Star.
London, England, 1822-11-07 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at the Past India
House, whin Captain ALZIAMMICIL NAIRN! was sworn into the
command of the ship General Kyd, consigned to Bengal and
China.
The Margaret, Fox, from Quebec to Cork, was driven on
shore near Galway, on the Cd inst. with loss of bulwarks,
and about one fifth of her cargo. but was got off nest day.
The Scour, brig of war, sailed from Hovannah on the If!th
of September, in company with the Porpoise apd Louisiana,
American schooners, in search of pirates.
)loat Pntaents.—The following was posted at Wien's this
morning t—" The Adelphi, Metrics, from Jamaica, an ivtd at
Liverpool. boarded, on their2d September, the brig Hannah,
of and for Philadelphia from St. Jago de Cuba, oat 35 days :
she had been taken by a piratical schooner, and carried into Rio
de Porcus and detained .8 days. They took from her 28 bags
of coffee, 14 cases of sugar, a quan(ity of bides, and their
watches, quadrants, and clothes. On the 23d September spoke
the Vittoria, from Jamaica to Liverpool, out 19 days—she saw
a piratical schooner take a French ship and an English brig the
day before.'
PLYMOUTE, Nov. s.—Wind S.W.—Arrived the Wallace Pc!.
kin, MAIN, front London, bound to Hayti.
PORMIOUTII, Nov. 6.—Wind SW.—Arrived his Blojesty's
ship sloaciusa. from Africa.
Dem., Nov. 6.—Wind W.S.W.—Came down from the liirur
and remain with the rest, the St. Ann's, SUOHRUE, for Jamiica ;
Geotge the Third, Porstswirt.t., for Madeira; Ann, liAmn.roN,
for Jamaica ; 04car, Swan's, for Tobago; and Regent, Com;
sox, for St. Michael's. Arrived and sailed for the River, the
Emily, Ressett, from the South Seas; and the Ilarlcstone,
WZIUHTMAS, from ditto and the Cape of Good Hope.

THE LATE BISHOP OP CLOCHE&

ECCLF,SIASTICAL PROCEEDINGS AGAINST TIIZ
LATE INFAMOUS BISHOP OF CLOGHZE.

METROPOLITAN COURT OF ARMAGH, Orr. 21.
The office of his Grace the Lord Archbishop of Armes. Primate
and Metropolitan of all Ireland, at the promotion to Maims
'Ally, the Proctor of said Mice • going the Hon. and ftight
Rev. Percy Jocelyn, bled Hide; of anew, and ame of the
Suffragan Bishops of the Metrepoiltan Chord of Armagh.
This cause of Office was this day called on for hear-
ing, in the presence of his Grace the Primate, and
of four of his Suffragan Bishops, viz. the Bishops of
Kilmore. Derry, Droni-re, and Raphoc, and of the
Right Hon. Dr. Radcliff, his Grace's Vicar-General,
and of other distinguished and respectable personages.
The Bishop of Clogher having been thrice called in
open Court, did not appear ; and, in pain of his con-
tumacy and contempt the cause was proceeded in to
a hearing, and to its final determination.
Sir Herter 51222Dxxii, the leading Advocate for
the Office, stated the case. He lamented to find from
tile rules heretofore and on this day pronounced in
this cause, that the Right Rev. Prelate has not ap-
peared in this Court in person or by his Proctors.
The absence of an accused person, when a crime is
sought to be established against him, to those who
take a part in the accusation must ever be matter
of serious regret and anxiety, but never more so than
in a cause like the present, whose importance in re-
spect of the person accused, the enormity of the
offence imputed, and its certain result if established,
has imposed upon him, and those who have been en-
trusted with, and must take a part in its conduct and
determination, a heavy responsibility and painful
duty ; and which arc considerably added to and in-
creased by his Lordship's absence. The absence of his
LorJsllip has also occasioned much delay, inconve-
nience, and exposure, which would otherwise have
heen prevented, and from this circumstance has been
tendered unavoidable. But this circumstance, though
it may be regretted, may yet be of importance in the
ultimate decision of this cause, and the consideration
a tie grounds upon which it is to be supported.—
'This is a cause to which his Grace has given his high
name and authoriry. The right to institute such a
proceeding belongs to him as a superior of the
Cl:,trch, and is necessary for the due exercise of his
501 itual authority over those who are subject to him
and his visitations ; and the exercise of this right by
him, as the Archbishop or Metropolitan,over his sof-
tiagan Bishops, is now so well established in law,
principle,• and in precedent, that it cannot be dis-
puted. In this case, a more than ordinary discre-
tion has been observed. A person has been selected
for and appointed promoter of this suit and Proctor
of Office, who, from_ his well-known integrity, in-
.formation, and experience, as a Proctor of the Pre-
rogative Court, and of other the Ecclesiastical Courts
in Ireland, could be safely entrusted with the con-

