prince returned the following an

swer:

"To the religious Nun in England. On the 3rd of May, at eight o'clock, I will offer, in compliance with your request, my prayers for your recovery. Having made your confession, and communicated, offer up your own also, with that fervency of devotion and entire faith which we owe to our Redeemer Jesus Christ. Stir up from the bottom of your heart the divine virtues of true repentance, of Christian charity to all men, of firm belief that your prayers will be favourably received, and a steadfast resolution to lead an exemplary life, to the end that you may continue in a state of grace.Accept the assurance of my regard.

"PRINCE A. HOHENLOHE. "Bamberg, March 16, 1822."

On the 2nd of May last, Dr. Badeley, being at New Hall, examined the affected hand and arm of the nun, which, he says, he "found as much swollen, and as bad as he had ever seen them;" but he admits, that her general health was good, so that the disease was local. The fingers were enormously enlarged, and the wrist was fifteen inches in circumference. Neither the doctor, nor the London or country surgeon, ventured to give the swelling a name. The following day, viz., the 3rd of May (a day particularly observed by Catholics), the afflicted nun went through the religious process, which the prince had prescribed. Mass being nearly ended, Miss O'Connor, the patient, not finding the immediate relief she expected, exclaimed, "Thy will be done, O Lord! thou hast not thought me worthy of this cure." Almost immediately after, she felt an extraordinary sensation through the

whole arm, to the ends of her fingers. The pain instantly left her, and the swelling gradually subsided; but it was some weeks before the hand resumed its natural size and shape. Now, says Dr. Badeley, I can perceive no difference from the other.

Dr. Badeley left the patient, on the 3rd of May, free from pain; and on visiting the convent on the 11th of May, he was astonished to find her capable of moving her fingers without pain, and, considering the degree of swelling, with considerable activity; the hand and arm having hitherto been immovable, and constantly supported in a sling. The doctor im mediately exclaimed (not knowing that application had been made to the celebrated prince of healing power), "What have you been doing?" "Nothing, I declare," replied the nun, "except following the instruction of prince Hohenlohe." Before the doctor left the convent, she wrote, with the affected hand, a letter to Mr. Carpue, to apprise him of the wonderful change that had taken place, and the means by which it had been effected; but whether Mr. Carpue ascribed it to Divine interposition, the doctor has neglected to state.

Another Miracle. The last number of a periodical work, called the Nouvelles Tusculanes, published in Paris, contains the following account of another pretended miraculous cure, performed by prince Hohenlohe:-"Twelve witnesses," says the Journalist, "whom we know to be incapable of falsehood, and who are by no means credulous themselves, vouch for the following miraculous cure, which has been made public by order of the archbishop of Toulouse, cardinal de Clermont Tonnerre, an investiga

tion of which left no doubt upon the mind of his eminence :-On the 2nd of September, 1821, Adelaide Veysre, a nun of the order of St. Benoit, at Toulouse, who had assumed the name of Sister Clotilda, received a violent blow on the leg, which had soon so severe an effect upon the system, that her limbs became cold, and she was incapable of motion. The foot even turned, and the most eminent physicians and surgeons of Toulouse declared her case hopeless. The cardinal visited this young nun, who was only 23 years of age, several times, for the purpose of offering her consolation. She frequently expressed a great desire to write to prince Hohenlohe; and after much solicitation, the cardinal acceded to her request, and even indited the letter to the prince, which was dated May 22, 1822. The prince returned an answer, and fixed the 25th of July, the fête of St. James, the patron of the monks, to offer his prayers in her favour. The cardinal also celebrated mass on the same day in the chamber of the nun, who gradually recovered as that sacred ceremony proceeded. When the Host was raised, her foot returned to its natural position, and she was able, without the least pain, to leave her bed and partake of the sacrament! She is now perfectly recovered."

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11. STOCKHOLM. The State Gazette of yesterday contains the following notice: "As fictitious orders, with the forged signature of major-general Holet, have been sent with most criminal intentions to his majesty's commanders in Gefle, Hulmstad, Hernosand, and Christianstad, and letters containing them were put into the general post-office in this eity; every one, who can point out

the person or persons who put these letters in the post, is hereby called upon to give notice to the chief governor, or to the chancellor of justice.

