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church, and the ascendancy of the Catholic religion in Ireland. Their prelates could no longer refrain from expressing their anticipation of this long-wished-for feast. Dr. Curtis, the titular primate of Ireland, informs the archbishop of Dublin, that he is an usurper, that he holds his archiepiscopal chair by sufferance, and that he is no more entitled to it, than he is to the dukedom of Leeds. Dr. Doyle says, in his letter to Mr. Robertson, a member of this House, "that the whole body of the Catholics is impatient, that disaffection must be working within them, that the ministers of the establishment are and will be detested, that if a rebellion were raging from Carrickfergus to Cape Clear, no sentence of excommunication would be fulminated by a Catholic prelate, and that the Catholics possessed of property in Ireland will not render any efficient services to the government, should eventful times occur; that from such men the

to the Society of United Irishmen; was actually convicted of sedition, and whilst in prison he was attainted of high treason. His associate in treason, the Rev. Mr. Jackson, was tried and convicted, but put an end to his life in prison. Mr. Rowan was more fortunate; for he escaped from prison, and suffered exile for many years from Ireland. After a long lapse, he was allowed to return to his native home by the indulgence of the government; and the best reward he can make for this clemency, is by becoming a member of an Association as dangerous and unconstitutionalas that of the United Irishmen; and what is still more remarkable, and tending to show the spirit of the Catholic Association, the accession of this attainted traitor is received with thunders of applause; and in the address presented to him, direct allusion is made to those circumstances of his life in which he plotted against the peace and laws of his country, as deserving of the applause and gratitude of his Ro-vernment has only to expect defiance, and man Catholic fellow countrymen.

Now it is impossible to mark proceedings of this kind, without contemplating the result of these transactions. Why is every violent sentiment applauded? why is every dangerous man received as an useful ally? why is such publicity given to these mischievous sentiments? The object is plain; it is to alienate the people from their attachment to their rulers, to disgust them with the laws, and to prepare them for the overthrow of the Protestant religion.

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open hostility." Another priest, a Mr. L'Estrange, declares," it ought not to be expected that the Catholic clergy, who have a divine right, were bound to meet men not dignified with the same exalted character: perhaps all the gentlemen present [this was uttered in the Catholic Association] were not aware, that they, the Roman Catholic clergy, deny any character whatever to the bishops, or other clergy of the Protestant church."

This is the denunciation of the Catholic clergy; it is fulminated from the altar, it But much as he condemned the exis- is reported to the Association, it is read in tence of the Catholic Association, he every cabin in Ireland, as a useful lesson thought it would be comparatively inno-to the rising generation to cultivate cent in its operation, if it was not for the obedience and resignation to the estaagency of the Roman Catholic priesthood.blished laws of the country. But it is To the conduct of the priesthood he attributed most part of the evils which had desolated Ireland for so long a period: he regretted to be obliged to make this avowal, but these were times when the truth must be told, and when a delicate forbearance may prove an everlasting injury to the country. It was his misfortune to differ entirely from his right hon. friend below him, the Attorney-general for Ireland, in his opinion of the priesthood. In their conduct during the last five or six years, he had seen very little to approve of, but a great deal to condemn ; and he could view their alliance with the Catholic association in no other light than as the first step towards the attainment of their grand object, the overthrow of the Protestant

said that we are indebted for the present tranquillity to the Catholic clergy: he really believed so, but he believed also, that we are indebted for the late disorders to the same persons. He recollected in a trial which took place in the county of Cork, before Mr. Blacker, who presided as king's counsel under the Insurrection act, that Mr. Blacker asked a Catholic priest if he was aware of the disturbed state of his parish. The priest, with considerable reluctance, confessed that he was aware of it; and being pressed by Mr. Blacker, he allowed that no plot could be in agitation without his knowledge, and moreover, that every priest in Ireland must be aware of what was going on, if he did his duty. He recollected

also that a priest of the name of O'Sulli-
van saw a man murdered before his face,
and refused to give evidence against the
murderer, because, if he did so, he would
lose his influence with his parishioners; he
thought himself justified, therefore, in
saying, that the priests contributed to the
continuance of the disorders which pre-
vailed during the last four years, by not
coming forward to co-operate with the
gentry of the country for their extinction.
If the tranquillity of Ireland is now owing
to their exhortations, the disturbances of
1820, of 1821, of 1822, and 1823, were
owing to their want of exhortation. The
influence of the priest over the Irish pea-
sant is well known. By the terrors of the
church he can frighten him into good or
evil habits, and the extraordinary and
fanatical devotion of the wretched peasant,
in giving the miserable pittance which he
had destined to cover his own nakedness,
or to feed his starving children, to give it,
at the orders of the priest, to the Catholic
Association, is a strong proof how much
good might be effected by them, if the
inclination was as strong to do good as it
is to do evil.

