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NEWTRANSLATION of the BIBLE.
" You may be assured that, deeply sensible of the duties
imposed upon me, and more especially of that which binds me
to the support of the Established Church, I shall always use the
powers vested in me by the Constitution :or the fulfilment of
that sacred obligation."—Her Majesty's Answer to the Address
of the Lords.—The Weekly Dispatch, Sunday, July 14, 1839.
" The favour and the love of Heaven, we have great argu-
ment to think in a peculiar manner propitious and propending
towardsus. Why else was this nation chosen before any other,
that out of her, as out of Sion, should be proclaimed and
sounded forth the first tidings and trumpet of reformation to all
Europe."—Areopagitica : Milton.
We shall here exhibit to the country, that for the great
" measure of truth which we enjoy," we are indebted to Mo-
narchs—rightly so—they were "the people's trust."
" All the King's—(Henry the Eighth's)—proceedings con-
vincing the Pope that he was to expect no change in him,
he published at length the Bull of Excommunication, drawn,
and signed in 1535. As soon as Henry heard of the Bull being
published, he required the Bishops and Abbots to swear again
to rennunce the Papal authority. At the same time, the new
translation of the Bible being presented to him, he ordered
1,500 copies to be printed, being satisfied that nothing would
be found there to support the exhorbitant power assumed by the
Pope over all Christendom.
" Grafton, the printer, printed 1,500 at his own charge,
which amounted to 600/. !"—History of England, by Rapin,
p. 819.
" Then came the reign of Queen Elizabeth ;
but I know that she had great worldly glory. I have seen her
in history, and I have read of her in those pageants, when the
people of England surrounding her, and the leading gentry her
slaves ; while her glorious flag was unstained on land, and floated
invincible over every sea. I know all this, and 1 know that female
reigns are often the most triumphant—( Hear)—and I trust we
are at the beginning of one now.—(Loud and continued cheer-
ing.")-4 full Report of the Proceedings of the Great Meeting
of the Catholics of London, held at Freemason's Hall, on the
15th day of July, 1839. Edited by Daniel O'Connell, M.P.—
The London and Dublin Weekly Orthodox Journal, No.
212, Vol. 9.
" Not only do we owe to the happy Reformation all the do-
mestic advantages by which we are distinguished above other
States, but it is also to the Reformation we are indebted for our
present political consequence and territorial grandeur." . . . •
" Then sprung up the mighty Elizabeth, and mingling her
existence as a Soverei with the preservation of the true faith,
lashing herself to the mainmast of Reformation ; on that vessel
she securely rode the storm, and established the independence
of her kingdom."—The Times ; The Sun, No. 14,628, 1839.
Grace next adviseth the Reader not to be offended with
the diversitie of translators, nor with the ambiguity of transla-
tions.
a translation as that hereafter might follow, no other that might
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munodreerosptoeend.. For there be yet
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t the Gospel very many dark places, which without doubt
y
that it might be utterly understood by us, yeaF toor the
Whot
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our posterity to their clearteurndr= should h. e
the Gospel was delivered to this intent,
tethhaetresufch things as remain yet unknownevery inch.in
Preface to the Translation
" Queen Elizabeth dying by command of Queen Elizabeth.
nod
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slatter w
Parker'si
by James the Sixth, King March 24, 1602, was succeeded
ts f
and of the Queen's of Scotland, asnext heir to the Crown
the new King come nomination.toAccordingly no sooner was
Crown, but an humble petitionLondon to take possession of the
of England, as they styled tieof the Ministers of the Church
Majesty, desiring reformation mselves, was presented to his
of certain
of the Church. In the preamble to ceremonies and abuses
he
Majesty that they, to the number of petition, they to!d his
more than 1
Majesty's subjects and ministers, all ,000 of his
com-
mon burden of rites and ceremonier did withing as under a
humble themselves at his Majesty's feet to be eased
and relieved
joint consent
n this behalf, and that their humble suit to his Majesty
That of the offences following, some might be removed, some
was,
some
tmended, and some qualified. These offences were, st 1 , in the

Now comes the modern—mightier far.
" If he who spake as never man spake, who came to bless all
nations with divine wisdom, was by the enemies of his Gospel,
the Pharisaical critics of the time, charged with being beside
himself—of having a devil, &c., because he told them that they
taught for doctrines the commandments of men, i. e. the false
interpretations of the sacred original, and on that account was
persecuted by the bigots of that day,—one humble as myself
may expect to be abused by men of this description." . • •
" But my motives anil my principles are, I presume to hope,
worthy the protection of my Country, and its established
Church; and, under the guidance of Heaven, I look to both.
For the condescension and uniform patronage which I have re-
ceived, I shall ever feel the most lively gratitude ; the Prince
Regent, 50:copies, 1,0001. I trust that it will support me in the
prosecution of my labours, will protect me from the insidious
influence of calumny, and the more daring violence of malice,
envy, and all uncharitableness."

