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-'- r i . O TTD A '70) IMF VERMONT TELE '.'" " " ' " I iM SET FOR THE DEFENCE OF THE GOSPEL. - . . ; T':. . .. - 1 " ' . 1 : . 0, S.IURRAY, Editor and Proprietor. BRANDON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1837. . , ' VOL 1X....N0. 20. ' , .. .. .. . i . ' TKRlli isapan wood, denee, (a species -of leaves Or-Tha Vckkoitt Tklbokafh ( publwh J used in TDofing houses,) mats, Tattans, sea wi!Wy,At ' Wb,d ShU? fir; tortoise-shell, and edible birds nests, taofttha after Tour months pd wiibio gb, J j j r;,u:n B 2ftlt month, .nd within the yw,Jt was founded within a century by the $2,60 fttr th eloi of the yr. to rise in this Burmans. The ancient rortincations are tttlo.' I still seen, thooeh rapidly vnnishing by . tphTo eomptaiee who reeiT twelre of wore the use of the bricks for other purposes. topieifoMkndl,tid piy within Curthiv;It j th ith the raTnparts of all the tl,50 after four, month, to me u tboye, . . . . n u v : 1 ltVtKiM -An.K. V 1 towns tn British Burmah,it beinf? useless . irenUho procure indpiy foi six lob- criDers. are enuuea 10 ine eeTenin copy rriue. . " . . . 1 03-No peper tot discontinoed until neri- are paid, except at the discretion of the pub lisher: - (& All t!tert, to iecurt attention, must come 3lSSIOXAnY. From thr Bap. Miaaionary Magazine, Feb. 1837. Deputation to Eastern Bllaalons JOURNAL OF MR. MALCOM. CONTINUED. Bopki in the Karen Language Mergui. The only printed books in their lan- guagr, are three tracts Mrs. Judson's atechism, translated by Mr. Wade, with the Command of the New Testament as contained in the u View' Sayings of thd Father," a small tract containing ac knowledged traditions & commands, which remarkably coincide with biblical history, and Mrs. Judson's Catechism verified, both by Mr. Mason. There are in the Tavov nroTinces about 250 Karpns whn 1 l aVOy provinces aDOUt ZbV larenS WhO can read.. The young-er nart of these generally show great earnestness in copy ing such other works as are prepared by the missionary, and not yet printed. The works which have been written or trans lated, and the printing of which is greatly needed, are as follows .Gospel of Ma tthe w, Yade Mecum, containing passages of Scripture, with reflections for every day jn the month, and embracing an extended view of the Christian religion. Hymn book, containing upwards of 120 hymns, enlarged edition of the 4 Sayings" by Mr. Mason. Translation of Mr. Judson s .-Views ot the Christian religion, and trans lation of most "of Mr. Boardmans Digest, Jboth by native Christians. A tract, con sisting of Didactic and Hortatory pieces by native preachers. Mr. Judson's View of the Christian religion, by Sau Panlah, 3 native assistant. Bible Class Uuestions on Matthew, by Mr. Wade. Brief Bio- rraohies ot Josenh. and other Old Testa- I VUWMUUS meat characters, bv the same. Child's Catechism 'for Sunday schools, by Mr. Vinion. Lee-mo-pga or spelling book of the Sgau or Myettho. Do. of the fhwo or Myet-kyen, (the two dialects used by ihe Karens,) by Mr. Wade. Besides these there are a Grammar, by Mr. Ma son, and a Dictionary by Sir. Wade, in an advanced state of preparation, and a considerable mass of manuscripts, for the use of nresent and future missionaries, which it is not intended to print; such as Customs and Demon worship of Karens fables and legends, amountiug to more thaq 100. , Karen poems and traditions. Many Jetters from Karens, copied into a book, to show.the structure of the lan- guage. An extensive vocabulary of com-1 mnn thSnnra in Tnnrllh nnd fTn. An. her in Pnrmnn. Karen, and Endish. and a phrase-book for beginners, in Bur- rtan and Karen. .1 was happy to find that the Christians here partook of the zeal oftheir transat lantic friends, in giving for the support of ri' preached gospel. A society has been formed, called The Tavoy Missionary Society, auxiliary to the Baptist Board of Foreign Missions," which has been in existence four years. For the last two years it has supported four native assis tants. It is sustained chiefly by the Europeans and Americans at the station, but several of the natives pay their regu lar monthly contribution. I had the pleasure, in my voyage from hence down the coast, to be accompanied hy.Rer. Mr. Wade; and, after four days, arrived at Mergui. The only European with.whom we had intercourse there, was Captain McLeod the Commissioner, or acting governor of the province, who re ceived" us Jo his house with the utmost cordiality. " He communicated