The Sun.
London, England, 1831-11-28 00:00:00

MR. IRVING.

We are sorryto(lFearornm tfrhoemTaimccTrjespondent, that the
blasphemous fooleries to which 'se have more than once
alluded are allowed still to go on in the Ca'erlorian Church
in Regent-square. The reverend mounteb-..nk of that
establishment has now systematised his absurdiries—bag
assigned the actors and actresses their places and parts--
and regulated the time when he will permit the visitation
of the spirit to interfere with his own mana:4eaient.
Yesterday forenoon, we are told, be naarke.l out five sta-
tions for the five gifted sisters and brothers, and two of the
former rehearsed their parts to the great aiarrn and dismay
of some of the curious visitors of the chapel. Miss Hall
first, and then Miss Carsdale, performed a solo on the
newly-invented instrument called " The Tongues." A
duet of the two ladies was expected, but the Rev.
Gentleman interfered. The former we have been in-
formed, does not confine the exercise of her gift to the
place of worship in Regent-square, but has I,teiy been
exhibiting in a bonnet-shop, to the greater alarm than
edification of the neighbourhood. As the spirit is thus
not confined to any locality, we would recommend the
whole set, male and female, to be sent to perform in a
certain house near Brixton.

The forms of folly are infinite,—but really we could
least of all have expected to find, in the 19th Century, in
the most enlightened city in the world, and among a class
of people r wised above brute ignorance, the present muditi-
cation of absurdity,—the blasphemous attempt to repre-
sent the inarticulate sounds, proceeding from impostors
or fanatics, as the inspiration of Heaven. The, oracular
deceptions of Delphi and Dudona, anti the miraculous
cures performed at the tomb of the Abbe Paris, were re,
spectable and rational when compared with the perforxu-
%flees in the Caledonian chapel.
We should be sorry to put down a blasphemous alt_
surdity by a profane jest, otherwise we would morn.
mend to the attention of the trustees the mock ordinance.
-which terminated the deceptions of the French im,rostors.
Let them, like the French Government, vas doors of
cm, chapel, and substitute for its present inscription that
of the Paris wit,—

- defence a Dieu
" De faire miracles en ces lieux
and then we shall have an end of those scenes which art
a disgrace at once to European civilisation and lo human
reason.

Another separation of a very extraordinary
description has lately occurred in high life.
A new Banking Company is now forming at
Barnsley, the capital to be 300,000/., in 300 shares of
1001. each. Nearly half the number are already sub.
scribed.—Leeds Mercury.

THE MONEY MARKET.---,SATURDAY
EVENING.—The settlement of the last amount in Console
it'laiosseexftaeinludreede oitf smeeetimilberign iots ;
ctiine"Sqt4ireck E
nccs' much beyond
xchaiiee which
have been publicly announced. A great nern'rar of other
failures have been privately arranged, and many ma„ who
have escaped have been brought by so ere loasea to the
verge of the same calamity. It is a misfortune neeessterily
attendant on such an establishment as the Stock Exchange,
that being composed of many more members than possibly
subsist by the transaction of the regular business, a large
Portion of them have no alternative but to take to gatn-
!sling themselves, or become the medium, and make them-
selves responsible, for the speculative transactions of others.
In proportion to the very limited business which exists
even of this latter description, the members bevorne the
I more anxious, and expose themselves to the greater degree
of risk to obtain it. Hence they are often the easy prey
of unprincipled adventurers out of the house, who, wiih-
, out a shilling of property, find means to engage in time.
bargains in the funds to an immense antautit. If the
game goes in their favour, they of collie:, quietly pocket
their gains, and the broker congratulates himself on having
so excellent a client; but at the first rev:rse that happens,
as there are no legal means of conipelline payment on such
transactions, he is sure to he left in the lurch : be is not
only ruined himself, but having conducted his hatpins
through a number of other persons, ruins them also. By
the rules of the Stock Exchange, they are all iii.ble to ex-
pulsion in cases of default, and are deprived of the only
respectable means for doing business in the funds, which
is in most instances total ruin : the speculator, whose
tools and dupes they have been, laughs at their folly. But
the speculators of the Stock Exchange, 113 a bady, also
suffer severely from the bias they appear to have- for spe-
culations for the fall, and though frequently successful at
the commencement of any great crisis of public affairs,
always pursue it too far, and in the end 10-e they have
gained, or ruin themselves. Beth these causes have been
at work in the late Congo] account, though the great lois.
chief has been produced by the obstinate perseverance of
the members in the latter course. None of the leading
men of the Stock Exchange have, however, given way,
though the numbers of the inferior class who have faifed
makeup together a very large aggregate of loss,— Times.
The Henrietta sloop, of Ballylongibiel, was
boarded last Friday morning, on her pasNa:;e home from
this port, by six men armed, and wits their fae, Et
haled ar e *'rTegr the in
rut ffi! i%d:ringpainted, who ordered all the passenvots up on flack, and
rifled the persons of every one of them, eatryleg off a
aygoe,f snee‘a•err atlb
epoinu(nidisli
fl:\A'
pre-
sented fire-arms at the heads of their vict.naa, threatening
instant death in the event of resistance. They also wfiat
underneath and searched the cargo, Consisting uf Groceries,
woollens, and mercery. They •aiundereil 4 bale of silk
handkerchiefs, tousling, laces, and shawls, cansigneal. to
astiootrt
country shopkeepers ; and after this gross act of pira.ay, the
marauders left the sloop, and pulled ,iff in the darkness un.
.nolested. Oa the same night, a sailing boat bigot...ging
to Knock, county Clare, was also plundered ha a parry
of ruffians, who boarded her in the Serannon.—Linierick
Chr9nicle.

