the forehead. On seeing these things, Mr. Russell drew me aside, and pointing 6 "On one occasion, and I think more than one, I remarked that the agony did not come immediately. She seemed to have forgotten for a moment that she ought to be in agony, and the groaning began several seconds after the wound was touched. Now, however, when the bleeding of the stigmas was waited for, she doubled both her fists strongly together so as to bring the points of the fingers violently in contact with the inside stigmas, and evidently suffered no pain from the operation. After several writhings and convulsive movements in the bed, which ended in nothing, she whispered Mr. Foley. What she said we did not then learn. Mr. Foley said it was something curious,' which he could not repeat; but he gave us to understand that the wounds would not bleed, and that there was no use in our staying longer, for that there would be no change till three o'clock (it was now between twelve and one). Accordingly Mr. Russell, Mr. Scully, and myself soon after left the room; and, on comparing notes on our walk back to the inn, we unanimously agreed that the whole affair was a diabolical fraud, and that one, at least, of the servants was in the conspiracy. We agreed also that Mary Roche knew we had suspected her, though nothing had passed between us beyond what has been here stated. We resolved to go at once to the Rev. Mr. what we had witnessed. He told us that our narrative confirmed some previous -, and inform him of doubts of his own; he mentioned another instance in which an inspection of the miracle of the marks of the cord had been prevented by special revelation; and he told us that, before these miracles had occurred the Tyrolese Virgins had formed the subject of certain discourses in the Asylum by Mr. Foley. Mr. that on one occasion a handkerchief, with blood on it, had been shewn him, and he also said, was told that it was from Mary's forehead, and could not be washed out. ordered some water to be brought, however, and every stain of blood was soon He made to disappear. staid behind us. When we got back to the inn we met Brother He said that after we had gone, Mr. Foley acquainted the crowd who had that the wounds would not bleed to-day, because persons who had no faith in the miracles had been present (this, it seems, was the curious' saying before referred to); the room was then all but cleared, and soon it was announced that the wounds had begun to bleed. The crowd all rushed back, together with some Protestant additions, no one knows who, and again the miracle of the bleeding stopped short for want of faith. "As to the commencement of these manifestations, we were told by Mr. Foley that for some time several months ago, one of the girls (Mary Roche, I believe) had great pains. The doctor was called in, and blisters were applied, but without giving any relief. At length Mr. Foley himself inquired of the girl whether she was not concealing from him some spiritual cause of her sufferings. She then told him that she had a great sympathy with our Lord's sufferings, and thought her pains might have some connexion with these. to make an indistinct appearance, we were told by one of the curates that Mr. Foley When the stigmas began first of all ordered the entire establishment to put up a fifty days' prayer for the more distinct manifestation of what was thus going on. became more distinct. At the end of that time the stigmas may have been suggested by Father Foley's discourses on the Tyrol Virgins, and It appears, then, that the first idea of these miracles that the commencements of them were (unconsciously) helped on by his suggestions and positive encouragement." What strikes us most forcibly in this scene of folly, profaneness, and indecency (for to exhibit the facts it was necessary to transcribe some disgusting passages) is not so much the wickedness of these "holy [AUG. women," as they are called, or the fanaticism, if it be not fraud, of their priestly confessor, as the state of a religious communion in which such scenes can occur. What must be the condition of the multitude, when educated laies, and even learned priests, profess their primâ facie belief in such pretended miracles, and are only forced out of it when the fraud becomes too glaring to be denied. Mr. Lucas expressly says: "Our minds were anything but sceptically disposed on commencing the inquiry. On the contrary, we all looked at it with much reverence, and were strongly disposed to believe it true. Up to the time of the blood appearing on the forehead, and even later, I looked at what was being done with the utmost respect and even devotion. Mr. Scully, though staggered by some part of the scene, was inclined to believe the possibility of the genuineness of the affair." These few words indicate fearfully the awful ignorance, superstition, and worse, in which the Romanist priests hold the great mass of the people of Ireland; and to support a system thus characterized and thus supported, it is demanded that the revenues of the Protestant church should be confiscated; and some Protestants, some members even of the Imperial Parliament, have swelled the cry of spoliation. Let it not be forgotten that Mr. Foley is the founder and president of a missionary college for the conversion of England. The Hon. and Rev. Mr. Spencer said, in the "Catholic Magazine" for May 1841, that Mr. Foley told him that he had then (and the number soon doubled) forty-five missionary students, "every one of whom would be happy to devote his life to the conversion of England, if a place were offered him; and he proposed to me, if I desired it, to choose six of the most promising immediately, who should, through their whole course of study, consider themselves as destined for England." Has Lord Shrewsbury selected some of Father Foley's missionaries to transfer the Tyrol miracles to Alton Towers? But worst of all is the revolting profaneness of such lying miracles; for they pretend to represent the agony and blood, the cross and passion, of our Divine Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ; and this to delude the multitude, and bring celebrity and gain to rival