with great frankness, m&ny important facts, besides patiently answering' an almost' wearisome tound of questions. Merguvor as the natives call it. Bike, is beautifully situated at the mouth of the middle branch of the Tenasserim. This noble, fiver has three principal mouths, and several minor ones. The principal mouth is that about four miles north, and receives, av few miles before it enters the ocean,' the Bpg" River from the north. A' fine island opposite the town, shelters it. from the south-west monsoon, and makes it a safe though small harbor. , The site of the city embraces a high hill, j surrounded us usual with conspicuous ' rcif odas. Next to the sea it Ttses abruptly. and the houscj of the English, which are erect I on its summit, have a magnificent Vieir cf the lower town, the harbor, and . the cccin. , In the rear the- hill slopes . I I , -it ?.U .1 . gtaauniiy, ana is inicmy duui wuu houses on regular streets, sheltered from the sun hv fine fruit and other trees, al most as close as in a forest Among these the ocean-nut iack and nanaya'are the most frequent.' , The chief exports are he It wlft'b recollected ' that ther' knew nor tnzof leiipn or'Lool-i 'till Mr. Wade reduced ihtir language to writing', about :10 retain extensire walls for a handful of luni, wuicu y, ""r jr wvo ut . . 1 r 1 .1 . naiires, migni neip inein in resisran zv. The nrotince 01 Mergui has 0 popula tion of 10,000, of which above 6,000 are in this town. Of these, thirty-five at this time are English, including some soldiers. This great scantiness of people in one of the firat regions of the eanh is owing to the intolerable government under which they have lived. Though the oppression was felt every where, and at all times, it was about twenty years ago unusually severe in this province under the viceroy ship of Diang-woon, who was engaged in reDellincr the Siamese. The atrocities of this monster were incredible, and drove forty or fifty thousand inhabitants from the province, besides the multitudes which he destroyed. In sneaking to the Burmans, of hell, even at this day, no circumstance is so appalling, as to assure them that Daing-woon will be there. The town seems to increase under the regular administration of justice, and it is ' now enjoyed through English authority. i .. c r! prinfr nronnd ihpm rnmfnrts Rnrvrmr tn 1 rorinenv meii were ueierrcu irom gam- na;nhKnrc nr KniUJnrr 'ntt0r V.no ! e . for fear of exactness. Now they are se cure in their earnings, and the newly built houses are much im Droved in size. materials, and workmanshiD. There r nnno nf thnA trnrva nnrl trammpU which embarrass courts n England and i ... . r . . . I America. The presiding officer in each r O province, Amherst, Tavoy, and Mergui, sits as magistrate on certain days every week, and befoie him every citizen, male or female, may plead their cause, and have immediate redress, without the quibbles of pettifoggers. Every where, in British Burmah, the people are loud in their praises of English justice ; but they are not yet reconciled to regular taxation. Though the Burman government or its ODnressive scents took from them five l,,n".lilcf mouni i ' yPl 7 occas.onal was obtained by distraint, . -- . . 1 . .-'. and consisted chiefly in labor, and they were not under the necessity of snving any thine against a certain day a matter to which they have been altogether unac customed. Here, as at Maulmein and Tavoy, I find numerous Chinamen married to Bur man wives. They are at once the most valuable of the community, for all me chanical and mercantile conveniences, and the most pernicious for introducing and vending, wherever they go, arrack and opivm. Without them Europeans would suffer many discomforts, end through them the natives are greatly corrupted. Their superiority in civilization and intelligence, l various nations with wnoin mey arc lmeiraucu m mis coumry, vc.j iStrikijlET, Beside the usual quantity of pagodas 'and knoungs, there are Jour mosques, for Itne U8e tne Mussulman part of the nonulation. and a rom'sh chapel. About four hundred ot the inhabitants profess to be christians. They are all lineal descen dants from the Portuguese. No converts, that my informants knew of, have joined the number from among the Burmese, ex cept some who join in order to be married to those who belonged before. Mergui is erroneously put down as one of our occupied stations. Ko JYlan-poKe, who has long been printed as settled there, was merely there for six months. We have but one professed Christian