From the King's County Chronicle.

In our last publication we endeavoured to convey to our readers not present on that occasion, some faint conception of the scene of ruffian violence then adopted and put forward by the supporters of the Brigade candidates. The abominably wicked, and profligate methods to secure success resorted to without scruple or regard to decency on behalf of the Brigadier candidates, are irrefragible evidence that without those unconstitutional, unclerical, and unchristian means, the Roman Catholic Clergy would never have been able to bully and fight and inquisitionise their unknown favourites into a majority over Captain Bernard. It is only sufficient to refer to the facts, as they happened, to make the truth of this apparent.

From the time a dissolution was even talked of, almost every Roman Catholic clergyman in the county set to work, and commenced his game of violence and misrepresentation. Their first move was to exhort those of their flocks who possesed neither votes, nor property into vague but assured hopes of their conditions being bettered if they could at the next election master or alarm those who had property or who were living by their industry. This, with the lowest of the rabble, the untaught and half-houseless, and the many whose time is passed between sojourning in the workhouses and the desultory and precarious earnings outside them, produced its effect. We maintain it, and we can prove the fact that for months past the altars of many of the Roman Catholic chapels in this country have been desecrated by a mixture of political and superstitious speaking, in which no object was regarded but that of exciting the fierce prejudices and violent animosities of the lowest, most uninstructed and unprovided for, of the Roman Catholic population. By this means, on the approach of the election, they had organized a number of vagabonds, whose hopes and expectations for themselves were blindly enlisted in the cause of the Italian and selfish objects of the priesthood. Until a very short time before the election, few respectable Roman Catholics in this country took part in these proceedings and they were most anxious as far as as they dare, to act like freemen and to discountenance them. In evidence of this we could name several (many in this town) who unequivocally promised their influence and support to Captain Bernard, because, as they said, he was a good resident landlord, a useful and accessible magistrate, a good employer, having an excellent personal knowledge of Irish affairs, and also because he was a good Irishman The proprietors of land in this country were to a man his supporters, and their influence was further sustained by the fact that in no southern county in Ireland are there so many resident proprietors as in the King's County. They had all, even to their own injury, worked for the maintenance of the people during

the famine, and many of them still continue their benevolent dealings towards them; but this influence was the very thing hateful to the priesthood, and such men were not suitable to their aggrandising purposes. These influences being identified with our local interests, and having few objects beyond those connected with Ireland, were too likely to become acceptable to the people, and thus become the means of cementing a happy union between all classes and creeds of our country.

This was the last alliance their reverences were willing or desirous to behold or permit; and, accordingly, their whole efforts were directed to coerce the people into the belief that the Protestant gentry must be exterminated, they being, as they told them, the enemies of their faith and race. This belief was studiously impressed on the illiterate population of this country and they were thus driven into a frenzy against their Protestant neighbours, landlords, and employers. The priests hav. ing thus roused the people entrusted to their instruction in religion and morals, and who from their ignorance are strongly under such controul, commenced immediately after the selection of the two hitherto unknown candidates, Messrs. O'Brien and Bland, to direct those passions and this excitement towards the purpose of their election. To Captain Bernard and his

friends and to all Protestants were attributed the Ecclesiastical Titles Bill and the recent proclamation; and harmless as both these grievances have hitherto proved themselves, they were magnified each Sunday into persecution of the worst description, calling for vengeance on, and the hatred of all Protestants. Nay, the Stockport riots were laid at the doors of Captain Bernard, and the most exaggerated and malicious accounts of it were unscrupulously promulgated. The electors, who had without hesitation or apprehension of wrong, promised to vote for Captain Bernard, were informed by priestly authority during their most solemn religious services, that every one of them in preserving his word should become guilty of perjury, of treason to his church, and an abettor of the insult given to the host in Stockport !! Every neighbour was to curse and avoid him; his name was published at mass, religious curses on him. self, his family, and his innocent children, were piled upon him and them in case he should consummate his disobedience and keep his promise to his best friend and benefactor at the hustings, the breach of which was thus inculcated on him as a solemn religious duty, which it was the right of the church to require from her followers. With such teachings, is it wondered that such an exhibition of fell and demoniac ferocity should have been exhibited by the peasantry of this country at the recent election? They forced all the voters they could influence by the terror of the mob, by threats of murder and violence, and excommunication in this world, and damnation in the next, to vote for Messrs Bland and O'Brien. Neither Christianity,

propriety, or common decency supplied any restraints, and thus did they secure their majorities.

In Tullamore and Philipstown, like scenes were going on, and a like terior was exhibited. Captain Bernard was rėpeatedly assaulted, Messrs. Lundy Dickson, J.P. and Fuller, and others, were severely beaten, and their lives were only saved by the active exertions of the military and police.

PARSONSTOWN PETTY SESSIONS.

August, 7th.

