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PITTAM V. FOSTER AND OTHERS.

This was an action to recovcr.69l. and interest, on the Pro-
missory Note of the defendants, Benjamin Forster and Mary
Norris (then Mary Forster)before her intermarriage with John
Norris. The cause was conducted on the part of the plaintiff,
by Mr. READER and Mr. ADAMS, and on the part of the de-.
fendants, by Mr. CLARK and Mr. 11Anntovr ; the principal
plea to the aeclaration was the statute of limitations—the plain-
tiff, however, proved by some of his witnesses, an admission of.
the debt by the defendant Forster, and an offer of payment br
instalments, by John Norris, one of the defendants, which
took the case out of the statute, upon which the Judge very
elaborately summed up the same to the Jury, who, after a
short deliberation upon the evidence, gave a verdict for the
plaintiff for principal and interest, amounting to 951.

OXFORD, THURSDAY, JULY 18.

BENNETT V. LEASE.

In this case it appeared that a former action having been
brought upon the warranty of a horse, the defendant paid M.
into Court, which was accepted by the plaintiff, the defendant
having beyond that sum to pay the taxed costs. The costs
were taxed at 101. 6s. 6d. by the proper officer of the Court,
but the defendant refused to pay them, and the plaintiff has
thereby been put to his second action to recover the amount.
The formal proof of putting in the rule of Court, with the
Master's Allocatur, was gone through, and the Jury found for
the plaintiff.

T ILE LONDON. JOURNALS,

7ti.CRACTS FRO:SI THE DAILY 31ORNING PIPERS,
Jll/./j 20, 13'22.

[MORNING POST.]
in the house of Lords last night, the Irish In-
surrection Bill was read a second time, and
()Mood to be committed on Monday. In the
Commons the Mutiny Bill was read a third time
and passed, after two divisions. In the early
part of the evening, useful lecture's were read. by
Lord Londonderry and Sir B. Martin; to Mr.
flume and Col. Davies, on. the subjects of the
Consulate of the Brazils and the Turkish frigate
now in the. River ; which will serve -to make
-these 'Gentlemen more cautious for the future
how they retail in Parliament the idle tales of
faction in which their veracious friends out of
doors so much delight to indulge.

[MORNING CHRONICLE.]
We were ,yesterday unable to enter on the
consideration Of the Canada Bill, which, in any
view of the question with respect to the right of
the British Parliament to legislate for the people
in British Colonies, must be confessed, conider-
ing the' situation and circumstances of Canada,
to be at least a ticklish measure. We are aware
'of the great defect in the existing Canadian Con-
stitution, which is indeed in many respects
very little suited to the circumstances of the
Colony.---The best demonstration of this is
to be found in the comparison of the neigh-
bourina state of Gennesee, settled much rater
than tipper Canada, but far superior to it
in every kind of improvement. Indeed, many
of the provisions of the Canada Act must, ever be
a formidable bar in the way of all improvement,
interposing as they do great tracts of wild lands
in the shape of reserves, between the industrious
settlers, thereby depriving them of communica-
tion with each other, and paralysing their exer-
tions.' The power of Government to make grants
is in like manner a source of great detriment to
the Colony. We think the existing Constitution
by no means a good one ; that under it there
must lie an almost constant collision between
the two branches of each Colonial Legisla-
-ture ; but the present Bill does not go to re-
move the more glaring defects of that Constitu-
tion, and if it did, the question still occurs, how
far even a bad Constitution may be improved
-without the previous consent of the people under
it. While, however, the great grievances of the
Canadians remain unattended to, and in Mr.
Gourtay's Statistical Account of Upper Canada,
much valuable information with respect to them
May be obtained, all other matters miiy_be consi-
deredof secondary importance. We are free to
admit that the vvils, against which the present
Bill legislates, demand a remedy, and that the
provisions of it are good as far as they go.

[BRITISH PRESS.]

