mediately after by the mother of the child, pressing her to speak, When at length she was satisfied in pouring out her soul to the Lord, she took her mother by the hand, and said to her, "dear mother," upon which Mrs. Lalor called the clerk, and sent for me, as I had retired to avoid the interruption, and on coming to where the young lady was, I found her speaking in an agreeable, clear, and distinct voice, such as neither she nor her mother could recognise as her own. As she returned home in the afternoon, the doors and windows in the street through which she passed were crowded with persons, gazing with wonder at this monument of the power and goodness of Almighty God. Thus, my lord, in obedience to your commands, I have given you a simple statement of facts, without adding to, or distorting what I have seen and heard, the truth of which, their very notoriety places beyond all doubt; and which numberless witnesses, as well as myself, could attest by the most solemn appeal to heaven. I cannot forbear remarking to your lordship, how our Lord confirms now the doctrine of his church, and his own presence upon our altars, by the same miracles to which he referred the disciples of John, saying, “Go tell John the dumb speak," &c. as a proof that he was the Son of God who came to save the world. I remain your lordship's dutiful and affectionate servant in Christ, To the Right Rev. Dr. Doyle, N. O'CONNOR. CHEVALIER D'EON. THE Chevalier d'Eon, who was well known in London, was employed on diplomatic missions, and figured in some affairs of honor, passed many years of his life as a female. The Chevalier was born at Tounerre in Burgundy, in 1728, and when of a proper age, was, through the interest of the Prince of Conti, presented with a cornetcy of dragoons. He was afterwards employed as Secretary of Legation, in important embassies to Russia and England; and served as aide-de-camp to Marshal Broglio on the Rhine: he acquitted himself so well on these several occasions, as to be invested with the order of St. Louis, by the French King, It was about the year 1771, that doubts first publicly arose in England as to the sex of the Chevalier d'Eon, although it had previously been the subject of conversation at St. Petersburgh. The English, who wish to decide every disputed point by a wager, made the Chevalier's sex a sporting subject. Considerable bets were laid, and gambling policies of insurance to a large amount were effected on his sex. In 1777, an action was brought on one of these before Lord Mansfield, for the recovery of £700. The plaintiff was a surgeon, of the name of Hayes, and the defendant, Jaques, a broker, who received premiums of fifteen guineas, for every one of which he engaged to return £100, whenever it should be proved that the Chevalier was a woman. The plaintiff brought two French witnesses, who swore that the Chevalier was a female. Lord Mansfield reprobated the transaction, but held the wager fair; in consequence of which, a verdict was given for the plaintiff. The matter was afterwards solemnly pleaded before his Lordship, when the defendant pleading the act of parliament, which rendered legally null all gambling debts above ten pounds, the insurers in this shameful transaction were deprived of their expected gains. The Chevalier was now regarded as a woman, and accused of being an accomplice in these gambling transactions, and a sharer of the plunder, he was compelled to leave England. He however previously published the following letter in the newspapers : "By an article of advice (or caution) inserted in the Morning Post of the 13th and 14th November, 1775, Nos. 951 and 952, I had most earnestly desired the public of England, who have always testified their benevolence towards me, not to renew any policy on my sex. I declared that I would not manifest it juridically, while any policies were made, and till the old ones were annulled: but, if that was impossible, I should be obliged to retire from this country, that I esteemed as next to my native one. "The avidity that my enemies have proved for money, the auri sacri fames that possess them, has unhappily prevailed. They have not only renewed the old policies, but they have also obtained, Tuesday, the first of July last, a judgment at the tribunal of the King's Bench to decide my sex. on "In consequence, I keep, with regret, my word with the public: I leave, with pain, my dear England, and where I believed I had found tranquillity and liberty, to retire to my native country, to be near to an august master, whose protection and goodness will prove a greater assurance of tranquillity than all the Magna Chartas of this island. "If the parties, interested and losing in those policies, would take my advice, I would counsel them not to pay any thing yet; because the judgment of the King's Bench, where they have decided the question of my sex, was given without my being privy to it, and against my consent; because I will oppose myself to that judgment when the tribunal of the King's Bench shall have resumed their sittings, and that the King, my master, will permit me to return to England. It will then be the proper time and place to offer all my reasons against the three witnesses who gave evidence on my sex. "I had rather perish than be triumphant from the weakness of the sex imputed to me. I have never made use of aught but my quality of Captain of dragoons to combat my enemies, when they have had the heart. How sad for me to have had to do, since my misfortunes in England, with only a set of avaricious wretches and poltroons? My sex was never inquired into when I was sent to fight and negotiate with the enemies of my country. I am always unus et idem. "Being unwilling to abuse the public patience, though on the eve of my departure, and that it will very likely be for the last time, I here declare authentically, that, if any one, whether in France or in England, can convict me, in any court of justice, of being interested for a single shilling in any one or more policies, I will distribute all I am worth in the world to such hospital or charity that the said tribunal shall indicate. "Le Chev. D'EON." London, 10th Aug. 1777, Brewer-street, Golden-square. On his return to France, we find him confirming the rumours against him by assuming the female dress. In excuse for this, it was said that this was not a matter of choice, but insisted on by the French The female garb once assumed was never relinquished. court. In 1785 the Chevalier returned to England, living on his pension, until deprived of it by the French Revolution. In 1795, he issued an advertisement, in which the Chevalier d'Eon states, "That at the age of sixty-eight, she embraces the resource of her skill, and long experience in the science of arms, to cut her bread with her sword, and instead of idly looking up for support from professed friends, she relies on the liberality of Britons at large, to protect an unfortunate woman of quality from the stings and arrows of outrageous fortune' in a foreign land, and in the vale of years." The appeal was not made in vain, the Chevalier, who was well skilled in fencing, opened an Academy, and "cut her bread with her sword," until the year 1810, when the Chevalier died; and her friends were for the first time enabled with full confidence to say to all the world, THIS WAS A MAN." JOHN MACKAY, THE FATALIST. THE subject of the following melancholy tale has long ceased to exist, and there is not in the place of his nativity a being who bears his name. The recital will, therefore, wound the feelings of no one, nor will it disturb the ashes of the dead, to give to the world the story of his madness, rather than his crime. The name of John Mackay appears on the criminal records of the town of Belfast, in the north of Ireland. He was the murderer of his own child. It is unnecessary to dwell on the character of this unhappy man; suffice it that, from early education, and deeply-rooted habits, he was a fatalist. An enthusiastic turn of mind had been warped into a superstitious dread; and the fabric that might have been |