The Statesman.
London, England, 1819-01-23 00:00:00

PUBLICATION or rug SCRIPTURES.

Teotereey *toning a tory nosiness sad mml4
able Meeting of Botta.lied, Pohlloiters, 4e. wet
hold at Om Globe Tavern, Fleet-street, for the po-
pes* of taking lot* etnisideastiou the Oceht attack
made on the ttatle, tektite le the sale ef Wide. aid
Prayer Books.
Mr. Lost, bookseller, belett hefted belie Mire
*tiptoed his ardent bopesi that whatever 'spiry soy
parses protein teittbt hale seitsioltd from the recent
preesedistr, they *weld not alto* theniselam to he
hulloed CP ass vtolset
lahclisae on any account, as
that wouldesly tend to iejere their cause.
The Report Wet thee had. It stated that Inkier -
thaws bad boo served racially on more than lOU per-
sons, many of what *.re totally incapable of pay..
lag owe farthing of the expellees which had thereby
bees incurred. The law proceedings had been di-
ttoed no evilest the opulent wholsale dealer, but
against the humble retailer, eten against widow, who
accidentally happened to have soli a single ropy
the Sacred Volute. Two 'lints could eoly be
pined by this, the one of which would be the incroan
of that solicitor', private fortune, and tb• titbit the ea-
tension of the rights of the potato. It was mostroes
to conceive, that while in former days a bookseller
was allowed with impeuity in sell the works of
Palo, ikr. that now the pebli.hers of the Sacred
Oracles were to be bralideJ with infamy, end ruined
milli legal pv01.401.89. The Report concluded by stet.
leg 54.t•tai moat di,tre,sing instances in which the
Injeoction, if the Court bid been elaidly enrorced.
A Mr. Geotge, in Brick-lave, for telling a secated-
hand Bible, was served with an Injunction, and had
above 371. of ,spencer to pay ; a• had ala, a Mr.
Fliter and ethyl, in the same street. Sir. D..•
Neirgete.etreet, for selling one MM.., had itll. In pay
for the btu., Sr, rota .is hint : as had ahno
Moors John and Arthur Art it, 6r far a
I)ia.end Bible, •hirh they had r ;fared for "tle for
•levess 3 earl. Mr. Walker, in the Strsod, Mr. E(.
finches, Wilton, Mr. Odor, Mr. 11. cits, of
atent.street, tie. were a I in the same situation. 11111
w•re also mould per.not• for selling a Bible with
notes, by the lief. Willies' Girlie), of St. Clement
Darn,

Ti. liPpott hying ttPad, it twos moved end Oft•ads
ed 'hid it bliould h. 'flowed, on which _ _

Mr. Seirrstamons said, he conceived the Report
was in some respects esaggersted. lie did sat meet*
any disreapect to the Committee in saving en, bet be
certainly could net bet state, that there was re de-
sten, as was alleged, tallow's, t he cirrelation of tire
Scriptures, or deprive the Peblic of the benelt of
those Corementaries which were made as them.—‘
Serb newer had been, sad such, lee tees could's*,
scold never be t►e design or intention of either the
so Universities, or his Majesty's Printers; for, ma
the contrail, they were actuated by more liberal owl
enlightened motives. Ile sea coorvisseed tale coarse
the Universities and King's Printer adopted was
digitated by humanity.—(4 laugh ess sorry
ten see there was not that calm, divas:innate attention
to tbequestios 111111116 Its importance deserved; bathe
bad stated farts.

Mr. Hest felt the Meeting were Allied to the
lest Speaker, for espleining what had orcerreil en a
former eecasber, whew he (Mr. ) was not prevent.
The Meeting now could avail (itself of else npporta•
ni:y to enquire how the prosecetinns originated, es
perhaps thew might have tinny se from more flowers
than one. Ile had net &smelted with the Cessthifierr
bat the claim of the Universities end. King's Pria-
tera steed on different groentis, and were not the
suns at all in the eye of thelew. Ile thetefol• world
,sit, a bother ti.e remotions had commenced with
the nines Minuets?
Mr. SeucrlCM not declined answering the question,
and roeld only refer to the proceedings in the Court
of Chancery.

Mr. Ilepek: repeated his gnet•ion, as a matter of
tour <•.

The CHAIIINIIV.—Are you •othorived to rn,wer
each a (leftism.
..by these with shoal ytna are its
company ?
Mr. klawnssr spoke to outer. 'rho allied of
the Meeting was, certainly, to „let rid ”f the orate-
coition, ; and on the part of the University of Came
bridge he could say, lb. promotions bad been car-
ried to a length they
them he anedimons, and the caws would On tele
umphant —tor, to waste their time nn wades" of
this kind would be useless in the esteems.

A GCNTLEMAN said be could easily asset, (hi
question pet to Mr. Spottiswode, as he bad sees a
letter sent to Mr. W.,4, of Parliament-street, frost
Messrs. Foss and Son, stating, Mat by order of Mrt
Straiten Obey /storied biro to call on thorn nun
mottling, nub en scroont of the profits of what
Bibles, &c. he bad sold.
Another Gtxrsew te, wise is a pawnbroker, saki
lie know above bw Injunctions bad bees weed on
ptenbrekert, and be trusted they would of coarse
be included among booksellers, &c.
Mr. ll.►t.owle.—Of course that is done.

Mr. M AWILIN stated he had requesed the Syntli.
ce e of the Uttivemity of Cambridge to attest on the
*object, and he mold users the hteetioi that the
proceedings at law would be filially &opt against
those else were net siuleatlydeteriaissed is Ismaili sit
breaking she low.

The -.olio* for agrteieg to the Report wabapoi
pet, and eainletously adopted.
Mr. Orlon stated lit. td limolotion. whieb eas,
that these divrseefel pramorlings were not bums to,
nor ssociinded by the tw• Unigersiligs.
This being monocled, Mr. 110:4F rose. The Re-
solotirns he considered, were not meant to take An
Mee.pg by 'misfile. lie dissented totally from the
ne nn* read, for be was prrtaseod the proceeedinge
were knout, to both Coiversitiea. It seemed to him
mist esttsordlnety that the Unibittelaka sod the
Kines Printer should halo instAtMed pradeedings
against peer men, Rolety teams, they were peer.
I kg clime of the Voiveraities were totally deajltpetire
of the circwhiti iiii of the Scriptures. Tbe pabliratlon
of the Bibb! by numbers bad itsdorei many to riled
it, a ho perhaps would sever have tad such an oppsra
sanity to know its sacred ene'm'a.
Mr. Mawr tot %toed that the pd.
'allege of the King's Pointer wan connoted to Kitt.
hcidosaSmitiand and Ireland h•d King's Pr.i.tors
sateedasstlotlon; het Mom'. liodetetattles catatel inn*
Bibles Grad Prayer theta la every pert of Ma United