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    were engraved by the Israelites at the period of the Exodus ? Now , if this weri Sonstrated , it would not be Mr . Forster ' s diravery . s . nce the notion was circulated by Cosmas Indicopleustes , who gave it as a tradition of the Tews Then , BV > er , Tuch , and Bunsen , not unworthy to rank , as Hebraiats and writers , with Mr . Forster , argue in an opposite sense , and Mr . Forster has not been able to strengthen hfs case by translating , with any certainty , a single inscription . The rocks of Sinai are even more dumb than the monuments of Egypt . Against a mass of Greek and Roman inscriptions , which , testifying igainst him , he calls worthless , " the rubbish of names and memories " he has two in his favour , of which the chronology is so doubtful that it is merely " self-evident . " Tims , referring to Tuch , whose learned pamphlet he has never read , and to others , whose discrepancies ot opinion should have cooled his dogmatic wrath , he asks : — What is the harmony and unity among themselves of the learned phalanx who are thus banded together against the idea of an Israel . t . sh authorship ? " They ( the Stic Inscriptions ) are by Christians , " says Professor Beer " They are by Pagans , cries Professor Tuch . » They are by Christians , " repeats Mr . Stanley . They are bv Pagans , Jews , and Christians , " exclaims Chevalier Bunsen . " They are of the fourth century of our era , " pronounces Beer . " They are two or three centuries prior to the Christian era , " declares Tuch . " They are of the fourth and fifth centuries , decides Stanley- " They are of an age , or ages , prior to the Ptolemys , concludes Chevalier Bunsen , " and some of them , probably , of far more ancient times . But Mr . Forster adduces not one circumstance to show that he is better entitled to be positive than Bunsen . All his arguments as to the age of the inscriptions are of no more value to him than to Bunsen , whose theory is here conveniently dropped , that Mr . Forster , eluding the test of demonstration , may satirize Beer ' s hypothesis : — Beer ' s theory had but one leg to stand on , and that was a wooden one , his sign o * the cross , which was easily knocked from under it . Mr . Stanley has picked up the broken crutch , and sets up ' his own borrowed theory to limp along upon it anew . Poor Beer , however , had an alphabet and translations , which established his hypothesis , at least , to his own satbfaction . But Mr . Stanley has absolutely nothing but his cross . This is gross enough , and Mr . Forster may think it clever ; but it is not logical . We thought , that Mr . Forster had promised not to take reprisals in revenge for the contempt with which Professor Bunsen has treated bis theory : — No amount of provocation should betray any one possessing self-respect into language unbecoming a scholar and a gentleman . fife Had Mr . Forster , then , lost his temper when he wrote about Mr . Stanley limping on a broken crutch ( and that crutch , holy Pilgrims of Canterbury , being a piece of the Cross !) ? At all events , the decent preacher might have spared this suggestion , especially as the following passage has " shocked" his religious sense : —* - The mysterious sounds which have been mentioned on Um-Shumer and Gebel

