The Sun.
London, England, 1831-10-31 00:00:00

THE UNKNOWN TONGUES.

We have every reason to believe that the gift of
tongues has fallen on us, and that we are inspired to the
mini! extent as that devout virgin, Miss Condole. Our
reasons for coming to this conclusion are, we conceive, un-
answerable. On perusing in the Times of this morning
the following sublime bursts of poesy, which were delivered
at the Caledonian Chapel last week, we found that they
were perfectly intelligible to us, and that we could trans-
late them with the most enviable facility. We have done
so accordingly, and have merely to add that our version is
strictly literal, with the single exception of the word
" Hippo" in the first poem, the meaning of which the Spirit
hath not yet vouchsafed to reveal to us. Our own opinion
is, that it is derived from the Greek substantive " IrrOS","
a horse, though what a horse can have to do with a Bishop,
we cannot for the life of us conjecture. Had it been de-
rived from " otiog," an ass, the meaning would have been
more obvious.

Hippo—gerosto—hippo—booros—aenoote
Foorime Oorin Hoopo Tanto Noostin
Noorastin—Nipares—Hipanos, Bantos—Boorin—
O Pinitos—Elelastino—Halimungitos—Dantitu
Hampootine—Farimi—Aristos—Ekrampos--
Epoongos Vanganii—Beresessino—Tereston—
Sastinootino—Al inoosis—O F'astos Sungor 0 Fuston Sungor
—Deripangito--Boorinos—Hypen—
Eletanteni—Eretine—Menati."

" Hippo gerosto niparos, " 0 Deripangito boorin;
Boorastin farimi Aristos ekrampos
0 Easton Sungor boorinos, Senoote hypanos noostin,
Epoongos menati.: Hypen hippo booros."
TRANSLATION.
Anathema! Maranatha!
Or the outpouring of the vials of wrath on the Episcopal Bench
Oh, ye Bishops, the day of your triumph is o'er,
And ye go to revisit the Bishops of yore ;
So down with your crosiers, and up with your eyes,
For the vials of wrath are let loose from the skies.
I saw in a vision of horror last night,
Old Nick; (and I nearly dropped down with the fright)
He called for your Lordships, he called you by name,
And away you all vanished 'mid tempest and flame,
While from rafter to roof Tophet echoed with laughter,
And my room smelt of sulphur for ten minutes after.

Mammon, the fiend, is hard at work,
His master's meals to dish up,
With his tail he makes a toasting fork,
And toasts a good, fat Bishop !

COURT CIRCULAR.

Their MAJESTIES, accompanied by the Princess Au-
USTA, left the Palace at Windsor about eleven o'clock on
Saturday morning., for the Pavilion at Brighton.
The Duke and Duchess of CUMBERLAND entertained a
select party zt dinner yesterday, at their residence at Kew.
A conference of the Ambassadors and Ministers of the
five Powers, on the affairs of Belgium, was held at the
Foreign-office on Saturday afternoon. The Ministers as-
sembled about half-past three o'clock, and concluded their
sitting shortly before six o'clock.
Mr. MAYERS, the Agent for Barbalces, Lad an intt r-
view wi•"t Viscount GODERICII on Sattird,y, at the Co-
lonial .office.
Lord Hitt transacted business with Viso unt Goof -
.RiCif at the Colonial-office on Friday.

RIOTS AT ERISTOL.

BRISTOL, OCTOBER 29.

SIR CHARLES WETHERELL.
(FROM OUR CORRESPO§DENTO

If the above eetitionzin is hot now convinced that a re-action
rie_ong the people has taken place in favour of the Reform Bill,
I believe that he has had demonstrative proofs that they are not
indifferent to his late conduct in opposing the wishes of the
people. This was the day appointed for his entering this cit!,-,
to open the cominiasioli for the gadi deli'rery. The usual hour
is four the evening, instead of which he arrived at
eleven o'clock in the forenoon. From the known feelings of
the inhabitants, the Magistrates were afraid of some personal
violence to the Recorder. They had bills issued, calling upon
the inhabitants to keep the :peace. Thty aiso summoned the
whole of the ctratables, with an order for each of them to bring
two more men, who were engaged for three days, at seven shil-
lings per day each. Before they proceeded on duty they were
collected in the Exchange, where the Mayor addressed them
very forcibly on the danger of having the peace broken. He
told them he was sorry to be obliged to call them together on
such a day as thlti (Saturday) from their business, but from in-
formation he had received he could not avoid it. He told
them not to molest any person for expressing his opinion peace-
ably. After arming the men with white staves, they proceeded
to meet the Recorder. With such a force and in this way,
were the worthy Recorder and senior Alderman of Bristol
escorted into the city. His reception was any thing but
courteous : such yells, hissing, and hooting were never before
heard. On the Recorder's arrival at Guildhall, it was filled
with the constables and their men. On reading the commis-
sion, at the sound of Wetherell a general burst of indignation
resounded from all parts of the hall. It was some time before
peace was restored, and then not until the Recorder threatened
to commit the offenders to prison. On his way to the Man-
sion-house, he was followed by more than twenty thousand per-
sons, who saluted him in the same manner as on his entering
the city. But, lam sorry to add, some fellow threw a stone
into the carriage, and broke the plate glass. No sooner was Sir
Charles set down at the Mansion-house, than a general skir-
mish took place between the stave-holders and the mob.
Nearly the whole of the staves were taken trom the constables.
So much for a political Judge.

