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A UTHOR: 
 
 RYAN, JOHN M. R. S. L. 
 
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 NARRATIVE OF TWENTY YEARS' 
 
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 AUTHOR OF " THE HISTORT AND ANTIQUITIES OF THE COUNTY OF CARLOW,' 
 
 &c. &c. &c. 
 
 " Am I therefoM become your enemy, because I tell you the frutti ?" — Gal. iv. 16. 
 
 *' It is great blasphemy to personate God, and bring him in saying, * I will dehcend and 
 be like the prince of darbnesis :' and what is it better, to make the caube of religion to 
 descend to the cruel and execrable actions of murdering princes, butchery of people, and 
 subversion of states and governments? Surely this is to bring down the Holy Ghost, instead 
 of the likeness ol a dove, in the shape of a vulture or raven ; and to set out of the bark of a 
 Christian church a flag of a bark of pirates and assassins." — BacON. 
 
 LONDON : 
 
 EDWARDS AND HUGHES, 12, AVE MARIA LANE. 
 JOHN OLLIVIER, 59, PALL MALL. 
 
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 PREFACE. 
 
 Prefatory to the following pages, I hare to state, that the Popish 
 public nuisance and bruta). cowardly persecution hereafter related 
 are carried on to the present moment in ihe city of Dublin. There 
 
 n^JZV 1 t^°''°"i '°^^''y' '■"'^^ 'l-^V. and other me! 
 v!,?! ,• ?""' ^^'""f description. Not possessing the gift of 
 vaticipation, I. cannot, of course, divine the ultimate result of the 
 abominable misdeeds of this unparalleled, desperate, illegal conspi- 
 '^?'=y- ^'lU '^ °' '"<=h "isane wickedness must be bitter and per- 
 nicious. Whatever unprincipled, nominal Protestants may say or 
 
 cnuriT^ T' i "" "* """ knowingly guilty of the suicidal 
 course of aiding the sworn enemies of their party). I feel that I have 
 a duty to perform to myself and to that Prolstant cause of which I 
 have been and am an humble but decided supporter. Under any cir- 
 cumstances, that duty must be fulfilled. ^ 
 
 Inational concession, spurious conciliation, and mere expediency 
 seem, now-a-days. to be the sole governing motives with many ; 
 rules which practically produce neglect of the just and salutary mahi- 
 tenance of Protestantism in the vain hope of satisfying its ancient 
 and implacable enemies. Many more seem to possess no definid 
 principles whatsoever, and consequently do not attempt to defend 
 tha which has no existence. Others are perfectly reckles. or indiffe- 
 rent, ana intense selfishness prevails to an enormous extent. Exdu- 
 wve attention to personal interest, latitudinarianism, and connivance 
 
 ^ ,V^f h" ' '^^"l' »•• /'""'•=««' '«=' any ill-will or inconvenience 
 might be incurred, abound very generally. A leading London iour- 
 
 ^1"'TX T""'}*'''*"*'^ °" ""'' ''»='«' """•»«' short-sighted sys- 
 tem .— The legislature is to establish, and endow with £26 000 a 
 
 year, a seminary against the teaching of which the gravest suspicions 
 exist, founded upon oflicial evidence, and is to do this witZt in- 
 quiry, lest, perchance, animosity and rancour might be excited ! Is 
 his reasonable ? Surely it is the usual rule, ineviwble, indeed, under 
 the circumstances of society, that men should run the hazard of ex- 
 
 Sn?""^"'"^ ^"J'*' P"' "'" '''^'"'^"''' "'"'« "''"' pass by offences 
 withou notice This, we say, is the practice of society, ^.nctioned 
 by justice and common sense. The Secretary of State, however 
 will not only not mqmre, but he will largely benefit, establish, and 
 
 !^^ Jn^f TT""'-"!''""""" ''S'^"^' "^''^^ ">^ g™^«st suspicions, 
 and well founded suspicions, exist, rather than by inquiry excite the 
 animosity of the persons suspected j Surely such defences of the 
 Maynooth endowment are utterly unworthy of any government 
 
 r..,„ "'%" u P^^P"^^. '° .§!"« "P every shred of character for ho- 
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 the reverse of attachment to fixed principle, and manifest an utter 
 lack of that firmness and judgmeat without which neither states nor 
 individuals can ever maintain a righteous cause, or command the res- 
 pect of the world. Without right principle, firmness, sense and 
 promptitude in a community, cities and countries must descend in the 
 scale of morals, civilization and power ; they must be overrun by fe- 
 rocious, debauched miscreants at their good-will and pleasure. Such 
 lamentable consequence, I regret to state, is but too observable in this 
 unhappy country, as may be fuU^ collected from the pages of the 
 present publication. The Romish illegal conspiracy and its wicked- 
 ness, publicly enacted and permitted in the Irish metropolis, is cer- 
 tainly one of the most extraordinary affairs to be found in the records 
 of the human race. It is not the least remarkable attendant circum- 
 stance, that the beastly, disgraceful street nuisance has never been 
 mentioned by either public speakers or the newspapers. And what 
 influence has been at work with the authorities ? On these points, 
 much has been publicly stated. 
 
 Perceiving this unhappy position of affairs, I have endeavoured to 
 avoid any share as accessary to its continuance. The principal pur- 
 pose of this volume is, as the title states, to unmask Popery — the 
 mainspring of our social evils. No one has more cause to expose 
 this baneful system, as I have been for twenty years persecuted by the 
 Romanists. Their street ruffians and others have openly declared 
 that for twenty years the Popish priests and Jesuits have had their 
 eyes on mo, either to disable me as a Protestant or convert me to Ro- 
 manism ;* that twenty years since, in Dublin, they attempted to en- 
 trap me into wickedness' and destroy my moral character by the foul- 
 est imputations ; that at subsequent periods the same system of se- 
 duction was continued in Dublin ; that twelve years since in Man- 
 chester they hired beastly wretches for the same purpose ; that nine 
 years since in Liverpool the same diabolical schemes were in opera- 
 tion ; and, that particularly for the last eight years, they have perpe- 
 tually carried on similar infamous machinations. The names of all 
 the parties have been publicly mentioned, so that there can be no 
 mistake. My own observation confirms the truth of the confessions 
 thus audaciously published. Every day, there are new disclosures 
 on the subject, all proving the existence of an illegal conspiracy, and 
 the insanity of trying to make me responsible for other people's crimes, 
 which has been part of their malpractices. Under these circumstances 
 of twenty years Popish persecution, I had to choose between surrender 
 and legitimate defence. 1 have chosen the latter ; I have chosen the 
 watch-word of the heroic defenders of Derry ; and am determined 
 (Deo voUnte), while ability exists, to maintain the just principles to 
 which I am firmly attached. In the performance of this duty, it will, 
 I trust, be found that I have properly exposed a blighting system and 
 
 
 • Having been first or second in all the classes at the schools at which I wag 
 ucated, may have partly led to this result. The practice of the Jesuits, in 
 
 educated 
 
 this respect, is well known. 
 
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 its unbridled licentiousness, and, by the promulgation of sound 
 views, aided the cause of truth and justice. I have endeavoured to 
 follow the precepts of Mr. Wilberforce, whose Practical View of 
 Christianity enforces the duty of some share of public spirit on the 
 part of Christians. 
 
 Several important documents will be found in this work, and the 
 correspondence (always introduced in biographical works), will, per- 
 haps, be perused with some interest. It will throw light on the 
 conduct, principles and position of individuals. It will show my past 
 engagements, acknowledged usefulness, and the ill-treatment I have 
 experienced. Altogether, I indulge the hope that the volume will be 
 productive of good effects. Its contents cannot fail, I think, to in- 
 fluence public proceedings. Exploded plots must, at all events, be 
 relinquished. The existence of a foul, illegal conspiracy and the 
 persons prominently engaged in it can be proved by hundreds of 
 house-keepers of Dublin. 
 
 Having thus performed my part and acquitted ray conscience, I 
 am quite prepared, under Providence, to abide the consequences. As 
 to ulterior proceedings, I must be guided by circumstances. 1 have 
 the consolation of knoirtng, that the Romish persecution is the 
 strongest evidence of substantial services to the Protestant cause. Mo- 
 narchy and Constitution. Protestants as well as Romanists must 
 recognize this incontrovertible fact. Without, of course, any desire 
 of mine, the marked opposition of the Romanists and their evil 
 abettors has raised me to a higher degree of personal consequence 
 than would have been communicated by the favourable testimonials of 
 Protestants, or any influence which I may possess. Persons and 
 matters of real importance cannot, in future, be deemed insignificant, 
 or passed over unnoticed. Let the final results be what they may, 
 no one can hereafter plead ignorance of the true slate of affairs, or of 
 the relative conduct and eighteen years' labours of the author, and of 
 those who have adopted culpable expedients to excuse their gross in- 
 justice, who have maintained the disgraceful, destructive scenes of late 
 years enacted in the city of Dublin. Some persons, I admit, might, 
 at first, have been misled, or duped, by persevering defamation. 
 The following pages will, however, shew, that at the very time when li- 
 bertine, or mistaken, Protestants have been aiding the false Romanists 
 in their persecution, I have been privately, as well as publicly, support- 
 ing the interests of the Protestants. A returning of evil for good, 
 unquestionably. Those who are thus guilty must be well aware, that 
 in their machinations to disgrace and ruin a person of the writer's 
 prominent position, they are at the same time palpably attempting the 
 disgrace and ruin of the Protestant party, with whom he has been 
 identified by the public press, the virulence of the adversary, and other 
 circumstances of importance. They must also know that they are at the 
 same time attempting the disgrace and ruin of his correspondents, of 
 all who have encouraged his labours and acknowledged his public ser- 
 vices, or who have been in any way connected with him either publicly 
 or privately. They may depend upon it, too, that the character of 
 the city is seriously implicated by the extraordinary public nuisance ; 
 
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 of which the following is an abated rather than an exaggerated account 
 as can be proved, 1 repeat, by hundreds of housekeepers on their oaths. 
 In my case, destruction would have followed the reiterated, deliberate 
 attempts at seduction into the worst crimes, for the commission of 
 which thousands of pounds have been offered me, had they been suc- 
 cessful in their efforts ; but is there, on the other hand, to be no 
 commendation of correct conduct ? Is there to b^ no reward for re- 
 sisting destructive wickedness ? Is it for crime only that premiums are 
 offered in Dublin ? Are the really guilty to escape with impunity ? 
 Can any individuals or party expect to thrive by plunging deeper into 
 the mire by continued wickedness ? We are told by the highest au- 
 thority, that " rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. 
 Do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same/' 
 {Romans, xiii. 3.), and again we are instructed, that governors "are 
 sent by Him for the punishment of evil-doers, aad for the praise 
 of them that do well." (1 Peter, ii. 14.) Is the divine precept to 
 be reversed amongst us ? Is praise to be reserved for the evil and 
 punishment for the good ? When the reader has perused this 
 volume, 1 would ask him, whether the unjust neglect and contume- 
 lious treatment, not to mention persecution, which I have expe- 
 rienced, be a fitting return, or creditable to the parties who have 
 thus acted ? Leaving myself out of the question, I sincerely trust 
 that, for the public good and support of the Monarchy, a Conservative 
 ministry will forthwith abandon the weak, irrational system of dis- 
 couraging loyal and meritorious subjects, and encouraging and re- 
 warding the disloyal, revolutionary and undeserving. Does the Duke 
 of Wellington think, that if he had neglected and discountenanced 
 his most efficient officers, and promoted the most worthless, that the 
 result would have been other than disgrace and destruction ? In civil 
 affairs, the principle is precisely the same. There is not an atom of 
 difference — particularly as regards the welfare, and even the very ex- 
 istence, of a political party. The faithful members of a party must 
 be supported, or it must be utterly ruined. To the sound and thinking 
 portion of the Protestant community and the recuperative power o^ 
 Protestantism, we must look for the correction and amendment of 
 the manifold evils, religious, political and social, which now unfor- 
 tunately beset the country. 
 
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 Compelled by the persevering hostility of the Romish parly, I feel 
 it my duty to submit to the consideration of the Protestant people of 
 the United Kingdom, a narrative ol proceedings in which I have been 
 personally concerned. If I conceived that the matter (much of it of 
 an e.\traordinary nature) affected merely myself, I should never ob- 
 trude this work upon the attention of the public ; but knowing that 
 the ^'eneral interests of the community are vitally concerned, and par- 
 ticularly those of the party to which 1 have been sincerely altachfid, I 
 am resolved, at whatever risk to myself, to relate some particulars of 
 tweaty years Popish persecution, together with concurrent transactions 
 of weight and importance. Independently of any desire for vindica- 
 tion from the vile slander and brutal vituperation which have been in- 
 dustriously and rancorously maintained by hired miscreants, I feel 
 convinced that the present publication will administer some check to 
 licentiousness, and to the destructive, flagitious warfare which has been 
 maintained against the Protestants of Ireland, particularly for the last 
 two years, in the city of Dublin. Whatever may be the result to my- 
 self individually, this will be a good work. Although we have " fallen 
 on degenerate days," there are still, 1 trust, a few left who are ready to 
 peril every possession, even life itself, for the cause of Protestantism, 
 for the cause of truth and justice ; while we at the same time exhibit 
 stern opposition to those who ostentatiously manifest their contempt 
 for religion, morality and common decency. The cause is good and it 
 should be unflinchingly supported. 
 
 Since the year 1827, when I published a pamphlet on the ])ending 
 Romish question, and even before that period, I have experienced the 
 ill-will of the Popish party. They have had their agents every where, 
 for not less than twenty years, endeavouring to effect my ruin by con- 
 tinual calumny and various wicked machinations. As stated in the 
 preface, these infamous schemes have been in operation in Dublin, 
 Manchester and Liverpool ; also in Carlow and elsewhere ; but it was 
 not until the year 1837 that the persecution assumed a visible orga- 
 nization. In the June of that year, I first perceived that my foot- 
 steps were dogged by hired Romish ruffians, and from that period to 
 the present time a system of annoyance of the vilest description has 
 been continued unceasingly. Being engaged in the collection of in- 
 fonnation, and otherwise labouring for the advancement of the Pro- 
 testant, Conservative cause, I had occasion, in 1837 and 1838 to 
 visit Limerick. Kilkenny, Cork, Bandon, Kinsale, Clonmel and 
 Waterford, and in all these, and in other towns, as well as in the 
 city of Dublin, I was followed day and night by one or more of 
 the lowest vagabonds, obviously hired for (he purpose, continually 
 shouting out false, slanderous imputations, opprobrious epithets, and 
 
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 threats of various descriptions, with frequent attempt* to put objection- 
 able expressions into my mouth, and perpetual watchiif; and eavesdrop- 
 ping. An infamous system, evidently adopted to deter or disable me, 
 mentally and bodily, irora prosecuting my labours in political or re- 
 ligious concerns, to destroy my credit and influence, and create dis- 
 union among the Conservative party. 
 
 In March, 1838, I arrived in Bristol, where I continued until the 
 following month of May, (a work on Ireland being there printed) 
 during which period the same vile system of persecution was unceas- 
 ingly continued day and night. In May I proceeded to London, 
 where I arrived on the 27th. I remained in that city until the follow- 
 ing November, forwarding the circulation of my work on Ireland, 
 (the " Disclosure" hereafter mentioned) and during all that period was 
 followed in the streets by obviously hired ruffians, acquainted with my 
 publff principles and works ; the same fellows continuing the annoy- 
 ance week after week, with threats and slanderous expressions ; always 
 keeping out of sight, so that their apprehension by me would be a 
 matter of diflSculty. I may here remark, that the extension of the 
 truculent " Ribbon" system to England was proved in 1839, before 
 Committee of the House of Lords, and on other public occasions. 
 It will not be irrelevant to insert here the oath of the Ribbonmen, as 
 it was proved on the trial and conviction of one of them at the King's 
 County assizes, on the 7th March, 1843 : — 
 
 '* I. A. B., do solemnly declare and promise in and through the assistance 
 of the Blessed Trinity, to be true to the society ta which I belong ; that I will 
 be true to my patron, St. Patrick, the Saint of Ireland, and will duly and re- 
 gularly conform to the regulations made by the Society ; that I will not oflfend, 
 challenge, or provoke any brother known to be such ; that J will not stand by 
 to see him ill-treated ; that I will endeavour to propagate brotherly love ; that 
 I will in town and country give the preference in dealing, as may be necessary, 
 to those of my own persuasion, and assist to exterminate bloodt herb- 
 tics, (». e. Protestants) {rom this, our saintly land. I, A. B., of my free will, 
 make all these declarations in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost— 
 Amen ! \— Dublin Natian Newspaper, IS th March, 1843. 
 
 I left London, and arrived in the city of Dublin, in December, 
 1838, where I was engaged in aiding the circulation of my work on 
 Ireland, and forwarding the Conservative cause in an editorial capacity, 
 at the public press, until April, 1839, during which period the same 
 system of slandering and eavesdropping, by day and by night, was un- 
 remittingly continued. In April, 1839, 1 departed for Bristol, where 
 I arrived on Saturday, the I3th of that month. I resided in Bristol 
 and vicinity until November, 1841 — two years and seven months as 
 Editor of a Protestant, Conservative Journal, the Bristol Standard, 
 During this entire time, without the exception of a single day or 
 night, the infamous nuisance already described, was continued. 
 Systematic attempts to entrap me into wickedness were inces- 
 santly maintained. At one place, a Popish priest from the south of 
 Ireland came to lodge in the same house, very little to my edification, 
 though I never spoke to him. I was informed that he intended to 
 convert me to Romanism, and from appearances, I believe it to be 
 
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 the fact. While engaged in Bristol, I made two visits to London, 
 of a week each, on which occasions I was followed by one of the hired 
 ruffians, and having slept at Wootton Basset and Chippenham, in 
 both places, as well as in London, the same systein of shouting, 
 threatening and vilification was continued. In November, 1841, I 
 proceeded to London, where I resided until April, 1843, the same 
 persecution and profligacy of language being maintained unremittingly. 
 I returned to Dublin at the last-mentioned period, and, excepting a 
 fortnight, have resided in this city since ; the public street nuisance 
 and other loathsome wickedness being here perpetrated. 1 have been 
 pursued continually by infamous wretches, male and female, attempt- 
 ing to entrap me into crimes of the worst description, and do me 
 bodily harm. I have been haunted by poisoners, thieves, swindlers, 
 strumpets, masturbators, and even by sodomites— some of them from 
 England.* The most dangerous drugs have been administered to 
 me, and these infamous men and women have endeavoured to seduce 
 ine into pollution and bestial crimes. Papist sodomites, both male 
 and female have committed their in famous wickedness, thinking thereby 
 to induce me to follow their detestable example. I could mention the" 
 names of every one of these vile prostitutes, but they are well known 
 in Dublin, and it would serve no good purpose. I say the wretches 
 are well known in Dublin, because the Papist street ruffians have in- 
 variably been witnesses of their bestiality, and have hundreds of 
 times published their names and heinous crimes in several neighbour- 
 hoods, (I suppose to corrupt the Protestants) as they would have 
 done by me if I had been entrapped into any wickedness. They have 
 frequently stated, too, that the police and others were watching when 
 they were making their experiments. As it might possibly be ima- 
 gined, or maliciously stated that I resided in localities of very bad 
 character, I think it necessary to subjoin a list of the places in which 
 I have lodged since my retura'from England in April, 1843. For 
 lodgings, they are some of the most respectable localities in Dublin : — 
 
 Kingstown, 
 
 Park- street, Merrion-sqnare, 
 
 Donnvbrook, 
 
 D'Olier- street, 2 houses, 
 
 Talbot-street, 
 
 Charlemont-street, 
 
 Upper Mount Pleasant Avenue, 
 
 Merrion-row, 
 
 Dawson -street, ' 
 
 Nassau-street, 
 
 Molesworth-street, 
 
 South Frederick-stree^ 
 
 Went worth -place, 
 
 Sinnot place, 
 
 Lower Gloucester-street, 
 
 Coburg place. 
 
 ♦ A letter to the Protestants of Ireland, briefly stating these facts, lately ap- 
 peared in the Dublin JFa rrfer, tlie Dublin SixUesman, i^ae Dublin Evening 
 
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 Packet, and the Carlow Sentinel. 
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 In every one of these places 1 have heen followed by the street ruffians 
 (three in number, and sometimes four) as well as by three and frequently 
 five or six other men and women who have found no difficulty in ob- 
 taining lodgings near me on each side, continually indulging iu 
 threats, epithets, and libertine language and conduct, with eaves- 
 dropping without cessation day and night. The incessant operation of 
 this hellish system immediately about me will amply account for my 
 frequent change of residence, having left five houses in as many 
 weeks. Finding myself thus pursued by a systematic plan of mischief, 
 I thought it useless, after such experience, to continue to run from 
 house to house every week, not being thereby enabled to better myself. 
 I have done in this matter quite sufficient to prove my desire to live 
 respectably, and if possible avoid the monsters in human shape, who 
 Lave been hired to do the^ work of a desperate and disgraced party. 
 
 I should here distinctly state, that all the iniquitous wretches 
 actively engaged in pursuing me from street to street and neighbour- 
 hood to neighbourhood, have been Romanists ; as indeed might be 
 expected, when I add that I have been threatened in the streets by 
 
 Romish priests, with such expressions as the following : " We'll 
 
 crack you and we'll sodomite your paupers. * " We'll pursue you with 
 sodomy." " Kip with us or we'll curse you to hell's flames." *" We're 
 furious to sodomite you." " We'll hunt you with vagabonds." " We'll 
 sodomise the Protestants." Besides, the expressions yelled out by 
 the street vagi-ants, within the hearing of all the inhabitants, abun- 
 dantly manifest that they are Papists, and that the entire gang are of 
 the same creed, engaged in endeavouring to contaminate and otherwise 
 destroy the Protestants. Such being the fact, it is ceitainly a matter 
 of surprise that they should be permitted to carry on their infamous 
 conspiracy with the perfect cognizance, and to the detriment of iheir 
 intended victims. # 
 
 ^ The scandalous street nuisance and persecution having been con- 
 tinued for seven years, I thought it advisable to take notes of the 
 language shouted out in the public streets of the city of Dublin 
 within the last two years. These notes serve to prove and corroborate 
 my statement. They throw much light on the motives, intentions, 
 and proceedings of the Romish party, and as such I must introduce 
 extracts from them, so far as prudence and decency \ull permit. I 
 have the day of the month, but purposely omit it. The day of the 
 week will suffice : — 
 
 Wednesday.—'' Bishop , (a Papist) has me employed. Thev are to 
 
 murder you. You're martyred with party work. We're wicked Sodom y "thieves 
 of the world. The police will martyr yon. Let him know they'll • • . • 
 a policeman to Sodomite him. We'll trick him of his property. They'll 
 poison you. They • • . . you with a policeman. We'll destroy yoVr 
 Orangemen with Sodomy. We have desperate thieves will poison you. 
 The police will destroy a respectable man. The gentleman is ruined with his 
 party— thieves going over the ciiy. The policemen will • • • -with your 
 paupers in Castlecomer." 
 
 Thursday.—'* God help you, you gentleman, you're eursed with party work— 
 you're ruined with party work." 
 
 ! 
 
 m 
 
 Friday. — " W^e have a Catholic rip with you that will poison you. 
 
 Sunday. — "We've cursed an Orangeman. We must ruin the Protes- 
 tants, and if the Catholics didn't help us they'd be poisoned themselves. 
 We'll crack your party with Sodomy. We could swear we had kipped 
 them with Sodomy all over Dublin. We have thieves in every house and can 
 poison them. We're to martyr you with alum water." 
 
 Monday. — "It is your honesty ruined you. We'll Murder your pau- 
 pered party." 
 
 Tuesday. — " ', (a hired Papist ruffian) will • • • • you with 
 paupers. We'll • • • • you with paupers. We'd have Cloghered you with 
 only (a leading Papist) wouldn't let us. They thought you'd 
 
 • • • • with him. We thought we'd crack him with Sodomy. T wish to 
 God you were cracked. The priests will massacre you — you cursed their poliny. 
 The priests would have Sodomised you. We'rj ruined till we transport him. 
 It's your wicked policy. We'll curse your policy, so help me heavens. 
 
 Wednesday. — " So help me God, we 11 ruin your policy. So help me God, 
 
 Doctor , (a Papist) would go to hell's flames to Sodomite you. We 
 
 know its Papist party work. The Protestants will be ruined. We'll 
 kip them with Sodomy. Go to hell with your Protestants. So help me 
 heavens, we'll ruin the Protestant party. The Protestant party are 
 taking poison. You ought to j-uin y our unfortunate party for £1000 ayear. 
 
 Mr. (a leadimj Papist) has £ iOOO a year for you. Doctor (a 
 
 Popish Bishop) has £1000 a year for you. You're as good a man as O'Con- 
 nell, but we've cursed you with Sodomy. 
 
 Thursday. — " We'll curse your policy. We'll curse you with paupers. You're 
 
 ruined by your policy. Doctor , (a Papist) is pursued by thieves of 
 
 the world, to charge you with Sodomy. wants to make a priest of 
 
 you. He has £1000 a year for you. 
 
 Friday. — " We know you're a respectable gentleman. Why don't yon go to 
 church of a Sunday ? Because the Popish Sodomites would pursue you. — 
 
 Wicked Doctor pursued you to turn Catholic. You ruined my party 
 
 with the Queen. It's well known she was a Papist. 
 
 Sunday. — The Catholics have (a Papist ruffian) and his whore 
 
 employed. They are poisoning you. The thieves of the world have Cloghered 
 you, so help me heavens. The police are working for the priesthood. We 
 gave the Queen poison. She • • • • a pauper's • • • • 
 
 Monday. — " They (the Protestants) would Sodomise their brains-carrier. 
 is doing it for the Popish priests. If we • • • • with a police- 
 man well transport you. We're to Sodomy your Protestants. 'Tis the 
 Romish priesthood. We thought we'd have Sodomised you with Sisters of 
 Charity. We'd have given a jglOOO a year to Sodomite your party. You 
 
 must know well that Doctor (a Papist) is ruined with pursuing yon. 
 
 He'd have Sodomised you in houses of ill fame. Hell to your Protestants. 
 We'll • • • • your Protestants out of the country. Your party • • • . 
 policemen all over the city of Dublin. The policemen are ruined* with your 
 policy. 
 
 Tuesday. — " and the Roman priesthood have us employed. We 
 
 thought we'd make you a Catholic. If you • • • • p ^ we'll try 
 
 gunpowder. 
 
 Wednesday. — "We have poisoned you in that kip of whores. They'd have 
 been paupered if we didn't give them something. The Romans are frantic 
 since you wrote that letter (to P .) 
 
 Thursday. — " The Catholics are unfortunate. They're to massacre you. 
 We'll poison you till your heart's broken. You ruined the Catholics with the 
 
 • • • • of P . We want to disgrace you with Sodomy. We see you 
 
 wont • • • • your • • • • We're unfortunates. We want thieves to 
 poison you. We have something ready. There's a whore that w^ll Sodomite 
 
 / 
 
/' 
 
 8 
 
 you the rainute you go to P 
 
 The Papists will ruin your ' 
 
 ^ _ . • o' -- - . A uv> JL u^^iats will ruin y 
 
 (a Papist; has £1(100 lo Sodoraito you. Gentleman, take care of Wo 
 
 want vou lo Clogher with Doctor , and hell give you a £1000 a year 
 
 We'll crack a genileraau. We'll curse their policy. ^ 
 
 Friday.^'' It's the Roman priesthood at the bottom of it. They would have 
 • / y*'". \'^}' paupers. We want to ruin your polict. Doctor 
 
 • — (a Papist) IS pursuing you t.. you with paupers. You're ruined bv 
 
 your party work. O paupered you. O—L-^has us employed If 
 
 >oud marry Miss — _, .... they'd murder you as sure as [here's a 
 Gud m heaven. We're destroying a bloody Orangeman. 
 
 jS-a/wrt^y -« We are to Sodomy yoa with kips. We'll go to hell's flames to 
 rum yoH We see you'll not turn Roman. You destroyed an unfortunate party by 
 J^ur letters to P . We're destroyed with your letters to P-i-1-4 
 
 We 11 Sodomite and ruin him. The Catholics will Clogher him to hell's flames. 
 Sundaij.^" Bloody hell's flames to you, we see you won't • • • . with 
 Sjodomy. The policemen will give you something to poison you. We have 
 the Papists of the world. The Protestants of England Ire poisoned 
 AS WELL AS Ireland. We'll pursue you to hell's flames. The policemen 
 will transport you. We're to get him poisoned somewhere or another. Your 
 life isn t worth a day s purchase. The policemen will destroy a gendQman. 
 Well send your. Protestants to hell's flames. They are pau- 
 PERED. Ihe Papists will soon have you poisoned. We thought we could 
 
 have . . . . hun with Sodomy. We'd have massacred you, if . 
 
 (a Papist Sodomite) didn't murder you with poison. We'll crack your 
 
 ^.l?"' w^^ ^^'''' ^^ ""^ Sodomite them. We'll r^n your Protes- 
 tants. W E ll pauper your Protestants. We have vour 
 
 Protestants. Unfortunate Mrs. B . She's taking poison. Wb'be 
 
 destroying his infamous party. Your days are numbered. Let me 
 pursue youR paupered Protestants. We'd murder you only we're 
 
 • • • your party. Mrs. F would have .... ^ith yon 
 
 we re to alum water your bloody Protestants. We won't poison you 
 
 Hii ^ou • • • • • that unfortunate woman in (England.) The 
 
 Romish priesthood have cursed you with policemen. Sir, if you don't let me 
 
 rr'n^'"^'^'' P°"'" '^^^ • • • • a spirited gentlemi with Sodomy! 
 It s your Protestant policy. We have bought an apothecary's shop. He 
 
 whh your party* "" ^^ ^'"'^^"^ Romanist.) You are to go to bell 
 
 ThfjZ^^f'j" '^^^'^'' ''^^^^ P*"P^" »° ^«"ld have Sodomfsed vou. 
 
 iuwTt^"i T.V * * •^'^i'^lhem. The police were poisoning 'vou 
 
 llrnT^^ ''5**'' ''^ '''°" ^■''^'* °^*^' '^ ^ • We'll rlik and mas- 
 sacre the Protestants, as sure as there's a God in heaven. We'll ruin 
 you if you don t turn Roman Catholic. You're kipped to murder you. We'll 
 Sodomy you with paupers. The Romans' bearU are broken-they thought they'd 
 Sodomite him We must pursue you till we insane you. So help me heavens 
 the Roman priests will murder you, ^ ueavens, 
 
 Tuesday.-^'^ We have martyred a gentleman. We'll murder him. We'd 
 have paupered you with Sodomy. Don't you know that we have an oath in 
 heaven to pursue you with Sodomy to hell's flames. We're Insane with your 
 
 rSif^ ^ ^ "w^T!"'- The Catholic people made you a pauper. We'd have 
 
 swindled you with Sodomy. We with Sir . . . . 
 
 to pauper you. 
 
 HW«fay.-.« We can pursue her Majesty. The police can ruin her. 
 
 ruZZTLn * * * ""''^ * JiP '^^ ^^*^«- '^^^ R'*"**^ priests and the Roman 
 people will pursue you. Take care of your life, if you • • • • with that 
 
 woman in P- 
 the Liffey wall, 
 police are to * 
 a year for you. 
 
 We see you won't turn Roman. We'U dash you over 
 We d have destroyed his party for ever. The 
 
 your 
 
 in M 
 
 They have £500 
 
 4 
 
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 Thursday — '*We'd have •' • • • his . . . . to pauper him. Pd 
 give a £1000 we never pursued him with Sodomy. 
 
 Friday — "Curse you, sir, you'll ruin your character. Mr. Saurin you 
 ought to Clogher hjm. We're most unfortunate Sodomiiing you. We are 
 priests buggers— Sodomites. 
 
 Saturday. — "We're to Sodomite you. Lord help us, Sodomiting a respecta- 
 ble gentleman. Popish priests will martyr you. 
 
 Sunday.—" Doctor 
 we have ruined your 
 
 dismissed (a Popish Sodomite.) If 
 
 ' , Doctor will give you j^500 a year. You are 
 
 . They're to Sodomite you. We'll mar- 
 
 • • • with 
 
 ruined with that woman in P- 
 
 tyi* your • • • • The policemen have me to Sodomite you 
 
 Sir R P , If we can't Sodomite you, as sure as there's a God in 
 
 heaven, we'll kip you in hell's flames. Take care sir, there's a policeman to 
 
 • • • • with you for Sir . Sir will be martyred if we don't 
 
 trick him out of his property. The police will insane a gentlem^ with Sodomy. 
 
 Tuesday. — "You may take your oath we'll Sodomite you. We'll get a woman 
 that will Sodomite you. 
 
 Thursday — " The priests will murder you. (a Papist Sodomite and 
 
 masturbator,) pursued you to insane you with • • • by that rip of hell. Your 
 newspaper, paupered you. 
 
 Friday. — "Mrs. B. has your letters to Miss 
 
 Sunday. — " You*re ruined with your policy. The policemen are destroying 
 
 you for Sir .... The police have a £1000 a year from Doctor 
 
 {a Papi'it) Doctor would throw him over the Lifley wall 
 
 if it wasn't for policemen. We destroyed your paupers. They'll Sodomite you 
 with a rip of blazes. The police kipped you to Sodomite you. 
 
 Monday. — ** We want you to • 
 to • • • . with Doctor M 
 
 with Mr. C 
 
 -r. Wo want vou 
 
 . We see you won't turn Catholic. We 
 
 can't agree to murder him — a worthy Orangeman. 
 
 Tuesdag. — "The priesthood are pursuing you these seven years. (a 
 
 Papist Sodomite) is paid by (a leading Romanist.) 
 
 Wednesday — " We must destroy your Protestants. We must ruin 
 YOUR PARTr. We have £50,000 to pursue your party. 
 
 Thursday.— ** Wb*d worship you if you Sodomited your party. We'd 
 have poisoned the Queen if you hadn't written to that woman in P . 
 
 Sunday.—" The kip-keepers would crack you if they'd Sodomite you. The 
 police must destroy your policy. The police will poison you. You're 
 ruined with your party work. The police will . • • • your Protes- 
 tants to hell's flames. They give you poison to Sodomite you. We'd 
 
 have cracked and massacred you with Sodomy. ^(a Papist Sodomite) 
 
 wanted to charge you with Sodomy, but the police magistrates wouldn't let him 
 bring a false charge. Your eminenlf services will martyr you. We're fosing 
 
 you over to Sir R P with Sodomy. The Protestant house-keepers 
 
 would have Sodomited you. So help me J C , we'll massacre you 
 
 when we you with paupers. God help you, a respectable Orange 
 
 martyr. When Sir R P pensions you, your life will be taken 
 
 away. You have cursed my party. Your letters will murder you. The Ro- 
 mans sent over Sir R H to Miss to marry 
 
 her to prevent your doing it. Lady will give her son £5000. It's to 
 
 ruin your party work. So help me heAvcns, if you'd • « • • with 
 M you'd get £1000 a year. 
 
 Monday.—^*' 
 
 —and 
 
 went to Soda-water manufacturers and 
 
 told them they were police and had the authority of Sir to poison you 
 
 over to England. 
 
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 10 
 
 V 
 
 rt/t'3^rt//.-<' We'll pursue you with wicked paupers till you • • • with 
 Doctor-— _-(a Papist dif/nitary). If you had your pension, we'd dash 
 
 you over the Liiley wall. There's a policeman to Sodomite you! 
 
 (a Papist Sodomite) would have Sodomited vou. By the H S your 
 
 . Protestants would have Sodomited you. The Protestants of the neighbourhood 
 would have Sodomited you. They'd have destroyed the gentleman. Your 
 spirit will murder vou We'll destroy a spirited Orangeman! You won't turn 
 
 a Roman. The Catholics are ruined to vou .... . ;" 
 
 Sodomy. — — , we can t Sodomite him, but we'll pursue him to hell's 
 w T* w ^1:^,^««'*»^« *« ^^1^ a« ^^^ Romans would have Sodomited you. 
 We thought we d have destroyed you with Castle-green. We'll pursue you till 
 your heart s broken. Damnation to your Protestants. Charge your in- 
 sane coflFee.rooms. We'll • • • • Protestant whores olt of th?s 
 
 COUNTRY. We're ruined your .... WeMliusane 
 
 T\7o7Zlzet' "^ "^ ^^"""" ^" (England.) The police will ruin that 
 
 TFednesday.-^^ You must know that you were to take poison till a woman of 
 
 libertine reputation you with Sir __. if we • • • 
 
 -your • • . • in Sodomy, we'd have got £1000 from Sir 
 
 We'll pursue you till you take a pension from Doctor M 
 
 ^'ff'^^^^n/'} u ^^'" * • : • ^'""' ^n a house of blazes. 
 
 swear that he has a pension. You were ruined if we 
 
 • in Sodomy. We kipped you with paupers to ruin you. 
 
 (a Papist 
 
 We'll 
 
 your 
 
 Thursday — " Mrs. 
 to murder you for Sir 
 
 with Mr. 
 
 the police- 
 
 Tn p1 7S' :: > '■-TT • ^' '"^" ^' ^" ^^••'^ y«» «^«r t« England, 
 
 (a Papist Sodomite) will charge you with Sodomy for £1000 from the Catholic 
 parly. 
 
 /•>Wii^.— « Goiitleman, if wecan insane jou, we won't pursue vou We hare 
 
 kip with Mis. , and we'll send him to hell's flames. The police were 
 
 to martyr you for Sir— -—■ You're cracked with the wicked poteme" 
 
 (a Papist SodofMte) is to pursue you till you • • • . with Doctor 
 
 r^ ' ^/''^"' i'9ni[^^' We'll give you £5000 because we'd have Sodom- 
 
 nUhc T ^^^^ " ""^-^-^y^ " ;^^* Papers. He has a warrant for his pension 
 aimeA g . We can't transport him. Your Protestants 
 
 WOULD HAVE BEEN DESTROYED if you . • . . . . . "our . ' • 
 
 V° on^r^ ; ^''^'''^^^ dmitary) is cracked Sodomiting you. He has 
 
 £5000 for you for compensation for Sodomiting you. He'll uursiie vou lil I von 
 take something from him. We can destroy your • • . . ^p ^ ^'" ^'*'' 
 
 Salurday.^^^ We'd like you well enough if you'd turn Roman. 
 • your • • . • • we must ruin you some other way. 
 
 If we can't 
 
 Sunday. — "If we vnni. j i. • , , 
 
 r^'t'^f -v"; ^r •"'' "^ "•=" --^ "<-- -«= of'thil Trid!!:!:!^ 
 
 Jhe three -ee. shouters. \f you pu{lirT;;;;r^;am;^htt''r f^urTer 3 
 
 p^^o^Javr^^^r: ^:;:;^' i; r •"a«-s^''tef-,,f " 
 
 Protestants have us employed- We'll ••• .JmTo^n^I It s your 
 
 TH,s COUNTRY. The ^He^sts areTo1ng^o hell's flam^T rlT/r^^eTFiZ 
 to murder you (a Papist Sodomite) will pursue you over ^p "'^^^ 
 
 . (a Papist 
 
 Your spirit will send 
 
 He 11 pursue you for ever till you take something from 
 
 with O- 
 
 dignitary.) We want you to • 
 
 you up to V . We'll hunt you with''bestial street' "iW^s"' s" he^u 
 
 me heavens, you Cloghered us. We'll • • • . v„n IL ^^ 
 your woman. Your unfortunate property will curse you. ^If you take*" /our 
 pension from the we have wicked thieves of the world wUl ^ ■ ■ .^yZ 
 
 \ 
 
 11 
 
 With something-with £1000. We'd have yau with wicked 
 
 panpers. We d have you with poverty. You're to be mur- 
 
 dered as soon as you go to hell's flames. P , I'll Sodomy you with 
 
 paupers. The magistrates did • ♦ • • your paupers for Sir Sir 
 
 ~: would have Sodomited you. You ruined Sir with vour . 
 
 Your property won't come over to you. We'll with vour poVertv. Th« 
 
 police will Sodomy and ruin you. You'll crack us as soon as you publish that 
 pamphlet. He's a martyred Orange. We're unfortunate pursuing him with 
 
 Sodomy.* By the H S we'll massacre you i f you publish that 
 
 pamphlet. We'd have poisoned you if you hadn't pursued Miss • • • 
 
 . . We'll massacre yon as soon as ever you publish that paaiphlet. VVe bav« 
 
 wicked thieves of the world. If we had your . ^ . . . 
 
 in Sodomy, I'd have thrown you over the Liffev wall. We can • • • • 
 TOUR RIPS or Protestants, as soon as you go over. We'll blast 
 them WITH paupers. It's well known we have wicked thieves in almost 
 •very family that would poison them with something. If we Sodomited you, you 
 were to be thrown into the river Liifey. Them rips kre pursuing vou to Clogher 
 
 you. We are yelling down here that the priests mav hear ut in and 
 
 what we pick up by eavesdropping. Bloody hell's flames to your He 
 
 «aid he'd Clogher the thief of the world. We'll choke you as soon as we belt 
 you out of that kip. We'd swear them thieves would sodomite you. That rip 
 y/)u seut away would have charged you with sodomy. We're to * • • • hS 
 • • • 'to hell's flames. Do you think we'd suffocate him ? They'd give 
 you poison. The Catholics would have pursued vou with sodomy only your 
 unfortunate party pursued you to Clogher vou whh a rip of hell. We're a 
 wicked party. The Catholic priests would have insaned you w ith sodomy. The 
 
 Catholics sent over Sir R H . The Catholics would have sent 
 
 over wicked thieves of the world, only we'll take you over there, and if we can't 
 
 •odomite you there we'll finish you. By J C , something wiU be 
 
 done. We re destroyed with your insane paupers. We'll sodomite you with 
 
 paupers; Bloody hell to you, we'll massacre you with paupers. -- (To 
 
 a Papist Sodomite.) Charge him with sodomy. We'd have • . . >* • . 
 
 you with Mrs. L . We're wicked to • • . . you «... 
 
 U Papist ttdomite) will track you and Clogher you. We're insane with your 
 party If you publish us, your life will be forfeited. Your unfortunate party 
 
 would have pursued you with sodomy, only that you with s 
 
 gentlewoman of {England.) Go over to your gentlewoman. We're to ruin him 
 
 there as well as here. If we can't Clogher you there, your life will be forfeited. 
 
 That woman is to Cloghpr you. She's to • « • .your Yq» 
 
 have a hell's flames spirit won't let her. She'd have ruined you in Februarr 
 
 when she came over. Our wicked party told her you'd have 
 
 her with sodomy. She's to Clogher you to (a Papist dufnitary.) Take 
 
 care of an insane party. The Catholics would have given the Queen poison 
 till you wrote over to . • Were ruined by your 
 
 • • ; of blazes, sir. Shell .... with poverty. We have kip keeneri 
 charging you We'll crack you with sodomy. '_1_(^ Papist Zo^^U)! 
 
 We re to belt you over to •{England) to massacre that rip of blaze.. 
 
 Well • • ; • her with sodomy. We'd • • • • the housekeepers with so. 
 domy. You re a respectable, outrageous martyr. Can't vou let us pursue vou 
 •ir, we re to work you over. We're unfortunate. Cursed be the day we pursued 
 you. We 11 destroy you over the world because we're ruined bv vour policv 
 Bloodt hells flames to your policy. If we can't send yoJ over we'w 
 to kip you all over the city of Dublin. The papists will give you something 
 when O comes to town. Bloody hell to vour property. If we • • • 
 
 • • • • you with paupers we'd belt you over the Liffey wall. 'Ti^ the truth 
 "*•* ' r« PapUt ruffian) keeps a common kip in {England.) He 
 
 •The reader will please recollect that thin wa<« on the Sabbath dav Hn »iii fln.i -..-^ i 
 
 rkit;S!:*'T'°^fr*"r*'""- TbePopl.h le.der. 4f the evil .x'^m": i^^^^ 
 
 •y hotdinf public pohtical meeting* on the Babl/ath.. " a*>f»ee 
 
-—■ II H W— 
 
 V 
 
 13 
 
 takes in gentlemen and their prostitates for a night's lodging. We kipped him 
 
 to martyr you. You're Cloghered with {the Papitt kip. keeper.) You're 
 
 respectable. We his paupers to pursue him. We're to 
 
 • • • • your Miss ■ and she's to martyr you. Gentlewo- 
 man is to dash him up to Sir , Gentleman, don't he pursuing me. 
 
 We are ruining the Catholics. We are worrying the Protestants We 
 can't murder him, but we're doing every thing else. If we could have distressed 
 
 him, we'd have him with sodomy. We'll • • • • your 
 
 Protestants out of this country. We'll • • • • you in every house 
 in Dublin. Bloody thief of a bloody gentleman, martyred. We'll • • • • 
 with your coffee-rooms. That womau will pauper you with sodomy. Gentleman, 
 we've cursed you with parly work. 
 
 Monday. — " You're to leave the sodomited city of Dublin. You must be 
 
 paapered. (a Papist dignitary) will • • • • you with paupers. Kip 
 
 with my ••••.•••• They're to • • • • y(»u with my • • •- 
 
 • • • • We must get him over and Clogher him in P . It is a 
 
 warfare of the Papists against the Protestants. Your Protestant b — hes will 
 ■odomiteyoii. Mr. S. — — , we can't • • • • him with i>odomy. You have 
 a courage will murder you as well as pension you. Gentleman, they'd have 
 
 you with paupers. The A G would have 
 
 murdered you as sure as there's a God in hraven. They're to kip you with so- 
 domy. Take care, we're wicked thieves of the world. We must ruin him — a 
 
 respectable Orange martyr. We're insane with your woman of P . 
 
 We thought we'd pauper his policy. If we had a gentleman, 
 
 ■o help me heavens, we had paupered him. We know he is respectable, but we 
 must pursue him. We'll • • • • you with sodomites for ever, 'till you take 
 a pension from {a Papist dignitary ) The police would have . . .- 
 
 • • • • a sensible man. By the H S , your sense will pauper 
 
 you. — {To a Papist sorfomj>.)— What will we do with him ? We'll 
 
 massacre him. As soon as we send him out of this neighbourhood, the police 
 will • • • • him. The police thought they could • • • • a respectstble 
 gentleman. There's something doing this evening to * ■ * • him with 
 paupers. We're to ruin a gentleman. If we were hung, if he don't take a 
 
 pension from O— or M , we're to massacre him. He must 
 
 be martyred. Wb must curse hiai with his party. Your kip-keepers 
 will send you over to a disgraceful Orangewoman, a rip of blazes. We're insane 
 to ■■ • • • . your • • • • 
 
 Tuesday. — ** We thought we could have a wicked gentle- 
 man with sodomy. Bloody hell's flames to your policy. We'll • • • • you 
 
 with something. By the 11 S , they'd have destroyed a gentleman. 
 
 You have a wicked party. We're cracked with ^is hi — ch of hell's tlames. My 
 heart's broken. The priests are ringleaders. The police are martyred by the 
 
 priesthood. If you • • • • with (a Papist dignitary) you'll get 
 
 jf 1000 a year. (a Papist di4fnilary) will poison himself if we throw 
 
 you over the Liffey wall, to save himself from being hanged. The police are 
 
 going to hell to sodomite you. The police had you Cloghered with the— 
 
 kip keepers, till your party prevented it. , {to a papist sodomite) per- 
 severe to Clogher him. We want to blast his character. Damn your bluod, 
 I'm sure if we Cloghered you, you'd go to the world's end for satisfaction. The 
 papist priests will Clogher you with my ••••.•••• Bloody hell's 
 VLAME8 TO YOUR POLICY. Gentlewoman of (England.) She'll 
 
 • • • • with you. Could we try him ^ith sodomy ? We must get a gentie- 
 man to Clogher your party. We thought we'd have insaned a gentleman. We'll 
 ▼iait your paupers. The police can kip you till your heart's broken. We'll 
 
 • • • • your poverty. Kip my • * * *, we're Popish thieves of the world. 
 
 We'll hunt you with paupers. By the H S , Bishop, {a papist) ia 
 
 pursuing you. He wants you to read your recantation. He'll • • • • you 
 with paupers. Bishop ■ (a papi»t) has £1000 a-y ear for you. We 
 
 thought we'd sodomite you. We'll • • • • you with something. We see 
 
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 in sodomy. We see y<)u won't blast your 
 
 you won't • • • • your 
 party. 
 
 Wednesday. — *' I wish to God we had paupered him with sodomy, 
 hired by Doctor , ( papist dignitary) and the — of the 
 
 We're 
 
 Society — (a Popish society). We're insaned with your Protestants. We'll thrdW 
 them over the Liffey wall. The police will get him poisoned. We can sodomy 
 you with paupers. We'll blast you with paupers. The police are to pauper 
 you with sodomy. The police have cursed us with ruining a gentleman with 
 sodomy. It's the priests that are pursuing you with sodomy. They'd have 
 massacred you with sodomy. They'll track us over to sodomite you in P— — — , 
 so help me heavens. So help me heavens, we have a hell's flames priesthood. 
 We have devils out of hell's flames will give you poison somewhere or another. 
 We could swear that {a hired papist ruffian) will swear that you sodom- 
 ited his ••••-•• • • He's in listening to what is said about 
 
 him. If you pamphlet us, we'll Clogher you with a policeman. We'll cback 
 
 '{a papist dignitanj) is unfortunate pursuing 
 • * • • sodomy. 
 
 you over the Liffey wall. 
 you. We're insane with 
 
 Thursday. — " We're going to hell's flames to sodomite you. Well pauper 
 you with sodomy. We'll trick your property. We'll go to hell's flames to 
 
 murder your woman. {a papist sodomite) • • • • him with sodomy. 
 
 If you publish that pamphlet, we'll dash you over the Liffey wall. We'll so. 
 domite you with paupers. We're wicked thieves of the world. God help him 
 
 with Miss . • • • • Miss would have 
 
 thrown him over the Liffey wall. He does intend to go to hell's flames to pur- 
 sue my party. We'd have charged you with sodomy, but the magistratei 
 
 would'nt let us perjure ourselves. ■ ( a papist sodomite) would have done 
 
 the same thing. We'd have you with sodomy. We'd have 
 
 you with paupers. We can't belt him with sodomy till he 
 
 his We're unfortunate paupers. It's the Catho- 
 
 Lie party PURSUING THE PROTESTANTS. We're ruiued with thieves of the 
 
 world. We thought we'd have your in sodomy 
 
 The rufllan is writing what we say. You politic thief, we have you sodomised 
 with thieves of the world. We'll poison a fancy sodomite. We'll crack you 
 with poverty. We must sodomite the Orange martyr. Hold your prate, if you 
 
 • • • '.your , we'll crack you. You'll • • • • my. • • •. 
 
 .... We'll pauper you with sodomy. We're to 
 
 crack you with sodomy. So help me heavens, paupers will pursue you. 
 ■ (a papist sodomite) will pursue you. If we had paupered his property 
 
 — we can't • • • • his after he has got his property. We'll 
 
 bilk you somewhere or another and sodomite you. We're insane with your 
 party. We're insane with your party. We're unfortunate. We thought we'd 
 
 you with sodomy. We'll 
 
 We're unfortunate, 
 your poverty 
 
 -, (a papist 
 
 dignitary) has j^lOOO a year for you He has a party would have sodomited him. 
 We're cracked paupers, so help me heavens. It's the papists would have sodo- 
 mited you. If we did, we'd have chucked you over the Liffey wall. The police 
 
 of Dublin thought they'd sodomite you. , (a papist sodomite) pursued 
 
 you to sodomite you, so help me heavens. We have sodomited our party,thdt'a 
 
 the truth of it. Sensible martyr, they'd have you with 
 
 antimony — you with sodomy. 
 
 you 
 (To a Papist 
 
 Sodomite,) you're to hunt him with poverty. We're martyred with your policy. 
 
 Could we have your in sodomy, Sir 
 
 would have transported you. It's a fabrication. Sir would have des- 
 troyed your character and property. He's pursuing you with policemen. You're 
 
 to • • • • with your Protestants as well as Sir — . a Papigt 
 
 Sodomite) you've destroyed your party. We thought to have pursued him 
 
 wiih the N n H r d. They wouldn't take the sum we offered. 
 
 We'll • • • • your in (a Papist dignitary). He haa 
 
 £1000 a year for you. We're to • • • • your Protestants over to England. 
 WeVc to • • • • Wb • • • 'in sodomy. We did think we'd ; • * • 
 
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 him with sodomr. (7'o a Papist Soi^omite.) Can't you charge hi» 
 
 K^iva riOOO-'ihev h'^ii" ruined tracking yoi .ith .0^0 Jy, The ^:rh:?rc?:oul" 
 
 give ^1000 they had paupered him with sodomy. We're insane Catholics with 
 
 '*'''•• him with Rodomy. That pamphlet will .... your 
 
 nv«?!h^Vj ^f^'tJ'^y^"'^ lile-theres thieves of the world will belt vou 
 
 ^ J^%^:'5*'-'' ''''"• ^^^ ''*°' *" Clogher you wiih Bishop (a Pavist) 
 
 He has £1000 a-year for you. The magistrates would have .... .^fi 
 
 i®""" »° sodomy. We had massacred you with poverty. We want 
 
 ?lnV ^'•*",«^« '•^^T'^- If ^^ ^^^'> ^e'n get him something. We'U 
 Clogher you with something when you're martyred with sodomy. By the H 
 
 IZTH' ""^ T'u" yo^-'^e'l "»«}'»• .vou- Let him know we're to kip him 
 with sodomy with these bestial whores. We want him to turn Roman Catholic. 
 
 w?nr A \ ' ^'"^ '"'^ * Bishop's office. Bloody hell's flames to you, sir, 
 well sodomite your with something. Kip us with him, Mr. 
 
 -n, till 
 
 JOtt. 
 
 we Clogher with him. If you had £1000 a year, we'd pauper 
 
 Friday. — « We see you won't • • 
 We're ruined with a w'icked woman in 
 
 your • • • 
 {England.) 
 
 • • in sodomy. 
 We can massacre 
 
 jour unfortunate paupers as well as yourself. We have a hell's flames party 
 
 We have a wicked party. May sodomite you. (To a PaAst 
 
 ^fomue^yoxx see he wants • • • • his • . • • • in your tliieves of the 
 
 world. The papists would have impotented him. (To a J'apist Sodo 
 
 mtte,) we re wicked thieves of the world. By the H S , Miss 
 
 • • • • has £ 1 000 a year. Go over there. We're paupered \ill he - .••' 
 t-'k' *.,' * *°.*«^o"^J^' She'll- . • . with you, so help me heavens. 
 
 The gentleman will • • • • his iu sodomy. We must destrot 
 
 HIS PARTY. Can't you pauper your party, and we'll 
 
 your poverty with ^1000 a-year. We 11 go to hell's flames to sodomite you 
 
 May sodomite you. He's respectable, but unfortunate. We're in- 
 
 ianed with his policy. If we could • • • • you with paupers we'd ruiuyour 
 property. If you pamphlet us, take your leave of this world. We can't stand 
 
 your property. We thought we'd have you with B 
 
 Go over and • . • • your libidinous woman. We»re unfortunates, so help 
 me heavens, pursuing a respectable thief of the world with sodomy. .... 
 
 ^'^^ "y ' * * *~"" . * * '• he murdered— u skilful Orangeman. 
 
 — {a Papist hired Sodomite) had us hired to waylay you in the county 
 
 Carlow, and is hired by and the Roman priesthood. 1 
 
 (a Papist hired sodomite) would get £100;) if he sodomiied with you. He did 
 
 attempt to do it iu sev.^ral places. , (a Papist dignitary) will pursue 
 
 you till you- • . • with him and the priesthood. He has £1000 a-year for 
 yon, so help me heavens. He'd have destroyed a skilful sodomite. We know 
 we re bestial paupers. If we can we'll sodomite you. You're in a hell's flame* 
 house of blazes. They'll kip you with sodomy. We can't pauper her till we 
 • • ; -him with paupers. Every man in Dublin knows they failed in so- 
 domiting him. We're insane martyring a gentleman with sodomy. Curse on 
 you, we see you won't turn Roman Catholic. We'll poison you. The police 
 
 are to torment you to P . We're to sodomy you with poverty. Damn 
 
 ins soul, he must go to hell's flames. The police will physic you. God help 
 
 you, — (a Papist sodomite) will murder you. • • • • a policeman 
 
 and — (a Papist rvjjian) will • • • • you with something. We know' 
 
 we are bestial paupers. We want to trick you with poverty. If you pamphlet 
 the Romans, we can poison your Protestants all over the city. The Papist 
 pnests have kipped you with paupers. Gentleman, I wish you'd • • • . our 
 
 poverty with something— we were to murder you. , (a Papiit iodo- 
 
 «Ue,) let me murder him. We'll end him soon. Miss , «... 
 
 will cut his throat. We were to swear to your impotence if we • • • .... 
 
 you with poverty. We're cracked by your P . If we sodomited him, 
 
 we d have given him some money. So help me heayens. you've ruined my 
 party. W»*re ruining your health in soda-water. The police are poisoning 
 
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 you. They're to hunt you over to Sir R . P . Let me Clogher him. 
 
 We'll .... your in hell's flames. Give me something, sir, 
 
 we're insaned by your party. We'U work jou over. We'll bellows you over 
 
 the Liff'ey wall. There's a libertine woman to * * • • your 
 
 We're cursing you with the Protestants as well as the Romans. Why don't 
 you Clogher your • * * '. We'll • • * * his well known impotence with 
 something as well as the Protestants, so help me heavens, when O 
 comes up. Would we could pauper you. The Roman priesthood are insane to 
 
 • • • 'you. They would kip you with sodomy. "They are going to hell's 
 flames. vVe are going to hell's flames. If we had Clogbered you, by the H— 
 S we had martyred your party— they were paupers. Damn your respec- 
 table property. If we had paupered you, {a Papist sodomite) would 
 
 have pursued you to • • • . your in paupers of hell's flames. 
 
 You have Cloghered my party. We'll go to hell's flames. (a Papist 
 
 todomite) willf — a policeman to massacre you. He'd have 
 
 with M . Sir R P has £3000 a-year for you. Bloody hell's 
 
 flames to your spirit. We thought we could sodomy you. If you pubMsh us, 
 youll martyr us. We have £-'5000 to Ch'gher you. We have £5(J,000 to 
 PURSUE THE Protestants. They would have murdered you. We're deranged 
 
 with sodomy. The police have me Cloghered to derange 
 
 your party with sodomy. The police would have 
 
 your in sodomy. So help me heavens, he's going to pamphlet ns. 
 
 I know that Mr. Smith has something for you^as well as insane Mr. S . 
 
 Don't pamphlet us. You're a well known, spirited Orangeman. By C 
 
 we'll .... your in hell's flames if you pamphlet us. Therc'a 
 
 no chance but • « . • him with sodomy. We'll go to hell's flames to sodomy 
 with a respectable Orangeman. God help you, we'll .... you to hell's 
 flames. Mr. Smith would pursue you with a pension, but your spirit wouldn't 
 let him. Your blackguard Orangemen had a pension for you as well as Mr. 
 Smith. We'll • • • • his property. If you publish one word, there's a 
 newspaper will massacre you. We're destroyed with your policy. There's 
 Protestants have you pursued to • * • * a gentleman. Miss — — — — 
 
 • . • 'will* • • • with you. She's paupered. So help me heavens, you 
 have insaned my party. He's going to publish that pamphlet, we'll jerk him 
 over the Lifley wall. We must destroy you, or you'll ruin us with the paupers 
 of P . Damn your property. It's to pauper you, we're pursuing you. 
 
 ' — will sodomite you for the sum of :fc'IOOO. Gentleman, we're insaned 
 
 to murder you. We'll get some paupers will charge you with sodomy. If we 
 
 «o, you politic thief of the world, we'll end you. We'll* * • 'your 
 
 in sodomy. We'll • * • *. you with paupers. , (a Papist mastur" 
 
 bator and sodomite) would have impotAited you to • • • * your 
 
 in M . We're a hell's flames party. He's a respectable martyr. Wo 
 
 have ruffians will murder you, if you publish that book of sodomy. We'd have 
 
 yourf g Orangemen out of this country, if yDU had 
 
 your in sodomy. You'd have cursed your un- 
 
 fortunate party. Gentleman is destroyed with sodomy. 
 
 We'll . ' . . him with his paupers. Let him go to bloody hell's flames. My 
 
 heart is broken. We're deranged paupers with • * 'you with 
 
 sodomy. Curse on you, we 11 pursue you with paupers. Well % 
 
 fancy sodomite. We'll mtissacre a fancy bugger. Policemen won't destroy « 
 rascal. We must . . • . you with paupers. You're ruined with your un- 
 fortunate party. We won't massacre you. That libertine will massacre you. 
 We're thieves of the world. We'll .... your spy-glass. We're to ruin 
 you till your heart's broken. Sir ' was wicked to pauper you. You're 
 
 an uufortuaate gentleman. If we can't destroy your popularity, we'll massacre 
 
 you. We're bestial sodomy. If you •••.... 
 
 your in sodomy, we were to murder you. If we hunt him orer, 
 
 we'll* • • ■ him with sodomy. My heart's broken with policemen. We're 
 to trick yon with sodomy. The moment you publish that pamphlet, you may as 
 WfU . . • • your ..... in that hell's tiames woman. We'll destroy 
 
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 Ton /or ever. Bv J — — ^-. r —-mi j * 
 
 Jafflan. Were insaned with^^i^^o'fcy YouJ'h^er. l^l^!; k^ T'*' P^"*^^ 
 We destroyed you by a journeyman bake^WeVe To tri.l^''^'"' "^"'^ 
 
 We'KE to ruin the PEoiESTANTS. We'll • • ' .'Vo'r ^L^n?/"'''''^- 
 
 <)UT OF THIS COUNTRY. I'll tell you what it is sir I!! / PROrESTANT. 
 
 tary) will give you ;f 50,000. We can • • • ' ^J' 7 n . ^r X ^^ ^''^^ ''^"•• 
 know thai we'll insane him with paupers ^ « ^'retched paupers. I 
 
 kip me can't vou (\2 od^rh m ttir,h*\ 'wr »i, * K^^ <* Protestant man,) 
 
 W'e'll pursue Lm Jilh sodomy ^''''^ ^"c] IT, ^ ^'^'^^I ^T^*' ""^^'• 
 your door and let me • • / • wTTZTKr , f *'^''' ^''"*'^'^'/'^) »?«» 
 
 . whore (a Papist) would ha e • • " '""' "^r'^"''''/'' ^'" 
 
 would have destroyed yoi with sodomy. - JS "^7'' ^""^ 
 
 I'aptst sodomites) would have- .... . vou uith .„?i '-{twohtred 
 
 sodo,nited y<m. You scut of the world, we'll -^ . ' with nT^' ^^"^^ ^*'^ 
 
 (/o a Pro/Ls/ani housekeeper) will vr.u lei me n ? W'.r ? P*"P^"- , 
 
 foolish martyr. M --has !^inni r Were to massacre him. You 
 
 Bje. We'll .''^^' . . you oZ'^toZrri'^-^''TH'^^^^^^ 
 
 Your heart will be broken. We^ll • '^ZTl ?**'^^ *°^?"''" y^"* 
 
 There's policemen will destroy vour charactPr Tffho, a- 'u ' ^° P°*^«^"7. 
 
 .odomy you. You have blood^y heirrfl?m;s .^^^^^^^^^ 
 
 we'll massacre you. We'll • • • . 1' sdHiL *^ r\ u^ ^^ "® heavent, 
 
 Charge him wi\h sodomy. We're ToK^!"!" .^'.^T.^IT .-'? -^^7. 
 
 Them guilty paupers would have murdered you for £1000. We have ^0 flO^* 
 
 TO MASSACRE YOUR Protestants. We're insane to • • • ."our • ^ ^^ 
 
 The magistrates are destroyed with us. If we- • • • your • " • • w.Mi 
 
 murder you. Your spirit will .... y^^, . . . 7?r^ _^^ ^ 
 
 ofw' ' *' Them libertine b es would have sodomited vou. Take c"!^ 
 
 WeVe~~:- .^.^'TJJJ'^'y P'^^P^^' Were to insane you with pauper. 
 -_1J! (a hir.d P ? P^""P"'^ something. They're to sodomife yoT 
 7TTT'rr'['i ^"^"' sodomite) would Clogher his • • • • • in vo^* 
 
 Saturday,-^** The Catholics swore an oath they'd sodomitp v«„ r« 
 bugger, we'll charge you with sodomy. We most destroy /or ^ „^*"'^ 
 flames policy. We'd massacre aw Jp/^^^ destroy your hell's 
 
 With them unfortunate women Bv the H S . i mi 
 
 »nfor,au..„ p„„„i„g .%„„„«».» with so/oZ 'cTuU we — l^' hX 
 
 wdocite him «>d ruin hi. p,.l,oy mTT^IIII!!."''^^' ""**":''' "» 
 ?^ ."".'".■ :..■■ y»" <"" ""h CAomW.'. Journal. Mi,. -"'"' "*"• 
 
 W..n h. p.„pered if we don', pullhi^ ,„ .„j„„f 's, I!!:]!'' -^-J; 
 xuuuj. IV* II yoof Orsngemen o»er. M; besn'i 
 
 17 
 
 broken. We'll sodomy you with paupers if you pamphlet the Catholics. W« 
 can poison you if we don't sodomite you. The police went to ^ — (soda- 
 water maker) but ht wouldn't poison you. Sir would have sodomited 
 
 you. Bloody hell's flames to your soul, we're martyrs from your policy. You 
 have destroyed my party. The gentlem an is Cloghered with somebody. The 
 
 police are bloody thieves of the world. (to a papist sodomite) he's to 
 
 Clogher you with paupers. You • • * • in respectable people's coffee-rooms. 
 
 We'll f 1 you over to that libidinous woman. We'll ordure the cathedral of 
 
 ■ We're a wicked party — we're a wretched party. We'll . . • • 
 
 your to Miss (/o a hired papist 
 
 todomite.) we see he won't • • • • his in sodomy. We're 
 
 horrid thieves of the world. We can't palpitate bim till we murder him. Whal'll 
 you do when we • • • • you • • • * in sodnray ? You'd have turned 
 
 Roman if we hadn't sodomited you. By the H S-^^ , we'll sodomite 
 
 you with thieves of the world. Could we • * • * his in that 
 
 coffee-room? Go to hell with your rip of blazes. That bestial Orangeman 
 will murder you. We'll cut vour • • * • off you, so help roe heavens. We 
 
 thought to have iropotented you with poison. , (o hired papist mas- 
 
 iurbator and Sitdomite) would have impotented you with poison. Cut your 
 
 • • • • off you. 
 
 Sunday. — " We'll pursue you and ruin you some way or other. 
 
 (a hired papist sodomite) will destroy you some way or other. When you • • • • 
 
 ]Mis8 . • • • ., we'll • • * • the Bishop of £1000 a- 
 
 year to • • • * you to hell's flames. We wish we never pursued you with 
 them bestial of — ■ They have ruined the Catho- 
 lic party. They'd have sodomited you. My curse on hell's flames 
 
 (« hired papist sodomite,) We're poisoning you with soda-water. Give them 
 
 — thieves ( 2 papist sodomites) something— they'll .... you in a house 
 
 of Cloghers. If we could send you over, they'd massacre you with poison. 
 
 (a hired papist masturhator) swore that he'd massacre your . • . « • 
 
 till they send you to [a papist dignitary.) They'd make a priest of 
 
 you. You're such an experienced Orangeman. (a hired sodomite) is a 
 
 b— r of women. These thieves (2 papist sodomites) would have 
 
 your little property. You can transport them for sodomy. 
 
 Only for the trial you went through, we have wicked paupers would have hurled 
 you over the Liffey wall. We thought we'd pauper your policy. We thought 
 
 we'd • • • . you in (a papist dignitary.) They'd 
 
 have you with them bestial thieves of . ...» 
 
 my . • . . — • • . . We'll swear you prompted us. We have paupers 
 will threw you over the Liffey wall. They must give us something to sodomite 
 with you. We have unfortunate ruffians would throw you over the Liffey wall 
 
 on account of P . It's your policy of hell s flames. You're ruined 
 
 with your policy. We have gallows thieves of the world will » . • • your 
 
 with sodomy. God help Miss , God help 
 
 »» ' . they're cursing him. We're insane with your property. It's the 
 
 priests that are doing it — they'd have paupered you, sodomited you, and 
 poisoned you. They'd have cursed you with poverty, and then they thought 
 
 you'd have the papist party. We're to fox you out of this 
 
 contaminated city of Dublin. Would you give me something — we're bestial 
 paupers. We're cracking a gentleman. Well . • • • her . • • • We 
 ■eeyou won't turn Roman Catholic. So help me heavens, we'd • • • . your 
 
 poverty with ;f 1000 a-year. M O— — — and Sir told you the 
 
 same thing. If them paupers your , your gen- 
 tlewoman would physic herself. We're destroyed with his policy. He has 
 the courage of hell's flames. We thought you'd cut your throat when we told 
 you we were poisoning you. Them thieves (2 papist sodomites) will 
 
 • • • • you with sodomy in P The Catholic party is pursuing 
 you. The R - A has wicked paupers pursuing you. We 
 with wicked to Clogher you • • * •— • * • '. 
 
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 If we can trick him out of that we'll .«^ * v 
 
 paupered till he • • • . . * .Ti H •°^«"»t« h»m •omewher*. H« mni« k. 
 
 would have pursued you with Lrmvtn'hpiTT"'^ * *^''^^ P«P«* 'odomite) 
 all the ivorld. VVe bought we^i^- -"^•- ^ou have the .pirft of 
 
 msaneyou in C__. %'';^^ "^?^^?^^J^- T^^^^ed kip-keeper;';"^^ 
 help me heavens we'll throw jou over th« T J n ' * * »° sodomy, to 
 
 3^our rip of .,. jf ^^ " "^^^^ *^® ^'^^y '^^n. Go operand • • . . 
 
 We'Jl cat our throats when we throw von ovo, ♦»,* ^r°"i "^^ ''*°'* •»'domite yoa. 
 .n., we won t pursue you to hel^slJues pJL^'^^y '^*"- ^^^^ »« tel/you 
 
 v^^:!"'" p-sue you till your heanT^;;;;;;:- ^jcrr-/^ ^-^ w-^ 
 
 ^«? 11 :; (*" ^ir^'' Pamst sofhmi/Jlin^' ^^^^ P""t« are to insane 
 
 and well sodomite with you • We'r^nTif * ^P^° y«" Joor 
 
 the road to hells flaries P J-IT ^^^ L^ ^'«"'\<^h«racter with sodomy^^^^^ 
 paupers. We're to • • . f -.^^ ' ^"^ '^^^'P "« God, we have hells flame, 
 you over. Gentlewoman, we'U tormpTrr"'' there's something to •." 
 
 woman would have . .' 7\" .*°T"V^^'' *' '"^^^ »« 3'"u. A p-! ^ 
 
 throat We'll .... . . ^"1* r"* ..?»^^'» ««"« ^way*^ Cut your 
 
 PDRsuiNG THE Protestant« w-'.. "" * Woman hater. We'»v 
 
 TANT8. Wer. to ' ^^ '' rZl^ »C,NED WJTfl TOUR GUILTT ProTE. 
 
 Jhohc people. The A L, n P'"P^" tUl yog .... ^-uhtheCa. 
 
 in my . • • . . . . . w mi J« to . • • . your ... 
 
 We're bestial ruffian,. We've be. iafrffl'*"*'' ""^ ^'"" •* — O — ' 
 
 you if we didn't pursue von .i.i, lu ' " »"h •mneihing. We'd oholri 
 world „«r. Kip"^ „;*. ^r .»•* .'■^"'■■■«. We're to .odomiteyoa^Sftr 
 Were furious with your policy W-v. -u ' "J • • ■ — • . . 
 pauper you every wh%re. 1{ y/„' don't t/" V ^'v^*"' ^^e Catholic, will 
 you. Let me tell you,.ir,.v„uT- .'."'! ^I'm """"^' '"'y'" PhJ'^ 
 
 K has'^:„e''tay°"Hr'dh'"'" °"'f ""> "««», uowI^'tU; 
 
 paupers in P-L_.. Y^„vf t^"'!" ^"'^"ed you. He'll pursue JoT^^i: 
 
 *^ 1 as sure as there's a n^A - v my • • • ._. . , . j_ 
 
 .acre you if ,„„ doV.T •.'?''? ■;,*""«". IJ, take my oath, we'll ma!!! 
 • ■ • with your policy. We'll • . . . J ' ^°'" iusane till wa 
 
 to hell we'll- . . -vouwithil f„ r"?*-! "'"■ ""5''«1«''-1- O' 
 
 atand that rip of hell', fla„es. We thouKhr,^M ."'i'' '^""""'^ ^^ <="'« 
 
 V. your spirit. The Dolice wniT. . ° '"''""'"e J""- We .wear 
 
 .hat ha. cursed yo'u wi.h .odomy "'hoM '"r/rZ ".','; y°»' Christian wo," 
 ^man, • • • • with the A-— J— r ^ P" **' *' " '"'"'"e vou. Gen. 
 We thought we'd • • • • wi.h your pm-^jir^' i"""" '"""hi-g for yoo. 
 him » a k,p of paupers. T»l<e care of Mr' "^ I* "• K"'"* «<' "■'"•nj 
 
 destroy a fancy sodomite. We h».. w ^ T: . 'he apothecary. Wa'll 
 
 Heir. iame. to you. Tu,n Wm oul i""*^ """•» *«' "'» " ' ' ' Wtn 
 •»•»• ""'• * '"•°""' '»'•'•. A drunken Orani"" 
 
 roc. PA,TV. We're imanIno the p""// ' " '• W"'""' """"^o 
 
 respec^ble Orangeman. y.„ were ruined '1?';?"- ."''f'' ^'""'^'■'8 • 
 
 . You 11 kip my < < < « < » . . . w. • • • . .o^ 
 
 ». had authority ,0 . .^ ^ „, . . .-'•*"'. P . I wi.h 
 
 ^^^•"""'""nyoutoheU'.flamea 
 
 When we - • - 
 
 you with 
 . - in P- 
 
 libertine kips will sodomite you 
 We'll ... - you over to P- 
 vou're to ruin a masturbator. 
 
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 paupers, well send you over to - - •» - my 
 It is unfortunate party work. There's 
 
 We'll - 
 
 a fancy sodomite in P- 
 
 {to a hired papist masturbator) 
 Unfortunate man ! we thought we'd . . - - 
 your We can blast you with Kitty Morender. We're unfortu- 
 nate sodomiting him. Could we - - - - you over, your property will pauper 
 you. Let me - • -his - •• • - - in hell's flames coffee-rooms. He's 
 a spirited martyr. You'll destroy your property. We'll destroy you with pau- 
 pers. We can ruin you with Mr. H d. We have insaned Mr. H d. 
 
 We are to blast him with libertine women. If we- ------ your 
 
 we'll - 
 
 we'd have physiced you to hell's flames. By [the H- 
 
 you with paupers. Kiss my - 
 
 we'll send 
 
 you over and pauper you. If the gentleman had --.,-.- his - - 
 
 - - - in sodomy, he'd have been hurled over the Liffey wall. We had police 
 magistrates and officers watching him. We're insaned by your policy. You're 
 an unfortunate man. We'll sodomite you with paupers. If you publish that 
 pamphlet, we'll throw you over the Liffey wall. We thought we'd sodomite you 
 
 with libertine thieves of the world. You have taken poison. says he'll 
 
 put you out and kip you with his paupers. We're ruining a gentleman — a mar- 
 tyred, respectable. He's a spirited sodomite. If we can trick you over, we'll 
 
 pursue you to hell's flames P . So help me God, we're wicked paupers. 
 
 Bloody bell to your . Charge him with sodomy. By the H 
 
 S we'll charge him with sodomy. That whore says she'll get you 
 
 poisoned somewhere or another. She'd have ------ your - - - - 
 
 in sodomy. We have wretched paupers can Clogher him, by the H S— — — . 
 
 It's a desperate party. We're cracked with your policy. Gentleman, you've 
 cracked my party. We swear to throw you over the Liffey wall if they - - - 
 
 - - - - your - - - - - in sodomy. Wont you stop your party work ? 
 We'd give froft som^hing. We can Clogher you in them coffee-rooms. We'll 
 kip you all the world over. Take care of women — there's libertines will sodomy 
 you. The police will . - - - you with wicked paupers. We can massacre 
 you with paupers. Dont you know we have authority to massacre you ? Go 
 
 home to your bloody paupers of Castlecomer. We can b x you somewhere 
 
 and - . - . you with paupers. We must destroy you. We're ruined with 
 his policy. We'll sodomy you with paupers if you print that pamphlet. We'd 
 have tricked him of his property. To hell with your party. I tell you what it 
 is, sir, if you publish that pamphlet we'll hurl you over the Liffey wall. We'll 
 get you poisoned somewhere or another. Let him alone, the thief of the world, 
 his heart will be broken. Them libertine thieves will - - . - your - - . - 
 The police will get him poisoned somewhere or another. Let him know that 
 
 we'll - - - . his and sodomite him. We'll - - - - you over 
 
 to P . Let ... - his ----- and we'll dash him over 
 
 the Liffey wall. We'll - - - - him with a policeman in P . Them 
 
 thieves (two papist sodomites) are to sodomy a gentleman. We're ruined 
 
 with him. VVe'll swear we'll finish you. It's your own bloody party that's ruin- 
 ing you to England. They're to - - - - you with Miss .... 
 
 (it hired papist sodomite) thought he'd have sodomited you with his infa- 
 mous kip of whores. He's trying to trick you out of your property. He has 
 
 the best known kip in the town of . The Orangeman's murdered. We 
 
 may as well stop. God help him. What will we do if he stops in this country ? 
 She'd have sodomited him. Bad luck to your property. Dont publish that 
 pamphlet, or we'll cut your - ... - off you. We'd have given a £1,000 
 
 if we had sodomited you. M has £500 a year for you. We'll and* 
 
 sodomite you in that libertine's kip of whores. We're cursed with your— — — 
 she'll sodeniite you, so help me heavens, you fancy bugger. That woman will 
 sodomite you. Take care of her. (a hired papist masturbator) will- . 
 
 - - - your ----- all over the world. We can ruin you with kip- 
 keepers all over the world. You're an unfortunate blackguard. - - - - 
 with my • - - , . We're to insane you with godomy.— 
 
20 
 
 will transport you. 
 
 (a hired papist sodomite) is to transport 
 
 M 
 
 you. We'll curse ^ou'with' pauDerT~Th«T"' '"''^' «o*>m£/*) is to transport 
 The police have — — VpSa J 7 ?"-''x'°''"^ "'^ antimonjV-- 
 
 sodomite you with (MeS ^M{fli'"'^"^\ "^ P*"?**' ^o*^ W«'ll 
 
 «o. . - .your- . y'''P<'P^ thief and sodomtte). Them little chaps are 
 - -op to pi— to ^*»0"gh we are rascals, we're. . / ., 
 
 vo«r • ' ' ; " y®" "P t" Sir- ._. V7e11 
 
 ^ ? / uT ■ • " '" pauper's coffee rooms We'll • V/e U - - . . 
 out of this country. We'll pursue him ^Ith sodoly! 'if "you ' ^'"' """'^'^ 
 jour- . -»" ««d«my, they'd have kipped you with mv 
 
 martyrs by sodomy. He is resnprt^Mo ' w m , P'°P*'''J- We're scandalous 
 world. /. . .^wiS my *^^'**"^-_^"^^ ^*«»«>y • politic thief 0/ the 
 paupers. Bloody hell's flames party work "wl J. * . ^*'^^ - - - - with 
 
 Let him know that Mr S 1 ^ni ^ \. *^® ™"*' - - - - his papers. 
 
 the police - - . them ll^tin« n^""""" ^'"^ '"^ ^' **^^» ^» P«°"on.^ If 
 The police want to - . . Xu witS fh?i '"^ ''^ J^"" ^^^^ "^*»> »<xlo«»^- 
 
 What'U we do with the A lG~J:\\t T ^ ^^' ^'' ^• 
 
 So help me God, he has a pension for voa of V^ " ' ' ^ * ^''^^ sodomy. 
 
 your property. la ^ITd ';^J^^i:lJ^^,y:^' We're ruined .ith 
 
 •O'i- - - - you with sodomy. ^1 T(LihA-^' " . ' t^^" Paapers 
 
 bome to your kip in . nXT^ 7 ^ - *'^'*' P^'^' sodomiUy-ao, 
 
 Majesty f. paujSred tiU yTT-' .^'/ '"y'of ''^ ^^^^ ^'^ * ^^ 
 
 ---- f It- J " ^ " ■ - - . in Miss - 
 
 (a papi.1) Aid bin '-It^" ^"""8** ""h poverty. Bi.hop 
 
 — o* ■ 
 
 We're to - - . 
 
 you over. • • • • my • • . .^^J^y';*^® '^^W. We're •••... 
 
 sodomites. /« Ai«.// «.^- * j . v ^® 1**^® bloody hell's flames 
 
 P • Bloody biu ^^L'XJ:^C^ '"' ."""" •"' '=»"'«'™' '^ 
 
 We're "nfortanate. pnrsuing^a "SaWe ap^?i ' '" ^?"' '»'^<"»y "<"»»»• 
 heaven, we'll pursue you. Yo"« ".Lfd r^' ^'" "^ • • • -by 
 Fo^y bugger, you'll be pursued "oLirsflil; T"."". """''"^ "■. police": 
 
 fopist todomu) and tUere is sometbine THp, h„ .> .' ^ (" **'«' 
 
 pauper your properly. We're KoiueTo h.lT-. J * ^estroyed them. We^U 
 of .hi. country!^ They're .o^'Z^l^'yo'u We'^e T'°''" *" ""''?<»• »"' 
 
 ■ vou m.r i„ ^^ ' ("" EngtUkpapUt) would bare 
 
 home to your kin ^ f„ " .'°^!°"'"'. "•"" ""P- It^Wered. Go 
 
 TOUT- • • rwi («f<»/ni«,o4»)„<,). You're ruined with 
 
 x^j "— them C 
 
 'Mand papist sodomite) ha 
 
 paupers, Mr. Ryan? Could* 
 
 (a 
 
 fortnnat'e thieves'of 'thTwonld have thrn«n» ^^ ^^° ^? l^^y* *»« ^*d "n 
 
 (-^ir^ papist sodomite) wevl^erjoy'^Z^th'Tou^'^y'^^? L^^' —^T- 
 be sodomites as well as oh^ A.vli ^^ / % ^ f°^ sodomy. We'll 
 
 d^nit^) is pursuing yon, so he Ip me heXi^^^f "^ .r~T- ^^^^^'^ 
 
 M- has paupers, ha, • .'^. f ^«*: «°»- Theruffian ha. paupers. 
 
 ^t^aher) to poison you. f^ kj - . . ' ' — (<» foda-water 
 
 t^ you. .(« *»rfrf/Hip„/ «Hfow,-^) will pursue you till 
 
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 jour heart's broken. We must 
 hateful. • • • • my • • • • 
 world. • • • • his • • • • 
 
 • • • • your in M 
 
 is something in the A — r— G 
 
 . * * * yon with paupers. We must h% 
 
 •. You're m nimble, active, villain o( the 
 
 • in my • • • • — • • • *. Won't you 
 
 ? We're insane blackguards. There 
 
 's. By the H S , (a 'hired 
 
 papist sodomite) will destroy an experienced Orangeman. We'll destroy your 
 property. Don't you know there is paupers to • • • • you with sodomy. 
 
 To hell's flames to ycmr gentlewoman. We her with something. 
 
 Transport them thieves {two ffopiU sodomites). They'll destroy your 
 
 gentlewoman, if ■ (« hired papist sodomite) can get to •• * • her pan- 
 
 pers. (a hired papist sodomite) aays he vows to finish an Orange 
 
 martyr. The moment you transport them — — thieves {two papist sodomites) 
 
 paupers will ... - you with sodomy. ■ (« hired papist sodomite) 
 
 will .... you with sodomy. Take care of • {another hired papist 
 
 todomiie). Take care of the two kip -keepers. We'd hunt you with paupers 
 
 only — — (a hired papist sodomite) will hunt you to poverty. (« 
 
 hired papist sodomite) is asking him for money. If you'd give him a pound, 
 he'd pursue you all the world over. They're to - - - - you with paupers. 
 
 ... - my d o. We have a magistrate pursuing you to his . 
 
 {a hired papist sodomite) would ' - - ^ you over and - - - . 
 
 yoa with sodomy in . They'd massacre you with something. They'd 
 
 pauper your property, so help me heavens. (<i hired papist sodomite) 
 
 must persevere till you - - - - your in Bishop (a 
 
 papist). Gentlewoman would give you £2000. If you'd publish her letters 
 
 you'd destroy her. They've destroyed M . I'm sure your heart's break. 
 
 ing. Gentlewoman's heart's breaking. Go over to her. We're a wicked party. 
 The Roman priesthood are pursuing you. We're to - - - - you with the 
 Roman priesthood. A well known politic thief of the world. Let us - - - - 
 him and destroy his party. We thought to destroy you with your party. 
 We must - . . . him with sodomy. We're to martyr him with paupers. 
 
 Them thieves of the world will martyr him your bloody - - - - - 
 
 till they'll Clegher you. Put him out. Kip us and we'll sodomy him. You're 
 
 to be martyred, - - - - your in my - - - • — ,-.., 
 
 Your bestial property would have been paopered. They'll pauper him with 
 
 of P ... my - ... — I 
 
 wish we had sodomised you. We would have martyred a worthy Orangeman 
 
 if we kipped his Go home to your paupers — they'll - - - - 
 
 your Go to hell, you thief of the world. We're destroyed sodo« 
 
 miting. You spirited rascal, I wonder you don't - - - - your - - - - 
 in deranged pauper's coffee-rooms. Walk out and we'll transport you. Well 
 pauper you, so help me heavens. We're to destroy a rascal, so help me hea- 
 vens. {a hired mastnrbator) will pursue you, and insane you with 
 
 . . . .your- • . -. You ought to be Cloghered. So help me God, 
 we're to kip you with a policeman. The policemsn will derange you with 
 sodomy. We'll derange you with sodomy. We're bloody ruffians with 
 sodomy. God help you, we're thieves of the «vorld. We are biUei Papists. 
 
 We'd prosecute you. By the H S , we're bitter thieves of the world. 
 
 If we • . - - your - - - - in an insane paupers, we have bitter 
 
 thieves will pursue you. We'll belt you over, and - - - . that libidinous 
 b h of hell's flames to Clogher you. You'll be massacred, God help you. 
 
 - - - my - - - - . We'll - - - - your infamous party out 
 
 of this county. Tour hell's flames party would have sodomised you, but they 
 have something for you. We'll ... - your noble Katty Morender. God 
 help you with party work. You're unfortunate. We have a hell's flames 
 party. We are to sodomite with you. The pauper's insane with IVotestant 
 
 sodomites. Leave that woman, she'll - - - - you You politic 
 
 thief, we're to murder you. Let him know, his party have us to sodomite him 
 
 till he - - - - . his in that libidinous woman. We have 
 
 insane expressions to destroy an outrageous Orangeman. We'll - - - - you 
 with paupers. The puppy ought to sodomite them women. By the K—' — 
 
22 
 
 23 
 
 your 
 
 worse 
 
 for sodomy. We'll destroy 
 
 i| I 
 
 i! 
 
 rMcal. So help me God, we'd have sodomised a mntlemin We . 
 
 • policeman, and wed have sodomised her in .. IfTOQ're inin. »„ 
 
 ^^^;— - (England) we'd have you sodomised. We'll deVangVaTntCan? 
 
 f Vk.' " "y<*»»^PoW- You have hell's flames policy. We'll send vou 
 
 ou of this country What will we do if he publishes ^that ^pamphlet' xJey 
 
 Physic ;L"' " "/ —7-7 ^^ r^'' ''-'""^'y^ -"^ p'-"« yo-u> 
 
 poysic you. —{a papist sodormte) has something ready. We'll - - - 
 
 ^ ""^ '" ^^ • He must be paupered. Let him alone. 
 
 Your spirit will - 
 outrageous 
 
 . „„ ^aupcicu. a^ei mm aione. 
 
 " \ Pf ^»ceman. So help me God, you're a desperate. 
 We must be unlonunate while he lives. We'll belt him 
 
 ^ -^ a""o» i/c uuiuriuuaie woiie be Jive«» Wp'11 hplt \\\m 
 
 prs:;^rthe^s"inr;-7h''hrr" •""• ^""^ ^P'ri^^ Oran/ewomai w U 
 
 foTTe-ii 4": ;=\Tr^as%oTr:verr! -- -"rr i- 
 p™;oin|t j;wuh xr'K=/tr?o- ":r-£Ei 
 
 We're to> sodomite him. The vagabond is very politic. He . - my' 
 
 ' * ■ o u/' "® "*"8t be Cloghered in a little boy's . - - - 
 
 ------ .. Jiohelpme heavens, we'll go over to P . There's a 
 
 magistrate prompting me. We'll have hell's flames work till h^ goes away 
 from this c;ty of Dublin The magistrates would have Clogher^^;:'. s'r 
 
 wil^rsuriL r ^^""f^'t y«"- By C , he'd have'transporied vou' 
 
 Th. rS- . °'"''^^. ^""'- ^^^^^ ^° infamous, so help me heavens. 
 
 lim t^'r^ZaT:""' ^t^' P"''^-^- '^^« *^«"«»^' we'd have desfroyed 
 
 I we 7„n-.r Ki ^i' • ^^^^ y^"^ ^«*^-« «f this world. 
 
 ai we . , . . you with bloody paupers, we'll massacre you We'll not 
 
 massacre you, but we'll massacre the ProtUtants. Your f— . ProtestanU 
 
 are to bilk you out of your popularity. They're dangerous people You're 
 
 de^tr^ymg the Cathohcs with your policy. wVre insa^e^U yfut mur^ereS! 
 
 ^Jd^hyiLr^^^ ra^^H^r r^i;^^ ~ 
 
 His c—t ,s paurered till you - . . . with Miss -^^ wants^you. 
 
 1 he magistrates have me employed. Its wicked Sir 
 
 yoZtZt'^mll^'l''' v'^ T" "^"^ '"'"^'^ ^^""^^ Catholic, rmsure 
 
 wV'rrVn 7^^^,^!^?^°^^°- You have a spirit will pauper you to Sir — 
 
 We re to blast him your- - .... By J C 
 
 (a hired papht sodomite) pursued vou to . . rnn Wo ♦>,««„i.^ 
 
 you'd marry hi. libertine L help .Je hl.vens. If' IZ' Z'i ^X 
 
 pursue you, we have disgraceful paupers will . . . -you with your -^ 
 n.™„.,'i«,' :•, ^'"•■"™''>«d with Catholic paupers. We'U . . . .your 
 
 Kptpe^r'';o"u7prprrt;°"w^?.7"'^- ^^^' • • • ■^»" "-•>"" 
 
 lZ^\k^^^^^- "d" W ^e're-cCheTia" 
 With him ? I wish to God we never pursued you. We're unfortunates. . . . 
 
 wjjore.p;ct;hTe,-orVo;'d:- .^f^trhfl.fzz-G^'!:!'- !!i:!!i' 
 
 {a fared papist sodomite) had you with my * _ 
 
 i-ANTslw'oi't ll^hC fr^"^'''''''''' HELL'S FLAMES TO YoV pioTES- 
 
 The PapisU want you over to sodomiie you with a rip of blazes. They intend 
 to - - . . you With something. Let me - ii;«, »;»v j ^ miena 
 
 hell's flames spirit over .0 P . Suckmy-'I t!!!";." " Ve'd' 
 
 have lodomised bixn as well as the A- 
 
 The magistrates are destroyed 
 
 with sodomiting him. Kiss my We're to track you over. I wish 
 
 you'd cut your throat. I wish you'd cut your little ----- off yoo. 
 We'll belt him over. We'll ruin him with poverty. The Catholics pursue vou 
 
 in P . We're to destroy a fancy sodomite. So help me heavens, we're 
 
 destroyed with sodomy. We'll massacre you, or we'll - - - - you over. 
 You'll martyr your property in that kip of blazes. He's going to hell's flames. 
 We can ruin him with sodomy. Put him out of your kip of - - . . - - - 
 sodomy. Well - ... a respectable thief of the world out of this conta- 
 minated city. If you pamphlet us, we warn you the police will pursue you to 
 sodomy. So help me God, we're destroyed sodomiting a gentleman. He's 
 taking poison. Let him know that we'll ruin his paupers. You have insane 
 paupers. God help your property, if we - - - them libertine women. The 
 Catholics will persevere with your Protestants. Your Protestants 
 ABE libertine THIEVES. Does he know we have a policeman in his coffee- 
 rooms to Clogher him with sodomy. If we your - with so- 
 domy, you were massacred, Sir. We'll bilk that woman. She's insane to sodomite 
 
 you. The police would destroy you with Mrs. . We're to ruin you 
 
 till you leave that house of sodomy. They -..--... 
 
 Doctor , (o papist dignitary) had you transported only for Sir . 
 
 That C whore would have sodomised you with paupers. She'd have 
 
 d 1 'd you. We could swear they'd have murdered him if we didn't 
 
 pursue him with sodomy. We have bloody thieves would have paupered your 
 property as well as murdered you. We thought we'd have paupered you with 
 
 sodomy. (a papist dignitary) will give you £1000 a-year if you turn 
 
 Roman Catholic. God help your Protestants. The police are wicked to 
 Clogher you. We'll ... - your pamphlet with Mr. Purdon. We have 
 bloody whore's birds will sodomite you. The police thought they'd destroy a 
 
 respectable gentleman. We must send you over to Sir R— P , 
 
 and that of P . We're going to hell's flames 10 sodomite him. 
 
 Gentleman, we'd have mined you with paupers. You have been poisoned. 
 
 We swear we'll sodomite you. Mr. H d is ruined with you. If we 
 
 Cloghered you, we'd - - . - your £300 a-year. {a hired papist 
 
 sodomite) would have Cloghered you for £30 a-year. If they'd take us up, 
 we'd- - ■ - your guilty Protestants. We're to f—t your policy. We're 
 unfortunates. Let me alone. We'll- - - - the Protestants out of this 
 COUNTRY. We were to sodomite you. We're to - - - - your Protestants to 
 hell's flames. They'd have ruined you, the thieves of the world, {eleven o clock 
 at night). Gentleman, take care of your property. They're going to sodomite 
 
 you with some one. (a hired papist sodomite) would sodomite you. 
 
 We're going to - - - . your paupers to - - - - your ----- in 
 sodomy. The magistrates are to massacre you. They talk of sodomising 
 your paupers. We're to belt you over. We'd have Cloghered you with the 
 
 A G They're to - - - - you with sodomy because you 
 
 won't Clogher with the A G .' If they - - - . him with 
 
 sodomy, we'll get something to belt him over the Liff"ey wall. They'd destroy 
 a respectable gentleman. Damn your paupers, they say they must ... - 
 
 your in sodomy. The police tried Mr. H . Leave us, 
 
 we're bestial sodomites. The police are unfortunates. That foolish thief, 
 
 C B , would have sodomited you. Gentleman, take care, there is 
 
 something at work to you with poverty. So help me heavens, ruffians 
 
 ^would sodomite you. We're martyrs with your pamphlet at Purdon 's. We 
 
 thought we'd .... that pamphlet — (on Protestant Union). (a 
 
 hired papist sodomite) is to - - - . you with sodomy. We're blasted by your 
 property. We'd get something if we - - - - you over. Can't you - - ' - - 
 
 with your party to hell's flames P . We're to - 
 
 party is to cut your throat. We're to - - - - your - 
 England. So help me heavens, the Catholics and the 
 
 sodomised you with Mr. H n. We've distressed 
 
 We'll . - - . your property. The Catholics have got - 
 
 Uudunum m your soda- water. We thought we'd 
 
 you till your 
 - . - - over to 
 police would have 
 an Orangewcman. 
 to put a little 
 
 you with antimony* 
 
il 
 
 24 
 
 yon oat. Thcv-ll send you over lo »«.U^, -ru l^ '^'""^- ^«'" P"* 
 a year. GoJ help vonr Pro e,tam/ wI'V 7 '"" <^'<'8''"«'i yo" £60 
 
 — to rum vou w ih oaunpra TTo'ii -. • . . -"^ " ""O' y«u to 
 
 heavens, we'll sodomy vou wUh nfuoer, J",, *"? ""^'"">'- S° •«'? »• 
 himpoi«,n. Theyi/kp you ,o.'1X H • "^"""* ^°"- We'llgire 
 
 • ' ' ' tha. kip. Bv the H-_ s!__f "T: " P""»'"8 y»"- Yon'w to 
 
 will ' < ' < Tou with «ll„™„ tT ;'• ^" P*'nP'>l" (.Protestant Union) 
 
 unfortunate ge-frml" WevT'cnJke/ .T ""' "^"""y J""' You're M 
 you, they're to • " °' . vl »,?h b i,* '"'"," P^P^'^' I^« "-o teU 
 We've To'n. C— to pnrs„ryo:'t'o' ."^ '*rT";„/.-f\y? «- murde«d. 
 Quu^atthieronije rid The,-.. ^ «_; ^arge you, .Tlt^: 
 
 They'll •odomy you with Catholic pIupeTTTZl^?^ hell's flames . 
 
 sodomy. We'd have « « • V f Tf * T^ " ^'""e** ^^'^ **«««« 
 
 a/ ntj^AO. Them bestial rina»,o« fi *'"*°8P«>rt you. (tf/et^CT, o'clock 
 
 a bloodv, worthy fiL.iI . ' «nd pauper you. You're 
 
 destroying my parly IT^'eln^! u°°""' "iS ""=''"» "">■ P«"Pe»- You're 
 
 him over^hJ S.; wall ^^ „^ r""" . ^" """* "'""^y P«"P"» 'H" «■>« 
 
 testanu are crS with pauper. ?f "• ^'?''" "" """"• ^he Pro? 
 
 Take care of that wlai:iMr,_I^T''',.K~,-^°" T "^ ""» oountry. 
 Suck my' • < ._. ? . . •, 7-7— /« a hbertine. Sock my < > . ,\ 
 
 sodomiled. Devilish w;„ted me to '''"""^"'.^fh^M™ '" '""''' ^ 
 
 massacre you. So help me God. she'd ' « . . rlS ' T^ •» 
 
 Orangewoman has you pluperedso 'sure. 'you < • < "'"lil .„ «."^«f 
 
 hell's flames Miss (a «,„£./ „«^ w^ni/^ "^Z^. sodomites. Bloody 
 
 sodomy. The Catholics kipped ^em in 
 
 ii 
 
 a^»-^^^^^^^^^ itvrh^ai!"^^ ''- '^"^ -^^^^^ -7—. 
 
 dmous coffee-rooms. Your propertv will ^^^ ^'^ "^*- 
 
 sodomite you. So help me heavens I'lniV '. " ' J^u over. They would 
 pers. We'll. . / vou «Z / r !, """'^^ ^^"* We have wicked paa- 
 
 with you in London CuZ J^«V* i^°^^° *°^ ^'^ '^"l - - - . 
 
 you with a po°keLn w/th ^^M We're wicked to - . . . 
 
 You have sav^d youTp;openv buTw^ll^^^ ^'^'^"^ ^°" "'''' ^^'^'^ P^^P^' 
 destroy you till ^^ou . ^^ ^ > *L":\h L P'"^""^^, ^^^ *« ^^"'s flamesf We'U 
 let him MASSACRE Hfs PARTY " \lwrVZZ^' u M ^^i* ^''^^*'^ Property won't 
 man party. We'll — - v«rwi,h ^ °C' ^^" ' ^*"^« ^«' ^^^ guilty Ho. 
 
 out o? th'atkip of hell'srames andTe'll'-sof'^''. carewhat you publfsh. (valk. 
 an infamous woman of!!™!! 71-", "LT '«/?"* He's to Clogher with 
 flames. Miss . (f^ngland). She'll Clogher you to hell's 
 
 •'""'^ with Mist ■ - • : At 
 
 25 
 
 soon as ever you go over, we're to sodomite you. Let him know there's ruined 
 
 paupers prompting mc. (a hired papist sodomite) would have - - - . - 
 
 your - . . - - in sodomy. fa pa^'ist) would have - - - . i . 
 
 you with sodomy. {attoiher hired papist sodomiie) would have - - - - - 
 
 you wiih sodomy* {the hired papist sodomito) is going to hell's flames. 
 
 He's destroyed, paupered. Them wicked paupers would have sodomited you 
 to — — — (£ngland.) We'll let him alone, we're blasting my party. There's 
 paupers to - - - - you out of this country. We'll ruin him till be < - - - 
 
 Miss ...... (a papist dignitary) will .... yoa 
 
 with paupers in P . We have --.--.. that bloody pauper's 
 
 kip of hell's flames to poison you. We'll turn your wicked Protestants 
 
 OUT OF THIS COUNTRY. We'lL DESTROY YOUR WICKED PrOTESTANTS. 
 
 We'll physic them. We'll cut your throat when you - . - . that whore. 
 Let him know that we're insane with your property. The Roman priesthood 
 would have sodomited him. We'll - - . . you with a papist digni- 
 tary,) If we .----. - your butter woman, we'd murder you with 
 poison. The police will pauper Mrs. , {the butter woman,) We'd mur- 
 der you if we sodomited you. By the H S , the Roman priests 
 
 gave him poison. Doctor (a papist apothecary) 
 
 with the Roman priests. The wicked Roman priests would have sodomited 
 you. They're insane till they martyr you. We'll hunt the protestant 
 thieves of the world. We'd have sodomited you only for the Protestant 
 thieves of the world. We're cracked with policemen. God help you, you 
 respectable Orangeman, you're most unfortunate with your party. We'll 
 curse him over to Paris. Miss - - - - - is to trick you to - - . . 
 your * * * * *. Can't you d^strot your Protestants, and we'll 
 
 GET you £1000 ayear. i * ( i 
 
 your 
 
 in 
 
 (a papist 
 
 diynitary). It is well known we kip and destroy the Protestants all over the 
 city. We're to * » * * you with a policeman. Worthy Orange martyr, 
 
 you'll something this evening. We're insaned with blackguard policemen. 
 
 The police will sodomy a rascal. We'll * * « « your ***** in a 
 policeman. You ruffian, you've ruined my party. Bloody hell's flames to 
 your soul. We'll * * * * you with sodomy. They'll destroy you with the 
 
 Bishop of P . They'll « « « « your * ♦ * * « in sodomy. The 
 
 police kipped Miss « * « *. Could we destroy you ? The police 
 
 are destroying my paupers. We're to chat you over. Let him alone. Pau- 
 pers will pauper you . He'd have <«<»«<< jq^ ^^^^ 
 
 sodomy. We see you're a gentleman, too respectable to * * * * with sodomy. 
 
 The policemen's hearts are broken. {a hired papist sodomite) would 
 
 hare physiced him in them coffee-rooms till they impotented him. They kipped 
 him with poison. There'll be a general search for arms. There'll be paupers 
 sent to pauper you to P . We have a heinous party. Suck my 
 
 ♦ «««_..« i. The ruffian is wicked. We thought we'd sodomy him. 
 We have foolish paupers will sodomy you. The ruffian has a little property 
 
 She'll kip you with sodomy in . {England). We're insane till we 
 
 destroy you. We'll kip you with paupers every where. We must pauper him 
 
 We have libertine paupers. We'll * * * * you in P . We're to bo 
 
 to hell to * • « * your *****, ^vhat will you do wten we sodomite 
 
 you. will sodomite you. We pursued you in Youghal, so help me 
 
 heavens. We're lo * * * * your ***** all the way to p 
 
 There's a magistrate to be *««*«* * over to sodomite with you. Mr! 
 
 S , he's a worthy villain— won't * • « « your coffee-rooms. We'll 
 
 * • * * your poverty all over the world. GenUewoman is coming to you. 
 Paupers say, as sure as there's a God in heaven, she's coming to you. She's 
 cracked with your letters. We'll * « * * your coffee-rooms with somethmg 
 this very night She's coming to Clogher you. Them thieves thought they'd 
 trap you to say you * * * * * « * iHth the Duke of Cumberland. Take 
 
 care, (a hired papist sodomite) < « « * < i < you with guilty 
 
 paopers. He ftbricated. By C , hell poison some one. * DamnaUou to 
 
 you, if we ***** < your little property, we'd hare ruined a desperate 
 
H 
 
 Si 
 
 
 I 
 
 ^ 26 
 
 Orangemao. —-(^ hired papist sodomite) will pursue you and phyric 
 
 you every uhere You'll martyr us. (a hired papistldo^te)^^!^ 
 
 h A.J • ^''^ "^^^ '^^°"^^- (« hi^'<i Jx^Pi^t sodomite) 
 
 kT~ .K u"f° '° '^'■^«' »' ^^elve o'clock at nightT in a iraSen 
 
 before the whole neighbourhood and the police witnesses. JLlZj (f ^^ 
 
 teitant) was a witness. They thought they'd hare < 
 sodomy. (« hired papist sodomite) b d the 
 
 * you with 
 whore the 
 
 ( ( ( ( ( 
 
 next morning. He would have ruined a worthy Orangeman. If we * « 
 
 CLvTfT^'/''^ '"'" ' * * ' * * * you up to heS's flame.. 
 We have fabrications to pauper you. There is paupers prompting me. Sir 
 leave an infamous) neighbourhood. Kiss my * • « * We haveT npw. 
 
 paper would have b d you to hell's flames, only that *Mis8 1 * °^?i 
 
 -—- yith Sir . Take care of H , he's a wicked Roman. 
 
 The worthy Orangewoman will * ' * ^vou with something. I'd give j^l^ 
 we never pursued him with sodomy. The Catholics are cursed with^he thie^ 
 
 Of- Them infamous f g s would have Cloghered him. C 
 
 ^r"TZv'lT'^\ * * * you ,»ith sodomy. Go away or we'll sodomite 
 Mr F— ^ ^'''' *''°'^ ^""^ "" ''^^"' ^^^ ^^^^^ ""^^'"^ "^^^ 
 
 Friday.—" I'm belted to pursue you by the policemen. They'd have so- 
 domited you. They're paupers with ........ siomy You 
 
 must know they'll martyr you. They would have his nam 
 
 phlets at Mr. Purdon's. Them thieves (two papiHs) would have^ . 
 
 ;«:«.r - y«" ^\\^ bestial sodomy. We're to take you over. We're to insane 
 
 a gentlewoman. We hope she ivont . - - - with you. By the H S . 
 
 the police will kip her. She must know that we'd ruin her with sodomy, so help 
 me heavens. If you pursue us, we'll massacre you. We're to - - - . vou 
 with vagabond sodomites. If we could * * « ' your Protestant party, there', 
 paupers would insane you. ' • « * them rips of bloody hell. We'^^to* « 
 you with paupers. We're to destroy your property. They're to* « < « 
 a policeman to the A- G 's. A foolish iartyr. ^Your party * ' 
 
 v;»o . f cc \,. ^' ^^® ^*°' *° '*^'e *»»™ out of this country. 
 
 Kiss my* ' * * . My * * « * will prosecute you. ' * * * your « * « 
 
 »,vi,!5 ' ^??®*' ^i?- ^^' damnation to you, if we paupered you, your 
 wicked pamphlets would « * * * your * * « * Mn hell's flames We 
 thought we could « * ' him with whoredom, sodomy, or poison. It', your 
 kip-keepers. You'll derange your party. Go to hell. You've ruined my pLy. 
 We 11 put you somewhere. We'll destroy you with kip-keepers. We're L 
 
 wicked as hell to sodomite you. So help me heavens. Doctor -- (a papist 
 
 dm^tary) will pursue you and destroy you. We'll massacre your paupfrsV- 
 
 We ye ruined Mr. T - s to pursue you. He'U ' « * * your Dauners 
 
 Bell pursue you till your unfortunate woman will be martyred. We have a 
 hells flames apothecary to sodomite him. Mr. T s would have * * * 
 
 c « i i\ \ \ * * i.V***^omj- The Romans would give him £1000 if ho 
 „ y°'^ w'th sodomy. They did * * * » with him. That's a 
 
 ?^u T Sr7h''i'* ^^"'.^^°'*°' 'I'^y'^ '"i° yo"- They have paupers will ruin 
 you. Lord help.you, sir, with that C rascal. Doctor - kip. 
 
 ThTv Z '^t"^; .^.^^ ^^^ '"''^ °' ^^^ "8^t °° '^« ^^^^ priesthood. 
 They have sodomited their party. They'll* « « ' you with paupers as sure 
 
 as you go to P . Qh, by the H S 1-, he's L eiSerLnced 
 
 ZtZT\l ,^^*°8^ --*^^- We'd like you if you turned RoLTca hoTic: 
 
 Let me talk to you, Mrs . You * * * « « « < your * * « "in 
 
 .odomy with Mr. . to * « * « the Orange martyr. We'll * « * ° 
 
 Jbim with a policeman. You must know that we'll ruin your party. 
 
 ruffian, of hell's flame.. The Catholics would ' • < . your policy I! 
 — (a hired papal sodomite) jou see we're destroyed with you. fhe 
 
 policemen say we're to track and murder him. We were to poi.on ^him if « 
 
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 belted him out of his property. We're to * ' * ' his girl, to .odomite him. 
 We're to * * * 'his property. If you go by Wale* we'll murder you. By 
 
 the H S , the policemen will murder you, they'll martyr you — a pau* 
 
 pered, skilful Orangeman. Something will be done to * * * * his < < < « < 
 
 over again. We'll < < « * him with sodomy. The A G will 
 
 an infamous sodomite of 
 
 (to a papist whore) 
 
 (a 
 
 ( ( ( ( ( c 
 
 you bloody 
 * your * * 
 We'll break 
 
 blazes. 
 
 you with a policemen. We'll 
 I wish we had paupered him with sodomy. 
 
 hold your prate, or we'll murder you, we can sodomy you with 
 hired Papist sodomite.) They'd have sodomised him with us if they • 
 
 his pamphlets. By the H^— S , I'll « < < « with you, 
 
 Orangeman. We'll physic your party. If we could * * * 
 ***.**** the mountains of Wales. We'll sodomite you. 
 his heart. You have a blackguard party. You'll curse * * * * * in that 
 whore's * * * * . We must trick you out of them coffee-rooms. You ought 
 
 to* * « *your* * * * *withO — . He thought he'd kip you with 
 
 Mrs. F . If we * * * * you over to P , they'd Clogher you 
 
 with a policeman. Sir wants you over. He must be ruined some way 
 
 or another. So help me God, (a hired Papist sodomite) will pursue 
 
 you while you have your bloody property. The Catholic policemen will* * * * 
 you with sodomy. You have a bloody hell's flames party. So help 
 me God, they'd have * « * * « « * you with paupers. We're to poison you 
 home to hell's flames. We did pursue him to * * * * his policy, so help me 
 heavens. The Roman priesthood would have ruined you. - (a hired 
 
 papist sodomite) will ruin you with sodomy if you publish the Popish party. So 
 help me God, we'll derange you with Catholics. We'd have ruined your* * * < « 
 with sodomy. Could you < « * « with paupers ? I know you have paupen 
 
 there pursuing you to pauper you. By J C , we're sodomites as well 
 
 I'll « < < < your party. We're to pauper you. * « < < my 
 * *. Get a policeman and charge us with wicked sodomy. 
 « « * « my * * * * *. We'll * * « * you with sodomy in a house of 
 
 blazes. We're to blast you over to P . We're wicked villains would 
 
 sodomite him in P . We'll « < « « you over to C , to sodo- 
 mite you there. (a hired papist sodomite) took his oath he'd sodomite 
 
 you. We'll destroy a respectable Orangeman. Bloody hell to your party. 
 We'd have destroyed your party if you* « « < < < * with sodomy. 
 
 as your party. 
 
 t « < ( C ( 
 
 We'll 
 
 you 
 
 with something. 
 
 We're unfortunates. ■ (o hired 
 
 papist sodomite) will * * « * you in sodomy. We'll * * * * a woman hater. 
 We're to ruin your <«*<<»< 'party somewhere. Them whore, 
 would bilk you over. They'd « « ' * your little property. They'd pauper a 
 geuUeman. Tlfey're destroyed by you. 
 
 Saturday—** It's your abilities will pursue you. Mr. 
 
 sodomited you for Sir . He'd have 
 
 for Sir —. We're cracked with your pamphlet We thought P 
 
 would have * . . - - - •' 
 
 with Mrs. 
 
 would haye 
 with pauper. 
 
 with a pauper. There's a policeman over you 
 Them paupers would • « • • you with sodomy. She 
 wants to charge him with Cloghering her, so help me heavens She would 
 charge you with sodomy. We know they've paupers. We're wicked 
 
 paupers and ^ve'd pursue them paupers over after him. (a 
 
 Papist dignitary) has £3000 for you, and there's wicked pauper, has 
 £1000 for you. We'll pursue you to murder you some where— to poison you 
 some where. We'll crown you with them paupers. You're cursed by paupew. 
 
 You're to 
 
 physic yourself to * 
 
 my 
 
 Miss 
 
 Hold your prate, you're to 
 with sodomy. Miss- will 
 
 you with sodomy. We'd have ruined him with sodomy only the 
 magistrates would'nt swear the informations. We are paupers by the Prote. 
 tant party. We'd have ***»«« you with paupers. We'll torment him 
 till he * ♦ « « « with Doctor (a papist dignitary) a O 
 
 :M 
 
28 
 
 i • papist leader). So help me God 
 The Bishop of .. 
 
