The Sun.
London, England, 1831-12-23 00:00:00

THE SCOTCH CHURCH.

It will be seen by the following account, that
Mr. Irving, ecclesiastically as well as legally,
keeps up his prophetic establishment. Aware that
in many quarters there is a taste for studying this
species of aberration of intellect, we give some par-
ticulars of the most recent proceedings ; but we
shall do so no more, at least until the matter comes
before the C:iancellor, who, in more senses than one,
we doubt not will be ultimately called upon to settle
the affair:—

The " gift. of tongues," which had been for two
or three weeks suspended, was on Sunday again dis-
played at the Caledonian church. After the singing
and prayer, and before the sermon, Miss Hall rose
to address the congregation After an edifying
exordium in the " unknown tongue," she discoursed
in the more vulgar language of England. The
theme of her address was similar to those of her
former orations. At the prayer meeting on Thurs-
day morning last, about 150 or 200 persons assem-
bled in the Caledonian church. It was the day ap-
pointed for special prayer and humiliation on account
of the differences which exist between the pastor
and certain of the trustees and members of the
chni ch. The Rev. Mr. Irving presided. After the
singing the congregation, was addressed by Miss
Hall in the " unknown." The lady elevated her
voice to a prodigious height ; but none of her words,
if such the jargon uttered can be called, were heard
with sufficient distinctness to be reported with ac-
curacy. Having secured the attention of her audi-
ence by certain horrifying exclamations for a few
minutes Miss Hall gave utterance to the following
incoherent expressions :—" Oh, behold, behold, be-
hold, for we are brought very low ! Look down,
look down, look down, and behold from heaven,
from heaven, the habitation of thy glory ! Oh, look
down upon us—look down upon us ! Thou art
still our father, thou art still father ! Be gracious
unto us, be gracious unto us, for behold we are left
desolute, behold we ere left desolute, behold we are
left desolute, for we are brought very low ! Look
upon thy church, oh, God I for she is in the dust—
her habitation is in the dust ! Behold her state,
behold her state ! Lift her up, lift her up, lift her
up out of the dust—lift her up out of the dust !
Oh, thou holy one ! oh, thou holy one of Israel !
thou that dwellest between the cherubim, shine
forth Arise, and look upon thy church—arise and
look upon thy church !" &c.
The " gifted sister" having sat down, Miss Car-
dale immediately arose, and, in a voice most sten-
torian, pronounced certain words or sounds in the
unknown tongue, which we happened to hear with
sufficient distinctness to discover that the same words
or sounds were very frequently repeated. To give
any thing like an idea of the lady's gibberish would,
however, be impossible. The exclamations in
English which followed were nearly as absurd; we
give a specimen:—" Know ye the grief of Jesus?
(thrice)—lt is good ! (twice)—Jesus is disho-
noured ! (twice)—Jesus is reproached ! (twice)—
He weepeth ! (twice)—He grieveth over his people!
he would send them help, but there is no hand ; there
is no arm stretched out to lay hold upon him ! They
know not their bondage I—There is no one to lay
hold upon him ! Oh, weep, weep, weep, with
Jesus," &c.
The 103 d Psalm, and afterwards a doxology, were
then sung by the congregation; and a benediction
having been pronounced, the meeting terminated.

In the Court of Exchequer yesterday, Sir
EDWARD SUGDEN resumed his address in the lengthy
cause of " Smith v. Attwood," which is not yet brought
to a conclusion. When the judgment is pronounced, we
shall give it in full. The main facts of the case have
already appeared in the columns of The Sun.

CABRIOLET SOClETY.—Yesterday a Ge-
neral Meeting of this Society was held at the Percy
Coffee-house. Various resolutions were read, which
have for their object the establishment of an office, with a
proper person to preside, to give every necessary informa-
tion to the public gratuitously, as to the correct charge of
every fare, and the employment of persons of good charac-
ters as drivers. The subscriptions amounted to 1001.,
and a Committee was appointed to conduct the affairs of
the Society.
THE CHOLERA MORBUS.—At a time when
so much apprehension has been excited in the public mind
with regard to this Asiatic scourge, Dr. GRANVILLE has
rendered a great service to the community by the publica-
tion of his valuable little Treatise " The Catechism of
Health." His remarks on this dreadful malady, to which
he has devoted great attention, are of a nature to a'lay the
alarm, which, we conceive, bas been needlessly excited in
many instances by those who have some interested motive
to answer. We have heard of a certain druggist who has
been very assiduous in exaggerating such fears. The ex-
orbitant price now demanded and obtained for camphor;
cajeput oil, &c. may perhaps explain the motives that ac-
tuated the worthy tradesman in question.

The Irish Papers state that every grave-yard
in the north of Irelsnd, at all within the range of steam-
boats, is beset nightly by a set of savage and determined
resurrectionists. A very extensive trade in dead bodies is
at present carrying on with Glasgow.
MAJORS, MINORS, AND COMMON IN-
FORMERS.—BYERS, JOHNSON, &c., and all the common
informers, are quite elated at the recent decision in the
Court of King's Bench in the case of PARSONS against
CHAPMAN, of the Tottenham-street Theatre; and they
are also very jealous of the encroachments made upon their
rights by the persons connected with the Theatres Royal.
BYERS on Wednesday declared that it was very hard that
he should bear all the opprobrium of a common informer,
while great men got little ones to lay informations for
them, not liking themselves to appear in the dirty busi-
ness. He was, however, a play-goer himself, but could
not afford 7s. for the boxes, or 3s. 6d. fur the pit, and he
was determined to bring the question to an issue, by lay-
ing informations against every minor theatre in London,
who are merely licensed by the magistrates for singing and
(lancing (this includes the Surrey, Astley's, Coburg,
Sadler's Wells, Queen's Theatre, and several others); for
he thought it scandalous that fish should be made of one
and flesh of the other, and he would not allow, while there
was an Act of Parliament in existence to prevent such per-
formances, any manager's cads to lay informations against
one house alone. BYERS, on Wednesday, laid one infor-
mation against a theatre, licensed similar to the great
minors. By the decision in the C tort of King's Bench,
all the minor theatres are liable to a penalty of 501. for
each night's performance. The sums recoverable are im-
mense. Not only is a meeting of the performers of the
minor theatres announced, but a petition to his Ai AJESTY,
and a memorial to the Loan CHANCELLOR, are preparing.
The subscriptions raising for a City Theatre are suspended,
and the erection intended at Knightsbridge for dramatic
purposes is, for the present, abandoned.