dencies about fifteen thousand; in the rest of Europe ten thousand;
in Asia and the South Sea Islands about twenty thousand; in all not less,
perhaps, than two hundred thousand followers of the gospel preached by
Joseph Smith. All these converts have been gathered into the temple in
thirty years."

The other day the Mormons of the London district met at the Music Hall,
Store Street, and held a conference. Mr. Franklin Richards, the
President, delivered an address. From his speech it appeared that in the
metropolis there were nine branches, one hundred and seven elders of
conference, fifty-three priests, twenty-four teachers, thirty deacons.
During the six months preceding 132 persons had been baptized, sixteen
cut off or had died; the total number in the London district, including
officers, was 1172. I imagine the Mormonites flourish better in
districts less enlightened. Around Birmingham they are very sanguine,
and I have seen the miners in Merthyr Tydfil by thousands listening to
the gospel according to Joe Smith and Brigham Young.

The principal place of worship of the Mormons or Latter-day Saints is in
the Commercial Road, but there are others; one of them is in George
Street, Gower Street. In that locality there is a very shabby dancing
saloon, from which the graces seem long since to have departed. At three
o'clock every Sunday afternoon the Mormons assemble there. On a raised
platform may be seen seated some seven or eight men, apparently decent
workmen. Below them is a table, around which are a few lads, who set the
tunes and take round the sacrament, which is administered every Sunday to
all, including any strangers and children who may feel disposed to
partake of it. Benches fill up the rest of the room, which are occupied
chiefly by females with their families--including, of course, the baby,
the inevitable feature in all gatherings of the lower orders. All seem
enthusiastic and very friendly, and wretchedly poor. Their idea of
Mormonism seems to be chiefly that of a successful emigration scheme,
only mixed up with a little of the religious phraseology, which is most
fluently uttered unfortunately by the unthinking masses to whom words do
not represent ideas. You might fancy as you enter that you had made a
mistake, and got amongst the Primitive Methodists. The hymns are very
much the same, and so is frequently the style of prayer. Sermon there is
none, but instead you have addresses, the burde