    Mousa may be , in some way narrative . These are Mr . Stanley ' s words . Mr . Forster , who is a very childish critic , " could scarcely trust his eyes" ( he trusts his pen ) when he saw the passage : — As well ( if we must compare the finite with the infinite ) compare the earth-shaking thunders of the last bombardment and fall of Sebastopol , with their mimic echoes in the Surrey Gardens . If " we must compare the finite with the infinite , " why compare the Surrey bombardment with that of Sebastopol , the last bombardment of Sebastopol being no more infinite than the rockets of Surrey . Perhaps Mr . Forster's " religious sense" is shocked by Dr . Lep 3 ius' hypothesis of the Tarfa trees , by Robertson's examination of the Dead Sea winds and tides , and by the elaborate theories which have been propounded with reference to the plagues of Egypt . Nothing in Mr . Forster ' s pamphlet , however , is so amusing as his dogmatism . He describes his own view as " the correct , because only rational view of the case" —as " the true and only clue to the labyrinth of doubt and error in which Mr . Stanley , and those who think with him , are lost . " " With this clue , all is clear ; without it , all is doubt and darkness . " This being affirmed before it is proved , that the notion is ** a clue" and not a fallacy , appears to us somewhat pretentious . Nevertheless , it is partially explained by the fact that Mr . Forster , assuming " the plain , literal , unsophisticated meaning" of every " phrase in the Scriptures , has been driven into a difficulty by " the enemies of the Israelitish origin" of the Sinaitic inscriptions . This topic furnishes him with an opportunity for dim religious hints about the infidelity of the great scholars who have declined to rank him with their order . It supplies him , also , with a flame to light a rhapsody about the tablets of rock vindicating the veracity of the Mosaic record , and with the suggestion of a sweet thought of humility that he , Bachelor of Divinity , has been inspired to decipher the Sinaitic inscriptions—which have not been deciphered , neither by Mr . Forster nor by any one else . We do not see , then , that there is any discovery to defend , or that Mr . Stanley ' s position has been weakened by Mr . Forster ' s attack , or that there was any necessity for this outpouring of feeble violence .

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    A DANCE OF DATES . In a notice of M . de Tocqueville ' s work on the Causes of the French Revolution , a typographical displacement occurred which destroyed the sense of a passage , besides creating a ludicrous anachronism , by translating Colbert from the age of Louis XIV . to the age of Louis XVI . The sentence should have read " the stupendous public debt contracted by Louis XIV ., by which even Colbert was terrified . " The transposition of several words into the middle of the sentence intended to follow them , produced this extraordinary misrepresentation of the writer ' s meaning , and chronological confusion .

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    Attempted Murder at Dartmoor Prison . —One of the convicts confined in Dartmoor Prison , named John May , has been committed for trial at the Devon County Gaol , charged with a murderous assault on one of the warders of the prison , named Alexander Carrick , by striking him on the head with a spade while at work on ground adjoining the prison on which the convicts are employed . A Bankruptcy Case . —The affairs of Julius Roberts , an engineer , of Poplar , were gone into before Mr . Commissioner Fonblanque , on Tuesday , in the Bankruptcy Court . A claim by the bankrupt on the Mediterranean Telegraph Company is thus described : — " On the 15 th of May , 1855 , I entered into a contract with John Watkins Brett , manager of the said company , to lay down subterranean cables from Sardinia to the coast of Africa for 10 , 000 / ., and 2000 / . from Genoa to the mainland . I complied with all the conditions of the contract , and received a bill of exchange for 1000 ? ., which has been dishonoured . I received no other payment , and the company took their contract from me and made another with Mr . Green for 5000 / . I have commenced an action against Brett , and am advised by Mr . Serjeant Byles that the full amount of damages and profits will be recovered . " The bankrupt was in custody on the suit of a Mrs . Van Toll for the sum of 700 ? . Between him and that lady there were " some painful matters of a private nature . " Mr . Van Toll gave evidence to the effect that , under pretext of protecting her property from the extravagance of her late husband , the bankrupt obtained one thousand pounds from her , saying ho would be her trustee . Mr . Lucas , in cross-examination on behalf of tho bankrupt , put in a number of letters which Mrs . Van Toll said were in her handwriting , and addressed to Roberty . Tho letters were handed up to tho Commissioner , but their contents were not permitted to transpire . Ultimately the bankrupt said it was his full intention to pay Mrs . Van Toll ' s claim when ho should bo in a position to do bo , although ho might obtain a certificate at tho hands of tho Court . lie then passed his examination . Suspension ok a Cmcuoyman by the Bishop of IiONDON . —Tho Bishop of London , under tho provisions of the Act for tho Bettor Enforcing Church Discipline , has suspended the ltov . William Lambert , M . A ., perpetual ourato of Chriatchurch , Ruling , from officiating in that church and district , or clsowhoro within the diocese of London , and from receiving any of tho profits , for throo years , and haa directed that such suspension shall ( at tho expiration of tho three yours ) further continue in force until a certificate is lodged in tho registry of tho diocoso , signed by three benoflced clergymen , satisfying the Bishop that tho suspension may bo properly relaxed . Tub Art Trkasukkh Exhibition Tho foundations of the now palace at Old Troflbrd , Manchoator , for tho

