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high authority ; and amplest end not era atteleigt a'rethre
usual prayers. Se that It will not be alleged that the r
agitators produced any collision in thecae&
The fifth and last occasion occurred in the diocese of the
IlisMip of Limerick (see ('varier. 23d•Feb. lain), at 8L John's '
church-yard, in the city of limerick. Captain Dunnachs who had
been a resident of Tarhert, died in that city, and the Rev. Mr.
AN'artliy, • Catholic clergyman of Tarhert, attended his burial.
%l'hen engaged in repeating the usual prayers, an attempt was'
mule to interrupt him by the Rev. Mr. Fitegibbos, the Protestant I
clergyman, who, having failed in this attempt, led • military party,
with fixed bayonea, into the church yard? and produced a violent I
collision. I hie case, which it appears quite convenient to forget,
it must Le admitted did nut, to say the least et it, arise from
Catholic agitators.
A red now having stated the circumstances of every one of those
cases, we refer it to any impartial mind to determine, whether the
Bishop of Limerick had any the slightest justifieadoo whatever. in
candour or in troth, for the imputation conveyed by his Lordelap, !
that those discredi:able and seditious collisions bedlam produced,
in any single Instance, by any Catholic agitators. lay or rce lesi-
'mind. There Millet be conceived a more unwarranted libel than
that which would seek to attach a seditious spirit to the Catholic
clergy of Ireland; and it comes with peculiar ill grace from any
menthe! of the hierarchy established by law, Inasmuch as it is
notorious that one of the must arduous duties of the Catholic'.
priesthood in that country is, to counteract the seditious excite-
nients and irritations produced by many memben of that hierarchy,
as 'sell In the administration of their revenues as in the exercise uf
their ecclesiastical jurisdiction.
In oath, there never was exhibited a more sturdy effort titan
this attempt to attach to the offended and injured clamour the people li
of Ireland the crimes which their intolerant enemies had committed.
`"l' he C iitholic:, of Ireland had hopes that these men. whose
taunt of " station" had su long afflicted the country, and whom
neither Christian charity, nor prudence, nor peirionins could :
ence, would at last have evinced 110111 e deference and respect foe s het
petenial prayer and admonition of our beloved reuvercetie—" That
every cause of Irritation will be avoided and discountetianced, mu-
teal fuebearanceetnd good will observed and encouraged, and a 11C-
toil/ be thee dallied fur the coatinuaace of that concord amongst
themselves which is not less essential to his Majesty's happiness
than their own, and which it has been the chief object of his 311 e.
jesty, during his residence in this country (Ireland) to cherish and
The Catholics of Ireland cherished this affectionate monition as the
rule of their conduct, and conformed to its injunctions, in defiance of
the tenet hostile exciteuients which issued daily and hourly fruits
the Pulpit and the Press of themen in "station." The appithitment
of the st tier. Ili. Magee followed shortly after. !laving, like
tine Lord Itiehop of Limerick, been considered. prior to his clews-
tMn, 1111 CM:4010410 the intolerant% In • station,' his advanconnit
was generally I °pular ; but scarcely had lie wended the Archie-
ei•copul Chan, when he east till' all disguise, and his first act was
to 111411. his diet:gen/ of the Itined admonition, by fulfill:wing his
aesthetes. 111 1111 ;atom), V temente" Charge, against all who
ititi'ered frum him in n ligtori, as well Dissenters as Catholics, for
which effort lie obtained from his " Panrchial Clergy" an applauding
ad.lress, and from his country the tank and title of Chief Aginnur
of Ireland. . . .

most Reverend Prelate, and his ecclesiastical as-
sociates, on this tweadun fe,l;io scruple in attributing" falsehood"
and " AiCilatiall" to others, without venturing to oiler one solitary
proof of the justice of the charge. When such is their deportment,
in the presence of that August Assembly, whose rank should have
scittollil...l their self-iniportaid,retentions, it is well worthy of
tonsitletai ton, whether a reasonable estimate may nut be funned by
the 11(11'1w:sof Coat and the public at large, of the pro-
batik conduct of such in. n, when free from any such restraint, and
toduleing in the full swing of their fancied omnipotence and in-
fallibility. It happens. somewhat unfortunately for them, that the
two individuals whom they select for their vituperation so
" ta t qns," &e. have contributed more to the diffusion of that pa-
. terrid :ulinimition of our gracious Sovervik,m, than any other mem-
tars ot the einnmunity.
We skill now conclude. We trust we have satisfied the pub.
lie a, well of the justice of our oppositton to the 11111 against which
we petitioned, as of the injustice of the allegations male by his,
fiasco the Archbishop of Dublin, his parochial clergy, and the
loud Ilialtop of Limerick.W i e stated n the petition that one of
the operations of that Bill would be, "to produce amstata and int.
mediate collision between the clergy of the different rot 000000 miory,
anti to increase that spirit of disunion and discontent already no
perniciously prevalent in Ireland." This anticipation is already
verified. We protested, also, in that petitions against the Rill, for
this—that it" subjects the enjoyment of that right (of free burial)to
the caprice of the very same individuals whose proceedings respect-
ing the same matter rendered necessary any application fur the in-
terposition of the Legislature." No impartial person, who has
roped the extremities to which the Archbishop of Tjublin, the
Wallop of Limerick, and the psrochlal clergy of Dublin have pro-
ceeded on this occasion, in disregard of facts and feelings will refuse
assent to our opposition to any measure placing such jurisdiction in
surli hands. _ _ .