in the place, and she a woman. Mr. Mason has been thrice through the town, on his way to the Karens up the Trenasserim, and the efforts he and his associates have made, have met encouraging results. In this respect a very great change has been wrought, we trust, by the good hand of the Lord. Ko Ing was greatly persecut ed, and could c:et but few hearers. He was reviled as he walked along the street, and some would even throw stones. At his death, the people showed no dispo sition to listen, and his wife, with the above named woman, were the only Christians. His death robbed the mission of one oi its most valuable assistants, and the subse quent marriage and removal of his wife, left the solitary widow to hold up a iaini light, m a dark place. Now, the case is quite different. A large part of the peo ple readily receive tracts and New Testa- ments, so much so, that when Ko Myei-ia lately visited the place, takini? one hun dred and fifty Testaments and many tracts, an were gone in two days, without nis go ing aoroad to offer them. All were ap- ,r . . ..... . . l :.u piiea tor at bis lodgings, and receiveawnu many expressions of thanks. Not only did, he thus impart the blessed truths to Burmans f the Chinese and Siamese hear ing that he also had tracts in their lan guage, came for them ; and he entirely dis posed of "a considerable quantity, sent by Mr." Jones frora- Bankok. If is now easy to obtain a congregation of attentive" hear ers, though freouentlv seine dispute. ":Nol only, do many, listen, with apparent-candor, , but; considerable Dumber - seem i Theimistateinent-waiTextifi 1 lsr 'Annual Report Mag. fied;ia the really under serious impressions, and about twenty openly profess to have em braced the gospel. These have not yet been baptized, for want of opportunity suf-J ficiently to examine and try them; but they are said to be steadfast, though much 1 relieved bv their pagan acquaintance. They are like sheep without a shepherd, and need immediate care. Moreover, they would probably form an encouraging church at once, if a missionary could be placed there. The. husband of the disci ple above named, and an interesting daughter, are desirous of baptism. Late circumstances have conspired with the above fact, to make Mergui now a favorable opening. A few years ago, the two chief pojghees came to an open rup ture, and all the people took sides with one or the other. Great animosity and confusion prevailed for a long time, each party denouncing hell to the other. A few months ago one of them retired to Tavoy, and there died. His party have ever since utterly refused to worship the priests who remain, or make them any offerings, and, in fact, have almost ceased all their religious observances. These are now particularly ready to hear our preachers. The fact, too, that Siamese bhyans live here, most of whom, the men at least, speak Burman, and that on the Tenassenm, and its tributary streams, and on ihe coast be IUW "gui vnwgts, imc.iu tninJno - nnnnU nrn-P n tn mal-P Pnr v I o f, - j , efforts here. If any of these Shvans , should receive Christ, fand surely we may I i j i i l i j i u hone and believe thev would,) they would I be invaluable in carrying the gospel to! the Corresponding Secretary of your So their countrymen, who Inhabit the hills ciety 1 , r - i m I (! 1ITL.! '. .L. . 1 I 1 and mountains from the Tenasserim to Bankok. TraCtS, &C. in this lannfUae A ir t I 1i can ai once De nau irom mr joncs.anu an inings seem to oe reaay. 1 ne intercourse between Burmah and Siam, so far as the natives of the two countries are concerned, .1 ! .1 1 m, . is perfectly unrestrained, though no white pleasure to this Board, to learn any inter man is allowed to pass the frontier, jesting facts which may stand connected Many Karens, too, are assembled con-' with th(; oriSin of your Society, and to re veniently by boat, from Mergui, up the: ce,ve a br'ef stateme nt of the opm.ons and Tenasserim and its branches. Matah fSe'n of ,ts membeis ln reference to the village stands on an extreme branch of. L'ause. this rirer, accessible by water only to We earnestly pray to God for the uni- wry small boats. Tenasserim city, once verv Urtre. hut nmv rnntninintr n nnnnln. I tion of onlv about 250. is but fortv miles ! un the river from Moro-ni. It is resorted i to from different places, for gold dust, and would be an important out-post for a na tive assistant. The islands on the Tenasserim coast are quite populous, and, as yet, have never There are three large islands in one clus-!t,0n ter, inhabited by Se-longs, without a writ-! ,Vr ' v a i ten language, and in a very degraded state. parted from prim, tive purity and simphc tl ...b.,j .