Mr. Bellamy's Reply to the Quarterly Review-50 copies,
,000/.

" But if it be a sin to covet honour,
I am the most offending soul alive.
This act shall the good man teach his son ;
And with it we shall be remembered."
" University Education." " The great resorts and seats of
learning often outlive in this way the intentions of founders, as
the world outgrows them. Our Universities are, in a great
measure, become cisterns to hold, not conduits, to disperse,
knowledge. The age has the start of them, that is, other
sources of knowledge have been opened since their formation, to
which the world have had access, and have drank plentifully at
these living fountains, from which they are debarred by the
tenor of their Charter- and as a matter of dignity and privilege.
All that has been invented or thought in the last two hundred
years they take no cognizance of, or as little as possible, they
are above it, they stand upon the ancient land-marks, and will
not budge, whatever was not known when they weriendowed, they
are still in profound and lofty ignorance of."—Hazlitt's Table
Talk: also, the Examiner, Jan. 20, 1828.
"Let the Noble Viscount persevere in the course—i., e., re-
sisting the demands of, and braving the direction of Radicals—.
which he had resolved upon taking, and then let him trust to
the good sense of the people of this country for support.'
Such were the words in which the Duke o 1 Wellington ex-
pressed his confidence in the sincerity of Lo aMelbourne."—
The Times, July 1, 1839.
"It was said by the Noble Duke ' ellington) that those
opinions were contrary to the opinions neld by the University
of Oxford. He ( Viscount Melbourne) had great respect for
that University, but he could not admit that the University of
Oxford was to be infallible in these matters. On the contrary,
it was well known that the opinions of the Reformers who
brought about the Reformation in the Church were entirely
opposed to the University of 04 i4d. It was well known, that
if the opinions of that Unive tasty had been adhered to, the
Protestant religion would nezior have been established. The
opinions of Lucke were opposed to those of the University; and
if their opinions only were to be consulted, everything liberal,
noble, and ingenuous in our institutions would never have been
established."—Viscount Melbourne's Speech in the
_House of
Lords, on the debate on the Errl of Radnor's motion respecting
the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge.—The Morning
Herald, Friday, Dec. 22, 1837.
"We observe in a pamphlet, Anti-Deist,' published by
Mr. Bellamy, that Exodus, e. iii, v. 22, is a gross mistransla-
tion. He notices a number of other errors in the translation
of the Bible now in use, equally hostile to the true meaning of
the writers. It is not a little curious, that many of these mis-
translated passages, which give meanings in direct opposition to
the real ones, have been as stoutly defended by eminent theo-
logians as any in the whole took, and long commentaries have
been written upon them, expressly to show their beauty and
propriety."—The Examiner, Dec. 24, 1821.
" Mr. Bellamy, in a very conclusive performance, the Anti-
Deist, does not attempt to parry the weapon, so much as to
disarm the hand that wields it ; for he does not explain away
the objections that have been advanced by the Deist, but he
labours rather to extirpate them, and to show that they have no
other root but misconception or mistake. Should this author's
emendations turn out correct, they should be adopted, as no
time and no authority can consecrate error. Mr. Bellamy has
met with patronage in the very highest quarter—a patronage
liberal in every sense of the word; and as honourable to the
patron as the author."
" His alterations, I admit, are extremely numerous, im-
portant, and consequential, but they are supported by a mass of
erudition, authority, and argument, that does indeed demand
our most serious attention, and many in common with myself,
will lament that they have drank more freely at the stream,
than at the fountain."

" We hail the march of intellect, because we know—that a
reason tiat is cultivated, is the best support of a worship that
is pure. It is for thos- who thrive by the darkness to hurl
their anethemas against the diffusion of light ; but wisdom, like
a pure and bright conductor, can render harmless the brutum
fulmen' of the Vatican."—Lacon, C. C. Colton.