dact of a cause, in itself, and in its consequences, so
important to the individual and the Public ; and with
an expectation that everything necessary for its main-
tenance and establishment would be adopted and
performed; and if anything was then wanting to
sustain that opinion, it would be now justified by the
proceedings which have been taken in this cause.—
further caution has been observed in respect of,
:Ind prior to the commencement of this cause, not as
a measure absolutely necessary, but as one of singular
prudence and discretion. The charges were serious,
.Lnel of a heinous nature. It was right to have an
early assurance that they were probable and could be
,ustained. For this purpose the provisions and direc-
tions of the Statute of the 6th Geo. I. chap. 6, were
rzsorted to and followed. A person who had been a
spectatcir of the commission of those acts. by the Bi-
shop and his associate in crime, and could positively
swear to them, was required so to do previous to the
tastitution of this suit. Such a person was procured.
He was personally examined upon his oath in the
presence of his Grace the Lord Primate, and upon
that examination, which was reduced into writing,
and forms now a part of the record in these proceed-
ings, he swore to such facts as left not a doubt as to
the 2rilo iety of; and necessity for the proceedings.—
The citation in this cause was accordingly issued and
delivered for execution. It was entrusted fur that
purpose to the proper Officer of the Court, and with
a direction to serve, it upon the Bishop, or at his pro-
per place of residence—his Palace in the City and
Diocese of Clogher. On the 21st day of August lase,
that citation was returned into this Court with certain
aflilavits annexed to it, by which it appeared that every
effort and due diligence were used and inquiry made
for the Bishop, so as to have him served frith that cita-
tion.— Upon that return being so made, his Grace was',
pleased, and according to law, to decree a citation'
Vii. et Moclis, to be executed not only within the
Diocese of Clogher, but also in the Archdiocese of
Dublin, where it was understood or known that the
Bishop had an occasional residence. A sufficient time
was given for the due execution of these processes,
and for the appearance of the Bishop. Every effort
was used to serve him with these citations, and to
signify to him and to the Public the commencement
of this suit, and the necessity for these proceedings.—
These citations were posted upon the doors of his Pa-
lace and of his Cathedral Church, upon the doors of
his house in the city of Dublin, and of the Church of
the Parish in which that house is situate. Copies
of those citations wcre served upon the Dignitaries
and Officers of his Church and Diocese—upon his men
of business—intimate friends and relatives, and so
extensive was the inquiry for him, and great the
efforts to serve him with process and to certify the
commencement of the proceedings and its necessity
and import, that his Grace, on the Bth day of Sep-
tember last, was pleased and according to law, to de.
Clare him contumacious, and in contempt for his nort.
appearance. And it was not until the 26th day of
September, and after an entire month was expended
in an ineffectual attempt to procure the appearance
of the Bishop and his due submission to this High
Court and its proceedings, that a liberty was given
to the Proctor of Office to exhibit those articles which
cont:•.7n the charges of crime and immorality which
have since become the subject of proof, and the
foundation of a sentence of deprivation in this cause.
These proceedings are thus detailed and adverted to
in order to chew the deliberation with which this
cause has been conducted, and the anxiety that has
been manifested to give the Bishop an opportunity
fx his appearance and defence. But this exertion has
been ineffectual, and to this hour he're:nains wilfully
a:nent and in contempt. 1;y t:::s cendaet Lc has

much increased the length of pleairiagsaad the
then of pra►f. lie his absence it was wawa
allege and prove many facts which would have been
admitted or established by his appearance and deed
of proxy—his qualification• and the jurisdiction
this Court would have been In this manner admitted
or established,• and the formal and necessary proofs
sustain this part of the case would have been much
lessened in their number and amount.
The pleading which has been thus exhibited, and
to which full and sufficient proofs have been applied,
and upon which the sentence of the Court is alone to
be foliated, contains within it and in its detail, the
*any circumstances necesdry for its support and esta-
blishment, and shall be here shortly adverted to:
The Bishop of Clogher is an Ecclesiastic, and as
such subject to the laws of the Church. He has been
for many years a Priest in Holy Orders. In the year
1809 he was promoted to the united Bishoprics of
Leighlin and Ferns; on that occasion he was duly
consecrated and enthroned, and he then swore ca-
nonical obedience to the then Archbishop of Dublin,
as his Metropolitan, and subscribed to the Canons of
the Church. For eleven years he acted as the Bishop
or Pastor of that Diocese, and with a character and
conduct which did honour to himself and his high
Office, in so much that in the year 1820, and a little
mote than two months after the accession of his
present. Majesty to the Throne, he was deemed worthy
of advancement, and was accordingly translated to
the See of Clogher, and to its high honours and ad-
vantages. On that occasion he took the oath of
canonical obedience to the then Lord Primate of

