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NOTES AND QUERIES. [2<.d s. vi. i43., Sept. 25. '58. 



Evil Spirits for near Eighteen Years. Also an Account 

 of his remarkable Deliverance, In the Vestry-Room of 

 Temple Church, in the City of Bristol. Extracted from 

 the Manuscripts of several Persons who attended. To 

 which is prefixed A Letter from the Rev. W. R. W. The 

 Third Edition. With the Rev. Mr. Easterbrook's Letter 

 annex'd, authenticating the Particulars which occurred at 

 Temple Church." 



" An Appeal to the Public respecting George Lukins 

 (Called the Yatton Demoniac,') containing An Account of 

 his Affliction and Deliverance ; together with A Variety 

 of Circumstances which tend to exculpate him from the 

 Charge of Imposture. By Joseph Easterbrook, Vicar of 

 Temple in the City of Bristol." 



"Authentic Anecdotes of George Lukins, the Yatton 

 Dienioniac ; with A View of the Controversy, and A Full 

 Refutation Of the Imposture. By Samuel Norman, Mem- 

 ber of the Corporation of Surgeons, in London, And Sur- 

 geon at Yatton." 



" The Great Apostle Unmask'd, or A Reply to the 

 Rev. Mr. Easterbrook's Appeal; In Defence of HIS 

 Dsemoniac, George Lukins. By Samuel Norman, Mem- 

 ber of the Corporation of Surgeons, in London, and Sur- 

 geon, at Yatton." 



In one of these pamphlets we are told that 



" The persons who attended (at the exhibition by 

 Lukins) were the Rev. Mr. Easterbrook, vicar of Temple; 

 Mess". J. Broadbent, J. Valton, B. Rhodes, J. Brettel, F. 

 M'Geary, W. Hunt, (Wesleyan Local Preachers). With 

 eight other serious persons." 



The first pamphlet contains the most horrid 

 blasphemies it is possible for man to utter, Lukins 

 all the time professing to be under the influence of 

 demoniacal possession. At page 22. is the follow- 

 ing account of the casting out of the devil : — 



" The poor man still remained in great agonies and 

 torture, and prayer was continued for his deliverance. 

 A clergyman present desired him to endeavour to speak 

 the name of ' Jesus,' and several times repeated it to 

 him ; at all of which he replied ' Devil.' During this 

 attempt a small faint voice was heard saying, ' Why 

 don't 3'ou adjure ? ' * On which the clergyman comman- 

 ded, IN THE NAME OF JESUS, AND IN THe" NAME OF THE 

 FATHER, THE SON, AND THE HOLY GHOST, THE EVIL 



SPIRIT TO DEPART FROM THE MAN ! which he repeated 

 several times : — when a voice was heard to say, ' Must I 

 give up my power?' and this was followed by dreadful 

 bowlings. Soon after another voice, as with astonish- 

 ment, said, ' Our master has deceived us.' The clergyman 

 still continuing to repeat the adjuration, a voice was heard 

 to say, ' Where shall we go ? ' and the reply was : ' To 

 hell, thine own infernal den, and return no more to tor- 

 ment this man.' On this the man's agitations and dis- 

 tortions were stronger than ever, attended with the most 

 dreadful howling that can be conceived. But as soon as 

 this conflict was over, he said, in his own natural voice, 

 'Blessed Jesus!' became quite serene, immediately 

 praised God for his deliverance, and kneeling down said 

 the Lord's-prayer, and returned his most devout thanks 

 to all who were present. 



" The meeting broke up a little before one o'clock, hav- 

 ing lasted nearly two hours ; and the man went away 

 entirely delivered, and has had no return of the disorder 

 since." 



A manuscript note at the end of the " Narra- 

 tive " says, that 



"About G months since Geo. Lukins was living in 



* " This was heard in a sweet voice, supposed to be a 

 good spirit." 



Bristol, perfectly clear of any Returns of his Extraordin- 

 ary affliction, and a well-disposed, sensible. Moral, Good 

 Christian and Member of Society. — R. M., May 17th, 

 1798." 



George Pryce, Librarian, 

 City Library, Bristol. 



Buchanan the Poet and Historian (2°"* S. vi. 206.) 



— Your correspondent, the Rev. James Graves, of 

 Kilkenny, is recommended to look into Dr. Ir- 

 ving's Memoirs of the Life and Writings of George 

 BucJianan, 8vo., published in 1807, and reprinted 

 in 1817 ; because I think he will there find, upon 

 examination, an answer to all of his queries re- 

 specting that very great man and his family con- 

 nexions. T. G. S. 



Morganatic Marriages (2°* S. vi. 237.) — 

 This answer, in one respect, is satisfactory ; but 

 Lord Faknham will oblige, if he could ascertain 

 from his correspondent a little farther explana- 

 tion of the word '■'■mediatised^' and also what is the 

 derivation of the word "Morganatic" itself to 

 signify such a marriage ? This has never yet re- 

 ceived a satisfactory answer, though several sug- 

 gestions have been made. Vienna, where these 

 marriages are well understood, would be a likely 

 source for a solution of the question. G. 



Peeresses' Second Marriages (2"* S. vi. 234.) _ 



— X. X. has cited the law as laid down by Lord 

 Coke correctly, and it has not changed to this 

 day. The usage observed in regard to the con- 

 tinued assumption of the title after the second 

 marriage with a co'mmoner., is but one of courtesy, 

 and not recognised in any other way. At the 

 several coronations of late years, the widows of 

 peers who had remarried were not acknowledged 

 as peers' widows, nor were they summoned. Like 

 many other assumptions, which the mere courtesy 

 of society recognises, and are of daily occurrence, 

 even in the case of widows of baronets and knights, 

 they are not legal, though tolerated for being a 

 harmless gratification. Some years ago a very 

 eminent conveyancer and equity counsel, since 

 called to a distinguished and high position, re- 

 fused, on settling the draft of a lady's will, the 

 widow of a baronet, to allow her to style herself 

 by the title of her late husband, she being then 

 the wife of a person of inferior degree, the real 

 property passing by the will being considerable ; 

 and the will was made in her proper name with 

 the addition of " calling herself Lady — — ." 



When a woman noble by marriage contracts a 

 second marriage with a peer of inferior dignity, 

 she takes the title of such peer ; and no licence 

 of the Sovereign is required, nor was ever given, 

 for such purpose ; a licence only would be required 

 to retain the higher title of her first husband. 