    Art Treasures Exhibition , 1857 , having been laid , the ceremony of " raising the first pillar , " as it is termed , was gone through at five o ' clock on Wednesday evening with the usual formalities . Mr . Thomas Fairbairn , chairman of the executive committee , initiated the ceremonj ' . The late Accident at the Cymmer Collieries . —The inquiry into the appalling colliery explosion in South Wales has been resumed , and a large body of evidence received ; but the jury have not yet come to a decision .

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    FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE . Tuesday , August 12 . BANKRUPTS . — Bknjamin Brett , St . George-streofc , Ratcliffe-highway , and High-street . Poplar , boot manufacturer— John Lindsay , Sydney , New South Wales , merchant—Victor CiiAr / DRON , Leicester-square , and F ^ onE . VT Bamin . Debtor's Prison , Whitecross-street , perfumers—Henry IIerrick , Epsom , licensed victualler — Joseph Thompson , Bishop Stortford , draper — Joskimt Elteen . High-street , Kensington , grocer—Mary Uui . i < ivant Wai--tishs , Birmingnam , hotel-keoper—Walter Dalk . Wolstanton , Staflbrdsinro , builder — Benjamin Holmes and Chaui . es John Morris Lewis , Birmingham , boot and shoemakers— Thomas Oliver , Prestbury . nearCheltonham , livery stable-keeper -HeneyGardner , Wellington , Somersetshire , manufacturer — Joseph Cooper , sen , Joseph ; Coori-. it . jun ., and Joe Cooper , Chisworth , near Glossop , Derby , cotton-spinnors—James TAYJLOJt . Tottington Lowerend , Lancashire , cotton-spinner—James Bramloxby , Holcomb , Brook , near Bury , Lancashire , cotton manufacturer —Wii . uam Lawfor » , Liverpool , oil crusher . SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS . —D . Smith , son ., West Caldor , coal-master — A Crawford , Glasgow and Proag , cattle dealer—It . Milnh , Aberdeen , tailor—M . Smith or M'Ckae , Kilmarnook . grocor . Friday , August 15 . BANKRUPTS . —William Puhoicombe , Bridgo-stroot , Southwark , ironmonger—Robkrt Kino , Kiiarosborough , woollondrapor — Lovkiudob II art , Howford-buildiiiKH , Fonchuroh-Hbrcnt , City— . Iohn RiciiAnnBON , Wliitby . stationer—Mybk Henry Meyer , Great Prcacott-atreot , Goodman ' s- fields , upirit merchant—Roueut Newman , Taunton , chemist . SCOTCH SEQlUOSTRATIONS .-JouN Ransow Hunter , Inverness , merchant—P . Barky and Co ., Glasgow , commission agents—Alexander Wilson , Edinburgh , Heshor — David Rkii > , Glasgow , wino ami spirit merchant—Chaki . es Morrison , Boghead , Abordoonshire , farmer .

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    BIttTIIS , MARRIAGES , AND DEATHS . BIRTHS . MANLEY .-On tho 7 th hist ., at tlu > limits County Asylum , tho wife of John Mnnloy , M . I ) . ; a daughter . TAYLOR ,-On tho Oth hint ., at St . Holler's , Jormsy , tho wlto of Homy Taylor , Ksq ., M . D ., of tho Bengal Presidency , E . I . C . S . ; a daughter . MARRIAGES . OGII . iVY-V 13 RMOU .-On tho 7 th iunt .. at Easton Noston Lieut .-Colonel Ogllvy . of tho 2 nd Liro Guards , oldest hou of P . W . Otfilvy , linn ., of Ruthvon . ForfarNhiro . to Lady Henrietta Porinor , ( laughter of tho luto and niutor of tho present Marl of Pom fro fc .

