The Express.
London, England, 1863-04-14 00:00:00

011D111.4litY SCENE.

In the end of last week meetings of this kind
took place is FJgin. The first was held at the Morayshire
Station, the earner being prineipally conducted by females,
a Mrs. Tenant, from Banff, being at once chief sod leader.
Daring thy prayers (such se they :were), • done el voices
might be heard chanting out, ' Oh, yes, he'll do it."
" Bell do it," " Yee, do it, Lord," Re. As the services
*deemed the excitement isereand ; hot the freedom and
familiarity of the speakers with " things divine" we
do not venture to characterise. On the two sueoseie
evenings the meetings were held in the braid cha:
geared, we understand, on the express orditioe
the pastor (Rev. Mr. Macfarlane) should porde—
with the view no doubt, of preserving something like
common deceeery, sod checking those irregularities in which
the leaders seemed to delight. The meetings is the rapid
were much the mine in character ea those at the statist
waiting -room. Mr. Macfarlaoe's own address was unexcep-
Mosable, and with sere of the prayers offered up so feat
could he found. Bet everything like redeems and mew
feeling, end respect for sacred things, were completely
overborne by the fiery spirits from the east ; sad the ge-
neral proceedines were more like thane of batteries than
of rational men mad women. " Revival hymns "of all
possible variety, were song, and to all possible airs—in-
chaise those of " When the kye come lama," " The bold
soldier boy" "The eyrie* with his shakers," "The
second Alice welts," do. ; all excellent airs in
their way, but rather out of plea in what professed
to be religions worship. A.n r if to make the
irrevereoce more courrencies, while those within were
singing what they called " hymns," some young men out-
side were chiming in with the weeds of the seer to whisk
the airs are generally sung ! Mrs. Terat—the Banff lady
—and a young man from the east, were particularly ems
spicuous In the cervices—one or both praying with great
vehemence for the unconverted ministers a Elgin, sad
giving the Almighty thanks for, the couverioa of the or
minister present. In thew:moot one of *or rhodomoetedes
which she called prayers, Mrs. Treat exclaimed that she
eared not far any man or devil, church or minister ! Ono
young man present was peremptorily ordered, "Down on
your knees, sir ; the devil a in you." There was reasicsally
a loud clappiog of hands ; end sometimes or would
strike up • hymn while another was engaged in
prayer. At one time • gentleman walked along
the prow of the church, clapping his hands,
end crying out—" We've got the victory, we've got the
victory!" Matters west on in this style on the two
evenings. It is proper to say that the meetings had got
entirely beyond the metro! of Mr. Macfarlane • end a *tie
before twelve o'clock on Friday night he pronounced the
benediction, and declared the Testing at an sad. No
gooney had he done this than a man get up, and deeLuld
"that neither man *or devil would put him out of that
house." Mr. Macfarlane, however, left—no doubt disgusted
with the vulgarity, irreverece, sad folly of the proceedings.
Maras thee got wore them ever. All restralat read
go* the MONOr had gepehsd • pitch which no descrip-
tion sea savoy to the reader. This went on for • short
tims when • young men, determined to pet a flop to this
Brad of eon , turned off the pa, and thus this scene
of disorder was most fittingly brought to • close in dark-
ness !—Zipia Courier.

THE CONFIDZILATI Lout.—We are informed
that the Confederate Loan of 3,000,0004 has been all sub-
scribed for in /Inland. The quotation, however, went
down from 5 per cent. to per mot. premium, hen it
became known that the cotton bonds already Waned by the
Confederate government, wbicb possessed the same pri-
vileges as the prearet emission, bad bees sold a few months
ago at considerably lower rates in the London and Liverpool
markets than those of the present loan. Agents of the
Confederate government had given out similar beads from
time to time to English manufacturers in payment of war
'lmplies. It was, therefore, reasonably apprehended that
the market would soon be overstocked with this paper, the
total amount of the issues of which is not clearly known.
Should the South suffer a serions military defeat, or should
a universal rise of slaves take pisee, it will be impossible to
dispose of this security in Europa. It is given oat that this
loan will not be offered in Germeny. —From the irraatfori
Athena.

Tan INDIAN CAsa BALLNcss.—The following is
the statement of rah balances, aa reported up to the 27th
of February, in the meat Memorise in India at the
dose of the month of December laat, contrasted with that
of the previous yam :

Dee.. VW. Dec, M. Die.. 1812.
Gomunsii Rs. Ita.

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