 I 
 
 
 — ; — Jifts ;fl000 8-jear. Kiss ray 
 
 'you with £l000Vy;ar:'T7orl%'TCtLmln ^*"P" ^.^"!f^^ *^ 
 * * in sodomv wJr^i- • ^^^V ,8®°"eman— we've ruined jour 
 
 devil, round abo^r/ou/yruK heuffl """ P""?""- ^"^ have 
 
 They'd ' ' ' < vou ,^th A'd ''?°".' P*"?"' '" P»"P« }<""• 
 
 ■ Pro.estant. Ha's ^ru!ued wiiiTTZlJ'* cTi /'^'"""■J')- He's a .kilful 
 
 ing. F —y !,«« ruined —_r7„i~n; "^ " <J"'™ved wilh pl.y.ic' 
 
 sodomite) **<<«« i ,„o ™uu ec""*^"^fn« — - (a A»/«c; papist 
 
 rmitu » I ». , *"® ^'^" sodomy. He had vou < < « . t T^ 
 
 pauper and ruin .he^re- J^.L"" U.^— DublTn' Ih"? r"""^;. '^'"'''' 
 men of Dublin would have • ' • • '•'v^!, „i^h a ^^'}'"^'^' and gentle, 
 would have vou < < < < . . ,.,. J »""'"' »?'>»"'y. because 
 
 talk about listening to kip e:.pres«ons in"!""^";;^"*'"* "*■ ^"^ «•''"'«' 
 /oolishly believed what , e satd of vou Thtl-J' 1° ".'■«'^-''««"»« 'hey 
 you over out of this Its vonr l,°h.r.r' • r"" ''° '""' ^o"- ^«'" belt 
 iiU be done today. If C „l"'CaS"ht bean 1p°"" """ ^■""""""^ 
 
 PiKTY OBT OP THIS COtJNTRY YnniTtllV fl .^^ "^ CORSINO rODR 
 
 .on.e.h,ng. You have The Jp"rit of all the lorir'w'e'7;; ""' P""".^ >-" "'* 
 throat when we sodomited in vonr .„«•.! S*. ""'"«'" ^'"' <■ "="' ?«»' 
 
 by the H s- wJ ™ff«-room8. We're a scandalous party 
 
 Ja„-y„„r party woinrhavT;;:suTt;"Th:tTb"- '""''"' "" '"'«'»' 
 
 ;:tr;„f'"^e'CrJKu '"-^^^^^^^^ ■ ; • • * '^o-""" 
 
 We'd HAVE RUINED T.,EPAHTr Sol^'f^'l I p""'^ ""' "^"'^'''^ J'"' 
 
 Its your heirs dances ahiliti^rt"; „f, ?" /"I'^f.^'r^vr'^T "^'""^r 
 J»v^ear we'll murder you. _ What'lU do to pauper'7ourp"o;:,ty7^.- ."^T 
 
 wed sodomy him. We'll **<<».«: • « « < 
 
 COUNTRY. We'll* « * « his OnA^r-^ « *^ ''^^^^ ^^'^ ^^^^ the 
 
 Would they could have sodomiied vou Wp'M. * a gentleman, 
 
 voman. She'd have massacied von vv P""»e you to an unfortunate 
 
 well as the Catholics rr:' r^-,^\t.r P"'r^"? ''' ^^^ Protestants as 
 martyred. By the H S - geniieman. Look upon you— a sensible. 
 
 You're ruined in the city of Duhlin' t .* A?"^ ' ' * * * in my « • « «. 
 don't give you your pSo'l'l^eTu^sue yorto^^' ^°"' t ''.''j' '"T 
 So help me God, we're most unfortun^ to ~~ yt ''"''"' 'T'I'^^ 
 sodomy. House of blazes—* * * . thai wom.n w 'X i^ ' * m - 
 
 ble martyred Orangeman. So heln »,. ^J'^ "''"' ^e 11 destroy a respecta. • 
 iliusl destroy him. Your pamnhW* T n ' ^'^ P^'P^^ Sodomite) 
 
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 Woman,* She is a libertine, a most unfortunate libertine. We're unfortnuates 
 
 We'll* * * * your J C . Damn your soul, we're unfortunate. 
 
 We thought we'd destroy you with paupers. We're ruined with that pamphlet. 
 Bo you hear me, Sir. If you publish that pamphlet, we'll pursue you with 
 arsenic. The police are to ruin you to poverty. Sir has the 'police- 
 men to ' * * * you over. We'll pursue you till we heart break you. B , 
 
 we'll ' < < < you home to ■ ■ ■ • street. We're unfortunates. We're 
 
 ruined. The police rascals won't pursue you, but the Catholics will pursue 
 you. So help me heavens, we'll massacre you. (twelve o'clock at night)' We'll 
 
 pursue you to pauper you. We'll pauper your Miss <*€««, 
 
 * * your ***** in paupers. His heart's broken. His 
 * won't * * 5 *. We'll sodomite him. Quit that woman. Take 
 
 W^e'll * 
 
 € ( C 
 
 care. 
 < ( 
 
 They'll sodomy you wilh paupers. Kiss my 
 
 you over. Sir 
 
 We're to 
 want's to poison you, so help me heavens. 
 We're destroyed with her. Kiss my * 
 
 ( « ( 
 
 ( ( 
 
 t ( 
 
 for 
 
 We'll destroy a bloody gentleman 
 
 We'll physic you with paupers. We're destroying your unfortunate * 
 
 to send you to P . We're unfortunate Catholics. By J C 
 
 we'll ruin his little property. The Bishop of would have you * 
 
 your ***** in Miss c « c < «, she'll sodomite you 
 
 Sir — , She «<«<<«< ^rith paupers. You'll pauper us with 
 
 them people. We've to have you paupered. We'll stop till he goes to his 
 wicked bed. You fancy bugger. You unfortunate sodomite, we'll belt you 
 
 over. * t t t jjjm ^^jjjj sodomy. If sodomy won't pauper you 
 
 (to <i hired papist sodomite) will pursue you till vour heart's broken. We're 
 wicked. Kiss my < * * *. Let him alone. We'll * • ' < him with them 
 paupers. We'd have destroyed a spirited Orangewoman. To hell with 
 YOUR Orangewomen. They'll < * < « you with paupers. We'd have 
 destroyed a gentleman if he had'nt sent over a letter. We're insaned to 
 
 * * * * him with sodomy. By J C , we're insane martyrs. If you 
 
 publish that pamphlet take care of your life and property. We're destroyed 
 with thieves of policemen, if we don't persevere. They're* to murder you with 
 
 paupers. By the H S , the Papists will pursue you. We're 
 
 destroyed with your policy. We're to kip you all over the world. We'll 
 
 destroy your policy. We'll sodomite yoa 
 your property. So help me heavens. 
 
 you 
 in P- 
 
 We're ruined by 
 
 — (a hired papist sodomite) gave 
 him some arsenic in two or three houses. We pursued him with poison to 
 make him a Roman Catholic, We gave him poison to try to make him im- 
 potent. We'll ' « < « your impotence. We've cursed you with Doctor 
 (a Papist apoihecarij). We're to go to hell's flames. We're to mur- 
 der you. The police would have sodomited you for Sir 
 
 Sunday, — ** 
 
 (a hired Papist sodomite) ' 
 
 with Mrs. 
 
 and get them to put poison in your soda-water. Them wicked 
 
 paupers of are poisoning you every where. That libertine whore of 
 
 She * « 
 He's h 
 
 (England) would have ruined you with sodomy. She's a libertine, 
 ' ' ' * with Sir ^. We have authority for saying that. 
 
 — ed with policemen. The police are blackguards. They're hunting 
 
 you with them thieves. Worthy gentlewoman would < » « < with 
 
 you. The police would have **«•*<* a spirited sodomite. Suck 
 my * * * * *. We're to belt you with paupers all ovjr the world. The 
 police would destroy a spirited Orangeman. VVe'll destroy you till your heart's 
 broken. We'll destroy a gentleman. Kiss my * * * *— * * * «. We're 
 to sodomite you. Sir ' will « < « < you over. We'll < « * < 
 your impotence with . Take care of ^^ (a hired Papist Sodo- 
 mite). Hell poison you with something that will sodomite you with kip- 
 keepers. Your spirit will be broken if we sodomite you. We're ius{\.ned with 
 your property. We'd * * < < you with thieves of the world. We'll * « * * 
 you with paupers. You'll * ' • * my * * ' * — < * ♦ *. We'd have 
 
 paupered your property, (a hired Papist sodomite) is paupered. 
 
 He'd hare bcUowscd you-over to and sodomited you there. You'rt 
 
30 
 
 my 
 
 to be ruined by him. Kiss voy * . a. u 
 
 a hired Papist sodomite,) pays us our wages. He receives the money ftomlhe 
 
 A n. The of the society is pursuing you. 
 
 (a hired papist sodomite)' They'd have destroyed you in Limerick with paupers 
 •even years since. If we insaned him there's paupers would have physiced 
 him. We'be to kill your bloody Protestant thieves all over 
 THIS CITY. There's bestial ruffians would have * * « « » « « you with 
 paupers. You're to » * ♦« my «***—'***. Its hell's flames Mr. 
 
 S has us employed as well as the Romans. Take care, if we * 
 
 you with sodomy, we'll murder you. If they send away the -thieves, 
 
 we'll pursue that kip of blazes to sodomite you. (a Papist hired 
 
 Modomite) and the whore are Roman Catholics. By the holy heavens, 
 
 we can't * <« * his * * * * * with antimony. There's twice as much 
 blackguarding of a Sunday because you're religious. We'll « * * * your 
 hell's flames property. We're to * * * * your * • • * * in bloody hell's 
 
 flames Mrs. . The police are charging you. The police are to crack 
 
 you with paupers. , kip with him. Let me in to him. Its the 
 
 spirito you have. We're going to hell's flames to ruin your policy. We'll des- 
 troy your parts of generation. You're wicked since they tried to sodomite you. 
 
 By C , we'll * < < ' your < < * » « in sodomy. {a hired 
 
 Papist sodomite) \a to svretiryovi* « < c « i « your * « * * * in sodomy. 
 Till we * * * * your < < « < « there's no ho with you. We're pursuing you 
 to sodomite you. What will you do when you'll be paupered. We're to sodo- 
 
 mite you. By the H S , we'll pursue the bloody, outrageous to 
 
 * * * * his <««<*, We'll « * * * you over to somewhere or another 
 
 to poison you. We'll « < < « your pension. Miss—- * * ', *, ! 
 
 will up to hell's flames. The magistrates are sodomites till we 
 
 your with sodomy. The ruffian would destroy me with — . It« 
 
 your foolish, unfortunate, party will * * * * you are to that libidinous wo- 
 man. She'll pauper you. She'll < * * * with you and we'll pauper you. 
 
 — (o hired papist sodomite) will pursue you over to ~, and we 11 
 
 pauper you. We gave her money, and she'll sodomite you. Its well known 
 
 she was;to sodomite you. We'll sodomite wicked J H n, as soon as 
 
 you • * * « my wicked party with sodomite pamphlet. Take care of kip- 
 
 '-- - some where or another. 
 
 unfortunate woman of 
 
 ^_..y.-,.„, (a hired Papist sodomite). We'll* * * * 
 
 (a hired Papist sodomite) over to pursue that unfortunate woman. 
 He's to * ♦ « < with her. We've unfortunate sodomites. We paupered 
 
 {a hired papist sodomite). He thought he'd * * * *y°"^,^^^f< 
 
 year. They're desperate people — unfortunate with sodomy. If you * 
 
 with those notorious women of they d have sodomited you. We 
 
 must ruin your property. The A has £300 a year to indemnify you. 
 
 They'd have sodomised and murdered you. Doctor (a papist dtgni^ 
 
 tary) hfia £\000 a year for you. The policemen swear your pamphlet will 
 murder you. The police are going to hell's flames to ♦ * * * his * * • * * 
 
 in sodomy. Suck my * * * ' my * * * *. I wish to J C , 
 
 you'd <*»*<<< your ***** in sodomy. Clogher with my 
 
 keei^ers. So help me heavens, theyll destroy you 
 We'll « < « « with them. We're to destroy your 
 — (England) with " ' ^ 
 
 in 
 
 . We see you wont * < * * your * * * 
 {a hired papist sodomite). We're destroyed by insaning your * * * * • m 
 (a papist dignitary). Your Protestants are unfortunate if 
 
 WE ****** * YOUR * « < * * IN PAUPERS. We'D HAVE * * * 
 
 TBEM OVER. Your guiltv kip-keepers, the Protestants, would 
 
 totheA-l— -G 's. * * * *your* * * * * 
 
 - (a papist dignitary). The Protestants will be paupered if you 
 
 don't * < « * with the A G . Hold your prate, we're to cut 
 
 your* * « * < offyQU. If we could pauper you, we'd massacre you with 
 sodomy. We'll massacre your Protestants. Wed have dbstroybd 
 tour infamous party, if we ****** ' your ***** in 
 iODOMY. Thepolice would give £1000 to sodomite you. You're to * * 
 
 < ( { 
 « < ( ( 
 
 have * * * 
 in — 
 
 31 
 
 yonr* * * * ' in M . We're to encourage you to . That 
 
 foolish rip would have sodomited you. Doctor (o papist dignitary) 
 
 got you poisoned. There's laudanum and antimony in your soda-water. We'll 
 
 • * * * your * * * * * in sodomy some where or another is 
 
 to ruin you. so help me heavens. We've destroyed a gentleman, by the H 
 
 S . You're cursed with the blazes of hell after you. We're unfortunate 
 
 paupers. God help you, we're going to try to pauper you. We have a wicked 
 party. 
 
 Thursday.—** * * * * my * 
 We're ruined with you, O- 
 
 < 
 
 We're libertine thieves. 
 
 We know it's not publishing that pamplilet 
 
 would sodomite the' country. We know he wants to stop the sodomiting of the 
 country. The Roman priesthood are hunting him these twenty years. They'd 
 have made a bishop of him. Doctor Doyle would cut his throat if he saw him 
 turn Roman. They poisoned Doctor when he said he'd turn Protes- 
 tant. Everv word of ours that you're writing will poison you. We'll * * * < 
 YOUR libertine PARTY. You're deranging a geuUewoman. ' * * * my 
 
 < i t t t < ( t , You'll << * * my * * * * — < * * * . Pro- 
 
 testants, sodomite him.' Your * * * • my * * * « woman will Clogher you. 
 
 We thought to * * * * you up to Castle-street. is poisoning you 
 
 as well as the Romans, because they'd have sodomited you. He must be mar- 
 tyred in Castle-green. Your sense will sodomy the country. We're deranged 
 till you sodomy with some woman. We'll get some rip will Clogher you. We 
 
 have bloody hell's flames. O^ , there's paupers will go to hell's flames 
 
 to poison him. If we * * * * * ' * the Ribbonmen, they'd massacre him. 
 
 O , you're ruined. If they* « « * * * * your £20. they'd massacre 
 
 you. Bv the H S , we have a wicked party. By the H 
 
 G '-, we have a wicked party. They're insane with sodomy. O , 
 
 we're ruined. We must insane him with something. I know the thief has a 
 little talker, a rip with him, and she'd pursue him to martyr him. We'd go to 
 
 hell to Pharisee him. Can't you * * * * with him, O ? Parsley 
 
 Cpoison) him, pauper him. We'd * * * * his tongue off" him. Cut off your 
 
 ***** and • < * « with Doctor (a papist dignitary.) We're 
 
 insane to see you sodomised by somebody. We'd go to hell s flames to 
 * * * * YOUR PARTY OUT OF THIS COUNTRY. We'll martyr him. There's 
 policemen to murder us the very moment he's sodomised. Hold your prate, 
 you rascal. We want to sodomy you before that paipphlet is printed. By 
 
 (a Protestant.) Mrs. 
 
 v^ , we'd have paupered you with 
 
 -, (a Protestant) would have * « » * « 
 ***** her 
 
 * your property. If you 
 
 the police would have given them jg3000. 
 
 * * * your property. 
 ( ( < { ( « « <_ 
 
 had* . . 
 
 The police are unfortunate by your property. We're to * 
 
 O , you're to * * * * your * * * * * in my 
 
 He'll massacre us. Bv the H G , we're paupers, sir. < « « • 
 
 his blazes of hell party. To hell with you till we sodomite you. Doctor 
 
 W wouldn't have <<<<«*• you with sodomy. His heart's 
 
 breaking. We've libertine thieves policying you out of this country. Mr. 
 O , he thinks the A p of D would policy him with some- 
 thing. We swore we'd ruin you something. Clogher your rip in 
 
 (England.) You may * * * * with her * * • «. We're paupered till you're 
 
 sodomised. You'ro insaned with them. C , we're insane till they sodomy 
 
 you. By the H G , the policemen * < * < * * * him with , 
 
 but the magistrates wouldn't Pharisee him. Doctor , pauper him 
 
 some way. Can't you * * * * him, sir ? Can't you * * * * his £bO a year ? 
 My heart's broken. After they * * < * him with sodomy, he'll be paupered. 
 
 Doctor , can't you pursue him ? We've sworn we'll * < * • him 
 
 with M (a Papist.) Mr. D (a Papist), would have kippM him 
 
 in hell. I warn you, he's a paupered by your <«<«•<*« 
 
 party. We're unfortunate by * * * * my * * * * women. Ifwedontstop 
 
 him, take care, I warn you till M * * * * * with his * * « * *. 
 
 I'd swear the grocer ruined you something in the ginger beer. 
 
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 He's a Roman. He'll biassacre your Protestants. By the H-*— S— — , 
 we're cracked with the Protestants. We'd have sworn they'd have sodomised a 
 wretched Protestant. If we ' • * » the kip my < * * * whores, they'll 
 massacre you. Can't you « ' * • with my ' ♦ ♦ « ? We'll bellows you 
 somewhere. If he hadn't some little property, we'd « < * * him in housei 
 of blazes. What will we do with the Protestants ? If we pauper him in house* 
 of blazes, they'll Pharisee liim, they'll ruin him. We'll » * * * her with an 
 Orange martyr. The Romans would have sodomised you with every one of 
 
 your paupers. Your paupers wont sodomite you. By the H S , 
 
 his paupers wont sodomite him. If we had <**<**«< * his £60 a year. 
 
 She (Mrs. xM )* » * » « with ■ (a hired Papist sodomUe.) 
 
 He is a fancy bugger and a Roman from ^1 So help me God, Mr. 
 
 S would have sodomised you. We're to * * * * his Cloghers. Go 
 
 down stairs, Airs. , you spend too much time in that libertine thief 
 
 (a Papist) room. 
 
 the Protestants R S 
 
 S . He is tiie tool of 
 
 M 
 
 Mrs. M 
 
 — the 
 
 Sir . 
 
 * * * with a mortal enemy to 
 S. is in combination with Mr. 
 By the H S >, Mrs. 
 
 (a Protestant) would have * 
 blazes. She'd have ruined you in her 
 
 ***** with my party. By the H 
 
 you. Look on you, them C ns are to 
 
 with your paupers. We dont want Mrs. M 
 
 because the street thieves are sworn to ruin a 
 
 over to England. Notorious — , (a Papist hired sodomite) has run away. 
 
 ****** you in her house of 
 
 house of blazes. Mrs. M 
 
 S , she'd ruin and pauper 
 
 pauper you. We'd * * < « you 
 
 ■ to ruin and pauper him, 
 
 rascal. We're to sodomite him 
 
 Notorious 
 You're to 
 
 kip his 
 
 (a Papist hired sodomite) has sworn to sodomite with you. 
 
 You'll kip with me. 
 (a Papist hired sO' 
 
 * — your 8* • • 
 
 * *. You're to sodomv 
 
 Suck my 
 
 domite.) We can't sodomy him with (a Papist hired sodomite) su long 
 
 as you're not deranged. We thought we'd derange him with poison. We'd 
 
 have* i * t t t < you with Doctor , the magit^trate. We'd have 
 
 ******* you with your turdy party. They're to * * ' * you over. 
 We thought we'd have deranged you with sodomy. We have a hell's flames 
 
 city, vve MUST beggar your Protestant party. By the H S , 
 
 if we* * "* * your ' * * * *, we'll sodomite yon. Curse on your Pro- 
 testants. Curse on your perseverance. I warn you we're to t d your 
 
 kips. If we sodomised you, we'd have ripped you open. We are sodomites, 
 we're a wicked, hell's flames party. We know it's most disgraceful in the 
 public streets of Dublin. We'll shout you over half the world. The priests 
 can sodomy you everywhere. We have a wicked Roman priesthood — they are 
 sodomiting the country. Gentleman, you're ruined if we sodomite you with a 
 
 kip. We'd have ruined your thieves of Protestants. (a 
 
 Protestant) is cracked with the poisoning. We'd have thrown you over the 
 LiflTey wall. The ruffian O had you poisoned. We're sworn to des- 
 troy the Protestants. If we could have* ♦ < < < « the Protestant 
 
 party, we'd have sodomited you. By the H S , his sense will ruin 
 
 him. If you take tea water, they'll < « < « you blazes of hell poison. Your 
 
 courage will murder you. Bloody is poisoning you. We'll < « * « 
 
 you by Mrs. (a Protestant.) We could swear your policy will murder 
 
 you something. He's going to take tea this morning. He has the courage of 
 
 half the world. By the H 
 
 we 
 
 a policeman 
 
 to poison a bloody thief of the world. If we sodomised you. 
 
 with 
 
 we'd panic- strike you. We must sodomite you out of your Cloghered party. 
 If you have given them paupers notice to quit, they'd < * * < your < < * « « 
 
 in hell's flames. We'd parishine him if we sodomised him. By the H 
 
 S , we'll parishine (bastardize) the Protestants. There's libertine 
 
 thieves would parishine a respectable, to * * * * your little property. We'd, 
 insane you by laudanum. Take care, so help me heavens, they'd Pharisee you 
 out of that little money. You have more sense than half your thieves of Pro- 
 testants. We'd have bilked your property. We're cursed with (a 
 
 Protestant.) He's taking poison. O , he's such a persevering ruffiaa 
 
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 we'll martyr him something. If you * < < < the Protestants, we'll martyr him 
 
 something. If we * • * ' * • ' his-t ds, so help me God, there's a 
 
 policeman in the street you're living in to ' * • * with sodomy. That C 
 
 whore. We're vowed to sodomite you. Clogher your people. Clogher your 
 
 * * * * * in (a papist bishop.) Doctor — — will < ' « < you 
 
 something. Take care of them Cliftons. The police will ruin us with a worthy 
 
 Protestant. He has hell flames spirit. That scut would have murdered 
 
 you. He'd have ruined you with sodomy. Popery and its beastly instruments, 
 we'll ruin you for that word. The policemen are ruining your property. It's 
 
 's servant woman would have Cloghered you and paupered you. Take 
 
 care of Barnwell. William Kelly is gone away. He has such a powerful party. 
 Take care of William Cheek and Katty Owens. We're infamous street thieves 
 to pauper him. You've broke the heart of them thieves. We've vil- 
 lainous priesthood. They'll hell's flames your party. We're to * * * * 
 your t ds and murder you. * < * < t « 4 < (a^o/^s/an/) was watch- 
 ing in ■ street and in when we sent {a papist hired sodomite) 
 
 after you to sodomite with you. ((a second hired papist sodomite) was in 
 
 to sodomite with you. By J C , we thought them paupers 
 
 * you laudanum sufficient, that we could deny our words and 
 
 ( < 
 
 contradict * ' 
 
 You'd be murdered, if they sodomised. O 
 
 * (a protestant.) My curse on * 
 
 It (((((< 
 
 ( ( 
 
 ( ( < ( 
 
 » 
 
 * " him the £3000. 
 I know vou will have 
 
 There's a policeman to ' ' • » your 
 
 bloody hell's flames in the next house of blazes you go to. We can't stand 
 
 you, you respectable, ruined. We'd have paupered you. Curse Henry 
 
 P e. We're to policy him over. Half the world is bellowsed by the Roman 
 
 policemen. You've cleared your character by the sending the fancy sodomites 
 after you. Gentleman, that's an unfortunate bloody ruffian — an unfortunate 
 fancy sodomite. I know we have blazes of hell. If we cracked him, we'd have 
 bloody hell's flames. We've an unfortunate city. We'll have hell's blazes 
 till we pauper the Protestant party. We're to insane you by Protestant 
 
 thieves of the world. There's b es would ' ' < * you something only we'd 
 
 Mrs. M- 
 
 « ( < 
 
 * you over the Lifl'ey wall. We'd 
 
 )mething only 
 (a protestant) to 
 
 martyr you. Them bloody thieves are half insane to Clogher you, so help me 
 
 heavens. We didn't take away 's bottles (poisoned soda-water,) it was 
 
 's. 's bottles would have sodomised and shot you. The 
 
 police are insane till Mrs. will Clogher you. It's wicked Roman 
 
 prieste policy. They'd give £50.000 or .i^ 100 000 to sodomite him. F 
 
 would gallows you £1000. We * * * • ** him with M K and 
 
 gave him £50. We'd have * * * * * < * you with Mr. G y. We'd 
 
 have t * t I t I i yQj^ ^itjj Captain L d. We'd have <»»«*.< 
 
 you with Mr. H s of C street. You have bloody hell's flames 
 
 spirit. So help me heavens, we'd <<»<<<« a policeman to sodomy 
 your box of papers. The policemen are going to hell's flames. We must com*, 
 mit a robbery. If we * * * ' * < a policeman, they'd sodomy you. So 
 help me heavens, we're paupered by your party. We're ruined till we sodomy 
 
 Mr. £50 to Clogher the pauper's property. Mr. — — — will martyr 
 
 you. Foolish did * * * ' you physic that would martyr you in the 
 
 blazes of hell if you stuck one i^pek to it. We're going away when we * * * 
 his property '" 'j '^ • » • « *. . 
 
 The 
 
 you. 
 i * 
 
 with 
 
 . We'd have ruined you in Commons-street, only we're to poison 
 police were to ruin you. We'll poison you some way. We're to 
 
 your 
 a gentleman. 
 
 * in my * 
 
 We're to * * * < Mr. S- 
 
 -n. 
 
 We're to destroy you 
 The police want her to 
 sodomy you. If it wasn't for the Protestants, we'd < « « « your * < < * < 
 in blazes of hell. We thought that bloody thief Cloghered you an emetic. So 
 help me heavens, you're poisoned. If we sodomised you, we'd Clogher 
 
 every* • < * « OF YOUR INSANE PARTY. Curse ou you , I'd havo 
 
 •worn you Cloghered him a powerful poison. We ***«<«<* them 
 paupers as much as £30 to poison him. We could have sworn we'd have so- 
 domited him. We have hell's blazes. Captain M will * « * * tnr 
 
 * * «•«««««. He'll* « « *myp»rty. We have sworn we'll pauper 
 
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 ! 
 
 I ■ 
 
 * him in the blazes of hell. We're to «' « » • your pro- 
 will martyr you. Mr. (a papist priest) what will you 
 
 you. We have sworn we'll palsy you. Take care of your property. My curs« 
 on your property. If we * « * < • * * « him property, they'd sodomite 
 him We'd' ' * . i-._ ._ .i.. v, ,,,. ^. ..•>..'. 
 
 peit. O 
 
 do ? * * • * a policeman. He'll sodomy your party. ' Can't you crack "the 
 
 ruffian ? We'd swear he's a sodomite. (a hired papist sodomite) would 
 
 martyr you only well destroy you with a girl. We've sworn we'll pauper you. 
 He's writing my bloody hell's liames expressions. The ruffian has the spirit of 
 
 3000 paupers. * * < * him Mr. ((a papM<;)n<?s/) sodomite him. He 
 
 says the Romans are sodomising the country. The truth you speak will sodomy 
 you. We'll gallows you «ilh paupers, Mr. Ryan. * * ** * your * * < * < 
 in a policeman. They'll « « * * you £50.000. Take care, you're to be poi- 
 soned. Bishop (a papist) will parsley you. He'll poison you. He'll 
 
 kip you. We'd have paupered you if your mother <*<<*<< ^\x\^ my, 
 party. Can't you murder your » « « * « and < « « * with my party. We'd 
 swear we'll paupor you by the police magistrates of Dublin. God help your 
 Protestants. They're murdered by a fancy sodomite. He is not a fancy sodo- 
 mite. We're destroyed by your pamphlets. We would have sodomised you 
 
 Pauper his* * * * *. We'll* ' ' * him with sodomy. Mr . (apo-* 
 
 lice maqistrate) that bloody thief is insaned by your policy. Could we * * * ' 
 hiru with sodomy ? We re destroyed by your property. We'd have convicted 
 you, you ruffian, if we had ••»«»*. jk)u with sodomy when you'd be 
 
 insaned wiih laudanum. Doctor , pauper him. So help me hea\ens, 
 
 if Me ' * * * a policeman, we'll sodomy you. We've sworn your honesty 
 will pauper you. We're gallowsed by your paupered party. We're to * ' " 
 
 your mother to ruin her child. » • • » your * * 
 to insane you if you reside in Paris. By the H 
 eaves-dropping in . Didn't you 
 
 in R y. We're 
 
 that's bloody 
 
 G 
 
 with my party 
 
 Be (a Protestant) sold his party for forty pounds. So help me God, wicked 
 
 " you'd have insaned him. would sodomy the whole world 
 
 by sodomying that unfortunate pauper. Paupering to your hell's flames pro- 
 perty. , you kissed my • • * «. So help me God, we have wicked 
 
 thieves. We're cracked paupering your party. That scut of a villain. 
 
 bim. 
 
 -, will pauper you. Mr. , we'll* 
 
 We'd bilk you over. By the H S- 
 
 * you something to sodomy 
 ^ — - , we'll pursue you with the 
 
 beastly instruments of Popery. The police are to sodomite you to Mr. E 
 
 L . O and M have to * * * * with your Protestant thieves 
 
 to pauper you some way or another. You'll get a notice we'll * « « « your 
 coftee-rooms and sodomy your * * * * — * * * *. If you « « * < your 
 *****, God help you, that will sodomite you. We'd half insane your 
 
 coffee-rooms. O knows that himself and some Protestants have acted 
 
 like vagabonds." 
 
 Friday,—** O , its you that's poisoning .. Wt have four 
 
 paupers that will murder you, Ryan. He is a sodomite. He's going to kip 
 your (O's) house of blazes. We're to insanity him, pursue him to hell's flames. 
 
 It was we spoke to W Y , and got him to break his agreement. 
 
 We'd have paupered your W G ^, O , we're unfortunate 
 
 till he's parsleyed {poisoned). Hold your prate, and we'll » < < < you with 
 your Broghillstown property. What will we do with his Broghillstown pro- 
 perty ? He has hell's flames property. Its your Broghillstown property that's 
 saving you. Or we'd « « « * your < * * « * in hell's flames poison. 
 
 We'd have finished you with Mrs. L- 
 
 -, only them 
 
 thieves 
 
 thought they'd Clogher you. Sir, we have a blackguard to Clogher you. ' 
 
 O , I wish we could put him out of the world. We have libertine 
 
 thieves. We have a bloody hell's flames party. We're to sodomy you. 
 
 O , we ought to get a gentleman to go to hell's flames to destroy • 
 
 puppy pauper that won't « « * « with sodomy. I tell you what it is, you're 
 taking deadly poison. They'll ruin you if they * « « « your <««<<, 
 One word from you would throw him over into the hiSej, They have paupers 
 
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 f. 
 
 «att pauper you. The Romans committed adultery with Mrs. L for a 
 
 sum of money. She'd have brought a felon charge of murder against you for 
 
 the Romans. Only you have some little property, by the H G , we'd 
 
 have paupered you to hell's flames, and ■ (a hired papist sodomite) 
 
 would have copulated with you with sodomy. Roman {the hired 
 
 papibt sodomite) is there listening to me in — — — — . He'd have <«*<<<« 
 
 you to blooily hell's flames. O , I warn you, that {the hired 
 
 papist sodutnit") « < * * < him poison, laudanum. We're to * * * * you 
 
 wiih O . {the hired papist sodomite) is in your employment 
 
 O , and that's the reason we n-aru you {the hired papist 
 
 sodomite) is in the priest's employment too — Bishop of ■ 
 
 O , you have fancy sodomites in your employment. O , we'll 
 
 insanity you. {to a hired papist son'omite) I wonder you don't murder 
 
 yourself. 
 
 o 
 
 If we * * * 
 
 I* thttt book we'll murder you, so help me heavens. 
 
 you'll sodomite my party. To hell with your property. Till we 
 trick you over, your life is saved. There's* paupers would go to hell. Mr 
 curse on your Cloghers, the Protestants. They've Cloghered the 
 Romans. That will « « * < you your property. That's a police ruffian. 
 
 Th«».y'd ruin you. He has an unfortunate <«<<«. q' , We'd 
 
 have sworn we'd curse you with sodomites. Until you can crack him, we're 
 insane to pauper him. II they had physiced him enough with laudanum, so 
 
 help me J C — -, they'd have * < * < < « thieves to ruin him. 
 
 O , you'll be paupered till you kill him. We'd have paupered 
 
 TOUR WICKED PrOTESTANT PARTY IF YOU HAD SODOMISED. We'd HAVE 
 HAD BLOODY HELL'S FLAMES TO ' * * * YOUR PrOTESTaNTS OCT OF THIS 
 
 COUNTRY. Its the Ribbonmeu's oath that will poison you. So help lue hea- 
 vens, we're paupers. We'll parsley you by your poverty. , what 
 
 will we do till we crack him ? We must sodomy him. We'd Clogher him in 
 the blazes of hel. So help me heavens, we're infamous. So help me heavens, 
 y<.ur property will conquer your party. We're to pursue you to hell's flames. 
 
 If we* ' * * * * your property, we'd have sodomised you with 
 
 (a hired papist sodomite). So help me God, h"'d parsley you, persecute you 
 
 for the Ribbonmen. He's a Ribhonman. I warn you, is destroyed with 
 
 sodomy. {to the hired papist sodomite) go home to your paupered 
 
 family. We have bloody hell in that thief, 's. He's gone awav from 
 
 it. We * * • * » * ' {a hired papist sodomite) with Mrs'. 
 
 (a Pr 'testant). We'd curse you for shoeblack and journeyman baker. We're 
 
 cursing the world with 
 introduced into Ireland. 
 
 Bv C- 
 
 He says, its the fiist lime sodomites were 
 v/e'llend him some way. If he doesn't 
 stop with his party we'll have him deranged. We have hell's dames. « « < < 
 with me We re to parsley (poison) you out of your reason. 
 
 O , we're wicked wiih paupers. We're insane. We're insane by 
 
 poverty. Half the world will be Cloghered by my * * * * — * < < ». We'd 
 
 kip with you. We'd* ' * * sodomy. O , if you don't poison that 
 
 ruffian, we'll parsley you. Suck my * * * * whores would have poisoned 
 
 him. If you* * * * my * * * * we'll t d your «««<». We'd 
 
 destroy you for your pamphlets. If we can't* * * * your sodomy party, I 
 
 tell you what it is, the Romans will crack you with laudanum. {to a 
 
 hired papist sodomite) you won't take your departure till you sodomite his 
 ■WEALTHY PARTY. We'll sodomite him if we could derange him. — — {to 
 
 a hired papist sodomite) you'll be murdered, you're a bestial f r, — you 
 
 you ***** * your «««««. He'd have * • « « « « your 
 
 '**'*. We'll curse him out of Ireland. Q- , parsley — — — — . 
 
 We're ruined by him. {another hired papist sodomite) * * < « < < 
 
 sodomy, or ****** his **♦**. We know well he * * * < < < 
 his* * * * *. He'd have ****** you with sodomy. He had a 
 man with him, or pretended to have one. The police would have <«<<<< 
 them £1000 if they sodomised you. So help me heavens, we're ruine* 
 
 ruffians. By the H S , you'll be poisoned by O . We'd 
 
 have ruined you by palsy if you took them mutton-chops. Tell him, 
 
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 fi 
 
 they'll < < < < him arsenic. It was prussic acid palsjed yoa in London, 
 We'd hare ftwom we'd sodomy your letters if you didn't write them before 
 
 breakfast. We* < < < * ♦with .' {ihe Protestant he lodged with). 
 
 We've cursed the kip-keepers. They'd sodomy you and pauper you. We 
 ****** thera as much as £50 If they insaned you they'd pauper 
 you. Only for your spirit them rips would have sodotnised you. Kiss my 
 
 * * * ' and you'll be sodomised. You have infanious Protestants. We pay 
 
 them for pfiisoning you. Mr. {to a papht priest) he has as much 
 
 policy as yourself. I'd have sworn {a hired papist sodomitx) would have 
 
 ******* his ***** in your «•»♦_><*«». The Pro- 
 testants have £3000 to * * * * you over to a foolish wniuan. If the p -lice 
 
 * * * ' with you, they'd get the £3!t00. We've insaned that ruffian thief 
 
 of He s>iys, its dangerous to say a wdid after the sodomites that are 
 
 hunting him. By J C half the world is dt'siroyedby your experience. 
 
 If you hadn't so much virtue you were ruined. We've sworn we'll Clogher 
 
 you out of that kip. The Protestants would * * * * you with II 
 
 S . Gentleman, its (a hired papixt sndomiie) will ' « « « 
 
 you with sodomy. We'll curse you till {a hired papist sodom>te) will 
 
 * * * * your * * * * — * * ' *, kip with vou in this city. (a 
 
 hired papist sodomite) is destroying with you. That wicked woman won't * • * * 
 you any more poison. She gave n<»tice to my deranged parly. By the holy 
 Heavens, we're Cloghered with a gentleman We'd have ' * « » « » < him 
 
 out of Miss 4 < « « 4, s,r, you're to * » * * your * « « « « 
 
 in that woman. We could swear we Cloghered you something in the butter. 
 
 By the H S , if you <«*<<< your Protestants, we'd have 
 
 sodomised and destroyed vou. By the H S , will let vou 
 
 * • * ♦his wile. Clogher your * ♦ ♦ « « with Miss * 4 . 4' «^ 
 
 Sir would destroy you for your Personal Sarrattve, Well kip you 
 
 with three policemen to * * * * you with sodomy — to sodomite you by force. 
 If you take the £3000 the Protestants have for you, we'll ruin )ou, so help me 
 
 heavens. The police would keep up poisoning you only that swears 
 
 he'll dismiss . Counsellor , {magistrate) lie's ruined with you. 
 
 Your heart's broken. We're to ruin him with a t dy, bloody woman. 
 
 We're to rip him open. That's a Protestant ruffian. They ******* 
 
 policeman to * * * * you with tiie Rev. at the Warder office. 
 
 They're to give you £3000. Ihe police would have 8(»domited you. The 
 £3(J00 is to have you sodomited. We don't think you'll accept of it. The 
 policemen are very unfortunate. You have bloody hell's flames spirit. Take 
 
 care you wicked woman, we've a nimble martyr to pursue you. By the H 
 
 S , (a hired papist sodomite) would poison you only for her Ma- 
 jesty. Her Majesty has a wonderful liking for him. If we were to poison you, 
 we'd insane our country. They're poisoning Bishop , We've * * * 
 
 * * ' * that wicKed woman, Mrs. . We have * « * • < « her, 
 
 so help me G — . If the unfortunate lip **««♦<« you any thing 
 
 we'd hell's flames your *<*♦_< 4 « «. By the H— ^ S , the 
 
 Roman priests will ♦ « < ♦ you out of Ireland. Kip with the * » * *— 
 
 * * * * of the clerks of the Warder. We thought we'd insane you by sodo- 
 mites. There's wicked Peter Weldon to c me over to kip with you. We 
 did'nl know he's dead. We'd have insaned you with Peter Weldon. We'd 
 give him a little money. We have hell's flames rips of women pursuing 
 
 you. They'd * * « » your ***** in sodomy. P (a papist) 
 
 is pu. suing you. He'd » < < « you with paupers. Doctor (a papist 
 
 dignitary) is pursuing you. The Romish priests are pursuing you. Beware 
 
 ofP ija papist) — \ieWn%B.muQ you. with laudanum. Take care of J — 
 
 H n. Take care of W S d. Take care of J h S d. 
 
 They < < « i < « « with my party. would < * « * your * < • « « 
 
 and sodomite and murder vou for jflOOO. 
 fur £30p. 
 
 would martyr you 
 
 5a««r(/ay—** We're to trick your bestial party. Take care of— - 
 while you're in it. He's parsleying (poisoning) you since you came to -— . 
 You'd be poisoned. We ******* you thirty drops of laudanum in 
 
 the tea water yesterday evening. Take care of wicked . We gave 
 
 him £50 to poison you. That rip would copulate with paupers. By the 
 
 H G 1, they're destroyed with the Romans. If they ««**«<* 
 
 you that laudanum yesterday evening, they'd have <<<«*«« your 
 4 € t t t^ Wq must * ♦ ♦ ♦ you the palsv as well as insane you. 
 We're to pauper the Protestant party. We're sodomited with sodo- 
 mite kips. We must destroy your bloody thieves of Protestants. 
 If ever your leave this citv, we'd pursue yuu to hell's flames W^'re almost 
 insane till we * * * * him some poison He's ruined with the Romans. 
 We're to give him poison to parsley his party. We have blazes of hell. 
 We warn you we have £30(»0 to pauper you. He wants to know why we don't 
 sod.unite him. Its vour wicked party won't pauj er you We're paupered. 
 
 He's t(. be insaned with laudanum. will physic you, you thief of 
 
 the world. No B , paupers won't poison and murder Mrs. Ryan. Mr. 
 
 {a papist priest) give him notice that we'll give £1000, and 
 
 burst in to* * * * his letters. I wish to G , we had paupered you. 
 
 (a hired papist sodomite) v ould get in by your windows and rob you 
 
 I wish to G— , you'd * * * * a pauper. 
 
 If you'd open your door, and let us in, we'd * * 
 
 same as (o hired papist sodomite) would 
 
 (a hired papist sodomite) would have 
 
 the thief of 
 
 * you with sodomy, the 
 
 * * * you with sodomy. 
 
 * with them pau- 
 
 t t t 
 
 pers and we'd have burst in, but we're to sodomite you with libertine thieves 
 of . If we can't paisley you in board and lodgings we'll get you sodo- 
 mised. We're ruined with ^^ (a hired papist sodomite). If Clifton be 
 
 destroyed by the , they have left Clifton. Weii have sworn - 
 
 (a hired papist sodomde) wouid have his * * * * in your * * 
 
 {to a hired papist sodomite) by the H S , you'd have * * * 
 
 him. Mr. {to a papist priest) charge him {Ryan) with sodomy. 
 
 We'll have hell's blazes in this city. By the H S , the policemen 
 
 have ruined (a hired papist sodomite). We thought we'd sodomite the 
 
 Orange uiailyr. Half the woild is destroyed by his spirit. My curse on you. 
 Its my libertines that would • « • ♦ you over. Gentleman, if you don't kip 
 xn> ♦ ♦ ♦ •— ♦ * * *. So help me heavens, we ****** * forty 
 drops of laudanum in every bottle of soda-water at 's. We have evi- 
 
 dence to * * 
 
 vour 
 
 in your paupers of 
 
 • street 
 < ( • 
 
 Its 
 and 
 
 not the truth. You'll get hell's flames poison. If we can't * 
 sodomy you, we must murder you. He rhvs, he'd prefer being murdered by 
 the Pa'pi>i sodomites. Curse on you, I thought you were a little deranged by 
 the laudanum. If you weren't so respectable, your life would be forfeited. 
 We have rips of hell. We're to * * * * you with a policeman. < < » < 
 
 my ♦ « ' * — ' ♦ * *. We're to * ' * * * you with sodomy. 
 
 {to a papist whore) did'ntyou go to kip with any one last night. We can kip with 
 
 her wh« re she is. We're cursed with C of C . Wed have ♦ * * * 
 
 * * * him with a policeman. Wed have* «♦♦•**♦ his * * * * * 
 
 with C of the C w S 1. We're ruined with your Protestants. Foxy 
 
 sodomites. Damn -jour Protestants. We have blazes of hell. We'll 
 murder yon. Them Protestant thieves want to * * * * you with a woman 
 
 of p 1 . We'd have ruined }ou with woman hater. We* < « « < 
 
 Mr. (a Protestant). We could have sworn that * ' * * * * 
 
 him laudanum. By J C , they're ruining you by infamous villains. 
 
 One word of O would ihron' you over the Liffey wall. Sir, your sodo- 
 mised with mv * * * *— ' * * *. We'll be unfortunates. We'll destroy 
 
 your property. We'll 
 
 vour I- 
 
 -ds. 
 
 So help me heavens, we'll 
 Pharisee you. So help me heavens, we'll be paupered. You're to * * * * 
 
 his properly. Rev. , you'll * • * * a policeman. You'll a * * * * 
 
 policewoman. We'll < < < ♦ unfortunate papists to assassinate you. Ill 
 go to hell's flames. Paupcring to you, you pieces. We're insane to martyr 
 
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 39 
 
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 him. We're to ' ' ' 'his paupers. Your heart is broken, guilty troman. 
 He's tricked and murdered. He must know that we'll gn to the blazer of hell 
 
 to * * * * him in that kip. Mrs. is with child by {a papist 
 
 vagabond). We have Mrs. (a Papist) with child by (a Papist 
 
 Tagaboud). Them thieves have commil'ed every crime. They'd 
 
 have sodomised you, you rascal. By the H S , we're waiting for the 
 
 word from O . If you worn stop you're party work,- we're to ruia 
 
 you £3000. The whore is to sodomite you. You're to * * * * with 
 
 her t ds. {to a hired papist sodomite) we must give h:m something 
 
 poweiful. Why don't you kip wiih my * * * *— * * * *. You've iusaned 
 half the world by that adveriisement. We're insaned by your sodomiie kip- 
 keepers. The police are insaned as well as the Catholic parly. If we * * * * 
 him, his Cloghers will be poisoned. He's destroyed with sodomy. I knoir 
 he'll be paupered with sodomy. We're to pauper his p -ople. He's the ex- 
 perience of half the world. What would yi>u say if we'd sodomite him? By 
 
 the H S , we must put him out. We'd by a siioe-black and 
 
 journeyman baker. We'll mart\r you. You ruffian, cut your throat. You'll 
 sup poison as long as you live in th« kipped houses of poverty. We swear to 
 insane, to pauper you. If we Cloghered \ou, we'd rut your thr<>at. If we 
 
 ******* him poison, we'd sodomy him with O . VVe'd * * * « 
 
 him with an Orangeman. That wou d transport him. Half the world would be 
 
 sodomised by Bishop (a Papsi) it we ' * * * ' * * the vagabonds 
 
 t ds. He'll martyr you. We know that we are ruffians. We'd trick him 
 
 and insane him. If we ***** * them insane ruffians in Coiunions 
 street, we'd insane him by a robbery cf his trunk. We're sodomised to trans- 
 port him, if he ' ' * * * something that will destroy his knowledge. H© 
 does kn.)w tiiat we're insaned. We're insaned by a martyred ruffian. Bishop 
 
 (a Papist J will be destroyed to ruin you. We'd let hi.n alone if 
 
 wicked policemen w<iuld « » « ' him and martyr his Protestant policy. We 
 have hell's blazes to murder him. Bishop — — — (a l*apibi) will transport 
 him when we « » < < and sodomite him. So help me heavens, tve're tncked 
 
 thieves ot the world. By the H S . we ***** * *him arhenic. 
 
 Gentleman, I wonder you slay a moment in that bloody house of blood. 
 They're to massacre him when they muriler him by poison. We'll transport 
 him. We have blood\ hells tiames. We are* «»»*•*» hiiu wicked 
 poison. I wonder he'd stay in that bouse of bloody hell's flames. So help me 
 
 heaven-, Mrs. would ' • * * a notorious thief to sodomite you. 
 
 You re hardened by party work. We're to joke him with poison. He must 
 be kipped over to bloody hell s flames. We're pai'PERS till you shoot 
 irocR Cloghered party. If we poison him, we 11 fling him over the l.itfey 
 wall We're ruined to * * • * a respectable man out ol this city. II h© 
 ruiued his Cloghers . There's a girl lu marrv and murder him. We'd 
 
 • • * **» policeman wiih that rip. You'd to sodomy her. So help me God, 
 you'll be hunted while you sodomy your paupered party. I would » « • « 
 
 • * * his ' * * * *. We're a wicked, ihieving party. Mrs. hunted 
 
 him to * * * ♦ my party. Its n(»i the truth. We swear we'll murder you 
 
 by the murder of Mrs, tSheddon. We'll poison vou some way. Dott«»r , 
 
 (a magistrate), he's encouraged by his sodomy Cloghers— (the Protestants). 
 
 If he had'nt them Cloghers we d pauper him with sodomy. Doctor , I 
 
 beg your pardon, I didn't know you were cne of the Protestants. So help mo 
 God, we'll * * * * ^ou over it a sodomy woman. She's to insRne you with 
 property. We'd have <*«««« him with the Hoarder newspaper. We 
 have blazes of bell I could swear we poisoned you with arsenic. You're to 
 soap my « * * *— * * * ». If we were to Nt«ip *«*•*»*« him, 
 we'd be poisoned. By the H S , we'd be poisoned. He < « « « 
 
 • * * with his party. By the H G , the police will pauper you 
 
 something. There's gentlemen going to 's. By .1 C , they'll 
 
 murder you. There s wicked paupers Cloghered something. Her Majesty's 
 favourite ---we '11 * * * * and sodomy you. If you < « < < her Majesty, 
 we'll destroy your spirit with sodomy. We're sworn to kip you with ft police* 
 
 man. Lord helo us, we're foolish to Clogher him. We would have sodomise<l 
 (a hired papist sodomite). By the H S- your would 
 
 have kipped you with sodomy, paupered you, insaned you and massacred you. 
 Mrs. S-- — ^d would have ruined you if you called to see her. She'd have 
 
 physic'd you up to a hell's flames rip of P . Worthy martyr, we're trying to 
 
 insane him. His m r is deranged. We gave her poison. 1 thought you were 
 
 taking sodomite poison. By the H G 1, we'll < < « * you with a 
 
 to 
 
 * * * * vou to Doctor 
 
 policeman. We though we had paupered you t 
 
 (fl papist dignilary). I know the police must blast him with something. 
 
 have jt'40,6oO. He's to insanity his parly. By C . we re to * * * * 
 
 *****. Clogher with him, Mr D L n. We have L 
 
 paupered. Mr. L , did'nt, we* * * * wiihyou to Clogher him. Ob, 
 
 by the H G 1, you're to ' * * * and Clogher him. Mr. L— 
 
 «««**« vnii u-ith fl niilippman. You'll < < * < m" t t 4 t « 
 
 * you with a policeman 
 
 * roy * 
 
 -, we 
 
 he's too 
 
 Take him prisoner. Mr. L , 
 
 We are notorious sodomites. Beware of us. 
 
 * * * * him to P . 
 
 * * * * with J sC 1. 
 
 We're to * * * * with the genilemcin's property. Can't you give him notice 
 
 to* * * * his * * * * * in your whore, Mrs. . If we're taken 
 
 up, we'll pauper him. We'll • « < ' with you, Mr. L . We're to * * * * 
 
 a policeman. We're to insane him. We're to * * * * * * paupers. WeM 
 have* ***** his well-wisher, Mrs. Miller. We're to encourage him 
 
 up to Mr. L . The police must insane him to destroy his policy. 
 
 We're cur-ing him by sodomy. The rip would have sodomit' d with 
 
 him. We'll massacre you. Don't you know we ***** * her Majesty 
 to sodomy you? We'd have sodomised him. He's massacred, paupered with 
 sodomy. Purchase his property, and insane him with laudanum. Purchase 
 his property and then he can't ruin them thieves of Broghillstown. We'd 
 have sodomited y«»u with a rip there. We <<<<*» Father . 
 
 * * * * with that libertine whore. Doctor (a Papisi) will sodomite 
 
 yon. We're so;iomised while your living. You're going to bellows a sodomite 
 rip of a woman. We can't stand your ' «<<♦«* 'parly. 
 
 * i i i i your unft»rtunate paupers to sodomite you. We have foolish 
 paupers to pauper you. Them libertine thieves would have broken into your 
 room and »«<*•«• your *««<«. The Protestants are insane 
 till they pauper you something. Get a policeman and ♦ ♦ « * them paupers 
 with sodomy or they'll insane you. So help me heavens, we have bl(»ody pau- 
 pers. We*** * * * * J— ^ — nT n, to the Bishop of .We're 
 
 to* * * * your paupers to sodomv you. We have a policeman to Clogher 
 
 you. We'll put you out of this world. * (a Pruteslant) is* »***«< 
 
 with my parly. The p«dice are wicked to Clogher you. They would have 
 hurst in only you * » * * « « < the Warder. You have bloody hell's flames 
 
 good sense. We could swear is wicker! to * * * * your «*»««. 
 
 So help me heavens, we ***** * that wicked thief , to derange you by 
 
 speaking to you. 
 
 Sunday.—'^ H 
 
 was to pursue you to 
 
 — and * * * < with Miss 
 
 ' * * * ' him with a po. 
 
 licewoman. Bishop {a papist) is pursuing you. It's him has the — — 
 
 He's cracked by your pamphlet. We 
 
 sodomites employed. He/d have «««<*»* you with sodomy. , 
 
 (a /ea</i«7 /;a;>«0 has a hand in the business too. He'd have <<««*«« 
 you wiih sodomy too. There are a great many mistaken sodomites in Dublin. 
 We must * * * * him £3000. We've insaned the'ProtestanU. We'd let him alone 
 if we could trick him over. We have 10(»,000 sworn Ribbonmen in Ireland. 
 
 By the H S , we thought we'd have insaned you witn laudanum. — 
 
 They're to massacre you something. Can't you « < < < with Colonel Browne? 
 We'll parsley (poison) your wicked party. They'll Clogher you to so. 
 
 domy. * * < » with that rip in Mrs. She'll * * * * her daughter 
 
 with you. Her daughter is ruining with a policeman. They'd pauper you with 
 
 a lady of P . We have «»««««* S d with Madam ■■■ 
 
 since you came to this neighbourhood. By the H— S ■, w» ***** * with 
 
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 h 
 
 Major 
 
 would hare *«««** you iHth his wife, 
 
 ii 
 
 h 
 
 
 and she'd have sodomised you and we'd havo given him £3,000. They'd hare 
 **«'*•« his * * * * « with rips this v«ry morning, and massacred him when a 
 policeman could * * * • his board and lodgings. Half the town will be paupered 
 to destroy him. We could swear they sodomised you something with the butler 
 woman. We couM swear they sodomised you something with the rip of George's- 
 •treet They Cloght^rtd you in the ham. Tliey've laudanumed him. Take 
 care of your life. We're going to hell's flames to pauper vour •«*'«. That 
 
 hell's flames rip will Clogher with you. Dont you know it's M K . 
 
 The p<.liremen swore thev \\ sodomy you in houses ol blazes. Dublin is in the 
 blazes of lit-ll with wicked policeujen. We rould swear we'll break his heart by 
 persevering * * * • «iih his* « * « *. Bad luck to you. Half the world it 
 ruined to * * 'your* • * *. To blazes of hell with thb so- 
 DOMiTE Protestants. Cariow will « < » ♦ you something We're almost 
 ruined by his per^evering after we'd have* * ' * • * his * * * » *. 
 Couhin'l we ruin him? We ha\e I. ell's flames in Dublin Half the world is 
 
 rniufd by them paupers of — r& of 's. I wish thev had '*»*««« 
 
 your' » * * *. We'd have ruined you. If you copulated «ith them once, 
 they'd have sodomised you. Sure we ' * • *» wiih the magistrates. You 
 ought to hold your tongue, till we * * < * your * * * • • in something. 
 We can't muder h.m till we * * » « his * '****. We'll be mined bf 
 the pi»liremen. The policemen are deranged lunatics. The police arederdnge'd 
 to martyr vou. We're cracked if we dont pauper u most unlortunate marlvr. 
 The policemen will ' ' < 'us over. We're paupered. He'li be parsleved. 
 We'll* * * • "iih board atid lodgings to parsley him. We'll ' * * * with 
 
 a spirited rip of P . She's destn.yed by uiy party. We could swear he'll 
 
 be par^leyed if he * * • * infamous boanrandh.dKings. If we can't parsley 
 you, we'll » * «. * you with abluoily hell's flames villain of - {England.) 
 The police are insaned with your parly. We're in hell's flames. ^♦ ere to be 
 paupered. We can't * ' « • him to poverty. He's to be floghered with the 
 
 H G . U we had ruined his £60. We're unlortunate to » • • < 
 
 your ***** in siidomy. riiat hook, Phil'if} Ihornvi /e, would massacre 
 you. We had his shirt ai the pawnbrc.ker's. We cursed him with sr.domy. 
 
 ^*^ * * * * * *y«)u piMierlul poison, so help me heavens. {to a 
 
 hired papist sodomite), go home with you— take your departure — )our sodomy 
 
 will transpori y«.u. Them thieves would have sodoujised you in . 
 
 {England.) We'd have sodomised an unlorlunato gentleman' We're insaned 
 ^v' * * * * * 'ajarty. U'e » ♦ « * with your parlv. We would have 
 sodomited you. We'd have insaned voir partv woRk. * ^V'e can't stiiloujy 
 
 him. Curse him. (a hiret/ p.ipht aoduiniie) will massacie him One 
 
 w«.rd will throw the ihief into the river l.ifl'ey. Yuu have cracked geullemen. 
 
 You have cra< ked gentlewomen. I tell you what it is, Mrs. (o Pro- 
 
 testa>il), WERE INSANE TO PAUPKR YOU. To heil with \onr Protestant prin- 
 ciples. By J C , y«m'd have S(»domised that wicked massaned, pau- 
 pered with sodomy. Mrs. , dont y«.u know we ' * • * * * wih a 
 
 polireman? Lord help you. Mrs. ^, d(»nt ♦ * * * a policeman. We 
 
 ^3000 Gi ilty woman, Mrs. , woUid have insaned you with a guilty 
 
 rip of P . S«» help me G— , she says she'll * * •* * her * * • * 
 
 with you. We're unfortunates. You'll* • * ♦your* * * * * in £3.000. 
 
 Bad luck to you, Mrs. . Hold your prate. So help me heavens, Mr! 
 
 , you have a libertine hcmse of blazes. The Cariow Sentinel will 
 
 * * « ^ you something. Mr. L of B , with my 
 
 * them unfortunates to roh you. We'd 
 ' • • with to let us in to • 
 
 party. We'll 
 
 you by your insane party. 
 
 with 
 
 \a papist whore) and we'll murder you. Cloghered be your party. Kip 
 
 with William C k. Wo have an unrortunate Romaiijjriesthood. They'll 
 
 • • • • you with Mr (a protestant ) We're to • • • • your 
 
 {to a hired papist sodomite)^ by J C , we're 
 
 ruined with you. Mr. L 
 we'll pauper you. Only for O 
 
 ' will kip Ryan. If we burst up stairs, 
 > we'd have his life. We can • 
 
 you with pauper*. Cursed be your policy. Cursed be your property. I hope 
 
 • • you with pan- 
 
 • your papers. We 
 Kiss my 
 
 {to a hired papist 
 
 wc can • • 
 
 pers We'll 
 
 could have sworn you'd sodomy my • • • • — • 
 
 His heart's broken. We'll ruin you, you ruffian. 
 
 sodomite) by the H J C , we're insaned, paupered. Cursed* be 
 
 \jr. E d L n, I wish to heaven he him over. We can • • • • 
 
 him £6000 if he would sodomy. I know well we have destroyed the city of 
 
 Dublin. I'ake care of . He poisoned you for the p«dice of Dublin. 
 
 We'll massacre him. We know well we're paupered when he goes into board 
 and lodgings M can • • • • you with £3000. We have four thieves trans- 
 ported to sodomite you We're sworn to blast you, you Orangeman. We're 
 sworn to sodomy you.* O , he's going awav. He has as much cou- 
 rage as 300O paupers. We're insane to * • • • you something. Insane — 
 
 (a Hied papist sodumile) thought he'd < • • . your £3000. , if we can 
 
 • • • • a covered car — if we can * * • • a float. He has as much policy, 
 
 ■ — , as yourself." 
 
 This will suffice as a sample of Papist street oratory — the last few 
 days in Mt^rrion-sqtiare and its iminediule iieiglibourliood.-)- As is 
 evideiii, 1 have iioi suppressed the gross abuse ol U)}'sel(. The words 
 necessunly ouiiued l»y me are of the must indeceut, brothel desciip- 
 tioii ; and the entire of the expressions have been shouted out at the 
 very height o( the ihree or four hired ruffians' voices. The beastly 
 Jaugua;;.-* of these Romish ruffians will not appear so surprising whea 
 we recollect the kind of reli«ii(,ij ihey profess — the corrupting nature 
 
 01 the confessional, and the private studies of their priests, as detailed 
 in Dens' extraordinary Theology and other Popish standard works. 
 These works are replete with laeas so obscene, and language so ob- 
 jectionable, as to be wholly unfit lor publication. The above specimens 
 ol Romish oratory comprise only two lutuiths out of two years in 
 Dublin, and a very stnall fraction ol the abon)inable and threatening 
 language in thai lim-. As already briefly noticed, they had indulged 
 for six years in similar exercitaticms ; five years of the time in Eng- 
 land. When I resided in Camden-town, a suburb ol London, for 
 fourteen njonihs, tiie P«»pish miscreants were yelling there continually, 
 and lollowed me daily with bad lanyu-ige through the streets of 
 London to Pall iMall, where 1 received my letters; liequently abusing 
 the Qii'^en in the grossest ten is even close to the viindows of the 
 Royal Palaces. The expressions in Dublin fully prove the correctness 
 of my statement ol the crimes and alteinuted crimes of the Popish 
 parry and its wretches. They are, in lact, their own historians — the 
 hisioiians of their delinquencies. Their expressions prove that the 
 street vagrants have been hired by the leading; Papists, lay and clerical, 
 for the purpose of destroying me and the Protkstants generally. 
 That the Papist party has endeavoured to corrupt the writer of these 
 
 • It i« a remarkable circnmstance, that a wretch convicted of sodomy witLin the last two 
 yearp in Dublin, wan senteured to only two year>' impri^ionment ! In tbene kin<;dore», it 
 nas always been banging-iDAttei. I sLall cot here divine the cause Of this leniency. 
 
 t A leading Romish Agitator was at his house in Merrioo'sqaare duriog the four days, 
 and doriog weeks of Bimllar rtreet >eUing and brutal pereecution. 
 
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 till 
 
 lines in every possible way — that abandoned women have been regd- 
 larlv hired as well as bestial men — ihat members of my family have 
 been tampered wiih lor the base purpose of setting relative against 
 relative — that thieves and swindlers have been employed — that poison 
 has been repeatedly administered tome to destroy my health, mentally 
 and bodily, and ruin my moral character by trying to seduce a Pro- 
 testant man to conunit the crimes of the inaslurbator, fornicator, 
 adulterer, and sodouiite ; fthe first time in the history of the world 
 that sodomy has been iiiade a party engine— the first lime that that 
 revolting crime has been introduced into Ireland) ; that they have 
 been led into this quagmire wholly by their foul and malicious hearts ; 
 and that the disgraced Papist parly has failed in accomplishing its 
 infamous purposes — at least so far as the writer is concerned. 
 
 As regards poisoning, 1 should state, that having been drugged in 
 three or four places, in lea water, with nitre, antimony, camphor, 
 caniharides, laudanum, opium and arsenic, (the reader has seen that 
 they bought an apothecary's shop), I was obliged to lelinquish tea 
 and g'^t soda-water, but with no benefit. The Papist poisoners got 
 the soda-water poismied. The same with bread ; and even meat has 
 been drugged in cooking. I have since tried board and lodging. 
 Where or when this cruel and cowardly persecution of an individual 
 will end, I cannot tell. While 1 write, the Papists are threatening 
 me with laudanum. It would, probably, be worse, only the j^ang 
 and its leaders are well known. They have often said so publicly. 
 The laudanum, perhaps, is partly intended to destroy my character 
 for sobrietv, as 1 have totally abstained from intoxicating liquors since 
 Whit-Monday, 11th June, 1832 
 
 So far from the adversary having any palliation, or pretext, for per- 
 secuting me on the ground of immorality, it is obvitms that their 
 object has been to promote vice of every description. With I hem, 
 proper conduct has been the crime, it has been a main cause of the 
 persecution. ** Your honesty is ruining you," has been an expression 
 of the Papists; one woman remarked—*' Your virtue will pursue you: 
 the Papists would have given me £100 to sodon)ite you" — '* We are 
 ruined by your correct conduct." I cou'.d enter into detail on this 
 point wi'Ji reference to profligate persons (some of whom have openly 
 confessed that they have been hired to pollute me by the Romish 
 priesthood), but do not think it advisable or necessary at present. — 
 Having tempted and watched me for twenty years, and ransacked 
 every transaction of my life, if they had discovered any crime, I 
 would immediately have been charged with il. Every man or woman 
 I have ever spoken to has been canvassed with reference to my con- 
 duct ; with endeavours to trump up some infamous charge against me. 
 They have gone back twenty-eight years, fabricating the most frivolous 
 absurdities against me when in my teens. They have extended their 
 malicious inquiries all over Ireland, England and Scotland, and to 
 Paris. All this I know from their own public confession, and their 
 mention of the names of acquaintances of mine in the several 
 
 localities. They have also sent dozens of persons, male and female, 
 with whom I hare been acquainted, or personations of them, (gene- 
 rally the latter), to talk to me when passing in the streets, frequently 
 witli threatening language. These personations, now continued for 
 months, savour much of jusuiiical artifice. Wily machinati(ms, 
 from whencesoever they proceed, are rile in the Irish metropolis. 
 Sucii personations, soinetinies Injfore my parlour windows, have occa- 
 sionally reminded me of the ghosts who pass by Richard 111., in the 
 cel«>brated tent scene ; though I am not aware that I ever sent any 
 one to the other world. I luliy believe the truth of the adage noscitur 
 €X sociis, and am willing to be judged by my companions through 
 life. I trust, I have ever studiously avoided bad company. Further, 
 it appears by the expressions of the sireet-shonting ruffians, that dis- 
 honest schemes to pauperise the writer have been in continual opera- 
 tion, by trying to entrap n)e into crimes— by interfering injuriously 
 with my properly, by continual worrying and perseveiing defamation 
 of my character. Allurements of a pecuniary nature have also been 
 tried by the Papists and their abettors. Thousands of pounds have 
 been ofl^rred, but iitneo Danaos et dona f event es, A leading Romanist 
 offered money personally ; and direct oflTers have been made of large 
 Fwms to induce me to advocate, at ihe public press, the policy of Sir 
 Robert Peel. Most of this is, of course, known to ihe whole public 
 from the street ruffians, and to the police of Dublin, as the house- 
 keepers ii\ the several neighbourhoods can amply testify. The street 
 yellmg, the obscene and blasphemous language, the threats the 
 cursing and swearing, have been heard in the public streets of this 
 metropolis, without an hour's intermission, during the last two years. 
 Any comment upcm the demoralising effects of this diabolical wicked- 
 ness, this l)easily turpitude upon old and young, male and female, 
 rich and poor, would be quite superfluous.* 
 
 The Romanists have occasionally said that the conspiracy is only 
 against an individual ; and, in order to excuse their dishonesty, liber- 
 tine Protestants have sometimes coincided with them, and even said 
 that it was the work of the Protestani party. This flagrant falsehood 
 can be easily refuted, by recurring to a few of the expressions of the 
 popish ruffians, as noted in the loiegoing pages. Lei every honest 
 Protestani peruse and ponder upon the following Popish expressions, 
 and say whether it be the work of the Protestant pakty :— 
 
 ''We'll dettroy your Orangemen *iih sodomy." "We must ruki the Pro- 
 
 • We find as f«»llow8 in Saunders's News Letter, Dublin, Mav 22nd, 1845 :— 
 "** Portubello Gardens. — We are ronslanlly in ihe receipt of letters from corre«- 
 'pondems curoplaining of the vile practice of smoking in this popular place of 
 recreation. No person having pretension to the character of a gentleman is 
 teen to indulge in this practice, most revolting to ladies who seek the enjoyment 
 of the promenade, musi.- and other entertainments ** It is odd some of these 
 correspondent^ have not condemned ihe much viler pra tice of veiling out kip 
 expressions in the streets, which, I should suppose must be most revolting to 
 ladies. It is certainly of infinitely more importance than smoking, unless bo- 
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 ttttants.** •* Well crack your party with todomy." " We'll morder your 
 paupered party," *' The Protestants will be ruined." ** Go to hell with your 
 Protestants." " We'll liip them nith sodomy." ** We'll ruin the Protestant 
 pariy." " We're to sodomy your Protectants." *' Hell to your Protestants.'* 
 •* We want to ruin your policy." " We'll swear your Protestants to hell's 
 flames." •* We'll crack vour loyalists, as sure as we sodomite them." " We'll 
 ruin your Protest .nts." We'll pauper your Protestants."* •* We're destroy- 
 ing hi* infamous party." ** Let us pursue your paupt-red Protestants." 
 We're to alum watei your bloody Protestants." " Its your Protestant policy." 
 ** We'll ruiu and massacre the Protesianls." ** We'd have destroyed his party 
 for e\er." •' We must destroy your Protestants." ** We must ruin your parly." 
 *' We have £50,000 to pursue your party." " The p<'lice must destroy your 
 policy." The police will • • • 'your Protestants to hell's tlames." ** Iti 
 to ruin your party work." ** Damnation to your Protestants." *' We'll • • • • 
 your Protestant w bores out of this country." •' Your Protestants would have 
 i)een destnned if vou sodomised.'' "We'll* • * • your Protestants out of 
 this country." *' We can • • • • your rips of Protestants as soon us you go 
 over." ** We'll blast them with paupers." *' Bloody hell's flames to your . 
 policy." ** We'll • • • • your Protestants out of this country. " *• We must 
 curse him with his party." *♦ Bloody hell's flames to your policy." *• Its the 
 Catholic party pursuing the Proieslunls." ** We want him to blast his party." 
 *• We must destroy his party." ** Can't you pauper your party, and we'll give 
 you itlOOO a year." *• We' have £50,000 to pursue ti.e Protestants." •• We're 
 to ruin the Protestants." *' We'li • • • • your Protestants out of this country." 
 •* We have ;fe'30.000 to massacre your Protestants." *' We must destroy your 
 hell's flames policy." " We'd massacre any Protestant in the neighbourliood." 
 •* We're pursuing the Protestants." '* We're ruined wiih your guilty Protes- 
 tants." •* We're to • • • • them over." ** We're to blast them with paupers, 
 so help me heavens." " We're to • • • • them with sodtuny out of ibis im- 
 poverished land " *' Let us • * * * him and destroy his party." *' We'll 
 destroy you with your Protestants." ** Bloody hell's flameb to your Protes- 
 tants." *' Fling him over the l.iffey wall, if he doesn't murder his party." 
 **Ci»uld we destroy his libertine party, we'd let him alone." " We'll turn your 
 xvicked Protestants out of this country." ** We'll destroy your wicked Protes- 
 tants." ** We'll physic them." ** We'll hunt the Protestant thieves of the 
 world." •• Can't you destroy your Protestants, and we'll get you £1000 a year." 
 "You must know that we'll ruin your party. ' *• We'll ph\ sic your party."* 
 You have a bltmdy hell's flames party.'' " Bloody hell to your party." " We'd 
 
 have destroyed your party if you with >odomy." ** We're 
 
 to ruin your p«rty somowhcrc." ** We're lursing your parly 
 
 out of this country." *' We'd have ruined his party." "We'll • • • 'his 
 bestial party all over the country." *' We'll • • • • his Orange whores." 
 ** To hell with your Drangewomen." *' We're to kill your bloody Protestant 
 thieves all over this city." ** Your Protestants were unfortunate if we • • * 
 
 • • • * your • • • 'in paupers." ** We'd have them 
 
 over." ** We'll massacre your Protestants." " We'd have destroyed your 
 
 infamous party, if we * your in sodomy." 
 
 " We'll • • •' • your libertine party." *• We d go to hell's flames to • • • • 
 your party out of this country." " We'll massacre your Protebtants." ** We 
 must beggar your I'rotestant party." *' We'd have ruined your luieves »»f 
 Protestants." " We're sworn to destroy the Protestants." " By the H 
 S , we'll parishine (bastardize) the Protcstanis." " They'll hell's flames 
 
 • Thfsc threats refer to '• fixity of tenare," and »>Qcb proj#cts, to the j^eneral warfare 
 •arried oa, and ini«urrection.iry violence ihe first opjtortunity. Will Peel's uradeimcal 
 and Mayuooth ineai>urei> amend all tiiis? A» well thinU of Keeping out the tide with a 
 puch-lurk, or core a fit of the pout with a d »8e of mU*\ Dot tor Peel'ij inedirain<^ntK only 
 a^ravMe the disea'C. We want >«{aieMneD who will »i>pport l'rote»i«at CHRISTIANITT. 
 
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 your party." " We'll have hell's blazes till wo pauper the Protestant party." 
 
 *• If we sodomised you, we'd Clogher every of your insane party," 
 
 *• We're cracked paupering your party." " .My curse on your Cloghers, the 
 Protestants" " We'd have paupered your wicked Protestant party if yru had 
 sodomised." ** We'd have bloody hell's flames to • * * * your Protestants 
 out of this country " ** Sodomite his wealthy party." "We're to trick your 
 bestial party," " We're to pauper the Protestant party.* *' We must destroy 
 y«>ur bloody thieves of Protestants." " We're to gi\e him poison to parsley 
 his party." ** Damn your Protestants." *' We re paupers till you ghoot your 
 Clo>jlieied party.' ** '1 he p»dice must insane him to destroy his policy." 
 "We'll parsley (poison) your wicked party" "To blazes of hell with the 
 sodomite Protestants." " We'd have insaued your party work." " We'll 
 • • • • you by your insane party-" *• Cloghered be your party." 
 
 After a perusal of this plain and e.xplicit language, will any person 
 have the audacity to state that the heinous public nuisance and per- 
 eecuiioii is maintained by the Protestant party ? And yet, as I 
 have mentioned, there have been nominal Protestants who uttered 
 tlie falsehood. 1'he fact is, the Papist parly have corrupted many 
 individual Protesianls, both male and lemale, and they represent 
 theinselveii as the Protestant party, when, in truth, they aie but the 
 excrescences, the rotten members, the traitors of the party. Like 
 Judas ol old, these unfortunates (who freely indulge in the indecent 
 Jangua'j^e of the profligate PapisUs) will sell their religion and their 
 character for a sum ol uioney, while some ol them, from sheer wicked- 
 ness will combine with hberiine Papists, although they must be 
 well aware that their object is the destruction, root and branch, not 
 merely ol an individual, but of every Protestant in the country. VO' 
 luptas mentis perstringit ocuhs. It has been said that unprincipled^ 
 mercenary Proiesiants desire to please Sir Robert Peel by persecu- 
 ting one of his conscientious opponents. If so, what return has Peel 
 matltf to them ? The very proper one of insult and injury. Such 
 conduct is perfectly suicidal. This must be plain to every peison 
 of ordinary discernment from the well known principles of the Ro- 
 manists, and their general conduct ; but w hen they openly declare 
 their malign intentions, it must require an itnmense share of impu- 
 dence to pretend ignorance of the fqict. Are not their words on re- 
 cord ? Are not their atiempls to foment divisions among Protestants 
 perfectly palpable ? Are not their thousand devices obvious ? Those 
 who are cognizant of the facts, and still permit the enemy to carry 
 on their operations, must openly labour under some strange inlaitia- 
 lion. When the Romanists commenced their beasily, extraordinary 
 nuisance in Dublin, people might not clearly unueistand the real 
 object in view, but every sane man and woman must long since 
 fully perceive the destructive purpose of the conspiracy. In short, 
 the desperate public wickedness ol the Papists savours somewhat of 
 insanity, and it must be confessed, that the permission ol such 
 abominable proceedings by others has not indicated much sound 
 judgment. There is certainly ground for some late remarks ol Th0 
 Standard : — " A late eminent physician, in a treatise upon insanity, 
 published shortly before bis lamented death, propounded the stanliog 
 theory, that, more or less, all men are mad* Whatever ma^ bt 
 
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 said of the truth of this theory in its universal application, the readeri 
 of Irish newspapers would be l«d to believe that in one larpe division 
 of the United Kint^doin the proposition is perfectly correct. In Ire- 
 land, as represented by iis newspapers and oralors, eVt-ry body of 
 every party seems to be not simply deranged, but stark staring niad. 
 Who could establish order and sobriety among the inmates of St. 
 Luke's and Bethlehem, leaving these niilortunale persons in the full 
 enjoyment o! their liberty ?'— A/av. 1845. 1 apprehend that the 
 present publicaiitm will toriifv The Standard in its opinion as to the 
 intellectual condition of ih- Iris i metropolis. Of course, this is to 
 me a matter of regret, but ihere are occ asions when the truth must 
 be published. The disease must be ascertuuied before the application 
 of any effectual remedy. 
 
 Unprincipled, or foolish and unthinking Protestants may possibly 
 say that no consequence attaches to the indecent and threatening ex- 
 pressions of such lommon ruffians in the public streets; but I would 
 ask is contamination of the public a niaiter of no consequence ? I 
 would just remind Proteslanis, that insignificant as the street black- 
 guards are individually, they undoubtedly represent the Papist party. 
 Are they not hired and paid* weekly wages (or the persecution ol a 
 Protestant, and the denmraizationand other detriment they inflict on 
 the Piotestants ? Have they not Irequenily declared, publicly, that they 
 are employed by the lay and clerical leaders of the Romish party ? 
 Do not their menaces against Protestants prove that they are hired by 
 the Romish party '^ Recollect the threatening language of the priests 
 already adverted to.* Ctmseqnently no sane Protestant can deem 
 ihose street-shouting ruffians unimportant. Nor can any one affect 
 to think that their hostile language does not express the Romanists 
 real sentiments towards the Protestants and loyalists. Read again 
 the Ribboinnen's oath, recolle.t »hat the members of that Romish 
 confederacy are sworn to exterminate all Protestants out of Ire- 
 land, and then say whether ihe stre t vagrants' expressions do not 
 correspond exactly with the teruia v( that wicked engageuient. That 
 hellish league of blood extends, as has been proved in courts of jus- 
 lice, all over the country. It has its ramifications from the metropo- 
 lis in every quarter, and if the oath of that secret confederacy does 
 not manifest the real sentiments of the Romish population, imthing 
 else can. Moreover, they must be very shallow politicians who cal- 
 culate on peace or security while this league, this moral volcano 
 exists. There are, besides, numeious others proofs to the same e^'ect. 
 The cheap books and ballads in circulation among the Romanists 
 are replete with precisely similar sentiments touching the Protestant 
 
 * We read in the Dublin Warder (May 17, 1845) that a Galway priest of 
 the name of Jennings, told his cungreKalion. that '* every Pi olesiant in exisU 
 ence has the brand of the devil on his forehead, and that the Bible is poison, 
 the most destructive poison." Is the Dublin streel-shouters language much 
 worse, as expressing hostility to ProtestaAts, and considering ih« different rank 
 of tht parties ) The animut it tlie same. 
 
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 party. I furnished an account of these publications in a work, en- 
 litled, Jl Disclosure of the Principles, Designs, and Mackina- 
 lions of the Popish Revolulumary Faction of Ireland, From a 
 collection of thirty ballads puUished in this work, 1 select the follow- 
 ing, as it is hi;;hly desirable just now, that there should be no mis- 
 take as to the designs of parties in this city : — 
 
 BETTER TIMES TO OLD ERIN. 
 
 You bright sons of Erin, of fame and great courage, 
 
 Throughout many nations so very well knotrn. 
 Your rights vindicate, for this >ea8on yt»i.'il flourish. 
 
 Proud tyrants and traitors shall wail and bemoan. 
 
 Those cursed hellish vipers, who are slaves to all vices, 
 
 Are daily declining in all places you know, 
 Full of defilement they'll shortly expire. 
 
 And to destruction we'll drive them whenever thet oo. 
 
 Our great agitators, and wise legislatore, 
 
 Are acting most bravely abroad and at home. 
 For the poor sons of Erin, who are a long time despairing, 
 
 Now shall obtain their dear i'reedooi once mure. 
 
 The blood-thirsty tyrants no more shall revile us, 
 
 Our hardships and trials tiiank God are all o'er. 
 Our hearts are reviving, so »iown with conniver**, 
 
 Their infamous tribe from this island must go. 
 
 The Conservatives daily are losing all patience. 
 And the rest of their train-band in despondence also. 
 
 The contaminated vile rotten miscreants, 
 Will shortly experience a sad overthrow. 
 
 We are near the period when our efforts won't fail os, 
 
 To free this poor nation from boudage once more. 
 Our depredators shall be extirpated. 
 
 And banished quite fairly in sorrow to moan. 
 
 We'll scatter our fire brands among the false tyrants. 
 
 Their terrible crimes shall he publicly known, 
 From all par;s of Ireland or place of reiir ment. 
 
 We'll certainly drive them in shackles to oroan« 
 
 Our /t6e>a/ leaders will join most sincerely, 
 
 Without any failure to crush the proud foe. 
 By causes most h»yal they'll surely defeat them, 
 
 And restore its right claims to our nation once uori. 
 
 Cheer cp now, poor Ireland, your foes are retiring, 
 
 Who were oiten cont iviug for our ovet throw, 
 Their hopes are declining, and ours are re\iving. 
 
 So DOWN WITH THE TYRANIS TO PERISH IV WOB. 
 
 [« Dublin : Published at the Wholesale Retail Book Warehouse, 45, Capel. 
 •treet." Bought there and in Limerick. Mr. Grace, of 4o, Capel-street, is « 
 person of some rank among the Komauists. He was a Town CouQcillor in lh« 
 n«w Repeal Corporation.] 
 

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 If higher authority be required for the feelings and principles of the 
 Romanists, I would refer to the class-books of the Rouiish College 
 of iMaynoolh and the work of Peter Dens on Theology. The lan- 
 gua<;e is somewhat heller, of course, in these standard publications of 
 the Rouiish church and paity, hut the senlim^nls are precisely the 
 same. J shall prove lliis lad from one of ihe Muynt.oth tiass-books, 
 iVIenochius's Cuminenlary on the Scriptures. On the 13lh chapter 
 of St. Matthew, Mtnochius writes: — 
 
 " Lest while we gather the tares." — Lest you injure the pood, while you en- 
 deavour to eradicale ihe bad, and that those who art* tares and bad souielimes 
 become good. Christ does noi forbid heretics tt> be taken away and put to 
 death ; ou which subject Maldonatus is to l»e consulted in lliis place." 
 
 Here are the words ol Maldonaius : — 
 
 *• There are some who abuse this placf, by trying to prove that heretics are 
 not to be punished or put Ij death, which the> who df seeuj to me to be anxious 
 about themselves. . . . Tliey wh«» deny that heretics ought to be put to 
 death, ought much rather to deny that thieves, much rather that murderers, 
 oujihl to be put to death, for heretics are so inuol) the more periiicimis than 
 thieves and niurd« rers, as it is a greater crime lo steal and slay the souls of 
 men than their bo ies. Almost all the ancient authors, as t'hrysostom, Jerome, 
 and Augtistin, interpret this of heretics. . . • Whtn, therefore, then- is no 
 danger that the wheat be r<»oted out ah.ng with them, what need is thrre to wait 
 for the harvest? They are quickly lo be plucked uj» they are quickly lo be 
 burnt. Who haih not known the Calvinist:* and Lutherans? W ho d«>es not 
 see that they are heretics who have revived every ancient heresy ? Truly, there 
 Dcver was a heretic, there never can be a heretic, if they ai*e not heretics. I 
 warn princes, or (because princes are not likelv lo read these thiiig&), 1 warn 
 those who ought to admonish princes, that ii is not lawful for them lo grant lo 
 heretics those liberties which ihey call of conscience, and which are too much 
 used in our dav, unless, first the church, or he «ho is ihe head of the church 
 — the Itoman poniiff, the p«rson (»f Christ, and as it vere, the father tif the 
 family — shall have judged that the tares cannot be rooted out unless the wheat 
 be plucked up ahmg with them, and that it is for the interest of the church 
 that both be permiUed to grow together till the harves-t; for the judgment of 
 this matter does not belong to princes, who are the servants of the father «»f the 
 family, but the father of the family himself that is the govrrnor ol the church." 
 
 It must be plain to the meanest ca])acily that the persecution of 
 Protestants in Ireland and ellorls to ruin their interests artj but the 
 reduction to practice ot these antichristian d(»gmas. What palpable 
 deception for any Riniiainst to pretend to support religious liberty ! 
 They have no such thing. They submit to tyranny themselves and 
 exercise it over Protestants, not <»:.ly as an occasional ebullition of 
 hostility, but as the deliberate command of their Church, which if 
 ihey dispute, they cease to be Rtunanists. 
 
 Tr» return to the narrative. Frequent mention of the police by the 
 Dublin htreei-shoulers i> observable in the specimens wliich I have 
 furnished of their language. From these expressions we learn the 
 intimate ronnection between the police and the Romish parly, the 
 great majority of the police being Romanists. Mr. O'Feirall, one of 
 the Commissioners, is a Romanist, and Lieut. Col. Browne, the other, 
 18 a Whig, — an ally of the RomaHists. I have notes of the expres- 
 sioDt of the police in the streets, which prove that they have been 
 
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 engaged in the persecution of a Protestant, for which they have some- 
 times* said they had the authority of one of thfe Cabinet Ministers. 
 The fact of their adverse feeling towards Protestants is, indeed, proved 
 by their permission of the public nuisance and continual abuse and 
 threatening of Pioteslants by the street ruftians. Further li«;ht was 
 thrown on this important subject by the dismissal, a few months since, 
 ot Mr. Flint, a Protestant, and Inspector ol the Dublin police. It 
 appears by the Addre.ss of the Dublin Protestant Operative Asso- 
 ciation to Lord Heytesbury, Lord Lieutenant, [see Dublin Warder, 
 Nov. 2, 1844], that Mr.' Flint, •' alter a long and creditai)le service 
 of nearly twenty ye^^rs, was brou«;ht up on a false charge, and dejnived 
 of all the beneht of an established charact r and useful Hie by a harsh 
 and arbitrary decision." The Associaiion stale that it is their firm 
 conviction, that Flint is " the victim of a bi.m»ied hatred to the Pro- 
 testant faith." As this is a matter vitally afi'ectmg the well-being of 
 the Protestant party, 1 think it right to extract some I'urther facts irom 
 the Address of the Association to the Lord Lieutenant, (as published 
 iu the Warder), which will clearly exhibit the working of the 
 system : — 
 
 « Sergeant Johnson, of the D division, an estimable officer, who, at other 
 tim»'8, and on the 9ih August, 1838, received the especial thanks of the Com- 
 mi-ionersfor special services, the Commissioners putting it on record that* the 
 establishment was indebted to him,* was, in l^39, compelled to resign for 
 jocosely uting the common expression, in the kitchen of Glasnevin stauou, 
 where on a Frid y the men were quarrelling about a frying pan—* Boys, sure 
 you have not all the Pop" in vour belly.' 
 
 »• In 1838, William Humphries, E divisit.n, was brought before the Commis- 
 tioners by a Roman Catholic-sergeant, at the instance of a R-man Catholic su- 
 perintendent, for dirtv buttons, and was dismissed for saying ' that a Protestant 
 had no chance iu the force.' Whilst in July, 1839, Acting Sergeant Nowlaii, 
 who, when brought before the Commissioners, not tor * dirty buttons,' but for 
 being drunk in the station-house, and saying ' he was watched because he wa* 
 a Roman Cathidic,' was merely reduced to first class constable, and fined a 
 p..und. He was not turned adrittto want and destitution. Why shimld a Pro- 
 testant suffer thus for a lesser fault? Though found drunk he was retained ; 
 whilst in May. 1844, Inspector Mills, a Protestant, was dismissed for being 
 under the intluence of liquor at Fredeiick street station house; and three ser- 
 geants, viz : Bible, Stuart, and Magee, were dismissed for not reporting him, 
 they being Protestants, alth<»ugh a R.man Catholic ir.sptctor, M*Mahon, had 
 •een him in a like condition and did not report him, yet was retained, although 
 charged with the fact. 
 
 ** Sergeant Peacock, for 6 yearsdivisional clerk, aman of unblemished character 
 and c« uduct, was dismissed,' because, in plain clothes, he, when ..ff duty, aiiended 
 a Piote&tunt lea party, which was no jiolaii(»n of the rules uf the pol oe. The 
 •lightest fault was never found with him during his entire service, and a-sum of 
 Dot less than one hundred thousand pounds was disbursed by him without the 
 least inaccuracy; whilst a Roman Catholic constable named Evans, still in the 
 force, was brought up for having attended, in uniform, a Repeal meeting in 
 Newmarket, by a constable nau)ed Wildridge, and this man was only cautioned 
 and sent lo his duty. And again, another Roman Catholic constable, named 
 Whitehe-id, was charged with having made use of violently offensive language 
 against Protestants in one of the kitchens of Kevin-street barracks, by a cob- 
 Btable named Henniker : he was dismissed for the offence, and was reinstated 
 Jn a month ia the D division, and is now Acting Sergeant in the A division. — 
 And furthermore, a Roman Catholic, on 16th Angnst, 1839, when off duty and 
 
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 in plain, clothes, goi drunk, and was carried by the police to the Clarendon- 
 street station house, when informations for an assault were sworn against him. 
 This man's offence was noted in tliH minute book as * indiscretion when off 
 dutv/ He was tined £10, but in six months afterwards promoted to £1 15s. 
 weeklv; whilst Peacock, t\.r a slighter * indiscretion,* was deprived of bread 
 altogether. Was ihis just or equal? 
 
 **0n AuKust 14. Ih4l, P -li* e tonstuble Michael Fenton, a Protestant, waa 
 repoited bv a Roman CiiUu)iic inspector for being under the influence of liquor 
 when on duly. He was dismissed. A Koiiian Cutholic of the deieclixe f»»rre, 
 and under the same inspector, whs found drunk in the street, and carried to the 
 BtJ^tion-htUse on a stretcher. This man was not deprived of breadj he wa» 
 only fined JL2. 
 
 •' Serj;eanl P(dloc^, D division, was returned unfit for 8er^ice, though he 
 never was in greater vigour, and had served twenty two years without being a 
 day absent on sick leave. For this long service, he got only £30 compensation 
 money on hi* dismissal While Inspector Plunket, a Roman Catholic, was 
 on the sick list three limes in 1813, and was on sic; leave nine months m 
 1843—44, on full pay of £1 12s. a week. He still is continued on the service, 
 although he cann«.t patrol his division. And Roman Catholic Sergeant Daly, 
 D division, for four years' service, received a dismissal c<»m|»en8ation of £*28 
 after three months' leave of absence, and was, after his dismissal, re-e:i ployed 
 as a « arrant, collector at £ I Is. a xeek. What a contrast to Protestant Pol- 
 lock's treatment Daly was tenants' son to Mr. O'Ferra.rs agent. 
 
 *' William Coulter, a man at this moment able for any duiy, h«»wever severe, 
 was in July, 1838, six years ago, disuiissed as unfit, withcuit a penny compen- 
 sation for sixteen years' ser\ite; and he had also been wj.unded in the perfor- 
 mance (»f his duties ; but he was a voter in Dublin and Drogheda. and had been 
 guilty of supporting at some time or other the Conservative candidates. 
 
 " A Roman Catholic (87 B) was, in 1839, brouj-ht before the Conmissionen 
 for opprobriously calling Police C(m8lable 1:3 * a Protestant black^iUard.' He 
 was let oft with a fine ol five shillings, and afterwards promoted to be Acting 
 Sergeant."* 
 
 The Rev. T. D. Gregj?. in moving the adoption of this address, 
 said — " What security could there be, under a (orce rej<ulaied as this 
 was, by the nod of a Commissioner ? For his part, he was sick of 
 the force, ahogether, and of seeing able sialwavih fellows that coiild 
 handle a spade so well, filhng the places of citizens who had families 
 to support, and such as whom in Manchester and other English cities, 
 performed the duties as well. In lact, the present force seemed to be 
 gdl up for vanity and show, instead of being composed of men who 
 who were in need of support for their families." Certainly it appears 
 to many that not merely the description ol persons, but the immber 
 (1 100 pt)lice, at an exp*^ense of about £70000 a year), is quite un- 
 suitable to the impoverished city of Dublin. As regards partiality to 
 Romanists, I will just ask does any rational man think that il the 
 three street-yelling ruffians were Protestants, and abusing a leading 
 Romanist as well as the Romanists generally, the police of Dubliu 
 would permit such flagrant breach of the peace for a sin}j;le hour ? 
 And further, if the disorderly ruffi.ms were Orangeman, or Protestants, 
 a»d that the police passed them by in the streets, does any one think 
 the Papist housekeepers would not very speedily' be found to appre- 
 hend the delinquents ? The Protesunts have been most egregiously 
 
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 gulled— they have been deluded by reiterated falsehood, and seriously 
 injured by the maintenance and permission of the two years* cor- 
 rupting street nuisance. It is the especial duty of the police to 
 apprehend disorderly persons in the public streets,* and were the 
 writer a housekeeper with a family, exposed to contamination, he 
 would have compelled the police to do their duty. But he never sees 
 the ruffians, and leelitig that the responsibility rested upon others, he 
 has not resorted to the law. He has directed attention to the infamous 
 nuisance by hundreds of private and public letters as tvell as by pamph- 
 lets, expecting that a practical sense of duty might be thereby induced. 
 Unquestionably, the disgrace of the atfair attaches chiefly to the Papist 
 party and their police. The Protestants are, in a great degree, the 
 victims of the conspiracy— a Jesuitical conspiracy, which, un- 
 doubtedly, has had its root and origin in the regions ot darkness : the 
 prime instigator being the great and ancient Enemy of mankind. — 
 Well will it be if, even at the eleventh hour, effijctual remedial mea- 
 sures are adopted. I have been told by the Romanists, that " the 
 
 PRIESTS CAN PURSUE ME WITH THE POLICE ALL OVER THE 
 
 WORLD." II such be the fact, it is at all events satisfactory to be 
 enabled to bring the weight of public opinion to bear upon such 
 marked exemplification of the inlierent tyranny, the intolerant anti- 
 Christian spirit, ay, and the immorality, of the Church of Rome.f 
 Pr»tty supporters of civil and religious liberty ! I should add, that 
 although not noticed by the public journals, or orators of " Concilia- 
 Hon" hall and other public meetings, the wicked persecuting conspi- 
 racy and its attendant infamous proceedings have been and are the 
 town-talk of the city of Dubliu. I could state the names and ex- 
 pressions of numerous persons of respectable rank in reference to the 
 matter, but I abstain from that course from feelings towards the in- 
 dividuals in question. Let any one resort to the list of localities in 
 which the wickedness has been perpetrated, and he will at once 
 perceive that it must, necessarily, have attracted the attention of the 
 public generally. Indeed, considering the incessant vociferations of 
 the street ruffians, ignorance of the public nuisance could only exist 
 on the supposition that epidemic deafness had seized on all the inha- 
 bitants. The fact is, the revolting subject of their wickedness has 
 been purposely " burked" suppressed and avoided by the Popish 
 journals and orators, and all whom they could influence by threats. 
 
 ' Dublin Warder, November 2, 1844. 
 
 ♦ Police r^orts of their doin? so, are sometimes seen in the newspapers; 
 but when carrying on Komish party work, a different rule is to be observed.— 
 " College-street Police OflSce— Yesterday, six boys were charged with being dis- 
 orderly, and using profane and indecent language on the previous evening in 
 the passage at the Theatre-Royal. Air. O'Callaghan expressed his strong disap- 
 probation at the conduct of the prisoners, and said he was determined to pataa 
 end to such practices." — Saunders's News Letter, 21st May, 1845. 
 
 t I would ask them, in the words of TertuUian— " What is the use of going 
 to prayers with washed hands, but with an unclean spirit ?"— 2>« Oratore, 
 chap. ii. 
 
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 bribfcry, or misrepresentation. It is, however, as already stated, a 
 daily subject of conversation among all ranks and classes in the me- 
 tropolis of Ireland. 
 
 Perpetual espionage is another mode of annoyance adopted towards 
 me by the ipopish party. They have five or six, and sometimes 
 more, notorious bad characters employed to watch every word and 
 action of mine by day and night. In short, the mean and infamous 
 spy-system has been for years in continual operation for the purpose 
 of harassing me, and trying to collect, in this surreptitious way, as 
 much information as possible touching my political labours, publica- 
 tions, and correspondence. Prying after letters, both sent and re- 
 ceived, has been for a lengthened period their disgraceful practice, and 
 of late they have openly stated that ihey have tampered wi/h the post- 
 ofBce. In three instances within a month, the letters of other people 
 have been enclosed in mine, as appears from the following short 
 notes : — 
 
 From the Duke of Wellington. 
 Be pleased yourself to forward your own letter— the Duke of Wellington is 
 not the postman." — [May 7, 1845.] 
 
 From A. Bean, Esq., of the Liverpool Albion. 
 
 " Albion Office, Liverpool, April 17, 1845. 
 "Sir — In your letter was enclosed, by mistake I suppose, another ad- 
 dressed to George Stephens, Esq, 19, Peter's Hill, London. Do you know^ 
 anything about it ? 
 
 " Respectfully yours, 
 
 « P.p., A. Bean, 
 
 " Charles B. Bean." 
 
 From J. B. Knox, Esq., of the Clare Journal, 
 " Sir— The enclosed letter was in your envelope sent me yesterday. 
 [Letter directed, Geo. Paget, Esq., Pall Mall, London.] 
 
 " Your obedient servant, 
 
 "J. B. Knox." 
 
 The following reply to the Duke of Wellington will explain the matter :— 
 
 « Dublin, 10th May, 1845. 
 " My Lord Duke — I have received a letter directed to a Mrs. Had ley, (care 
 of Messrs. Palmer, Mackillop, Dent & Co., II, King's Arms Yard, London), 
 with a memorandum from your Grace, as follows: — " Be pleased yourself to 
 forward your own letters— the Duke of Wellington is not the postman." I beg 
 leave to state that I never saw or heard of the letter to Mrs. Hadley till sent 
 me by your Grace. I may further add, that a similar occurrence has taken 
 place three times within the last fortnight— purposely, 1 have good reason to 
 think. Besides, it is very improbable, that three letters could^ave been sent 
 to me by mere accident in so short a space of time. Upon this and several 
 other matters (of which your Grace is already informed), I shall enter into 
 more detail shortly. These few lines will satisfy your Grace that I did not 
 send the letter. If further proof were necessary, it visibly went through the 
 post-office, separately, as the stamp is cancelled with the number 186. I have 
 put the letter to day in the General Post Office. 
 
 " I have the honor to be, 
 "My Lord Duke, 
 « Your Grace's obedient humble servant, 
 
 " John Ryan." 
 
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 The expressions of the street ruffians, and others of the jjanff con- 
 vmce me that all this has been done purposely, as part of their 
 nmchmations. The name of Mrs. Hadley has been repeatedly 
 mentioned by them Not satisfied with 'this prying after correspond- 
 ence and mtermeddlmg therewith, the Papists have latterly commenced 
 thievnjg. Two parcels have been recently stolen from me by infa- 
 mous wretches hired by the Papist party. The fact is stated in the 
 loliowmg advertisements m the public papers:-— 
 
 «* STOLEN-Stolen, a parcel of tracts headed mhonism in Enqland^Mr 
 Hi/an s Statement; and also a small tablet with a few memorandums of no 
 consequence. Ten shillings will be given for them on applimir to tS« 
 !3,"l84^;- ''''"' *' J-is-street,Dlblin.''-(^au«./e.'/]:r^^^^^^^^^^^ 
 
 « ROBBERY-REWARD.-Whereas a parcel containing manuscripts has been 
 Btolenoutofatrunk, the said parcel being carefully sealed wh7the inidak 
 J. R., and a crest. The sum often pounds will be paid to any Person who 
 shall return the parcel, and give such evidence as will^ntureZconv'cUon of 
 thetlnef, or thieves, concerned in the robbery, on application to the owner 
 Mr^Ryan, 12 Jervis-street, Dublin."- (I?u6/i« Rvenin^ Mail, May H 
 
 « Robbery-Re WARD.-Whereas a parcel containing manuscripts has been 
 Jtolenoutofatrunk, the said parcel being carefully se'aled wk 'the fnUUl. 
 J. R., and a crest ; and also another parcel containing tracts headed mlZ^* 
 ism in England-Mr. Eyan^s Statement. The sum ^, ten' p^lnds w U b« 
 paid to any person who shall return the stolen pronertv Jr^Tl\^J.^^^ 'l 
 as shall lead to the conviction of the thief or'Ss'co'ncrrne'd n ^a d rTbW 
 on application to the owner, Mr. Ryan. 12. Jervis street, Dublin. S 
 pounds will be paid for the parcel of manuscripts. ^"oim. inree 
 
 " N.B. — Advertisement of this robbery appeared in tho Tiuhiit, j?«-«v »^ -i 
 of May 14, 1845, the Dublin Warder\f^uIy\lV2^ix^^^^^^ 
 Dublin General Advertiser, May 24, 1845/'--(D'ublinl^a.L:june ?!, IS^ 
 
 No doubt can exist that the Romanists and their infamous tools 
 are the culprits m this matter. The street-shouters and eavesdroppers 
 have frequently said, openly, that they have picked locks and stolen 
 the parcels, that they have stolen the manuscripts, testimonials, ac- 
 counts &c., and intend to steal more the first convenient opportunity 
 rhey have openly said, that they will steal letters which fhey know 
 by their spies, 1 possess, and other valuable documents and monev' 
 and that they mtend to bribe housekeepers to assist them to commit the 
 
 ,?rn rr"^'"'"/Tl°^ '^'" ^t""''' "^ "" '^^ P^^^^^«-* ^« another' 
 proof of Papist dishonesty, I may mention, that in the autumn of 
 
 1829, I made a pedestrian excursion through the Lake country of 
 
 Lancashire, Cumoerland, and Westmorland, of which I wrote a 
 
 diary m two volumes. These manuscript books have been stolen by 
 
 the Papists, and handed over to their priests ; who, by this process 
 
 « Bv^hp' H^ '^' ^^''^ '"^^"'1^' just yelled out in the streets of Dublin^ 
 
 ay tne "-7- S , we will steal your property," with several other threats 
 
 of an equally infamous description.-[May 20. J 845.] ^11 this sin perfect 
 accordance with the anti christian precepts of Dens' Theology as relanrPrf 
 testants. It is a Romish duty to rob and ruin Protestants ^ 
 
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 have become reeeivers of stolen goods. They have publicly meniioned 
 the name ofaDubhn Romish priest who has the two manuscript 
 books, and seems resolved lo retain thein. They have intimated a wish 
 that 1 should wan on his Reverence to request the restoration of my 
 property ;but I tliink it the nmre prudent course to avoid the Romish 
 priesjhood. I would just ask the dispassionate leader, whether, con- 
 sidermg the,,- whole cou.luci The Times has not some justification 
 for the epithets " surp.iced ruliSans, ' and " rullian priesthood?" 
 From such shameful conl.ssions ol wilful villainv. made both iu the 
 streets and private houses, the world can judge of the principles of 
 the Popish party. I should hare remind the reader, that .he citizens 
 Of Dublin pay no less than eleven hundred policemen to patrol the 
 streets o( the city- but most of them are Romanists. It would, in- 
 deed, appear that the Papists have obtained liberty to comn.it the 
 most heinous crimes, at least when the purpose is the destruction of 
 Protestants : a hellish, satnrnalian license, opposed to the laws both 
 01 Orod and man, and ruinous to themselves as well as to their in- 
 tended victims. The Latin adage. Quod Deus vult perdere. prim 
 rf«nen/a<, here occurs to my mind. Tliose whom God would de- 
 stroy he first deprives ol their senses. This would really he the 
 fisting process with the Irish priesthood and laity of the Church of 
 Ivoine. 
 
 Another proof of the guilty tactics in operation is the circumstance, 
 that having had occasion early in 1844. to visit the county of Car' 
 low, in reference to a matter of property, I was followed eveVy step of 
 the road by three or lour Papist vagabonds, with the yelling nuisance. 
 Being on my return in the country, from the house ol an acmiaint- 
 ance where I had dined, I was followed on the road by one of the 
 Dublin street-shouters, assisted by two other ruffians, tryinc. to in- 
 
 fwl"^"/?!.'"'" ^'P'f '' '"^ note-taker lor O'Connell, with several 
 threats ofthe most violent description. The st.eet-rufiians said that 
 every Protestant m the county of Carlew would be murdered in fliree 
 days. Alter following me for hall a mile, wi(h very little satisfaction 
 Irom me they went into a beggarly cabin by the road side. By the 
 way I have scarcely ever heard of less tiian three Papists aiiu'ckin.^ 
 one Protestant. Having been on another occasion, iithin ti,e las^ 
 two years, trave mg on a public vehicle, the passengers being al 
 Repealers a well-dressed man declared publicly, that t clean steep 
 of me Protestants was their intention— ilmt 179^ was only the insurrec- 
 tion of one or two drunken counties-that the next would be a sinml- 
 aneous rising of th;rty-two counties-that they hoped to accomplish 
 their work in about three hours, and that no notice \vhatsoever u u d 
 would be afforded to the Protestants. One this subject I would ref^r 
 to two etters^ signed Philalethes. which appeared in the ILninn 
 Chromde. October, 1843-wntten, it is lid, by Mr iS^^^^ 
 of the Treasury. I regret to have it to state, that Irish Protestants 
 exhibit at present extremely little of the union, or vigilance inmera- 
 tively demanded by their insecure position "* ^ 
 
 The proceedings of the Popish party in Dublin are of to extraor- 
 
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 dinary a character, that were the facts not so capable (»f irrefragalle 
 proof, some might be excused for scepticism. In addition, how^ever, 
 to the direct proof, corroborating circumstances place the natter 
 beyond doubt. The persecution of Protestants in every quarter, 
 and particularly in Dingle, is very similar in many respects to 
 to that enacted in the metropolis. From a letter of the Rev. Thomas 
 Monarfy, dated Ventry Parsonage, Dingle, January 26, 1845, we 
 leaai, that the Protestant converts are continually assailed by Popish 
 falsehoods. " The constant dropping of waters," remarks Mr. Mo- 
 riarty, " wears away the stone, and the greatest lies pass for truth 
 with many when constantly repeated. To prevent any such conse- 
 quence from the weekly repetition of false statements and abuse ol us 
 lor the lasi few months, I beg leave to address the public through 
 your pages." " I am sorry," continues Mr. Moriarty, " and ashamtd 
 to say it of my countrymen, that they have been, latterly in particular, 
 brought into such an unchristian and unnatural state of mind, 
 that they could not let a luneral pass without shouting and insult of 
 every kind. But how can it be otherwise,- as the priest is such are 
 the people A new nickname for the soupers is proclaimed almost 
 every Sunday from the altars, and wherever a convert goes through 
 the country, he is saluted by those opprobrious epithets. What a 
 spirit IS in Romanism when its poor deluded votaries, while actually 
 on their knees around the chapel during the celebration ol mass, 
 couldn t let the converts pass on their way to church, without shouting 
 alter them and calling thpm opprobrious names." It thus appears 
 that the nuisance ol shouting foul language is not confined to Dublin. 
 '* Pa;^t ol the tactics in the south of Ireland. " A threateniuif notice- 
 States Mr. Moriarty. "was served on Lord Ventry, and the writer 
 swore by the eternal God to shoot him if he didn't discountenance 
 converts and send away Mr Gayer- the greatest benefactor and the 
 best Iriend to the poor Reman Catholics of Dingle, as ivell as to the 
 
 converts of the district. The places said to be consecrated to the 
 
 wor^hip ol the God of 'peace and good-will to man', resou^.d «ith 
 the most uncharitable, the vilest abuse ol us converts, and of all the 
 Protestant gentry who venture to show us any countenance in the 
 country. Alluding to a female convert, Mr. MoViarty says —"Nick- 
 names and abuse of all sorts are heaped upon her by an unmanly 
 priest. Even the Editor of the Kerry Examiner is asnamed to print 
 in his generally filthy pages the Dens' taught expressions of this reve- 
 rend g-mleman • By a postscript, dated Jan. 27, Mr. Moriarty 
 states, that " Mff Gayer received a letter this morning, threatening thJt 
 his and other lives would be sacrificed if he didn't leave the country."* 
 
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 In the same number of the Dublin Warder [Feb. 81 from which I 
 extract the foregoing, there is an adclress to the Dh4 e TroLs^^^^ 
 irom tlie of iciatmg minister, (the Rev. J. P. Garrett,*), 0^ 
 wardens and parishioners of Kilmood, county of Down, in which thev 
 state,-" Yon perhaps did not think that in our free country Rome 
 vvonia be permitted to exert her cruel and persecuting power! faHss 
 that your neighbours, dearest relations, and friends, would have been 
 so excited against you: yet so it is, and so it will be, until prac^a" 
 infidelity and idolatry shall give way to the vital godliness of pure a^.d 
 nndefiled religion." It fully appears that Romels permittedTexert 
 her cruel and persecuting power not merely in remote districts bu 
 m the very heart ol .he metropolis of Ireland. I„ fact, it requ 1 no 
 especial gilt of foresight to predict, that the graspTng an b^n and 
 unscrupulous courses of the Romanists on the one hand and the and- 
 Protestant recreant policy of Peel on the other, must, if not speedily 
 checked, effect niuch detriment to the Protestant (/. .. the BritisM 
 interest ni Ireland. I have, however, introduced Mr. Moriarfy s tes- 
 timony chiefly to corroborate my statements of Popish persecution- 
 now continued I repeat, for eight years, without the cessation of a 
 single week. A more flagrant case of persevering malignity, of dia- 
 bohca animosity, and wilful and deliberate inhumanity has"^ no an. 
 peared m modern times. It may be asked, could not the Papists 
 have inurderedyou ? I kno.v they could ; and I am convinced would 
 have done so were it not their object to hunt me into the church of 
 Rome, which they conceived they would have speedily accomplished 
 by their hellish persecution. Having continued this persecuti^on for 
 some time, and mentioned the names of its prime movers, they then 
 thought, and thought rightly, that if they murdered me by violence or 
 one dose of poison the lives of their employers would be forfeited 
 Their prudential considerations have been, income degree, my protec- 
 lion. 1 hey have, however, maintained a system of nefhrious annoy- 
 ance, which, I do verily believe would have terminated the existence 
 of nine men out of ten in half the time. I am convinced they would 
 have driven many men to mental derangement, to suicide, or probably 
 broken their heart: as has been in my case their decided objecf 
 Ihus would they compass the death of their Protestant victim, while 
 
 h^lZi 'f7^'" Tv '""^^^'"- P"»i^^^"^«»^ of such actual murder at 
 the hands of the public executioner. Such have been, and such are 
 at the present moment the obvious, the confessed purposes and deeds 
 of the Papist bends. Come what may, I am fullyJiermined never 
 to enter into any criminal engagement, or collusion^vith the Papists. 
 Having conscientiously made this just resolution, I cheerfully commk 
 the result to Providence. Sola Dens salus. 
 
 t^siTnn;^e,r""' '° ' '"'°''''' '' ^' ^''''^ ^'^^ ^'^ "^^ '^ ^^e CoU 
 
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 Having perused the foregoing account of many years Popish perse- 
 cution, the reader will probably be desirous to obtain further informa- 
 tion relative to my personal history. Having heard the attack they 
 will willingly hear the defence. The questions naturally arise who is 
 this j)ersecuted Protestant ^ What has been liis avocalion ? What 
 his company ? What work has he performed i* What has he done 
 in the world ? I proceed now to answer these questions. In doing 
 so, 1 trust I shall satisfy the reader, vindicate myself and expose the 
 root and grounds of a nefarious conspiracy. I must, at the same time, 
 state, that not being a person of any vanity, several of the facts and 
 circumstances to be hereafter related would"^ never be ])ublished by me 
 were they not extorted by the persevering assaults of the enemy and 
 requisite in mere self-defence. The insane, unparalleled persecution 
 compels me to be full and explicit. 1 am bound, nolens volens, to 
 furnish Protestants and the world generally with some «lue to the 
 conspiracy, to state some of the causes of* the organised animosity, 
 now for years maliciously exhibited. AW effo ventosce venor snffragia 
 plebis. I do not hunt lor the votes of the inconstant rabble ; but 
 there are high and respectable persons whose good opinion any one 
 must consider a valuable acquisition. If, therefore, persons should 
 take umbrage at any portion of my narrative, they must affix the 
 blame, and attach the responsibility to those whose ruthless and un- 
 principled courses have rendered the publication necessary Very 
 little trouble will be required to ascertain the guilty aggressors. 
 
 Previously to the year 1827, having held the situation of cashier 
 in one of the highest offices in the city of Dublin, (Mr. Richard 
 Barrett, now and for many yeai^ Editor of the Dublin Pilot, and 
 lately one of the prisoners with 6'Connell, held a situation in the 
 same office ; Mr. John Browne, who took an active part in the 
 Roman Catholic Association before 1829, was also there), and on 
 leaving that office, having obtained a testimonial for " integrity and 
 diligence" — the heads of the ofl^ice having since publicly encouraged 
 and supported my works— 1 felt disposed to take some part.in matters of 
 a political and literary nature. At that time, Mr. Canning, being 
 Prime Minister, much of public attention, in the Irish metropolis, 
 was directed to the question of Roman Catholic Emancipation— ^s 
 it was called. The overwhelming majority of the Protestants being 
 decidedly opposed to a measure which they conceived would injuri- 
 ously affect the just ascendancy of Protestantism, I fully participated 
 in that view of the subject. I afl5xed my name to numerous petitions 
 to the King, Lords, and Commons, against the measure, and fur- 
 ther published a pamphlet upon the subject. Reflections on the de- 
 mands of the Romanists; shewing the Disastrous Consequences 
 which must Result from a Concession of Political Power to them,* 
 
 * Octavo, 50 closely printed pages ; published by William Curry, Jun., 
 and Co., 9, Upper Sackville-streei, Dublin, and J. Nisbet, Bernerg-street, 
 London. ' 
 
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 A considerable number of copies of this work were purchased and 
 circulated, and on the 24th January, 1829, the Editor of the Dub- 
 lin Warder (a leading Protestant Journal) pronounced it to be " a 
 most valuable pamphlet," following the notice by lengthened ex- 
 tracts. I have ever endeavoured, both publicly and privately, to 
 uphold the British Monarchy and Constitution in Church and State, 
 in accordance with the principles expressed and advocated in that 
 pamphlet. 
 
 That such advocacy was efficacious is proved by the general esta- 
 blishment ol Brunswick Constiiuiional Clubs, in the year 1828. 
 Early in 1829, 1 had the honor of being proposed bv the late Right 
 Hon. Benjamin, Earl of Aldb()ruugh,a8 a meuiber of "the Upper Tal- 
 botsiown Constitutional Club (County of Wick low— three miles from 
 the place of my birth in the County of Carlow) — was accordingly 
 admitted, aiid appointed one of the Committee of that Society. The 
 following letter from Lmas H. Jackson, Esq., of Mount Lucas, 
 Couiity of Carlow (a retired Captain in the army, and Capiain of 
 the Baltinglass Yeomanry Corps,) refers to that circum*<tance : — 
 
 "Mount Lucas, Feb. 1, 1829. 
 *' Dear Sir— I presented your book (* Reflection i on the Dt-mands of the 
 Konianisis') to my Lord Aldborough, with your compliments ; he bid roe not 
 forget (three times this week or ten days past) to return y.)u thanks, that bn 
 read it, and approves of every word of it. The fact is, I believe Mr. Scott,* 
 the Curate, read it for him, which was the best. When I mentioned at a full 
 meeting that I wished to propose you a member (of the Brunswick Club), Lord 
 Aldbor«.ugh begged I would let him have that pleasure. I need not tell you 
 that there was no opposition, and you were also set down as one of the acting 
 Committee. On Friday last, Lord A. 4l«iired me to say he would be happy to 
 see you amongst us. 
 
 " Believe me, my dear Sir, 
 
 *'\fiTy sincerely yours, 
 
 << T 1. T> ^ .. " ^- ^' Jackson. 
 
