The Express.
London, England, 1852-09-25 00:00:00

Mr. Hatchard—l was desirous it should not be done at my
beta.. If it had it might have been supposed that it was
dons at • dictation.
The Bishop—l think you em quite right. That had not
occurred to me. But it occurred to me that if eke w, at
sway to nuke a s•atement she might be iisaifttil by airy
pomp, es in point of fact mho wee &minted.
CHILINV
. . . . . .

Mr. Child's I tier to the Bishop, dated the tile of August,
and enclosing t.o statement, was then read
August, 11162.
" Rev. Sir,—l with to certify that I lived as's:lrma tor
two yeanand a h ilf with the Sisters of Mercy, during which
time I desired to revive the holy communion; and it was
awerniag to the rules of the esteblishment ceeessury to
aaftss to Mr. E'ry nae. I was token by Slater Bertha and
loft in the church a tae Mr. Peyote's. The door was leeched
end he led ma er.:o the confessional room, which is rho
right hand tower o.) the ground door--a pine 66 ocely large
enough to contain two persons. He placed one in • three-
gged chair, and Limeelf directly before nee, Mil siren,.; wy
thoughts—namely, what my besetting lin WKS. onee cud
• that my sins were s ) numerous, I could out tell shish must
prevailed. U. inquired whether I bud soy improper
thoughts when in lied? I replied, when in bed I was tired
and wens 0 sleep. He wished to know vs h,....1,er 1 heft any
lustful thoughts uwards men. I said it er.., on improper
inquiry of ministeri of the gospel. He repeated the ques-
tion with respect to the boys in the college. 1 replied, the
bee). were trio rude far any one to liko thus. tie said, have
you ever need • • • I said, Ido taut uthieniesnd your
question. He vets angry, and suit I was sharp enough
end would not uad-rstund. He than raid, do you ever
• • • • Da you ever do arything itideteLt after you
are in heel ? I replied, 1 know not west Ido wee n 1 ton
asleep. He desired cue to go dome and pray in 64 • let for
sum. hours. On another °cession he iequi,cil if I w '4l'ot
to he a sister, Nevus.• in that case I must have Go Impure
thoughts. I replied, there is none I: .tad ; Idu to, thisik
the hest Christian in the world is free from evil thoughts.
He inquired if I were cruel to dumb animals? I said, I
once drowned three eittens, but 1 was not es. are Ist b•:.1,14
• particularist cruel t... 1 dumb animals. lie clewed tbet I
waste confess to him as if it were the judguiei.t day sad i.o
were God. I inlie,.. -d if he co:oh:trees th:a he: had
tame power to ter;ivo sins as God Ile eeptied that
minis t were sent to forgive sins. 1 refused to believe he
' bad an wee of forgiveness. He desired mo to kneel
sad e.re.fen the e....it'essienal creed after him. the who:e of
which Ido not rememlier. It commences wet.' I eo:.fess
to tivt, 0 Father.' I once went to Lim witlwut sno.a,
having a very had cold, which he nottwd. !complained of
sot baying shoes to wear. He replied that wi.a a small
trial, which we mutt learn to bear. I complained.* lining
my health in consequence. I frequently w. sit to Sioke
Church without shoes. I put on an old parr, wl.itl .re
soon as noticed, I was desired to take off. 1 here w :ro
many other CitT/Irrcsaece, too numerous to tut cation. lat
length detensir.ed on leaving them, which I dad in Jui.e,
and have not the least hesitation an standing ireful., Mr.
rrynue to peeve the truth of these remarks.
" l am, sir, your most obedient •ervaat,
—,"

