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

Revival Meetings—Extraordinary Scene.

In the end of last week meetings of this kind took place
in Elgin. The first was held at the Morayshire Station—
the services being principally conducted by females—a Mrs.
Tenant from Banff being at once chief and leader. Daring
the prayers (such as they were), a chorus of voices might be
heard chanting out—" Oh yes he'll do it," "He'll do it,"
" Yes, do it Lord," &c. As the services advanced, the ex-
citement increased ; but the freedom and familiarity of the
speakers with " things divine," we do not venture to cha-
racterise. On the two succeeding evenings, the meetings
were held in the Baptist Chapel—granted, we under-
stand, on the express condition that the pastor
(Reverend Mr. Alsolatlaue) should preside—with one
view, no doubt, of preserving something like common
decenoy, and checking those irregularities in which the
leaders seemed to delight, The meetings in the chapel
were much the same in character as those at the station
waiting-room. Mr. Macfarlane's own address was unex-
ceptionable, and with some of the prayers offered up no
fault could be found. But everything like good sense and
proper feeling, and respect for sacred things, were completely
overborne by the fiery spirits from the east; and the general
proceedings were more like those of bed laniites than of
rational men and women. 4, Revival hyms" of all possible
variety were sung, and to all possible airs—including
those of " Wnen the kye comes hame," " The bold sol-
dier boy," " The captain with his whiskers, " The
second Alice Waltz," &c.—all excellent airs in their way,
but rather out of place in what professed to be religious
worship. And as if to make the irreverence more conspi-
cuous, while those within were singing what they called
hymns, some young men outside were chiming in with the
words of the songs to which the airs are generally sung
Mrs. Tenant—the Banff lady— and a young man from the
east, were particularly conspicuous in the servicee—one or
both praying with great vehemence for the unconverted
ministers of Elgin, and giving the Almighty thanks for
the conversion of the one minister present. In the course
of one of those rodomontades, which she called prayers,
Mrs. Tenant exclaimed that she cared not for any man
or devil, church, or minister I One young man present was
peremptorily ordered " Down on your knees, sir, the devil
is in you." There were occasionally a loud clapping of
hands; and sometimes one would strike up a hymn while
another was engaged iu prayer. At one time a gentleman
walked along the passage of the church, clapping his hands,
and crying out, " We've got the victory—we've got the
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o'clock on Friday evening he pronounced the benedic-
tion, and declared the meeting at an end. No sooner
had he done this than a man got up, and declared " that
neither man nor devil would put him out of that house."
Mr. Macfarlane, however, left--no doubt disgusted with
the vulgarity, irreverence, and folly of the proceedings.
Matters then got worse than ever. All restraint seemed
gone; the excesses had reached a pitch which no descrip-
tion can convey to the reader. This went on for a short
time, when a young man, determined to put a stop to this
Babel of confusion, turned off the gas—and thus the scene
of disorder was most fittingly brought to a close in dark-
ness I—Elgin Courier.

MARKETS—This Day.

HAY MARKETS.

SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £2 Os to £4 Os Od ; clover
do., £3 lOs to £5 lOs; and straw, £1 10s to £1 16s per load.
A slow demand.

CUMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, £2 Os to £4 4s; elovei
do., £3 lOs to £5 100 ; and straw, £1 lOs to £1 18s per load,
Trade dull.

WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, £2 Os to £4 Os; clover
do., £3 10s to £6 10s; and straw, £1 108 to £1 18s per load.
An inactive market.

COLONIAL.
TEA.—There has been a fair amount of business trans-
well supported, particularly
afoortetteanbedt pricester descarrie ally
pgtieonneer. _

SITGAIL—The market has shown more animation, owing
to an increased demand for home consumption, and the laze
advance has been fully maintained. In the refined market
the dealings have been to an average extent, at slightly en-
hanced quotations.
COFFBE.—A moderate business has been transacted,
without any material change to record in prices.
Rim—The demand for the better descriptions has
slightly improved. and late prices are current.
SALTPETRE,—Business has been more active ; holders,
however, demand full sales, which has somewhat checked
operations.
TALLow.—The market has continued dull for both pre-
sent and forward delivery. P.Y.C, on the spot being
quoted 435; May and June delivery, 438; and last three
months, 45s 9d to 46s per owt.