Literary cadet, and Saturday evening bulletin. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1826-1827, 1826-11-04


| passed mils, tears and lamentations, and often
would he visit the grave of Maria, and there weep
and worship over her lilelcss corse. The spot
[ where she reposed, rarely approached by the
cottasers for they believed that spr;es and gob-
ins inhabited it, and that foul fends hovorel
around it, save when the day eradieaed the spells
| of phantoms and iends.
Thus alone, undisturbed by the in!rusons Of The
inhabitants OF the Island, dill the Bshoy while
away his days, for some months, during which pc
rod he was absorbed in meditation, oud reason
seemed TO have iorsakcn ITS empire. The Gotta
gers now began to regard him a maniac aad
| murderer, and resolving that tho mystery that
veied his life, aud the fate Of Maria and Doratha,
should be disclosed, openly accused him ol The crime
of murder, and demanded an eelairciSsemeRt TIE
Bishop cared bat little as to the result of aoy "a
vestgetion they might make, for if it ended in a
confirmation ofhis guilt, he knew that he inuo-
cent did he strive 10 dispel or lessen the sus
picions Of his acCu.ers.
The whole the little population Of the Island,
became, however, exceedingly clamorous, and TO
appease thern he defended himself in the bet way
he could lie denied the charge preferred against
him ;--rected the mysterious appearance ofAiaria
and her companions and all the incidents connect
ed with her life, SO far as he acquainted with
il and as for Doratha, he avowel that her death
was the act of God, and that he was innocent of.
any crime his accusers could bring against him.
The defence unsatisfactory TO those who lis
tened TO il, but there noproot Of the guilt OF
the accused the investigation closed with his ac-
quital. From this period, the Bishop refused TO
hold intercourse with any one, and prepared HIM
selfto embark for his native country, where he
in possession of the Dcanery of Cloyne, and where
he hoped TO find that happiness, which trans-at-
lantic wilds, he was conscious, never afforded. On
the eve of his departure, it occurred to him, that
Maria had placed in his hands pacque,, when she
first visited his habitaton, and though she had
joined him not to open it, he resolved to do so,
| cherishing hope that it might contain something
that would relieve him from the suspicious of the
| cottagers. He did so-and it contained miniature
urn, in which was contained the ashes of human
| heart, and letter addressed "to him who might
feel interested attached TO which, to Iii. utter as
tonshment, he discovered the signature of" Mary,
Dutchess of Kingston" lie paused for mo-
ment, and then read the following letter.
" To him uio may feel mterested-
| "The pacquet in which will be found the ashes
of human heart, and this letter. is placed in the
possession of Charlotte Reginald, daughter of the
| Duchess OF Kingston, by an Illicit amour with
| John Bishop of Berkeley, and Dean of Cloyne. This
offspring Of our illegal love, is placed at the mercy
of the world, and at the carly of five, Is, by her
| wretched mother to hide her disgrace, left friend
| Iae nd oil 'hp u,ot pn rli li,v
life ofany value, will have, this has reached the
| hands of any mortal, thrown herself into the
| Thames, and put end 10 wretched existence,
| and TO sorrows which have driven ner TO despair.
Let those, into whose haads this scroll may fail,
| with an ndulgent eye, watch the unlo, tunate
| Charlotte Reginald, who had no participation in
the disgrace of her mother, and who bears the ark
| of q mothers inlamy. She is now placed at the
| mercy OF band of ruifians, who have pledged
themselves to carry her to the western wilds where
her unnatural father is known to reside preaching
a species of religion he does not believe, and which
he never possessed. Should this meet his eye, nc
will then be enabled 20 appreciate the feelings
which NOW distract the soul Of the guilty
| MARY, DUCHESS OF KINGSTON
| The Bishop read the scroll, aud gladly would he
have rid himselfofa life, which rendered 10 him
nothing but misery. Suspicion rested upon him,
| and he knew full well that the disclosure OF the
contents of the pacquet would not screen him, but
would, on the contrary, confirm his guilt. Despo-
| rate in SOUL and as wild in his Imagination. the
principles of his creed were exrayasan he instant
y took shipping for Europe and after landing,
was attacked by disease, which carried him to tho
grave. He died unrepenting, and in his last mo-
| nents, avowed that he was innocent of the crime
charged against him, and denied the justness Of the
accusations of the Duchess of Kingston. Who the
| individuals were. who, with Maria, had resided on
the western shore Of the Narragansett, was never
known, but that they perished by shiPwrecl, was
fully acertaincd, Wy those who, some yea's after
wards, rescued certain fragments of the barque
from the bosom Of the deep.
The whole history of Bishop Berkley and the
"Mys,erious Visitors has, thus far, been pro-
*Our correspondent has fallen into sad error by ma
king the Duchess Of Kingston the mother of his heroine
since it is not probable that the Duchess was born,
| when Rshop Berkley visited Rhode island The