The 'Bill for tire renewal of the Irish Insurrec-
tion Act was read a second time last night in the
House of Lerch. The Earl of Darnley in the
course of the debate alluded to the Orange exhi-
bition in College-green, Dublin, on the 12th July,

and observed that •it was due to the character of

Marquis Wellesley that some ex-planation should
ire given on the subject. The Earl of Liverpool
answered he had authority to state that the Noble
Marquis discountenanced the proceeding, and was
only restrained by legal advice from using strong
measures to prevent it. It appears that tie affidavit
had been made that the exhibition was likely to
lead to a breach of the peace, and the Crown Law-
yers, we presume, were of opinion that without
such affidavit the Government could not interferer

The Alien Bill underwent a fresh and acute dis-
cussion on the third reading, in the Commons-
- ilouse, last night. The chief ground of .the de-
bate was the speech 'of Mr. Wetherell in sup-
port of it, who poured out his legal lore in great
copiousness to shew that the power of removing
aliens was inherent in the Crown, by all the
principles of natural, international, and muni-
cipal law. Several divisions took place on
amendments proposed, which were negatived,
and the Bill was read the third time.

The progress of the civil war
,between the
Greeks and the Turks is- detailed -in German
Papers to the 13th instant, received last night.
The Turkish fleet is represented at 114 sail, in-
cluding eight large frigates. The Greek fleet is
cruizing among the Islands. It was last seen off
Mytelene, in the end of May. The Azistrian
Observer persists in asserting that the inhabitants
of Scio drew upon themselves the cruelties which
they have suffered from the Turks by their own-
excesses. The Marquis of Londonderry,• we,
presume, reads the Austrian Observer.—(lbid.)

•
[TII E TIMES.]
Lord Liverpool last night made a communica-
.fi'Cn to the Houie of Lords, which we are led to,
hope may be considered as the prelude to a bene-
ficial reform of an extensive class of abuses His
Lordship, on presenting a report from the Com-
missioners appointed to inquire into the Revenue
of Ireland, accompanied therpresentatiori of the
document by a strong panegyric on the Commis-
sioners by whom it had been drawn up; and
whor said: the Noble Lord, had recommended
highly important measures.. He further added,
that. if their Lordships were convinced that the
recommendations , of the Commissioners :had
truth and justice on their side, they would;
gi,ve them their liberal support" without favour,
fear, Or -partiality:" This language' is not
xrierely high .sounding, we trust ; and -we shall
be disappointed if the noble speaker does not
act up.to the spirit of it in the propositions
which are to follow. It is understood that the
gineral principle, of 14 intended change. is to be
a sacrifice cf .patronage, and that it
will not be
.applied to Ireland alone, but.to Scot-
land, and• in.; part to this country. The Irish
and Scotch Boards of Customs are, it is said, to
be ab6lished, and the Custoth-house revenue of
both thp'se kingdoms to be placed under the
direct controul .cf a
,Board established here.
oflicers.of the _Customs, throughout the. whole
cf that wide service,- are to-be exempt from the

influence of caprice, interest,-ortavour, in their
enjoyment of promotion. Each is to be henceforth
raised by seniority from the lowest ranks of
the service, unless he shall have forfeited this
benefit by misconduct—a regulation which will
bring with it a threefold advantage : lst, It will
induce a more respectable class of -Men to seek
for subordinate situations in the Custom-house.
.2d, It will secure a larger portion of skill and
experience in the higher offices of that essential
department than at present. 3d, It will cut up
one very noxious branch of corrupt parliamentary
patronage, by rendering it vain for the friends
of Ministers to solicit profitable places in the Cus-
toms for their adherents. We may add, that a
convenience to the mercantile interest _must flow
from the establishment of a supreme Board of Cus
toms in the British metropolis, as it will be much
easier and more expeditious for the merchant to
appeal at once to the fountain head for redress,
than to hunt out his remedy through the circuitous
medium of an Irish or Scottish Board of Com-
missioners, not acting on the same rules as the
supreme tribunal here, nor willing at all times to
admit the value of one uniform standard for the
construction and decision of questions growing
out of the revenue laws. We wait- with interest
for the detailed expo'sition of the views enter-
tained Government upon this subject.