Mallow, advises his parishioners to con-
tribute largely, because money is the
sinew of war, and because the Catholic
rent will supply the Association with those
sinews, whenever the proper occasion
shall present itself. Hundreds of examples
of a similar kind might be adduced, to
shew the disposition of the Catholic
priesthood; and in every public occur-
rence the mischiefs of their disastrous
influence might be traced. Who is it
that is employed to sow distrust between
the clergyman and his parishioners;—
the priests. Who is it that bursts without
remorse all the ties of connexion between
the landlord and the tenant?—the priest.
Who leads on contending parties at elec-
tions, and in addition to political animo-
sity, throws on the fuel of religious hatred;
who impedes the course of education,
and blasts the efforts of the most bene-
volent individuals for the civilization of
their tenantry? It is the priest. In
every situation, in every character, the
priest appears as a foe, unless the object
to be obtained conduces to the advance-
ment of his own power; and what is the
object of the priesthood in thus standing
aloof from any intermixture with the Pro-

In a letter from Mr. Duggan, the parish
priest of Kilrush, published in the proceed-testants?-It is to establish their own
ings of the Catholic Association, he says,
"Many of them (his parishioners) have
sworn to appropriate the whole of the
corn-crop to the payment of the rent, no
matter what other creditors may be justly
entitled to, or even the wants of nature
may imperiously demand." Who but a
person of the most perverted understand-
ing could encourage such a practice;
what clergyman of real morality would
recommend the withholding of a just pay
ment, in order to provide for some unde-
fined object; what man of real morality
would recommend robbery to encourage
sedition. Another priest, a Mr. Kelly of

church upon the ruins of the Protestant
establishment; this is his dream by night,
and his thought by day; for this he leagues
himself with the Catholic Association; for
this he employs his influence over the
people, to devote their money and their
persons to the command of that imperious
body. If such a state of things is suffered
to exist, there can be but one result, a
contest between the two parties; and,
unless the government is supported by
parliament, to extinguish the Association,
the Association, with the priesthood, will
soon extinguish the government [hear,
hear!].

INDEX

TO VOL. XII.

NEW SERIES.

INDEX TO DEBATES IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS.

Catholics, Roman, 642, 644, 936, 964, 1270, 1326, | Navy; State of the, 591

1335, 1361

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Address on the King's Speech at the Opening of the Dissenters' Marriages Bill, 1236

Session, 31, 82

Army Estimates, 925, 957

Army Extraordinaries, 998

Assessed Taxes, Repeal of the, 901

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Duties on Foreign Spirits, Tobacco, and Tea;
duction of, 986

Re-

Duties on the Importation of Iron, Copper, &c,

996

East India Sugars, 1081

Elective Franchise in Ireland, 1246

Emigration from Ireland to the Canadas, 1358

Episcopal Unions and Pluralities in Ireland, 1341
Export of Tools and Machinery, 651

Felonies Pardon Bill, 1162

Financial Situation of the Country, 719
Foreign Commerce of the Country, 1196
Forgery of Names to a Petition, 1338

Game-Laws Bill, 528, 950

Ill-treatment of Animals Bill, 1160

India; Removal of British-born Subjects from, 652
Indian Army, 1167

Joint-Stock Companies, 717, 1074, 1279, 1314✔
Ireland; Elective Franchise in, 1246

Ireland; Episcopal Unions and Pluralities in, 1341

Ireland; Justices of Peace in, 624

Ireland; Landlords and Tenants in, 621

Ireland; Parish Vestries in, Bill, 617

Ireland; Unlawful Societies in, Bill, 124, 166, 168,
275, 352, 424, 522, 541, 544, 598, 626, 646,
666, 899, 1375

Irish Bankers Co-partnerships Bill, 1039
Irish Butter Trade, 1045

Irish Linen Trade, 1340

Irish Marriage Acts, 142

Irish Miscellaneous Services, 1076, 1355

Irish Linen Board, 1078

Irish Poor Relief Bill, 1136

Isle of Dogs Railway, 662

Juries Regulation Bill, 966

Justices of Peace in Ireland, 624

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Reduction of Duties on Foreign Spirits, Tobacco,
and Tea, 986

Removal of British-born Subjects from India, 652
Repeal of the Assessed Taxes, 901

Roman Catholic Association, 124, 166, 168, 275,
352, 422, 424, 522, 541, 544, 598, 626, 646,
666, 899, 1375

Roman Catholic Claims, 757, 764, 1030, 1134, 1245,
1363

Roman Catholic Clergy, 1246

King's Speech at the Opening of the Session, 31, 82 Roman Catholic Priests, 754

Kirby, John; Petition of, 754

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Roman Catholic Relief Bill, 1134, 1143, 1151

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INDEX OF NAMES-HOUSE OF LORDS.

