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This vo. lume acquired great popularity with &certain class of readers, partly from the quarter from whence it issued, and partly from the inte resting character of the subject of the memoir, as well as the natural eloquence which really distinguished many of her letters. The book was published with the benevolent purpose of relieving the pecu niary distresses of the family, and about the period of its appearance, a brother and sister of Miss Campbell were taken ill of the com plaint of which she died. The similarity of circumstances of the two sisters, as well as the similarity of character and acquirements, excited an unusual interest, and many a pious pilgrim visited Fer nicarrie, the residence of Isabella Campbell. Every word Mary ut. tered concerning Isabella, which - was still more interesting, as seeding from the bed of an apparently dying sister, was U stoned to as the dictates of inspiration ; and she spoke with fervour and flu ency truly wonderful. Contrary to all expectation. continues the narrative, Mary began to recover, with the prospect of returning health, determined to de. vote her uture life to the conversion of the heathen. Soon after this she imagined herself endowed with "the gift of tongues," which gift consisted in uttering certain articulate sounds, without any meaning attached to them, but which were supposed to be a languag e, and in forming on paper certain marks, which were sup posed to be either words or lettere ; and as every time she opened her mouth or put her pen to paper, the sounds or marks were different, the len. guages were of course different; and her acquirements are now so numerous, that she possesses more languages than Sir William Jones ever did, with the trifling difference that he understood his. Having related the beginning of the miracles on the banks of the Gareloch, we shall proceed to the other side of the Clyde, whither the intelligence was rapidly wafted ; and the miraculous power took root in a soil peculiarly favourable for its growth. At first it came in the shape of curing diseases in a family in which the enthusiastic ' abuse of the doctrine of the divine influence which is so marked a feature in the sect, and which has been the origin of all these delu sions, prevails in ns common degree. One of the brothers of this family approached the bed of his sister, who had been confined to it for a long period, and commanded hcr ' in the name of Loan Jusus, to get up and walk. Astonished at the command, she ex claimed, "Is it possible ? / trill try !" She accordingly did getup, and walked about, and slept better than she had done for &longtime, and has continued well ever since, although still thin and emaciated. The report of this miracle was sent back to Fernicarrie in an epistle from the brothers, asserting that in spite of all" the Children of the Devil" could say, they were endowed with the miraculous power of healing, and accordingly they commanded Miss Campbell to rise and walk. Here there was no exclamation "Is it possible !" but Bliu Campbell, (who had been for months getting better) most obediently got up and walked. Miss Mary herself carried the in. telligence of her cure to Port-Glasgow, and with it the gift of tongues, which the brothers forthwith acquired, although they were still in the dark as to the meaning of the words. A new actor, how. ever, now appeared on the scene—no less a person than the clerical leader of the sect. At a meeting at which he was present, when the gifted brothers were pouring forth in these tongues, he exclaimed, " It is written, pray that you may interpret," and immediately a new miracle took place : One of the brothers spoke in an unknoun tongue, and the other uttered a rhapsody about the milleniuss, partly of texts of Scriptute, with frequent repetitions of the name of our Saviour, accompanied with such epithets as enthusiasts delight to indulge in. The miracle-workers next proceeded to cure a lame boy at Helensburgh, who also received the command to rise and walk, but unfortunately without success. The failure of this attempt ought to have opened their eyes to the delusion under which they bad been labouring ; but the clearest evidence is no rule of faith on the banks of the Gareloch. This damnable imposture puts us strongly in mind of an anecdote which we have perused in early youth, with much satisfaction, as exposing the tricks of puritanical quackery. In COO the reader may not have immediate access to the Voituirianstof Mary Julia Young, we transcribe her translation of an historical fact, which bears but too closely—more particularly as it regards the " gill of tongues" —on the present blasphemous, and cursed imposture of the Camp. bells of Gareloch. It is the brief history of Sabbatei Seri, who pre. tended to be the AIESSIAH, and it is related in the following terms " During the siege of Candle, an affair happened among the Turks that drew the attention of Europe and all Asia. A general rumour was spread at that time, founded on an idle curiosity, that the year 1666 was to be remarkable for some great revolution; the source of this opinion was the mystic number 668 found in the book of Revelations. Never was the expectation of the Antichrist so general. On the other hand, the Jews pretended that their Messiah was to come this year. A Smyrna Jew named Sabbatel Seri, who was a man of some learning, and son of a rich broker belonging to the English factory, took advantage of this