The Sun.
London, England, 1826-12-19 00:00:00

Till?. ART OF BOOK-MAKING.

(From the Edinburgh' Courant.)
TO mils. tuna OF THIE COURANT.
SAN,--Asymi insertestin your•columns about a rortnikhl ago,
short letter from tue 1/11 a very singular pamphlet, entitled Il-
lustrations of Mr. M‘Cullochts Political Economy, by Mordecai
Mullion, perhaps yon may give admittance to' another from the
same person, provided it be written in a spirit suitable to the sig.
nature he then used.--F.tia Ils/arsa.

. In that 'pamphlet Mr. N•Peulloch is accused of having often
palmed upon the public his old disquNitioni on anhjects of Politi-
cal Is:Conomy for new ones, sometimes -with-very slender altera-
tions, and sometimes with none at all, thereby unjustifiably occa-
sioning loss of 'money to all who, like me, in ignorance of the
fact, have purchased his writings. Two defences. of Mr. Mien].
loch have been put forth in the Scotsman, the first by himself,
and the second by the Editor of that paper. Both appear to me
very weak, or wholly irrelevant. The facts of the ease are thete,
verified by actual quotation from the pamphlet :
I. Mr. M'Culkich has repeated verbatim, in the-last number of
the Edinburgh Revieiv, a long, and, I think, an 'able article on
Mr. Jaeob's Report, from previous numbers of • the Review.—
Two...thirds of • the article are to be found in the number for Oce
toiler Ml.—and the other third in the number for February.
1822, and in the Seaman and the Supplement to the Enegelo-
pirdia.

-IT. Mr. lkl4Culloeh has publishe►l the same articles, or the
greater part of the same articles, in the Supplement, in the
Edinburgh Review, in In Elements qf Political Eennoniy,
an►l in the Scotsman.

111. Mr. in a preface to hi• Elements. of Politi-
cal .Eentionly, informed the public that that work, though a re-
publication of the article in the Supi)fruient, " was in most re-
spects a new book," whereas it i* no such thing—the additions
being small, and to be found in the Scotsman, and in the Edin-
burgh Review, or elsewhere. •

IV. Mr. APCulloch published An Essay on Wages, which he
tells the public was written for Constable's' Miscellany, Whereas
it is to be found in the Supplement, and in his Bien/pots, and
in the Edinburgh Review.
V. Mr. l‘Peullocli has published a Diseourse introductory to
his Lectures, which is to be found almost wholly in the Supple
ment and in -the Elements of Political Economy.
'4lOl this being the ease—the question is—is such conduct right
or wrong ?
In my opinion it is wrong—and in many respects very die-
creditable to Mr. Al•Culluch. It it, in the first place, book-
making, to a degree never before practised by any man of his li-
terary character.
i
It s, in the second place, a manifest deception on that part of
the reading Public who purchase books on Political Econorey.
It is, in the third place, a proof of intellectual poverty, thus to
keep founts repeating oneself over and ever again, without any
other aftkinpt at variety than the dexterous- use of the shears.
And fourthly, the first mentioned offence especially, puts the
Editor of the Edinburgh Review in-a very ludicrous predicament,
and if repeated would utterly ruin the reputation for originality
which that work has so long justly enjoyed.
I inn an utter stranger to all the parties concerned—except one,
namely the readers of Political Economy. But as one of those
readers, I repeat, that we have all just reason to think Mr. APCul-
loch', conduct reprehensible—and to hope that he will not persist
in such practices, which ere not anly a bold hoax on our under-
rtantliegs, but a needless drain on our purses.
If what Mr.:M`Culloch has done, be right, then lie is in duty
bound to go on as llefaier.,in which case we shall have his Essay
on the Corn Laws a third time in some future number of the
Edinburgh Review. Indeed, if his defence be a complete one, he
is pledged to the public to—republish all he has written wherever
and whenever he thinks fit. But I suspect he will henceforth
act differently, and in his future contributions to the Edinburgh
Review draw on those stores which have not yet been purchased
and paid for by its numerous subscribers:

I am, Sir, &e.
Edinburgh, Ist December, 1826. FAIR-DEALING.