Bath and Wells, Bishop of (Dr. Law), 713, 714, | Dudley and Ward, Viscount, 4, 945, 1271
1270, 1271

Bathurst, Earl, 148

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Eldon, Earl of, see Lord Chancellor.

Ellenborough, Lord, 939, 942, 1018, 1020
Essex, Earl of, 1336

Exeter, Bishop of (Dr. Carey), 936, 937, 1326,
1327, 1333

Falmouth, Earl of, 941
Fitzwilliam, Earl, 713

Gort, Lord, 15

Gosford, Lord, 887

Darnley, Earl of, 162, 591, 712, 872, 937, 941, Grey, Earl, 862

948, 1270
Donoughmore, Earl of, 28, 642

Grosvenor, Earl, 126, 142, 642, 885, 941, 950,
1017, 1020

Harrowby, Earl of, 165, 898, 1020

Malmesbury, Lord, 1016

Holland, Lord, 142, 163, 712, 714, 868, 1019, Melville, Lord, 591, 711

1020, 1276, 1328, 1334, 1362

King, Lord, 17, 165, 716, 881, 936, 1272, 1275, Norwich, Bishop of (Dr. H. Bathurst), 1361

1327, 1333, 1335, 1363

Kingston, Earl of, 891

Landaff, Bishop of (Dr. Van Mildert), 1333

Lansdown, Marquis of, 20, 126, 128, 162, 644,
712, 892

Lauderdale, Earl of, 17, 128, 940, 1018, 1194,
1350

Limerick, Earl of, 940, 941

Liverpool, Earl of, 23, 126, 137, 160, 163, 855,

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859, 872, 938, 1016, 1020, 1194, 1276, 1277, Teynham, Lord, 883

1337

Longford, Earl of 888

Lord Chancellor Eldon, 31, 127, 866, 939, 941
944, 1019, 1195, 1277, 1337

Wellington, Duke of, 937, 1015, 1018
Westmoreland, Earl of, 939

INDEX OF NAMES-HOUSE OF COMMONS.

Abercromby, Hon. James, 167, 191, 646, 900, 983, | Calcraft, John, 306, 531, 639, 854, 911, 917, 965,

1359, 1369, 1373

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Baring, Sir Thomas, 531

Benett, John, 1138, 1234

1020, 1022, 1064, 1132, 1150, 1357

Calvert, Charles, 919, 991, 992, 1354

Canning, Right Hon. George, 72, 463, 791, 1091,
1093

Carew, R. S., 363

Cavendish, Lord George, 1245

Chancellor of the Exchequer (Right Hon. Frederick
Robinson), 89, 412, 719, 751, 907, 918, 988,
1001, 1042, 1078, 1080, 1089, 1096, 1139,
1143, 1190, 1192, 1228, 1258, 1260, 1261, 1263,
1267, 1269, 1353

Clerk, Sir George, $48, 592, 597
Clarke, Hon. C. B., 576
Cockburn, Sir George, 349, 662
Coffin, Sir Isaac, 349

Colborne, N. R., 528, 649, 1264

Bernal, Ralph, 750, 933, 1021, 1142, 1166, 1263, Colthurst, Sir Nicholas, 284

1267, 1354

Blair, James, 1085

Bourne, Right Hon. Sturges, 1138, 1139
Bridges, Alderman, 661, 990, 1036, 1073, 1076
Bright, Henry, 540, 640, 744, 757, 960, 972, 989,
1088, 1122, 1165, 1191, 1359

Brougham, Henry, 51, 119, 124, 497, 522, 542,
544, 566, 581, 635, 703, 827, 854, 1352, 1364,
1368, 1370

Browne, Right Hon. Dennis, 168, 300, 1363
Browne, Dominick, 297

Brownlow, Charles, 370, 754, 757, 899, 1256
Brydges, Sir John, 432, 952

Copley, Sir John, see Attorney General.
Courtenay, William, 687, 1257
Cripps, Joseph, 534, 1229

Croker, John Wilson, 350, 662, 665, 785, 1025,
1266, 1269, 1348

Carteis, E., 966, 988, 1021, 1077, 1138
Curwen, John Christian, 151, 528, 1137, 1245

Davenport, D., 151

Davies, Colonel, 285, 638, 745, 931, 986, 1139,
1181

Davis, Hart, 745, 990

Burdett, Sir Francis, 447, 472, 544, 757, 764, 839, Dawson, George, 157, 167, 357, 756, 1040, 1257,
1012, 1062, 1121, 1134, 1136, 1253

Butterworth, Joseph, 120, 121, 519, 661

1375

Denman, Thomas, 111, 262, 632, 647, 694

Buxton, Thomas Fowell, 649, 660, 753, 1056, 1087, Dickenson, W., 422

1278, 1313
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Doherty, John, 288, 676, 677, 853
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