[NEW TIMES:]
The Times cannot conceal its bitter mortifica-
tion at the manly, dignified, and eloquent speech
of Mr. Hope, which so completely. riveted the
attention and excited the admiration of the
House of Commons on Wednesday evening. That
Gentleman's pamphlet, together with some
warm expressions, , contained passages of most
clear and powerful reasoning; but it remained
to be' seen, that he was as felicitous a speaker
as he was a writer, and that he could corn-
bine,-with a respectful deference to the House
of Commons, a firm and uncompromising sense
of his own honour. Every sentence told—
and the applause which followed him as he
withdrew from the bar was evidently the spon-
taneous-tribute of uncontrollable sympathy and
admiration. Utterly unable as the low vulgal
Print which we have named is to encounter Mr.
Hope in argument, it resorts to the dirty expedient
of abusing not only himself but his venerable
Father ! Such baseness needs only the most
transient notice to stamp it with the scorn
of the world. We pass from this disgrace
of the English Press to higher matters which
are suggested by the debate of Wednesday.—
The first point to which we shall call attention
—and a most important one it is—relates to Mr.
Abercromby's statement, which we have no doubt
is perfectly correct, that when he mentioned Mr.
Hope, together with Mr.lVl'Neill, as the Counsel
who had signed the plea on behalf of The Sentinel,
he added, " I find the names of both these Gentle-
men affixed to the paper ; what share they had
do not k no w.".,Now , it did most unfortunately hap-
pen, that not a syllable of this very material ob-
servation went forth to the public. We have
-looked at the Morning Chronicle and at The
Times, and we' find not the slightest trace of
any such remark.' It'therefore was proclaimed
to the world, with all the weight and authority
of Mr. Abefcromby7s name, that Mr. Hope was
Counsel for the printers of The Sentinel; that
Mr. Hope dad drawn up a plea for them, betray-
ing sentiments of malignity against Mr. Stuart ;
that this same' Mr. Hope instituted the prosecu-
tion against Borthwick, kept it hanging over his
head so long as it could foster a prejudice.against
Mr. Stuart, and then withdrew it. This made
out a case of gross and abominable malice on the
part of Mr. Hope; -and this, we repeat, was the
case which the public received, as having been
stated by Mr. Abercromby. It turns out that
Mr. Abercromby pledged himself to no such
statement ! he guarded himself against being
so misunderstood ; and yet misunderstood_ he
,was, and-to that misunderstanding the, character
of Mr. Dope, a Gentleman of the highest talent
and honour, would have been sacrificed, had he
not taken the step for which he was brought to
the bar of the House.

The- Greenland Fishery has this season proved
*pore unsuccessful than for many years past, some
of the vessels- have returned without having kill
ed a single fish.
The Wheat Harvest in the Isle of Th a n et, and
in many parts of East Kent, is now generally commenced,
with every prospect of an exuberant crop, indeed heavier than
has been known for many years.---,The sickle will be brought
pretty generally into use in Sussex, in the course of a week or
ten days. The wheat crops, in most situaticins, are of the,
highest promise, both in point of quantity and quality.—Owing
to the very early harvest, sufficient time will be gamed by.the'
active, farmer to prepare the land now occupied by, wheat for
winter turnips, a circumstance that rarely occurs, and which
- will prove extremely advantageous.—( Kentish Gazette.)
A considerable quantity of new Irish oats have already been
brought to this country.
On the 9th inst. 111 r. Chapnian, baker, of Taunton," made
bread from wheat harvested in the preceding 'week.
Mr. JOHN STIMSON, of Oakham, has a ewe that
yeaned two lambs on the 4th of January last, and, fattened the
same, and on the 2d July the same ewe yeaned three more,
which with the ewe are doing well; making an increase of five;
lambs in six months from one ewe.—( York Courant.)
Extraordinary Fecundity of Bees.—Mr. It.
Douthwaite, of Swine, in Holderness, has this year•got seven
swarms of bees from two okl hives, viz. :—two top swarms, two
second swarms, and from the top two swarms, two virgin
swarms, and from one of the latter a second virgin swarm.—
The first swarm was hived the 2d of May, the last on the 17th
ult.—A hive of bees at Harrington has thrown out four diffe-
rent swarms within 16 days,2--(17110 Advertiser.)
DISTRESSING EVENT.—On Thursday last a
Melancholy catastrophe occurred in Cheltenham. A plasterer of
the name of Little, who had hitherto borne an irreproaChable
character, as an honest, sober, and industrious man, on the
sudden departure of hls.son from home, resorted to excessive
drinking for some days to dissipate his melancholy; but on Thurs-
day morning his- shame, in reflecting on his excess, drove him
into a state of' tempoesry insanity. His infant child had Been ill
for some time, and was expiring before his eyes, the cradle being
watched by his wife, his mother, and his sister. Ile formed
some excuse for going up stairs at twelve o'clock, and not the
slightest suspicion was entertained of his conduct—but in two
'hours afterwards the last agony coming upon her infant, his
wife went to call him down .to see it die, when, horrible
to relate, on ascending the stairs, the first object she beheld was
her unfortunate husband suspended by his neck handkerchief
'from theitester of the bed ! Medical aid was directly called in,
but the spark of being was extinct, never more to be relumed.
An inquest was held on the body—Verdiet, Insanity. •
•DSATH BY FIGIITING.—A few days since a
battle took place in Blackland-fields, Bridgewater, between two
young men, named J. Sully and . Pring. After 30 rounds,
which lasted an'hour and ten minutes, the former gave in, in
consequence of a blow on the neck, which broke a blood vessel.
He was carried to a neighbouring house, where he lingered till
the next morning, when he expired. An Inquest was held on
the body, and the Jury gave a verdict of—Afanslaughter ; and
.Prim was committed for