We have received by the Crown, which arrived
et Liverpool on Friday, Calcutta papers to the Oth of
July. The paper of the 13th contains au extract from
the Government Gazette, giving an account of the funeral
of the Right Rev. Joust MArrniAs Tun Nix, the late
Lord Bishop of Calcutta, the account of whose demise
must have appeared in the preceding papers, for the file
now before us contains not the slightest allusion to his
death. The following- is the account which the Govern.
meat Gazette gives of the Prelate's death :--:" The re-
mains of the late Lord Bishop of CatcrTTA were interred
on Sunday morning (the Sth of July) in the Cathedral-
yard, near the tombs of Sir H. Baosaarr awl Sir Crisis-
TOPII ER PULLER, The Hon. the Vice-Presslent, the.
Hon. W. Btxtsr, the Han. the Judges of the Supreme
Court, the Venerable the Archdeacon, the heath of de-
partments of the civil and military Services, togetlitr with
several members of the mercantile community and many
of the respectable Christian inhabitants of Calcutta, were
present at the solemn and affecting ceremony, The Rev.
T. ROBERTSON read the burial service au the occasion.
The bea of the cathedral kept tolling tlie whole time, and
minute gnus, corresponding to the a,ie Hf tl,e lamented de-
ceased, were fired from the ramparts of Fort Wil:iana."
MERTHYR FYDVIL WORKMEN.---it IS
with feelings of great satisfaction that v-e Lnne.orice to our
readers, that the trier i engaged in the extensive iron-works
of Dowlatia and Plymouth, at Merthyr Tydvil, have re.
turned to their usual employments, Lavine,: utterly re-
nounced all connection with the " Union Sorieties" lately
formed there. That the peat majority of these industrious
and generally well conducted men I:4sve been deluded and
imposed upon by some designing emissaries, we have ht-
fore stated as our opinion, and the men now admit this to
have been the case, and feel delighted that tiley have re-
leased themselves from the obligations under which they
at one time foolishly thought themselves bound. Various
most malevolent and unfounded reports bare been Lulus-.
triously circuJa,ted, prejudicial to the characters of the ma-
naging partners of the respective works lis-orclrentioned,
Aleuts. Gnxsi and MILL, as bavingheen want.ng in hueua-
nity and good feeling towards their workmen. Tl:aes, re-
ports we can votieh for are utterly groundless ; and, in-
deed, it is tmly necessary to refer to the numerous work-
mon who have returned to their employrnent for a refuta-
tion of these reports. They (Messi.z., Gursr and Hut)
conceiving that the majority of the pour men were under a
delusion, took no measty;e3 hat such as were cal:ulated to
bring them to a bet::er understanding of their true inte-
rests, at the tame time that they steldily and firmly
persevered in the course which they believed to be ne-
cessary for the preservation of the pr,--perty of themselves,
and their partners; and as soon as their men hewed a eds.
position to return to their work, they Were received without
reproach at, their former wages, and money W4l advanced
to enable them to resume operations. The 'ten are now
sensible of the folly and absurdity of their recent pro-
ceedings, and are anxious that their late conduct should be
buried in oblivion ; at the same time, very many of the
most reflecting amongst them freely admit that the
masters were perierly justified in the measures they ..00k
to resist the " Urfton Society," and wished th«t ott,f7. iron
masters had simultaneously adopted th taw e€;ar*e. This
would have been the MEARS of stopping it at, tb re, I,nd have
saved them and, tha.ir families from :):,cet, „oit,,ry
acd
vation.....prlhare are, however, sail o great tu.tribte' of men
u:;...-.inployed at Merthyr, caning to the untxamplert depress
siou of the iron trads.,--Putithers and /ironer, wha before
joining the pinion,
got from I Ss. to tss. a week, are aiow.,
it is said, working cu the resale at Nth...cumtrrioss ,