 "John Ryan, Esq." 
 
 The estimable nobleman mentioned was one of the most zealous 
 and consistent supporters of our Protestant Constitution. From his 
 lordship, 1 experienced much hospitality. In one of my interviews 
 with him, he told me, that he had rece'ived from Peel (the present 
 Sir Robert Peel) as many letters as would reach from the floor to tha 
 table (his precise words) full of the warmest professions of attach- 
 ment to the Protestant cause, but that he felt so disgusted with his 
 conduct on the Romish Act of 1829, that he returned a portrait of 
 Peel, which the latter had presented to his lordship, stating the rea- 
 sons which rendered its retention impossible ! About the period 
 above mentioned I was also admitted a member of the Royal York 
 Club of the city of Dublin — a loyal Society, named after the late 
 Duke of York, and instituted ior the support of Conservative 
 principles. * 
 
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 In the autumn of 1829, I sailed for Liverpool, and proceeded from 
 thence by coach to Kendal, on a pedestrian excursion through the 
 northern lake country. I visited lakes Windermere, Coniston, Rydal 
 Grasmere, Leathes water, Derwentwater and Ulswater; visited 
 also the towns of Ambleside, Hawkshead, Keswick, Penrith, Carlisle 
 aiid (xretna Green. I ascended to the summit of Skiddaw, near 
 Keswick, and went through that splendid building, Lowther Castle; 
 ±Jemg introduced by my pamphlet on the Romish question, fmv 
 name being on the title-page of all my works except one) I had an 
 interview with Professor John Wilson of Edinburgh, at his beautiful 
 residence, Elleray, near Windermere, and had" a lengthened conver- 
 sation with him, although he was busy with composition when I 
 arrived. Every one knows, that beside his separate works, he is 
 -bditor of Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, I had also the plea- 
 sure of a long interview with Mr. Southey, at Greta Hall, near 
 Keswick, and saw one of his daughters. He politely came out and 
 shewed me the way to the gigantic mountain, Skiddaw, which rises 
 Its head into the clouds, near Greta Hall. With Mr. Wordsworth, 
 1 had protracted conversation, much to my benefit, as every one must 
 say who has had similar opportunity. His general opinions coincided 
 exactly with mine, as did those of Mr. Southey and Professor Wilson. 
 Mr. Wordsworth was proceeding to visit the Earl of Lonsdale at 
 Lowther Castle, on a pony, and J accompanied him on foot from his 
 residence, Rydal Mount, to Ulswater, a distance of ten miles. Pur- 
 ^Ti!^ the kind invitation of Mr. Wordsworth, I afterwards saw Mrs. 
 and Miss Wordsworth two or three times at Rydal Mount, which is 
 beautifully situated, commanding a view of lake Windermere and the 
 surrounding country. Having traversed 318 miles of that celebrated 
 district on foot, I returned to Dublin, much gratified by the scenery 
 and incidents of my excursion. Observing the peaceableness of the 
 country, the prevalent comfort, and the general air of neatness of even 
 tiie lovver class of way-side inns, and other houses, I often wished that 
 Ireland might participate in these blessings. So far as lay in mv 
 power, I can safely affirm, that I have ever endeavoured to promote 
 the material interests, as well as the moral and religious welfare of the 
 people of Ireland. * 
 
 Having experienced so much pleasure and advantage from my re- 
 cent tour in England, I resolved on a short excursion of a similar 
 description m Scotland. I had also some wish to make inquiries 
 relative to Scotch agriculture. I accordmgly obtained a letter of in- 
 troduction from the Rev. William Hickey, (to whom I had previously 
 had t^e pleasure of delivering a similar letter from a friend and 
 relati^ at his residence, Kilcormuck Glebe, County of Wexford) 
 
 • Her. Henry Scott, of Baltinglass. 
 
 * As already staled, I wrote a diary of this excursion. About twelve months 
 afterwards, I sent the two volumes by a caravan to a relation, but they never 
 reached their destination ; and although I offered a reward publicly at the time, 
 could never recover them. Within the last few months, I have learned tha 
 they are in the possession of a Reverend Romish priest of Dublin. 
 
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 to the Right Honorable Sir John Sinclair, Bart., of Edinburgh, an 
 eminent public character. Mr. Hickey is known by his excellent 
 works under the assumed name of " Martin Doyle." This gentleman 
 wrote to me as follows, enclosing the letter to Sir John Sinclair : — 
 
 *' Dear Sir — I regret that I cannot send you the enclosed free. That it may 
 be useful to you, I sincerely trust. Pray get a copy (of Hints to Small Fanners) 
 from Messrs. Curry on my account, and after correcting it, give it to Sir John, 
 as I have told him you will do. . . , The limits of my half sheet prevent 
 me from writing more than that 
 
 " I am, yours faithfully, 
 
 W. Hickey." 
 « 21st March, 1830." 
 
 I landed at Glasgow from the Erin steamer, on the 15th April, 
 1830. Having surveyed that town, which does not possess much 
 attraction, I proceeded by coach to Edinburgh, where 1 resided a 
 week, seeing the old and new town, which present an extraordinary 
 contrast, Holyrood Palace, and other objects worthy attention. The 
 day after my arrival, I waited on Sir John Sinclair, to whom I pre- 
 sented Mr. Hickey *s letter. He received me very politely, and 
 
 handed me two notes of introduction to Haddington — one to 
 
 Dunlop, Esq., Provost of Haddington, Secretary of the East Lothian 
 Society, together with a copy of it which I believe to be in the Right 
 Hon. Baronet's own hand-writing; the other note was to a gentleman 
 whom I found was then in London. The note to Provost Dunlop 
 was as follows : — 
 
 " Sir— I herewith request your attention to the enclosed letter from the Rev, 
 Mr. Bickey, a respectable clergyman in Ireland. It will be delivered to you 
 by Mr. Ryan, who wishes to reside for some time in East Lothian to get a 
 knowledge of husbandry. I hope that it will be in your power to recommend 
 him to some intelligent farmer for that purpose. 
 
 ** I remain. Sir, 
 
 " Your very obedient servant, 
 
 John Sinclair. "^ 
 " 133, George street, Edinburgh, 
 « 20th April, 1830." 
 
 As might be expected, Mr. Dunlop expressed his readiness to fur- 
 nish me with every information. 1 had much conversation with hiu> 
 on Scottish affairs. Besides farming a thousand acres of land, Mr. 
 Dunlop was an extensive distiller, as I had special opportunity of 
 knowing, having tasted some of his whiskey punch, not being then a 
 " tee-totaller." I altered my mind relative to residence in East Lo- 
 thian, and having spent a pleasant and instructive afternoon with 
 Provost Dunlop and family, returned to Edinburgh. ^ 
 
 On Thursday morning, 22nd A])ril, I left Edinburgh by c4ph for 
 Melrose — intending to visit Abbotsford, which is situate near that 
 town. The lines of Sir Walter Scott — 
 
 " He who would see fair Melrose aright, 
 " Must visit it by the pale moonlight," 
 
 have rendered the ruins of Melrose Abbey famous all over the civiHzed 
 
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 world. 1 1 is certainly one of the most chaste and elegant specimens 
 of Gothic architecture now extant. Except Tintern Abbey, in Mon- 
 mouthshire, which I saw at a subsequent period, I have never seen 
 the equal of Melrose. The immediate purpose of this publication 
 forbids detail. I shall therefore briefly state, that on the same day 
 (22nd April) I had the honor of an interview with Sir Walter Scott 
 at Abbotsford. I found the Lion in his den — the study now so cele- 
 brated. T presented him a copy of my pamphlet, for which he thanked 
 me, and having conversed very courteously, desired the servant man 
 to shew me the "castle." Sir Walter was dressed in a green frock 
 coat and had altogether a farmer-like appearance. He had an immense ^ 
 wolf-dog with him. There were several relics, antiquities, paintings, 
 &c. well worth seeing at Abbotsford, the particulars of which I noted 
 in my diary. I slept at Melrose, and next day, 23rd, proceeded on 
 foot by Selkirk to visit James Hogg, the Eltrick Shepherd. The 
 road lies close to Abbotsford, so I called again and requested the fa- 
 vour of a line or two of Sir Walter's manuscript, with which he 
 immediately complied. I then proceeded on my route, arriving at Sel- 
 kirk at half-past twelve, and passing the river Yarrow, in Ettrick, 
 reached Hogg's residence. Mount Benger, in the evening. The, 
 little inn in the neighbourhood being quite full, I availed myself of 
 Mr. Hogg's kind invitation and spent the night at his house. I found 
 him, as I expected, a very cheerful person. Over our whiskey 
 "toddy," we had much pleasant conversation relative to literature and 
 literary men, the Nodes of Blackwood's Magazine and other topics. 
 It was Mrs. H. I saw on entering, and she sent for her husband. I 
 presented Mr. Hogg with a copy of my pamphlet, and he, in letum, 
 made me a present of his Queen Hynde, a poem of much merit — 
 with a handsome inscription to myself. After breakfast, on the 24th, 
 I departed southward by St. Mary's Lake for MofTatt, (with Queen 
 Hynde under my armj, that being the readiest road to my point of 
 embarkation, Glasgow, unless I returned to Edinburgh. Without 
 further detail, I may state, that I reached Glasgow on Tuesday, 27th, 
 and on the 29th April, 1830, arrived in Dublin. This fortnight's 
 excursion afforded me much gratification ; it shews what may be done 
 by good use of one's time. I bad an opportunity of viewing many 
 celebrated works both of art and nature, and became acquainted with 
 more men renowned in literature. 
 
 I may as well state here, on the subject of travels, that I had, 
 some years before these two excursions, made a visit to France. The 
 volumes of Scott, Raffles, Pinkney, Sheppard, Lady Morgan and 
 others, on that country, created a wish to see France and the sights 
 of its metropolis. Accordingly, while yet a minor, I left Dublin on 
 the ist of August, 1823, reached Bristol on the 3rd, Southampton on 
 the 4th, Havre-de-grace on the 6tb, and Paris on the 8th. 1 so- 
 journed in that city, inspecting all the public buildings and exhibitions 
 and viewing all matters worth attention until the 25th September, when 
 I departed on my return home. I reached Dieppe on the 26th, 
 Brighton on the 30th, and London on the evening of that day. 
 
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 Having seen the wondei-s of the modern Babylon, I left London on 
 V «X 1 X^'^^®'"' ^"^ passing through Liverpool reached Dublin on 
 the 27th October. J 823. I have a diary in two volumes of this ex- 
 cursion of which the immediate purpose of this publication does not 
 permit detail. I got my passport in Dublin from the French Consul, 
 Monsieur Romam, Stephen s-green. A certificate being always re- 
 quired by the Consul that the applicant is " a fit and proper person 
 ^travel in France, the Lord Mayor readily wrote one to that effect. 
 Ihe Lord Mayor at the time was Alderman John Smith Flemii.-— 
 for a number of years one of the Police Magistrates of Dublin. ''As 
 an instance of French politeness, I may mention that when in Paris 
 1 wrote to the Duke de Blacas for i)ermission to see the castle of the 
 1 uileries, and immediately received the following note from the 
 
 T I'r^ ^""^ ^® Blacas 8' empresse de prevenir Monsieur Ryau que c'est k M. 
 Le Gouvemeur des Tmleries qu'il doit s'adresser pour obienir de billets pour 
 >oir des appartemens des Tuileries. ^ 
 
 "Aux Tuileries le 26 Aout, 1823." 
 
 The Duke de Blacas was Le Premier Gentilhomme de la Chambre 
 auHou I applied accordingly to the Governor, received the tickets 
 and saw all the state apartments of the French Kings' Palace of the 
 1 uilenes. At all events, no one could complain of want of politeness 
 in the suppoiters of the ancien regime. 
 
 Beholding the pernicious fruits of the inroad on our Protestant 
 constitution, aiid deeply convinced of the ever-blighting influence of 
 the system of Popery, religiously, socially and politically, I published, 
 soon after my return from Scotland, a work, entitled An Inquiry into 
 the Nature and Effects of Popery* In addition to much verbal 
 commendation, notices appeared from the Editors of periodicals, viz.:— 
 
 hJ'»f ^'^^'^^ from statements made by the historians of past ages, as well as 
 by the travellers of the present day, that wherever Popery has been esiablished 
 in the full workings of its priestly domination, it has had* a blighting inriuence 
 upon the happiness, the knowledge, and the advancement of mfS '^^"ft! 
 Un Christian Examiner. 
 
 « A powerful exposition of the monstrosities of ropery."— Z)i*A/in Warder. 
 
 The Editor of the Christian Examiner, the Rev. Csesar Otwav 
 expressed to me, personally, very high praise of this work. The 
 Papists have said repeatedly that they are persec.iting me since its 
 publication, fifteen years since. I happened to meet, by accident, an 
 ^^^re%% To the Gentlemen, Yeomen, Freemen, Freeholders and all 
 
 ^^.^r,^ ''^^'''''^'^''"'* <>f ^he North of Ireland, signed David 
 JU t leery, -~-nX that lime and for manv years a leading member of the 
 Common Council of the corporation of the ciry of Dublin, and sub- 
 sequently an officer of the corporation. I found as follows in the 
 Address of Mr. M<Cleery, which now lies before me:- 
 
 « I am indebted for these observations to that excellent author, Mr. Ryan, in 
 
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 hii invaluable treatise published this year in Dublin, entitled, An Inquirij into 
 the Nature and Effects of Popery, a pamphlet that ought to be in the possession 
 of every Protestant of the British empire, as a clear and copious collection of 
 potent and incontrovertible facts, perspicuous authorities and doctrines, as set 
 forth and admitted by both Churches, drawn together as into a synopsis or focus, 
 by such a masteriy hand, that 1 will venture to assert (although I never saw, 
 and am therefore unaquainted with the author) that there is no man can pos- 
 sibly read the pamphlet without being fully repaid for the purchase." 
 • 
 
 In June, 1831, I published a Letter to the Protestants of Ireland,* 
 recommending, among other topics, union and association of Protes- 
 tants. This publication was introduced to the especial notice of the 
 Rev. Charles Boy ton. Fellow of Trinity College, Dublin, and other 
 founders and active members of the Conservative Society of Ireland, 
 and I have reason to believe mainly conduced to the establishment of 
 that society. I had the honour of receiving an oiicial letter from 
 Thomas C. Hamilton, Esq., (brother of G. A. Hamilton, Esq., M.P.), 
 Secretary of the said Conservative Society of Ireland, dated 6th April, 
 1832, requesting communicatioiis on any subjects which 1 might 
 think of importance. 
 
 Perusal of the just mentioned Letter to ihe Protestants, induced 
 several leading gentlemen of the county of Carlow to ncyiest me to 
 establish and conduct a Conservative journal in the town oi (Jarlow,— 
 the county town of my native county, being connected with some of. 
 Its most ancient and respectable families. Accordingly, the Carlow 
 Standard appeared in 1831. Its publication on two days in the 
 week was not judicious. It should have appeared but once ; the ex- 
 pense of paper, stamps, and printers, alone, amounting to £13 a 
 week. There were, besides, two other journals in that small town at 
 the same time. The expenses were more than could be sustained ; 
 but the list of subscribers obtained by me served for a weekly paper 
 subsequently established, or rather purchased from the Romish and 
 Radical party. The present Carlow Sentinel is the paper to which 
 I allude. Mr. Malcomson, its late proprietor, told me that the list of 
 subscribers remained precisely the same as obtained by me for the 
 Carlow Standard, and that the Protestants might thank me for having 
 a journal in the town of Carlow. The following communication 
 which I felt^ it to be my duty to address to the Protestants of the 
 County of Carlow, relates circumstances connected with the Carlow 
 Standard : — 
 
 <c 
 
 TO THE PROTESTANTS OF THE COUNTY OF CARLOW. 
 
 " ^ell?^ Prote8tants,-The connection which I have had with the Carlow 
 /standard from its commencement to the present day, and the dissolution of that 
 connection which now takes place, render some observations necessary as well 
 m duty to you as to myself. 1 shall condense trTiat I have to say as much as 
 possible; indeed the subject does not require a lengthened communication. 
 Besides, est brevitate opus, ut currat sententia : to give our sentiments effect we 
 must be concise. 
 
 oXT^'IriS.l'X,^'''' """"'•■''^ "y ^^- C-^. •"■»• -"Co.' 
 
 Dubr^'*^^' ^^ closely printed pages— published by W. Carson, Grafton street, 
 
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 « For some months previously to the appearance of the Cariow Standard I 
 n common with every individual in the community, saw the necessity that k- 
 Iprvlt ' ^^«.^l^«^l'«b«^f °' o( some organ and advocate of Protestant ^and Con. 
 servative prmciples m this quarter. The gentry of the county, smarting under 
 recent defeat as -el as the continued attacks, in the shape bo'th o r dicule and 
 vituperation to which they were subject, seemed very desirous that some such 
 journa should be instituted. I was applied to on the subject. From JSe con- 
 sideration of the arduous nature of the undertaking, I at first decTined • bul 
 finding no other person coming forward, amd having such iXral prom^^^^^ 
 support, I undertook the establishment of a Protestant paperfn ^ 
 Cariow To this undertaking I was led, primarily, from an arden desire to 
 forward a cause to which I am sincerely attached. Having engaged in the 
 business, I lost no time in collecting subscribers names, in which I me^with 
 great success. The paper appeared. The subscribers increased; and letters 
 went on as well as could be expected in a new concern. The Stan2rd Z the 
 approbation of many of its subscribers, and the praise of some who held no 
 Identity of political sentiment with its editor. And here I think it but iust and 
 right to extract, from the originals in my possession, a few of the commenda^ 
 tory observations which have been made on the paper U' It is triumDhanrtn 
 place you and your rivals in juxta-position; argument and gentTeZni;^^^^^ 
 onones.de, sophistry and gross vituperation on the othert.. go long as the 
 Standard is conducted ,u the masterly and highly creditable manner that it is'-! 
 
 n rr approve highly of your paper'—* The masterlv and 
 
 gen lemanlike manner in which the Standard is conducted'-' the Z e Lus 
 justly due to your paper'-' Your enlightened paper to which eve^y Protesting 
 should give h.s aid -'Your invaluable Standard'-^ The spirit with wh chvou 
 
 wtr ^' F ''""TTi^ ^'"'■""^--' ^^"^ ^'8^^>' ^1^^^-d «-^ -ell conducted 
 journal-' Every stanch Protestant fully perceives your invaluable services'- 
 
 hnoH'^'Th' «»«°7^gem«"l-' Your paper is much admired in this neighbour- 
 hood. Ihis will suffice for private correspondence. Let me now advert to 
 notice of a more public character. The first I shall adduce is tirt of 'he ^v 
 John Graham ; certainly one of the most competent judges in the kin^dZ' 
 In a poetical epistle from this gentleman to J. Stuart,^ Esq , Tnd which an * 
 peared in the Standard of the 8th March, he writes as follows: ^" 
 
 ' The Cariow Standard in itself a host' 
 Another competent authority, the Z.m/er ^^/.r.s* speaking of the Standard 
 rfn"; ^T'^'/K^'i'^'r'J' '^^'^ opponents. The ConservatWe Sy 
 (of Dublin classed the Standard among the Protestant journals deserving W 
 fidence and support.' Testimonies such as these, coming from disinterested 
 impartial, and competent quarters, no man could despise "^""^eresled, 
 
 « J shall not refrain from a consideration of the other side of the question 
 Complaints have been made of a want of local intelligence in the Standard. 
 
 fy.Z'J r ^T^" '"'J: 'r^^^'""' ^^^^ ^^^^^^ over the other papers of 
 the town,. they woud assuredly have seen, that on an average, not more of 
 loca news appeared in them Frequently the Standard conL'ned pr^Lcia 
 ,nte ligence not a word ot whi.h appeared in the other papers. Bu^ I wiU 
 freely confess that perhaps something more might have been done in this de 
 
 a clerk, but the means were not forthcoming to procure one. And I defy anv 
 man on earth to say that one person could attend to all the multifarious dutTe^ 
 of a newspaper at home and abroad. Either branch must suffer, if there be 
 but an individual in the management. As was stated to me by an anonymous 
 correspondent, whose letter now lies before me :-' It is utterly impossible that 
 one person however qualified, can alone conduct the various and multi plied 
 concerns of a journal.' This defect 1 heartily regret, but I cannot crrgTmy 
 self with any blame as regards it; and sure I am, that every candid man wHl 
 acquit me under the circumstances. Let the merits and difficulties of the pape 
 be taken fully into consideration, let the situation in which I was placed be 
 taken into account, let the want of efficient aid be not forgotten, and I heZ 
 
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 no doubt that all just persons will acknowledge, that everything possible to 
 one individual was performed. I can answer for it, that if the utmost diligence, 
 if the closest attention be of any avail, that diligence, and that attention I have 
 fully bestowed, con amorCt upon the establishment. 1 should state what I 
 have not done. I have not offered up the incense of fulsome flattery to any 
 great man ; 1 have not submitted to improper dictation in the editorial depart- 
 ment ; I have not put forward the sentiments cf others as my own ; nor have 
 I written 
 
 * One word which dying I would wish to blot.' 
 
 ** Permit me now to draw your attention to another point. The number of 
 subscribers to the paper not being sufficient to defray the expen&es, extraneous 
 aid was required; aid, by the way. which would not have been necessary had 
 it been possible for me to leave the office to procure subscribers. For a while 
 this aid was given, but ne\er with method or regularity. This rendered the 
 situation extremely unpleasant, but I persevered from a warm anxiety to for- 
 ward the common cause. Finding, however that matters were not improving, 
 that they were in fact, become more irksome, and that, in short, the public 
 spirit necessary to prompt an efficient or judicious support of the establishment 
 did not exist, I gladly resigned it into the hands of those from whom it was 
 received. Hardly, need 1 add, that having procured three-fourths of the num- 
 ber of subscribers, having had the highest expectations of the usefulness of tho 
 paper, having observed that these expectations were realized to a great extent, 
 having seen the rank the Standard had in a ievi months attained among the 
 journals. I could hardly see it brought to its present condition without deep 
 regret. I have, however, the consolation to know, that I have done my 
 part. I am told the paper will be carried on. I can only trust it may, and 
 prosper. 
 
 " And now, Fellow-Protestants, allow me, in conclusion, to make a few 
 general remarks, which may not be without their use. From the observations 
 I have been enabled to make of the mental and moral qualities of the Protes- 
 tants of Ireland, I hesitate not to repeat, that if you wish to look for steady 
 adherence to principle, honesty of purpose, and straightforwardness of action, 
 you will find them, not in the higher class, not in those who style themselves 
 the ' aristocracy,' but among the middle and lower rank of Protestants. Let 
 this be set down as incontrovertible. With a few^ a very fevr exceptions the 
 • aristocracy' seem shrouded in impenetrable selfishness, they seem blind to 
 the * signs of the times,' and seem to think that they can ' eat, drink, and be 
 vaeTTj^* without one thought concerning to-morrow, one active exertion to 
 maintain their religious or political principles, one atom of that generous course 
 in reference to public affairs, whiehi alone can maintain to them the possessions 
 which they yet enjoy. All this is constantly in the mouth of the intelligent 
 middle class of Protestants ; they behold with astonishment the want of energy, 
 of spirit, indeed of common policy, on the part of the higher rank : they have 
 seen the deplorable consequences, but they fear that worse are in store. Let 
 us pray that their fears may prove groundless ; but, unless a general and vital 
 change take place, who can avoid entertaining the worst anticipations ? From 
 various causes, but in a great degree from the want of the fostering care of 
 the higher orders, the lower classes of Protestants are emigrating in thousands. 
 Who will supply their place ? Can the ' aristocracy' maintain their ground 
 without them? Deeply, deeply, I fear they will rue, when it is too late, their 
 want of wise generosity, their impolitic selfishness, their deficiency in common 
 foresight : 
 
 * Princes and lords may flourish and may fade, 
 
 A breath can make them as a breath has made ; 
 
 But a bold peasantry their country's pride, 
 
 If once destroy'd can never be supplied.' 
 
 And where is there a bolder or more valuable peasantry on the face of the 
 earth, than the Protestant yeomanry of Ireland ? This valuable peasantry to- 
 gether with the middle class, holding principles, political and religious,' the 
 
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 most conducive to the happiness of man here and hereafter, favourable alike to 
 the good socity at large, and of the individual himself, favourable to the in! 
 irhX tT,^"^ order, and subordination ; these invaluable men, who are at- 
 SoS ln.H hon If Constitution, to all our great institutions, aid who ' fear 
 God andj honor the King,' are, with their families, leaving the country in 
 tfT\^'' momentous factinduces atrain of refleitions with which I sha^? 
 not trouble you. You can draw your own conclusions 
 
 * Having now acquitted myself of an incumbent duty, I take my leave 
 
 ** I have the honor to be, 
 
 " Fellow-Protestauts, 
 ** Your obedient, faithful servant, 
 
 •* Carlow, 21st April, 1832." ^^^^ Ryan." 
 
 This document sufficiently explains the circumstances connected 
 with the discontmuance of the Carlow Standard. I never met a 
 person who did not admit the perfect truth and justice of the foregoing 
 letter On the day it was written (21st April, 1832) the Dublin 
 Warder alludes to "that excellent journal, the Carlow Standard:' 
 The verse from the Rev. John Graham, runs as follows:— 
 « Not so, the Sentinel on Walker's post. 
 
 The Warder of true taste and solid learning. 
 The Carlow Standard in itself a host, 
 
 Near Doyle's own den, his dark designs discerning." 
 These lines and several others were sent me by the writer, in a 
 long letter, from which the following is an extract :— 
 
 « Sir-I send you the foregoing article, which I hope you will deem worthy 
 
 ft wh?i Wn? ^'"' '"''""""' P^P"''- ^ ^^ ^"^^« '«J«i^«^ ^' g«"ing the copies o^f 
 iend me '"""^ ^^"'''' connected with it, have been kind enough to 
 
 " I remain, Sir, 
 
 ** Your obliged, humble servant, 
 
 "Magilligan Glebe, March I, 1832." '*^''^'' Graham. 
 
 folhwl^^L^'"'^' ■^'^*' ""^ Seafield, County Wexford, wrote as 
 
 " ^"-j^^'f^ ^^^'^^"^ ^^^S^opford, app/oving highly of your paper, the 
 Carlow Standard, have commissioned me to remit &c i'«l'er, me 
 
 " December 22, 1831." ' 
 
 A letter from Captain Graham, formerly of Newlownbarry, county 
 of Wexford, contains as follows:— ^ ^ 
 
 «nfi«r<i5, TV, u , . "OaJfleyPark,*Jan. 18, 1837. 
 
 Dear Sir- 1 have much pleasure in testifying to your long adherence to 
 Protestant principles and genuine loyalty, and also to your usefulness to the 
 cause, as Editor of the Carlow Standard, and writer of several valuable worki! 
 
 "Yours, faithfully, 
 
 « John Ryan, Esq." • " William Graham. 
 
 On the 24th December, 1831, 1 was favoured with the following 
 communication from Colonel Bruen, M.P. ; a gentleman who h J 
 rendered invaluable services to the Protestant, Conservative cause :— 
 
 « Colonel Bruen presents his compliments to Mr. Ryan, and begs to enclosa 
 a paper which has been forwarded to him, with a request iat he wou d u^ his 
 influence to have it given to the public in the columns of the Sta^ard. FuUy 
 
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 agreeing with the sentiments of the writer, in which he will be joined by Mr 
 Ryan, in common with every good Christian, loyal subject, and honest man* 
 Colonel Bruen hopes he will soon have the pleasure of seeing them more widely 
 diffused. ^ 
 
 " Straw Hall, Thursday." 
 
 Colonel Bruen at that time resided at Straw Hall, near Carlow, 
 with his sister Miss Bruen, during the repair of his house at Oak 
 Park. As already' alluded to in reference to Lord Aldborough, I have 
 met much hospitable kindness from Colonel Bruen— that Gentleman 
 having at Straw Hall introduced me to Miss Bruen,* and invited 
 me to his dinner table. I am justified in stating, in reference to my 
 political labours, by personal communication and otherwise, at that 
 period in the county of Carlow, that they were unquestionably in- 
 strumental in producing the since strongly evinced attachment to Con- 
 servative principles in that quarter; a quarter not previously so pre- 
 eminently characterized by efficient support of such principles. 
 
 The lollowing are a few more communications' refeiring to the 
 Carlow Standard, and my editorship of that journal :— 
 
 FROM CAPTAIN J. E. GORDON, M.P. 
 
 "2, St. James's Place, Aug. 27, ISS^. 
 " Sir— Although there is no person connected with Ireland, either privately 
 or publicly, who more sincerely wishes well to your undertaking than I do-- 
 I regret that it will not be in my power to render it the assistance which I could 
 wish. Should I, however, meet with any opportunity of forwarding so desira- 
 bio and necessary an object, you may rely upon me doing so. 
 
 **'I am. Sir, your very obedient, 
 
 " humble servant, 
 
 « T u T> T. .. J. E. Gordon." 
 
 " John Ryan, Esii.' 
 
 » 
 
 FROM RIGHT HON. LORD DOWNES. 
 
 „ c- T u . , . " ^®'"' House. August 1 1, 1831. 
 
 T u ^'^ ^^'^ received your note of yesterday's date, and I beg to say that 
 I shall be happy to subscribe to the newspaper which you are about to esta- 
 blish in Carlow. 
 
 " I have the honor to be, 
 
 *• Sir, your obedient servant, 
 
 DoWNES." 
 FROM EDWARD BUTLER, ESQ., SOVEREIGN OF CARLOW. 
 
 "Carlow, 29th Nov.* 1831. 
 
 " The Sovereign presents his compliments to Mr. Ryan, and begs to inform 
 Ijim he has received a letter from Mr. Stanley, saying that the Lord Lieute- 
 nant approved of a Board of Health being immediately established in Carlow 
 and as the preliminary measure that a vestry has been called for Friday next* 
 the 2ud of Dec. Perhaps by this being noticed, and its utility and urgent 
 necessity being commented on in the Standard paper of Thursday, the effect 
 produced might be attended with good to the town and neighbourhood 
 
 " John Ryan, Esq." 
 
 * Soon afterwards married to the Rev. George Vernon. 
 
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 FKOM REV. J. C. ARCIIDALL, A.M. 
 
 " Clonegal, Dec. 3, 1831. 
 " Dear Sir— I received two numbers of your paper, and am glad to find that 
 ajoumalof suchaione has beeu at length started hi this county. So much 
 do I feel it necessary that any occurrence in my part of the country shall be 
 communicated to you as soon as the avocations of a large parish will permit. 
 
 Very much yours, 
 
 "J. C. Archdall." 
 
 FROM CAPTAIN GRAHAM, NEWTOWNBARRY. 
 
 « December 17, 1831. 
 " Dear Sir— Enclosed you have a draft on Shaw's Bank for five pounds for 
 which you will be so gcod as to give insertion to the Protestant resolutions, as 
 inserted in the Packet as often as you can for the money. Of course you will 
 give the speeches, as they are as good matter for your paper as any thing 
 can be. 
 
 " Yours truly, 
 
 ,,,,_„. ** William Graham.'' 
 
 "John Ryan, Esq." 
 
 FROM REV. ROBERT J. BI*GHEE, A.M., Dublin. 
 
 " Enniskerry, January 9, 1832. 
 bir— A letter of mine to Doctor Doyle has appeared in the Weekly Register 
 of Saturday. As you may, perhaps, think it important to give it insertion in 
 your paper, I beg you will not do so till I send you a corrected copy, for, I 
 suppo!?e by mistake, the printer has transposed two of the columns, and made 
 nonsense of it j but as it is not easy to detect where the corrections are to be, 
 pray do not insert it till you hear from me. 
 
 "Yours, very truly, 
 
 R. J. M'Gheb." 
 
 FROM R. PHILIPS, ESQ., M.R.C.S.L. 
 
 " Rathangan, 13 January, 1832. 
 Dear Ryan— The above letter (to Bishop Doyle) is the production of the 
 eldest son of the Dean of Limerick, (Rev. Arthur John Preston), and I have 
 his sanction for requesting, if you approve it, that you will give it insertion in 
 your next number, and if you have no objection to publish them, he will occa- 
 sionaliy give you further contributions of the same stamp, but on different sub- 
 jects. He is, I believe, Deputy Grand Master of the Orange Institution in 
 this quarter— a most indefatigable and conscientious Protestant clergyman who 
 has collected and located about him in the neighbourhood of Robertstown a 
 colony of Protestants from all quarters, having obtained land for them on his 
 own responsibility from Captain Richardson, and Sir Gerald Aylmer ; and con- 
 sequenUy, of course, cordially hated by the Papist faction. I think it more 
 than probable that if he likes the manner in which you publish his writings 
 he will be very apt to become a subscriber to your paper. I spent my Christ- 
 mas at Paulville. My aunt,f and Mr, C. were well, and the former said she 
 would be glad to see you whenever you might be in that neighbourhood. I also 
 saw my friends at Milbrook, who spoke very kindly of you. I think your 
 paper will be a good medium through which to give Mr. Preston's letter circu. 
 lation, as the subject, or rather the person to whom it was addressed, lives on 
 the spot with you. A copy of it has been sent to Doctor Doyle, of which he 
 has not taken any notice. Perhaps he thinks he ma? bottle it, as it has not 
 been made known in his own immediate neighbourhood. As yet we are quiet 
 here, though the same opposition to tithes exists as in other parts. Mr. Pres- . 
 
 t Also aunt of the author. She was married first to Wickham Shepard. Esq 
 Solicitor, afterwards to R. Creighton, Esq., brother of G. W. Creighton, Esq . 
 Barrister-at-Law, of Pembroke-stieet, Dublin. » ^ » 
 
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 ton and his colonists were the purchasers of the cattle distrained for tithes by 
 the Rev. Mr. Moore, of Monasterevan, about a fortnight since. 
 " With many wishes for the success of your paper, 
 " Believe me, dear sir, 
 
 '* Your sincere friend, 
 
 «R. Philips." 
 The letter to Doctor Dyole was published in the Carlow Standard. 
 It wa» signed Jlrthur John Preston, It has been confidently reported 
 m various quarters that Bishop Doyle conformed to the Protestant 
 Church before his death. The Rev. Charles Fleury, Chaplain of the 
 Molyneux Asylum, Dublin, publicly stated that he had the authority 
 of two female relatives of Doctor Doyle to that effect. The two women 
 also became Protestants. 
 
 FROM CHARLES H. SEITMODR, ESQ.* 
 
 , "Tankersley, Rathdrum, Feb. 10, 1^32. 
 
 My Dear Sir— I have been using my exertion to procure subscribers here. 
 If you make arrangements to have the Standard at Tinahely or Rathdrum as 
 soon as the Dublin papers, I think you would have a good many subscribers, 
 and would guarantee you two. There has been a Protestant meeting at Tina- 
 hely on Monday, the 6th instant, which if you could copy from the Dublin 
 journals and send one number to me, it would much serve you in this part of 
 the country. You will excuse the liberty of thus addressing you when you hear 
 that I am the nephew of your lamented cousin, Richard Ryan, and would be 
 very glad if you write a ievf lines to me. I would not write so fully but I hear 
 you are a good fellow. * 
 
 " I remain, my dear Sir, your's truly. 
 
 «T 1. T> ^ .. C. H. Seymour**. 
 
 "John Ryan, Esq." 
 
 FROM THE SAME. 
 
 ,,-, _ ^. " Tankersley, Rathdrum, March 3, 1832. 
 
 My Dear Sir—I enclose the other half note. On the other side I have co- 
 pied a petition which is in the course of signature through many parishes in 
 this part of the county Wicklow. Perhaps you may think it worthy of a place 
 in the Standard. Your paper is much admired in this neighbourhood, and when 
 other engagements cease will, T trust, come into general circulation. 
 
 " Your's very truly, 
 
 « T V T> T, .. C. H, Seymour." 
 
 « John Ryan, Esq." 
 
 FROM S. a. GARRETT, ESQ. 
 
 «* Ttr r. o. r . " JaneviUe, April 14, 1832. 
 
 My Dear Su-— I again address you and hope you will like the accompa- 
 nying — and remain, '^ 
 
 ** Your's most sincerely, 
 
 ; " S. R. Garrett.*' 
 
 THE EMIGRANT. 
 
 He is gone! hei8|one! o'er the wide -flowing ocean, 
 From the home m his childhood he's roamed far away, 
 
 And his heart shall ne'er beat with love's tender emotion. 
 The Emigrant's soul ne'er again shall be gay. 
 
 He has gone ! he has gone ! from his own natire island- 
 He's fled from its blood-stained and desolate shore; 
 
 For the voice of dissension shall never be silent. 
 The isle of the ocean is lovelv no more. 
 
 • Now Rev. C. H. Seymour, Curate of Turlough, Castlcbar. 
 
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 As fate er her loved shores its iroes are now stipaming. 
 Both plague and destruction around her now vie ; . ' 
 
 The eyes that should weop are now carelessly viewing — 
 The breast ne'er re-echoes the heart- rending siglj. 
 
 Oh! cursed be the power that to furv would drive thee. 
 And force thee to leave thy loved Isle of the West- ' 
 
 Thrice cursed be the wretches who dared to deprive thee. 
 And turn thee from Erin, the home thou lov'st best. 
 
 The halls of thy fathers are lone and deserted ; 
 
 The harp that once gladd'ned their walls is now still. 
 And they who alone could that hour have averted, 
 
 Are stayed by the power of a loftier will. 
 
 Then away, then away, flies bis bark o'er the billow. 
 
 To Erin, green Erin, he bids his adieu ; 
 And as slumb'ring he rests on his far distant pillow. 
 
 The home he still loves bursts again on his view. 
 
 S. R,. G. 
 
 These lines appeared in the Carlow Standard, They are appli- 
 cable to the present times. Let the reader contrast these lines with 
 the Romish verses. Better Times to Old Erin, (p. 47.) It indicates 
 the tone temper, and spirit of the two parties. Mr. Garrett sent se- 
 veral other contributions. He is a relative of the author. 
 
 Having thus laid before the reader selections fr«m correspondence 
 manifesting Protestant opinion regarding the Carlow Standard, it 
 will be satisfactory to place in juxta-position some extracts from the 
 Komish press, in reference to the discontinuance of that journal. The 
 Carlow Morning Post had as follows :— 
 
 Tl!l^<f,^ STANDARD.--.Shall we say it ^s all over with this vehicle of Toryism? 
 
 i;«« .f.f"f? v.^ ^^tv^^ ^^'^^P' '"^ ""^^^ "^ "^^'•^- To be plain, the Standard 
 has ceased to be pubhshed. Dissension has got into the enemy's camp. Some 
 
 thYnkTm^Tt^Fd'. ''" ^"" ^^ ^^^^ "^ ^'^ ^^"^^^" ' ^^ ^^ ^«- -"" 
 «o W tn ;ii l^^^l ' '^^"" ^' "^'" '^'**"^' ^"^ ^-^^'^ «n^l a scribe so venal, 
 
 ^arlnrnJ r'T , " t*"^1 *' ^"^ *'''P' employment under the squireens and 
 parsons of Carlow ? Let the fellow but make his appearance, and we shall 
 soon make him scamper."- ^^7 23, 1832. " ' 
 
 It does not appear, that the Carlow Morning Post, the organ of 
 the Pnesthood, had any grave'charges to bring against me, or here 
 would have been an opportunity. I should, however, stale that the 
 suggestion of the Carlow Morning Post lad no inflnence with me. 
 rela^ted"^ ^^^^^^^ ^"^ circumstances o^ my withdrawal are already 
 
 The following remarks of the Lhiblin Evening Freeman, are also 
 on the subject : — 
 
 th^I^^i ^°^\ ^,^1^^'""'^*'^ Conservatives are sneechifving and ranting in 
 the Mail, to estabhsb corrupuonist journals in every county in Ireland-and 
 
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 they also style themselves the gentry, the property, education and intellect of 
 the country ! All this is doubtless very modest. But if they be sincere, and 
 borne out by facts in all their assertions, why has the Carlow Standard, a tho- 
 rough-going blue, died of consumption ? We are.,iglfremely sorrv we cannot 
 this day insert the letter of Mr. Ryan, the Proprietor and Editor of the defunct 
 Orange organ, in which the Conservatives are served up, swimming in sauce 
 piquant. Their mightinesses puffed, and praised, and flattered, and at last 
 humbugged this individual— and having extracted his brains, ^uch as they were, 
 they now leave him to die. The plain truth is, the corruptionists, now that 
 the proclamations and secret service money are no longer available to the sup- 
 port of their journals, are hard pushed to support the Mail, Packet and Warder : 
 as to the provincial Tory rubbish, they are in a gallopping decline."— (3/ay 1, 
 
 The Carlow Morning Post {April 30, 1832) had farther remarks 
 on the same subject, viz. : — 
 
 **Our opinions of the intolerant parsons and bigoted squirearchy of this 
 county are upon record, and we are happy to see that Mr. Ryan has at length, 
 by a close intercourse with them, arrived at a knowledge of their real character. 
 AVe must in candour acknowledge that Mr. Ryan has shown more independence 
 than we were inclined to think he was capable of evincing, if we were to judge 
 from the assiduity with which he pandered to the vicious and depraved taste of 
 a base party by the publication of the illiberal articles which appeared in the 
 Standard. * But thou art dead, Alonzo, so is our enmity.' Who is now to be 
 the Editor, or rather who is now to be the servile hack of the squireens and the 
 parsons ?" 
 
 While editing the Carlow Standard, (Nov. 28, 1831, to April 
 19, 1832), J received a copious share of Billingsgate abuse from the 
 Carlow Post, but, it would appear, very unwarrantably. The tone 
 of the above does not indicate the existence of any imputation on ray 
 respectability. Very much the contrary. As some persons might 
 possibly have attached weiglit to the previous attacks of the Carlow 
 Romish aafitators' and priests' organ, an antidote from the same quar- 
 ter must be deemed satisfactory. 
 
 The Dublin Comet newspaper, commenting on my Carlow circular 
 had as follows : — 
 
 it 
 
 Here is the testimony of one who had put his trust in the aristocracy—who 
 had girded up his loins to fight their batUes, and who had risked his reputation 
 in their dirty work. He has found them base, selfish, hollow, ungrateful and 
 blind to the signs of the times. Who that ever placed trust in any aristocracy, 
 Protestant, or Catholic, and did not learn the same lesson ? The Carlow 
 ^tandard, a ramping, ranting Parson and Tory Journal is gone the way of all 
 flesh— it is defunct. The squireen and tithe-loving aristocracy, who lit the 
 firebrand, promised by the mile and performed by tlie inch, they expected 
 that a man of talent should submit to the 'mechanical drudgery of their dirtv 
 work, without scruples of conscience, or without chance of remuneration, or 
 pecuniary support. He discovered, happily ere too late, the meanness of their 
 policy, the baseness of their principles, and the selfish heartlessness of their 
 intentions, and manfully flung them and their firebrand to the winds. But 
 need the writer regret that such an aristocracy are too paralysed and supine to 
 preserve those possessions which they yet enjoy ? No ; that, indeed, after his 
 experience of the crew, would be folly in the extreme. Let him, with us, and 
 .with every friend of freedom, and of man not created to be the slave of his 
 fellow-man, rejoice that such wretches are on the eve of being * pushed from 
 their stools,' to make room for abler, honester, and better men, be their creed 
 what It may. The day of retribution is at hand."— (il/ay, 1832.; 
 
 tBk 
 
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 1 need hardly state, ilmt I did not and do not concur in these 
 sentnnents. A plain statement of facts and a call upon the Protestant 
 anstocracy to do thei^uty is one thing, and a sweeping deuunltfon 
 
 « "u -Tl """S^'^'' " '"""•'^' «'"' <" ^«>-y different thing J 
 
 mvlf^f /hi ""*-■'"■' r'".''''^" ''"^""°" '" ""^ ^««P«^"""J t^-e towards 
 TZL ""' °'fe'='" "f "'« Ronmnists and soi-dUanl Liberals. This 
 ad the preceding extracts from contemporaries fully prove, that the 
 grossly abusive language since systematically directed ag^n t me and 
 the H.j,mous siateu,en.s u,.ceasi„gly repeated, are witho* foundation 
 or justifaeafon., and that if I had ^one^^over to the Rom sh party ? 
 should never have heard a syllable derogatory to ay characlin^ on 
 
 oiVdeSd " '""'"''"^ '"*" "^''''4^'^ '""'^ r.nk of aS 
 
 svit""/ K"'"r^ "!''^ r''"= "'■ "'* discontinuance of the Carlow 
 Standard, by a few hues from an article of the Carlow Senti«Jl Z 
 that tm.e (April 28, 1832) a Rotnish. Radical ^7:-' 
 
 „f '.'J"/5'''? '^%^ publication, we give the address of Mr. Ryan the late Editor 
 
 and after having thrown him upon his own resourcesrto stTr Z shXred 
 bark of Toryism in this county, abandon him to his fate— a fat^ whirl. ^Ii 
 prognosticated, well knowing \he scheming and fLul g\ng of ^g^^^ 
 ^ horn he was connected. That he became the dupe of his own rf«d?,muTnS 
 stupid zeal will appear manifest from his lachrymose statemenT We are fead^ 
 ogive the writer after all the right hand of fellowshin Tml l.fl^ » ^ 
 jomtheRadica^ party, v^hom he^ill not fi^d ^ shrou ^d "1^^^^^^^^^ 
 fishness, nor blind to the * signs of the times,' nor gifted withTnStud^^ tnt 
 honest and indefatigable advocates of universal libeftv, uiTlkethlt sordid f«^ 
 
 wUh ^ll'.r*'' ''™ '""t «-P-g-^ a«d then let him escape into tSe-^^^^^^^^^^ 
 with all their sms and political iniquities on his back As h^hZJll a 
 
 their malignity, ingratitude, and sha'meful treacLi; wetd>t h?m "^^^^^^^^^ 
 to turn his talents toother purposes than upholding the vipHnm,^..-! 
 monopoly of those, who the poet justly observes-1^ ' domination and 
 
 Draw their means of luxury from the land. 
 
 Which basely ihey desert— disdain— despise, 
 
 Kegardless who reward the toiling hand. 
 
 Of those who minister to them rich supplies." 
 
 tn ^"J^f ^_^^^servations, complimentary as they, in some degree, are 
 
 to myself, I here state, as in the case of the Comet, that I did not 
 
 th. Fh;''ST°'c^' ^"'^ '^' P^^^^^^^^ «Pi"i°"« therdn enoun ed g 
 the Editor of the SentineL I have never joined the Radical party^ 
 preferring the reward of a clear conscience, 'and little else, to the pecu- 
 ^::^'S;S: "-'''' '-'- ^"^-^^^ ^ cottrseofamore seS, 
 
 tnrlll^^T^^T '^'J^Se^ «f the CWW 5.;^/eW leads me na-- 
 Mr Thn u '"• '!^'^' 1^1 ''^''^ "^^^"^^ *>^^^^^» ^^ ^nd its Editor, 
 cessaiy as part of the present narrative. 1 shall be brief as possible. 
 
 * The Sentinel heads the address-" Mr. Ryan's lesson to saints and sinners.' 
 
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 When I was Editor of the Carlow Standard, there were two other 
 papers in the town, the Morning Post and SentineL Mr. Carroll 
 had been Editor of the Post and afterwards in conjunction with a Mr. 
 Dowling, started the SentineL Both these papers zealously supported 
 Romish and Radical principles. As Editor of the Standard, I was 
 pretty well abused by both Post and Sentinel, while Ihey frequently 
 assailed one another. Alluding to these facts, I published as follows 
 in the S/aw</arrf, March, 1832; — 
 
 *» While we leave the coadjutors in liberality to settle their differences between 
 them, we will just repeat the exhortation to the people at large, to inquire a 
 little into the pretensions to confidence of those who profess themselves their 
 friends. We just submit to them, whether an adventurer who comes from the 
 liord knows where, who has had no lies or connection whatever to this county • 
 we put it to the public, whether such a person, even on these grounds and leaving 
 other senous matters out of the question, can have the same claim to their con- 
 fidence as a person native to the place, as his forefathers have been from time 
 immemorial. We put that point to the public; and we shall cheerfuUy grant 
 the scribe of the Sentinel all the benefit derivable from the conclusion to which 
 they may come on the subject." 
 
 On the appearance of this paragraph, Mr. Carroll thought proper 
 to send me a written challenge to fight a duel; whether with suffi- 
 cient provocation, and considering he had a press at his command I 
 leave the reader to judge. The gentlemanly qualifications of Mr. Car- 
 roll's second, who delivered the message, will appear from the follow- 
 ing account of a street outrage committed by that individual, as related 
 by me in the Carlow Standard, Feb. 13, 1832:— 
 
 « OuTRAGES.-On the night of Thursday last, between the hours of nine and 
 ten o clock, the peace of the inhabitants of the street in which our office is 
 situate, in this town was much disturbed by the conduct of a person named 
 Meyler, who is well known here as belonging to the Radical, Popish party, and 
 who has frequently figured as an agitator. He came, in a state of intoxication » 
 to the house of a respectable Protestant, and although told that he would not be 
 admit ed, continued to rap furiously at the door for nearly half an hour- utter 
 ing all the tim;^ the most dreadful oaths and imprecations. His language was" 
 extremely offensive in other respects, as may be judged from his loudly and re- 
 peatedly calling the people of the house, « a bloody Orange set of vagabonds ' 
 and using terms towards the females within too gross for us to insfrt. The 
 direct tendency of this outrageous conduct was to excite the mob to a breach of 
 ^thepeace; and we are extremely, surprised, that some person connected with 
 ttie fami y did not send for the police and have the fellow instanUy removed 
 For what purpose are the police instituted, but to prevent such breaches of 
 public decency and such shameful annoyance of unoffending individuals. The 
 day IS not altogether come, ^vhen Messieurs of the Radical pirty can do as thev 
 '^l^f\^f^^^^^^ propriety at defiance, and insult Protestants with impunity 
 And what is more, we can teU them, that that day will never come." 
 
 Although I could at once discern the proper course in reference to 
 this hostile message, so soberly delivered, and without justification for 
 such a step, I consulted a friend. Captain F. G. Keogh, who was of 
 opinion that T should return a refusal, stating my reasons in the Stan- 
 dard. In fact the affair seemed to e^ery body quite preposterous. 
 It was afterwards decided that both individuals should be prosecuted 
 
 * Frequently his state at all hours of the day. 
 
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 111 
 
 74 
 
 The followinn^appears iij tlie assize intelligence of the Carlow Stan- 
 dard, April 2, 1832, — in reference to the prosecution : — *• Mr. Bur- 
 gess, attorney, applied to the court on the part of the defence for per- 
 mission to put off the case, as the informations were sworn but the day 
 before the assizes. Mr. Martley, K. C, for the prosecution, opposed 
 the application, but the court was obliged to grant it, as the law is 
 explicit on the subject. The traversers entered into recognizances to 
 the amount of £50 each, to stand their trial at the summer assizes." 
 Having left Carlow and being otherwise particularly engaged, I did 
 ijot trouble myself further with the matter. In fact, it was entirely on 
 public grounds that the parlies were prosecuted, as I knew there was 
 no personal imputation on myself whatsoever. I may add, that having 
 been a few years previously addressed in grossly insulting language, I 
 thought it right to send a message to the person and on his refusing 
 to sign a written apology, posted him as a ruffian and coward on the 
 walls of the city of Dublin. 1 do not think afiairs of this kind are at 
 all matters of boast, but as this is a personal narrative, they cannot be 
 omitted. As regards the Editor oi the Carlow Senthiel, it is obvious 
 from the apologetic article of the 28th April, 1832, that he had no 
 personal complaints against me. Soon afterwards, the Sentinel was 
 purchased by the Conservative party, and, as will be seen in the sub- 
 sequent pages, all my publications have been highly eulogised by 
 Mr. Carroll. 
 
 On the 19th ofOctober, 1831, T was admitted a member of the 
 loyal Orange Society of Ireland ; a society successively presided 
 over by two Royal Dukes (Dukes of York and Cumberland), and 
 embracing amongst its members men of the highest rank, station, 
 intelligence, and respectability in the country. My certificate of 
 of admission is signed by Mr. John Judkin Butler (Marshal of the 
 Dublin corporation). Master of the Lodge, and by the Rev. Wm. 
 Sturgeon, Secretary. This society, named after King William III., 
 Prince of Orange, was constituted for purposes solely defensive, for 
 the maintenance of the Protestant Sovereign of these realms, and the 
 Protestant Constitution in Church and State. Its members were 
 most active in suppressing the Popish rebellion of 1798, none but a 
 duly ascertained ** loyal subject" being admissible, and it was, sub- 
 sequently to 1798, countenanced and supported by the constituted 
 authorities, members of the Privy Council being amongst its leading 
 functionaries. The following list of its officers appears in Gowau's 
 ** Annals and Defence of the Orange Institution," p. 82 : — 
 
 " Right Hon. George Ogle, M.P., Grand Master. 
 
 John Giflfard, Esq., Deputy Grand Master. 
 
 Sir Richard Musgrave, Bart., Grand Treasurer. 
 
 Right Hon. Patrick Duigenan, LL.D., Grand Sec. 
 
 John Burke, Esq., Deputy Grand Sec. 
 
 Rev. William Hamilton, Grand Chaplain." 
 I was soon appointed to the rank of Master in this loyal Institution, 
 authorised by Warrant to establish a Lodge. This document. No. 
 1005, is signed by the Duke of Cumberland, Grand Master; Earl 
 of Enuiskillen, Deputy Grand Master; Henry Maxwell, Esq., 
 
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 M.P. Grand Secretary; William R. Ward, Esq., Deputy Grand 
 Secretary ; Sir Henry Brooke, Bart., Grand Treasurer ; and Georee 
 A. Nixon Esq Depiity Grand Treasurer. The follow ng list ofT 
 r^s^i:bm^^^^^^^^ at this period, will prove its iSyaity and 
 
 GRAND MASTER. 
 
 Hi. Rojal Highness P^nce E t ^^ ^^^^ of Ccmb.elako, 
 
 harl of Armagh, &c., &c., &c. ' 
 
 Earl of Enniskillen, 
 Earl of Aldborough, 
 Colonel Vemer, M.P., 
 
 DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS. 
 
 Robert Hedges Ejre, Esq., 
 Nathaniel Sneyd, Esq., M.P., 
 Sir A. B. King, Bart. 
 
 PRELATE. 
 
 The Lord Bishop of Salisbury. 
 
 GRAND CHAPLAINS. 
 
 Bar. Sir Harcourt Lees, Bart., 
 Rev. John Graham, A.M., 
 Rev. Holt Waring, A.M., 
 S«T. George Homan, A.M., 
 
 Rev. J. G. Porter, A.M., 
 Rev. Charles Boyton, A.M., 
 Rev. Francis Baker, A.M., 
 yerj Rev. Dean Greene. 
 
 GRAND TREASURER. 
 
 Sir Henry Brooke, Bart 
 
 GRAND SECRETART. 
 
 Henry Maxwell, Esq., M.P. 
 
 DEPUTT GRAND CHAPLAINS. 
 
 Rev. R. N. Horner, 
 Rev. S. H, Stewart, 
 Rev. James M*Ghee, 
 Rev. James Graham, 
 Rev. Prince Crawford, 
 Rev. W. B. Fry, 
 Rev. Edwin Biron^ 
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 Rev. Courtney Turner, 
 Rev. Henry Cottingham, 
 Rev. E. Brett, 
 Rev. C. H. Minchin, 
 Rev. Richard Davies, 
 Rev. Edward Allen, , 
 Rev. R. Flood. 
 
 Thomas Nixon, Esq., 
 Hugh R. Baker, Esq., 
 
 DEPUTY GRAND TREASURER. 
 
 George A. Nixon, Esq., . 
 
 DEPUTY GRAND SECRETARY.. 
 
 William Ribton Ward, Esq., 
 
 ASSISTANT GRAND SECRETARIES. 
 
 William Swan, Esq.„ 
 John H. JebouU, Esq. 
 
 the^'^^v!? w'/ ^'fl^" ^°"°' "^ '^«« •''"i'ted a member of 
 the Rojral Soce y of Literature of the United Kinedom as no- 
 nfied to me by letter of the Secretary, dated FeSy 20 ISsT 
 B«.d., . great number of nobktn.n Vnd gentlemw fbf. SoS 
 
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 has numbered among its members some of the most distinguished 
 literary men of the present day. The Queen is Patroness of the 
 Society, to which she contributes an annual donation of one hundred 
 guineas. The Earl of Ripon is the President. 
 
 Having projected a work on ihe History and Antiquities of the 
 county of Carlow, I wished to obtain access to the public libraries 
 of Dublin, for the purpose of collecting materials for the publication. 
 Doctor Harty, Physician to several of the public establishments of 
 Dublin, with whom I had been for some years acquainted, was so 
 kind as to give me the following testimonial : — 
 
 *• I know the bearer, Mr. Ryan, to be a Gentleman well worthy of admission 
 into Archbishop Marsh's library, which he wishes to frequent for literary 
 purposes. 
 
 William Harty, M.D., 
 
 iffk 11, Middle Gardiner-street.' 
 
 u 
 
 Marc 
 
 1833." 
 
 By similar introduction from the Very Rev. H. R. Dawson, Dean 
 of St. Patrick's, Dublin, I obtained admission to the library of the 
 Royal Irish Academy; and by the same kindness from Samuel Lit- 
 ton, Esq., M.D., access to the library of the Royal Dublin Society. 
 The most valuable acquisition of this kind was my admission to the li- 
 brary of Trinity College, which the Provost and Fellows granted on 
 recommendation of the Rev. H. Kingsmill, F.T.C.D., now Rector 
 of Conwall, diocese of Raphoe. 1 have had this privilege since 7th 
 May, 1833, when 1 took the library oath before the Rev. Thomas 
 Prior, D.D., Vice-Provost of the College ; a gentleman of decided 
 Conservative principles, from whom I experienced much encourage- 
 ment in all my literary and political writings. 
 
 On the 3d of August, 1833, the History and Antiquities of the 
 County of Carlow was published in oue volume, octavo, with a map 
 of the county.* I did not spare labour, either mental or bodily, 
 on this work. Every relic of antiquity, and almost all the burial 
 grounds of the county were inspected by me, by which means 1 was 
 enabled to furnish a full and accurate account containing much origi- 
 nal information. I pedestrianized the county from north to south, 
 and east to west, bearing comparison sometimes to the ''Old Morta- 
 lity," of Walter Scott, when copying the inscriptions on the tomb- 
 stones, or like Sir Walter himself in a diligent survey of local anti- 
 quities. 1 had observed the incorrectness of mere compilations on the 
 authority of others, and was resolved to collect the materials of my 
 work at the fountain-head. It is only thus that a publication of 
 the kind can be rendered of any real value. A few gentlemen of the 
 county furnished valuable information ; James Hardy Eustace, Esq., 
 J.P.„ Thomas Haughton, Esq., J. P., Harman Fitzmaurice, Esq., 
 and others. I am also much indebted to Thomas Kavanagh, Esq., 
 
 * 388 closely printed pages. Publigbed by Grant and Bolton, Dublin, 
 price, 13s. 6d., boards. 
 
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 * 
 
 M.P., of Borris House (a lineal descendant of the last king of Lain- 
 ster), of whose great courtesy and hospitality, I have lively recollec- 
 tion. From the public libraries above mentioned, I obtained most 
 of the historical matter, as well as from private collections — that 
 of William Shaw Mason, Esq., Editor of the Parochial Survey of 
 Ireland, and others. 
 
 This was not a party publication, but even in a work of local 
 history and antiquities, there will be sometimes occasion for a passing 
 remark on matters of a political and religious nature. More parti- 
 cularly in Ireland, the marked diversity of the two churches sup- 
 plies additional matter of fact and commentary. In the prel^ce 
 (page viii), I had occasion to state : — " It is worthy of remark, that 
 several of the ancient families connected with our county, who for- 
 merly were by no means distinguished for their loyalty to the throne, 
 are now among its firmest supporters. It is further a striking circum- 
 stance, that so long as the members of these families remained Ro- 
 manists, so long did they continue disposed to rebellion, hut from 
 the time of their adoption of the reformed religion, their political con- 
 duct has been that of good subjects, it has been steady, correct and un- 
 impeachable." Alluding to the legislative Union, I remarked : — 
 " Matters are so much changed since the occurrence of that event ; 
 the tremendous evils apprehended from the Union not having arisen ; 
 the Romanists being since admitted into parliament; the pernicious 
 revolutionary spirit at present abroad ; these circumstances, as well 
 as others, have placed the question in an aspect so difTerent, that we 
 are fully convinced, that not one of the landowners, gentry, or Pro- 
 testants, who formerly opposed the Union, would now desire to 
 behold its repeal." — [p, 325.] Such was my opinion twelve years 
 since, and such remains my opinion at the present moment. Truth 
 and impartiality were my objects in this publication on the county of 
 Carlow, but, while the merits of the work were admitted by the Ro- 
 manists, they had very little relish for the occasional remarks, such 
 as the above, sparingly interspersed through the publication. 
 
 In Dublin, the only mode by which a literary work of any extent 
 can be published, is by a previous reception of subscribers' names. 
 It was by this means that Doctor Smith published his valuable his- 
 tories of Cork, Waterford, and Kerry; and a few years since the 
 Rev. Hugh White, of Dublin, published an excellent volume of 
 Sermons in the same manner. Several other works of interest have 
 appeared under similar circumstances — publishing in the Irish metro- 
 polis being chiefly confined to school-books, and two or three perio- 
 dicals. Having availed myself of the only feasible method, namely, 
 by subscribers, I shall here insert a list of ihe noblemen and gentle- 
 men by whom I was aided in the publication of the *' History and 
 Antiquities of the County of Carlow' : — 
 
 His Grace Most Rev. R. Whatelv, D.D, Lord Archbishop of Dublin. 
 Right Hon. Earl of Wicklow. 
 Right Hon. Earl of Courtown. 
 Right Hon. Earl of Aldborough. 
 
 
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 79 
 
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 Right Hon. Earl of M«ath. 
 Right Hon. Earl of Rathdowno. 
 Right Hon. Earl of Miltown. 
 Right Hon. Lord Viscount Bere«ford. 
 Right Hon. Lord Viscount Frankfort— /u>o eopits. 
 Right Hon. Lord Langford — two copies. 
 Right Hon. Lord Downes. 
 
 Hon. and Ven. Archdeacon H. S. Stopford, Clonmore, Co. Carloir. 
 Hon. and Rev. Wm. Wingfield, Avoca, Co. Wicklow. 
 Hon. Colonel Hugh Howard, Bushy Park, Co. Wicklow. 
 Hon. George Handcock, Randalstown, Co. Antrim. 
 Rev. Sir Richard Wolseley, Bart., Co. Carlow. 
 ^ Sir Thomas Butler, Bart. Ballintemple, Co. Carlow. 
 Sir Wm. Betham, Ulster King-at-Arms, Dublin. 
 Sir Frederick Madden, British Museum, London. 
 Sir Francis Palgrave, London. 
 
 Frederick Shaw, Esq. M.P. Recorder of Dublin— (since Right Hon. F 
 Shaw.) ° • 
 
 Thomas Kavanagh, Esq. M.P. Borris, Co. Carlow. 
 
 Colonel Henry Bruen, M.P. Oak Park, Carlow. 
 
 Thomas Bunbury, Esq. M.P. Moyle, do. 
 
 Very Rev. H. R. Dawson, Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin. 
 
 Rev. B. Lloyd, D.D., Provost, Trinity College, Dublin. 
 
 Rev. Thomas Prior, D.D., Vice Provost, Trinity College, Dublin. 
 
 Rev. H. Kingsmill, Fellow Trinity College, Dublin. 
 
 Rev. Clement Wolseley, Fitzwilliam- street, do. 
 
 Rev. Wm. Sturgeon, Lennox-street, do. 
 
 Rev. Henry Irwin, Sandford, Dublin— (since Archdeacon of Emlv ) 
 
 T • J^^". ^> ^"^°' ^•'^•^•' Dublin— (since Bishop of Osiory and 
 
 Leighlin.) '^ ' 
 
 Rev. F. Bridge, Lower Dorset -street, Dublin. 
 
 Rev. J. H. Singer, D.D. Fellow Trinity College, Dublin. 
 
 Rev. William Cleaver, Delgany, Co. Wicklow. 
 
 Rev. Wm. Magee, Dunganslown, do. 
 
 Rev. Wm. Ker, Woodville. do. 
 
 Rev. Peter Mooney, Tinahelv, do. 
 
 Rev. W. W. Harris, Elton, * do. 
 
 Rev. W. S. Guinness, Rathdrum. 
 
 Rev. Andrew M'Conkey, Wicklow. 
 
 Rev. T. P. Magee, Wicklow— (since Archdeacon of Kilmacduaah.) 
 
 Rev. F. Sadlier, F.T.C.D.— now Provost. ^ ^ 
 
 Rev. C. R. Elrington, D.D. Professor of Divinity, T.C. Dublin. 
 
 Rev. George Vernon, Rector of Carlow. 
 
 Rev. Ambrose Lane, Castlecomer. 
 
 Rev. Samuel Madden, Kilkenny. 
 
 Rov. Hans Atkinson, Bagnalstown, Co. Cariow. 
 
 Rev. J. G. Wynne, do. do. 
 
 Rev. Z. Comock, Wexford. 
 
 Rev. Wm. Hickey, do. 
 
 Rev. Walter Hore, Newtownbarry. 
 
 Rev. Alexander M'Clintock, Newtownbarry. 
 
 Rev. J. C. Archdall, Clonegal, Co. Cariow. 
 
 Rev. William Adamson, Phibsborough, Dublin. 
 
 Rev. H. J. Weslbv, High Park, Co. Wicklow. 
 
 Rev. Wm. Scott, Kiltegan, do. 
 
 Rev. Thos. J. Jacob, Coolkenno, do. 
 
 Rev. John Whitty, Ricketstown, Co. Carlow. 
 
 Rev. Wm. Whitty, Rathvilly, do. 
 
 Rev. Frederick E. Trench, Kellyatown, do. 
 
 Key. J. H. Todd, F.T.C. Dublin. 
 
 Rev. James Elliott, Crnmlin, Dublin. 
 
 Rev. Thomas Newland, Stephen 's-green, do. 
 
 Rer. Thomas Luby, F.T.C. Dublin. 
 
 Rev. S. J. M'Clean, do. 
 
 Rev. Hugh Stowell, Salford, Manchester. 
 
 Rev. James White, Manchester. 
 
 Rev. J. G. Robberds, do. 
 
 Rev. Thomas Hornby, Liverpool. ' 
 
 Rev. J. H. Stafford, do. 
 
 Rev. Thomas Raffles, do. 
 
 Rev. W. Shepherd, do. 
 
 Rev. John Magrath, do. 
 
 Rev. J. Grundy, do. 
 
 Rev. J. C. Prince, do. 
 
 John Claudius Beresford, Esq., Coleraine. 
 
 H. De Montmorency, Esq., Kildare-street Club, Dublin. 
 
 Richard B. Warren, Esq., Fitzwilliam-square, Dublin. 
 
 John D. Latouche, Esq., Castle-street, Dublin. 
 
 Nathaniel Sneyd, Esq. Sackville-street, do. 
 
 R. Gamble, Esq. M.D. Rathmines, do. 
 
 James Watt, Esq. Attorney, North Cumberland street, Dublin. 
 
 William J. Egan, Esq. Capel-street, Dublin. 
 
 William Harty, Esq. M.D. Middle Gardiner-street, do. 
 
 Thomas H. Egan, Esq. Lock Hospital, Dublin. 
 
 H. B. Code, Esq. Editor of the Dublin Warder. 
 
 Robert Mulock, Esq. M.D. Charlemont-street, Dublin. 
 
 William Butler, Esq. Registry Office, Dublin. 
 
 George Patterson, Esq. Harrymount, Dublin. 
 
 Edward Cooke, Esq. Attorney, Dorset-street, Dublin. 
 
 William Swan, Esq. North Frederick-street, do. 
 
 Arthur Izod, Esq. Kells, County Kilkenny. 
 
 George Bryan, Esq. Stamp Office, Dublin. 
 
 Robert Sutter, Esq. Sherrard-street, do. 
 
 James Hozier, Esq. Hacketstown, County Carlow. 
 
 Hugh Crawley, Esq. Great Brunswick- street, Dublin. 
 
 Joseph L. Darby, Esq. Bray, County Wicklow. 
 
 R. R. Ellis, Esq. Warder Office, Dublin. 
 
 E. Alcock, Esq. do. do. 
 
 G. A. Cheney, Esq. Stephen's-green, Dublin. 
 
 David Aher, Esq. Castlecomer. 
 
 John Judkin Butler, Esq. Upper Gardiner-street, Dublin. 
 
 Edward Armstrong, Esq. Bank of Ireland. 
 
 S. C. Hope, Esq. Erne-street, Dublin. 
 
 N. M. Mansfield, Esq. Proprietor and Editor of the Evening Packet, 
 
 Dublin. 
 H. E. Perrin, Esq. Abbey-street, Dublin. 
 W. H. Astle, Esq. Trinity College, do. 
 John Gray, Esq. Attorney, Upton, County Carlow. 
 Arthur Morri«>on, Esq. Alderman, Dublin. 
 Edward Brewster, Esq. Attorney, French- street, Dublin. 
 John Wilson, Esq. Laurel Lodge, do. 
 
 Sharkey, Esq. Rathmines, do. 
 
 William Scott, Esq. High Sheriff, do. 
 
 P. Do3nQe, Esq. Bank, Henry-street, do. 
 
 Piers GeaJe, Esq. Attorney, Mountjoy-square, do. 
 M. Donovan, Esq. Clare-street. do. 
 
 Thomas Drought, Esq. Balliver, Banagher. 
 Captain William Graham, Newtownbarry. 
 A. N. Oalton, Esq. Clars-street, Dublin. 
 
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 John Ryder, Esq. Ballinahinch, County Wicklow 
 
 Ch.^'''p"' Esq State Surgeon, DublS^ ^''''* 
 
 Wiml^ sT ^^'5- '^J?"™^"' County Wicklow. 
 Wi ham Shepard, Esq.* Oatlands, do. 
 
 William A. Ryan, Esq.f New Orleans. 
 
 John Humphreys, Esq. Ballykane House, County Wickloir 
 John Perrin, Esq. Wicklow. '^"uuky >yjcKiow. 
 
 John Shepard, Esq.* Sheephill, Wicklow. 
 James Shepard, Esq.* do. do 
 
 Rnhiiw'i^*°^'JF''^- Upper Rutland street, Dublin. 
 RobertHudson, Esq. Seabank, County Wicklow. 
 J. M. Lefebure, Esq. Gorey. 
 Richard Bolton, Esq. do 
 
 Walter Hore, Esq. Seafield. Gorey. 
 
 Richard Brownrigg, Esq. Gorey. 
 
 Henry Morton, Esq. Tinahely, County Wicklow. 
 
 T^^r m"^ ^'i «»«Phen's green, Dublin. 
 
 FranoU W iS^* ^ °°.:. ^'^°'^ ^'P' ^«"°'3^ Wicklow.) 
 
 BX^WrigtTrklo:?- '''' ^^"'^^^^^^ ^^^^ W^'^^^- 
 
 Samuel Hore, Esq. Lambarton, Arklow. 
 
 James Kilbee, Esq. Mine View, do. 
 
 Anthony T Lefroy, Esq. C.C.P. Rathdrum. 
 
 Joseph Dickson, Esq. J.P. Ballyfree, County Wicklow 
 
 Joseph Sparrow, Esq. County Wicklow. ^ 
 
 J he Misses Revell, County Wicklow 
 
 John Edwards, Esq. Wicklow. 
 
 W.T. Bookey, Esq. J. P. Derrybawn, County Wicklow 
 
 Charles Coates, Esq. Tankersley, y^>viCkiow. 
 
 T ^' ^^Jf*'*"' ^*^- Attorney, Herringdale, Carlow. 
 John Mills, Esq. Clerk of Peace, County Wicklow. 
 Charles Doyne, Esq. Newtown Park, Dublin. 
 Richard Perry, Esq. do. do. 
 
 Richard B Dowse, Esq. Attorney, Dorset- street, Dublin. 
 George Gibbs, E.q. Clerk of Crown, Dublin. 
 James Poe, Esq. Attorney, Kilkenny. 
 Admiral Oliver, Fitzwilliam-square, Dublin. 
 
 "^•'•"oTZtiefn^B^n^h?^""^"-^''^^^' ^"^""' (.ince Justice 
 
 Richard Fenton, Esq. Ballinclea, County Wicklow. 
 
 W. P. Higginbotham, Esq. Donard, do. 
 
 Stephen Wilson, Esq. Ballilore. 
 
 William Butler, Esq. Whitehall. Baltinglass. 
 
 general J. S. Saunders, J.P. Golden Fort, County Wicklow 
 
 John Waters. Esq. Baltinglass. ^ vvicKlow. 
 
 Henry Malcolrason, Esq. Carlow. 
 
 Job Campion, Esq. Attorney, do. 
 
 H. Crosthwaite, Esq. do. 
 
 Edward Butier, Esq. Sovereign, do. 
 
 NiT?^^'T?""^''l' ^'^- ^^^'^ °^ ^^"^^^ County Carlow. 
 Nicholas Byrne, Esq. Carlow. ^ 
 
 Richard Langford, Esq. Rockfield, County Carlow 
 
 ♦ Cousin of the author. 
 t Brother of Ibt author. 
 
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 Captain Francis G. Keogh, Carlow. 
 
 Benjamin Hodgens, Esq. Carlow. 
 
 John FitzMaurice, Esq. do. 
 
 Henry Dyer, Esq. do. 
 
 William Cary, Esq. J.P. do. 
 
 John Haugbton, Esq. do. 
 
 Major Thornton, do. 
 
 Samuel Haugbton, Esq. do. 
 
 Harman FitzMaurice, Esq., Ardintagle, Carlow., r 
 
 Robert C. Carter, Esq. Castledermot. 
 
 John Hill, Esq. Barnhill, Castledermot. 
 
 Henry Walters, Esq. J.P. County Carlow. 
 
 William Duckett, Esq. J.P. do. 
 
 John Rudkin, Esq. Conies, County Carlow. 
 
 William B. Perceval, Esq.. Graigue, Carlow. 
 
 W. B. F. Frizell, Esq. Enniskillen. 
 
 S. R. Garrett, Esq. Janeville, County Carlow. 
 
 A. B. Feltus, Esq. Hollybrook, do. 
 John Alexander, Esq. Milford, County Carlow. 
 Thomas Shaw, Esq. Kilree, County Kilkenny^ 
 
 B. Colclough, Esq. Sion Cottage, Carlow. 
 B. U. Colclough, Esq. do. do. 
 Thomas Herring, Esq. Carlow. 
 
 Major Lenon, do. 
 
 James Lafarele, Esq. Springhill, Carlow. 
 
 Thomas E. Thorpe, Esq. Rahindoran, County Carlow* 
 
 B. Hamilton, Esq. Fonthill, do. 
 
 W. R. Steuart, Esq. J.P. do. 
 
 Benjamin Roche. Esq. M.D. Bagenalstown, do. 
 
 George Hartford, Esq. M.D. Castlecomer. 
 
 Lieut-Col. Thomas Jones, Kilkenny. 
 
 Thomas Prim, Esq. Kilkenny. 
 
 John Robertson, Esq. do. 
 
 William Robertson, Esq. do. 
 
 H. Semple, Esq. do. 
 
 George Cronyn, Esq. do. 
 
 Louis Anderson, Esq. do. 
 
 Langrishe Prim, Esq. do. 
 
 Robert Doyne, Esq. Borris, County Carlow. 
 
 Edward Watson, Esq. New Ross. 
 
 J. Mulhallen, Esq. Royal Oak, County Carlow. 
 
 John Groome, Esq. Killinane, do. 
 
 James Thomas, Esq. Leighlin -bridge, do. 
 
 T. T. Bookey, Esq. J.P. Doninga, County Kilkenny. 
 
 Richard West, Esq. Newtownbarry. 
 
 Robert Boyce, Esq. M.D. do. 
 
 William Dowse, Esq. Springfield, County Wicklow. 
 
 Ralph J. Hope, Esq. J.P. Urelands, do. 
 
 Edward Cullen, Esq. Wexford. 
 
 Samuel Wheelock, Esq. Proprietor of the Wexford Constrvativt, 
 
 J. N. Nunn, Esq. Enniscorthy. 
 
 William Durdin, Esq. M.D. Clonegal, County Carlow. 
 
 J, Robinson, Esq. M.D. Newtownbarry. 
 
 Major Devereux, do. 
 
 Charles Elliott, Esq. do. 
 
 Nicholas Browne, Esq. do. 
 
 James Rainsford, Esq. Clonegal, County Carlow. 
 
 John DeRenzy, Esq. do. do. 
 
 J. Payne, Esq. Tullow, County Carlow. 
 
 Robert Burnett, Esq. do. do. 
 
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 George Glynn, Esq. C.C.P. Tullow, County Carlov. 
 
 Hubert Carter, Esq. do. do. 
 
 Tliomaa Tomlinson, Esq. Milpark, do. 
 
 Edviard Eustace, Esq. Ellen-Grove, do. 
 
 William Yimng, Esq. Copnagh, do. 
 
 J. Irwin, Esq, Tullow, do. 
 
 ITiomas Whelan, Esq. Bank, Carlow. 
 
 J. H. Eustcce, Esq. J. P. County Carlotr. 
 
 Pilsworth Whelan, Esq. J. P. do. 
 
 Richard Creighton, Esq. Paulville, County Carlow. 
 
 Lieut.-Col. Whelan, Clonmore Lodge, do. 
 
 James Butler, Esq. J.P. do. 
 
 Benjamin Swan, Esq. Dorset-street, Dublin. 
 
 Joseph Penrose, Esq. Philipstown, County Carlow. 
 
 Samuel Dowse, Esq. Friarstown, do. 
 
 J. D. Duckett, Esq. J. P. do. 
 
 Thomas Haughton, Esq. J. P. Carlow. 
 
 Robert Wright, Esq. C.C.P. do. 
 
 John Walker, Esq. Lumclone, County Carlow. 
 
 Samuel Green, Esq. Moatfield, County Kildare. 
 
 Robert Rawson, Esq. Giassealy, do. 
 
 Leonard Greenham, Esq. do. 
 
 Arthur Haffield, Esq. Treasury, Dublin Castle. 
 
 Colonel J. S. Rochfort, J.P. Clogrenan, Carlow. 
 
 Charles Putland, Esq. Rathmore, County Carlow. 
 
 Henry Haffield, Esq. Charlemont-street, Dublin. 
 
 Godwin Swift, Esq. Attorney, Blessington-street, Dublin. 
 
 Robert Goff, Esq. Eccles-street, do. 
 
 Philip Crampton, Esq. Surgeon General, Merrion-tquare, Dublin* 
 
 (since Sir P. Crampton, Bart.) 
 Robert Harrison, Esq. M.D. Hume-street, Dublin. 
 Samuel Litton, Esq. M.D. Royal Dublin Society House. 
 Charles W. Williams, Esq. City of Dublin Steam Packet Company. 
 Richard Carmichael, Esq. Rutland -square, Dublin, 
 W. W. Campbell, Esq. Lying-in- Hospital, do. 
 J. O'Beirne, M.D. Surgeon extraordinary to the King, Dublin. 
 George La Touche, Esq. Fitzwilliam street, Dublin. 
 W. Shaw Mason, Esq. Record Tower, Dublin'Castle. 
 Lieutenant Colonel R. La Touche, County Carlow. 
 Thomas Taylor, Esq. Dublin Castle. 
 Arthur Guinness, Esq. J.P. James 's-gate, Dublin. 
 
 A. L. Guinness, Esq. do. do. 
 
 Charles Fitzgerald, Esq. Attorney, Stafford- street, Dublin. 
 John Purser, Esq. James's- gate, do. 
 
 C. Cavanagh, Esq. Attorney, Fitzwilliam- street, do. 
 Joshua Watson, Esq. Westmorland-street, do. 
 
 John Martley, Esq. K.C. Rutland -square, do. 
 
 William Lewis, Esq. Attorney, Harcourt-street, do, 
 George Howell, Esq. Molesworth street, do. 
 
 R. Archbold, Esq. Davidstown, County Kildare. 
 Edward Burton, Esq. County Carlow. 
 Henry Ryan, Esq. Attorney, N. George's-street, Dublin. 
 Thomas B. Kelly, Esq. Kellyville, Queen's County. 
 Isaac Weld, Esq. Hon. Sec. Royal Dublin Society. 
 F. Montgomery, Esq. Carlow. 
 Edward Lacy, Esq. Surgeon, Manchester 
 Edward Holme, Esq. M.D. do. 
 
 H. H. Birley, Esq. do. 
 
 B. Heywood, Esq. do. 
 Samufl Greg, Esq. do. 
 
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 W. R. Whaltou, Esq. Surgaon^ Manohtstsr. 
 
 George Condy, Esq. do. 
 
 Henry Tootal, Esq. do, 
 
 Henry DaJley, Esq. Surgeon, do. 
 
 James Dawson, Esq. Liverpool. 
 
 W. B. Chorley, Esq. do. 
 
 Joseph Johnson, Esq. do. 
 
 John Hicks, Esq. Surgeon, do. 
 
 Joseph Williamson, Esq. do. 
 
 Hugh Neill, Esq. Surgeon, do. 
 
 R. Bickersteth, Esq. Surgeon, do. 
 
 S. M'Culloch, Esq. do. do. 
 
 Surgeon Haird, do. 
 
 James Prior, Esq. F.S.A. Oxford Terrace, London. 
 
 T. Crofton Croker, Esq. Admiralty, London. 
 
 William Bentham, Esq. Gower-street, London. 
 
 Henry Livesley, Esq. Millbank st. do. 
 
 M. Ryan, Esq. M.D. London. 
 
 Henry O'Brien, Esq. Grey's Inn, London, 
 
 Rev. T. F. Dibdin, D.D. London. 
 
 Thomas Haviland Burke, Esq. Lincoln's Inn, London.* 
 
 This is a list of supporters of which any person might be proud. 
 Besides the three hundred noblemen and private and professional 
 gentlemen above named, several respectable persons in trade afl5xed 
 their signatures as subscribers. I refer with peculiar pleasure to the 
 aid of the gentry of my native county, who, with scarcely a single 
 exception, promoted the undertaking. If I had not possessed their 
 good opinion, I should not, of course, have been favoured by their 
 support on this occasion. The value of that support was much en- 
 hanced by the alacrity with which it was tendered,— a readiness which 
 enabled me to prepare and publish the History of the coimty in little 
 more than twelve months after I had finally relinquished journalism 
 in Carlow. 
 
 The work was universally well received. Several gentlemen, com- 
 petent judges, expressed to me their sense of its merits; among the 
 rest, some connected with the law told me that in matters of property, 
 tracing titles and other information they had found it useful. 1 have 
 been happy to perceive, that the authors of several works of a topo- 
 graphical nature have availed themselves of my pages. I would nien- 
 tion the Dublin Penny Journal,f " conducted by Philip Dixon 
 Hardy, M.R.I. A.," in which we find sketches of Ballymoon Castle, 
 and Bally loughan Castle, county of Carlow, almost verbatim from 
 
 * The following is the note of the Earl of Wicklow, as a subscriber fo. my 
 History of Carlow : — 
 
 "Shelton, Dec. 4, 1832. 
 
 " Sir, — I am quite willing to become a subscriber to your History of tb* 
 County Carlow. I shall request of Major Humphrys to pay you the pricw of it 
 wh«n he is paying for his ovrn copy. 
 
 ** I have the honour to be, Sir, your rery humbl* servant, 
 
 W1CIU.OW." 
 f February 7, 1836. 
 
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 my work. Nine-tenths of the Journals account of these ruins, is a 
 literal copy. The late Dublin Penny Journal was quite welcome to the 
 use of my work, but, inasmuch as my account of the antiquities was 
 entirely original, not drawn from any other quarter and never before 
 printed, 1 think it would have been but fair to have stated the source 
 of the JoMrwa/'s intelligence. This was the just course adopted by 
 Mr. G. Petrie in the pages of the Irish Penny Journal y of which he 
 was Editor. The articles relating to the county of Carlow in Lewis's* 
 Topographical Dictionary of Ireland coiMdxn niuch of the matter col- 
 lected bv me; and in the elegant work of Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Hall 
 on the same subject,* the authors have kindly mentioned my name 
 and quoted from my publication three or four times. Mr. Thomas 
 Crofton Croker also mentions the History of Carlow among the notes 
 to a curious manuscript relative to Ireland, published by him in 
 1837.f Doctor Johnson has remarked that the highest compliment 
 which can be paid to an author is to quote from him. Such being 
 the fact, I must feel much flattered by such notice of my county 
 history ; a class of literature as yet very little cultivated in Ireland. 
 
 The critics expressed themselves in very favourable terms; the 
 more valuable from difference of political opinion in some instances. 
 In these countries, opinions on works of literature are sometimes in- 
 fluenced by considerations of a party nature, but despite any partiality 
 of this description, reviewers of the Liberal school accorded their meed 
 of approbation. The Monitor and Satirist, are of the Liberal school. 
 The following are the editorial notices ot my History and Antiquities 
 of the County of Carlow : — 
 
 " It deserves a place on the same shelf in an Irish library with the Taluable 
 County Histories of Doctor Smith. From the industry and care exhibited in 
 every page, we can give implicit ci edit to tho author's assertion, that, * the most 
 approved original works have been consulted,' &c. We hold that Mr. Ryan 
 has done good service, not merely to his county, but to the United Kingdom." 
 — London Literani Gazette, March 15, 1834. 
 
 "A volume displaying much labour and research. While it is a great aid 
 to the general history of Ireland, ihe minute and valuable local information it 
 contains, statistical and as relating to families," ^c— Dublin Warder^ Feb. 15 
 1834. 
 
 " Mr. Ryan is a man of considerable antiquarian research. We cannot con- 
 clude without expressing our satisfaction at his vork ; and we hope he has met 
 with sufficient encouragement to prosecute works of a similar character." — 
 Dublin Monitory Feb. 29, 1839. 
 
 "A work of much ability and research." — Irish Penny Journaly Aug. 29, 
 1640. 
 
 This work will be read with much interest by the lovers of antiquity. Highly 
 creditable to its author for the spirit of indetaligable, searching inquiry that 
 pervades it,"— Dublin Satirist, March 22, and May 24, 1834. 
 
 "This volume forms a valuable and interesting addition to the literature of 
 Ireland. Mr. Ryan exhibits throughout an honest, commendable spirit of 
 amor patrice ; and when we say, further, that his work displays much learned 
 
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 research, with an anxious desire to be minutely accurate, and that its paces 
 abound with information at once varied, useful, and attractive, we say no more 
 than injustice we are warranted, and enough, we think, to recommend it to 
 the patrons of Iner&ture and genius." -Newry Telegraphy Sept 5,1834 
 
 "Auexcellent work. His style is clear and perspicuous j his narrative of 
 incidents faithful, his information being drawn from the most authentic 
 sourcesi his accounts of antiquities, and all other objects of curiosity or in- 
 terest are hvely and graphic, being the result of his own particular inquiry 
 and observation. Attached to Conservative and Protestant principles, the 
 authors passing remarks are strong and pertinent, and his reasoning cogent, 
 while throughout he has studied truth and impani^liiy:'—LeinsterEipres7, 
 Uct. 2o, 1834. ^ ' 
 
 ** It reflects great credit upon the author, who has proved himself a man of 
 resenTch."— Carlow Sentinel, 
 
 Persons resident in two other counties suggested to me to under- 
 take a similar work in reference to them, but I could not feel the 
 same interest in any other district as in that of my birth. Besides, 
 my attention was immediately directed to a woik of a political nature' 
 At the same time with my History of Carlow, I published a little 
 work of fiction, entitied. Some Passages in the Life of Philip 
 Thornville.* In addition to the incidents, I endeavoured by means 
 of the dialogtie to disseminate sound sentiments on religion and poli- 
 tics. The enemies of our Protestant Constitution would find very 
 little in the work to gratify them. Mever having been disposed to "halt 
 between two opinions," I have always wished to support energeti- 
 cally such views as I have deemed in accordance with truth and justice. 
 Early in 1834, I proceeded to London to forward the sale of soiDe 
 remaining copies of my History and Antiquities of the County of 
 Carlow. I copy the following brief notes taken at the time, of my 
 movements on this occasion : — 
 
 Reached Liverpool 13th February, 1834. Arrived at Manchester, 22nd 
 Feb. 1834. Started for London, by coach, Feb. 23, 1834, bv Buxton, Mat- 
 lock, Derby, and to Nottingham. Stopped for a night at Nottingham. Started 
 on Monday evening Feb. 24, for Loudon, by coach, at quarter past seven- 
 through Loughborough, Leicester, Harborough, Northampton, Dunstable, St. 
 Albans, and Earner, to London, at eleven o'clock, on Tuesday 24th. 
 
 Thursday 27 th - Delivered W. S. Mason's letter of introduction to Jas. Prior, 
 Esq., author of « Life of Burke," at Oxford Terrace, Edgeware Road— who 
 gave me note of introduction to Thomas Crofton Croker, Esq., whom I also 
 saw at the Admiralty. Got list of Society of Antiquaries. 
 
 Saturday, March 1— Saw Thomas Crofton Croker. Presented me " State and 
 Prospects of Toryism," reprint from Frasers Magazine. 
 
 Thursday, March 6th— Saw W. Cooke Taylor, at Upper Seymourstreet— 
 author of the History of the Civil Wars of Ireland, in Constable's Miscellany. 
 Gave him letter of introduction from W. Shaw Mason, Esq. 
 
 March Tth—Met Nicholas A. Vigors, M.P., Co. Carlow, in Regent street, 
 with a lady. Asked me, " how do you do, Mr. Ryan?" 
 
 March 8th— Saw T. Crofton Croker, at Admiralty. Gave him copy of His- 
 tory of Carlow. 
 
 9th— Left letter of introduction from H. B. Code, Editor of the Dublin 
 
 ♦Published by How, Fleet street, London. 
 
 f The Tour of the French Traveller, M. De La BouUaye le Gouz in Ireland, 
 A.D. 1644. p. 9. London, Boone. 
 
 • 222 closely printed pages. Published by Grant and Bolton, Dublin. 
 
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 87 
 
 J , 
 
 ir.rrf.r. to Doctor Giffaid, EJitor of th. Standard, .t bi. re.Uenc., Mydlel. 
 '""laT-skwHeCbBrien, author of Essay on Round Tower., at No. 11, 
 *'^u"l"saw':rl!;.:arSion- Cro.er at the Ad^iral.y. Saw Michael 
 
 """^h-Saw James Prior at Oxford Terrace. Gave him History of Carlow. 
 ' 26th-stw John Britton, F.S.A., al his residence Bruton-streot. 
 
 28th-Saw Sir Martin A. Shee, at Cavendisl). square. 
 
 TTiursdav April 3-Delivered letter of introduction from W. Shaw Mason, 
 
 ■Wrote to Sheffield Grace in Sussex. 
 
 C.I, «»«, Hprirv O'Brien at Fig-tree Court, Temple. 
 
 FriZ^v \^.T nih-ilft Londfn this evening at five o'clock ; reached Not. 
 tinsham at e^ght o'clock, on the 12th, through Barne. St. Albans, DunsUbK 
 Wobu™, Newport, Norihampton, Market Harborough, Leicester and Lough- 
 
 ""iMh-Loft Nottingham at twenty minutes to seven, a.m., reached Manche.- 
 ter. through Derbv, Matlock, Buxton, &c. at four o clock, p.m. 
 
 Friday 18th— Left Manchester for Liverpool. 
 
 Mondiy 21st April-Left Liverpool in Commerce for Dublin, al7 o clock, 
 evening-reached Dublin at U o'clock next day.* 
 
 Havint: resolved to publish a Life of King William III., Prince 
 of Smngf, by Iscriber., the only feasible ntelhod.as already stated 
 ,°n Ireland 1 frequently obtained letters of introduction, as a member 
 of the Orange Society ,\rom William Swan, Esq.. one ol the Grand 
 Secretaries ° ConvinLd of the benefit of such a I'"''!-"-. - -'f^- 
 lated to promulgate loyal and Protestant prmciples. Mr. Swa.^ for- 
 warded the work considerably by recommendatory com.nu.ncat.ons. 
 He fttrnished me with letters to his Royal H.ghness the Duke of 
 Cttmberland, the Earl of Enniskillen, the Earl ol Roden Lords 
 Kenvon. Lieutenant Colonel Fairman, and many otheis. I shal 
 in mcipies of two of these letters, which I did not dehver. not 
 havTng proceeded to the part of the country to which they were ad- 
 
 "Dublin, 29lh September, 1834. 
 « Dear Brother Cochraue-I take the opportunity of Brother John Ryan's 
 visit to your part of the world to return you thanks for your present of the 
 Orlnge Mins[rel which I shall place in my library beside some other books of 
 
 * « Broihe; Ryan is at present on a visit through your part of the country to 
 Ob Jn sl^turl^ to a Life of King William, which he is about to pubbsh. 
 
 ** Believe me, to remain, 
 
 « Yours very faithfully, 
 
 William Sv?an, D. G. Sicretari/. 
 
 «* John Cochrane, Esq., Coleraine." 
 
 • I have a note of introduction from the late Mr. J»JJ^^F^*7'» '^^^^^^^^^^ 
 .eller of Regent-street, to Doctor Maginn. 1 saw Mrs. Magmn at the Doctor s 
 Jes dence 1 Grove road, St. John's Wood. He was from bome. I brought 
 over a JotriducSon to Mr. Fraser from H. B. Code, Esq., then Editor of th. 
 
 WardX 
 
 *' 85, Grafton-strect, Dublin, 
 
 *' 30th September. 1834. 
 ** Dear Sir, and Brother— This letter will be handed to aou by Brother 
 John Ryan, who conducted the Carlow Standard. His object in visiting your 
 part of the country is to obtain signatures to a Life of King William, which he 
 is about to publish. His capabilities for the undertaking are well vouched 
 by vkorks in favour of the Protestant cause which have been fa\ourably re- 
 ceived here. 
 
 " Believe me to remain, 
 
 ** Yours very faiihfullv, 
 
 William Swan, D, G. Secretary.** 
 " Adam Schoales, Esq., 
 ** Grand Master, City of Londonderry." 
 
 The following note from Robert Sandys, Esq., J. P., i:\gent to Lord 
 Powerscourt, refers to the life of King William III 
 
 Dargle, Monday, 23rd July, 1834. 
 
 " Mr. Sandys begs to say that he has only this morning returned from the 
 Vale of Ovoca and must leave again early inthe morning. He will the first 
 spare time write some names for Mr. Ryan and also hold himself responsible 
 for Sir George Hodson and his own subscription when the work is published, 
 which Mr. Sandys understands is the usual course in all publications." 
 
 *• Ryan, Esq., Enniskerry." 
 
 Ill common with every sincere supporter of the British Monarchy 
 and Protestant Constitution, I rejoiced at the dismissal of the Mel- 
 bourne ministry by King William IV., in November 1834. Deem- 
 ing it my duty to aid as much as possible the formation of a Conserva- 
 tive administration, I addressied some letters to the Duke of Wel- 
 lington on the subject. My first commuuicalion was in these 
 terms : — 
 
 "I. At an early opportunity, a declaration should be njade that the new ad- 
 ministration will firmly maintain all the existing institutions of the country, 
 while it will reform all proved abuses in them. The aid of all Conservatives will 
 thus be secured, while the * Reformers' will be silenced. 
 
 *♦ II. Parliament should be dissolved. The quality of the men to be dealt 
 with rtill thus be at once properly ascertained j the strength of friends and op- 
 ponents known. Besides, there will be an accession of supporters. 
 
 "III. The number of military men in the ministry should be as small as 
 possible. By this course a main source of popular prejudice and declamation 
 will be removed. The voice of the Liberals should be secured when it can be 
 done without an abandonment of principle. The Duke of Wellington's name 
 is a tower of strength ; hut the imparling of a military hue to the ministry 
 should be carefully avoided. 
 
 My Lord Duke— A sincere admirer and stedfast supporter of the British 
 Constitution in Church and State (as has been evidenced by various publications 
 of which he is the author; takes the liberty to submit the above hints to your 
 Grace. Under ordinary circumstances, I should not venture to trouble your 
 Grace with the suggestions of so humble an individualas myself; but feeling 
 as I do, that upon the success of the Conservative ministry, of which your 
 Grace is a member, depends the maintenance— in fact, the very existence — 
 of monarchial government, the security of property, and the preservation of all 
 those blessings which have been hitherto secured to us, feeling thus, I am com- 
 pelled to lend my aid to the administration now in progress of formation. 
 
 This portion of his Majesty's dominions, which was fast hastening to utter 
 ruin, should first receivg the attention of th« Cabinet Th« Protestants will. 
 
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 of course, meet the fostering protection of a goTcrnment desirous to maintain 
 the institutions of the United Kingdom. 
 
 Other plans suggest themselves, but 1 shall not further trouble your 
 
 Grace at present. ^ , x^ , 
 
 *' I have the honor to be, my Lord Duke, 
 " With profound respect, 
 
 ♦* Your Grace's most obedient humble servant, 
 
 "John Ryan, ^^ 
 
 « Member of the Royal Society of Literature. ' 
 
 " Dublin, 22nd Nov. 1834." 
 
 The receipt of this comiminication was acknowledged in the fol- 
 lowing terms :— ,» o j v««- 
 
 « The Duke of Wellington presents his compliments to Mr. Ryan, and begs 
 leave to acknowledge the receipt of his letter of the 22nd mstant. 
 
 « London, Nov. 26, 1834." , , . , .^^^ 
 
 On the 3rd December, 1834, I forwarded some further suggestions 
 to the Duke, the receipt of which communication was acknowledged, 
 
 ^^"ThrDuke of Wellington presents his compliments to Mr. Ryan, and begs 
 leave to acknowledge the receipt of his letter of the 3rd mstant. 
 
 *♦ London, Dec. 5, 1834. . , i »• «„ 
 
 I had speedily the satisfaction of observing that these suggest ions 
 were all adopted. Striking proof of this is observable in Sir Robert 
 Peel's letter to the electors of Tamworth, which appeared m The 
 Times oi the 19th December, 1834. it will be seen that 1 sug- 
 gested, that " at an early opportunity, a declaration should be made 
 That the new administral'ion will firmly maintain all the existing m- 
 stitutions of the country, while it will reform all proved abuses m 
 them." This is copied almost verbatim in Sir Robert Peels letter, 
 
 ^^If t^hTs'p'iritof the Reform Bill implies merely a careful review of insfitu- 
 <ion. civil Ld ecclesiastical, undertaken in a friendly temper combimng mth 
 X km maintenance of established rights the correction of proved abases, and the 
 redrfs^of real gTievan4s_in that cLe, I can for myself and colleagues under- 
 take to act in such a spirit, and with such lutenuons. 
 
 This is the general principle ot the enure address, and I shall 
 leave the reader to judge whether, from the close intimacy at that 
 time existing between the Duke of Wellington and Sir Robert Peel, 
 the latter had cognizance of the suggestions which 1 had submitted. 
 
 At this period, I made another journey to London to obtain sup- 
 port for my projected Life of King William the Third. As on a 
 previous occasion, I took concise notes at the time of occurrences, as 
 follows : — 
 
 Wednesday, Dec. 17, 1834-Left Dublin for Liverpool by Mersey steamer, 
 nine o'clock, p.m., arrived following night at ten, p.m. Denbigh- 
 
 Friday, 19th-Left Liverpool at two o'clock, P-»?- ^^^ ^f^T Wrexha^ 
 shire. Crossed river Mersey, then by coach to Chester, 14 miles, Wrexham, 
 
 '^l^-To Lord'kenyon's, Gredington, near Hanmer, Shropshire Presented 
 his lordship a letter of introduction from W. Swan, D.G.S. of the Orange 
 Socety His lordship wrote his name as subscriber for two copies of the Life 
 !fWmiamIII., and ^on parting cordially shook hands with me as a brother 
 Orangfinaii. 
 
 Binningham »nd Oxford— arriTed at half.past ten, a.m., un 2Jrd. 
 
 89 
 
 ^iVn*'" ^c ^"""^^^ Fairman, at No. 3, Cannon-row, Westminister. Deli- 
 vered William Swan's letter of introduction. Gave him copy of mv « Letter 
 to the Protestants of Ireland." Asked me to dinner. Saw Sheffield Grace at 
 Lieutenant.General Sir John Hamilton's (his father-in-law), 19, Baker-street 
 
 ^VZT'^kT .""'"^r^ii^r.^- S^- Mason's letterVinVoducLn':'' 
 
 Fnday, 26th. Saw Sheffield Grace, by invitation, at Sir John Hamilton's. 
 
 Had a good deal of conversation wiih him. Saw Doctor Giffard at Standard 
 
 Office. Gave him a copy of my »' Letter to the Protestants of Ireland." Was 
 busy correcting a proof sheet. 
 
 f i,-^'!";^ ^^"^ Sheffield Grace at Sir John Hamilton's. Promised me acopj 
 of his "Memoirs of the Grace Family." Saw Colonel Fairman at Cannon 
 Row Asked to dinner. Got addresses of Orangemen. Saw T. Crofton 
 Croker at Admiralty. Gave him " Letter to the Protestants of Ireland." 
 o.^^'n & w *. T« Hampstead Heath, Mr. Burke's. To Mornington Cres- 
 
 mh ^' ^y?'^ f.-^^'-^L^'JV^ Dublin-Secretary to the Orange Society. 
 
 30th. Saw S Grace, F.S.A at Sir John Hamilton's. Saw Mr. Prior at 
 Oxford Terrace, Edgeware Road. Saw D. F. Ryan, Secretary to Excise Com- 
 missioners, and son of Captain Ryan who arrested Lord Edward Fitzgerald in 
 Dublin Wardlr "^ introduction from Mr. H. B. Code, Editor of the 
 
 Ridefstretr '^* ^^^^^' Bookseller, of the Orange Society, at Little- Knight- 
 
 January 1st, 1835. Called at Cannon Row. Fairman not there. 
 
 2nd. Called at Cannon Row. Got Reports of Orange Institution. 
 ri.lt..^n^/ Fairman. Got names of Orangemen in Birmingham and 
 Liverpool. Offered me letters of introduction. 6 »"" 
 
 4th. Called at D. F. Ryan's. 
 
 5th Called at p. F. Ryan's. Left letter from Wrp. Swan, Deputy Grand 
 Secretary of the Orange Institution, and one from mvself for the Duke of 
 
 • m. t: srr/mt's P^aTa-ce'^' ^^ ^^" ^^^"^^^^^^^'^ '^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^-^-^ 
 
 10th. Received at St. James's Palace, a note from George Jelf Esa So 
 
 suw7h1/''«^"'^ of Cumberland, stating that His Ro^S Hi^hn^^^^^ 
 subscribed for 6 copies of my Life of King William IIL -^ » "*» 
 
 March 28th. Left London for Dublin, this day. 
 
 I was^ of course, desirous to obtain the support and countenance 
 of the Duke of Cumberland, as Grand Master of the Orange Insti- 
 tution, for my Life of King William III. His Roval Highnes. 
 returned me the book of subscribers, with his signatufe-^'rn^^^ 6 
 copies^&nd the following note from his Secretary :— 
 
 " St. James's Palace, 
 
 January 10. 1835, 
 
 iuL'^Tl^rof'T'-^' ""}' ^r' ^'^^"^^^ *^^ Duketft'^blVa:it;e- 
 turn the list of subscnbers for the projected Life of King WiUiam the Third 
 
 and to say that His Royal Highness has much pleasure in putting down his 
 
 ro^pLyirgtc'^^ '°^ '^ ^^p^^^- ^^" ^'^^ ^"^ ^^« -- ---^ - tt 
 
 vou S'L^TL°'^?f 'f '' '°c'^ *^** ^^ "*°°*'* ^*^« *« pleasure of seeing 
 that hour? " ' * ^'^ •^'°'''''' *' ^' ^" ^" engagement abroad a? 
 
 "I remain, Sir, 
 
 " Your obedient humble servant, 
 
 George Jew.** 
 
 "J. Ryan, Esq." 
 
 The courtesy of this marked support of the publication was en- 
 iianced by the allusion, unsolicited on my part, to an interview. 1 
 
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 bad also an order for a copy for the Library of bis Majesty King 
 
 William IV.; Doctor Macmichael, the Librarian, writing King* 
 
 Library" in the list of subscribers. :,,/•„ • ^^t^ 
 
 Shortly after my return to Dublin, I received the following note 
 
 from Lord Farnham :— 
 
 « Lord Farnham will with pleasure subscribe to Mr Ryan's Y%^J,^l 
 William the Third. The other work may be delivered at No. 17, Portland- 
 place, where Lord F. iuten«ls_to be after Easter. 
 
 "Farnham, 1st April, 1835.' 
 
 The proved efficiency of the members of the Orange Society has 
 been met by the decided virulent opposition of their enemies and the 
 enemies ofonr Protestant institutions. Jhis enmity has been ex^^^^^ 
 
 biied incessantly in the pages ^^ ^/^^.^^^j?^^^! J"""^^^^^^^^^^ 
 orrasional " blarneyinL'" oratory of Mr. Daniel O Connell and the 
 tXhment of his' Co'nciliatioif Hall, or Humbug Hal , J U m^ght 
 be more filly designated. Ridicule, vituperation, falsehood and mis- 
 
 repr enlatio'n have been the common --P-%^V 1? ^rrtt S^ 
 against the Orange Society. As a specimen, I shall insert a para- 
 graph from the Dublin Pilot, of October 9, 1836 :- 
 
 »* The Orange Lisx.-We are at a loss to tnow what title * io'jr^^J^^"^^ 
 the nan.e of Radical, when it refuses or omits the publication of the Orange 
 List This iniquitous list-there are. it is true, some exceptions- 
 
 ' T') be hated needs but to be seen. 
 Why should it not, Ih.n be exposed ? Why not bring the entire we.ght of th. 
 parent of all reform-public opinion- on those misguided men? Why not asK 
 I ord Jolin or S Tom, Mr This, and Master That, what particular service, 
 memal or corporelt thev' rendered .o the state, that they may he permWed to 
 mld^rltein secret to ihe great annoyance of an honest people ? A list of 
 ZllhZSu and titled lords and gei^emen will be found in another colum. 
 Shrinii who mav, we shall do our duty. ' 
 
 This is a very tolerable specimen of the style of the Romish press 
 when referring to the hated and dreaded Orangemen. To judge by 
 The lei'n " inlquitons," one would imagine that the Orange Soc.ey 
 was a "ans or banditti, a crew of robbers and murderers, when the 
 "act fs they were and are the respectability of the country; their only 
 ["mebeSfinn and consistent 'attachment to the Bt^h Consum- 
 tion. and devoted loyally to our Protestant Sovereign. Ihe Orange- 
 men never " confederated in secret." They never made any secret of 
 Uieir meetings. They always avowed the.nselves_. The sar^muary 
 Rtbbonmen must have been in the "mmds eye of the P'lot. Of 
 fourse. I had the honor ot appearing in the Orange L.st-both nat^e 
 and address. To be thus denounced as a leading meinber of the 
 Oran-e Society, I esteem an honor; although I am well aware that 
 such publication of my na..e, such proscription, was one of the in- 
 cidenL. otie of the deleterious ingredients in the cauldron, which led 
 to the formation of the flagitious conspiracy by which I have been 
 daily and nightly cursed during the last eight years. But ily a des 
 Zlches qti Lent, et des Umangesqui meauenl. In this cate- 
 sory, I place the reproaches of the Pilot ; reproaches which I share 
 with hundreds of respectable men; reproaches, of coulee, wholly 
 r public grounds, as I never had the slightest qu«rel with th. 
 Editor, nor experienced the least personal disrespect Irom hun. 
 
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 As some proof that 1 was not much daunted by the tirade and as- 
 
 rSc^ e'r S \'''yrT '"t "" "'^2^"'" «f thestmetonth 
 ol uclober, 1835, I addressed another letter to the Duke of Wel- 
 hiigtou, containing the following passages :— 
 
 « Two points merit particular attention at the present mom^n. I i- 
 
 LTi^ptn^sfde-icS^'ii^rr^^^^ 
 
 but li^^sdonraprecXtfor ana«,?r^ "°'*' '" '"''«™i''« the Church, 
 
 appeare'd in the Uadical^ournals Lirethere." """""""'' "''""''""'' •■"» 
 This letter was acknowledged in the following terms :•_ 
 "The Duko of Wellington presents his comnlimenis m w, «. 
 
 in o"e';:i'e;Sv;> '^X£z ^^i "^ "^'^^ ^^^--'' 
 
 had experienced, has seldom Ver^ULr'Thi;'::;^"^?:^' 
 when I state thatj in addition to the patronage of the Kinrand die 
 Duke of Cumberland, twenty-three Noblemen, seventeen Members 
 of the House of Com.^ons, and seven luind^d and e"^hTTf die 
 Clergv, Gentry. Magistracy and other persons of resne?tabiH v in 
 Ireland, and .several in Kngland. were Subscribe? f^ copS oP^t^e 
 pubhca ion. as more fully appears from the autographs in Ty posses- 
 Si ,/"}'«"""•."" 'his explanatory narrative to be expLrand 
 shall, herefore, as m the case of my History of Carlow, in ert a Hst 
 of (he leading subscribers to my Life of King William IIT Thf, 
 hst was prefixed to the publication itself, in 1836 :_! ^'"' 
 
 His R^al Highness the Duke of Cumberland. Sij: cwies 
 Right Hon. and Most. Rev. John Georsp ne r o i„ S r , . 
 
 bishop of Armagh, Lord IWeT^aU 1 1^7 ^jt!? *?' "*"''■ 
 
 Most Noble John, (Lofius) .Marquis of Elv ^ 
 
 Most Noble William, (O'Brien) xMarquis if Thomond 
 Right Hon. James, (Bernard) Earl of Bandon. 2Wo«,W 
 Righ Hon. Charles, (Wm. Bury) Earl of CharlerilT" ^ 
 Right Hon. John, (Willoughbv Cclel Karl „f i'nlV.in 
 
 Ri^h^H^'T^^^'^k^"'^'^'"^-'^^^^^^ "^"^• 
 
 Ripht Hon. John, (Bourke) Earl of Mavo. 
 
 Right Hon. Henry, (Stanley Monck) Earl of Rathdowne. Two copies. 
 
 published sin^ilarly, and many others. ^ ^''*^''' ""^ Lancashire was 
 
 M 
 
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 Right Hon. Robert, (Jocelyn) Earl of Roden ^^'^^ ^^i^'"'-,^ 
 Right Hon. George, (William Finch Halton) Earl of Winchelsea 
 
 Nottingham. Two copies. 
 Right Hon. Earl of Lincoln.* 
 
 Riffht Hon. William, (Carr Beresford) Viscount Beresford. 
 Right Hon. Lodge, (Raymond de Montmorency) Viscount Franltlorl 
 
 De Montmorency. Two copies. 
 Right Hon. John, (Skeffington Foster) Viscount Massareeue. 
 Right Hon. Percy, (Clinton Sydney Smythe) Viscount Strangford . 
 
 Two copies. 
 Right Hon. Viscount Castlereagh.f 
 Right Hon. Viscount Lofius | Two copies. 
 Right Hon. Ulysses, (Burgh) Lord Dowues. 
 Right Hon. John, (Maxwell Barry) Lord Famham. 
 Right Hon. George, (Kenyon) Lord Kenyon. Two copies. 
 Right Hon. Lord George Loftus. 
 Mervyn Archdall, Esq. M.P. County Fermanagh. 
 Richard Armit, Esq. Kildare- street, Dublin. 
 Lorenzo Alexander, Esq. Milford, County Carlow. 
 R. Alexander, Esq. Liverpool, two copies. 
 Timothy Allen, Esq. Camden-street, Dublin. 
 Rev. J. C. Archdall, Clonepal, County Carlow. 
 Thomas M. Archer, Esq. Attorney. Gloucester-slreet, Dublin. 
 George Armstrong, Esq. Attorney, Holies-street, do. 
 
 John Armit, Esq. Kildare-street, "«• 
 
 A. Armstrong, Esq. Trinity College, "<>• 
 
 Sir Robert Bateson, Bart. M.P. County Derry. ^ 
 Rev. Sir E. D. Borrowes, Bart. Lauragh, Queen s County. 
 Sir William Betham, Knt. Dublin. 
 
 Sir Thomas Brancker, Knt. Liverpool. 
 
 Sir N. W. Brady, Knt. Dublin. 
 
 Colonel Henry Bruen, M.P. County Carlow. 
 
 R. Clayton Browne, Esq. J.P. Browne's Hill, County Carlow. 
 
 Stewart Blacker, Esq. Barrister, Middle Gardiner- street, Dublin. 
 
 Isaac Butt, Esq. T.C. Dublin. 
 
 Hugh R. Baker, Esq. Rogerson's-quay, Dubhn. 
 -■ W. Beers, Esq. Casilewellen, County Down, two comes. 
 
 Allan O'B. Bellingham, Esq. CasUe Blayney. 
 
 Rev. G. M. Brough, Dundalk. 
 
 James BuUer, Esq. J.P. Broomville, County Carlow. 
 
 Matthew Todd Byrne, Esq. Florinda Place, Dublin. 
 
 George R. Blackwood, Esq. Attorney, Collegegreen, Dublin. 
 
 Chichester Bolton, Esq. Temple-street, 
 
 John C. Barrett, Esq. N. Cumberland street, 
 
 John Burke, Esq. N. Cumberland-slreet, 
 
 William Barker, Esq. Baggot- street, 
 
 W. C. Beatty, Esq. M.D. Molesworth-strect, 
 
 Thomas Haviland Burke, Esq. Barrister, Lonjo"- 
 
 John J. Butler, Esq. Upper Gardiner- street, Dublin. 
 
 John M. Bournes, Esq. Mount Pleasant, oo. 
 
 R. Bickersteth, Surgeon, Rodney-street, Liverpool. 
 
 George BenUey, Esq. Attorney, Fleet-street, Dublin. 
 
 do. 
 do. 
 do. 
 do. 
 do. 
 
 • Eldest son of his Grace the Duke of Newcastle and M. P. for Notting- 
 
 ^7 EUe'st son of the Most Noble the Marquis of Londonderry, and M.P. for 
 
 ihe County Down. • ^r t?w 
 
 ♦ Eldest son of the Most Noble the Marquis of Ely. 
 
 Thomas Bailey, Esq. Ester, Queen's County. 
 
 Captain Baldwin, Nenagh. *" 
 
 Surgeon Marmaduke Bell, Kilcullen. 
 
 W. H. Bracken, Epq. Recorder, Kilkennv. 
 
 Hon. Arthur H. Cole, MP. Enuiskillen. * 
 
 Colonel Edward ConoUy, M.P. County Donegal. 
 
