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I Im the month of November, 1835, and during all the period smce, the Roman Prelate of Montreal has been urged by the New York Protestant Association for an impartial and unrestricted exanunation ot the Hotel Dieu Nunnery in that city. No notice whatever has been taken by him, or by any person duly authorized by him, of the pub'ic call thus made by the Committee of the New- York Protestant Asso^v.Jon, t» • . r To determine the truth of the " Awful Disclosures," a Roman Prieet ot New- York, named Conroy, was expressly designated as an Agent ot the Roman Prelate and Priests of Canada to trepan Maria Monk, and transfer her back to Montreal, to receive the punishment with which they menaced her for eloping from the Hotel Dieu Nunntry ; and the payment of the counsRl's fees was offired by the Committee, if Mr. Conroy would institute a civil and criminal suit against Maria Monk and her publishers. That ofTcjr also has constantly been disregarded, , ^^ , f„ Both those offers having been found nugatory, in M arch 1 836, the follow- ing notice was issued, and has been promulgated throughout Canada, the United States, and Britain ; and yet the Roman Prelate of Montreal, Jean Jacques Lartigue, and his Priests are " silent as death, and still as midnioht." CHALLENGE. "The Roman Prelate andPriests of Montreal, Messrs. Conroy, auarter, and Schneller of New York— Messrs. Fenwick and Byrne of Boston- Mr. Ha 'hes of Philadelphia— the Arch Prelate of Baltimitre, and his sub- ordinate Priests— and Cardinal England of Charleston, with nil other Ro- man Priests, and every Nun from BafHn's bay to the Gulf of Mexico, are hereby challenged to meet an investigation of the truth of Maria Monk's «' Awful Disclosures," bpfore an impartial assembly ; over which shall preside seven Gentleman, three to be selected by the Roman Priests, three by the Executive.'C>>ihJrfitt5eof.th6 N;Yr.?rbt(3staiit:A^sDti[ation,and the seventh as ChairlrtSun; Wb$ chj»sen'by tbfi btlter^sjx. . .* . * An eligible pljf as,v.,i.od. tl,^ dofcnreot. their own charac- ters or craft. Ry ' o rt:/de. c^t} m erf the pfmca);.!??^ MujuM^essories, their fri^ndsT h.?^i^<^entr«;6eJiluced-to.9»W boldbr-vlnd before an nn- irienns, or m^n ,, .»_•.* l.--.. tu.,t,.„iU r,f thpc inrcps aqainstthein ta. . . , 3. Mr. Stone also asserts— "There have been no alterations either m the buildin'f within, or the vaults beneath, or the walls without." In re- ply to {\i\s'startling denial of the truth, it is only necessary to state the positive testimony of one of the workmen who assisted to make the alte- rations—and Mr. Curry himsell has also admitted that fact. 4. Mr. Stone says—" There was no gate, and no passage way has been filled up." We ourselves have seen with our own eyes '"»> gate, and that passacre way, which Maria Monk has described. And >» 'hey are not there uovf they have been " filled up." Hence we retort Mr. Stone's words— his " whole tale is one of falsehood." 5. Mr. Stone declares— that " every nun has a key at her side, and can break their vow and retire if they please." Here are two glaring talse- hoods. Only the nuns who are in occasional superintendence have lie key ; and to break the conventual vows, by the laws of the monastic system, dooms the person to instant death; because the vows are irreyo- cable, and the act of attempting to infringe the vows and escape is the most unpardonable sacrilege in the Romish canon law ! 6. Mr. Stone affirms of the subterraneous passage betvveen the semi- nary and Convent—" No such passage was ever seen or heard ot . iNo such passage exists." In reply, it is only neces.sary to stute— that pas- sac^e we have seen, handled, and stood over it freqently in comp> w with the Rev. Mr. Christmas, and others— and it is jiist as true to say hat no such underc^round avenue did exist a short time aso, as it is to aver, that there is no'such street as the Broadway in New York. 7 Mr. Stone also affirms, that no persons in Montreal, of any class, believe in Maria Monk's " Awful Disclo.sures." We pronounce this statement to be just as true, as the appalling deception co"«er"'"f J^e subterranean passage. Who is it that does not beheve? What do the Evangelical Christians in Montreal not believe ? We therefore call upon that ^^ city of sceptics -^s Mr. Stone names them, unequwocally to say, what they do not believe. Give us something tangible We ofter them one thin/only from Mr. Stone's statement. Will any Evangelical Chris-^ tian deny the existence of the subterranean passage ; A ill any man o. idate for the arant of, that )ul a license tBcer; Rich- . entered the ely a feint to I professed to it discovered, essaty by the "allows his 1 for that ob- indalous and :hteou?ness." Is promulgcd alyze the cf- iie holy scrip- r tlic Bible.— i book as the ons either in out." In rc- y to state the aake the alte- sage way has yes that gate, And if they we retort Mr. side, and can glaring false- ince have the the monastic ws are irrevo- escape is the een the Scmi- leard of I No •ate— that pas- comp> lywith to suy .hat no s to aver, that , of any class, renounce this concerning the What do the cfore call upon ivocally to say. We ofier them ngelical Chris- ,• ill any man of character, or moral principle, or decorum, who resides in Montreal, at- todl — 10 suhterratidan piss ige between the Seminary and tN'unnery was ever seen or heard of! That is .Vir. Stone's declaration. What Protestant of Montreal will put hifl name to it? Will Mr. Perkins or Mr. Atkiaaon, or Mr. VVilks or Mr. IJl^auk, or Mr. Dewitt, or Mr. Savage, or Mr. Hedge, or Mr. Gregory, or Mr. Bre\v.-!tor^ or Mr. Frothingham, or Mr. Fisher, or Mr. Luiin, or Mr. Venner, or Mr. Toirunce, or Mr. Holmes, or Mr. Bar- rett, or Air. Armour, or Dr. Nrlson, or Dr. Robertson, or Mr. Muir, or Mr. Frazcr, or any body else, endorse Mr. Stone's note ? NEVER. Subterranean passage between the Semmary and the Hotel Dieu Nunnery in Montreal. Mr. Jones, editor of the L'Anu du People of Montreal, and Mr. Stone of New York liis accomplice in deceiving the public, have both declared tliat " no subterranean passage between the Seminary and the Hotel Dieu Convent was ever seen or heard of!" Groatjr publicity oiuiiiot, b:; att iched to any modern event in the history of Montreal, than tlie erection of the -splendid Mass-house in that city. It Wiis tlio work of years ; but tiic subterrmean passage was equally noto- riou.s, for near thu corner of .Tosepli and Notre Dame streets, that passage was open to the inspection of all persons fur a considerable time, and was seen by multitudes of residents and strangers, 1. Evidence of the Boston Recorder. The Boston Recorder did, on tlie fifth of May 1826, publish an account of tliG sublcrriiueaii pussage from tiie Seminary to the Hotel Dieu Con- vent, with other matters respecting the Canadian Jesuits, of a similar pur- port to the recent developments. The article published in the Boston Recorder was copied into tlie Canadian papers, and raised a storm of in- dignation even greater tlian now exists ! — That statement was censured a? an injury to the character of the province abroad, and as such ought not to have been pnblislij^d, and the lifo of the person who sent it to Boston, was publicly threatened if he could have been discovered — but no man had the effrontery to deny the facts--. Here then Mr. Jones of Montreal, a'ld Mr. Stone of New York, arejconfuted by the Boston Recorder, by the Montreal Herald, in which the same article was reprinted, and by both the editors of those papers. The question is not — to what purpose the sub- terratKjan passage which crossed Joseph Street from the large Mass- house towards the Hotel Dieu Convent Garden, was applied? Where it Ic 1 beyond the actual appearanc •, and for what objects it was dug out, walled up, and arched over, are not the topics of inquiry. The dispute is respecting its actual exi-stencc, visibility and notoriety, anterior to the niiith of October 13:55, w!ien the " Awful Disclosures" in reference to Cilia lian Popery were made / In the recent narrative of a visit to the Montreal Nunneries, it is expressly affirmed, "No such passage was ever seen or h )ard of." In addition to all the other evidence which has been adduced ; in the Boston Recorder of November 11, 1836, are the fol- lowini; statements and remarks: " We have looked over the tile of the Recorder for 1826, from May to September inclusive. We find in the Recorder of May 5, 1826, a com- munication headed " Lower Canada." The writer of the article says :— "In Montreal, a subterraneous pathway leads from the priests' residence to the two nunneries. At Three Rivers where the Jesuits' convent is on the opposite side of the street from the nunnery, a passage under the 1* :|l street formed a communication between the fratermly and the sisterfcooi. Both those have been explored hy the profane eyes ot the heretics :--and ir is mos? probable from analogy that the same pr.vate avenues exist, al- though vet undiscovered, in auebec." . Another corre3,.ondent who had spent ten years in Canada says : "That there is such a passage, leading from the Seminary to the Ho e Dieu cannot be denied. But who is there can controvert the opinion that Sis subterranean passage is not a common sewer? Who has explored '' i:;^t%Vr:tV'r.n:e, that the latter writer sent his explanation merely To appease the storm, which the former de uu at.ons of Poper m CanaL had excited. I have witnessed that gendcman himself laughing at the *larin<^ contradictory nonsense, that a capacious passage of excel- ten^mason work traversing the street /rom the river, is a sewer to drain "tSe B^ton^RecJrder, adds-" /( is certain that the said passage had been heard of before the publication of the Jiwjul Disclosures? This infallible proof therefore decides the fact, that the existence of the suKantn pas^'sage from the Sem.nary.to the Nunneries in Montreal, was a Dublic. a notorious circumstance, prior to May 1826. WeCceed, however, to decide the Po'nJ concerning the past and «re7ent existence of the subterranean avenue between the priests' habita- tTon and thSdence of the nuns in Montreal, by testimony which no one will attempt to invalidate. ^ «/ ., 2. Evidence of Rev. O. Wetmore. The first witness is the Rev. Oliver Wetmore, of Ulica. He thus re- """MJ'^tone Bays : ' No subterranean passage belvveen the Hotel Dieu Nannerv at Montreal was ever seen or heard of!' That is not true ! ^Whel 1 traveUed as a missionary in the northern parts of the sta e of ^Z4J\c thirtv-three vears