The Express.
London, England, 1861-01-24 00:00:00

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The following letter appears in t 1 .;; •/ N.WI • .
14111,-111W Rev. brewer, in 100 letter to
you, complain of the rigid supers Wiwi t•xereimed
uver w•rooiseniplonsl in this I Wits: tit prepitring
ttslewiers of Stat.. Papers fur the goveninicut. I
soloid that •triensss. I wlnait the correctness of
hi. ss•-• •Inot. thud it would hr next to imn,#.,,t,l,
for n.. wintlatton or suppression of the, ,!ucu.
t.. 'Age place. At the some tittle, in justice
in tt • . .!. • ef. eti• llffiee, atnl the officers etiii.loy.sl
it e i..tog thew, I beg to .tale that the«• rules
wen• #.• t wade iu special refereime to Mr. Brewer.
fr 1/,4• tear :old before any official eiitor hwl
ever I. thote:lit of, the 31astl•r of the Rolls sle-
, essl a . •le Ittile on the oeeasioni of throwi.:4
Public Record* to the public, awl
the nwtriction.. iiimu literary emu which
hsti. •rt.• hail been enforced. Gentlemen who are
em; ,sl in compiling Colombos here are of
worse •ithjected to the 'eme rile. a. lit.•rary
cool the supervishot in their vise
lwaarwerilc more rigid, a. they art. Isuiuterruptedly
surrowaled by the otlimrs .usl ',errant,. of the
establishment. I believe, therefore, that the fears
of the l'rotestant Alliance, or .4 any other body,
are utterly tuifonueleil, and that it would I.e tiniest-
table for auy editor here t.. mutilate, alter, supprms,
or tamper with the .I.sitnitenhi on which he is
eogarsl without instautaiwous detection. The
public way he quite at emse on that besot.
I west not, however, conclude this letter without
exprunsitig my regret at the disctuution which has
arisen on Mr. Turtibun appoiutuieut. When the
Master .4 the Kfille eePeeeet•l to me his anxiety to
and 'wow gentleman modified, from his ktiowleolge
of the various European languages of the sixtueuth
century, combined with au intimate a..spiinutance
with the history .4 that perbsl and familiarity with
ancient 'utudwritiugs, to catalogue the foreign. State
papers in the Public Reconhollice (the officers in
thin estahlislinient being fully employe4), iu con-
beetion with other portion. 44 the gruiat work
had wonineitnsl, I nishssotatingly revoinneuiled
Mr Tuntloall as the fittest licrem for that task ;
and the Ilit.ter th.• Rolls relying, I believe, on
jimlgnient awl my recontineudation, pr0pe....1
Mr. Turnbull M. the gortruio, tit. Although having
the piewoire of hut the slii;htest a.:.itiaintance with
Mr. Turnbull heyowl any official weinexiou with
the government publication.. to which he lia•I pre-
nendy c. ostrihnted, I revon 1111 l ude.l I • from an im-
plied belief inbistnutw..nhalmsand his capability.
I differ 'strongly front Mr. Turnbull in reference
to religious opinems, but I never could have Rup-
p...owl that in this laud of religious fretsbou a man's
relt,Puus courictiot4 could hate been #soisi•lered a
diamuilifitation fur his caploymeut on a purely
literary task, for which be admittedly pumemed all
the either requisite modifications. However painful
the discassion which has since ensued is Meret•ce
to this matter, I cannot its comicience disavow nay
reennonetelation, nor, had I the opportunity, would
I recall it.

The tirvt volume of Mr. Turribull's Calendar is
now before the public. Evory document to which
it refers is in my custody, and I invite tines,' who
feel intereated in the subject to invert those docu-
ments and judge for themselves. If they have no
skill in ancient handwriting, I shall he happy to
assist them with such skill as I posse' in com-
paring Mr. Turnbull'is abstracts with the origivala ;
WWI I pledge my reputat. as a ROCOPI scholar that
if helm found guilty tither of ornimion or
eowwiv-
Mon, I will bus opponents in asking for bin re-
moval. Until then, I feel myself in duty bound
to uphold by all means; in my power the reoow-
menehtimi I have had the honour of giving to the
Master of the Rolla—l Ain, die.,
I'. DI'FFUS HARDY.
Public Rev:ell-office, ltells•ysrJ.
Uhaaesre•lass. Jas. II