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his own, had passed his will and wish over absolutely and entirely to Dr. 

 Faber ? Is it not so expressed in his so-called will when he states that he 

 desires to be buried where the Superior shall direct ? 



My relative met Dr. Faber at the Bishop's house at Birmingham, 

 where he was kept, and I was not permitted to have access to him. Faber 

 there persuaded him of the necessity of implicit obedience, and desired him 

 to quit his family and former friends for ever. 



I begged and implored him in vain to renounce the obedience to Faber, 

 and have a living mind for himself. 



Only one answer was given, that I did not understand, and could 

 not comprehend, Christian obedience ; and that he was bound implicitly 

 to follow out Dr. Faber's instructions for his salvation. 



How can Dr. Dalgaims, then, talk of the will or wish of my relative, 

 or of Dr. "Wells ? They had parted with their will or wish, and it was 

 Faber's will or wish which regulated everything ; and he did so decide 

 their wish and will, that he got their property by the so-called wills. 



I asked Father Bowe if there was a will. He replied that he did not 

 know. As this seemed to me impossible, I pressed the question again, 

 when he said that Father Stanton, who was acting for Father Faber, 

 knew these things. On again pressing the question, he said he would 

 go and ask. He did go. He returned, and after a short time Father Knox 

 entered, and said he was executor, and he would undertake the funeral. 



Now Father Howe's name appears as a witness to the will, and to this 

 day I cannot tell whether his name has been forged, whether he did know 

 there was a will, or whether he was under the influence of religious 

 obedience, and dared not answer without the leave of the Superior. 



I and my son attended my relative's funeral, and received great 

 courtesy and mucli valuable information, which I now acknowledge publicly 

 with thanks ; and I now write publicly what I also wrote privately on my 

 return from the funeral : 



" 7, Finsbury Circus. 



" DEAR SIR, I have to return you and the other members of the Oratory 

 rny most grateful acknowledgments, as well as that of Mrs. Smee, for the 

 manner in which William Hutchison has been treated during his severe 

 affliction ; and have no hesitation in stating that, to the best of my belief, 

 as far as his bodily ailments have been concerned, everything under the 

 circumstances has been done which kindness and humanity could suggest, 

 and that he has invariably received that attention which might have been 

 expected from gentlemen and Christians. But to the spiritual intimida- 

 tion under which he has been kept by certain persons from the moment he 

 entered the Bishop's house at Birmingham, I consider his premature death 

 has been due ; and I believe that this spiritual control is not only opposed 

 to Christian principles, but is contrary to the law of the land, and for this 

 I hold all implicated responsible. 



" I remain, dear Sir, 



" REV. FATHER KNOX, " Yours respectfully, 



" The Oratory, Brompton. " ALFRED SMEE." 



Dr. Dalgairns says " we are unbound by vow." Dr. Dalgairns, how do 

 yon belong to the Order of St. Philip Neri and make no vow ? Why, Dr. 

 Dalgairns, did you put on the black cloak to look like monks if you were 