ago, I was frequently at the house of Judge Kr^wt resSid aboltamile'from the cinada line. That gentleman Jleated^^^^^^^ with me respecting Popery in Montreal, wh.ch he had offen visited He spoke of the subterranean passage between iheSemn'^ry «S JV^Se*. as a matter of most public notoriety ; and detailed the ^U,nS lives of the priests, their habitual gambling, intemperance and fl- „L «, well as the licentiousness of the female convents of Mon- r/ed ' wfich Jute Moers said, were open matters of talk at that period ireai, wiii^u „ common affairs of life. Judge S '^^^ffrf^eCsente^ to me the priests and nuns of Montreal, from his Moers also '^^PF^^f "^^f ^^.J™ t^em exactly in the same light and character, '"Mr WeTmorVs r^sSny is of more value, when it is considered, that tth«nPrioTto which that respected minister of the gospel refers, the at the period to wmcn in F ^^ nunneries did not exist; and FhTCanpSwre not obliged to be so concaled in their iniquitous 5Jan^acUons as tbe existing Protestant influence around them now rea- A^^o InHinnRnsable. _ , ^-'—--- s. Evidence of Mrs. liourlce, A A^urlntlv Mrs Rourke, now a member of the Methodist Episcopal cburrh in New^S ; bu^who was formerly a Papist and a resident la J0! isttrhooJ. ;a : — and exist, al- lys: the Hotel nion, that explored [planation Popery in "laugliing ! of excel- sr to drain re had been ince of the Montreal, past and jta' habita- j? which no [e thus re- Hotel Dieu NOT TRUE ! •he state of ie of Judge gentleman ith he had lie Seminary letailed the erance, and (Its of Mon- that period, life. Judge ;al, from his d character, ! the Ameri- gfc, has pub- sidercd, that 1 refers, the t exist ; and ;ir iniquitous sm now rea- ist Episcopal a resident ia Montreal • states the following facts in reference to this subject ; as com- binincT her own personal knowledge of the case. " That m the year 1831, she was a resident of the city of Montreal, Lower Canada, and that at that time, the dissolute lives of the Roman priests, and their constant visits to the Hotel Dieu Nunnery for impure purposes, and also the kil- lin'^ of children in that Convent, were matters of familiar conversation and creiTeral belief among all people in that city with whom she used to asso- ciate and especially among the Roman Catholic women. She also further affirms—*' That the existence ot the subterranean pas- sace between the Seminary and the Hotel Dieu Nunnery was known to all'the Roman Catholics in that city— that the Roman priests often take women by it from the Seminary to that Nunnery— that she herself has gone from the Seminary to the Nunnery through the under-ground passage— and that Father Richards himself has i onducted her from the Seminary throuf^h that under-ground passage to the Nunnery ; for at that period she ,was a Roman Catholic— and that Maria Monk's description of that pas- 'sa'^e, the cellar, and the nunnery, so far as she wa.s shown about it m the year'l831, by Father Richaids, is truly and minutely accurate." 4. Evidence of the Rev. Mr. Wilkes. The existence of that passage was a matter of common notoriety eight years ago. Every old residtnt of Montreal to whom I have spoken on the a«A- jed, unUes with me in the a£irmation that the existence of that passage at that period was generally believed. The general impression was unfavorable to the character of the Romish Priesthood and their sisterhood. Of the ex- istence of that passage 1 have not a shadow of doubt. I was speaking the other day to an excellent man who distinctly recollects seeing it. It was a matter of the most common notoriety ; as one said to me the other day—" Every one heard of that passcigc." The denial of its existence ta the novelty ! They must be ignorant indeed of the leading facts of history who do not know wiiat has resulted from Convents, the enforced celibacy of the Clergy, and the obligation on women as well as men to confess in secret to those priests the thoughts and intents of the heart. To talk of matters being different in Canada, to what they are in the other coun- tries of Europe, is as preposterous as it would be to talk of human nature being different here fiom what it is there ; or as it would be to affirm that Poperv is not Popery. ' ' HENRY WILKES. 5. Mr. Sprague^s Statement. As there is some excitement in the community upon the subject of Po- pish licentiousness and vice from the disclosures of Maria Monk, and as some affect to disbelieve and ridicule her work as totally false, being in possession of some evidence that will confirm her statements, I give the public the facts. In conversation %vith a gentleman, who was some monihs since a Roman Catholic in Montreal, but has renounced their blasphemous dogmas, and is now a professed Christian, he told me, that he had been employed to labor in t!ie te'.lard of the Priests' Seminary at Montreal, and while thereenga''^r IV ktip.h Wnn a trap door. From the direction and distance of the passage, he was per- fectly certain that it must be a subterraneous communication between the M 9 Seiniruiry and the Convent. He further informed me that from the teati- moiiy ut many females, hia relatives nut excepted, that at confession, ttiu i'nudtd wure in the habit uf asli.in>; thu most licentious and luvulting quea* tions that could be propounded, not only to married ladies, but also to girts of 13 years. Likewise from the habiliments of the Nuns and their appearance at times, ne was wholly contirmed in the belief that their course in the i\ua- neiy was any thing but virtuous. At the time of his making those disclo- sures Maria Monk had not written her book. I think testimony of this kind is powerfully corroborative, and that these things exist i fully believe. E. SPKAGUE. St. Mbaiis, July, 1836. 6. Evidence of Mr. Miller. Maria Monk has mentioned in her book something about the under ground passage, which leads from the Black Nunnery to other places in Montreal. That fact I know by ocular demonstration, and which nine- teenths of the Canadians also will not deny, for it has been opened seve- ral limes by the laborers who have been diggiiiii for the purpose of laying pipes to conduct gas and water. While preparing a place for the latter, I saw one of those passages, the earth being removed by the laborers, they struck upon the top ot tiio passage, and cuiiosily led them to see what was beneath, for it sounded as though there was a hollow. 'I'hey accordingly removed the lar^^e Hat stones which formed the top of the passage. Many persons were looking on at the time, and several of them went down into it, when they returned after a few minutes, they stated that they went but a short distance, before they came to an intersection of passages, and were afraid to proceed further. Shortly after, several priests wore on the spot ; and prevented the people from further examin- ing it ; and had the place shut up immediately ; while tliey stood by and guarded \i until it was all done. The appearance of that part of the pas- 8?Lge was the same as what I saw while tliey were laying tiie water pipes. The floor of it in both parts where 1 saw it was clean to appearance, with the exception of a little dirt that fell in on opening them, and of stone flagging. I have heard much about those underground passages in JNiJLonlreal, in which place I have spent the most of luy days. I give you ihy name and residence : and if you should be called upon trom any quarter for the truth ol this statement, I am ready to attest it upon oath ; and there are others in this city, who also witnessed the same things. — The places where those openings were made in the undergiound pas- sages, were in Joseph ritieet, for the water pipes ; and for tlie gas pipes in Notre Dame CJtieet, near Sacrament Street, at a short distance liom the Seminary. \V. MILLER. 7. Evidence of Mr. Janes. Mr. Janes, now of New London, Connecticut, resided several years in Montreal, and was a member of the American Presbyterian church, under the pastoral charge both of Mr. Christmas and Mr. Perkins. In walk- ing from his store to the Post-Office, he generally passed by the large mass-house, and the premises of the convents. He also witnessed the whole progress of the building of that temple of idolatry pompously called the cathedral, from the digging for the foundation to its comple- tion. He thinks that not less than xt hunilted tifnes., he «uw a anbterra- nean passage, leading diagonally from the priests' Seminary, across Jo- sepU street to the Hotel Dieu Nunnery, large enough for pertons to pass I mmm )m the testi- it'cssioii, ttiu olting ques- but also to )pearance at I in the i\ ua- Lhose disclo- nony ot this lully believe. »KAGUE. the under ler places in whicn nine- )pei)ed seve- )8e of laying >r the latter, ■he laborers, them to see low. 'i hey e top of the eral ot ihem they stated inttiisectiori Iter, several her examin- tood by and t of the pas- >vater pipes, uance, with .nd of stone passages in 1 give you )n trorii any upon oath ; lie things. — ^lound pas- te gas pipes I stance tiom ilLLER. jral years in lurch, under . In walk- y the large itnessed the pompously its coniple- a aiibterra- ', across Jo- iOns to pass thiouoh it. When thov wore laying the fonntlation for the maag-honae, it wa'^ apparent that th('' passa'jje was arched. It excitud mucli inquiry at that period respci-ting the origin and uses of that arched passage undcr- Tround. The llomaii priests taught their people to say— that the pas- safe was divMirncd lor persons to go to tha river Lawrence to fetch water, that tlioy mi'»ht be safe and out of the way of the Indians ; and for that purpose it was made many years ago. But there is n lie branded on the very face of that story ; for the direction of that passage would make the distance at least double the length of the straight course ; for instead cf leading directly down .Joseph street towards the river, it crosses that street m a straight lino from the Seminary to the Nunnery. In reply to that excuse for tTie existence of the passage, Mr. Janes asked thiun— ' as the Indians are now gone away from ttie country, why is that passage there noip, and arched over?' The answer which the followers of the Ro- man priests would sive, was this— ' the ground is so soft in that spot, that they arched over the place feari ig that the building might settle down !' Mr. Janes nlso savs, that the size of the building as slated in the Ameri- can Protestant Vindicator, is accurately true , and that he can name hundreds of citizens of Montreal, who could testify to the truth of those facts. Mdavit of