66 I may therefore conclude, that upon this revision of the
Hebrew Scriptures, great stress ought to be laid, as anticipat-
ing a closer approximation in sentiment among all denomina-
tions of Christians now at variance with each other, upon cer-
tain disputed points of doctrine—under this impression, I think
all must subscribe to its importance."—Chester Chronicle, Feb.
20, 1824.
" We may be sure that sufficient care has been taken that
the Holy Scriptures should contain nothing unsuitable to the
character or dignity of God, and that God should say nothing
of himself which should derogate from his own Majesty."—
Milton's Posthumous Treatise.
" Mr. Carlisle then read the names of several of the sub-
scribers, beginning with the Prince Regent, who at first sub-
scribed only for five copies; but, pleased with the specimens of
the translations forwarded to him by the gentleman in ques-
tion, had increased that number to fifty. This anecdote he
had 'from Mr. Bellamy himself, who was intimately acquainted
with Dr. Clarke, the Prince's librarian. Here Mr. Carlisle
iterated his argument, arising from the discrepancy of the two
translations, and the consequent fallibility, at least, of one

version."
Mr. Carlisle's trial for publishing " Palmer's Principles of
Nature," Court of King's Bench, Guildhall, Friday, Oct.
15.—The Times, Saturday, Oct. 16, 1825.
To CORRESPONDENTS.—" The Bible.—We have been so
earnestly exhorted toxersevere in opening our Paper to the dis-
cussion of the merits of the New Translation, as a question of
the utmot importance to the interests of mankind, that we feel
it to be our duty to comply. Our Correspondents, therefore,
shall be attended to in turn, as we have reason to believe that
the Heads of the Church have already directed their attention
to the controversy."—The Sun, London, Saturday, Dec. 5,
151$.

" Surely the elevated patronage which this New Translation
has deservedly obtained, should operate as a general example
and incitement. Shall the Bible, with its many acknowledged
errors, descend to posterity polluted with all those errors ; or
shall it be transmitted to the latest generations of mankind,
with as much of its original purity as it is possible for human
sagacity, knowledge, aril diligence to elucidate and confirm."--
The Sun, Monday, November 23d, 1818. The Sun, Septem-
ber 30th, October 7th, and 28th, 1837. The Guide, March
18th, and 25th, 1838. The Sun, December 27, 1838, Feb. 5,
1839.

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" The New Translation of the Holy Bible, containing the
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reconciling the numerous discrepancies in Jerome's and the
European versions."
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2d Kings, C. 17. V. 11.
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Job, c. 38. v. 21.
Part 7th in 1835, containing from Job, c. 18. v. 22. to
Psalms, c. 50.
The Anti-Deist, in answer to the publication called the
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First and Second Replies to the Quarterly Review, showing
the gross errors the Reviewer has made in his Remarks on the
New Translation of the Bible.
" I now proceed to examine the passage which the Reviewer
has adduced to prove how grossly I have erred in translating
the word gnaaroumin, prudent, instead of naked ; which is in
Job, c. 22. v. 6. And stripped the naked of their clothing.
This is, perhaps, one of the passages which he deems elegant,'
simple,' and dignified.' It is simple' enough, surely ; and
such simple passages abounding in the common version have in
all ages excited the wonder of intelligent men. ' Stripped the
naked of their clothing In the name of common sense, if
they were naked, how could they be stripped?"—Extracts. See
Classical Journal, No. 38.
A Refutation of the Erroneous Opinions, promulgated by a
Right Rev. Bishop of London.—See Classical Journal, No. 1.
A Reply to the Right Rev. Bishop of St. David's. See
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SPECIMENS OF EMENDATIONS, AND TENOR OF
REPLIES.

Genesis, c. ii. v. 4. Jerome's Version.—And they said,
go to, let us build us a city, and a tower, whose top may reach
Unto heaven.
New Translation.—Hebrew.—And they said, come, let us
build a city and tower, with his top Like unto heaven.
"An undertaking as impious as it was foolish, an attempt to
build a tower which should reach to heaven !"
Origines ; or, Remarks on the Origin of several Empires,
States, and Cities. By the Right Hon. Sir W. Drummond.—
The Literary Gazette, May 28, 1825.
" The tower of Babel whose top was to reach to ' heaven,'
and 'the confusion of tongues;' the sacrifice of Isaac and
Jeptha's daughter; the true age of Christ at the crucifixion.' "
—Enquiries into Vulgar and Common Errors.
The works of Sir Thomas Brown, Knight, M. D., of Nor-
wich,l6B6.
Authorised Version, Deuteronomy, chap. 14, v. 22 :—" Thou
shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed."
"Itis a well-known maxim of nglish law, suggested by
common sense, and recognised by every principle oLjustice, to