 Edward J. Cooper, Esq, M.P. County Sligo. 
 
 A. B. Cooper, Esq. T.C. Dublin. 
 
 A. Crawford, Esq. Dawson-stieet, Dublin. 
 
 William Chichester, Esq, T.C. Dublin. 
 
 Isaac Coates, Esq. Molesworth- street, Dublin. 
 
 Surgeon W. W. Campbell, Lyiug-iu-Hospital, Dublin. 
 
 Rev. Joseph Callwell, Newtown Mount-Kennedy. 
 
 Owen Blayney Cole, Esq. Enniskerrv. 
 
 Captain Chidley Coote, Huntington, Queen's County. 
 
 Hugh Crofton, Esq. Enniskerry. 
 
 Captain W. W. Childers, Pembroke -street, Dublin. 
 
 William R. Croker, Esq. Attorney, Mary-street, Dublin. 
 
 Charles Carolin, Esq. Ex. Sheriff, Dublin. 
 
 T. C. S. Corry, Esq., J.P. Rock Corry, two copies. 
 
 H. B. Code, Esq., Eccles-street, Dublin. 
 
 A. Cornwall, Esq. Stephen's-green, do. 
 
 Revt A. Lefroy Courtnay, Saudymount, do. 
 
 Charles W. Campion, Esq. Attorney, French-street, do. 
 
 Howard Cooke, Esq. M.D. Blessington street, do. 
 
 T. Crofton Croker, Esq. Admiralty, London. 
 
 Rev. Andrew Campbell, Mariner's Church, Dublin. 
 
 Richard Creighton, Esq. PaulviUe, County Carlow. 
 
 T. Herring Cooper, Esq. Graigue, Carlow. 
 
 Samuel R. Carter, Esq. M.D. CastledermoU 
 
 Rev. Latham Coddington, Timolin. 
 
 W. Crowther, Esq. Aston's quay, Dublin. 
 
 S. C. Hope Cooper, Esq. Ernestreet, do. 
 
 Wellesley Pole Cosby, Esq. Stradbally Hall, Queen's County. 
 
 Sir Drury J. Dickenson, Knt., Dublin. 
 
 Very Rev. H. R. Dawson, Dean of St. Patrick's, DubUn. 
 
 Lieutenant-Colonel H. Dwyer, Leeson-street, do 
 
 W. J. Digby, Esq. T.C. Dublin. 
 
 Richard B. Dowse, Esq. Attorney, Dorset-street, Dublin. 
 
 John Dick, Esq. J.P. Belfield, County Wicklow. 
 
 Theophilus Dixon, Esq. Mountjoy-square, Dublin. 
 
 Robert Dickinson, Esq. Attorney, Dawson street, do. 
 
 Rpv. George Dwyer, Rector of Ardrahan. 
 
 Thomas Dooley, Esq. Attorney, Queen-street, Dublin. 
 
 Lambert Disney, Esq. Westland Row, do. 
 
 Robert H. Dolling, Esq. Barrister, N. Cumberiand street, Dublin 
 
 William B. Drury, Esq. Barrister, Baggot- street, do 
 
 Richard Dawson, Esq. Liverpool. 
 
 Alderman Wm. Dixon, Mountstreet, Dublin. 
 
 Robert Doyne, Esq. J.P. Tullow College, County Carlow. 
 
 Wm. Dowse, Esq. Springfield, County Wicklow. 
 
 Henry Echlin, Esq. Attorney, Lower Mount-street, Dublin. 
 
 John Ellis, Esq. Newry, 
 
 James Elliott, Esq. Attorney, Sackville-street, Dublin. 
 
 James Hardy Eustace, Esq. J.P. Hardymount, County Cariow. 
 
 George Finch, Esq. M.P. Stamford. 
 
 Harraan FitzMaurice, Esq. Ardintagle, Queen's County. 
 
 Richard Fox, Esq. Coolagad, County Wicklow. 
 
 Patrick Flood, Esq. Lower Mount-street, Dublin. 
 
 Henry Fry, Esq. North Richmond -street, do. 
 
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 Samuel Fcwtrell, Esq. Attorney, Holies street, Dublin. 
 
 Major James N. Frood, Dundalk. 
 
 Charles Faussett, Esq. Attorney, Gloucester-street, Dublin. 
 
 Thomas Fenlon, Esq. Attorney, Inn's-qay, do. 
 
 Samuel Fenton, Esq. Attorney, Nelson-8treet, do. 
 
 George M. Forster, Ksq. Barrister, Gardiner's-place, do. 
 
 Lieut.-Colonel W. B. Fairman, London, two copies. 
 
 John Forster, Esq. Liverpool. 
 
 Adam B. Feltus, Esq. HoUybrook, County Carlow. 
 
 Rev. 11. L. Fitzgibbon, Castledermot. 
 
 Michael Fenton, Esq. Ballinclea, County Wicklow. 
 
 G. L. Fenton, Esq. T.C.D. 
 
 Rev. Charles M. Fleury, Fleet-street, Dublin. 
 
 Jamc* FiizMaurice, Esq. Queen's County. 
 
 John Gower, E^^q. Round wood Park, County Wicklow. 
 
 Wm. Garrett, Esq. Janeville, County Carlow. 
 
 Arthur Guinness, Esq. J.P. Beaumont, County Dublin, two copies. 
 
 John Graham, Esq. Sherrard-street, Dublin. 
 
 Surgeon J. W. Gason, Steevens's Hospital, Dublin. 
 
 Mr. Samuel Gray, Ballibay. 
 
 James Gilimor, Esq. Attorney, Sligo. ^ 
 
 John Glascott, Esq. Barrister, Leeson-street, Dublin. 
 
 J. T. Going, Esq., Aungier -street, do. 
 
 Robertson Gladstone, Esq. Liverpool. 
 
 Duncan Gibb, Esq. do. 
 
 W. Goodman, Esq. Attorney, Blessington-street, Dublin. 
 
 John Grant, Esq. Charlemont- place, do. 
 
 Surgeon John P. Gray, Upper Baggot street, do. 
 
 John Greene, Junr. Esq. Milbrook, County Kildare. 
 
 Richard Graham, Esq. T.C. Dublin. 
 
 Hon. Sidney Herbert, M.P. London, two copies. 
 
 Hon. Hugh Howard, Bushy Park, County Wicklow. 
 
 Sir Edmond J. Hayes, Bart., M.P. County DonegaL 
 
 Sir Henry Halford^ Bart., London. 
 
 Sir George Hodson, Bart., HoUypark, County Wicklow. 
 
 John Van Horarigh, Esq. Upper Mount- street, Dublin. 
 
 James H. Hamilton, Esq. J.P. Sheephill, County Dublin, two copies. 
 
 George A. Hamilton, Esq. J.P. Hampton Hall, do. 
 
 Ralph J. Hope, Esq. J.P. Urelands, County Wicklow. 
 
 Wm. Hnrty, Esq M.D. Middle Gardiner-street, Dublin. 
 
 Richard Hill, Esq. Mounijoy place, Dublin- 
 Thomas Hugo, Esq. Drumcen, County Wicklow. 
 
 Addison Hone, Esq. King's Hospital, Dublin. 
 
 Henry Hamilton, Esq. N. Georges- street, Dublin. 
 
 Jason Hassard, Esq. Cara, County Monaghan. 
 
 Thomas C. Hamilton, Esq. Hampton Hall, County Dublin. 
 
 J. G. Hyndman, Esq. Ex-Sheriff, Dublin. 
 
 Alderman George Hoyte, do. 
 
 Alderman William Hodges, do. 
 
 Robert F. Hodges, Esq. Great Ship-street, Dublin. 
 
 Francis Hackett, Esq. Lower Gardiner-street, do. 
 
 Rev. Robert Handcock, Marlborough street, do. 
 
 Richard Hudson, Esq. Spriugfarm, County Wicklow. 
 
 E. Hayes, Esq. Barrister, Gardiner's-place, Dublin. 
 
 J. Hart, Esq. M.D. Lower Mount-street, do. 
 
 Rev. J. D. Hastings, Rector of St. Catherine's do. 
 
 Isaac Hutchinson, Esq. Cottage Terrace, do. 
 
 Surgeon Thomas Hill, Mercer-street, Dublin. 
 
 William Huson, Esq* Liverpool. 
 
 Thomas B. Horsfall, Esq. do. 
 
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 James Heyworth, Esq. Liverpool. 
 
 R. B. Hollinshed, Esq. do. 
 
 A. J. Humfrey, Esq. Attorney, Lower Gardiner- street, Dublin 
 
 Mountiford J. Hay, Esq. Ex Sheriff, do. 
 
 Rev. James Horner. Dorset-street, Jq. 
 
 William Hope, Ea^ Attorney, Clonegal, County Carlow. 
 
 Rev. Archibald R. Hamilton, Thornville, do. 
 
 Rev. Charles Hayden, Queen street, Dublin. 
 
 Thomas Jones, Esq. M.P. County Londonderry. 
 
 Joseph D. Jackson, Esq. M.P. Bandon— Now Hon. Justice Jackson. 
 
 Colonel John Irwin, County Sligo. 
 
 John Jones, Esq. Attorney, Peter- street, DuWin. 
 
 Henry G. Johnston, Esq. Coolkill, County Monaghan. 
 
 Edward Jones, Esq. Attorney, Gloucester-street, Dublin. 
 
 Arthur Jones, Esq. J.P. Killincarrick, county Wicklow. 
 
 Charles F. Johnson, Esq. Attorney, Mecklenburgh-street, Dublin. 
 
 James Jones, jun., Esq., Gloucester-street, do. 
 
 George Johnston, Esq. Upper Temple- street, do*. 
 
 Richard P. Irwin, Esq. Mountjoy-square, do." 
 
 Rev. Henry Jrwin, Sandford Church — Now Archdeacon of Emlv. 
 
 Edward Jones, Esq. Aghade, County Carlow, 
 
 Thomas Kavanagh, Esq. M.P. Co. Carlow-— two copies. 
 
 Rev. H. Kingsmill, Fellow Trinity College, Dublin. 
 
 SUjVGeorge Knudson, Esq. Glendara, County Wicklow. 
 
 Rev. J. W. King, King's Hospital, Dublin. 
 
 John Kennedy, Esq. Queen's County. 
 
 Arthur Knox, Esq. Barrister, Great Brunswick street, Dublin. 
 
 William Kenagh, Esq. Russel-place, do. 
 
 R. S. Kennedy, Esq. Upper Temple- street, do. 
 
 J. W. Knox, Esq. Upper Blessington-street, do. 
 
 Robert King. Esq. Stephen's-greeu, do! 
 
 Thomas W. Kenagh, Esq. Russel-place, do. 
 
 Anthony Lefroy, F:sq. MP. County Longford. 
 
 Rev. B. Lloyd, D.D., Provost, Trinity College, Dublin. 
 
 David C. Latouche, fJsq., Castle-street, Dublin. 
 
 John Long, Esq. Attorney, Mary-street, do. 
 
 Charles Lloyd, Esq. S. Anne-street, do. 
 
 Rev. J. C. Lloyd, Leeson street, do. 
 
 Rev. J. D. Latouche, Leeson-street, do. 
 
 James Lindsay, Esq. T.C. do. 
 
 Rev. W. J. H. Le Fanu, Rector of St. Paul's, Dublin. 
 
 E. J. Leeson, Esq. M.D. Ely-place, do. 
 
 Minchin Lucas, Esq. Caraden-street, do. 
 
 Edward Litton, Esq., K.C., N. Georges. street, Dublin— <m;o copies. 
 
 Captain P. Lockwood, Royal Hospital, do. 
 
 James Lowry, Esq. Fitzwiliiam place, do. 
 
 Thomas Long, Esq., Mary-street, do. 
 
 Samuel Litton, Esq. M.D. Gloucester-street, do. 
 
 M. Leonard, Esq. Belan, County Kildare. 
 
 Sir Frederick Madden, British Museum, London. 
 
 Henry Maxwell, Esq. M.P., County Cavanj now Lord Famham. 
 
 George Moore, Esq. late M.P., Dublin. 
 
 Thomas Miller, Esq. T.C. do. 
 
 W. Shaw Mason, Esq. Camden- street, Dublin. 
 
 John M'Call, Esq. T.C. do. 
 
 William J. Moore, Esq. ^eizen Park, Countv Wicklow. 
 
 Rev. Wm. Magee, Dungaustown, . ,, do. 
 
 Robert Maxwell, Esq. Attorney, Middle Gardiner- street, Dublin. 
 
 Rev. Robert J. McGhee, Dundrum, County Dublin. 
 
 H. J. M. Mason, Esq. Barrister, Henrietta street, Dublin. 
 
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 P. Montgomery, Esq. Attorney, Eccles.street, Dublin. 
 
 John Mallet, Esq Ex-Sheriff, do. 
 
 Rev. J. B. M'Crea, Rathmines, do. 
 
 Henry Murphy, Esq. Attorney, Baggot-street, do. 
 
 Rev. A. Mitchell, Drumsnat, County Monaghan. 
 
 A. H. Montgomery, Esq. Bessmont Park, Count v Monaghan. 
 
 R. Montgomery, Esq. do. "o. 
 
 Captain Edward Macnaghten, Merrion, Dublin. 
 
 John M^Gusty, Esq. N. Cumberland -street, Dublin. 
 
 Richard C. Moore, Esq. Langrishe'-place, do. 
 
 Rev. George McNeill, Vicar of Mark's, do. 
 
 Venerable Archdeacon Thomas P. Magee, Merriou- square, Dublin. 
 
 Hugh Montgomery, Esq. N. Frederick-street, do. 
 
 Rev. Edward Martin, LL.D., Harcourt-street, do. 
 
 MinshuU, Esq. London. 
 
 William Molyneux, Esq. Liverpool. 
 
 Edmond Molyneux, Esq. do. 
 
 John Murray, Esq. do. 
 
 Rev. Robert Maguire, Charlotte-street, Dublin. 
 
 Robt. T. Mayne, Esq. Ely-place, do. 
 
 O. VV. Moore, Esq. Attorney, Dawson street, Dublin. 
 
 J. M'Cullagh, Esq. F.T.C. ' do. 
 
 John S. Mills, Esq. Attorney, Denzille-street, do. 
 
 Rev. Ogle Wm. Moore, Vicar of Blessington, County Wicklow. 
 
 Captain Theophilus Norton, Upper Domiuick-street, Dublin. 
 
 James Nixon, Esq. Attorney, Mountjoy-square, do. 
 
 R. Nettles, Esq. County Cork. 
 
 Alexander Norman, Esq. Barrister, N. Frederick street, Dublin. 
 
 Oliver Nugent, Esq. Bobs Grove, County Cavan. 
 
 Captain Nooth, Kew, Middlesex. 
 
 Surgeon Hugh Neill, Oxford- street, Liverpool. 
 
 John North, Esq. Liverpool. 
 
 H. Newton, Esq. T.C. Dublin. 
 
 Admiral Oliver, Fitzwilliam -square, Dublin— two copies. 
 
 Richard J. T. Orpen, Esq. Attorney, N. Great George's-street, Dublin. 
 
 Arthur K. Ogle, Esq. Barrister, George's place, do. 
 
 Charles O'Kill, Esq. Liverpool. 
 
 Rev. J. T. O'Brien, F.T.C. Dublin-now Lord Bishop of Ossory. 
 
 J. Hastings Otway, Esq. Barrister, Hume- street, Dublin. 
 
 Hon. Randal E. Plunkett, M.P. Drogheda— /m?j copies. 
 
 Hon. Colonel H. R. Pakenli am—Now Major General. 
 
 Rev. Thomas Prior, D.D., S.F.T.C. Dublin. 
 
 M. Phillips, Esq. Newcastle, County Wicklow. 
 
 Thomas Y. Prior, Esq. Roebuck, County Dublin. 
 
 Rev. W. J. Purdon, Mary street, Dublin. 
 
 Surgeon W. H. Parkinson, Marlborough -street, Dublin. 
 
 Robert Pooler, Esq. Summer-hill, do. 
 
 H. Patterson, Esq. M.D. Blessington- street, do. 
 
 James Prior, Esq. Oxford Terrace, London. 
 
 William Potter, Esq. Liverpool. 
 
 William P. Pike, Esq. Attorney, Great Ship street, 
 
 Edward Pollock, Esq. Attorney, Harcourt-road, 
 
 Rev. James Power, Serpentine Avenue, 
 
 E. C. Palmer, Esq. Casdetown, Queen's County. 
 
 Mrs. E. Quin, Ballyoman, Enniskerry. 
 
 Sir George Rich, Rutland -square, Dublin.^ 
 
 James Richards, Esq. T.C. Dublin. 
 
 Very Rev. Dean Roper, Clones, County Monaghan. 
 
 Henry Ryan, Esq. Attorney, N. George's street, Dublin. 
 
 William Rathborne, Esq. J.P. Scripplestown, County Dublin. 
 
 Dublin. 
 
 do. 
 
 du. 
 
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 Thomas Reed, Esq. Upper Baggot-street, Dublin. 
 
 David Ryan, Esq. Castlecomer, County Kilkenny. 
 
 W. H. Reed, Esq. M.D. Upper Baggot-street, Dublin. 
 
 John Ryder, Esq. Ballinahincb, County Wicklow. 
 
 Thomas Robinson, Esq. Sallymount, County Monaghan. 
 
 Thomas A. Reed, Esq. Stephen's-green, Dublin. 
 
 John Rochfort, Esq. Mecklenburgh- street, do. 
 
 Alderman Nicholas Robinson, Liverpool. 
 
 William Robinson, Esq. Charlemont-place, Dublin. 
 
 John Russell, Esq. Attorney, Lower Bridge-street, Dublin. 
 
 James Roe, Esq. Grafton-street, do. 
 
 Right Hon. F. Shaw, M.P. T.C. Dublin. 
 
 Right Hon. Lady E. Stratford, Stratford Lodge, County Wicklow. 
 
 Hon. Charles H. Stratford, do. 
 
 Robert Sandys, Esq. J.P. Dargle Cottage, do. 
 
 Edward J. Smith, Esq. Attorney, N. Frederick- street, Dublin. 
 
 Robert Smith, Esq. Fitzwilliam-street, do. 
 
 William Swan, Esq Dorset-street, do. 
 
 William Sturgeon, Esq. Portobello, do. 
 
 Mrs. S. Sherwood, Redcross, County Wicklow. 
 
 James Shepard, Esq. Sheephill, do. 
 
 Henry R. Shepard, Esq. Rathnew, do. 
 
 C. Sharman, Esq. Smithsborough, County Monaghan. 
 
 Rev. Henry L. St. George, Dromore, County Tyrone. 
 
 John Schoales, jun. Esq. Roebuck, County Dublin. 
 
 Rev. Thomas Scott, Upper Bridge -street, Dublin. 
 
 Rev. J. Stack, F.T.C. Dublin. 
 
 Robert Symes, Esq. Attorney, George's-place, Dublin. 
 
 Rev. G. S. Swinny, Kildare-street, do. 
 
 Henry Shaw, Esq. Foster-place, do. 
 
 Rev. J. H. Stafford, Liverpool. 
 
 Rev. Pavid Stuart, Florinda Place, Dublin. 
 
 Rev. J. G. F. Shulze, German Lutheran Church, Dublin. 
 
 H. Semple, Esq. Kilkenny. 
 
 Thomas Shaw, Esq. Kilree, County Kilkenny. 
 
 Rev. James T. C. Saunders, Borris, County Carlow. 
 
 W. R. Steuart, Esq. J.P. Steuart Lodge, County Carlow. 
 
 Charles H. Seymour, Esq. Trinity College, Dublin. 
 
 Rev. W. D. Sadlier, F.T.C. Dublin. 
 
 Welbore E. Sweny, Esq. Mountjoy square, Dublin. 
 
 Rev. Robert Stevelly, Charlemont Mali, do. 
 
 Edmond Staples, Esq. Dunmore, Queen's County. 
 
 Thomas Turpin, Esq. Attorney, Maryborough, Queen's County, 
 
 Rev. William Tyrrell, Montpelier Hill, Dublin. 
 
 Timothy Turner, Esq. Foster-place, do. 
 
 Alexander Tyndall, Esq. Jervis- street, do. 
 
 Benjamin Tabuteau, Esq. Abbey street, do. 
 
 Thomas Tomliuson, Esq. Milpark, County Carlow. 
 
 Lieut.-Col. William Verner, M.P. County Armagh. 
 
 Rev. William Verdon, Upper Camden-street, Dublin. 
 
 Thomas Vance, Esq. Rutland-square, do. 
 
 Right Hon. Sir Charles Wetherell, Knt. London, two copies. 
 
 Hon. and Rev. William Wingfield, Ovoca, County Wicklow, 
 
 Sir Thomas Whelau, Knt. Dublin. 
 
 A. N. Wrixon, Esq. T. C. do. 
 
 William R. Ward, Esq. Attorney, Lower Baggot-street, Dublin. 
 
 Captain F. A. Woodwright, Gola, County Monaghan. 
 
 Rev. John Whitty, Ricketstown, County Carlow. 
 
 Warner Westenra Walsh, Esq. Trinity College, Dublin. 
 
 Samuel Wauchob, Etq. Attorney, Essex-bridge, do. 
 
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 Surgeon Robert C. Williams, Baggot street, Dublin. 
 
 U'lioinas Wheeler, Esq. Stephen's-green, do. 
 
 Rev. Henry J. Wosiby, High Park, County Wicklovr. 
 
 E. Ward, Esq. Charleniont-slreet, Dublin. 
 
 Thomas Wilson, Esq. County Kildare. 
 
 Arthur Walford, Esq. .Attorney, London. 
 
 Thomas Walford, .Tun. Esq. Attorney, London. 
 
 Rev. James White, Manchester. 
 
 J. N. Wood, Es<]. Liverpool. 
 
 Alderman John Wright, Liverpool. 
 
 William Wright, Esq. Attorney, York-street, Dublin. 
 
 William S. Willcocks, Esq. Russell-place, do. 
 
 William J. Wesiby, Esq. J. P. High Park, County Wicklow. 
 
 William Young, Esq. Copnagh, County Carlow. 
 
 ADDITIONAL : 
 
 Joseph Napier, Esq. Barrister, Ui)per Rutland-street, Dublin. 
 
 William Seed, Esq. Belfast. 
 
 Jaiues Hart, Esq. do. 
 
 Rev. H. Cooke, D.D. Belfast. 
 
 Benjamin Sadler. Esq. do. ^ 
 
 do. Iwo copies. 
 
 do. 
 
 do. 
 
 do. 
 
 do. 
 
 Edward Ledger, Esq. 
 
 Rev. Charles Courtney, 
 
 Surgeon W. Aiken, 
 
 J. H. Shaw, Esq. 
 
 Rev. Thomas Drew, 
 
 Fortescuo Gregg, Esq. J. P. Belfast. 
 
 H. Crawford, Esq. do. 
 
 Alexander Murphy, Esq. do. 
 
 Robert Collins, Esq. M.D. do. 
 
 Thomas Prynallt, Esq. do. 
 
 William M'Corab, Esq. do. 
 
 Hugh Moore, Esci Eglantine House, Hillsborough, County Down. 
 
 Thomas J. Quinton, Esq. Ex-Sheriff, Dublin. 
 
 Edward Taylor Dartoell, Esq. Attorney, Limerick. 
 
 Rev. A. Bettesworth Perry, Kilkenny. 
 
 Benjamin Barton, Esq. Attorney, Kilkenny. 
 
 Rev» Dr. Baillie, College, do. 
 
 Rev. C. G. Townley, L.L.D. Limerick. 
 
 Rev. John Elmes, Vicar of St. Johns, Limerick. 
 
 Edward Maunsell, Esq. do. 
 
 Alderman D. F. G. INIahony, do. 
 
 Richard Parsons, Jun Esq. do. 
 
 Amos Vereker, Esq. M D. do. 
 
 A. C. Moore, Emi. M.D. do. 
 
 Rev. Dawson Massy, Curate of St, Michael's, Limerick. 
 
 Rev. J. Pinkerton, ' do. 
 
 R. G. Maunsell, Esq. Limerick. 
 
 Rev. Thomas Wesiropp, Vicar of Mungret, Limerick. 
 
 Rev. William N. Willis, Cathedral, Limerick. 
 
 Robert Dowden, Esq. Cork. 
 
 J. W. Fitzsimons, Esq. do. 
 
 Surgeon P. Hovendon, do. 
 
 Robert Deane, Esq. Barrister, Cork. 
 
 H. Adams. Esq. L.L.D, do. 
 
 Henry Noblett, Esq. Attorney, do. 
 
 Samuel Forsayeth, Esq., do. 
 
 John lilovd, Esq. do. 
 
 W. F. Porter, Esq. M.D. do. 
 
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 Thomas S. Dunsoombe, Esq., Cork. 
 
 Francis Woodley, Esq. do. 
 
 Henry Fitzsimons, Esq. Attorney, Cork 
 
 Daniel K. Lloyd, Esq. M.D. do. 
 
 H. S. Kyle, Esq. Barrister, Palace, do. 
 
 William H. Greene, Esq. Lota, do. 
 
 George S. Martin, Esq. do. 
 
 S. C. Oliver, Esq. ^ 
 
 J. Carnegie, Esq. ^^ 
 
 George Newenham, Esq. do. 
 
 H. D. Wrixon, Esq. do* 
 
 Robert Warren, Esq. do! 
 
 M. Murphy, Esq. Attorney, do.* 
 
 L. Nash, Esq. do. 
 
 Surgeon J. G. Curtis, do* 
 
 Thomas Elmes, Esq. Bandon. 
 
 Rer. Henry F. M'Clintock, Bandon. 
 
 Robert T. Belcher, Esq. do. 
 
 Joseph T. Wheeler, Esq. do. 
 
 James Hamilton, Esq. do. 
 
 Rev. H. T. Newman, do. 
 
 Richard Corbett, Esq. M.D. Kinsal©. 
 
 Edward Supple, Esq. do. 
 
 Major Thomas Crooke, do. 
 
 Edward Jago, Esq. M.D. do. 
 
 William Sandy, Esq, do. 
 
 Henry Nason, Esq. do.' 
 
 John S. Fenton, Esq. do. 
 
 Chambre Corker, Esq. J.P. Innishannon, County Cork. 
 
 Kobert Hedges Eyre, Esq. Macroom CasU«, do. 
 
 Edward Ashe, Esq. Macroom. 
 
 Richard Harris, Esq. Waterford. 
 
 Hugh Greene, Esq. do. 
 
 Rev. William Hughes, do. 
 
 John M*Cheane, Esq. do. 
 
 Rev. Robert Bell, ClonmeL 
 
 Henry Baker, Esq. do. 
 
 Benjamin Hodgens, Esq. Clonmel. 
 
 William Bell, Esq. M.D. do. 
 
 John D. Kellett, Esq. do. 
 
 John Green, Esq. Youghal. 
 
 Florence McCarthy, Esq. Youghal. 
 
 Robert B Wolseley, Esq.* do. 
 
 James Swaine, Esq. do. 
 
 John Irwin, £s^ M.D. do. 
 
 He must be insensible, indeed, who wouJd not highly value this host 
 of supporters. Whether as a politician, a cultivator of literature or 
 a man such public aid in a public work must be deemed a testiino- 
 Dial of the most gratifying description. A testimonial, because if any 
 one of the noblemen and gentlemen had any cause of objection he 
 would never have affixed his name to the list of subscribers. If this 
 list, printed with The Life of King WilUam, was evidence of decided 
 siipport from the Protestant party, on the one hand, it was met by 
 additional virulence from the Romanists on the other. It was with 
 reference to these lists of subscribers, on several occasions, correspon- 
 dence and leadership, that the Papists have frequentlv said that if 
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 disgrace on the Protestant party. A truth, which discloses their 
 devilish malignity, as well as the enormous folly and suicidal wicked- 
 ness of any Protestants who may have assisted them. The principles 
 of the present work, too, could not fail to be distasteful to the enemies 
 of our Protestant institutions. Observing the marked condemnation 
 by King William IV. from the throne in 1834, of the "practices 
 which were used to produce disaflfeclion in the state, and mutual dis- 
 trust and animosity between the people of the two countries," for the 
 eiTectuation of the Repeal of the Union, and thinking, in the words of 
 the King's Speech to parliament, that " the united and vigorous ex- 
 ertions of the loyal and well-affected in aid of the government were 
 imperiously required," I wrote a lengthened preface to the Life of 
 King William, containing a sketch of recent events and exposure of 
 the " knavish tricks" of the disloyal, seditious and revolutionary. 
 Every page of the body of the work had the same tendency. I gene- 
 rally followed the same order of events as a former writer, whose work 
 (published about a hundred years since, anonymously,) is, by the way, a 
 mere compilation, frequently copying the exact words of his authorities 
 without acknowledgment,— altog'ether a badly written work. I trust 
 my publication is a considerable improvement. It is newly written 
 throughout, and in every case I referred to the original authorities (as 
 will be seen at the foot of the pages), frequently introducing new 
 matter, and original remarks. Willi this word or two of exj)lana- 
 tion, I shall lay before the reader the opinions of the Editors of the 
 magazines and journals of the first rank in the United Kingdom, on 
 my Life of King William IIL 
 
 " On the literary portion of his work he has possessed much industry ; and 
 we doubt not that it will become very popular with the party to whom it is 
 addressed."— Xonrfon Literary Gazette, July 23, 1836. 
 
 « In an admirable preface, Mr. Ryan tells a plain nnvarnished tale of the 
 plentiful crop of nettles that poor Ireland, and poor England, too, had been 
 already compelled to reap, up to January 1836, from the sowing of 1829. The 
 description of the neutrals is but too just — that Laodicean body does mure 
 harm than the red-hot opponents of Protestantism can effect ; but coming 
 events will soon startle Ihem out of their lethargy. Mr llyan writes like a 
 man who knows his own principles, and is neither afraid nor ashamed to avow 
 them. This is what we like. Nothing has more tended to deteriorate the 
 quality of patriotism than the liberal style in which men Jpave ostentatiously 
 written the history of past struggles. Any deviation from"uch a meandering 
 track into the straight path of consistency, falsely denounced as party spirit, 
 must produce good." — Christian Lady's Magazine, April, 1810. 
 
 " This volume is written by Mr. John Ryan, who is already known as author 
 of the • History and Aniiquiiies of the County of Carlow,' • An Inquiry into 
 the Nature and effects of Popery,* of * A Letter to the Protestants of Ireland,' 
 and other works. The present volume is well written, full of information, par- 
 ticularly with regard to the affairs of Ireland during the reign of which it treats, 
 and abounditig in judicious deductions from the facts and circumstances of the 
 history, which are peculiarly worthy of the notice of all friends and supporters 
 of Protestant ascendancy and religious and civil liberty. The author, though 
 obviously and successfully labouring to support the principles of the British 
 Constitution, in opposition to the destructive doctrines of revolutionists of all 
 kinds, does not appear to have misstated or suppressed any facts that might 
 militate against his own conci^ptious of right and wrong. He has gone to work 
 
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 la a Ecalous but straightforward manner ; and though his work will give little 
 satisfaction to recreant Whigs, revolutionary Radicals, or grasping Papists, 
 the author will acquire the good wishes and thanks of all loyal citizens for 
 having boldly vindicated a cause, for the defence of which, in his own words, 
 'neither the assertio falsi nor the suppressio veri is necessary.'" — The TimeSf 
 Aug. 6, 1836. 
 
 " Mr. Ryan is a zealous Protestant, and in the composition of this biography 
 has undoubtedly displayed much ingenuity and research." — London Britannia, 
 Aug. 22, 1840. 
 
 *'Mr. Ryan has exhibited great industry and ability in his use of historical 
 materials; and his evidence of the dangers to which Protestantism is at present 
 exposed ought to be most seriously considered." — London Age, July 19, 1840. 
 
 ** We have now to introduce and to recommend to our readers another work. 
 Convinced that a striking resemblance exists between the royal conspiracy 
 agaiubt liberty and Protestantism in the reign of James the Second and the mi- 
 nisterial combination against the constitution and religion of England in that 
 of William the Fourth, he wishes to impress his Proiestant fellow -subjects 
 with the same wholesome conviction, and thus^l^ulate them to more energetic 
 persevering, and practical exertion in the defenceof that religion and of that form 
 of civil government, for the maintenance and security of which the Stadtholder 
 of Holland was converted into the King of England. We have not room for 
 many passages which we had marked for extract; but the book deserves to bo 
 knoivn and to be read." — London Morning Po5/, August 16, 1836. 
 
 " Mr. Ryan has here furnished a very valuable and interesting volume. Nor 
 could it have appeared at any time more opportunely than now. It has direct 
 relation to the Protestant Constitution, and interests of these kingdoms, and 
 will, we trust, be generally read by those to whom the designs of the Popish 
 demagogues are now made manifest." — I^ondon Carlton Chronicle, July 9, 1836. 
 " We have just received a copy of the above work, and we hasten to give it 
 our hearty approbation, and recommend it to the patronage of our friends 
 and readers. The volume is from the pen of an author not unknown to fame, 
 Mr. Ryan being the writer of several excellent treatises, which reflect great 
 credit upon him, and have been highly and very deservedly recommended by 
 the Protestant press generally. We have much pleasure in observing that the 
 work now before us is sent forth inider promising auspices. The list of subscri- 
 bers is one of the most respectable we have ever seen, containing names the 
 most distinguished in the United Kingdom, both for rank and talent. The 
 subject on which Mr. Ryan now treats is, at the present day, peculiarly inte- 
 resting, and we are bound to say, that the masterly manner in which the sub- 
 ject is treated — the spirited and graphic style in which the eventful deeds of a 
 very eventful period are given, and the industry and research manifest through- 
 out, make the work one of surpassing interest." — Newry Telegraph, Jime 6, 
 1837. 
 
 " Mr. Ryan's style, as an author, is perspicuous, pleasing, and concise ; the 
 matter, collected from eminent and varied authorities, is arranged with much 
 order, and enlivened with passing reflections equally judicious and forcible. 
 His advice to the Protestants, as lo the best course to be adopted by them 
 under existing circumstances, is wise, temperate, and yet firm. We extract 
 from the Preface, a sketch of Sir R. Peel's ministry, and subsequent coalition 
 between the Whigs and Mr. O'Connell, and leave the reader to determine for 
 himself whether we have correctly estimated Mr. Ryan's merits as an author." 
 —Leinster Express, Oct. 14, 1837. , 
 
 " A very valuable and well- written work." — Tipperary Constitution, Feb. 23^ 
 1838. 
 
 The Romanist members of parliament having moved for an inquiry 
 into the principles and proceedings of the Orange Society, the 
 House of Commons complied with their desire. After the examina- 
 tion of the officers of the Society and numerous others^ nothing worth 
 
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 relation, by the Committee, appeared. There wero no revelations, 
 no discoveries. The mountain in labour brought forth a mouse. 
 Our enemies were not able to adduce a single criminating faot, nothing 
 of an illegal or anti-social nature appeared, but on ibo contrary, 
 abundant proof was produced that the Society was fully entitled to 
 the cordial approbation of every good and loyal subject, of every man 
 except the traitorous and disaff'ected crew who had been often thwarted 
 in their lawless proceedings by the members of the Orange Institu- 
 tion. Notwithstanding the triumphant result of this ordeal, the 
 Romanists and Whigs with Sir Robert Peel's assistance, were enabled 
 to obtain from the Duke of Cumberland and other Orange functiona- 
 ries a recommendation to the members generally to dissolve the So- 
 ciety. Since 1829, it would appear that Sir Robert Peel deems any 
 decided attachment to Protestantism an attack upon his personal po- 
 sition. Having deserted flb Protestant party in its hour of need, he 
 knows that any augmentation of its strength must be adverse to his 
 new policy and unfavourable to his security as a public man. There- 
 fore, we may fairly conclude, do we behold the steady discouragement 
 of sincere Protestant Christians, and the various, and sometimes un- 
 asked, favours to Jews, Socinians, and Papists. In compliance with 
 the written, printed and published recommendation of his Royal 
 Highness the Duke of Cumberland and others, (obtained as just 
 mentioned), the Grand Lodge of Ireland assembled in Dublin, and 
 after much animated discussion the question of dissolution of the So- 
 ciety was carried by a few votes. This occurred on the 14th of April, 
 1836; a time when the Orange Society was daily increasing in 
 numbers, power and influence in the country. Since this act of expe- 
 diency which has only emboldened the adversary, I have resided several 
 years in England (of which more anon) and have not had, or sought 
 <:onnection with any Orange Lodge. The institution has, however, 
 been revived in the north of Ireland ; there being now a Grand Lodge 
 «f Ulster, and several meetings have been recently held in the coun- 
 ^es of Down, Monaghan and Londonderry, as has appeared by the 
 newspapers. The rules and regulations have been submitted to emi- 
 aenx counsel, and are in perfect accordance with the law of the land. 
 The secret Popish Ribbon confederacy act upon a different principle. 
 The present publication will, I trust, prove that the dissolution of the 
 Orange Society in Dublin has not been followed by any dereliction 
 on my part of loyal Protestant principles, the principles of Orange- 
 ism. Never was some such bond of union more imperatively re- 
 quired than at the present moment. •* When bad men combine," 
 says Edmund Burke, " good men should associate." When the 
 Romanist demagogues have contrived to band together in open and 
 secret confederacy all the evil members of society, all the bigoted and 
 priest-riddea, turbulent and disaffected, profligate and desperate, from 
 the briefless barristers of the courts to the" swinish muliitude"of the 
 streets, — it behoves all well disposed members of society to exert their 
 powers to counteract so malign a combination. A combination whose 
 motto appears to be, roguert is the best policy and licentious- 
 
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 o^s true liberty ; altogether forcibly reminding one of Catiline and hi. 
 followers as related by Sallust:~"ln tantd tdmque corruptd civi 
 tate, Catihna. id quod factu facillumum erat, omnium flagitiorum 
 atque facmorum circum se, tamquam stipatorum, catervas habebat. 
 Nam quicumque impudicus, adulter, ganeo, manu, ventre, pene. 
 bona patria, laceraverat; quique alienum ces grande conflavenit 
 quo flagitium aut facmies redimeret; praterea, omnes undique 
 pamcidae, sacrjlegi, convicti judicies, aut pro factis, judi- 
 cmm tnnentes; adhoc, quos manus atque lingua, perjurio aut 
 sangume ciyili alebat; postremo, omnes quos flagitium, egestas 
 conscms aiiimns exagitabat : ae Catilinu proxene familiaresque 
 A \a u" ^^^ '°'"^ vigorous measures of counteraction be 
 adopted, what can be expected but the fatal triumph of the lay 
 and clerical agitators and their canaille, the infamous tools and 
 bestial rabb e who outrage the feelings of \very decent man by their 
 public displays of scandalous, contaminating wickedness ? 
 
 In 1837, as already mentioned in the early part of this work, 1 
 visited several of the principal cities and towns ot Ireland to pro- 
 mote the Protestant cause. I was enabled to obtain much valua- 
 ble information as to the true condition of the country and at the 
 same time extended the circulation of my Life of King William the 
 Jhird. I am happy to state, that I was aided, most cordially, by 
 the late members o( the dissolved Orange Society and the conductors 
 of the Protestant public press. While thus engaged, I also endea- 
 voured to support the Conservative cause by various letters to indivi- 
 duals of rank and influence. I shall insert some of these communi- 
 cations, as, independently of any value attaching to the sentiments 
 enounced, they w,ll mcontroveriibly prove, that privately as well as 
 publicly, I have always studied to maintain the Protestant Monarchy 
 and Constitution. "^ 
 
 TO HIS GRACB THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON. 
 
 rh3h «^7l?"^^i:~7^^ '^^'^ attachment to the British Constitution in 
 Church and State ,»h.ch caused my former communications no«r promp a and 
 I trust, will excuse the present letter. prompw ana, 
 
 " This unhappy country has been rapidly approachine to a «?tatP nf nnr«ni«#o 
 anarchy since the accession of the present Ministry to office The law is optw 
 .et at defiance, and property of every description daily recomesirsserrl^ 
 The newspaper press makes these continuous, revolLonary appells to tLa 
 
 •« In 80 great and so debauched a state, Cataline kept, a thing that wa« v.,, 
 easily done, troops of all the rakes and ruffians, as so man>Aife «uard^rp7 
 For whaterer catamite, adulterer, whoremonger whoeAPr T«H%i;,o^'^ 1'°^°' 
 his patrimony hy profusion, luxury, :TSn:lT In,^^^^^^ Tn^ 
 
 tracted heavy debts to purchase a pardon for their knavery or vfllainv LT' 
 TeLftH^r^'' r'"^ every quarter, sacrilegious rascals7persons o^nVicL^^^^^^ 
 legal trials, or fearing a trial because of the crimes ; aAd further ihlvwhn^ 
 their hand or tongue maintained by perjury, or bloodshed o dtlzens^^fin^W 
 all whom wickedness want, or a guilty conscience disquieSdTSiese wp« 
 iTanT \IT"\ '"^ .'"""*'" friends/ -6^a/te-, msionjTcJm'e's cJ^ 
 ^^Z^^'a . ^ ^^«*««^»"c contamination also described by fi^UuzuZl bTn" 
 practised m our day. " There is nothing new under the sun " ^ '^^ 
 
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 passions of a semi-barbarous and excitable populace, which they would ncft . 
 dare attempt under the supervision of an upright and vigilant Conservative go- 
 Ternment. A striking instance of this latter will be found in a Dublin paper of 
 the 17th instant, (which I beg leave to forward to your Grace), in which the 
 most iuflaramatory, seditious language is addressed not merely to the civil por- 
 tion of society, but an eflort is qpenly made to seduce the military to a traitorous 
 desertion of their sworn duty. It is worthy of note, that the paper in question 
 is the special organ of the demagogue ally and chief supporter of the present 
 Ministry. Considering that under existing circumstances, the security of the 
 institutions and property of the United Kingdom may ultimately depend on the 
 loyalty and steadiness of the military, any attempt to sow disaffection amongst 
 them assumes an aspect of vital importance. 
 
 « In my last communication, I expressed my humble opinion, that regard 
 to the bes*t interests of the country required the speedy dismissal of the present 
 Ministry, while at the same time it would be desirable that they should them- 
 selves resign office. This latter, however, I fear they will not do, and mean- 
 time the nation suffers both at home and abroad, and by the appointment of 
 revolutionists to various places of trust permanent injury is inflicted on the 
 public interest. The incapacity and utter unfitness of the present men has now 
 been abundantly exhibited, and if not si>eedily forced to resign, their dismissal 
 should follow without further delay. The country generally desires it, and I 
 am convinced will return a Conservative House of Commons. As everythiiig 
 depends on the next general election, the greatest possible exertion should in 
 every way be made. When a Conservative legislature is established, Ireland 
 will require the vigorous enforcement of salutary laws, which if not already on 
 the statute book, will, no doubt, soon find a place there. The agitators and the 
 revolutionary newspaper press must be firmly curbed, or the country can never 
 expect peace, prosperity or happiness. The audacious publication to which I 
 have called your Grace*'s attention (and which may serve as a specimen of the 
 press here), might require some public notice. I never approved of the in- 
 terference of the Ovange Society with the military; but it must always be 
 recollected, that a wide difference exists between attempts lo make men more 
 loyal and endeavours to make them less, or rather to convert them into traitors 
 to their King and country. Much might be written on these subjects, but I 
 shall not further trespass on your Grace at present. 
 
 ** I have the honor to be, 
 
 « My Lord Duke, viih profound respect, 
 "Your Grace's most obedient humble servant, 
 
 John Ryan, 
 " Member of the Royal Society of Literature.'* 
 
 « Dublin, April 19, 1837.** 
 To this cominunicatiou 1 received the following reply : — 
 
 « The Duke of Wellington presents Lis compliments to Mr. Ryan, and has 
 
 received his letter. , * # 
 
 "There is na use in taking the trouble of writing, still less that of answering 
 
 such letters as Mr. Ryan has written to the Duke. The Duke foresaw the con- 
 
 sequences of what was commenced seven years ago. Those are responsible 
 
 who would make the changes then brought about. 
 « London, April 23, 1837." 
 
 TO THE RIGHT HON. LORD HILL, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE FORCES. 
 
 «♦ My Lord,— My duty as a loyal subject requires that I should forward for 
 TOur Lordship's inspection a copy of a late number of the Dublin Pilot news- 
 paper in which your Lordship will find that attempts are making to seduce the 
 army from their allegiance by warm commendation bestowed on alleged acts of 
 mutinous disobedience and by other equally culpable means. It may not ba 
 superfluous to state, that the journal to which I take leave to draw your Lord- 
 ship's attention is the special organ (perhaps the property) of the leading de- 
 
 105 
 
 nrpfp^ M^n-^^^' ''''''f^l ''^^ "• *' ^^" ''^"^^ »^°»^» t»^« Cherished ally of tht 
 present Ministry and whos^v appeals, whether to the populace or to the m li 
 
 h7;anr'^"'°' ?^ carry great additional weight. The in'^telligence afforded iy 
 the paper in question will at once suggest to your Lordship such arrangement^ 
 with regard to the selection of troops for Ireland as will bes?defeat!he sedUiou^ 
 If not traitorous, designs of those agitators who, with their abettors are fast 
 hastening this unhappy country to a state of anarchy. I will merely su^eest 
 that foreign service would seem best suited to those regiments comTr LgS 
 Romanists to any considerable extent. ^-ymprismg irisn 
 
 " I have the honor to be, 
 
 " My Lord, with great respect, 
 " Your Lordship's most obedient humble servant, 
 
 John Ryan, 
 
 - Dublin, May 13, 1837." ' ^""^'^ '^ '^' ^"^"^ ^""'^'^ ""^ Literature,* 
 Extract from the newspaper enclosed to Lord Hill : 
 
 FROM THE DUBLIN PILOT OF APRIL 17, 1837 
 
 JcWe7T«r7'Jll'I'h/'^'''""""' •"''7''^' ■""■' '"^ ''™-^' '^^ commander- 
 in-cniel l,>ry--«U the piomonon in Tory channels— the hieher officers—all 
 
 men anl ,"::!":" >: ^r""'"'"""-^ ^"o <"•"-"« the army as'a.sasl of ':« 
 ^r^ J ^^'"^""i' "« ""=y ™«y fancy. The impudent sprigs of arislocracT 
 may have been Ihrost over dese-vinR officer's heads ; but for tl.'s "erv reason ' 
 
 to shed their own blood, or the blood of their countrymen, lor a system «b!.h 
 bes o»s re.yards-the right of meri,-.„ interest, intrig ™' or fact ^n NeiU e, 
 
 coiy TT'yr'-b '? "f"'" "" "''"''"'" •" tyranU "n kindrTand 
 the meV; Jho'L \^' «"""'' ''""«"' '"'"^*'' "^ instruments. Think you 
 in«Tf^'h. • ^'°"v " ^y" '■'•■"' "«»■ <^''>^ered in the s.reets and at the bust" 
 
 hS n'ido r:L of't^'"™ "" """ '" '""P""""' -"-constituting,^ 
 If ey«nhe P^«f i «rmy-consent lo be the tools to crush it under foot. 
 
 If eyeii the English or the Scotch »ere to he so base, tiie Irish norlion of ih. 
 
 inZVj" Kf^' "V"*!'/"' "°"W "'"• This Irish ec.i!.n the i mv Tre no 
 
 ttan half''o?tL''°''""";V'-./"" '^*"'^""'' '"» I^sh claimants weVe more 
 tnan half of the wounded- they aie not still numerically less WouM .T.l! 
 
 «id ,n letting loose desolation on their religion and th ?r natl e land "Net? 
 
 There is not an Irishman in the British array-and that constitutes the hflf 
 
 the hardiest and most efficient h.lf-„ho has not lilrtheCme of O^ConniT 
 
 .To y Vk^ "^ exertions for bis country blessed at the domesurhear^h C 
 
 TJ.^^ ""° ""■' '"■"'*'"'* '""•'•'"■ '"' "'« cPPr^'ions hehas labour/,™ 
 move, aid in perpetuating their oppressions ? Will the Irish soXr .ih 1 
 petty local tyrant, whose unfeeling rapacity has perhans driven bu m' 
 ..destruction, and caused the necessity of'hi, i/n enrs'tment wi i-"" 5 
 that ^vrant and enable him to spread more desolation amolg h s ramily and 
 friends? No-we tell the Tories, in calculating on the"rmy as insTrumen,^ 
 
 wnen they refused-contumeliously refused-emancipation. Not umil ?hl 
 «my failed then did they gweit, and then with a bad Vra«. IL "So thev 
 ftem i^ ?'i r"" ""■o™"""- "hich Wellington and Peel declared influenced 
 them in yielding emancipation, but which they would not disclose "nf!. 
 they forgo ten that General Thornton communicated to them the difficulty h^ 
 had restrain the troops sent to act against the people who followed- Mr 
 lawless, from cutting to piece, the OraSge yeom.nry'^of BallyC' H..." 
 they forgotten that the cavalry Md inf«nt?y Ugim.nd which, ^nth. ,^, ,f 
 
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 marching f.r the Clare ©lectiou, at the Royal Barrack, in the tap room of th« 
 cauteen, crossed swords and bayonels, and vowed— the brave glorious fellows ! 
 not 10 act against the people of Clare, and that the govemmeut of the day got 
 information of it, and countermanded the cavalry regiment on its march ? 
 Have they forgotten the shout— the /eu rfe/oieof cheers— which run along their 
 ranks as O'Connell's procession passed— those ranks, from which the govern- 
 ment hoped would have issued a different running fire ? That shout was the 
 voice which proclaimed emancipation for seven millions of people. At that 
 moment, when the fine young sergeant jumped from his ranks, before his 
 mute officers, and seized O'Conueirs hand— that moment emancipation was 
 
 " But, if the army would be found as servile and base, as it would be found 
 noble— we tell the Tories that there is a spirit in Ireland which will never 
 again submit to Tory domination— that the friends of faction, which Toryism 
 in power would let loose upon us, will be resisted to the death— and that there 
 is a power among the peopl« to give that spirit effect. Millions would never 
 submit to be ground down by units. The day that would give a Tory ministry 
 to the empire, would summon a million of Irishmen to arms. There would be 
 a fearful rising— a simultaneous outbreak— a terrible struggle. A rebellion ia 
 one county in Ireland cost England eighteen thousand men, and twelve mil. 
 lions of addhional debt. A praedial disturbance in another, took six months 
 of harassing service to 35,000 men, before it was even partially suppressed. 
 What would it cost were all Ireland in arms ? A people with nothing to lose, 
 and every thing to hope— once committed to a conflict— our natural advantages 
 of position— every valley a ravine— every hill a fortress— every fence a bastion 
 
 a hardy people— and the approaching time when they could bioouac in the 
 
 in fields — all the military and police stations absorbed by the population — 
 union— the courage of right, and of despair animating us within, and the sym- 
 pathies of the world without. Let England pause before she will let loose 
 Toryism in Ireland wiih this its inevitable result, for what whatever may be 
 the result of such a struggle, England would come out of it, even at the best, 
 
 ▲ THIRD RATE NATION 1" 
 
 In reply. Lord Hill sent me the following letter of thanks : — 
 
 ** Horse Guards, 21st May, 1837. 
 
 « Lord Hill presents his compliments to Mr. Ryan, and begs to acknowledge 
 the receipt of his letter of the I3th instant, and the newspaper which accom- 
 panied it, and to express to him his thanks for the communication." 
 
 ** John Ryan, Esq." 
 
 A concentration of detachments and change of garrisons imme- 
 diately followed. The very next month, the Romanists commenced 
 that infamous system of persecution towards me, already described. 
 Tbiy have lately repeatedly said, that they obtained, by their spies, 
 intelligence ol my letters at this period. Whatever may be the final 
 result, I do not regret the part I have taken, but on the contrary 
 feel the satisfaction ever arising from the consciousness of having 
 performed one's duty. The more so, as no person can now affect 
 ignorance of the real causes of the foul treatment 1 have experienced 
 during the last eight years. 
 
 TO THE RIGHT HON. LORD LYNDHUR8T.* 
 
 "My Lord— The state of the nation, and my duty as a loyal subject of Her 
 Majesty require that I should make this communication to your Lordship as a 
 
 * Ilwill be recollected that Lord Lyndhurst has been the object of a copious 
 share of the abase of O'Conuell and Co. The « accursed Lyndhurst" no doubt 
 esteems the attacks of revolutionists very favourable testimony. 
 
 107 
 
 universally discountenanced and frequently insuhnrl Thl. ^^^ °/S|ect, 
 stace of things winch cannot contin/eTuhout n" H^ th i.Zst d^trimenl 
 on the interest of Great Britain It i^ a Qt^tA f .v,- '^"^ "^n^ost detument 
 Great Britain wiU speedily bring Jl oi:c£Ton:iL^::%,J't^';j;X,:' 
 formed (as they should be) of its existence. ^ properly m- 
 
 th^pZmmVuir^ul" ""f • ^' "",C«— vati.es since the accession of 
 
 of ;r;.rerwoTd Sy~"a rknt/'T Is 'rv'i:?7'tLr ''^' ■"^ "'z"™ ^''™«"' 
 
 .hat there has been^; .ant 'f vro^^iZe^ltlT ZTci^lZT' """' 
 fheTtrid" I?""'? ''" '^"^'"^ WhigV:a''nterTav'^ liSed 
 
 Jsi':dfr:j"of?;rind- sTusit tr^i^T^Tz ""'^■'' 
 
 ^Wchdi^r"""!.''."'"' ^^""''* "'" «''-»- «f-mhnts, that ftarb^lTi 
 Which distinguished our great minister William vut »i, J„ i *^r ^^^°^'*' 
 
 what similar circumstance! in tl^e eldy Vart r.jri:^; fi^rlTt"" ^ ^ 
 hke this when the British Constitution' and the Brfth MoLrcly arT a^ 
 r,n^m- r ""^^ ^'''''^^ '^' ""^"^ of Conservative leaders shouW not act as Vf 
 unwilling to make any sacrifice for their preservation. Prudence should b« 
 observed unquestionably ; but if carried to an extreme, prudence wm^ 
 quently lead to an absolute cessation of «ll viaorourattirn Tn =.. k^ 
 
 1 tlc^kr;?"'^"^"^" f ^^^"^^^^ ''"^''^ andcearto'^renra^ytrrie^toTe' 
 attacks ot an enemy who may possess that boldness which will often under 
 such circumstances, render a bad cause completely triumnhant Vn Vh\ a 
 
 W?:i:sw'\\''""' T" "^' * -"- vigLul^ourse'be^n'ldo^'te'd're 
 Whigs would, assuredly, not have been in power on the accession of a new 
 Sovereign, a circumstance much in their favour. Let us hope tha? the lutp 
 warmness, the "gently purging" (Canning) course may be XndoLd foj one 
 more in accordance with the exigencies of the times. '^^"doned for one 
 
 Due preparation has, I believe, been made for the general election x^hinh 
 will have a vital influence on the interests of the country^. ' ""^'^^ 
 
 «f ^i! KT ^^^i.^^""' *, f«^ days since, of forwarding lo* vour Lordship a conv 
 of the Neu^ry Telegraph, in which was an extract from my Life T^Z JFmZ 
 III. developing my views as to any thing like neutrality or l4fwarmnLs^ a^ 
 the present period. I beg leave to enclose a Letter of mine to the PrTtestan^^ 
 of Ireland, which. I trust, will convince your Lordship of my ong co^^^^^^^^ 
 and zealous attachment to Protestant, Conservative priLples,^and?hus Se 
 the present communication to some share of your Lordship's attention Uuot 
 
108 
 
 prerented by the fear of intrusion, T may again tnniblc yonr Lordship with my 
 view* on passing events, to which much of my thoughts have been directed. 
 
 " I have the honor to be, 
 
 « My Lord, with great respect, 
 « Your Lordship's most obedient humble servant, 
 
 "John Ryan, 
 « Member of the Royal Society of Literature." 
 
 "Dublin, 27th June, 1837." 
 
 Lord Lyndhurst returned the following reply :— 
 
 " George- street, July 15, 18.37. 
 
 « Lord Lyndhurst presents his compliments to Mr. Ryan, and begs to thank 
 him for his' obliging letter of the 27lh June. 
 
 *• John Ryan, Esci." 
 
 TO THE SECRETARY OP THE CARLTON CLUB, LONDON. 
 
 " Sir,-Actuated by a desire to support the British Coustitution in Church 
 and Slate, I iransmit*you this commuincation. , r «i, n«w.i ' 
 
 " \t this important crisis, the slate of parties m this part of the .United 
 Kingdom should be fuUv understo,.d. The Protestants on the one hand are 
 cndeavou.ing (ihrougli danger and difficulty) to uphold the Constitution and 
 institutions of the countrv, to maintain the Union, and to secure the rights of 
 property. On Ihe otiier,* the Komanisls are violently opposed to all these m- 
 teresls,'and in their exeriiuns to effect their purposes, are aided and abetted by 
 the adininiMraion of the day, instead of being opposed by it. Hollow pro.es- 
 sions of lovallv are no^v put forward by this latter party, but their real opinions 
 and objects have been too lully developed to permit any rational man to be for 
 a moment deluded by suih novel and mosl knavish assumptions. I proceed to 
 furnish you wiih evidence of the real sentiments of these people. Ihe cele- 
 brated Scotlish statesman, Fletcher of Salioun, rema.ked-« let who will make 
 the laws, allow me to make the ballads of a country, and we all know the 
 effect produced bv the songs of Beranger in France. Holding these facts in 
 recollection, I made some iuiiuirv relative to the description of ballads novvcir- 
 culaled among the populace of ihis couniry. Among the number, 1 ^"""d the 
 two enclosed. Thev are published by an active member of the Roman Cathohc 
 A«5socialion. On the title-page of ..r.e >ou observe the harp without the crown, 
 which has been always understood here (since 1798) as the symbol of republi- 
 canism, disaffeciion, ana independence of Great Uritain. On turning to the 
 ballad itself, vou find that it l.realhes nothing but absolute extermination 
 of all opposed' to the Romish faction, while the purp,.se of the new corporations 
 proposed by our blessed ministry is plainly deveh.ped. There is clearly more 
 of sincerity here than could be expected from * thimble rig politicians. Ihe 
 other ballad, entitled Belter Times to Old Erm is even more iruculent— the most 
 atrocious slander and the most malevolent spirit appear in every line. Slander 
 is now, vou irav rely on it, reduced to a complete system. It is an old device, 
 when ih'e destruction of a people is meditated. You perceive that they calci:late 
 on the TOTAL OVERiHROW of the Prote^tant, British interest in this country ; 
 and not without reason, should their worthy abettors continue much longer in 
 power. This, too, accounts for the comparative tranquilhty ; they are gelling 
 all they want, the Britis^h interest is in course of daily prostration, and, there- 
 fore thev are tranquil. The country is, in fact, in ihe worst possible state. I 
 may obs'erve, that two of the songs {Jenny Gordon and The H hannonstde) are 
 extremely licentious and \ery ill-calculated to iu)prove the morals of the biave 
 patriots ;' but this is a matter of small consequence to these Liberal admirers 
 of Tommy Little. It is unnecessary that I should make any further comment 
 on these productions. I shall just ask, with ibis full revelation of their feehngs 
 and objects, who will grant further power to these people ? „...,, 
 
 ** It would be very advisable, that the general public in Great Britain should 
 know the real feelings of our pretem'ed loyalists,— the allies of the Ministry. 
 
 lOD 
 
 l:'f^r^^L[::Zl^j:^:^ -- «^-^^ ^^ ^he enclosed should 
 
 pr;:ciprhrS'e:;nv:X"^.Sn^^^^^^^ ^°^ ^— '^- 
 
 Among the rest T/r/^r V^^ ^^ L-^ *" '.'^''^'''"^ ^""°K ^^^ ^ast ten years, 
 farrably nmic;d bv^^^ ^^/ mn^Me 7//., which was, in 1836,\ery 
 
 CaruTch^M. ' ' ^^'""'"^ Gazette, The Times, Mornin, Pos) and 
 
 " I have the honor to be. Sir, 
 
 « Your most obedient humble servant, 
 
 - Dublin, 1st August, 1837." ^"^^^ '^ '^' ^^*^ ^^^^^^ «^ Literature." 
 
 The following reply wasrorvvarded to me by the Secretary- 
 
 " Joliu Rjau, ksq." 
 
 TO THE RIGHT HONORABIB LOKD LYNDHURST. 
 
 .eaujjl4":''^;:^'',,^,:f/^7;;;°ll7"«- 'he present crisis ,hat ,ha 
 
 live ..bserver of their uroceedina^ Whll •?• * t ^^ "^ been no matten- 
 
 is clearly the b«uTde71t^ oTall lo^l ^fi ' ^^^'^^^i'^" '^ threatened, it 
 counteract the machinations of those X h ''''' '•' r^"" ''''>' "^^^^^'»» '<> 
 
 look the sonjis the ballade nnnr i« ,.^ couniry. i did not, of course over- 
 
 Win c„„siaer"„'.et%^"rcu::r L" ;™T;;ai" xro^iuTiL'^r^ "rr 
 
 produced by the son's TfnLn ^ " *" ^"^'^ "' *« '""nense effect 
 
 ibereigaof Wmfa,n'',Il"'i?r,T'''" ^J""''- ?'"' '""B of LiWMero m 
 these facts, I have collected s«"^ 'o" TuTZJl '^i^:T 'T. ^""""'S 
 *h.se t.o of the™. „McI. .re pubHshed by u L, vfmeX"o^^^^^^ T '"^ 
 Cathohc Assoc ation. You will ohs*>rvP m/r * ^y/'*^ "'^^'"'^er ot the Romaa 
 
 of those loyal productions Ts to be foind ' if."'. ' '' T '''' i'^^' ^'^' "^ «»« 
 which has been considered Mn e ItSS it « ^^"f T^'^'J^ '■'''^-■" over it, 
 tion and independent^ Tf G e," bS '^;,f>"^*>" "^'•^P"bJi^•^n>s"^ disaflec. 
 the most irradicable hae of hf Pro;stan 'r ""'^ '''^'''' 
 
 slanderous, malevolent spirit bJ^ii^s^;, /:::^^r ^^„^^ f, ""'^* 
 
 t'empla'^rT'h'' "' '" ^ '•^' ^^'^'^^ Portioa'of the-'cointun i;\rV- v^^f 
 templaied. There are a thousand indications nf fh;« Ti,« .> »* upeni\ con- 
 
 «u J . '"«^ "I'ocious sianaer (now reduced to a svstp)!^ PYhiK;»«j j 
 
 those productions is no new devirn « hp« th^ i /" \. " "3^;'*^'"; *^xhibited m 
 
no 
 
 Life of King William III.), that these people ^vill absolutely * slop at nothing' 
 to acconrp^^h Their designs. And should their allies, the presen blessed im- 
 nistry continue much longer in power, is there not every P'-^^P/^; «/^^^,"^^;^; 
 plete^realization of their nefarious purposes, «^/^»« f ^^"-7";;;, .^ ^^^^^^^^^o 
 In short mv Lord, all our dearest interests are threatened. Should tbe revo 
 lutronTisTrfumph,'it is clear that the property of the -untr>, ^^^^^^^ 
 or landed, would not be worth tluee years purchase. J he leading ^''^'^^^^^ 
 has often ridiculed the » cant of national faith,' and he has many folkmers. 
 Ther^A^re, ^y Lord, it is the imperame duty of all ^X^'^^^^Vx^uision c 
 well-wisher« of their country to strain every nerve for the speed ^^P"^^';^^^^^^^^ 
 the present ministry f.o.n power. Further no sane person, ^f ^^y' SJ^^^,^ 
 int.critv can for a moment entertain ihe idea of further concession to the un- 
 !CisJd, unmalked revolutionary party. To talk of Irish Municipal Coi-pora. 
 
 tions, is absurd. . 
 
 * We will soon have I,iberal Mayors in eacli town, 
 Who will assist Dan t<. keep Orangemen down. Ilomish ballad. 
 It is absolutely traitorous to talk of granting such V^^^' ^^^^'^l YXl\ arcr 
 - The critical, the perilous situation in which the l^r«^^^^«^""^\^^^ '.^]"";,„"',^ 
 now placed, between the two fires of a hostile government and ^ ««^ .^^'^"^t 
 populace may be now easily imagined. I could dilate upon the subje t. and 
 enforce their' claims to protection, but I am conunced that, ^" f ,^. ^^^^^^^ 
 Lordship, it would be totally superOuous. Through danger and ^> ^^^^^y ^^*^J^ 
 are faithful, and the aid of the just and good will not be withheld from them. 
 
 « I have the honor to be, 
 
 <* My Lord, with great respect, 
 « Your Lt^rdship's most obedient humble servant, 
 
 "John Ryan, 
 <» Member of the Royal Society of Literature." 
 
 « Dublin, 3rd August, 1837." 
 
 TO KIGHT HON. FREDERICK SH^W, M.P., RECORDER OF DUBLIN. 
 
 « Sir,-It is of the utmost importance at the present awful crisis fjj^^^/^e real 
 feeling's and objects of the Romish and Radical facion ^»^^o"W be full> k^^^^^^^^^^ 
 Holding this in recollection, I lately made seme inquiry as /« ^^/^^ ^^^^^^^^ 
 of ballads circulated among the semi -barbarous populace «/ ^^ is coun ry. No 
 right-jud,ing person will thinkMhese publi^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^.T-^'f t wJ wui mak^ 
 celebrated Scottish statesman, Fletcher of Salioun, said lei w 
 the laws, let me make the ballads of a country-,' and we a 1 kno. tjie "um^se 
 cflFect produced in France by the songs of Beranger .\\. f'J" ^^'^ ; ^^rrU- 
 powerful political engine. As Eperimens, then, of /^e ball ds now m circj^ a 
 lion, I enclose two which are published by an acUve «^^»"^;'/'^ ''^^,;^^ 
 Association and one of the printers of the Roman Cathohc »" ^^^^f ""f^^ V/j; 
 observe, sir, on the title-page of one of these %« P''^^"^^^'^" '•/'^^i'^ ,i "'^', 
 intended for Protestant perusal) , the harp tvithout Oie croav, «y ^ J^' ^ ^^^^ j ;"„' 
 been ever considered (particularly since 1798) as ^^^^ ^^•'«^;\«/, '^l^^^^^'^rof 
 disaffection, and independence of Great Britam. I here ^.«» "'^ «^«f^^' ^^^^"^ 
 sincerity here than could be expected from ' ihimble ng P '^^^^'^^J- /" ^J^^ 
 songs themselves, the most slanderous, malevolent ^ .J^.m of slanderiu 
 tabiHty of the land breathes through every line ^ ^^ f ^'^^ ,,td 'H 
 operation is no ne.v device when the destruction of a people ^^^^^^^'-l' [^l 
 first Christians were thus treated by their Pagan oppressors B>J^^ ;'*>j J,!^;, 
 of the enclosed songs (./.,m.y Gordon and the .Shannon *'^';)^^;^*^^^^/^;^,C'te 
 are of the most licentious, immoral description. « ^^J^" 'Z^^^! .^^X e». 
 EXTERMINATION of the Protestuut. is <^-^'.^^^^^f;i'''^^^^^^^^ 
 pressed They exult in ^ ^^^^^^^1^:^^:^^^^^^ 
 and who can sav, that should their allies me presmv ^/oimnst if 
 
 much longer in^ower they will not find their wishes ^^ f.^^f "oup^^^^^^^^ 
 not altogether realized. The diabolical language ^ ^^^J . ,f^^"^«,?,^^ 
 that of Peter Dens, the notes on the Romish ^^'''^^* '^^''^l'';^'^^^^ 
 d«nuneiations of the leading demagogue, the tone of the lopish newspaper., 
 
 til 
 
 111 
 
 exclasive dealing, &c., clearly manifest an express purpose to harass the Pro- 
 testants, destroy their interests, and force them out of the country. This fact 
 cannot be too fully known ; our real position, as thus disclosed, should be fully 
 understood. The same firm attachment to the Constitution, to Protestant an*d 
 Conservative principles which I have, I trust, evinced in various publications 
 (Life of King William III., &c.), causes me to forward to you this communi- 
 cation. Volumes might be written on the momentous subject, but further 
 comment to you, sir, is surely unnecessary. I will merely ask, what loyal 
 honest man will grant further power to those undisguised revolutionists ? Un 
 flinching steadiness is most requisite in the Conservative leaders at the present 
 crisis ; any appearance of the contrary would have a most pernicious effect on 
 the great body of the Protestants. 
 
 " 1 have the honor to be, 
 
 " Sir, with great respect, 
 " Your most obedient and faithful humble servant, 
 
 " John Ryan, 
 
 «. n w -j-^ * * 100^ » " ^^°^^e' 0^ ^e Royal Society of Literature." 
 " Dubhn, 3rd August, 1837. 
 
 A letter similar to the foregoing was forwarded by me on the 4tli 
 August, to George Alexander Hamilton, Esq., now parliamentary 
 representative of Trinity College, Dublin, and on the 5tb Au<rust, 
 1837, to Joseph Devonsher Jackson, Esq., M.P. for Bandou, "now 
 Justice of the Court of Common Pleas. 
 
 TO RIGHT HON. FREDERICK SHAW, M.P., RECORDER OF DUBLIN. 
 
 " Sir,— I had the honor, lately, of transmitting a letter to you enclosing some 
 ballads of a most pernicious tendency, and now take leave to trouble you with 
 this communication on the same subject. 
 
 " It is quite clear, that unless some effectual steps are speedily taken to curb 
 the licentious spirit pervading the lower orders of this country, it will not ♦ be 
 fit for a gentleman to live in,* as was lately remarked by a London print. There 
 18 no question that these infamous ballads have been extensively circulated and 
 further that a Ribbon conspiracy very extensively prevails. In Dublin* the 
 lower orders insult those whom they know to be their opponents in politics with 
 the most opprobrious abuse in the public streets. The system of slander now 
 introduced is an old device when the destruction of a people is meditated • it 
 was put in operation by the Pagans against the Christians of the early aJes 
 Slander came first and massacre afterwards. May I implore your attention to 
 this awful state of things. 
 
 " I have the honor to be, sir, with great respect, 
 
 " Your obedient, humble servant, 
 
 "John Ryan, 
 
 " I8.h Aagus,, 1837." " "'"'" "' "" "'"^"^ ^""''^ "' ^"«""»"-" 
 
 TO RIGHT HON. FREDERICK SHAWr, M.P. RECORDER OF DUBLIN. 
 
 **Sir— In addition to the ballads which I forwarded to you, I enclose ano 
 ther which is extremely important. From it we learn, unequivocally, the pur 
 pose of the Romanists to seize on the soil of the country; and further the 
 general system of annoyance which I before staled it was their evident purpose 
 to pursue. This information is, I conceive, of the utmost moment. 
 
 « Under the perilous circumstances of the Protestants of Ireland,* I would 
 
 • No one but those in Ireland could form an idea of the feeUngs of triumph 
 and ill-will exhibited by the Romish party on tht accession of the Queen, and 
 tbe use made of her Majesty'g name. 
 
112 
 
 suggest that an address or appeal to the people of Great Britain should be forth- 
 with promulgated. A public meeting might not be convenient to all parties 
 but an address detailing ihe whole state of the country would af^omplish the 
 object equally well. The address might be numerously signed by noblemen 
 
 *"« Tendose another of the ballads having the harp without the crown. It 
 would be well were the highest personage in the realm made acquainted with 
 the real design of her pretended supporters. ,.,..• 
 
 « It is quite obvious that one object of the Papists is to eflFect the des ruction 
 of ti.eir active political opponents—' bloody Orangemen, as they call them. 
 This appears from the following observation in the Pilot of the 23rd instant, 
 in reference to the gross, infamous, and disgusting attack on the character of 
 Mr Holmes:-' // h of mportance to dispose of this man for ever as a poll tic lan, 
 &c.' This is the system upon which they act: to destroy the intiuence ot public 
 men bv destroving their character. The Popish press should be closely 
 watched, and wherever this delinquency appears should be prosecuted. 
 
 » In the desperate state of affairs, those who occupy the foremost rank m 
 the battle ol tl)e Conservative party, should, most assuredly, meet the cordial 
 support of the Protestants. Jf they do not, all ts lost, 
 
 ** I have the honor to be, 
 
 " Sir, with great respect, 
 " Your most obedient humble servant, 
 
 "John Ryan, 
 « Member of the Royal Society of Literature." 
 « Dublin, 25lh August, 1837." 
 
 A similar letter was sent by me to Joseph Devonsher Jackson, Esq., 
 M.P., for Bandou, on 26th August, 1837. 
 
 TO RIGHT HON. LORD DOWNES, BERT HOUSE, CO. KILDARE. 
 
 «« My Lord— Animated by sincere attachment to the British Constitution in 
 Church and State, I forward to you this communication. I can refer to my 
 Life of King William HI. and other works as evidence of my farm and con- 
 sistent adherence to Conservative principles. Under ordinary cmumstances, 
 I should not thus intrude, but the perilous state of the Protestants of Ireland 
 
 will surelv plead my excuse. ^ . , , i .• 
 
 " I enc'lose three most pernicious ballads circulated for a considerable lime 
 bv the Popish revolutionarv faction. These productions are, and always have 
 lien, a most potent political engine. On the title-page of one you will observe, 
 my Lord, the harp without the crown over it, which has been always under- 
 stood to indicate republicanism, disaffection, and independence of Great B"ta»n- 
 In the song itself, among other indications, the purpose of the proposed Irish 
 corporations of our blessed ministry is fully disclosed : 
 
 « We will soon have Liberal Mayors in each town, 
 Who will assist Dan to keep Orangemen down.* 
 
 In the infamous song, entitled Better Times to Old Erin, the Conservative^, the 
 respectabimy of the country, are most atrociously slandered, and absolute 
 exTermixat^ declared to be the fate intended them. The first Christians 
 were tbus* treated bv their Heathen oppressors. Slander came farst, and mas- 
 Ta' re afterwards. IJy the way, two of the enclosed ballads of these pure pa- 
 rTots (Je.^/^c,rrf.^:and J Shannon side) are of the most immoral descrip^ 
 ," n The third of these productions to which I wish to direct your paiiicular 
 attention is that entitled the Praises of Sweet Liberty. Here we have it 
 openH^ that they intend to seize upon the landed Property of the 
 
 coun ry ; while their intention to practice a system of gross annoyance » clearly 
 exnressed This intelligence is, I conceive, of the utmost momen . Still, my 
 Ioh! you will recollect,' that all this is but one iudicatiua of Romish feeling ; 
 
 113 
 
 these ballads are but one of the engines at work for the destruction of the Pro- 
 testant, British interest in Ireland. 
 
 "Under these awful circumstances of the Irish Protestants, I would suggest 
 
 tha an address or appeal to the people of Great Britain should be forthwith pro 
 
 mulgated. A public meeting might not be convenient to all parties but an ad 
 
 . dress, detaihngche whole state of the country, would accomplis'L Ihe objLt equal?; 
 
 " Wi^h r ?^^''^«%"^'8^Vbe numerously signed by noblemen and others^ ^ 
 
 hp w?n 7vf "k' 'u '^' ^^'^^'^ ^'^''"^ ^^'^ ^^^'•P ^"hout the crown, it would 
 
 desln n ^" ^:^''r\ P''^""'^" ^" '^'' ''^'"^ °^^^« acquainted with the re^ 
 designs of her pretended supporters. 
 
 " Ii is quite obvious, every day's observation convinces us, my Lord that 
 
 Zontf ' ' n ^^'?^ ^^ '^^^^^^ ^^^ destruction of theiJ ac^tixt polit ca 
 opponents-' bloody Orangemen, as they call them. This is indicated bv the 
 follownig observation in the Pilot of the 23rd instant, in reference to the gross 
 infamous, and disgusting attack on the character of Mr. Holmes •-' 1 1 [sof 
 importance to dispose of this man for ever as a politician,' &c. This is the 
 he ish system upon which they act : to destroy the influence of public men by 
 destroying their character. The Popish press' should be closely walcheT and 
 wherever this dehnquency appears should be prosecuted. ^ ' 
 
 rnni° r *^*^'P^'^^^ ^}^'^ «' ^ff^'rs, those who occupy the foremost rank in the 
 Con ervative party, who bear the brunt of the battle, should, most assuredly 
 meet the cordial support of the Protestants. If they do not, all u lost. ^' 
 
 1 have the honor to be, my Lord, with great respect, 
 " Your Lordship's most obedient humble servant, 
 
 *' John R^an, 
 "Dublin, 27th August, 1837." " ^^^^^ «^ '^^^ ^^^^^ Society of Literature."' 
 
 To this communication. Lord Downes retunied the following reply : 
 
 »*Qir T !.» .J , "Bert House, September 13, 1837. 
 
 ^hichTLr IT'ir^ ^°"' ^'"^'' ^"^l"«'°g so°>e ^ery mischievous ballads, 
 Is on I Z\^ '^' ^'''T '^^^''"' ^^ government, it is not possible to pu 
 
 a stop 0, as they are generally written in favour of the particular friends and 
 supporters of our Radical administration, who are, by degrees, yiel^ngeverv 
 
 wenV:them[red' h ". ^"^^^ ''''''' ^'"'^^ '^ ^^'^^ ^ °^ '" '»^^'' proclding; 
 Tnor h ' ^"' ""'"' exaggerated, and then measures may be taken to 
 
 SwithXr ''''^^''^'' "' ^"Sl-^-^« will know best how to 
 
 " I am, Sir, your very obedient servant, 
 
 « John Ryan, Esq." Downes." 
 
 Having been engaged, as just related, during the year 1837, and 
 early ml 838, I embarked at Waterford /or the city of Bristol, where 
 I arrived iir March. My work on Ireland was printed there. It 
 was published in London and Dublin, in July 1838, being entitled. 
 ^ Disclosure of the Principles, Designs, and Machinations of the 
 Popish Revolutionary Faction of Ireland.* As materials for this 
 woiJi, 1 collected a variety of important documentary and other 
 information in various parts of Ireland, and among the rest, suc- 
 ceeded in obtaining a species of manual (called The Defence of the 
 Latholic Faith) especially intended lor the secret Popish confederacy. 
 
 A Jl ^^•*'' r^ ''^''^.^^^ P"°*^^ P*»^«- P"l'lished in London, by Edwards. 
 1 6d boards.*"" ' "" "" ^^ Bleakley, Lower Sackville-street-pric.; 
 
114 
 
 115 
 
 in which the existence of the said illegal, secret <=<>"[*ff,;«fy' '7' 
 monlv called the Ribb.m conspiracy, was fully demoustrated, and itt 
 e^! Istructive purposes plai'nly disclosed. This -anual con am. 
 instiuctions for the members, precisely the same as has been ^^^ 
 
 several times stated and proved on the t""!/"^ ^°""'"°" fi^ work * 
 men This entire body of conclusive evidence forms the fi^t ""1^ 
 "l,ch ha fully proved^he existence of the secret Pop.sh R.bbon 
 To Meracy, which was never afterwards denied ; and the work was 
 found a useful auxiliary to the invesfgat.on m »S3»' .•'y ^'^. ^^ 
 miltee of the House ol Lords.* In this disclosure (to which the 
 attention of several of the highest personages -"» '^ '"^f '^'^ ^ 
 rectedl the general state of the nation, and the proceedings ot parties 
 were cearK exhibited. The woik has met the strongest approval 
 of members of both houses of parliament, and other distinguished 
 per"'" together with the high 'appreciation of 'he J-d-ng^.^^^^^^^^ 
 of public opini.u. in Great Britain and Ireland, ««^«"'/ "^^f^.^^ 
 plicitly state the great benefit conferred by the work, and that it fully 
 proves the existence ol the conspiracy. 
 
 *^ As in duty bound. I lost no time in laying before the Queen a copy 
 of fhe work to which I have just adverted. 1 forwarded a copy to 
 the care o. Sir Henry Wheatley. with a letter, of which the following 
 is a copy : — 
 
 TO HER MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY, THE QUEEN. 
 
 ';:„^ a^TM^tr; anTco'^stitution in Church «nd SUUe^^and is now pre- 
 sented to your Majesty as a tribute of loyalty and profound respect. 
 
 ♦* I am, Madam, 
 « Your Majesty's faithful subject 
 »* and servant, 
 
 "John Ryan, 
 
 "Member of the Royal Society of Literature." 
 «* London, 8tb August, 1838." ^ 
 
 I had the honor of receiving the following communication f in 
 
 reply :— ^, ^^ James's Palace, August 17, 1838. 
 
 submitted to the Qneen. ^ 
 
 " John Ryan, Esq." n- 7 
 
 The second personage to whom I forwarded a copy of my Disco. 
 , J. on Irelan^d was Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, with the 
 following letter. nnw^rFR • 
 
 TO HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN DOWAGER . 
 
 « Madam,-! have the honor to present to your Majesty a work on the ex- 
 
 , ^ who had it from J. C. C. 
 
 Uting state of Ireland. Animated by sincere desire to uphold the Proteitaat 
 Monarchy and Constitution in Church and State, I have laithfally exhibited 
 ♦he condition of the country, the present system of government, the effects which 
 H has produced, and the ultimate consequences likely to result from the 
 measures now administered generally. The publication, the much-needed 
 publication of a work calculated to defeat the machinulions of the revolutionists 
 has entailed upon the author the malevolence of a false, unscrupulous faction, 
 but he is cun.soled by the refleciion that he has not wriiien in vain, and that 
 be possesses the approbaiion of the loyal and respectable part of ihe comma, 
 nity. The work is now luid before your Majebiy with the hope that it may be 
 pleasing to an illustrious personage lor uhom its author tntertains the most un* 
 feigned respect. 
 
 ** I have the honor to be, 
 ** Madam, 
 
 ** Y«)ur Majesty's most obedient 
 "humble servant, 
 
 •' John Ryan{ 
 " Member of the Royal Society of Literatare.** 
 ** London, 27th August, 1838. * 
 
 I was honored with the following communication, in reply :— 
 
 " Marlborough House, 
 Augubt 2d. 
 "Sir, — T am commanded by Queen Adelaide to acknowledge the receipt of a 
 work on the existing state of Ireland, seni by you for Her Majesty's acceptance. 
 
 ** I have the honour to be, 
 
 " Your obedient humble servant, 
 « John Ryan, Esq." ♦* William AsHiEY."* 
 
 Being desirous of more extended means of usefnhiess,and thinking 
 that I had some claim upon the Protestant, Conservative party, I 
 addressed the following communicaiiou to Sir Robert Peal, a^ its 
 leader. The letter will speak for itself. 
 
 TO RIGHT HON. SIR. R. FEEL, BART., M.P. : 
 
 " London, 17th September, 1838. 
 
 "Sir, — I had the honor, in 1836, to present to yt>u a co^y of my Life of 
 King Wiliiam ///., and a work since forwarded, to your residence here, a work 
 on Ireland in which 1 have fully exhibited the real state of that country, and 
 the niisg-»vernraenl under which the Uuiled Kingdom now sutfiMS. This work, 
 as you will perciive by the subjoined criticisms, has been considered of public 
 impi»rtance and calculated to do the State service in the present unhappy po- 
 sition of public affairs. 
 
 *' Observing the manifold evils under which the country laboured and being 
 fully assured that unless individuals came forward, the public iusiituiions and 
 interests and private properly must be placed in the utmost peril, I determined 
 to collect accurate information upon the state of Ireland, and other relative 
 subjects of moment, and publiijijed it f.jr the purpose of defeating the machina> 
 tiojis of the enemies of the Protestant Constitution in Church and State. The 
 work has been received by the highest personages in the realm, and I have 
 reason to think has not been written in vain. You will, however, perceive. Sir, 
 that its contents, as exposing the conspiracy of ihe Papists ^nd Itie perfidy of 
 their allies, together with my Af/V of King William III.^ &c , are calculated 
 to excite towards the author (whose name is affi.\ed) feelitigs the very reverse 
 of ttuiicable on the part of the revoluiionists and their abett<»rs. It is sufR. 
 cieutly known that the Irish Popish priests and their deluded followers literally 
 
 * I was told 80 by the Rev. Mr. O'S- 
 
 -, Esq. 
 
 TiTj'obn Hulbcrt Glover, E.q., F.S.A., Librarian m Ordinary. , 
 
 * Honorable William Ashley, Vice- Chamberlain to the Queex^ Dowager. 
 
116 
 
 itop at nothing, at no villainy to accomplish the subjugation of any one actively 
 opposed to their proceedings. Nor is their mode of warfare confined to Ire. 
 land ; iis venom and treachery have been nxiended to this country. Of thi» 
 /act, the higher order of Conservatives as vet know liiile or nothing* but to it I 
 can testify personally, being as a Conservaiire ''rolestaut the object'of, not fair 
 opposition, but of regularly organized persecution ; persectii.n, Sir, which I 
 need not detail, but which would assuredly speedily accomplish its purpose of 
 arresting the pn.gress of any opponent whose conduct was not siricily correct 
 TTho consulted his ease, or who could be easilv iniiiyidaied. Mv exertions in 
 the public cause to which I am attached have n».t bet^n confined" to these pub- 
 iicaiions, and of this, in part, the faction is aware. Of correspondence by letter, 
 they cannot kno^v, as I never comuiunicaled such to anv individual whatever. 
 Coupled with their uiijusiifiable virulence, I ran clearly perceive that the faction 
 would willingly extend their patn.nage if they could thus silence a not ineffi- 
 cient opponi-nt,— but there are persons to whom principle, even with adversity, 
 JS the first consideration. Being of limited income, which confines my eff-orts 
 m aid of the coisiilutional cause, 1 now take leave. Sir, to inquire whether I 
 as a person who has done the State some service, and who is disposed further 
 to uphold it to the utmost of his abilities, might expect some share of the favour 
 of a Conservative government (which must soon exist) in the shnpe of a pension, 
 as alreiidy conferred on several literary fersons? Some specific nssuinnco to 
 this effect would enable me to persevere in support of those Conservative prin- 
 ciple8(iutimalely connected with the securilv of proi^erty) which I ba\e hereto- 
 fore advocated, and although it could not shield me from the persi nal hostility 
 of a ferocious and unacnipttl..us faction, might enable me to repel it more effec- 
 tually. I should add, Sir, that i.i addition V, the internal evidence of mv 
 works, extending ihrouL'h a series of years, and the very favourab e notices, I 
 can produce rerommendaK.ry testimuuiiils from persons'of rank and considera- 
 tion. When pensions liave been confeiivd on persons who have all their lives 
 advocated the most pernicious, revolutionary principles (an alluded to in my 
 work on Ireian.l), it i., but fair, Sir, t'» infer* that comu)on si nse will didate 
 the justice and sound p.dic.v of some sinilar grant lo those who have ever up. 
 held the Constitution and insii(uiions of the lounlry. The case in favour of 
 Ruch, it is submitted could not be mu<h stronger 'And I am <|uite convinced. 
 Sir, that a person of ^^mr experience and sagacity must perceive that at this 
 era we cann«.i expect miraclos, that we inu>l use proper means if «e would 
 duh support our princ pie*, and that if we des; ri those «ho regardless of per- 
 •onal risk actively supjjoit our cause anJ bear the lur.'en of the battle, ne must 
 inevitaldy experienc- a complete ovei throw and «uie n..t undeser\ed. 'J he high 
 pos.Hon which yon hold. Sir, in ihe Cnservutive party will excuse me for 
 troab.ing you with this communicaiion in which the public interests are soiuh. 
 what involved. 
 
 " I have the honcr to 1 e. Sir, 
 
 " Your mo^t ubedieut humble Servant, 
 
 "John Ryan.* 
 
 By return of post, I received the following reply Iroin Sir Robert 
 Peel : — . 
 
 ^ *• nravt<^n Mono-, Sppiember 18, 1838. 
 
 Sir, — I have the honour to arknnw le.Jj-e tiie recei,,t oi your letter of yes- 
 terday, and to return you my thanks for your aiienticm in huxinirsent to* my 
 residence in London u lopy of your nceni publira ion on Iri>h affairs. 
 
 "It would be wholly at variance wiih ilie rule »u uhie'i I have invariably 
 acted, were I to give any assurance, or h(dd ..ut the sliKhiesl e\p ciaiitm ia 
 reference to the gram of a pensi„n or indeed to any official act to be duue by 
 me, upon the couiingeucy of my r.tuin lo ihe councils ol the crown. 
 
 "lam, vSir, 
 
 •* Your obedieiit servant, 
 
 " John Ryan, Eaq." 
 
 117 
 
 On this communication from Sir Robert Peel, I hare merely to 
 observe, that the thanks for iny work entitled, ^ Disclosure of the 
 Principles, Designs, and Machinations of the Popish Revolutionary 
 Faction of Ireland, was direct encouragement to proceed with si- 
 milar works and in a similar course, and, secondly, although his 
 *• rule" as lo the oiher mailer was, at that period, as staled, it will be 
 seen that there is no general relusal, or unlavorahle opinion expressed. 
 On the conliaiy, Iroin ihe courteous style of the " thanks," one might 
 infer a favourahle consideration of my claims when the time arrived, 
 i^bout a moirth alter the receipt of the foregoing, the lollowing 
 
 communicalion reached me from J. C. Colqnhoitti, Esq. M P. ; 
 
 "Killermout. Glasgow, Oct. 16, 1838. 
 **S^r,— I have read with very great pleasure your work upon the state of 
 Ireland, published this year. I have been particularly interested by the extracts 
 from newspapers which, by the good arrangement which you have'adopted, pre. 
 sent an excellent view of the real condition of the country. Would it be pos- 
 aible for you to continue similar extracts for the time which has elapsed since 
 the publication of you| work and if you could add to these reports of some of 
 the most imporUnt of the trials which occur either at Quarter Sessions or As. 
 sizes, you would I think produce works (for they should appear every six or 
 twelve months) which would have an extensive circulation and which would ba 
 of the greatest public use. It would be very interesting to ine to learn that 
 you approved of such a plan and could undertake it, and if I can in anv way 
 assist you by procuring you the countenance of other persons, I shall be most 
 happy, 1 do not know whether, in your correspondence in Ireland you know 
 of any persons in the counties of Limerick, Sligo, Longford, Meath, West- 
 meath, Louth, Carlow, Waterfoid, and Tipperary who would be willing to 
 make inquiries for me respecting the correctness of those statements which you 
 have extracted from the newspapers ; but which, before making public use of,, 
 it would be necessary to ascertain the truth of through some private channel. 
 If you know of any such you will greatly oblige me by giving me their 
 name;". It is immaterial in what condition of life they are, provided I caa 
 depend upon them as confidential and accurate. Trusting to hear from yott 
 tuon, 
 
 « I am. Sir, 
 
 ** Your obedient servant, 
 
 " J. C. COJLQUHOUN." 
 
 <* John Ryan, Esq." 
 
 TO J. C. COLQUQOUN, ESQ., M.P. 
 
 «« London, 22nd October, 1838. 
 
 "Sir, — I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 
 16th inst I am much gratified by your favorable opinion of my recent publi- 
 cation on Ireland, c<»niing, as it does from one so highly competent to judge of 
 its merits. You will find, sir, by the subjoined extracts, that your opinion 
 coincides with the criticisms of the leading Conservative journals. 
 
 " You propose that I should undertake a series of publications on Ihe exist- 
 ing state of Ireland. 1 have been receiving subscribers names to a history of 
 that country from the accession of King William ill. (to be printed in two 
 volumes octa\o), with the intention principally of placing recent events fully 
 on permanent record. Five nobleuien and about a hundred gentlemen have 
 already subscribed. My own opinion, however, being fortified by yours and 
 that of the Conservative press as lo the great utility of works on the plan of 
 my recent publication, I could not, of course, have any objection to undertake 
 the task. On this point, I have, however, some explanation to make. Tha 
 work pabliabed this year wa» printed at my expense, and has, until sold, left 
 
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 I 
 
 ii 
 
 wy flnanees in anything but a flonrishing state. The work did not appear mttfl 
 the season had nearly concluded and consequently I must wait until that forth- 
 coming. From the extremely favourable notices, the work must sell, but the 
 edition of one thousand copies cannot be disposed of beftire hix or eight 
 months hence. I collect, however, Sir, fron) the tenor of your letter that jyou 
 •re prepared wiih efficient support in the proposed undeitakin.', and thiit you 
 will further * procure the cnunienance of other persons.' Tliis, as implying 
 that description of aid without which political warfure can be but imiitfe- 
 renily carried on — as implying, in short, a supply of * the sinews of war/ 
 must remove much of tlie diffi< ulty. I can assure you, Sir, (bat consulting 
 only the promotion of the Proicstant, ConservaMve cause, the expense incurred 
 by me in travelling to collect the information for my late work wirs very con- 
 siderable. Had mere book-making been my object, a work might liave been? 
 written in Dublin or London, but with(»ut those facts and that aiitljenlic infor- 
 mation which form the true basis of all political science. As an illnstraiiou of 
 this point, I may mention the work of Doctor Meyler, (M.D.), briefly no- 
 ticed in the last puge of my »vork, wnioh being merely vague declamation is 
 almost totally u«eless. Mv pecuniary outlay has been such us no one uith limited 
 income would have made who was not actuated by a warm attachment to cer- 
 tain defined principles, or who had much of that reganl to mere self-interest 
 which mt»st persons exhibit. 
 
 ** Of this cold selfishness, I have, Sir, seen much— quite sufficient to con- 
 vince me that the chief reward which, in these tiavs, a niun must expect is the 
 approval of conscience. I may here observe, that the Whij;s and Romunista 
 have eyer shown themselves wiser in thi;j mutter than the Tories or Ctuiserva- 
 lives. The former do not neglect those who have rendered lliem service, and 
 it is by tliis means, among oth<>rs, that a bad cause has so far triumphed. 
 Idlany of our Conservatives seem really to think that it is enough to have a 
 good cause. But what delusion is here ! The best cause must suffer, if due 
 means be not adopted for its defence, and the worst must trium)>h at least for 
 a time, if energetically maintained and feebly opposed. What fatuity is it, 
 then. Sir, in those Conservative Protestants who having much to lose, will 
 neither act themselves nor support those who are willing to work — who cannot 
 remain mere drones in the commonwealth. Thousands are received, often 
 without merit, by those who happen to belong to a certain kn«»t, while efficient 
 persons are disregarded I My works in favor of Protestant, Conservative prin- 
 ciples have entailed upon me the malevolence nf the false, unscrupulous Po. 
 pish faction — so much so that I could not consider Ireland a safe place of re. 
 sidence. Thus, Sir, by acting differently from those who are styled * prudent 
 men,* I have impaired my private fortune, become a * marked man* among the 
 Papists, and as yet (notnithstanding the admitted efficiency of my works) have 
 met very little of that favour to which I cannot but think myself entitled Irom 
 the Conservatives. Copies of my recent work are presented to and accepted by 
 the highest personages in the realm, and I lia\e every reason to think it has 
 not been written in vain. As mentioned. Sir, in that work, pensions have been 
 granted to persons who all their lives have been employed in th*? publication of 
 Works of tlie most pernicious revolutionary tendencv. Is it not then. Sir, 
 reasonable to expect that the public patronage should be extended to these wiio, 
 regardless of personal risk, have ever supported the Protestant Consiitutitui in 
 Church and State, the cause of truth and justice, and who are prepared to perse- 
 vere in the same course ? The abstract sound policy ot such graiit is clear, and in 
 any case, it woujd merely repay the expenses attending n)y works, enable me to 
 produce them with less delay, and empower me to repel the malevolence of the 
 unprincipled opponents to whose attacks 1 am now exposed. It is my inten- 
 tion, at the proper time to apply for such grant from the Crown, and us I can 
 procure the recommendation of persons of rank and influence, I cannot 
 doubt of success. In this matter, Sir, you could aid me and from the kiud- 
 nest of your letter I trust that such aid will not be refused. In this matter, I 
 consult the public cause more than I do my private interest) and certain io an 
 
 that the grant would he repaid tenfold. If I judge rightly, Sir, of roar feel- 
 ings and the strength of your attachment to Protestant principles, I am sura 
 you would rejoice in the opportunity of thus materially suppoiting them. As 
 •tated above, the expences of my late work leaves me at present the reverse of 
 rich—the loan, therefore, of twenty pounds until the work is disposed of (about 
 •ix or eiyhl months^ would greatly oblige. You justly appreciate the great 
 value and importance of useful published works at the present day, and I am 
 ■ure, I repeat, you would have pleasure in aiding iii their producticm. 
 
 *' I am acquainted with persons in several of the Irish counties mentioned in 
 your letter who would, perhaps, take the trouble of making inquiry into the 
 outrages, &c., but as I have never entrusted such investigations to any, I 
 regret much tl»at I cannot recommend persons for the purpose. I'erceiviug the 
 apathy, or occasional zeal, of many, I have been at g'eat pers'.nal labour in 
 procuring any intelligence I might require. Residing in a different ct»uniry, 
 correspondence must be your means, and it is very laudable that you thus exert 
 yourself. Induced by the encouraging terms of your letter, as well as know- 
 ledge of your public career, I have written thus fully, and shall feel most happy 
 iu receiving an early communication. 
 
 " I have the honor to be, sir, 
 
 ** Your most obedient humble servant, 
 
 " John Rvan.* 
 
 The following was the reply of Mr. Colqithoim : — 
 
 «* Killermont, October 26, 1838. 
 
 " Sir, — It would be unjust to you to lead you to expect what 1 fear it would 
 be impos.ible to realize. The rount»'nance to which i ailuded was the disposi- 
 tion on the part of the Conservaiives to purchase your works. They may bo 
 promoted in various ways and I shall rejoice to be instrumental in recommending 
 them and procuring lor them a quicker and wider circulation. Beyond this, it 
 is out of my power to perform, and it was not in my contemplation to promise. 
 I regret that I am unable to accede to your request of a loan of money, as I 
 have for years been compelleil Irom the n miber of applicutions to lay down an 
 absolute rule on that subject, to which, even in your case, I must not m<tke an 
 exception. 
 
 ** As far as my humble influence can avail to make your works known and 
 to induce provincial und other papers to notice them, \ou may rely on my aid, 
 and if those in favttur of Protestant principles are ever placed in power, I doubt 
 not that they will be ready to shew iheir iense of the very valuable services yua 
 are now rendering. 
 
 "I am, fir, 
 
 *' Your obedient servant, 
 
 " J. C. COLQUHOrN.* 
 
 The following is a list uf the subscribers to the projected History 
 of Ireland, (two volumes, octavo,) tneiitioiied in my letter to Mr. 
 Col(]u)i()iiM. Ediioriul occupation and other matters (some ol which 
 are stattd in these pages], have interfered with the completiou oi thu 
 work : — 
 
 Right Hen. Earl of Enniskillen. 
 
 Right Hon. Earl ol Mayo. 
 
 Right Hon. Earl of Courtown. 
 
 ]{ight Hon. Lord Viscount Powerscourt 
 
 Right Hon. Lord Downes. 
 
 Hon. and Yen. Archdeacon Stopford, Clonmore, County Carlow. 
 
 Hon. H. R. Pakenham, Major General. 
 
 Colonel E. ConoUy, M.P. County Donegal. 
 
 James H. Hamilton, Esq. M.P. County Dublin. 
 
 Thomas Kavanagh, Esq. M.P. County Carlow. 
 
120 
 
 John Claudius Beresford, Esq.* Coleraine. 
 
 Robert Bourke, Esq. Hayes, Niivan. 
 
 Kev. Thos. Prior, D.D. Vice-Provost, Trinity Colltgf, Dobliu. 
 
 Admiral Oliver, Fitz'viHiam-squure, Dublin — two copies. 
 
 Veil. Arcbdeacon T. P. Magee, Buckiughaiu street, Dublin. 
 
 Fev. H. Kiijgsmill, F.T.C. Dublin. 
 
 Rev. MortiiDer O'Sullivan, D.D. Killyman, Moy. 
 
 B. Bereslord, Esq. Coleraine. 
 
 Veu. Marcus G. BereslVad, D.D., Archdeacon of Ardagh. 
 
 R. Clavion Browne, Esq. J. P. Biowne's Hill, County Carlotr. 
 
 Edward Litt«>n, Esq. Al.C. North George's-street, Dubliu. 
 
 Isaac Butt, Esq Q.C. Lepson-glreet, do. 
 
 Chichester Bolton, Esq. Barrister, Upper Merrion street, Dublio* 
 
 Rev. Thomas AJ'Neece, F.T C. Dublin. 
 
 Rev. RcberiJ. iM'Ghee, 8, Charieuionl-street, Dublin. 
 
 Rev. John Bourke, Vicar of Kilnieaden, County VVaterford. 
 
 Rev. Jh-'raas Hrooke, Rector of Urg.in, Carlotr. 
 
 Veu. Archdeacon Irwin, Sandlord, Dubliu. 
 
 Rev. John Leslie, Summer hill, do. 
 
 Rev. John Prior, North George's- street, Dublin. 
 
 Rev. James Horner, D.D. Dorset-street, do. 
 
 Rev. W. B. Kirkpairick, Capel- street, do. 
 
 William Krtihborne, Esq. J P. Scripplestown, County T^uhlin. 
 
 Edmund Hayes, Esq. Barrister, Gnrdiuer's-place, Dublin. 
 
 John Toleken, Esq. F.T.C. Dublin. 
 
 Andrew S. Han, Esq. F.T.C. Dublin. 
 
 Rev. W. H. Drumoiond, D.D. Loner Gardiner-street, Dublin. 
 
 Howard Cooke, Esq M.D. Blessingtju. street, Dubliu. 
 
 W. Shaw Masiin, Esq. Camden->8ireet, do. 
 
 Edward J. Smith, Esq. Rutland square, do. 
 
 James Prior, Es^. F.S.A. Woolwich. 
 
 Andrew Spotliswoode, Esq Bed lord square, London. 
 
 John Bri.Jges, Esij. Red Li m-square, do. 
 
 S. L. Giffdrd, Esq, Myddelton-square, do. 
 
 William P. Pike, Esq.* Attorney, Gardiner-street, Dublin. 
 
 Isaac Hutchinson, Esq. Haddington Road, Dublin. 
 
 W.J. Digbv, Esq. T.C Dublin. 
 
 Henry Ryan, Esq. Attorney, N. George's-street, Dublin. 
 
 WMUiara Swan, Esq. N. Frederick street, do. 
 
 Richard Brooke, Esq. Hardwicke- street, do» 
 
 Robert W. Law, Esq. Glasnevin, do. 
 
 Captain William Graham, Oakley Park, Kells. 
 
 Harman Fitzmaurice, Esq. Ardintagle, Queen's County. 
 
 David Kyan, E^q.f Castlecoiper. 
 
 Richaid VV. Nash, Esq. Upper Mount street, Dublin. 
 
 Oliver Nugent, Esq. Bob's Grove, County Cavan. 
 
 Minchin Lucas, Esq. Camden- street, Dublin. 
 
 George F. Galaher, Esq. T.C. Dublin. 
 
 John Ryder, Esq. Ballinahinch, County Wicklow. 
 
 Samuel Fenton, Esq. Attorney, Gloucester street, Dablin* 
 
 Thomas Disney, Esq. Wesiland-row, Dublin. 
 
 Lambert Disney, Esq. do. do. 
 
 John Beers, Esq. County Donegal. 
 
 William Beers, Esq. Newcastle, County Down. 
 
 James Shepard Ryan, Esq-l—two copies. 
 
 Thomas Drought, Esq. Balliver, Banagher. 
 
 John Stephenson, Esq. Meath-street, Dublin. 
 
 * Late Alderman of Dublin, 
 -f Cousin of the'author. 
 
 X Brother of the aatbor. 
 
 I*' 
 
 kit. 
 
 121 
 
 In October, 1838, 1 received the following letter from S. L. Giffard, 
 Esq., LL.D., Editor of the Standard, to whom, as alieady briefly 
 noticed, I brought a letter of introduction from Dublin : — 
 
 *• Myddelton-square, Friday, (26th Oct.) 
 ** Sir, — I beg respectfully to inform you that the copy of your work* left here 
 a few days ago U ihejirst that I have seen, and that I realli/ and without pre- 
 tence, have not had lime to peruse it. 
 
 " It is the misfuriune of those who have much to do, with little ability to do 
 it, to snem negligent and uncourleous ; and I can, therefore, scarcely hope that 
 this apology lor declining a decisive answer to your note will be salistactorv, 
 but I am quite willing to leturn or p-iy for the copy, and in either case, I will 
 take the earliest opportunity to read the work, and as far as I can forward its 
 interest, if my sense of its merit (of which, from your former wurk, I can have 
 little doubt), will justify me in doing so. 
 
 " I have the honor to be, sir, 
 
 " Your obedient humble servant, 
 
 "Stanley Lees GifFard." 
 
 •* John Ryan, Esq." 
 
 FROM JAMES S. RYAN, ESQ. 
 
 "Birmingham, 1st Derember, 1838. 
 
 "Dear John, — I am booked for Rio de Janeiro and will have 
 
 to sail on or before 1st prox., and to be absent for twelve months. That un- 
 pleasant dose must be repeated twice during the term above named. At any 
 time on your way to or from London, as this is as.)rt of stepping-stone between 
 Liverpool and London, I should be happy to see yon. Hang np vour hat with 
 US for a rest. We have two children, James Beaumont and Eliza Jane. Mrs. 
 R., I daily expect, will be confined. I wish much Anne was here to remain 
 with Jane until F return, or at leatst part of the time. I shall ask her l)y this 
 post if she will venture The Government, if it is to be a Pro- 
 testant one, should reward such stanch advocates as you have proved. I 
 should certainly like to be furnished with a copy of your work. I paid you for 
 two copies when last in Dublin. William is still in Sext Orleans aird succeeds 
 fully 1 believe to his expectations. Mrs. R. desires her kind regards. 
 " Believe me, dear John, your afifeciionate brother, 
 
 "J. S. Rriir." 
 
 ** John Ryan, Esq.* 
 
 I have received nutnerons letters from highly respectahle indivi- 
 duals, expressing thanks, and strong commendation of my work on 
 Ireland, but shall now lay before the reader the opinions of Editors 
 of Reviews, Maj:juziiies, and Public Journals, on my Dischsvre of 
 the Prinvip/es, Designs, and Machinations of the Popish Revolu- 
 tionary Faction of Ireland : — 
 
 •* This work should be obtained by every Protestant." — Church of England 
 Quarterly Review, Oct. 1838. 
 
 " 1 his is a valuable work, containing much and important documentary evi- 
 dence. It ought to be in general use. If the industrious and able author con. 
 tinue his ddlectanea, we would recommend^" &c. — Blackwoo(Vs Edinburgh 
 Mug nine, March, 1839. 
 
 ** Valuable as containing a recital of various outrages,, which, daring 1837 
 and 1838, characterised Lord Nurmanby's admini8tration.*'-~jDttMin University 
 Magazine, May, 1839. 
 
 " The picture is as just as it is appalling; and no one can deny the facta 
 
 ktXlmJbJtmt^ 
 
 * A Disclosure of the Principles, Designs and Machinations of the PopiiS}* 
 Retolntionary Faction of Ireland. 
 
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 123 
 
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 which, trumpet- tongued, speak for themselves. Mr. Rjan has shewn th# 
 absolute control exercised by the crafty priesthood over their ignorant dupes- 
 mure ignorant he makes them out to be ihan we have reason to suppose them; 
 he also gives lengthened specimens of the irritating, inflammatory productions 
 by wliiuh iheir passions arl kept in a state of perpetual excitement, prepared 
 forany workof violence against their Protestant neighbours. We ajtpeal to 
 Mr. Kyan's book for awful proof of what mipgo\ernment is doing in Ireland, 
 bv its wicktd connivance at Popery." — Christian Ladi/'s Magazine, February, 
 
 1840. 
 
 ** All persons «ho wish to become thoroughly acquainted with the true state 
 of Ireland, and the real condiiioii of society in that rouniry, will do well to 
 consult the pages of Mr. Ry^m's work. Thev contain a ma>s of curious and 
 interestiiiit fads, and valu.ible slaii-ticHl iuformalijin relative to that unhappy 
 and niisgoverurd country, whicli must h«ve co^t ihe author no small labour uud 
 research to hiing log.'ih*^-." — 'Ihe Churchman, Dec. 183;*. 
 
 "The vtdunie will wt-ll reward the ptrusal. It will iiave the effect of arous. 
 ing the upatljeiic, and of keeping the active on the alert Mr. llyan deserves 
 the ihankH of all lover* of consliiuiioual liberty and all friends of order." — The 
 Ti'iu's, July 31, I8;j8. 
 
 *' Jiet us reromiuend to the perusal of our readers a most curious and astound- 
 ing work. Such a combiniititui ol p<iwerful arguments, supported and illustrated 
 by a mass ofincoutrovfrtible evidence, we have never seen. His work is of 
 the highest imp«»rtance. * — John Bull, July 22, iSiS. 
 
 "Thin work is judiciously and lurcihly written, and the matter is of the most 
 in.poriant interest 'ihe reasoning powers of Mr. Ryan are very considerable, 
 and, exercised as they are, upon d(Hunients of indi«puted authority, thv' vtdume 
 before us presents a mass of ini'ormation and correct deduction at once instruc- 
 tive and alarming. Every Protestant in the empire should be made acquainted 
 with the appalling facts disclosed by Mr. Ryan, ere the conspiracy of the 
 Papists, winked at hx Ministers, achieve its end — the destruction of Protestant- 
 ism in Ireland."— .4^^^ July 22, 1838. 
 
 " We have here a cU»sely printed volume of most important matter. Mr, 
 Ryan has proved, beyond tbe possibility of denial, that the great object of the 
 Popish lievuliilioiianf Faction is to overthrow the Church and Government of 
 the country, beginning with Ireland, which they are half mad to rescue from 
 Ibe dominion or the Sassenaghs «ir English. We strongly recommend Mr. Ryan's 
 li'ost important work !•> general perusal, «iih the certainty of it» being produc- 
 tive of great good.' — Metropoiitan Conservative Jonrnatf August II, 1838. 
 
 •' The object of this boi.k is t«i prove the existence of a vast secret society^ 
 tinder Ihe direction of certain leaders of the Romish priesthood, and their lay 
 agitators, for the purpose of ru .ting the Protestant religion out of that unquiet 
 an<l benighted country, and with it the influence and salutary control of Eng. 
 land. The writer gives a clear and able narrative of the proceedings of the 
 Kom;in Catholics, with their gradual growth of power, consequent upon mis> 
 calculated concessitins. No one can read this work ami remain sceptical as to 
 the terrible danger which it is the object of its author to expose ; and we recum- 
 lueiid it to general perusal." — Argus, June 23, 1839. 
 
 " Let nineteen parts of this (evidence in the work) be rejected as doubtful, 
 and only one- twentieth be admitted, and the effect of that one twentieth is ap- 
 palling, and points, as if with light of a sunbeam, to the real source of Ireland • 
 crimes and miseries." — Watchman, August, 1838. 
 
 ** This is a gathering together of ail the facts illustrative of the history of 
 the Popish struggle for supremacy during the last twenty or thirty years. It 
 is a useful text-book; and the author undoubtedly proves that which he under* 
 takiis to prove." — Britannia, 1839. 
 
 ** As the author of several publications in snpport of Conservative principles, 
 
 Mr, Ryan has acquired the distinction of an industrious and zealous partizau ; 
 
 and wo have no doubt he has done good service to the cause."— ^aua/ and 
 
 Military Gazette, August 25, 1838. 
 
 ** The Protestaau of England are greatly beholdea to Mr. Ryan for hit vari- 
 
 ous and searching exposures of Popery. The present work is, however, by 
 far the most important of his publications, and ought to 1ml in the hands of 
 every Protestant who desires to know what Popery in IrelfSd really is. Mr. 
 Ryan seems to bo an uncompromising writer, and to keep a sharp look out on 
 the delinquencies of Mr. O'Connell and his devotees. He declares, and sup- 
 ports his opinion by abundant proof, that Ribbonism in Ireland is greatly in- 
 creased." — United Service Gazette, October 26, 1839. 
 
 " This work evidences much industry, perseverance, and ability on the part 
 of the author, and contains much valuable and authentic information regarding 
 the outrages that marked Lord Normanby's administration during 1837 and 
 1838. Mr. Ryan deals not in loose and unfounded assertions ; on the con- 
 trary, he supports every statement he advances with the clearest and most un- 
 disputable evidence. At this particular time, when the state of Ireland with 
 respect to crime during the Normanby regime, occupies so large a share of 
 public attention, Mr. Ryan's work will be found valuable as a reference, and 
 should, therefore, be in the hands of every person anxious to be acquainted 
 with the social, religious, and political condition of Ireland." — Old Eng- 
 land, ^839. 
 
 ** We have no hesitation in strongly recommending the work." — BelVi 
 Weekly Messenger, September 16, 1838. 
 
 " Could we say more on behalf of Mr. Ryan, and the good cause for which 
 he so well contends, we would ; but as it is, we dismiss his book with the 
 wish that it may be perused by every Protestant in the empire." — Tor^h, 
 August 11, 1838. 
 
 "We beg to call the attention of our readers to a very important pamphlet 
 on the conduct of the Popish faction in Ireland, from the pen of Mr. Ryan, 
 to whom every Protestant is deeply indebted for a masterly exposition of the 
 true evils that at present harass and will ultimately destroy that unhappy 
 country. Mr. Ryan is evidently well informed on the subject, and has accu- 
 mulated a mass which he brings forward in a manner calculated to effect much 
 good ; it is therefore with some earnestness we recommend his work to a more 
 general perusal. No one can handle the subject more to the purpose than the pre- 
 sent author, and we should imagine that the late inquiry in the House of liords 
 would aflord ample materials for a supplementary volume. Lord Normanby 
 may claim a full share of Mr. Ryan's attention, and to that gentleman we 
 willingly commit his Lordship and his frolics, convinced that he will do justice 
 to the subject."— Oxford Herald, September 28, 1839. 
 
 " It is impossible more accurately to describe the merits and research dis- 
 played in this volume, than in the words and character which have been applied 
 to a former work of Mr. Ryan : * It is well written, full of information, &c." 
 — Bristol Journal, August 4, 1838. 
 
 " This work of Mr. Ryan is one of the most important that have recently 
 issued from the press on the subject of the social, moral, and political, as well 
 as the religious condition of the Irish population. In retardation of this work- 
 ofruin, of entire desolation to the Protestant faith, Mr. Ryan's work steps in 
 most opportunely. In the teeth of such facts the Whigs dare not, if duly op- 
 posed, pursue their schemes of philosophic ruin. We are influenced by no 
 feelings of undue partiality in thus confessing our sentiments in favour of Mr. 
 Ryau's expository undertaking. We have diligently and calmly traversed its 
 pages ; it bespeaks the man of genius and the scholar, and contains the full 
 evidence of mental candour and integrity." — Worcester Journal, August, 1838. 
 