Mr. Hogan. New York, 26 October, 1836. Thomas Hogan, of the city of New York, being duly a{lirmed,doth say, —that in the year 1824, he was a resident of the city of Montreal, Lower Canada ; and that at that period, the existence of a subterranean pas- sage between the Seminary in Notre Dame street, and the Hotel Dieu Coiivent, was a matter of the most public notoriety ; and that he himself has been in that passage, having entered it from the door in the Seminary; and the said Hogan doth further depose, that to his own personal know- ledge, the Roman priests were constantly in the practice of visiting the nuns for the purposes of licentious intercourse, by that secret passage. ^ ^ THOMAS HOGAN. Affirmed the twenty-sixth day of October, 1836— before me. WM. H. BOGARDUS, Commissiojier of Deeds. Thomas Hogan/ s Reply to William L. Stone. William L. Slone contradicts iwy affidavit of October 26. Hf^ays that my affidavit " proves too much." I know that fact, it jn-oves too muck for the credit of his character and cor^duct. However, what I have said is true! and no 'Roman priest in Montreal or New York, will venture to dispute its truth before my face, or under his own name will put* me to the proof. Nor will Mr. Hall, the partner of Mr. Stone, venture to deny my statements, or call upon ma to prove them according to our discipline. He is a Methodist as well as myself; and he knows how to make me apeak truth, or to convict me of falsehood : and I hereby call upon him if he pleases to bring me to that Christian test. As to the way by whi^ I became acquainted with the abominable practices of Mr. Stone's dear friends and "agreeable travelling compan-. ions," the Canadian Jesuits, that is of no importance. I have solemnly affirmed several facts, which no upright and intelligent man will contra- dict ; for not one man in Canada believes Mr. Stone's fictions ; and many Papists as well as Protestants, both in Canada and New-York, laugh at; Kig jrjjri.jflonpn iM iifff.rnr>tiri{T t() imnose ur»Qn tho Amfifican churches— while ail the Roman priests^ both in the Unitedi States and i(i that Pro-. 10 viiice, so delight m his extravasant falsehoods, that it is proposed by one o| tlje 1 opish papers of New York, to purchase " a handsome piece of plate to present to Colonel Stone, as a small token of Catholic gratitude for Protestant advocacy." To my utter surprise; Mr. Stone continues boldly to repeat three things which are so notoriously untrue, that it seems scarcely possible to believe that his words are real. I. Mr. Stone says, that " no alterations have been made in the Hotel Dieu f.onvent." Upon that subject he is totally wrong ; for I have abun- dant testimony to prove that the inside of the house has been altered. As 1 know s^omethino; about building, which Mr. Stone, notwithstanding his -iron pointed cane," is not acquainted with; if he will get permission tor me an.i three companions to so into the house, I will show him where It has been altered. But my old acquaintances, the Roman Priests of Montreal, never will let me und my associates enter the apartments of the Nunnery. ^ 2. Mr. Si, .e still denies the existence of the subterranean passa-e- he may as well deny the existence of Wall-street in New York. He says, that "the Cathedral is in the way ;» but the contrary is the fact, for the passage runs close by the Cathedral, as multitudes of people in Mon- treal attest, not only Protestants but Papists. That the passage did ex- ist in 1824, and is still used for the secrecy and facility of intercourse be- tween the priests and nuns, is well known to all Montreal. That pas- sage to my own personal knowledge, is also the way by which the priests led the nuns from the Convent, carried them to the Seminary, put on them priest s clothes, and in that disguise as priests, took the nuns to the priest's farm, and to Nun's Island. If Mr. Stone denies it, then it only ,f bows that he is ignorant or a deceiver. ♦u^'tv*'^' ^^*^"^ ^^^^ repeats his anaazing contradictions about the size of the Nunnery. I am convinced that the rnass-house alone, with the nuns* ^apel adjoining, covers as much space as the New York Brideweli.— There cannot be two more ,plain and astonishing falsehoods than Mr. btone asserts about the subterranean passage and the size of the convent. 1 here la not one word of truth in his statement ! I therefore most solemnly affirm the truth of my former testimony ; and trom my own personal knowledge agrain declare, that the subterranean passage between the Seminary and Nunnery, was in existence in the year4P24 ; and that it was well known to many Papists in Montreal, to M constantly ined for the most criminal purposes— and that there is no more truth in Mr. Stone's statement respecting the size of the Hotel Dieu Convent, than if he were to maintain, that a stout dray horse is no lar- ger than a young sucklina calf— and I am convinced thatMr. Hall knows my statement *o be " the truth, and nothing but the truth." THOMAS HOGAN. Narrative by Rev. G. Bourne. 1. I most solemnly affirm, that the late Rev. Mr. Christmas conducted me in the year 1825, to visit the subterranean passage between the Sem- inary and the Hotel Di^u Convent; and fhat we frequently after- wards stood over that passage together. At other times, in company with '-.inerent t^hrisiian brethren, I hive also examined that under-ground ave, nuefrom the Seminary to the Nunnery; at least, that partof it which was open for common inspection for a considerable period, during the comple* tion of Jhe cathedral in that city, r. • led by one e piece of gratitude ree things to believe the Hotel ave abun- n altered, [latanding ermission lim where Priests of tmenta of pa9sa;;:;e; ork. He 3 fact, for '> in Mon- ^e did ex- 011 rse be- 'hat pas- ie priests ion them IS to the in it only e size of the nuns* leweli. — than Mr. convent. )ny ; and erranean ce in the itreal, to ere is no itel Dieu ts no lar- II knows SAN. )nducted :he Sem-. ly after- any with iind ave-. hich was comple« ■Wi 11 2. I do rnost solemnly affirm, that an account of that passage, and of the priests and Romanism m Canada, was tiansmitted by a gentleman of Montreal, as he himsef informed me, to the Boston Recorder, in the spring fl ^ -^TJ R^^; ^n^' *'/'"'"' ^^ ""y «^" "^^^tain knowledge, was pub- lished m the Boston Recorder, and copied into the Montreal papers. An exctement instantly was raised, and some of the Protestant preachers, he editors of newspapers and other half Papists, then villified and belied the supposed authors of that communication, the same as Jones and 9fnn« and others are now doing ; but none of them ventured then to deny ?he ex.stence of the subterranean passage; for it was open to m/bUc insoec tion. and multitudes were constantly in the habit of beholdin- E pr;s;i'v:dtsjtT '^^^' ^'''^ ^^ -- - --^ ^^^^^ r^' their sacTament of ma^rria"e 'anftS i^fal of ^^ T^ ^'T'^^ ^^ at the Confession, and their ha^in "avowed Sdr/n in h^"''""/ '^ ^'T'"^ »tii-;a Ei =5arSi^j&^-^^^ respectable citizens and ChistiZ as Z n r""^' *^'^^'H ^y the most Roman priests and nuns in Lowe? Canada t'T ^''"r>^"-^'^^ '^' '^' did at various times in 1824, S5 ^828 and 182Q ;"T '^^' «»thority, I Burlington, Plattsburg, and otho; dSs 1 .' " ^^^^ York, Albany, those in th^ "Awful D sdosures 'Ait in m '\ '""",7 •^''"^^ '''"'"'^-^ ^"^ for five years successivelv whom i Jnl ^7 ^'^'^^'-''^rs on their tour tat«their inspcSoUs cuTiS el^^^^^^^^ ''^"u^ ^""^''^' '" ''«^"'- the Roman 'priests,tuL "^1^ ^nr^? !^: rrhat'^'P'^''^^ * sov^. yea. .e.r^£l^£k^l^:S";rSS^^i^^S tim?LTpla:^°/,rtl!Xtf7etos?'"'^' ^^" '''''' '^ ^^^-^ «» any presence PfwhoZtttly^'^SS^^^^ in tZ ZudsUiv^"^""*' would InJe his guiltytrX^;n':i'Vrr:h^-;XSe" woMid strive .« conceal nis anl.ciuistian treacherous countenance • c»x , . , r^ „ GEORGE BOURNE. T o.n 1 statement by Dr, Broimlee. I can also g.ve my testimony, that the facts alluded to in the preceding 12 statement, often, in my hearing, have been made the subject of com* mon conversation among travellers and visitants from Q,uebec and Mon- treal ; and that they detailed them as facts indubitably true: and that moreover, those details were publicly given forth long before 1 had heard the startlins narrative of Maria Monk. W. C. BROWNLEE. More Disclosures respecting the Hotel Dieu Nunnery of Montreal^ hy the Rev. Messrs. Perkins and Curry. At the time Messrs. Curry and Perkins, &c., visited the Hotel Dieu Montreal, some time last summer, they found a well recently dug and stoned up. Mr. Curry is fully aware that it has been dug since Feb- ruary 1836, and also that the Roman priests have had two wells in the yard of the Nunnery ever since it has been known. Messrs. Curry and Perkins will not deny the ubove fact ; for they themselves have stated it as above to several persons in Montreal. Why was that well dug at that particular time in the cellar of the Nunnery. That is the only well that was ever in the cellar. Yet, Mr. Stone would make the public believe, that it is of long standing, by saying that he saw an old iron pump in it. With regard to the passage connecting the Seminary with the Nunnery t It is nearly thirty years since I landed heie, and many times have 1 heard that passage spoken of both by French and English ; and I never heard a doubt expressed of its existence, till since Maria Monk's statement was laid before the public. L. S. The above letter ia from one of the oldest Anglican residents of Montreal, who was intimately conversant with the interior of the Hotel Dieu Con- vent when it was partially open for general inspection ; and who has watched the Jesuits that during 30 years have polluted, blinded, and cursed Lower Canada. MARIA MONK AND COL. S I'ONE. «' I have just returned from a sojourn of six weeks in Lower Canada, spent chiefly in the country adjacent to Montreal, and a part of the time in that city ; and while there, I endeavored to form a correct judgment, for myself, on the controversy between Maria Monk, the professed ex-nun of the Hotel Dieu Nunnery, of Montreal, and Mr. Stone of Now York. The true state of the question, as it pends, between AVm. L. Stone, and Maria Monk, in her book of " Awful Disclosures," charges the popish bishop and priests connected with the Hotel Dieu Nunnery, of which she • professes to have been an inmate, with crimes and conduct, which, if true, prove that that institution is a most iniquitous, impure, and demoralizing establishment; such an institution as ought not to be tolerated in any christian or enlightened country. On the other hand, Col. Stone having visited