The Sun.
London, England, 1818-05-18 00:00:00

LITERARY REVIEW.

The, HOLY BIBLE, neWly Translated from the Original
Hebrew, with Notes, Critical and Explanatory. By Joan
BELLAMY, Author of " The History of All. Religions."—
Longman, Ho rst,.Rees, Orme, and Brown, Vaternoster-
row ; Budd and Calkio,'Pall-Nlall.

We take the earliest opportunity in .our power
to c,all'the attention of our Readers to this most
inttiestint• stud itnuot twit Work, wiiich we Are
glad to stAe souportell in its pre,eni early stage.by
some of the first charneters both in' the Church
and State. The et rots of our venerated Transla-
tion hive too long fornistted materials for the
stubborn infidelity and systematic blasphemy of
men who, under the prostituted name of Philoso-
phy, combined to I:ti,dcrtnine and to shake to its
very centre the anblitue doctrines of Revelation.
We are, therefore, prepared, and every honest
att:l impartial mind now he prepared, to give a li-
beral and Candid opportunity to whatever means
ntay be off, red. however humble, to bring forward
a new and more .perfect Translation from the ori-
ginal Ilebreaf ; and ill would it become any set
of men to oppose or counteract the efforts "even of
an intlitidual, who:after the long, itnwearied

application of 11 p wit rds of thirty years to the study
of the Hebrew Language, comes forward, in the
face of this gecat, inderrendent, and enlightened
country, to render that streatu more pure which
41,,weth froM•" the .fonntain of living waters."
• With these ideas fully impressed on our minds,

we were glad toobser%e the names of our 11Ins-
-trim's Prince Regent-, her Maji sty the Queen, and
the other branches of the Royal Family, gracing
the head of this Work, as wt• 11 as of the Duke of
Gloucester, Chancellor of the University of Cant-
-bridge ; the Ri•rl►t lion. Lord Grenville, Chancel-
lor of the Univetsity ot•Oxford ; the -Right lion
Lord Hard%Orke, High Seward of the University
of Cambridge, and tome of the most eminent of
our Bishops, with many of the first Scholars in

the country. We repeat our satisfaction on see-
ing: this early and powerful support; 'because it
clearly spews, notwithstanding what Dissenters
and various persons hostile to the, Establishment
may assert, that there is a noble liberal spirit in-
herent in 'the country, and prevailing from the
hrone, throughout the,sev
.eral gradations of so-
..
'cloy, readily and fairly to meet any attempt, on
rational and sound principles, to throw fresh light
on thOse abstruse passages in the Holy Scripture
rbich have puzzled and perplexed, and often, in-
deed, alienated- sonic of the ablest and most up-
tight minds. •
We have neither the time nor limits that would

allow us to give_this sacred and important Work

the notice and the examination which it appears
to us in every respect to merit. Its purport and
tendency come home immediately to -the
.heart of
every one, and if it should he riven to the present
Work, liv affording a purer "Cranslation of Scrip-
ture, entirely' to overthrow tho4e attacks whit h
-Infidels have too-long directed against the Bible,
it must assuredly be a high gratification unto all to
reflect that the acme country which Overthrew the
Infidel power established. by Military, Despett-
ism in France, has also been Permitted to over-
throw-lhe•system which Atheism, Deism,• Uni•
tarianism, (or tinder whatever delusive name
may phase to cloak itself) had gloried in
laving established throughout the troild. .Mr.
Bellamy, in his Introdoctioo, dens speaks of the
Septuagint :—" These remarks will flaw that if
he oldest of all Translations, called the Septua-
gint, be in „this disordered state, whet e in every
:Book we find a±rent number of verses wanting,
we can only.depend on, the. Hebrew. To this
wet fountain, of- eternal truth we must appeal ;
ivbere we shalt find no chasms, no deficiencies
.;•
the historical narratives and the prophetic writ-
ings •are all perfect.. 1, therefore, refer to no
'Trorislittions for even a semblance of authority.—
] assure the-Reader that it is more sale to depend
even on the present atithoried version, with
.811 its errors, than on any of the .versions
made in the first ages of the Christain Chip-eh,
and that for the best of reasons ; the Hebrew was
only understood. by-Jeers, for we find, as was said,
that ,Jerome, in the ninth century, after the
return of Atte Jews from Babylon, or ilte fourth
of the Christian ...Era, knew very little of it, so
that in many places which were, unintelligible in
the Greek, he was obliged to make out the
sense as well as he could by, the assistance of a
Jew; who did not understand the Greek and
Latin Languages. Therefore, if the Greek trans-
lation made'by Anni!l, so early as the 130th year
of the Christian and those made by Theo.
dotian and Symmachns, to about the year 200,
• were so faulty' in the time of -Ot igen, that by
the 'corrections he mitie, Ire toomi it, tiitlica:t 'to
• approach to any thing like truth ;' and if
Hieron declared, that in his day the Greek
trans!ition was so toll Of errors, that he was in-
&teed to attempt a Latin translation front the
Hebrew,: we cannot hesitate in determining to a
certainty,- agteeahly to the first Greek Fathers,
Soho it Must be allowed, at this remote period of
Christian.antignity, were best- able finally to de-
termine this most important point, that the
Hebrew Scriptures only were to be depended on,
in order to gait) a true knowledge of-the will of
God to. man."