The honour of the

nation, the sacredness of the laws, and the general safety, are intimately connected with it. He, therefore, who can point out the author of these letters, and give legal proof of the truth of his statements, shall receive a reward of 10,000 dollars banco. The letters in question were put into the general post-office in this city on the 27th and 28th of February, were sealed with a wafer, and were directed, in the Norwegian language 'To the Royal Commanders,' &c. &c. command,

By his majesty's D. EDELCREUTZ. G. E. LODI. "Office of the Chief Governor." The letters, to which the official notice refers, were intended to spread throughout all Sweden, and that by means of the authorities themselves, an announcement of the approaching assassination of the king and of the whole royal family.

12. LINCOLN ASSIZES.-William Arden, gent. of Pulteneystreet, London, Benjamin Chandeler, late butler to the duke of Newcastle, and John Doughty, carpenter, at Grantham, were arraigned before Mr. Justice Park, charged on the oath of Henry Hackett, apprentice to a linendraper at Grantham, with an offence revolting to human nature. The trial lasted from 8 in the morning till 8 in the evening, when the prisoners were convicted on the clearest evidence. The learned judge passed sentence of death on all the offenders.

NEW CREATION OF CARDINALS. -The Diario di Roma of this date,

mentions the addition of twelve Cardinals to the sacred college:They are, 1. Francis Bertazzoli, bishop of Edessa. 2. John Francis Falzacappa, bishop of Ancona. 3. Antonio Pallotta, auditor-general of the sacred chamber. 4. Francis Lerlupi, auditor of the sacred rota. 5. Charles Maria Pedicini, secretary of the propaganda. 6. Louis Pandolf, secretary of the consulta. 7. Fabricius Turriozzi, assessor of the holy and universal inquisition. 8. Hercules Dandini, bishop of Osimo and Cingoli. 9. Charles Odelaschi, auditor of his holiness and archbishop of Ferrara. 10. Antonio Frosini, prefect of the sacred palaces and major-domo of his holiness. 11. Thomas Riario Sforza, master of the chamber to his holiness. 12. Viviano Orfini, deacon of the sacred chamber.

The above list is entirely composed of Italians; the most of them make part of the household of the pope, are employed in Rome in different offices of the government. 13. CHELMSFORD.-Felix Reynolds was indicted for violating the person of Mary Totham, spinster, at Harwich, on the 26th of February; and Timothy Quilligan, Francis Fitzpatrick, and John Butcher were indicted as accessories to the same fact.

The prisoners, all of whom were under the age of 23, were privates in the 58th regiment, quartered at Harwich. The prosecutrix, a girl of 18, of prepossessing appearance, was servant in the family of Mr. Stewart, a pilot, at Harwich. A young seaman named Finch was paying his addresses to her, with the approbation of her friends. In the evening of the 26th of February, she was walking with her lover on the esplanade, at Harwich, when they were accosted by

the prisoners, two of whom laid hold of her and hurried her off to

wards the barracks, leaving the others to secure Finch, who, hearing her shrieking for help, struggled to follow his sweetheart, and protect her from violence; but finding his efforts unavailing, he returned to the town to procure assistance. In the mean time, the unhappy girl was forced to a hollow place near the barracks, and in spite of her efforts, was forcibly violated by all the prisoners, who successively accomplished their diabolical purpose. The prosecutrix spoke with certainty as to the identity of the prisoner Reynolds, and other evidence was adduced to show, that the remaining prisoners had been absent from barracks at the time the transaction took place, and shortly afterwards returned and hurried to bed. No doubt was entertained of their identity. The case in its details excited universal horror. The unhappy prosecutrix was deeply affected, and her situation produced general sympathy. The prisoners (who were defended by Mr. Jessop) said nothing.

Mr. Baron Graham having summed up the evidence,

The jury immediately found the prisoners Guilty-Death.

14. STAFFORD-Sir George Jerningham, bart. v. Beech.-This was an action of trover by sir George Jerningham, the proprietor of Stafford-castle, and of large estates in its vicinity, against the defendant, a timber-merchant, in the borough of Stafford, to recover the value of an ash tree and two alders, his property, which had been wrongfully converted to the defendant's

use.

