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806 Originals of the Scriptures—French Term * Massacrés.” [Nov.1, 
both was acknowledged by unquestion- 
able judges; whose science, and taste, 
and judgment, accompanied him to the 
grave, with little earthly reward. * Some 
memoir of Mr. Cloggett from some of 
your musical correspondents, could not 
fail to be useful and instructing. 
And I should thmk it would be gra- 
tifying, if any one would lay before the 
public some account of Zumpe. 
These notices, 
gui solus honor telluve sub ima 
are not useless to the living. 
Froston-hall, Carpet Lorrt, 
—iia— 
For the Monthly Magazine. 
Information requested on the ORIGINALS 
of the HOLY scrIpTURES of the NEW 
TESTAMENT. 
BAVING of late, from motives of 
H curiosity, for the first time in iny 
lite looked into the opinions of learned 
men as to the antiquity of the manu- 
scripts of the Hebrew and Chrisuan 
Scriptures, 1 find, in respect to the latter, 
the late Dr. Harwood assured himself 
that -Beza’s manuscripts, and ‘the Cler- 
mont manuscript, approach the nearest 
of any manuscripts now khown in the 
world, to-the onginal text of the sacred 
records. 
We also Jearn, from the best autho- 
rities, as lately collated by Mr. Dyer, 
that there was scarcely such a thing to 
be found as manuscripts in the fourth 
ecniury; higher none at all: that the 
Codex Bese is of the fifth century, and 
generally believed to be the most an- 
cicnt Greek manuscript in the world. 
Information is requested of the learn- 
ed, as to the original text of those sacred 
records to which the Coder Beze is 
supposed to approach so nearly: what 
ground we have of assurance that such ori- 
ginals really existed inthe times, or within 
the memory, of contemporaries of Jesus 
and the Apostles: in what country, and 
in whose power, such originals were de- 
posited 2, or whether, siuce no manu- 
Scripts were ever to be found of higher 
antiquity than the fourth century, the 
first manuscripts were copied from oral 
tradition, delivered through a succession 
of generations, during between three and 
four hundred years after the persons had 
lived, and the reported facts had hap- 
pened. Lastly, under what authority: 
were the Coder Beze, and the Clermont 
manuscript, written, or supposed to be 
written, ANDOCTUS. 
For the Monthly Magazine. 
On a peculiar MILITARY ACCEPTATION 
of the word “ Massacrés,” in FRENCH. 
EVERAL vears past, I noted in the 
Monthly Magazine, that our party 
Newspapers, eayerly catching hold of 
every object of reproach and contumely 
against their enemies, the French, accused 
them frequentiy of massacres, when @ 
body of men had been by the French put 
to the sword in battle, merely because the 
French writers themselves made use of 
the term, massacrés. To this our news= 
writers were accustomed to add, by way 
of giving force to their insinuation, notes 
of admiration—Massacred!!! A corres 
spondent of the Magazine replied to me, 
denying that the word in French had any 
other than the usual signification, for 
example, as applied to the revolutionary 
massacres. I was, however, at no rate 
convinced by that argument, since the 
French themselves apply the term in the 
olfensive signification, to mén cut down 
in the defence’ ofa military post? It was 
obvious they meant, put to the swords 
but in a very sharp conflict, none perhaps 
being saved, or as we should say in Eng- 
lish, a mere carnage was made of them— 
they were cut to pieces. In this way, 
the French described several of their 
conflicts with the Mamalukes in Egypt; 
and what confirms mein my old opinion 
as to this use of the word Massacrés, E 
have lately found it repeated in the same 
sense, .in the Moniteur, . 
Norma Loquennr. 
SS c 
For the Monthly Magazine. 
dhe CASE of MR. GASCOIGNE’s DAUGHTER 
CONSIDERED. ) fi? 
~-LTHOUGH I cannot boast of being 
learned in any other laws than 
those of justice and common’ sense, 
I must crave permission to give my 
opinion on this’ case, so very inter- 
esting to humanity. J. W. Gascoigne’s 
unfortunate situation, indubitably caused 
to devoive upon the officers their legal 
right of putting his daughter in a way to 
earn her living, without being burdensome 
to the parish, and also a considerable 
discretion in the exercise of that right ; 
but I apprehend not to the extent of de- 
priving the parents of all vote, or choice, 
in the destination of their child at the 
early age of eleven years. -f am nos 
aware that the law confers any such 
power, which however being granted, le- 
gality and justice are by no means to be 
taken for synonimes. Much has been 
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