In anoT.her part of his introduction, Mr. Bel-
lanly tilos expresse, himself :—" The specimens
I have given in my Prospectus, of ihe state of the
present common version, and which I have prov-
ed here to be the true sense of the original, have
given great satisfaction to all unbiassed and un-
prejudiced Teaders.• For no bigot, having the use
of tight reason, can possibly believe in his heart,
bowever he may profess to believe, that the Pro-
phet was authorized to grant a pardon and an in-
dulgence In Naaman to commit sill in future, 2d
Kings, verse IS ; that if evil be in the city, the
Lbrd /Lath done it, Amos, •3. 6 ; that God com-
manded the Prophet to make the heart of the
people fat, their ears hewiy, and to shut their eyes,
lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with
their ears, and understand with their hearts, and
eonrert and be healed, Isa. 6. 10. ‘V-lio, believing in
the Supreme woilld have the hardihood to
say, because .is so said in the common version,
Alt ! Lord God,
.surely thou has greatly deceived
this people, itr. 4. ID. Oh ! Lord,- thou host de
ceictd me, Ch. 27. I. am perfectly confident that

THE SUN.

•DEEM QUIS DICERE FALSI-131 AUDEAT ?

LONDON,
MONDAY, MAY 18, 1818.

HER MAJESTY,.

SUN' OFFICE, ONE o'CLocx.
We are •extremely sorry to infoim 'the Public,

that Her MAJESTY was taken very ill in the course

of last night, and that in consequence, Sir FRANCIS
_ ,

MILLMAN and Sir HENRY 11 ALI. ORD Were irnme-

diately sent for, who remain in attendance this

day. Her MAJESTY IS fortunately at Bucking-

ham [louse, but she was, we regret to athi,

bed hen this Paper was put to press.

We received yesterday the Paris Papers' of
Thursday last. Those of Friday, which were due
this morning, have not arrived in course;

The venerable Prince de CONDE expired on
Sunday morning. We give some details 'from
the Journals respecting him in another column.

The Chamber of Peers did not meet on We:!-
nesday. The discussion on the Budget, which
was to commence on Thursday, was expected to
he short, and the Projet to be agreed to without
amendment, the close of the session being fixed
to take place in the course of the present week.
The Projet respecting the Batik of France, and
other business, is to be postponed till the next
Meeting. In the mean time one fifth of the De-
puties go out by rotation, and their places must
be supplied by new elections.

The Duke of CAMBRIDGE entered Cassel in state
on 'the 6th inst. The Grand Duke MICHAEL Of
Russia was expected to proceed from thence to the
Russian head-quarters at Maubeuge, and from
there to England.
The Session of the Diet of Poland was closed
00 the 27th tilt. v,iili a Speedl from the Erpieror

bf rtUilIA, congratulating that nutly on the usc •
•
ful results 'of their labours.

FIVE PER CENTS.

'Wednesday 6B f.
DEFERRED STOCK
Wednesday snf. 45 c.

PACDANGF. ON LONDON.
One Month 23_ f,,,,70 C.
Three Months 23 f. 50 e.

The two Letters from our Parisian Correspon-
dent which we insert this day, contain some very
interesting matter. Much of their contents, in-
deed, are applicable to the state of things in this
country, particularly as to the speeches, &c. &c. in
our House of Commons, and they also afford a sa-
lutary lesson to tlose who are at the helm of the
British Government.