Montreal and the Convent, has volunteered his statement as testi- mony to prove that the prie.st3, nuns and all connected with the institu- tion, are pure, innocent and righteous persons, and the nunnery a most beneficial institution. The facts set forth by Maria Monk, if true, prove that the Hotel Dieu Nunnery of Montreal, is, in its character and the uses made of it just what, every intelligent reader knows, from the most undoubted testimony, simi- lar institutions have been for centuries past, wherever they have existed. These circumstances give no small weight to her testimony. If we con- sult Bower, Gavin, White, Baxter, and others, whose names might be given, their statements prove that the Hotel Dieu, is in no essential par- ticular, d with it a rope in i facts strc to the pu to the re| an exum witnessci Monk vv( as as^erti than to h first appl The refu bresumpt This pres alteration ■; viduals o permit an (Bons in co Mr.Cla we, that ( Dieu, by I Jones, the quested tl New-Yorl Jones at H but after w permission conditions Monk's r ntight be di 9j)onsible / him know engagcmer from Mr, J non-compli immediatel o'clock, an This inter\ subject, un fice ; wher mission, an Thus, we I racter of tl would incn of Maria M I went truth. Th port of his nia conclusi and Curry'f the credit ol Col. Stone'i f ct of com* and Mon- : and that had lieaid ''NLEE. lery of trry. otel Dieu o !y dug and since Feb- ,ells in the Curry and le stated it dug at that ly well that )lic believe, sump in it. Nunnery t ive 1 heard lever heard ement wa3 L. S. if Montreal, Dieu Con- id who has iinded, and ■er Canada, of the time t judgment, lised ex-nun New York. I. L. Stone, 9 the popish f which she lich, if true, emoralizing ated in any Lone having ent as testi- the institu- lery a most Hotel Dieu it just what, mony, simi- ave existed. If we con- 2S might be isontial par- 13 Monk were groundless, or if she never had been a Nun in thit in stiiSn IL^^TC^ byCol stone and the papists, nothing could have Sea^; Dormi tan Pv« °T" ^*l°««'"g »o make an examination; still refusing to ptrmu an exanunation by persons not of their own selcctine or hi £>!! eons in company witli il/aria Monk. selecting, or by pe> Jones at first said he did no( think the bishop Z?doLerhpe'rrJ^,i^': but afterwards sa.d that on certain conditions, he would engage t™ Si perrn.ss.on for those gentlemen, with Maria Monk, to go in^ (!ne of thZ cond.t ons was, that .f the examination failed to provf the truVh of Maria m, I^'sclosures, she sho Id be delivered up to the ai^SesthatX nvnstble for a cmnphance; and Mr. J. engaged to see the bishou a^ fei hi.n know the next morning. Mr. J. not however con^Dlvinawhhflsi "oSrf'c^ifed''' ^'i^^^ ^^'^'"^ '^^ - thr^ryVrcfiSg"' S tfora Mr. J., called on him again, when Mr. J. gave, as the cause of WS non-compliance, that he had not seen the bishop, but promised ?o dn ^ .mmediately, and to call on Mr. C. next morniTg betw'^en nine and tJn o;dock and seemed then quite confident permislion wmild be e?a„te? J^bieci S S Tr ^?"^"y' ""^.^ ""''■ <^ ^'^'^ nothing furthef on th* «ibject, until Saturday, when accidentally meeting Mr J in the Post O/L mi:Jio:':ndtr'"Hl^*^''" ^^^^ "^^ ^'"'^ "«^ obfJlnihi^bTsho^ptp^i mission, and assigned tha as a reason why he had not fulfilled his pVomisr Z.l: 7 h^^^P'-««f positive, that those interested in sustaining t^heTha: wnlhlfnn ^^/"M'"^''^r^. ••«*'»««dto permit such an examrnation. i oTMariTrn"!:'ctt "'^ ^"^^*'^"' ^^^^^^^S the truth or falaeSo^l tn/th'^'Thi^r.f ''fl*'■f^'' '''■"!''"? *° °»'**'" '^e'-^ain knowledge of t}» Z'r\flt'ZL%%^^^'^'t^^%', Cpl.^Stone had published a T ^— . — ...„ ..„,.„.!nctiiui, us ino note! uieu, and when i h«»nrH «# few conclusion, I was not a little surprised. I had ead Messrs Perking ^^c^r^^;t'VT-''Z^'''}' "PoP^"^'^ '^ •^•''-' but little irrps;n«Sri the credit of Maria Monk's Book. Before I had an opportunity of refd^ff C«l. Stone's account, I had a conrersation with IvKssrs. Arkie aJi 'f i ■A 14 Curry, American protestant ministers in Montreal, knowing that they ad- vocated the innocency of the priests, and the purity of the nunnery. 'I'hey expressed tlieir belief that it wad Mrs. McDonnell's Magd len Asylum, that Maria Monk had in her mind's eyi-, when she wrote her description of the nunnery in wuich she was intlosed, and not the Hotel Dieu. This induced me to desire to see Mrs. McDonnell's establishment, and com- Eare its appearance witb Miss Monk's description and plan of the Hotel Heu as represented in her book, and the drawing accompanying the late editions. I accordingly applied to Mrs McDonnell for permission to take a view of her Asylum, which she readily granted. I visited this in com- pany with tlie Rev. Mr. Claiy. We found the house to be a very nisig- pificant wooden building not affi)rding sufficient height for two good sto- ries ; and not aflfording as many apartments as an ordinarily comfortable dwelling house, even m the country. A particular desciiption of the building would be unnecessary, as there eoidd scarcely have been another buUdiw^ selected in J\/Iontreal, having any pre- tensions to the name of a house, more unlike Maria JV/o«/c's description or plan, or more unlike the Hotel Dieu, than this. It had no wall around it, but the very ordinary board fence which inc'oses Mrs. McDonnell's lot. We were conducted through the building, and assured we were shown the whole of it, which I do not doubt, by a girl called Jane Ray, one of ihe Magdalens, as we understood ; but who was almost as dissimilar in ap- pearance and manners to the Jane Ray so conspicuous in Maria Monk's book, as the Magdalen Asylum is unlike the Botpl Dieu. It was a mat- ■|; ter of astonishment to us both, how respectable peisons who had any re- gard for public opinion or their own discernment, could attempt to palm on the public, an idea so absurdly ridiculous, as that Maria Monk's de- scription of the buildins which she calls the Hotel Dieu Nunnery is at all applicable to Mrs. McDonnell's asylum. Even our conductress seemed plainly to betray her want of faith in the pretended resemblance. My next objeit was to ascertain whether the Hoti:l Dieu, and the other cstabli"' lents described by Miss Monk, corresponded in any reasonable |[k. degree a her description of them. I neither sought nor desired an inter- - <• nal examination of any of them, for the purpose of testing the truth ^ of Maria Monk's statement. It would be both idle and arrogant for any person however experienced, even in the art of building, to attempt to examine the interior of a building of such extent as the Hotel Dieu, with such a view at present, unless they had been formerly family liar with every part of it. If one moiety of the charges in Maria Monk's book be true, no rational person can doubt, but those concsined will en- deavor to conceal the evidences of tlieir guilt, by making every possible alteration in the building. It would weaken but little, the credit of Maria Monk's testimony, if she should, even now, be at a loss in recognizing the different apartments of the buildins, admitting she has been what she professes to have been, an inmate of the building. There has been ample time for making any alterations that could be effected by stone, plaster, and wood. An examination, immediately after the charges were made public, would have been satisfactory and conclusive on the one side or the other: but can now have but little weight in invalidating Miss Monk's testimony, if the interior of the building should not be found as represented by her. After taking a view of the location of the principal monastic establish- ments, my attention was chiefly directed lo the Hotel Dieu. This build- 15 g that they ad- unnery. 'I'hey d .len Asylum, her description el Dieu. This [lent, and coin- in of the Hotel anying the late mission to take ed this in com- )e a very insig- r two good sto- ily comfortable essary, as there having any pre- cription or plan, »und it, but the nell's lot. We veie shown the lay, one of ihe ipsimitar in ap- Maria Monk's It was a mat- 'ho had any re- ittempt to palm iria Monk's dc- unnery is at all ictress seemed ilance. J, and the other any reasonable esired an inter- sting the truth and arrogant t of building, 3nt as the Hotel formerly family Maria Monk's csined will en- r every possible credit of Maria recognizing the been what she has been ample / stone, plaster, ges were made I one side or the cr Miss Monk's i as represented wstic establish- u. This build- ing according to Bouchette's typographical descriptioti of Lower Canada, publishfd in 1815, extends in front of Paul st. 324 feet and in the depth on Joseph st. 468 feet. I presume the dimensions here given to be correct, judging merely by the eye. The buildins, yard and garden, occupy nearly the outer block of the lots, between Paul st. and Notie Dame, running parallel 1o it, and between Joseph and Jean Baptiste streets, running trom Paul at right angles to Notre Dame. The whole front 324 ft et on Paul St., is o'.'cupied by the main building, and three wings, in appearance not mnch inferior, in size to the main building, ex- tending back towards Notre Dame street. It shows the absurdity of a stranger pretending to hpv( thoroughly examined a building so extensive in the space of three hours or less, whifh Col. Stone professes to have done. I believe that none of those buildings, the front and back wings, is less than three stories above sround, and if my recollection does not greatly deceive me, the front is four story, as it faces on Paul st. But another reflection which the size of the building forces on the observer is, what can be the necessity or the use of such buildings for the accommo> dation of thirty-six nuns, and to accommodate the few sick which are there at any one time ? On looking over the New York Spectator of Oct. 17,1 was utterly astonished to find that Col. Stone would venture the assertion which he has done. Col. Stone declares, "he would find only half his number of piles, and those not ha'f so big. He would find no story below ground, and only two above." Th* Col. is here so far from the trtUh, that if I had no other evidence, but his own, to prove that he had seen the Hotel Ditu, I should have better reason to believe that Col. Wm. L. Stone had never seen tht Hotel Dieu, than I would to believe that Maria Monk had not been a nun in thnt establishment, and had not seen what she described as having taken place in it. Because her account has some claims to credit, from the fact that the con- duct which she has charged upon the priests and nuns, is very similar to what such persons in such establishments, have been of^cn proved chargea- ble with in other countries. But the Colonel's assertion toould show to a person, who had seen the Hotel Dieu, that he had either forgotten the evidonet of his oion senses, or tooidd not believe them. I declare my solemn convie- tion, from all that I could see and learn in Montreal, that Col. Stone has wilfully and deliberately attempted to impose on his readers ; and that his ac- count of his visit to Montre d, does in no essential particular, diminish the credit otherwise due to Maria Monk^s " Aioful Disclosures.'