The Sun.
London, England, 1831-10-26 00:00:00

THE FUNDS.

The whole of the numerous reports which were put into
circulation yesterday have vanished this morning, with
the exception of one, which gains ground, that a part of
Sir E. Codtington's fleet is to proceed to the Scheldt.
The Gland Duchess Helene has embarked in great
haste for Holland, and it is stated she proceeds to the
King of Hollan I with the above information. Mynhecr
continues obstinate, and will not give a decisive answer,
waiting first the decision of the Belgians ; but we have no
doubt that this obstinacy will be of a short duration. Up
to the present hour we have no further news either from
Belgium or Holland, which is anxiously looked for. Both
the Hamburg and Dutch stearneta are expected,—being
obliged to perform quarantine causes a delay of one day in
the information.

Consuls still continue heavy. They left off yesterday a,
132 R, opened at 824, went down to 82k, and at present
they are 524, with little doing. The speculators are wait•
ing for the prices from Paris.

HALF-PAST ONE.
We have received by express the French Papers of
Monday.
The following Irons Brussels is most import
(From the Constitutional.)
BRUSSELS, OCT. 21.—The sitting of the Congress of
the 21st (simnel at half-past eight o'clock in the evening,
when the Minister of Foreign Affairs brought the following
message frosts the King to the Chambers.
" LEOPOLD, KING OF THE BELGIANS,

" To all present greeting—With the advice of our Mi-
nister of Foreign Affairs, we present to the Chambers in our
name the following project of law :—Considering that by an
act dated Oct. 15th, the Plenipotentiaries of the Five Great
Powers united in a conference at London, have come to an
agreement upon the basis of the separation of Belgium and
Hall and and that this Treaty, according to the declaration of
the., Plenipotentiaries is final and irrevocable, both as con-
cerns Belgium and Holland, referring to the 68th article of
our Constitution, we have, with the consent of the Cham-
bers, agreed as follows.—(Article unique.) The King is
authorised to conclude and sign the definitive treaty of se-
paration between Belgium and .Holland agreed upon on
the 15th of October by the Plenipotentiaries of the Five
Great Powers in London, under such clauses, conditions,
and reserves which his Majesty might think requisite and
necessary for the interest of the country."
The Minister prefaced this proposition in a speech, and
lamented the necessity of conforming to the award of the
Five Powers, and protesting at the same time that there
was no alternative left them. M. Rodenbach, the first
speaker on the project, said this is the law of nature, the
weakest falls to the ground ; if we were strong, I should
say let us refuse, but we are weak, and I say let us try to
gain time.
Consols are at present 81 to 4, for the account ; for
money the same.

THREE O'CLOCK.

Mr. IRVING.-SPECIMENS OF THE UN.

KNOWN TONGUES.

