In my dream, there was a house on the left hand side of the road. At four o'clock I was called, and went on deck to take charge of the ship. I told the second officer, Mr. Henry Wren, that I had had a dreadful dream, and dreamt that my brother Nevell was murdered by two men, on the road from St. Columb to Wadebridge; but I was sure it could not be there, as the house there would have been on the right hand side of the road, but it must have been somewhere else. He replied, 'Don't think anything about it; you west-country people are so superstitious; you will make yourself miserable the remainder of the passage.' He then left the general orders and went below. It was one continued dream from the time I fell asleep until I was called, at four o'clock in the morning.

"EDMUND NORWAY,

"Chief Officer, ship 'Orient.''

So much for the dream-now for the confession of William Lightfoot, one of the assassins, who was executed, together with his brother, at Bodmin, on Monday, April 13, 1840:

"I went to Bodmin last Saturday week, the 8th instant (February 8, 1840), and in returning, I met my brother James, at the head of Dunmeer Hill. It was dim like. We came on the turnpike road all the way till we came to the house near the spot where the murder was committed. We did not go into the house, but hid ourselves in a field. My brother knocked Mr. Norway down; he snapped a

pistol at him twice, and it did not go off. He then knocked him down with the pistol. I was there along with him. Mr. Norway was struck while on horseback. It was on the turnpike road, between Pencarrow Mill and the directing-post towards Wadebridge. I cannot say at what time of the night it was. We left the body in the water, on the left side of the road coming to Wadebridge. We took some money in a purse, but I did not know how much. My brother drew the body across the road to the watering."

At the trial, Mr. Abraham Hambly deposed that he left. Bodmin ten minutes before ten, and was overtaken by Mr. Norway about a quarter of a mile out of Bodmin. They rode together for about two miles from Bodmin, where their roads separated.

Mr. John Hick, a farmer of St. Minver, left Bodmin at a quarter past ten, on the Wadebridge road. When he got to within a mile of Wadebridge, he saw Mr. Norway's horse galloping on before him, without a rider. The clock struck eleven just before he entered Wadebridge.

Thomas Gregory, Mr. Norway's wagoner, was called by Mr. Hick about eleven o'clock, and, going to the stable, found his master's horse standing at the gate. Two spots of fresh blood were on the saddle. He took the pony and rode out on the road. Edward Cavell went with him. They came to a place called North Hill. There is a lone cottage there, by the right hand side of the road going to Bodmin, which is unoccupied. On the Wadebridge side of

the cottage, there is a small orchard belonging to it, and near the orchard, a little stream of water coming down into the road. They found the body of Mr. Norway in the water.

The evidence of the surgeon, Mr. Tickell, showed that the head was dreadfully beaten and fractured.

It will be seen, that Mr. Edmund Norway, in relating his dream the following morning to his shipmate, observed, that the murder could not have been committed on the St. Columb road, because the house in going from thence to Wadebridge is on the right hand, whereas the house was in his dream (and in reality is) on the left. Now, this circumstance, however apparently trivial, tends somewhat to enhance the interest of the dream, without in the least impugning its fidelity; for such fissures are characteristic of these sensorial impressions, which are altogether involuntary, and bear a much nearer relation to the productions of the Daguerreotype than to those of the portrait painter, whose lines are at his own command.

I asked Mr. Edmund Norway whether, supposing that he had not written a letter to his brother, Mr. N. Norway, on the evening of the 8th of February, and had nevertheless dreamt the dream in question, the impression made by it would have been such as to have prevented his writing to him subsequently. To which he replied, that it might not have had that effect, but he could not say with any precision whether it would or not.

At all events, the dream must be considered remarkable,

from its unquestionable authenticity, and its perfect coincidence in time and circumstances with a most horrible murder.

The same cavil may, perhaps, be raised against it, that I am aware has been raised against Mr. Williams's dream, namely, that there is a total want of any good purpose which either could be conceived to answer.

But are facts so extraordinary, and, with whatever incompleteness invested, so interesting, to be suppressed, because we are unable to unravel their possible ultimate purpose? To say the least of it, do we not derive from such mental communications, an almost intelligible hint, that there is in man a capacity of spiritual intercourse— not merely with his fellow men-but with the Father of Spirits Himself? thereby in a manner bringing to our comprehension the medium through which dreams, and visions, and revelations of the Lord were not unfrequently vouchsafed to the Seers of Old; and which may at any time be subservient to purposes to which we are incapable, of ourselves, of making any approach ?

It may not be unworthy of remark, that Mr. Williams, in his dream, heard the report of the fatal pistol — whereas, Mr. Norway distinctly says, that he saw the pistol, which was aimed at his brother, snap twice-but that he heard no report; the facts, in either case, according with these very minute circumstances.

APPENDIX C.

(SEE INTRODUCTION TO VOL. II.)

Ir is far beyond the utmost grasp of philosophy to solve the problem of a seeing but invisible soul united to a blind but visible body. In like manner we can have no apprehension of the Essential Deity—the One God whom we adore in Tri-personality-but what is purely mental; for no man hath seen God (the Almighty One) at any time; and herein consists, I suspect, the solution of many an infidel's doubts. For not only is God invisible, and his nature incomprehensible, but so also are the operations of His power. "The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth."-Is. iii. 8.

The naturalist, adverting to secondary causes only, may explain how currents of air are formed-how the atmosphere is variously affected by modifications of temperature-by electrical phenomena, &c. &c.; but, if he be wise, he will not omit to put this question to himself— whence is the atmosphere with which the earth is surrounded, itself derived? Whence those electrical agencies