general opinion, and set up for the Messiah ; he was eloquent, and of a graceful figure, he affected, and recommended justice, spoke like an oracle, and proclaimed wherever he came that the times were ful filled. He travelled at first into Greece and Italy. At Leghorn he ran away with& girl and carried her to Jerusalem, where he began to preach to his brethren. It is a standing tradition among the Jews that their Shiloh or Messiah, their avenger and king, is not to appear again till the coming of Elijah, and they_ are persuaded that Elijah is to appear at t he renewing of the world. TbisElijab, or Eliu, has by some learned persons been taken for the sun, on account of the conformity between this name and the word Enos, which in Greek signifies the sun ; as also from the story of Rlijah's being carried up to Heaven in a fiery chariot drawn by four horses, which has a great resemblance to the poetical fiction of the chariot of the sun and his four horses. " But without employing our time on such researches, or examin. ing whether the Hebrew books were written after the time of Alex. ander, when the Jewish factors residing in Alexandria had learned something of the Grecian mythology ; it is sufficient to remark that the Jews have been in expectation of the coming of Elijah from time immemorial ; and to this very day, when these people perform the ceremony of circumcision on a new-born infant, they always place a chair for Elijah, in case he should please to honour them with his presence. Elijah, according to them, is to introduce the great Sabbath, the great Messiah, and the general revolution of all things. This notion has been received among Christians. Elijah is to come to declare the dissolution of this world, and a new order of things. Almost all the different sects of fanatics ex pe ct an Eli jah. The prophets of the Cevennes, who came to London in 1707 to raise the dead, pretended to have seen Elijah, and to have spoken to him, and that he was to show himself to the people. In 1724, the lieutenant of the police at Paris sent two Elijahs to prison, who fought with each other who should be accounted the true one. It was necessary, therefore, that Sabbatei Sevi should be announced to his brethren by an Elijah, otherwise his pretended mission would have been treated as an imposture. " He met with one Nathan, a Jewish rabbi, who thought there was something to be gained by playing a part In this farce. Ac cordingly, Sabbstei declared to the Jews of Asia Minor and Syria, that Nathan was Elijah, and Nathan, on his part, indemd that Sob. betel was the Messiah, the Shiloh expected by the theme mole. " They both performed great works at Jerusalem, and - rmed the synagogue. Nathan explained the prophecies, and demesstrased that at the expiration of that year, the Sultan would be ashlars; and Jerusalem become mistress of the world. All the Jews of By. ria were convinced ; the synagogues resounded with sadist mph& ales; they grounded themselves on these words of Isaiah: 'Awake, awake, put on thy strength, 0 Zion, put on thy beautiful gartneMs, 0 Jerusalem, the holy city ; for henceforth there shall no Mill come Into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean. All the rabbis, had the following passage in their mouths : And they shall brim all your brethren for an offering unto the. Lord ; out of all upon horses, and in chariots, and in litters, and upwi mules, as upon swift beasts, to my holy mountain, Jerusalem .' In ohm, their hopes were fed by thae and a thousand other whisk both women and children were for ever repeating. There was net a Jew but prepared lodgings for some of the ten diverged tribes; so great was their enthusiasm, that they left off trade every where, and held themselves ready for the voyage to Jerusalem. "Nathan chose twelve men at Damascus to preside over the. twelve tribe/. Sabbatei Sevi went to thew himself to his Bath* at Smyrna, and Nathan wrote to him thus t • King of 'Slags, Lekli of Lords, when shall we be worthy to put ourselves under Me sits-, dow of your ass ? I prostrate myself• to he trod under the bole a your feet.' At Smyrna, Sabbatei Sevi d e posed Kane deems ef i t he law who did not acknowledge his authority, and established.; others more tractable. One of his most violent enemies, named Samuel Pennia, was publicly converted, and proclaimed him to be the son of God. Sabbatei having presented himself one day before the Cadi of Smyrna, with a multitude of his followers, they all de clared they saw a column of fire pass between him and the Cadi. Some other miracles of this sort set his divine mission beyond all doubt. Numbers of Jews were impatient to lay their gold and their precious stones at his feet. " The bashaw of Smyrna would have arrested him; but he set out for Constantinople with his most zealous disciples. The grand vizir Achmet Cuprogli, who was getting ready for the siege of Candia, gave orders for him to be seized on board the vessel that brought him to Constantinople, and to be confined. The Jews easily obtained admittance into the prison for money, as is usual in Turkey ; they went and prostrated themselves at his feet, and kissed his chains. He preached to them, exhorted them, and gave them his blessing, but never complained. The Jews of Constantinople, believ ing that the coming of the Messiah would cancel all debts, refused to pay their creditors. The English merchants at Galatea waited upon Sabbatei in gaol, and told hies, that as the king of the Jews, he ought to