The Express.
London, England, 1856-10-31 00:00:00

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.

The following retharke oh the now :movement are
from ON Core Teem Mau of Aug. 16:
The pretest imposture le a carious one, though by no
'mem singular Ia the history of popular delusion. The
Prophet, it seems, has bad the advantage of that sort of
*duration which a clam barbarian naturally derives
hue intercourse with civilised ma. He was for some
time is the service of Archdesou Nenissaa, to Gin-
ham's Tewa, sad was besides Indents with the members of
Christian commusitiss in the coloay. We have heard
that ke at eon due professed to he a Christian, or
at least ea inquirer or learner. This may amount
for his anamming the " 1106111TIC010ft" et the sound of a
"trumpet," ideas @somewhat sew amour the heathen Hann.
They gnsrelly treated them with obstaate disbelief or
Minh. Bat to make them sari palatable be *steads the
reearreedon to the sank, which eves dutiful Mahe would
hail with more Gluons delight than all their thesston. The
fettle ore to rise is flesh sad blood, their same= only la
spirit, 60 that they will be wily supported. He pnlessee
to hear the cattle already bellowlag ander I.
that for day, mad by some art of ventriloquiem be mikes isle
thiton hear, or believe they her, them also. This man It
Is said, is to fool. He must, therefore, have some
so very dbtant objeet is view, as this deludes
mar sou veal* it sat realised in sores stirring
event, the sues cortsialy as he has (educed multitudes of
belinen to secriles their livingcattleca the faith of receiving
them bask susifold hem the dead. The predicted day of
mutual= will be a dismal one for him, if he don sot
speedily take to him heels. Oar curse is to lone hint slam,
by so mesas to arrest him, or to maim the truth of his
missies by peresmatiort. Superstition, like inue epithelia
discuss, has Malts stages, and natural periods. It com-
mences in gloom, with a disputant to be solitary and
silent. The patine is partially withdraws from the adios
of internal isenemess. In the not stage the lategiaatien
kindles, sad presents to thorniest sum maths of Its own.
Objects of thought sad auks weer reel I reel objects
appear ensparatively inisalthmtM or worthless. At this
stage the phut is hay road, and desgeretheittaacked.
Bat it is • rate whisk aelare camel sienna
from its own rememim It sequins appeal from
wishes% whisk bays sometime bees so
impuideat as te If left aline, senses, ensues,
and the mesa earl the =skittle awake as from a them. In
the time of Q.s.a Alum a endese thermos of this sort et
delirium revelled kw smug sheaths Is Beglaad. A body
of honest peep* m ild rseradirseesses, driven Wean
by *persona la their sea essalloy, bead a refuge in Loa-
the' whose they begun I. eshibit a epodes of worship Ia
the Soils whisk aittheted vat multitudes of idle sentence.
It simaisted akar is chasing and violist gesthealatiou and
grimace, with maks= deseatistiess of wee tithe wicked.
By degrees the Meath 'read. Many who am to laugh
nominal Se Mum, Ile bete their inees, twist their hatares,
sad to mks,. Many. tamps of *dualism and ark
wen des ht the watripeci se sympathy, ineelotible, es
they afterwards dariand, sad to themestves wholly near
onintable. Genmsseent, however, remained quiet. No
restralat was offend. Its streagth was ezhauted
la beating the wiad, and It dissolved like the
gib of tengue in oar own time. Two lacideate
helped ma the way to oblivion. The Best was a
heavy blow. One of the Menai prophets died, sad
was buried. It was " revealed " that he would the again
as a certain day. Crowd' assembled to witness the wonder,
but nothing came of It. This was s severe shook to credu-
lity. The ..it was fatal. Some disturbances took place on
the cocesion which required the interference of the secular
arm, and several el the prophets were committed to prises
for rift, than a heavy curie. Their chief, with several
others, waited seat day ea the Keeper of the Seals to d►
mead their ulnae. " God operand to ate this morning,"
said he, "is a Mies, sad commanded me to seek from
year lordship a sell prooequi for the estate Ia Nemeth."
" Are yea sure It was God ? " said the Lord Beeper, gravely.
" Quite sure ; I taw him with my bodily eyes, sad beard
his Toler." " Aad ke seat you to me fora moll prongs( ? "
" Yes." " I doubt, friend, you ate mistaken' " replied the
Lord Keeper; "it could wofbe God, for God brews that I
mann great ft. No ma la Ragland can hue a mall pro-
ngs' inept the Attormey-Gem

siVe km wen in ear own tines MUMS= ilsisolows et this
sort spring up end woke soder glegleet. Tem waft et
Johanna flostbatto, Um of Canterlntry, Joe ,61, who
by the way, is not gas deed get, the Table Tuna sad
Spirit Saxon of lingiowl owl America, ere ozsingiss of
hew weal way he dans by &Meg nethisg. We hops the
peewit Kegs deletion era not he wars obstinate. On this
subjoin we him foot boss keened with the following
ewe* of a Imes rooked front it podium in Halitosis,
under date Aug. 6, 1166