^ For this opinion I ofTer the following reasons : 1. Col. Stone's report throughout gives evidence that it is intended as a mere production of the imagination, not a narrative of facts, or inferences founded on facts. This is evident to any person who has ever visited Montreal, or the surrounding country. The natural situation is indeed beautiful and grand, and this appearw to be the only thing in i^e Col.'s description, in which he has not been v ^.tithful. "The neat white cot- tages every where clustering around t:je numerous parish churches,'* which he saw from the Mountain in Montreal, were all in his imagination. If the Col. had approached them near enough to take a bona fide view of them^ he wo'ild have found his neat white cot tases^; every where dwindled into comfortless little log houses, having nothing whiter on them, in them, or about them, than the mortar that daubs the chinas between the logs. The habitations of the native Canadians, ntay be said to be any thing but neat, clean, and comfortable. A description so wide from the facts of the 16 case, show that the writer has something in viev/, different from that of conveying to his readers correct impressions. 2. Another reason for my opinion, is Col. Stone's declaration, " that the Whole town and province, people of every and all denominations, men of intelligence and unquestioned piety, universally disbelieve Maria Monk's A r .'i^'^^*' ^°'" "^'^ °^'" P*"^*' ^'^ ^""''' hear of but two believers in the Awful Disclosures in Montreal. " And one of these," he add^., " was evi- dently afraid to visit the nunnery, lest be should be forced by actual demon- stration to change his opinion." The individual here referred to, the Rev. Mr. Clary, has repelled the Col.'s ungenerous insinuation, and properly rebuked htm for bis other mistattinents. But either the Col. must have been very partial in his inquiries, or a f™°?*ft"»T°'"™*^" change must have taken place in a very short time after he left Montreal, in the sentiments of the people. I was indeed told the eame thing by the two clergymen friendly to the cause of the nunnery, to whom I applied for information. I was, however, then able to mention Ihe names of some eight or ten, with some of whom they were acquainted, who had avowed to me their belief in the book . In my intercou i se after- wards with the people, where opportunity permitted, I directed my inqui- ries to that poi nt. I found many, say twenty or more, a large poi tivn of those vntk lohom I conversed on the subject, avowed their unhesitating belief in the truth of the disclosures generally. The evidences of thnr behef were drawn, indeed, from different sources. For instance, a respectable and intelligent merchant who had long been a resident of the city, in conversation on^'the subject, expressed some surprize, that the people of the States would aive any credit to the statement of a person of such character as Maria Monk represented herself to have been. I stated my belief that but few of those, Who credited her statements did it, on the authority of her word alone ; but the character of such institutions in other times and other places : the natural tendency ol such institutions, being contrary to the design of the t^reator, and the uniform principles of human nature, corroborated the most essential parts of her statement. He immediately replied, that he did not doubt, indeed he had long been convinced, that those institutions tn Mtmtreal were as corrupt as any of a similar kind had been in Europe, or elstwhere; and that in general, the character given of the Hotel Ditu was just enough. " But," he added, " do not believe it on her testimony, for I do not consider her worthy to be admitted as a witness in the case." I al- leged to him, that since he rejected her testimony, yet believed the thines charged, he must have better evidence than hers, which influenced his bc- liet— I must then consider him as strongly corroborating her statements, at least as to the true character of the institution. I mentioned to several ofthose persons that I had been told that I could not find any person in Ihe city, who believed the things stated in Maria Monk's book. I was assured by them, that they coidd take me to hundreds who believed them. But they generally admitted that persons in business there did not wish to involve theniselves in the controversy by expressing their opinion. The Koman Catholic interest in the city is so great, that it would be dan- gerous. and ruinous to persons in almost any kind of business, to take an open or public part against them. The booksellers did not venture to keep ««e mjor^aic. une of ihem did gel a few copies of them, rmthavinv of keep, ing them mi hand; but hts friends mfter an apprehension that his property and person would be tn danger prevailed with him to return them. Those in JLower Canada who wish to examine the book and judge for themselves have to procure them privately. ^ "»<:*««» tr I from that of ion, "that the ations, men of VI alia Monk's hevers in the Idf, " was evi- actual demon- d ro, the Rev. and properly oquiries, or a loi t time after deed told the le nunnery, to e to mention re acquainted, 5rcourseafter- ted my inqui- 907 (ion of those g belief in the fwere drawn, nd intelligent rsation on the :es would give Maria Monk t few of those, word alone ; ir places ; the design of the roborafed the plied, that he ise institutims in Europe, or Ditu wets just lony, for I do cnse." I al- ed the things enccd his bc- p statements, jed to several ny person in >ook. I was yedthem. But not wish to >inion. The uld be dan- s, to take an iture to keep 1 vine ofkeep^ property and . Those in r themselves 3 A third reagon for my opinion, is. Col. Stone's positive declaration, that no Chan j:^ta But all the evidence which 1 obtained on this point, directly contradicts the Col.'s assertion. / saiv, myself enoxigh to rebut his testimony, fhe bacK tcalL next and parallel to J^otre Dame street, had a recent addttum to tts hetgM of six or eis'htfeet at leasl. Though the mortar was sulficiently induiated, I doubt not, to have resisted all the force Colonel Stone would readily apply to it, with his iron pointed cane ; yet nothing coidd be more visible to the eye, than that it was of very recent construction. I was assured, by a gen- tleman who was every day engaged in the store adjoining this piece 01 wall and saw the repairs going on, that there was also built, during IM earlxi part of the summer, an entire mw wall, dividing the tohole back ground, which is one of the walls wliich Col. Stone asserts, " no unaided "'or al, man or woman, could have surmounted." 1 was assured aJso,^hy the same person, thet there loas, during a part of the last winter, a pileojboarat at least twenty-five feet in htight,in the rear yard of the nunnery, \yhich coUi(l not have been drawn away by a team, without his observing it, but thai th' pile gradually diminished, until the boards were all gone. From tokicli nt inferred they were torought up, and used on the premises. Jlnd yet there waa no exterior toork on the premises, that coidd require so much matertal. tie took me to the position trom which he viewed the works going on m the rear of the nunnery. There was no obstacle in his way of seeing what he professed to have seen, as his position overlooked "}e wall, high as it is I hese facts, together with other evidence alieady b. fore the public, and especially, the refusal so long to admit any person at all to examine the interior of the building, and after there had been ample lime to make alterations, and to obliterate the evidence of such alterations ; and then ?hat onW such persons should be admitted as were selected by the Priests themselVes; the continued refusal to permit an exaniination under the guidance of Maria Monk; all confirm the opinion, that Col. Stone haj Attempted to impose u|K.n his readers, and has been the dupe and tool of the Priests ' They have engaged him to do what they would not have a tempfed to do themselves. " Col. S. should have offered an ^^xplana ion ?o show to the public the necessity of walls, ^^ some twenty feet high,- as he has s^r^ed they are, to inclo.e a building otherwise fortified by ma.eive iron doors and bolts, where the confinement, as he asserts, is altogether ^'^4""AnoU.er circumstance is an additional reason for my solemn convic tinn that Col. Stone, with an int.ntion to serve the Popish and anti-Pro- testant cause in the United States, has deliberately attempted to impose on his readers and to dceeive the American public. Col Stone was wholly unqualified to form a judgment at all respecting the truth or falsehood of Maria Monk's description ol the nunnery at the time he visited it ; being altogether ignorant, even according to ins own Siss on of wha her descripUon was. He admits, that he had only taken Ccurryand occasional 'lance at a /no of the pages" ol M. Menkes book How then could he without arrogance and presumption pretend to iudro of the correctness of a book of several hundred pages-tor the de- icription runs through the whole hook, ha^;■mg only glanced ma cursorv manner at afiW of ill pages ? The truth of the matter is this. When Cof. Se wi reminded by The Rev, Mr.Clary at Montreal, oi the loss wh.chhe 2* 18 would sustain in his investjrntion from nof having read the l.ock-^he then could of his lime until the hour ol admission arrived, 'li.ig «a« at 10 o Clock A. M., and ne was to commence his inv.st.gation at 1 P. M. hnnU^.PrV TT ^""^"^ 'odgings, receive company, dine, and read a Dook of lour hundred pa^es .' r ji > There are other thinjs in Col. Stone's statement, which would oreatlv confirm the opinion above expressed. Such as the weakness of his^po o- gy lor their relusal to suhm.t to an examination at once, full and fair, and Dubhe'"ThpT"'r'"'"',f' 'hat their report would he s'atislactory to the •Wflf ^^^ ''fto"«' he says, IS that suggested to hiiM by thi nun- tnat It would have interrupted them. &c." Why ..houid one fair and aTrie""lfc'r"s^r^^7'"^'"=' '^"" '^'^ which K'u'e'leSd"? laKen place ' I Col. Stone's apology has any we "ht, whvdid the Pnni«5f« or?f r?h'"''h" '^•-^^!,- P^^li"- and Curr^ to vl^it k a^^a . „d wC Th.re is one other circumstance which I state on the authority of a highly re-prctable lady of Montreal, who travelled in coinpan with Mr ?h.t^r'''ii''P'r^^/*'^'^-' *'^*'" ^""''«'^' »« ^^ew York^who assured me ^rgyL, Mvember, me. ^^^^^ ^' ^"^^ER. Alterations in the. Hotel Dieu Nunnery. «ndp?'f hi?""'"''