The Sun.
London, England, 1845-06-26 00:00:00

THE SCHOOL OF DESIGN.

The report sets forth that each student is taught as
far as possible with reference to the promotion of the
particular object fur which he joined the school: further,
that the more advanced students are exercised in original
designs and composition, &c., and are taught to apply
to various practical purposes the skill they acquire.
Here would be a task for Cellini if yet alive! for the
Italian arabesque painters—and Raphael himself—a
glorious task for the old French designers Messonier,
De la Fosse, and others of that school, or for
Mercier and Lafontaine, or for such of our English
architects as have made decorative design their
study ; but it would at least be a task for a practical
designer of twenty or thirty years' practice in the art of
design for manufactures and for decorations ; so at least
some people would think, but not so the Council of the
School of Design. A master who had studied the
ornamental art would require a salary of two or
three hundred pounds ; but a portrait painter—a Spital-
fields' weaver—a mechanic will do the work for 1201. ;
so they have sent down a portrait painter to Birming-
ham—a mechanic to some other part of the country—
and installed, with great parade, a weaver at the
Spitalfields' school of design for 1001. per year, to in-
struct the people in all theSe wonderful things which
the report would have us believe are taught in the
school. It is impossible to say what may follow : men
will soon gather grapes on moors, and figs on thistles
What folly in any man to give a guinea to Copley Fielding
at every lesson, when any person could teach as well by
showing merely a few good drawings, and at one tenth
the expense; or why give 4001. with a boy to a noted
architect, when any bricklayer would instruct him as
well for a trifle ?—or why give so much with a boy to a
respectable, clever tradesman ? The fact is, that the
Council maintain that, with the various examples in the
school, any man may play the master, and save the
money of an experienced teacher.--The Builder.

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BATHS AND WASHHOUSES FOR THE POOR.—The
Committee have nearly concluded the purchase of a site
for the first model establishment on the north side of
Whitechapel, between the new street and Aldgate
Church. A working model of the selected design has
been prepared, and will be shortly submitted to the sub-
scribers. It said that arrangements will be made to
enable the very poor who cannot afford any payment to
wash gratuitously during the summer.—The Builder.
Lord Polwarth had an interview a ith Lord Staule)
yesterday at the Colonial-office. Mr. William Holmes
had also an interview with his Lordship yesterday.

DR. CAMPBELL AND THE BIBLB

MONOPOLY.

(From the Nonconformist, June 11, 1843.

FROM A CORRESVONDENT.
The Christian li ituess of the present month contains the
following sentence :—" But for other agents and other instru-
ments (thin the Bible Society), the Bible had at this hour
been as dear as when the Rev. Dr. Thomsen transmitted to
the author of Jethro the outline of his glorious scheme, and
when that author commenced his assault on the King's Pin-
ter, the universities, and the said committee, which lasted
through eight months, and issued in the downfall of the mono-
poly."
T "he editor of the Christian Witness is, by distinct appoint-
ment, Dr. Campbell, and " the author of Jethro is the same
Dr. Campbell.
The h uoted theref—as it goes to the
practicalparagra underpstanqding of itsamounts re;ders—toorethe three following
allegations :
been
1. That the main reduction in the price of Bibles hist
effected since the publication of Dr. Campbell's letters.
2. That the Queen's printer's monopoly has been destroyed.
3. That these two results are chiefly attributable to tlft
letters of " the author of Jethro,"—that is, of Dr. Campbell
himself.