FOR THE SUN.

LETTER XVI.

MEG EDITOR,—As, according to what I men-

tioned in my last Letter, the advocates of Po.
pery, whether in Parliament or out of it, as se-
dulOusly keep from obervation every circum-
stance that can in any way impede their patriotic
and liberal scheme of " Emancipation," as the
learned and pious Author of the " History of the
Christian Church" has done the truths respect-

ing the massacres in France on St. Bartholemew's
day, in 1572, and in Ireland, in 1641,-1 shall,
for the information of such of your English
Readers as may be unacquainted with it, give
the origin of White-boyism; which will skew,
by a comparison of the present with the past,
that White Boys in our time are actuated by the
same motives that distinguished those who first
assumed that appellation—hatred of Protestants,
and of the British connexion ; and they will also
perceive the zeal of the Romish. Clergy at, the
fdrmer period, to promote the holy cause. There

is, however, a circumstance of a similar nature,
which, as it has precedence in point of time, I
shall first introduce to their observation.
Soon after the accession to the Throne of
George 11. a dangerous conspiracy was formed
in Ireland by the Romish ecclesiastics, and others
of their communion, under the sanction of the
Romish Pontiff;., the objects of which were, to
murder the King and the whole royal family of
England ; and to place the Pretender upon the
Throne : but, through the vigilance of the Irish
Government, it was discovered, add their diabo-
lical intentions were frustrated.
A Committee of the Irish House of Commons
was appointed to examine the papers which
had been seized in the houses of two of the prin-
cipal conspirators, M'Carthy, alias Rabah, titu-
lar Bishop of Cork, and Joseph Nagle, a Popish
Solicitor ; and, on the 19th of December, Sir
Richard Cox brought up to the HOuse the Re-
port of the Committee, which will be found in
the fourth Volume of the Journals of the House
of Commons, Appendix, 46 ;- and from which
the following extract is taken :--" Father John
Hennesssy, the informant, deposed on oath be-
fore Lord honoraile and John Love, Esq. on the
3d of January, 1732: That, at the close of the
year 1729, he was at McCarthy, alias ,Rabah,
the Titular Bishop of Cork's house, in company
with the Titular Bishops of Limerick and Kil-
laloe, and Dr. Jones, a Franciscan friar, who de-
livered a letter from Dr. Butler, Popish Arch-
bishop of Cashel, acquainting them that he bad
received a letter from the Pope's Internuncio at
IBrussels, informing him that the Pope had com-
plied with the REQUEST of the Archbishops and
Bishops of Ireland ; and that his Holiness had
' sent them an Indulgence for ten years, in order
to raise a sum of money, to be speedily applied
to restore King James to his right, and to
put the present King and all the Royal Family
to the sword.' Soon after, this informant receiv-
ed a letter and a copy of the Pope's Bull from
his said Bishop (M‘Carthy, alias Rehab), with
directions strictly to obey the same, the purport
of which is as follows :--c That every communi-
cant, duly confessing, and receiving upon the
patron days of every respective parish, and
any Sunday from the Ist of May to Septem-
ber, having repeated the Lord's Prayer five
times; and once the Apostle's Creed, upon pay-
ing twopence each time, was to have a plenary
indulgence for their sins ;' and all approved Con-
fessors have .a full power to absolve in all cases,
with intent that God will speedily place King
James 111. on the throne of
The same spirit that had formed the con-
spiracy I have just related, afterwards 'engen-
dered the Whiteboys, who were first organized
in the latter end of the same reign, when, in the
year .1759, an invasion was expected, and differ-
ent fleets of France were ready to sail, for the
coasts of Ireland ; but, that expedition having
failed, the Whiteboys continued quiet fora short
time. Soon after the accession, however, of our
late beloved Sovereign, George 111., of pious,
glorious, and immortal memory, the report of an
invasion on the part of France, in 1762, put them
again into motion, and they appeared in great
force in the southern counties, committing every
.species of outrage upon the Protestant inhabi-
tants ; but those tumults subsided, in a great de-
gree, on the conclusion of a peace between Great
Britain .and France,'when they were obliged, for
that time, to relinquish the idea of foreign aid'.
—The following extracts, taken from depositions
in the Crown Office, at Dublin, of different per-
sons engaged in it, will at once stew what had
been the object- of that conspiracy, and the part
taken in it by Romish Bishops and Priests :
The information of Mr. James Farrell, of Re-
bill, in the county of Tipperary, Gentleman,
sworn before James Hewitson, Esq., a-Magis-
trate of said county, on the 18th of April, 1766 :
Mr. Farrell swears, " that ho Was enlisted into
the Society of Whiteboys by father Nicholas
Sheehy, under the oath of allegiance to Prince
Charles and the King of France ; that he receiv-
ed his commission as a Major in their ser-
vice and his pay regularly ; that the heads
of the said' rebellion are, James Butler, Titu-
lar Archbishop of Cashel, Pierce Creagh, Ti-
tular Bishop of Waterford, Dr. Butler, Titu-
lar' Bishop of Cork, Dr. Fitzsimmons, Titu-
lar Archbishop of Dublin," with a numerous list
of Parish Priests and inferior Clergy, " each of
whom supplied Father Nicholas Sheehy with
money to pay said Whiteboys, and to support
said insurrection." The information of David
Landrigan, of the county of Tipperary, farmer,
sworn before J. Hewetson, Esq. on the 15th of
March, 1767; Landrigan swears, " that he was
enlisted in March, 1762, lathe Whiteboy Society,
by Mr. R. Keating, of said comity ; that he at-
tended their parades ; that he was upon several
..,expeditions, and was commanded by Father Ni-