Popish institutions. And even when the imposture is discovered, the Papal authorities endeavour to hush up the matter. The Rector of Youghal says: On the 2nd of March, and the following day, a Commission, composed of several Roman Catholic priests and Medical gentlemen, examined into the affair. It was found that the acting was excellent, and the self-command of the principal personages wonderful. Some temporary difficulty was experienced in ascertaining from whence was procured the blood which smeared the forehead; but at length the physicians prudently examined the interior of the mouth, and in each subject the lip or inside of the cheek was found to have been pierced, in a manner that permitted blood to be drawn, at will, by suction. But no authorised account of this conclusive investigation has been given to the public. A veil of oblivion is sought to be drawn over it. A simple announcement from the altar of the Romish chapel, in Youghal, that it was found to be no miracle, and a caution against committing sin by speaking on the subject, is all that is known to have been done on the final authoritative detection of the abominable blasphemy. There has been no indignant disclaimer, no searching investigation into the authors and originators of the imposture. Whether clerical or laical, male or female, is, as far as the public have been afforded proof, as much a mystery as ever. Surely it will be inferred, if the Church of Rome, acting through her ministers, and under the sanction of her hierarchy, were in earnest in endeavouring to avoid fellowship with the accursed thing, she would drag the principals forward whosoever they may be. She would require the application of the salutary chastisements which the laws of the land inflict, or should inflict, on blasphemers, impostors, and cheats. Or she would make it evident that she at least had done her best to direct the indignant reprobation of her children against this outrage on Christianity and its Divine Author." 471 REVIEW OF NEW PUBLICATIONS. LIFE AND CORRESPONDENCE OF LORD TEIGNMOUTH. THE chief public events of Lord Teignmouth's life, after his final return from India to England, must be well known to most of our readers, especially his efforts to promote Christianity in India, and to lay there the foundations of the Episcopal Church; and his "works of faith and labours of love," as president of the Bible Society. But the life and correspondence published by the filial biographer, present some new and interesting particulars upon these pursuits-Nominated Justice of Peace "Resides at Clapham-Society and Receives a challenge-Contributions to the Christian Observer-Theological opinions-Active interest in public Surrey-Preparations against French affairs-Appointed Vice-Lieutenant of invasion-Origin and formation of the British and Foreign Bible SocietyLord Teignmouth appointed its President. "Publication of the Memoirs of Sir William Jones-Mohawk translation of Versions-Arabic Bible. on "His review of Buchanan's London Memoir Ecclesiastical Establishments in India' (in the Christian Observer) — Nominated a commissioner for the Operations of the Bible Society, and affairs of India, and a privy counsellor plans for promoting Christianity in India opposed-Publication of Lord Teignmouth's Considerations on Comtianity to the Natives of India.' municating the Knowledge of Chris subjects, at least as to Lord Teign-house-Welsh Bible-Uniformity of There being no connected narrative to abridge, the most convenient method of dealing with the materials before us will be to extract such passages as may seem desirable, prefixing a table of contents of the volume as a key to the citations. "Arrival and reception in EnglandResides in London-Acknowledgment of his services by the Court of Directors-Resides in Devonshire-Commences Memoir of Sir W. JonesDeclines official employment-Correspondence on the question of peace "Residence in Portman Square Pursuits-Devotion to the affairs of the Defence of the Bible Society, in reply 66 of the Bible Society-Oriental pursuits "Extensive and encouraging support -Departure of Lord Teignmouth's se cond son for India. "His third son embarks for India, relative to the Bible Society, and other with his regiment-Correspondence matters. "Death of relatives and friendsCorrespondence. 'Apocryphal controversy in the Bible Society-Correspondence with Lord Amherst relative to his second son in India. "Death of Lord Teignmouth's youngest son-Apocryphal controversy: con cluded in England its progress in Scotland, terminating in the secession of the Scottish auxiliaries from the parent institution. "Lord Teignmouth presides for the last time at an Anniversary Meeting of the Bible Society-Socinian controversy in the Society-Death of his son-in-law. "Last illness and death-Tributes to his memory." By glancing at the above, the reader will be able to see the bearing of the extracts; which we will endeavour to present in a compendious form, by generally prefixing headings. Lord Teignmouth's settles in England. -"Lord Teignmouth experienced in his own country a most cordial reception, both public and private. One of his first employments was, to engage a house, temporarily, in Stratford Place; -in compliance with the advice he gave to his Indian friends, not to fix their abode till after a year's residence in England, and then to select it in conformity to the Arabic maxim : 'Seek a neighbour before you seek a house.' His leisure was passed agreeably in the society of his numerous friends : but he complains, in his correspondence, of the burden of idleness, and of the non-improvement of his time. He received much attention from Mr. Pitt, Mr. Dundas, and other Members of the Government. Among those whose acquaintance he now for the first time formed, was that of the Rev. John Newton, the friend of Cowper, whose society he cultivated, and who was not an unfrequent guest at his house. Whilst residing in Stratford Place, Lord Teignmouth commenced practice of assembling his household morning and evening for family prayer, and of reading a sermon to them on Sundays." the The Duke of York and the Army. He writes to Mr. Wilberforce, Nov. 