would inculcate, because I think it unnecessary to do so it is not a matter which can form a part of such instruction as we give to the people; but I do believe it myself. It is the doctrine of our church, that miracles are wrought in every country, and in every age, when the Almighty may think it necessary to do so for the relief of any of his creatures, who petition him in the spirit of humility and faith.

Do you not think it desirable, for the purpose of avoiding any collision between persons of different religious feelings, that no procession should take place, which would give offence to either parties?—I do think that such processions should be confined to the places of worship, or their precincts; to a small enclosure about them, if it were necessary, or to the churchyard, but not the street.

Are you acquainted with the service for the sick in the Common Prayer Book of the Established Church ?-Yes.

In that service, where a Protestant applies for the special interference of Providence for the relief of the sick person, where no human help can avail, does he appear to you to ask for more than has been granted, in your opinion, in the case of Prince Hohenlohe ?-Precisely the same; but in the case of Prince Hohenlohe it was granted in a more special and striking degree.

Are you acquainted with the prophecies published by Pastorini ?1 have read them some years ago, but not lately; I know sufficiently the substance of them.

They have been circulated extensively, on a separate sheet, among the peasantry of Ireland; have they not?-I do not know; the book is a large one; that there may have been an extract of that kind printed and circulated among the peasantry, I have little doubt; at the same time I am very confident, that if done, it has been done lately, by persons in the south, to excite dissension in Ireland, and to produce appearances of disturbance.

Have any means been taken by the Roman Catholic bishops or clergy to discountenance that?—I have taken, myself, a very active part in seeking to discountenance it; and not only to discountenance it, but to prevent altogether the reading of it. I have gone so far in a Pastoral, which I published in the beginning of this Lent, as to call it the impious production of an over-heated mind; and I doubt whether any noble lord could designate it more strongly. Those words express what I think of it.

Are you aware of any other persons, holding the same situation with yourself, or other offices in the Catholic church, who have taken a different part from yourself respecting it ?-No;

I have known other bishops to denounce it as a mischievous work.

Have you known any who have given it the least countenance?No.

Do you think their efforts have been successful in discountenancing it ?-Yes; I am persuaded there is no one in my diocese who gives the least countenance to it.

Have you any establishment in your church, parochial or other, for the relief of the poor?We have some Mendicity Societies; but except those, I do not know that we have any. No parochial establishment?-No.

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What particular or general benefit would, in your opinion, be produced in Ireland by the admission of the Catholics to equal rights and privileges ?I think that the general benefits produced by it would be incalculable. I am quite confident it would put an end to those religious heats and animosities which now prevail so generally. I am also of opinion it would tranquillize the public mind effectually, and make us all sit down quietly to promote our local and general interests. I also think that the country being thus intent on its internal improvement, the capitalists of England would find it their interest to go amongst us, and to employ, for their own advantage as well as ours, their capital, and skill, and industry, upon those vast resources with which Ireland abounds. It is in that way, I think, our general interests would be promoted by it. As to the ticular interests to be promoted by it, I should think, in a vast community like ours, abounding with talent, and now becoming well-educated, many individuals would shew themselves deserving of attention, and acquire those situations, from which profit and honour would be acquired to themselves and their families; and if only one individual of the commnnity had this prospect before him, that would cause all others in his neighbourhood to look up to the state, and to labour with the government for the public good. In fact, I think it would knit together, and effectually secure the affections of the multitude as well as of individuals, and make us one people immediately, and I hope, in a few years, a very happy and prosperous people. Those are my views, such as I entertain them in the presence of God and your lordships; and I may add, that I think prosperity and tranquillity will never prevail in Ireland while the present political differences, arising from religion, are suffered to prevail.

Do you think the Roman Catholics in Ireland have any feelings upon that subject?-Their feelings are more acute, in proportion as their passions are stronger, than those of better educated persons.

Does not that feeling arise more from a sense of the fact of degradation to which persons of their religious sentiments are subject, than from any hope they themselves have of individual benefit? It arises chiefly from that feeling which your lordship has just mentioned; but they do expect, and the impression is strong amongst them, that if those religious differences were taken away, the country would improve, and their own condition become thereby somewhat better.

Do they not also expect that they would receive a more certain degree of protection, from the elevation of those individuals. of their own community, whose wealth or talent might raise them to situations of distinction ?--I have no doubt that feeling is general amongst them.

Is the admission of the Catholic community to equal rights anxiously desired by the Catholic priesthood?-Most anxiously. In fact, our situation is one of extremely difficulty; one in which we are endeavouring to conciliate the upper orders, and to keep quiet the feelings of the lower orders. In this restless state in which our society is at present, we feel considerable difficulty and pain; and we hope that if our claims were settled by an amicable adjustment, we could go on without being obliged to interfere in political matters; that the country would be at least relieved from the extreme poverty which is now so afflicting, and our own condition improved thereby. It is impossible to estimate the state of anxiety in which we live, arising unquestionably from the state of the laws.

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