The Sun.
London, England, 1833-01-10 00:00:00

The clergymen are coming into town with
the;r families, to save themselves from assassination. The
churches of all such as have been driven to this step for the
preservation of their lives, are necessarily closed, and their
congregations must want the Word of God, which they
had heretofore enjoyed. This is a sumtnaty way of over.
throwing religion—murder, or put to fl ght the clergy—the
churches must be shut up, and religion will no longer have
preachers to instruct, nor congregations to le rn the mays
of salvation. It is a fatal symptom in the character of the
times that all this should pincer'', without a single effort
being made to interrupt it. A short time ago who could
have believed such a state of things to be possible ? Cork
Constitution.

A French Colonel on the Retired List, who
had arrived from Paris for the purpose of visiting tl.e cita-
del of Antwerp, was in despair at finding that, though rich
and well-known, he had no more chance of gaining his
object than any common man. His vanity would not
allow him to return (Heated ; but, at a loss bow to suc-
ceed, he consulted his friend 0 FAREL, asking him what
he would do in similar circumstances. " I would imme-
diately put on a miner's jacket," said he, " which, being
that of a brave man, would be no dishonour to me, and
entet the citadel ith the patty that are just setting out."
No sooner said than done. The Colon I put on the miner's
dress, and soon found hitn•elt in the interior of the fortress.
Scare, ly had he passed the gate, however, when General
RUIMIEKES appeared, and gave orders for 20 men to be
counted off and set to work with all rxp. data n. The dis-
gui•ed Colonel m arched gaily at their bead, and being set
to lob on in an obscure spot, without the slightest possibi-
lity of s itisfying his curiosity, and was kept at hard labour
till 4 o'clock, though lie repeatedly att, mpted to explain to
the sergeant ti at he did not belting to the company of
miners, being always silenced by some rude command to
mind his work, and not lose his time in talking. This ad-
venture at length reached Marshal GERARD, who, after
being highly amused by it, compensated the CJlonel for his
bad luck by sending him an order to be admitted the next
morning into the citadel, and shown everything he wished
to see, and General RULIIIEREB himself had the kindness
to receive him in person and accompany him to every
point of interest.
WitoE, THE SOUTHCOTTIAN PROPHET.
—We bad hoped that the blasphemous ravings of this
disgrace to human nature were consigned to
.their merited
oblivion, and that the exposure of his
riintquitre.s some time
ago had been so complete as to leave his migu!ded follow-
ers without any excuse fur clinging to their infatuation ;
but we were deceived, for within these few days several of
the long-bearded tribe have been busily employed in cir-
culating among the lower classes in this town printed co-
pies of a document in which the pretended prophecies of
the high priest are set forth with all the solemnity imagi-
nable, and attested by three witnesses, who profess. to have
beard them delivered. The " prophecies," which hear
the date " Whitby, October, 1831," refer to the passing
of the Reform Rid, the progress of the cholera, the dis-
sen•ions in the CaLinet, and the appointment of a parish
beadle fur Ashton ! We think the police would be well
employed in looking after these fellows.—. Manchester
Courier.