SUPERSTITION.-(From the N...
The Times, 1824-09-21T00:00:00

SUPERSTIrION.-(From the ATorfolk Beamcn, an1 Aine- rican piper, August 19.)-"A MODERIV IIIRACLE.-A singular Xisplay of the gooclness and power ot Almighty God, at a camp mleetinig, held at Tangier Island, August 15, 1824. Mliss Narcissa Crip;tin, a highly respectable young lady, 19 years of age, and a Zealous Clristialn, waa, oti the evening of the 15tih itst., say abotit 8 o'clock, so operated on by Ithe spirit of iod, that her face becamne toobright and shining for mortaleyes to gaze upon, without pre- tlucing the most awftl feelinis to the bcholders. It resenmbled the refiectiono'thcsun upon abrisht cloud. The appearance of her face for tte space of 40 minutes was truly atugelic, during which time slte was siletit; after whichi shie spoke and expressed her happy and heavenly feelings, when her dazzling countenance gradually faded. and her fiec resumed its natural appearance. The writer of this paragraPitvwas an eve-witnessoftlhecircumstatoe above stated: suct a sight he never expected to behold with mortal eyes; and to give a t'ue description of which would be bevond the abilitv of mortal man. While she reniained in the situation above described, shc was seen by more thian 200 persons a few of whom have subscribed their ntameS heretO. W'st LEE (ACV-), W-. EB.HWISE, JOsex BAYLYI." A few days a-p- the Secretary at War received a lettcr signed " Consciene,g containing four 51. notes, statel to be public mnoney overdrawsn some years ago, but detained through error, and not writh asay bad iintention. The extraordiinary value of some of the building specu- lations it and abotTt London, mnay be gatiered from the fact, that when the late Al r. P. was in treaty with the builder who afterwards gave his own name to Bitker-mtreet, the latter, when he at length had got the contract signed, exultingly held it up to the other, and told him he should not have it back for 100,OD00 . Trhe man who swallowed a pennypiece about three weeks since, while attempting to perform somne dextrous feats before his coinmanions, went to Guy's Hlospital last week, in order to con- sult Sir Astley Cooper abot his ease. He is about S0 years of age, and of a salIow complexion. He says he c6n distinctly feel the cOin ]ying dn the left side of hts stonsach, and p:oducing the sensation of a great weight being there. ,MAN grett est8, Spt -. -The Assizes, as will be seeni from our report in a su seqlefnt part of this paper, terminated late on Wednesday:evening, hafino lsL a.dx atly a fortnight-a dutation which ig to be attributed chiefly to the pataent iaborious manner in wlch tlie'- catIses were tried5 ane the absence of that dsgrceful hisrry which h,% generallyyrevailed towarods the cnclusiQns of for- mter- ssszes~ In iefird -to' tiis, and, inideed, to every othier part of his conductOn the benchao , - rand arOlb Hullock has given the e greatest satisfaction; After be h} tbat n she ourt on WedFiiesdiy, night. il r. Ciios- dthemcate:vty, stated publiely that he had been destred by the l3ai t(ipresern their grateful ackntoledgm5ents to his Lordsipa forblthe sntidfactori ngnd obliging manner in which he had conructae thd bus.hess of the Court. To nieserackno1edgimentas wef conside 'his Lordshiip to bed3ustly entitled~ a%, well w, to thiose of every person who has-been concerned inb the. proieediqgs befre fisar U. e ad mIre Alr.-aro kiUocc,.weflat be ar;forhis '-Vunt, honest, Ilb tlemjariaur ;' atnd it baad neit.degrttoedhi-n on the bench, where 10ixWldblttt tiCtibe of thait nanaseous.,-artwfor.,which some Jodges that .i6ildraie ar& remarkable. 'His 4emper Is uood-his under- standing0lear anav egtfu5 adb evidently, possesses great caps- biliy. fenuri atgue-4 q uaiifilStitowfu fsotsmall importance in a.4tjpldge;-;On~~tie,whdle, Wie osider his-a-ppointnmeflt~ asrletn gre t~rdtos~to5 by wvhom t.isfldeHeis.a zealous Cory, gz - dridld onu th er"on the, benich Thons