The acts re tese :
Feb.f 10tha, 183 hl. A
„petition was presented to Parliamet,ltt
for
alleging the evil of the King's printer's patent, and pra3ing
its abolition. Dr. Campbell had no part in this.
Feb. 17th, 1831.—A Committee was accordingly ' ted,
a ppall]
on the motion of Mr. Hume, to investigate the subject. r
_e,
August Bth, 1832.—After hearing voluminous evidence,
collected at great expense, and with enormous labour,
Con:o°T;
by_.
Campbell parties who were moving on the question, the
reported to the House of Commons. In this Dr.
took no part.
1833, 1834, 1835, 1836.—During these years consttaonnt
appeals were made to the public mind, and continual agitaihis
was employed to shake the monopoly of Bible printing. 'l_,.
was far from unavailing ; the Government indicated thectUatris
nitude of the abuse by compelling the monopolist to reidi!,_, ~
price of Acts of Parliament exactly one-half; and the king,,
printer was already staving off his danger by continual, tbs
„iss_'`•
gradual, concessions in the price of Bibles. In all thi v'
Campbell took no part.
April 17th, 1837.-As the Scotch patent was near its ex.Phoi"
ration, it was resolved tooppose its renewal, partly that t _
S-otland,
Bible might be emancipated from such thraldom in : "is thus
and partly that the outworks of the English patent g-tcom.
be demolished. A second Committee of the House of.
uire
mons was accordingly obtained, and met on this day to
;ongthis•
into the expediency of renewing the Scotch patent.
too, Dr. Campbell had no hand. House,
July 12th, 1837.—The Committee reported to the
after hearing a mass of evidence which had beeri
whom Dr.
the same parties as on the previous occasion, but of "
Campbell was not one. _ln, ego-
-1837, 1838. —During these vears an almost unceas 6
Members
dation was carried on with individuals, public bod'e9' „owlish
adduced by
of Parliament, and Government officer:, in order t° ais oat
the abolition of the Scottish monopoly, when th
n awsati''
length resolved on,to settle the future Bible printing:arch and
factory basis—to combat the efforts of the Scotch end to cool-
,a; for a universities, combined to secure it for themselves, a share
terwork a multitude of polideal partisans struggler,
in the spoils. In all this Dr. Campbell had no share.
the no
July 17th, 1839.—The Scottish patent expiredar.
rant, gad
board of superintendence was erected by royal vr
the printing was thrown open in Scotland. forthcoming
Immediately a host of publishers gave notice of , his edi-
editions of the Bible, the defunct patentee advertis;'athe Eng_
dons in order to keep competitors out of the mark' 'the §sle,,,df
lish patentee opened an agency in Edinburgh
his own Bibles, which he eon' mark
ither, I--
Dr. Thomson, in conjunction with the parties "supplying
tated the subject throughout, organized a society for
Bibles at the mere cost of production. England to an-
In October, 1840, Dr. Thomson came to
nounce his proposals. o in
d now importwth had agi.
During the past twelve months great results
rd had re-
course of development, the Scottish Government Walton, and
ported to the Queen the operation of the secured, 'ti, and still
pointed out a great reduction in price already secures it,.
greater in prospect, as among the most prominent ribinel SocietY
The prices of the English patentee and
4 h the
arrived at rates
were in course of continual reduction. ad arrived
The
which, in 1832, they denounced as absurd or
England than
patentee was unable to maintain a higher rate ine
late paten t"
the
u I3ible Society
had bee
that at which he was driven to compete with
and the free-traders in Scotland. The Engli'", to meet the
cheap editions elsewhere. Dr. Lee,
had been driven to publish a sixpenny Testatnet°,.ssion of Ge-
that a re-
cheap editions
Assembly, so early as August, 1839, place' o from the
duction of forty per cent. had already tal'en,'" the knowledge
importation of English authorised editions, an° , h sellers
ea both 0
of Dr. Th '
Thomson 's plans and intentions had prepar
hitherto bee
and buyers for reductions far beyond what had
accomplished. i t., the re'
in the Commission
Of all the labour, the cost, the disappoinomen:_d, vror§e
proaches, the virulence of interested opponents, ds'',
than all, the cool neglect of uninterested frier s ,„ii kneW
which these results had been wrought out, Dr. Camlir neither
nothing whatever—had borne no fraction of a share , ieeti,
f the °h, t,'
the ardour of the contest, nor the inaportance 0, 0 open •'ll
had hitherto induced ~ the author of Jethro '
,t_ labour oil
through
mouth, nor employ his pen, nor expend a moment ' ,ben Dr'
the subject. He was accidentally at Manchester
progress WI
Thom sox and his friends came thither to state the
had made, and to set their plans in operation•
lic meeting
meeting'
Dr. Campbell was induced to take part in a pub
held on that occasion, and this led to other sirnla _
~riot.
and to the publication of his series of letters in the l'atperileal
While the great subject of Bible circulation was awhile $a
silent'
one--while to agitate it was looked on as factious--0
up-hill fight had to be maintained, Dr. Campbell scwhen the
not a blow of his was dealt at the giant abuse. 13et.,ncess af''
agitation had already borne abundant fruit, and su,oo 0 SP'
forded motive, Dr. Campbell came to give the dying,' id as ths
other wound in the thigh," and to carry him off the lie ,nisei
trophy of his own prowess. This is not the place to
,Lito the
series of tables ; but if an accurate list were presenteeduciion'
public, it would be shown that the first essential re, testi'
took place when the Scotch patent was abolished, and Oa lola
successive reduction, from that period to this, has bee° oel,
by tho English monopolists and the Bible Society, exact yob'
the Scotch free Society, and the free-traders there, ha,te„,; one
lished new and cheaper editions. Dr. Campbell h Ape° ;tiger,
occasion, but his help was just the cheering of 3 Pa'c'hased.
who is carried in a carriage he has neither built nor 10;000'
over a new line of railroad he neither devised nor eon' tieing
It would be unjust to dismiss Dr. Campbell without noticing
PI
his mar"ellous assertion, that the downtal of the men
° 3
been effected. , ;, thist,'
If the Scottish monopoly be referred to, the rePI list:
expired above a year before Dr. C. wrote; if the hntarnphe;
nopoly be intended, nobody knows better than Dr'eu beeeas
that it is still in unimpaired existence, having hims oopolY ro
its voluntary ap ilogist. Since he denounced the
,Inst 0/ lii•
ni.
oiniugoone
a hideous object under every aspect,
burning in its heart," as " the perfection of the ",,eiiherllt.
his u bil'
that maketh desolate," he has pronounced as the pu of
judgment, that the monopolist would do better f°r curse, `tej
thaw free traders—that the monopoly, instead 0 e iotere9o
with the
likely to become a blessing—and called on all whol;l,o,d ilea
in the extension of the Bible, to cry, Long life and 5
to the imperial monopolist.