Mr. Irving'a church, in Regent7square, teas atterded on
Monday morning by great numbers of Persons, who flocked
thither from all parts of the inetropolir, for the purpose of
hearing those " manifestations of the Spirit," which formed
the chief topic of the Rev. Gentleman's discourse nn Sut -
day. The interest excited by these " manifistations" may
..e judged of from the fact, that although the service com-
menced so early as half.pa't six, and the morning was
bleak and c,ild, the body of the church was filled with re-
spe.lab'e people of both sexes even before the appointed
is ur. Whilst Mr. Irving was engaged in reading a chap-
ter from the Acts of Apostles, the voice of a min was
suddenly heard, who harangued the congregation in the
unknown tongue, and concluded by interpreting the words
he had uttered. Shortly afterwards a woman raised her
nice, and gave another specimen of the operation of the
Spirit," which was also fo'lowed by an interpretation.
The next part of the service was a very long prayer from
a gentleman, who beseeched the Almighty to restrain the
scoffers, whom he warned that whilst they imagined them-
selves mocking human creatures, they might, in fact, be
mocking the Holy Spirit ! At the conclusion of the pryer,
a lady, whom we understand to boa Miss Caraden, or Ctrs-
dell, commenced an address or oration, and we were ena-
bled to catch a few of the words:—" O retention a
honos kolo odo nontas kahelion Otnana te;dess halion."
After a short pause we were favoured with the interpretation,
part of which was se follows :—" 0 resist not the love of
Jesus-0 you doubt it ! 0 you doubt it !oit is grievotio
that you should doubt his love! He is love! He is love
0 draw nigh to him—draw nigh to him ! Your Fa-
*ther's arms are open—your Father's arms see open ! He
will receive you. He remembers the weakness of bieerea.
tures : he knows that they are but dust," &c. There was
nothing unearthly in the tones in which this was spoken ter
sting, but the voice was powerful and sonorous, and, re-
sounding through the church, was well calculated to in-
spire the hearers with a feeling of awe. The female part
of the congregation were evidently much affected, every
sound of the speaker's voiee seeming to prodnce a thtin rd
honor among them. At one planed an elderly ivisieaM
cried out, " 0 save us !" and it was supposed by anise who
occupied seats in a remote part of the church that afte kad
been suddenly endowed with that gift of shaking in A«
tongues, and had committed the mistake of feeginning with
the known before the unknown language ; but it soadbe-
catne evident that the poor woman cried out from a teeing
of sheer terror.—The whole service was conclueted with a
solemnity well calculated to snake a deep impression.
Yesterday morning the church was again well tilled at
the same hour, half-past six o'clock. In the course of the
morning Miss
,Carsden, tar Onset% raised her voice—
" Coortorna ruramur psoah chambels mentara tsow."
We add part of the interpretation :---" You need it—you
need it ;—you need the word of the Lord to comfort you ;
for it is a time of perplexity. He is about to rise, and He
shall speak terribly to the nations;—He shall arise--Hue
shall arise ;—He shall do his strange work. The wicktol
shall not always prosper. Rejoice / rejoice! for he
cometh,—your Kira cometh. Fear, ye that cannot bear
the eye of your God ! Be not deeeived,—be not deceiver!.
It is the Holy One that is coining ! He cannot ahiee
iniquity;—He stretches nut his hand," lac. The whole
of this was forcibly delivered, particularly the wards whirls
we have marked by Italics, which were given with great
power, vehemence, and even dignity, and with electtical
effect upon the auditors. Miss Hall then addressed the
congregation, with an effect little inferior to that which
was produced by Miss Carsdell. In her interpretation
this lady exclaimed, " Oh, refuse not—refuse not to listen
to His voice! 0 beware, ye mockers ! beware of despis-
ing the work of the Lord ! 0 return unto the Lord !
Ile will have mercy upon you !" At the close of the'
Service this morning Mr. Irving addressed a few words
t► his hearers on the subject of keeping order in the
church. He observed that mounting on the benches was
wholly inconsistent with the decorum of a Christian con-
gregation, and could ant be 'permitted. He entreated
them to keep their seats and listen. It was evident,
however, that all the confusion arose from the anxiety of
the individuals present to see as well as to hear, as the
female orators, instead of standing up, continued to sit iu
their pews while discoursing " in the tongues."

As to the words with which the orators commenced
their harangues, we can by no means goaractee the ac-
curacy of the specimens we have given, .end we dare say
that we have made sad work of the orthography. These
unknown tongues are fearful matters for a reporter. The
English parts are generally considered as as interpretation.
Judging from their length, as compared with the brevity
of the unknown portion, it would teem inure probable
that they are given by way of commentary.
Mr. Irving has been preaching on the subject of these
" manifestations" for several months, awl the scenes
which we have attempted to describe are the fruits of his
exertions. It is rather strange that although he has been
so successful in obtaining the gift for others, he snakes no
pretensions to any skill in it himself.

THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.)

CORN EXCHANGE

Owing to the damp state of the weather •his morning w•Q had
but few buyers at market, and the trade was dull at last Mon.
day's prices.

ARRIVALS•

Wheat. barley.
r;nglish 724 yrs 1,145 qrs.
Irish
Foreign

Vasa. I flour.
M 4 qt ci s,9osacks
16,674

brig.

A report being spread through Coventry on
Tuesday that the Bishop of this diocese was to pass through
from London, a considerable number of persons aw'emhled
around the King's Head Inn, apparently deter.nin(d on
manifesting their disapprobation of his Lordship's opinion
on the Reform question. His Lordship, however, slid not
arrive, and it was not until past tea that the crowd dis-
persed.— Civentry Herald.

LIVING IN FEAR.—On Monday, a decently
dressed but singular-looking ma■ went to Chamber House
and after having partaken of his Grass's cheer, requested
to speak to the Duke of Nxwcasmx personally, as he had
some information of great importance to communicate to
him. The man was suspected, and having peen ques-
tioned, said that he came from Nottingham to offer his
services to the Duke in finding out the chief rioters at
Nottingham with whom he was well acquainted. He was
taken to Blith for further examination, and was afterwards
sent to Nottingham, where he will be again examined.—
Nottingham Mercury.
We understand that Sir HENRY PARNELL
is about to proceed to Paris in the course of a few days.—
The object of the Right Hon. Baronet's visit to France is
wiid to be connected with the system of finance in that
country.