-i.: 1 s.k.. r ty, either m doctrine or practice. Our x utrse wuuiu uauu oumc ui tuc unitr u native assistants from Mergui, and occa- i . c .u sional visits from the missionary. n , . J ! aii iuc iaus Lunspire 10 urge us to piace a missionary nere as soon as possi ble. In order to this, the man must be sent out. as no missionary on the ground can oe spared irom nis present post. Ihe piace is as saiuorious, pernaps, as any V.U p.ece ui ine oruisii unit-era secures nearly an tne L II .1 conveniences of house keeping with entire regularity. The cost of living is less than at Maulmein. To be Coutinued. It was his body the ceremony of burning which, 1 have described. j RELIGIOUS MISCELLANY. ! I CIRCULAR. To the Baptist State Conventions, Asso ciations and Churches in the United States: Greeting : The Board of the Ameri can and Foreign Bible Society, would ex press their gratitude to God for the success which has already attended their labors. Originating in the providence of God, the institution hasthus far been favored with the approbation of his people ; and the reports and minutes from almost every State Con vention and Association throughout the Union, continue to furnish the most satis factory assurances, that the principles oi its organization, and prominent objects, only require to be well understood, to se cure for it the undivided co-operation of the whole denomination. Information up on these several points may be obtained by reference to 'The Address," and oth er documents, already published by the Society. At the meeting of the Board in July last, TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED dol lars, were appropriated to aid the British Missionaries in India, in giving the Ben galee New-Testament to the benighted millions of that dak region. This, u will be recollected, is the version which was the bone of contention resulting in the formation of the American and Foreign Bible Society. At a subsequent meeting fave thousand dollars were appropriated for the translations made by our own be loved missionaries in Burmah and Siam. But although it will gratify every friend of the cause, to learn that our infant soci ety hasthus been . enabled by the liberality ofthe churches, to do something for the diffusion of sacred truth, and that most of the Associations at their annual meetings. I hare approved of 'the .object, and. formed auxiliary . societies wnnin ,iueic . oouuua. ana mat at some 01 wese meetings, couec tions, liberal almost beyond example, have been taken, or subscriptions made ; yet the Board realize that other and still meje enlarged efforts are demanded by the ac tual moral destitution of the world ; and do therefore earnestly request that similar measures may be universally aaopted. ; Hitherto the want of adequate funds, and j other causes, have prevented the appoint ment of a suitable number of agents; and ; for some time to come, the society feel that 1 they -must depend chiefly upon the piety J and zeal of the churches for all that is to ! U i-i 1 in-- J i . r ! uc atumpnsiieu. vv e uo inereiore ler vently entreat, that the State Conventions, Associations and Churches, approving of the measure, will lose no time in forming auxiliary societies, so that they may if possible, be announced in the First Annu al Report of the Parent Institution. To secure this desirable object, it is necessary that the auxiliary societies already form ed, but who have not yet reported them selves, as well as those which may be or ganized, should as soon as practicable for ward an account of their formation to the Corresponding Secretary of the American and Foreign Bible Society, No. 82 Madi son street, New-York. The following are some of the principal questions which we desire yon to answer : 1 When was your Society formed, and what is its name 2. Have you adopted the Constitution .,jr i uuV 3 Who ar the nffinnrs nf vnnr Snf n. - j - ty ? 4- What is the number of its members ? 5. What is the name, and address of o. vv nai is uie amount aireaay sud scribed, and the probable extent to which you can obtain funds during the current year, for the circulation of the sacred vol ume throughout the world ? Besides the above, it will afford great ver,8al ainusion oi primitive Christianity ; and affectionate regards to all who love our Jesus Christ. 