.1n act confirming the till possiakar would a-dre been just; but
ill; present act disturbs that state, by wantonly Imposing a de-
grading servitude on a party admitted by the Bill itself, and by the
franseni and propiarra thereof, not to have offenshaL This (till,
in fact, can answer no other end than that occult purpose for which
it appears to have been originally framed, that of virtually sawn-
ing the intolerant misdeeds of reverend, right reverend, and most
reverend .• Agitators."
Ilia Grace of Dublin, and his Lordship of Limerick, re-
peatedly invoke their high station, and promulgate their sentences
an that lofty tone no doubt befitting their exalted rank, when
dealing wit!' such humble beings as ourselves. 'll,,ia is as it should
be ; but those Prelates. " redolent of Christian Outride'," have
been pleased to select the words " reiterated falsehood, • and to
apply that term to the statement relative to Doctor Magee con-
tained in our petition, which is now distinctly sustained by unques.
tionabk evidence. L is not for us lo pronounce whether or not
there has been " reiterated falsehood" in these transactions. The
came is now before the public ; but if any " reiterated falsehood"
has been made evident, we may perhaps be allowed to presume
that no imputation of that nature ean rest upon us.
We have the honour to remain, die.
JAMES EDWARD DEVEREUX.
One of the five delegates who presented the petition of the Catho-
lics of Ireland to his late Majesty, at St. James's. Jan. 17113.
EN k: AS. M AC DON NEL L
In addition to this joint explanation, I am obliged to notice&
letter of Dr. Torrens, Archdeacon or ut,hrn, who has conic for-
ward " in obedience to his Grace the Archlii,thop of Dublin," to
controvert my statement, that " I have learned from good authority
that the explanation given in private is, that although the onion
las to the interruption at St. Kevin's) were not directly issued by
the Archbishop to these:ton, they were given by the Archdeacon in
obedience to tbeyeneral orders of his tirace."

The simple 1.7;1. is. that when I lira rival the statement, which
purported to It: the Affidavit of the sexton, Dunne, 1 noticed in it
the two following pautages :—lst. • The priest asked him in a very
peremptory matmer by what authority he stopped him in proceed-
ing ? The %calm informed him, by the directions of the clergy-
men of the parish." Idly, in another part of that statement when
referring to the alleged conduct of some of the relatives of the de.
cea.ed, the sexton proceeded :—' They then asked by what autho-
rity he had done so ? The sexton replied, that he had already in-
formed their priests. They insisted on knowing by whose authority
he had done so. The sexton then replied, by orders of the minister
of the parish. whose church-yard it was.'
Knowing that Dr. Torrens is the minister of the parish, and
entertaining unfeigned esteem for him, I expressed my surprise at
a statement involving him as the principal In that unfortunate
transact ion ; and heard, certainly with pleasure, the explanation to
which I alluded, and which, it is obvious, most have come front
friendmol the Archdeacon, as it tended to remove from him the un-
gratiou. rivottiibtlity. However. if he be resolved to retain that
rank in the achievement which the allegci statement of the sexton
attributed to him, it would not become me to question the validity
of Jun pretensions.
. . .

I may be allowed, at the mine time. without entering Into any
critical diien.,oon of the language of the Arehdeacces iettcr, to
retain toy °piteous aa to the nature and extent of the Archbishop's
interference on that subject.
_....__.•••.•.

ENEAS MACDONNELL.

THE ARMF.

THE NEW LEVIES.

Orders have bee; iaiueslMthedikrent Recruiting Par-
tits throughout Great Untain, to discontinue the further
enlistment of Recruits for the 99th Regiment of Infantry,
the appointed complement to be raised, in that portion of
the United Kingdom, having been obtained.
By the latest returns which have been received from
Great Britain and Ireland, it appears, that the total of the
recruit' raised for the 97th, amounted to Otto; for the 98th,
SSo • and for the 99 t h Regiment, 500 men.
Detachments of Recruits embarked on Sunday bat, r;
the Glasgow Wharf, for Scotland, to join the 65th Regi-
ment of Foot at Paisley, and the 99th at Glasgow.

A Marl II CA•Vkll TO IILATII.—A Catastrophe to'!;
place in this city laat week, which, for the sake of humanity, se'
should have been nowt happy in withholding front the public. Ilut
as the account has already appeared, in the same tem* in three of
the York Papers, alta no contradiction or explanation has lava
Weed, we are reluctantly compiled to ildlow their example. IVe
shall give the sateinent in the UMW trims, just premising, that
front a perusal of the paragraph, it appears to us that a buoy re.
sponsibtlity exists somewhere; and we think it due to every ore
who had any concern in the s. tatter, that a strict investigation into'
I the tin-moist:incs should be made, in order to determine with wham
that; reapoosibility hes. An knows; was held on "I'neis!ay. by 3lr.
James Itichardaon, Coroner for St. l'eter's liberty, 011 Ole body of
Matthew Loftus, who, strange as it may appear, was actually
starved to death. It apparel by the evidence. that the re: fellow
belonged to the pariah of .Iskliam Bryan, and that he had repeat-
' eally applied to the overseers for relief, who had uniformly rAtiseil
It. On Saiiintay week he came to this city, to ileintatii rtlidi of
the Magistrates; but there the parish officers contriveti to wake
the %eras. appear the better tale, ' ice he could only obtain a pro-
mise that he should have hit meat for his labour; therefore he got
nothing to subsist on at that time. The poor Man remained it.
York, Saturday, Sunday. and Monday, and lay in tin, streets at
ni,ghta ; during the whole of that perhal,as far as it can lie 1111 CIT.
tamed, he had had nothing to ea:. On Tuesday morning he was
tliond ',Aim! the Minster, and removed to the Sseaniore Tree,
where all aid to restore him was int tfectual, as he expired in a trw
minutes atter his ronoval. The deceased was about !it years of
age, and has lift a wit; and family.— iv/ k l'osrant.