The Bishop then read a letter from Mr. l'ryane to

"St. 'Pet, es, Auz. 11, 1832.
"My Lord—l um actin obliged to troub!.. ur
on the subject of a communicatien which 1 hate receired
from Mr. Childs, the minister of St. Mary*, Devonport
Ile has, he infirini m. , forwarded to your loril,hip a cony
of a statement ivhi.h he hes procured from 4, Iterson called
E— H—. Your lerili,hip will, I hate no doubt, have
ohserved in the statem.mt itself the make of is own fake-
bord and absurdity, but your hrdship would naturally
think that at least a person of that tome had reany been to
ate for confusion, however much she had perverted ihc
facts of the ease.
I " I beg, neverthe:e-s, solemnly to :usury ym.r
that I never received 4 eonleuion from a I,ison cal! 4
•E— ll it, my life. Her statement, LTA refer, is :in
impure and fl!thy fabrication from beginning t.) cad.
" The only penes 1 can possibly think of as likely to !-c
the author of the statement is a servant who once Lvi I
with the Kitten, called, I believe, E—; but whose °the r
iname I do not remember ever to have hear.l. I had a sho,t
conversation with her once about C..n6tmation end Holw
Communion, hut the subject of confession WWI sot CV' it
named. I never op Ala to her before or aft, r th..t time.
" I heal afterwards that she was dismi,se,l for had coa-
-1 duet " O. R. Pkv):4E."

In Brother let.er to his lordship, Mr. Prynne maul

" I beg to assure your lordship that I never put any such
questions to any one in my hfe as are suggested in the cat,-
went, or anything like such questions. I should deem it as
corruiting to do ,u as I am sure your lordship would. I put
questions under the circumstances which I have already
stated to your lordship. viz., it. order to assist n person to
mike ',complete cuslesnion of sins which they have upon
their consciences, but have a difficulty in naming; or in
order, sometimes, where they seem i,raurant, to bring more
fully home to their consciences the degree of their guilt. It
is not my ensures to question persaus as to partieulass of
tins unconnected with those they have confessed. On the
Seventh Commandment I trust 1 have been must cauti,da
not to surges% ern to the penitert, but judicious quesite.s.
I beg distinctly to assure your lordship that it is not true
that any oneeonnected with the Sisters of Mere, required
to confetti to me previously to their going In the Holy Com-
munion. I have no room in St. Peter's-church tilltlWll by
the name of the confessional. I have found, on inquiry,
that E— is the name of the person I once spoke to
on the subject of confirmation and Holy Caminnuieu.
wss dismissed from the service of the sisters for bad conduct.
• • • I fear a sort of revengeful feeling I lay
have induced her to fabricate thin shockinu &tett:m.lli.
• • 2, 0. it. Puutrog..•

The Bishop—Now, Mr. Prynne, I call upon yen—von
are act on oath, and I have not the power to put you on
oath—betl call on you as your bishop, seldristieg you a
ens of his presbytery, and I need not say ti th.a,
whether sworn or not, you are under the same powerful
obligation of honour, that He who is present to all our
words, works, anti thoughts, is now present to Having
said that, I ask you whether the coutente of the letter
Ikhieh I have just read ore true ?
Mr. Prynne—l solemnly assure your lordship thy, -re
perfectly true. (A strong expression of applause was here
manifested by many of the gentlemen present.)
The Bishop—That is one of the eerie 114 Isy I did not
wish to bald a puhlic meeting. If there M a tight to ap-
plaud, there is a right to hoot. I hose every one pnient
will refrain from enpreming any opinion on the subject.
Major Wright was then celled, and stated that the coca
referred to would hold seven or eight oewe's, and that it
contained no such thing es a three-legged Moor.
The girl here declared that there was ono when elie went,
oatid the it
itippeer wds.onbr,ezesnidoe„ an, rite overly fallim
oft *ndthecork'naear.
i The girl was the is called in, and was questimud at peat
' length by IL,. Darling. She stated that she heil lived at
Torquay Ave or six years at different times, h.ivisig twice
been in the service of the asters of Mercy. Sister Catlis...
rine: (said slit) sake) me to go to them the esoond time.
Wnan 1 left I gave warning—about a month. They never
tomplamed of my had conduct while I was with them.
Tim Bishop, iu order to ascertain the mode in which the
wittier& expressed berself,here requested her to pet unmet
a short account of the reason why sho went to ,Ir. Fugue,
and as the experienced some ditheolty in wri:ing, a gs
tleman took the pen and wrote to her dicgaima.
In the meantime the Rev. Mr. Nantes, who wee desirous
of leaving the meeting, handed to the huhup the do:A-
zimut' which he had prepared for his lordship** 001.94.
&oration.
The following is a eopy of the statement or the gill,
wh:eh Lad by this time been completed:
"I asked Sister Catherine to allow me La so to tha, Hs ly
Communion. She gave me no decided answer, but ua the
folio sing Friday Sister li-rtha came down end mitered me
to get ready by elevento'clock, and took sae to Mr. Payane's
ho se. There Sister Bertha left me, and went to No. 11,
end thin I stopped at Mr. Flyway's, and loeking to the
church 1 saw Wm at the door. He beckoned to me to