^*^ gentleman in Canada, who holds an offlce of importance terna ft tl?rW tw ^ vi "" ^'^^ ^T '^"°^^" '^^ """"^^^ internafandrx! lernal, to, thirty-two years, says, the interior of the Hotel Dieu Nimnerv ha. been sa much altered within the last winter and sprincTby means of masons and carpenters, that one would hardly know it from^trSerior did he not know it from its exterior ' ^ interior, on Ocloberi2 'V^tl^"^ gentlemen from Montreal, merchants, declared Sy^f tt^^ ' '*^\'" ^^-^^- York, that every family residin- in the vici- nity of he nunnery do positively know and declare, from the%tones t^m her, and hme laid down, and carried mfo if, that Xr^tirns have b^?n gomg on m the mterior for nine or ten months past TTr.t 1 n- TKT W.C.BROWNLEE. .CAT u ^^^ ^^^^ Nunnery at Montreal •Jnnf .*! ^'I?'"**'"" whatev.r has been made within the Hotel Dieu Nunnerv aJ'^^'^'^.w'-^- ^-"/ * gentleman called on me, with whose brother a tpm names IS simply this .-There is a'ferocious perscxuLrsa on fool la Iiock — hptiien ! the most he liis v\a$! at 10 on at 1 P. M. e, and read a would greatly s of Ills a polo* and tiiir, and actory to the by llie nun — one fair and huve already id the Papists I, and why so an examina- uthoiity of a nv with Mr. ) assured me ! tiuth of the ompany with VIILLER. fimportance ;rnal and ex- ieu Nimnery by means of 1 its interior, Its, declared 1^; in the vici- stones, tim- have been VNLEE. eu Nunnery use, is fully le Montreal fher. a resi- itecl at pre- ♦iht'St repu- ist withhold on foot in 19 Monfroal, aj^ainst all who have the honest courage to utter their fne 5ci». tnnents o.i ti.e j^hosliy despots of li.at priest-riddtn tily ; or who ooenlv avow <^"'Ployed o . the outside, so' faTii'allj'oS of" Y^o'SlT e'e ' ""t^ H? '?"'ML"?» tnuteiials wuhia the groat buLingI And ii li^^^/^r u';nV^^^^^^^^^^^^ 20 3 I also putthc usual question to hun rej«tj.n„ ^^ ^^^ ^^^ neri. " =^ir " I said to h.m, y°"/J^i,"",.Yno and form a tolerably accu- ?ai by your eye, tak« a survey °<^^^^,^u.ldm ana^ front, what is the ?ate idlZof itsWnt : on-S^PreS " Mon ''^Bouchette's dimensions extent of that """"^''f^^'rcnquest.onably accurate, I am well quoted by you and Col. btonc ^.c ^^^q« ^.^^^ „,^, utwen y-onc acquainted with the size of that nunnery i ^^^^ ^^^ ^,^jj ^.^„ ;S?s. And 1 tell you -"trhasful^lyeorrd all that immense building fake it on him ^o 9ay,that he has U, y exp ^^^^ ^^^^ ^f^^^ rr„a?e"^" e^t^^ortotag^ wllL^i, for I never saw Col. Stone, and ^TLSlie^; ^^-^0. ^ uiy f.^^^;. JJ^e suljerranean p^ sa<»e, and on the extent of crecht given to Mar ^^^^^.^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^ to the first, he was supnsed that any f"^" 'I'y "hat had Col. Stone been a '"round parage ; and ^^^^^-'-^^^^^l l^ear^^esidence in Montreal, that betant^?3, w'tK? a^gr-ossUrage offered to Ins conscience, observed, that on t^^e one hand all v^ ho u re un^d ^ P^.^^J.^^^ ^^^ ^wful all who feared lo- their ^"-ade an<^l^a^^"«^ P ^^j, pearly as bad Disclosures ; while m P"^'*^ .f ^J,"," ity all have heard from other ere- stories about the ^'^^^-^ 'i'^'^^fh^V t^nd, t L potestants, and those who ditable quarters. On the othor hana j ^^^^ ^,^^^^^^ ^^ ^f boldly speak out their mmdju^^^^^^^^ course I expected he sa > ^^^^ ^'^^ ^^y add, what a distinguished lady, I„ addition to those statemen s, ' V'^ > ' detailed in the presence one of a p.rty '-^"^ -V/^'^.^ii^fon a v s-^t "' In visiting the apartnients of the family whcreshe ^aj then on ^^ she, » what seemed to be of the Hotel D.eu Nunnery, we reached .c pot satis- the end and tern.mation ot that bu.Wm or ^ .^^^^^^^ J j^^,, , he fied with this, brgan to. examine, tie ai eye close to the key pannel work. I^^term.ned to exploie he V^^^^^^^^^^,, hehind this hole, and discovered ^.^^^ s.^med o l^'r^^' c^ P^^^^ ^^^^^_ ,j,, i^ :^\ZiZ^^^^^^^^^'^^-'y that he could get it ^^.t that n.r.f.med Lord ^^f^-^^3;;^;;;;^£,C: t^^^^: carefully examined f ^7^.:'^ ''Settlm ,o pain? yielded to his cane ; t^^^l!::i::^::^:^^-^^^^- ^ou^nd. JoaUcations what. -^:Le more aen;;^j^:x::^:,i;;^^:^^x^=?^- «' How many rooms, chamiieis,uosf-i,H ^hen you examined every f^o/n rUpt™™r:n?clr''r;,X-tvo so,L„.>. a.owe. before the Christian public ?" -yy^ q^ BROWNLEE, t make no lat wc saw ofthenun- as one who ably accu- what is the dimensions I am well twenly-onc lan whocan ise building ler a fool, or Stone, and ranean paa- ntreal. As in the under Stone been a jntreal, that conscience, I, he simply .fluence,1ind vc the Awful learly as bad om other cre- d those who c latter, as of auished lady, I the presence e apartments seemed to bo son, notsatis- cy hole in the ise to the key 3 behind this ic. Tliia cre- le could get it pointed cane, ,fiom the gar- d to his cane ; nations what- community — ind trap doors, camined every avowed before OWN LEE, 21 Roman Priests of Montreal, and Mr. Jones^ editor of L^Ami du P tuple, "It was told personally by Jones, publisher in Montreal of the work just printer!, "opposing M iria M itik's Disclosures," that he hud not sold one copy to any of the'Rorn;in priests, and was truly exasperated. After a:i oiillay of scviral hundred dolbra and great exertion to get it up; he got into this province one thousand c ipies, expectiui: that the 300 rej:nlai ly e3tal)lish(>d priests wonldhavo each tal.-'n one, and circulated aniongtlieir folks sotnn tew eacli ! ! But stranije to .\iy, only Piofestantfi are buying them. Althoui^h a Catliolic publisher, .T;,nes is disgusted with t'e com- munity with whom he is conn ccted, and wljom he was so ambitions of vindicating. To wliich it may be adiled,th;it s;ii(l Jonrs has taken a small lot of vacant arounl, on wiicli he has recently built ashoponlyat hisown expense, w'.iich he has leased at a ground rent of about one hundred and sixty dollars p^ir annum. And to remove the impression circulating here, •'ttiat it is a gift from the clerj^y as a d(juceur for his zeal in getting out said ' Exposure of M iria M jnk, &c.,'" he will exhibit the deed of lease Irom the "Seminary" for said term, and buildins, in his shop window shortly; for it is from the Superior of said Catholic Seminary, as reprc- 8 -ntative of th3 Catholic priests, that he says it is leased. Jones is pub- licly circulntina; those statements in Montreal, thereby disgracing the conduct of the Roman priests." T. A. Popery in Canada. Dr. , now residmg at , recently unfolded his history in the following manner. His father was a bigoted Papist, and dedicated him to th^ Romish priesthood. At the usual age he was sent to the Seminary at Montreal, to prep re for the Romish ecclesiastical functions. There he continued two years, and then abandoned the seminary, avowing that he would no longer reside there. He described the Roman priests of Montreal, from his own acquaintance with them during that initiatory period, as far more atrociously crimir»al. than any developements which have yet been made concerning them depict — confirmed all the statements concerning the sub- terranean passage, and the abominations of the convents — and emphati- cally said — V No language can display the wickedness of the Roman priests in Canada, and especially in the nunneries." He confirmed all the account of the infanticides, and the murder of nuns and priests, and added, " My father was so enraged at my withdraw ment fron the Seminary, and rejection of the priesthood, that he threatened to abandon and disinherit me — and even yet is not pacified, and is little more than civil towards me." Evidence of Rev. Mr. Clary. On the day of the examination of the convent, made in July last, under the guidance of M •. Jones, the Catholic editor of this city, I made appli- cation to him for permission of a few gentlemen from New York, with others from this city, under the guidance of Maria Monk, to examine the convent, whose report I deemed the only one which would bring out the truth or satisfy the conmiunity. He seemed in favor of this proposal on the condition that if they failed to prove the truth of ihc Disclosures, its au'huress should be given up to the authorities to be at their disposal ; and he promised to get permission, but the bishop would not grant it. When Col. Stone was here, Mt. Jones, in presenting a request frotn 22 him to visit the conTcnt, of his own accord included my name also, and af^rwa'da camo and inVormed me of it. giving as a reason that Iliad complained that I co..ld not ^nX admittance ti.ere. showed h.m m lew wds* i'm «t..ke. and that i^was not for u.y.eif hut for others thai I made Lplica ion. His ohject by this ofler seen.ed to be to -uake ^^e /fom- p?omise or at least t6 silehce my complaints that my rt quest had not been Pnted! He appeared anxious'that I should go m, ren.ark.ng .Uso that Ee should expect me on coming out to give my op.nion ; and «^hen h« saw me disinclined under those circumstances o ""^f ['"K^.f "J^^^^'^;"J: tion, he said Col Stone was not going to examu,« but to v.s.t the conven for his own t ^li 1 me, 1 oe too of equal esidents here, ion and report e, they will be r about the re- ure of the con- >w wall within saminers— nor imer, nor whe- ery, or hole for ►her the " oiles sre this season, jors," and *' the 23 It appears that ^^:^^tf:^r^^:^!^^:ry ^^^1:^ ?/rr '• r;nl^r;.kt h^^^^ -.d not rather ''come out oi her. and ii'; tparukcrs of her sms. ti>at they rece.ve not oi her pla.ues^7^'^^^ Evidence of an Episcopal Clergyman. It 58 a common p.act.ce for nuns n. Canada to go .orth to the prmc.pal ''^:^1^^^'^^^^^^^^-^^ that Nunneries are jcenea of nmch licenlionsncss. J^aul^ U.: eS- I'cS^ l-e sofl^rcd much persecution ^om foerw^h^urund falle hrithren uUhin, ior;|- C^h-t^ Tr.Z^t^s thrv have s.-t themselves in array against the Beast. 1- or some aays a Jr thev hud .s-ucd their circular, th.y were m absolute danpr of their at.t-rinty nau Papists were perfectly ferocious aSst^^m So V truly "ocs that tact prive that tl>e .fleets of the .ys. Tern of a ti-cl nisi are still the same as f rmrrly. Indeed it requires but iU olnne.