A Borv-GUARD.—The Dublin Morning
Register alludes to the getting up of a " body-guard" t,i
protect Sir CHARLES WETHERELL is Bristol, and adds,
quaintly enough—" The only body-gnard of which Sir
CHARLES stands in need is a pair of suspenders, to close
the immense apertnrebetween his vest end nether garment."
Amongst the sufferers at the capture of the
Polish capital were two respectable Englishmen, whet had
established an extensive brewery in the suburbs of War-
saw. The Poles availed themselves of this building,
which, from its strength and magnitude, formed an ex-
cellent position fur repelling the assailants. The Russian
troops made numerous attempts to carry the place, but
were invariably repulsed with great loss, and they finally
abandoned it, until other parts of the vicinity fell into
their possession, and it became a more easy capture. The
indignation of the Russians was excited by the resistance
made, and the losses they had sustained at this spot, and,
in consequence, they vented their rage in the destruction
of the property. A large quantity of porter, with the
materials and premises, have been destroyed, and the pro-
prietors nearly ruined ; they have come to this eountry, to
seek redress through the medium of the British Govern- •
inent and Russian Embassy, but with what chance of euc-
ceeding we are unable to say.

THE Blsitors.—The Bishops arc an amphi-
bious sort of beings, " neither fish, flesh, nor fowl, nor
good red herring." " Their idols are Over and gold..
eyes have they, and see not ;" but I cannot add with the
!loyal Poet, " they have hands, and handle ant." How
to propitiate such things is difficult, or rather it is less
difficult than expensive; but even the Liturgy of their
own composing makes theta hard of manazement. See
how the prayer to "send down on oar Bishops the health-
ful spirit of thy grace" is introduced. It begins with
this prudent invocation to the Deity, thou " who alone
wotkest great marvels." It is asked as almost a hope-
!esti matter, and it has turned out entirely so, a. witness
the eyes that see not," and the total want of " grace,"
in the recent muster directly against the peace of the com-
munity, and indirectly against their own welfare. Th, y
have, by grasping
all, lost all, and for their tresson
their high calling, disloyalm'eati -dishonesty, the people
(not to speak irreverently' "meek tvt,eis omit fear
cometh," as come it most assuredly will, when, as the wise
.nun says, they "shall eat the fruit at their own way, and
filled with their own devices."—(From a Correspon-
dent of the Morning Chronicle.)