infer, that the long and uninterrupted enjoyment of a civil
right must have originated in a regular grant from the original
owner, although no express evidence can be produced of
existence of such conveyance." On Tithes.—Quarterly Re-
view, No. 53.
New Trans!ation :—" A tenth thou shalt tenth, of all the
increase of thy seed." Note—Onkelos, the most eminent of
all the learned Rabbis, who lived before the dispersion of the
Hebrews, and consequently made the translation of the Sacred
Volume into Chaldee at that period when the Hebrew was a
national language, he thus translates the clause—gnasaara
tignsarah, " a tenth thou shalt tenth," which is the same as
the Hebrew. The Septuagint aExam:, ocarcioExa'rc.ea'Sf (both
Alexandrine and Vatican) " a tenth thou shalt tenth." The
learned Selden, Le Clerc, and other great authorities on
tithes, say—" It is not likely that the Levites should have had
a tenth of the whole produce of the land, because the number
of the tribe of Levi, compared with the numbers of the other
tribes, was so trifling. Neither could it be of all the produce
of the land, but of the increase of the seed; as it is truly said
in the common version : for the increase must necessarily have
been that part of the produce after the seed employed to give
the increase, had been returned to the grower out of the gross
produce ; otherwise it could not have been said it was the " in-
crease of the seed."
" When the harvest had beene ended, and all gathered, then
the husbandman laid aside his great themma, otherwise called
the first fruits of his threshing floore, of which it bath beene
spoken in chapter on first fruits ; which, though it were one
of ten, in respect of that portion which the Levites received,
yet it was but one of a hundred in respect of the husbandman's
stocke, who payed the Levites ; the Levites payed a tenth por-
tion unto the Priests ; this they termed Magnasher mim-ham-
magnasher, the tithe of the tithes, Neh. x. 38. The Pharises
would pay a tenth, Matt. xxiii. 23 ; andshence it is that they
boasted, They gave tithes of all that they possessed, Luke
xviii. 12."—Civil and Eccle4astical Rites, used by the ancient
Hebrews. Dedicated to the Earl of Pembroke, Chancellor of
the University of Oxford. By Thomas Godwyn, 8.D., 1634.
" Add to this, that by the tenth part of the lands must ne-
cessarily be meant the tenth part of the profits ; which must
be owned to be a very forced interpretation, especially in a
primordial act such as this."—Page 111, Rapin's History of
England. See The Sun, Nos. 14,628-14,662.
" No mention, Bishop Barlow observes, is made of tithes
in the grand codes of canons, ending in the year of our Lord
457, (which, next to the Bible, he considers as the most au-
thentic book in the world). During all that period, there-
fore, both the clergy and Chureh appear to have been sup-
ported by the free gifts and other oblations of the pious."—See
Selden on Tithes, and Barb. Rem. 169.
" Tithes, from the Saxon word Teoda, which signifies the
tenth part of a thing, may be defined to be the tenth part of
the increase yearly, arising and renewing from the profits of
land, the stock upon lands, and the personal industry of the in-
habitants.-2 Black. Com. 24.
" The King, Henry the Fourth, representing to the Parlia-
ment his great want of an extraordinary aid, the Commons
went in a body and addressed him, That without burdening
his people he might supply his occasions by seizing the revenues
of the clergy.' The Archbishop of Canterbury resisted—the
Commons brought in a Bill to seize the clergy's revenues—
the solicitations of the Archbishop were so prevalent with the
Lords, that they threw out the Bill, so the Commons were
forced' to find other means to supply the king's occasions ; the
cler"gy granted a tenth and a half."—Page 495.
The Commons, willing to comply with the King's
h(
iHme ntroy
seizeV . ) t demandhe el
clergy's
a rgy
,s subsidy,re ve n presentedues.
T an
The
el address,ergy
perceiving
praying
their ruin inevitable, came to the resolution to: resign a part of
their riches to the King in order to save the rest."—Page 509,
Rapin's History of England.
" It has been presumptuous," so we read in the pithy Exam-
iner, No. 780, "to dabble in chemistry ; to look through a te-
lescope ; to innoculate for thesmallspox ; to abate the virulence
of a pestilential disorder by the salutary assistance of a cow ;