command all his subjects to pay their debts. Sabbatei wrote the following words to the persons complained against : " To you, who expect the salvation of Israel, &c. &c. discharge your lawful debts; it you refitse ft, you shall not enter into our joy, and into our empire." Sabbatei, during his imprisonment. was continually visited by his followers, who began to raise some dis turbances at Constantinople. At that time the people were greatly dissatisfied with Mehemet IV. and it was apprehended that the Jewish prophecy might occasion some disturbance. Under these circumstances, one would Imagine that such a severe government as that of the Turks would have put the person, calling himself King of Israel, to death. Yet they only removed him to the Castle of the Ihrtlimelles. The Jews then cried out, that it was not in the power of man to take away his life. " His fame had reached even the most distant parts of Europe ; at the Dardanelles he received deputations from the Jews of Poland. Germany, Leghorn, Venice, and Amsterdam : titer paid very dear for kissing his feet, and probably this was what preserved his life. The distributions of the Holy Land were very quietly in the tower of the Dardanelles. At length the fame of his miracles was so great, that Sultan Mehemet had the curiosity to see the man, and to examine him himself. The king of the Jews was brought to the seraglio. The Sultan asked him in the Turkish language whether he was the Messiah ? Sabbatei modestly answered, "he was ;" but es he expressed himself incorrectly in this tongue, " You speak very ill," said Alaitomet to him, " for a Messiah, who ought to have the gift of languages. Do you perform any miracles ?" " Sometimes," answered the other. " Well, then," said the Sultan, "let him be stripped stark naked ; he will be a very goad mark for the arrows of my pages, and if he is invulnerable, we will acknowledge him to be the Nlessiah." Sabbatei flung himself upon his knees, and con. leased it to be a 'miracle above his strength. It was proposed to him immediately either to be impaled or to turn Alussulman, and go publicly to the Turkish mosque. He did not hesitate in the least, but embraced the Turkish religion directly. Then he preached that lie had been sent to substitute the Turkish to the Jewish reli gion, pursuant to the ancient prophecies. Vet the Jews of distant' countries believed in him a long time. The affair however was not attended with bloodshed, but increased the shame and confusion of the Jewish nation." So do the Scottish scribes and Pnarisees be. lieve in the preposterous nonsense of Mins Campbell. HICtSON•S MARRIAGE ANNULLING BILL. Counsel having been called In to proceed In the examination of witnesses In this bill,liu Hickson attended at the bar to be ex amined, when Mr. PoLeoce objected to his competency, and a discussion of some length took place In which the Lord Chancellor, Lord Hol land, the Bishop of Lo ndon, the Earl of Malmesbury, and the Mar. quis of Londonderry, spoke. Finally, the question as to the admis sibility of her evidence was put and carried, and Miss Dickson then attended at the bar, accompanied by two elderly ladies, (her appear ance is rather prepossessing, and her countenance bespeaks more in. telligence and experience than her friends gave her credit for;) she is now in her 19th year. Being now examined by Mr. Adam, she stated that she was the daughter of Mrs. Wait; had been that at the school of a Miss Edwards, and afterwards at the school of a Mts. Alma, at Derby, where she became acquainted with Mary Ann Buxton ' for whom she formed a strong attachment. Pre vious to the death of old Mr. Buxton, Mr. and Mrs. Wait used to visit that family. After Mr. Buxton's death, Mrs. Wait once drank tea at Mrs. Buxton's; but the intercourse between the two families then broke off, except that between witness and Mary Ann Buxton. Witness used to see Thomas Buxton occasionally, but he never paid any particular attention to her until the March before their marriage, when she received a note front hint, which she put into the the after she had shown it to her mother. She did not recollect the contents of the now any further than that it expressed affection towards her. Her mother told her that she disapproved of Thomas Buxton. The next time that she saw him after having received the note, she told him that she had shown it to her mother and that she had promised her not to speak of him, as her mo ther disapproved of him. She used to visit the house of a farmer named Bedford, who had little children, to whom she was in the habit of carrying books and flowers. Thomas Buz. ton met her there very often, and gave her a letter on one occasion, which letter she had since destroyed ; at the same time he told her, that if she continued of the sante mind that he should be the most miserable man on earth. She told him that she should keep her resolution. He requested of her not to tell her mother that he had given her that letter, and she promised not to tell, pro. vided that he should not mention the subject again to her. Ile said that he was afraid he could not help it. (Laughter.) Ile asked if he might write to her even if she would have no more to do with him. She Raid that he might not. The next time that she saw him he asked her if she had shown the letter to her mother ? She said that she had not, on account of his promise not to mention the sub. ject again to her. He said that he hoped she would not continue of the 16111111 C mind. They then