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    London , Friday Evening , August 16 , 1856 . The Funds still decline slightly , and tho demand for money increases . Tho half-monthly settling of tho Railway share market , &c , has occupied the attention of tho Stock Exchange during the last two or throe days . Tho rates of Contango wore high , and money in demand . Since tho settling , heavy shares have much improved . Amongst tho foroign shares , Italian Junction , Lombardo-Vonotian , Luxembourg . ** , Sambro and Meuso , havo been in demand . Rigas , after languishing to only i premium , havo recovered , and aro now 11 fl per share . Coy Ions arc steady at if premium , and Bengals at i premium . Groat "Western of Canada , and generally Canadian securities , aro not ho good as their position and future ontitlo thorn to bo . Tho receipts of tho Groat Western of Canada continuo to bo most considorablo , and a proapect of a bettor dividend than evon tho last . Independent of political events , thoro would bo—but for this tiino of year , which always kills business—n favourable reaction in tho nharo market ; but at present ono can hardly anticipate a marked improvement , until October or November . A littlo more business haa been transacted in British Minos . At four o ' clock Consols close , 05 J . Aberdeen , 20 . 28 ; Caledonian , Brt , 58 ; Chester and Holyhoad , 17 , 18 ; Eastern Counties . 1 ) 5 , 10 i ; Groat Northern . 074 , 084 ; Groat Southern and Western ( Ireland ) , 118 , 120 ; Great Western . 0 ! H , « BJ ; Lancashire and Yorkshire . » 84 , 90 ; London and Blaokwall , 7 , 7 j \ x . d . ; London , Brighton , and South Coast , 1004 . 107 *; London and . North-Western . 1074 , 100 ; London ana South Wostorn , 107 , 108 ; Midland , 841 , 8 ^ 4 ; North-Eastern ( Berwick ) , 85 , 80 ; South Eastern ( Dover ) , 744 , 75 ; Antwerp mid Rotterdam , 71 , 81 ; Dutch Rhenish , 28 . 2 fl pm . ; Eastern of Franco ( Paris and Strasbourg ) . 37 , 1171 ; Groat Contral of Franco , 8 , 8 | pm . ; Grout Luxembourg , fig . 6 J ; Groat Western of Canada , 261 , 25 j [; Namur and Llogo , 0 'JI ; Northern of Franco . 42 , 424 ; Pans and Lyons , Cfli , fi 7 ; Royal Danish , 19 J , 20 j ; Royal Swedish , i , 11 ; Bambro and Mouse , 131 , 13 ft .

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    PARKER—ANDREWS .-On the 7 th inst ., at St . Luke ' s , Cheetham-hill , Edward Parker , Esq ., of Yarra Yarra , Victoria , to Mary Jane , daughter of the late G . Andrews , Esq ., of Montreal , Canada . "WALLER—PRINGLE . — On the 9 th inst ., at the parish church , St . Marylebone , Major James W . S . Waller , Knight of the Royal Guelphic Order , and late of the 10 th Regiment of Foot , to Mary Georgiana , eldest daughter of the late General Sir William Henry Pringle , G . 0 . B-, Colonel of the 45 th Regiment of Foot . DEATHS . MATHEWS . —On the 8 th inst ., at Gore Lodge , Fulhain , after a long and painful illness , Lucia Elizabeth , aged 59 , granddaughter of the celebrated engraver Francesco Bartolozzi , and for eighteen years the beloved wife of Charles Mathows . RAMMELL . —On tho 12 th of Juno last , suddenly , at the British Consulate , Margill , near Bussorah , Turkish Arabia , Charles Rammell , Esq .. C . E ., fourth surviving son of the late Gibon Rammell , Esq ., of Dent-de-Lion , near Margate , aged 34 . RICARDO . — -On tho 10 th inst ., at Bath , Bertha , youngest daughter of tho late David Ricardo , Esq ., M . P ., of Gatcoinbe-park , Gloucestershire .

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  • Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 16, 1856, page 789, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2154/page/21/