The Express.
London, England, 1851-09-11 00:00:00

TRIAL OF ROSE TAMISIER.

It has been stated that the ease of Rose Tamisier,
the woman tried by the Tribunal of Correctional Police of
Carpenabas for having outraged the catholic religion by
pretending to work miracles at St. Saturnia, near Apt,
came to an abrupt conclusion in consequence of the tribunal 1
declaring itself iaeompetent in such a matter. The follow-
ing is an account of the last two days' proceedings on the 1
2nd and 3rd:
Marie Anne Autheman, of Cadenet, said that seven or
eight years ago Rose fell into ccstacy at her house, and one
evening she found her kneeling, but her knees did not
touch the ground ; she passed her hand between the floor
and the knees. Rose gave her an account of the appearance
of blood on the picture at St. &damns, but it was not to the
sign Whet as that given to others. A widow named Roche
dwpossi that, though an intimate friend of Rose, Rose re-
form" to ressiv• her at the time of the miracles ; and another
whims sal that ea the 13th December she saw the cure
ester the that* with Josephine Imbert and Madame
Jena ; at that time Rose was alone in the church kneeling
wear the altar. Two witnesses stated that Rose's father
bad said of her miracles, " that they were like carnival
sapueritha." Madame Mestre said that after the miracles
had become known, she went to the inn of Madame Jean,
where " the Saint" (meaning Rose) lived, to get her to
'my for her. Not finding any one in the lower part of the
Muse, she went up stairs, and heard voices in a room. On
listening, she distinguished the words, " There is a large
crowd at the chapel, demanding to see the saint !" " Ah,
yes 1" answered some one, " \Veil show them saints!"
and thereupon loud laughter, accompanied by gross lan-
guage, arose. Witness attempted to enter the room, but a
woman end a man declared that she could not go in, and
pushed her rudely away. From thatcircumstance she was
convinced that an audacious mystification had been at-
tempted. Widow Pourpre proved that Madame Jean
told her a gross falsehood with respect to the miracles.
31. Carlaviuz, cure of Hamm, said that on beerier of
the miracle, he went to Saint Saturnia on December
20, the day the Archbishop of Avignon arrived. Wit
Nees waited to the neat day, and the cure of St. Saturnin
mire him a bed. Early in the morning be demanded the
key of the chapel that he might go and say his mass, but to
his surprise, the cure's servant told him she had not got it.
Hs west towards the church, and presently saw the girl
Wheat; he followed her, and in a few seconds saw her
joined by another girl who whispered mysteriously in her
ow. Afterwards this second girl covered her face with her
hands as if not to be recognised, hat witness, from the de-
seription of the person subsequently ascertained that she
manna have been Rose Tansisier. Rose, he was afterwards
INK had driven away some women who had entered the
llama with her. On that day she enured the cure', in
r:Xof witness, that the miracle would take place, but
ot, and she intimated that the reason was that the
emit bad wished for it with what God considered too much
endatity. Witness was of opinion that there had been
as slue* and so wrote tz the archbishop. His opinion
woe shim* by the ecclesiastical commission
Inoini-
rzaatedi the prelate. Before leaving the box the witness
to ROM: to tell the truth in the matter, and to say
es she had once proposed, she was willing, on being
left alone in the chapel, to have her hands bound,' and
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then to effect the miracle. She replied very salmi-
moniously, and raising her eyes to heaven, said, " The
will of God be done in all things and everywhere' I
am at the disposal of God; he can do with me what ho
will. As to taking an engagement to work the miracle,
it does not depend on me to cause the miracle. I have
never taken such an engagement, and never will." 11.
Colignon, chemist, and M. Sauliers, statuary at Apt, de.,
that had made experiments to -- • the
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