 " The author of this valuable work is entitled to the thanks of every Protes- 
 tant in England and Ireland, for the clear and satisfactory manner in which 
 he has exposed the designs and practices of the Popish secret societies in Ire- 
 land ; and, after such evidence against the bloody-minded and traitorous con- 
 spirators who form the Ribbon societies and the O'Connell party, it is matter 
 of astonishment how any Protestant, particularly if he be a Conservative, could 
 have brought his mind to intrust the Irish Romanists with any further increase 
 of political power. We strongly recommend Mr. Ryan's excellent work to 
 the public in general. The recent conviction of Ribbouites is sufficient proof 
 
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 •f th« correctueis of his •tatcments."— F^'oo/mer'a Exeter Oazetle, Aucutt 
 8, 1840. 
 
 " It contains a ift'ge body of evidence, illustrative of the proceedings of th© 
 Popish party--evidence,which Englishmen would do well to consult, in order that 
 they may be aware of the designs of the intolerant priesthood of the Romish 
 church. An able sketch of Irish history is given in the former portion of the 
 volume. A perusal of Mr. Ryan's work will prove not only that the principles of 
 the Church of Home are unchanged, but that the practices of the Popish faction 
 equal in horror and atrocity any of those dark deeds which were perpetrated 
 in Ireland after King William's accession." — Somersetshire Constitutional and 
 Bath Posty July 13, 1839. 
 
 " It supplies what is often a desideratum to writers on Ireland, namely, an 
 immense collection of facts. The author's own views are very sound, arid we 
 can safely recommend his book."— Z>u6/i« Statesman and Christian Record, 
 December 31, 1838. 
 
 ** This is a publication most valuable to every person wishing to make him- 
 self conversant with the present unhappy state of Ireland, and the real sources 
 of the demoralization of its peasantry of the Popish faith. The work is such 
 as we could expect fj-om the well-known and acknowledged talent and expe- 
 rience of Mr. Ryan."— Dt/Win Warder, March 23, 1839. 
 
 ** Mr. Ryan, we need scarcely inform the majority of our readers, had pre- 
 viously done the state some service, and acquired a high literary character, by 
 his excellent Life of William the Third, Inquiry into the Nature and Effects of 
 Popery, History and Antiquities of the County of Carlow, and various other 
 works; but in our opinion his last work reflects more credit on its Author than 
 any of his former ones, from the soundness of its arguments, the lucidness of 
 its arrangements, and the judicious selection of well authenticated facts, se- 
 lected with unwearied perseverance. We will only add that the Protestants 
 who can possess themselves of Mr. Ryan's Disclosure and neglect to do so, 
 have only themselves to blame if they remain ignorant of the manifold dan- 
 gers which encompass them, and the wicked machinations of their lurking and 
 ever watchful enemies."— Z>M6/i/i Pro/e5/an/ Guardian, December^, 1838. 
 
 " The indefatigable writer whose name appears in the title-page of this work 
 has conferred a signal benefit upon his country by the Disclosure he has made. 
 The style of the writing which connects the important documents is eloquent 
 and forcible. He has not omitted a single circumstance of moment in the 
 late history of Irish politics." — Londonderry Standard, January 23, 1839. 
 
 " This is an exceedingly useful political brochure. The writer expresses his 
 sentiments in a plain, bold, and vigorous manner; and if the startling facts 
 which he brings before the public have not the effect of checking the Govern- 
 ment in its career of fatal liberality, it must be because our senators are deaf to 
 the voice of friendly remonstrance, and incapable of drawing instruction from 
 the most potent- of all teachers — experience." — Londonderry Sentinel, January 
 
 " This is a volume which contains more information on the present state of 
 Ireland than any publication we have ever met. Such a volume has been long 
 wanting; and to Mr. Ryan the public owe much for his extensive labour and 
 research in its compilation." — Limerick Standard, February I, 1839. 
 
 ** Mr. Ryan has probed the question, he has given the subject in all its hi- 
 deous details — and with the full knowledge of the disease induced by the mis- 
 rule of a degraded faction, he points to the means of its care and of the rege- 
 neration of the body politic. Mr. Ryan has nobly acquitted himself of his 
 task — he ha« brought a mass of evidence to bear upon the state of the country, 
 which must tend to convince even the most self deceived as to the actual posi- 
 tion in which we are placed. Again we repeat it, that the volume cannot be too 
 widely circulated amongst the Conservatives of Ireland in particular ; they are 
 the most vitally concerned."— Waterford Mail, June, 29, 1839. 
 
 " We have no hesitation in asserting that the author has clearly established the 
 •xiftence of a conspiracy that had for its object the destruction,' root and branch 
 
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 of Protestantism in Ireland : and when we couple the mass of evidence he layi 
 before his readers, the arguments deducible from premises founded on facts, 
 with the systematic arrangement of the whole— although it is to be regretted he 
 did not divide it into chapters — we say that no one should plead ignorance of the 
 existence of such a work, or neglect to furnish himself with a copy. When 
 we recommend it to the notice of every Conservative in the country, we feel 
 that we are discharging a public duty in wishing that it may circulate among 
 all classes of society, as a work of value and great importance at this momen«> 
 tons crisis." — Carlow Sentinel, March, 30, 1839. 
 
 Being always ibiid of 
 
 pedeslrianisni, I adopted 
 
 that mode of tra- 
 
 veiling on my return from London to Ireland. The following is vaj 
 
 itinerary on the occasion 
 
 • 
 • 
 
 
 
 November, 17, 
 
 1838. 
 
 To Barnet, 
 
 10 miles. 
 
 18, 
 
 
 „ St. Albans, .... 
 
 11 
 
 19, 
 
 
 ,, Redbourue, .... 
 
 6 
 
 20, 
 
 
 „ Little Brickhill, 
 
 J8 
 
 21, 
 
 
 „ Towcester, .... 
 
 15 
 
 22, 
 
 
 „ Duncburch, .... 
 
 24 
 
 23, 
 
 
 ' „ Coventry, .... 
 
 9 
 
 34, 
 
 
 „ Birmingham, . . 
 
 15 
 
 25, 
 
 
 „ Wolverhampton, 
 
 13 
 
 26. 
 
 ^ 
 
 „ Shiffnall, .... 
 
 m 
 
 «7, 
 
 
 „ Shrewsbury, .... 
 
 18 
 
 28, 
 
 
 „ Nescliff, .... 
 
 9 
 
 29, 
 
 
 „ Llangollen, .... 
 
 21 
 
 Dec. 1, 
 
 
 „ Ceiiiioge, .... 
 
 24 
 
 2, 
 
 
 „ Capel Curig, . ... 
 
 14 
 
 3, 
 
 
 „ Beaumaris, . . . . 
 
 16 
 
 4, 
 
 
 „ Holyhead, ..•• 
 
 25 
 
 260 miles. 
 
 Immediately on my arrival in Dublin, I sent copies of my Dit- 
 
 clcsure on Ireland to several persons of influence and to the public 
 
 journals. The following letter (of 16th March, 1839), refers to 
 
 « critique written on the work by Mr. Ellis, then proprietor of the 
 
 Dublin Warder newspaper : — 
 
 ** 59 Fleet-street, Saturday. 
 " My Dear Sir, — I am really quite ashamed that the notice of yonr work 
 cloes not appear in this day's paper. I do assure you I gave it up to the print- 
 ing office before I left last night, and I expected to have seen it when the 
 Warder was sent to my residence this day, for I was prevented being at the 
 office till evening. However, you may depend on its being insertednext week — 
 for I will certainly ' make assurance doubly sure' regarding its appearance 
 then. 
 
 « Yours faithfully, 
 
 «R. R. Ellis." 
 ** John Ryan, Esq." 
 
 VBOM HENRY MALCOMSON, ESQ., PROPRIETOR OF THE CARLOW SENTIKEI- 
 
 "Carlow, March 20th, 1839. 
 *' Dear Sir, — We received your parcel and in the notice to correspondents in 
 last Saturday's Sentinel you might have seen a line or two, stating we were 
 unable to notice your work on that day. If possible, the review shall appear 
 in our next, or at the furthest on that day week. You must make us some al- 
 lowance, for our assizes are just now being held here. I shall send you th« 
 paper, as you require, containing the notice. 
 
 " I remain, Dear Sir, yours most sincerely, 
 
 "Hbkrt Malcomson." 
 "John Ryan, Esq." 
 
 ■Mrti 
 
126 
 
 127 
 
 m 
 
 I have already briefly alluded to my connection with the public 
 press in Dublin in the early part of 1839. The journal was the 
 Protestant Guardian. It had been established while I was in Eng- 
 land, and on my return, Mr. Isaac Butt,* mentioned the circum- 
 stance to me and offered me the situation o( Editor— at that time held 
 by the late Mr. John Dallas Edge, Barrister.f The letter to me of 
 Mr. John Swanzy, one of the proprietors, proposing terms, is dated 
 7th January, 1839. From whatever cause the journal had not flou- 
 rished, the circulation not having exceeded five hundred copies weekly. 
 It was a weekly paper. Although, after nine months trial previously, by 
 others, I could not expect to establish the journal, I undertook the ofl5ce 
 of Editor. The papers written by me were much approved of, one of 
 them on the state of Ireland and murder of Lord Norbury being in- 
 serted among the leading articles of the London Standard, (January 
 21, 1839), and styled "an admirable article" by the Editor of that 
 paper. This was highly satisfactory to me personally ; but scarcely 
 any amount of literary merit could extend the circulation of a journal 
 which had made so little progress in the first nine months— during 
 which time I merely heard of its existence. The Warder had been 
 for many years in the field, and maintaining its ground, it was deemed 
 advisable to fonn a junction of the two journals. During my connec- 
 tion with the Protestant Guardian, I received among other commu- 
 nications, the following note from William Swan, Esq.: J 
 
 «25lh January, 1839. 
 " Dear Ryau,— I have just received a letter from Limerick desiring me to in- 
 form your paper, that some slips will go by that day's mail (24th), more by 
 parcel by to-morrow's day iroach, and should all not be ready, a paper will be 
 forwarded by to-morrow's mail as a parcel which can be had by sending to thtt 
 coach- office at six o'clock on Saturday morning. 
 
 "Yours truly, 
 « John Ryan, Esq." w. Swan." 
 
 This communication referred to a public meeting of the Limerick 
 branch of the Orange Society. Mr. Swan, as already stated, was Deputy 
 Grand Secretary to the Society. The report of the Limerick meeting 
 appeared in the Dublin Protestant Guardian of 26th January, 1839. 
 
 About this time, I was favoured with a communication from the 
 Rev. Robert J. M*Ghee;|| (celebrated as a writer and public speaker 
 against Popery), highly appreciating my works :— 
 
 ^^ " March 2oth, 1839. 
 
 * Dear Mr. Ryan,— As you ask me to express my opinion of your literary 
 labours, I do so with pleasure. Your work on the statistical history of the 
 county Carlow is remarkably full and indicates a research and supplies a variety 
 of rare and valuable documentary information seldom to be met with in a work 
 of the kind, and as far as I know from a tolerably long acquaintance with the 
 county it is very accurate. 
 
 " Your work on Ireland and the state of Popery, I think extremely valuable 
 
 * Barrister and Alderman, who has subscribed for my works, 
 f He wrote the critique on my works quoted in the preceding pages from 
 the Protestant Guardian. ore* 
 
 I Of North Freilerick-street, Dublin. 
 y Mmisler of Harold's Crow church, Dublin. 
 
 and I keep it as furnishing me with very useful documents on that subjeet and 
 conveying very important information. 
 
 " I regret that I have not yet had time to read your Life of King William III., 
 but I have no doubt from your other works that it is a valuable addition to the 
 history of the eventful life and times of that monarch. Wishing you sincerely 
 success in all your exertions and trusting that you will be enabled in them all 
 to look to that God who alone can give any of our labours a prosperous progres* 
 and issue ; and commending you above all things to look to that blessed Re- 
 deemer who must wash us, and all we are and can do, in his precious blood 
 that we may be saved, 
 
 " Believe me, 
 
 " Yours very truly, 
 
 "John Ryan, Esq." " R. J. M'Ghee." 
 
 TO MISS EDGEWORTH, EDGEWORTHSTOWN. 
 
 *' Madam, — I have the honor to forward for your acceptance copies of two 
 works of which I am the author. I am induced to this step by the sincere ad- 
 miration which I entertain for your writings and respect for yourself. I rejoice 
 that this distracted country has produced a resident lady who amidst the din of 
 political warfare and surrounding barbarism has been enabled to devote her 
 talents to the amelioration of her country and the general benefit of mankind. 
 Such, Madam, must be the fruits of your excellent works, and thus are you en- 
 titled to a distinguished position among the highest benefactors of the human 
 race. I, therefore, merely perform an act of justice in the present tribute to 
 virtues so exalted and so rarely found among the residents of this unhappy 
 country. 
 
 " I greatly regret to learn that the district in which you reside has lost its 
 former character, of, atjleast, comparative tranquillity. The deplorable change 
 is mainly produced by the pernicious notions instilled into the minds of the 
 people. On this subject, I beg leave to refer to my recent work on Ireland, 
 which has been most favourably noticed by the critics, among the rest, 2 he 
 Church of England Quarterly Eeview, Blackwood^ s Magazine^ (for the present 
 month), The Times, &c. — It is melancholy to reflect, that the peaceable and well- 
 disposed, th« valuable portion of society, should thus be deprived of the blessing 
 of tranquillity by a semi- barbarous populace, instigated by lay and clerical 
 demagogues who are far more culpable than the ignorant creatures whom they 
 mislead. Ultimately, however, all this will be corrected. 
 
 " It would afl'ord me great pleasure, Madam, to learn your opinion of the 
 accompanying works. In both I have had occasion to quote from your excel- 
 lent publications. \_Vide Hist. Carlow, p. 359— Ireland, p. 103.] I believe I 
 am correct in thinking that the Conservative principles of my works are not 
 opposed to those entertained by your family. At present there are really but 
 two parties, the Conservative and the Destructive. 
 
 " Sincerely wishing you all health and happiness, 
 " I am. Madam, 
 
 ** Your obedient, humble servan t, 
 
 « Dublin, 30th March, 1839.'* « John Ryan." 
 
 I had the pleasure to receive the following reply from Miss Edge- 
 worth : — 
 
 " Edgeworthstown, 
 April 15, 1839. 
 
 •* Sir, — I have been confined to my bed these three weeks past, otherwise you 
 should have sooner received my thanks for your polite letter, and for your 
 present of books which safely reached me. 
 
 « I am much gratified by the praise you give me of having in my writings 
 kept in view the amelioration of my countrymen and the softening of party- 
 spirit in Ireland, and 1 wish I could flatter myself that I had in any degree 
 succeeded. 
 
 " But, alas ! causes more potent than any I can touch operate against our 
 
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 hopes at present ; and ^e can only trust to Time, the ameliorator as vail M th« 
 comforter, and to the united efforts of all sensible and benevolent writers in 
 serving the cause of good education and good morality and the truly Christian 
 •pirit of charity. 
 
 " You justly observe that the demagogues who mislead the lo«rer orders of 
 the people of Ireland are infinitely more to be blamed than the poor ignorant 
 people themselves. The more they are really enlightened as to the true state 
 of things in this country the less will ii be in ihe power of designing and bad 
 people to mislead them, and all works containing exact local information as 
 well as general information must be peculiarly useful in Ireland at present. 
 In this point of view you must feel great satisfaction in your History of County 
 of Carlow. I congratulate you upon having been most favourably noticed by 
 the Church of England Quarterly Review^ Blackwood's Magazine, and the 
 Timesy &c. 
 
 " As to politics, I never meddle with them ; and as a woman fortunately am 
 not obliged to be, and am not of any party. Wishing you, Sir, most sincerely 
 continued success, and approbation in all your endeavours to promote good, 
 will and peace in this country and the maintenance of good order, morality and 
 religion and religious charity, 
 
 " I am your obliged, 
 
 " John Ryan, Esq." " Maria Edgeworth." 
 
 While 1 was coniiected with the Dublin Protestant Guardian as 
 Editor, I had a proposal from Bristol of a literary ualure. It wasia 
 the lollowing teruis : — 
 
 « BristqJ, December 29, 1838. 
 
 "Dear Sir. — My brother and myself being the proprietors of the proposed 
 paper, (the Bristol Standard)^ I have had an idea of procuring from some well- 
 informed gentleman in Dublin a weekly letter, condensing the Irish news and 
 enlivened with such original remarks as may occur to the writer, and the chit-chat 
 of the day. If it would fall within your views, I know no one who could 
 manage the matter belter than yourself. But as it would be impossible for a 
 provincial middleof- the- week paper to go to any great expense, I should like 
 to ascertain what would be the terms, with a sample of the information you 
 would be enabled to send, should you think it worthy your attention. 
 
 " I am, sir, 
 
 ** Your obedient servant, 
 
 " H. Hill." 
 
 The following is on the same subject :— 
 
 "Bristol, March 8, 1839. 
 
 " Dear Sir,— We have been thinking that your pen might be of more service 
 to the paper here than it has been in Dublin. If you think that a payment of 
 
 per week for writing articles on topics of general interest and replying 
 
 to such articles as the Radical papers may put forth, would be an inducement, 
 we should be willing to remunerate you after that rate. And although we could 
 not bind ourselves to any period, you may be sure that we hope it would be 
 anything but a short one. If you do not accept our terms, please let us knovr 
 by return of post, as we can then make the necessary arrangements with a 
 gentleman in London, in time for the number of our paper which will appear 
 on the 2Uth instant. 
 
 " We are, sir, 
 
 " Your obedient servants, 
 
 « H. & A. Hill." 
 
 I agreed to the terms proposed ; feeling happy that, in a locality so 
 important as Bristol, I should have an opportunity of advocating those 
 constitutional principles to which I have been always attached. On 
 
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 the 2nd April, I left Kingstown for Holyhead — preferring this short 
 passage to avoid sea-sickness, from which I am invariably a great 
 sufferer. From Holyhead I became a pedestrian, and had the plea- 
 sure of seeing much of the beauties of both North and South Wales. 
 
 The following was my route : — 
 
 April 3. To Moua, 13 miles. 
 
 4. „ Capel Curig, ... 26 „ 
 
 5. „ Cernioge, 14 „ 
 
 6. „ Llangollen, .... 24 „ 
 
 7. „ Oswestry 12 „ 
 
 8. „ NesclifiTe, 9 „ 
 
 9. „ Ludlow, 36 „ 
 
 10. „ Hereford, 10 „ 
 
 11. „ River Wye,.... 24 „ 
 13. „ Chepstow, .... 9 „ 
 18. „ Bristol 16 „ 
 
 206 miles. 
 
 I entered immediately on my editorial labours, and endeavoured 
 in other respects to forward the Protestant, Conservative cause, as will 
 be disclosed in the subsequent pages. In common with every other 
 work of a biographical nature, much of the present narrative must 
 consist of correspondence. Having presented one of my works, I 
 had the honor to receive the following letter : — 
 
 FROM HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM. 
 
 "Octobers, 1839. 
 
 ** The Duke of Buckingham and Chandos begs to acknowledge the receipt 
 of Mr. Ryan's book un the existing state of Ireland, and to express his thanks 
 for the same. 
 
 ".John Ryan, Esq." 
 
 The work referred to by the Duke was my Disclosure of the Prin- 
 cipleSf Designs, and Machinations of the Popish Revolutionary 
 Faction of Ireland. 1 presented copies to several other persons 
 whom I need not here particularize. 
 
 Desiring that persons near the Queen should be acquainted with the 
 true state of public affairs in Ireland, I forwarded copies of two of 
 my works to Miss Mary Anne Davys, (daughter of the Bishop of 
 Peterborough,)* at this time, it was publicly stated, acting as private 
 secretary to her Majesty, and since and at present holding the situa- 
 tion of ** Extra Woman of the Bedchamber," as appears by the Court 
 Guides for the present and past years.f 1 hop^ to advance the 
 Protestant, Conservative cause, and, of course, intended a personal 
 compliment to the lady mentioned. The following letter led to a 
 correspondence as hereafter detailed : — 
 
 TO MISS DAVYS, BUCKINGHAM PALACE, LONDON. 
 
 « Bristol, 19th October, 1839. 
 ** Madam,— I have the honor to forward for your acceptance copies of two 
 
 * Right Rev. George Davys, D.D., Lord Bishop of Peterborough, late Dean 
 of Chester and Preceptor t? the Queen. 
 
 f See Fettigrew and Onltoa's Dublin Almanac and General Register of 
 Ireland for 1845, p. 357. 
 
 x-J^ 
 
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 works of mine which hare been favourably noticed by the journals, and hare, 
 I am happy to know, been productive of much public benefit. I present them 
 as a small mark of my high estimation of your many virtues. The work on 
 Ireland will inform you of the real stale of that country ; and although as a 
 lady vou do not, of course, assume any prominent part in political affairs, you 
 will I am sure nevertheless willingly learn the existing position of an important 
 portion of the Queen's dominions. You will learn from the preface, the actua- 
 ting motive of the work, a sincere desire to perform the duty of a loyal and 
 devoted subject, to promote the true interests of the Crown, and the general 
 welfare and security of the United Kingdom. 
 
 " I have the honor to be, 
 
 " Madam, with great esteem and respect, 
 
 " Your most obedient humble servant, 
 
 "John Ryan." 
 
 Having long sincerely admired the wiitinjrs of the lady who pub- 
 lishes mfder the names Charlotte Elizabeth, (Mrs. Plielan, 
 since Mrs. Tonna), I forwarded to her a copy of my work on Ireland. 
 Independently of mv knowledge of the lady through her publications, 
 she had been acquainted with a gentleman connected with my family, 
 the Rev. Charles Seymour, Vicar of Kilronan, diocese of Ardagh. 
 My first cousin. Lieutenant Richard Ryan, of the Carlow Militia, 
 was married to Mr. Seymour's daughter. I may add, that a grand- 
 uncle of mine, William Astle, Esq., was Captain in the Regiment 
 just mentioned ; Constantine Brough, Esq., another connection, was 
 Captain and Paymaster of the Regiment. I thus alluded to Mr. 
 Seymour, in one of my earliest letters to Charlotte Ehzabeth :—" I 
 have been lately reading your memoir of my deceased relative, the 
 Rev. Charles Seymour, prefixed to his Sermons,* a copy of which 
 I got from his widow. Never having visited Connaught, and being 
 much occupied elsewhere, I never had the pleasure of the acquaintance 
 of Mr Seymour, but from what I have heard from my relatives ol 
 his very pleasing manners and general amiability, I believe you have 
 drawn a faithful portrait. It is to be regretted, that you were not 
 furnished with more details, as regarding a man like him, of no or- 
 dinary qualities, they would have been highly acceptable. I was 
 glad to read your interesting correspondence with the Irish teachers at 
 the conclusion of the work. Their gift was most suitable and highly 
 creditable both to the giver and the receiver. Your acquaintance with 
 Mr. Seymour will, I have no doubt, be considered by you some re- 
 commendation of his relatives and connections, and among the rest, 
 I trust, the individual who now addresses you." Under these circum- 
 stances, the following communication>as made to " Charlotte Ehza- 
 beth" :— 
 
 « Bristol, 4th January, 1840. 
 « Madam,— I have the pleasure to forward for your acceptance a copy of a 
 work on Ireland lately published by me. I have long been an admirer of your 
 writings and am happy in the opportunity thus afforded of markmg my high 
 appreciation of them. You will perceive that the work has been favourably re- 
 viewed by the highest Hterary authorities. Perhaps you could noUce it in the 
 
 ♦ Published by Kisbet, Beraers-street, London, 1835, 1 vol. 8vo. p. 334. 
 
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 V. J 
 
 131 
 
 Prntestant or Lady's Magazina, as thus you would probaWy increase the circu- 
 lation of a publication which was the first to prove the existence of the dangerous 
 PoDish conspiracy in Ireland. 
 
 « Sincerely wishing you many happy returns of the season, 
 
 " I am. Madam, 
 
 ** Your obedient servant, 
 
 " John Ryan." 
 
 With this request, the lady complied, and a friendly correspondence 
 ensued, which, from its length, I shall omit hi the present publica- 
 tion There is very favourable mention of the Rev. Charles Seymour, 
 '< the venerable and every way estimable pastor," in Charlotte Eliza- 
 beth's interesting Personal Recollections (p. 288) published in 1841. 
 I had the pleasure of receiving from this lady presents of two of her 
 works, with inscriptions. Her Letters trom Ireland, inscribed, 
 « To John Ryan, Esq., with sincerest respects from the Author-^ 
 May 1840." With her Derry, - To John Ryan, Esq., whose privt- 
 lege it is to have engrafted the true Derry principles on the old stock 
 of a rich J^ilesian descent; with the best respects of Charlotte 
 Elizabeth-May, 1840." I may as well mention here a few other 
 literary presents : — 
 
 From James Hogg, his Queen Hynde, m^cnhe^,'' To John Ryan, Esq., 
 ofDMm,7a small token of remembrance from the Author-James Hogg, M^nt 
 
 ^7r2Tlf^M^^l Esq., A S.kvev o. T.ll.koa., -scribed, "For 
 John Ryan, Esq., with kind regards from William Shaw Mason, Record Tower, 
 
 "m^'yof's. Harford, Esq., D.C.L., The Life of Thomas Bukgess, 
 D D Bishop of Salisbury, inscribed " From the Author. 
 "" From Mrs mckey, A CvcLOP^niA of Practical H^sbakdky, msmb^^^ 
 « From Martin Doyle's wife to her esteemed countryman, John Ryan, lisq. 
 The Rev^ William Hickey published the CyclopsBdia and other works under the 
 
 assumed n^me Martin Doyle. , , ^ ^ ,...,^^ a^^atvct Papat 
 
 From J. O. Bonsall, Esq, Ouseley's Old Christianity against Fapal 
 NOVELTIES, inscrih^d,- John Ryan, Esq., with J. O. Bonsall s respects^^ih 
 
 ^%TmC. W^'liams, Esq., Barrister, his Observations on the ff^jffre^l^ 
 
 T'rnm Rpv E Tiffho Gregorv, Rector of Kilmore, Meaih, his /rc/anrf m 1832. 
 
 IC fhe WB^hop o^^^^^^ Bristol, his Inaugural Lecture to 
 
 the Bristol Established Church Society. j r *h. Ti«;n» 
 
 From Isaac Butt, Esq., Q.C, his Speech on the Repeal of the Lnion. 
 
 F^om H Murphy, Esq., Attorney, Dublin, his D««.rto/«on on the Jnfalhlnhty 
 
 cf the Roman Catholic Church. ^ ., xr n^^^A ^rw^^irniion 
 
 From Mr. Henrv Perrin, Dublin, his Apology for the New Board ofEducattan. 
 From Mr. Browne, Walerford, his Letter to Rev. Dr. Elrington. 
 From Mr! John Ollivier, Lord Lifford's Ireland and the Irish Church, and 
 
 Hawkins' Sketches of Country Life. 
 
 TO right HON. SIR CHARLES WETHERELL, RECORDER OF BRISTOL. 
 
 ♦' Bristol, 10th February, 1840. 
 
 « Sir,-I have the honor to forward two copies of my Life of King J^jj'^^ 
 III for which vou were so good as to subscribe. You will see your name in 
 fj^^^s respectable list of subscribers. Accompanying ^^^^ '-^^^^^^l^X^l 
 please accept a recent work on Ireland, which ^f^^J^'lZZZ^.Z^S It 
 most favourably noticed by the highest organs of the J^onservatne V^^J'^ 
 was the first publication which proved the e^is^^^^^^J *^^ ^.^teTerCe^^^ 
 in Ireland, disclosed the real stale of that country, and the gross misgovernment 
 
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 to which it has recently been subject. Interspersed through the work are oc- 
 casional notices of the general course of public affairs. It would be satisfactory, 
 sir, to learn the safe arrival of the parcel, and it would afford me the highest 
 gratification to find that the works had met your approval. 
 
 " I have the honor to be, 
 
 " Sir, with great respect, 
 
 " Your most obedient humble servant, 
 
 "John Ryan." 
 
 to right hon. sir robert peel, bart., m. p. , 
 
 « Bristol, 2nd March, 1840. 
 
 ** Sir — I have the honor to forward for your acceptance a copy of a work of 
 mine, entitled, ' The History and Antiquities of the County of Carlow.' The 
 work has met the approval of the gentry of that county and has been very fa- 
 vourably noticed by several of the public journals. Should it be deemed worthy 
 of your approbation, it will afford me great gratification. The number of works 
 of this description on Irish localities is, as no doubt, sir, you are aware, ex. 
 tremely few. Any attempt to add to the number, in a field so unpromising, 
 will be entitled to more than ordinary indulgence. 
 
 " I have the honor to be, 
 
 " Sir, with great respect, 
 
 *' Your most obedient humble servant, 
 "John Ryan." 
 
 In reply, I received the following letter of thanks from Sir Robert 
 Peel :— . 
 
 « Whitehall, March 5. 
 
 ** Sir Robert Peel presents his compliments to Mr. Ryan, and begs leave to 
 thank him for the publication which he has been good enough to send to Sir 
 Robert Peel." 
 
 « John Ryan, Esq.*' 
 
 FROM EDWARD DALTON, ESQ., SECRETARY TO THE PROTESTANT ASSOCIATION. 
 
 " 2, Exeter Hall, London, 
 
 March 13, 1840. 
 *' Sir, — I had the pleasure of receiving two copies of your work upon Ire- 
 land safely, and regret that I did not sooner acknowledge their receipt and 
 thank you for them. I trust the work has been useful, as it contains informa- 
 tion of great value and interest. 
 
 " I remain, sir, 
 
 " Your very obedient servant, 
 
 " Edward Dalton, Secretary." 
 
 session. Firm and temperate perseverance on the part of the Conservatives 
 u8t, erelong, effect a change of ministers, the necessity for which is more 
 
 m 
 
 to J. C. COLQIHOUN, ESQ., M. P. 
 
 »i 
 
 Bristol, llth March, 1840. 
 
 " Sir, — I beg leave to forward for your acceptance copies of three works of 
 mine, one of which, (that on ihe existing state of Ireland), has met your ap- 
 probation. Should the reception of the other two be equally favourable, it will 
 afford me much gratification. They are much liked by the Irish Conservatives, 
 and the History and Antiquities of ihe County of Carlow has been praised by 
 persons of all parties. The number of such works as the latter on Irish lo- 
 calities is extremely scanty, chiefly, no doubt, from the lack of adequate 
 encouragement. 
 
 " I have forwarded some copies of the Bristol Standard, in which I have had 
 occasion to allude to some of your public proceedings ; I hope, Sir, to your 
 satisfaction. You could materially serve the Conservative cause by some share 
 of attention to Scotch affairs, which are not so well understood by the people 
 of this country as they must be by an intelligent native. Still 1 trust. Sir, 
 you will not forget Ireland. I am glad to perceive that a course of active op- 
 position to the present incapable ministry, has been adopted in the present 
 
 felt each succeeding day. 
 
 " I have the honor to be, 
 
 " Sir, with great respect, 
 
 " Your obedient humble servant, 
 
 " John Ryan." 
 
 The following is Mr. Colquhoun's reply :■ 
 
 "Putney Heath, 
 
 " March 17. 
 
 « Sir— I have had the pleasure of receiving your obliging letter of the llth 
 March, and the Bristol standard. 
 
 *^ I beg to return you my best acknowledgments for the honor of your good 
 opinion, and to say that 1 shall accept with gratitude the works you are good 
 enough to intend fur me, and shall give them my best attention. 
 
 «' I have the honor to be, 
 
 " Your obedient humble servant, 
 
 " J. C. COLQUHOUN." 
 
 **John Ryan, Esq." 
 
 FROM MISS DAVYS, PALACE, PETERBOROUGH. 
 
 « Palace, Peterborough, March 18, 1840. 
 
 "Sir — I have only just recfcived a letter, dated 19th October, 1839, accom- 
 panying the books, which you did me the honour of presenting me with. I can 
 only account for the delay in the parcel's reaching me, by its having been sent 
 to Buckingham Palace, which I left some months ago, and there must have 
 been some neglect in forwarding it. This must be my excuse for the very late 
 acknowledgment which I now hasten to send. I feel very much obliged to 
 you for your kindness in presenting me with your works, from the perusal of 
 which I promise myself great pleasure. The work of which Ireland is the 
 subject, I shall read with particular interest. 
 
 " I have the honour to be, 
 
 " Sir, your truly obliged, 
 
 « M. A. Dayys." 
 
 « John Ryan, Esq.'* 
 
 The following communication will explain the delay alluded to in 
 the foregoing : — ,p 
 
 "59, Pall Mall, March 24, 1840. 
 
 *<Sir— I am sorry to find so many of your letters, all of which remain un- 
 answered, owing to my having been away from business, from illness and 
 other causes. Your parcel has been sent within these few days to the Bishop 
 of Peterborough for Miss Davys, who I have no doubt has received it by this 
 time. We could not discover his residence until lately.* 
 
 " With best wishes for your future success, 
 " I am, Sir, your's respectfully, 
 
 "J. Ollivier." 
 
 " John Ryan, Esq." 
 
 TO P. F. AIKEN, ESQ., BANKER, BRISTOL. 
 
 "Bristol, 1st June, 1840. 
 
 <« Sir — I beg leave to forward for your acceptance a copy of a work on the 
 existing state of Ireland, which has met the approval of the Conservative 
 organs, reviews, &c., as well as of several personages of rank and influence. 
 
 * The Bishop of Peterborough was not appointed till late in 1839. 
 
 
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 It will, Sir, afford me the highest gratification should the pubH«ation b« 
 esteemed of anj value by one so highly competent to form an opinion on its 
 merits. 
 
 " I have the honor to bp. Sir, 
 
 " Your obedient humble servant, 
 
 "John Ryan." 
 Mr. Aiken's reply : — 
 
 "Mr. Aiken presents his compliments to Mr. Ryan, and will be happy to 
 give the price of the volume which he has forwarded, to himself or any one 
 whom he may send for it. 
 
 « Banic, 3rd June, 1840." 
 
 As I had made a gift of the volume to Mr. Aiken, I did not, of 
 course, receive any payment for it, as kindly ofTered. At the same 
 lime, I forwarded a copy to J. S. Harford, Esq., Banker, of Bristol. 
 His reply will be found a page or two forward. 
 
 TO LORD VISCOUNT POWERSCOURT. 
 
 " Bristol, J3th June, 1840. 
 
 " My Lord— I beg leave to forward for your Lordship's acceptance, a copy 
 of a work of mine, on the existing state of Ireland. It was the first publica- 
 tion that proved the existence of the Popish Ribbon conspiracy, the misgovern, 
 ment of the country, and the real position in which it is placed. As such, it 
 has met the approval of several persons of rank, and of the leading Conserva- 
 tive reviews, journals, &c. It would afford me great gratification to learn that 
 it merited the favourable opinion of your Lordship, the more so, as such 
 works are sure to entail on their author the marked ill-will of the adverse 
 faction. • 
 
 " Your Lordship will greatly oblige, by having the accompanying volumes 
 delivered to Lord Roden. 
 
 " I have the honor to be, my Lord, 
 
 " Your Lordship's obedient humble servant, 
 
 "John Rtan." 
 Lord Powerscourt returned the following letter of thanks : — 
 
 "31, Dover-street, June 17, 1840. 
 "Sir — I have to acknowledge the receipt of a copy of your work upon Ire- 
 land, and to express my obligation for your Ri..ducss in sending it. I have not 
 as yet had an opportunity of reading it, but shall most certainly peruse it at 
 my leisure. 
 
 " I have the honor to be, 
 
 " Sir, with great respect, 
 
 "Your obedient servant, 
 
 „ , , ^ . ^ " PoWERSCOURT.''^ 
 
 « John Ryan, Esq.** 
 
 FROM THE RIGHT HON. EARL OF VTINCHELSEA. 
 
 " Wilton Crescent, June 19, 1840. 
 ** Sir— The numberless applications I daily receive to become a subscriber 
 to some new publication, must plead my excuse for not having recollected 
 having placed my name on your list of subscribers. I am obliged to you for 
 the copy of the Bristol Standard, and also for the copy of your work on Ire- 
 land in which you have so ably shewn the Designs and Machinations of Popery 
 carrying on in that misruled country. 
 
 *• I have the honor to be, Sir, 
 
 "Your obedient humble servant, 
 
 tL T ^^ r* ^ ,, *' WiNCHELSEA.'* 
 
 ** John Ryan, Esq." 
 
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 FROM J. S. HARFORD, ESQ., BANKER, BRISTOL.* ^ 
 
 « Blaise Castle, June 30, 1840. 
 « Sir — On my return from London, where 1 have been staying for many 
 weeks, I have found your obliging present of a copy of your work upon the 
 present state of things in Ireland. I am truly obliged for this mark of your 
 good will. The numerous testimonies to the value and interest of the publica- 
 tion annexed to the title-page, render anything of the kind from my pen super- 
 fluous, but I have already perused enough of your volume to be able to ex- 
 press in strong terms my sense of its utility and importance. It supplies, I 
 think, what has long been a desideratum, a condensed and able statement of 
 the manifold proofs which the last ten years have furnished of the existence 
 of a potent and deep- laid conspiracy for the subversion of the British govern- 
 ment in Ireland. 
 
 ** I have the honor to be, Sir, 
 
 ** Your obedient servant, 
 * «J. S. Harford." 
 
 « John Ryan, Esq." 
 
 • FROM GEORGE PETRIE, ESQ.,f M.R.I.A. 
 
 « DubUn, 18th July, 1840. 
 
 " Dear Sir — I beg you will accept of my best thanks for your History of 
 Carlow, which I consider a work of very great merit and value. I have been 
 long familiar with it, having procured a copy immediately after its publication, 
 and it vi^ill give me great pleasure to make its merits known to the readers of 
 the Irish Penny Journal, as often as opportunity may'offer. I am very much 
 gratified by the expression of your favourable opinion of the little pennyworth, 
 and I trust that the future numbers will be superior to those already published. 
 Such a work, if properly conducted, may be made an instrument for effecting 
 good. The periodicals of this kind published in London and Edinburgh, are 
 not suited to the minds of the Irish people, and hence are little read. The 
 Irish Penny Journal will have more attractions for them, and judging from 
 the sale of the two first numbers, which has already amounted to 30,000, I 
 think it has every prospect of being successful. For any aid that you may be 
 80 kind as to give it, I shall feel truly grateful. 
 
 " Believe me, dear Sir, 
 
 " Most sincerely yours, 
 
 ** George Petrie." 
 
 « John Ryan, Esq." 
 
 The following letter is from a son of the Rev. Charles Seymour, 
 mentioned in the preceding pages. Mr. W. D. Seymour appeared 
 on several occasions as a speaker at meetings of the late Metropolitan 
 Conservative Society of Dublin : — 
 
 "Dublin, July 31, 1840. 
 
 " Dear Sir — By my mother's permission, the pleasing task has devolved 
 upon me of thanking you in her name for your kindness. I hope the volume of 
 sermons I send, will meet your approval, and wake the memory of him who * though 
 dead yet speaketh.' They were published after my father's death, and he never 
 intended them for the press, but they tell the spirit which once animated an 
 extensive circle, and which, checked and abated by degrees, sank away at last 
 into the voiceless tomb. 
 
 Your book:|: is not now for the first time introduced to us, for many of our 
 
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 * Of the firm of Miles, Harford, and Co. 
 f At this time, Editor of the Irish Penny Journal. 
 { A Disclosure of the Principles, Designs, and Machinations of the Popish 
 Revolutionary Faction of Ireland. 
 
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 137 
 
 papers here have spoken of its value. Accept for it our many thanks. Did 
 J not fear i#lP)uld seem out of place, I would think myself honored in giving 
 . you my humble opinion of it. However, as I am as truly Irish as (I should 
 hope) yourself, you will excuse ray boldness when I pray that this work may 
 not be your last, and that the pen which you have dipped in such powerful 
 and argumentative tints, be not laid by while the author has the strength and 
 the capacity to wield it. For my part, the Helicon summit of my wishes is to 
 be at some period or other a votary of the quill, and though I have at present 
 not much time, and less inclination to soil the whiteness of paper, it is with a 
 kind of kindred spirit, 
 
 " I remain, dear Sir, 
 ** Yours very truly, 
 
 ** William Digbt Seymour." 
 "John Ryan, Esq." 
 
 The following letter was acceptable in a more than ordinary degree, 
 as coming from a school-fellow. 1 was a boarder with the Rev. T. 
 Newland's father, the late Mr. Abraham Newland, who was princi- 
 pal of one of the most respectable schools in the city of Dublin : — 
 
 " 39, Aungier-street, August 20, [1840]. 
 
 "My Dear Sir — I have to apologise for not acknowledging the receipt of your 
 two works, which you were so kind as to send me. I regret to say I have not 
 been able to read either of them at present, being very much engaged, but I 
 have no doubt they desAve the high character which the reviews have given of 
 them. 
 
 " I am, your's sincerely, 
 
 " Thomas Newland.*'* 
 " John Ryan, Esq." 
 
 TO JAMES FRASER, ESQ., REGENT -STREET, LONDON. 
 
 « Bristol, 25th August, 1840. 
 
 " Dear Sir — I lately saw an advertisement of The Trial of R. Jones, far 
 Hibbonism, as published by you, and ordered a copy, but am informed that it 
 is oat of print. Thinking there may be some mistake, as the work has only 
 just appeared, I now take leave to inquire of you if I can get a copy of it ? I 
 feel more than ordinary interest in the publication, as a work I published up- 
 wards of two years since was the first which fully proved the existence of the 
 secret Popish Ribbon conspiracy, and was found a useful auxiliary to the in- 
 vestigation in 1839, by the Committee of the House of Lords. I enclose a 
 list of criticisms of leading reviews, &c., on the work, which, perhaps, you 
 may have seen. I am endeavouring to forward the Conservative cause, 
 through a public journal here. You will probably recollect that some time 
 since, I handed you a letter of introduction from Mr. Code, Editor of the 
 Dublin Warder, 
 
 " I am, dear Sir, 
 
 "Your's very truly, 
 
 "John Ryan." 
 
 Mr. Fraser*s reply :. — 
 
 « London, August 27, 1840. 
 
 " Dear Sir — Jones' trial for Ribbonism is not out of print. I have on hand 
 a good supply. Nothing is more common than for the * Row' collectors to 
 
 * Curate of St Peter's, Dublin. 
 
 make such an answer, and all to save them the trouble of a walk westward. 
 " I shall be glad to learn success attends your exertions in the .Conservative 
 
 cause. 
 
 *' I am, dear Sir, 
 
 " Yours faithfully, 
 
 "James Eraser.'* 
 
 *John Ryan, Esq.*' 
 
 TO MISS DAVrS, PALACE, PETERBOROUGH. 
 
 "Bristol, 26th August, 1840. 
 
 « Madam,— I had the honor to receive your very gratifying letter, stating the 
 receipt of the two works, which I had the pleasure of forwarding for your ac- 
 ceptance. The work on Ireland was the first which fully found the existence 
 of the ' secret' Popish Ribbon confederacy, and was found a useful auxiliary 
 to the investigation, in 1839, by the committee of the House of Lords 
 
 " While sincerely intending a well-merited compliment to yourself by the 
 nresentation, it was my hope that the true state of parties might be made 
 Lowu in a high quarter, and that the ever loyal principles of the Irish Pro- 
 testants might be fully recognised. Vile efforts have been made to create a 
 nreiudice against them on account of a body, styled the Orange Society, pre- 
 sided over successively by two Princes of the Blood Royal— first the Duke of 
 York and then the Duke of Cumberland, now King of Hanover. With any 
 one acauainted with the just principles of that Society, such efforts are per- 
 fectlv vain It was originally established in 1795, in self-defence against the 
 Popish traitorous league styled United Irishmen, who in 1798 were mainly 
 subiucated by the members of the Orange Society. The fundamental prmciplo 
 nfth« Society is firm loyalty to the rightful Monarch and Protestant Constitu- 
 don in Churcb and State. Its President, or other Officers, never had more 
 authority than the officials of any other Conservative Society, for such it 
 stricdy was Four years since the society was dissolved. There do not exist 
 Tulr me.i/s domiuions more faithful subjects than the Irish Protestants 
 ^tZt allegiance is not divided, as is the case with the PapisB, whose spin- 
 tual head s the Pope of Rome. The leading Popish demagogue has occa- 
 .?.,aiivin^nlaed in lip loyalty towards our present Sovereign, the value of 
 :rch ^If b 'esVmai^^^^ b.^ the' efforts of these soi-disant loyalists to dismember 
 wnicn my u interest of certain parties to misrepresent these matters, 
 
 lut Hrl't^ur in eS^^^^^^^^^^^^^ may'speedily learn the full truth in refe- 
 * !LT T^norance of the true position of affairs, by leading to errors 
 r^oVd^ut b;s err C the bane of Princes while it has subserved the base 
 purposes of the mercenary and unprincipled. As an humble individual, I 
 have endeavoured to diffuse correct information on these very important 
 
 """"is'Vou'are kind enough to say that you would read Jbe work * of which 
 T 1 /ic Vp «nbiect with particular interest,' I do myself the pleasure of for- 
 ^'T Lnther work on a district of that part of the United Kingdom. It is, 
 wTtfSatteTrefiV" ^^-'^^ *"^^^^^ ^' the country may be 
 
 11 /frnm t and perhaps the chapters on the present state of the antiqui- 
 U^sltd anc'nU^^^^^^^ not be'altogether devoid of interest. Your ap. 
 
 proya?wm prove a powerful stimulus to other works of usefulness. 
 
 <♦ 1 have the honor to be, 
 
 « Madam, with great respect, 
 
 " Your obedient, humble servant, 
 
 "John Ryan." 
 
 TO H. R. SHEPARD, ESQ. (lIEIITENAKT «. P.), RATHNEW, ^ICKLOW. 
 
 "Bristol, 25th August, 1840. 
 « np«r Uncle-Annexed you have an order for a copy of a publication oa 
 
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138 
 
 be glad to have your opinion of it. The enclosed will shew the very favour- 
 able estimation of the leading Conservatives reviews, magazines, and journals. 
 
 " I remain, 
 
 " Yours sincerely, 
 
 "John Ryan." 
 
 from the lord bishop of exeter. 
 
 "London, 2nd September, 1840. 
 
 ** Sir In passing through London I find the book* which you have had the 
 
 goodness to send to me, and which will be read by me with deep interest 
 
 " I am not aware that your former publication reached me : but the truth is, 
 that 1 receive so many books and have so little time to read them, that I give 
 up the prospect in general as hopeless. The opportunity of my journey will 
 enable me, I hope, to have the pleasure and advantage of reading that which 
 you have had the goodness to send me. The subject is of most fearful interest 
 and importance. 
 
 « Your parcel, though the letter enclosed in it bears date August 8, came to 
 my hands last night. This has been caused by a journey made by me to the 
 
 north. 
 
 " I have the honor to be, Sir, 
 
 " Your most obedient servant, 
 
 "H. Exeter." 
 
 "John Ryan, Esq." 
 
 FROM MISS DAVYS, PALACE, PETERBOROUGH. 
 
 " Palace, Peterborough, Sept 16. 
 
 « Sir, — Having been absent from this place for some time, I have only just 
 received, on my return, your parcel, containing the kind gift of your new pub- 
 lication, for which I beg to offer my sincere thanks. At the same time, I feel 
 almost ashamed to accept it, when it is not in my power to forward the object 
 which you must undoubtedly have had in view in sending the work to me, viz : 
 that it should be laid before the Queen. As my residence at Court has ceased, 
 1 am of course unable to do this. . 
 
 " 1 have the honour to remain, sir, 
 
 " Your obliged, 
 
 « M. A. Davys." 
 " John Ryan, Esq." 
 
 TO MISS DAVYS, PALACE, PETERBOROUGH. 
 
 " Bristol, 19th September, 1840. 
 " Madam, — I have had the honor of receiving your note of the 1 6th instant, 
 and am happy to learn that the publication safely reached its destination. I 
 wish to remove an erroneous impression when you think that my object was that 
 the work should be laid before the Queen. T beg to assure you that the works 
 first forwarded were solely intended for yourself and that your having the good- 
 ness to say that you expected great pleasure from their perusal, and that you 
 would read that on Ireland with particular interest, induced me to forward 
 another publication on the same subject. Your prominent position and the high 
 account I had heard of your excellent qualities induced the tribute of esteem, 
 as I think in these times, we should do all in our power to mark our sense of 
 right conduct in persons of station wherever we find it. I trust. Madam, that 
 this explanation will remove those scruples which you have with so much de- 
 licacy urged. 1 feel the more bound to make the explanation from the kindness 
 exhibited in your implied readiness to forward my supposed object and lay the 
 work before her Majesty, were you not prevented by retirement from Court. 
 
 * A Disclosure of the Principles, Designs, and Machinations of the Popish 
 ReTolutionary Faction of Ireland. 
 
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 . •* My object in forwarding the works as a persaual oompllment to yourself, 
 being thus explained, I may add that although politics are not generally a 
 lady's concern, I would be always glad if, through any channel, her Majesty 
 were honestly informed of the state of parties in Ireland. Knowing, as I do, 
 the Protestants of Ireland, and being enabled to speak with authority on the 
 subject, I should rejoice if the steady loyalty of that party to her Majesty and 
 to her Royal predecessors were fully known. It would, I am sure, couduce to 
 the happiness of her Msyesty to learn, that there is not the slightest foundation 
 for the aspersions which have been cast upon that party by interested, unprin- 
 cipled persons, and that whenever the day of trial comes, as indeed it now 
 conies every day, the unflinching upholders of her Crown, the Church, and 
 unity of the two countries will be fully known — their unsfcaken loyalty full/ 
 proved. 
 
 " Having entered thus far on this correspondence, permit me to add, Madam, 
 that it would be very gratifying to me to learn that the above explanation is sa- 
 tisfactory, and that you have derived any pleasure from the works forwarded- 
 I trust they are uot without their utility, and although you may not, possibly, 
 concur in all the political views propounded, perhaps the literary execution maj 
 not be undeserving of some share of your approbation. 
 
 ** I have the honor to remedn, 
 
 ** Madam, with sincere respect, 
 
 " Y'our obedient humble servant, 
 
 " John Rtaw." 
 
 to MRS. 8. C. HALL. 
 
 « Bristol, 10th October, 1840. 
 •* Madam, — Permit me to forward for your acceptance a copy of The History 
 end Antiquities of the County of CarloWt of which 1 am the author. I perceive 
 that you intend to publish a work on Ireland, and perhaps you may find the vo- 
 lume of some use. I would be much gratified to learn that it had been made 
 available. It would be some slight return on my part for the pleasure which t 
 have experienced from the perusal of your writings. The History of Carlow 
 is favourably noticed in the enclosed little journal, to which I am happy to per-^ 
 ceive you are an occasional contributor. 
 
 " I am. Madam, with great respect, 
 
 « Your obedient humble servant, 
 
 "John Rtak" 
 
 Mrs. Hall's reply :— 
 
 ** The Rosery, Old Brompton, 
 
 October 13, 1840. 
 
 « Sir, — Permit me to acknowledge the receipt of your kind note accompanied 
 by the History of Carlow, which I am sure will prove of great service to Mr. 
 Hall and myself in our present undertaking. 
 
 " We are anxious to gather as much information as possible, and as many 
 legends— you will see what our object is by the accompanying prospectus which 
 I send yo*u. Our first number will be out (D.V.) on the first of next mouth, and 
 although it is a publisher's speculation, I never remember being so anxious 
 about any literary undertaking before. I wish also to thank you for your kin4 
 expressio'ns towards myself. I am very proud of the good opinion which you 
 express, and feel assilred that I shall* derive much pleasure from your kind 
 
 present. , 
 
 " Our literary occupations prevent our seeing what is called * company — but 
 if you will do us the favour of calling when you visit London, Mr. Hall and 
 myself will be most happy to see you. We can always find time to receive our 
 
 friends, and my countrymen. 
 
 " I am, sir, 
 
 ** Your truly obliged, 
 
 *«Anna Maria HalIi/* 
 
 « John Ryan, Esq." 
 
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 TO MRS. PRIOB, OXFORD TBRBACV, {.ONDON. 
 
 « Bristol, 1 0th October, 1840. 
 
 "Ilftdam, — Allow me to present yon a copy of a late work of mine on Ireland, 
 vbkh has been very favourably noticed by the leading reviews, magazines and 
 pablic journals, as you will see by the enclosed. 1 trust you and Mr. Prior 
 tnjoy good health. Trusting the work will meet your approbation, 
 
 *^ I am. Madam, 
 
 " Your obedient humble servant, 
 
 "John Ryan.'* 
 to miss datts, falace, peterborouoh. 
 
 "Bristol, 21st October, 1840. 
 
 "Madam, — Identified with the Protestants of Ireland and honored with many 
 marksof their confidence and favour, I naturallv desire to forward their interests 
 to the best of my ability. As conducive to ihis, 1 trust, just object, it is my 
 wish to augment, by every legitimate means, the number of the friends of that 
 party in Great Britain. This may, I think, be best accomplished by a lair re- 
 presentation of the estimable qualities of the Irish Protestants and a just 
 statement of their claims to favourable consideration. In addressing intellectual 
 persons, no course can be more suitable than an exhibition of the intellectual 
 perforiuances of the people introduced, as thereby syuipathy is, generally 
 speaking, ensured, not merely among the various members of the same king- 
 dom, but between the natives of states totally unconnected. Allow m^ then. 
 Madam, to have tha honor and pleasure to introduce to your notice a much- 
 admired work by an Irish Protestant lady. She was daughter of the Rev. Wil- 
 liam Blachford, a minister of the Irish Established church and married to Mr. 
 H. Tigho, member of a respectable family resident in the county of Wicklow. 
 Rossana, the name of their place (mentioned at page 23U), is situated two miles 
 from the county town of Wicklow, and like many of the residences in that pic- 
 turesque district is justly celebrated for the beauty of its surrounding scenery. 
 All things considered, I am not aware that I could select for presentation a more 
 eligible work than this classical production, and I entertain the earnest hope that 
 some portion of the interest which I trust it will excite may be extended to the 
 body of which the amiable and excellent author was a member. That body of 
 Protestants ji umbers two millions, and as 1 have already had the honor to state, 
 there do not exist in the Queen's dominions more loyal subjects, while for general 
 respectability they are decidedly superior to the rest of the Irish and will not 
 suffer by comparison with the people of any other country. 
 
 *' I am emboldened to present this work from your kind reception of my 
 humble efforts and the interest you were so good as to express in the affairs of 
 Ireland. It is within your power. Madam, to make the most acceptable and 
 esliiuable return by amicable I'eeling towards the Irish Protestants, and, on this 
 account, no scruples can, I am sure, exist. I'he mere value of the book i« not 
 worth a moment's consideration. Persons, too, of public station or influence 
 must anticipate such appeals ; from which ladies will not be altogether exempt 
 under a female Sovereign. Mo one will expect them to assume a prominent 
 part, but when, in these troubled and revolutionary times, they can do good 
 both to the Monarch and people, I am certain the inclination will not be wanted. 
 The interests of Crown and Church, of the people of Great Britain and of the 
 Protestants of Ireland are one and indivisible, and, therefore, the promoter of 
 the latter will, of course, at the same time support the former. The Whig 
 principles of 1688 are all that can be desired ; with somewhat more of attachment 
 to the monarchical principle. I could say much. Madam, on this important 
 sabject, but shall not enter into any protracted discussion. A public journal 
 which I have the honor to forward herewith, will show the correctness of my 
 representations of the unshaken loyalty of the Irish Protestants. The sevea 
 resolutions, proposed by a friend of mine, condemning the Papist agitation for 
 the dismemberment of the empire unequivocally express the universal feeling 
 of the Protestaots of Ireland, and will, 1 trust, entity them to the favourable 
 consideration of all loyal persons in this country. 
 
 ** it is hardly necessary, Madam, I should add, that the same sentiments of 
 
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 esteem and respect which prompted former communications are not withoat 
 tfaeir influence on the present occasion. But a sincere tribute to personal merll, 
 unalloyed by any sordid motive whatsoever, will not be deteriorated by being 
 combined with promotion of the true interests of our interesting Sovereign and 
 her loyal people. 
 
 " I might have some misgivings, Madam, in addressing the present commu- 
 nication, had it not been preceded by others, and did not custom render the 
 presentation of published works of some reputation an introduction of their 
 author. In addition, you may have perhaps observed that I can claim relatioa- 
 ship to some of the persons now in power, though from difference of opinion 
 on politics I have not cultivated intercourse. These circumstances will, I think, 
 completely justify communications which, in other cases, might be different. 
 For the rest, Madam, you must in part attribute the present letter to those 
 ▼irtues and excellent discharge of duty, to the kindness and delicacy wbioh 
 must favourably impress all persons of ordinary disci imiuation. 
 
 " I have the honor to remain, 
 
 " Madam, with great truth and esteem, 
 
 "Your most faithful humble serrant, 
 **JoHN Ryan." 
 • 
 
 FROM MISS DAVYS, PALACE, PETERBOROUOH. 
 
 " Herringfleet Hall, Lowestoft, November 4tli. 
 
 « Sir, — Being absent from home, I have only just heard of the arrival of 
 the book which you have been so kind as to send me, and for which I hasten 
 to offer my best acknowledgments and sincere thanks. I promise myself much 
 pleasure on my return to Peterborough, from reading Mrs. Tighe's work. The 
 authoress's name is known to me, but I have never met with her book, which 
 1 feel much indebted to you for introducing to me. 
 
 " I remain Sir, 
 
 ** Your truly obliged, 
 
 ** M. A. Da\xs:\ 
 «*John Ryan, Esq." 
 
 FROM THE LORD BISHOP OF GLOUCESTER AND BRISTOL. 
 
 *« Stapleton, Nov. 7, 1840, 
 
 ** Sir — I have the honor to acknowledge with many thanks the receipt of 
 ▼our work upon Ireland, which I shall take the earliest opportunity of reading. 
 
 •• I am. Sir, 
 " Your faithful and humble servant, 
 
 ** J. H. Glodcester and Bristol." 
 " John Ryan, Esq." 
 
 TO MIS9 DAVTS, PALACE, PETERBOROUOH. 
 
 ** Bristol, 4th December, 1840. 
 
 *« Madam,— Your note of the 4th of last month, intimating your kind recep- 
 tion of Mrs. Tighe's work and of my former communications, affords me the 
 highest gratification. I am not surprised, that you had not previously se^ 
 the publication. It is extremely scarce, what the booksellers style * out of 
 print,' and this circumstance enhanced the pleasure I experienced in it« pre- 
 senUtion. The contents of the volume need no recommendation, and I trust 
 they are already appreciated by one highly competent to form an opinion on 
 their merits. 
 
 " Since I had the honor and the pleasure of receiving your note, I have read 
 with much satisfaction ' A Plain and Short History of England' aud * A Vo- 
 lume for a Lending Library,' by the Dean of Chester. The former strongly 
 reminded me of the admirable * Tales of a Grandfather; by Sir Walter Scott, 
 whom I had the honor of seeing at Abbotsford. The remarks interspersed m 
 the History are (as is observed in the preface) suited to * children of all classes 
 
J42 
 
 ef s^N^ty ;' thej are all eztremelj Judicious^ and the simple, lucid stjle of (h« 
 little work is most appropriate. The * Volume,' is a most useful publication, 
 particularly to the lower classes, and both works are highly creditable to tho 
 bead and heart of their author, who seems to have acted on the true principloy 
 that * the indulgence of the kind affections is of immense service to us/ 
 {Vol. p. 25) The young and lower orders are comparatively humble branches 
 of general society, but they are nevertheless extremely impof^ant, and true 
 benevolence and wisdom are exhibited in attending to their culture and moral 
 wants. They have been heretofore much ueglecled^ but I trust that in future 
 a matter of so much moment will meet due attention. 
 
 " Having experienced great and particular pleasure in the presentation and 
 terms of acknowledgment, of the works already forwarded, I trust you will 
 permit me, Madam, a renewal of the gratification in laying before you the ac- 
 company ing volumes. If any additional motive were requisite, 1 have it in 
 the desire to make Protestant Ireland better known in this country, on th» 
 grounds fully expressed in former communications, and thereby promote the 
 cause of loyalty to our Sovereign, who is further endeared to her faithful 
 subjects by the recent auspicious eveut. I am happy to think that the birth of 
 a lineal heir to the Crown i^ill cement the feelings of loyalists in every quarter 
 of the united kingdom. The Sermons are the production of a valued minister 
 of the Irish Established Church, to whose daughter a cousin of mine was mar- 
 ried, and the work of Dean Murray, just published, furnishes a compendium 
 of the ecclesiastical history of Ireland. At a time when a warfare is waged 
 against church establishments every where, it is most useful to remove 
 false or injurious impressions regarding them. In this respect, the work of 
 Sean Murray is valuable, as it proves the high antiquity of the Church of 
 Ireland, which possessed the pure doctrines of Christianity long before it had 
 any connection with the Bishop of Rome, or his corrupt, tyrannical system. 
 The memoir prefixed to the Sermons and the preface to the History are written 
 Ly a lady whom I have the pleasure to call my friend, and vvho has done good 
 service to her sex and to society through the medium of periodical literature. 
 These works, 1 confidently hope, Vill be as favorably received as those which 
 preceded them. In presenting them I feel the utmost gratification, and if, as 
 jou are good enough to say, you feel at all ' indebted* for any act of mine, it 
 is I assure you a debt which, as stated in my last letter, you will have no diffi- 
 culty in discharging, I have already explained the reasons which serve to 
 justify these communications and rejoice to perceive that these reasons are con- 
 sidered valid. In conclusion, permit me to forward an Annual for 1841* as a 
 farther mark of the sincere esteem and respect of 
 
 ** Madam, 
 
 " Your most faithful humble servant, 
 
 "John Kvan." 
 
 from miss davts, palace, peterborough. 
 
 "Palace, Peterborough, Dec. 9tb, 1840. 
 
 "Sir,— I beg to offer my sincere acknowledgments for the very handsome 
 presetit of books which you have had the kindness to send me. I am 
 much pleased to be introduced to the Dean of Ardagh's little work, on a sub- 
 ject upon which much error exists, arising Irora ignorance of facts. The 
 
 *Friend»hip'8 Offering. The following is the motto on the title-page of that 
 work;— 
 
 " This is Affection's Tribute— Friendship's Offering: 
 Whose silent eloquence, more rich than words, 
 Tells of the Giver's faith and truth in ahsenoe, 
 And says — Forget me not !" 
 
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 Tolame of Sermons appears a valuable one, and the memoir prefixed is very 
 interesting, as being written by an authoress whose works I have for some 
 time known and admired. 
 
 " Again begging to offer my best thanks, 
 
 *'I remain, Sir, 
 "Your obliged, 
 "John Ryan, Esq." "M. A.Davys." 
 
 TO MISS DAVYS, PALACE, PETERBOROUGH. 
 
 " Bristol, 9th January, 1841. 
 "Madam, — To render a merited tribute of esteem and contribute to >our 
 gratification being primary objects of the communications which 1 have had 
 the honor of addressing, you will accept my assurance that your note of the 
 9th last month was peculiarly pleasing. Tiie Kind terms in which you refer 
 to the Dean of Ardagh's work, convince me that you sympathize with tho 
 Protestants of Ireland, and that you entertain amicable feelings towards their 
 cburch. I further rejoice to learn your favourable estimate of the publications 
 of Charlotte Elizabeth, as they command my entire approbation. Such con- 
 currence of sentiment must in all cases be agreeable ; but I have rarely met 
 any in which it has been more truly accaptable. This circumstance 
 arises from various considerations j among the rest, the sincere tone and 
 judicious terms of the short but valued communicatiens which I have had 
 the honor and pleasure to receive. 
 
 *' Not having had hitherto any thing to divert ray attention from literature 
 and politics — they have almost wholly engrossed it. Latterly, however, epis- 
 tolary correspondence has greatly extended the sources of mental gratifi- 
 cation. Actuated, Madam, by the motives and feelings aln^ariy expressed, I 
 first addressed you, and subsequent incidents have assuredly not diminished 
 these feelings. On the contrary, I should now relinquish these communica- 
 tions with regret. Reluctantly should 1 altogether forego the plea(<ure and 
 the profit arising from them ; and if (as I should hope) these sentiments 
 are in any degree reciprocal, my gratification must be increased. ' Promote 
 your acquaintance with the good and virtuous^,' says the Cottager's Monthly 
 Visitor, (January 1841, p. 35), and I conceive that I now act strictly in ac- 
 cordance with this excellent precept. 
 
 " Shortly after the receipt of your last favour, I observed an advertisement 
 in The Standard (which I see regularly) of the publication just mentioned, for 
 J840, of which I immediately procured a copy. It fully justifies the favour- 
 able opinion which I have already expressed of the excellent selections from 
 it in the * Volume lor a Lending Library.* There are various cheap works 
 for circulation, but I do not know one better calculated for the perusal of 
 cottagers and the lower orders generally. The publication, indeed, contains 
 matter worthy the attention of all. The plates and topographical sketches 
 are very attractive. I read with pleasure the well-written notice of Fother- 
 ingay, a place ever invested in my mind with much interest since I learned 
 the history of the accomplished, but ill-fated Queen of Scots. Having some 
 taste for the study of antiquities, I should like to visit the remains of Fother- 
 ingay, even though they are now inconsiderable. The topographical articles 
 vould alone induce me to subscribe for the Cottager's Monthly Visitor. The 
 article, 'Animals must have a Language' (in the November number), is 
 equal to any thing in that very pleasing work. White's Natural History of 
 Selborne. A friend of mine, the Rev. William Hickey, a beneficed Protes- 
 tant clergyman of the county of Wexford, has published works of a some- 
 what similar nature for the use of cottagers ; one of which works I forward 
 for your acceptance. I should explain that the name Martin Doyle is merely 
 a nom de guerre, selected as being a very Irish one, with the view of render- 
 ing his publications more acceptable to the Romish lower classes, in a visit 
 just made to the * great metropolis,' I have observed the great external im- 
 provement in every quarter, and let me hope that Ireland may ere long parti- 
 cipate in the amelioration. 
 " Together with Mr. Hickey*s work, permit mt the pleasure of present- 
 
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 ing you two others ; one by an established favourite, my . country womaa, 
 Mi89 Edgeworth, the other by the Rev. C. Otway, of the Irish Established 
 Church — with both of whom I am slightly acquainted. In the volume by 
 Miss E. you will find important subjects treated with the good sense and 
 excellent moral which characterize all her writings ; and Mr. Otway's * Tour* 
 is a higlily amusing account of the western and most Romish part of Ireland. 
 It will furnish additional infuraiation regarding the sister isle, and I trust 
 will afford you some pleasure. I should remark, that the mercantile value 
 of these books is nothing- it arises from other considerations. You will ap- 
 preciate the literary merit, and I trust view the volumes as a sincere tribute 
 uf the donor's most respectful consideration. 
 " Wishing you, in good ancient phrase, many and happy new years, 
 
 *• 1 remain, Madam, 
 ** Your most faithful humble servant, 
 
 " John Ryan." 
 
 At this period, Robert Owen visited Bristol for the purpose of pro- 
 mulgating the flagitious system, styled Socialism, I deemed it my 
 duty to meet him by the most strenuous opposition. For this purpose, 
 I wrote several articles for the journal of which I was Editor— the 
 Bristol Standard — with the satisfactory result, that Owen and his 
 crew were obliged to decamp without having made a single convert 
 (or rather pervert) to their insane and wicked Socialism. As the 
 articles I wrote were much applauded by the truly respectable portion 
 of the community, and as they may be beneficial now in Dublin, as 
 well as four years since in Bristol, I shall insert one of them, that 
 which I wrote on the defeat of Owen and his misguided Socialists. 
 
 from the BRISTOL STANDARD, JANUARY 13, 1841. 
 
 Most sincerely do we congratulate our fellow-c'tizens on the just exposure 
 and overwhelminii defeat ol the self-styled Socialists. Knowing the unmixed 
 evil of their abominable system, we were among «he foremost to denounce 
 it, to warn Christians of every denomination ot the moral pestilence, and we 
 rejoice that the people of this city, high and Ioa-, have most energetically, 
 anil unanimously, en masse as it were, expressed their condemnation of a 
 scheme as absurd and impractical»le as it is wicked. 
 
 For the cause of truth, we are glad that instead of skulking in holes and 
 corners as might naturally he expected from the professors of a system so 
 essentially corrupt as Sociali.sni, its high -priest had sufficient hardihood to 
 attempt its defence before the assembled public. Thus has he unintention- 
 ally contributed to its complete exposure, and consequent instant rejection, 
 by every man, not merely of religious principle and feeling, but of commoa 
 sense. His opponent, Mr. Brindley, having studied, having anatomized the 
 subject, and being consequently fully conversant in its details, vvas admirably 
 fitted for the t isk he had undertaken. His previous and ample preparalioa 
 was more than once evinced in the readiness with which he detected the 
 sophistry and shuffling of the Socialist, proving that tenets from which he 
 seemed to shrink were absolutely part and parcel of his reprobnte system. 
 Wicked doctrines, like those embodied in Socialism, to be hated " need but 
 to be seen," and thus was the labour of Mr. Brindley comparatively light. 
 He had the immense advantage of a good cause, and admirably did be avail 
 himself of the circumstance. Indeed, we imagine, that if Owen possess a 
 remaining particle of sound understanding, the three days discussion of last 
 week roust convince him that this Christian country will never countenance 
 Ids blasphemies and abominations, even though he has had the advantage 
 of an introduction to Court, book in hand, by my Lord Viscowxt Mel- 
 bourne ! , 
 
 
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 What, in brief, is this system thus patronized by the first Minister of the 
 Crown? Its chief ingredient, the root from whence all its horrors flow is 
 pure, unadulterated atheism. By this tenet, and the consequent rejection 
 of Revelation (for if there be no Supreme Being, there could be no revelation 
 of his will), they relieve man from hi! reaponsibility, and declare in plain 
 terms, that there is neither virtue nor vice ; that actions which we style bad 
 or good, are all alike, so far as the actor is concerned ; that man is the crea- 
 ture of circumstances, and is to be esteemed a mere passive instrument, no 
 n.ore guilty than the inanimate weapon which immediately inflicts the detri- 
 ment ! A moment's reflection will convince us of the dreadful consequences 
 which must result from such doctrines as these. Man being relieved Irom all 
 responsibility, would, of course, act upon the impulse ot his evil pas&iona 
 (which Owen and his clan can never eradicate, nor can tbey alter the consti- 
 tution of human nature); unbridl'd license being established, man would in- 
 dulge in every desire ad lihitum, the passions of envy, hatred, malice, and 
 the rest would be forthwith reduced to action, and it requires no great fore- 
 sijiht to perceive the sort of hell upon earth, which would be the immediate 
 and inevirahle efi'ect. A complete pandemonium would be the product of 
 the insane theories now preached up by a few weak-minded and conceited, or 
 wicked men. Accordirig to this novel doctrine, Cain was not a uurderer, nor 
 are any of the violent or abonjinahle deeds recorded in the page of sacied or 
 prolane history, to be considered at all criminal! Oh, no! man is, for- 
 sooth, a piece of " animal organization," quite unaccountable ior his ac- 
 tions; he has no free-will, he must act according to "circumstances," he 
 cannot choose right or wrong, and thus can never be held respriibible ! It 
 would be quite a work of supererogation to combat much self-evident absur- 
 riities—absurdities which strike at the root, not merely of individual virtue 
 and happiness, but at the existeiice of society itself. 
 
 But this is not all. In descending to particulars, in legislating for his com- 
 monwealth of Socialists, we find ibeir leader propounding the most furious 
 tirades against marriage, as an " umatuial institution," *• leaalized prostitu- 
 tion," and VI hat not. Those who know and duly appreciate Milton's beautiful 
 apostrophe to •' wedde<l love," those who have any knowledge of domestic 
 happiness— those, in sht.rt, who exercise the most ordinary judgment on the 
 matter, can properly estimate this dogma of ihe Sociali^^t leader. This man 
 evinces his so-calied Socialism by an attempt to tear asunder the very bonds 
 of society. IJe plainly states that the conjugal tie should be wholly abolished, 
 and that universal fieedom of intercourse between the sexes should prevail; 
 pointing to the inferior, the brute animals, as a fit example lor imitation by 
 rational man ! ^lilton says that by wedded love, 
 
 "adnlt'rous lust was driven from men. 
 
 Among the bestial herds to range" 
 
 But this is the very state to whfch Owen would deliberately conduct us, as an 
 improvement upon our present condition ! He talks of a thiee months* en- 
 gagement between the sexes—" quarterly marriage," as it has been termed ; 
 but what a mass of misery would such an arrangement produce, particularly 
 to the female sex, and what would become of the innocent, helpless offspring 
 of such temporary unions ? Domestic felicity would he utterly annihilated ; 
 the parental, fraternal, and other ties, together with the virtues which spring 
 from them, would he abolished; barren, indeed, would be the prospect ot 
 happiness for miserable, unconnected, unrelationed man in this world, with 
 little hope of amendment by the utter denial of a place of rest and reward 
 hereafter. Nor would unbounded sensuality end merely with the overthrow 
 of home enjoyment. Such enervating license would speedily superinduce 
 general lack of industry, and laxity of morals, with the ultimate and not dis- 
 tant consequence of the reduction of an honorable, energetic powerful people 
 to the rank of the dissolute denizens of the south. There may be some occa- 
 sional evils attending marriage— there may be unfaithfulness to the marriage 
 contract— ill -assorted unions may occur, there can be nothing perfect m this 
 
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 world ; but where 8bi\ll we find a better institution ? Certainly not in the 
 libidinous 'license, the permitted and enjoined profligacy of the system of 
 Socialism. 
 
 We have not^yet alluded to the absurdities of the Socialist on the subject 
 of property, as we deem it of minor consequence to the foregoing. His views 
 on this point are as unsound and visionary as on every other. Property in 
 common and residence in communities have been touched upon in speculative 
 treatises bv .incients and moderns, by Plato, Sir Philip Sydney, by Harring- 
 ton, and Sir Thomas More. The "Utopia" of the latter has ever been 
 adduced as an impracticability, and no man of sense will deem Owen's iflsane 
 theories more practicable. A radical defect of the Socialist notions arises 
 from these persons' apparent ignorance or disregard of human nature. If 
 men were mere macliines, if they could be made mere automatons, Owen 
 might, perhaps, reduce his schemes partially to practice. But when all the 
 restraints of law, divine and temporal, cannot curb the unruly and violent 
 passions, how could it be effected by the licensed rommunities (we were 
 about to write another word) of Owen ? One man is naturally indolent and 
 extravagant, another industrious and frugal, and so long as this continues 
 solonij will there be inequality of property, and justly. The former might 
 be very ready to enter into partnership with the latter, the idle might willingly 
 live by the labour of the diligent— but who would call this justice ? The 
 scheme is repujjnant to common sense and to common honesty. 
 
 We could dwell upon this subject, which involves questions of great im- 
 portance, but space forbids. We again congratulate the opponents of 
 Socialism on the success which has attended their exertions. We do not agree 
 with a Wednesday Radical journal, that the Socialist irruption into this city 
 should have been lelt unnoticed. Its founder has been introduced to the 
 Queen. We have heard much of its diffusion, and even if but one individual 
 were deluded into the profesision and practice of its destructive abominations, 
 we think a sufficient cause would thereby be furnished for active opposition. 
 PrincifnU obsta. If the plague appeared, who would wait for added victims 
 before vigorous remedial measures, and what right-minded man would not 
 act similarly in reference to a moral plague .> When the latter can be over- 
 whelmingly exposed, there should be no hesitation on the subject, as the 
 triumphant result testifies. We are glad to perceive the increased opposition 
 to Socialism by a Radical print of Saturday, which, some twelve months smce 
 (when Owen appeared at Court) spoke much more leniently on the subject. 
 There appears a sort of union between some of the lower classes of Radicals 
 and the Socialists. This furnishes additional reason to rejoice at the signal 
 overthrow of Socialism in Bristol. 
 
 I trust this article will not be deemed the least valuable part of these 
 padres. From it, the reader can judge for himself as to any power of 
 mine to influence the public mind. It is very gratifying to me to 
 know, that since this defeat of " Socialism" in a city of such extent 
 and importance as Bristol, that corrupt system has never since raised 
 its head in England. Let us pray, that both England and Ireland 
 may be shielded from such destructive licentiousness, under whatever 
 name, or pretence, it may make its appearance. 
 
 TO BBV. ROBERT J. M*GHEB, A.M., DUBLIN. 
 
 "Bristol, 26th January, 1841. 
 
 " Dear Sir,— I wish to procure a copy of your work on the Nullity of the 
 Queen's Government in Ireland^ and would feel obliged by being informed where 
 I can procure a copy. I was lately in London and inquired for it at See ley s, 
 but they had not the work, nor could they inform me where it could be got. 
 
 *' We have lately had a signal victory here over Owen and his Soctaltstt, as 
 tbsy style themselves. I am happy to say that my arUcles on the subject h*?e 
 
 ft 
 
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 been much liked. You will find one of them in the Bristol Standard which I 
 cZuf ti:r-iK "i'^'"5 favoured me with a note of introduction to Mr 
 Slrinn' J^H ""r ^^ ^^^*r^ '° *""" *^^' '^^ P«P«^ has afforded general satis 
 dsewhere I haJf «"^. Conservatives generally, nor is it witlS^ut influence 
 
 ** With best wishes for your health and happiness, 
 
 " I remain, dear sir, 
 
 ** Yours faithfully, 
 Mr. M'Ghees reply :- "Johk Rtak." 
 
 «« npar Q.V T 1, • ^ , " ^^^' 3, 1841. 
 
 -f; 7 !^ u"~J . received your letter and paper, and read with much 
 Tndtot'rrtiSe on u''''"°' "^ '^" *li«comfiture of the Socialists by Mr. B. 
 
 «nl'^i?r?°'' "^^J""^ ^"^^ ""'".^ ^°'' " ''"^^^ P"°*' ^"' I have the second edition 
 now nearly ready to issue from the press, and I will venture to assert that a 
 
 be ItTln h' ^""'^ ^u' "f r."' "'"^^ ^^^^^ ^he press on Popery than it will 
 «f:.f will have much additions and improvements, and much important 
 matter added to ,t, so that it is almostnew.*^ It will be at Seelev 's, and I sh^ 
 
 i^nVfT """^'l? T^ '" ^"'''^^ ^"^ hope you will work it out well there. I 
 will se»d you a httle work which I hope to write as the test I propose to put 
 vn» ^.7^ v.hich W.11 be well worth your utmost labour to promote. I h?^ 
 you will take and maintam the tone of high faithful Protestantism in your 
 
 ?SsVrdigi;rntt '""' ''"^''"' "'"' " --P*-s'the 
 
 " Yours, dear sir, 
 
 " Very trulv, 
 
 John Ryan, Esq. 
 
 FROM MISS DAVYS, PALACB, PETERBOROUGH. 
 
 " Palace, Peterborough, January 29th. 
 
 «,>!• ^'ir^ ^^^ *° acknowledge the receipt of your last packet of books, for 
 Which I hope you will accept ray sincere thanks. At the same time, will you 
 permit me to say, that though I fully appreciate the kindness which prompts 
 you to send such presents to an entire stranger, yet this very circumstance, 
 viz. that of not being personally acquainted with the giver, makes me reluc 
 tant to r«t;eive them, and almost inclines me to request that the attention, 
 however kindly meant, may not be repeated. 
 
 ** I have the honor to remain, 
 
 " Sir, your obliged, 
 
 •'TnKnn.,o« 17 " "M.A.Davys.*' 
 
 John Kyan, Esq. 
 
 TO MISS DAVYS, PALACE, PETERBOROUGH. 
 
 " Bristol, 3rd February, 1841. 
 
 «.«l?i*^*'I!I:~"l l*^^ had the honor of receiving your note of the 29tb]ast 
 month. The slightest intimation from you must operate as a command, and. 
 therefore, the tenor of the communication shall be strictly observed. From 
 i« Jhf' y.^^P'^'/^^^y^^'J^'^i an object of which, I trust, I need not 
 
 bo ashamed. It was of a personal and public nature-to render an unfeigned 
 rI^.Tn?\ul7^l ""o"'^^ i^^rn^^Jt warmest justiy due, to advance the 
 cause of the Irish Protestants, and, by rendering the real state of parties 
 Jciiown, pronjote the growth of genuine loyalty. The honor of personal ac- 
 quaintance, I did not possess, but the presentation of works by their authors 
 nn?n """'"^'' ^"^ the circumstance of both parties being, in some degree, 
 pubhc characters, would certainly justify communications otherwise not w 
 
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 eenventional. Judging that the presentation of my hnmble productioM 
 (kindly noticed and strongly recommended by the leading critict) had afforded 
 you some pleasure, I forwarded others, but now forego this gratificatjon and 
 real moral advantage. Several particulars calculated to satisfy were stated, 
 but vou consider personal acquaintance requisite, and I at once bow to a de- 
 cision the reasonableness of which 1 am not disposed to controvert and which 
 is certainly characterized by great delicacy. Under any circumstances, I 
 must applaud an indication of this latter quality. I am ready to testify my 
 high appreciation of moral and mental excellence, as well as respectable ex- 
 traction and station ; I can honestly support right public principles, but I 
 trust 1 can with truth aflBrra, that with me, con.siderations of narrow self- 
 interest have no influence. The past renders ihia sufficiently apparent. 
 Your former communications and the hope that I have contributed in some 
 degree to your gratification must, in any case, remain to me a source of great 
 pleasure. J imagine I should have no great difficulty in obviating the impe- 
 diment alluded to, and perhaps more favourable circumstances may arise. 
 
 Meanwhile, 
 
 <* I have the honor to remain, 
 
 " Madam, with sincere esteem and respect, 
 
 ** Your most faithful humble servant, 
 «* John Ryan." 
 
 »0 THE REV. J. H. WOODWARD, INCUMBENT OF ST. JAMES's, BRISTOL : — 
 
 « Bristol, 20th March, 1841. 
 «Sir Permit me the pleasure of presenting you a copy of a woik on Ire- 
 land, which has been very favorably noticed by the leading Conservative reviews, 
 magazines, and journals. I should be glad to learn that it meets your appro- 
 bation. 
 
 « Availing myself of this opportunity to express my higb sense of your 
 recent proper and energetic opposition to the corrupt system, styled Socialism, 
 k " I am, Sir, 
 
 " Your obedient, humble servant, 
 
 «JoHK Ryan." 
 
 Reply from Mr. Woodward :— 
 
 « 21, Somerset street, Bristol, 
 March 25, 1841. 
 
 " Sir— I beg leave to acknowledge with many thanks your kind present of 
 your work on Ireland, which I hope soon to have the pleasure of reading. 
 
 « I am. Sir, 
 
 Your obedient servant, 
 
 "J. H. Woodward." 
 
 •• John Ryan, Esq." 
 
 to ARTHUR riTZMAURICE, ESQ., CARlOW. 
 
 "Bristol, 20th March, 1841. 
 
 «« Dear Sir— Permit me to present you a copy of a work of mine on the state 
 of Ireland. It was the first «ork which fully proved the existence of the secret 
 Popibh Ribbon conspiracy and was found a useful auxihary to the investiga. 
 tion by the House of Lords. 1 shall be glad to learn your opinion of the 
 work, which I trust wiil meet your approval. 
 
 « Believe me, Dear Sir, 
 
 ** Yours very truly, 
 
 **JoHN Ryan." 
 
 Mr. Fitzmaurice's reply i- — 
 
 "Carlow, March 25th, 1841. 
 
 « Dear Sir,--I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the SOth 
 iBStant, and should have replied to it sooser but have been in the King's CouBtj 
 
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 aince then. Allow me to return you my best thanks for your favour, and aUo 
 for the manner in which you presented me with a copy of your most invaluable 
 work, which I with much pleasure accept of. When I can get an opportunity 
 of getting it from Dublin, I shall send for it, and have no doubt that on read- 
 ing it, (coming as it is from your pen and from the very m«ny recommendationa 
 it has from such highly respectable journals, &c.), that it will meet my views 
 in every respect. I shall reserve further observations till then. 
 
 « My uncle, Mr. Harmau Fitzmaurice died about three years since, in hit 
 eighty- fourth year, and his son Lieutenant James Fitzmaurice* now resides 
 at Old Derrig within about a mile from this town. 
 
 " Believe me, Dear Sir, 
 
 ** Most truly yours, 
 
 "Arthur Fitzmaurice." 
 
 TO EDWARD EUSTACE HILL, ESCt ^ RESIDENT MAGISTRATE, LONGFORD. 
 
 " Bristol, 22nd March, 1841. 
 "Dear Sir,--Anowme to present you a co oy of the History and Antiquities of 
 the County of Carlow, written by me. The work has been very favourably na. 
 ticed by the reviews, (the Literary GazeWe considering it equal to the valuable 
 county histories of Doctor Smith) and the gentry of the County Carlow highly 
 approve of it. You will perceive by the chapter on the respectable families of 
 the county, that there is a family connection subsisting between u^ though I 
 have not heretofore had the pleasure of your acquaintance. An uncle of 
 mine, Mr. D. Ryan, was brother in-law of your uncle, the late Mr. John 
 Hill, I should be glad to hear that the work meets your approbation, aad 
 Rm, 
 
 " Dear Sir, 
 
 " Your*s, faithfully, 
 
 **JOHN RtAK.* 
 TO REV. WILLIAM HICKEY, MULRAWKIN, WEXFORD. 
 
 „_ c.. ,r .„ "Bristol, 8th April, 1841. 
 
 Dear Sir,— You will find a parcel to your address at one of the coach- 
 offices, Wexford— forwarded from Dublin. 
 ' ** Believe me, dear Sir, 
 
 ** Your'8 faithfully, 
 
 "John Rrks,** 
 
 FROM MRS, HICKEY,f MULRANKIN. 
 
 « Mulrankin Glebe, Wexford, 
 «», r> ,r « "April 16, 1841. 
 
 My Dear Mr. Ryan,— Lest you should think Mr. Hickey ungrateful for 
 your valuable present, I write to mention its safe arrival. • • • • I have 
 forwarded the Bristol papers you were so kind as to send him, and shall let 
 him know of all your kind recollection as soon as I can, and if possible for- 
 ward your books. Let me now tell you with sincerity, it gives me unfeigned 
 pleasure to bear of the success of my talented countryman. I can only say, 
 
 go on and prosper. I should not take up too much of your valuable 
 
 time, so will now conclude, by assuring you of my being, 
 
 ** Very sincerely your's, 
 
 "Henrietta M. Hicket." 
 
 • Now Captain, Royal Navy, and J. P. Captain Fitzmaurice's father was 
 brother in-law to my Uncle, Mr. David Ryan, — they being married to two sis- 
 ters. The Fitzmaurice family of Carlow are descended from a younger son of 
 the twentieth Lord Kerry, who died in 1697. The Marquis of Lansdowne is 
 descended from the eldest son of the same nobleman. 
 
 f This lady is daughter of John Steuart, Esq., Steuart Lodge, Co. Carlow. 
 
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 TO ROBERT PHIPPSIT, SSa., MAYOR 6W BRISTOL. 
 
 "Sir, — Permit me to present you a copy of a work on Ireland, which, ai 
 you will observe by the enclosed, has been roost favourably noticed by the 
 leading Reviews, Magazines, and public Journals. It was the first work 
 which fully proved the existence of the secret Popish Ribbon conspiracy, 
 and was found a useful auxiliary to the investigation by the House of 
 Lords. It would afford me gteat gratification to learn that it meets your 
 approbation. 
 
 ** I have the honor to be, Sir, 
 
 *' Your obedient humble servant, 
 
 *• John Ryan." 
 
 I forwarded a copy of the work also to J. K. Haberfield, Esq., late 
 Mayor of Bristol. The following are the replies : — 
 
 ** Counci House, Jst May, 1841. 
 "The Mayor of Bristol begs to acknowledge the receipt of Mr. Ryan's work 
 on Ireland, for which he feels particularly obliged, and will take an early 
 opportunity of perusing its contenta. 
 " John Ryan, Esq." 
 
 ** York Crescent, Clifton, 
 
 «3rd May, 1841. 
 •* Sir — I beg to return you my best thanks for your book (being your com- 
 position) on Ireland, which I will peruse with attention, and have no doubt 
 you justly merit the praises bestowed so properly, and by such good judges. 
 Again I thank you, and 
 
 ** Believe me, 
 
 ** Your obliged, 
 "John Ryan, Esq." "John Kerle Habxrfield." 
 
 VROM EDWARD EUSTACE HILL, ESQ., RESIDENT MAGISTRATE. 
 
 "View Mount, Longford, 
 
 « May 4, 1841. 
 "Dear Sir,— On Saturday last, I was favoured with your letter of the 22nd 
 March, accompanying your esteemed present of a copy of *The History and 
 Antiquities of the County of Carlow.' Having seen this book about a year 
 ago in Dublin, I purchased it, and was much pleased with its contents, and 
 shall retain the copy you have sent me with pleasing recollections of the 
 author. 
 
 '* I am well aware of t\ie connection between Mr. D. Ryan, and my aunt, 
 and I think 1 recollect her. Onre more accept ray best thanks, and > 
 
 " Believe me, 
 
 " My dear Sir, 
 
 « Your's faithfullr, 
 
 "Edward E. Hill." 
 
 from mrs. hickey. 
 
 " Mulrankin Glebe, 
 
 *'May5, 1841. 
 ** My Dear Mr. Ryan, — I received your very kind letter, and thank you 
 
 for it, and the Bristol paper which came on Sunday. My mother 
 
 desires her kind remembrance. 
 
 ** John Ryan, Esq." 
 
 " I remain, 
 
 Very sincerely youi's, 
 "Henrietta Maria Hickby." 
 
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 TO SIR GEORGE SINCLAIR, BART., MP. 
 
 " Bristol, 15th May, 1841. 
 "Sir,— 'I have tba honor to forward /or your acceptance two works of 
 
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 mine, which have been very favourably received by the leading Reviews. ^ 
 Magazines, and Journals. The Disclosure on Ireland was the first work 
 which fully proved the existence of the secret Popish Ribbon confederacv 
 and was found a useful auxiliary to the investigation by the House of Lords 
 I am happy to state, that the work has been highly estimated by several oer- 
 sons of distinguished ability, rank and influence. It would afford me hieh 
 gratification to learn that the volumes meet your approbation 
 
 *♦ In addition. Sir, to the motive arising from concurrence *of public views. 
 I am further led to this communication by the honor of acquaintance with 
 
 fn^lL-^rfrn^ri fh* « Til P^^!f."5''^ ^ ^^'l^' °^ introduction in Edinburgh, 
 in 1830, from the Rev Wiiliaru Hickey, author of several useful works unde^ 
 the name of Marlin Doyle. At that lime I was inclined to embrace aericul- 
 ture as a pursuit, but the combined influence of literature and politics in-, 
 duced a relinquishment of that intention. I trust that in the latter I have 
 not laboured altogether in vain. 
 
 " I have the honor to be. Sir, 
 
 " Your obedient humble servant, 
 
 "John Ryan." 
 
 TO WILLIAM WORDSWORTH, ESQ., LONDON. 
 
 itn o- IT . ^j , , ** Bristol, 25th May, 1841. 
 
 ^ A^S S»«;-Havmg had the pleasure of making your acquaintance at 
 Rydal Mount, in the autumn of 1829 (when I presented you a copy of a 
 pamphlet of mme on the Romau Catholic question), I wish now to forward 
 a communication, but first to ascertain your exact address. I have learned 
 your present sojourn from the public journals. Permit me to congratulate 
 you on the marriage of your daugher, and 
 
 ** Believe me, dear Sir, 
 
 " Your's sincerely, 
 
 ** John Ryan.*" 
 
 TO MISS DAVYS, PALACE, PETERBOROUGH. 
 
 « »; J T ^ . ,^ , " Bristol, 26th May, 1841. 
 
 ^ Madam,-I read with much pain, a day or two since, in the public 
 journals, a notice of a serious accident which you had encountered. Your 
 escape was most providential, as it might have had a most disastrous ter- 
 mmation. Not finding anything in the tenor or terms of the last note with 
 with which I was favoured, or any other circumstance, precluding me from 
 the present communicaiion-I venture to inquire your progress towards con- 
 valescence. I hope you will believe that no idle or vain curiosity prompts 
 this office of common humanity in reference to an affair in which (althoueh I 
 have not had the happiness of ajormal introduction), I cannot avoid feeling 
 Interest* * 
 
 **I have the honor to remain, 
 
 " Madam, with great truth and esteem, 
 " Your most faithful humble servant, 
 
 "John Ryan/' 
 
 FROM MISS DAVYS, PALACE, FETERBOR(^GH. 
 
 u e- TV .11 "London, June Ist. 
 
 Sir— I hope you will accept my thanks for your letter, which reached 
 me yesterday. I cannot but feel the kindness which prompted you to inouira 
 thus after me. The accident, of which you saw a notice in the newspaoers 
 had, most providentially, no ill consequences, though, at the time/it was 
 very alarming. In two or three days I quite recovered, and am niw per- 
 fectly wsU, feeling very thankful for my preservation in such a time of 
 danger. *^ 
 
 Begging again to thank you for your kind inquiries, 
 
 " I have the honor to remain, 
 , , ^ ^ „ *' Sir, your's obediently, 
 
 ■John Ryan, Esq." "M.A.Davys." 
 
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 PROM SIR GEORGE SINCLAIR, BART., M.F. 
 
 "Arthur'!, 4th June, 1841. 
 Sir,— I heg to offer my beat thanks for the valuable works of which you 
 have done me the honor to send me a copy. I have read a part of them with 
 great pleasure, and hope to complete the perusal, when health and leisure 
 permit of my doing so. 
 
 ** I remain Sir, 
 • " Your very obedient servant, 
 
 John Ryan, Esq." " George Sinclair." 
 
 « 
 
 FROM WILLIAM WORDSWORTH, ESCl. 
 
 *' Dear Sir, — My address is Mr. Moxon's, 44, Dover-street, where I 
 bball be happy to receive ihe communication which you obligingly promise. 
 
 " I remain, dear Sir, 
 
 " Truly your'?, 
 
 " William "Wordsworth. 
 "41, Upper Grosvernor- street, June 7th." 
 
 to right HON. SIR ROBERT PEEL, BART., M.P. 
 
 "Bristol, 31 St May, 1841. 
 
 «« Sir, — J have thehonor to forward herewith a copy of the Bristol Standard i 
 copies ol which I have had, for some lime, the pleasure of forwarding. The 
 press presenting a powerful medium of influencing the public mind, I have 
 been endeavouring to * do the State some service* in that journal ; not 
 altogether without effect. Though recently established, its weight in this city 
 is equal, if not greater, than any other paper, while its influence with the 
 leadmg metropolitan Conservative journals (both of London and Dublin) is 
 very co.isiderable. I am happy to know that it has thus aided in the good 
 work of steadying parties, or sections of parties, and preserving that ijnity 
 among Conservatives upon which so much depends. There have been indi- 
 cations of a disposition to division which if not speedily suppressed might 
 have led to the worst possible consequences. My course in this niatter has 
 been in accordance with the principles which for years I have steadily, 
 zealously and sincerely supported ; some knowledge of which. Sir, you pos- 
 sess and evidence of which will he found enclosed. Occasionally, I have 
 views and suggestions on important public affairs, which, not being suited for 
 publication, are consequently lost, so far as the public welfare is concerned. 
 From your position in the Conservative party, I have thought it right to for- 
 ward the present communication and intelligence. The ^ame motive has 
 induced me to forward the Bristol Standard,* as emanating from an important 
 locality. Among other exertions, I have been enabled by correspondence to 
 counteract the slanderous aspersions in reference to the loyalty of the Orange 
 party. I have in {.treparation, a History of Ireland since the Revolution of 
 1688, as a continuation of the work of Doctor Leland. 
 
 •* 1 may add. Sir, that I am further emboldened on the present occasion 
 by the circumstance, that I was honored by the friendship of your relative, 
 the late much respected Dean of St. Patrick's, to whom, with others, I re- 
 turned thanks in the prelace to my History and Antiquities of the County of 
 Carlow, a copy of which I had the honor to present. A cousin of mine, 
 Mr. Da\id Ryan, a gentleman rcbiding at Casilecomer, was a parishioner oif 
 the late Dean, with whom he lived on terms of friendly intercourse. 
 
 " 1 have the honor to remain, 
 
 ** Sir, with great respect, 
 
 ** Your obedient faithful servant, 
 
 ••John Rtaw." 
 
 / 
 
 * Sir Robert Peel received every copy published during two years and 
 •even months^ of my editorship. 
 
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 In a few days afterwards, I received the following from Sir Robert 
 Peel : — 
 
 " Whitehall, June 6. 
 •* Sir Robert Peel presents his compliments to Mr. Ryan, and begs leave to 
 acknowledge the receipt of Mr. Ryan's letter of the 3i8t May." 
 "John Ryan, Esq." 
 
 TO EDWARD EUSTACE HILL, ESft., R.M. LONGFORD. 
 
 ••Bristol, 5th June, 1841. 
 •* Dear Sir,— I had the pleasure of receiving j-our letter of the 4th ult. and 
 am glad the History of Carlow safely reached its destination. Accept ray 
 best thanks for the terms of your communication and the flattering manner 
 in which you allude to my work. From the relationship subsisting between us 
 (to which you make kind allusion), 1 wish to forward a copy of the History 
 of Carlow to your hrtoher Sir Dudley Hill. You will, therefore, oblige by 
 informing me of his address. I heard not long since that he resided in a 
 southern county of this kingdom. Please let me know the best mode of ad- 
 dressing a parcel to him. 
 
 ** I remain. Dear Sir, 
 
 •• Yours faithfully, 
 ^ , ^ ••John Ryan." 
 
 Captain HiU's reply : — 
 
 •• View Mount, Longford, 
 
 June 9th 1841. 
 
 *• Dear 5>r,--I was favoured with your communication of the 5th insunt, 
 and I beg to assure you it will afford me great pleasure in having an oppor- 
 tunity of thanking you in person for your kind remembrance of me. My 
 brother Dudley lives near Lyme Regis in the County of Dorset, but is at 
 present in London, and any letter or parcel will find bim at the United Ser- 
 vice Club, London. 
 
 ** I remain, Dear Sir, 
 
 " Yours faithfully, 
 
 "Edw. E. Hill." 
 FROM Mrs. Hicket. 
 
 •* Mulrankin Glebe, Wexford, 
 
 June 11th 1841. 
 
 •• My Dear Mr. Ryan,-— • • • It is supposed there will be great ex- 
 citement in this county at the approaching elections. Mr. Morgan has up- 
 wards of 800 freeholders of his own, hut mar y Conservatives have not re- 
 gi-^tered their tenant.^. Unfortunate Mr. Butler Bryen dined out the day 
 before he was murdered, and remarked (in speaking of Mr. Hall) • what a 
 happiness to live in so quiet a county as this.' My mother desires her kind 
 regards. 
 
 " I remain, faithfully yours, 
 
 " Henrietta Maria Hickby." 
 
 to william wordsworth, tsq, 
 
 « Bristol, 10th June, 1841. 
 
 *• Dear Sir,— I have the pleasure to present you herewith, two works of mine 
 which have been favourably noticed by the leading Reviews, Magazines, and 
 public Journals, as you will perceive by the accompanying extracts of criticisms. 
 As there are very few county histories in Ireland, any attempt of the kind ia 
 fairly entitled to more than ordinary consideration. You will see by the preface, 
 that I visited all the ancient buildings in the county for the purpose of ensuring 
 a full and accurate account. The work is much liked by the gentry of the 
 c»nnty— of which you will perceive (p. 372} I am a native. The Diselo$m-e on 
 
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 the state of Ireland was the first work which fully proted '^f. «"t«°J^« ^'^^^ 
 .ecret Popish Ribbon conspiracy and was found a useful auxiliary to the inves- 
 tifiationn 1839, by the Commiltee of the House of Lords. It would afford 
 me much gratification to learn that these works meet your approbation, either 
 in a literary or any other respect. , . . • looo 
 
 "Though several years have elapsed, sir, since our short intercourse in 1829, 
 I have a lively recollection of it, and have often thought of the day on which 
 I accompanied you from your residence to Ulswater as one of the pleasanlest I 
 have passed. You will probably recollect that you were proceeding to visit the 
 Earl of Lonsdale, and that we parted at the hotel at Ulswater. Accepting your 
 kind invitation, I had afterwards the pleasure of seeing Mrs. and Miss W. at 
 Rvdal and have carefully retained a pencil sketch of your residence which I 
 received from them. During the same excursion, I had interviews of some 
 length with those other stars of the l«ke country, Mr. Souihey and Professor 
 WUson which afforded me much gratification. I ascended to the summit of 
 Skiddai, visited Grasmere, Windermere, and Conision, and thus, as you are 
 aware, saw the most attractive scenery of that splendid district. 
 
 " Since that period, as you will perceive, I have been chiefly engaged in 1 - 
 terarv and political pursuits. In Ireland, or indeed anywhere just now, i is 
 IS impossible to'avoid being a politician. From the period o, the accession 
 onhe Whigs to power in 1830, I have been their steady, conscientious oppo- 
 nent and I need hardly add. that the appromhing downfall of a pernicious 
 SnUtraLn is to me'matte^ of no small satis^cth.n. The members of the 
 Melbourne ministry, by their base coahuon wiin O ^onnell and ^^s I'ap'st 
 faction have, indeed, almost annihilated the once respectable Whig party. For 
 tSe TasJ two years, I have been endeavouring in a public journal here to support 
 hose ProtesLt, Conservative principles to which I have been always sincerely 
 attached. The journal, a copy of which I enclose, has very considerable, in- 
 deed I may say leading influence here as well as elsewhere. 
 
 " I tr"S str^, that you and Mrs. W. enjoy good health. Of your daughter, 
 I presume, from the r'ecent happy event, I need not inquire. Kind remembrance 
 and best respect to them. In 
 
 * this great world of joy and pain,' 
 it is eratifying to renew acquaintance, after a number uf years, under such 
 ilcumstances Nor will the gratification be diminished by the reflection that 
 the L^erim has not been misspent by either party. With best wishes for your- 
 
 fcelf and family, . 
 
 « I remain, dear sir, 
 
 " Your's sincerely, 
 
 "John Rtan." 
 
 Mr. Wordsworth's reply : — « , * * 
 
 ivxi. TT u»uo rj « 37, Lower Brook-street, 
 
 "June 15. 
 « Dear Sir,- In the hurry of a short visit to London, I sit down to thankyou 
 for the tokens of regard which I have just received from you. You will not be 
 BurprLd wSen I say that I must defer the perusal of the books till my return 
 I the quiet of hom J. The subject of which you treat is most important, and 
 t^ir opportunities for understanding and your abilities to do it justice are great 
 therefore I cannot doubt that much pleasure awaits me m the perusal of these 
 publications, both the Disclosure and the Antiquities, &c. 
 ^ « iCe to thank you also for your obliging letter, and the reference you 
 make in U to your visit to the Lakes. I must not forget the accompanymg 
 newspaper. In your laudable labour in that department, I heartily wish you 
 
 ■access. , 
 
 « Believe me, my dear sir, 
 " In great haste, 
 
 «« Faithfully your obliged servant, ^^ 
 
 " John Ryan, Esq." " William WoRDsyroRTH. 
 
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 TO MIS8 DAVYS, PALACE, PETERBOROUGH. 
 
 ** Bristol, 8th July, 1841. 
 « Madam,— I had the honor of receiving your note of the Ist June, the 
 terms and contents of which offered me the highest gratification. I rejoiced 
 to learn your complete recovery from the effects of the accident, and that 
 the feehng which prompted my inquiry is duly estimated. Although 
 there had been no formal introduction, I thought a s'ufficient degree of know- 
 ledge (more, indeed, than in many formal introductions) existed to warrant, 
 under all the circumstances, the communication, and again express my 
 great and secret satisfaction that I did not judge incorrectly. 
 
 ** In the public journal which I have the honor and the pleasure to forward 
 herewith, you will observe a notice of the Cottager's Monthly Visitor. In- 
 de|)endently of your interest in that publication, its intrinsic merits deserve 
 the cordial approval of every well-wisher of society. I trust I have some 
 reason to cherish the hope, that the reception of this communication may not 
 he less flattering than that of the preceding. Time and space being in a great 
 degree annihilated by railroads (of which I intend shortly to avail myself in 
 a visit to the metropolis), it is now incumbent on every individual, by inter- 
 coinmunicjition and otherwise to promote good works. 
 
 *' I have the honor to remain, 
 
 •• Madam, with sincere respect and esteem, 
 *' Your most faithful humble servant, 
 ' "John Ryan." 
 
 from mrs. hickey : 
 
 " Mulrankin Glebe, Wexford, 
 August 16, 1841. 
 *• My Dear Mr. Ryan,— Many thanks for your constant attention and kind 
 anxiety about me on the late trying occasion. I am, thank God, recovering 
 from my late dreadful attack, in every sense of the word. It certainly is a 
 disgrace to Irishmen having beaten an unoffending, unprotected female. I 
 was sitting alone on the side of the car. My escape from death has been very 
 miraculous. I have a copy of Mr. Hickey's last and best work which I 
 should be very happy to send you, if I could know how. Pray let me know. 
 Mr. Hickey's health is wonderfully improved by change of climate. 
 
 " Believe me, Dear Mr. Ryan, 
 
 " Your very sincere friend, 
 
 "Henrietta Maria Hickey." 
 
 The Romish persecution, by street ruffians, being continued in 
 Bristol, 1 deemed it advisable to prepare a succinct statement of the 
 facts of the case, together with some account of the public labours in 
 support of Protestantism which have been met by the flagrant, dis- 
 graceful crimes of the adversary. In order to render this statement 
 more impressive, I resolved to wait on the Magistrates, (21st August 
 1841 ), state its contents, and verify it by affidavit. I also slated my 
 wish that the street ruffians should be apprehended. The Magistrates 
 courteously replied, that it was necessary i should either mention the 
 name of some of the guilty parties, or 'bring them before the court. 
 My purpose was, however, in a great degree answered, as I imme- 
 diately got my statement printed as a tract, stating that I had waited 
 on the Magistrates, as above related. I entitled this tract, Ribbonism 
 in England— Mr. Ryans Slatemenl. Two thousand copies of it 
 were printed and a great number circulated by post in England, Scot- 
 
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 land and Ireland. This Statement (dated, Bristol, 23rd August, 1841 ), 
 is referred to in the subsequent letters.* 
 
 TO RIGHT HON. SIR ROBERT PEEL, BART., M.P. 
 
 " Bristol, 30th August, 1841. 
 u Sir —I have the honor to enclose to you a public statement which I have 
 found it necessary to publish, and which contains information that under 
 present circumstiinces will be found useful on many accounts. 
 
 ** I have the honor to remain, 
 
 " Sir, with great respect, 
 
 " Your obedient, faithful servant, 
 
 *• John Ryan." 
 
 •» 
 
 On the same day, I forwarded copies to J. C. Colquhoun, Esq 
 M.P., to The Timesy Morning Post, Standard, Record, Britannia, 
 United Service Gazette, Naval and Military Gazette, John Bull, 
 Metropolitan Conservative Journal, Age, and Argus. 
 
 FROM J. C. COLQUHOUN, ESQ., M.P. 
 
 « Killermont, Sept. 2, 1841. 
 « Dear Sir,— I beg to apologise for not answering and thanking you for 
 your former letter of the 9th August. It came upon me when I was much 
 eneaeed. I shall read your Statement with the utmost attention, and thmk 
 every thing useful which tends to awaken public attention on that subject. 
 
 •* I am, dear Sir, 
 
 «« Your obedient servant, 
 
 **J. C. Colquhoun." 
 
 "John Ryan, Esq." 
 
 ITROM MRS. HICKEY. 
 
 " Dear Mr. Ryan— I send the book. I hope it will arrive safe, and be 
 acceptable. My friend, Mr. Litton, M.P.. for Coleraine, has sent for a state- 
 ment of the attack upon me, as he wishes to make use of it in par lament. 
 I trust ^ ou will soon get rid of your persecution. It must be a consolation to 
 you having been useful. Have you seen Mrs. S. C. Hall's sketches on the 
 county of Carlow ? I suppose it is your ancestor, the chief O Ryan she 
 makes honorable mention of. Had he not been killed by the monk Nicholas, 
 he would have stopped the progress .if Strongbow. My mother and daughter 
 unite with me in kind wishes to you. 
 
 *• Believe me, 
 
 ** Your sincere friend, ^ 
 
 "Mulrankin Glebe, "Henrietta Maria Hickey. 
 
 "Septembers, 1841." 
 
 On the 4th September, I sent the Statement to the Duke of Wel- 
 lint^ton, Duke of Buckingham, Lord Lyndhurst, Lord Hill, Lord 
 Stanley, and Sir James Graham. On the 9th September, to Rev. 
 R. J. McGhee, Rev. M. O'Sullivan, and Rev. S. O'Sullivan. On 
 the 7th September, to the Dublin Warder, Dublin Statesman, Derry 
 Standard, Derry Sentinel, IVaterford Mail, Kilkenny Moderator, 
 Wexford Conservative, Newry Telegraph, Tipperary Constitution, 
 
 * The Statement was published in Bristol by " Norton, Strong, Ligh^^and 
 Ridler, Lancaster, and other respectable booksellers," as stated in the second 
 edition A parcel, containing some numbers of the Statement, has been lately 
 Stolen from me in Dublin. See advertiaeraent in preceding pages. 
 
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 Sligo Journal, Fermanagh Reporter, Northern Standard, Ulster 
 Times, and Ballyshannon Herald. 
 
 On the 30ih August, 1841, Sir Robert Peel was entrusted with 
 the high office of Prime Minister, by her Majesty the Queen. 
 That accession of the Protestant, Conservative party to power, for 
 which we had been all contending fur eleven years, was at length 
 accomplished. At least, we Protestant Conservatives conceived that 
 in the new Premier, we had an able and energetic leader, wlio would 
 support the principles in office, for the maintenance of which we 
 ejected the Whigs, and elevated him to pnwer. We all naturally 
 imagined, that those loyalists who fought under his banner in oppo- 
 sition would receive due countenance on the acquisition of office; 
 that, particularly, those whose services were recognised and admitted 
 would, in return, meet a fair share of ministerial support and patron- 
 age. Under this impression, I addressed a letter to Sir Robert Peel, 
 which, without further preface, 1 shall now submit to the reader. 
 
 TO RIGHT HON. SIR ROBERT PEEL, BART., M.P. 
 
 *♦ Bristol, 18th September, 1841. 
 
 " Sir, — The higher arrangements of the administration having been satis- 
 factorily adjusted, 1 beg leave to address you on a matter of minor impor- 
 tance. Having been for fourteen years actively engaged in support of the 
 British Monarchy and Constitution in Church and State, it has been suggested 
 to me, within the last three years, that I might reasonably expect some mark 
 of the favor of the Crown, Of the extremely unsettled state of the United King- 
 dom during the last ten years, and the desperate exertions of revolutionists 
 of all kinds, you, Sir, are perfectly aware. That the warfare waged was for 
 the very existence of the Monarchy, no one can deny; for if the adversaries 
 had succeeded in tiieir various designs, the Constitution must have been over- 
 thrown, and the country plunged into anarchy. In Ireland, the loyal portion 
 of the people have been subject to the most galling persecution from the 
 agitators and their followers ; a treasonable conspiracy has been formed for 
 their extermination ; and the government, which should have extended its 
 protection to the peaceable and well-disposed, bestowed all its countenance 
 and favour on the least deserving section of the community. It is unneces- 
 sary that I should d^ell on the po-ition of parties when addressing you. Sir, 
 who are fully acquainted with the subject. 1 merely allude to it for the pur- 
 pose of shewing the importance of the contest, and the arduous nature of 
 the position of any one actively engaged in endeavouring to sustain the loyal 
 spirit of the Irish Protestants, and promote attachment to the British Crown 
 and Constitution, upon which depends the very existence of the empire. The 
 vital necessity of union between the Hritibh government and the Irish Pro- 
 testants, needs no enforcement. In proportion to the importance of the 
 Interests involved, must be the claim for con^ideration of those who have 
 borne the brunt of the battle ; who have been, throughout, in the front 
 rank ; and have acquitted themselves with admitted credit and efficiency in 
 defence of a just cause. Of the part which I have sustained, you. Sir, are 
 already in some degree aware, and I think the enclosed will justify me ia 
 assuming a rank second to none in zealous devotion to the Sovereign, and the 
 cause of the Constitution. You will perceive. Sir, that I am justified in 
 stating, that I have done the state some service, and that as 'attainments 
 in literature' have been deemed worthy of reward, I am not without that 
 species of claim to consideration. On these grounds, Sir, and being of limited 
 income, I venture tp solicit from the Crown such amount upon the pension 
 list as the applicant may seem tu merit. 
 *' I should add, Sir, that the accompanying documents do not, by any 
 
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 means, fully exhibit my exertions in promotion of the Conservative caase ; 
 a cause, which is, in tact, the cause of the country. By correspondence,* 
 I have for a series of years been enabled to make several useful suggestions, 
 and remove various prejudices and erroneous impressions in the highest 
 quarters; and having some influence (more, perhaps, than many persons 
 of a higher rank), have materially promoted, in many ways, that unity 
 among Conservatives wiiich has been, and is essential to the welfare of that 
 party and of the State. Documents in my possession, which I can produce 
 at any time, will prove this, and shew the high estimation of my services by 
 some of the most distinguished members of society. Some have declared, 
 that I might fairly expect, and would receive some mark of favour, such as 
 that now solicited. When every revolutionary follower, particulaily in Ire- 
 land, of the late ministry was appointed to place, or otherwise favoured, (as 
 shall be fully noticed in a history of Ireland which I have in contemplationj, 
 when we consider the names placed on the pension list duritig the ten years 
 of Whig-Popish government, it is not too much to expect that good sub- 
 jects, in some degree martyrs to the cause, may experience, at least, as 
 much countenance and support. From the many marks of confidence and 
 favour extended to u»e by the Protestants of Ireland, it may be lairly infer- 
 red, that not merely would compliance with the present request be highly 
 applauded by them, but they would sincerely desire that it should be granted. 
 I am sure the entire Conservative body, and the leading organs of public 
 opinion, would (from their already expressed high estimation), entertain the 
 same feeling. Of objection, 1 conceive there can be none, except from trai- 
 tors and revolutionists — such as would regret the full proof, first publicly 
 furnished by me, of the existence of the treasonable Ribbon conspiracy; the 
 importance of which service may be estimated by the persecution thereby 
 entailed. 
 
 " If necessary, Sir, several noblemen and gentlemen of rank and influ- 
 ence will testify and interlere in my favour. Among the number would have 
 been the late estimable Dean of St. Patrick's, whose friendship 1 possessed, 
 as I have already had the honor to state, and to whom I publicly returned 
 thanks for his kindness in the preface to my History and Antiquities of the 
 county of Carlow. But I ptesume that such course, which would be de- 
 cidedly requisite in the case of a person less publicly engaged, may not be 
 required when the individual has acted a more prominent part. And in con- 
 clusion, I would state, that even though personally concerned, I would not 
 make the present request were I not persuaded that it is consistent with 
 reason and justice, that it would be advantageous to the State, and strictly 
 confined to the direct paths of the Constitution. 
 
