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to have taken place there, and also in many 

 other parts of the Continent. 



As I passed through Ghent, I saw two 

 females who had been cured during the mass 

 appointed by the prince, to be said in Belgium, 

 whilst he himself should be performing the 

 same sacred rite in Bamberg. One of these 

 was a young lady, by name Van Pettenghen, 

 the daughter of a wine merchant. She was so 

 grateful to Heaven for the cure, that she 

 dedicated herself to serve the poor in the 

 hospital of St. John for the remainder of her 

 days. Thither I went to see her, and there I 

 introduced to her Sir Charles Rowley, and his 

 nephew, a Post-Captain in the Navy, in order 

 that they might receive the account of her 

 miraculous cure from her own mouth, and at the 

 same time have an opportunity of asking what 

 questions they thought fit. 



On my arrival at Huttenheim, the virtuous 

 secretary of the Prince of Hohenlohe showed 

 me piles upon piles of original documents, con- 

 taining authenticated accounts of cures per- 

 formed. One from America, upon Miss Mat- 

 tingly, the daughter of a mayor, was peculiarly 

 interesting to me ; for I had arrived in the 