Sir Francis Burdett has agreed to become Chair-
;man of the Political Union of the metropolis. This
'ill a great difficulty overcome. Many gentlemen,
:heartily devoted to the cause of the public; were
afraid, lest their influence might not be stetticient to
'enable them to venture on the responsibility con-
nected with the management of such an Union.
Great praise is, therefore, due to Sir Francis for at
ereee boldly throwing himself in the breach. The
- :either Members of the Council will be obeeitred
-without difficulty. Everything depends en A pod
beginning. We yesterday alluded to the very fool-
ish attempts which had been made at Hull, and
sortie other places, to shake the confidence Of the
people in his Majesty's Ministers. We 'are glad to
And, that at an adjourned meeting of the parish of Sr.
John's, Southwark, yesterday evening, a very dif,
tferent course was pursued. We are the last per-
'sons in the world to wish to throw the people off
their guard, by inculcating a blind confidence in
Ministers. But in arguing against too extended a
• prorogation, and in arguing on the subject of the
difficulty of obtaining a 'majority of corrupt Peers,
we may have unwittingly led our resets to go
farther in the way of inference than we intended
they should go. The truth -is, that the whole
authority for the supposed prorogation of Parliament
to January is pure inference, and nothing- more;
and that the mere inability to understand how the
same Brll should pass in a House that before threw
it out by a majority of forty-one, without a creation
of Peers, led to an interpretation of the declaration
of Lord Grey as to the equal efficiency of the
new Bill with the last, which has been indignantly
«disowned by his Lordship and colleagues. We
are far from wishing that Englishmen should ever
cease to examine the conduct of public men with
vigilance,nay even with distrust; but it is one thing
'to be vigilant, and another to presume on mere ate
ference to vote addresses expressive of a went of
confidence in Ministers. When we published the
account of the interview with Lord Grey, we be-
lieved that Parliament would be prorogued till
after the beginning of January, and that an attempt
Would be made to conciliate the Peers at the ex-
pence of the securities of the people; but, after the
assurances which have been given, it was inipossilde
for us to retain that belief. The Bill, in as far as
regards the disfranchising and enfranchising clauses,
and the extension of suffrage, will assuredly be the
same as before. Surely inference ought not to
eve;gli against the positive declarations of Ministers
backed as these declarations are by (in the ease o
Earl Grey) half a century of political consistency
It is of immense consequence that all classes should
be united at this time in supporting the Ministry,
It is only by an union of all classes; that we can
hope to carry Reform. There is one point en
whiee all who do not profit by corruption ought to
be agreed, namely, the importance of a cheap and
economical Government. Now that there are many
individuals among us who think that the suffrage
ought to be universal, and that in several other re-
spects the Reform Bill is defective, we are quite
aware. But we would ask those persons this simple
question—Would they prefer the present cotrupt
boroughmonger Government to a Reform, which
will at all events ensure economy in the public ex-
penditure? If not, why then object to Reform, which
cart only be obtained by an union of t he middle and lower
classes ? if the present Reform Bill is not carried, no
other Reform Bill will be carried ; and the ques.
tiou, therefore, is one between an economical and a
corrupt Government. We are the more anxious to
lead the labouring classes to reflect on this subject,
that we sec at present attempts made to lead them
astray on the question of Reform. For God's sake,
let us avoid the blunder of playing the game of the
Anti-Reformers. They have all along been clap-
ping Henry Hunt on the shoulders, because they
supposed he might aid them in dividing the Re-
formers. The arguments addressed by the Anti-
Reformers to the labouring classes, and backed by
Henry Hunt, are really, as the Scotsman observes,
addressed to their ignorance. Will any man of the
labouring classes say that he would be better with-
out the disfranchisement of the boroughs in sche-
dules A and B than with it ? Is it not insanity,
then, to endeavour to impede a Reform which will
be productive of much good, becalm it is supposed
some other, which cannot be obtained, would be
productive of still more good ? We have now be-
fore us a hand-bill, advertising a meeting of the
Clerkenwell Reform Union at the Northumberlaut
Arms, Clerkenwell-green, on Wednesday, October
26th (this evening), to consider of the measure!
necessary to be taken at this important crisis to in.
sure the ultimate success of the Reform Bill. S
far so good. But towards the close of this hand.

bill, we find the following ominous announec-
ment :—" Mr. Powell will deliver his lecture on
the destructive influence. of the working of moncy
capital on the trading and labouring classes,' on
Wednesday, Nov. 2; at seven o'clock. Admission
gratis." Now we confess we do not like this

nouneement of a lecture on the destructiveinflueneeo

money capital on the trading and labouring classes.
The words are, no doubt, devoid of meaning; b -
cause, why should money capital be more destrue.
tive than any other capital ? We can understand
why fluctuations in the value of money should be
injurious, but this, we suppose, is not the meaning
of the lecturer. We fear he means that all accumu-
lation is injurious to the working classes—that the
baker should exchange with the butcher, the shoe
maker with the tailor ; that a nation should become
one great co-operative society : and that, in short,
all those who live in society by savings either of
themselves or their progenitors, the capitalists, ate
the enemies of the voiking classes. We fear those
doctrines are more widely spread than many of our
readers may suppose. That they are most mis-
chievous, and strike at the root of all improvement,
it certa'n. If law bad Mt secured to individuals the
fruits of their labour, we should have remained sa-
vages. Would a ship, a steam-engine, or ma-
chine of any sort for the simplification and
abridgment of labour, have been erected, if
law had not secured to individuals the fruits
of their labours, and enabled them to turn their
accumulations to account ?. But why mix up these
questions with the simple question of Reform ? The
whole of the middle classes—that is, nearly all the pos-
sessors of property, must be hostile to these levelling
doctrines. Let us reserve disquisitions on political
economy for a future day. What have doctrines of
political economy to do with organical Reform ?
On Monday, the 7th of November, it is intended
that there shall be a meeting of the working classes
of the metropolis, opposite White Conduit-house,
at one o'clock. We have seen the declaration