9, 1799: "I had yesterday the satisfaction to see Mr. Owen, (afterwards Archdeacon) safe returned from his Dutch Expedition and his information was so interesting. that I most heartily wished you had heard it. The details were rather different from those of a common campaign, such as the Commander-in-Chief would have given; as he very properly left the history of marches and counter-marches to those who ordered them. The object of his journey, or rather the motive of it, was Christian benevolence; and in this warfare his occupation principally con sisted. You will be pleased, however, to learn summarily what he communicated; that the Duke of York conducted himself with great regularity and propriety, exhibiting in his practice a sense of religion, and various acts of humanity he was very popular. Mr. Owen lived with several officers of the Guards, and was witness to an uniform propriety of behaviour, great zeal for the Service, and perfect contentment under the fatigues and inconveniences attending it. He never met with one scoffer at Religion. Every scope was given to his own exertions; and he had full employment for his religious functions, particularly amongst the wounded, both officers and men.' Pursuits at Exmouth.-"In the year 1800, he removed to Exmouth in Devonshire, in the neighbourhood of which his brother and several of Lady Teignmouth's relatives resided. Here, in the Spring, he commenced his 'Memoir of the Life and Correspondence of Sir W. Jones'; a work which he undertook at the request of his friend's widow ; and he felt bound, as he observes, by honour and inclination to fulfil his engagement. In the summer, he made, with his family, an extensive excursion; embracing a visit to Hawkstone, the seat of his friend Sir Richard Hill, with whom he was connected by marriage. Lord Teignmouth's correspondence at this period, especially with Mr. Wilberforce, refers principally to two topics, on which they both felt an anxious interest-the means of relieving the existing scarcity, and the important question of peace with France." Removes to Clapham.-"In 1802, Lord Teignmouth took possession of a large and commodious house at Clapham. His chief inducement to the selection of this village as the place of his abode, was the prospect of enjoying the society of his numerous and mostvalued friends-Grant, Wilberforce, Henry Thornton, and others, either residents or frequent visitors, eminent alike for piety and intellectual powerswho had long cherished the hope of uniting him to their number, and of associating him in the planning and execution of those vast schemes of beneficence which have blended the recollection of their names and examples with the best interests of the human race. “In the delightful and profitable social intercourse he now realised-in the exercise of enlarged hospitality-in literary pursuits in the education of his children, and constant superintendence and participation of their amusements-in attention to the poor of a populous district, and in the manage 1843.] Review of Life and Correspondence of Lord Teignmouth. 473 ment of charitable and religious institutions in the metropolis-Lord Teignmouth found ample occupation; whilst he added to his other employments that which he looked to from the summit of his Indian elevation as the highest object of his ambition-the office of Justice of the Peace." a A letter which Lord Teignmouth 66 Aug. 25, 1803. "On my return from Church on Sun- "In the public situation which I held in India, I am well aware that circumstances may have often occurred in which I was under the necessity of acting by CHRIST. OBSERV. No. 68. the obligations of public duty, even where it might affect the feelings of individuals. This was a matter of necessity, not of choice; nor will I presume to affirm that my judgment was not sometimes erroneous. Whenever such circumstances have been recalled to my consideration, I have reflected upon justice to any individual whom I might them, with every disposition to render have unintentionally aggrieved; and in this disposition, I have retraced the correspondence between us in Bengal, and the circumstances of my conduct to you there, without being able to discover any errors of judgment on my part, which might make an apology from me necessary. In this view, and from an anxiety that the grounds of my conduct should be fully and explicitly stated, as well as to afford you an opportunity of the preceding detail. I considering them, I have entered into shall not affect to misunderstand the intimation in your letter. If I were governed by the rules of modern honour, I should still be of opinion that, even upon that principle, you have not the least right to call upon me for personal satisfaction. Acting in a public character, and from public mohold myself responsible to every man tives, it cannot be expected that I should who might chance to be offended at my conduct. In your case, as I before said, I acted merely on the defensive ;—I had no motive of enmity;-I did not seek for the occasion; it was obtruded upon me-but, being compelled to act, I sacrificed my own feelings to a sense of duty. Had my inquiry into your character been the consequence of my defollow that my conduct, in my circumtermination, it would not therefore at all stances, was wrong but you have yourself declared that my opinion has not operated to the prejudice of your private though there may be no obligation upon character or professional pursuits. But me to enter further into explanation, I am not solicitous to conceal here what has long been a professed principle with me, that I hold it utterly unwarrantable, from any private resentment or point of honour, deliberately to attempt the life of a fellow-creature, or expose my own, in the commission of an act absolutely forbidden by the Law of God.' "This was despatched to the gentleman yesterday afternoon; and I expect such an answer as a man of the world, and such a man of the world, will give. ation, but a much larger proportion of This business has occasioned some vextrouble to me; far less of the first than, posed. It is a consolation to me to feel without the trial, I should have sup 3 P |