^tion an,l intercourse with l.ish Pap.Ms ,o detect in them the self-same spirit that li^ihted up the fires of tmiihfaeld ! L. C. Evidence of Mr. Miller. ^^^suf ^s.t^:^^ -- doth -y--i^-5^^:^^«;i:^:;?- na y, a my fa her had a hi,h regard for Capt. Monk : but the ternper of Ss w fe was such, even at thai time, as to cause much tioubie. Captain iioni^diJd very suddenly as was reported, in consequence of bemg poi- soned Mrs. \ onk was then keeper of the Government House ,n Mont eal, an^ received a pension, which privih ge she has since enjoyed. Ke B.1 nmer of 1832, I left Canada, and came to t'"\«'»y- ,J" ^^^'^^^^^^^ year afterwards I visited Montreal, and on the day when he Governor revicvvrd the troops I heheve about the end of August, 1 called at the Go- vernm.nr Hot^se.^'here I saw Mrs. Monk and several of the family. I inquired where Maria was, and she told me she was in the nunnery— This fact I well remember, because the information S^^e me great pain a. I had unfavorable opinions of the nunneries. On reading the Awful Disclosures," I at once knew she was the eloped nun but was unable to find her until a few davs since, when we recognized each other imme- diately. I -ive with pleasure my testimony in her favor, as she is among 8tran|ers, alid exertions have been made against her. I declare my per- sonafknowledge of many facts stated in her book, and my full belief n the truth of her story, which, shocking as it is, cannot appear incredible to those persons acquainted with Canada. ^jllj^M MILLER. Sworn before me, this 3d day of March, 1630, Benjamin D. K. Craig, Commissioner ol Deeds, &c. 24 m Evidence of Mrs, Ilahn. The following statement has been furnisheo by Mrs. Hahn of Mon- treal : " I was I)orn at Montreal, and resided there until within a few months, and whoremy friends still rcnain. I was educated among the Catholics, and have never separated myself from them. " I knew Maria Monk wlien quite a child. We went to school toge- ther for about a year, as rear as I can remember, to Mr. Workman, Sa- crament street, in Montreal. She is about one month younger than myself. We left tliat school at the same time, and entered theCongrega- tional Nunnery n(!ai!y together. I could mention many things which I witnessed tliere, calculated to confirm some of her accounts. '1 knew of the elopement of a priest named Leclere, who was a con- fessor, with a nun sent from the Congregational Nunnery, to teach in a village. They were brought back, after which she gave birth to an infant, and was again employed as a teacher. "Children were often punished in the Congregational Nunnery by being made to stand with arms extended, to imitate Christ's posture on the cross : and when we found vermin in our soup, as was often the case, we were exhorted to overcome our repugnance to it, because Christ died for us. I have seen such belts as are mentioned in the ' Awful Disclosures,' as well as gags ; but never saw them applied "Maria Monk left the Congregational Nunnery before I did, and be- came a novice in the Hotel Dieu. 1 remember her entrance into the latter ve.y well, for we had a ^jonr de conge,'' holiday, on that occasion. "Some short lime subsequently, after school hours one afternoon, while in the school room in the second story of the Congregational Nunnery, several of the girls standing near a window exclaimed, 'There is Maria Monk.' I sprang to the window to look, and saw with her several other novices, in the yard of the Hotel Dieu, among the plants which grew there. She did not appear to notice us, but I perfectly recognized her. "I have frequently visited the public hospital of the Hotel Dieu. It is the custom there (or some of the nuns and novices to enter at l!)ree o'clock P. M., in procession, with food and delicacies for the sick. I recollect some of my visits there by circumstances attending them. For instance, I was much struck, on several occasions, by the beauty of a young novice, whose slender, graccfid form, and interesting appearance, distinguished her from the rest. On inquiry I learnt that her name was Dubois, or some- thing like it, and the dauL^liter of an old man who had removed from the country, and lived near the Place d'Armes. She was so generally admired for Iter beanly, that she was called ' la belle St. Francois — St. Francis being the saint's name she had assumed in the convent. "I frequently went to the hospital to see two of my particular friends who were novices ; and subsequently to visit one who had a sore throat, and was sick for some weeks. I saw Maria Monk there many times, in the dress of a novice, employed in different ways ; but we were never al- lovred to speak to each other. " Towards the close of the winter 1833-4, 1 visited the hospital of the Hotel Dieu very frequently, to see Misa Bourke, a friend of mine, although I was not allowed to speak with her. While there one day, at the hour of 'coHge,' collation, which, as I before stated was at three P. M., a proces- sion of nuns and novices entered, and among the former I saw Maria Monk, with a black veil, 6ic. She perceived and recognized mej but put 1 of MoH" w munths» Catholics, ;Iiool togc- knuin, Sa- nger than Congrega- ;s which I I'as a coiv :cach in a )an infant, y by being the cross : , we were 1 for us. I es,' as well i, and be- ) the latter 1. oon, while Nunnery, i is Maria ^'cral other ;rcw there. ieu. It is 'ee o'clock [ recollect instance, ng novice, tinguishod I, or sonic- 1 from the y admired )t. Francis ar friends ore throat, y times, in ; never al- ital of the , although the hour of a proces- aw Maria ej but put nor h New he, «n.,er upon her l.ps ia token of .ilence , and knowing how ngidl, the '"lr^X;tral!e™X-w heragain i„ the same place, and under '' " I eatfir.hTy":; when thl, occurred, becan,e I recollect that thn day while he was on a visit to me, and exclaimed- O J"«" ^^^^"j-j;;;^ ^^ place von arc in-if father docs not take you out of it, I will, U i nave lo ''« ffi^tSast s.cht I',ad of Maria Monk in the hospital, I "ever saw •'^i'vS^t'S-Ha M\''rere;":h: pt:ed"ero. ,he room without^um- sheknewmeatye. ll.ve .^nc p Vially as I knew many .r S'L^:: wt.ln^N'o cn^?:r^he ,|;.mL,s „Lh ,^e m.kes^ V» /• „ */. /Ifr Cnrrii Mr. Pf.rkins, Mr. lusson^ lur^ „f the ™rfen wall is the door or entrance from the cellar ? You must n", reply that no such door" was ever seen or heard of "- belu""n thai case you will only prove that you have not seen or hoard °'o'',*Xfnar''t of the builL. is the Chaplain's room?. And can ym uoc thP ('innlain's room a pr vate communication ? '°Y.ur d.S^ut'iu , a r°„°„m aSd such a passage exist w.U not alte, JrS,yiTu.wil.ver;fythatJ,.rea,e3aou^ SS "oTite'ln". site ^y°s"trrand"";Kull and final ov«U„«w of Popery in Canada. M 3. What part of the Hotel Dieu Convent was occupied by Lester Taylor & Co., or Horatio Gates & Co., and Samnel Fitch & Co., in the year 1816, for the storage of two thousand barrels of flour ? and what kinds ot merchandize were stored in the same place at the time of your visit in the summer of 1836 ? 4. Were you periiiitted to pass through a very narrow alley from the Seminary into Paul street : a private avenue for the Roman priests alone, and for persons dressed as priests ? We shall not be put off with the fallacious statement — that no such places were ''ever seen or heard of;" because the denial of men who know nothing upon the suHjpct, wiii not be admitted either as relevant or valid. Protestant Meeting in New York. At a meeting convened in the American Tract Society's Rooms, at the call of several gentlemen, for the purpose of considering the controversy existing bi-tween Maria Monk and the Rnmish Priests of the Montreal Diocess, Francis D. JlUen, Esq. was called to the chair, and the Rev. Oc- tavius Winslmo appointed as Secretarv. The following Preamble and Resolutions were unanimously adopea : Whereas, Maria Monk has hitherto appealed in vain to the Canadian authorities, both civil and ecclesiastical, to brine; her charges against the Romi--h priests of the Montreal Diocess, to some equitable tribunal for investigation ; and whereas she now appeals to the people of the United States, invoking them to interpose in her behalf, and demand that justice be rendered to her, a lonely girl, in her peculiarly trying and unequal controvfrsy with the priests of the Romish church ; and whereas the people of the United States— besides beina always disposed to lesten to the voice of the friendless and the persecuted — have a deep and solemn interest in the matter in dispute, in consequence of the rapid increase of Popery and of popish institutions in their country ; and also, in con8e« quence of the contiguity of the Canadian Nunneries, and their tntimnte connexion with, and innuenc<* upon, the rising instituti^-tB of America :— Therefore, 1. Rf solved, That it is the sense of this meeting that the appeal of Maria Monk to the American people, ought to be promptly and efficient- ly responded to, so far as the nature of the case will admit of. 2. Resolved, That the conduct of the Romish Montreal priests and their advocates— in attempting, by every ;neans,to asperse and vilify, the character of Maria Monk ; and m attempting, through the most artful deceptions, to decoy her into their hands ; and in refusing, for the space of one full year, to allow the matter in controversy to be brought to « fair trial ; bespeaks any thing rather than manly honesty and virtuous innocence. 3. Resolved, That the recent examination, said to have been made, of the Hotel Dieu Nunnery of Montreal, is altogether unsatisfactory ; be- cause the gentlemen engaged in it have been, from ths beginning, strongly and actively prejudiced against Maria Monk. Mr Jones, editor of a Romish paper under the auspices of the priests, and principal mover in getting up the book against Maria Monk, which is about to appear, con- taining, among other things, the results of this party examination, vitba their leader. And because material alterations are said tf have been made in and around the convent, during the past year— alterations, such as doubtless would easily deceive suck a committee of examiners. For i by Lester . Co., in the ' ? and what ! of your visit ley from the priests alone, that no such jn who know rant or valid. Looms, at the controversy he Montreal the Rev. Oc- reamble and ie Canadian » against the s tribunal for of the United d that justice ind unequal whereas the \ to Icsten to » and solemn 1 increase of 10, in conse- ^etr tntimate ' America -•— ie appeal of ind efficient- r. priests and nd vilify, the most artful or the space brought to ft and virtuous een made, of factory ; be« lin^, slronsly editor of a al mover in appear, con- iination, wa« tf have been rations, such ntners. For 87 these reasons, any report unfavorable to Maria Monk, made by these dis- qu^lifie^ ei^^^^ no influence in deciding tl.is conlro- ''%?Rtsolved, That the recent eflfort of the priests ^"d 'heir defenders to roakeitappearthatMariaMonk,insteadofdePcribinglheHote DieuJ. in- "ery and ifs inmates, has described a place which they call a "Magdalen AsTlum ;" and also, their attempt to prove by the «ffi'dav'ts of some un principled profligate's and infidels, call:nuld avow their opinions and judgment re- specting the existing controversy with the Jesuits and f "mp'^ts in the tfnited States. Tirerefore-having deliberated upon the circumstances coHuecitiU wiluUieiceceaiconirauicwry ucvuiui/muuio w..ve.5..