Du4.--On Monday evening a meeting took }Are
in the Camp Field, at the rear of the Barracks? Cork, between
Lieut. Redmond Byrne, half pay I bth ogituent, and Lieut. Mar-
tin Sullivan, half pay 19th regiment; the former was attended by
Mr. Underwood, and the 'latter by Mr. W. Raysies. After an
exchange of two shots each, the ‘,onds interfered, and the affair
was, adjusted. , It had its origin from Jenne aspersions throWn out
by Lieut. 8. on the Roman Catholic priests, wkich were instantly
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repelled by Lieut. B. in the strongest negative, that the English
language`could admit of.
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the gentlemen are of the Ho.
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- CHURCH MISSIONARY. SOCIETY.

THE LATE BISHOP OF CALCUTTA.

There was a special general meeting of .the members of
this Society on Friday, at the rreemason4',Tavern, for the
purpose of deciding on what step the Society should adopt
in consequence of the lamented Dr. Heber's.death.
The chair was oceepied: by Lord Gambier, and on his
right and left sat the Right lion. Sir Charles Grant and
Sir Robert Inglis.
The Secretary, the Rev. E. Biekersteth, introduced
the Rek'. Mr. Thomason, of Calcutta, who addressed the
meeting. He had been intrusted with one of the reso-
lutions. He (the -speaker) testified to the pastoral care,
universal charity, and Christian love of the late beloved
Bishop Heber,. whom he had frequently conversed with
in India on the subject of his important charge. His con-
descension to all who addressed him was remarkable.
From the time the Bishop came to India he was a sincere
and zealons friend to this society. His Lordship sop
-
ported the exertions of the 'Missionary branch in Cal-
Cutta, and gave it his good wishes and his pationage;
since which they had been going on prosperously under God.
He moved the resolution, " that the Committee could not.
but deplore the loss this society,had sustained by the death
of Dr. Heber,.and felt themselves peculiarly bound to re-
cord their feeling of his, countenance to the missions
emanating from the Society."
The Right lion. CHARLES GRANT thought it unneces-
sary to say much to enforce, the adoption of the resolutiOn.
It was little permitted to him to share in the :proceedings
of this society, but he trusted the solemnity of the subject
would be his. excuse. They met on a subject of mutual
condolence on the, loss the Christian world has sustained;
'but he trusted they met also with hopes—hopes suggested
by the cause which had convened them. The Right Hon.
Gentleman entered into a Warm eulogium on the virtues
and character of the late Bishop of Calcutta, round whose
grave they had met to celebrate the fate of a martyr. He
had sacrificed all his hopes of ambition in this country,
where he was loved and admired by all, to a sense 'of his
duty as a Christian -Bishop. Dr. Heber might have gone
to India and attained great objects While, indulging himself
in the gratifications peculiarly dear to his great genius,
and secure from the dangers and the climate, and have re-
turned to this country to enjoy his high faMe 'obtained in
India. But this was not the lesson he had drawn from
his early visits to Palestine and the precincts of Calvary;
he had vowed uncompromising allegiance to his God when
he assumed the badge of the ministry, and that allegiance
he preserved to the last. Thus animated and inspired, he
entered that country with the spirit of a misSionary and a
martyr—as a mission try he commenced, as martyr he
terminated his conrse.—(Hear.)
The resolution was carried unanimously.

Sir RunEnv H. INGLIS moved. the second resolution.
It did not require eloquence to ensure its success. He was
sure no one, looking at India merely in a limited view,
even supposing that the Bishop resided in tranquil enjoy-
ment in Calcutta, could expect that any one•talent,' what-
ever his piety and talents, would be sufficient for the dis-
charge of the episcopal duties required by Wife' One,
martyr in the cause was quite sufficient, and he hoped that'
the prayer of the resolution would. be complied with.
The Hon. Baronet entered into a detail of the laborious
duties which the late Bishop.had fulfilled. The resolution
expressed the united request of this Society with that for
Promoting Christian Knowledge, to increase ,the number
of Bishops in India, but it did not name any .particular
manner.

Colonel SA\DYS seconded the resolution. He had.
served long in India. From the circumstances of these
days, they might draw an idea of what had been 'done at
present. Great Britain had the ten talenti committed to
her charge,—had she or not been an unprofitable servant ?
What, he asked, hail she done ?. He referred to the 106th
Psalm—" They all then mingled with the heathen in what,
ever they did.' They seldom entered•a temple •of God
for months. During the time Lord Cornwallis commanded
in India, there was not a single Bible in the army ; he had
presided at a court-martial, and, for want of a Bible, swore
the witnesses on a Coinmon Prayer Book. Look to the
contrast now ? The songs of Zion were heard in all puts
of the Indian Peninsula.