1 remain your fellow laborer, CHARLKS G. SOMMERS, Cor. Sec. of the Amer. and F. B. S. REFORMATION. We shall not be deterred from the abuse of this term, to urge a reforma- ,nLthSe.ih,nS ,in uLhlch ,we c0.n 1 I . r.nAr.r, 1 . L. J uu n A'TV u rluuwl "i,u" an evi , which needs to be reformed. Bish- ',, . , , . . op or blder are scriptural designations, but for the use of I 1 T- u. u , rxevereno, or Right Reverend, we have no warrant whatever, hi the word of God. They are j a remnant of the corruptions! introduced into the church of Christt by the Man pf ! Sintn ev 0we their origin to the vanity i of ouT farn and imperfect nature. Had the Reformation under Luther been fully carried out, all such mummeries would have been discarded, as unworthy of the plain and sublime doctrine of the cross. The Episcopal church unfortunately, in this respect, followed close in the footsteps of the church of Rome, by dignifying her ecclesiastics with the high sounding ap pe of , the right reverend, the bishop of or archdeacon of And the followers of Calvin, who professed to car ry out the Reformation to its full perfec tion, have imbibed this error to a great ex tent, and have been humble copyists ofthe Papists and Episcopalians in this thing. It is not however to be so much wondered at, seeing that they mixed human tradi tions with the word of God. But that the Baptists who profess to be guided entirely by the word of God, and to renounce whol ly the traditions of men especially those introduced into the papal church, such as infant sprinkling, &c, should have given way to' this absurdity is truly to be lament ed ; and ought without delay to be re formed. When such men as Robert Hall, Andrew Fuller, Adoniram Judson, and Robert B. Sernple, decline the title of D. D.. in our opinion it loses all the dignity which some have imagined is attached to it, and sinks into utter insignificance. It is a distinc tion which is only calculated to puff up a frail creature, who needs no incentives to become vain and elated ; but rather in ducements to cultivate humility of heart, and lowliness of spirit and disposition It is not usually bestowed as the meed of eminent holiness, or devoted piety, but is rather an indication of high standing in popular estimation. It is more the re ward of fame than of sterling merit We were pleased at the stand taken by our brethren in Philadelphia, a short time ago, and trusted that it would be generally followed. . ..If the editors of our periodic als would agree to omit such titles in their reports of meetings, it woulddo much tow ards remedying this anti-scriptural" prac lice. We will endearorin our future re ports, to lay. aside all reverends, D; Da, esquires and honorables. Religious Her. - . The heart in which God reigns is tran quil every where. i f ' l-m rru rinncr p ntir n rn r n im i ANTI-ROMANISM. From the American Protestant Vindicator. Hotel Dteu Nunnery of Montreal We have received the article written by the Rev. Mr. Miller of Argyle, N. j "i ., illustrating the controversy respect-1 ing the true character of Canadian pope-! rv. It is a very luminous end important ! .;..imnni.i n'l r.mi ,v,ikw' , , , testimonial. The total woithlessness of Mr. Stone's statements upon that subject is understood by all Protestant but Mr. Miller has advanced upon the epeniy, and has demonstrated what we hap always declared, that there is scarcely a p article of verisimilitude in William L. Stone's narrative to the truth in any onjcircu in stance, which is cognizable by sight, or touch, or hearing. Mr. Miller is a Presbyterian minister, too well known to require any other re commendation than the ensuiug essay fur nishes. MARIA MONK AND COL. STONE. " I have just returned from a sojourn of ( Maria Monk, to go in. One of the condi six weeks in Lower Canada, spent chiefly j tions was, that if the examination failed to in the country adjacent td Montreal, and a, prove the truth of Maria Monk's Disclos part of the time in that city; and while jures, she should be delivered up to the there, I endeavored to avail myself of such j authorities that she might be dealt with as opportunities as I could meet with of form- she deserved. With this condition. Mr. ing a correct judgment for myself, on the C. became responsible for a compliance ; controversy between Maria Monk, the and Mr. J. engaged to see the bishop and professed ex-nun of the Hotel Dieu Nun-, let him know the next morning. Mr. J. nery, of Montreal, and Col. Stone of New-, not, however, complying with this engage York. Although from the attitude which j mem, Mr. C, after waiting two or three the parties now occupy, the field of con- j days, and hearing nothing from Mr. J. troversy might, with propriety have been ! called on him again, when Mr. J. gave, as left to themselves, but from a bearing j the cause of his non-compliance, that he which some of the matters involved, have j had not seen the bishop, but promised to on a question of deep and vital interest to j do so immediately, and to call on Mr. C. the American people, it seems to be a du-! next morning betlveen nineand ten o'clock, ty, which every citizen, friendly to the per- and seemed then quite confident permis- A..!4.. w r . 