The Sun.
London, England, 1840-11-17 00:00:00

Prices actually paid
by the
British and Foreign
Bible Society.
[Books in sheets.]

Mr. Child's Estimate.

[Books in Sheets.]

Brevier Testament
Minion Testament
Minion Bible
Small Pica Bible
Small Pica Bible/
tine edition

s 0.
s. d.
0 7 or 0 7V
o 6% or 0 7
3 0 or 3 3
4 3 or 4 6
10 0 or 11 0

S. d.
C 74
0 7
C 2 8;4
/ fine 3 :3%
4 6
5 5

Knowing this, as " The Author of Jethro" ought to
have done, and might have done if he had made any
inquiry into the facts of the case ; I cannot but look
upon the barefaced assertions as to the profits on edi-
tions of the Scriptures, printed by the Universities and
Queen's Printer (for there is no attempt at proof), as a
deliberate misrepresentation to catch the unwary, to
assist in forming an opposition Bible Society, and to
raise a subscription. His own statements, in fact, prove
it to be so. All those who were previously ignorant of
the real state of the case, will at once see from the
above Table (which shows that Bibles and Testaments
have been furnished to the public at prices for which no
other books of equal size could possibly be afforded,)
the extreme absurdity of the assertions. They will he
cautious how they place any confidence in one who could
have been induced to make them. _

P profit,
on two books in the course of one year, a SUM greater
It must be apparent to everybody that the loss in-
curred by the British and Foreign Bible Society, in
selling Bibles and Testaments bound at less than cost
price, can afford no possible means of judging of the
prattosjuodfgteheprinter,
thereupon)a assumesndyet M
a Mr. Ctmbn
the(pretend-
ing
printer's
than the whole amount received by the two Universi-
ties and Queen's Printer for the books in questio
during that period. Any disinterested practical
mane
could have told him that by far the greater part of the
amount alluded to (which is less than he states to be
the profit out of it) is paid by the printer for paper and
in wages to an industrious and hard-working class of
persons, and that so far from any part of these items
being profit, they, of necessity, create further Outlay,
leaving little remaining, out of which other expenses
can be paid, and any profit realised. This is a
speci.
inen of the system of deception by which " The Author
of Jethro" is endeavouring to raise a " Rent," to make
the cost of Bibles and Testaments appear less than it
really is.
For a refutation of the fallacies which he has art-
fully selected out of the evidence before the Committees
of the House of Commons, I must refer you to the
evidence itself.
1 Whatever glosses may have been put upon the sub-
ject, it has never yet been shown to those who would
take the trouble to investigate,d that equal efficiency or
cheapness could be obtaine. . upon any other system
than the present for supplying copies of the Holy
Scriptures to the public.
Tnirdly—Whether the proposed New Bible Society,
under such auspices, and such circumstances, is likely
to promote the cause of Christianity better than the
British and Foreign Bible Society, is a question for
the consideration of those wlio may feel any inclination
to patronize it. I
am, Sir, your most obedient servant,
ANDREW SI OTTISWOODE.
(Signed) '
Her Majesty's Printing Office, Nov. l4, 1840.

Prince Massimo, whose departure for Rome we
iannounced ago, is the head of one of the noblest
ild most families in Europe, dating its origin from
an a
ancient
t days
the times of the Roman Republic. Through his mother,
the late Princess Christina of Saxony, Prince Massimo is
related to the royal branch of Saxony; and, through his
marriage with the Princess Maria of Savoy_Carignan,
who some years ago died at the early Age of 2C
years, he is
allied to the royal house of Sardinia. Prince Massimo.
immediately upon his arrival in this country, was intro•
duced to her Majesty, at Windsor Castle, by his Royal
Highness: Prince Albert, and hasj since pail visits,
during his tour through England) at Alton Towers, Bur-
ton Constable, and several other mansions, whose noble
and distinguished possessors have often partaken of the
unostentatious hospitality, in the splendid Palazzo dei Mat-
simi, alle Colonne.