 "I have the honor to remain, 
 '* Sir, with great respect, 
 
 *• Your obedient laithful servant, 
 
 " John Rtan, 
 " Member of the Royal Society of Literature."" 
 
 The following was the reply of Sir Robert Peel : — 
 
 " Whitehall, 
 "22nd September, 1841. 
 "Sir — I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 18th iuhtaut, 
 and to acquaint you that it is not in my power to hold out to you the expec* 
 tation of a compliance with the wishes which that letter conveys to me. 
 
 *' I have the honor to be, 
 
 " Sir, your laithlul servant, 
 
 "RoBEttT Peel." 
 "John Ryan, Esq." 
 
 * The present publication contains only a selection. 
 
 FROM J. HOUSTON BROWNE, ESQ. 
 
 "Limerick, Sept. 25, 1841. 
 
 ** Sir — Excuse my apparent neglect in not sooner forwarding to you a paper 
 containing your valuable letter on Mibbonism in England. It was only occa- 
 sioned by a press of business. 
 
 " I have the honor, to be, 
 
 " Sir, your very obedient servant, 
 
 " J. Houston Browne, 
 " Editor of the Limerick Standard"* 
 " John Ryan, Esq." 
 
 TO J. S. HARFORD, ESQ., BANKER, BRISTOL. 
 
 "Bristol, 4th October, 1841. 
 
 " Sir — 1 have the honor to enclose a Statement which I have found it 
 necessary to publish, and which will be found useful on many accounts. It 
 exhibits the real state of parties, and the principles on which they act. I 
 also forward the second edition of a letter of mine to the Protestants of Ire- 
 land. The state of that country never required greater attention than at the 
 present moment. 
 
 " I have lately perused your excellent Life of Thomas Paine, which supplies 
 a complete antidote to the baneful principles of that individual. I hope 
 soon to have the pleasure of reading your Memoir of Bishop Burgess, 
 whose memory must be honored by every sincere supporter of our Protestant 
 Constitution. 
 
 " I have the honor to be, 
 
 " Sir, with great respect, 
 
 " Your obedient humble servant, 
 
 " John Ryan." 
 
 to p. f. aiken, esq., banker, bristol. 
 
 « Bristol, 4th October, 1841. 
 
 «* Sir, — I have the honor to enclose a Statement which J have ftund it neces- 
 sary to publish, and which exhibits the real state of parties and the principles 
 on which they act. Permit me, in addition, to forward the second edition of 
 a letter addressed some years since to the Protestants of Ireland. The state of 
 that country never required more attention than at the present moment. 
 
 " I have the honor to be, 
 
 " Sir, with great respect, 
 
 " Your obedient humble servant, 
 
 "John Ryan." 
 
 Perceiving a disposition on the part of Sir Robert Peel to act upon 
 the false principle of endeavouring to conciliate enemies by the sacri- 
 fice of the zealous and efficient friends of the Conservative party, I 
 deemed it my duty to oppose a course so palpably destructive. Both 
 in England and Ireland it soon appeared that firm and consistent at- 
 tachment to Protestant principles was the reverse of a recommendation 
 in the eyes of the Premier, although he was unquestionably elevated 
 to his high office by the confidence reposed in his profession of such 
 principles and opposition to the coalition of the Whigs and Romanists. 
 Consideration of these circumstances induced the following article. 
 
 ♦ The Statement also appeared in the columns of the Waterford Mail and 
 Kilkenny Moderator. 
 
 .4h 
 
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 160 
 
 which I wrote for the Bristol Standard^ of which journal I was 
 Editor, as already stated : — 
 
 {Fram the Bristol Standard of the 6th October, 1841.) 
 
 IRELAND — POLICY OF SIR ROBERT PEEL. 
 
 In one of his parliamentary speeches, Sir Robert Peel stated that Ireland 
 would be his chief difficulty as a Minister. Difficulties there certainly must be 
 in the government of a country so long subject to neglect and misrule j but we 
 do not think the difficulties insuperable to any honest, straightforward slates- 
 man. The subject is of pressing importance, and imperatively demands con- 
 sideration. 
 
 The last oration of Mr. Daniel O'Connell to his loyal Repealers contained 
 some censure of Lord John Russell, because he expressed his approbation of 
 the Irish appointments of Sir R. Peel. Now, if we were disposed to complain 
 of the said Irish appointments, or the pohcy thereby indicated, we should 
 adduce this very approval of Lord J. Russell as /"umishing good and sufficient 
 ground for the entertainment of serious doubts ; and perhaps the creation of 
 divison was the insidious purpose of the ex-official. If the arrangements met 
 the sanction of Lord J. Russtli, we must suppose that he thinks there will be 
 a * walking in the footsteps' of the * beloved Normanby' or Fortescue ; and if 
 such were the case, where would be the advantage of the change of ministers > 
 We do not expect that the present Premier, or those under his influence, will 
 follow the * liberal' example of the late public functionaries ; but it is not suffi- 
 cient that there be an abstinence from direct •* heavy blows and great discourage- 
 ment' to Protestantism," there should be absolute encouragement of Protestantism 
 and of genuine, consistent loyalty, wherever they have been unequivocally 
 exhibited. There should be no shrinking from full countenance of good and 
 well-disposed subjects of the realm, in the vain hope of conciliating inveterate 
 seditionists, revolutionists, and traitors. 
 
 This is not the policy which would meet the approval of Lord J. Russell, 
 or the Liberal school, nor is it the doctrine which would please O'Connell and 
 Co. In proof, we may adduce the attack of the latter on Mr. Blackburne, the 
 Irish Attorney-General, because he appointed the ' Secretary of the Dawson- 
 street Orange Club* to an office under government. The Dawson-street Club 
 is not an Orange Club ; it is styled the Metropolitan Conservative Society ; but 
 all Conservatives are Orangemen with the Papists. Mr. O'Connell would 
 not allow the Secretary of the Orange Club (whose great crime is unflinching 
 loyalty) to receive any appointment, but he highly approved of the promotion 
 of Mr. Pigott, hot from the Repeal Association, to the post of Attorney- General 
 to her Majesty, with numbers of similar salutary appointments. This shews the 
 aninms of the O'Connell faction in Ireland. Procure the instalment of as many 
 as possible of their own party, without the slightest regard to their eligibility^^ 
 but be sure make a formal complaint of the appointment of every political op- " 
 ponent. This is modesty ! Will the present Premier respond to the Irish 
 agitator's sentiments on this point ? Take the case of the appointment by Mr. 
 Blackburne. Will our present Ministers disapprove of the promotion of a 
 highly qualified person, on account of his zealous and efficient services in aid of 
 the Conservative cause ? Will the Prime Minister deprive honest and efficient, 
 and truly loyal Protestants of their just countenance, to please the notoriously 
 disafl'ected ? Wo trust not. We trust we shall never see such insane policy. 
 It is quite obvious that the adversary will not be conciliated even by the appoint- 
 ment of the most lukewarm Conservatives, or those half Liberals, who have, 
 in fact, no principles, while gross injustice is perpetrated towards those who 
 have served the State by the overthrow of the late slippery functionaries, and 
 the formation of the present administration. It is our strong impression, that 
 the Romanists and their Whig-Liberal allies would view with secret contempt 
 the conduc^t of a ministry capable, oa any pretext, of deserting the individuals 
 most prominent in promoting the cause to which they, profess themselves at- 
 tached ; while the great body of the Protestant Conservatives must behold such 
 
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 treatment of their most active members with the utmost discontent and disap- 
 probation. What would be thought of the Duke of Wellington if, after one of 
 the victories in the Peninsula, he should studiously neglect a Lord Hill, a 
 Beresford, and a Picton, for the purpose of conciliating the enemy by the sa- 
 crifice of the very men by whom the victory had been gained ? Why, the noble 
 Duke would be deemed a traitor or a madman. He could never afterwards ex- 
 pect the co-operation of any man of honor and common sense. Political warfare 
 is precisely similar, particularly when inveterate, persevering enemies are in 
 the field. 
 
 We wish it to be clearly understood that we do not, for a moment, advocate 
 the countenance of violent principles, or really violent individuals ; and we 
 believe the latter are very few. But while we have always condemned violence, 
 we admire a firm and zealous devotion to right principle. If the Protestant 
 institutions and interests of Ireland, and the union of the two countries are to 
 be maintained, their maintenance must be eflfected by men ; and, certainly, 
 any discountenance or neglect of the foremost men in their defence is not, in 
 these extraordinary times, the mode to uphold them. It is the precise, infal- 
 lible method to produce a contrary result. We shall soon have a Repealing 
 Cbrd Mayor and Corporation of Dublin, under the new Liberal act ; and most 
 unquestionably, under such circumstances, loyal Protestants (not mere nonen- 
 tities), and loyal Romanists too, should be encouraged, perfectly without regard 
 to the unwarrantable or mischievous commentaries of either the ousted Whigs, 
 or their incorrigible agitating Romish allies. 
 
 We could advert to the practice of the Whigs, in the appointment of the 
 most vioient revolutionists, if their partizans ; but we have no desire to adduce 
 their deeds as an exemplar. Nothing can be more true than that principles are 
 often indicated by the treatment of individuals. But where could the present 
 Ministry find, in the Conservative ranks, such objectionable persons as received 
 promotion from the Whigs ? Our respectable contemporary, the Standard, has 
 frequently adverted to this subject, and the dissatisfaction abroad. With some 
 of its views we coincide, but from others dissent. With it we trust that * Pro- 
 testantism will not, as for the last ten years or more, constitute a bar to the 
 favour of the Crown.' There has been * party zeal,' no doubt, among Conser- 
 vatives ; and if there were not * party zeal' we should not now behold a 
 Conservative government. But will any sane man seriously place the zealous 
 partizans of loyalty on a. level with the [partizans of disloyalty, or say that 
 the former should receive the same treatment as the latter? Unheard-of ab- 
 surdity ! If this rule be laid down, many of the present Ministers are very 
 ineligible ; for, we presume, they could not deny that they are obnoxious to all 
 the dire discredit of having exhibited * party zeal' in defence of the Crown and 
 Constitution. This is surely a very lame, a very sophistical defence, of the 
 neglect of the most efficientmembers of a party after the victory is gained. In 
 short, we arc perfectly convinced, that, inthe present insecure state of Ireland 
 and elsewhere, such a course — such absolute concession to Liberalism, must 
 be most destructive ; that it must meet the general disapproval of the Conserva- 
 tives, and will not conciliate the sworn adversary ; and, thinking thus, we feel 
 it our bounden duty to express our opinions plainly. There must be no jealousy 
 or neglect of the stanch and consistent supporters of our Protestant Constitu- 
 tion. Any such course is a direct blow to the principles which placed the House 
 of Brunswick on the throne ; and there have been far too many such blows. 
 Immovably attached to the British Constitution, we advocate the public prin- 
 ciple and the general good, totally irrespective of personal considerations. The 
 latter must be deemed comparatively insignificant, except when the former are 
 thereby materially affected. 
 
 The number of the Bristol Standard containing the foregoing was 
 forwarded to several persons of political rank ; among the rest to the 
 Duke of Buckingham, Sir Edward Knaichbull, Bart., M.P., and 
 
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 163 
 
 II 
 
 Alexander Pringle, Esq., M.P., three members of the new Ministry 
 
 •vith the following note : — 
 
 "Bristol, 8th October, 1841. 
 " My Lord Duke,~As a firm and consistent supporter of the Protestant cause 
 and Constitution, T think it my duty to direct your Grace's attention to the 
 leading article in the accompanying number of the Bristol Standard. Hoping 
 that the serious apprehensions and distrust which begin to prevail may be 
 speedily allayed, 
 
 " I have the honor to remain, 
 
 " My Lord Duke, with sincere respect 
 
 " Your Grace's obedient humble servant, 
 
 " John Ryan." 
 
 Extract from the Bristol Gazette, Radical paper of Oct. 6, 1841, 
 enclosed in the foregoing : — 
 
 " We think from certain expressions employed by his Grace (the Duke of 
 Wellington) yesterday evening, that, after all, there is a probability of next 
 session opening with a renewal of the scenes enacted in 1829. — With the ex^ 
 perionte of a former Wellington-and Feel Cabinet fresh in recollection, wc 
 should feel no surprise at the corn being disposed of in the same fashion as 
 the Catholic question." 
 
 It is remarkable that the three persons to whom this note was sent 
 have since seceded from Sir Robert Peel's administration. The same 
 copy of the Bristol Standard was also forwarded to the Cabinet Mi- 
 nisters, and to Sir Robert Peel, with the following letter to the latter : 
 
 TO RIGHT HON. SIR ROBERT PEEL, BART., M.P. 
 
 "Bristol, 9th Oct. 184L 
 '• Sir— I had the honor of receiving your letter of the 22nd ult. As the 
 terms of th;it communication do not in any degree affect the justice of the 
 request contained in my letter of the 18th ult., I beg (in addition to the do- 
 cuments already forwarded) to submit the following from a mass of testimo- 
 nials, with a view to a reconsideration of. the case: 
 
 [Here followed extracts from letters to me of the Earl of Win- 
 chelsea. Lord Bishop of Exeter, George Petrie, Esq., Robert Phippen, 
 Esq., Mayor of Bristol, Rev. Robt. J. M*Ghee, Lord Bishop of 
 Gloucester and Bristol, Edward Dalton, Esq., Sir George Sinclair, 
 Ban., M.P., J. C. Colquhoun, Esq., M.P. and J. S. Harford,' 
 Esq.; to be found in the preceding pages.] 
 
 " I could, Sir, produce a number of other testimonials from both Noble- 
 men and Gentlemen, but these, I think, will suffice to show, that the high 
 estimation of the organs of public oj»inion is seconded by that of influential 
 individuals. From the position which I have, for fourteen years, sustained as 
 an humble, but zealous and sincere supporter of the Protestant, Conserva- 
 tive cause, the decision must affect more than mere private interests. Earnest, 
 efficient services in promotion of loyalty have entailed the virulent opposition 
 of the evil-disposed and traitorous. Under such circumstances, an adverse 
 decision on my case must be deemed in every point of view, both as a specific 
 act of discouragement and a general indication, highly injurious to the Pro- 
 testant, Conservative cause. The cause must be effected by the treatment of 
 its advocate. Ou this account, in the event of reconsideration of my just 
 claims and moderate request not producing a more favouraMe result, I think 
 it, Sir, only right to state, that I shall feel it my bounden, imperative duty 
 to the public cause to publish a full statement, or personal narrative, containing 
 copies of communications to a noble Duke and other persons, in order to ex- 
 hibit the correct amount of my public services. As the various measures 
 
 which I shall feel obliged to adopt may seriously influence the position of in- 
 dividuals, I deem it the more just to notify my intention. Several of the 
 suiigestions which I have been enabled to make, on important matters, have 
 been adopted literally, and various other facts and circumstances, which I 
 shall be enabled to relate, will throw new light on the public character, 
 merits and claims of individuals and show the estimation to which they are 
 severally entitled as public men and supporters of the Protestant Monarchy 
 and Constitution in Church and State. 
 
 " I have the honor to be, 
 
 ** Sir, your obedient humble servant, 
 
 •* John Ryan. 
 " Member of the Royal Society of Literature." 
 
 To this letter, (with the Bristol Standard of 6th Oct.), Sir Robert 
 Peel returned the following reply : — 
 
 "Whitehall, Oct. 12, 1841. 
 
 Sir, — I have received your letter notifying to me your intention, in the 
 event of my not complying with the application you preferred to me, of 
 publishing a full statement or nairative of your case. So far as I am con- 
 cerned you are at perfect liberty to publish such a statement, and the intima- 
 tion you have given me serves only to convince me of the propriety of my 
 former decision on the application you made to me. 
 
 ** 1 am Six, 
 
 "Your obedient servant, 
 
 "Robert Peel." 
 "John Ryan, Esq." 
 
 1 shall not make any remark whatsoever on this document. There 
 are already abundant materials from which to form a correct judgment 
 on courses and policy of our Protestant, Conservative Premier. 
 
 FROM P. F. AIKEN, ESQ, BANKER, BRISTOL: 
 
 " Mr. Aiken presents his compliments to Mr. Ryan, and begs to thank him 
 for his letter of the 4th instant, and the accompanying printed documents 
 which were forwarded to him when absent from Bristol. 
 
 "Bristol, r2lh October, 1841." 
 
 FROM J. S. HARFORD, ESQ., D.C.L., BANKER, BRISTOL : 
 
 ** Mr. Harford presents his respects to Mr. Ryan, and has the pleasure of 
 sending for his acceptance the Life of Bishop Burgess, which Mr. R. expresses 
 an intention of reading. Mr. H. has also to thank Mr. Ryan for his obliging 
 present of his letter to the Protestants of Ireland. 
 
 " Blaise Castle, 
 
 Oct. 13." [1841.] 
 
 TO BDWARD LITTON, ESQ., Q.C, M P. FOR COLERAINE. 
 
 " Bristol, 13th Oct. 1841. 
 
 " Sir, — I beg leave to enclose a Statement which I have found it necessary to 
 publish and which will be found useful on many accounts. It exhibits the real 
 state of the Protestant and Popish parties and the principles upon which they 
 act. At a time when there exists an unequivocal disposition on the part of our 
 Liberal Premier to confound the merits of parties, it is the more necessary to 
 distinguish the loyal from the disloyal and good subjects from traitors, whether 
 open or disguised. The Statement has been inserted in several public journals 
 and has been deemed useful. It would afford me much gratification to learn 
 that it meets your approbation. 
 
 I have the honor to be, 
 
 " Sir, your obedient humble servant. 
 
 "John Ryan." 
 
164. 
 
 165 
 
 lill 
 
 Mr. Litton 's reply : — 
 
 "North Great George's- street, [Dublin.] 
 
 October J 8, 1841. 
 
 '*'• My Dear Sir, — I am greatly obliged to you for your kind note* I have 
 been greatly gratified at your enclosure, for which I beg to return you my 
 thanks. 
 
 " I am, my dear Sir, 
 
 *• Very faithfully vours, 
 "John Ryan, Esq." ' « E. Litton." 
 
 FROM GEORGE PETRIE. ESQ., M.R.I A. 
 
 " Dublin, 23rd October, 1841. 
 
 " Dear Sir, — 1 had the pleasure of receiving your letter, and hasten to as- 
 sure you that I shall do everything in my power to have your wish complied 
 with. Without the slightest degree of flattery, I can express to you my con- 
 viction that you have a juster right to a place in the Portrait Gallery of the 
 University Magazine than many whose portraits have been given in it, and I 
 will state this conviction of my mind in the proper quarter. But you must not 
 suppose that I have any control over its editor, or influence in its management. 
 I have, indeed, no connection with it whatever except as a contributor and that 
 very rarely. But I have some intimacy with its conductor and as far as this may 
 enable me to serve you, my best efforts shall be exerted. 
 
 ** My best thanks to you for your kind present, which I have no doubt I 
 shall read with as much pleasure as some of your former works which const!- 
 tute a portion of my working library. 
 
 " Your favourable opinion of the Irish Penny Journal gratifies me much. 
 I too think it ought to bave had better success, but nothing of the kind will do 
 now in Ireland till we have domestic peace and its attendant blessings. 
 
 "Believe me. Dear Sir, 
 
 *' Very faithfully yours, 
 *' John Ryan, Esq." "George Petrie." 
 
 TO ARTHUR FITZMAURICE, ESQ., CARLOW: 
 
 "Bristol, 16lh October, 1841. 
 
 " Dear Sir, — 1 enclose a Statement* which I have found it necessary to pub- 
 lish and which will be found useful on many accounts. In addition to the per- 
 sonal matters related, it exhibits the real state of the Protestant and Popish 
 parties and the principles upon which they act. I was much gratified by your 
 favourable opinion of my Disclosure on Ireland, and should be glad to find 
 that the enclosed meets your approbation. 
 
 *' I remain. Dear Sir, 
 
 " Yours sincerely, 
 
 "John Ryan." 
 
 Mr. Fitzmaurice's reply : 
 
 " Carlow, October 23, 1841. 
 
 "Dear Sir, — I ha%e received yours of the 16th instant, with its enclosure, 
 for which I beg you will accept my best thanks. Since last I had the pleasure 
 of writing to you I have read with much pleasure and interest your work, en- 
 titled, A Disclosure of the Principles, Designs and Machinations of the Popish 
 Revolutionary Faction of Ireland, — a work which I think every Conservative, 
 particularly those who are lukewarm and members of parliament should have 
 
 in their possession, as it would furnish the latter without any trouble with 
 statistical accounts of the enormity of crime in this country. You have, no 
 doubt, read with interest some of the proceedings of the agitators at the late 
 elections. Probably you may have seen an account of the attack made on me 
 and a party of sixteen freeholders on the 28th of June last, by above 300 
 persons, headed and led on by the Rev. Mr. Cahill, R.C.C., of Borris, in this 
 county. I am sure you will be glad to hear, for the ends of justice and 
 peace, he has been obliged to enter into recognizance to stand his trial at the 
 
 next assizes. 
 
 " I remain, Dear Sir, yours faithfully, 
 
 " Arthur Fitzmaxjrice.** 
 
 "John Ryan, Esq.** 
 
 I find an account of the outrageous proceedings mentioned by Mr. 
 Filzmaurice, in a pamphlet, entitled, " The Reign of terror in 
 Carlow, comprising an authentic detail of the proceedings of Mr. 
 O'Connell and his followers, from the period of his invading that 
 county, down to the \st of September, 1841."* I have authority to 
 state, that this pamphlet was prepared by a member of the House ol* 
 Commons. The following is the account: — 
 
 " June 28. — On this morning, Arthur Fitzmaurice and Benjamin B. Feltus 
 Esqrs. proceeded from Kiledmond at 10 o'clock, with a party of freeholders 
 towards Carlow : the party included the tenantry of Lords Courtown and 
 Downes, who claimed protection on the previous day. On the arrival of the 
 freeholders at a place called Tomduff, the Rev. Mr. Cahill, the Roman Catholic 
 priest of Borris, met the party, and immediately whistled and shouted, when 
 upwards of three hundred men, as if by magic, started from adjacent houses 
 and from behind the ditches, (all Kilkenny men), and commenced a simulta- 
 neous attack on a vehicle in which were eight freeholders. The electors were 
 forcibly dragged out, Messrs. Fitzmaurice and Feltus assaulted, and the Roman 
 Catholics carried away by the priest and his followers, who were armed with 
 stones, concealed pikes, and large bludgeons. 
 
 " On intelligence of this daring outrage being conveyed to Henry Newton, 
 Esq., he sallied out of his house, with two other gentlemen, armed with guns, 
 and galloped ofi" in pursuit of the priest and the mob. Being joined by Messrs. 
 Fitzmaurice and Feltus, the party, five in number, overtook the priest, and 
 peremptorily demanded the restitution of the vehicle, and as many of the 
 freeholders as chose to accompany them. The priest, intimidated by this de- 
 termined conduct and v ell knowing that these gentlemen were not to be trifled 
 with in their present mood, and withal having a very lender regard for his own 
 safety, surrendered the vehicle; and the electors would have also joined these 
 gentlemen, but were overpowered by numbers, who dragged them out of the 
 car, gagged some of them, and hurried them across the country to Borris, 
 whence they sent them to Kilkenny under a formidable escort of upwards of 
 3000 men. During these proceedings, the priest of Borris acted as leader, 
 directing the movements of the mob, and shouting to them to remember they 
 fought for their God and their country. The entire of the invading force from 
 Kilkenny, in this quarter, was under his command, and that he fulfilled his 
 portion of the duty that devolved on the priests, may be seen from the foregoing 
 attack, which was made at noonday, and with (hitherto, so far as the law is 
 concerned) perfect impunity. The above statement of facts is based on the 
 affidavits of B. B. Feltus, Esq., of Hollybrook, and A. Fitzmaurice, Esq., of 
 Carlow, also of Mr. James Watts, who has lodged informations against the 
 priest for an aggravated assault on his person during the riot that followed the 
 said outrageous attack, in which torrents of blood might have floweJ, but for 
 
 Ribbonism in England. 
 
 • Loudon . J. Nisbet and Co., Bernera street. 
 
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 the coolness, the steadiness, and the intrepidity of the gentlemen who were es- 
 corting the freeholders. We have heard that the priest will be prosecuted in tho 
 Queen's Bench for the above audacious outrage on the law, and gross violation 
 of the freedom of election. It is also proved on oath, that the Rev. Mr. Cahill 
 exhibited a crucifix, and occasionally implored the electors not to abandon him, 
 as they valued the blood of Christ."— f. 30—52. 
 
 This case furnishes a very fair specimen of the general conduct of 
 Romish priests and their lb] lowers. These Reverend persons are 
 guides in political matters as well as those appertaining to religion ; 
 with what advantage to their flocks is very obvious, liy the disrup- 
 tion of the ties between landlord and tenant, by fomenting divisions 
 betvyeen the lower orders and their superiors, and by directing the evil 
 feelings of Romanists against all Protestants, the priests of the Church 
 of Rome effect an immensity of mischief in this unfortunate country. 
 " We would not," says the author of the Reign of Terror, ''abridge the 
 privileges of any sect or party, but we wish to see every man in the 
 free enjoyment o( his civil rights, and these rights no man can enjoy 
 but at the risk of life and properly, so long as the appalling tyranny 
 exercised in almost every part of Ireland is tolerated, or the return of 
 members of parliament is dependent on the tender mercies of those 
 lawless multitudes, that can be set in motion by signal-fires, the 
 ringing of chapel bells, or the secret decrees of the O'Connell Execu- 
 tive Directory." What is any grant of the public money to such 
 priests but direct encouragement of their pernicious principles and 
 practices ? The final res'alt of this countenance of incorrigible priests 
 and Popery, and neglect, it not persecution, of loyal Protestants, must 
 be obvious to every man of ordinary understanding. 
 
 FROM THE EARL OF WINCH ELSE A. 
 
 ... , "Eastwell Park, Oct 28, I84I. 
 
 Sir,--I return you my fhanks for the copy of vour disclosure of the princi- 
 pies, &c., of the Popish Revolutionary Faction of Ireland. 
 
 " I am. Sir, vour obedient servant, 
 ** John Ryan, Esq." * «» Winchelsea." 
 
 As already stated, the Bristol Standard had met much approbation 
 both in Bristol and London ; the articles written by me were several 
 times transferred to the columns of the metropolitan and other jour- 
 nals. F zealously supported Protestant and Conservative principles,* 
 and I have furnished evidence of its ntiiiiy and influence; but thtre 
 were causes wliich proved a material iinj)ediment to the continuance 
 of the Bristol Standard. When it was commenced, one additional 
 efficient Conservative journal was undoubtedly required, but two were 
 directly the contrary, as by dividing tlje inteivst they must of course, 
 prove injurious to each other. It is matter of regret that two new 
 journals were established. It is also matter of regret,- that the leading 
 articles of the first three or four numbers of the Bristol StandarZ 
 
 My worke ntitled, A Disclosure of the Principles, Designs and Machinations of 
 the Fopish Revolutionary Faction of Ireland v^^s advertised, uith the critiques in 
 
 almostevery number of the ^ns/o/^7a/ic/arrf,- very liule to the sati!>faction of 
 the Romanists. 
 
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 167 
 
 (whicli appeared before I was Editor), were very indifferently written. 
 The first numbers of a journal vitally affect its after success. Not 
 being proprietor, 1 make no allusion to the pecuniary resources of the 
 two journals. The circumstances mentioned will suffice to convince 
 every one, as they convinced me and others in Bristol, that either of 
 ihe journals should be discontinued. That I performed my duty will 
 appear from the following document : 
 
 ** Standard -office, Bristol, 
 
 29th October, 1841. 
 ** Mr. John Ryan, who is about to leave Bristol, was from April, 1839, (two 
 years and seven months), engaged on the Bristol Standard as Editor. He is a 
 gentleman of high honour and ardent attachment to Conservative principles. 
 As a writer, he is distinguished for strength of argument and great command of 
 language. We found him always most attentive to busmess, and never expe- 
 rienced the least want of punctuality. 
 
 " H. and A. H ill, 
 " Proprietors of the Bristol Standards" 
 
 The foregoitig pages contain matter from which a judgment may 
 be formed regarding any literary or political merits and services of the 
 autbot. Ev'en though the Bristol Standard were commenced under 
 more favourable ciMumstances, I may state that being greatly dis- 
 gusted by the condiM of Sir Robert Peel, I had very little relish for 
 the office of Editor. I certainly could not conscientiously support 
 the policy adopted hy the Peel ministry, (though called, or rather 
 miscalled, Protestant Conservative), and on this ground, actually re- 
 fused the editorship of two journals in London and others elsewhere. 
 
 It is, I trust, apparent, that although not deemed worthy of coun- 
 tenance or support by Sir Robert Peel, a very different estimate has 
 been formed of me by representatives of every rank and station of the 
 Protestant, Conservative party. The leading organs of Conservative 
 opinion in London, Edinburgh and Dublin, as well as throughout 
 the country, have testified in my favour.* Thus at the outset. Sir 
 Robert Peel differed, fatally differed from his party. Public prin- 
 ciple is unquestionably involved in this matter. How are princi- 
 ples to be upheld except by individuals F On this account, I am 
 perfectly justified in asking, — Can any person mention any one of 
 those whom Sir R. Peel has selected for the favour of his government, 
 who has performed more for the benefit of the Protestant, Conserva- 
 tive cause, for the advantage of the party ostensibly led by the present 
 Premier when in opposition ? Not to have been serviceable to the 
 Conservative party seems to be the accej)table qualification. We have 
 seen individuals after five or six mediocre speeches in parliament, and 
 
 ♦ Sir Robert Peel's high appreciation of these testimonials may be learned 
 from the following passage of his speech to the Electors of Tamworth, July 
 28th, 1841 : — " There is no one who estimates more highly than I do the im- 
 portance of the press in this country. I know its influence on public affairs : 
 I know its influence on public men. It is impossible that men of such ability 
 and such acquirements as those who devote themselves to public discussions in 
 the public press of this country can do otherwise than exercise a great influence 
 on public affairs.*' — p. 7. London : Murray. 
 
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 iioihiiig more, obtaining appointments producing thousauds a year, and 
 lunnbeis oiuside the walls of parliament wbo never expended a day or 
 a shilling on; the Protestant cause, similarly favoured; while many 
 who have been admittedly zealous labourers have been neglected. 
 Sometimes, Whigs have been preferred. Among numerous instances, 
 1 may mention the late J. B. West, Esq., Q.C., of Dublin, who ex- 
 pended both time and money on elections in opposition to the agitator 
 and Repealer, O'Connell, and yet, though fully qualified, was refused 
 a law serjeanicy; which most unwarrantable treatment broke his heart. 
 This sinister system of the new Premier, observable after his acces- 
 sion to office, determined me to adhere to my word with him, as stated 
 in my letter of the 9Lii October. I resolved forthwith, to publish a 
 pamphlet demonstrating the blighting effects which such courses must 
 inevitably produce, not merely on individuals, but upon the best in- 
 terests of the Protestant, Cons'ervative party. The following letter of 
 introduction refers to that pamphlet, and further proves that the most 
 competent representutives of Protestant, Conservative opinion difTer 
 wiih Sir Robert Peel as to the merits and deservings of the author. 
 The writer of the letter is a lady to whom I have already alluded, and 
 >vhose works are highly and justly appreciated : 
 
 « BlacMfeath, Nov. 10, 1841. 
 " My Dear Sir, — Mr. Ryan, who will hand this to you, is a gentleman whose 
 whole liie has been devoted to the cause of Conservatism — or, in other words, 
 <)f Protestant ascendancy in Church acd State. He is a very able and power- 
 ful writer ; and having, as I tind, some intention of getting you to publish a 
 a pamphlet, in reference to this subject, now so important to be brought pro- 
 minently before the eyes of b«.th rulers and people, I wish to send you a line, 
 to mention how well I know Mr. Ryan's full competency to the work ; and 
 how glad I am that he is actively engaged in it. 
 
 " Believe me, my dear sir, 
 
 "Most sincerely your's, 
 
 " Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna." 
 " J. Hatchard, Esq., 
 
 " 187, Piccadilly, London." 
 
 No time was lost in preparation of the pamphlet, which was pub- 
 lished on the 25th November, 1841,— entitled, Persowa/iVarra^iv^. — 
 Sir Robert Peel's Claims to the Confidence of Protestant Conserva- 
 tives * The inottos, on the title-page, were as follows : — 
 
 " Give me the avow'd, the erect, the manly foe, 
 Bold I can meet — perhaps may turn his blow ; 
 But of all things, good Heaven, thy wrath can send, 
 Save, save, oh ! save me from the doubtful friend !" 
 
 Canning. 
 " II y a de mauvais exemples qui sont pircs que les crimes." 
 
 Montesquieu. 
 
 I sent the publication immediately to the Premier, and to all the 
 Cabinet Ministers, as well as to several other persons of rank in the 
 political world. It was forwarded to all whose names are mentioned 
 
 * Forty, eight closely printed pages. J. Hatchard & Son, Piccadilly, 1841. 
 
 in the pamphlet. I also sent copies to all the London journals and 
 several others ; and I could perceive the pamphlet had no small in- 
 fluence with the established organs of public opinion. 
 
 In order to prove that I was not, and am not, singular in my 
 opinion as to the public conduct of Sir Robert Peel, 1 shall insert 
 a few extracts from the journals of the day : 
 
 "The Papists' prejudices must not be allowed to sway the councils of the 
 restored party. We must not have Whigs governing the country through 
 Tories, as the Tories were said to do, during the last administration, through 
 the Whigs. It may, after all, be only accidental ; but it is an accident that 
 deserves explanation. The Irish Protestants are just now very sore indeed, 
 under the gross partiality which dismissed Mr. Nixon. They must consider 
 it a hard case indeed, if men who, through injustice, injury, and insult, have clung 
 to the cause of loyalty, and allegiance to the crown of Great Britain, are to be 
 passed by, from any unworthy fear of the clamour of those who are the here- 
 ditary enemies of both — a clamour which is sure to be raised in any case, so 
 long as the pay and patronage of the State are not left exclusively in the hands 
 of the Repealers of the Corn Exchange."— ^^e, Sept. 12, 1841. 
 
 " Unquestionably, it is not a matter of party, but of justice, that a leading 
 man in public life should look first to those who had ranged themselves under 
 his standard ; who had fought his battle until they carried him on to victory ; who 
 have suffered not merely the common difficulties of the encounter, but have 
 undergone the most serious losses by their adherence to the cause. During 
 the reign of tho Whigs, the exclusive system was followed with rigid severity. 
 No man, let his merits be what they might, could obtain any professional dis- 
 tinction, if he was not a declared Whig. Public appoiniments were all tabooed 
 to him. The loss to Conservatives under this head alone was immense. Yet 
 this they underwent rather than abandon their sense of personal duly and 
 public faith. That time has fortunately passed away, and the men who thus 
 nobly bore the brunt of the battle ought not to be left unrewarded." — BrUanniaf 
 11th Sept. 1841. 
 
 " The peril of the present government lies in the probability that too much 
 may be done to establish a character for liberalityt and too little to satisfy those 
 who have seen that which has been called liberality for some years past, is mere 
 delusion, or absolute unfairness." — Era, 2 1st Nov., 1841. 
 
 [From The Standard, of 29th Nov. 1841.] — Is not the government bound — 
 we will not say entitled, but bound— to consider the claims of its friends, who 
 are its friends only because they are the supporters of what the government 
 itself believes, and professes to believe, to be the best interests of the country ? 
 We are happy, however, to leave the consideration of this simple question 
 to an able weekly contemporary, the Britannia: — 
 
 " We insist upon it, that not to have taken a part in the anxious and impor- 
 tant trials of public and personal feeling which have made up the history of 
 the last ten years, ought to act as a direct and unatoneable disqualification for 
 all official honors whatever. What would have become of the countrv, if all 
 men had acted upon the principle of keeping aloof? Where would the present 
 Cabinet have been, if the gentry, the clergy, and the other professions had 
 adopted a cunning and a cold neutrality ? If by taking a part in politics were 
 meant libelling or larceny, attempting to set the dock-yards on fire, or organ- 
 ising a conspiracy against the Throne, we can comprehend the black mark 
 which might bo put against the name of the individual j but in the times through 
 which we have lived, it is the not taking a part in politics which ought to set 
 the black mark against the name. An individual may be of that sluggish na- 
 ture which cannot be moved by what stirs the feelings of every honest mind; 
 or he may be of that pusillanimous nature which shrinks from ail hazard in a 
 question, worthy of hazarding wealth and fame ; or he may be of that crafty 
 nature which, thinking of nothing on earth but self, watches his game, and 
 determines to make the most of it, without regard to truth or falsehood, the 
 right or wrong ; or he may be of that unprincipled nature which, actually 
 
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 knowing no difference between the rigbt and the wrong, worships the wrong 
 when in power as abjectly as he crows for the right when its time comes.-— 
 Against this whole generation, wise as they are, we utterly protest ; against 
 the policy which might, by possibility, encourage its growth, we as utterly 
 protest ; and against the argument, we shall struggle while it is within our 
 means, to warn men in authority of one of the most fatal errors which can be 
 committed in a country of manly, generous, and independent minds. — The 
 Wbigs managed these matters with their accustomed skill. Crooked in princi- 
 ple, they were straightforward in practice. Every man who aided them was 
 instantly put on their list for patronage. Every man who resisted them was 
 as instantly branded with the stamp of perpetual exclusion. In Ireland, the 
 Agitator might have anything he desired, for any parties, as he pleased. la 
 England, a speech at a tavern, a vote at an election, a Whig pamphlet, though 
 stuffed with absurdity, wafted the scribbler into harbour at once. They never 
 threw away as much as a smile upon any adherent of opposition. It was * war 
 to the knife,' and the consequence was, that instead of wasting their force on 
 a false conciliation, they embodied their feeble parts into substantial form ; 
 they invigorated their working strength into such nerve, that it sustained them 
 in parliament through ten years of the most general unpopularity out of doors 
 ever known ; enabled them to carry measures at which one-half of the nation 
 laughed, while the other half trembled ; and gave the semblance of political 
 ability to a cabinet more signally destitute of individual talent than any one 
 ever supposed possible in England."— J5n7awwm, 27, Nov., J841. 
 
 ''It often happens in the history of political parties that the moment of 
 triumph is also the commencement of decline : and this truth seems to be ex- 
 emplitied by the present situation of affairs in America. The Whig, or Con- 
 servative party, carried all before it at the late Presidential election. Yet now, 
 in less than a year from that victory, the popularity and power of the Whigs 
 is visibly on the wane. There is a degree of resemblance between the present 
 circumstances of our own Conservative party and those of the American Whigs, 
 sufficient to give considerable interest to the inquiry, why so rapid and com- 
 plete a change in the tendencies of public opinion should have taken place on 
 the western side of the Atlantic We may find, perhaps, that the causes 
 in operation there are of a nature which might find their parallel, if not guarded 
 against, among ourselves. The Genevese Traveller prophecies of the present 
 government party in America, that they cannot remain unshaken, but inactive. 
 They cannot long hold their present position. They must again take the field, 
 and that promptly and vigorously, w ith their whole force, or their rank and 
 file will desert. So should we say in this country, if we could believe the 
 ministry of Sir Robert Peel to be insensible to the danger of a neutral or 
 merely defensive position. As it is, we cannot conceal from ourselves that 
 there are circumstances in the right hon. baronet's position to which this warn • 
 ing is only too applicable." — The TimeSf 2nd Dec, 1841. 
 
 " Government Patronage. — Mr. Editor, — The Conservative interest are under 
 great obligations to you for your able leader of Monday last, in which you ex- 
 pose the false policy pursued by the government of Sir Robert Peel, in per- 
 mitting Whigs to remain in offices of trust both at home and abroad. This 
 attempt to buy the tolerance of enemies, and rely on friends remaining true, 
 untrusted and unrewardedj must assuredly alienate the best well-wishers to the 
 Conservative cause, without conciliating in any manner political opponents. 
 Spies of the Reform interest are trusted by men in office, whom they only seek 
 opportunities to betray. Those to whom the government are mainly indebted 
 for their possession of power, receive courtesy, but no preferment. Is ingra- 
 titude compatible with principle ? May a sound theory in politics be held 
 without the accompanying honorable action that despises crooked policy, and 
 maintains that honesty is ever the best policy ? Is it honest to forget when in 
 power professions made when striving, by means of a party, to obtain a parlia- 
 mentary majority ? Lastly, will those who have been fooled once submit to be 
 duped a second time? If not, what becomes of the minority of 91 ? A 
 Prophet."— J/orniwi? Herald, 3rd Feb., 1842. 
 
 ' FROM MRS. SEITMOUR, DUBLIN. 
 
 " Portland street, Nov. 29, 184h 
 
 « Dear Sir, — My son is at present at Lady Harriet Forde's, but when he re- 
 turns home you will hear from him. In the meantime, I enclose you an order 
 on Mr. Nisbet the bookseller for the volume of Sermons. I wish to know how 
 many he has sold, but have no fi-tend in London to make the necessary inqui- 
 ries. May I take the liberty of asking you, dear sir, to do me this service. 
 , .... With many thanks for all your kindness, 
 
 ^ I remain, dear sir, 
 
 " Your very much obliged, 
 
 **B. Seymour." 
 
 «« John Ryan, Esq." 
 
 I^ROM EBWARft DALTON, ESQ. 
 
 " Protestant Association OflSice, 
 
 "11, Exeter Hall, London, 
 
 "Decembers, 1841. 
 ** Dear Sir, — I have the pleasure of acknowledging the receipt of a copy of 
 your Personal Narrative^ for which I thank you. 
 
 " I trust your exertions in the sacred cause of Protestantism may be produc- 
 tive of all the benefit by our country you could desire. Certainly, the present 
 are not the times in which the sincere lover of his country and his country's 
 faith can consent to slumber m inactivity, or fold his arms in listless indifference. 
 The best energies of every true soil of the Reformation will be required to 
 maintain England in her positioti aS the head And leader of European Protes- 
 tentism. May God inspire our pre>se«A^ovemrtent with real Christian wisdom, 
 and if they fail or falter in the faithful discharge of their high duties, raise up 
 others who will more manfully stand by the endangered ark of God, and the 
 perilled institutions and altars of the land. 
 
 " I rettiain, dear sir, 
 
 " Your very obedient servant, 
 
 " Edward Dalton, Secretary." 
 
 " John Ryan, Esq.*' 
 
 FROM MRS. HICKET. 
 
 " Mulrankin Glebe, December 15, 1841. 
 
 " Dear Mr. Ryan, — I greatly fear you have never got the book and think me 
 remiss about it. I assure you'l despatched it long ago.* 
 
 « What a happy change in the administration of our country. I hope your 
 services will be remembered, and that all your persecutions have ceasedi I 
 lent your book on the antiquities of Carlow, to a countryman, brother to Sir 
 Thomas BuUer j it interested him greatly. With very sincere interest about you, 
 
 ** 1 remain, dear Mr. Byan, 
 
 " Very truly yours, 
 
 " Henrietta BIaria Hickey." 
 
 « John Ryan, Esq." 
 
 TO fiiR ROBERT H. FNctlS, BART., M.P. 
 
 ** London, 18lh January, 1842. 
 
 " Sir,— I have the honor to forward for your acceptance a pamphletf which I 
 have deetiied it niy duty to publish. The iuseeure and unsatisfactory state of 
 
 * It arrived safely— 4 Cyclopcedia of Practical Husbandry and Rural Affairs 
 intSftnetnt. Dublin— Cutry. 1839. ^« ^ 
 
 f Personal Narrative— Sir Robert Peel'A €lalms to the Confidence of Frotei- 
 tant Conservatives. 
 
 W 
 
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172 
 
 the institutions and best interests of the country requires great and wise me«* 
 •urea which we can never expect under present circumstances. If these insti- 
 tutions and interests are to be preserved, a very different course must be adopted 
 from that exposed in the enclosed pamphlet, 
 
 " 1 have the honor to be, 
 
 ** Sir, with sincere respect, 
 
 " Your obedient humble servant, 
 ** John Ryan.' 
 
 Sir Robert H. Inglis* repiy :— 
 
 **7, Bedford- square, 
 
 " I8th Jan., 1842. 
 
 " Sir, — I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of this 
 day's date, enclosing a copy of your < Personal Narrative ;' and, though I have 
 not yet time to read it, to thank you for your courtesy in sending it. 
 
 " I have the honor to be, 
 
 " Sir, your obedient humble servant, 
 
 *' Robert H. Inglis." 
 
 TO HIS royal highness PRINCE ALBERT. 
 
 "London, 18th January, 1842. 
 
 ** Sir, — I have the honor to forward for your acceptance a pamphlet* which 
 I have deemed it my duty to publish. It will probably increase your Royal 
 Highness' intelligence relative to the state of parties in the United Kingdom. 
 There is much in the pamphlet touching the Protestant interest — a subject at all 
 times of interest to our Protectant Monarchs, but peculiarly so at the present 
 moment 
 
 " I have the henor to be, 
 
 " Sir, with sincere respect, 
 " Your Royal Highness' most obedient humble servant, 
 
 "John Ryan." 
 
 I had the honor and gratification of receiving the following letter 
 of thanks from his Royal Highness : — 
 
 " Windsor Castle, 
 
 "January 21, 1842. 
 
 " Mr. Anson presents his compliments to Mr. Ryan and is commanded by 
 the Prince to acknowledge and thank him for the pamphlet with which hisnote 
 of the 18th instant was accompanied. 
 
 " John Ryan, Esq." 
 
 TO HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUCHESS OF KENT. 
 
 " London, 29th January, 1842. 
 "Madam, — I have the honor to forward for your Royal Highness' acceptance 
 a paraphletf which I have deemed it my duty to publish. The publication 
 furnishes fresh intelligence relative to the state of parties in the United King- 
 dom. I beg leave to direct attention more particularly to page 29, as containing 
 matter of interest to your Royal Highness. 
 
 " I have the honor to be, 
 
 " Madam, with sincere respect, 
 •'Your Royal Highness' most obedient humble servant, 
 
 "John Ryan." 
 
 * Personal Narrative—Sir Robert Peel's Claims to the Confidence of Pro. 
 testant Conservatives. London : Hatchard. 
 t Personal Narrative— Sir Robert Peel's Claims, &c. 
 
 173 
 
 Her Royal Highness was pleased to return the following gratifying 
 letter of thanks : — 
 
 " Clarence House, 
 
 "3rd Feb., 1842. 
 
 " Sir George Couper is commanded by the Duchess of Kent to convey to 
 Mr. Ryan the expression of Her Royal Highness' best thanks for his attention 
 in sending Her Ruyal Highness the copy of his pamplrlet. 
 
 "John Ryan, Esq." 
 
 TO BENJAMIN d'ISRAELI, ESQ. M.P. 
 
 « London, 5th February, 1842. 
 
 " Sir, — I have the honor to forward for your acceptance a pamphlet* which I 
 deemed it my duty to publish. The insecure state of the ecclesiastical and civil 
 institutions and best interests of the country require a Prime Minister possessing 
 the real confidence of Protestant Conservatives, but there are numerous indi- 
 cations that such confidence is not entertained towards the present head of tha 
 administration. It is obvious, that the continuance of such position of affairs 
 must be most pernicious. 
 
 " I have the honor to be, Sir, 
 
 " Your obedient bumble servant, 
 
 " John Ryan." 
 
 to colonel bbuen, m. p., for co. carlow. 
 
 " London, 2lst Feb., 1842. 
 
 ** Sir, — I have the honor to forward for your acceptance a pamphlet* which I 
 have deemed it my duly to publish. Its contents will show that for fourteen 
 years I have sincerely endeavoured, both publicly and privately, to uphold the 
 Protestant, Conservative cause. That cause must be vitally injured by the un- 
 sound jt^o/Zc^ and unjust and impolitic courses condemned in the present pamphlet. 
 " I forward the publication with more than ordinary pleasure to the repre- 
 sentative of my native county, many of my relatives being among the consti- 
 tuency, while 1 entertain a due recollection of former kindness and courtesy. 
 It will be seen that I have availed myself of a former communication, and have 
 alluded in just terms to your public services. 
 
 *' I have the honor to be, 
 
 " Sir, with great respect,. 
 
 " Your most obedient humble servant, 
 
 "John Ryan." 
 
 Coionel Bruen's reply : — 
 
 "Carlton Club, 2Ut Feb., 1842. 
 
 " Colonel Braen presents his compliments to Mr. Ryan, and begs to ac- 
 knowledge the receipt of his polite note and his pamphlet, and for which h« 
 returns many thanks. 
 
 " John Ryan, Esq." 
 
 TO THE LORD BISHOP OF BXETER. 
 
 " London, 22nd Feb. 1842. 
 
 *' My Lord, — I have the honor to forward for your lordship's acceptance a 
 pamphlet* which I have deemed it my duty to publish. Its contents will shew 
 that for fourteen years I have sincerely endeavoured, both publicly and pri- 
 vately, to uphold the Protestant, Conservative cause. That cause must be vi- 
 
 t Personal Narrativf— Sir Robert Peefi Claims, &c. 
 
\H 
 
 tally injured by the unsound policy and unjust and impolitic courses condemued 
 in the present pamphlet The situation of the country imperatively demands 
 a decided Protestant, Christian executive. Your lordship will perceive that I 
 have availed myself of a commuuication "f a public uature, which I bad the 
 honor to receive from your Lordship. 
 
 ** 1 have the honor to be, 
 
 " My Lord, with great respect, 
 " Your liordship's obedient, humble servant, 
 
 "John Kvan." 
 
 The Bishop of Exeter's reply : — 
 
 *« Jermyn- street, 23rd Feb. 1842. 
 " The Bishop of Exeter presents his compliments to Mr. Ryan, and thanks 
 him for the copy of his pamphlet, which he has just received. 
 "John Ryan, Esq." 
 
 T forwarded my "Personal Narrative," and "Sir Robert Peel's 
 Claims/' to many other members of both houses of parliament (which 
 1 cannot here detail), and in the month of April, addressed the following 
 letter to the Cabinet Ministers — excepting Sir Robert Peel : — 
 
 "Sir, — Having some claim on the consideration of a Conservative ministry, 
 I respectfully request your attention to the follo\?ing : — 
 
 " An individual having, during a series of yeurt, been enabled to render im- 
 portant services to the Monarchy and State, and having thereby incurred the 
 systematic hostility of the disaffected and traitorous, do you think that loyalty 
 to the Crown is evinced by marked neglect of such individual ? Do you think 
 that gratitude or justice is exhibited by such neglect? 
 
 ** The rapid and increasing strides of democracy since the enactment of the 
 Reform Bill being undeniable, do you think that when an individual of the 
 middle class has exposed himself to obloquy in defence of the Constitution, it 
 is sound policy to neglect and discourage such individual ? Is such course 
 likely to ensure support to the Aristocracy and the Monarchy ? 
 
 " If individuals, who from the efficiency of their Conservative services, 
 are exposed to the continual annoyance of unscrupulous political enemies, are 
 pointedly discountenanced by Conservative ministers, do you thinkthe interests 
 of the Monarchy will thereby be subserved ? Do you think that individuals 
 will be found to persevere in such efficient exertions under such discourage- 
 ment? Do you think that without such efficient exertions a Conservative mi- 
 nistry would ever have been raised to power ? 
 
 « If individuals who sincerely desire to uphoU the Monarchy are compelled 
 to quit the field by the violence of revolutionists and republicans, (who are be- 
 coming daily more assimilated to the democrats of the United States of Ame- 
 rica), on the one hand, and the neglect and discouragement of Conservative 
 Ministers on the other, by what means can the Monarchy and Constitution be 
 preserved ? The violent and unceasing exertions of the organised demo- 
 cracy being undeniable, must not mere feeble, lukewarm resistance, mus tnot 
 the suppression of earnest, energetic opposition ensure the downfal of the 
 Aristocracy, the Constitution, and the Monarchy ? The new Corn-bill is ano- 
 ther weighty and important concession to the democracy, to the revolutionists, 
 Jt IS a heavy blow to the interests of the Aristocracy (I hope the present Pre- 
 mier is a sincere friend to the Aristocracy) the Constitution and the xMonarchy, 
 and under all these circumstances, is suppression of earnest opposition to revo- 
 lutionary measures and avowed revolutionists consistent with loyalty to the 
 Queen ? Is discountenance of the prominent defenders of Protestant prin- 
 ciples m opposition to the disaffected of hostile sects, consistent with loyalty 
 to a Queen whose throne is established enUrely on ProtesUnt principles? Js 
 public preference of lukewarm Conservatives.neutrals, and liiberals, and discoun- 
 
 175^ 
 
 teoanee of zealous bat temperate loyalists, the true mode of sustaining the 
 Monarchy in these revolutionary times ? 
 
 « It is submitted, that the replies to these queries cannot be doubtful. They 
 lead but to one conclusion— that perseverance in the courses mentioned must 
 undoubtedly effectuate the overthrow of the Aristocracy, the Constitution, and 
 the Monarchy. Considering the unceasing, violent efforts of the democratic, 
 or movement* party, and the growing lukewarmness of many of the middle 
 classes, the discouragement of zealous Conservatives by public functionaries 
 must prove fatal to the Aristocracy, the Constitution, and the Monarchy. Even 
 with the aid of a loyal executive, there must be serious doubis of the preserva- 
 tion of ancient institutions. This opinion is deliberately delivered by one 
 who possesses an inUmate knowledge of the political world, and the proceed- 
 ings, principles, and feelings of the middle, as well as the lower ranks .of 
 
 society. . . 
 
 "The accompanying document* furnishes proof that the opinions of the 
 writer ot these lines are not, it ia hoped, altogether unworthy of attention. 
 During fourteen years continuous exertion, I have been enabled to render 
 important services to the Monarchy and Slate by valuable suggestions to public 
 functionaries ; by the conveyance of intelligence vitally affecting the security of 
 the United Kingdom (among which may be here mentioned information to 
 Lord Hill of an intended insurrection, tampering with the army, and the pro- 
 jected massacre of detachments of the military, all which were frustrated by 
 the prompt measures of the Commander in Chief) ; by most effectually pro- 
 moting the growth and extension of loyal principles ; by increasing and 
 strengthening attachment to the legislative Union ; and by the early exposure 
 of a treasonable secret conspiracy (the Ribbon conspiracy) organized for the 
 overthrow of the British government in Ireland. I refer to the accompanying 
 document and to the Personal Narrativef which I have already had the honor 
 to forward. My claims and services, as well as literary attainments, have been 
 acknowledged by the leading organs of public opinion in Great Britain and 
 Ireland, and I daily receive communications from leading Conservatives to the 
 same effect. It is to be hoped that Conservatives in power will not be dissen- 
 tients from the general sentiment. The decision of the present Premier will 
 h6 found in the Personal Narrative, and, in that instance, I have derived direct 
 injury instead of the countenance or favour to which I am deemed entitled by 
 
 Conserva^ves in general. , * % . , 
 
 « I feel, and many others feel, that T have been treated most unjustly. 
 This is the more obvious when we refer to the list of persons to whom grants 
 have been made. I seek for nothing but justice, and justice, I trust, shall be 
 obtained. I am not actuated by regard to mere self interest It is the unjust 
 neglect, the indignity, rather than any paltry pecuniary disadvantage that can- 
 not be easily endured. Besides, there are high principles involved. It is 
 therefore. Sir, that I now address you. There being a special fund for the 
 reward of public services and literary attainments, I beg leave to inquire 
 whether you think it consistent with sound policy or justice to exclude au in- 
 dividual of my services and claims (as above briefly indicated) from the advan- 
 tage of such special fund ? I beg leave to inquire whether, as a Cabinet 
 Minister, you are disposed to apply a remedy? 
 
 « I trust. Sir, you will perceive that the nature and results of this communi- 
 caiipn are of sufficient importance to merit a reply at your earliest convenience. 
 
 ** I have the honor to be, Sir, 
 " With great respect, 
 
 " Yomr obedient humble servant, 
 "John Ryan." 
 <* Member of the Royal Society of Literature." 
 
 * Ribbonism in England — Mr. Ryan's Statement 
 f Personal Narrative— Sir Robert Peel's Claims to the Confidence of Pro- 
 testant Couservatives. 
 
176 
 
 the™rA;Ti84t^^hf E^r^V ^'T' KnatchbuHo. 
 
 Rr>n II r- lu ' . ^^^^ ^^ Kipon, on the 6tb : to Riffht 
 Hon H. Gou burn on the 9th ; to Lord Stanley, on the 9th -to 
 CJir James Graham, on the 11th- to thp Fari ^/au j ym , to 
 llth; to Lord FuJgerald on h el4°h to Ihe Dui^-^^^ 
 on the I8tl,; ,o Lo°d Wharncliffe/o, ,he 19tl^ to LrH^'":,"^"' 
 on the ,9,h ; to S,r Henry Hardi^ge on th^e'Va d ;\:1heSL"of 
 ?0.i:'r;^i.7842r '''"-' "" " "^^ ^-^ ^^ Haddlngt'^otth; 
 
 To these letters addressed to the Cabinet Mini«t«r« t i. ^ i. 
 honor of receiving the following replies : ^""^^«^^' ^ ^^^ the 
 
 FROM THE EARL OF RIPON, PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF TRADE. 
 
 u c:, , V , , " ^""^'^ °^ '^''^^^'^^ April 13th, 1842. 
 
 you represent as const luting a claim tit hi hi «? ? °^ circumstances which 
 
 cial fun^d for the reuard of^ublt sTr Us aormer'^ "^ ^^^ ^P^' 
 
 to acquaint you that his T nrrl/M..Tl ^'terarj attainments: and I am 
 
 vidul .„ .horn such grantra^e'^adr °° '""""'" '° '"^ ^^'«""«' <" ""« ""^i- 
 
 " I have the honor to he, 
 
 " Sir, your obedient servant, 
 « John Ryan, Esq." "Alexander Gordon." 
 
 FROM LORD STANLEY, M.P, SECRETARY FOR THE COLONIES. 
 
 ««. T . , " ^o^o°ial Office, April 13, 1842. 
 
 .0 J\X'X'^™ .-- ,« -^^o -o^^^. ..^.p^^^ 
 
 " Your obedient serv^mt, ' 
 
 " John Rvan, Esq." " ^' ^' ^^ilbraham, Pr. Sec." 
 
 raOMS,K,^li, OH.„,M,B.HX.,„,P, SECKET.KV POKTHE HOME DEP.«x„.»r 
 
 , « Major Graha»p.ese„ts his eo^pti^enlTjlT' ''V'"'' ""'• 
 "John Ryan, Esq." 
 
 FROM .OBD r.TZOER«o, PKKS.DENX OP THE BOARD OF CONTROL. 
 
 «I„,. ~. ,, , " J""*'* Board, April 14, 1842. 
 
 wher'::::^an Xi v' i^rd^s^ro^;'^^ ,^'^ r^' ^' ^ ^''"- ^-" ^r. Ryan, 
 which .ill bAatis/aet; ol^^^ 
 
 official duty to express an^pinion afCba 1 °*'' """u^'" *^^ «P^^'« <^^ ^ii 
 be pleased to allocate the spec ^1 f In '^^."?*°"«V° ^^ich her Majesty may 
 
 disposal of the Cro J f:r tC re Ja "d 'of oibHc' ''''•'' '^ P-'^^-ent at th^ 
 ments. "^^"^^ ^'^ P"^^'*' services, and literary attain- 
 
 " John Ryan, Esq." 
 
 FROM THE EARL OF ABERDEEN, SECRETARY FOR FOREXON AFFAIRS 
 
 "Lord Aberdeen presents his comnUmpn, Y^'tI^'^t,^®*'^* "^P"^ ^^* ^^42. 
 ing the receipt of his lette of he 1 hh Inln A'* ^I^' "^^ ^° acknowledg- 
 
 oi me J ith instant, begs to acquaint him that be 
 
 177 
 
 has no control over the fund for the reward of public services and literary at- 
 tainments to which Mr. Ryan refers. 
 «* John Ryan, Esq." 
 
 FROM LORD LYNDHURST, LORD CHANCELLOR. 
 
 « George street, 23rd April, 1842. 
 
 " The Lord Chancellor begs to acknowledge the receipt of Mr. Ryan's letter 
 of the 19lh instant, and in reply to it begs leave to say that he has no control 
 over the grant of pensions for literary or other services. 
 
 "John Ryan, Esq.*' 
 
 FROM SIR HENRY HARDINGB, BART., M.P., SECRETARY AT WAR. 
 
 « War Office, 6lh May. 
 
 *• Sir Henry Hardinge begs to acknowledge Mr. Ryan's letter of the 23rd 
 ult., and to acquaint him, that there are no funds under the control of the 
 Secretary at War from which a grant could be awarded to Mr. Ryan. 
 
 "John Ryan, Esq., 
 
 FROM THE DUKE OF BDCCLEUCH, LORD PRIVY SEAL. 
 
 " Whitehall, May 18th, 1842. 
 
 « The Duke of Buccleucb begs to acknowledge the receipt of Mr. Ryan's 
 letter of the 29th April. 
 
 " John Ryan, Esq." 
 
 From the terms of these communications it appears, that these 
 members of the Cabinet have no control over the fund granted by 
 parliament, but it will be observed, that the ministers have not writ- 
 ten a word adverse to my claims. Some of the Cabinet Ministers 
 sent no reply, and none hostile. On the contrary, the terms of their 
 letters would imply a favourable opinion. Let the substance and pur- 
 pose of my pamphlet* be recollected, let the matter and object of 
 my letter to the ministers be considered, and 1 think every impartial 
 person will admit that the replies indicate a friendly disposition towards 
 me. A disposition creditable to the writers, though not, perhaps, 
 very complimentary to the present Premier. He has, however, pur- 
 sued his course of conduct and others are entitled to a similar privi- 
 ledge. Whether his policy be calculated to benefit the Protestant, 
 Conservative party, strengthen his personal position, or ensure the 
 stability of his Cabinet, the mtrest tyro in politics can now deter- 
 mine. 
 
 In order further to elucidate this matter, I shall furnish an online 
 of the contents of the pamphlet, entitled Personal JSfarrative, &c. 
 The mottos on the title-page are, as already stated : 
 
 " Give me the avow'd, the erect, the manly foe. 
 Bold I can meet— perhaps may turn his blow; 
 But of all plagues, good Heaven, thy wrath can send. 
 Save, save, oh ! save me from the doubtful friend !" 
 
 Canning. 
 
 " II y a de mauvais exemples qui sont pires que les crimes." 
 
 Montesquieu. 
 
 * Personal Narrative— Sir Robert Peel's Claims to the Confidence of Pro- 
 tettant Conservatives. 
 
Ill 
 
 178 
 
 i alluded, at the outset, to the majority of ninety-one Conserva- 
 tives in the Commons, obtained by eleven years continuous labour, 
 and asked whether we are to be robbed of the fruits of this great vic- 
 tory by any undue leaning to liberalism, or infringement of the dic- 
 tates of justice and sound policy. 1 then introduced my letter to Sir 
 Robert Peel of 18th September, 1841, together with a list of my 
 works and the very favourable notices of the Reviews, Magazines 
 and public Journals. 1 also printed the Statement of my services 
 drawn up in Bristol, all of which were sent to Sir Robert Peel. I 
 inserted my second letter to Sir Robert Peel and both his replies, 
 together with the article from the Bristol Standard of 6th October, 
 as sent to Sir Robert Peel. I then related the past courses of the 
 new Premier, his encouragement of the Orange Society and subse- 
 quent desertion of that society and Protestant principles. 1 insetted 
 extracts from various letters })roving my services and consistent loyalty. 
 . I mentioned various instances of preference of Whigs, or lukewarm 
 Conservatives, lo men who had been most zealous and efficient in 
 raising Sir Robert Peel and the C mservative party to power. At 
 page 34, I had the following passage: — " Both persons and principles 
 are sacrificed. I have just read in Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, 
 Nov. 13 : — * Maroto's first act of treachery was to cutoff the right 
 arm of Don Carlos, as the act may be termed, by assembling and 
 massacring a number of his most able generals, on the plea that they 
 misadvised their master.' It is easy to find an excuse on such occa- 
 sions. Our most able leaders have been sacrificed on the plea of mo- 
 deration, conciliation and expediency." Again : — *' So far has the 
 present Premier been from success in his conciliatory system, that 
 O Connell's paper, the Pilot, was the first to apply the nickname of 
 Joseph Surface Peel, while O'Connell himself has often broadly 
 stated, that a man who has been unfaithful to his own party could 
 never be true to theirs." The School for Scandal is a comedy which 
 has met the approbation of royalty and every rank of society ; and 
 whether the Romanists are correct in dubbing our present Premier, 
 Joseph Surface Peel, the world c|n feadily decide. I further 
 related the anecdote of the late Earl of Aid borough, who stated to 
 me, that he had received from Sir Robert Peel as many letters as 
 wouW reach from the floor to the table, full of the warmest professions 
 of attachment to the Protestant cause, but that he felt so disgusted 
 by his conduct on the Romish act of 1829, that he returned a portrait 
 of Peel, which he had presented his Lordship, stating the reasons 
 which rendered its retention impossible. 1 referred to Sir Robert 
 Peel's inaugural address to the members of the Tamworth Library 
 and Reading Room ; proving that the address might very well befit 
 Lord Brougham, Doctor Bowring, or Joseph Hume, but most certainly 
 was discreditable to a Protestant, Christian minister, the chosen leader 
 of the Church of England party. The address broached those lad- 
 tudinarian, secular views of education which are now observable in 
 the plan of the academical institutions ptoposed for Ireland by the 
 same individual. Institutions which have been styled by Sir Robert 
 
 179 
 
 Inglis a " gigantic scheme of godless education." That all educa- 
 tion should be based on religion, is a vital principle which no 
 Christian man, none but the worst infidels can ever relinquish. 
 Having alluded to the eflJbrts of atheists, on the one hand, and Ro- 
 manists, on the other, to propagate these blighting doctrines, I con- 
 cluded my Personal Narrative thus: — " Observing these momentous 
 matters, 1 feel convinced that never was hearty support of our Protes- 
 tant Constitution in Church and State more imperatively required 
 than at the present moment. Under such circumstances, indifference 
 to Protestantism is positive treason. We require somewhat of the 
 uncompromising attachment to principle which effected the great work 
 of the Reformaiion, whicl) sustained it through the various trials and 
 struggles of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and without 
 which it cannot now be maintained. These pages have been prepared 
 in order to demonstrate that the state of the times and the position of 
 ihe countr}? demand a firm Protestant executive, and that such can 
 never exist while an individual who has proved false to the Protestant 
 party — a decided Liberal — occupies the chief place ot the adminis- 
 tration." — p. 48. Such is an outline of the pamphlet forwarded by 
 me to the Cabinet Ministers, and to several other persons of the 
 highest rank and power, weight and influence in the country. 
 
 Now, in 1845, we have ample proof of the justice c»f my senti- 
 ments in 1841. Read the following paragraph of Sir Robert Peel's 
 sj)eech to the Electors of Tamworth, in July 1841, when he was a 
 candidate for office: — " The good-will and confidence of the Conser- 
 vative parly can be the only safe foundation for political power ; and 
 if they wish to retain the influence they now possess, it must be by 
 the exertion of the same zeal, industry, and perseverance which have 
 placed them in their present position. These are the means by which 
 they can enable those in whom they repose confidence to maintain on 
 their ancient foundations the institutions of the country in Church and 
 State." — (p. 14. London: Murray.) Has Sir Robert Peel adhered 
 to these principles ? Has he encouraged zealous Conservatives ? Has 
 he shown attachment to our Protestant Constitution in Church and 
 Slate ? We may surely prognosticate that matters will not much 
 longer remain in their present unhappy predicament. 
 
 FROM C. HICKEV, ESQ. 
 
 "April 23, 1842. 
 
 « Dear Sir, — About a month since, I took the liberty of sending you a little 
 work on Avranches, written by a friend of ray father, and took the additional 
 liberty of saying that your notice ot it would gratify my father. I have not been 
 able to ascertain whether the packet arrived safely. If you would obligingly 
 give it some little notice, perha|)s this circumstance might be a little interesting: 
 
 " Mademoiselle de la Champagne who had been a French emigre in this 
 country during the horrors of the Revolution, died lately at Avranches, and be- 
 queathed to the British nation £1200 as a mark of her gratitude. The Mayor 
 of the town solicited Sir Robert Peel to allow the fund to be applied to the 
 erection of a ward in the town hospital, to be allocated for distressed English, 
 or for British shipwrecked sailors who might be cast upon the coast. Sir R. 
 consented and the Mayor sent a copy of * Historical and Descriptive Sketches' 
 
180 
 
 to b« presented to the Premier. He had them emblazoned with the city arms. 
 The work is published by How and Parsons. 
 
 " Believe me, Dear Sir, 
 
 " Your faithful servant, 
 ** John Ryan, Esq." *' C. HickEY." 
 
 TO EDWARD DALTON, ESQ., SECRETARY TO THE PROTESTANT ASSOCIATION. 
 
 « London, 25th April, 1842. 
 " Dear Sir, — I perceive that the Courier is to be sold by George Robins 
 and it strikes me that a very favourable opportunity is thus furnished to forward 
 the Protestant cause. If the Association, or any individuals of it, were to pur- 
 chase the concern and engaged some person of proved ability and principle, who 
 would advocate decidedly Protestant principles and insert full reports of meet- 
 ings and other transactions, the most important advantages must result. Some 
 step is, indeed, rendered absolutely necessary by the fact that the other evening 
 journal is now little more than the organ of the present Premier, and therefore 
 those who think Protestant, Christian principles essential to the welfare and 
 safety of the state, are left without any advocate, at leasi any daily advocate. 
 You will see the advertisement o( the Courier in the late daily papers, and I 
 imagine the price would not be high, as recent mismanagement has greatly re- 
 daced its circulation. 
 
 ** I remain, Dear Sir 
 
 " Yours faithfully, 
 
 "John Ryan." 
 
 Mr. Dalton's reply : — 
 
 " Protestant Association Office, 
 *'ll, Exeter Hall, London, 
 
 « April 26, 1842. 
 " Dear Sir, — I am obliged to you for your communication respecting the 
 Courier. Previous to the sale being advertised, a private offer was made to us, 
 and the particulars gone a little into : but the amount required and the apparent 
 improbability of making any return for the money to be sunk upon it, were 
 quite sufficient to deter us from thinking seriously about it. Doubtless it will 
 uow be sold for much less, but let it sell for what it may, it will be dear, for 
 there is a loss upon every number published, or likely to be. 
 
 " Yours, Dear Sir, very truly, 
 *' John Ryan, Esq." « E. Dalton, Secretory." 
 
 To ibis subject, the Rev. Charles Prest, Wesleyan Minister, re- 
 ceully alluded in a j)ublic speech at an Anii-Maynoolh meeting in 
 London. " Ireland," says he, " had been disregarded by us through 
 misrepresentation. He had been struck with the very scanty amount 
 of information obtained of Ireland through the English newspaj)ers, 
 and with the evident suppression of somethings which it would be in- 
 convenient for the Protestants of England to know. He hoped passing 
 events would originate some daily journal, which would faithfully set 
 forth all things appertaining to the Protestantism of both islands. No 
 man, who had gone unprejudiced to Ireland, could resist the convic- 
 tion, that out of the Maynooth system had arisen a reign of terror." 
 Alluding to these observations, the Warder remarks :— " The allusion 
 to the press is important. Unless the Protestant party can either 
 establish a daily London journal or obtain a paramount influence in 
 The Times, and at the same time establish a powerful daily organ here, 
 half their labour will be wasted." [Dublin Warder, 14th, June, 1846.] 
 At a meeting of the Cork ProteBtanl Operative Association, lOth, June, 
 
 181 
 
 1845, the Rev. J. R. Cotter said, " He regretted to state that the 
 Conservative press of England was in the hands of Romanists." Tliis 
 is, unquestionably a matter of vital importance both in England and 
 
 in Ireland. 
 
 TO SIR GEORGE SINCLAIR, BART., M.P. 
 
 « London 2nd May, 1842. 
 « Sir,— I have the honor to forward for your acceptance a pamphlet* which I 
 have deemed it my duty to publish. The salvation of the country, of its Mo- 
 narchy and Constitution, imperatively demands a decided Protestant, Conser- 
 vative executive. 
 
 ** I have the honor to be 
 
 *• Sir, with great respect, 
 
 " Your obedient humble servant, 
 
 "John Ryan." 
 
 Sir George Sinclair's reply : 
 
 « Arthur's, 5th May, 1842. 
 « Sir,--I am much obliged to you for the pamphlet, of which you have don« 
 me the honour to send rae a copy. I concur in many of the views which yon 
 have so ably expressed, so fai as the necessity of upholding ProtesUnt principles 
 
 is concerned. 
 
 " I remain. Sir, 
 
 *' Your very obedient servant, 
 ** John Ryan, Esq." "George Sinclair." 
 
 FROM MRS. SEYMOUR, DUBLIN. 
 
 « Mav 20, 1842." 
 *' Dear Mr. Ryan, — I enclose you an order on Nisbet for a volume of Ser- 
 mons With many thanks. Dear Mr. Ryan, for all your kindness, 
 
 " I remain truly yours obliged, 
 « John Ryan, Ksq." ' " B. Seymour." 
 
 TO S. C. HALL, ESQ., BROMPTON. 
 
 « London, 3rd June, 1842. 
 
 « Dear Sir,— According to promise, I forward for your acceptance a copy 
 of my work on the state of Ireland. You will have seen from extracts of criti- 
 cisms in the Personal Narrative which I presented you, that the work has been 
 very favourably noticed by the critics. I should be glad if in any degree it 
 merits ymir approbation, though from the opinions in the tract on National 
 Education which I received from you, I dare say you may differ on some points. 
 
 " As I have not long had the honor of your acquaintance, I avail myself of 
 this opportunity to insert a copy of a testimonial which I received when leaving 
 Bristol. [Here followed the testimonial, as in the preceding pages.] 
 
 " The Personal Narrative has informed you that the prominent part which I 
 have acted in politics has entailed the violent and systematic hostility of the 
 democrats and revolutionists. Chartists, Ribbonmen, &c. But I am happy to 
 say, that the palpable brutality of the ' swinish multitude* (as my countryman 
 Edmund Burke has it), has never caused the loss of a friend, at least among 
 Conservatives. Indeed, the evil object of the creatures is so obvious, antl the 
 inexcusable grossness of their language so disgusting to every per^on of 
 decency, that they completely deieat their own purposes. In my case, * the/ 
 bite against a file." 
 
 •* I shall shortly have the pleasure of retumicg Mrs. Hall's favour. 1 called 
 in a week or ten days after 1 saw you, but you were both from home. 1 again 
 
 • r«rsouaI Narrative. 
 
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 tbank you for the exiracts in your Ireland from my Hibtory aud Autiiiuities of 
 Carlow, and am glad that the work was of any use. 
 
 " I am, yours very truly, 
 
 " John Ryan." 
 Mr. S. C. Halls reply: 
 
 ** The Rosery, June 4. 
 "Dear Sir, — I am going to Ireland to-morrow; and have merely time to 
 acknowledge the receipt of your book, which I will take care to read imme- 
 diately on my return. 
 
 » " Faithfully yours, 
 « John Ryan, Esq." « s. C. Hall." 
 
 TO MISS DAVYS, PALACE, PETERBOROUGH. 
 
 " London, 4th June, 1842. 
 " Madam, — I have the honor to forward for your acceptance, a pamphlet* 
 which I deemed it ray duty lo publish. Its contents will prove, that for four- 
 teen years I have sincerely endeavoured, both publicly and privately, to up- 
 hold the Monarchy and Constitution in Church and Slate. Reference to page 
 529 of the pamphlet will show the reason which induces me to present it. I 
 may state here, that no person whatsoever has learned from me more of the 
 correspondence than appears in the present publication. I have had the plea- 
 •ore of receiving letters of thanks for the pamphlet from the highest quarters. 
 
 ** I have the honor to be, 
 
 " Madam, with sincere esteem and respect, 
 
 " Your most faithful humble servant, 
 
 ** John Ryan." 
 
 to his royal highness prince albert. 
 
 "London, 5th July, 1842. 
 ** Sir, — The atrocious attempt to assassinate the Queen on Sunday last, 3rd 
 instant, proves that the warning and respectful advice contained in the commu- 
 nication which I had the honor to address to your Royal Highness on the 27th 
 ult., were not advanced without sufficient grounds. Having daily extensive 
 opportunities of observation, 1 can confidently state, that the insubordination, 
 disaffection, impiety, and demoralization abounding, imperatively require that 
 additional precautions should be adopted lor the protection of her Majesty's 
 person. I state this from personal knowledge and observation of the conduct 
 and dispositions of the population. My views are fully corroborated by a re- 
 port of the Morning Chronicle of the 4th instant, where we find that at a public 
 meeting of Chartists, held last week in the metropolis, one of the public 
 speakers openly declared, 'that the Queen should be made away with,' and 
 we do not find that there was a single dissentient voice in the whole assembly ! 
 It further appears by the Morning Herald of this day, referring lo the person 
 first arrested for the attempt of Hvnday, timt * l/ie laudatory manner in which 
 Oxman had spoken of Francis's conduct tended to impress the opinion, that he 
 was the individual who attempted the life of her Majesty.' Tuis is a further 
 convincing proof of the evil feeling abroad. In a case so serious and important, 
 it is assuredly much better that the truth should be known, than that any in- 
 correct account sh»*uld lead to false security. I feel it to be my duty to for- 
 ward the present statement for the good of* the Sovereign and State, uninfiu- 
 enced by its mode of reception or any other consideration ; wiih an expitssiuu 
 of the belief, that it is often advisable to attend to the suggesti(»u8tf iuiiniduuls 
 as humble as the writer of the present communication. 
 
 *' 1 have the honor to be, 
 
 " Sir, with sincere respect, 
 
 "Your Royal Highness* most 
 "obedient humble servant, 
 
 "John Ryan, 
 " Member of the Royal Society of Literature." 
 
 • Personal Narrative— Sir Robert Peel's Claims to the Confidence of Pta^ 
 leitant Conservatives. 
 
 A few days afterwards^ I received the following note : — 
 
 " Buckingham Palace, July 9, 1842. 
 
 "Mr. Anson presents his compliments to Mr. Ryan, and is commanded 
 by His Royal Highness Prince Albert, to acknowledge the receipt of his letter 
 of the 5th instant 
 
 "John Ryan, Esq." 
 
 A bill was introduced and enacted for the better protection of the 
 Queen's person. Since which occurrence, there has been no repeti- 
 tion of the previous acts of dastardly, treasonable violence. 
 
 At this time, 1 addressed a communication to the Editor of the 
 j^ge, which appeared in that Conservative paper, as follows, July 
 17. 1842:— 
 
 <* The Present Premier. — We have received so many letters on the 
 measures of our present Minister, that we feel we cannot refuse aitenton to 
 some. The following sentiments, with a slight exception, are in perfect unison 
 with our own. There are points carried by Sir Robert which we have upheld, 
 and uphold, and which are herein decried ; but, taken altogether, we willingly 
 give insertion to the letter: — 
 
 Sir, — Last week I addressed you a few lines, on the courses of the present 
 Premier. I am glad you saw the * inconsistency,' and corrected it. 
 
 There are many reasons for distrust of the present Premier, as a stanch 
 supporter of the Monarchy. Among the rest, it was not at all sound policy 
 to recommend the Queen to allow her personal revenue to be subject to the In- 
 come Tax. It was a step calculated to lower the dignity of the Crown at a 
 time when it requires every support. It was directly placing the Royal In- 
 come, so far, on a par with that of private individuals, and thus tended to in- 
 duce unfavourable comparisons. Her Majesty should have been recommended 
 to extend her benevolence to an equal amount, but in a different manner. On 
 the presentation of the Chartist revolutionary propositions of S. Crawford, the 
 style and manner of Sir R. Peel was far from satisfactory. He did not exhibit 
 any of the earnestness either of language or manner that might have been ex- 
 pected. On the contrary, he exhibited a jocularity extremely ill-suited to the 
 occasion. The tone and explicit terms of Lord Stanley were very different, and 
 sach as became a real friend of the Monarchy. Another instance of bad advice 
 was the Bai Costume at Buckingham Palace, which should never have taken 
 place in the midst of the general distress — such extreme and unusual festivity 
 exhibiting the appearance of utter indifference to the general suffering. The 
 frequent and unnecessary use of the terms, * Her Majesty's government,' in 
 the recent parliamentary speeches of the present Premier, are only calculated 
 to extend the odium of recent measures, whatever it may be, from Ministers 
 to her Majesty. 
 
 These, Sir, are a few of the reasons which cause me to distrust the present 
 Premier, independently of his public measures. The Monarchy can never be 
 supported, in the present times, except by sincere and zealous Ministers. Fur- 
 ther, it is evident that his object is to advance the * moneyed interest' in preference 
 to the agricultural (the chief prop of the Monarchy), or any other. This at- 
 tachment to the * moneyed interest' on the part of a person of recent elevation, 
 is nothing new ; but it is certain the genuine aristocracy could not have less 
 trustworthy defenders than the members of that class. It was the ' moneyed 
 interest' that mainly conduced to the first French Revolution, by their efforts 
 to subjugate both the Aristocracy and the Monaichy. — [Vide^ Burke's "Re- 
 flections.' ] 
 
 It is a frequent remark (particularly of the Whigs and Radicals), that a Con- 
 servative Government could not exist without the present Premier. No one 
 disputes his dexterity, but it is unquestionable, that what a Conservative Go- 
 vernment would lose in ability by his secession, would be more than gained 
 in political integrity, and the public confidence thereby created. Could not 
 the Conae]rvatiTeft*form, without the present Premier, a much more powerful 
 
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 Go>tiniment than the Whigs? And if this be the case, with a majority of df 
 at their conuuaud, who could fear the result? It is, in /act, perfectly clear^ 
 that something must and will be done. We have seen quite suflScient to cause 
 the gtrougest distrust of the present Premier, and under such circumstances 
 there can be hut one wise course. If not adopted, what can we expect but 
 continual detriment to all our greatest and most cherished interests? But the 
 absurd anomaly of a Prime iMinister distrusted by every section of his so-called 
 parly, cannot possibly continue. 
 
 I remain, Sir, 
 
 Your obedient servant, 
 
 R. 
 
 leth July, 1842. 
 
 PS.— Your observations are excellent on the sentence of Francis. Murder, 
 or attempt 10 murder, of any subject should be punished by death, and why 
 not in the case of the Sovereign? .Oxford and Francis should have been exe- 
 cuted as a matter of course. If the former were hanged, we should not have 
 beheld the crime of the latter. For inferior crimes, public whipping would be 
 «n excellent punishment; but in cases of murder, or high treason, why depart 
 from the ordinary legal course? Such temporizing is a direct incentive to 
 crime, and is real cruelly to society at large." 
 
 As further illustrating the state ot public opinion at this period, 
 
 regarding Sir Robert Peel's policy, I shall insert two or three extracts 
 
 from the public journals : — 
 
 " The House of Commons must have been somewhat surprised on Thurs- 
 day night at ihe warmth with which Sir Robert Peel expressed himself on 
 a very simple (leclaration made by Sir R. H. Injili«, in the course of that 
 Ijonest and consistent opposition which he has nfForded to the very inconsis- 
 tent movements of the House of Commons. Sir R. H. Inglis's observation 
 was merely this— that when the chief of the present ministry, and that of the 
 last, Sir Robert and Lord John, united upon any question, it was perfectly 
 useless to go to a division. An inadequate occasion, certainly, for any un- 
 usual energy of manner or expression. The present charges of bribery and 
 corrnptitm, however, were at the bottom ofthe warmth."— TAc Times, 18th 
 
 June, 1842. ^ , , , 
 
 *' Unea.sy whisperings still prevail on the subject of th« liberalism of the 
 Peel Administration. It is not very easy to prophesy how this may end, but 
 the present effect is doubt and distrust. Sir Richard Vyvyan tells one home 
 truth, which had not been so clearly put before, namely, that though the Ad- 
 ministration may have the votes of a majority of the House of Commons, it 
 lias not the covjidence of that majority. The majority fear the return of the 
 Whigs, which is considered to be a wors^e thing than the Whivgish Conserva- 
 tism of the present Administration. But theie is a great diflference between 
 the ardour and the probable duration of that support which people give from 
 the fear of something worse, and that active co-operation which they readily 
 afford when they are well pleased with the conduct of their leaders." — Era, 
 26th June, 1842. ,^ .. „ 
 
 " We find in the Aberdeen Herald (March, 1842) a letter addressed by Mr. 
 Simpson Dugiiid to the Prime Minister, in which he says— • With the proposed 
 income tax, I am perfectly satifcfied. I am also satisfied with the proposed 
 alteration in the manner of introducing foreign corn ; but, sir, the contem- 
 plated measure of her Majesty's ministers, as regards the admission of foreign 
 live stock and cured meat into the London and other markets, has indeed 
 staggered me.' The foliowiui; is Sir Robert's reply—* Whitehall, March 21, 
 1842. Sir— I have received your letter of the 17th instant. There are other 
 parties besides the owners of, and dealers in, live stock in Scotland, who are 
 practising * the ^jreatest industry, economy, and self-denial, even of the most 
 common necessaries of lilc ;' and the measure:* which I have proposed, while 
 they continue protection to the interests to which you refer, have a reference 
 to those other interests and to the general welfare of the ct)mraunity. I aiD, 
 
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 %ir your obedient servant, Robert Peel.' Upon this, the Inverness Courter 
 remarks '.— * Mr. Duguid, of Camnachmore, is a respectable man, and has 
 hitherto been a firm Conservative. The answer of Sir Robert Peel is a little 
 too petulaut and smartish for a Prime Minister. The truth is, the baronet 
 »eems to have got sulky. He should avoid all symptoms of the kmd: for if 
 once his opponents find out the raw place, they will give him plenty of 
 
 uneasiness." i. • • i 
 
 "A Minister who clearly shows that he sets no more value on the prmciples 
 and interests of his own party than of his opponents, may flatter himself with 
 winning the loose fish of those opponents— but must lose his party. Now, 
 where can a Minister hope for a permanent majority ?— in his own party, or in 
 the party opposite to his own ; or in some party yet in embryo, which is to be 
 neither the one nor the other ? Sir Robert Peel had taken advantage of the 
 panic at the Whig budget, and the election practices of his friends, to seat him- 
 self in power, with a commanding majority at his back. This accomplished, 
 h« sees no further occasion for the ladders he climbed by. Down they go, 
 therefore, to accommodate public opinion with materials for a bonfire. There 
 are many good people who see no particular harm in this species of statesman, 
 ship, and who are as* well content to take progressive measures from Peel as 
 from his predecessors. We shall not attempt to argue with this sort of political 
 optimists by insisting on the dishonesty of these tactics for gaining and keeping 
 
 power. It may be thought that 
 
 * the pleasure's as great 
 
 Of being cheated, as to cheat ;' 
 and if the Tory partv, after all their reasons for distrusting Peel, choose to be 
 cheated by him, that the public have nothing but cause for congratulation in 
 the general result. It seldom, however, happens that such a genius as Sir 
 Robert cheats only one party. Those who chuckle most at the Tory dis- 
 appointment are, in some degree, duped themselves."— G/oie, 28th June, 1842. 
 
 " Who form the great majority in the House of Commons ? We answer- 
 Churchmen. And who sent them there to uphold and extend the Church ? We 
 answer— Churchmen. Yes, Churchmen form the majority of the electoral 
 body ; and Sir Robert Peel is Premier simply and exclusively because it was 
 the will of the Churchmen of this country that ho should be so. But Sir Robert 
 cannot remain at that post except on certain conditions. Those who placed 
 him there, did so because they were resolved that the Church should no longer 
 remain in a state of abeyance; and his threat of resignation will be accepted 
 by the whole Conservative body, unless he shall remain, not passively, but 
 actively and zealously, a friend to the Church."— C/iMrcA of England Quarterly 
 Review, July, 1842. 
 
 Although the bestial street nuisance and rancorous persecution, to 
 which I have already adverted, was continued by the Romish faction 
 without cessation, I did not publicly notice it after my statement 
 printed in Bristol until the mouth of March, 1843, when being se- 
 riously unwell in London, I addressed letters to one of the Magistrates 
 and to the Commissioners of Police. The following is a copy of my 
 communication to David Jardine, Esq., one of the Magistrates of 
 Bow-street, London, in which neighbourhood 1 was residing : — 
 
 « London, 6th March, 1843. 
 
 « Sir,— I have been staying here since the 28th January last, and have been 
 all the time greatly annoyed by two street vagabonds, evidently hired for the 
 purpose, who have been engaged day and night, without cessation, bellowing 
 out the most blasphemous expressions, and the most beastly, indecent language 
 of every description, with threatening language; all, of course, within the 
 perfect cognizance of the householders of the neighbourhood and the police. 
 
 " Now, sir, I respectfully submit that a man should not be subjected to such 
 heastly annoyance for any of the following reasons : — 1. That he has held 
 0»Dge or Tory opinions. 2. That he has spoken the truth of some people of 
 
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 bad conduct and character. 3. That be has spoken the truth of the ob?iott» 
 neglect of the police in permitting such gross nuisance in the public streets. Or 
 4. That he is an Irishman. These, as far as I can collect, are the real causes. 
 
 " It is not, sir, merely as a personal grievance that I address you. I am ac- 
 tuated by that regard for public and common decency which should be cherished 
 by e\erj proper man ; and I cannot but express my great surprise, that some 
 resident householder of the neighbourhood has not came forward to suppress the 
 public nuisance. The expressions made use of by the wretches (whose proper 
 place would be the tread-mill) are wholly unfit to be written, or repeated in any 
 company of real respectability j and this leaves those cognizant of it, and the 
 police entirely without excuse. Every Christian man rejoiced at the suppres- 
 sion of the Holywell-street blasphemy shop, and I presume all such would 
 rejoice at the apprehension of the blaspheming, indecent, infamous vagrants 
 wlio spend their days and nights in the public stteets, demoralizing all who hear 
 them by their scandalous language. 
 
 " That there is no just ground for the annoyance so far as I am concerned, 
 must be evident, when I state, that although I have been residing in London 
 and suburbs since November, 184 J, not a single individual ever had any thing 
 to say against me to my face. Being of retired, correct habits, and literary 
 pursuits (:wo years and a.half Editor of a newspaper in this country), there is 
 not the least reason for the annoyance, except the four I have stated above. I 
 trust, sir, under all these circumstances, you will speak to some of the officers 
 of police on the subject. The nuisance is a disgrace to the neighbourhood. I 
 write from a sick-l)ed, to which I have been confined by a severe cold since the 
 19ih last month. The favor of a reply would greatly oblige. 
 
 " I have the honor to be, sir, 
 
 *^ Your most obedient humble servant, 
 
 " .John Ryan.** 
 
 ** P.S. — Such exhibitions in the public streets must be considered corrobora- 
 tive to the evidence produced by Lord Ashley, in the House of Commons, last 
 week, as to the demoralized state of the population." 
 
 Not receiving any reply, I wrote to the same Magistrate again on 
 the following day, the 7th March : — 
 
 " Sir — I had the honor to address you yesterday, on the infamous state of the 
 public streets of this populous neighbourhood, overrun with vagrants, shouting 
 out the most beastly expressions, blasphemy, &c. 1 sent the letter by a mes- 
 senger, who was told by a policeman at the office that you were there. After 
 detaining the messenger a considerable time, the policeman told him there was 
 * no answer.' 
 
 ** I shall not, sir, trouble you further on the subject. Let any person who 
 chooses to make ordinary use of his ears, walk from Somerset House to Temple 
 Bar at any hour of the day or night, and he will hear such bestiality of lan- 
 guage, cursing, swearing, &c., bellowed forth, as I venture to state would not 
 be tolerated in the public streets of a city, week after week, in any other country 
 of the civilized world. For some time, I have resolved to withdraw from the 
 scene altogether, but am detained by illness. I forward this communication 
 by post. 
 
 " I have the honor to remain, sir, 
 
 *^ Your most obedient humble servant, 
 
 " John RrAN." 
 
 To this letter, I immediately received the following courteous 
 reply :— 
 
 " Police Court, Bow-street, March 7th, 1843. 
 
 "Sir — ^Your letter of this day's date, complaining of noise and bad language 
 
 in your neighbourhood, has just reached me ; but I have to inform you that I 
 
 did not receive any communication from you yesterday, nor was I yesterday 
 
 sitting as magistrate in this place. With respect to the subject of your com- 
 
 plaint, I have to inform you that since the alteration made in the laws a (^w 
 years ago, the Police Magistrates have not the direction or superintendence of 
 the police constables, that duty belonging entirely to the Commissioners of 
 Police. I have delivered your letter to one of the inspectors, and I have no 
 doubt that the matter will be attended to, and that such laws as are applicable 
 ■will be enforced. Should you still have occasion to complain, 1 should advise 
 you to apply to the Commissioners of Police, Great Scotland Yard, Whitehall. 
 
 ** I am, sir, 
 
 " Your obedient servant, 
 « John Ryan, Esq." " D. Jardine. 
 
 Finding the nuisance unabated, I wrote, on the 9th March, to the 
 
 Commissioners of Police, in nearly the same terms as in my letter to 
 
 Mr. Jardine of the 6th March, Not receiving a reply, I wrote to 
 
 the Commissioners again, as follows : — 
 
 "London, 10th March, 1843. 
 " Gentlemen — I had the honor to address you yesterday on the infamous 
 state of the public streets, and sent the letter to your office, Great Scotland 
 Yard, by a messenger who was told that an answer would be sent. The nui- 
 sance has not been in the slightest degree abated. It consists in two common 
 vagrants bellowing forth by day and night, unceasingly, the most blasphemous 
 expressions, the most beastly, indecent language, with cursing, swearing, &c., 
 as mentioned in my letter of yesterday. Lei any person walk from Somerset 
 House to Temple Bar and he will hear such bestiality of language yelled out 
 by those demoralized and demoralizing wretches as would not be tolerated in 
 the public streets of a city in any other country in the world, I have resolved 
 to withdraw from the scene altogether, but am detained by illness. As stated 
 yesterday, I address you by the advice of one of the Bow-street Magistrates. 
 
 ** I have the honor to remain, Gentlemen, 
 
 *' Your most obedient humble servant, 
 
 «*J0HN Ryan." 
 
 This letter was sent by post. I received no answer. I then sent 
 a copy of my intercepted letter of the 6th March to Mr. Jardine, as 
 acknowledged by that gentlemen in the following terms : — 
 
 « Police Court, Bow-street, March 22nd, 1843. 
 "Sir — I have to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 18th instant, 
 and to inform you that I received your letter of the 6th instant. 
 
 *' I am, sir, your obedient servant, 
 
 *'D. Jardinb." 
 
 Whether such public nuisance has been directed, or permitted, in con- 
 sequence of any high influence, is matter for inquiry or conjecture. 
 
 In the following month 1 departed from London, and dogged by 
 the Romish miscreants, (there was one of them on board the steam- 
 boat) arrived, with this molestation, in Dublin. The hired Popish 
 ruflians have often proclaimed that they had done me mischief as to 
 matters of property. While thus inconvenienced by them in London, 
 J received the following letter from a relation : — 
 
 ** Dublin, 21st March, 1843. 
 " Dear John — On the other side, I send you a letter of credit. You will 
 
 please acknowledge receipt of the latter sum to Mr. S , (a cousin) and 
 
 of the former as usual to your mother. Hoping you are now recovered from 
 your late severe attack, " I am, dear John, 
 
 ** Your affectionate cousin, 
 
 "James S. Hetherington."* 
 
 * Brother of Surgeon George Hetherington, M.B., F.R.C.S., Athlcme. 
 
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 189 
 
 Since my return to Ireland, I had a letter from the person with 
 whom I lived for fourteen months in Caraden-Town, concluding 
 thus : — 
 
 "Sir, a8 this will end oar correspondence, I wish you health and happiness, 
 and once more thank you for the newspapers. 
 
 " I remain your well-wisher, 
 
 "Susanna M ." 
 
 Here,in Dublin, as already detailed, precisely the same street nuisance 
 and rabid, venomous annoyance has been maintained to the present 
 moment. In fact, the letters to Mr. Jardine preclude the necessity of 
 additional description of the scenes enacted, so far as the public streets 
 are concerned. 
 
 Having resolved to publish a pamphlet on the Repeal of the Union 
 and other matters of a public nature, I wrote from London to Mr. 
 D. R. Bleakley, the bookseller who had published my work on Ire- 
 land,* to obtain a Dublin publisher for my pamphlet. I received 
 the following reply from Mr. Bleakley ; — 
 
 " 9, Upper Sackville-street, 
 
 "Aprils, 1843. 
 
 " Dear Sir— -I have made the inquiry of Messrs. Curry and Co., which you 
 
 requested me, and I am happy in informing you, that they have not the leasl 
 
 objection to have their imprint to the book you mention, and that they will do 
 
 their utmost to obtain for your intended publication all the circulation in their 
 
 power. 
 
 *' 1 remain, dear sir, 
 
 " Your faithful servant, 
 
 «D. R. Blkaklet." 
 
 " John Ryan, Esq." 
 
 The pamphlet appeared early in May, and was entitled. An Ad- 
 dress to the People of Ireland, on the Repeal of the Union, and 
 the Moral and Religious Condition of England.^ I sent it to se- 
 veral persons, both Protestants and Romanists, as it contained matter 
 against the Ribbon confederacy and the state of the country gene- 
 rally, with which I wished the latter to become acquainted. I in- 
 tended it to be a dispassionate review of public affairs, expressed with 
 perfect frankness. Alluding to the sayings and doings of the Peel 
 ministry, 1 stated : — " It has been obvious, that together with the 
 general neglect of Irish concerns, the loyal portion of the commu- 
 nity have been generally disappointed in their just expectations on 
 various matters of public interest. Past services seem wholly forgotten 
 by those whom duty and sound policy enjoined to remember them, 
 and, in short, all parties are now dissatisfied. Such has been the fruit 
 of the inconsistent, uncertain policy of Sir Robert Peel. I am con- 
 vinced that since the transactions of 1829, no party in Ireland is 
 viewed with amicable feeling by the present Premier ; the Roman 
 
 ♦ A Disclosure of the Principles, Designs and Machinations of the Popish 
 Revolutionary Faction of Ireland. 1 vol. 8vo. 
 f Ocravo, 24 closely printed pages. Dublin : W. Curry Jun. and Co. 1843. 
 
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 Catholics, because they have, instead of thanks for his concessions, 
 returned nothing but scorn and derision ; the Protestants enjoy ex- 
 tremely little of his favour, according to the proverb, that * he who has 
 injured you will never forgive you.' He knows that he betrayed the 
 Protestant interest in 1829, and he cannot now behold that party with 
 much complacency. At all events, the measures of his goveniment 
 have been extremely unsatisfactory, and this fact has been plainly 
 indicated in various quarters. In one word. Sir Robert Peel pos- 
 sesses not the confidence, or cordial support, of Protestants, while 
 his administration meets the hearty and unvarying opposition of Iiish 
 Roman Catholics." In reference to the Romish Ribbon Society, 1 
 I observed:— ** Let the particular persuasion be what it may, the 
 man who hates his neighbour may rest assured that his is not the right 
 path, that his is not the religion of Christ. Tried by this criterion, 
 there is a society now unhappily existing in Ireland, which must as- 
 suredly be found wanting. 1 allude to the Ribbon confederacy ; whose 
 pledges and formularies prove beyond controversy that that confede- 
 racy is animated by a most unchristian feeling towards all who dissent 
 from the creed of its members.* While I must deplore the exist- 
 ence of so foul an ulcer upon the vitals of Ireland, God forbid that 
 I should impute its criminality to the Roman Catholics generally. 
 All must know, that whatever course is morally wrong can never be 
 politically right. And that the truculent, illegal, and anti-christian 
 Ribbon league is both morally and religiously wrong— no rational 
 man, of ordinary enlightenment, can for a moment doubt." On Repeal 
 of the Union, I observed :— " For absolute Repeal of the Union, I am 
 not prepared. It will be recollected, that Repeal now would not restore 
 the position of affairs as existing previously to the year 1800. The 
 act of 1829 having admitted Roman Catholics to parliament, we 
 must expect a majority of that party in an Irish parliament; a ma- 
 jority whose proceedings could never be neutralised by any Protestant 
 preponderance in the House of Lords. The apprehension of injus- 
 tice, or oppression, in the event of Repeal, must be the chief difii- 
 culty with Protestants." An insuperable diflficulty, I am fully con- 
 vinced. Such was always my firm opinion. This, however, did not 
 prevent me from expressing, (in common with the Dublin University 
 Magazine, the Dublin Evening Mail, the Dublin Warder and se- 
 veral other Conservative journals), an independent opinion upon the 
 treatment of Irish Protestants by the Peel ministry, and the general 
 ignorance, mismanagement and neglect of Irish affairs. I forwarded 
 the pamphlet to the newspapers ; among the number, to the Carlow 
 Sentinel. On the 20th May, 1843, the following notice of the 
 publication appeared in that paper : — 
 
 ** Mr. Ryan as a public writer, who has devoted much of his time and talents to 
 the Conservative cause, is already favourably known in Ireland. In lis pamphlet 
 (one which will be perused with iaterest) he draws a hideous picture of the mo- 
 
 * See their oath, page 4. 
 
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 190 
 
 rals of the people of England.'*^ We rather think his sketch is too highly co- 
 loured, and we regret he did not draw the moral distinction that exists between 
 the class he describes and those belonging to the middle and upper, which con- 
 stitute society in England.f There is much cause for the deep dissatisfaction 
 that pervades the great body of the Protestants of Ireland at tbis moment with 
 the Peel administration — the cold and haughty bearing of English officials — 
 the marked neglect of Irish interests — coupled with the truckling policy pursued 
 by the Cabinet, may have been keenly felt by the Protestant party, and with 
 justice ; but we believe they would no more join the Demagogue in any scheme 
 against the Union than they would be guilty of the fully of permitting them- 
 selves to be bound, placed in fetters, and cast into the Inquisition, merely for 
 the purpose of testing the truth of Mr. O'Connell's assertions about his phi. 
 lanthropy, liberality, and love of justice. The Protestants have reason to 
 complain of the neglect and ingratitude of trimming statesmen, but they do not 
 Tiew Repeal as a means of promoting the happiness or tranquillity of Ireland. As 
 to Mr. O'Connell, we do not place the slightest reliance on his promises — nay hit 
 oath would have little weight with the public, if self-interest outweighed reli- 
 gious considerations, for we all remember how flippantly be swore, in IS25, 
 that ' Ireland required no more than emancipation — that Repeal of the Union 
 would never be demanded — and that if granted, church property would be more 
 secure than ever! ! Now he demands Repeal contrary to his solemn oath, and 
 on last Sunday week, so far from supporting church property — we heard him 
 declare that if Repeal were granted the Church establishment would be done 
 away with in Ireland. After alluding to the conduct of Sir Robert Peel since 
 he came into office, and the morality of English society the writer proceeds to 
 state" — \_H ere follows half a column of extracts from the pamphlet.^ 
 
 Such was the notice of my pamphlet on Repeal of the Union, 
 &c., by the Editor of the Car low Sentinel, such was the correct re- 
 presentation of my views on that subject, and his testimony regard- 
 ing my services to the Conservative cause, which he states have ren- 
 dered me " favourably known in Ireland." My statement of the "cold 
 and haughty bearing of English officials and marked neglect of Irish 
 interests" led to some commendation by Romish Repeal journals, 
 (while they stated that I was not a Repealer), and on this unstable 
 foundation, in one week after the above appeared, the Car low Sen- 
 tinel thought proper, in the face of the above correct notice, to style 
 me a " Repeal convert" — without, of course, producing the slightest 
 authority for such misstatement.^ I read this paragraph at the Club 
 House of Carlow, where I saw tlie paper by chance, and immediately 
 proceeded to ihe Sentinel o(hce, saw the Editor (Mr. Carroll) and 
 directed his attention to the untruth, slating that the pamphlet 
 which I had sent hiui contained two passages in which I explicitly 
 declared, that I was opposed to the Repeal of the Union. He im- 
 mediately admitted his error; he could hardly do otherwise after his 
 notice ot the preceding week; and promised to publish "any letter" 
 
 * Based upon the speech of Lord Ashley, M.P., in the House of Commons, 
 Feb. 28, 1843, and other high English authorities, stated by me in the pam- 
 phlet. 
 
 f The classes tvere distinguished by mo, and much evidence adduced. It was 
 with regret I made the statements relative to England. 
 
 X The following are the words of which I complained: — *' A Repeal Con- 
 vert. The Kilkenny Journal is in ecstacy on the subject of Mr. R\an's con-^ 
 version to the cause of Repeal." &c, — Carlow Sentinel, May 27, 1843. 
 
 191 
 
 from me to correct the misrepresentation. I wrote to him, by post, 
 accordingly, on the 30lh May, 1843> stating the facts of the case 
 and expresstng my real opinions on the subject. It appears that the 
 letter was not at all palatable to the Sentinel, lor instead of the pro- 
 mised publication, a short notice appeared, June 3, lb43, stating,—- 
 "We have received along letter from Mr. Ryan, the purport of 
 which is that he is no Repealer, and had he confined himself to the 
 simple denial of a statement originating with the Romish press, and 
 not with us, we should have certainly given it publicity." Now, lu 
 the first place, the letter was not a long letter, it would not have oc- 
 cupied one fourth of a column ; secondly, I dare say it would have 
 pleased the Sentinel better if it were " a simple denial," but in this 
 case a simple denial would not have been justice to mysell ; thirdly, 
 the statement did not originate with the Romish press. The Kilkenny 
 Journal never termed one a Repeal convert, nor anything ol the 
 kind. I printed the letter to the Sentinel as a tract and forwarded it 
 by post to every gentleman of the county of Carlow and to the pub- 
 lic journals. As stated at page 74 of this work, since the personal 
 difference with the Editor of the Sentinel iu 1832, he has always 
 written in the highest terras of my services and works, (not excepting 
 the pamphlet on Repeal of the Union), and particularly oi my 
 Disclosure of the Principles, Designs, and Machinatons of the 
 Popish Revolutionary Faction of Ireland, (see page 124) ; and there- 
 fore, the misrepresentation was the more unaccountable and to many 
 the more surprising. I shall not trouble myself with conjectures as to 
 motives. It will be seen in the subsequent pages, that the Editor of 
 the Sentinel (April 12, 1845), entertains a favourable opinion ot 
 the value of mv pamphlet on Protestant Union. This very recent 
 notice is so far satisfactory, but I need hardly add, that 1 am not de- 
 pendent on the opinion of the Sentinel. The public press, however, 
 cannot be treated with contempt. Of course, I could not avoid this 
 incident in the present narrative. In dismissing it, I shall merely ob- 
 serve, that every honest Protestant feels himself in duty bound to ma- 
 nifest hostility to the apostate Peel ministry, and other concomitant evils, 
 and advocate measures of religious, moral and physical improvement ; 
 but the man who would attempt to place all such Protestants in the 
 ranks of Repeal might fairly be styled a useful ally of O'Connell and 
 Co., though not a very consistent* Protestant. I, at all events, have 
 never swelled the Repeal, Romish or Radical ranks, I have never 
 enlisted under the banner of disloyalty, although there has been no 
 lack of both intimidation and pecuniary allurements. As it would ap- 
 pear that my conduct and opinions are deemed of some consequence, 
 I make this explanation. By such statement of truth, I satisfy my 
 own mind and conscience: the primary consideration with every one 
 who forms a just estimate of the value of worldly men and worldly 
 
 concerns. 
 
 The Editor of the Leinster Express, a Protestant, Conservative 
 journal, published in Maryborough and Dublin, wrote a review of my 
 
192 
 
 .Address to the people of Ireland on the Repeal of the Union, kc, 
 irom which the lollovving is an extract : — 
 
 " Mr. Ryan is a writer of much celebrity iu Ireland, and more especially iu 
 many counties of Leinster; his sound constitutional opinions are well known, 
 and his labours on b, hnlf of Conservatism, both in England and Ireland, have 
 been duly appreciated. His opinions and views will, we are confident, meet 
 xviih '•^n'ect, while his work will be read with imprest: '-^Leinsler Express, 
 JVlay lo, J o4t3, 
 
 FROM THE REV. SAMUEL MADDEN, A.M., PREBENDARY OF BLACKRATH, &C. 
 
 DIOCESE OF OSSORY. 
 
 ..«. ^ ,. , "Kilkenny, May 27, 1843. 
 
 Mr— be so kind as to excuse my very tardy acknowledgment of your note 
 of the 8ih instant, toi:ether with two volumes. These volumes I now beg 
 loave to return, as I fancy that a similarity of name has led you to mistake me 
 for the Mr. IVfailden who subscribed to your History of Carlow. Mv cousin, 
 the late Rev. S. Mad.len, was connected by marriage with Carlow, and doubt- 
 Jess he was the person who subscribed. I have no connection there and never 
 «hd subscnUe. Under these circumstances, feeling that the books were in- 
 tended for another than myself, I restore them, not having an opportunity of 
 handing them to my cousin's family as they now reside in London. I feel 
 that I ought to have said all this before, but I delayed in expectation of beinr 
 able to bring up the books to Dublin myself. 
 
 " I feel flaiterr«(l by your notice of the Memoir of Mr. Roe, and indeed have 
 much reason to be gratified by the ipception it has met with from the public. 
 1 his 18 pleading, not only on my own account, but because it secures the 
 publisher who ran all the risk having purchased the copyright. 
 
 ** I remain, sir, 
 
 " Your obedient, 
 
 «» T u T> T. .. "Samuel Madden." 
 
 ** John Ryan, Esq. 
 
 Having attended the late Rev. Peter Roe's church, St. Mary's, 
 Kilkenny, for a year and a-half, in my youth, I trust not without 
 some advantage to myself, 1 felt more than ordinary interest in the 
 Memoir by Mr. Madden. The sound principles, both in spirituals 
 and temporals, of the esteemed Minister of St. Mary's must have had 
 an abiding influence on all his hearers. •* He was," observes Mr. 
 Madden, " neither the dupe of latitudinarianism in his religion, nor 
 of infidel liberalism in politics. He abhorred, on the one side, the 
 infidel assertions that all religions are alike good if honestly observed, 
 and that a man is no more accountable for his form of faith than he is 
 for the colour of his skin ; and, on the other side, he was as steadily 
 and conscientiously opposed to the madness and blasphemy of the 
 popular tenet, that the people are the source of all legitimate power. 
 His principles were strongly and decidedly loyal ; and being honestly 
 and soundly convinced that Popery must ever be a fruiifiil source of 
 disloyalty to Protestant governments, and that it is and ever must be 
 unsafe, not to say irreligious, to concede the power of government in 
 any degree into the hands of men whose consciences are, through the 
 confessional, under the control of a foreign Popish Bishop ; and 
 whose church while it denounces all who refuse submission to the Pope 
 of Rome as heretics, teaches and has acted, and we may add, still 
 acts on the principle that faith is not to be kept with such ; being 
 
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 honestly convinced, we say, that the professors of Po[)ery could never 
 be safe law-makers for Protestants, Air. Roe was steadily opposed to 
 the mad projects of those who advocated what was called Catholic 
 Emancipation ; and who, at length, through the betrayal of Protes- 
 tant confidence, and the forgetting of oft-repeated vows, openied the 
 doors of parliament to men who could give at best but a divided 
 allegiance ; and who have, by thfeir conduct, fully borne out the 
 warnings uttered by those who strove to the last to maintain the Bri- 
 tish Protestant Constitution inviolate." On these subjects, Mr. 
 Madden slates, Mr Roe often raised a warning voice, principally 
 through the pages of The Instructor, a London newspaper, and The 
 Christian Guardian, Mr. Madden takes the following extracts from 
 these writings of Mr. Roe : — 
 
 " 1812. — You and I, sir, live at different sides of the channel, and as it 
 is probable you have never crossed it, allow me to tell you (and I fear my 
 assertion will prove true) the Romanists want the tithes — the forfeited lands — 
 the highest offices of the state— power of every kind, not even excepting the 
 kingly — and all as a right, not as a favour. They ask like a sturdy beggar, 
 armed with a bludgeon ; and their language is— if you don't give quickly, we 
 will make you. 
 
 "Feb. 19, 1812. — I now speak of Irish Romanists, who will never be con- 
 tent till they make an attempt to repossess the forfeited lands, and bring 
 about a Repeal of the Union, which they regard as the cause of Ireland's 
 misery and degradation, but which has in reality secured to her every blessing 
 ■he enjoys. British Christians ought to remember in their private prayers, 
 and in their social meetine;8 for worship, their brethren of Ireland. 
 
 «* Sept. 16, 1812. — It (i. e. Popery) is a religion of ignorance— a religion of 
 blood — a religion that sanctions any means, however improper, that are 
 likely to prove efTectual to the aci^omplishment of a certain end. The object 
 now sought for is political power; and we find all the engines of flattery 
 made use of in order to blind the eyes of Piotestants, and to throw them off 
 their guard, and lead them to believe that the opinion they entertained of 
 Popery is quite erroneous, and all the fears they entertained concerning it 
 groundless. But if once the Romanists succeed in obtaining unqualified eman- 
 cipaiion (and nothing else will they have— this they must have, and that 
 
 without delay, or else , see the speeches of the body), depend upon it, 
 
 the cloven foot and the double tongue will again appear— Popery would again 
 lord it over the humble followers of Jesus, and the scenes of Smithficld be 
 again presented to the view. 
 
 " Feb. 10, 1813.— There is no credit given to government for the adoption 
 of any conciliatory measure, because such measure is regarded not as the 
 offspring of good will, but of terror. Seats in the Imperial Parliament are 
 not the object, but a Popish Parliament in Dublin. Civil offices are not the 
 object, but the possession of the forfeited estates and the ecclesiastical property. 
 
 " April, 1813.— It is not liberty which the Roman Catholics want (that they 
 enjoy fully) but power. This is the burden of their song— they glory in their 
 numbers, and they never lose an opportunity of pouring contempt upon their 
 Protestant countrymen, and upon British connection. A stand must be made 
 somewhere ; and it is better to make it now, while we have the power, than 
 be constrained to do it after its surrender. This question, in my view of it, 
 intimately concerns every friend of truth and godliness ; and we are called 
 upon to meet it with the weapons of faith and prayer. Let our determination 
 be firm — our conduct temperate and conciliatory. Let us show that we are 
 influenced by a spirit widely different from that which the world applauds ; 
 and while we rigorously oppose Popery and every false religion, let us exem- 
 plify in our lives the power of the Gospel, and that we are determined to count 
 every thing but loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus, our 
 Lord." — Memoir, p. 230. 
 