cholas Sheehy and Edmund Sheehy ; that at one'
of their meetings Father Nicholas Sheehy* admi-
nistered the oaths ; -and that at another meeting
he-proposed to 500 of them to attack the' town of
Clogheen, and to Murder"the Earl (now Mar-
quis) of Drogheda, and to get the arms of his
troops." Landrigan further declares, " their
object was to fight for King Charles." The in-
formation of Thomas Rawly, of the county of
Tipperary, farmer, swan before J. Ilewetson,
Esq., in the same month, corroborates the ac-
counts as to the activity of Father Nicholas
Sheehy, and the object of the insurgents ; and
he further swears, " that at a meeting,of White-
boys at Myse, in 1763, it was resolved to burn
the houses of the Protestants, and to murder
them in one night, after a landing made by the
French, as was expected." The information of Ma-
thias O'Brien, Popish Priest, sworn before Thos.
Butler, Esq., Mayor of the city of Kilkenny, on
the 24th of January, 1768.• Father O'Brien
swears" that the last tumultuous rising of White-
boys, which prevailed in the Southern parts of
this Kingdom, was set on foot for the sole end
and purpose, to informant's certain knowledge,
in order to cause therein a spirit of sedition
and disaffection to his Majesty's person and Go-
vernment, which might be of use to support a
foreign invasion, certainly intended against this,
kingdonl at a convenient time, in favour of Prince
Charles, otherwise the Pretender to these realms;
and the causes commonly alleged for these ris-
ings by the Whiteboys were but. MERE PRETENCES,
and calculated to conceal the above secret de-
sign. Informant deposeth, that these disorders
'were fomented originally by foreign agents, in
conjunction with some Catholic Bishops, particu-
larly Dr. James Butler, titular Archbishop of
Cashel (in whose house or chapel there were
papers of a treasonable nature concealed), and
others of his Clergy, assisted by several gentle-
men of the same persuasion. That informant
was early apprised from his station then, as coad-
jutor to his Aforesaid Bishop, Dr. Butler, of their
dangerous schemes, against his Majesty and the
established Government. That his reason for
knowing the said schemes and designs to be true
is, that the said Dr. Butler did solemnly bind
him to the following oath :---‘ to be true and
faithful to the Church of Rome, and to promote
its good, and to be faithful to him, the said Dr.
Butler, the Archbishop ;' which having signed, he
swears Dr. Butler informed him, that those ris-
ings of the Whiteboys were set on foot solely fo,•
the advancement of the Roman Catholic faith, and
the extirpation of Heresy in this kingdom ; and
that, as there was but one God, there should be
but one religion ; and to restore the same Vetus
Hebernica, by making her faithful sons rise in
rebellion, to support France or other countries,