"Yon will es semen to bear from ms repotting this
excitement now disturbing the peace of the consul. It
is the moot hatessible thing possible, u it regents inquiry,
sie_t_but the met absurd dreams of an impostor ;
the reerectioa of net herds of cattle, and also
ofr.
th=h ohiells and people. The effect* the people are
Übe thele eels at a tremendous ruts, they are telling
Grit einamiste with teeth, kiliiog all small dogs, end it is
said, patting timer houses is good order to receive the ey-
ed people. All this you will nay is perfectly ham-
few, must only ad in disappointment sad disgust.
Yes, but Weed up with that are tales of Iluaskins coming
to help," sad. that the Gammas are coming to kelp the
Kafiri." Then is also a withdrewiag from work where
they had been employed; more engin appou. Those
killing their ante will sings no MIRO for douse
so. If asked by • white man, they are only miles and
nerved. If eked by their igen, they either ends the
point or get 'limey. The imprelesioe which is toned epos
the civilised or school natives, as well is Europeans eosins
in matte with Haan is, them them is a something behind
all this is the mind of the Kadin which they with to
hide. Thee vols.& time is led for a something to be
developed by Kathie, the resurrectioa of the cattle ; bet
by Esropeans the was le to commeste. Where this comes
from I have not been able to ascertain. Past experience
makes eke that a was is is process of gettiog up. Things
were meet in the seas state when the absurdities of Iles.
lenge( were seining the Keil, tribes previous to the let
was; however, with this dames, that the assertions of
the present prophet, as far as we can Ind out, us confused
to the resurrection of cattle and people ; whereas those of
Ilialsageni promised success is war, sad that the peewees
of aeries thirsted straits would destroy the power of all
the suiseiles of the English directed meet them. Up to
the proem time, however, ere have not been able to
detest asy premises held out in ref/name to war by the
prophets of the preen day. There is one peculiarity levies
strikes sale, which is this, the GaAs, seem perfectly free
hom the infatuation which seems to obtain generally
throughout the Blsmbiee, including Pate's and Bierani's
people. The Geisha's, Krell's tribe, too, seem to hive gone
into the matter very fully, sod bay.og more tattle to stave,
mem sot to have speed them. It le sot that Bendilli
he gives oat a strong ward to the effect that if soy one of
his people shall so ter believe to the prophet as to kill any of
his cattle, he will "eat him up," end leave hies nothing
but his blaaket; for he says that the man who destroys his
Battle destroyshis children. What will tome of all this we
know not. Wise measures might yet p war and tens
the rage of the deceived on the deceiver. The yet seem of
the °overman much needed end desired."

The Bout of Berne says :—" The valley of Li,
sear Avers, ia the °Thom, sot far from the froath rot
Valtelise, which is is diorite between Austria and Switzer.
lead, he. beams the Memo of fresh difficulties created by
Asstris. who hes carried away a quaatiiy of wood rat on
dist territory. The sietheritise of the canton of Grimes
have dripstdmd a commkaloser to the spot Is order to is.
quire into the circumstances."
The numerous Polish and Hungarian officers who
have sawed the Turkish myelin hove been thrown isle
couternation by a report that it is is catmint:dative by the
Turkish governesses to dispense with their basher services.
No tinkles tee, however, been yet come to en the subject,
b.t It appears probable that some ohmage will be made.
Dariog some engineering operations which were
going cm tits day before yesterday at Versailles. a mime en-
pleded Is a direction completely opposite is what was en.
petted. Gee man was killed, sod soother wounded, sad •
eke( de balsam of the greaediers of the Imperial (hard,
who was standiag at a short distaste', wee earioasly 'aimed!
Thor. are some capital lion stories in temp at Al
glen. There is am
_espookilly of a hes milli. Awneg a
hens tied tea es% limbs et thestsieg whh a New el tiA
peed*, sod theei„tekisg the Mahe In his lee* led thobsses
away to the plum where be lasended to sat him, and over.
came the winters Lateral releases. to premed b
eAN-
tog his behind with We tall. R 414111 who ire to
are rceenunsedied sot to speak sllghtiaply of this MO
anecdote. Than is a gentleman sear Lanham who Is
skilled is the use of hie arms, and who, baying deelseed
that he saw it himself, is rather tired of beteg laughed at
ahem it.