194 
 
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 other valuable remains of Mr Rof^-'^ '^ """T^^'"' numerous 
 with many persons lfv^n.o^^^ ^'f diaries, and correspondence 
 Such work^r/rt cS ?'' extremely investing, 
 
 church to whicrtX^b^ef Jac^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^' ^^^ ^"^^ ^-^-^-^ 
 
 FROM ROBERT MALCOMSON, ESQ., ATTORNEY, CARLOW. 
 
 « Dear Sir,-I„-the absence of my mother 1^7' f^''"^^/' ^' ^8^3. 
 of your tract, headed Eepeal o/theUnTonlnai^^V ackno^rledge the receipt 
 asserted th>,t a gemlemj of ZnVj^r^^^^ to find it 
 
 cate of Repeal, and am happ/to find that ZnvT?'^^'!; ^u"^ '^^^^"^^ *« ^^'o- 
 reckoned without their host ^ ^^^'^'^^ '^® '"°»our they have 
 
 " I remain, Dear, Sir, 
 " John Ryan, Esq." " ^^''^ ^^''^^""^'l yj'""' 
 
 TO B1.V ^r.^ ROBERT MalCOMSON."* 
 
 TO REV. TRESHAM n. CREGC, A.M.. CHAPLAIN OF ST. NICHOLAS 
 
 WITHIN, DUBLIN. 
 
 « Dear Sir,— According to promise T fn.«.o ^ " ^"?""* ^^*^ ^^^P^ ^^43. 
 the Union. I never favoured 2^^!/ L ? ^'°" '^^ *''*"* «° ^^^ ^^^Peal of 
 
 the misrepresentation. ^ ^ ^"'^ consequently could not submit to 
 
 of IrfsS P:^::^::^::^:!:^^:^^^^^ and Ireland, and the course 
 there can be no substantial difference W ""^ <^onversed on Saturdav,f) 
 
 which I received from you. To II I loZ7 iT' "' '^^'''' ^^ '^' ^^<^*^««» 
 support of British connection and the ^irilishintPr "?''''"' "^ '^"'^' "^*^ "" 
 principle, and that if there be a denLnri Vt ' ,'' ^"^''"^^^ » matter of 
 
 we are not bound to maintain our aUacLenr/T''^^'' '" ^"^'^""^ ^' °>°-l«. 
 that dependence on our part upon Ssh l.p ' T'T''' i« ^^ quite clear 
 would be, politically or otherwise relia^l "'*i ^?'^ ^' ^« °«^ behold) 
 
 to eventuate in our disappointmem S^^^^^^^^ broken reed, would be sari 
 
 vents an open and general dedaratlon nf p I " ^^'"'^ '"^'^°^^ ^»^'<^h pre- 
 position of affairs. \s we find that PooishLl'"' • ''°'^"'°' "" ^^^ ^^^^ting 
 nistry so highly objectionable it is unnZr ^?P^«'°° continues and the mi 
 associate for the defence of lb; r "est i merer'' a^i'S'' '^'* Protestants should 
 peace, but if our opponents insTst on wlr f \ A^/ ^^^testant Christians desire 
 exhibited, we have no Xriat ve In «'' / '"''^' ^""^'"^^ ^''^ unceasinglj 
 perly adopted. ^^ernative. In such case, protecUve measures are pfo- 
 
 " I am, yours truly, 
 
 lie meetings at Z Itd^TT n^ l^'Z^' "'''''"''' "' /'"*' 
 Association and Re/orZlion S/Jt Thl'" ^'""'"'"" ^P'""'"" 
 me are as follows:- ^' ^""^ Passages referred to by 
 
 sideraiion altoge.her ! They would ?r.«,K J'"*'' .""""<■ ""'' "" ^Hgious eon. 
 J ney w ould treat both parue. alike! Th ey would know 
 
 Thoma, Harri, Carroll ^ ""* P^Pne^r and editor ha. been Mr' 
 
 ..rt.,^'Du\ur°""°° '^''°' "'"" ^™"'«»' Operative A..ooi.Uon, 5, College. 
 
 195 
 
 DO difference between Protestants and Popery 1 Thyy maintain a neutral system 
 <»f education constructed with the express purpose of giving free course to 
 Popery. It is to be feared that they would increase the grant to that heterodox 
 instituiioii which breeds up Popish priests. They would (shame upon them !) 
 canvass our Protestant institutions as to whether thej' would confer the benefit 
 upon their subjects, of instruction in principles which they themselves profess to 
 believe to be damnable and idolatrous. We do verily almost fear that their 
 wish would be to establish Popery in Ireland '. And yet these rotten-hearted, 
 traitor-souled, faith-betraying infidels, would presume in their pride and inso- 
 lence to brave the millions of the Irish Repealers ! And what think you are the 
 grounds upon which they would base the conflict? Forsooth, on * the impor- 
 tance of maintaining 3ritish supremacy in Ireland' — * on the importance of 
 maintaining the integrity of the British empire' — • on the importance of uphold- 
 ing Hrilish glory.' Foolish and contemptible men! Why, what signifies their 
 British supremacy if it be not identical with the ascendancy of Protestantism? 
 Who cares one fig for the integrity of the British empire if it be not the empire 
 immortal truth ? Who would imperil his life for one half hour in the battle- 
 field with Britain's foes for the maintenance of British glory, when it had 
 ceased to be the glory of Britain to extend from east to west, and from pole to 
 pole, the glory of the blessed God ? No, brethern ; God in his mercy shield 
 Britain from the consequences of the infatuation of such faithless men. When 
 the phantom of national pride and national greatness, instead of the glorious 
 reality of gospel truth, becomes the object of the British arms, may those arms 
 be disgraced, and the banners of her apostacy defiled with the dust of scanda- 
 lous defeat ! If the contest merge into a battle, in which the question to be 
 decided is simply this — shall Popery-supporting England, shall idolatory- 
 iliffusing England, shall hypocritical and forsworn England hear away the 
 palm of physical power from this country ? We will then every man of us 
 rally round the standard of our native land, and raise the cry of * Ireland for 
 ever and Erin go bragh !* We repeat, then, that the individuals who would 
 withdraw from the present conflict the religious element it involves, and resolve 
 it into a contest between Great Britain and Ireland, are utterly infatuate, and 
 are treasuring up for England an awful amount of dishonor and calamity. 
 
 " Who then are they who would under existing circumstances endeavour to 
 pet up in this country * Protestant demonstrations' in favour of the unprincipled 
 drivellers whose pro'popery policy has sunk into almost irremediable aflliction 
 the inhabitants of both islands? Protestant brethren beware of confederation 
 with such men! We call upon you to confederate, to organize, to stand to- 
 gether, but to do so in dep;^ndence upon the most high God. Unite for princi- 
 ple—combine for truth— stand up for religion— bear witness for God. Again 
 we say beware of unprincipled association, of unprincipled confederation, of 
 union to support those who deserve nothing but contempt. Raise not a cry for 
 them; let hoots and groAus meet the name of the pro Popery traitors to their 
 God and to the truth ; the men tiiat have trained up faction> for England— re- 
 bellicm for Ireland-siarvaiiou for Protestants, and thankless glorification for 
 the foes of the empire." 
 
 I do not exactly agree in every expression of this address ; but it 
 is undeniable, that the courses of the Peel ministry are decidedly re- 
 probated by almost every Protestant in Ireland, and such being the 
 fact, it is not surprising that we should behold such sentiments pro- 
 -mulgated as are to be found in the preceding document. The oj)inioii 
 of Mr. G. A. Hamilton, M.P., on this point merits attention :— 
 " He warned the house to beware how it taught them (the Irish Pro- 
 testants) the dangerous and bitter lesson— a lesson which, once learned, 
 is never forgotten by a people — that, politically, the meed of loyalty 
 is ingratitude, while the reward of agitation and disloyalty is favour 
 and concession. If that lesson be once impressed upon the minds of 
 
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196 
 
 the Protestauts of Ireland, one of two most disastrous consequences 
 would be sure to follow — you will either see the Protestants of Ire- 
 land joining with the Repealers in hostility to a connection, from which, 
 as they think, they will have received nothing but ingraiilude and in- 
 jury ; or else, which will be in his opinion, almost worse — you will 
 see again the collision and conflicts of classes and persuasions in Ire- 
 land." Matters must, however, proceed to a very great extremity, 
 indeed, before any kind of combination with Romish Repealers will 
 be advisable on the part of Irish Protestants. To use a common say- 
 ing, it would be " out of the frying-pan into the fire." We should 
 always recollect that the acts of the Peel administration do not reflect 
 the principles or desires of Protestant Britain, on the contrary, they 
 are almost as repugnant to them as the deeds of the unfoitunate advi- 
 sers of James the Second. Opposition to such hurtful counsellors of 
 our Protestant sovereign is our duty. Any union ol principle or policy 
 with Romanists is a sheer impossibility, and if it were possible, would be 
 disastrous. Regarding the Dublin Protestant Operative Association, 
 the Rev. T. D. Gregg, when presenting me the two addresses, did me 
 the honor to invite me to become a member of the Association and take 
 a prominent part, as speaker and otherwise, in its proceedings. On 
 two occasions since, Mr. Gregg has been so kind as to repeat his in- 
 vitation; but although I wish well to every loyal Protestant society, 
 I have at present as much work to perform as can be properly managed 
 by one individual. This fact will be apparent to every one on peru- 
 sal of the present publication.* 
 
 TO ABRAHAM BREWSTER, ESQ., Q.C, LAW ADVISER TO THE CHIEF SECRE- 
 TARY" TO THE LORD LIEUTENANT: 
 
 "Dublin, 19th Oct. 1843. 
 
 " Sir, — I deem it my duty, under the present critical circumstances of the 
 country, to forward the present communication. I do so as a loyal Protestant 
 subject, although, like many others, I have reason to be dissatisfied with the 
 public policy and the injustice and ingratitude of Sir Robert Peel. On Sunday 
 afternoon, being on a public vehicle, I was addressed by a well dressed man oo 
 the question of the Repeal of the Union, to which I have been ever opposed 
 both publicly and privately. Among other remarks, he said that the Catholic po 
 pulation generally did not approve of the restraint imposed upon them by 
 O'Conuell — that they would not submit to it much longer — that they would 
 ■bake off his authority and make short work of the business by a general and 
 simultaneous attack of the thirty-two counties upon the Protestants — that 1798 
 
 * The Dublin Warder newspaper thus remarks on the speech of Mr. G. A. 
 Hamilton on the Maynooth Endowment bill, above noticed : — "Mr. Hamil- 
 ton, we find, was accused of making a Repeal speech, just as we have been ac 
 cused of writing Repeal articles, and boih for the same reason ; because the 
 speech of Mr. Hamilton and the columns of the Warder have alike declared 
 the true grounds on which Irish Protestantism has identified itself with the 
 cause of the Union. Englishmen, would, it appears, rather believe Irish Pro. 
 testauts, the natural servants, the born thralls of England— no matter how 
 neglected, or betrayed, or oppressed— or rather the more docile and dutifal, 
 the more they are despised and spumed.'' — Wardetf 3d May, 1845. 
 
 197 
 
 Mas only an affair of three drunken counties— that they could complete the bu- 
 siness in three hours, some morning before breakfast. On being asked, if they 
 would furnish any intimation of their intention, in order that there might be 
 a fair contest, the reply was, no notice whatsoever — the same notice we gave 
 at MuUaghmast and Clontarf and that we might look out for something of the 
 kind before Christmas. Three other men on the vehicle quite agreed with the 
 speaker. 
 
 " I should not have thought it necessary to trouble you with this intelligence, 
 were it not for the circumstance, that I have since found it exactly corrobo- 
 rated by an extract from the London Muming Chronicle in Saunders's News 
 Letter of Tuesday, the IJth instant, to which I refer you. Governmtnt will, 
 of course, adopt speedy measures for the protection of the loyal and peaceable 
 people of the country. I am firmly convinced, that there will be an aggravated 
 repetition of the deeds of 1641 and 1798. I enclose a tract on the Repeal 
 question, and should be glad of an intimation of the receipt of this communi- 
 cation. 
 
 " I have the honor to be, 
 
 *• Sir, your obedient humble servant, 
 
 "John Ryan." 
 
 TO ABRAHAM BrEWSTER,^SQ., Q.C^ &C. 
 
 "Dublin, 19th Oct. 1843. 
 " Sir, — I forwarded to you a communication this morning which I trust you 
 have received relative to the state of the country. The tract on Repeal of the 
 Union informed you as to your correspondent, but on this point I think it right 
 further to state, that I am cousin to Mr. David Ryan, of Castlecomer, Trea- 
 surer to the Turnpike road, who has a property in the county of Carlow, with 
 vhich you are connected. He is, as I believe you are fully aware, a Proles 
 tant Conservative, and always votes for the Conservative candidates at the elec- 
 tion for the county of Carlow. 
 
 " I have the honor to remain, 
 
 " Sir, your obedient humble servant 
 
 «< John Ryan." 
 
 MR. Brewster's reply. 
 
 " Merrion-square, 20th Oct, 1843. 
 « Sir, — I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter and its enclosure, as 
 also your note of yesterday. I was quite aware of the facts you state concerning 
 
 yourself. 
 
 " I have the honor to be, 
 
 " Your obedient servant, 
 "John Ryan, Esq." "A. Brewster." 
 
 to H. MAUNSELL, ESQ., M.D., M.R.C. B. 
 
 « Dublin, 26tb Oct, 1843. 
 t* Sir — Allow me to present you a pamphlet which I have lately published ou 
 the Repeal of the Union, &c. 1 was glad to find somewhat similar views ex- 
 pressed by your recent speech at the meeting of the Corporation. My reason 
 for resisting Repeal of the Union is precisely the same. 
 
 " I may add that I am cousin to Mr. David Ryan of Castlecomer, whose son 
 served his apprenticeship to you. 
 
 " I am, sir, 
 
 " Your obedient humble servant, 
 
 "John Ryan." 
 
 DOCTOR MAUNSELL's REPLY. 
 
 « 13, Molesworth-street, Oct. 27. 
 
 " Doctor Maunsell presents his compliments to Mr. Ryan, and begs to thank 
 him for his pamphlet on Repeal of the Union, which Dr. M. will not fail to 
 read carefully. 
 
 " John Ryan, Esq." 
 
198 
 
 TO J. O. BONIALL, ESQ., ELDON TERRACB, DUBLIN. 
 
 ♦♦Dublin, i>6lh October, 1843. 
 
 ** Sir, — Having happened to meet you lately in a bookseller's shop and finding 
 general concurrence of opinion as regards Protestant principles, I forward you 
 the accompanying pamphlet which T have lately published on the Repeal of tlie 
 Union, &c, I have expressed my views frankly. Although decidedly opposed 
 to Repeal of the Union, I think that measures should be adopted lor the be- 
 nefit of Ireland, religiously, morally and physically. While this should 
 unquestionably be done, personal experience since my return from England 
 convinces me that the ancient religious animosity exists among Romanists in 
 full vigour, and that it would be the extreme of folly on the part <»f Protestants 
 to support any measure which would lead to their ascendancy. I should feel 
 obliged by your opinion on the top?C8 adverted to in the pamphlet. 
 
 "Having lately been an inquirer on the subject of Calvinism, Arminianism, 
 &c., you would also oblige me by your views, briefly, on the Trinity, relative 
 to which you expressed your opinion when I met you. You disagree with 
 Athanasius and think the Son inferior to the Father. I am sure you will ex- 
 cuse this request from an inquirer on that important subject. 
 
 " I an», sir, 
 " Your obedient faithful servant, 
 
 "John Ryan." 
 
 mr. bonsall^s reply. 
 
 «* Eldon Terrace, 1st November, 1843. 
 
 ** Dear Sir, — Accept my best thanks for your kindness in sending me your 
 pamphlet on the Repeal of the Union. I should have promptly acknowledged 
 its receipt only I wished to previously acquaint myself with its contents, which 
 owing to various engagements I could not do until now. With your views on 
 this subject I fully agree, except as it respects O'Connell and the priests, and 
 properly speaking your remarks concerning them does not belong to the sub- 
 ject except as to their ulterior designs. For apparent candour and professions 
 of loyalty, they may be praised by those who think diflerenlly from me on the 
 true spirit of Popery. I am firmly fixed in the opinion, that Popery is a deep 
 and matured conspiracy against Christianity, and that however plausibly mem- 
 bers of that creed may speak, nay I will admit that many of them, speaking 
 in their individual capacity as menj express themselves with sincerity, yet be- 
 cause of the nature of their organization, the influence which each exercises 
 over the other, and the enchanting influence which pervades the whole body, 
 freedom among them is a mere name, and each member must act in harmony 
 ■with the boJy — no one member dare act for himself, or carry out the kindly 
 views which may arise in his mind. The spokesmen of the Repeal parly are 
 loud and seemingly sincere in their assurances that they do not want ascendancy 
 for their creed or party — they feel that such assurances are necessary — and the 
 history of all cooperations of Protestants with Papists for the common good, 
 furnish proof that they (the Papists) are not to be trusted. These remark* 
 merely apply to what you say of O'Connell, &c., in their opposition to Rib- 
 bonism and such like injudicious proceedings on the part of their people. With 
 you I fully agree, that security for Protestanlisni and Repeal are incompatible. 
 
 " To the clergy of the Established Church from the period of the Relurma- 
 tion, or soon after it, to the present time, 1 ascribe the strength of Popery and 
 the ignorance and immorality which have such dominion in England. * The 
 want of discipline in the church, the want of religious knowledge and practice 
 in its ministers, the means by which unfit men attained to its ofiices, the noto- 
 rious tratfic in livings, &c &c., rendered it impossible that truth could flourish, 
 and worse than ustless she has suffered error to grow and become strong. For 
 many years, indeed until the last three years, I stood with the Established 
 Church, and although entertaining the views above expressed ; and fearing that 
 her downfal would tend to advance Popery, I thought it best to preserve her 
 rather than risk the other alternative, but now my thoughts are, let what is 
 
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 riffht be done and trust the results to God, nevertheless I do not feel it to be my 
 duty to join in any confederacy or act against the Church of England. To 
 purge her to remove her, or to introduce a purer church must be the work of 
 God, and which he will effect at whatever time and by whatever instruments he 
 
 gOAQ fit 
 
 « As to your query concerning my views of what is called the Trinity. I do 
 confess that I am utterly opposed to the statements of the Athanasian creed. 
 I think them absurd and contradictory, viz., that the Son is begotten and the 
 Holv Spirit * proceeding* and yet that * none is afore or after other,' &c. For 
 myself, I think it sufficient to abide by the statements contained in the Bible. 
 On this, as upon every other religious topic, I act or desire to act upon the 
 true Protestant principle, viz., the Bible and the Bible only, and with the sixth 
 article of the Church of England (though not with a// the others) I fully agree. 
 While Scripture teaches that Christ and the Holy Spirit are Divine personages 
 in the highest sense, I never can assent to the Unitarian views on the subject. 
 I regret that want of time occasioned by various duties which I have constantly 
 to attend to, prevents me from entering more fully into this subject, but even 
 if time did permit, I could do no more than refer to what is written in the Bible 
 
 on the subject. 
 
 *♦ I must pray your excuse for this hastily written letter. 
 
 " Believe me, dear sir, 
 
 « Yours truly, 
 
 " John Ryan, Esq." ** J- ^' Bonsall." 
 
 I fully concur with the ophiions of Mr. Bonsall on O'Connell, 
 priests, and Popery. I slated in the pamphlet that O'Connell's op- 
 position to Rihbonism appeared to be sincere. I was inclined to give 
 him credit for such sincerity, if it were only on the ground that his 
 personal interest is opposed to actual rebellion. Such a consumma- 
 tion would extinguish agitators, orators, and above all the weekly rent 
 and annual tribute. I shall not charge any one with connection with 
 Rihbonism, but I have seen and heard enough to agree on this point 
 with Mr. Bonsall, as must be evident from the general tenor of the 
 preceding pages. 1 was glad of his concurrence, where he states, 
 «' with you I fully agree, that security for Protestantism and Repeal 
 are incompatible." Mr. Bonsall, I may add, is an active member 
 of committee of several useful public societies, and in that capacity 
 has rendered much service to the Conservative party in the city of 
 
 Dublin. , 
 
 Having been grossly misrepresented, by one newspaper, on the 
 Repeal question, and the Romish street nuisance continuing, I 
 thought it necessary to place a brief statement of facts on the subject 
 before the public. For this purpose, I procured notes of introduction 
 from Mr. Isaac Butt, Barrister, and Mr. Robert Hartford, (Assistant 
 Secretary to the Dublin Auxiliary Bible Society) to Mr. Joseph 
 Le Fanu, Barrister, principal proprietor of the Dublin Warder news- 
 paper. That gentleman acknowledged my services to the Protestant 
 cause, and readily consented topubiish my statement. I handed him 
 the following letter which appeared aiiioijg the leading articles of the 
 Warder, 4th November, 1843 : — 
 
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 TO THE EDITOR OF THE WARDER. 
 
 « Dublin, 31st October, 1843. 
 Mr,— Having, since 1827, taken rather a prominent part in political matters, 
 and having been recently misrepresented by a provincial journal as being a 
 Repealer (a false assertion since retracted, though not as fully as the case re- 
 quired), I deem it necessary to publish a brief statement on the subject. This 
 18 the more advisable, as I find that some of the Repealers seem to credit the 
 above misrepresentation, or imagine that I might be induced to espouse their 
 cause. Another sufficient reason for the statement of the truth, is the fact 
 that having been an officer of the Orange Society, opposition to Repeal is the 
 course in common with its principles, whUe, we are aware, the opposite party 
 especially desire and boast of the accession of Orangemen to their ranks. On 
 these several accounts, and in the present limes, when the political sentiments 
 of every man are of mere or less consequence, it is mv duty to state explicitly 
 that I have ever been, publicly and privately, decidedly opposed to the Repeal 
 of the Union. At the same time, I am of opinion with many Irish Protestants 
 that we have very little reason for gratitude or confidence towards Sir Robert 
 Peel ; and further, that much might and should be effected for the substantial 
 benefit of Ireland, religiously, morally and physically. I need not trespass 
 on your valuable space by any detail on the subject, as I have sufficienUy ex- 
 pressed ray views in a pamphlet lately published for me by Messrs. Curry and 
 Co. I shall merely observe, that every Irishman is necessarily interested in the 
 welfare of Ireland, and should cordially promote all measure's likely to amelio- 
 rate the general condition of the country. Each passing days' intelligence 
 however, serves to convince Protestants that the Romish party cherish designs 
 at variance with our best interests; the latest evidence of which may be found 
 in Mr. Trevelyan's two letters, lately published in the Morning Chronicle. I 
 can personally testify that for the last six years I have experienced the un- 
 ceasing hostility of the Romish faction, two or three beastly vagabonds— I have 
 reason to believe Ribbonmen (abetted by other bad characters)— having been 
 expressly hired to follow me through the streets with the most slanderous abuse 
 (mixed up with the expressions, ' Buin the bloody Orangeman,' * Dangerous 
 Orangeman,' ' Marked Orangeman,' &c. &c.), while they have avoided being ap. 
 prehended, by always keeping out of sight. This disgraceful system is now 
 pursued by those obviously infamous characters both by day and night, to the 
 disturbance of the public peace, and the corruption of public morals, l' merely 
 allude to this cowardly conspiracy here, to prove that such enmity to a Protes . 
 tant, or Orangeman, proves beyond denial the animosity towards the general 
 body. It further proves that the object of their attacks must be considered by 
 them a person of some consequence, in some degree a formidable opponent. 
 They may rest assured, once for all, that the 'martyred Orangeman,* as they 
 have it, will never be intimidated from the career which he believes consistent 
 with rectitude, truth, and justice. To ensure the ascendancy of a truculent, 
 anti'-Christian, ami -Protestant party, by a Repeal of the Union, would be a 
 perfectly suicidal course on the part of the Protestants. The firm, but tempe- 
 rate, assertion of principle was never more imperatively required. 
 
 " I am, sir, 
 
 « Yours faithfuDy, 
 
 ' "John Rtik." 
 
 " P.S.— In order to prevent mistake as to the identity of your correspondent I 
 subjoin a list of my published works, independently of editorial labours. The 
 works have been all most favourably noticed by the Reviews, Magazines, and 
 public Journals : — 
 
 " !• — Reflections on the Demands of the Romanists ; showing the disastrous 
 consequences which must result from a concession of political power to them 
 Published in 1827. Dublin : Curry and Co. 
 
 " 2.— An Inquiry into the Nature and Effects of Popery. Dublin : Curry 
 and Co. 
 
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 «« 3. — A Letter to the Protestant* of Ireland on the Present State of their 
 Aifairs. Dublin : Carson. 
 
 « 4. — Some Passages in the Life of Philip Thornville. Dublin : Grant and 
 
 Bolton. 
 
 « 5. — The History and Antiquities of the County of Carlow. Dublin : 
 
 Grant and Bolton. 
 
 i<6.— The Life of William the Third, King of England. Dublin: Grant 
 and Bolton. 
 
 «* 7. — A Disclosure of the Principles, Designs, and Machinations of the 
 Popish Revolutionary Faction of Ireland. Dublin : Bleakley. 
 
 " 8. — Sir Robert Peel's Claims to the Confidence of Protestant Conservatives. 
 London : Hatchard and Son. 
 
 « 9. — An Address to the People of Ireland on the Repeal of the Union, and 
 the Moral and Religious Condition of England. Dublin : Curry and Co." 
 
 As the reader is aware, the above letter furnishes merely au outline 
 of part of the wickedness perpetrated. Threats of pauperizing the 
 Protestants in general, and luyself in particular, have been the daily 
 and hourly language. They have not been mere eiDpty threats — the 
 system ot slander and brutal annoyance has been well calculated to 
 impede attention to any business which might be productive of pecu- 
 niary profit. They have published it, too, by the tongues of the 
 paid ruffians of the faction, that they have mischievously interfered 
 in the settlement of matters of property. The following letter refers 
 to a matter of this kind : — 
 
 *' 28Lh November, 1843. 
 t* My Dear John, — I beg to inform you that I received an answer from Mr. 
 Young, and wish you to give me a call at your first convenience and see what 
 he says on the subject of Ellen grove. 
 
 '' I remain, Dear John, 
 
 *' Your affectionate uncle, 
 
 *• William Shepard." 
 " John Ryan, Esq." 
 
 From the express avowals of the Romanists, I am justified ia 
 stating, that they have caused me delay and inconvenience in matters 
 of this kind, but by the adoption of proper measures I have been 
 enabled, so far, to counteract their infamous machinations, and, ia 
 some degree, secure my just rights. 
 
 Perceiving the unabated evils of the country, the increasing efforts 
 of the Romanists to obtain the Repeal of the Union and complete 
 ascendancy, together with the ferocious rufiianiism continued in the 
 public streets, and further, observing the deplorable disorganizatiou 
 of the Protestants, I thought it necessary (although from disgust with 
 Peel, not disposed, when I returned from England to take so active a 
 part), to publish a pamphlet containing a statement of facts and such 
 counsel as the circumstances of the case might seem to require. This 
 publication appeared in Jaimary, 1844, and is entitled, Protestant 
 Union — A letter to the Protestants of Ireland.* Among other topics. 
 
 * Octavo, 20 closely printed pages. Dublin : W. Cany, Jun. tad C(k 
 Dated 2ath Janaary, 1844. 
 
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 1 exposed the unsound policy of Sir Robert Peel, and his depar- 
 ture from the principles professed by him when in opposition. The 
 following passage will exhibit my manner of discussing the public 
 merits of Sir Robert Peel :— 
 
 " At such a crisis, the minds of loyal and peaceable subjects must naturally 
 be turned towards the government of the country, and pariicularl}' towards a 
 Conservative ministry, for that protection to which all good subjects are fully 
 enlilled. Instead of manfully grappling wiih them (the evils of the country) 
 there has been since the accession of ministers a pitiable endeavour to purchase 
 the good-will of political opponents by ihe culpable expedient of the sacrifice of 
 long tried friends. This policy of Sir R. Peel, if statesmanlike policy it can 
 be called, has proved, as it deserved, a lamentable failure. The Romanists 
 and Whigs clearly discover the attempt to bribe them, and have openly expressed 
 their disgust at buch gross courses, insulting, as they really are^ to one party 
 and injurious to the other. This has been observable from the period of the 
 refusal of the Serjeautcy to the zealous Conservative, the late Mr. J. B. West, 
 to the promotian thereto of Mr. Howley, the Romish Whig Assistant Barrister. 
 It is impossible to know the motives of any minister, but if Sir Robert Peel 
 desired to utterly annihilate the Irish Prostestant party, he could not adopt any 
 course more likely to effect that object. Every efficient member of a party has 
 a direct claim on its head. Such being the case, il is at once flagrant injustice, 
 ingratitude, and impolicy to sacrifice such claimant and openly prefer a political 
 opponent. Every conspicuous Protestant Conservative, in times of political 
 excitement, is sure to have eueroies in proportion to his zeal, and it is a heart- 
 less dereliction of the dictates of every right feeling on the part of any Con- 
 servative Minister to discountenance or desert those who had been mainly 
 instrumental in accomplishing his elevation. It is, too, most pernicious, if the 
 Protestant Conservative cause ib to be maintained. For it can hardly be expected, 
 that the individuals subjected to this unjust and contumelious treatment shall in 
 future be zealous supporters of the ministry by whom the injury has been in- 
 flicted. Instead of encouragement to Conservative zeal, it is direct discourage- 
 ment. Besides, by such unsound policy, the public mind becomes quite un- 
 certain as to the principles, or intentions of ministers. This is a position of 
 affairs pregnant with the worst consequences, not merely to a party but to the 
 State. It is the duty of Ministers, both to their party and to their Soveieign, to 
 promulgate clearly the principles they deem conducive to the welfare of the 
 United Kingdom ; as otherwise, their followers must, in a great degree, labour 
 under the darkness and disability of a body without a heal. Moreover, when 
 the world in general beholds a wavering, nondescript policy, when they behold a 
 trucking spirit manifested towards one hohtile party and a spirit of compromise 
 towards another, must not plain people entertain doubts as to which are the true 
 principles ? If the minister appears to have no fixed, well-defined views, if he 
 
 * Change a tons momens, d'esprit comme de mode,' 
 a Conservative in opposition, a Whig in office, what can we expect but similar 
 laxity among many of his uninformed followers ? Further, it is a ruinous course 
 to treat loyalistsand disloyalists alike under the name of impartiality. It isruinous 
 both to the country and to the Minister, as the rapid decay of Conservative con- 
 fidence towards Sir R. Peel amply testifies. To ensure and retain confidence, a 
 public officer, or political leader, must have fixed principles and must energeti- 
 cally maintain them, otherwise not even the office and patronage of Prime Minister 
 of the British Crown can prevent the alienation of supporters. Mere financial 
 matters, though highly important, are not principles, nor will attention to such 
 ever suffice to uphold the interests of society. It is in reference to the great 
 concerns of religion and civil policy, that a British statesman should be expli- 
 cit and decided in the face of the world. It was the spirit of Protestantism 
 which mainly elevated the United Kingdom to its high rank among nations, as 
 a review of the times of Elizabeth, Cromwell, William. III. and George III. 
 fully proves ; while encouragement of Popery has always caused disaster and 
 
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 disgrace. It was Protestantism raised the present Ministers to office, and they 
 may depend upon it, that Liberal neglect or discouragement of Protestants, and 
 their interests, can no otherwise eventuate than in the decline and fall of mi- 
 nisterial power." [p. 13.] 
 
 I forwarded copies of this pamphlet to the highest personages in 
 the realm, to members of both houses of parliament, to numerotis 
 other persons ol station, and to the reviews, magazines and public 
 journals. A second edition of it has been required, and has also been 
 extensively circulated. The estimation in which the publication is 
 held will appear from letters of thanks and other documents in the 
 subsequent pages. On this point, therefore, any statement of mine 
 is quite unnecessary* 
 
 TO VBNEBABLE ARCHDEACON IRWIN,* SANDFORD CHAPEL, DUBLIN: 
 
 "Dublin, 31 St January, 1844. 
 " Dear Sir, — Allow me to present you a pamphlet on Protestant Union, 
 which I have just published. It has been produced by the undeniable neces- 
 sity for Protestant exertion as well as by my personal experience of the * tender 
 mercies' of the Romanists. Hoping it may meet your approval as much as 
 
 former publications, 
 
 " I remain, Dear Sir, 
 
 " Yours faithfully, 
 
 "John Ryan." 
 
 from mbs. martin, mount iucas, co. carlow : 
 
 "February 13, 1844. 
 
 " Dear Mr. Ryan,— I feel obliged by your remembering me amongst your 
 friends, also for sending me your pamphlet on Protestant Union, which I 
 have just received. My mother is pretty well, also Mr. Martin and children, 
 
 and join in kind regards to you and remain 
 
 "Yours very obliged, 
 
 *' Harriet M. L. MARTiN."f 
 
 In February, a circumstance occurred, which, in justice to myself, 
 I must briefly relate. While walking on the Donnybrook road, I was 
 met by two ladies, dressed in black, and as they were passing, one of 
 
 them said, "Miss will .' I shall not print the 
 
 words. The other lady uttered the word , mentioning the name 
 
 of an episcopal city in England. My remark on the moment, was, 
 " that's news for the Orangeman." I did not see them afterwards. 
 My seeing them at all was totally unexpected. For many months, 
 I was unable to form any decided opinion as to the intentions of the 
 females, whether good or evil, but have since heard much on the 
 subject, which I shall not repeat at present, nor shall I mention the 
 names though it would be advantageous to me to do so. I merely 
 state the matter here, as a part of the present publication, (in a great 
 degree a compulsory pubhcation), which 1 could not well omit. It 
 will be recollected, that all this time I was harassed by the yelling 
 Papist ruffians and other infamous characters hired by the same party. 
 They have occupied much of myatteniion to the exclusion of other mat- 
 
 * Formerly Curate of Castlecomer. 
 
 t Daughter of Captain Jackson, mentioned page 58. 
 
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 ters. Their allusions to the above occurrence have since been frequent ; 
 scarcely a day or night having elapsed without their mention of names, 
 places and purposes of persona of rank and station, both maleand female. 
 
 TO MISS DAWS, PALACE, PETERBOROUGH. 
 
 " Dublin, 12th March, 1844. 
 *' Madam — I trust you will permit me to enclose for your acceptance a 
 pamphlet on Protestant Uniorij lately published for me by Messrs. Curry and 
 Co. The importance of the subject, in a public point of view, will, I hope, 
 of itself, plead my excui^e. I shall not trespass on your attention by any ob- 
 servations. 
 
 ** I regularly read the Cottager's Monthly Visitor, and remembering past 
 correspondence, shall subscribe for it so long as I and it shall exist. 
 ** I have the honor to remain, 
 
 ** Madam, with unalterable good wishes and sincere respect, 
 
 '* Your obedient humble servant, 
 
 "John Ritan." 
 
 to lord stanley, m.p. 
 
 "Dublin, 12th March, 1844. 
 
 " My Lord, — I have the honor to forward for your Lordship's acceptance a 
 pamphlet on Protestant Unions lately published for me by Messrs. Curry 
 and Co. I would respectfully submit the important consideration, whether 
 allowing Irish Protestants to be martyred for their loyalty be just and sound 
 policy, or likely to promote the growth of loyalty in the United Kingdom ? 
 " I have the honor to be, My Lord, 
 
 ** Your Lordship's obedient humble servant, 
 
 ** John Ryan.** 
 
 LORD Stanley's reply : 
 
 " Colonial Office, March 16, 1844. 
 
 ** Sir, — I am directed by Lord Stanley to acknowledge the receipt of your 
 letter of the 12th instant, with the accompanying pamphlet ; and have the 
 honor to be. 
 
 Sir, your obedient servant, 
 
 ** John Ryan, Esq." « E B. Wilbraham, Pr. Sec" 
 
 TO DAVID RYAN, ESQ., CASTLECOMBR. 
 
 •• Dublin, 9th March, 1844. 
 "Dear Sir, — Allow me to present you a pamphlet on Protestant Union, 
 lately published for me by Messrs. Curry and Co. As you will perceive, my 
 humble labours have been favourably noticed, but I have seen so much apa- 
 thy, selfishness, faithlessness and political ingratitude among Protestants, 
 that it would be absurd to continue to hold the prominent position which I 
 have hitherto maintained. It is not Romish hostility, but Protestant lack of 
 principle, religious and political, which has led me to this view of the mat** 
 ter. It will require a Higher Power to correct these evils. As an individual, 
 lahall endeavour to do my duty. If quite convenient, I should be glad to 
 learn the receipt of the enclosed. With best regard to all your family, 
 
 " 1 remain, Dear Sir, 
 
 •• Your's, faithfully, 
 
 "John Ryan." 
 
 " P.S. On the above subject, see the newspaper report of a Protestant meet- 
 ing in Dawson street (27th January, 1844) relative to the almost fallen state 
 of the Metropolitan Conservative Society." 
 
 MR. Ryan's reply : 
 
 "Dublin, 16th March, 1844. 
 ** My Dear John, — I write in a great harry to acknowledge the receipt of 
 your paiDpblet, and to thank you for it, and have only to regret that your 
 
 «flfort8 for the public good have not been attended with more solid advantages 
 to yourself. Excuse haste. 
 
 •' Believe me, your friend and well-wisher, 
 
 « John Ryan, Esq." *' I^avid Ryan.'* 
 
 FROM ROBERT MALCOMSON, ESQ., ATTORNEY, CARLOW : 
 
 '♦ Carlow, March 16, 1844. 
 
 " Dear Sir,— 1 feel much obliged for your pamphlet on * Protestent Union.' 
 Indeed, 1 have been greatly gratified by the perusal of your well-timed re- 
 marks upon the apathy ot those whom the Conservative people of Ireland 
 have regarded as their leaders. Conciliation is no longer the mode of appeas- 
 ing the animosity and rancour of the Popish faction in this country, and, 
 as you have clearlv shown in your address, the Protestants of Ireland must 
 now rely upon their own undimded exertions to defend their lives and proper- 
 ties. They must emphatically * put their trust in the Lord and keep their 
 powder dry.' Hoping soon to see the Orange Society arise with redoubled 
 
 strength, unanimity and vigour, 
 
 *' I renrain. Dear Sir, 
 
 ** Very faithfully yours, 
 ** John Ryan, Esq." " Robert Malcomson." 
 
 TO MISS DAVYS, PALACE, PE^RBOROUGH. 
 
 "Dublin, 16th April, 1844. 
 
 *• Madam,~I must be insensible, indeed, were I not deeply impressed by 
 your kind reception of the works which I had the great pleasure to 
 forward for your acceptance. This kind reception arose, I must suppose, 
 in a great degree, from the accompanying ample information relative to 
 the donor. The works written by myself, together with the communi- 
 cations by which they were accompanied furnished a very full account of the 
 family and connections as well as the mental and moral qualities and religious 
 principles of the author. I have ever found such incontrovertible testimonials 
 a favourable introduction, (though not a personal one), and as such I have reason 
 to think thev have had weight with you, being, in fact, much more comprehen- 
 sive than the mere etiquette of ordinary introductions. My first communicaUon 
 was partly suggested bv public considerations, partly as a personal compliment, 
 but encouraged by the 'kind terms of acknowledgment, and under the impres- 
 sion of a conformity of tastes, I had the gratification of forwarding other literary 
 oflFerings, until your last valued letter intimated that personal acquaintance was 
 requisite. Although the correspondence had been pleasing in the highest de- 
 gree, I deemed compliance with your islightest wish an imperative duty,— con- 
 aoled by the reflection that it was implied that on personal acquaintance the 
 correspondence might be continued. Restrained since by various deferential 
 sentiments, I merelv had the pleasure of forwarding a pamphlet written by me, 
 until recent incidents of a propitious nature, combined with consideration of the 
 t«nor of our correspondence led to the presentation of another pamphlet (I2tli 
 last month) and the present communication. The delay will, however, serve 
 to shew, that while I have cherished remembrance of the past, I have acted 
 with a desire to observe the strictest delicacy and the most obvious disinterested- 
 ness-qualities which I am sure you will duly appreciate. - ,. a 
 
 " Under these circumstances. Madam, I at once consult my own feelings and 
 the dictates of honor in requesting you to allow me the pleasure of seeing you, 
 to express verbally the sentiments already enounced by letter. I trust, Madam, 
 that you will not deem the present request presumptuous, but the natural re- 
 sult of past incidents, of your kind reception of my expressed ieelings. 1 
 imagine I should not have any difficulty in complying with the etiquette of a 
 formal introduction, which, though anticipated, if not superseded, by more 
 ample testimonials, might p.ssibly be agreeable. I indulge the pleasing hope, 
 that previous correspondence and knowledge, together with the present commu- 
 
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 nication, will fully justify your confidence, and evince the truth and sincere 
 respect with which 
 
 " I have the honor to remain, 
 
 ** Madam, your obedient faithful servant, 
 
 "John Ryan." 
 
 from miss davys, palace, peterborough. 
 
 " Palace, Peterborough. April 20th. 
 " Sir — I wished to acknowledge with civility the communications which you 
 thought fit to make through me, whilst I was residing at Buckingham Palace. 
 But, as that has now passed, I must beg that there uiay be no further commu- 
 nication, either by letter, or an interview. 
 
 *' I am, Sir, your obedient servant, 
 «* John Ryan, Esq." "M.A.Davys.'* 
 
 TO MISS DAVYS, PALACE, PETERBOROUGH. 
 
 "Dublin, 25ih April, 1844. 
 
 " Madam, — I have had the honor to receive your letter of the ::iOth iustanU 
 "While fully intending to attend strictly to your request, I think it necessary to 
 correct a misrepresentation int^* which you have fallen. You observe that you 
 * wished to acknowledge with civility the communications which I have made 
 through you, while you were residing at Buckingham Palace.' You will permit 
 me to remind you that all you^acknowledj<ments were written after you had left 
 Buckingham Palace, and were residing at your present residence. My com- 
 munications were to yourself and were replied to solely by yourself. They were 
 not official communications, as any person perusing my letters (of which I have 
 copies) and replies from you can judge. In perfect justification of my commu- 
 nication of the 16th instant, I think it right to state these facts. To more 
 recent incidents I need not advert. Resp^ict for myself will ensure attention to 
 your request. Trusting that your course throughout may meet the approbation 
 of your own mind, 
 
 ** I have the honor to be, 
 
 " Madam, your most obedient humble servant, 
 
 " John Ryan." 
 
 "P.S.— I would, Madam, just ask whether on a moment's reflection, you 
 think that such ' civihty' as you * thought fit' to exhibit in reference to letters 
 and gifts, followed by such communications as that of ihe 2<)th instant, be con- 
 sistent with common humanity, leaving other considerations out of the question? 
 I trust I have justified my communication of the 16lh inj-tant. I think it right 
 to add, that there are four or five persons from whom I could readily obtain 
 letters of introduction — but that is now superfluous. I purposely abstain from 
 further observations." 
 
 Upon what authority the statement was made connecting the cor- ' 
 respondence directly with Buckingham Palace, I cannot tell. Feeling 
 convinced that I have acted with perfect propriety tln'oughout the 
 affair, and that this truth is evident, 1 shall not add a line of comment. 
 Whether there was any encouragement, or implied agreement, is de- 
 clared by the facts of the case. There have been other circumstances, 
 and statements openly made by a multiplicity of persons, (the 
 Romish street rutFiuns and gentlemen and ladies), which might justify 
 some observations, but I shall not publish any such statements or 
 observations until it may seem absolutely necessary.* It is easy to 
 recur to the list of places at page 5, to learn where the street ruffians 
 have shouted their expressions relative to the highest persons, and to 
 
 ♦ We read as follows in Saunders's News Letter, Dublin, April 19, 1844 :— 
 ** The Rev. H. E. Prior thankfully acknowledges to have received the following 
 contribution for the Irish Clergy Daughters' School :— Miss Davys, Palace. 
 Peterborough, £\r 
 
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 know the housekeepers who must have heard them, and that without 
 suppressing the gross infraction of law, order and decency to the pre- 
 sent moment, July, 1845. Comment on the conduct ot the police is 
 quite unnecessary. Omitting the obscene words, I have furnished a 
 specimen of the three or four street ruffians language, pages 6 to 4 1 of this 
 volume. It should be added, that though I have directed attention to 
 these extraordinary proceedings by a great number of letters to indivi- 
 duals, as well as pamphlets and communications to the newspapers, no 
 one has ever controverted my statements. The subject has been stu- 
 diously avoided. 
 
 FROM COLONEL BRUEN, M. P., FOR CO. CARLOW. 
 
 "Oak Park, 1 9th April, 1844. 
 «< Sir — I have the pleasure of acknowledging the receipt of your letter with its 
 enclosure*, a pamphlet on Protestant Union, for which I beg to return thanks. 
 
 " I am your obedient servant, 
 "John Ryan, Esq." " »• Brcen." 
 
 FROM REV. SIR HARCOURT LEES, BART., BLACK-ROCK, DUBLIN 
 
 ** Black rock House, July 2nd, 1844. 
 " My Dear Sir,— I have been obliged to employ one of my sons to express 
 my sincere thanks to you for your kindness in sending me yonr excellent lilile 
 tract, the reading of which must be attended with the most beneficial effects at 
 this most awful crisis. I am unfortunately now confined to my bed with ery- 
 sipelas, but hope to be up in a few days. I beg your acceptance of a pamphlet, 
 containing my last petition presented to the House of Commons by Mr. George 
 Alexander Hamilton, on the 3rd of July, 1843. I wish it had been attended 
 to. I wish we had a few more such zealous Protestants as yourself. With 
 every sentiment of esteem and respect, 
 
 " Believe me, my dear Sir, to be, 
 
 " Your very faithful, 
 "John Ryan, Esq." " Harcourt Lees." 
 
 The pamphlet so kindly presented to me by Sir Harcourt Lees is 
 thus entitled :— *' Discovery of the true causes why the Repeal of the 
 Union with Rome and the strengthening of the connexion with Great 
 Britain, can alone secure the peace, happiness, and permanent pros- 
 perity of Ireland from the intrigues of foreign enemies, and the 
 insurrectionary disturbance and frauds of domestic traitors. As enu- 
 merated in the annexed Petition to the House of Commons, by the 
 Rev. Sir Harcourt Lees, Bart." A valuable document, such as we 
 might expect from one so perfectly acquainted with the subject as Sir 
 Harcourt Lees. 
 
 TO MISS DAVYS, PALACE, PETERBOROUGH. 
 
 " Dublin, 20th September, 1844. 
 
 »< Madam, — When I had the honor of addressing you on the 25th April last, 
 I did not imagine that I should again have occasion to do so. Matters have, 
 however, since occurred which render the present communication an imperativ*r 
 duty. The pamphlet, entitled Protestant Union, which I had the honor to 
 forward (another of which is enclosed) contained a brief account of an infomous 
 conspiracy of the Romish faction against me individually, and also «8 one of 
 its representatives , against the Protestant party to which I have been, conscien- 
 tiously attached. This conspiracy, so far from abating, has increased in viru- 
 lence ; so much so that several individuals with whom I have had intercourse 
 have been threatened by name and their characters and even lives menaced. 
 This being part of a general conspiracy against Protestants— a much more 
 pernicious warfare than one of open physical force. By means of hired spies 
 and eavesdroppers, they learn the remotest acquaintances of public men, and 
 
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 thus are enabled to attempt their flagitious annoyance. Yoar name, Madam, 
 has not escaped. Even the name of the Highest Personage in the realm has 
 )>een mentioned in the most threatening terms. Wo are all aware of the violent 
 public, individual attempts already ; but poison has been mentioned in different 
 quarters of this city by hired Papist street ruffians before the enlargement of 
 O'Connell. Such reports have been in circulation among the better classes as 
 well as the yelling Romish rabble of the streets. The past history of the Ro- 
 u«ish faction proves that they are most unscrupulous in the accomplishment o( 
 their purposes. They have publicly stated, that 'her Majesty would have 
 turned Papist' were it not for the interference of the humble writer of these 
 lines and his publications. So they say ; and this one fact alone accounts for 
 the animosity toward^ uio, while together with the results of the Repeal agita- 
 tiun it sufficiently explains the existing adverse Romish feeling towards her 
 Majesty. These circumstances will enforce the necessity for more than ordinary 
 caution as to the character of those (high and low) by whom high personages or 
 marked individuals are surrounded. Nor are the police always to be depended 
 upon. To infamous characters, men and women, hired by the Romish faction, 
 1 need not more fully allude. 
 
 "You will believe. Madam, that the present communication is prompted by 
 sincere loyalty towards our Sovereign, and no unfriendly feelings towards 
 yourself. I cannot, of ronrse, know whether your note of the 20th April last 
 emanated entirely from yourself, or was in any degree dictated by others. In 
 either case, th*) dictates of duty remain the same. Large offers from the Re- 
 peal party are daily made to me, but I shall, even to the risk of life itself, 
 remain a firm supporter of the Union and the Constitution in Church and State* 
 Indeed, the slanders and menaces of the Papists and their abettors are calcu- 
 lated to render every man of the least spirit doubly attached to a righteous cause. 
 
 " I have much more to detail upon the subject of the present communication. 
 Indeed it would require a volume, and should the public nuisance and con- 
 bpiracy continue, I may probably prepare a narrative of the last seven years' 
 Popish machinations for the destruction of Protestantism in Great Britain and 
 Ireland. " I have the honor to remain, 
 
 " Madam, your obedient humble servant, 
 
 "John Ryan." 
 
 to j. o. bonsall, esq., eldon terrace, dublin. 
 
 « Dublin, 23rd September, 1844. 
 " Dear Sir — Allow me to present you a pamphlet, written by me, on * Pro- 
 testant Union.' Never was it more required than at the present moment, when 
 a most flagitious Popish conspiracy exists against the character, property and 
 lives of Protestants. The foulest attempts have been made against myself, by 
 poison and otherwise, and Protestants of all ranks, including the Highest Per- 
 sonage in the realm, have been threatened. Much mischief has already been 
 done by a systematic plan of demoralization. I have much more to state on 
 the subjict, the full detail of which would require a volume. Of course, Ro- 
 mish malevolence is chiedy directed against those who have been most promi* 
 nent. It is clear, that great caution should be observed as to the kind of persons 
 •bout Protestants under existing circumstances. If Protestant Conservatives 
 do not adopt timely measures of defence, by the support of efficient loyalists 
 and otherwise, vital detriment will be indicted. 
 
 " I remain, dear sir, yours truly, 
 
 *'JoHN Ryan." 
 
 MR. bonsall's reply : 
 
 "Eldon Terrace, 27th Sept. 1844. 
 
 " Dear Sir, — 1 have delayed to reply to your kind favour to afford me time 
 to peruse your ' Letter to the Protestants of Ireland.' I fnily agree with you 
 that of all Protestant Societies, the Orange is the only one calculated to be- 
 nefit the Protestant community. I have never joined any political t^ociety, 
 yet, having been an attentive observer, I have formed my opinion, and it is 
 that Conservative societies are a device of the betrayers of ProtestantitiDf 
 to lure Protestants towards Popery and bondage. 
 
 " Humanly speaking, the prospect for Protestants, or rather for Cbrifltianf, 
 
 is dark in the extreme, we are betrayed by those we confided in, and our ene- 
 mies seem to succeed in all their designs. We are without one honest efficient 
 leader. We have no man such as O'Connell is to the Papists, indeed since the 
 days of Doctor Duigenan we have had no such man. The Protestant Oper- 
 ative Society is the nearest approach to what I wish, but from it the middle 
 and upper classes of Protestants keep aloof, and should the attempt be made 
 to reorganize the Orange SSociety, I fear they would act similarly towards it. 
 The timps test men, and discover how many are ready to sell themselves and 
 belie the professions of their lives, and although thf're are many who cannot 
 be bribed, yet their inactive and temporising prudence prevents them from 
 usefulness. This state of things is to be deplored, yet 1 do not despair, for I 
 know that God is at the helm, and I judge that he permits things to be as 
 they are, that he may by his own sole power and agency overthrow (in the 
 midst of their triumphs) the enemy, and vindicate his own cause in the 
 earth. I am resolved that I shall no longer be the dupe of political aspirants, 
 of those men who have courted our suffrages to betray us. 
 
 ** Accept my thanks for your pamphlet, and allow me to present you with 
 the two works* which accompany this. , 
 
 " Believe me, dear Sir, 
 
 " Faithfully your's, 
 
 " John Ryan, Esq." ' " J. O. Bonsall." 
 
 from H. MAUNSELL, ESQ., M.D., TOWN COUNCILLOR, DUBLIN. 
 
 " Saturday, [28 Sept. 1844.] 
 " Dear Sir, — Allow me to offer my best thanks for the pamphlet you were 
 kind enough to send me. There can be no doubt that Protestant Union is 
 much wanting. 
 
 Truly yours, 
 ** John Ryan, Esq., " H. Maunsell." 
 
 FROM ADMIRAL OLIVER, FITZWILLTAM SQUARE, DUBLIN: 
 
 ** Fitzwilliam Square, 3lst Oct. 
 
 "Admiral Oliver feels much obliged to Mr. Ryan for the pamphlet which 
 he found on his arrival from England yesterday, and which he will read as 
 soon as possible. Admiral Oliver would be glad to see Mr. Ryan, if he could 
 call any day at ten o'clock. 
 
 "John Ryan, Esq." 
 
 1 sent a copy of my pamphlet on " Protestant Union," together 
 with a letter the same as that to Mr. Bonsai), (23rd Sept.) to the 
 following persons : — 
 
 Earl of Wicklow, 
 
 Lord Chief Justice Pennefather, 
 
 Lord Chief Justice Doherty, 
 
 Right Hon. T. B. C. Snnth, Attorney 
 
 General, 
 Abraham Brewster, Esq., Q.C., 
 Hon. Justice Crampton, 
 Isaac Butt, Esq., Q.C, 
 Doctor Maunsell, 
 Hon. Justice Jackson, 
 Rev, Hugh E. Prior, 
 Mrs. Burne, 
 
 Admiral Oliver, 
 
 James S. Scott, Esq., Q.C, 
 
 Saml. Maclean Esq., 
 
 Rev. Thomas Scott, 
 
 Robert Manders, Esq., 
 
 Philip Doyne, Esq., 
 
 Henry Keinmis, Esq., Q.C , 
 
 Richard W. Greene, Etq„ Solicitor 
 
 General, 
 Rev. Thomas Acton, 
 James Saurin, Esq.f 
 
 * Old Christianity against Papal novelties, by Gideon Ouseley, (1 vol. pp. 
 446), and A Debate in English House of Commons, reign of Charles II. on 
 the exclusion of the Duke of York (James 11.^ from the succession. 
 
 t On the 31 &t December 1844, I sent the pamphlet to Lieut. Colonel Browne, 
 Police Commissioner of Dublin, and on the 20th March, 1645, the second 
 edition of the same pamphlet to Lieut. Col. Browne. January 4, 1845, to the 
 Lord Mayor of Dublin. 
 
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 TO MISS DAVYS, PALACE, PETERBOROUGH. 
 
 " Dublin, 13th Nov. 1844. 
 
 " Madam, — Actuated by the same sense of duty which dictated my commu- 
 nication of the 20th September last, (which I suppose you received) I have the 
 honor to forward the accompanying numbers of Chambers's Edinburgh Journal. 
 Names have been publicly mentioned, very much, of course, contrary to my 
 wish, in conner-iion with the articles marked. I am totally ignorant of the 
 author, though the names of two ladies have been mentioned. You will per- 
 ceive the purport of the articles. 
 
 " I may add, that the Popish public nuisance and beastly conspiracy, for- 
 merly mentioned, still continue, (although we have the new police, as you 
 may have observed J, and that if not suppressed, I shall deem it my duty to 
 publish an account of the last seven years proceedings. Not being a house- 
 keeper, nor feeling myself at all disgraced in any way by the nuisance, I have 
 not applied to the authorities. 
 
 " I am unwilling to trespass on your attention with any detail, otherwise I 
 could perfectly justify the present communication by reference to matters of 
 daily occurrence, if additional apology were necessary for the performance of 
 duty. 
 
 " I have the honor to remain, 
 
 '^ Madam, your obedient humble servant, 
 
 "John Ryan." 
 
 [Enclosed Chambers' Journal of June 8, Sept. 14, 28, Oct, 5, 19, 1844.] 
 
 This month (November) I forwarded copies of my pamphlet on 
 Protestant Union to all the housekeepers of Upper Merrion-street, 
 Merrinn Square and Hume-street, and in December to all the house- 
 keepers of Fiizwilliam Square, njost of Lower Baggot-street and Ely 
 Place, with the following note : — 
 
 *' Sir, — Allow me to present you a pamphlet, written by me, on * Protestant 
 Union.' As you must be aware, the public nuisance and persecution (men- 
 tioned at pages 5 and 6) still continue. There have been flagitious proceedings, 
 not therein mentioned, to which I ihall not at present further advert." 
 
 The following is (rom the account of the nuisance and persecution at 
 pages 6 and 6 of the pamphlet : — 
 
 " Independently of all I can see, read, or learn from others on the subject, 
 I have myself during the last six years, had ample personal experience of the 
 * tender mercies' of the Romanists. Their malevolent proceedings being for 
 the openly avowed purpose, as they express it, of * ruining a marked Orangeman.' 
 Three beastly vagabonds (Ribbonmen) having been hired for the purpose of 
 following me night and day, with the most slanderous abuse, while their calum- 
 nies are proved to be such by the fact, that not one of them, or their infamous 
 aiders and abettors, ever dared to repeat their barefaced falsehoods before my 
 face. Of threats, misrepresentations, and malice, I have seen abundance. 
 As the conduct of both parties is very obvious, as the faction to whirh di!<grace 
 attaches, is very evident, as, in short, the vituperation of the wretches is the 
 highest commendation, their proceedings merit my contempt. I merely men- 
 tion the matter in corroboration of the above testimony, and as a just ex- 
 posure of Popish villainy. The list of works at the conclusion of this publica- 
 tion, will, in my case, furnish a solution of the grounds of their cowardly con- 
 spiracy, independently of other efficient services to the Protestant cause. Their 
 conspiracy, with its attendant labour and expense, furnishes indisputable proof, 
 that they esteem the object of their malignity an opponent of some conse- 
 quence; while the morals of the Romish faction may be estimated by their sup- 
 port of the three demoralized vagabonds above mentioned." Again: — *' I leave 
 
 the reader to determine whether th** police (a majority of whom are Homanlsts), 
 neglect their duty in permitting those disorderly vagabonds to shout out their 
 beastly expressions, blasphemous language, abuse of Orangemen, and threats 
 of murder in the public streets, at all hours of the- day and night. I do ndl 
 here consider myself. In times of commotion it might prove a very serious 
 matter for the Protestants generally." 
 
 T have to observe that although a thousand copies of the above 
 pamphlet have been sold and distributed in Dublin and elsewhere, 
 not a single individual has contradicted one of my statements. 
 
 TO RIGHT HON. T. B. C. SMITH, M.P,, ATTORNEY GENERAL. 
 
 '^ « Dublin, 27th November, 1844. 
 
 *' Sir, — I had the honor to forward to you, on the 23rd of September, a pam- 
 phlet, written by me, a copy of which is enclosed. Since then, I have been 
 a&ked to accept a pension of £300 a year, and numbers of respectable Conser- 
 vatives (the names of many of whom I can mention*) have daily intimated to 
 me that you had such pension for me, and have repeatedly urged me to make 
 application to you on the subject. Under these circumstances, and in compli- 
 ance with such suggestion, I should be glad of an explicit communication 
 touching the matter. 
 
 ** I have the honor to be, 
 
 " Sir, your obedient humble servant, 
 
 •♦ John Ryan.** 
 
 THE ATTORNEY GENERAL's REPLY. 
 
 « November 27th, 1844. 
 
 " Sir, — I have receked your letter in which you state that you had been asked 
 to accept a pension of £Z00 a year, and that a number of respectable Conser- 
 vatively had daily intimated to you that I had such pension for you. I beg to 
 say I never heard anything on th« subject until I received your letter, and that 
 there is no foundation in the statement made to you. 
 
 *• I remain, Sir, your obedient servant, 
 
 " John Ryan, Esq." " T. B. C. Smith.** 
 
 It is not for me to discuss the motives of the Conservatives above 
 alhided to. Perhaps they wished me to obtain a pension from the 
 government and possibly might have heard of some disposition in 
 some quarter to make such grant. Perhaps, further, some might 
 think I would make a regular application, asking for such pension 
 in express terms. My letter to the Attorney General is no such 
 thing. Being urged as stated, I merely desired ** an explicit com- 
 munication touching the matter,'' reserving to myself, of course, 
 the right of accepting the pension, if any, on knowing the terms of 
 the grant. If any mischief was intended, the result, I imagine is 
 quite the contrary. 
 
 TO right HOK. W, E. GLADSTONE, M. P. PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF 
 
 Trade. 
 
 " Dublin, 29th Nov. 1844. 
 " Sir, — 1 have the honor to e*- close a pamphlet, written hv «ie, on * Protes- 
 tant Union.' The public nuisance and persecution (mentioned at pages 5 and 6) 
 still continue. There have heen flagitious machinations, not therein mentioned, 
 to irbich I shall not at present turther advert, as it is my intention to publish 
 
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 a fbll account of the last seven years proceedings. I would ask. Sir, whether 
 allowing Irish Protestants to be martyred for their loyalty be just and sound 
 policy, or likely to maintain the Throne and promote the growth of loyalty 
 ^ Great Britain and Ireland ? 
 
 " I have the honor to be 
 
 " Sir, your obedient, humble servant, 
 
 " John Ryan." 
 MR. Gladstone's reply : 
 
 (« 
 
 ♦» Whitehall, Dec. 2, 1844. 
 Sir,— I am directed by Mr. W. E. Gladstone to return you his thanks 
 for the copy you have been so kind as to send him, of your pamphlet entitled 
 * Protestant Union.' 
 
 ** I am Sir. 
 
 ** Your obedient servant, 
 " John Ryan, Esq." " Stafford H. Northcotk." 
 
 I forwarded, at the same time, a copy of my pamphlet on " Pro- 
 testant Union," to the following Cabinet Ministers, and others, with 
 a letter in the same terms as that to Mi. Gladstone : — 
 
 Eal of Ripon, 
 
 Earl of Dalhousie, 
 
 Duke of Wellington, 
 
 Earl of Aberdeen, 
 
 Lord Lynd hurst, 
 
 Duke of Buccleuch, 
 
 Lord VVharncliffe, 
 
 Lord Stanley, 
 
 Earl of Haddington, 
 
 Lord Granville Somerset, 
 
 Rt. Hon. H. Goulburn, 
 
 Sir Edward Knatchbull, Bart. 
 
 Sir James Graham, Bart. 
 
 The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 
 
 Lord Eliot, M.P., 
 
 Edward Lucas, Esq., 
 
 Edward Grogan, E^q., M.P., 
 
 Hon. Justice Burton, 
 
 Rt. Hon. Justice Perrin, 
 
 Hon. Justice Torrens, 
 
 Rt. Hon. Lord Chief Baron, 
 
 Rt. Hon. Baron Richards, 
 
 
 Rt. Hon. Baron Lefroy, 
 
 Rt. Hon. P. Shaw, M.P., 
 
 Bishop of Cashel, 
 
 G. A. Hamilton, Esq,, M.P., 
 
 Right Hon. Sir Charles Wetherell, 
 
 Lord Chancellor of Ireland, 
 
 Archbishop of Duhlin, 
 
 Earl of Jersey, 
 
 Earl of Liverpool^ 
 
 Earl of Delawarr, 
 
 J. K. Haberfield, Esq., 
 
 Right Hon. J. W. Croker, 
 
 W. H. Gregory, Esq., M.P., 
 
 Edward Saurin, Esq., 
 
 Lord Ashley, M.P., 
 
 David C. La Touche. Esq., 
 
 Mayor of Bristol, 
 
 Very Rfev. Dean Butler, Peterborough, 
 
 Edward Litton, Esq., M.C., 
 
 Edw. B. Hill, Esq., R.M.* 
 
 Miss Edge worth. 
 
 FROM right HON. LORD ELIOT, M. P. CHIEF SECRETARY FOR IRELAND: 
 
 ** Dublin Castle, 4, Dec. 1844. 
 
 " Lord Eliot presents his compliments to Mr. Ryan, and has the honor to 
 acknowledge the receipt of his note of yesterday, with the pamphlet which 
 accompanied it, entitled * Protestant Union.' 
 
 •* John Ryan, Esq." 
 
 FROM THE EARL OF DALHOUSIE, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF TRADE. 
 
 "Whitehall, Dec. 3, 1844. 
 " Sir, — I am directed by the Earl of Dalhousie to acknowledge the receipt 
 of your communication of Nov. 29, and to return you his Lordship's thanks 
 for the copy you have been so good as to send him of your pamphlet on * Pro- 
 testant Union.' " I am Six, 
 
 ** Your obedient servant, 
 " John Ryan, Esq." *♦ Stafford H. Northcote." 
 
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 from the EARL OF HADDINGTON, FIRST LORD OF THB ADMIRALTY. 
 
 "Admiralty, 3rd December, 1844. 
 
 « Sir,— I am desired by Lord Haddington, to acknowledge the receipt of 
 your letter of the 29th ult., enclosing a pamphlet on *■ Protestant Union.' 
 
 " I have the honor to be, 
 
 ** Sir, your obedient servant, 
 " John Ryan, Esq." " W. A. B. Hamilton." 
 
 FROM THB LORD CHANCELLOR. ' 
 
 " George- Street, 3rd Dec. 1844. 
 
 «Sir, — I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 29t|i of No- 
 vember, and to offer my best thanks to you for the copy of your pamphlet 
 which accompanied it. 
 
 ** Very faithfully yours, 
 
 ** John Ryan, Esq." " Lyndhurst." 
 
 FROM lord STANLEY, SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIAL D«« 
 
 FARTMRNT. 
 
 *' Downing-street, Dec. 6, 1844. 
 
 " Sir,— I am directed by Lord Stanley, to acknowledge the receipt of your 
 note of the 29th ult., with the accompanying pamphlet on the subject of 
 'Protestant Union,' and have the honor to be, 
 
 " Sir, your obedient servant, 
 
 " John Ryan, Esq." " E. B. Wilbraham, Pr. Sec." 
 
 FROM RIGHT HON. H. GOULBURN, M.P., CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER. 
 
 " Downing street, Dec. 3, 1844. 
 
 « Sir, — I am directed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, to acknowledge 
 the receipt of your note of the 29th ultimo, together with the pamphlet 
 which accompanied it on * Protestant Union." 
 
 " I am Sir, 
 
 " Your very obedient servant, 
 ** John Ryan, Esq." "C. K. Pemberton." 
 
 FROM THE EARL OF RIPON, PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF CONTROL. 
 
 *' India Board, Dec. lOtb, 1844. 
 
 « Sir, — Lord Ripon has desired me to acknowledge the receipt of your let- 
 ter of the 29th ultimo, transmitting a copy of your pamphlet on * Protestant 
 Union.' 
 
 " I am, sir, 
 
 " Your obedient servant, 
 "John Ryan. Esq," ** Alexander Gordon." 
 
 FROM EDWARD LUCAS, ESQ., UNDER SECRETARY TO THE LORD LIEUTE- 
 NANT OF IRELA29.D. 
 
 " 12th December, 1844. 
 
 " Mr. Lucas presents his compliments and begs to thank Mr. Ryan, for 
 his politeness in sending him a pamphlet* mentioned by him, which on ac- 
 count of absence in England he has only this moment received." 
 
 ** John Ryan, Esq." 
 
 TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE ALBERT : 
 
 "Dublin, 6th December, 1844. 
 
 " Sir,— I have the honor to enclose a pamphlet, written by me, on * Pro- 
 testant Union.' The public nuisance and persecution (mentioned at pages 5^ 
 
 * This gentleman is a relative of the author. He married Lady Georgiana 
 Keppel, oaughter of the Earl of Albemarle. 
 
 * Protestant Union. 
 
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 and 6) stUl continue. There have b«en flaguious raachinations, not therein 
 mentioned, to which I shall not further advert, aa it ia ray intention to pub- 
 lish a full account of the last seveu years proceedings. I would, sir, submit 
 the important consideration, whether allowing Irish Protestants to be mar- 
 tyred for their loyalty be just and sound policy, or likely to promote the 
 growth of loyalty ia great Britain and Ireland. 
 I have the honor to be, 
 
 " Sir, Your Royal Highness's obedient humble servant, 
 
 " John Ryan." 
 
 I had the honor to receive the following letter of thanks for the 
 pamphlet on Protestant Union from his Royal Highness: 
 
 *♦ Windsor Castle, Dec. 13. 1814. 
 
 " Mr. Anson is commanded to acknowledge the receipt of Mr. Ryan's note 
 of the 6th instant, and to thank him for the Pamphlet with which it was 
 accompanied. 
 
 ••John Ryan, Esq." 
 
 TO BENJAMIN ROCHE, ESQ., M.D., BAGENALSTOWN, CO. CARLOW. 
 
 Dublin, 18th Dec. 1844. 
 ** Dear Sir, — Allow nie to present you a pamphlet, written by me, on ' Pro- 
 testant Union." The public nuisance and Popish persecution (mentioned at 
 pages 5 and 6,) stilUontinue. There have been flagitious machinations, not 
 therein mentioned, to which I shall not further advert, as it is my intention 
 to publish a full account of the last seven years proceedings. 
 
 ** I am collecting information in genealogy relative to the county Carlow, 
 and would feel obliged by a brief account of the births, deaths and marriages 
 of your family. Being a • thirty-first cousin,' I may be pardoned the request. 
 1 have already got pedigrees from several others. 
 
 ** I remain. Dear Sir, yours faithfully, 
 
 '•John Ryan." 
 From Doctor Roche : 
 
 . " BMgenalstown, Dec, 19, 1844. 
 
 " Dear Sir, — I received your favour of yesterday enclosing your • Pamphlet 
 
 on Protestant Union,' for which I beg to return my thanks 
 
 ** I remain. Dear Sir, faithfully yours. 
 " John Ryan, Esq." «« B. Kgche." 
 
 Dr. Roche is a relative of the author, whose great-grandfather, David 
 Ryan, married a Miss Roche of his family, The late Colonel Bagot of 
 Nurney, co. Kildare, was Doctor Ruche's uncle, his mothei-'s eldf^st 
 brother. Colonel Bagot had been Captain in the Royal Irish Artillery, 
 with which corps he served and distinguished hnnself in the West 
 Indies at a very early age. He was afterwards Lieutenant Colonel of 
 the Kildare Militia. For an account of the ancient and respectable 
 families of the county of Carlow, see my History of that county, 
 pages 356— 375. ^ .^ j> 
 
 TO LIEUT. COLONEL THOMAS JONES, KILKENNY. 
 
 „ Dublin, 19th December, 1844. 
 
 ^ Dear Sir, —Allow me to present you a pamphlet, written by n.e, on 
 Protestant Union.' The public nuisance and Popish persecution (mentioned 
 at pages 5 and 6,) still continue. There have been flagitious machinations, 
 not therein mentioned, to which I bhall not further advert, as it is my inten- 
 tion to publish a full account of the last seven yeara proceedings. Beat coro- 
 plimenis to Mrs. Jones. I hope you both enjoy good health. 
 
 " Yours faithfully, 
 
 " John Ryan." 
 
 Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Jones, half-pay, 2l8t Dragoons, (In- 
 spector of county Gaol, Kilkenny), is married to a step-daughter of 
 David Ryan, Esq., of Castlecomer, cousin of the author. Mr. Ryan 
 has held the office of Treasurer of the turnpike-roads in that part of 
 the country for the last forty years. I may mention that many of my 
 relatives have been officers in the British army and navy, and as con- 
 nected with military matters, that 1 myself have also held the rank of 
 officer. About the year 1820, it will be recollected, a war was carried 
 on against Spain by the South Americans, and General Devereux, 
 who stated that he had authority from the President Bolivar, appeared 
 in Dublin to recruit a number of regiments for South America. De- 
 vereux was supported by Mr. Daniel O'Connell, (at present member 
 of parliament for the cjuniy of Cork), one of whose sons, Morgan,* 
 held a commission as Captain from General Devereux. Some of the 
 most respectable citizens of Dublin, Protestants as well as Romanists, 
 purchased commissions for their sous and relatives, and amongst the 
 number I obtained an appointment as First Lieutenant in Colonel 
 Power's regment of light infantry. Colonel Power had been a Major 
 in the British service ; I think the 28th regiment of foot. The offi- 
 cers of Colonel Aylnier's regiment of lancers were the first sent out. 
 They were lauded on the island of Margaritta in the West Indies, near 
 the South American Continent, but speedily discovered that no prepa- 
 ration had been made for their reception. Several died of privations, 
 and some were enabled to return home. Of course, on learning these 
 facts, those who had not left Ireland felt themselves comparatively 
 lucky ia losing only their money. I lost one hundred and twenty 
 pounds. One can hardly think that General Devereux had no autho- 
 rity to sign commissions, particularly after being publicly counte- 
 nanced by so experienced a lawyer as Mr. O'Connell, but the gross 
 and highly culpable mismanagement of the business is perfectly unde- 
 niable. Being at that time in my youih,I cannot accuse myself of acting 
 unwisely or incautiously. I should not now engage in such an enter- 
 prize. I may add that the commission which I received from Deve- 
 reux, signed by him and Matthew Sutton, his Military Secretary, has 
 been lately stolen from me in Dublin. The commission formed part of 
 the " parcel containing manuscripts" for which I advertised under the 
 head. Robbery and Reward,— ^qq page 53. The Commission is in 
 the Spanish language and superscribed. Lieutenant John Ryan, \st 
 hiyht Infantry, 
 
 FROM THE BISHOP OF DOWN AND CONNOR. 
 
 ** Fitzwiliiam -Street, Dilbliu, December 6, 1844. 
 " The Bishop of Down and Connor presents his compliments to Mr. Ryan, 
 and hega leave to acknowledge the receipt of his obliging communication.f 
 " John Ryan, Esq." 
 
 FROM EDWARD GROGAN, ESQ., M.P., FOR DUBLIN. 
 
 ** Harcourt street, Dublin, 13th December, 1844. 
 ** Sir,— I feel obliged for the copy of your letter upon * Protestant Union,* 
 
 * Now first Assistant Registrar of Deeds for Ireland. 
 f With Pamphlet on Protestant Union. 
 
»jm< IH a 
 
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 which you forwarded to me. I have read it attentively. The statement 
 therein contained of the system of exclusive dealing and persecution carried 
 on against Protestants is, I fear, too true. 
 
 «« 
 
 John Ryan, Esq." 
 
 " 1 remain, Sir, 
 
 Your obedient servant, 
 
 ** Edward Grogan." 
 
 4( 
 
 FROM RIGHT HON. SIR EDWARD SUGDEN, LORD CHANCELLOR OF IRELAND. 
 
 " Stephen's-green, Dublin, 21st December, 1844. 
 
 " The Chancellor presents his compliments to Mr. Ryan, and begs to return 
 him his best thanks for the copy of his Pamphlet on * Protestant Union.' 
 ** John Ryan, Esjq." 
 
 FROM ARTHUR FITZMAURICE, ESQ., CARLOW, 
 
 " Carlow, Dec. 28th, 1844. 
 
 " Dear Sir,— 1 have received your Pamphlet,* for which I am much 
 obliged. I deferred writing to thank you in hopes of getting time to read it 
 before I wrote, however I hope to have that pleasure in a few days. I have 
 been so much engaged latterly, it has been quite out of my power. I hope 
 you will not think it any want of courtesy my not having written to thank 
 you sooner. 
 
 ** Yours very truly, 
 
 "Jo hn Ryan, Esq." " Arthur Fitzmaurjce." 
 
 FROM MRS. JONES, KILKENNV. 
 
 *« William-Street, December 28th. 
 
 ** My Dear John, — I fear you think the Colonel and roe very negligent in 
 not acknowledging the receipt of your pamphlet,f but the cause has been, 
 
 it arrived when we were in much trouble, scarletina "When 
 
 it pleases the Lord we are all reunited, we shall read your pamphlet together, 
 which I have no doubt we shall find written with your usual force and acu- 
 men. In the mean time, I have sent it to the Colonel. 
 
 '• I hope you enjoy good health, and are in comfort. Believe me, I shall 
 ever take pleasure in your welfare. 
 
 '* I remain your sincere friend, 
 
 »' John Ryan, Esq." *' Mary Jones." 
 
 In December, 1844, and January, 1845, I forwarded the pamphlet 
 to all the Protestant Clergy of Dublin, with the following letter: — 
 
 *' Rev. Sir,- Allow me to present you a pamphlet, written by me, on 
 • Protestant Union.* As you are perhaps aware, the public nuisance, so dis- 
 creditable to the city, and Popish persecution (mentioned p. 5 and 6), still 
 continue. There have been flagitious machinations, not therein mentioned, 
 to which I shall not further advert, as it is my intention to publish a full ac- 
 count of the last seven yevs proceedings. I would ask. Sir, whether allowing 
 Irish Protestants to be martyred for their loyalty be a likely means of main- 
 taining the Altar and the Throne ? 
 
 " I have the honor to be, 
 
 " Rev. Sir, your obedient humble servant." 
 
 " John Ryan." 
 
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 This letter with copies of the pamphlet were forwarded to the fol- 
 lowing Dublin clergy of the Established Church : — 
 
 Rev. William Bourne, Vicar St. An- 
 drew's, 
 Rev. Jas.Nevins, Curate, St. Andrew's, 
 Rev. W. Sleater, Curate, St. Andrew's, 
 Rev. J. West, Vicar, St. Anne's, 
 Rev. C. Fleury, Chaplain, Molyneux 
 
 Asylum, 
 Rev. A. Bredin, Curate, St. Anne's, 
 Very Rev. J. Gregory, Rector St. 
 
 Bridget's, 
 Rev. E. S. Abbott, Rector, St. Mi- 
 chael's, 
 Rev. Wm. Barton, Rector St. George's, 
 Rev. J. Grant, Chaplain, St. Stephen'^, 
 Rev. H. Verschoyle, Chaplain, Baggot- 
 
 street. 
 Rev. C. Stanford, Rector, St. Michan's 
 Rev. J . Howie, Curate, St. Mary's, 
 Rev. T. Newland, Curate, St. Peter's, 
 Rev. L. M'Donnell, Curate, St. Mi- 
 chan's, 
 Rev. W. Krause, Chaplain, Bethesda, 
 Rev. C. Strong, Rector, St. Audoen's, 
 Rev. F. H. Thomas, Charlemont Place, 
 Rev. R. Staveley, Curate, St. Wer- 
 
 burgh's. 
 Rev. G. M'Neill, Vicar, St. Mark's, 
 Rev. R. Stack, Curate, St. Peter's, 
 Ven. J. Torrens, Rector, St. Peter's, 
 Rev. R. Ardill, Aungier-street, 
 Rev. R.J. M'Ghee, Chaplain, Harold's 
 Cross, 
 
 Ven. H. Irwin, Chaplain, Sandford, 
 Rev. F. B. Woodward, Dawson -street, 
 Rev. A. Davis, Curate, St. Bridget's, 
 Rev. F. Bridge, Curate, St. George's, 
 Rev. G. Black, Curate, St. George's, 
 Rev. D. Mooney, Curate, St. Mary's, 
 Rev. A. Leeper, Curate, St. Mary's, 
 Rev. T. Shore, Curate St. Michan's, 
 Rev. C. H. Minchin, Chaplain, Lying- 
 in-Hospital, 
 Very Rev. H. Tighe, Dean, Chapel 
 
 Royal, 
 Ven. T. P. Magee, Rector St. Thomas's, 
 Rev. J. Gregg, Trinity Church, 
 Rev. G. Hare, Chaplain, Swift'8 Alley, 
 Rev. A. Campbell, Mariner's Church, 
 Rev. T. Kingston, Rector, St. James', 
 Rev. W. Neville, Curate, St. James', 
 Rev. T. Gregg, Curate, St. Catherine's, 
 Rev. W. Le Fanu, Rector, St. Paul's, 
 Rev. C. Young, Curate, St. Paul's, 
 Rev. A. Franklin, Curate, St. Mark's, 
 Rev. T. D. Gregg, Chaplain, St. Ni- 
 cholas Within, 
 Rev. J. Drury, Curate, St. Bridget's, 
 Rev. C. Wolseley, Chaplain, Female 
 
 Orphan House, 
 Rev. J. Andrew, Curate, St. John's, 
 Rev. T. Kelly, Pembroke Place, 
 Rev. H. R. Halahan, Incumbent, St. 
 Nicholas Without. 
 
 * On Protestant Union, 
 f On Protestsnt Union. 
 
 FROM HON. AND REV. C. L. COURTENAY, CHAPLAIN TO THE QUEEN. 
 
 "Windsor, Thursday, January 2, 1845. 
 
 " The Rev. C. L. Courtenay presents his compliments to Mr. Ryan, and 
 begs to thank him for his pamphlet on * Protestant Union,' which he has just 
 safely received. 
 
 " John Ryan, Esq." 
 
 FROM REV. A. N. BREDIN, CURATE, ST. ANNE'S, DUBLIN. 
 
 ** 10 Dawson-street, 1st January. 
 
 "The Rev. A. N. Bredin presents his compliments to Mr. Ryan, and begs 
 to return many thanks for hia obligingness in forwarding a copy of his pam- 
 phlet, entitled * Protestant Union,' in the perusal of which Mr. B. hopes to 
 find much gratification. 
 
 " John Ryan, Esq." 
 
 FROM BIGHT HON. F. SHAW, M.P., RECORDER OF DUBLIN. 
 
 "Cahir, 3rd January, 1845. 
 
 " Mr. Shaw presents his compliments to Mr. Ryan, and is much obliged to 
 him for the pamphlet which he found a few days since, on his arrival at Kim- 
 mage House from England, but which during the few days he was at home 
 (the entire of which he was engaged in his court) he had not time to 
 acknowledge. 
 
 " John Ryan, Esq." 
 
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 FROM W. H. GRtGORY, ESQ., M.P., rOR DUBLIN. 
 
 « c:. T u * ^u . , . ** January 5, 1845. 
 
 PnJ .~ : J\ ''"'' yr/"** *^® ''^^^^P' °^ a Parr^phlet on * Protestant 
 tnion, which the .nomei.t I have time I .hall not fail to peru8e with the at- 
 tention it no doubt deserve?. 
 
 ,, , . „ "I remain, sir, your obedient servant, 
 
 "John Ryan, Esq." u^r. h. Gregory." 
 
 FROM REV. RICHARD ARDILL, SECRETARY TO INCORPORATED SCHOOL 
 
 SOCIETY, DUBLIN. 
 
 "<5;r I »..«i ♦ . "^^' Aunnier-street, 8th January, 1845. 
 
 Sir—l beg leave to return you thanks for your polite attention in sending 
 "Im ?^7 ^i^f ^""^T^ received) of the pamphlet which jou have recently 
 published, addressed to the Protestants of Ireland. »e«.eawy 
 
 ,. - . _ „ *• I am, sir, your obedient servant, 
 
 "John Ryan, Esq." .. r,chard Ardill." 
 
 FROM REV. F. H. THOMAS, CHAULEMONT-PLACE, DUBLIN. 
 
 ,, .. _,. ^, "20, Charlemont-plare, 8th January, 1845. 
 
 Mr. Thomag presents his compliments to Mr. Rvan, «nd thanks him for 
 hisworkon 'Protectant Union.' which Mr. R. has been so kind as to send 
 Mr. I ., as well as (or the polite note which accompanied it. 
 
 "John Ryan, Esq." 
 
 FROM REV. MORTIMER O'SULLIVAN, D.D., RECTOR OF KILLYMAN, 
 
 ARCHDIOCESE OF ARMAGH. 
 
 «tr» i^.o IV r^ . , "Killyman Rectory, January 13, 1845. 
 
 » Doctor O Sullivan has had the honor to receive Mr.* R van's pamphlet 
 and hastens to mum thanks for the author's courteous attention. The infor- 
 mation and abilities displayed in some of Mr. Ryan's former publications 
 satisfies Doctor O Sullivan that he will derive much instruction from the work 
 with which he 18 now favored, and he hastens to make this acknowledgment 
 as it will be some days before he chh have the indulgence of studvine * Pro- 
 testant Union.' . B «v 
 
 ** John Ryan, Esq." 
 
 TO REV. EDWARD DALTON, CURATE OF TALLOW, DIOCESE OF LISMORE, 
 LATE SECRETARY OF THE PROTESTANT ASSOCIATION. 
 
 "Dublin, 15th January, 1845. 
 
 «* Dear Sir— Allow me to present you a pamphlet, written by me. on 
 
 Protestant Union. The public nuisance and Popish persecution (mentioned 
 
 p. 5 and 6) still continue. There have been flagitious machinations, not 
 
 therein mentioned, to which I shall not further advert as it is my intention to 
 
 publish a full account of the last seven years' proceedings 
 
 " Yours faithfully, 
 
 " John Ryan." 
 
 Mr. Dalton's reply : — 
 
 "9, Catherine-street, Waterford, 
 "January 17, 1845. 
 »' Dear Sir— I thank you for the pamphlet you have kindly sent me. I trust 
 it may promote that most desirable of consunimatioos, a spirit of anity and 
 confidence among Irish Protestants. 
 
 ** I remain, dear sir, 
 
 ** Yours truly, 
 "JohnRyan, E.q." "Ebwabd Dalton." 
 
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 FROM EDWARD LITTON, ESQ., MASTER IN CHANCBBY. 
 
 ** North Great George*s-street, 16th January, 1845. 
 ''Dear Sir, — I am very much obliged and flattered by your sending me tht 
 book,* which I have read with the greatest pleasure. 
 
 ** Your obliged, 
 " John Ryan, Esq." « E. Litton." 
 
 FROM RIGHT HON. JOHN WILSON CROKER. 
 
 *• West Molesey, 16th January, 1845. 
 
 " Mr. Croker presents his compliments to Mr. Ryan, and has the honor to 
 acknowledge the receipt of afpampblet* which he has been so good as to send 
 hkm — which he would have done sooner but that he haa been absent from 
 home. 
 
 « John Ryan, Esq." 
 
 FROM EDWARD EUSTACE HILL, BSa.) &• MAGISTRATE. 
 
 " View Mount, January 24, 1845. 
 " Dear Sir, — I beg to return you my best thanks for your kindness and po- 
 liteness in presenting me with your pamphlet on * Protestant Union,' and 
 for which I feel much obliged. 
 
 *' I remain, dear sir, 
 
 " Yours verv truly, 
 "John Ryan, Esq." "Edward E. Hill." 
 
 FROM EDMUND HAYES, ESQ., BARRISTER- AT-LAW, DUBLIN. 
 
 " Gardiner's place, 25th January, 1845. 
 
 "Dear Sir,— I beg to acknowledge receipt of your note of the 2ist instant 
 
 with the accompanying pamphlet.* I postponed this note in the hope that I 
 
 should have had, before writing to you, the pleasure of perusing your work. 
 
 I regret to say, however, that I Have not as yet found a moment's leisure to 
 
 devote to it. Nor can I hope for it until our term business shall be closed. 
 
 In the mean time, accept my best thanks for your kindness and attention, and 
 
 *• Believe me, my dear sir, very truly yours, 
 
 "John Ryan, Esq." " E. Hayes." 
 
 The first edition of my pamphlet on Protestant Union being sold 
 and distributed, a second edition was printed in February. To this 
 edition, I prefixed the following advertisement : — 
 
 " Encouraged by numerous letters of thanks from high and respectable 
 persons, and favourable notices of the Protestant Journals, (for the latter, 
 see concluding pages), I commit a second edition of this pamphlet to the 
 press. In doing so, I think it rii:ht to state, that the public nuisance, so 
 dibcreditable to the city, and Popish persecution still continue. There have 
 been other means of detriment adopted : the most infamous attemf^ts have 
 been made to entrap me into wickedness, poison has been administered to me, 
 and the most swindling methods have been adopted to deprive me of my pro* 
 perty. 1 shall not further advert here to these malpractices of the Romish 
 party, as it is my intention to publish soon an account of them, to such ex- 
 tent as may b^ advisable. 
 
 *' Dublin, lOth February, 1845." 
 
 In January and February, I forwarded the following letter witli 
 copies of the pamphlet, to the persons hereafter mentioned : — 
 
 **Sir, — I have the honor to enclose a pamphlet, written by me, on 'Pro- 
 
 w^ 
 
 * Protestant Union. 
 
 2 c 
 
no 
 
 521 
 
 testant Union. The public nuisance and Popish persecution (mentioned p. 
 5 and 6) still continue. There have been flagitious machinations, not therein 
 mentioned, to which I shall not further advert as it is my intention to publish 
 a full account of the last seven years' proceedings. I would submit, sir, 
 whether allowing Irish Protestants to be martyred for their loyalty be just and 
 sound policy, or likely to maintain the Altar and Throne and promote the 
 growth of loyalty in Great Britain and Ireland ?" 
 
 This letter and the pamphlet were sent to the following persons ; — 
 
 <( < 
 
 Henry Bush, Esq., Clifton, Bristol, 
 Sir Robert H. Inglis, Bart., M.P, 
 
 London, 
 B. D'Israeli, Esq., M.P., London, 
 Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol, 
 Ven. Archdeacon Davys, Peterborough 
 Rev. Doctor James, do. 
 
 Rev. W. Cape, do. 
 
 Rev. E. Cory, do. 
 
 Rev. Thomas Mills, do. 
 
 Rev. C. Cooksou, do. 
 
 Rev. C. Sympson, Vicar's Court, 
 
 Peterborough, 
 Rev. E. Sheed, Fletton, Peterborough 
 ^igev. J. W. Harman, Marholm, do. 
 ^^ev. J. P. Goodman, Castor, do. 
 Messrs. Yorke and Eland, Bankers, 
 Thrapston, 
 
 Rev. Henry Corrie, Kettering, Nor- 
 thamptonshire, 
 
 Rev. E. T. Prust, Northampton, 
 
 Rev. J. Thornton, do. 
 
 Gustavus Lambart, Esq , Beau Pare, 
 Slane, 
 
 Rev. Henry Cooke, D.D., Belfast, 
 
 Duke of Buckingham, 
 
 Sir Thomas Fremantle, Bart., M.P. 
 
 Right Hon. G. R. Dawson, 
 
 J. C. Colquhoun, Esq., M.P., 
 
 T. Crofton Croker, Esq. 
 
 Lady Harriet Kavanagh, 
 
 Lady Elizabeth Stratford, 
 
 J. S. Harford, Esq., Bristol, 
 
 Rev. Charles Gayer, Dingle, 
 
 Marquis of Ormonde, 
 
 Major-General Sir D. S. Hill, 
 
 Duke of Leinster. * 
 
 FROM THE VERY REV. G. BUTLER, D.D., DEAN OF PETERBOROUGH 
 
 " Peterborough, February 3rd, 1845. 
 
 " ^^'i'.""^ ^®g ^^a^e ^ost thankfully to acknowledge your rrcat kindness in 
 lorwardmg to me a copy of recent ' Letter to the Protestants of Ireland.' I 
 Have not yet had time to read the whole of it; but I have seen enough to 
 satisfy me, that it is full of interesting and important matter. Let us hope 
 and trust, that the measures, now in progress and about to be carried into effect 
 by our government during the ensuing session, will have the effect of paralvs- 
 ing the efforts of Daniel O'Connell and restoring peace to Ireland. I cannot 
 tielp thinking, that, by the blessing of God, much good will be done within 
 the next twelve months. As for the great Liberator, who flatters himself that 
 he shall continue to ' ride on the whirlwind and direct the storm' I cannot but 
 anticipate for him the general fate of demagogues, 
 I remain, with great respect, 
 
 „ - ^ * " Sir, your very obedient humble servant, 
 
 John Ryan, Esq." u George Butler." 
 
 FROM REV. DOCTOR JAMES, PETERBOROUGH. 
 
 "Peterborough, February 3rd, J 845. 
 "I beg, Sir, respectfully to acknowledge the receipt of your Letter to the 
 Protestants of Ireland, together with the note with which vou have done me 
 the honor of accompanying it. I shall read the letter with great interest, and 
 hope you will believe me to remain, 
 ^^ ^ " Your obedient and much obliged, 
 
 John Ryan, Esq." u j^^^ James." 
 
 FROM REV. -WILLIAM M^ILWAINE. 
 
 « Belfast, February 4, 1845. 
 Sir, — I thank you much for your pamphlet, just received, which I hope to 
 read with profit. The persecutions just now carried on against Protestants in 
 Dingle are of a truly fearful character, 
 
 ** I remain yours truly and obliged, 
 «John Ryan, Esq." " W. M*^Ilwaine." 
 
 FROM RIGHT HON. GEORGE ROBERT DAWSON, COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS^ 
 
 " London, 6th February, 1845. 
 " Sir,-— I have had the honor of receiving your letter of the 4th instant, to- 
 gether with a pamphlet called the * Protestant Union/ which I shall read as 
 soon as I have leisure. 
 
 I remain, yours faithfully, 
 
 INo name signed^ but " Customs" on the 
 "John Ryan, Esq." ssaly and G. R. D, on the envelope.}* 
 
 FROM BENJAMIN L. GUINNESS, ESQ., JAMES' GATE, DUBLIN. 
 
 "James' Gate, 1 1th Feb. 1845. 
 " Mr. B. L. Guinness presents his best respects to Mr. Ryan, and thanks 
 him for the copy he has politely sent him of the Letter to the Protestants of 
 Ireland, in reading which he has no doubt he will be much interested.f 
 
 FROM ARTHUR GUINNESS, ESQ., JAMEs' GATE, DUBLIN. 
 
 " Beaumont, Dublin, Feb. 13, 1845. 
 
 " Mr. Guinness presents his compliments to Mr. Ryan. In reply to his note 
 of the 7th instant, accompanied by a copy of his pamphlet, he begs leave to 
 thank him for his attention, but at the same time to state, that being affected 
 with inflammation in his eyes, he is unable to form any opinion on the subject 
 of the latter. Mr. Guinness is unable to use his own pen at present. 
 
 "John Ryan, Esq." 
 
 FROM JOHN PURSER, ESQ.,^ JAMES' GATE, DUBLIN. 
 
 "Rathmines, Feb. 15, 1845. 
 
 " Mr. Purser presents his respects and thanks to Mr. Ryan, for his polite 
 note and his pamphlet on * Protestant Union,' which, when time allows will be 
 read. Mr. Purser should have answered Mr. Ryan's communication earlier, 
 but that he has just reached home from England. 
 
 "John Ryan, Esq." 
 
 FROM L. J. TONNA, ESQ., LONDON. 
 
 "United Service Institution, Feb. 18, 1845. 
 
 " Dear Sir, — Many thanks for the Pamphlet you have 
 
 sent me. 
 
 "John Ryan, Fsq." 
 
 " Yours faUhfully, 
 
 " Lewis J. Tonna.'» 
 
 FROM MR. P. R. PATMAN, (a LEADING MEMBER OF THE DUBLIN PROTESTANT 
 OPERATIVE ASSOCIATION AND REFORMATION SOCIETT.) 
 
 " Saint Andrew-street, 11th Feb. 1845. 
 Sir, — The hurry of business prevented me acknowledging your favour of 
 
 i< 
 
 * fhe pamphlet has been sent to many persons whose names are not 
 mentioned. 
 
 * Mr. Dawson is brother-in-law of Sir Robert Peel, and brother of the late 
 Very Rev. H. R. Dawson, Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin. 
 
 f As alluded to at page 57, I was a year and four months Cashier to the res- 
 pectable firm of Arthur Guinness, Sons and Company, of James's gate, Dublin. 
 
 X Partner of Messrs. Guinness. 
 
2^ 
 
 the 3l8t ultimo «o soon as I should have done. In doing so now, may I beg of 
 you to accept my best thanks for your kindness in presenting me with a copy 
 of your excellent little pamphlet on * Protestant Union,' which I have read 
 with deep interest, not only for the importance of the matter which it contains, 
 but also from its peculiar adaptation to the present state of political feeling in 
 Ireland. Hoping that your intended work on the martyred Protestanis will 
 meet with that encouragement from a Protestant public, which your talented 
 Beal in the advocacy of Protestant ascendancy in Church and Slate, 80 emi- 
 nently entitles you to, 
 
 " I am, Sir, with best wishes for vour success, 
 
 " Very faithfully yours, 
 "John Ryan, Esq." "Philip Reade Pitman." 
 
 FROM MAJOR GENERAL SIR DUDLEY ST. LEGER HILL. 
 
 " High Cliff House, Lyme, 24th Feb. 1845. 
 
 •* Major General Sir Dudley Hill presents his compliments to Mr. John 
 Ryan, begs to offer his acknowledgments for the Pamphlet he was so kind to 
 •end him on * Protestant Union* The General has read Mr. Rvan's little trea- 
 tise with much pleasure, and wishes the Established Church bad many such 
 «ble advocates. 
 
 « John Ryan, Esq." 
 
 FROM HENRY FREKE, ESQ., DUBLIN. 
 
 « 28 Holies-Street, 10th March, 1845. 
 " Sir,— I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your note (of this day's date) 
 with the accompanying pamphlet, and to express myself obliged thereby. 
 
 I am, Sir, your very obedient servant, 
 "John Ryan, Esq." «« Henry Freee." 
 
 TO DANIEL LITTON, ESQ., LOWER MOUNT-ST., DUBLIN, 
 
 « Dublin, March 12, 1845. 
 ** Dear Sir,— Allow me to present you a pamphlet (2nd edition) written by me 
 on * Protestant Union.' I refer you to ihe advertisement as regards another 
 publication which I intend shall appear shortly. I mention this publication 
 as it will, perhaps, be productive of important effects. 
 
 *' J am, Dear Sir, 
 
 " Yours truly, 
 
 "John Ryan." 
 P.S. I had the pleasure of meeting you on a visit to Mr. David Ryan, of 
 Castlecomer, some years since." 
 
 TO REV. T.D. GREGG, PROTESTANT OPERATIVE ASSOCIATION, 5 COLLEGE- 
 STREET, DUBLIN. 
 
 « Dublin, March 14, 1845. 
 
 "Dear Sir, — Allow me to present you a pamphlet (2nd edition) written by 
 xne, on • Protestant Union.' 1 refer you lo the advertisement as regards an- 
 Other publication which I intend shall appear shortly. I inentiou this publi- 
 cation as it will, perhaps, be productive of important effects. 
 
 " In one of your late speeches you expressed a wish that the higher ranks 
 of Protestants should co-operate with the Protestant Operative Association. I 
 have just thought that perhaps the word Operative is an impediment with some, 
 as it would imply a particular class. T merely suggest this for your benefit. 1 
 am obliged by your invitation to join the society. You may perceive I aui not 
 idle. 
 
 ** I rexciain yours truly, 
 
 "John Ryan." 
 
 to isaac butt, esq., q.c. 
 
 " Dublin, March 15, 1845. 
 ** Dear Sir,— Allow me to present you a pamphlet, (2nd edition) written by 
 me, on * Protestant Union.' I refer you to the advertisement as regards an- 
 
 1 •'•y^ » / ,. 
 
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 other publication which I intend shall appear shortly. I mention this publica • 
 tion as it will, perhaps, be productive of important effects. 
 
 " I also beg leave to forward a Statement which will afford some further in- 
 formation as to my services to the Protestant Conservative, cause and consequent 
 persecution. 
 
 " I returned, some time since, the History of Dublin (2 vols.) which you 
 were so kind as to lend me. 
 
 " I remain, yours faithfully, 
 
 "John Ryan." 
 
 Among several others, I forwarded the pamphlet to Dublin police 
 magistrates, with notes lo each ; viz : — Frank Thorpe Porter, Esq., 
 Samuel W. Tyndall, Esq., Thomas F. Kelly, Esq., LL.D., and 
 George Studdert, Esq. The following police magistrates of Dublin 
 are Romanists :-^Thomas C. Duffy, Esq., Sir Nicholas Fiizsimon 
 and James Magee, Esq. Mr. Porter and Mr. Kelly are Whigs. 
 More than three-fourths of the police are Romanists. The Lord 
 Mayors since the new Corporation Act are Whigy or Romanists. 
 Whether all this has been conducive to the well-being of the Protes- 
 tant and British interest, or to the social welfare of the community, 
 the reader cau readily determine, 
 
 TO JOSEPH T. S. LE TANII, ESQ. 
 
 " Dublin, March 20, 1845. 
 
 ** Dear Sir, — I beg leave to forward a Statement which will afford you some 
 further information relative to my services to the Protestant, Conservative 
 cause, and consequent persecution. 
 
 " I remain, yours truly, 
 
 "John Ryan."* 
 
 In April, I addressed the following letter to the persons men- 
 tioned : — 
 
 " Sir, — Allow me to present a pamphlet (2nd edition) written by me, on 
 * Protestant Union.' I refer you to the advertisement as regards Popish public 
 nuisance and persecution. I also beg leave to forward a Statement which will 
 afford you some further information relative to my services to the Protestant, 
 Conservative cause and the enmity they have occasioned. The matter vi- 
 tally affects every Protestant. It discloses the true nature of Popery. 
 
 " I am. Sir, your obedient humble servant." 
 
 "John Ryan." 
 
 To Falconer Miles, Esq., Trinitarian Bible Society, 16 Upper SackviUe-st. 
 
 Dublin. 
 John Webb, Esq., Religious Tract and Book Society, 
 R. O'Connor, Esq., Irish Society, 
 Jas. C. Cottingham, Esq., Deaf and Dumb Society, 
 Geo. Dedrickson, Esq., Juvenile Deaf and Dumb Society, 
 Jas. Boyd, Esq., Sunday School Society, 
 Robert Daly, Esq., Church Missionary Society, 
 Rev. A. Thomas, Irish Jews Society, 
 Robert Collins, Esq., Irish Jews Society, 
 Andrew Crawford, Esq., Hibernian Bible Society, 
 P. D. Hardy, Esq., 23 Upper Sack ville- street Dublin, 
 
 • I had previously sent Mr. Le Fanu my pamphlets. They were also sent 
 to the Editors of the DubUn£venmg Mail, Evening Packet and SauruUrs't Newt 
 Letter, 
 
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 George Jepps, Esq., Protestant Orphan Society, 
 
 J. P. Plumptre, Esq., M.P., London, 
 
 Thos. H. Thompson, Esq., Harcourt Place, Dublin, 
 
 Hugh Baker, Esq., Marine School, Dublin, 
 
 Thomas Peile, Esq., 21, Gt. Brunswick-street, Dublin, 
 
 William Johnston, Esq., Sinnot Place, Dublin, 
 
 Rev. Charles H. Minchin, do. do. 
 
 Mr. William C. Espy, do. do. 
 
 George Eagle, Esq., do. do. 
 
 David Kelly, Esq., do. do. 
 
 Miss Edkins, do. do. 
 
 Mrs. Magee, do. do. 
 
 Mrs. Thorpe, do. do. 
 
 Mrs. Govran, do. do. 
 
 Mrs. Paterson, do. do.* 
 
 Thos. S. Dennis, Esq., Fort Granite, Baliinglass, 
 
 Thos. Conolly, Esq., 64 Upper Gardiner-street, Dublin, 
 
 Colonel Brueo, M.P., Oak Park, Carlow, 
 
 John Judkin Butler, Esq., 62 Upper Gardiner-street, Dublin, 
 
 Major N. Crawford, 3 Portland street, N., Dublin, 
 
 Edward Cooke, Esq., Gannon's Buildings, Phibsborough, 
 
 Nicholas Ross, Esq., Grand Canal Harbour, Dublin. 
 
 Richard Austin, Esq., Wexford- street, Dublin, 
 
 John Redmond, Esq., Bank, Henry-street, Dublin, 
 
 Mrs. Morgan, 7 Margaret Place, Dublin, 
 
 W. B. Ferrand, Esq., M.P., London, 
 
 Colonel Sibthorpe, M.P., London, 
 
 Mrs. Seymour, Portland-street, N., Dublin, 
 
 Wm. Harty, Esq., M.D., Upper Gardiner- street, Dublin, 
 
 Edmund Hayes, Esq., Gardiner's Place, Dublin, 
 
 Rev. George Hare, Sherrard- street, Dublin, 
 
 Mrs. Byrne, Florinda Place, Dublin, 
 
 James Rogers, Esq., S. Trinity College, Dublin, 
 
 Edward Harwood, Esq., 4 Rathmines Terrace, Dublin, 
 
 Charles Fitzgerald, Esq., 28 Stafford -street, Dublin, 
 
 Stewart Blacker, Esq., 20 Gardiner's Place, Dublin, 
 
 Thomas S. Smith, Esq., 58 Upper Gardiner- street, Dublin, 
 
 P. Montgomery, Esq , 2 Eccles-street, Dublin, 
 
 P. W. S. Miles, Esq., M.P. London, 
 
 Lady Ribton, Upper Gardiner-street, Dublin, 
 
 Earl of Roden, Carlton Club, London, 
 
 Colonel Acton, M.P., Carlton Club, London, 
 
 Thomas Baleson, Esq., M.P. do. do. 
 
 Viscount Bernard, M.P. 3 Connaught Place, do., 
 
 J. R. Boyd, Esq., M.P., Carlton Club, London, 
 
 Sir A. Brooke, Bart, M.P., do. do., 
 
 Hon. H. A. Cole, M.P., House of Commons, do., 
 
 Colonel Conolly, M.P., Carlton Club, do., 
 
 J. Folliott, Esq., M.P., Conservative Club, do., 
 
 W. R. O. Gore, Esq., M.P., 66, Portland Place, do., 
 
 J. H. Hamilton. Esq., M.P., Carlton Club, do., 
 
 A. Lefroy, Esq., M.P., do. do., 
 
 C. P. Leslie, Esq., M. P., do. do., 
 
 N. M. Mansfield, Esq., Evening Packet, Dublin, 
 
 Hon. J. Maxwell, M.P., Carlton Club, London, 
 
 ♦ At this time, I was board and lodging with Mrs. Cane, 25 Sinnot Place. 
 
 -iinrniinitfii'intf*"-;'" 
 
 2-25 
 
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 Viscount Newry, M.P., Carlton Club, London, 
 
 Viscount Northland, M.P., do. do., 
 
 Thos. S. Taylor, Esq.. M.P., do. do.. 
 
 Colonel Verner, M.P., do. do., 
 
 R«v. Sir Harcourt Lees, Bart, Black Rock, Dublin, 
 
 W. Harper, Esq., Secretary Protestant Operative Association, Dublin, 
 
 G. Hilhouse, Esq., Conmbe House, Bristol. 
 
 TO HON. SOMERSET R. MAXWELL. 
 
 "Dublin, SthMatrch, 1845. 
 Sir, — I have the honor to enclose you a pamphlet (2nd edition), written 
 by me, on * Protestant Union.' I refer you to the advertisement as regards 
 another publication which I intend shall appear shortly. I read, lately, 
 with much pleasure, your ' Britain with reference to God.' I would submit, 
 Sir, the important consideration, whether allowing Irish Protestants to be 
 MARTYRED for their loyalty be just and sound policy, or likely to maintain the 
 Altar and Throne, and promote the growth of loyalty in Great Britain and 
 Ireland. • 
 
 *' I have the honor to be, 
 
 " Sir, your obedient humble servant, 
 
 "John Ryan." 
 
 from the earl of lincoln, m.p., first commissioner of land revenue. 
 
 "Office of Woods, &c., 15 March, 1845. 
 
 " The Earl of Lincoln begs leave to acknowledge with thanks the receipt of 
 Mr. Ryan's letter of the 13th instant, and of the pamphlet on * Protestant 
 Union,' which accompanied it. 
 
 "John Ryan, Esq." 
 
 FROM EDWARD LITTON, ESQ., MASTER IN CHANCERY, DUBLIN. 
 
 "North Great George's -street, March 17, 1845. 
 " My Dear Sir, — I am much obliged for your kind attention in sending me 
 your two books. May I beg to be at liberty to be a subscriber to them, as far 
 as the enclosed trifiegoes, and to send you the other half when you do me the 
 favour to say that this hsdf arrived. I have derived a great deal of satisfac- 
 tion and of information from the perusal of the books you have been so kind 
 as to send to me. 
 
 " I am. Dear Sir, believe me, your faithful servant, 
 " John Ryan, Esq." " E. Litton." 
 
 The following was my reply to Mr. Litton: — 
 
 " Dublin, 18th March, 1845. 
 
 ** Dear Sir, — I have received your letter of yesterday, with its enclosure. 
 When sending you the publications, I stated they were a present, and of course 
 cannot allow them to be considered otherwisei I therefore return the half note, 
 thanking you for your kindness. 
 
 " The pamphlets and list of publications (with high testimonials of Conser- 
 vative journals) together with the enclosed Statement, will furnish you with 
 some information relative to my services to the Protestant, Conservative cause. 
 Further strong testimony on the same subject is fnrnished by the virulent per- 
 secution of the Papists and Revolutionists, to which I have been for years 
 subject, and which is continued to the present hour. I can, of course, only 
 mention these facts in this brief space, but another publication will explain the 
 matter fully. I have not looked for reward from the Protestant Conserva- 
 tives, but your kindness induces me to mention that several Protestant gentle- 
 men (some of whose names I could mention) have intimated to me that the sum 
 of ;^0OO had been collected for me.* Sometimes the sum mentioned has been 
 
 * jgoOOO has been frequently mentioned as the sum to be paid me by high 
 persons. I suppose they will do whatever they think adyisable. 
 
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 £1000, sometimes £2000, but most frequently £3000. This has been repeated 
 daily fur several months. Every day, offers to the latter amount are made by 
 the Romanists, but my acceptance from them is totally out of the question, 
 although my life is daily threatened by poison and otherwise. You are the 
 first person to whom I have written these particulars, but the persecution bj 
 the Papists is very well known from their street ruffians. 
 
 " I remain, Dear Sir, yours faithfully, 
 
 "John Ryan.** 
 "P.S. An acknowledgment of the receipt of the enclosed would oblige.'* 
 
 FEOAI HON. S. K. MAXWELL. 
 
 " Newtown barry, March 17, 1845. 
 ** Sir— I beg to thank you for your tract on * Protestant Union,* which you 
 have done me the favour of sending to nie. It has been fcM-warded to me from 
 another part of Ireland. Incessant occupation of my time and thoughts pre- 
 vent my, at present, giving that attention to your publication which the 
 subject deserves* I hope soon to be able to peruse it with profit. 
 
 " I have the honor to be, sir, 
 
 ** Your obedient servant, 
 "John Ryan, Esq.'* *♦ Somerset R. Maxwell.** 
 
 FROM HIS GRACE THE LORD PRIMATE. 
 
 *• Armagh, March 20, 1845. 
 "Sir— The Lord Primate has desired me to acknowledge the receipt of your 
 letter of yesterday's date, together with the publication which accompanied 
 it. His Grace desires me to express his thanks for your courtesy in sending 
 him a copy, and to say that his Grace will read it when he haa leisure to 
 do so. 
 
 ** I am your obedient servant, 
 
 "Alexander Irwi.v, 
 " John R>an, Esq.'* " Secretary to the Lord Primate." 
 
 Copies of my pamphlet on " Protestaut Union," with the following 
 letter were sent (in March and April) to the persons hereafter men- 
 tioned : — 
 
 " Sir—I have the honor to forward a pamphlet (2nd edition) written by me, 
 on * Protestant Union.* I refer to the advertisement as regards another pub- 
 lication which I intend shall appear shortly. I mention this publication as it 
 will, perhaps, be productive of important effects. I would submit, sir, the 
 important consideration, whether allowing Irish Protestants to be martyred 
 for their loyalty be just and sound policy, or likely to maintain the Altar and 
 Throne and promote the growth of loyalty in Great and Ireland. 
 
 "I have the honor to be,^ir, your obedient humble servant.* 
 
 Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, M.P. 
 
 Right Hon. Sir George Clerk, Bart., 
 M.P. 
 
 Frederick Goulburn, Esq., Commis- 
 sioner of Customs, 
 
 Colonel Rowan, Loudon Police Com- 
 missioner, 
 ' Mayne, Esq. do. 
 
 Charles E. Trevelyao, Esq. A. Sec. 
 Treasury, 
 
 Samuel Rogers, Esq., St. Jamet' Place 
 London, 
 
 James Prior, Esq., Woolwich, 
 
 Abraham Brewster, Esq. Q.C. Dublin 
 
 Editor of Quarterly Review, 
 
 •» 
 
 Duke of Newcastle, 
 
 Professor Wilson, Edinburgh, 
 
 Editor of Eraser's Maj^azine, 
 
 Lord Dowuen, Limerick, 
 
 J. M. Gaskell, Esq., M.P., London, 
 
 H. B. wiring. Esq , M.P., 
 
 A Pringle, Ksq., M.P., 
 
 Lord A. Lennox, M.P., 
 
 John Young, Esq., M.P., 
 
 Sir R. H. Inglis, Bart., M.P., 
 
 P. F. Aiktn, Esq., Banker, Bristol, 
 
 Rev. Dr. Roberts, Kirby, Lonsdale, 
 
 Sir Richard Vyvyan, Bart., M.P., 
 
 London, 
 B. D'liraeli, Esq., M.P., Londao. 
 
 do. 
 do. 
 do. 
 do. 
 do. 
 
 TO HIS ROTAL HIOBNBSS PRINCB ALBKRT. 
 
 *• Dublin, 22nd March, 1845. 
 ** Sir — I hare the honor to enclose for your Royal Highness' acceptance the 
 second edition of a pamphlet, written by me, on * Protestant Union.* I refer 
 your Royal Highness to the advertisement as regards another publication, which 
 I intend shall appear shortly. I mention this publication as it will, perhaps, be 
 productive of important effects. I pIso forward a Statement which will afford 
 further information relative to my services to the Protestant, Conservative cause 
 and consequent persecution. 
 
 " I would respectfully submit the important consideration, whether allowing 
 Irish Protestants to be martyred for their loyalty be ju8» and sound policy, 
 or likely to maintain the Throne and promote the growth of loyalty in Gre^ 
 Britain and Ireland. 
 
 " I have the honor to remain, 
 ** 5ir, your Royal Highness' obedient humble servant, 
 
 "John Ryan.** 
 
 I had the honor to receive the following letter of thanks for the 
 pamphlet through the Private Secretary* : — 
 
 «* Windsor Castle, March 27, 1845. 
 " Mr. Anson is commanded to acknowledge the receipt of Mr. Ryan's letter 
 of the 22nd instant, and to thank him for his pamphlet on * Protestant Union.* 
 "John Ryan, Esq.*' 
 
 FROM 'right HON. O. R. DAWSON, LONDON. 
 
 " 29th March, 1845. 
 " Sir — I have had the honor of receiving your letter, together with a pam« 
 l)hlet,f which I shall read 'with every attention. 
 