separated. Whenever she rode out, he used to try to come up to her, in order to speak to her. She always begged of him to say no more to her on the subject to which the letters referred. She once heard a conversation between Mr. and Mrs. Wait respecting the Buxton family. She saw Thomas Buz. ton the next day, and told him the subject of the conversation, and that they were very angry because she used to talk to him There was some person coming up at this time, and he asked her where she should ride the following day ? She said the Derby road. The ren...011 why she told him was, because he was so troublesome in mentioning the subject whenever he saw her. She met him next day on the Derby road, and told him the conversation which Mr. esti Mrs. Wait had again respecting him, and begged of him not to mention the subject to her ever again. He said that he should certainly be most miserable, and be obliged to leave the country, he should be so unhappy, If she persevered in her resolution. She told him that she was determined not to have him. He then persuaded her to give her consent to marry him, and told her the plan which he should adopt to have the marriage solemnized in the old church in Manchester. This was not the first time that he mentioned the subject of marriage to her ; he had been continually urging her from the beginning to give her consent to marry him. After he had told her his plan, she gave her consent : this was on the 13th of May ; his first proposal was in March ; he told her that he should go to •ftlend of his in Manchester the Saturday follow. ing to make the arrangement, and that he was sure that her friends would forgive her, and that she would be very happy with hint; he said that his mother would allow him 2001. a-year ; she asked how she should go to Manchester, he said that she should get leave to go to Derby for two or three days, and that instead of going there she should go with him. This was the first time that she consented to marry him ; all this conversation took place on the Drrby.road. She saw Mary Ann Buxton the day after, and told her that her brother had made a proposal to her; Mary Ann said that site was not at all surprised at that ; witness told her the plan, and that her brother had gone to Manchester to have the bans pub lished. She asked witness if she had any friends in Manchester? witness mid that she had some who might know the name. She then asked witness if she had any friends in Coventry ? witness said that she had not. Mary Ann then said that her brother could not get a license unites he swine that witness was of age. Lord HOLLAND moved that counsel and witness should with. thaw, and that the 20th section of the marriage act, 3 Oro. IV. should be read, which being read, was in substance that in any, 'question whore the validity of the marriage was the subject at issue,i 'etidenee respecting informality in the publication of the bans weal suadmiutible. Lord lita.raan observed that their Lordships were now doing what the act said they should not do. The whole case rested on' the informality of the bans. If the construction put on the mar-. tinge was sound, their lordships must be aware of the evil cense. :4 4 4k, t -k i r i • - lik,- ,, t, ~* - V,...,„ -- , , .,_ - - ----- - -ir) ..,--- - 0 ------:,:\ x, 4 '' r FACrs 447) ...trocATZ 0 - 2 INIONSLAND 2 , 0 • x •r . - quences ; that construction was, that the marriage was illegal, but that Parliament alone could decide on its validity. If their lordships should Ninth this, they would have nothing else but deciding on such cases. Nothing like the present had come before for the last two centuries, with the exception of 3liss Turner's ctis , 2, which should not be drawn into a precedent. Did their lordships think that there was any probability of passing this bill, and in wt at situation would the last witness be if they proceeded further. ; ot that the bill should fail ? In mercy to the parties, their 10nic..., would do well in this early stage to look to all the difficulties cut.. c quent on their proceedings. The Earl of MALMLSBURY perfectly coincided in what fell fr. t the noble baron, and felt much inclined to move an adjourtunt —Tries of "move," "move." The Bishop of LONDON observed that it had been frequent'y tided that a marriage was invalid where the proper tames or the parties had not been given in on the publication of the bans : thee: was no difference in principle between such tin informality and the present. Had not the parties been convicted of a conspiracy. Ws lordship would not have taken it in hand. Ile thought that ti k , :re was some negligene on the part of Miss Hickson's parents. It was for their lordships to say whether on the whole there were such c!r. cumatances attending this as should take it out of ordinary easel. of courtship. The question of adjournment was then put, and ouch,' 14:tart:. mously. tie irT t The following is the outline of a plan which has been submitted for the consideration of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, by Commander George Smith, R.N. The objects contemplated by Capt. Smith appear to us so highly important, as regards the efii. eiency of our naval service, that we shall give a tolerably full de scription of his plan. It is proposed, that instead of having a ship in ordinary, as at present, with a gun on board., tor the ptirpos , exercising the gunners, there should be a ship supplied with a gust and carriage of every description in use in the navy, fitted with the different kinds of sights, and every invention relating to gunnery which may be considered worth a trial. The cstabli• t. ment to be under the direction of the Commander-in-Chief of this port, and under the immediate superintendency of a Commander in the navy. The ship to be fitted with.' magazine, the magazine cases, ska being complete In number, but entp•v, Trills the e•xrep. tion of a few filled with any thing to represent powder, in order to teach the men to the fullest extent, and without risk, all that is re quired in this important part of a ship, and with a view of as. certaining if any and what improvements may there be made...