The Sun.
London, England, 1857-11-23 00:00:00

EXETER HALL.

Last night the first of a series of Sunday evening reli-
gious services was held in Exeter Ball, under the auspices
of an influential body of Dissenters in the metropolis,
having precisely the same object in view as those insti-
tuted in the summer of the present year, with the sanc-
tion and approval of the Archbishop of Canterbury and
the Bishop of London, but to the resumption of which,
as is well known, a stop was recently put by the incum-
tient of St. Michael's, Burleigh-street, Strand, in whose
parish this "unconsecrated building" happens to be
lecated, acting on a strict legal right with which the law
invests him. The energetic and beneficial movement,
therefore, which emanated from the Church of England
.vith the view of bringing tinier the iefluence of the
Gospel a large class of the inhabitants of this city who
habitually absent themselves from all the,ordinary places
of worship—which received the direct countenance of
some of her most distinguished laymen, and the assist-
ance of some of her most eminent divines, and which, so
tar as it went, was attended with considerable success—
is not, it seems, destined to be arrested, though it be
carried on by other hands than those with which it ori-
ginated. The Rev. W. Brock, mini-ter of the Baptist
chapel in Bloomsbury, was the preacher selected to offi-
ciate on the occasion. The doors were opened at 6 o'clock,
but long before that hour a crowd of well-dressed people
cad assembled in front of the hall, and, when admission
was obtained, the building was speedily filled in every
part. Dense though the crowd was, nothing could humors
creditable than the order and decorum with which the
people ascended the stairs leading to the hall and took
their seats. The admission was wholly free ; there
were no. reserved seats, not even on the platform ; no
money coilsction. The services, as on the former occa-
sion, were announced to be for the benefit of the working
classes, and persons accustomed to attend places of wor-
ship were requested not to absent themselves from them,
'eat they might occupy rood) intended for those whom it
was specially designed to instruct and edify. This hint,
we apprehend, was not acted on to the full, any more
than in summer, when the Church of England services
were held in the same place, and when peers of the
realm, Cabinet Ministers, and distinguished members of
Parliament were to be seen among the general audience.
Mr. Brock took his seat on the platform shortly after
six, accompanied by Mr. A. Kinnaird, M.P., Mr. S.
Morley, and several other gentlemen, a, d, the service
oommenced at the half hour. It is a note orthy cir-
cumstance, and creditable to the minister and all con-
cerned in the arrangements—as indicating to divest
,liese ministrations as much as possiole of everything
ike sectarian feeling, and to make them a substantial
continuation of those which had gone before—that the
hymns and ritual used in the service last night were
precisely those adopted at the Sunday evening services
of the Church of England held there in the present year.
It is, perhaps, the first occasion on which a Noncon-
formist minister—except among the Wesleyans, where
the practice is not uncommon—has used the Litany of
the Church of England and several of the pruera
contained in its ritual in conducting a religious service.
rho circumstance is significant of an increasing spirit of
religious toleration and a desire for a hearty co-operation,
,1 not for union, among some at least of the various
•ections of the Protestant church. In one part of the
Litany, indeed, Mr. Brock introduced words to which
no one could possibly object, not even, we imagine, the
most rigid Churchman, In the intercession, beginning—
' That it may please Thee to illuminate all bishops,
priests, and deacons, with true knowledge, and under-
-tending of Thy Word ; and that both by their preaching
and living they may set it forth and show it accord-
ingly,"—he added, after the word " deacons," "pastors,
ministers, and missionaries of the Gospel." At another
period of the service he put up an extempore prayer
and read selected portions of Scripture, in much the
same way as is customary in Dissenting chapel. He
afterwards preached a sermon irons the 15th chapter of
the First Epistle to the Corinthians, the 3d and 4th
verses—" For I delivered unto you, first of all, that
which I also received ; how that Christ died for our
cos according to the Scriptures, and that he was buried,
and that he rose again the third day, according to the
Scriptures." The discourse for earnestness, novelly,
and felicity of illustration, and vigour of delivery, was
tar above the ordinary class of sermons, and was listened
to throughout with the most marked attention,

Country Markets.

DALKEITH GRAIN MARKET—Noy. 19.
Qrs. Best. Current. lnfei for
230 Wheat 50s Od. 3sa lUd
1506 Oats 26s 0,1 204 3d
1051 Barley 34s 6d 2ss Od
4O Peas & beans 45s Od 39s 3d

HA]IDINGTON GRAIN MARKET—Nov. 20.
WHEAT. EARLEY I OATS. i!PAP.St
First s2s Od 137 s Od j 28s Od 4bs Od
Second 3Bs la I 26s 10d j 22s ld j 38i 10d
third 29s 6d j 18s Od 1 los Od i 35 Od
Total quantity of wheat in market, 230 qrs., 196 gold
barl©y
..... 1/. 18 10 4-12tts
987 qrs., 936 sold
PP PP PP
oats 440 qrs., 439 sold
IP IP
PP PP beans
4,-.ll22tthhss Earley, •..1.
55 qrs., 51 sold
AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL QUARTER.
oWhatse.at.,.. 1111. 182
610 7.l2ths

ABERDEEN—Nov. 20.
1 401bts per bushel
Potato oats 18s Od to 19s Od
Common oats 16s 6d to 17s 6il
Bero 21s Od to 23s Od
Barley 21s Od to 23s lid}s3lbs t
Wheat, rod (spring)2Bs Od to 33s Od
„ white 2Bs Od to 33s Od 621bs ,I
Oatmeal 15s Od to 1 s6d per boll.
Flour 40s Od to 41s Od per sack.
PROVISION MARKET.
Beef, per lb 6d to 9d Butter, p lb. is Od to is Id
Mutton, per lb Ed to 9d I Eggs, p doz. is 0.1 to is lA,
Lamb, do., Os 6/1 to Or, 9d I Hens, p pair 3s Od to 3s ba
Veal, per lb ... 6d to Os 9 i Chickens,do.ls 6d to 26 0,1
Pork, perlb...os Od to Os Od Ducks, do., Os Od to 2t 6i
Salmon, per lb ... ...... Os Od Ducklings,doos Od to 2s 6.i
Grouse, per brace.,...os to Os Turkeys, each 5s Od to 51 6,1
Tallow, p stone, Os to ---s 01 Potatoes, pr peck, --(I to 12d
Rabbits, each Od to Od.
Butter for exportation (present cure) per ewt....80s to 81s
Eggs, wholesale price, per dozen 9d to 914 d

RETAIL PRICES.
F10ur,141b....03 Od to 2s 2d Barley flour,l4lb.Os to 1s 81
Oatmeal ......Os Od to is 8d I dust, . .... Os to Oa
,
Beremeal ....Vs Od to la Cd per lb .......... 2d to 22d
I
Peasemeal... Os Od to 2s 4d Sids. 7d
Cheese, per imperial stone, 4s. Od. to 43 6 d
4-lb. 10af...8d. 12-Ib. 10af...4d.