Jamaica Papers arrived thia morning to the
12th ult. 'The following arc Extracts :

" KINGSToN, APRIL 4.—We learn fret)] Porto
BeUo,- that two Insurgent privateers had coin-
mitted great depredations in the South Seas, hav-
ing captured and burnt a number of Spanish ves-
sels, valuably laden. They sailed about a month
ago, supposed With the intention of obtaining,
among the Friendly Isles twhere the celebrated
circumnavigator, Capt. COOK, met with great hos-
pit,alit y)„sopplies, and the means of refitting.
" The. Piercey left the Downs on the 3d of Fe-
bruary. She came to anchor in Funchal Roads,
Madeira, on the 20th, and sailed from thence"on
the 27th. Off Ahavela, on the 22d ult. the
Piercey was boarded by a long low schooner, under
Spanish colours,-wkh three gems, one on a pivot,
and NH of men, chiefly English and Americans,
who took from her a hag of bread and a hamper
of potatoes, and intimated to Captain SMITH, that
unless he gave them they would be Liken by force,
and they refused to tell the-name of the vessel or
of. 'her- Commander. Yesterday se'nnight the
Piercey was chased for a considerable time by a
Felucca privateer; blit the ship Marsh, RICHTER,
from London to Montego-Bay, heaving in sight,
the Piercey hove to, when the felucca tacked, and
stood.away to the southward.
" The schooner mentioned, above as having
hoarded the. Piercey was rigged forward with
topsail, top-gallant sail, and royal, and had a
gaff top-sail. The person who set'!inesl to be
the, Officer •c9mmandiug was a Spaniard, shout
six feet high, and wore IMlstachnes, . There (vas
also an Englishman on board, who %vas an Officer,
about the middle size, blind of one eye, round
faced, and marked with the small-pox. She is
sitpposed to• have been-built in America, and. is
no ift,uht a pirme schooner, Which had sailed
from some port in the United States. -

" LOSS OF THE SCHOONER LILIAH/GF ANTIGUA.
" KINGSTON, ST. VINCENT'S, MARCH 4.—On
the 18th nit. the schooner Liliah sailed from To-
bago for this island, with three passengers, Miss
B. CHICHIE., her sister in law and child, with tiro
servants', the crew consisting of two white men
and a coloured young man, nansed WILLIAM
HUGlies, of Antigua. On the subsequent, night,
at 'half•past ten P. M. to windward and near the
East reef of Ganouan, the wind blowing hard,
the main-mast went by the board, Which fell
over the lee quarter, and rendered the vessel un-
governable : in this perilous stale the schooner
drifted on the fatal reef ; we are sorry to relate
Captain PATERSON was the only surviving indivi-
dual; he drifted on the main hatchlo Little To-.
batiq ; there having recruited his strength, he
reached Mireau by Swimming ; at this-island
Captain P. experienced every attention and assi-
duity. from Mr. ST. LimAtite's Manager ; hence
she sailed to Ganouan, and arrived here on Mon.
day last."

The Morning Chronicle of this day contains what
it stiles " official" accounts from the Spanish C -
lonies respecting the Revolters ; but as those ac-
counts come wholly from the latter, and record
the victories of flouvAn, though. accounts of a
quite contrary description have recently reached
this country, they should be received with great
suspicion and distrust, particularly as The Chronicle
has manifested such a determined hostility to the
old Spuds!' Government. We therefore do not
think it necessary to transfer these professed
" ogrial" accounts to the columns of Tire Sur
till they wear a more authentic shape.

The conduct of the Americans in denying the
right of Great Britain to exclude Strangers from
her Colonial Trade, is an attack upon the Law
of Nations, which ensures to her art exclusive
right to her own Colonies, with all the benefits
that could be derived front thent. If the right
of the British Nation be thus derived from the
Law of Nations, the American Goverment must
be wrong in disputing that right—as right and
wrong must for ever stand opposed to each other.
That exclusive right began at the distant epoch
of Colonization, and has been enjoyed, uninter-
ruptedly. froth that epoch till the late intenzip.