lastly, and we trust the argument will be deemed conclusive—
to read the Bible. And in what has all thit presumption gene-
rally consisted? In the anxiety of some men to know more
than it was convenient for other men they should know. The
moment the daring inquirer discovered a truth—a truth !—which
threatened to militate against a profitable system of error, then
the awful secrets' were invaded—the ' ark of the sanctuary'
disturbed. Any Barabbas of, the day was milk-white compared
with the daring offender : in a word, away with him.' Could
great men thunder,' says Shakspeare, there would be nothing
but thunder.' Could they make a thirst for knowledge sinful
and presumptuous, there would be a most inconvenient multipli-
cation of awful secrets.'
Having now emerged from the honourable estimation in the
community, we take leave to mention a few whose great names
gave permanency to the system.
" Pro,est." '• In our opinion, therefore, the land is subjected
to a direct taxation, amounting on the rent, tithe, and poor-rate,
to 33 per cent. !"
On the amendment of the Duke of Wellington upon the Corn
nogfasToKftr
hea Solomon,
aos
tabernacles
13111. Signed Duke of Newcastle, Earls Rosslvn and Lauder-
dale.—Journal of the House of Lords.—The Times, June 5,
1827.
" It would shake the foundation of all property in the king-
dom."—Mr. Peel.—The News, Sunday, May 23, 182.5.
" Because he had an apprehension and timidity." Mr.
O'Connell, Herald, Dec. 2, 1836.
Authorised Text.-1 Kings, c. xvii. v. 4.—" Thus it shall
be, thou (Elijah) shalt drink of the brook, and I have com-
manded the ravens to feed thee there."
Hebrew —New Translation, Part V.—" Thus it shall be,
thou (Elijah) shall drink of the brook, and I have commanded
the Arabians to supply thee there."
V. 6.—" There the Arabians brought for him bread and
flesh in the morning," &c.
Ist Samuel, c. v., Authorized Version.—
beah, under a tree in Ramah."
New Translation—" Now Saul abode by Gibeah in the
grove by Ramah." Classical Journal, p. 203, No. 5 for
April, 1811.
Twenty-eight years since this emendation was submitted to
notice. Therehas been uncommon apathy, or ignorance in our
councils.
Specimen ofm eornurennindas,instrtaonbsieateindtr.oduced in Part V 111. :
am black, but comely, 0 ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the
tentsSo
Neither in this verse, nor Isaiah, chap. 42, v. 11, is the word
" Kedar"—"
Neisw
compa-
nion of peace, when the habitation of the daughters of Jerusa-
lem No. 30, for June 1817 ; the Examiner, Nov. a, 1822 ; the
btmaieosronnnt e authorizedcurtains
ofversion,
s enn
1 chap. . 1s t , v . 5.—"
m eMtahye thepre
sdeinffturs
reign
gnno f(
Examiner,. Sept. 2, 1827 • the Courier, April 23, 1839.
shelves
surbing the Classical' Journals of 1811 and 1817, on the
of the Universities, must be like disturbing bones in
catacombs.
and morality, and the e ge, the increase of religion
augmented happiness of the people,
the field have rendered those thatpreceded
dore glorious. than triumphs in
it, and peace have
her victories no less renowned than war."
--ael"esloaefkmrninaot)olueltarndainw::,7
sleigehctisassietshie
Journal,
Reasons in favour of a New Translation of the Holy Scrip-
tures. By Sir James Bland Burgess, Bart. 1819.
" The matter is highly deserving of attention. It is a
question of no less magnitude than the choice between a blind
adhesion to error, and a pure and perfect knowledge of the re-
vealed law of God. Which of these is preferable—which of
them is it no less the interest than it is the duty of every rea-
sonable being to adopt—cannot admit of a doubt. In such a
case let us not be alarmed by any vain fear of temporary in-
convenience, which ought not for a moment to weigh against
the permanent and incalculable advantages attendant on such
a measure. Let us, on the other hand, entertain a lively, and,
I trust, a well-founded hope, that those who govern our Church
and State, may be pleased to take the matter into consi-
deration, and t irect an immediate revision of our Received
Version, or, what might perhaps be more recommendable, a
New Translation of the Original Text."—Extracts.
A Reply to the Rev. Mr. Todd's Vindication of our Trans-
lation and Translators of the Bible. By Sir James Bland
Burgess', 1820.
" I certainly, therefore, should have considered them as alto-
gether undeserving of a reply, had they not been employed as