issued with reference to this meeting. It proscribes
all hereditary distinctions whatever, and all peen:
niary qualifications for Members of the Le-gisle.ure.
Now this is a country of distinctions and privi-
leges; and whatever might be oar opnion with
respect to some of them, it is obvious that no peace-
ful Reform can be effected in which re;urd is not
had to such distinction. We entreat, O'erefme, all
those who may have influence with the labouring
classes, to caution them against the delusion, that
they of themselves can change the G,)ve,,,,„,„t.
It is by the union of all classes alone that Reform
can be carried. Let us remember the fable of the
bundle of sticks. It is of immense importance not

to mix up with Reform matters that do not briong
to it. But in order that individuals may not have

the power of throwing things into confusion, and
alarming the possessors of properly (and property is
always very sensitive), we recommend earnestly, be-
fore it be too late, the formation of a National Guard,
which, by uniting the most respectable and efficient
of the middle and labouring classes, would at once,
in the defence of social order, give security to property
and confidence to all genuine Reformers.. We would
only point to France, and ask what would have
Om
been the state of country at this day, if those
who are most interested in the preservation of ordn
had not been organised ? Delay is the parent of i:e-
cident. So long as the whole nation MiS intent t•ti
the progress of the Reform in Parliatnent, tire
was no danger. But in the interval bet \leen this

and the meeting of Parliament, if we do not agitate',
land agitate with all our heart and sob% we shall have
the Lords (Mee mere throwing eut the Bill, it is
an excellent thing to intimidate the Lords; but in
agitating a whole nation, who can say that the des
sired point may nut sometimes be passed ? Let us,
therefore, guard against accidents, Let us guard
against whatever tends tb destroy •te oriklenee and to
throw the country ottruhion. 'therefore we
say, let its fo'riti a National Guard. An armed no-
ti'on hiaF dory all enemies. In thiS metropolis which
the heart of the British Otero or industry, the
preservation of (seder !s Or the very first consequence
to the r at'z of the whole country. By orgat4ing
•
'ourselves, therefore, into armed volunteer:O., or oia-
tional Guards, we shall have tilt: 'Security that, while
we are seeking thtr promotion of Reform by agita-
tion, w shall not put in motion a machine which
We may not afterwards be able to manage. it is
well to guard against the worste---Mern. CA6ln.
There has seldom beret; partaed upon the public a
more stupid paradox than that contained in the
boast or the Tories for some days past, that the re-
turns for Dorsetshire, Pembrokeshire, a:et! 'One or
two other places, were,precfs an change of senti-
ment amongst the people generally, with regard to
the I3i!I of Reform. On the subject of Dorsetshire
itself, we publish a letter, which throws some light
on the causes of Lord Ashley's return, It thence
appears, that the Tories were silently arming for the
contest, which arty suffered the friends of Reform
to persuade themselves would never take place; and
that when Lord Ashley declared himself, all was
ready on the boroughmonger side of the question,
while the Iteformists, not having their Committees
-organized, as on the former election, nor funds at
hand sufficient to encounter the lettaOy and prepared
contributions of the oligarchy, were taken at a cer-
tain disadvaotage. But the letter goes on to state
a little more. It affirms that paupers wire carted
up from alms-houses to give their " independent"
votes for Lord Ashley, and that squatters on waste
lands, to the number of 45, were, under a dictum of
assessoes law, placed in the same honourable situa-
tinh. The whole of the proceedings connected
with the new Dorsetshire contest being to be brought
before a legal tribunal, we would, without prog-
nosticating how the appeal may end, advise the
" resaction" folks not to ciy 010 victory prematurely.
If the Anti-Reform Lord were sure of retaining his
seat, what would such a termination prove in favour
of popular indifference towards Reform ? The wonder
is, not that Mr. Pentonby has been outvoted, or his
less experiented electioneering friends outwit ted, but
the. true miracle is, that Mr. Caleraft should have
got in at all, in the face of such a mass of corrupt
machinery as it has been the work of more than half
a century to fabricate, and the motion of which
cannot have been yet much weakened. When Par-
sons, Magistrates, petty placemen of all description:,
just alive to the terrible fact that the old Pitt party
is expelled from office, and filed with the proud
dream of restoring its golden sway, have tugged with
desperate unanimity at the oar on this occasion, and,
aided Ly practices which in Dorsetshire are loudly
murmured at, but which we shall not here, from
forbearance towards a public officer, more minutely
describe, managed, by a small (perhaps a fictitious.
majority, to secure a momentary return, Dorsetshire
like most of the Tory-ridden (which is anothl

word for agricultural) counties, is in that state the