1 1 I 1 . i 1 ml peiuiiy ui our niesiimaoie religious ana j political freedom, owes to the communi ty, to endeavor, as far as truth and facts are concerned, to disabuse the publicmind j on this subject. tSesides having since my return, been frequently asked my opinion, from what I saw and learned at Mon treal, respecting the comparative credit due to Maria Monk's and Col. Stone's re spective statements, I have concluded to present my opinion. The subject of Pope ry has deservedly awakened a deep inter est among tne American people. The immense and increasing influx "of foreign papists into this country for some years past, and the recent disclosures of the mor al condition ofthe Popish institutions, are circumstances which cannot, and ought not fo be overlooked by the true friends of American liberty, whether civil or re ligious. The true state of the question, as it pends, between Col. Wm. L. Stone, and Maria Monk, seems to be this : Maria Monk, in her book of 4 Awful Disclos ures," charges the popish bishop and priests, connected with the Hotel Dieu Nunnery, of which she professes to have been an inmate, with crimes and conduct, which, if true, prove that that institution, is a most iniquitous, impure, and demoral izing establishment ; such an institution as ought not to be tolerated in any chris tian or enlightened country. On the oth er hand, Col. Stone, having visited Mon treal and the Convent, h?s volunteered his statement as testimony to prove that the priests, nuns and all connected with the institution, are pure, innocent, and righteous persons, and the nunnery a most beneficial institution. In order to make good his point, he attempts to show from facts, the knowledge of which he pro fesses to have obtained by actual personal observation, that Maria Monk is a liar and an impostor, and never was in the Con vent at all. The facts set forth by Maria Monk, if true, prove that the Hotel Dieu Nunnery ot Montreal, is, in its character and the uses made ol it just what, every intelligent reader knows, from the most undoubted testimony, similar institutions have beeu for centuries past, wherever they have ex isted. These circumstances cive no small weight to her testimony. If we consult Bower, Gavin, White, Baxter, and others, whose names might be given, their state ments prove that the Hotel Dieu, is, in no essential particular, different, so far as the character and conduct of those connected with it are concerned, from what its kin dred establishments were in Europe in former times. More recently, even in our own country, many facts strongly corrob orative of Miss Monk's statements, have been given to the public by Miss Reid, for some time an inmate of the Ursuline Con vent ; by S. B. Smith, a popish priest, who had extensive opportunitiesof learning the true character of those institutions ; and many other isolated facts now before the public : and the persevering silence or re fusal of the obstinate priests to the repeat - ed calls, proposals and challenges of re- spectable persons, for an examination of the buildings by a competent number ofi penxjus as suuaoie persons as witnesses,! Magdalen Asylum, mat iviana Monk had with Maria Monk as their guide. If the! in her mind's eye, when she wrote her charges of Maria Monk were groundless, i description of the nunnery, in which she or if she never had been a nun in that in-; was enclosed, and not the Hotel Dieu. stitution, as asserted by Col. Stone and This induced me to desire to see Mrs. the papists, nothing could have been easi-' McDonnell's establishment and compare er than to have proved this, by an actual its appearance with Miss Monk's descrip- -examination, immediately upon the first tion and plan ofthe Hotel Dieu, as repre application. This would have been con-1 sented in her book, and the drawing ac- I 1 . f ml f " -i 1 . W ciusive anu satisiactory. i ne