SEVEN O'CLOCK.

Since writing the above, I regret to inform you that the mob
have gained possession of the lower part of the Mansion-house.
The mob hare torn up the pavement, dashed in the windows,
and with the iron railing demolished the doors and shutters;
they have thrown a great part of the furniture into the street,
and would have set fire to the premises, but for the arrival of
the troops, who have been under arms since seven o'clock this
morning. Sir Charles Wetherell escaped by a ladder over the
roofs of the houses. At this moment the troops arc parading
the streets. The shops are all shut. Some of the inhabitants
talk of calling a meeting to petition the King to remove Sir
Charles Wetherell from his office. A political Judge, of all
men, is to be detested. How it will end no one knows; but it
is believed that the Assizes cannot be held.
SUNDAY MORNING.

Dreadful work has taken place during the night and this
morning. There is one man killed, and four wounded. The
Mansion house is quite stripped. The wines were got at in the
night and drank by the mob. They strewed the road with
iron pikes, which were taken from the railing, to prevent the
troops from following them. Sir Charles is fled, and left his
hat and wig behind, which were taken by the mob, and torn to
pieces. The following is a copy of the handbill issued by the
Magistrates :
" The Magistrates most earnestly entreat the assistance of
their fellow-citizens to restore the peace of the city, by assem-
bling immediately at the Guildhall."

FIVE O'CLOCK.

The mob have broken open both Bridewell and the New
Gaol. The former place is on fire, and is now raging with
great fury, and the snob will not permit the engines to play on
the fire. The cavalry horses are quite knocked up. What the
result of this night may be, God only knows. All the places of
worship are shut up.

BRISTOL, OCT. 30.

(FROM ANOTHER CORRESPONDENT.)

From the course Sir Charles Wetherell has chosen to pursue,
with regard to the Reform Bill, and his frequent attacks upon
the character of the citizens of Bristol, together with his re-
peated misrepresentations of their opinions, he has become
highly unpopular in this city for some time past, and this coupled
with an opinion entertained by a large majority of the respec.
table inhabitants, that a political Judge is an unconstitutional
Judge, had induced many persons to express their opinions
pretty unequivocally upon this subject. Our Tory corporation
are amongst that class of blind and infatuated individuals, who
cannot read any signs of the times, and instead of yielding to
the expressed will of the people for whom they act, and thus
soothing the public mind and calming the turbulent dispositions
of the public, they adopted all the means which feudal tyranny
and despotism could have suggested, for the unholy purpose of
forcing this unconstitutional Judge upon the inhabitants of
Bristol. Three troops of horse soldiers were brought into the
immediate vicinity of the city, many hundreds of special con-
stables were sworn in, and these precautions, together with the
circumstances connected with Captain Claxton's meeting, had
the effect, as might have been expected, of arousing the public
attention, and exciting popular indignation. An indirect commu-
nication (it is reported) was made by the Magistrates to the Po-
litical Union, in consequence of which the Union published
the following address:—" The Council of the Union have
heard with feelings of surprise that the Corporation have re-
quested and obtained the assistance of armed troops, for the
purpose of conducting Sir Charles Wetherell, in his judicial
capacity, into this city. It is the opinion of this Council, that
if the Magistracy of the city feel themselves incompetent to
preserve the public peace without being supported by the mili-
tary, they should resign their offices, and suffer the civic au-
thorities to be elected by a majority of the votes of their fellow_
citizens. The Council think that a man clothed in the robes
of magistracy ought never to be a politician,' as such a Ma-
gistrate cannot be expected to possess the public confidence,
without which he will always be found incompetent to preserve
the public peace. They would therefore recommend to the
Corporation the immediate resignation of Sir Charles Wetherell
as Recorder, such being the means best calculated to prevent
riot, and perhaps bloodshed. At the same time the Council,
earnestly recommend Members of this Union, and Reformers
in general, at all times of popular excitement, to use their
most strenuous endeavours for the preservation of the PUBLIC
PEACE, as it is only by such a course they will be enabled to ob.
lain the rights they seek. " By order of the Council.
"Oct. 23, 1831." " J. P. VEN, Secretary."

Happy had it been for the peace of the city if the Magis-
trates had adopted the recommendation contained in this ad-
dress, or if they had been actuated by the feelings of the Em-
press Josephine when she wrote," It is ever better to endeavour to
soothe the public mind than to exasperate men by fresh terrors,"
if they had not been hoodwinked by party prejudice, they might
have observed the apparent reluctance of the poor dependants,
who were driven up by their employers, to be sworn in as con-
stables, from which they might have drawn a useful lesson.