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the affair with calmness, they will find upon 

 reflection, that there is nothing new in the cus- 

 tom of praying to Heaven for a cure, through 

 the prayers of the Church. When one of their 

 own congregation is confined to bed by sickness, 

 the clergyman requests the people to join him in 

 prayer, that the invalid may obtain relief from 

 Heaven. The people would not do this, unless 

 they had a firm faith that a supernatural cure 

 may be obtained by prayer, when earthly as- 

 sistance cannot prevail. The Prince of Hohen- 

 lohe does no more than this. 



But to return from this digression to the in- 

 tended trip to Italy. "When I had finished the 

 arrangement of my domestic affairs, I called up 

 the gamekeeper, and made him promise, as he 

 valued his place, that he would protect all 

 hawks, crows, herons, jays and magpies, within 

 the precinct of the park during my absence. 

 He promised me faithfully that he w r ould do 

 so ; and then, wishing him a good time of it, I 

 handed my two sisters-in-law, the Miss Edmon- 

 stones into the carriage ; I placed myself and my 

 little boy by them ; the two servants mounted 

 aloft, and in this order we proceeded to Hull, 

 there to catch the steamer for Rotterdam. 