reiusai oi t the priests, to admit of such examination, is verv. stroner presumptive evidenceVof their guilt and the truth of Miss Monk's by the fact, that after sufficient time to make3, alterations Jtp the building, had elapsed "the papists invited certain individ uals of their Own "choosing to make an ex- . arnination ; still rousingio permit an ex amination by persoTinot oftheir own se lecting; or by persons in companywhh Maria Monk. Of thi$Jact I obtained the most unquestionable evidence, whilein - "jry, we prorM.we- Con gregati6nal society m , that' city, m whose veracity, candor, and )lety, JI placB full confidence, assured toe. that oni the same day, in July last, of the "examination of the Hotel Die.u, by Messrs. "PeTkins, Curry, and others, under the guidance of Mr. Jones, the Catholic Editor of Mon treal ; he calltd on Mr. Jones and request ed, that. permission might be obtained fof several gentlemen, from New-YoTk, with ! others from Montreal to examine the Coo vent ; ihat Mr. Jones at first said, he did not think the bishop would give such per mission : but afterwards said that on cer i tain conditions, he would engage to oh i tain nermission for these gentlemen, with sion would oe granted, i nis interview was on Monday, and Mr. C. heard noth ing further on the subject, until Saturday, when accidentally meeting ilr. J. in the Post Office : where he avowed to him that he could not obtain the bishop's per mission, and assigned that a the reason why he had not fulfilled hi promise. -The amount of the stateraept was published, under the authority of Mr. Clary's own name, in the Protestant Vindicator. Thus we have proof positive, that those interest ed in sustaining the character ofthe Con vent, have refused to permit such examin ation, as would, incontestably, settle the question, respecting the, truth or falsehood of Maria Monk's charges. If innocent, why should they have refused the only possible means of making their innocence unequivocally appear? Innocency does not usually shun investigation. I must mention another circumstance, which appears to be an instance of the strongest possible kind of substantial evi dence. Priest Conroy called several times at me Aims nouse, in rxew-iorK, in which Maria Monk was first entertained, and endeavored to obtain an interview with her alone ; and stated to other persons, connected with the institution, that he knew she had escaped from the nunnery that he had orders from the bishop to apprehend her, and take her back, &c, and all this before she had made any of her disclosures. These circumstances had strongly im pressed my mind that the Awful Disclos ures were materially true. Besides, I had read the book with care and attention, and believed it gave strong internal evidence of being a genuine production, and the au thoress had been what she described. With these views ofthe matter in contro versy, I went to Montreal, wishing to ob tain certain knowledge of the truth. There I first learned that Col. Stone had published a report of his examination of the Hotel Dieu, and when I heard of his conclusion, I was not a little surprised.- r I had read Messrs. Perkins' and Curry's report, which appeared to make but little impression against the credit of Maria Monk's book. But I suppose that Co)., Stone had discovered some new evidence, clearly demonstrating the falsehood of the Awful Disclosures. Before I had an op portunity of reading Col. Stone's account, I had a conversation with Messrs. Per kins and Curry, American protestant min isters in Montreal, knowing that they ad vocated the innocency of the priests, and the purity ofthe nunnery. I proposed to them several considerations, which, in my opinion, gave credibility to the ex-nun's book. I heard and reflected on the an swers which they very obligingly and po litely gave, and although they were not such as I thought those gentlemen ought themselves to rest satisfied with ; yet they had the effect of making me suspend any further opinion on the subject, until I should examine such evidence as they re ferred me to, in confirmation oftheir opin ion particularly Col. Stone's report, and Mr. Jones book. Ti hey also expressed their belief as Col. Stone and Mr. Jones had done, that it was Mrs. McDonnell' coropanying me lute editions.. , i accord in gly applied to Mrs. McDonnell, for per mission to take a view of her Asylum," wMch she readily and .very politejyratit-;. ed. I riaitedthis in company with lha Rev. Mr. Clary We found the house to 1 ,-: ! - 3 a j ,r.i n n