Ireland, his Grace's late and much lamented pre-
decessor. And in the month of August, in the same
year, he attended the Triennial Visitation of, and
was visited by his Grace the late Lord Primate
as one of his Suffragan Bishops. These facts are
sustained by legal and appropriate evidence.--
The Canons of the Church are referred to in the
pleading, and particularly the 42d of those Canons,
by which he was and is bound as the law of his con-
duct and adoption. That Canon particulirly prohi-
bits the commission of those offences of which he
stands charged, under the heaviest penalties of the
11 law; and it is for the violation of that Canon, and
under its authority, that this cause of deprii.ation is
now proceeded in against him. The particular facts
which constituo that offence are fully detailed in the
pleading and the written evidence. That evidence
is now permanent and recorded; it cannot be de-
parted from or altered. Those parts which imme-
diately go to constitute his crime, are full and parti•
cular. Hi would not detail them: he was happy to
think he was relieved from that painful necessity. In
that hallowed plate, and before that august tribunal
where he then spoke, he would have hesitated long
before he would have detailed such facts; even
though he should have felt it were necessary to do so
for the support or elucidation of that case which he
was bound to establish for their satisfaction. But
he felt thoroughly convinced, that upon the evi-
dence, when read and considered, there can be but
one opinion in respect of those charges : they have been
and are fully sustained, upon evidence so clear, con-
sistent, and credible, as not to leave a doubt upon them.
On that evidence he would make this observation ;
it fully evinced the existence of those evil habits and
propensities, in that unhappy man, with which he
then stood charged, and which formed the founda-
tion of that sentence which was to be pronounced
against him in this cause. That evidence also proved
the fatal and depraved purposes for which he asso—
ciated. himself with a private soldier ; wholly beneath
him in rank and station, as the unworthy and vicious
partner of his depravity and guilt. The place chosen
by him for that base purpose was also unfitted to him,
as a Prelate of the Church, and a man of his high

rank and station►. It was a common ale-house, situate

in S!.-Alban's-place, in the City of Westminster, and
County of Middlesex, in England. In his career of
vice, he was fortunately, nay, he would add, he was
providentially arrested before he had perpetrated
the last foul act, or crime, which he himself de-
signed; and by which, committed, his life would
have been forfeited to the offended laws and justice of
his country ; the many witnesses to his disgrace and
degradation too plainly shewed and convinced him
of their full knowledge of his base acts and purposes.
He then became dejected and desponding, and in
terms and tone of agony and despair, he called upon
that Great Goa, in whose presence he had so lately
and grievously offended, for his protection and deli:
verance: his prayer was graciously heard—his life
was spared to him, no doubt for wise and merciful
purposes. He survived the horrors of that night,
and he is now enabled, by sincere sorrow and regret,
to look for that remission of his sins, and forgiveness
from his GOD, which he could have hardly looked
for, if his life had been forfeited to the law, or he
had on that night fallen a victim to the just indigna-
tion of the many who witnessed his depraved and
vicious conduct, and were with difficulty restrained
from ending his existence. He was arrested by the
watchmen and others, and, in a situation disgrace-
ful and degrading to him, he was made a prisoner,
in order that he should he removed to the watch-
house of the district, in which lie had committed his
many acts of indecency and crime. He endea-
voured, but in vain, to dissuade the persons in charge
of him from their purpose. On his removal, and
close to that public-house in which he had been de-
tected and arrested, he was seen and recognized by
a respectable Gentleman of Ireland, who, from his
previous knowledge of his dress, person, and appear-
ance, has been examined to, and proved his identity.
He had upon him at the time his usual and proper
habit and dress, as 'A Bishop and Dignitary of the
Church. There was no disguise or concealment
upon his person or appearance. That circumstance
had created an early suspicion and observance of him
and of his actions on that night, and has contributed,
with many other circumstances proved in this cause,
to the establishment of his identity, which, from his
conduct in the cause, and other circumstances, might
have been difficult of attainment and of proof. As
he was advanced in custody to the watch-house, and,
was surrounded and insuited by many persons who.
pressed upon him, and in a situation degrading to,
himself and his high office' he approached to and
passed the gates of Carlton Palace. What hi, sensa-
tion and sentimenjos were, or must have been on that
occasion may be conceived but cannot be expressed ;
he must have then felt that he was fallen. That
feeling he himself displayed at that moment in a
smug convulsive, but illeXectuAl fcir Ili;