a vehigle of much illiberal personality, to which the writer has
affected to give an additional weight, by ostentatiously an-
nouncing himself in his title-page, as Keeper of the Arch-
bishop of Canterbury's Records,' and by dating his preface from
The Library, Lambeth Palace.' "
" Such were the birth and parentage of our received ver-
sion, as asserted by Mr. Todd himself, and proved by his own
testimony ! No further comment on it is necessary." Suo
sibi gladio hunc jugalo.
" Resting on this evidence, I leave this charge,. and with it
the whole of Mr. Todd's Vindication of our authorised transla-
tion and translators, than which a more meagre, crude, and
unsatisfactory performance, was never obtrude d on the public."
" The charge of Socinianisnt is a mere stale hacknied trick
of miserable controversialists, when they are reduced to the
paltry shift of calling names, in the hope of thereby escaping
from the effect of arguments,- which they are incapable of an-
swering. Does not he know that it was employed against Le
Clerc? Did he never hear of a similar charge made against our
immortal Locke ? If such artifices were used against men of
their exalted characters, I can have no pretension to expect a
more liberal treatment."
" Some may say, Let us introduce no change,for we cannot
tell what further changes may be required of ut.'—Had this
been listened to, neither the Reformation nor the Revolution
could have taken place, and we should have been still subject to
Romish superstition, and to despotic rower."
" On the side of those who advocate the necessity of a New
Translation rests the whole weight of facts and arguments. Let
not these be counteracted by less worthy considerations ; let us
not leave to the enemies of Christianity the only weapons by
which it can be assailed ; but let us cordially and sincerely
unite with the learned and pious prelate Archbishop New-
combe, in the prayer with which he concludes his preface.
May the s
all-wie God,in His fit time, dispose the Sovereign
of the first Protestant Churches, and of the most learned
countries in the world, to complete his true acts of piety, by
promoting equal attention to the English Bible !' "—Extracts.
The Sun, January 28th, 1839, contains an appeal to her
Most Gracious Majesty.
Digest of the proceeding, publishing, and publicity of the
Work. The Classical Journal, from 1810 to 1818--1848 the
appearance of the First Part. The Sun, Nos. 8,181-8,192.
Review of, and Rejoinder of the Quarterly Review. Reply to,
and Rejoinder from
Anti-Deist.
First and Second Part of n - Second Part-1820, Cri-
tical Examination of the Objections of Mr. Whitaker, A.M.,
ns in favour of a New Translationof
Cambridge. Reaso • the
Holy Scriptures.
A Reply to the Reverend Mr. Todd's Vin-
dication of our Authorized Translation
Dec.d
D
Bible.-1821. The Examiner, 24, 1821.—Mr. Bella-
my's Reply to S.
Lee, A.M., Professor of Arabic in the Uni-
versity of Cambridge. Third Part.-1822. Computations in
the Examiner, No. 771.—A og, Oct.,Nov._-1823, Nos, 785,
786, 793. 801, 803.-1824. Nos• 834, 640, 845. In 1825.
Fourth Part. The Times, Saturday, Oct. 16.-1825. The
Durham Chronicle, Saturday, July 16. The Liverpool o• , and the Norwich S-
aturday Mercury, Satur-
day, August 13, 18 •
25• In 1827.—N05. 1 1,022. 021 The
Examiner, Vol. 34 No.and Nn. 69. Galway Indepen-
dent, 182.'3, Nos. 1,049, 1,050, 1,057.—The Examiner. In
1831, Part sth ;
in 1834, Part 6th ;in 1135, Part the 7th. In
r
1837 The Sun, Nos. 14,0.36, 14,062, and 14,080. In 1838—
The Guide, Nos. 48,49. The Sun, No. 14,447. In 1839
Nos. 14,465, 14,468, 14,475, 14,482, 14,606. Nos. 14,628.
July 25th, 14.652, 14,653, 14,662, to the latter we lay no pre-
tension, the insertions each, issuing 3,500 per day—are from
souls of kindred fire—who in this glorious field fight together
with us in our chivalry—who have allied themselves with us
in this arduous strife to " do that deed which shall gild our
humble names."
To decry supineness on the part of her Majesty's Govern-
ment in not acting upon the precedent of James the First as de-
reliction of duty, would be fustian and farrago ; the prece 'ent
any longer laying in abeyance is tantamount to misprision of
treason.
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jesty, Pail-mall; Lcngman, Roes, Orme, and Brown, St.
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[MPORTANT TO TAILORS AND CUTTERS OF

