concise; for I really have none, but that of remaining in the spot Providence seems to have dropped me in, until he sends a blast. of wind to transport me elsewhere. Whatever its direction may be, I shall follow it, if not with alacrity, at least without reluctance: for it is just, that the master of a family should have the right to place each of his servants in the post he thinks fit. As to Ireland, I must own to you, that I have no thought of ever fixing in it, and with reason I am sure; for though incapable of doing much good in any part of the globe, I would do still less there, as I am totally a stranger to the manners, customs, and character of my countrymen; nor can I either speak or write English without incredible difficulty; however, if it was the will of God, these obstacles, though certainly material ones, would not hinder me from following the divine call: the Almighty, who put words in the mouth of the ass of Ba

laam, being able to renew the same miracle in my favour. By what I have hitherto said, you may easily form a judgment of my present situation, which is certainly (humanum dico) infinitely agreeable, and more adapted to my capacity than any I can meet with hereafter, and of my disposition for the future, in case the Almighty thinks fit to change it. In the mean time I work in this portion of his vineyard, very poorly to be sure; so poorly, that I am almost ashamed to mention it, but at least enough for to say that I am not entirely idle. There is an age I have no news either from James, In what part of the globe May Almighty protect them, and give them all success in their undertakings! My mother and family desire to be remembered to you in the most affectionate terms, and hope you don't forget them in your prayers. I join them in the same request, but have still a better right,

Jack, or Jasper. are they now?

as no man on earth is more sincerely attached to you than,

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My Lord, and dearest friend,

"Your most obedient and humble servant, "H. EDGEWORTH.”

It may be necessary, in order to elucidate this last letter, to state, that Dr. Moylan was, at the time in which it was addressed to him, engaged in the benevolent and patriotic purpose of forming a religious establishment for the education of the female children of the poor in Ireland, which establishment he lived to see, through the divine mercy, grow up into one of the most useful and flourishing institutions of which Christianity can boast. It need scarcely be added, that the order is that of the Presentation Nuns for the Education of the Female Children of the Poor, originally founded in Cork by the exertions of the Right Rev. Dr. Moylan and Miss Nano Nagle, of pious memory.

About this time, the Princess Elizabeth applied to the superior of the community of Les Missions Etrangères, where Abbé Edgeworth resided, requesting him to select a confessor for her, in place of her director, who had recently died. Without a moment's hesitation, his choice was declared in favour of the Abbé Edgeworth. Few men appear to have been better fitted for such a charge; and perhaps there never was a man whose avocations led him so much to mingle in the society of a court, who was less swayed by the world or its notions, in the regulation of his conduct. To create respect for virtue, he needed but to unveil his own heart: to make it beloved, he required only to preach its dictates. His attachment to the amiable and virtuous Princess, whose adviser and director he then became, will be found exhibited in its true colours, in a subsequent page; and the respect and veneration which his character was fitted to produce in a grate

ful soul, were by her as fully appreciated

and revered.

The following letters need no introduction; they are copied verbatim from the original, in the Editor's possession.

To the Right Rev. Dr. Moylan, Cork,
Ireland.

“Paris, 13th July, 1788.

'My Lord, and ever dear friend,

""Tis, indeed, an age since I had the honour of writing to, or hearing from, you; but surely you will do me the justice to believe, that my feelings are still the same, and that the friendship which so early in life was formed between us, remains unaltered. I have constantly followed you in heart and mind from Paris to Cork, from Cork to Kerry, from Kerry back to Cork; and, if in this variety of situations, you have scarce ever received a line from me, it was merely because I knew your leisure moments