ill she heard the words, "Mary you are well." The difference of meridian, or such like, was considered by us of little importance; but the facts, which I affirmed to be notorious, remained uncontradicted and untouched. The integrity and respectability of the persons who made the affidavits, in this country no one will question.-I resolved to remain silent, till ridicule and calumny were exhausted, but like the river, Labitur et labetur in omnc edubilis ævum. Any liberal remarks shall excite no angry feelings in me; we are taught from our infancy, to love those who injure us, and differ from us in religion.-Would to Gon, however we might differ in creed we would treat each other as brethren, and all co-operate in the pacification of our country, and contribute to each other's happiness. I am, Sir, your very obliged humble servant, Queen's county, to wit. JOHN DUNN, of Rohenahole, in said county, came before me, one of his majesty's justices of the peace for the said county, and made oath on the holy evangelists, that his niece, Maria Lalor, of Cromogue, near Roskelton, lived in his house at the time she was deprived of her speech-that she has been at his house occasionally since, during the space of more than six years-that he never heard or knew her to speak during that time, until after the 10th of June, 1823, when he saw her again, and heard her speak distinctly. Sworn before me this 21st day of July, 1823. HENRY BRERETON. Queen's county, to wit. By one of his majesty's justices of the peace for the said county.-PATRICK LALOR, of Tinakill, in the Queen's county, esq. came before me this day, and made oath on the holy evangelist, that he knows Miss Maria Lalor, of Cromogue, in the said county-that she is a relative to deponent, and lives within a short distance of his residence-that for upwards of six years last past, to the 10th of June last, 1825, he (the deponent) has known her to be entirely dumb-that his opportunities of seeing her during that period were very frequent—that she could not have the use of speech during that time without his knowledgethat on the 11th of June last, he saw her and heard her speak, when she gave him an accurate account of her having been miraculously restored to her speech the day before, in the chapel of Maryborough—that she still retains her speech, and that he (the deponent) has no doubt of her cure being entirely miraculous. Sworn before me this 22nd of July, 1823, at the request of deponent. JAMES EDMUND SCOTT. PATRICK LALOR. Queen's county, to wit. By one of his majesty's justices of the peace for the said county.-WILLIAM MAHER, of Killeany, in the said county, esq. came before me this day, and made oath on the holy evangelists, that Miss Maria Lalor, of Cromogue, in the said county, is a relative of his, and that he is very intimate with her father, that Cromogue is about two miles from his residence-that he believes Miss Lalor has been dumb for six years, and that he firmly believes she has been miraculously restored to her speech, in the chapel of Maryborough, by Divine Providence, on the 10th of June last, through the intercession of prince Hohenlohe and other pious people, and not by any human means whatever. Sworn before me this 21st of July, 1893, at the request of deponent, Queen's county, to wit. Mr. JAMES LALOR, of Cromogue, near Roskelton, came before me, one of his majesty's justices of the peace for the said county, and made oath on the holy evangelists, that his daughter, Maria Lalor, was entirely deprived of the use of speech from January, 1817, until June 10th, 1823-that on that day, he found her perfectly restored to the use of speech, which she still retains-that he knows of no other means being used to effect her cure but the prayers of prince Hohenlohe, and other pious persons who joined him in the same-that, shortly after she lost her speech he (the deponent) applied to doctor Smith, (now residing in Mounth rath,) in Maryborough, at the Rev. Mr. O'Neill's. After examining her case, he said he would do nothing untill he (Dr. Smith) would consult some Dublin physicians. He requested Mrs. Lalor and the deponent to meet him at Mr. Budds's, in Timuck. On the following week, having met him (doctor Smith) accordingly, he took the deponent apart, and told him he consulted eight physicians in Dublin-that there were only two of them that ever saw a similar case, and that, in them cases, the patients died—and that it was his (doctor Smith's) opinion that the deponent's daughter would die in a short time-that from this opinion of doctor Smith, and, as the deponent thought, of the eight physicians in Dublin, he made no further application for medical assistance. Sworn before me this 21st day of July, 1823, at the deponent's request, JAMES LALOR. JAMES EDMUND SCOTT. Queen's county, to wit. Mrs. MARY LALOR, of Cromogue, near Roskelton, came before me, one of his majesty's justices of the peace for the said county, and made oath on the holy evangelists, that her daughter, Maria Lalor, was totally deprived of speech for more than six years previous to the 10th of June, 1823—that on that day she was present at mass with her daughter, aforesaid, in the chapel of Maryborough, where her said daughter received the holy communion, and in a few minutes afterwards found her perfectly restored to the use of her speech, which she still retains. And she (the deponent) knows of no other means being used to effect this cure, but the prayers of prince Hohenlohe, and other pious persons, who joined in the same. And the said Mrs. MARY LALOR further declares, that shortly after her daughter lost her speech, she (the deponent) applied to doctor Smith, now residing in Mountrath, for medical advice, in Maryborough, at the Rev. Mr. O'Neill's. After examining her case, he considered it a very extraordinary one, and that he would consult some of his medical accqaintances in Dublin, and requested her to meet him at Mr. Budd's, in Timuck, on the following week, which she did accordingly, accompanied by her husband and daughter. Having seen the doctor there, he gave her little hopes of her daughter's recovery. On the 14th of June, 1823, she waited upon him, (doctor Smith), in company with her daughter, Rev. Messrs. O'Connor and Haly, and on reminding him (doctor Smith) of the particulars of her daughter's case, and of his having applied for advice to some medical friends in Dublin, he seemed to her (the deponent) to have a perfect recollection of the whole, and declared that the cure of the said Maria Lalor, the deponent's daughter, was indeed a miracle, and repeated, in