GARMENTS.

OLIVER, Reporter of Fashions, and
~• Teacher of Cutting Garments, from New York,
most respectfully informs the Tailors of London, that he has
visited this country with the view of publishing a Report of
Fashions for the United States ; and, at the same time, OF-
FERS for SALE a SYSTEM of CUTTING, the most sim-
ple, correct, and better adapted for the use of the Trade, than
has been invented in this or any other country,
T. 0. intends on THURSDAY EVENING, Sept. 10, to
give a LECTURE on MEASURING and DRAFTING of
GARMENTS, at the LOWTHER ROOMS, King William-
street, Strand, when he will expose the folly of the breast mea-
sure system, as used in this country, and prove his system to
be more correct. He will, at the same time, answer the fol-
lowing letter, signed" Q. in the Corner":—
" Mr. Oliver.

" Sir,-1 have been informed, that on the night that you
delivered a Lecture on the System of Cutting, at the King's
Head in Bear-street, you offered your 'system as one superior
to any yet published in this or any other country ; and that
you were willing to test it as such with the author of any other
system now published or taught. As you did not state any
amount you were willing to venture upon its superiority, I
should be glad if you would mention the sum in the Lecture
you propose to give at the same place this evening ; and as you
wish your work to be subject to general criticism, I beg to sub-
mit to you the following quzstions :
" First, having examined your draft, I contend that they
will not self-vary to the shape of the customer as you have re-
presented. You have given a draft in your circular, wherein
you represent three coats for three different shapes of the same
breast measure ; those variations as laid down are correct; but
1 contend your rule will not give them correct, without the
cutter exercising his judgment. For instance, it gives the
crooked man too great a length from the front of the scye to
the shoulder point, and the straight man not sufficient. It does
not lengthen the back part of the shoulder for the ci ooked man,
or shorten it for the straight man. These are very essential
points ; and until your system remedies those evils, it will not
self-vary at the points you mention. I shall be glad if you
will draft a coat for each of those shapes to -night.
There are other points wherein your system does not appear
to self-vary, as you set forth, and for which I wish you to draft
two coats—one a short thick man, with a very low neck, and
one the reverse. I also wish you to inform me by your sys-
tem, how you would find the back part of the shoulder point
for a very high shouldered person% and one who droops very
much. From the appearance of your drafts, I should say that
your coat is too straight, and too long from the front of the scye
to the top of the shoulder point ; will you show me how you
establish that point as regards being too forward or too far
back. You state that your method of bringing a coat in at the
waist is always correct; will you explain to-night wherein it is
more correct than the old mm thud of balancing a coat.
" I am, Sir, respectfully,
Q IN THE CORNER."
" To Mr. Thos. Oliver."

When I made the assertion alluded to, I did not, as I am
opposed to betting, wish to bet money ; but if « Q " wilt call
on me before Tuesday evening, I will make arrangements
with him to test the merits of the system ; the same to be de-
cided before the meeting on Thursday evening. neat. On the
former night of his meeting he made no charge, but as the
expense of the room is considerable, he must on this night
charge Ono Shilling Admittance each person.
The System of Cutting may be had at am-nes library, 19,
Leicester-square.
All letters addressed, T. Oliver, 19, Leicester-spate.

COMMISSIONER—DO you admit this claim, Mr.
Augustus Traughton ?
Mr. Augustus Traughton (in a drawling tone)—No,
certainly not ; I admit nothing. Let the woman a
—a state her case. And Mr. Augustus Traughton
played with his moustache, lifted his chin out of a silk
stock in which he had suffered it to lie half buried, and
looked round the Court with his vision 10 degrees above
the vulgar horizon of the various plaintiffs and defen-
dants in attendance. " Let the woman state her case,
and I'll see if there's a a—a anything worth re-
plying to. Where is the woman ?" turning round lei-
surely and giving an extra elevation to his nose, which
nose was a perfect "bowsprit."
" Bless my soul, Mr. Ma;jorum," said Dorothy, who
had been "hanging on tenter hooks," while Mr. Augus-
tus Traughton had been addressing the Court. " Bless
my soul, though you are so mighty sweet-scented, I'm
worth half-a-dozen civil words from you night or morn-
ing. Pooh, pooh, don't turn up your nose at me ; mud's
as good as mud all the world over !"
COMMISSIONER—State your case, Mrs. Tones.
Dorothy—So I will, sir. Woman indeed ! Mr.
Bear's-grease (looking contemptuously:at.Mr. Augustus
Traughton). .
COMMISSIONER— Will you have the goodness, Mrs.
Jones, to state the case ?
Dorothy proceeded to do so. After informing the
court that she kept a dairy of her own, and bad two
cows, " a brindled and a voley one," she went on to
relate that, early on the morning of the 31st ult., she
had placed her milk pails against the New Church in the
New-road, and had gone across the road for the purpose
of letting down by a long string half a pint of cream,
into the area of one of her customers, when she heard a
very awful scream, as if coming from her pails. She
immediately turned round, and to her astonishment and
alarm she saw a man hard at work ducking the
head of Mr. Augustus Traughton into one of her
milk pails. It appeared that Augustus, being very
thirsty from the previous night's debauch, bad found his
way to the milk pail in question, into which, without
asking " By your leave, Mrs. Dorothy ?" he had thrust
his head, with the sober determination of having a
draught of her sky-blue. Another " early" gentleman
happened to be passing at the time Augustus was peer-
ing into the " milky way," and being, it is presumed, of
mischief-loving mind, and judging that Augustus was
about to commit a felony upon the milk, he straight-