;1,1
,
ilor. This coniNct, then, is not al-0y 6 JetlT
or
the efficacy of the Law of Nations, but la iits7l
C 1
denial of the authority of alt the States ‘ChI
11#
hold their .several rights _nnder the Loy of; a.
lions. linos. The Party who thutt'sets the' Law' "
tions at defiance, may live to feerthat the
iiktbtt
of•Natjontscannot be invaded with impteviti•
t tic°
-
An Alien Act is so necessary for e Proec
of the Country that we feel it to be one dtilat
return to the subject. That Ministers ba"
Act
abased the power vested in them ICY (bat
evident, horn the very few Persons vilitk ba" bed
sent out of the Country, and whose characters
tio
principles were_ such that Government ri:e,
giossly have neglected its dut7 if they fact
suffered to remain among as. As- to die, e-t;
stated by-Mr. LYTTELTON, it admits of e°9sl'l)o,
most satisfactory explanation. Dl4°l' 01
Foreigner in question, was sent out of the Countiro
in June 1813, and he impudently chase t° nett'
in the following year, and was consequently
off again under the former order. The rettlt'sl4l
Aliens to the House was ordered from J ttlY le of
and it was nornecessary to inetude the it'
°P
the Person who was away upon ft former o
13ut the than was sent off at a time 'lletti)cei
Alien Act was in full force, and at a veil Vr'tl.ec(
lar crisis of the War. Mr. LY,TI ELTON {/14Y ,he'
to•tbrow,ridicu!e upon the inatter, by itsid9g :ono
flier the sale of Gout water, by_ tl'is
BEFORT, was " dangerous to the peace 811(' dist
finality of the Empire," but till Ire can
the vender did not deal ius political poiso,
as in Eau Medicinale, his taunts will "le
effect upon the good sense of the PenPle•; r tli
would ask this Gentleman in return, ol'etle
does not think that Ministers had
formation respecting the man in quesl io" °f tlt
justified them in . again sending hint ot't °,
at if
country;
.and whether he really suprses "Ittslt-
they had reason to be satisfied that he '9OIY ‘l.‘fic‘f
_in Gouty Water, they would have dist:
tit
tiForeigner in so peaceable an occupatinu
cannot suspect them of such wanton illiber3,s(ot
The probability is, that they bad good grP9tll' foci
ordering the man away in the first in.slBllc
j':ifee
to
that those grounds were strengthened yerfiii
mation which they had received in the iP‘t fel
(bat passed before his obtrusive and ifyr`icl' .(.$1
turn. For our part, we heartily agree ,vitb 'soot
M. 14.,
Ctive ,saiti on the occasion., viti
chit
France is by no means yet in a settled state;
there were not Wanting individuals in F ea"ec, of'
elsewhere, ready to take 04:vantage of st 4 °t;.lo'
tuoity to disturb ‘he general tranonillitY o.o.eft
rope ; men who knew only war; and if o'l holl
suffered to-settle in this country, wi'''se'tog'
object would be to excite war; and the 11('' 1:"1/
able Meniber properly observed, that
a right to protect ourselves against sue)! a° 00
The Hon. Gentleman also confirmed die fact°oer
lenient use which Ministi,rs had made "t- tber_P►
10;
conferred by the Alit n Act, since, daring
of the last %Ili years, only three Pers'iti
been sent out of the kingdom. Now it Itll'l6e
he affirmed, that if Ministers had been tlisit°' (104
ilYt „if
put that power, we will nor say rigor°
ee
more actively, in force, they would have b oile
justified in ordering away several more; b°lotalt
there wits a hope that several suspicions Cit rot 9)1 1'
might remain quietly among us, Govertottepritid
fered them to enj•ty a protective asylutn it)

hospitality.
hay
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The East India Company's ships °°l:-.
r i 151./
Chatics Grant arrived off Pon. lind the Pt'lp.ool
and in the Downs yesterday, They s3iieti'.
Macao the 21st Dccetnber, and from St'
the 28th March. ale!
The Vansittart and Herefordshire were t°
11
St. Helena the '79th March. 01°1
The Thidgewaler and Lowther Castle orr;'''
004'
St. Helena the 28th March, The C'inist:rclP'
Thomas Grenville arrived there the 7til .1
it
and ~vere to sail for Eneland on the sth Mr" th
PORTER.--We are concerned to hi'd that
PORTER.--Weinvestigation into the evils of the fAtc0451:46"
Teat, as affecting the prle' and qualitY of Lt.. for
$
tional beverage, makes but slow progress be
the Committee of the House (;f C°lllll°llAllti
whom it was referred the week before last' t
nesses were examined every day, 31111 "14
Ill!
portant disclosures were nytde ; hat d'ri°4stir.
were
if.l
last week the sittings of the Committee
peptic(' altogether. In a fery weLlis
understood, Parliament will be (1155°1°1'
then the inquiry will be at an end.
OA to find that eve"o"
ToWATsoN.—We are
who sympathize with this Witid,
with contempt and
tot) o'irrtole himself at Cowl t;) Iw...en( a sett
facet
IT° PRINCE RVGI'NT, T; ere
Re for otteri.i1101"11 ttlleieed dressv.* of tliiie 11:14/4
will look like. Tom Errord '1" dress °' 44.
Clincher,. and at all events thel Farcee tf 5t
tattling to the spectators.l"l,_ rtc,por,teltl ,11.0

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