The Rev. Mr. THOMASON supported the resolution.
Ile detailed the difficulties attendant on the Bishop's visits,
tions in India, and related a very affecting anecdote of the
late Dr. Heber's condescension in the discharge of the
duties he had imposed upon himself.
The resolution was carried.

The Secretary read a memorial agreed to by the Com-
mittee to be presented to GoVernment, in furtherance of
the views of the meeting, as contained in the resolutions.
It adverted to the exertions of this Society in establiShing
missions in India—declared their opinion that the two
Bishops, Middleton and Heber, had fallen a sacrifice to
their conscientious exertions, and concluded by a prayer
that more Bishops than out be appointed for India.
Colonel .Pmee.s.moved that the memorial be adopted,
and that a ropy he presented to the first Lord of the Trea-
sury, the President of the Board of Control, and the Chair-
man of the East. India Company.
mr. THORNTON had for more titan thirty years lived on
a footing of intimacy with the late Dr. Heber ; they tra-
'veiled together through great part of Europe, and a por-
tion of Asia, in their early, years. No one could, there.
fore, speak with more propriety than he (Mr. Thornton)
of the great ,loss sustained by the death of the lamented
Bishop. He detailed the proceedings of that Prelate,
from the period of his entrance on his episcopal duties, to
the period of his melancholy death. The resolution carried.
The Secretary detailed the first connexion of Bishop
Heber with this Society. It took place at a missionary
meeting in Shropshire. He then read some extracts from
a letter of the late Bishep's chaplain, Dr. Robittion, de-
scribing the interview
,between his Lordship and the Mis-
sionaries of this Society in Ceylon. He also communi-
cated the substance of the Bishop's reply to the address
which the missionaries had presented to him there. He
concluded by a motion of thanks to the Chairman.
Lord GAMBIER expressed the delight he felt from the
proceedings of this day, and concluded by returning-thanks
briefly for the vote just passed.

MEETINGS OF CREDITORS.

LONDON DIARY, THIJRSDAY, Dec. 21.
(At the Court of Commissioners.)
Botibol; M., Soho-square, feather-manufacturer-12
Brandon, 11., Rotherhithe, market-gardener---I I
CaUrll, J., Wood-street, silk-manufacturer-12
Chadwick, 13., High-street, Marylebone, chemist--11
Chesterton, J., Warwick-street, tailor—l 2
Dummy, T., Cateaton-street, commission-agent=
Duncan, IL, Portsmouth, surgeon-1
Hatfield, J., Cambridge, linen-draper—I 2
Hickman, W., Brighton, grocer-11
Hill, S.,,Oreat Ruisell-street, upholder—l I
Humphrey, tr., Mile End-road, mason—l I
Knight, W., Holloway, broker-11
Matthews, S., King-street, Clerkenwell, brewer—l I
Serrell, J., Camberwell, Carpenter-1
Shepherd, T., Brighton, jeweller,-42
snewin and Higgins, Berwick-street, timber-merchants-9

COUNTRY DIARY, THURSDA,, Drx. RI.
Clark, A., jun., Liverpool—Star and Garter, Liverpool-41
Duncan and Co., Liverpool—George, Liverpool—l
Ford, W., Exeter—New London, Exeter—ll
Forster and Wylam, Newcastle-upon-Tyne—Turk's Head, New-
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castle—) 1 . • - -
French, J., *en., From Selwood—Messra. Rotton and Co. From

SelWood-1 _ -
Grant, J., BarnsbtyPublic Office, Barnsley._. 11
Haynes, W., Neath--Public Room*, Swansea—lt
Reigate, R., Haberghant Eaves—Black Bull, Burnley--2
Holt, M. and IL, Manchester—Blackfriars Inn, Mattehester—f.'
Horn, ft,, Oxford—Mr. R. Bertram, Oxford-11
James, J. Birminghatu-41oyal Hotel, Birmingham-11
Keutio, N., Wioel.e.ter—White Hart, Wiuchester-1
Little, Trowbridge-4 eorge, Frotne Selwood--12
Alessiter, M., From Selwood—Oeorge, From Selwood-12
Moon, E,, Worthing—Crown,. Arundel-.-11
Newton, it, Liverpool...G/ow,

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Marsh Champions' V. Os. to IL las. dittO.

LEATHER.
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