way soused him in over head and ears, and treated him
in such a manner as to occasion the awful cries heard
by Mrs. Jones, when she wes letting down the half-pint
of cream into the area. This sousing, averred Mrs.
Jones, had abstracted from Mr. Augustus Traughton's
hair, mustachios, and whiskers a monstrous quantity of
hog's lard, mutton fat, and oil, " a villainous com-
pound,"
which had rendered the entire pail of milk alto-
gether unfit for use. She now-claimed the value of the
milk.
COMMISSIONER (to defendant)—What have you to
say why you should not pay for this milk ? Mr. Au-
gustus Traughton said it was preposterous to call upon
him to pay for the milk—he had not spilt it, inasmuch as
he did not souse his own head in the pail.
COMMISSIONER—You were committing an illegal act,
and are responsible for any injury which that illegal act
occasioned. And I take it that you were purloining
Mrs. Jones's milk.
Mr. Augustus Traughton—Purloining !—oh, no,
quite different—quite different—a—
COMMISSIONER—It is sufficient that you poked your
perfumed head into the pail without her permission.
Mr. Augustus Traughton—True ; oh, yes, certainly,
but I submit—a—a—a—she bad no right to absent
herself from her pails. The law lays it down that ne-
gligence—
COMMISSIONER—The law is that if you will get tipsy
and suffer your well pomatumed locks to be made a mop
of, and trundled in a pail of milk, you must pay the
damage done.
Mr. Augustus Traugbton—l most a—a—a—most
emphatically asseverate that—a—a—my locks, as you
are pleased to term them,are never—a—a—pomatumed.
It is an absolute impossibility that my hair (running his
fingers through it) could injure
COMMISSIONER—Was your hair as it now is, when
it was "soused" in Mrs. Jones's milk? Mr. Augustus
Traughton—Yes. I bad—a—a—been out—a—a—
to a party.
COMMISSIONER—ReaIIy, then, I must say that if
your head was rinsed, in the manner described, in the
pail, the good woman was quite right in not selling the
milk. Mr. Augustus Traughton—l should—a—a—
like to know bow—a—the milk could be rendered use-
less by the—a—a—scent from my hair—a—.
COMMISSIONER—Scent —do you call it ? Do

you mean to tell me, that the sousing in
a pail of milk of a head of hair having on it half
a pound of mutton fat and lard, would not spoil it ?
—Mr. Augustus Traughton most solemnly declared
that the bear's grease used by him was " pure Russia,"
and that it was so innocent that it would not offend the
most delicate stomach.

" Oh! mercy me," exclaimed Mrs. Dorothy Jones,
" our very pigs turned up their noses at the milk, and
we were obliged to throw it into the sink-hole."
COMMISSIONER—What do you say to that, MT.
Traughton ?—" Pigs have very fine noses," said Au.
gustus.

COMMISSIONER—And stomachs too, it appears.-

It was ultimately decided that Augustus should pay

,he amount claimed.

Augustus asked for " time " in order to pay the 4s.
6d.; and, upon the Commissioner putting a few home
questions to the perfimed gentleman, it turned out that
he was an ex-Westminster grenadier, and that he occa-
sionally assisted his mother, who was—a laundress.
The COMMISSIONER said he was sure that if Mr.

Augustus Traugbton left off using bear's grease be
might pay the money in a week, which be was ordered
to do, and Augustus marched out as if he had been or-
dered towards Coventry.