said the cause of their violence was, that he had
refused to get out of his bed to preach. He was conveyed to
the watch-house. The witnesses informed the Magistrate, that
the Prophet had made some proselytes, who were actually
about to leave the country with him, and accompany him upon
an expedition to the Holy Land. The parish officers were
naturally alarmed at the inconveniences to which such an
emigration would expose them, and hoped that every thing the
arm of the law could do would be done to prevent it. The
fanatic spirit of some of the followers of the Prophet may
be guessed at from the following facts:--

The officers who apprehended him, had, two or three times,
in the course of Sunday evening, gone to the house in
Worcester Street, and dispersed a large congregation that
had assembled in the room appropriated to preaching. The
Prophet preached first, and was succeeded by one of his most
zealous followers, who was followed by another. This was
constantly the practice, and during the service, which was
being listened to with rapture, upwards of a dozen of the
congregation seemed to be as violently engaged as the
Prophet himself, whose sincerity is well known. One man, a
shoe-maker, named Cooke, has actually sold off his stock and
furniture, which were worth L300.; and if he were not known
to be the greatest admirer of the Prophet might be called
his rival, for he has allowed his beard to grow to an
immense length, and goes about preaching and making
converts. He has a little son, who looks half-starved, and
is denied all animal food by the Prophet and his father,
upon the principle of Pythagoras--that he might not be
guilty of eating a piece of his own grand-mother. Another
trades-man, who was most industrious, and attached to his
wife and seven children, proposes to leave them all, and go
to Jerusalem. His beard is also becoming indicative of his
intention, and he sleeps, as the others who are struck by
the Prophet do--with his clothes on. None of the sixteen
families who reside in the house in which the Prophet lives,
have, however, caught the infection, and the land-lady
complained most severely of the annoyance to which she was
subject.

Mr. Chambers said he expected to have heard that the Prophet
was on h