Star.
London, England, 1823-08-28 00:00:00

PROM TIM DUBLIN JOURNAL.

No man of common sense ever entertained two
opinions regarding the pretended miracles of Prince
liohenlohe—the point is decided—decided to be
gross and scandalous delusion; an impudent fraud,
for the base purpose of degrading the human charac-
ter, and exciting rebellion not only against the em-
pire of mason, but against the liberal institutions of
all free countries.

Miss Lalor's recovery of speech was trumpited by
Dr. Doyle, as a miracle, and Mrs. S.uart's partial re-
storation to an improving state of health has been no
less pompously blazoned by Dr. Murray. But what
do these Reverend Gentlemen prove ?—They shew
clearly, that they are either fools themselves, or some•
thing worse—that they are either the dupes of fraud,
or that they are participators in the shameful impo-
sition. From this dilemma these 66 men of piety"
cannot possibly extricate themselves, and what opi-
nion do they suppose the world will form of them ?
In the Ecclesiastical history of Ireland, the late events
will be recordedb and amidst the light which now
shines forth, it will be stated. as most extraordinary,
that two Bishops of the Roman Catholic Church, in
the year 1825, had the audacity to maintain, that
tiro natural occurrences were miracles performed by
a German Impostor ! _ _ _

But to remove the veil which covers Mrs. Stuart's
case, it is only necessary to refer to Dr. Cheyne. He
is an eminent physician, and too shrewd to be de-
ceived by artful contrivances. A letter was addressed
to him requesting his opinion on two points; namely,
whether there was any thing saran/Zeus in the change
which took place in Mrs. Stuart's health, and whe-
ther it could be explained on natural principles? It
was certainly taking much liberty with Dr. Cheyne's
character, to put such questions to him, because
none could suppose that he would ascribe the partial
recovery of this Lady's health to a miraculous cause,
and such is the imperfection of medical silence, that
he might not be able to account for the change on
natural principles ; but, it seems, he felt no difficulty
in answering the queries, and the following is the
reply to the letter which was addressed to him, and
it must satisfy any man but a superstitious bigot, that
the pretended miracle is a shameful deception:

" Dublin, Aug. 22, 1823."
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Mills Dear Sir—l felt it necessary to see Doctor M and Mr.
Macnamsra before I could answer your letter of the t Otb. Con-
sidering that the friends of Mrs. Stuart, of Ranelagh Convent,
might not think it expedient to publish our certificates relative
to the state of her health, we resolved not to give aihopinion on
the subject, and not in any way to commit ourselves individually.
"These certificates having been published, I have, in conse-
quence of your letter, waited upon Doctor Mills and Mr. Mac-
namara, and as they leave me to the exercise of my own discre-
tion, I can have no hesitation in answering your questions. To
the first I reply, that there was not, in nay opinion, anything
miraculous in the change which took place in Mrs. Stuart's
health : to the second, that her case can, to my entire satisfac-
tion, be accounted for on natural principles.
" I am, dear Sir, yours,
" Rev. Robert Daly, &c. " J. CHEYNE."

Lord Dow nAs, who is attached to the British
Embassy at Petersburgh, is mentioned among the
recent depirtures from that capital.
The Prussian Journal, HEKATE, nas been prohi-
bited, by an order of Government, throughout the
Prussian dominions.

ST. JOHN (NEW BRUNSWICK), JUNE 17.—Thursday
last a detachment of our local militia were employed
in actual service. lindeaedirection of a Nlagistvte,
they set out for the African settlement in-the neigh-
hourhood of Loch Lomond, in this county, it having
been represented that spirit of insubordination and
insurrection had appeared among its swarthy popu-
lation, and that they had bidden defiance to several
constables who had been sent out to secure the.ring-
leadev.. It appeared that they had a little common-.
wealth of their own, with aJudge, Attorney-General,
INlagistrates, and constables—that they had their own
laws, to which everyone was bound to swear al-
legiance, otherwise to be publicly whipped. They
were furnished with arms and ammunition, and at
the sound of a horn the whole of the sable tribes were
immediately congregated and placed in the attitude
of hostility against any white man who had the har-
dihood to
,approach their habitations. Before our
gallant 'defenders, however, they surrendered, and
some of great find into the woods : the flash of arms
was too powerful for their vision ; they were in-
stantly disarmed, and five of the ringleaders, with the
Judge at their head, were taken prisoners, brought to
: town, and safely lodged in jail. The Attorney-Ge-
nerai has since delivered himself up to justice.