The examination was then resumed by Ur. Dariii.4—
Tie note in which I asked the sister's percaisaine to go to
confession was written by the girl already examined. As
far as I ten etentlect, I put it on the handle f the door.
I sometimes talked a good deal with the girl alreede t La-
mined about emilession. She toil me that :tar. l'unne
asked her improper questions. 'The questions ware so die-
gusting that I could not believe them. I thoueht 1 should
ate and beer when I went, and I did. I. thl going to
confession did her a great deal of harm. It: tee rec. teed
the lloly Communion three times. I think it nT. ry
solemn thing. I think I received it twice at the sisters'.
When I want to Mr. Prynne to he prepared tor the Rely
Communism. I were in a devout Stale of mind.
Mr. Darling—Now how could you go to .. person in a
devout state of mind who, as you bedeved. bad asked sorb
improper questionsi—Witnest: I did not believes ft. sir. I
could not :army that a misuser (jibe true go p.! c .uhl ask
a girl such questioes, and I thought if 1 'sent I ahead
know if it was trun.
The Bishop—She went in a di Taut se.te of min.!, hut
doe, uot say what it was after she It .d is in Mr. I'rs one.
• You (addressing the witness) hail heard that sale • iiii-
Rprper euestions, aed determine:l, w:ton you w..:', to
ai nut whither it we so. That was the n‘,..a oil -t of
your going l—Witness: Yes.
Mr. Darling—Did you believe there was any good in
costuming year sins to a prim; f—Witoms • Nst et lei. 1
think confession to God is much better.
Mr. Darling—M.l you think a prier' had the power of
atise.ving those who repent f—W tness : Not at all, air.
' 1 think there is one phyecien of the reel, sir, end
• that is Christ. I went to confession bemuse the
sisters wished me to. 1 think the 01,10111 esn . from the
Lade Superior, then to !Sister Catherine, thee .to
&rills, and she gave them to me. Isseid 1 .li.; not lac it,
and was told it wa, not as 1 Med. hut at - .0 Sea. lief
:this!. Sister Swann& told me that. lam pos.tive I wee
ebesteil to go to confession. 1 sweat three or our tiu.es.
Sister Bertha teak me the first time. Mister A Oka. • lag
si.t.r. took me the second time. Tee Gm time 1 ant -upon a
ry peculiar chair. It had mils Owe kg*. I am parities
of that fweanae I nrir:r fell if it. This was la l'.e small
tower on the right baud side going le. It is .1 yeti small
place, and wil. not contain more than two persons. I was
there half an hour. Warn Mr. Prynue g•ve me *heals-
lion I was kneeling and he was kneeling. I think be had
on his square cap. I repeated the Confession Creed. It
began "Most Reverend Father in. (imp!
By the Iti.ho,i—Wien he gave my ute,hei u, I thiule ha
said " Almighty bitt I carol ot r5t0..1.14. r vine else.
Id • not reeellect the mesa n,t of th • eso.:ls. 1 suppose he
meatit that I might hay,: and so or.. !. sit; lit it ..as
a prayer he übell.
By Mr. Darling—l made thn statement to Mr. r.ilds
became 1 thought it right awl proper to .. to. 1 we:.. to
him. Miss hi— is • lady of private lettere, 64.1 ''oes