to establish Prince Charles on the British
Throne. Informant swears, he. hath no other
motive for discovering said conspiracy, but to
preserve peace, and to prevent the effusion of
blood in this Kingdom,"
Let the candid Reader compare the system,
the avowed object, and the proceedings of the
Whiteboys of the present day, with those of
their Archetypes in 1762, as declared upon oath
by several of the conspirators ; and he will see
the same bigotry, and the same hostility. to Pro-
testants, and to every thing Protestant, that dis-
tinguished "the first Whiteboys. It appears by
the deposition of Rawly, " that at a meeting of
Whiteboys at Myse, in 1763, it was resolved on
to burn the houses of the Protestants, and to
murder them in one night, after a landing made
by the French, as was expected 1821, it
was resolved to burn all the Churches throughout
Ireland ; and a considerable number have been
burned and otherwise destroyed, besides the
houses and properties of many Protestants ; and
several Protestants have been assassinated, merely
because they were Protestants.

In his deposition, Mr. O'Brien, the Priest, de-
clared, that " the causes commonly alleged for
these risings by the Whiteboys were but mere
pretences; and calculated to conceal their secret
designs : so I am convinced are the causes alleged
for the late risings, 46 mere pretences, calculated
to conceal their secret deszvns," however the
contrary may be asserted t'y the advocates of
Popery, and the doctrine supported by all the
powers of Oratory : but time will elucidate this
mystery, as it has done others.
Again—Priest O'Brien swore, that Dr. Butler,
the titular Archbishop of Cashel, informed him,
" that those risings of the Whiteboys were set
on foot solely for the advantage of the Roman
Catholic Faith, and the extirpation of Heresy
in this Kingdom ; and that as there was but
one God, there should be but one religion ;
and to restore the same Vetus Hibernica,

by making ber sons rise in rebellion :" and
in an official document of modern White-

boys, in the form of question and answer, lately
discovered, are the following :—" Q. What do
you think of the Stn ?—I think it will shine as
bright in 1823 as it did in the years 1316 and 17,
when it shone without interruption, and before
Henry ? Q. How far do you travel ?—As far as
the sea coast. Q. What to do ?—To aid the
boys from Orleans to cut down heresy from shore
to shore."

" The three L's will shine
When Heresy will decline ;
And Henry's usurping-train
Will weep and bewail
That Luther ever began the Reformation ;
But 1, A. 8..wi1l join
And in union will combine
To vanquish the heretical legion ;
And A. P. M. well knows
They are the Church's foes,
And will be waked in the pit of desolation."

I do not know whether or mot your readers, or
any of them, will, from what 1 have laid before
them, join me in opinion, that there is -a strong
analogy between \Vhiteboys of the present day,
and those of 1762. One thing, however, must be
obvious to the most common observer, from the
answer, that the Sun" will shine as bright in 1825

* This militant Priest was afterwards taken up, charged
with the murder of a young man, named Bridge, a Protestant,
and servant to Mr. Beere, near to Cloheen ; for which he was
tried at the Assizes at Clonmel, was convicted on the clearest
evidence, and executed. He was considered a martyr ; and,
for aught I know, has been canonized ; ,but many miracles
have been performed at his grave ; and the gaoler made a con-
siderable sum by the sale of hair and teeth, alleged to have
been taken from the venerable head, which graced the front of
the gaol, though there was more than fifty heads could furnish.

