dation stone of his metropolitan church, but lived not to witness its completion. On the 11th of May, 1823, he departed this life in the 84th year of his age, and was buried, the first corse, in the vaults of the temple he had founded; while the first mass celebrated within its walls was for the repose of his soul. He was a truly learned and zealous pastor, attached to the honour of his God and his Church and the Holy See, a lover and promoter of the most pure Christian morality, vigilant in the discharge of his duty, and devotedly solicitous, not only for the spiritual good of those consigned to his charge, but also for the public quiet of the State; and with all this, so unassuming and meek was he, that the humblest child of his diocese would approach him with confidence and love; but it is needless to dwell upon a character so vividly impressed upon the hearts of the people; and, even if the recollections of his virtues were fading from their memories, the presence of his successor would recal and refresh their brightest traits. Doctor Troy in truth bequeathed to his province, in the person of that successor, whom himself had selected as his coadjutor fourteen years previous to his decease, a living and speaking monument of all that he had practised as a Christian, or enforced as a Bishop, during his long and happy government of this province.

DANIEL MURRAY.

[Succ. 1823. Vivens 1838.]

Doctor Murray was born on the 18th of April, 1768, at Sheepwalk, in the parish of Redcross and county of Wicklow. At the age of sixteen he was sent to Salamanca, where he studied for some years. On his return to Ireland, he was appointed a curate in the parish of St. Paul, Dublin, whence he was shortly afterwards changed to that of Arklow. Here he continued until the outrages of 1798 compelled him to seek refuge in the metropolis, where he was soon afterwards attached to St. Andrew's parish, and thence, after a short interval, removed to St. Mary's. In 1805, on the consecration of Doctor Ryan to the coadjutorship of Ferns, he was named prebendary of Wicklow and parish priest of Clontarf, but he declined the latter preferment. On the 30th of June, 1809, at the instance of his illustrious predecessor, he was, as before suggested, appointed Archbishop of Hierapolis and coadjutor of Dublin, and consecrated as such in Liffey-street Chapel on the 30th of November in this year, Doctor Troy officiating as consecrator, and Doctors Delany and Ryan as assistants. On the 16th of January in the following year, after a sojourn of several months in the French capital, with the object of soliciting restitution of the property belonging to the religious establishments of Irish Catholics in that country, he had the satisfaction to obtain an ordinance, whereby, " in consequence of the remonstrance of the Archbishops and Bishops of Ire

land, relative to the superintendence which they have a right to exercise over the application of the property belonging to their houses, and taking into consideration the wish expressed by those prelates, the Sieur Ferris was ordered to resign the functions of administrator-general of the Irish colleges in France, and to deliver up to his successor, the moneys, deeds, moveables, and effects, belonging to those establishments;" and the late Reverend Paul Long was thereupon nominated administrator-general of all the Irish establishments in France.

On the death of Doctor Troy in 1823, Doctor Murray succeeded to the archbishopric, and in 1825 was one of the prelates who drew up the pastoral instructions to the clergy and laity of Ireland, exhorting the former to the fulfilment of all their obligations ;the steadfast maintenance of an exemplary life, "the exemplary life of a pastor preaches more eloquently to his parishioners than all his sermons or exhortations ;"—the vigilant administration of the holy sacraments; "nothing can excuse you from the discharge of this duty; nothing can exempt you; not labour, not fatigue, nor watching, nor hunger, nor thirst, nor heat, nor cold; you can have no just cause of delay, when pressed on by an obligation so strict and so important;"-zeal in promoting the honour and love of God, but, "in order that zeal be efficient and produce fruit, it must be governed and directed by prudence and charity, that charity which is benign, and bears all, and suffers all;"-vigilance in the moral instruction of children, "because, on their religious

education depends not only their own happiness, but also that of the Church and of the State; labour for them, as you have hitherto done, through good report and evil report, seeking aid to assist you in the godly work of their education, when you can obtain it without a compromise of their most precious faith, or of that salutary discipline which surrounds and protects it as the walls and ramparts do a city. Turn away from them every insidious wile of the deceiver or the deceived; and, whilst you study to have peace with all men, do not forget, that you are watchmen on the towers of the city of God to detect the ambuscades of her enemies. . . Engrave upon the tender hearts of the little ones the obedience they owe to God, to their parents, to their prince, and to all who are placed in authority over them, to inspire them with a horror of vice, and a love of virtue ;"the relief of the poor: "your door is the first at which the tale of distress, or the cry of misery is heard; let the poor always find in you the sympathy of a father, the heart, the bowels of tenderness and compassion ;"the comforting of the sick, especially, "at that awful hour, which is, perhaps, to decide their eternal lot ; the sinner, at that moment seeing that every thing is disappearing from his eyes, that this world and the desires thereof, have passed away, that he himself is passing like a shadow, will listen with more attention to your pious exhortations, he will yield to your sighs and to your tears;❞—the amicable adjustment of quarrels and disputes; "seat yourselves down like angels of peace in the midst of the dissensions, which may,

through human infirmity, occur between your people, and reconcile, by the sweetness of your manner and the attractions of grace, hearts, which for a moment may have been alienated from each other."—" Remember, then," concludes the document, "that an ecclesiastic, whether officiating in the sanctuary, or dwelling in the midst of the world, should appear and be a man of superior mind and exalted virtue ; a man whose example can improve society, whose irreproachable manners can reflect honour on the Church and add to the glory and splendour of religion; a man, whose modesty should be apparent to all men, as the apostle recommends, and who should be clothed with justice, according to the expression of a prophet." This summary of the qualifications and duties of a Christian divine has been thus largely extracted, as affording the most eloquent illustration of Doctor Murray's life and character. "Of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh." What he inculcated, himself effected, what he prescribed he practised; unshaken, unstained, by even the ruder assaults of an Irish element, he stands forth a pillar of strength and ornament to the temple of his faith.

It but remains to state, that in April, 1829, the long deferred measure, that would have made millions happy, received the royal assent; and those cruel enactments against the Roman Catholic hierarchy and laity, which intolerance had devised in the days of Elizabeth, and rapine and fanaticism pressed into their service during those of the Stuarts; those penalties and disabilities, which, from the time of the