--o - -r ^ 28 in Canada, \vhich opic has become a theme of so much evident misrepre- sentation and calumniating reproach, the Protestants of Philadelphia hereby promulge their decision, 1. Resolved unanimously — That the ignorance or duplicity, and the easy credulity or the wilful delusions of all those nominal Protestants, who justify, defend or extenuate the anti-chnstian conduct and actsof Komish priests, nuns, the monastic system, and Popery, should sincerely be de- plored, and should op-^nly be condemned. 2. Resolved unanimously — That the resolute silence of the Romish Prelate and Priests of Montreal concerning the reiterated criminal allega- tions which for nearly lifteen months past have been publishe I respecting themselves, is self-evident proof that they dare not confront their accusers and other witnesses, and is equivalent to a conlession that they are guilty. 3. Resolved imanimously — JThat the stern and constant refusal of the Montreal Jesuit prelate to admit impartial persons to examine the Hotel Dieu Nunnery of Montreal, is convincmg demonstration, that the Roman priests in Canada are conscious, that a minute examination of that insti- tute would disclose the enormous iniquity which they are said to have per- petrated. 4. Resolved unanimously — That the conduct of the Rev. Mr. Curry of Montreal, the Rev. Mr. Chapin of Westhampton, and of the Editors of the New York Commercitil Advertiser, in gratuitously appearing as ad- vocates of the Jesuit Prelates and Priests in Canada," when at the same time, those Romish ecclesiastics are too crafty to attempt any defence of themselves, imreriously calls for the unqualified censure of every true Protestant; and is a melancholy proof of that departure from the truth which must be lament d by eveiy sincere christian. 5. Rrsolved unanimously — That the narratives and statements publish- ed by those gentlemen, Messrs. Curiy, Chapin, and the Editois of the New York Commercial Advertiser, are not deserving the smallest cre- dence ; ana v.aunot be believed by any person who has peiused the con- trove rsy. 1. Because Mr. Curry has a«knowlod!ipd that he himself has seen ma- nifest recent alterations in the Hotel Diru Nunnery. 2. [because from the time which elapsed while those gentlemen and their associates were avowedly examining the Nimnciy, it is absolutely impossible that more than a very si.iall part of the building could havu been searched. 3. Because there are not only direct contradictions among the witness- es, but also becau3e they confute ihemsehes. 4. Because, so far as known to up, no one of all the gcnilemen of Canada who have been named as collateral witnesses, has ventured to add his attestation to the assertions which Mr. Cu.ry, Mr. Chapin, and Mr. Stone have made. 6. Beiause upon all the principal points in the contioversy, it has been verified by the most incontrovertible testimony, that the statements which those gentlemen have made are not roiiett. They have stated that \hv subterraneous passage between the Piirels' Seminary and the Nunneries in Monteal, was never eeni or hcaid of: M'hich assertion has been proved to be a wiliul falsthccd, by numerous W'StncS-f-?. •ihe^ have avowed, that tbe Hotel Dieu Nunnery of Montrcal, is not ^ 4 29 it misrepre* 'hiladclphia ty, and the slants, who sot'Komish ^rely be de- the Romish inal allega- I respecting eir accusers lat they are fuFal of the e the Hotel the Roman »f that insti- to have per- [r. Curry of Editors of ring as ad* it the same ' defence of F every true n the truth nts publish- litois oithe nallest cre- ed the con- as sern ma- tlrmen and 5 absolutely could havu the witnesB- rnllemen of ventured to Ihapin, and , it has been nents which the Piifsts' r hcaid of: y numerous j:oal, is not much iBrgcr than the New York Bridewell, which is notoriously untrue, by the official measurement of Mr. Bouchette, Surveyor General of Canada. They have affirmed that no changes have recently been made in the Convent, notwithstanding the testimony of the very mechanics who executed the alterations, and of numerous witnesses who watched its progress. 1 hey have also declared, that the Jesuit Priests in Canada actively aid in distributing the Scriptures, notwiihstandini; those Pi iests themselves disclaim that anti-cano ical practice; and the Bible i^ocieiy's repoits for the last twenty years testily, that the Roman Priests in thnt Province al- ways and universally prohibit the reading: of the Scriptures ; and in every case when it can be done with impiinily, take away the word of God from its possessor, with the avowed purpose to destiny it. 6. Hecause it is a well known established rule of the Canadian Nun- neries, that from certain parts of the buildings all strangers shall ever rigidly be excluded. 7. Because the narratives of those gentlemen are in direct contradiction to all the annals of the Roman hieiarchy, and to the uniform history of Female Convents. 6. Resolved unanimously— That the proceedin« s of our Protestant Biethren in New Yoik, in connection with the Ameiican Society to pro- mote the principles of the Reforn.ation, in reference to tie coitl oversy respecting Canadian Popery, are hij;hly appr«ciated and coidiully ap- proved by the Protestants of Philadelphia. And if is earnestly recom- mended to our New York B.ethren to carry on their waifare with th« enemies of Protestantism, whether they are Popish undisguised enemies of the Cross of Christ, or whether they are nominal Piotestants within the church or not. And especially not to desist from urging with all im- portunity their demand foi an impartiiil and u restricted "research into the Hotel Dieu Convent, in company with those persons who were acquaint- ed with it prior to the recent alterations, until by a deliherafeand decisive exploration, the truth or the falsehood of the " Awful Disclosunjs" shall be definitively ascertained. 7. Whereas a variety of reports of most pernicious tendency are con- stantly circulated by the enemies of the truth, expressly to destroy the effect of the irresistible evidence which has been adduced aaainst tlie Roman Priests and Nuns in the Un= ed States and Canada; and vxhere- as it is of the highest importance thai the mischiefs thence resulting should be promptly and efficiently counteiacted, Thertlorc — Resolved, That the preceding resolutions he transmitted to the Corres- ponding Secretary of the American Relormation Society, with our request that the New Yoik Biethren will take our proceedings into ccnsideration, and if they approve of our resolutions, add unto them their sanction. Whereas our New York Brethren are the most competent witnesses in the case, they are also requested to publish their cntc^ori. al deci.>»ion on these three points: 1. The real autlior.-h poflhe Book "entitled "Awful Disclosures" respecting the Hotel Dieu Convent in Montreal. 2. The moral character and conduct of the Nun who made those " Awful Dis- closures," since her residence in New York 3. The degree of confi- dence which ouoht to be placed in her statements, arising from the un- varymg consi.-tency of her nmrative amid the trying ciFcumetances ia which she bos been placed. I ao Brethren, will powerfully tend to J'"»paie «•• ^hoare yet increduloua establish and confirm the minds of those Per^o.^8 ^ho aje^y^^ ^^^^^^^^ and undecided. . . «t _ ir-„i. Protestant Meeting m New York , . In compliance wUh the request o. the Pr.tesUnt Brethren rf^ phiaageiieral meeting of " the decided «>PP«"%^;„°^,^^°PHyn o^^ Ck was held ac:ord?ng to previous notice m P'^^^^^y^^f,'; °"JJ! 16th of January, 1837, lor the objects spec.hed m the precedm„ ««>"■• p. NEXSEN. Esq. was appointed Chairman. *^ ' VV. CHAMBEaS, tKCRETART. Disclosures" respect mg the Wo^^'^J'*'" S^"™^ 1. a„.,Vi, Disclosur. s," SS:i" Sa'mtd".„t,Srp.«o..whoa,e ,e. incr^dd.,., '°Thf.b,;ve1^ae.thavin. been read and considered, the following .n- "cSi'n/'&e»^^n\-^^^^^^^^^^^ declare-— ii A«„tni nistlosures." and "Further Dis- „„i„te particulars »nd cucu^l.m^^^^^^^^^^ hose nan _^ • tr frsS%°"'r:ge7fZ"u,e o igloal ..nuscrlp.. with .he "T 7„'"eto^'dXorSlrMrklr^er residence in N^^^^^^ her vemcily in reference lo Ihe "«^"^'^^''J,'JZ./ ,^„rhmz- .«i Dio- »^„"lS'S^sirduu«i;;ss: Theii;^ w York 1, and to rcdiiloua >hiladel- in New I, on the g r> solu- ,IRMAN. rART. •etiii^ be decisive ting con- ereby as- do most ration, do >stantB of m. witnesses cision on \ »' Awful . 2 The closuri s," nee which ng coiisis- :h ahe has 81 mo'ntt.°;iZra'ny^^^^^^^^^ ^e^etdVo^f^^" °' T\^^' re:,:rwereri'„»^^^^^^^^ court; of he? Pr or I.fe This r/mrFu '^^°"«.«''9"« *"d the whole church or the world. °«c""-ed exJenor of the convent, either in the Thid meeting therefore do soiemnlv declare >« fk«;. u i, viction, that thi more Profoundl vThe tesSmnni nf li • ""»• erable con- the Canadian Priests aSd Nunsis searched^hL ^f " •i^^'l'^ respecting it appears ; and also that all !hi«!lv' \^^"'''\^ '"C'd and irrefragable truth of it more oCins. ^^^ oPPOs«t.on has only hitherto rendere'S the Je??l7h'e7rrrn^'ftoTe'sl^^^^^^ «>« Pub- Religious periodicals in tKn^^ed State«^h^^^^^ ^^ the Editor of their respective miscellaniM-Jhafthprph^ . T^'*^*^ '•*'"/:" **'«"> •" delusion" mav be diMinnST !i Ju '^*^''^ anfi-Protestant "falseho.id and are vet «« SpHnlm, In*^ ^ ' *"'^ ^*'°'« *>* ""'' Reformed Brethren who d^VgVoftLTj^sufc^^^^^ .re doubtful may be dSed Vnd tSed."' "°"""''' ' '^'"' ^^'^''^ '^ *«^ ^NEX EN. CAatrmmi. New York, January 16, 1837, CHAMBERS, Secretory. lew York on, and to icredulous lowing an- )pted. » solemnly irther Dis- their most terewntten I published, 8, with the New York the Ladies rerfully cor- • • • • • • A « t ft V » > • • • • • - V • # if can doubt (real. Her i£. and pro- ihe aDnoun>