— A launch and barge, fitted as gun boats to go out occasionally to Spithead for exercise, and for the purpose of teaching gun. nen to fit ship's boats expeditiously, and in the best method for service. A cabin to be supplied with books, drawings, models. &c. as a study for the officers of the ships in port, and any of the navy on half-pay, who might on application to the conimander-in.chief be allowed access to the establishment. The gunners of all ships in cominiasion and in ordinary to attehti at stated times, to learn one general and perfect system of gunnery. so that they may not only be able to give the words of command, it more particularly to see that they arc executed as they ought to be•. At present each commissioned officer and gunner follows his own idea, frequently without due consideration, and gives his own ex planation of the words of command which are stated in the Admiralty-book on the great-gun exercise. But the object of proposed arrangement is most particularly and expecially to court (except In the case of casual appointments abroad) that for cis•• this truly responsible situation be nut tilled by any h.:• men competent to put in practice, and satisfactorily explain every thing supplied to a ship in their department, and able To detect, before they proceed to sea, any defect in the equipment of the ordnance and stores intrusted to their charge. At vre sent, the advantages that might be derived by the adoption ut several inventions, introduced at considerable expense, are in a great measure lost, and even the sights on great guns are ren. dered next to useleu in many ships, from the want of some ably. instructed person to explain their nature. Up to the present mu. incnt men are sometimes rewarded for their services with a gun. net's warrant, without ever having been in the gunner's crew, or stationed in a magazine, an evil which, in time of war, would operate to the serious prejudice of what constitutes a well-ill). pointed man-of.war. The proposed establishment offers at re medy for, and prevention of, such a contingency, as none multi, were it adopted, remain any longer ignorant, and any timid/at- of scientific gunners might soon be obtained on an emergency. It also proposed that a division of men, attended by an officer, troni commissioned ships, consisting especially of gunner's mates, their crews, and captains of guns, should occasionally be sect on board, for the purpose of witnessing various operations, midi' as shifting, mounting, and dismounting guns, &c. which, titan the nature of the armament of their own ship, and daily duties and interruptions, could not there be so well shewn and explained. It is suggested that the ship be ►tationed at this port, WI the north :end of the dock-yard, for the purpose of firing at target% representing ships sides, masts, yards, &c. made of old llama:tick cloths, stretched on spars, and _placed in the same direction as that In which the collegians fire. By the adoption of this plan nooflictr on being appointed to a ship need be:ignoratit of t: .e various keen. lions or improvements which may have been introduced into the ser. vice, since he was last afloat, with which, front the want of an estab. lishrnent of this kind, he may have had no opportunity of becoming acquainted. The above suggestions were submitted to the Admiralty last Oct. and their lordships, impressed with a sense of the advantages likely to tesult from their adoption, have issued by an order, ap. pointing Commander Smith, Superintendent, to be placed on full. pay, and to be borne as a supernumerary in tbe St. Vincent, flag-ship at this port. Captain Smith is to be supplied with a boat's crew and a servant from that ship. He was sent down on Tuesday last to select any one of the ships in ordinary, which he may consider best adapted to his purpose. We believe that the Al. Won, 74, will be the ship chosen, or a GO-gun frigate. A party of the Royal Marine Artillery, with a commissioned officer, arc to re. main on board to take charge of the guns ; they are to be relieved every three months. The party is to consist of a sufficient number to man six guns. The students at the Royal Naval College will also be occasionally sent on board: to be exercised at the guns. When we consider the importance of the objects contemplated by the above plan, and which we have no doubt will be fully realized, we think the thanks of the country are due to Capt. Smith for his valuable suggestion ; an improvement of this kind is now more necessary than ever, from the rapidly progressing state of foreign naviot.—Poi ts. smooth Herald. CI►RN-EXCHANGE, Wheat, Kent & Essex . 66. 76. Suffolk. . 66. 74s Norfolk (Red), . 646 611. 1 Rye . Ws 34# Barley, 26130 P—Fine 52s 556 Malt —s —s Peas, Wbite . 36s 40s Boilers . 40s 44a ARK-LANE, JUNE 21. 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