a few moments, that it was a miraculous thing. Sworn before me this 21st of July, 1823, at this deponent's request, MARY LALOR. Queen's county, to wit. JAMES EDMUND SCOTT. Miss MARIA LALOR, of Cromogue, near Roskelton, came before me, one of his majesty's justices of the peace for the ɛaid county, and made oath on the holy evangelists, that she was totally deprived of speech during the space of more than six years previous to the 10th of June, 1823; on that day she confessed by sign, went to mass, and received the blessed sacrament-that after communion she heard a voice distinctly say, "Mary you are well"-that she found immediately her powers of speech restored, which continued ever since without interruption, and further saith that she has been in no collusion whatever with any other person; nor has she, the deponent, used any human means at the time of her recovery for the restoration of her speech but the prayers of prince Hohenlohe and other pious persons who joined him therein; and that she, the deponent, is quite convinced she has received this favour from God through no other means. Sworn before me this 21st day of July, 1823, at deponent's request, MARIA LALOR. JAMES EDMUND SCOTT. Queen's county, to wit. The reverend PETER KAVANAGH came before me one of his majesty's justices of the peace, and made oath, on the holy evangelists, that he has seen Miss Maria Lalor, of Cromogue, near Roskelton, occasionally, for the space of about six years, previous to the 10th of June, 1823; that she visited her cousin, the reverend Jeremiah Lalor, (with whom he then lived as coadjutor), and, on some occasions, she remained there for months together; during which time he never heard her utter a single word, or an articulate sound-he also affirms, on oath, that he has seen her twice, at the house of the reverend Mr. O'Connor, previous to the 10th of June-saw her answering by signs and writing, but never heard her speak, till after mass, on the 10th of June, 1823, at which he was present, and heard her speak distinct, before she left the chapel on that day--and further declares, that no human means had been then used for the restoration of her speech. P. J. KAVANAGH, R. C. of Maryborough. City of Dublin, to wit. J. PERCIVAL. The rev. FRANCIS HALY, parish priest of Kilcock, came this day before me one of his majesty's justices of the peace for the city of Dublin, and having made oath on the holy evangelists, saith, that on the 14th day of June last, as deponent best recollects and believes, being in conversation with surgeon Smith, in the house of the said surgeon Smith, in or near the town of Mountrath, and in presence of the Rev. Nicholas O'Connor, of Maryborough, and of Mrs. Lalor, and of her daughter. iniss Maria Lalor, both of or near Roskelton, in the queen's co. ; and in the subject of conversation then and there being the recent restoration of the said miss Maria Lalor to the use of speech, of which it was then and there considered she had been for several years deprived; aforesaid surgeon Smith did, in the bearing and presence of this deponent distinctly declare, that he had a perfect recollection of the case of miss Lalor; mentioned the places wherein he had seen her, and said, he considered her cure to be miraculous; saith depo. nent maketh this affidavit at the request of the rev. Nich. O'Connor. Sworn before me this 23d day of July, 1823. FRANCIS HALY. FRED. DARLEY. SIR,-I have lately found among some old papers that we re never published, a scrip, which to me appears well worth preserving, for which purpose I send it to your MISCELLANY. It is the epitaph of one of the bishops of the isle of Man, whose name was Samuel Butler, composed by and for himself, and afterwards found among his papers. I cannot find any date to it. I know it was the privilege of Furness abbey, a Benedictine monastery, in the north of Lancashire, the remains of which are still visible, to send a bishop out of their own community to this island, which custom they retained till in Charles the first's time I find the Catholic inhabitants lamenting they could not even procure a priest. The epitaph appears to be written with uncommon good taste and sentiment, with the exception perhaps of the last line but one : RUTTERI EPITAPHIUM. In hac domo, quam a virmiculis mutuo accepi, cum fratribus meis, sub spe resurrectionis ad vitam, jaceo Samuel, permissione Divina episcopus hujus insulæ. Siste Lector TRANSLATION. In this abode, which I have borrowed from the worms, together with my brethren, in the hope of a resurrection to life, I lie Samuel, by permission of God, bishop of this island. Reader pause, And contemplate A bishop's palace after death. The Latin scholar will observe I have taken a little liberty in translating the latter lines. Hoping this literary trifle may prove acceptable to many of your readers, I remain, your's, &c. + To the EDITOR of the CATHOLIC MISCELLANY. MY DEAR SIR,-My letter in defence of Dr. Fletcher has, I find, been remarked upon, in his usual style of uncouth vituperation, by the editor of the Orthodox Journal. It will be my present business to defend the positions of my letter, and unveil the sophistry so often resorted to by this writer. At the end of my letter I preferred to sign myself, as I shall ever prefer to call myself, "A Catholic Priest; and I alluded to one sign of the false liberality of the times, in the adoption of the word clergyman by many persons when speaking of our priesthood. For this I am called "petulant," " an ultra divine" and "a very learned priest," of course sarcastically. The editor of the Orthodox Journal can seldom write half a page without some coarseness of this kind; but separating his meaning from these unavailing adjuncts, he intends to find fault with me for feeling a pride in signing myself a "priest ;" and professes not to see how the word clergyman can either please or displease Protestants, when they hear Catholics so designate their own priesthood. In this sense I do make it a matter of pride to sign myself "a priest," that whereas I have the honour to be a priest of that church which alone possesses a sacrifice, an altar and a priesthood, I am not ashamed to appear in my true character; and I do not wish to be confounded with the ministers of other creeds, who are not priests. I could bring many instances of Catholics being ashamed to call us priests when speaking before Protestants, and preferring to call us clergymen. Clergymen we certainly are, and no one can object to our being so designated; provided it be not done by any unworthy conde |