vp 0V
SPA-FIELDS BURIAL-Gck's.7o. s,
TO THE EDITOR OE the illfoll9o
SIR,--I shall feel obliged by your stating, f,c". ease tto
tion of your readers, that, in reference to
.tne.n,,, der ;„re
" Spa-fields Burial-ground," lam no partY, d 6"."`
what I consider a most extraordinary z.nd unexPec'oef the Pr
mise on the part of those who had the conducting info Jys,
seeution. In the discharge of a laborious, and Ptd
have met, too frequently, with an unprincpled
_aiti altb014:01
opposition on the part of interested individualkitiovected•roj
am satisfied in my own mind that the facts it'd boo rsor
which would have been adduced in evidence, WI be 'con I
a universal storm of loathing and execration, I opin' so
tented to abide the i-sue of a further appeal to public
the aWalliPla, indeevoi
and this I shall most certainly make if
deadly nuisance of which I and my neighbours,
_d deed
every person interested in the health, morality,
calli
the locality, complains, be not effectually reou've •
I am, yours,
Robeodoisenatlf,

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STATE OF TRADE.—The yarn In „sin 4- sod
extremely buoyant, and prices of some description
tier
ar70,00,..„,
at a small advance. For goods, too, there is a Detterreonnall• los
prices are firmer than fur two or three weeksoT,-.Ther:Dits'
ROCHDALE FLANNEL MARKET, MONDAY, JUNE i-. and the oder'
been a Black market to.day, few buyers have atten67,,,i psi °Os/
ness transacted has been limited. The Wool rn.,";dositr
gone little or no variation since last Mon .g,eflt
dian. agOww iie
WHITE KNIGHTS, READING.--Th! 0 1110 ao‘tirobdi'
estate of the late Duke of Marlborough, "11-woe-ha pre
Knights, was purchased last year by parties wuf; not t'',.-,nl i°
vide it for building purposes, and plans for laYine rfbe '" oor
perty were obtained by the offer pivals•
lower i"oil•
now coming into the market, and when we c°%tresterP tbs°
passing beauty and its contiguity to the Great in lessonbt
way, by which it is reached from Lond°liiddo6, Oa
an hour and a half, there can be„i," v,,educej
that it will be speedily covered with v7-.iire Ruble the
occa3ion to visit the spot last welt', 511-oabt 17
to think there is nothing like it in Engiall- las en- ein 'u-1
public. The botanic gardens with their inage7 'tits Of 00,
vatory; the wilderness, filled with Arnerieleir: 01'11094,
bloom; the lake, bridges, China cottage, °Lie.); ty ; and„woe-
offer a succession of pictures of extraordinary Lro ogcuPitre se-
offer
are to be reserved for the enjoyment of those w"Godwio -
on the estate. Mr. Moeatta and Mr. George Greet
pointed architects The Builder. . ....Mr., solls'
POUL AIR IN WELLS AND CESSPOOD'' 016 in
01 I loe9
of Sudbury, has suggested a method of P
coot
t., been
86(%, from the foul air which so often f?' 40,0 into
them when long clo,e(1, and has not untorttabiroswooioppiii:of
desti uctve of life. The plan is siMplY
well a quantity of unslacked lime, whielho $ c°l„,°, 011,13
comes in contact with the water, tbr°v" .oi,s gftswe'oceo-
- driving before it all tho deletert c to a
rendering it perfectly safe for the worittn '
immediately.—The Builder.

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On the 21st inst ,at AsfeßßTegroSr.y, .-11 sarge° i
Rev. amendJ Connell, of a daughter TT as, the "- at
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lady
Of Clls
On the 2s3qd. ionfsta.,soinn Russell-square, the 1.11"' .ogert
',lfs•fir°
On the 23'd inst., Tavistoelt-place. 1.1-. . 010
of a son. voc
On the 23d inst., the lady of George French' of
Inn, E .
sq., barrister-at-law, of a daughter.

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sAllida
CoOlens,the 18th inst., at 13isAhjoipisilifuilt, John .4)0'7
of t'
of Chapel Cleeve, to Georgina Eliza, youngest °lib bel
I]. sq., of Paul's House, T 411110311. 01 of
On
Dixonthe,2irth inst., at St. Pancras Church, util), 0. CV*
Brunswick-square,
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London.relict
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On the 17th inst., at Boulogne-sur-ger,
ward Nathaniel Grensword, R.N. ,i w f the hit°
On the lith inst., at Hastings, blary, vri-° o . to,
Rev. Gainsford Smith, aged 80. .„r of Asbleg
On the list inst., the Rev. 11. Warreil, itec' ite
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Sussex. Vivisrd
On the 21st inst., at East Sheen, the Rev. or, it'
son, aged 83. tenant Sir
On the 21st inst., Jane, the wife of Lieu
Hungate, Bart., R.N., aged 44,

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