as it did in the years 1316 and 17 ;" and also front,
the lines with which I concluded the quotation :
it is this, the happy effect of lastorini's pesti-
lential work; 'disseminated with such industry
by, at least, some- of the Romish bishops, and
many of their priests ; for 1825 is the very
year that, by his misrepresentation and perver-
sion of the Scriptures, he has fixed for the de-
struction of the Protestant Church. Probably,
too, some quiek-sighted persons among your
readers may discover a faint resemblance be-
tween the patrons of " the History of the Chris-
tian Church," and the titular Archbishops of
Cashel and Dublin, the titular Bishops of Cork,
Limerick, Killaloe, and. Waterford, mentioned
in the depositions I have just cited.
A Popish Journalist in this City, in his Paper
of Thursday last, favoured his readers with a
most' extraordinary composition on 64 the mis-
government of Ireland." Although he did not
announce it as such, yet from the exordium, I
was at first led to suppose that he had copied it
from an English Radical Paper : but I conclude
that, if it were not the lucubration of his own,
brain, he had received it either from Cove, or
from IVlerion-square in Dublin : indeed, I am
rather divided in my opinion ; as, from the same
amalgamation, if I may be allowed the expres-,
sion, of effects and causes, and causes and effects,
that distinguished a late pastoral letter, I am
inclined to give that most Reverend Gentleman
the credit of it : while the following passage
bears such characteristic marks of the sentiments,
style, and tone of an 44 hereditary bondsman,"
that I think it must have come from his pen.—
Let your Readers, however, determine the point,
as they have now had before them some of the
fanciful effusions of each. "The principle involves
" the question, whether the people of Ireland shall
" or shall not have their liberties restored to
64 them—the question, in fact, whether the causes
44 of degradation, of extreme misery, and of the
" periodical recurrence of famine and pestilence,
" shall or shall not be done away with. The
" principle of restoring to the Catholics the rights
cc and power of which they have-been deprived,
" involves too the further question, whether the
" connexion,between Ireland and England shall
" or shall not be dissolved ? Those that maintain
" that the English Constitution is essentially
46 Protestant cannot, in common justice, extend
44 that Protestant Constitution to a Catholic
" country. The people of Ireland have a right
" to be free, and if they cannot be free under
44 the English Constitution of Government, then
" they have a right to erect their country into
46 an independent State."
This is so plain a language, that it requires no
comment to point its meaning to the most corn-
Mon understanding, had I time and space to
make any :—it is perfectly consonant with—
" Hereditary bondsmen, know ye not,
Who would be free, themselves must strike the blow ?"
and also with the broad hint, given on the 13th
of February, to the six millions, to rise en masse,
to assert their rights. I trust, however, that,
without comment, it will have its due weight I•tvitl'
your Protestant Readers in general ; and that it
may bring conviction to the minds of such of
them as have been misled, by sophistical reason'
in g and mistaken ideas of liberality, to adopt the
modern philosophical opinions of " Catholic
Emancipation,"—of the danger to our Constitn-
tion in Church and State, of granting political
power to Roman Catholics. To such I say, it:
the words of Solomon, " Remove not the old
Landmarks."
Cork, June 16, 1822.

SIDNEY.

*** The Letters of SIDNEY have been regu'
larly taken from THE SUN into a respectable
Weekly Paper, published in Dublin, entitled
The Antidote, or Constitutional Sentinel.

Last week an ox was slaughtered in Doncaster/
and on the centre of the tongue was an iron hoop,
ivied for binding stakes, which appeared to have
been on a great length of time, as the part coo'
fined was considerably smaller; tho ends of the

hoop, which was broken, had festered in the e
der part of the tongue. The animal was three
years old, and weighed 64 stone.

COURSE OF EXCHANGE, July 19.
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Foreign Gold, in Bars
New Doubloons
New Dollars
Silver in Bars, Standard

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BIRTHS. ,
On Wednesday last, at Audley End, the Lady Jane I:filie
•
of a daughter. , of l'
On the 18th inst., inWeymouth-street, Mrs. JeferJ'
daughter. , ---

MARRIED.
On Tuesday, the 9th instant, at the British Ambass;ll°l;
Chapel, at Paris,. W. T. Loftus, Esfl. of his 31a.leliedO,
Light Dragoons, to Maria, youngest daughter of 31-
Esq., of Adam-street, Adelphi. -11..striefr
.
On the 18th inst., William Allder, Esq , of Gosirc--,,00
road, to Mrs. Jane Sinderby Coppin, widow of the law "'
Edmond Coppin, of the Lady Banks East
DIED. -
On Thursday last, at Brighton, Thomas PerldarYes.
Esq. late of Stoke Newington. at Read-
On Tuesday last, at his residence, Calcot Park', 11„-coier,et-
ingc, the Rev. W. Beville, A. 3 Ent."'" Rector of Ent."'" rfr
shire, and Chaplain to his Grace the Duke of 3 larihes--
at Strl/'
Printed and Published tor the PROPRIETOM, tli
L o:fice, No. 112, Strand, by J. B. CAnsfrAt"