Montgomery Robbins, Esq. being sworn, stated as followsOn the 23rd July I came in a covered car, accompanied by one Peter Roe and one Joseph Sheppard, from Dooly's Hotel towards the Court-house, in which the polling booths were placed in Parsonstown. The car stopped within sixy or eighty yards of the court-house-opposite the house of the Rev. Henry Fry. The Rev. Mr. Cleary, who is a Roman Catholic clergyman; (I do not know his Christian name or present residence) came up to the car, and addressing the said Joseph Sheppard, said "Jce, what are you doing here, you must come out; I replied he cannot come out; Mr. Cleary said he must come out; I replied he shall not; Mr. Cleary then caught the door of the car and pulled it open; I caught the door then, and closed it, and Mr. Cleary left us; directly on his parting from the car three or four men singled themselves out from the crowd, and came to the car; without saying a word one of them pulled open the door, and I was seized by the collar by a person who tried to drag me out of the car; Mr. Lancaster Bridge came up to the car, and seized by the neck the man who was struggling with me; Mr. Bridge and the men who were at the car then disappeared, and I looked out and saw Mr. Bridge struggling with several persons who were around him; I got out of the car and went to his assistance; I was struck on the head and received several blows on different parts of the body; from the effects of these blows I was stunned, and I saw a man coming towards me with a stick in his hand upraised to strike me; I was unable to defend myself in consequence of the former injuries, and I received from him a blow which knocked me down, I became senseless from its effects, and I do not know what occurred afterwards; I had in my hand a loaded but, with which I defended myself as long as I could.

To Mr. Dowling-There was an immense crowd around us at the time, and I am unable to identify the prisoners.

Lancaster Bridge, Esq. was the next witness, and gave the following testimony:-On the 23rd of last month an inside car, in which Mr. Montgomery Robbins and two other persons were, drove towards the court-house; I was standing near it when it stopped within a short distance of the court-house; I saw three

or four men go up to the door of the car, and opened it; I then ran up to the car and saw a man trying to pull a person out of the car; I ran up to assist the persons in the car, when a man laid hold of me by the nose; I was immediately struck by several persons on the head and arms with sticks; I struck them in defence of myself; Mr Robbins was at this time out of the car, and in the crowd defending himself; I saw several persons striking at Mr. Robbins, and saw him fall; I immediately went to him and raised him up; he was bleeding and insensible, and fell on his knees again after I had lifted him up; I saw the prisoner, James Heenan, at the door of Mr. Robbin's car, before Mr. Robbins left the car; Heenan appeared to take an active part in endeavouring to drag some person out of the car; I saw the prisoner, Michael Harte, amongst the crowd with his head cut and bleeding; I would say, by his appearance, he was taking a part in the affray; I was myself severely cut in the forehead from the blows I received; I had in my hand, for my protection, a "life preserver," with which I defended myself as well as I could; I assisted Mr. Robbins to Captain Bernard's Tallyrooms; he was unable to walk without assistance; I lost my hat, and my coat was very much torn; I gave no provocation whatever for the attack that was made upon me.

QUEEN'S CO.

From the Leinster Express, July 17.

Of all the audacious, and unjustifiable efforts to tyrannise over the civil liberty of a free people, that which is now being striven for in the Queen's County, and throughout Ireland generally, by the priesthood, is hardly exceeded in audacity or injustice, by anything in records of history. Certainly, considering accompanying circumstances it would be impossible to find a parallel. For, in an empire like this, where individual liberty is more sacred than in any other under the sun, that any man, or any number of men should so glaringly make use of that license, for the purpose of enslaving his or their subjects-is a national humiliation and a national disgrace, from which any other people, who had equally the means, would shrink with scorn and detestation. In what free country except Ireland, would such a fraud on the public understanding be for a moment endured? Where, but in Ireland, could we find clerical presumption arguing such mental serfdom amongst the populace? Or where, but in Ireland, would a man allow himself to be so cheated into the resignation of his birthright,-into such a practical acknowledgment of his secular helplessness, and spiritual dread?

In whatever County or Borough, throughout the kingdom, the Roman Catholic clergy may succeed in their selfish and in

tolerant views,-there for the once, the wishes of the community sink into utter insignificance, and utter unimportance. Popular independence is at an end, and popular representation becomes a mockery, a delusion, and a snare. A mockery-because the idea of popular representation is ridiculous, when the Roman Catholic clergy arrogate to themselves, the sole right of returning a member to the Imperial Parliament ! A delusionbecause it is delusive, and deceptive beyond condemnation,—to suppose that the man thus returned is really the representative of the people!! A snare,-because, as thus accruing, a vote is only a torment and a plague to the Roman Catholic who possesses it, an excuse for his spiritual teacher to persecute him, -to despitefully use him ;-and to curse him!!!

Let us just see what is the stuff, of which these clerico-popular elections are made. "The view into the other world of those Catholics who vote for Mr. Brown," said the Rev. James Maher, when addressing the electors of Carlow last week, "is far from affording consolation. LET THEM GO AND BE DAMNED." Nor is this an exceptional sample of the lengths, to which men in the position of Mr. Maher have resorted at the present juncture. We have been credibly informed, that more than one Roman Catholic clergyman in the Queen's County, (some too, by the way, from whose superior intelligence we would not have expected it), threatened suspension of the church's rites against those of their flocks, who would not vote as they desired. The pews of Mr. Fitzpatrick's supporters in-chapel, were torn up, and broken down, without a word of rebuke or interference from the priest. And expressions to the following playful and harmless effect, were used a few Sundays ago from an Ossory altar-"You all know Mr. M. Well, he's a black sheep amongst you. Now I don't mean to call down the judgment of the Almighty on him; but if it so happened, that he should fall from his horse and break his head, or that his house, or haggard should accidently catch fire-I wouldn't at all won. der at it."

CARLOW.

[From the Carlow Sentinel.]

We have given the proceedings of this election down to the close of the poll on last night, by which it will be seen that it was a sharp race-a close contest, unprecedented even in this country. It was one of unexampled excitement, created by the Roman Catholic clergy; and they lost one seat by a small majority, while we lost one occupied by a gentleman who expended nearly 100,000/ within five years in the barony of Rathvilly, where he was defeated by the degraded serfs who were one and all polled against a country gentleman by whose wealth