The Sun.
London, England, 1818-12-09 00:00:00

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FOR THE SUN.

THE BIBLE.

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MR. EDITOR,—In TlllegliN of Saturday last
CANDIDUS charges SCRUTATOR as an advocate of ,
a false Translation, which puts a lie (as CANDI-
DUS says) into the mouth of the
.Prophet. Elisha.
Being unacquainted with Hebrew, I can say no-
thing as to the Translation : but. standing as the
passage does in English, I confess it does not
convey to my mind such an idea: The passagg.io , •
in 2 Kings„ c. viii. y.lO. .'f.
"Aid Elisha said unto him, Qo, say unto him Thou mayest
certainly recover; hOwl.seit the Lord path sheaved me that he
shall surely die."
The lie is not in the mouth of the Prophet;
hut the Prophet knew that there was a
rit in Ilazael, even as he knew there-wal•
own servant Gehazi. lt,therefore appears to inc
that in the first part of the verse the righteous
Prophet reproaches Hazael :• be says, Go ! (thctu
deceitfal one !) salt 'onto hint (for I know thou
wilt solay), Thou ntayest certainly recover; how-
beit the Lord bath strewed one that he shall surely
(lie that this letter part is the answer of
the Prophet to the cruestion which Hazed was
sent to put tripto him ; for we find this knowledge
caused the Prophet to weep, and that Hazael
went and did even as the Prophet too well knew
he would.. For he returned to his master, " who
said to him, What said Elisha to thee ? And he
answered, He told me that thou shoultlest surely
recover,"—and there he stops. Was this Elisha's
answer 1- Was this what he said unto Hazael ?
Your's -respectfully,
H.

Dec.la 1818.

FOR THE SUN.

BIBLICAL gRRORS.

MR.EDITOII,—Be pleased to inform your Corres,
pondent, A Cu RisTIAN, that the Books of the Pews-
tateuch and Prophets which lot m the Bible, or Old.
Testament, are the foundation of the NeA•the
one being a History of a chosen People, under the
iinme►liate goverainent of Gon, through his. NE?
nisters, Abraham and Moses ; the ot her through
those he inspired, which was vet ified through th# ,
birth of the promised Messiah, who, with .his
Apostles, occasionally referred to them. The Ohl
Testament was written in Hebrew only ; but Mr.
Bellamr's New 'lranslation of it is nearer, ver&ally
and literally, than the faulty one, which-has beets
too long in use.
If this Christian has only read the New Testa-,
ment, and has neglected the Old, be will improrf
himself by turning to it often, as a...b00k copt.ain.•
ing a history of sin and repentance,' iu a stiX-
necl:d People,, until their obstinate relapst3-7
brought on their captivity and final dispersion ;
as a. book also that is read in all the Tabernacles
in and about the Metropolis, to which it is not
unlikely this Christian is a frequent -visitor.

STACKIIOUSE.
(See my Thrd Letter, o f the Lth inst. in this Paper.)

FOR l'IlE SUN.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS.

Mn. EDTTOR,—INDOCTUS, in your Paper; is
very much mistaken in swing that your Corres-
pondents on this subject are at issue, and have
shewn a hostile spirit. It really is no such thing.
The Gentlemen in the Temple and Wine-office-
court seemed to have experienced some fonl play
before the Commissioner tinder the Act of Insol-
vency, and have shewn their resentment, not to
Ihe parties, who are in the hack ground, but to
the Act itself, and all who act within ir. This
in a Newspaper must be ineffectual, as the Public
is not a tribunal before which partial abuses can
be 'corrected ; but the Courts of Law are, on hear-
ing both sides. Audi afferent portent, and in re-
gard to auy hostile spit it, I have discovered none,
whatever there. may be in secret, and I verily
believe there is none there ; but if INDOCTUS
knows otherwise, it is more than is known by

Your humble Servant,
AN AGENT and ATTORNEY, &c.

A private letter contains the following particu-
lars of an intended duel at'Paris M. Beau-
poil de St. Aulaire, a young man, sub-lieutenant
its the legion of the Haut Rhin, last month pub-
lished, wider his own name, a libel, as base as it
was injurious, entitled ()raison funebre du Due de
Feltre. Without any respect for the scarcely cold
remains of the deceased, anti in defiance of all
decency, the memory of this ex-minister is as-
persed in the most outrageous language. M. de
Montesquieu-Pexenssc, son-ill-law to the late
Duke, provoked iII. de St. Aulaire to a duel ; and
certainly no provocation was ever more excus-
able, I will even say more honourable. The two
champions, at tended by six seconds, .most of-
whom were General Officers, repaired on. Monday
last to the wood of Viocennts, at break' of-ttay,„,„,
—The combat would have been most desperate ; .
,they were to fire simidtaneonsly at 15 paces, with.
pistols c f large hot e, and the two adversaries-
might probably have perished together, by the
first discharge. Alreaoy the arms were loaded,
and the signal was on the .point of being given,
when a patrol of gendarmes rushed upon them,
separated the combatants, and conducted them
to the staff residence. agreeably to an order front
Gen. Despinois. The duel did not take place for
this time ; but the nature of the offence excites a
tear that it is only delayed. This M. Beaupoil
de St. Aulaire is not related to Count de St. Au•
laire, father-in-law to Count de Gazes. Before
the Revolution,. a decision of tilt Parliament had ,
prohibited that famiiy from even inking this pante.
The father of the young,, officer of the legion of
the Haut Rhin is well known here for his ultra. -
liberal. opinions and conduct.".