l 3/411w, lIICUSC body of bileCiatUUS as they pas)ed di(juP ‘11( kt fr to tt to , ta 14 ‘r 01 . e l 11, . V, 11 f : % I 1, 1 7.1 ltv . 1 0 11