In December last, a person, calling himself the hon. James Stamp Sutton Cooke, arrived in

Stafford, and, on behalf of his brother, to whom he gave the title of lord Stafford, laid claim to the estates, of which sir George Jerningham and his predecessors have been in possession for more than a century. He soon interested a number of the populace in his cause by the boldness of his measures and the liberality of his promises. He appointed gamekeepers to the manor of Forebridge, in which Stafford-castle is situate, and by a manœuvre obtained a few hours possession of the castle itself, which is usually open to the inspection of the curious. Notices were issued to the tenants of sir George Jerningham, requiring them to pay their rents only to Mr. Cooke, the authorized agent of his brother, and threatening them with distresses, in case they should refuse to comply. In order to induce them to attorn to the new claimant, leases were offered them at low rents, on the payment of a premium, and a day appointed to receive the rents in arrear, half of which only were required in consequence of the pressure of the times. On these representations, some of the tenants actually made payments, and receipts were given them for the sums. In the mean time, Mr. Cooke proceeded to employ men to fell timber on several parts of the domain, which they did, attended by a rabble, and, in the whole, felled between 70 and 80 trees. Although a hand-bill was issued, and served on all timber-dealers in Stafford, not to purchase any of these trees, the defendant and others became possessed of some of them, and obstinately detained them from the

owner.

The defendant in this action was one of the persons who were

thus deluded. It was proved, that two alder-trees and one ash-tree, cut on the lands of sir George Jerningham on the 14th of January in this year, were conveyed to his premises, and that he refused to deliver them up when demanded by the agents of sir George Jerningham. The value of the trees was proved to be 2l. 158.

The judge, in his charge to the jury, expressed his strong reprobation of these proceedings. To try a claim of right, it would be enough to cut a twig or take away a clod of earth; and therefore this system of depredation and violence was entirely without excuse. The only doubt in the case was, whether the conduct of the defendant did not amount to felony: to this point the evidence did not quite come, but it was extremely near it. If trees were wrongfully severed one day, without a shadow of excuse, and taken away the next, the parties who lent themselves to such a taking would have to answer as felons in another court.

The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff Damages 2l. 158.

CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES. Sitting of March 15.-M. de Frenilly denounced the following extract from the Journal du Commerce of the 11th inst.:

“The urn of the chamber of deputies, now become the faithful organ of the council, will only be the responsive oracle of the minister's pleasure. What a spectacle do the public sittings of the legis lation exhibit! the sorrow and shame of France. Where would be the limit to taxes, when voted by those only who derive from them salaries and pensions? If the maintenance of the charter were abandoned to those who exclaim against it as odious, and who

reproach it with having consecrated usurpations, who could have at once faith in its duration, and in the security of the domains, which it has especially guaranteed?

"Finally, the doctrine on which the expulsion of M. Manuel is grounded, tends to destroy the rights consecrated by the charter, and consequently the moral obligation of subjects. It infringes the privileges of the chamber of peers as well as the prerogatives of the Crown; it ruins public liberty, and consequently the monarchy. It would therefore be of urgent necessity to dissolve a chamber, which pursues such a career, and to renounce electoral combinations, which have produced such a chamber.

"Such a text," continued M. de Frenilly, "requires no comment. I now submit to the chamber, that this libellous extract incurs the penalties of the 15th article of the law of the 25th of March, viz.: An offence against the chamber may, on being denounced by one of its members, be indicted before the ordinary tribunals: or the accused may be summoned to the bar: in which latter case, if the offender, after having been heard in defence, should be adjudged guilty, the assembly shall forthwith ordain the infliction of the enacted penalty.' Either of these courses of proceeding being at the option of the chamber, I demand that the chamber authorize the indictment of the editors and proprietors of the journal in question before the

tribunals."

M. de la Bourdonnaye expressed his opinion, that the chamber, by adopting the course of citing the offending parties before the ordi

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nary tribunals, would prejudge the question.

The hon. member was called upon to move an amendment, but he declined.

The president read the 15th article of the law of the 25th of March. When he came to the words "shall be summoned to the bar," several voices on the right cried, "Summon them to the bar! Summon them to the bar!"

M. André d'Aubières expatiated upon the insolent invectives, which had been levelled against the majority of the chamber by certain journals, who were the organs of an opposition which had voluntarily absented itself. They (the right side) had been held up to public hatred as enemies of the charter, and as partisans of absolute power. He(M. André d'Aubières) demanded, who were the greatest enemies of liberty, they who violated the charter by not fulfilling their duty towards their constituents, or they who discharged their duty as faithful deputies? Who were the partisans of absolute power, a constitutional majority who defended the prerogatives of the chamber, or a minority evidently unjust, since they place themselves in revolt against the very principle of law, which recognizes that the majority decides. He concluded by voting for summoning the offenders to the bar.

The keeper of the seals considered, that an indictment before the ordinary tribunals would be preferable, as the most impartial course of proceeding; inasmuch as the chamber would not be a judge

in its own cause.

Several other members briefly addressed the assembly. M. Bazire dwelt upon the inconvenience of such a proceeding, at a time when

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