 " 1 have the honor to be, 
 
 " Sir, your faithful servant, 
 •* John Ryan, Esq." « Geo. R. Dawsok. 
 
 FROM SAMUEL ROGERS, ESQ. 
 
 « London, St. James' Place, March 29, 1845. 
 " Sir — Pray accept my grateful acknowledgments for the honour you hart 
 
 done me. 
 
 ** Yours sincerely. 
 
 * John Ryan, Esq.'* «< s. Rogbbs." 
 
 mOM EDWARD LITTON, ESQ., MASTER IN CHANCERY, DCBLIN. 
 
 « North Great George't-street, March 31, 1845. 
 " My Dear Sir— Upon my return to town, I had your kind letter of the 18th 
 instant, for which I am much obliged. I greatly fear, that an ungrateful world 
 compels us ever to revert to the adage, that * an honest man meets with little re- 
 turn in this world save the return which his own conscience gives him.* 
 
 " I am, my dear sir, yours faithfully, 
 •* John Ryan, Esq." " E. LiTTON." 
 
 FROM J. M. 6ASKELI, ESQ., M.F., LORD OF THE TREASURY. 
 
 « Treasury, April 7, 1845. 
 **Sir — I beg leave to acknowledge the receipt of the pamphlets which you 
 have done me the honor to transmit to me. 
 
 " I am, sir, your most obedient servant. 
 " John Ryan, Esq." « j. Milnes Gaskell." 
 
 ♦ George Edward Anson, Esq., Private Secretary to the Queen as well as. to 
 Princ^ Albert. The above letter of thanks was for' the second edition of the 
 pamphlet, the first was similarly received and acknowledged. See page 214* 
 
 t ProtesUnt Union— Sad edition. 
 
 2 D 
 
 -"itk' =._rt'..7.i 
 
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 FROM KET. C. GAYER, DINGLE. 
 
 "Dingle, April 7, 184^. 
 •* Dear Sir,— I hardly know how to apologise to you for not banng acknow- 
 ledged your letter ef the 5th February, containing a pamphlet written by yon, 
 on * Protestant Union,' but for the last three months ray hands have been more 
 than full and I have been obliged to leave much undone with respect to my 
 correspondents that under other circumstances would be quite unpardonable, 
 but I trust you will accept this apology although it is so late. I feel greatly 
 obliged for your pamphlet and trust it may be of use. It is indeed bad policy 
 on the part of Ministers to neglect and trample on Protestants, and one day oV 
 other they may find out their mistake, perhaps when it is too late to remedy it. 
 But we have one comfort, the Lord reigneth and counteracteth the wickedness 
 and errors of men and overrules them for good. The priests are furious here 
 at present, cursing every Sabbath the converts and any Roman Catholic that 
 will deal with them. Not a drop of milk can now be purchased by a convert, 
 and we are obliged to buy several cows to supply their wants, and the want of 
 milk is the greatest. 
 
 " Believe me, my dear sir, very truly yours, 
 "John Ryan, Esq." "Charles Gayer." 
 
 FROM G. OEDRICKSON, ESQ. 
 
 "16, Upper Sackville-street, 
 "9th April, 1845. 
 " Sir— I received your letter of the 8th instant, enclosing a pamphlet un 
 * Protestant Union,' for which I feel greatly obliged. 
 
 " I have the honor to be, 
 
 " Sir, your most obedient servant, 
 John Ryan, Esq." « Geo. Dedrickson." 
 
 FROM RICnARD O'CONOR, ESQ , (ASSISTANT SECRETARY TO TUB IRISH SO- 
 
 CIBTY FOR PROMOTING THE EDUCATION OF THE NATIVE IRISH, 
 
 THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF THEIR OWN LANGUAGE.) 
 
 ^ ,^ ^ " 17. Sackville.street, April 15, 1845. 
 
 Dear Sir— Your kind enclosure of the 8th instant, I have been quite unable 
 to examine till this day. I beg to ihank you for the publication, and feel much 
 obliged for its being sent me. Of the truth of the principles contained in it, 
 there can be no doubt. Every year seems to prove it. 
 
 "You have perhaps done much service to the world by publishing all those 
 facts, at all events you have satisfied your own conscience by "jo doing, with 
 • such exhibition of good feeling too. However, ior my own humble part, I 
 confess I don't expect to see matters get better in these kingdoms. Men are not 
 Uirning to the Lord for counsel and seeing after whnt he would have them to do. 
 Every man is looking to himself or to some man or body of men for redress, 
 for good, and for peace, justice, or prosperity. But we must * cease from man: 
 Tis only God can shew us any good. May He aflFord you that peace and hap- 
 piness which are not to be found in our fellow creatures, and being slaved 
 entirely on Him your mind will be at perfect peace under every trial according 
 to His gracious promise— and then even our earthly trials will eventuate in good. 
 
 " Hoping you will excuse the liberty of these remarks, and see the truth of 
 them, I remain, dear sir, humbly commending you to God and the nord of 
 his grace, 
 
 " Faithfully yours, 
 "John Ryan, Esq." «« Richard O'Conor." 
 
 1 cannot but feel indebted to Mr. O'Conor for the friendly terms of 
 this communication. I do not, however, concur with all his views. 
 1 quite agree with him that men are not adopting proper methods to 
 ameliorate the temporal and spiritual evils of the country, and that 
 
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 tlie existing prospects of Protestant Conservatives are gloomy in th« 
 extreme ; and I further know the futility of reliance on mankind, or 
 expecting any good from mere human agency ; but I think that pre- 
 cisely at such a juncture, and on account of the prevailing destructive 
 selfishness, duty requires that «;very Christian should be at his post 
 instead of retiring from the contest in despair. There is such a thing 
 as supporting principle irrespective of party or individuals. Per- 
 sonal ease and worldly benefit might possibly accrue from a neutral 
 course, but both the precepts and practice of true Christians from the 
 earliest ages inculcate tlie necessity of warfare ; warfare the more 
 energetic when iiidifl^erence, disregard of principle and open wicked- 
 ness abound. " If the Lord be God, follow him ; but if Baal, then 
 follow him." (I Kings, xvii. 21). For my own part, the preceding 
 pages sufficiently prove, that I am the object of most malicious, in- 
 human persecution by the Romish party, assisted by some unprin- 
 cipled Protestants. Being thus attacked, it might be very desirable 
 to the guilty adversary to paralyse my exertions in defence. I cannot, 
 however, thus satisfy them, particularly when every law, human and 
 divine, authorizes legitimate self-defence. Heaven knows, I have no 
 love for scenes of contention, but if my enemies, and the sworn ene- 
 mies of every Irish Protestant, persist in unwarrantable proceedings, 
 in attempts to accomplish the ruin of Protestants by a breach of the 
 laws of God and man, it is obviously our imperative duty to defend 
 ourselves individually and administer correction to the licentious 
 wickedness of our opponents. The Established Church of Ireland, 
 of which I have always been a member, is assailed imceasingly, and 
 how can it be defended from the envy and malice of those who dissent 
 from it but by a vigorous exhibition of practical principle ? Those 
 who would withdraw, or discourage the active defenders of the Pro- 
 testant Establishment would, assuredly, assist its enemies most 
 materially. Without further observations, I refer Mr. O'Conor to the 
 numerous communications which I have received from clergymen and 
 laymen directly encouraging me to persevere. My own conscience, as 
 Mr. O'Conor remarks, is satisfied by concurrence with the view of 
 these respected correspondents ; and thus fortified, I am resolved to 
 persevere in just opposition to those agents of Satan who are ruining 
 the country by rancorous persecution and demoralizing profligacy. I 
 feel this duty to be the more incumbent when Romish schemes of 
 systematic demoralization are met by very general Protestant apathy 
 and visible indifference to the due support of moral and religious, as 
 well as of political principle. We have too many Vicars of Bray, 
 time-serving, and unprincipled persons both in Church and State. 
 
 The following observations of the Rev. Denis Kelly on " meekness" 
 and its counterfeit are relevant to the subject to which I have just 
 alluded: — "Meekness," says Mr. Kelly, "like all other Christian 
 graces, has its counterfeit. The ])raise of meekness is often claimed 
 fof a species ol character which has, certainly, on scAptural grounds, 
 no pretensions to it. There is a kind of natural or constitutional pla- 
 cidity — a jiassive tameness and indolence of temper— to which the 
 
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 world IS fond of applying the name of meekness. But, howerer 
 commendable this nja3^ be in the sight of men, it may be very much 
 otherwise in the sight of God. K, for instance, this supposed pla- 
 cidity, this supposed meekness, arise from the total want of zeal, or 
 ardour, or moral courage; if it arise from merely constitutional apathy 
 and coldness ; if it be the meekness of those, of whom all speak well, 
 bec&use they differ from none, or dispute with none, or reprove none ; 
 if It be meekness, the praise of which is procured by unworthy con- 
 cessions—by compromising the interests of the truth— by having no 
 fixed opinions of one s own—by adapting and conforming one's self to 
 men of all views and of all parties ; if this be the sort of meekness 
 intended, then we add, such meekness never won the Saviour's praise. 
 No — it is the object of his pointed animadversion. It drew from 
 Him the indignant remonstrance : * I would that thou wert cold or 
 hot; so, then, because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I 
 will spue thee oui of my mouth.' ' Woe to you, when all men'— 
 sons of Belial as Well as Children of God—* speak well of you.' We 
 may therefore lay it down as a rule, that Christian meekness, how- 
 ever we may understand it, cannot co-exist with qualities which were 
 the theme of our Lord's repeated condemnation ; but that, on the 
 contrary, it must be so interpreted, as to consist with— nay, to in- 
 elude— religious decision, godly simplicity, singleness of eye, devo- 
 tedness of heart." * The class is numerous who attempt to screen 
 their apathy, indifference, or utter lack ol principle, under the gnise 
 of meekness, forbearance, or neutrality. Mr. Kelly's just reflections 
 m reference to this class must prove beneficial. 
 
 Having reason to think that many persons were ignorant of the 
 extraordinary facts of my case, of the malpractices of the Popish 
 faction, and the real cause of their unchristian deeds, I published 
 a Letter to the Protestants of Ireland in three of the metropolitan and 
 one provincial journal, viz. : the Dublin Statesman, 25ih April— 
 the Dublin P^^arder, 26th April, the Dublin Evening Packet, 1st May 
 and the Carlow Sentinel, 3rd May, 1845. This defensive measure 
 was rendered absolutely necessary by the variety of falsehoods, mis- 
 representations, and threats daily uttered. The following is the 
 document : — 
 
 ^ TO THE PROTESTANTS OF IRELAND. 
 
 Fellow Protestants,— Having for the last eighteen years been indaced to 
 take » prominent part in political matters, and having thereby incurred much 
 unmerited obloquy and persecution, I deem it imperatively necessary to address 
 yoa briefly on Ihe subject. Although the pernicious matter has been little no- 
 ticed by the public press, or public speakers— many of them professed patriots- 
 it has, nevertheless, recently assumed an aspect of so serious, important, and 
 ttreatenmg a nature, that I am compelled by a sense of duly to myself and 
 the Protestant cause (to which I am sincerely attached), to publish the present 
 •bort statement. The duty is the more incumbent when Irish Protestants hare, 
 under God, none to rely on but themselves. 
 
 ** Since 1 published a pamphlet in 1827, on the Romish question, and even 
 
 Ck* ^v ^ Inspection. By the Rev. Denis Kellv, M.A., Minister of Trinity 
 norcb, St. Bride't, London, p. 93. London : Edwards and Hughes. 1845. 
 
 before that period, 1 hare experienced the ffl-will of the Popish party. They 
 have had their spies and emissaries after me every where, endeavouring to effect 
 my ruin by continual slander and vituperation j but it was not until the year 
 1837 that the persecution assumed a visible organization. In that year three 
 Popish ruflaans, of the most infamous character, were hired to abuse me, by 
 day and night, in the public streets of every city and town in which I might 
 reside, and this beastly, contaminating system of foul language has been ad- 
 hered to since without the cessation of a single week. It is at present well 
 known to the inhabitants and authorities of this city ; it is Well known to Mer- 
 non-square and the neighbourhood. In addition, wretches, of the worst de 
 scription, male and female, have been employed to try to entrap me into wick- 
 edness. Poison (laudanum, antimony, and arsenic), has been administered 
 to me, and swindling manoeuvres adopted to plunder me of my property. In 
 •bort. I have been pursued by poisoners, thieves, swindlers, strumpets, mas- 
 turbators, and sodomites— some of them from England. They have the infa- 
 mous spy-system in continual operation. This can all be proved by hundreds 
 of witnesses—parliculariy the scandalous, corrupting street nuisance. As may 
 be supposed, the agents of Satan generally keep out of my sight Although 
 the diabolical, unparalleled, insane persecution has been in operation for eight 
 years, here and in England, I have hitherto abstained from any deuil on a 
 subject so repulsive. As however, the honor and character of numerous high 
 and respectable Protestant correspondents of mine are now concerned, and as I 
 cannot of course, predict the wickedness which may be perpetrated, (there have 
 been threaU of subornation of peijury, robbery, and other crimes,) I think 
 it absolutely requisite to place the present concise statement on record. It may, 
 perhaps, check the evil-doers and produce a sense of duty. A fuller account 
 shall probably follow of Protestent services and consequent persecution— per- 
 secution solely because the individual is a consistent Protestant. Whatever 
 foolish people,' or Judases, may say, it is virtually an attack upon the interesU 
 of every Protestant in Ireland. There is, in fact, a destructive warfare against 
 the Protestants, as the Romanists expressions amply testify. 
 
 "In order to prevent any mistake as to the individual, and to rebut the 
 lies and malicious misrepresentations of the Romish party and their unprin- 
 cipled abettors, who, it would appear, deem me a person of much conse- 
 quence, (it is obvious from their great expense, trouble, and risk only,) I 
 ■ubjoin a list of roy publications. They have been favourably noticed by the 
 leading Conservative Reviews, Magazines, and Journals :— 
 
 1.— Reflections on the Demands of the Romanists ; showing the disastrous 
 consequences which roust result from a concession of political power to them. 
 [Published iii 1827.] Dublin : Curry & Co. 
 
 2.— An Inquiry into the Nature and Eflfects of Popery. Dublin: Curry 
 
 &Co. 
 
 3.— A letter to the Portestants of Ireland on the Present State of their Af- 
 fairs. Dublin: Carson. ^ „. « 
 
 4.— Some Passages in the Lifi^of Philip Thomville. Dublm : Grant & 
 
 SoltOD. 
 
 5.— The History and Antiquities of the County of Carlow. Dublin : Grant 
 & Bolton. 
 6.— The Life of William the Third, King of England. Dublio : Grant & 
 
 Bolton. f . i» . L 
 
 7.— A Disclosure of the Principles, Designs and Machinations of the Popish 
 
 Revolutionary Faction of Ireland. London : Edwards— Ollivier. Dublin : 
 
 Bleakley. , .« ^ 
 
 8.— Sir Robert Peel's Claims to the Confidence of Protestant Conservatives. 
 
 London : Hatchard & Son. tt • 
 
 ^ 9.— Address to the People of Ireland on the Repeal of the Union* and th« 
 Moral and Religioos Condition of England. Dublin : Curry k Ca 
 
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 May 2, 7845, 
 
 
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 10.— Protestant Union. A Letter to tbe Protestants of Ireland. fPab- 
 hsbed 1844 j 2nd Edition, 1845.] Dublin : Curry & Co. 
 «^ . . "^ *"' ^«"ow Protestants, your faithful servant, 
 « Dublin, 2l8t April, 1845." « jq^k Jirxs." 
 
 Copies of the newspapers containing the foregoing, were sent to the 
 following persons : — 
 
 April 26, 1915, to Prince Albert, 
 
 n Very Rev. Dr. Butler, Dean of Peterborough, 
 
 », Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel, Bart., M.P., 
 
 M Ven. Archdeacon Dnvys, Peter bordugh, 
 
 n Miss Davya, PalHce, Peterborough, 
 
 M Rev. Dr. James, Peterborough, 
 
 28, Edward litton, Esq., M.C l^ublin, 
 
 26, Lewis J. Tonna, E^q., London, 
 
 David Ryan, Esq , Castlecoraer, 
 Lord Bishop of Peterborough, 
 Lieut. Col. T. Jones, Kilkenny, 
 Lieut Col. G.Browne, Police Commissioner, Dublin, 
 Jaiues Shepard, Esq., Sheephill, Wicklow. 
 
 FROM VERY KEV. DR. BUTLER, DEAN OP PETERBOROUGH. 
 
 .,-,., ^ , " 'fhe Deanery, Peterborough, April 21, 1845. 
 
 Sir,— I beg leave to return you my best thanks for the little packet,* 
 which I have this moment received by the post. I shall give my ear- 
 liest attention to its contents, in which I shall take much interest. The sub- 
 ject is, indeed, of great importance both to Church and State. 
 
 " 1 have the honor to be, 
 ,,. ^ „ " Sir, your obedient humble servant, 
 
 "John Ryan, Esq." « George Butler." 
 
 FROM REV. DOCTOR JAMES, PETERBOROUGH. 
 
 „-, „. , " Peterborough, April 21, 1845. 
 
 1 beg. Sir, to acknowledge the honour of your note and the accompanyini^ 
 papers* which reached me this morning. You will do me the favour to accept 
 nay best thanks and believe me to remain with sincere respect, 
 
 ** Your much obliged, 
 "John Ryan, Eeq." "John James." 
 
 FROM HON. AND REV. WILLIAM WINGFIELD, VICAR OF ABBEYLEIX. 
 
 ,,r^ o- r . . . "^' Ely Place, [Dublin] April 18, 1845. 
 
 L»ear 5>ir,— I acknowledge to have received your pamphlet during the 
 last week which you so kindly sent me. I trust your zeal for the Protestant 
 cause will he appreciated. Let all we do be in the name of Christ and with 
 a view to the Glory of God. I beg to y^ank you for your pamphlet, and to 
 remain, 
 
 " Dear Sir, yours truly, 
 " John Ryan, Esq." « w. Winofield/' 
 
 FROM W. B. FERRAND, ESQ. M.P. 
 
 ua- r^ , , , " Carlton Club, April 24, 1845. 
 
 « Sir,--I have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter to the Protestant! 
 of Ireland, and be pleased to accept my thanks for the same. 
 
 " I am yours faithfully, 
 John Ryan, Esq." ' ». w. B. Firrand." 
 
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 FROM SAMUEL A. SALT, ESQ., BARRISTER AT LAW, DUBLIN. 
 
 " Friday, [25 April, 1845.] 
 
 " My Dear Sir, — I feel extremely oblieed by your kind remembran^, and 
 thank you for the copy of your present Pamphlet, which is truly admirable. 
 
 ** Very sincerely yours, 
 " John Ryan, Esq." ** S. A. Daly." 
 
 TO EDWARD LITTON, ESQ., MASTER IN CHANCERY. 
 
 «• Dublin, 28th April, 1845. 
 
 •* Dear Sir,— I send you herewith the Warder of Saturday, in which you 
 will find a L-^tter of mine to the Protestants of Ireland. The matter has now 
 assumed somewhat of national importance. Humble an individual as I am, 
 I know that I have been pursued as a not altogether inefficient labourer for 
 the Protestant Conservative cause, and it is qnite obvious that Papists thmk 
 that if they could ruin or disgrace me they would thereby mflict much detri- 
 ment on the Protestant party. Whether the latter are doing their duty in the 
 matter, I leave you to determine. They should, at least, look to themselves. 
 
 " I remain. Dear Sir, yours faithfully, 
 
 "John Ryan." 
 
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 • Protestant Union, Second Edition, and Ribbonism in England. 
 
 TO MISS DAVYS, PALACE, PETERBOROUGH. 
 
 «« Dublin, 3rd May, 1845. 
 
 «« Madam,— Since I received your last note here, I deemed it my duty to ad- 
 dreas lo you three communications to correct some errors and inform you of 
 imijortant circumstances (though not in detail) in which yoi^ as well as myself, 
 are concerned. As you will perceive by the enclosed pamphlet (on * Protes- 
 tant Union.*) I an. compelled to publish a narrative of the persecution by the 
 Romish partv and their abettors. My vindication will probably require the 
 publication o'f our correspondence. Judging by the terms of your last note, 
 this will, I presume, be a matter of perfect indifference to you. I however 
 think it right, under tbe peculiar circumstances of the case, to convey this 
 information to you on the subject. 
 
 ** I have the honor to be, 
 
 ** Madam, your obedient humble servant, 
 
 « John Ryan." 
 
 t 
 
 This month, (May), I sent copies of the second edition of the 
 pamphlet on Protestant Union to the following persons : 
 
 Hon. G. Smythe, M.P., London, 
 Hon. J. Sutton, M.P., London, 
 Lord John Manners, M.P., London, 
 Rev. George Andouin, Eccles-street, 
 
 Dublin. . 
 
 Rev. Thos. Goff, Eccles-st. Dublin, 
 Sir Thos. Butler, Bart, Ballintemple, 
 
 Co. Carlow, > 
 
 James H. Eustace, Esq., Co. Carlow, 
 James Butler, Esq., do. 
 
 Rev. J. B. Johnston, Tullow, do. 
 Wm. Garrett, Esq., Jaieville, do. 
 Henry Peile, Esq , Fleet-st. Dublin, 
 A. B. Feltus, Esq., Holly brook, Co. 
 
 OrfIow 
 R. Clayton Browne, Esq., Browne's 
 
 Hill, do. 
 Rev: H. Scott, Baltinglass, 
 
 William Fitzmaurice, Esq., County 
 
 Carlow, 
 Henry Ryan, Esq., N. Georges street, 
 
 Dublip, 
 Sari of Winchelsea, London, 
 Lord Kenyon, do. 
 
 Sir Culling E. Smith, Bart., London, 
 Rev. R. J. M'Ghee, 8 Charlemont 
 
 street, Dublin, 
 Ven. Archdeacon Irwin, Sandford, 
 
 Dublin, 
 Robert Fleuiy, Esq., 6 Oatario Ter- 
 race, Dublin, 
 Secretary of Belfast Protestant Oper- 
 ative Association, 
 Secretary of Cork Protestant Oper- 
 ative Association. 
 
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 TO HIS ORACl THE OUKI OP WBILINOTOX. 
 
 " Dublin, 5th May, 1845. 
 
 »am!fhi^°wr?^"''^r^ ^''''^ ! »® ^°"°" ^ ^^'^^'•'J 'he second edition of a 
 pamphfet, written by me, on * Protestant Union.' 1 refer your grace to the 
 advertisement as regards Popish pnblic nuisance and persecution.^ I also be^ 
 
 Lttpffi ' ^p^"^?*'^^'*^^ cause, and the enmity they have occasioned. The 
 inatter vitally affects every Protestant in the United Kingdom. It disclose, 
 the true nature of Popery, and particularly demands attention when it sp^ 
 posed to encourage Po,^ry by the endowment of the College Cf Maynoo h*^ 
 
 Mnlr\^^ L^p**"" '"•""" '° your Grace the important consideration, whether 
 flowing Insh Protestants to me martyred for their loyalty be just and sound 
 
 t^e^Sowth'nf 'f '°,T«l"*;i'" the PKOT.STANT Altar and Throne Ind promote 
 the growth of loyalty in Great Britain and Ireland. 
 
 " I have the honor to be, ' 
 
 " My Lord Duke, your Grace's obedient 
 
 "humble servant, 
 
 "John Ryan." 
 
 TO major THORNTON, PORTOBELLO BARRACKS, DUBLIN. 
 
 ^ "Dublin, 7lh May, 1845. 
 
 Dear Sir,— I send to you herewith a copy of my Historv and Antinni 
 ties of the County of Carlow. At the same ?i,ne, alfow me t^o present vSa 
 tcTZh'"'/" • ''''^°"^' """^" "^y '"^^ °" ' ProtestanT Union ' I refe? 
 nJfJlc I "'"T'T""'." 'o«"'^* ^"P'"*'' P"'^''^ »"'«a"c« and persecution' 
 ItZ W r '°/?^^*'"^ a Statement which will further shew my services 
 
 ^tJZTXn ^T'r^''''^ T'"' *"d the enmity they have occasioned! 
 pS^^y. ^ ^""^'^ Protestant. Jt discloses the true nature of 
 
 " I remain, Dear Sir, yours truly, 
 
 "John Rtan." 
 
 TO RBV. J. p. GARRETT, CURATE OP KILIIOOD, CO. DOWN. 
 
 "Dublin, 26th Mav, 1845. 
 " Dear Sir.—AlIow me to present you a pamphlet, (2nd edition*), written 
 
 te %-^''*''-'*°' ^T"' ' '•^^^'' y°" to the advertisement as regards 
 Popish public nuisance and persecution. I also forward a Statement which 
 will further shew my services to the Protestant, Conservative cause, and the 
 enmity they have occasioned. The matter vitally affects every Protestant 
 I discloses the true nature of Popery. As a relative, 1 have more than or: 
 dinaiy pleasure in sending you the enclosed. It has afforded me much era- 
 tification to see your name sometimes in the public journals as an effic^nt 
 supporter of the Protestant cause. • « aa euicient 
 
 " 1 remain, Dear Sir, yours faithfully, 
 
 " John Ktan." 
 
 PROM W, R. FiTZMAURICE, e'sQ., J.P. 
 
 " Everton, Carlow, May 12, 1845. 
 1 Dear Sir,— I have only this moment returned from the south of Ireland 
 U?ed!"nram! ^°"'' ""'' "^^ '" enclosures, for which 1 am mbch ob- 
 
 "Dear Sir, yours very truly, . 
 -JohnRyan.'- "William R. pitemauwck." 
 
 PROM MAJOR THORNTON. 
 
 "Portobello Barracks, 12th May, 184.5. 
 
 tierS^S/r'^Jtir*' ^ acknowledge the receipt of your History and Antiqui- 
 ties of the County Carlow in lieu of my number sent to Lord Beresford, as luo 
 
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 ihe accompanying pamphlet and statement alluded to, which are extremely in- 
 teresting, for which accept my best thanks, and 
 
 *' Believe me, dear sir, yours truly, 
 " John Ryan, Esq." ' William H. Thornton." 
 
 FROM SIR CULLING E&RDLY SMITH, BART. 
 
 " Central Anti-Maynooth Committee, 
 " Crown and Anchor Tavern, Strand, London, 
 
 " Mav 14, 1845. 
 " Dear Sir — I do not know if I have thanked you for your pamphlet, if not, 
 allow me now to do so. 
 
 ** Believe me, your faithful servant, 
 "John Ryan, Esq." "C. Eardly Smith.** 
 
 FROM COLONEL BRUEN, M. P. FOR CO. CARLOW. 
 
 '* Oak Park, 15th May, 1845. 
 ** Colonel Bruen begs to thank Mr. Ryan for the pamphlet he has been so 
 obliging as to send. 
 • *• John Ryan, Esq." 
 
 FROM REV. J. p. GARRETT, KILMOOD, CO. DOWN. 
 
 « Kilmood Vicarage, Killinchy, May 27, [1845] 
 *' My Dear Sir — I hasten to thank you most sincerely for your kindness in 
 forwarding me your two pamphlets, which 1 hope to read carefully and value. 
 I join you from my very soul in devotion to the Protestant cause, and though 
 now depressed and though we may have to suffer, ypt we know it is the cause of 
 truth, of civil and religious liberty, and the cause of God, and must ultimately 
 prevail. The Protestantism now abroad is a spurious thing and deserves chas- 
 tisement, but, thank God, the true spirit of our martyred forefathers yet lives 
 in some, and, with Heaven'a blessing, ^e will fight the battles of the L(»rd. 
 The Lord can save by few as well as by many ; let us not be faint-hearted, let 
 us be people of prayer and strong in faith, let us witness for Christ against in- 
 fidelity and Popery whether in Church or State, and leaving the result to God, 
 let us be faithful, if need be unto death, and then we shall enter that rest which 
 reraaineth for the people of God, where the wicked shall cease from troubling 
 us and where the weary shall find rest. 
 
 " May the Lord prosper all your efforts for his glory and Christian regards. 
 " Believe me, always, yours very faithfully, 
 
 " J. P. Garrett." 
 
 «« P. S. — Could you tell me, if your History of Carlow is out of print, and if 
 not, what could a' copy be got for ? I cannot go up to the Maynooth Grant 
 Meeting. Will you kindly place my name to the petition to the Lords ? We 
 have sent petitions to both houses from this parish. 
 
 " John Ryan, Esq.'* 
 
 FROM REV. H. SCOTT. 
 
 « Baltinglass, May 27, 1845. 
 
 " Mr. Scott's compliments to Mr. Ryan, and begs leave to acknowledge the 
 receipt of his pamphlet for which he feels much obliged. Mr. S. has to confess 
 dereliction in not having acknowledged Mr. R.'s kindness before. 
 
 "John Ryan, Esq." 
 
 FROM THE REV. J. B. JOHNSTON, TCLLOW, COUNTT CARLOW. 
 
 « The Rectory, TuUow, May 28, 1845. 
 " Dear Sir, — I have to apologise for not having before this acknowledged the 
 receipt of your letter and pamphlets, for which 1 now return you my thanks. 
 The fact is, T was absent from home when they ceme, and since I returned last 
 
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 wMk I hare been so much occupied with particvlar business that I have been 
 under the tecessily of postponing several matters to which I wished to attend. 
 
 As to umon among Protestants, there is none. As to the Union between 
 th,s country and England, 1 think there will soon be none. I do not see what" 
 
 L^nTthJfT /"^' '"n k"''''?, di^'■^'Pli""• ^s to our Protestant establishments 
 soon the last stone w,ll be pulled down, and no wonder, when nations, familie^ 
 and individuals do not value their p.ivileges. He who gave will soon take 
 awaj. 1 here must be a closer union between the people and God, before there 
 will be any union except for evil, among themselves. Again thanking tou 
 for your kind aitention, ° ' 
 
 "I am, dear sir, yours faithfully, 
 John Ryan, Esq." - j. BeKeskord Johnston." 
 
 FROM ROBERT C. BROWNE, ESQ., COUNTY CARLOW. 
 
 unjr n^ . T, " Browne's Hill, 27th Mav. 
 
 Mr. Clayton Browne received Mr. Ryan's two pamphlets by post, for which 
 he returns him many thanks. j !/"«»», lur « mtn 
 
 **John Ryan, Esq." 
 
 FROM SIR R. U. INGLIS, BART., M P. 
 
 «Q,v Tu . , , , *' Melton Bryan, 27lh May, 1845. 
 
 bir-T have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 5th April and 
 of your 1 amphlet uhich accompanied it j and to request vou to accept mv ac 
 knuwledgments, together with my sincere apology for my long delay in making 
 
 u 
 
 John Ryan, Esq." 
 
 ** I have the honour to be, 
 
 " Sir, your most obedient humble servant, 
 "Robert H. Inglis." 
 
 FROM MRS. GARRETT, JANEVILLE, COUNTY CARLOW. 
 
 unit n> .. ,. "Janeville, May 27th. 
 
 Mrs. Garrett s compliments to Mi^Ryan, and begs to inform him that in 
 Mr Garrett s absence from home, she opened his letter. Mr. Ryan's former 
 note and pamphlets Mrs. G. forwarded to Mr. Garrett to the County Down. On 
 his return home, Mrs G. feels assured he will lose no time in writing to thank 
 Mr. Ryan for his attention. Mrs. Garrett regrets Mr. Ryan's letters should have 
 remained so long unnoticed. 
 
 '• John Ryan, Esq." 
 
 TO REV. J. p. GARRETT, KILMOOD, COUNTY DOWN. 
 
 «. r» c- T r. , ,. , " Dublin, 29th May, J845. 
 
 Dear Sir-T had the pleasure of receiving your letter mentioning receipt of 
 my pamphlets and your concurrence of opinion and feeling on the Protestant 
 cause. 1 he limes certainly require much self sacrifice, but we have under any 
 circumstances the reward of conscience. You must have learned that I have 
 met much persecution. I am printing an account of it, which I think will be 
 benehcial to the cause of truth. 
 
 •• Believe me, dear sir, yours faithfully, 
 
 *'.JoHN Ryan." 
 
 Having introduced letters from every class of the Protestant, Con- 
 servative party, expressing thanks and approbation of my publication 
 entitled Protestant Union- A Letter to the Protestants of Ireland, 
 It IS now my duty to subjoin the testimonials of the Editors of the 
 Jotiniais of the same party. The following are the opinions of the 
 organs of Protestant sentiiDent; they represent every quarter of the 
 country :— "^ * 
 
 " Mr. Ryan is well known in Irith circle* as the clever and well-informed au- 
 
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 thor of several works on the religio-political state of Ireland. The present' 
 brochure may be considered a continuation of the series with which he bat 
 already favoured the public. His chief object is the confederation of Protestant 
 strength against the assaults of open foes and the undermining agency of pre- 
 tended friends." — Londondcrnj Standard^ August 14, 1844. 
 
 *♦ Some time ago, we gave a favourable notice of this able pamphlet. The 
 appearance of a second edition renders it necessary that we should again bring 
 it prominently before the thoughtful attention of the Protestants of Ulster. 
 Mr. Ryan is, in addition to his sound political judgiaty^t, a litt^rary writer of 
 the first standing. His expose of the intriguing spirit^Bfeomanism in Ireland 
 is admirable." — Belfast Protestant Journal^ April 5, 1845. 
 
 *' We look upon the present production of Mr. Ryan — Protestant Union — as 
 a very se>isonable call to the Protestants of Ireland at the present critical period, 
 and as truly valuable in placing before them their duties. On this important 
 subject, the wrjier has given much sound information ; and his usefulness to 
 the Conservative cause in this respect, is but the continiiaiion of those laDours 
 of loyally, and attachment to the Throne of Kngland, which have characterised 
 the several other able and useful political works that have appeared from his 
 pen during a series of years. We, therefore, strongly recommend its perusal 
 to the Protestants of Ireland." — Enniskilten Chronicle, May 8, 1845. 
 
 " This gentleman, in a letter to the Protestants of Ireland, recommending 
 their union, shows us a little of the manoeuvres of Popery, her desire for su- 
 premacy, her unabated opposition to Protestantism. We recommend our friend* 
 who would see the subject treated at length to possess the pamphlet." — Armagh 
 Guardian, April 15, 1845. 
 
 "This is an able and vigorously written pamphlet on the urgent necessity 
 there is at the present time for union among Protestants, in order that they may 
 effectually defeat the hostile intentions of their opponents. We perceive by the 
 brochure and an accompanying statement, that Mr. Ryan has been subjected to 
 much persecution and annoyance for his successful advocacy of the Conservative 
 cause. This persecution and annoyance should induce the party whose interests 
 he has upheld to rally round and defend «nd support him." — Mayo Constitution, . 
 April 22, 1845. 
 
 "To Mr. Ryan we have frequently had occasion to tender the humble yet 
 warm tribute of our approval for his unwearying, firm, and ever consistent ad- 
 vocacy of constitutional principles in Church and Slate; and in thanking him 
 for the favour of the pamphlet headed as above, we have to reiterate our pre- 
 %'iously recorded opinion, that to him the Conservatives of Ireland are indebted 
 in an immeasurable degree, for placing before them in so prominent a manner, 
 the duties they owe to themselves and to one another, as individuals and mem- 
 bers of the community. The object of malevolent calumny and of untiring 
 persecution, Mr. Ryan — still undaunted, undismayed by threats, and unmoved 
 by misrepresentations— stands as a faithful watchman ; and, while exposing the 
 machinations of their enemies and of the enemies of their creed, proclaims 
 aloud to the Protestants of Ireland that — united they are powerful, that dis- 
 united they are weak. For such an object — to show them their real position, to 
 impress on all classes of his co-religionists the necessity of union, and to point 
 out in what manner that union can be best and most permanently effected — has 
 this brochure been written. We strenuously recommend it to the serious atten- 
 tion of our readers at the present period, and from our hearts wish the writer 
 God speed." — Water/orU Mad, December 25, 1844. 
 
 *• This is a most important and well-timed pamphlet, by an author of much 
 celebrity as a sound and constitutional advocate of Conservatism. Mr. Ryan 
 has in this letter pointed out clearly to his fellow Protestants the position in 
 which they at present stand, and the line of conduct which it behoves them to 
 adopt at a crisis so momentous. His great doctrine is union amongst Protes - 
 tants of all classes and denominations, the importance of which he inculcates 
 with such force and clearness as leaves us without any hesitation in strongly 
 and earnestly rciommending the perusal of this pamphlet to our Conservative 
 brethren, as an able exposition of the perils of the times, and a warning veic9 
 
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 rawd in an hour of need for the defence of the Protestant Conservative cauae, 
 the Altar and the Throne."— Kilkenny Moderator^ December 18, 1844. 
 
 Of this pamphlet, it ia quite enough to say, that it is written in that powerful 
 style 80 peculiar to its author. It displays considerable research, and is well 
 emulated to make an impression on the reader."— Leinster Express, April 13, 
 
 "This seems to us a very timely publication. Every thing in fact corresponds 
 to give It effect. A word in season is assuredly worth a volume at any other 
 period. The union of J|e revolutionary party is complete. If we cannot copy 
 Jrom thera in any othe^spect, let us imitate them in this. The writer, already 
 Jfnown to the kingdom in several publications, in which he has evinced great 
 ability and research, seems in the present instance to sustain his well-earned 
 reputation. He speaks with authority, for he does not merely allude to past 
 history and the occurrences of the day, but gives the result of his own personal 
 experience. Every loyal subject is indebted to the author for undisguisedly 
 avowing his hostility to those savages who expect to accomplish their diabolical 
 purposes by the most hellish me&us. "—irex/ord Comervative, December 14th. 
 lo44. 
 
 " This is a well-wrilten pamphlet from the pen of the author of the History 
 and Antiquities of the County Carlow. It exhibits the necessity of Protestant 
 union, and exposes the machinations of those who are sapping the foundations 
 ot the Altar and the Throne, and will be read with iuterest at the present 
 crisis. —Carlow Sentinel, April J 2, 184o. * 
 
 Abundant testimonials having been furnished from members of the 
 Protestant, Conservative party, touching the intellectual and moral 
 character of the author, it wifl be satisfactory to prove that even poli- 
 ^cal opponents have favourably estimated the writer ol these pages. 
 ThQ Weekly Freemans Journal, (Dublin, Mav 20, 1843), in re- 
 viewnig, ai length, my Address to the People of L eland on the Re- 
 peal oj the Union, has as follows : -" This address is the production 
 ot a gentleman who, by his own acknowledgment, was an Orange- 
 man from the year 1831 to 1836; whose family has been Protestant 
 lor several generations, and whose History of Carlow proves that be 
 would make no compromise with Rome." Again : — " There are many 
 deep thinking religious Protestants in this country— a class to which 
 the writer of the address evidently belongs— who will be much oper- 
 ated upon by such arguments as these. ' They will no longer think 
 they assist Protestantism while they ruin Ireland. But when we find 
 Protestants of hiifh Conservative Principles — of Orange-Tory po- 
 titles — opposed to Catholicity as strongly as opposition can be ma- 
 nilested— write thus upon the condition of their country, we cannot 
 but feel that a hightT destiny awaits her." As already mentioned, 1 ex- 
 pressed my oj)posiii()n to Repeal of the Union, but stated the reli- 
 gious, moral and material evils of the country, and recommended 
 measures of improvement. This was the substance of the pamphlet, 
 m reviewing which the Fr^maw'5 J oimial {the })riesis organ) gives 
 such favourable evidence as to my position, and moral, religious and 
 intellectual character. The writer in the Freemans Journal was evi- 
 dently well acquainted with my previous works. 
 
 * The pamphlet on « Protestant Union," with my name, as on the title-page. 
 Has been advertised in the Dublin Evening Mail, the Dublin General Advertiser 
 and very often in the Dublin Warder and Dublin Saunders's News Letter. N» 
 reader of newspapers in Dublin can be ignorant of the work and ito author. 
 
 The Other leading organ of the O'Connell party, the Nation, when 
 reviewing the pamphlet, (Dublin, May 27, 1843), bears testimony 
 to similar effect. " Its author," says the Nation, " is a High 
 Church Protestant gentleman — one who has formerly been an ultra- 
 Orangeman, but who is nevertheless an educated and patriotic Irish- 
 man." Again :— " Mr. Ryan is not by any means a Repealer, but 
 is a thoroughly clear-headed and honest man." The Nation devotes 
 a column and a half to the subject. I can assure the Nation and all 
 concerned, that I remain to this day a " High Church Protestant," 
 and " not by any means a Repealer." Such I shall remain, and, I 
 trust, continue to possess the other valuable qualities mentioned by 
 the Nation. 
 
 It thus appears that the favourable testimony of Protestant Conser- 
 vatives is actually seconded, as to moral and mental character, by 
 the organs of the Romish party. Assuredly, this fact places the latter 
 and their evil abettors in a very awkward predicament. For, if the 
 author of the present work is so respectable, what palliation can be 
 produced for the infamous persecution to which he has been so long 
 subjected ? It is quite obvious, that the abusive language of the 
 hired strall ruffians and the rest of the gang of paid libertines is no- 
 thing better than flagrant defamation. In fact, these Romish " pur- 
 suers" have frequently staled, that they are ruined by my influence 
 and character, and that they want to destroy both one and the other. 
 For this purpose, the incessant endeavours to entrap me into wick- 
 edness and the brutal vituperation, as already mentioned. But what 
 insanity ! Do the Romish priests and their deluded followers seriously 
 imagine, that they can reap any solid or permanent benefit from such 
 diabolical profligacy ? 
 
 Connected with notices of me by the Romish party, I have another 
 fact to state. As already mentioned, I forwarded my pamphlet on 
 Repeal of the Union to several Romanists, thinking that good might 
 arise from their being acquainted with the passages it contains against 
 the Ribbon confederacy and the pernicious ferment maintained by sys- 
 tematic agitation. Among the rest, I sent the pamphlet to the Rev. 
 John Gahan, Romish parish priest of Rathvilly, County Cariow, the 
 parish in which I was born and with which 1 am still connected. 
 The pamphlet was accompanied by the following note : — 
 
 « Barnhill, Hacketstown, (Co. Carlow), T7th May, 1843. 
 ** Sir, —Allow me to present you a pamphlet which I have just published on 
 the Repeal of the Union, &c. Individuals in your position must feel inter- 
 ested in any matter relating to the public concerns of the Irish people 
 generally. It is chiefly on this acount I forward the publication. 
 " I am, Sir, your obedient humble servant, 
 « Rev. John Gahan."j " John Ryan.** 
 
 I immediately received the following communication from the Rev. 
 J. Gahan : — 
 
 « Rathvilly, Baltinglass, 17th May, 1843. 
 
 « Dear Sir, — I am this moment favoured with a copy of your ' Address to the 
 people of Ireland on the Repeal of the Union.' Your reputation as an author. 
 
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 and the high estimation in which this your last publication is held i„ nr...„. 
 the nece.s,ty of my reading it before hu.nblv re^uestt'g J "u to aoceuJ ^71?^ 
 «": '^Zt^"' '"'"'''' "'"'"-''' " f"™"'- -■'-">•- kfndlyprereS mJwUh 
 
 « T v" ^« "' ^f.'*'' ^'''' y**"*" ''^*''>' ^^^'i^'^^^ and bumble servant 
 
 "John Ryan, £sq., Barnhill, Hacketstown." "John Gahan." 
 
 I have since forwarded the following to Mr. Gahan :— 
 „«. r^. . "Dublin, 16th Sept. 1844. 
 
 " 1 am, Sir, your obedient servant, * 
 
 rj,,. , "John Ryan." 
 
 sarv hv T' ir f '•'' ^^''"^^ "mentioned, which was rendered neces- 
 sary hy the wi llul misstatement that I had become a Repealer althouA 
 J had expressly written to the direct contrary in th™,', e^^ 
 have endeavoured to an.end the real evils and improvftZ i neral 
 condition 01 the country, but have ever been finnly opposed to Re 
 
 Romish, Repeal journals. I am glad, however, that ny^a sinLle 
 individua beheved the gross fabrication. I have n 1 ltha eS 
 avow publicly my political sentiments, and if I ever were a Repealer 
 both Inend and foe would soon be informed of it in the pi JZst and 
 most explicit terms. At all events, let us have no dishone n isre 
 presentation. There have been otber consistent Prote urConsX 
 ives misrepresented on the same subject; misrepresented too bv 
 those who have been really reprehensible th^mselve^ in polit'ical ion^ 
 cerns, misrepresented by those who could not pretenS to a tUhe of 
 the honesty of the persons whom they have assailed. 
 
 Be/ore I conclude the present volimie, there are matters of much 
 public importance to which I must advert. I allude He LS 
 principles, severally of the Protestants and Romanists ofSnd 
 and the policy of the British government in reference to them It 
 has been a constant practice of Romanists and their spurbus Pn,tP. 
 tant abettors to caluumiate the Protestant party by attrTbrn Anthem 
 FiiH^iples and ,)ractices against which they have ier pro tesifd Th^ 
 Orange Society, has beeri, since its first ibrm a tion, Squally at 
 sailed by the lies and misrepresentations of its enemas On thU 
 
 fatld^' • ^' t' r"^" 1^'-^" '' ^^^ ^^^^"-"^ calumi^s :^klly circ^^^^^ 
 lated, IS to be found in the book of " Laws and Ordinance "o the 
 
 sta ed, {^paffe 6) - This Institution is formed by persons desiring 
 ^the utmost of their power, to support and defend\ffi esty KW 
 Wilham the fourth, the Protestant religion, the laws of tSni/ 
 the succession to the throne in his Majesty's illustrious hlse bS 
 Protestants, as well as for the defence of^heir own persorandn^^^^^ 
 party, and the maintenance of the public peace; X^ hese C: 
 poses the members hold themselves Obliged, when called upon to b^ 
 at al t,^es ready to assist the civil and military powers fn the jus! 
 and lawful discharge of their duty. They associate also n hc^^^ioi o 
 
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 King William III., Prince of Orange, whose name they will perpe- 
 tually bear, as supporters of his glorious memory, and the true reli- 
 gion by law established in this United Kingdom. This is exclusi- 
 vely a Protestant Association, yet, detesting an intolerant spirit, it 
 admits no members into its brotherhood who are not well known to be 
 incapable of persecution, injuring or upbraiding any one on account 
 of his religious opinions. Its principle is, to aid and assist loyal sub- 
 jects of every religious persuasion, by protecting them from violence 
 and oppression." 
 
 To prove that these principles have been always those of the Orange 
 Society, it is only necessary to adduce the following document issued 
 by the Orangemen of Dublin in the year I79W : — 
 
 TO THE LOYAL SUBJECTS OF IRELAND. 
 
 "From the various attempts that have been made to poison the public mind, 
 and slander those who have had the spirit to adhere to their King and Constitu- 
 tion, and to maintain the laws : 
 
 " We, the Protestants of Dublin, assuming the name of Orangemen, feel 
 ourselves called upon, not to vindicate our principles, for we know that our 
 honour and loyalty bid defiance to the shafts of malevolence and di&affection, 
 but openly to avow those principles, and to declare to the world the objects of 
 our institution. 
 
 *' We have long observed with indignation, the efforts that have been made 
 to foment rebellion in this kingdom by the seditious, who have formed them- 
 selves into societies, under the specious name of United Irishmen, 
 
 " We have seen with pain, the lower orders of our fellow subjects, forced or 
 seduced from their allegiance, by the threats and machinations of traitors. 
 
 '* And we have viewed with horror, the successful exertions of miscreants, to 
 encourage a foreign enemy to invade this happy land, in hopes of rising into 
 consequence on the downfall of their country. 
 
 " We, therefore, (bought it high time to rally round the Constitution, and 
 there pledge ourselves to each other, to maintain the laws, and support our 
 good King against all his enemies, whether rebels to their God or their country ; 
 and, by so doing, show to the world, that there is a body of men in the island 
 who are ready, in the hour of danger, to stand forward in defence of that grand 
 palladium of our liberties, the Constitution of Great Britain and Ireland, ob- 
 tained and established by the courage and loyalty of our ancestors under the 
 great King William. 
 
 " Fellow subjects, we are accused with being an institution founded on prin- 
 ciples too shocking to repeat, and bound together by oaths, at which human 
 nature would shudder ; but we caution you not to be led away by such malevo- 
 lent falsehoods; for we solemnl)' assure you, in the presence of the Almighty 
 God, that the idea of injuring any one, on account of his religious opinion, 
 never entered into our hearts ; we regard every loyal sibject as our friend, be 
 his religion what it may. We have no enmity but to the enemies of our country. 
 
 *' We further declare, that we are ready at all times to submit ourselves to 
 the orders of those in authority under his Majesty, and that we will cheerfully 
 undertake any duty which they shall think proper to point out for us, in case 
 either a foreign enemy shall dare to invade our coasts, or that a domestic force 
 shall presume to raise the standard of rebellion in the land. To these princi- 
 ples we are pledged, and in support of them we are ready to shed the last drop 
 of our blood. 
 
 Thomas Verner, 
 
 Edward Ball, 
 
 John Claudius Beresford, 
 
 William .Tames, 
 
 Isaac De Joncocrt,'** 
 
 * " Annals and Defence of the Loyal Orange Institution of Ireland. By 
 
t ::^^; '■- ! 
 
 242 
 
 I would now ask the Romanists and their Liberal Protestant abet- 
 tors, is there anything of a tyrannical, intolerant, or persecuting cha- 
 racter in the constitution of th© Orange Society ? " Bloody Orange- 
 man," has been a frequent term of brutal abuse applied to the writer 
 and to every other consistent Protestant; with what justice is now 
 apparent. The evident fact is, that the Protestant Orange Society was 
 established to oppose the tyranny, intolerance and persecution of 
 the Church of Rome and its Popish faction. Let the impartial rea- 
 der recur to the oath and obligation of the Popish Ribbon confede- 
 racy, (p. 4), let him peruse that oath of extermination, and then 
 say to which party the term bloodj; properly applies. And yet, with 
 that flagrant impolicy of late years so observable, the legal and 
 peaceable Orange Society and its loyal Protestant members have been 
 discountenanced, collectively and individually, by high public func- 
 tionaries, in every part of the Queen's domiuions ; while the intole- 
 rant, seditious and disaffected are the unworthy recipients of govern- 
 ment favour ! Nor is sufficient exertion made to eradicate the secret 
 Papist leagues, really of a bloody description, which daily menace 
 the destruction of the well disposed population ol the country. All this 
 unsound system, is unquestionably, tantamount to punishing the good 
 and rewarding the evil; it is holding forth a premium to wickedness. 
 It is, in short, a direct infringement of the commands of Holy 
 Writ, a flagitious mode of procedure only fit for pandemonium. 
 
 There is, indeed, good reason to apprehend that the chief of pan- 
 demonium and his immediate instruments are seriously and most per- 
 niciously effecting much of the religious, social and political proceed- 
 ings of the day. To use the words of Milton, their part seems to be : 
 
 To work in close design, by fraud or guile, 
 
 What force effected not. 
 
 Paradise Lost. 
 There certainly seems an occult, wicked influence at work in these 
 kingdoms, which by means of Romish unscrupulousuess and the folly 
 and (aithlessness of Protestants is effecting excessive detriment to the 
 cause of Protestantism, good morals and good order in every quarter 
 of the United Kingdom. The general impression on the mind of 
 every man of ordinary information and discernment would point to 
 those well-known, wily intriguers, the Society of Jesuits, as the prime 
 movers of the present crusade against the Protestant interest.* Al- 
 though this baneful, grasping Society (just denounced and subverted 
 by the Romish French and Swiss authorities), is prohibited by the 
 Romish Act of 1829 from settling in the United Kingdom, the law 
 is defied and the enactment permitted to remain a dead letter on the 
 statute-book. The lax morality, too, of the Jesuits has been frequently 
 
 Ogle R. Gowan, Esq." p. 69. Dublin: Archer. 1825. Mr. De Joncourl was 
 a connection of the author, his sister being married to my Uncle, Mr. Thomas 
 Shepard. Mr. De Joncourt was a Captain of yeomanry in Dublin, in the year 
 1798, as well as a leader of the Orange Society. My lather was a raembtr of 
 that society in Tullow, Co. Carlow, in 1798, and also, with my uncles, mem- 
 bers of the Tullow yeomanry caNalry, commanded by Captain Edward Eustace. 
 ♦ I have heard it so stated by the Romanists themselves. 
 
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 exposed. On this subject, the Provincial Letters of Blaise Pascal 
 are known to every one conversant with French literature. Pascal, a 
 Romanist, proves that a society which permits the commission of 
 every crime forbidden by God and man must necessarily be opponents 
 of both religion and morality. The Jesuits were banished from Ve- 
 nice in 1606; from Bohemia, in 1618; from Naples, in 1622; from 
 the Low Countries, in the same year; from India, in 1623; from 
 Portugal, in 1752. In 1764, the King of France expelled them 
 from that Romish country, " as an irreligious and merely political 
 society." In 1767, they were banished from Spain, Naples and 
 Parma ; and in 1773, suppressed by the Pope of Rome. Pope Gan- 
 ganelli, in the decree suppressing them, designates the Jesuits as a 
 society cherishing an insatiable avidity of temporal possessions, en- 
 gaged in worldly matters and those relating to political affairs, 
 propounding tenets of a scandalous nature and obviously contrary to 
 good morals. In the face of these statements, the Pope restored this 
 baneful society in the year 1814. The Jesuits have since acquired 
 great power on the Continent. The late Emperor of Austria be- 
 queathed them £40,000, and the appointment to all ecclesiastical 
 offices virtually rests with the society. Let us take care lest the in- 
 fluence thus acquired may not affect the well-being of Protestant states 
 in general and our own country in particular.* Romish as well as 
 Protestant authorities have exposed the intriguing, ambitious, and 
 rapacious spirit and practices of the Jesuits, chiefly exercised in the 
 acquisition of influence over men possessing political power, and, 
 therefore, it is imperatively necessary to warn every lover of Protes- 
 tantism and genuine civil and religious liberty of the machinations 
 which are undoubtedly in operation. The harbouring such a society 
 amongst us in another instance (and thoir name is legion) of partiality 
 towards the Romish party to the detriment of the Protestants; a 
 system which proves beyond doubt that there is a screw loose some- 
 where among our nominal Protestant and Conservative functionaries. 
 In fact, we undeniably behold a direct betrayal of the Protestant 
 cause and Constitution, and that not at the hands of Papists, from 
 whom it might be expected, or modern Whig- Liberals, but of specially 
 appoijited champions and defenders of the righteous cause of Protes- 
 tantism. It is all very well for Sir Robert Peel, Sir James Graham, 
 Mr. Goulbum, and Co. to state plausibly and oracularly their opinion, 
 that their antithesis Maynooth college and Liberal colleges, their 
 Popery and latitudinarianism, their cherished superstition, on the left 
 hand, and their abnegation of all religion, on the right, are very ex- 
 cellent policy and must be productive of indescribable advantage. 
 We deny it altogether. We prove the unsoundness ol their opinion ; 
 and further we deny that tket/ have any right to originate such mea- 
 
 ♦ We may note en passant^ that a daughter of the Earl of Jersey, Master of 
 the Horse, is married to Prince Esterhazy, an Austrian Romish nobleman, and 
 a daughter of Sir Robert Peel is the wife of Lord Yilliere, eldest son oi the 
 Earl of Jersey. 
 
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 244 
 
 saves, such attack on the Reformation, such abrogation of the Revo- 
 lution of 1688, in palpable opposition to the steady. Conservative, 
 Protestant principles upon which they weie elevated u> oflSce, They 
 are not entitled to do it. If they disagree on a matter of national 
 importance with the duly ascertained opinions and desires of their 
 party m parliament and in the country, they are bound in probity to 
 resign ; for if any other rule were admitted, there never yet were mi- 
 nisters, if sufficiently desperate, who might not carry measures at 
 direct variance with the cherished principles of their followers. A 
 measure carried by the aid of political opponents is, and necessarily must 
 be, contrary to the desires and predilections of any given party. Such 
 course on the part of a Conservative Minister exhibits the most marked 
 contempt for the general feelings and opinions of Conservatives. Be- 
 sides, no British Minister can pretend to infallibility, or salely assume 
 the e^o et Rex meus style. Courses of this kind might pass on the 
 part of some Eastern Sultan, some despotic autocrat, or the Pope of 
 Rome; but, most assuredly, such overbearing, bashaw practice is 
 wholly unwarrantable in any free country. It is repugnant to the dic- 
 tates of justice as between individuals, and to the spirit of represen- 
 tative legislation. Sir Robert Peel must be well aware of this fact. 
 To illustrate the matter. Suppose a city besieged, and that the in- 
 habitants appointed some of the ablest citizens to defend the place 
 against the enemy, what would they and the world think if the leaders 
 so appointed surrendered the city contrary to the wishes and against 
 the interests of the inhabitants ? It would be a very poor consolation 
 to them to be told, that their leaders believed it very good policy ; 
 particularly if they had practical experience to the very reverse. It 
 would, assuredly, require more than ordinary dexterity, sophistry and 
 plausibility to persuade the betrayed citizens, that the loss of their 
 valuable possessions, the loss of their safe position, wai for their be- 
 nefit. It would not be at all surprising if, in reply to such logic, they 
 incontiuently hanged their chosen leaders as wiKul and corrupt traitors. 
 In short, appointed leaders of a party cannot, with honour, avail 
 themselves of deputed power to carry measures of weight and na- 
 tional importance in the teeth of their constituents. Than this, Euclid 
 has no axiom clearer. Constituents may be thus deceived once, but if 
 they suffer a repetition of such treatment, they have themselves to 
 blame, very mainly, for the detriment inflicted. The plain declara- 
 tion of such sentiments as these, in firm but temperate language, 
 has been much required within the walls of parliament. That^it 
 would prove salutary, there can be no doubt. Protestant Conservatives 
 are indebted to two or three gentlemen for their occasional services in 
 this respect. As regards Sir Robert Peel, it would seem that since 
 his accession to office (30th August, 1841), he has been daily losing 
 the confidence of Protestant Conservatives. He probably perceives 
 that such is the fact, and desires by his recent measures, of a Whig 
 and Romish character, to compensate himself with them for loss of 
 esteem and favour among the party who elevated him to his present 
 commanding position. Expediency has been his rule; a rule which 
 
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 ever since Caiaphas uttered the iniquitous counsel, that '*it was 
 EXPEDIENT that one man should die," has led to the most destructive 
 deviations from right principle. It is probable, that such tergiversation 
 would not have been exhibited were it not for the lax political mo- 
 rality for some time prevalent. Instead of valuing men lor the virtues 
 of the heart, the qualities of the head have exclusive homage. In- 
 stead of cultivating and encouraging the sterling virtues of constancy, 
 fidelity, sincerity, justice and gratitude, mental abilities have been 
 solely the object of laudation. As is justly remarked by La Bruyere : — 
 ** Les hommes comptent presque pour rien toutes les vertus du coeur, 
 €t idolatrent les talents du corps et de I'esprit. This is a destructive 
 evil. Well would it be, if the public would " reform it altogether." 
 Of course, mental attributes command esteem, but to overlook moral 
 qualities in public men must ever lead to lamentable results. 
 
 These observations are not irrelevant, just now, from a Protestant 
 Conservative ; especially from one of the " Orange vagabonds" who 
 were instrumentaL in no small degree, in raising a man from among 
 the middle classerlo the high station of Premier of the administration 
 of Great Britain and Ireland. It will be recollected, that Sir Robert 
 Peel, in a speech in the House of Commons, alluding to the exhibit^ 
 tion of an Orange handkerchief in the Dublin Theatre, thought fit to 
 observe : — " Some vagabond fellow had taken upon himself to display 
 an Orange flag above the head of the Lord Lieutenant."* This un- 
 becoming language has been often exultingly quoUd by the disaflfected 
 Romanists. I have, for my part, never approved of unnecessary 
 irritation, I have never sanctioned violence, nor have I thought the 
 exhibition of the Orange handkerchief over the head of his Excellency 
 discreet ; but I am sure every man of decency will think, that, con- 
 sidering the occasion, the speaker and the audience, the comment and 
 insulting epithet were much more reprehensible. It is, however, quite 
 of a piece with the course of Sir Robert Peel since 1829. He re- 
 serves all his bitterness for the party whom he betrayed. There was 
 a time when Sir R. Peel encouraged the Orange Society. W^ find 
 the following words in a speech of his in the House of Commons, 
 July 15, 1814: — " I believe the individuals, who compose the Orange 
 Society are, generally speaking, as brave, as high-spirited, and as 
 loyal a class of men, as any in his Majesty's dominions. They may 
 be safely depended upon in any hour of emergency for the defence of 
 their country, from the danger of external attack, or internal disorder;" 
 with much more to the same effect. I should be very glad to learn of 
 what crime the Irish Protestants have been since convicted, to warrant 
 the insulting language, the injurious legislation, the neglect and dis- 
 couragement so studiously practised by the present Premier ? He 
 may depend upon it, that it was not by such succumbing to Popish 
 enemies and contemptuous discouragement of Protestant friends, that 
 
 * Earl of Haddington. Mr. J- 
 
 • B was, I have been told^, 
 
 t was in Londoa at the time. Sir 
 
 the person alluded to by (Sir Robert Peel. 
 Robert Peel published his speech in the shape of a pamphlet. London : Mur- 
 ray, Albemarle street, 1840. 
 
246 
 
 247 
 
 the House of Hanover ascended the throne of Great Britain and Ire- 
 land ; nor will it be by such weak, unsound policy that that House 
 will be tbere maintained. 
 
 And yet, notwithstanding this incontrovertible fact, despite the peti- 
 tions and remonstrances of 1,200,000 Protestants, who unquestionably 
 represent the constituencies of the United Kingdom, we behold the 
 sworn advisers of a Protestant Monarch, not merely granting large 
 sums of the public money for the suppoit and encouragement of a 
 pernicious, antagonists ystem, but actually, as far as in them lies, 
 ensuring it perpeluitj^ 1 allude to the recent endowment of the 
 Popish College of Maynooth. For my part, 1 really cannot discover 
 by what mental process out ProtestanlPYenuer and his Protestant fol- 
 lowers in parliament can reconcile such encouragement ot Popery with 
 the solemn declaration made by them as members of the legislature, 
 by which they affirm in the presence of their Maker, their '* disbelief , 
 oH the doctrine of transubstantiation, and tluir belief that the invocation 
 of Saints and the sacrifice ol the mass are idolatbous." Nor can I 
 understand the justice, loyalty, or good feeling, orrequiring a Sove- 
 reign to agree to such endowment of Popery afttT having, in compli- 
 ance with the prescribed ordinances of the Constitution, solemnly 
 made the following explicit declaration :— " I, Victoria, &c., do so- 
 lemnly and sincerely, in the presence of God, testify and declare, that 
 I do believe that in the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper there is not 
 any transubstantiation of the elements of bread and wine into the body 
 and blood of Christ, at, or after, the consecration thereof, by any per- 
 son whatsoever, and that the invocation, or adoration, of the Virgin 
 Mary, or any other saint, and the sacrifice of the mass, as they are 
 now used in the Church of Rome, are superstitious and idola- 
 TROtJS." Supplying the physical wants, ameliorating the temporal 
 condition of Romanists would be humane and politic, but, most assu- 
 redly. Sir Robert Peel must see clearly that entering into such solemn 
 declarations against Popery (the British Constitution itself is a stand- 
 mg protest against Popery), and afterwards directly fostering it, is 
 grossly inconsistent, and far from cl'aritable towards the victims of 
 soul-destroying error. Besides, ^vhen the Queen holds her crown en- 
 tirely by Protestantism, (the Romish Stuans being dethroned), any 
 direct encouragement of Popery cleariy weakens and diminishes the 
 title of the House of Hanover to the sovereignly of the United King- 
 dom. I say encouragement of Popery, because toleration is one thing 
 and direct encouragement another. These doings are the more objec- 
 tionable when we have a Queen lineally descended from that Elector of 
 Saxony who protected Martin Luther ; a circumstance uhicb must 
 render her Majesty doubly attached to the religious principles of the 
 Reformation. We must, I suppose, submit patiently to this gross 
 ministerial infringement of religion, law and equity until the next ge- 
 neral election, now not far distant, when we may rest assured that the 
 Protestant electors of the United Kingdom, will adopt the proper 
 course to support their just principles by the return of men who can 
 discern the vital distinction between Protestant Christianity, pnre re- 
 
 ligion and pure morals, the sure cement of society, and the adverse 
 system of corrupt Popish superstition and idolatry ; and discerning 
 such distinction, will feel bound, as honest men, to carry their prin- 
 ciples into operation. When the day of retribution comes, the electors 
 will no longer submit to the arbitrary decisions of any Premier and 
 his obsequious adherents. Legitimate defence of our^ Protestant 
 Christianity, won for us at the great Reformation, and due support 
 of our free Constitution as settled in the teeth of Popish tyranny in 
 1688, will require the repeal of the Maynooth Endowment j^ct, and 
 the s'teady refusal of any grant whatsoever for the maintenance or 
 propagation of soul-destroying, anti-social Popish error. This is the 
 truly charitable, the really Christian course towards the Romanists, as 
 every man of common sense even among them must acknowledge. 
 Swearing, in the face of the universe, that people are wallowing in 
 superstition and idolatry, which must lead to eternal perdition, and 
 then forthwith encourag"ing them to cherish and hold fast this deadly 
 error by disbursing money to its teachers, is assuredly not Christian 
 charity ; as I am sure Sir Robert Peel and the Duke of Wellington 
 must perceive on a moment's reflection. 
 
 To crown the series of inconsistencies of our present Ministers, 
 while we find them granting large sums of money to foster a system 
 which they have sworn to be superstitious and idolatrous, and which 
 as Protestants they must totally and unreservedly condemn, we behold 
 them "rejecting the application," (that is the. word), of the Lord 
 Primate of Ireland, a majority of the Protestant prelates, and more 
 than three thousand of the nobility, gentry and clergy, for some grant 
 towards the support of the Church Education Society. The Peel 
 Ministry can encourage a religion against which they solemnly pro- 
 test, while the Premier returns a peremptory refusal to the Protestant 
 Lord Primate Beresford, informing him, (by letter, dated June 9th, 
 1845), that " her Majesty's government cannot lend their sanction' 
 to the' Church Education Society. In other words, the erroneous 
 system of the church of Rome, the fruitful parent of the evils of 
 Ireland, is to be supported, while the reformed Church of England 
 is flatly refused anv aid whatsoever, is utterly discountenan9ed by her 
 Majesty's present advisers ! This same government makes a separate 
 grant to Dissenters in England for education. It should be further 
 observed, that the so-called " national schools" of Ireland are bona 
 Jide Romish schools, they are conducted upon Romish principles, 
 they suit the taste of the Romish priests, and, consequently, not the 
 sliffhtest blame can attach to Protestants for not sending their chil- 
 dren to them. Does Sir Robert Peel wish to pervert the Protestant 
 children to Romanism ? Does he incline to the ignorant and super- 
 stitious tenets of Puseyism, that diluted Popery ? He differs Irora 
 the Protestants, he separates from his party, he, it seems, is determined 
 to be liberal and generous with the public purse to every party and 
 every religion but his own. If united education be the ohject, the 
 Church Education Society is the fittest to carry that system into exe- 
 cution That Society requires the Scriptures to be read, but there 
 
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 are no attempts to prosel^^iize. It appears by a statement of the 
 Bishop of Cashel in the House of Lords, (June 17, 1845), that the 
 Church Education Society has 1800 schools, attended by 100,000 
 scholars of whom 33,000 are Romanists. This is united education, 
 and by the Established Church, and yet this is the Society to which all 
 aid IS refused by our Protestant Ministers. The Kildare-place Society 
 had also united education, but it was overthrown in compliance with 
 the wishes of the priests, not the people, and we behold the unsatis- 
 factory result. The fact is, the Romish laity have exhibited many 
 symptoms of a disposition to throw off the unscriptural despotism of 
 their pnesthood in matters of conscience, but this is the precise period 
 when the Premier and his colleagues come to the assistance of a tot- 
 tenng system, when they come to the rescue of an intolerant, perse- 
 cuting church, instead of seconding the disposition to depart from its 
 corrupt communion.* All this might be e.xpected from the modern 
 Whigs whom we and Peel used to attack, and justly attack for their 
 l^ichfaeld House unprincipled compact with O'Connell and their an- 
 cient foes the Papists, but, certainly, no one in August, 1841, could 
 imagine that our chosen leader would ever adopt that crooked, inde- 
 fensible policy for which the Whigs were properly ejected. No one 
 could object to bettering the condition of the Romanists by all legiti- 
 mate means; but, most unquestionably, no Protestant Minister, with 
 his heart in the right place," could thus lend his aid to adverse sys- 
 tems and refuse any share of assistance to the Church and principles 
 which he himself professes. Such sinister policy never conciliates. 
 It and Its authors are seen through and despised. This has been loudly 
 proclaimed by the lay and clerical leaders of the Romanists. Such 
 policy loses friends and fails to gain enemies. It may be intended 
 conciliation to the Papists, but is it justice to Protestants ? Let public 
 men try a little common honesty— honesty is the best policy. 
 The entire of these pro-popish proceedings forcibly remind one 
 of the scenes enacted in the ill-fated reign of James TI. Referring to 
 ihem, the public Declaration of the Prince of Orange, (afterwards 
 Wilham III), states:--- And though there are many express laws 
 against monasteries and convents and more particularly against the 
 order of the Jesuits ; yet those evil counsellors have procured o-ders 
 for the building of churches and chapels for the exercise of that re- 
 ligion. 1 hey have also procured divers monasteries to be erected : 
 and. in contempt of the laws, they have not only set up several col- 
 leges of Jesuits m divers places, lor the corrupting of the youth, but 
 have raised up one of the order to be a Privy Counsellor, and a Mi- 
 nister of State. This passage and the recent treatment of the Protes- 
 tant Primate and other prelates remind one of James II. and his 
 
 III 
 
 J H irfrf ?? A v" " "^°^^«sted all over Europe, and is ably promoted by 
 J. H. Merle D Aubigne, of Geneva, and other distinguished Protestants. The 
 beS^,?n^'% », ^^?. ^^ T «P",««»hood who are daily losing influence, cannot 
 be sound. Perhaps ihts truth would have some weight with the " Liberal" school. 
 
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 ministers treatment of the seven bishops, which occupies so important 
 a place in English history, and, altogether, there is a striking ana- " 
 logy between the occurrences of that inglorious reign and those of the 
 present time. And this, notwithstanding the fact, that the Revolu- 
 tion of 1688 imperatively enjoins even more caution than was requi- 
 site previous to that important national event. The Constitution of 
 this country being Protestant, the Sovereign being Protestant, and the 
 Established Church Protestant, it really requires more than ordinary 
 hardihood on the part of any oflficial to refuse support and assistance 
 to the Protestant Established Church, particularly when such support 
 and assistance are liberally awarded to Dissenters and especially to a 
 corrupt and persecuting system, which has ever been the direst enemy 
 of Protestantism and its concomitants genuine civil and religious li- 
 berty. It is neither more nor less than culpable dereliction of boun- 
 den duty to refuse such assistance to the Protestant Established Church 
 under any circumstances, in any part of the United Kingdom, but 
 the offence is greatly aggravated by unjust and thankless favour con- 
 currently bestowed on a most objectionable sect. The Protestant reli- 
 gion being established, the Romish church can never be considered as 
 more than a sect, a sub-denomination. Establishments and sects can 
 never be placed on equality. Those who ask lor it, demand an im- 
 possibility. The endowment of Maynooth and support of the " na- 
 tional schools" of the Romish sect, even if unaccompanied by the un- 
 warrantable treatment of the Protestant prelates' application, is a heavy 
 blow to the Protestant Church in Great Britain as well as Ireland ; 
 it is direct encouragement to Papal encroachment. It appears a walk- 
 ing in the footsteps of the Lord Viscount Melbounie ! Such mea- 
 sures instead of amelioration, must generate new evils and embitter 
 and augment the dissensions which already unhappily exist. Possibly 
 the Premier may think he strengthens his personal position by thus 
 continuing the policy of 1829 ; but the good of the United Kingdom 
 should not be sacrificed without, at least, some plausible appearance 
 of justification. The plea of conciliation is demolished ; and even if 
 Irish Romanists were conciliated, vital detriment to Protestantism 
 is too high a price for that object. 
 
 Furthermore, any man of plain, unsophisticated understanding 
 would imagine, that loyal subjects of the Sovereign would be entitled 
 to government favour, at least, as much, if not more, than persons of 
 a contrary description. It is well known that the allegiance of the Ro- 
 manists is a divided allegiance ; their spiritual sovereign is the Ro- 
 man pontiff, the Pope of Rome. Inasmuch as spirituals freqiiently 
 affect temporals, as obedience to the priesthood, in one leads, in su- 
 perstitious minds, to submission in the other, the world can clearly 
 discern the amount and value of Romish allegiance to a Protestant 
 sovereign. In all the past rebellions of Ireland, have we not seen 
 the Popish population actually led to battle by their priests ? I have 
 no earthly wish to misrepresent matters of so much importance, and 
 if any person, layman or ecclesiastic, can refute the facts or argu- 
 ments adduced, I shall at once submit to their opinion. The agi- 
 
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 ^ taiion for Repeal of the Union is ample proof that the Romanibts have 
 no attachment to the British Crown ; for Repeal would unquestiona- 
 bly lead to separation, or the alternative of civil war. The recent 
 levee-holding of O'Connell, at the Dublin Rotundo, this mimickry 
 of royalty, is indicative of anything but loyalty. It is stated that the 
 agitator is soon to have a drawing-iooui. also after the manner of 
 the Queen, presided over, of course, by some female of his family. 
 The present Home Secretary, Sir James Graham, seems well ac- 
 quainted with the existing Romish feeling, from his reply (13th May 
 1845), to the Dublin deputation from the Repeal corporation of the 
 city, relative to a visit from her Majesty to Ireland. " How could it 
 be expected," said Sir J. Graham, " that he would advise her Ma- 
 jesty to proceed to Ireland after it had been announced, that the 
 horses under the Royal carriage were to be affrighted in the streets ot 
 Dubfin with the shouts of Repeal, that the sound was to force like a 
 shot into the Royal councils." Who can doubt this after the accounts 
 which I have given of the yelling yahoos in the streets of Dublin ? 
 The slaiemenlof the interview with Sir J. Graham was hardly pub- 
 lished when the following appeared :— " The trades of Cork have de- 
 clared, that they will assemble to receive the Queen with sAom/5 of 
 Repeal, should her Majesty visit Ireland in the ensuing summer."* 
 Considering the expression from the throne of her Majesty's determi- 
 nation to maintain the Union at all hazards, and the call made by her 
 Majesty upon all loyal subjects of influence to assist her Majesty, the 
 amount of deference and attachment to the British Crown of the Ro- 
 mish party may be readily estimated. Such being the kind of loy- 
 alty among the Romanists, and a very different feeling being preva- 
 lent with the two millions of Protestants, is it not monstrous to ob- 
 serve the former patronized and encouraged, while the latter are sys- 
 tematically neglected, discountenanced and punished, collectively and 
 individually ? And with what result ? With the result of increased, 
 instead of diminished agitation and exertion on the part of O'Con- 
 nell, the priests and their deluded followers. They esteem Sir Ro- 
 ben Peels foolish boons only six pence in the pound and are resolved 
 to pursue him for the remaining nineteen shillings and sixpence. 
 When they have received that nineteen shillings and sixpence, what 
 residuum will remain for the Irish Protestants ? The aforesaid six- 
 pence I Can Sir Robert Peel be ignorant of these things Pf 
 
 ♦ Duhlin Saunders s News Letter, 23rd May, 1845, and in the same paper 
 the account of the interview with Sir James Graham. 
 
 f The expectations of Protestant Conservatives on the eve of the accession 
 of the present ministry, may he collected from the following ohservaUons of The 
 Standard July, 23, 1841 :-« If called to the formation of a Cabinet, Sir Ro- 
 bert Peel w,U give one not only faithfully, but strongly, reflecting the principles 
 of the Conservative party. We have before our eves the proof that a Cabinet 
 constructed and conducting itself without regard to principles must fail disgrace- 
 fully, whatever name it may be pleased to assume. Lord Melbourne has tried 
 to carry on the government for six years without any principles whatever • the 
 »ong probation was permitted to him because it was right that the people should 
 
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 There are other public concerns of importance on which the con- 
 duct of the Conservative ministers appears unsatisfactory to many 
 members of the Conservative party. J may mer.tion the Whig Poor 
 Law and the Irish Registration system, as matters on which the 
 Whig government was vigorously and justly assailed, but although 
 another session of parlia.ient is just ended, we have not seen any al- 
 teration or amendment of these laws by the present administration. 
 On thecontrarv, there has been a palpable disposition to adopt gene- 
 rally, the exploded policy «of the Whig Popish mini»lry, rather than 
 those salutary Conservative Protestant principles upon which Sir Ro- 
 bert Peel and his colleagues were raised to power. If the object be to 
 ruin, or peri)etuale the exclusion of the Whigs by thus *' taking a leaf 
 out of their book," I am convinced no honorable man could ever ap- 
 prove of such a Jesuitical artifice. It is. besides, leaving the Protes- 
 tant Conservatives of the United Kingdom completely in the lurch. 
 It was not merely for the gratification of beholding Sir Robert Peel 
 in the office of Premier that they struggled with a factious, unnatural 
 combination of Whigs, Radicals, Romanists and infidels for eleven 
 years. What is the use of a change of men if there be no change of 
 measures ? Our eleven years battle was for the purpose of firmly 
 upholding the well-tried principles of the Protestant Constitution in 
 Church and State, and that general protective system of both agri- 
 culture and commerce which has so long maintained British supre- 
 macy against " a world in arms." And yet, we now behold Lord 
 John Russell and his Whigs Sir Robert Peel's constant supporters, 
 the panegyrists of his Irish and other measures ; indicating that either 
 Sir Robert Peel has gone over to the Whigs, or the Whigs have gone 
 over to Sir Robert Peel. In fact, the Whig opposition is no opposi- 
 tion at all. Sir Robert Peel has made Lord John Russell's Letter to 
 the Electors of Stroud his vade mecum instead of any public ma- 
 nifesto, or exposition of sound Protestant and constitutional doctrine. 
 It is not bad policy, at all events, on the part of Lord J. Russell to 
 concur so much with the present Premier, for unless fized principle 
 be a mere name, such support must aid other matters to damage Sir 
 Robert Peel, as a public man, irretrievably. Circumstances of this 
 
 have time to collect themselves after the hurry and heats of the Reform Bill ; 
 but from the very day of its birth the Melbourne Cabinet has been in a dying 
 state, always ready to sink if not bolstered up now by Romanists, now by Ra- 
 dicals, now* by the' Conservatives, and now by the ladies of the bedchamber, all 
 because of its want of fxed principles. Had it adhered to the principles upon 
 which it commenced, its term might have been shorter, but still it would have 
 enjoyed a vigorous age, however brief; and though dismissed, its party never 
 could have sunk to the state of hopeless decrepitude in which it now finds itself. 
 This lesson is not lost. Whatever Conservative Cabinet shall be formed, it 
 will be composed of men representing unequivocally the declared principles 
 of the country."— These were the expectations in July, 1841 ; expectationi 
 founded very mainly upon Sir Robert Peel's conduct, encouragement of Pro- 
 testant Conservatives, and public speeches. Have these expectationi been 
 realized? 
 
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 ^atmre must overthrow the present Premier as completely as if the 
 •pens of a dozen such as Junius were engaged to write him dowru 
 Nx>r can T, by the way, imagine, that the ostentatious playing of le 
 veritubh Amphitriont the industrious feeding of Conservative mam- 
 bers will much longer balk the country of their just expectations,, 
 which begin and end in the existence of a firm Protestant administra- 
 tion ; an administration, which being Protestant and Christian, will 
 necessarily preserve our existing institutions, and never extend eneou^ 
 -ragement to men, measures, or systems, which directly militate against 
 that palladium of our liberties and privileges, the British Constitu- 
 tion. It would be extraordinary, indeed, if, supported by a Iarg& 
 majority (90 or 100) in the House of Commons, men could not be 
 found to coaduct the public affairs of the United Kingdom with sit- 
 tisfaciion to their constituents. We all admit Sir R. Peel's clever* 
 ness and knowledge of the forms of parliament ; but of what value is^ 
 «uch cleverness, command of words and experience if unaccompanied 
 by that consistent adherence to fixed principle in religion and politico 
 which forms the main ingredient of public integrity ? It is consis- 
 tent rectitude that generates confidence. A ministry o( honest and 
 £nn men (they need not be blockheads), possessing the confidence 
 and esteem of the respectability of the country, would assuredly rest 
 on a more stable foundation than any body of men possessing even first- 
 rate ability without more estimable qualities. Commanding the real 
 confidence and esteem of the community, is ground for three fourths 
 of the success and permanency of any administration. On the qua- 
 lifications of statesmen, I fully concur with the following just remarks 
 of The Standard (March 3, 1842] :—" Besides that he (iMichael 
 Thomas Sadler, M.P.,) was by nature endowed with far higher in- 
 tellectual powers, {than Huskisson or Ricardo), his was the right 
 education to make a statesman. The whole of his manhood, from 
 eighteen years to his entrance into politics, thirty years later, had 
 been passed in the unremitting study of books and of men ; few pro- 
 fessed scholars have ever read so much or so judiciously as the unpre- 
 tending linen-merchant of Leeds ; while, in indefatigable exercise of 
 enthusiastic benevolence, he had made himself acquainted with the 
 condition, the wants, and the feelings of the humbler classes of his 
 fellow-subjects — a knowledge which must lead to a perfect acquain- 
 tance with society through all its gradations. Far different was the 
 education of the economists : they knew no books — but such as they 
 might find in the State Paper Office or upon the Stock Exchange^ 
 nothing of men, but what is to be learned from the blue paper publi- 
 cations of the House of Commons. Thus it is, and thus it will be, 
 while the nation shall prefer the government of red-tapery and of 
 ' Change/ The true school of statesmanship will not merely be ne- 
 glected, it will be despised. But though truth may meet contempt and 
 ridicule at its first approach, asit commonly does, it is sure to triumph 
 in the end." Unquestionably, for conducting the ordinary routine of 
 official duty, experience in public offices, " red-tapery" and " blue 
 books" is necessary, but to form a statesman, another and a very dif- 
 
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 ferent school is requisite— that school must be the world. On this 
 point, the Standard is perfectly right. Ere long the truth must be 
 universally recognized. *" 
 
 As regards persecution of Irish Protestants, hardly a newspaper 
 appears without accounts of acts of barbarous aggression upon them 
 by their ruthless enemies the Papists. At this moment, the coun- 
 ties of Cavan, Leitrim,j Monaghan and Longford, are infested 
 by hordes of wretches, denominating themselves Molly Magmres, 
 (the Ribbon confederacy), who direct their lawless attacks against the 
 Protestants. This will be obvious from the following facts :— 
 
 "State of Clones, Co. MovkGUKV.—The Molly Maguires.^Were^HUi 
 state that matters in Clones and its neighbourhood are daily becoming morese- 
 nous. It is really surprising that some measures are not taken by government 
 to stop the progress of the lawless band who continue to outrage the peace of the 
 <jountry to such an extent. We subjoin a letter t-Chmes, May 31 , 1 843. On 
 Monday night last, several notices signed Molly Maguire, were posted througb 
 the town fur the purpose of deterring persons from going into the houses of Ro- 
 bert Irwin, Joseph Johnston, and Kichard Storey, three 'e«P«^^*»^® ,f/'^l^"^°* 
 innkeepers of this town. The writer of the notices slates that they (the Molly 
 Maguires) have not forgotten Easter Monday, nor the Repeal martyr that died 
 that day-that thev could command 1500 fighting men in Clones, and that anjt 
 person seen goinginto the above houses on Thursday, the fair day, might er- 
 pect immediate death. However, the Protestants of Clones and lU v;j"^»'y/f« 
 •o foolhardy that there was an unusually great number of them on T^iursday, 
 and especially in the houses prohibited by Molly, who has postponed her aft- 
 pearance to a more convenient season. It would appear by the above notices 
 that the Repealers of EasterMonday and Molly's men are of the same ^o^*^^ 
 temity. This acknowledgment of Molly throws great light on the present state 
 of \\i\x\^r— Saunders's News Letter, Dublin, 4lh June, 1845. 
 
 « The Molly Maguires-Co. LEiTRiM.-We learn from our con-espoii. 
 4ent that the town and neighbourhood of MohiU is in a very ^^'"^'"g.ff^; ""J 
 that on the three last market days the Molly Maguires had completely thrown, 
 off the mask, and assumed a daring attitude. A few days since j!»ey.^°°f^^«?;^* 
 in large numbers in the streets, in open day, and drove the pohce mio the bajv 
 rack, in consequence of which a detachment of the 34th have ^e° f «°^ [^ 
 Mohill. and are now encamped there. Several respectable persons m the lociOity 
 bave been threatened with death, and the greatest terror prevails. -Boyle Cra- 
 zette and Saunierss News teller, 10th June, 1845. 
 
 "Atrocious Outrage and Cruelty.-Ou last Sunday evening, the Rer. 
 Mr. Labalt, Wesleyan Minister, of the Clones circuit, while P»;f ^^^^"g "^ j^J 
 house of Mr. Edward Armstrong, had his horse left in the stable, ^h;-h was 
 ■con afterwards discovered with his belly ripped open, and the flesh cut off one 
 of his hips. The stedfast testimony the Wesley^s ^^'^^^.^I'^'lJ^.!^^^ 
 righteousness, and good government, has so enraged f\»^«P»"\!^ *^^"8 "^^'S 
 called Catholin, that every opportunity t . insult and injure them is seized 
 xx^onr Saunders's News Letter, Dublin, 14lh June, 1845- 
 
 No one can mistake the motive of this diabolical wickedness, o^ 
 the malign feelings of the quarter from whence it emanates. It ap- 
 pears to be the desire of some Protestants to cloak these matters, to. 
 conceal from themselves and the world the real nature of the malprac- 
 ticfcs daily carried on by the lUmanists. Some describe their, 
 proceedings as entirely of an agrarian, or land, character, but this is- 
 evidently an incorrect represenlalion. The Romish proceedings, out- 
 rages and public displays are agrarian certainly, but jbey are also- 
 p^itical and religious in an eminent degree. We need not liar«l a. 
 
 
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 255 
 
 hundred miles from the metropolis to discover this fact. Hara we 
 not the Molly Maguires, the Ribbonmeii actually, at all hours, bel- 
 lowing their sedition, treason, and abuse of the hated Protestants, in 
 the public streets of the city of Dublin ? What does the systematic 
 debauchery, the corrupting of Protestants and intrusion of loose cha- 
 racters into their houses, imply, but ])olitical and religious animosity 
 of the worst description ? AVbat does the infamous persecution of 
 the writer of these lines (persecution, entirely on account of his Pro- 
 testant services) manifest, but political and religiou*> haired of Protes- 
 tants ? What is the nature of the Ribbon confederacy ? Religious 
 and political undoubtedly. It is useless, it is worse, it is most 
 pernicious on the part of Protestants to shut their eyes to the real facts 
 in a matter of so much importance. I have already detailed the beastly 
 wickedness publicly perpetrated in this city for the last two years, 
 without the slightest hindrance from the authorities (nowalmost entirely 
 Popish), and to show that such brutal conduct is not a new system of 
 the Romanists, I shall just adduce one very expressive case which 
 occurred a few years since, viz. : — 
 
 •* Atrocious Outrage.— On Tuesday last, the Rev. Denis Browne adver- 
 tised that be would preach a sermon in Uie Waterford Cathedral, on the subject 
 of the 'novelties of the Church of Rome;' at an early hour the church was 
 crowded by all the vagabonds of the city, who came, 'determined to create a 
 disturbance ; the galleries were full of those ignorant ruffians, whose presence 
 prevented many individuals (particularly females) from obtaining seats. When 
 the rev. preacher ascended the pulpit, the roost outrageous and indecent inter- 
 ruptions took place, shouting, whistling, and yelling, drowned his voice, and 
 he was forced, ultimately to quit the pulpit unheard ! Such is yr.ur liberal 
 Papist ! What a goodly flock the priest (who calls himself Fnther in more 
 ■enses than one) must have. The hypocritical, canting, surpliced ruffians will 
 tell you how meek and orderly their flocks are j but fcu< h a horde of savages 
 never assembled in any place of worship ; if they were the untaught savages of 
 the back woods in America, they could not have behaved worse tlian did the 
 holy disciples of the Romish Church. It will scarcelv be credited when we 
 state the fact (witnessed by hundreds) of these Pnpish'infidels lighting their 
 pipes and smoking whiletheprayersweregoingon— standing upon the cushions 
 of the pews, and talking and laughing across the seats to each other. What 
 would they say if a Protestant went to their Mass-house and create J a like dis- 
 turbance ? But this is justice and liberty of conscience with a vengeance." 
 
 Tipperary Constilut'wn. 
 
 "Disgraceful Outrage in the Cathedral of Waterford.— The fol- 
 lowing Memorial has been transmitted to Government by the Venerable 
 
 Xennedy, Archdeacon of Waterford : — 
 
 " To the Lords Justices of Ire/and.-^ The hvmble Memorial of the undersigned 
 Protestants of the City o/' Waterford, 
 
 • *' Sheweth— That on Tuesday, the 28ih of November, the evpning service 
 of the Church of England was intended to be performed in the Cathedral Church 
 of the said city, and thai it was announced by public advertisement, that a 
 Clergyman of the ( hurch of England w(,uld, alter the termination of the 
 evening service, preach a sermon on the novelty of the Church of Rome, 
 
 "That immediately upon the opening of the church doors, at half past Hx 
 o'clock, half an hour before the commencement of the service, the church wa^ 
 for the most part crowded with an organised mob of the most abandoned inha- 
 bitants of the city. 
 
 ** That this collection of people leemed to be under the control, and ob«dient 
 
 to the commands of persons of more respectable Apearance, and that such di- 
 rectors were persons professing the Roman Catholic religion. 
 
 " That during the reading of the evening service, the interruptions of the mob 
 were continued in the most turbulent and disgraceful manner, viz. : shouting, 
 whistling, and using the most menacing, indecent and blasphemous expressions 
 both to the officiating clergyman and to the Protestant congregation there 
 assembled. 
 
 " That immediately upon the Rev. Denis Browne commencing his service, the 
 uproar and contusion became so great and alarming, (and some of the lights 
 having been extinguished), that the great portion of the more respectable females, 
 and many other persons, dismayed by such a frightful scene, fled fiom the 
 
 church. 
 
 " That these interruptions consisted of shouting, whistling, usmg indecent 
 and blasphemous expressions, and stimulating each other frequently to drag the 
 rev. preacher from the pulpit. 
 
 *'That the demeanour of this mob was so outrageous, that all the formalities 
 or courtesies of civilized society were abandoned ; and the divisions of the pews, 
 the fronts of the galleries, the pillars and the stairs of the pulpit, were occupied 
 by dense masses of infuriated rabble, shouting and vowing vengeance. 
 
 " That under these circumstances, the service altogether discontinued, and 
 by the intrepidity of a few zealous friends alone, the officiating clergyman was 
 rescued from the insults and pressure of the mob, and escaped in safely to the 
 
 vestry-room. e -^ x. u 
 
 " That every species of defilement was committed in the pews of the church. 
 " That the invitation to the Roman Catholics of Waterford was couched in 
 such aff"ectionate terms, that no apprehensions of violence were entertained ; 
 but that on the first demonstration of popular feeling, the high constable apprised 
 the chief magistrate of the city (who resides within two hundred yards of the 
 Cathedral), of the fact, who wholly refused to act— and that although the chief 
 constable of police was present, together with the municipal high constable uf 
 the city, no measures were taken to prevent the violent and riotous conduct of 
 
 the mob. , «^ , -vt l i 
 
 " That in the course of the next day, Wednesday, 29th November, several 
 applications were made to Alderman Poole, the mayor of the city, calling upon 
 him to interpose his authoritv in preventing a recurrence of similar scenes; but 
 that no such protection having been aff'orded by his Worship, and the applica- 
 tions having been treated with contemptuous silenre, the rev. preacher declined 
 officiating again, or again subjecting himself to the insults and outrages of an 
 
 infuriated mob. , , , . . i j • .i. 
 
 " That in the evening of the last mentioned day, the mob assemlled :n the 
 church-yard with increased numbers, with apparently more excited feelings, 
 under the impression that an evening service and sermon would be again at- 
 tempted to be performed, and so great has been the terror and intimidation 
 caused by this tumultuous and lawless assembly, and the total refusal of the 
 authorities to afford protection to your Meuiorialists in the exercise of their re- 
 ligious duties, that many of the Protestants of Waterford now fear to assemble 
 
 at their usual places of worship. ^ , ^. 
 
 " Your Memorialists, therefore, humbly entreat your Lordships that an in- 
 quiry mav be instituted for the purpose of prosecuting the abettors and perpe- 
 trators of this conspiracy to annihilate the performance of the Protestant Liturgy 
 of their church, and to'inquire whether it be incumbent upon the chief magis- 
 trate of the fourth city in Ireland to await an overt breach of the peace previously 
 to his interference, o*r whether it would not rather tend to the administration of 
 justice and the preservation of the peace of society, that the minister ol the law 
 should use means for the prevention of outrage, when an officer of justice has 
 felt himself justified in communicating to him officially that the riotous and 
 tumultuous conduct of a mob have led him to expect a breach of the law, and 
 to anticipate dangerous consequences to some of her Majesty's subjects. And 
 your Memorialists as in duty bouad," &c. , , . . , 
 
 tThe Lords Justices, by letter dated 6th Dec, 1837, ordered an inquiry.] - 
 X>w6/tii Evening Mail, 13th December, 1837. 
 
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 If the streets of Dahm be substituted for the Cathedral of Water- 
 ford, the above siatemeuts will exactly describe the disgraceful conduct 
 of hired Popish ruffians in the metropolis of Ireland. This is a 
 sufficient reply to any who might affect scepticism as to the beastly 
 street nuisance. Would not the party that polluted the Cathedral of 
 Waterloid e<]ually pollute the streets of Dublin ? To render the re- 
 semblance complete, the same supineness or connivance of the autho- 
 rities has been in existence, as otherwise the public nuisance could 
 and would have been suppressed in four-and-twenty hours, instead of 
 being permitted for more than two years. If a receipt were required 
 for ruining any city, for destroying its inhabitants, there could be none 
 more effectual than any species of collusion between malefactors and 
 the public authorities. It is the blessed result, in Dublin, of some- 
 thing very like Romish ascendancy. Such public persecution proves 
 that the spirit which erected the Holy Inquisition and kindled the fires 
 of Srtiithfield still exists in all its primeval vigour. The priests of 
 Rome completely forget, if they ever learned the truth uttered by tha 
 poet : 
 
 '* It is the heretic that raakes the fire, 
 
 Not he that hums in it." 
 
 ShaAspeare. 
 
 Most unquestionably, persecution either in mind, body or estate on 
 account of difference in religion is utterly opposed both to the letter 
 and spirit of every page of the New Testament. But how different the 
 conduct of the wretched creatures who have been hired to do the infa- 
 mous work of an anti-christian priesthood ! " We curse him every 
 step he walks and every hour he lives," has been one of their expres- 
 sions ; reminding one of the charitable form of excommunication of 
 the church of Rome. In this document, we find the " heretic" thus 
 anathematized : — " May he be cursed in eating and drinking, in being 
 hungry, in being thirsty, in fasting, in sleeping, in slumbering, in 
 walking, in standing, in sitting, in lying, in wooing, in resting, in 
 
 , in , and in bloodletting. May he be cursed in all 
 
 the faculties of his body. May he be cursed inwardly and outwardly. 
 May he be cursed in the hair of his head. May he be cursed in his 
 brains, and in his temples, in his forehead, in his ears, in his eye- 
 brows, in his eyes, in his cheeks, in his jaw-bones, in his nostrils, in 
 his foreteeth and grinders, in his lips, in his throat, in his shoulders, 
 in his wrists, in his arms, in his hands, in his fingers. May he be 
 damned in his mouth, in his breast, in his heart and purtenance, down 
 to the very stomach. May he be cursed in his reins, and in his groin« 
 
 in his thighs, in his , in his hips, and in his knees, his legs, 
 
 and feet and toe-nails. May he be cursed in all the joints and arti- 
 culations of his members, from the top of his head to the sole of his 
 foot, may there be no soundness in him." There is much more, (see 
 the causae satire in the Life of Triitram, Shandy), but this will 
 serve as a specimen of the very Christian, benignant spirit of the 
 Church of Rome. This system of excommmunication is the reverse 
 of obsolete. " He Cthe Bishop of Cashel) held in bis hand letters 
 
 
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 which showed that parents were threatened with excommunication for 
 sending their children to schools where the Bible was taught." [House 
 of Lords, June 17, 1845.] This is that tyrannical Church's respect 
 lor the gospel which was intended as " peace on earth, good-will ta 
 men." From the manner in which I myself, have been dogged day 
 and night and nosed after perpetually lor the last eight years by the 
 hired brutes of Rome, I can testily by personal experience to the ef- 
 fects of the cursing and damning system of Popery. I have already 
 briefiy stated the crimes of the Romanists in the course of their per- 
 secution, and in order to prove the different principles and practice of 
 Protestants, it is only necessary to observe, that /, at least, never at- 
 tempted to advance myself, ©r the public cause to which I am at- 
 Uched, by stealing the property of religious or political opponents ; 
 that / never poisoned any of them ; that / never attempted by myself, 
 or others, to entrap them into pollution and infamous crimes; that / 
 never practised the spy-system on any of the Romanists ; that / never 
 hired ruffians to blackguard any of them, to vilify them and destroy 
 their characters by foul slander; that / never attempted to pauperize 
 any oil the Romanists by ruining their property or disabling them 
 from attending to their honest avocations ; that / never attempted to 
 set the families of Romanists at variance one with another ; that / 
 nerer tried to debauch Romanists ; that / never made a brothel of the 
 house of any Romanist; that / never attempted to demoralize the 
 Romanists by the obscene expressions of hired bestial vagabonds. 
 None of these crimes have I ever practised and trust I never shall 
 commit. I utterly reject the false, diabolical maxim of the Church 
 of Rome that we may do evil that good may come of it. It is an in- 
 fernal dogma (actually propounded by the Jesuits and their coadju- 
 tors) which would justify every crime, and if acted on, as it might 
 be by all churches, would soon produce a perfect hell all over the 
 
 earth. . 
 
 As it is, the Church of Rome has effected a thousand limes greater 
 amount of crime and misery than any other church, Christian or 
 Heathen, which ever existed. In proof of this allegation (as stated 
 in my Life of King William liL), it is only necessary to adduce the 
 various schemes lor the assassination of Queen Elizabeth ; the burn- 
 ings and beheadings under " bloody Mary ;" the gunpowder plot in 
 the reign of James 1. ; the massacre of 1641 in Ireland ; the repeated 
 attempts to assassinate King William III.; the hellish scenes of 1798; 
 the massacre of St. Bartholomew in France, for which the Pope re- 
 turned thanks ; the assassination of Henry IV. in the same king- 
 dom ; the cruelties of the dragoonades by Louis XIV. ; them assacre 
 in the Netheriands ; the assassination of William the great, Pnnceof 
 Orange, in the same ; the massacre of the Albigensis and Vaiidois; 
 the Sicilian Vespersand Inquisition in Italy ; the Inquisition m Spam. 
 Portugal and the East I tidies ; the frequent murder and nnrelentiiig 
 persecution of Protestant clergymen in Ireland. All, all tbeae are 
 acts of the tyrannical, intolerant and blood-thirsty .Church of Ratne. 
 The Romish iwnagogue O'Connell, the hired servant of the Popish 
 
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 priesthood, continually interlards his humbug oratory with oily talk 
 ot liberty, toleration, conciliation and such ad captandum topics, 
 but here we behold, in practice, the amount of regard oi Romanists 
 lor civil and religious liberty. We have here an overwhelming ex- 
 posure of the glaring falsehood frequently uttered by the Agitator 
 (calculating on the public ignorance), that the *' Catholics," as he 
 calls them, never persecuted ! Why the very last time they had a 
 Romish parliament, which was in the reign of James II., ihev re- 
 gularly robbed the Protestants of Ireland of their estates by a repeal 
 of the Act of Settlement ; and to complete the infamous work, they at- 
 tainted by name 2,445 Protestants, comprising 2 archbishops-, 64 
 temporal lords, 22 peeresses, 7 bishops, 34 baronets, 51 knights, 83 
 clergymen, and 2,182 gentlemen and jiersons of inferior rank, who 
 had been previously hunted out of the country ! The j)ersonal pro- 
 perty of Protestants was also seized. For evidence of these (acts 
 and other authentic infonnation relative to Romish cruelty and 
 injustice, I refer to Archbishop King's " State of the Protestants of 
 Ireland," written at the time these disgraceful deeds were perpetrated. 
 As authority for all this wickedness, they have the precepts of their 
 Peter Dens and other theological leaders, and such being the fact, 
 what becomes of the silly theory of the Liberal school, that we have 
 nothing to do with their religion ? If Sir Robert Peel and his Pro- 
 testant abettors were beggared, or otherwise destroyed by Popery, 
 they would then learn that they have something to do with the prin- 
 ciples of their neighbours ; they would not so readily strengthen and 
 encourage that pestilent system. Do the W. Smith O'Briens, Henry 
 Grattans, et hoc genus omne, really approve of this system ? Do 
 they think it can co-exist with civil and religious liberty ? Or with 
 security to Protestants? If they really think so, they must be ex- 
 traordinary wiseacres. These people evidently think their so-called 
 Liberal doctrines are a sovereign remedy for every disease of the body 
 politic. They are certainly of the Sangrado school : " sache, mon 
 ami, qu'il ne faut que saiguer et faire boire de I'eau chaude : voila le 
 secret de guerir toutes les maladies du monde." Liberal concession 
 of our public Protestant rights and privileges to the most undeserving 
 applicants is their infallible cure for all the maladies which beset the 
 • United Kingdom. What are the Popish myrmidons doing, at the 
 present moment, in the public streets and debauched houses of the 
 city of Dublin, as can be proved by hundreds of witnesses ? Is not 
 such flagitious display of persecution and immorality, of itself, 
 sufficient to prove the corruption of the Romish system and its utter 
 incompatibility with the security of Protestants ? < 
 
 The expFessions of the hired street-shouting ruffians prove that thev 
 are not only Papists, but members of the hellish Ribbon confederacy. 
 I have already printed a form of this league of blood, (p. 4), but as 
 it is undoubtedly one of the most formidable evils of Ireland, I think 
 it my duty to furnish some further intelligence respecting it. There 
 have been several forms of oaths found on tiie persons of Ribbonmen, 
 •very one of them proving that their object is the extermination of ^ 
 
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 Protestants. Sir Harcourt Lees states two of their oaths in the peti- 
 tion lately forwarded by him to the House of Commons, as men- 
 tioned by him at page 207 of the present publication. This petition has 
 been printed, and at page 30, we find the following Ribbon oath ; — 
 
 " 1 do swear in the presence of my dear brethren, a;nd by the cross of the 
 holy Saint Peter and our blessed Lady Mary, that I will maintain and support 
 our holy religion; and that I will destroy all heretics, as far as in my power, 
 1 will not spare property or person, not one excepted. I do also swear, that I 
 will assist you, my brethren, in every design against heretics. And I do fur- 
 ther swear, that I will be ready, in twelve hours warning, to put that 
 ever glorious design into execution against th© heretics of every sect. So help 
 me God, by the Cross of St. Peter, and make me faithful to this my obliga- 
 tion." 
 
 Further evidence on the same momentous subject was publicly dis- 
 closed in the year 1832. It was proved at the Maryborough assizes 
 in that year (and afterwards before a parliamentary committee) that 
 the following oath was then taken by the Ribbonmen : — 
 
 «* 1. — 1 solemnly swear to be loyal and true to this new Ribbon act 
 
 2.— I swear I will to the best'of my power, cut down kings, queens, and 
 princes, dukes, earls, lords and all such with land jobbers and heresy. 
 
 3.— I swear I will never pity the moans or groans of the dying from the era- 
 die to the crutch, and that / will wade knee deep in Orange blood, 
 
 4. — I swear I am to bear my right arm to be cut off and thrown over my left 
 shoulder and' nailed to the traples door of Armagh, before 1 will waylay, or 
 betray, or go into court, to prosecute a brother knowing him to be such. 
 
 5._I swear I will go ten miles on foot, and fifteen miles on horseback, in 
 
 five minutes warning. j u i-i 
 
 6.-1 swear I will give money to purchase fire arms, ammunition and the like 
 and every other weapon that ma}' be wanting. 
 
 7.— I swear I will never tell the man's name that made me, nor the man's 
 name that stood by making me a Ribbonman, or White foot, to any other un- 
 der the canopy of heaven. -d-uu 
 
 8.— I swear I will not stand to hear hell and confusion drank to a Ribbon- 
 man or Whitefoot, without resisting the same, or quitting the company. 
 
 9.— I swear I will never keep a robbers company,* uor harbour him except 
 for fire-arms. 
 
 10.— I swear I will not make foul freedom with a brother s wife or sister, 
 
 knowing them to be such. 
 
 11. I swear I will not keep the second coat, or. the second shilling, and a 
 
 brother in want of relief, knowing him to be such. ' 
 
 12. I swear I will not be present at the making of a Ribbonman, Whitefoot, 
 
 without proper orders from our Captain, in pursuance of this spiritual obliga- 
 tion, so HELP ME God." 
 
 Who will now affirm that the outrages are merely agrarian ? Here 
 we have a hellish, widely-spread confederacy, sworn to " wade knee 
 deep in Orange (Protestant) blood." This form of their oath is m 
 all essential particulars, precisely the same as others which have been 
 obtained and published in courts of justice. This Ribbon confede- 
 racy is not by any means, a recent combination. It is, in fact, a 
 continuation of the Popish " United Irishmen" of 1798. In 1822, 
 Michael Keeuan and others were indicted at Green-street, Dublin, for 
 
 * Except a robber of Protestants. 
 
 2 H 
 
 i&''^ 
 
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 administering the unlawful oath of this confederacy. On that occa- 
 sion, the Attorney General made a most important statement, in which 
 we find as follows:—" It is with jjreat pain, that I feel called upoij, 
 in the exercise of my nfiicial duty, to lay before the public the very 
 odious, dangerous and disgusting confederacy, by the machinations of 
 which this country has been for some time infested, and its tranquillity 
 exposed to hazard. For some time past, a plan has been formed in 
 Ireland for associating the members of the community by unlawful 
 oaths and engagements, to resist the laws, disturb the public peace, 
 and overthrow the established government. With respect to the par- 
 ticular objects for which it has been constituted, and the precise ends 
 which it has in view, I fear I shall have much more difficulty in mak- 
 ing any intelligible statement. It is, at all events, clear, that it has 
 been founded (or the purpose of violating the law, and interfering with 
 the constituted authorities — and more than all, oi infecting all orders 
 of the people with a spirit of infuriate disaffection and insubordi' 
 nation, leady for any plan of mischief, should the exigencies of 
 future times give that occasion, of which the present tranquil state of 
 the world affords no prospect. One feature, however, of this combi- 
 nation distinguishes it from those of 1797 and 1798. It is exclusively 
 confined to persons of one religious persuasion — I mean persons pro- 
 fessing the Roman Catholic faith. All are agreed in those points: 
 to observe the commands of any person who, by their rules, may be 
 their superior ; to veil their proceedings in profound secrecy, and to 
 rebut the present system of laws and government. Another view was 
 to overturn the Protestant religion and establish the Roman Catholic 
 in its stead. At another time, they proposed the utter extir- 
 pation of all Protestants out of the country." — [A report 
 of the trial, S^c. Dublin: Exshaw, 1822— p. 7— U.] Upon the 
 most irrefragable evidence, Keenan and seven others were found guilty, 
 and thus was the existence of this infamous conspiracy completely es- 
 tablished. Here we have the nature and objects of the Ribbon con- 
 federacy fully disclosed; and by whom ? Not a Tory, not a Conser- 
 vative, but by William Conyngham Plunket, then Attorney general, 
 always a Whig — the present' Lord Plunket. That this hellish league, 
 this foul ulcer on the body politic still exists in Ireland, we have 
 furnished abundant proof. Every Protestant newspaper daily proves 
 that fact, of which further evidence will be perused in the following 
 pages. 
 
 Parenthetically, a word or two of explanation on the word Catho- 
 lic (above mentioned), will be useful. The word means universal, 
 and being such, it is obvious the Church of Rome has no claim to the 
 designation, but the further truth is not generally known, or at least 
 recollected, that the Protestant Christians of the world number as 
 many, or very nearly so, as the self-styled " Catholics." In Europe, 
 there are of Romanists 117,546,105; Protestants, Lutherans, Cal- 
 vinists. Churches of England and Scotland, &c. 55,995,837 ; Pro- 
 testants of the Greek Church, who reject the authority of the Pope 
 of Rome, 42,739,821. These two classes of Protestants make 
 
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 98,735,658.* If we further consider North Ameiica and other 
 quarters of the globe, where three-lourths of the population must be 
 Protestants, we shall find that the numbers are nearly equal, and that 
 the use of the title Catholic or Catholicity, is a preposterous assuinp- 
 tion. In addition to this fact, we may observe, that from the radical 
 unsoundness of the doctrines of the Church of Rome and the advance . 
 of human knowledge, multitudes must soon desert her banner, and 
 no where sooner than in the United Kingdom, maugre the unpnnci- 
 pled support recently extended by latitudinarians and shallow or dis- 
 honest politicians. ,T^., 1 
 
 The contrast between the Irish Orangemen and Ribbonmen, or 
 Protestants and Romanists, is well exhibited in the following resolu- 
 tions, which were advertised in the Dublin Warder newspaper of the 
 28th June, 1845:— 
 
 GRAND ORANGE LODGE OF ULSTER. 
 
 At a Meeting of the Grand Orange Lodge of Ulster, held in Coleraine, on 
 Monday, the 23d day of June, 1845, the following Resolutions were unani- 
 
 "* Resolved— 1. That, being impressed with the decided opinion that Proces- 
 sions, however well conducted, are not calculated to produce any very good or 
 beneficial effect upon our members ; that they have afforded opportunity for 
 scurrilous and seditious journalists, and disloyal and traitorous demajgogues, to 
 indulge their morbid propensities at the expense of good and loyal men— we 
 hereby call on all our brethren throughout Ireland, who are in connexion with 
 the Grand Lodge of Ulster, to avoid any display on the coming 12th of July, 
 which may tend to a breach of the peace, v ««« ..# 
 
 2 That we view with horror, alarm and sorrow the « gigantic schemes of 
 encouragement to Popery which a "godless" Ministry appear determined to 
 carry out. and feeling assured tliat further measures lor endowing idolatry, and 
 affording a premium to disloyalty, are in contemplation, we hereby declare 
 such measures to be subversive of religious truth, dangerous to the constitution, 
 and directly contrary to those principles which seated the House of Hanover 
 
 on the throne of Great Britain. - , . a „.,-*o«» 
 
 3 That, having watched the gradual development of that accursed system 
 of Ribbonism, which, although disguised under many appellations, we have 
 every reason for believing to be guided and directed by a similar power, and 
 aiming at the same objects as those of 1798, and succeeding years; and being 
 convinced that the main objects of those who wield this fearful engine ave the 
 restoration of the heirs of the House of Stuart, the ^/-assumption of the for- 
 feitid estates, the handing over of the temporalities of the Irish Church to the 
 Romish Hierarchy, and the full establishment of Popery m Great Britain and 
 Ireland, we hereby declare that the only power which has ever successfully 
 ioped with this traitorous combination is that of Orangeism ; '^at the suc^e^ 
 which now appears to attend the cause of Popery and Ribbonism has been 
 mainly owing to the dissolution of the Orange ^^^^^^er^cy ; and accordingly 
 we pledge ourselves to use every exerUon to increase and maintain that loyal 
 flvstem, and to render it as effective as possible. v .i, « 
 
 4 That we hereby tender our grateful acknowledgments to those brethren, 
 and citizens of Derry, who upon a late occasion, so generously came forward, 
 to assist their suffering brethren. 
 
 5. That our best thanks are due, and are hereby given to those zealous cham,- 
 pions of Protestantism, « who are fighting anew the battle of the Relormation. 
 
 * See Pettigrew and Oulton's Dublin Directory, for 1845, p. 93* 
 
26^ 
 
 m 
 
 To the organized persecution by the Romish party, may he added 
 their gross immoraHly. Of this, I have already furnished some ge- 
 neral account, but the subject demands further consideration. The 
 infamous expedient of hiring three or four iJeastly ruffians to yell out 
 obscene, filthy, and blasphemous expressions in the public siieets of 
 . the city of Dublin has been mentioned, and the extraordinary and 
 almost incredible fact, that such an exhibition of ai)ominable indecency 
 has been maintained here for upwards of two years, has been alsa 
 Slated. The Romish party and the pHblic auihoriiies, who are mostly 
 of that party, are chiefly responsible for these extraordinary proceed- 
 ings ; flagitious proceedings which, I will venture to state, have never 
 been publicly enacted by any other party, or in any other country on 
 the face of the earth. Other persons, though it would appear ex- 
 tremely kvTy have publicly condemned the systematic dtmoialization 
 now prevalent. The two following communications to a Dublin 
 newspaper touch upon the subject : — 
 
 "to the editor of Saunders's news letter. 
 
 " Rutland -square, 9th June, 1845. 
 "Sir, — Allow me, through the medium of your columns, to call ihe attention 
 of the government to a public breach of the Lord's Day, the toleration of which 
 within this short time back has became quite a matter of surprise to every Mell- 
 thinking person, I mean the playing of music on that day through the city and 
 the neighbouring villages. If the government will not exert itself to prevent 
 a continuance of this, as being a transgression of the laws of God, it no doubt 
 will when told that a large body of the citizens of Dublin have been bitterly, 
 though silently complaining against it. 
 
 " Your obedient servant, 
 
 "Alex. Boyd." 
 
 "to the editor of Saunders's sews letter. 
 
 " Sir, — Permit me, through the columns of your journal, to place before the 
 proper authorities the shameful violation of the Lord's Day, which has been so 
 improperly permitted to prevail in this city for so long a time. The precept of 
 keeping holy the Lord's Day is habitually violated by bands of music parading 
 through the city and suburbs, to the great annoyance of the religious portion of 
 the community. On Sunday, the 8th o{ .June, about twenty ragged boys turned 
 out at Balls-bridge, with a regular set of fifes and drums, having all the ap- 
 pearance of preparation for ulterior operations, playing all kinds of discordant 
 and disloyal tunes through the streets and roads, ha\iug a mob of similar fel- 
 lows after them, driving every respectable person ott' the footway, jostling, or 
 otherwise insulting them. Ii is monstrous to tolerate so crying an evil in a 
 Christian country, and if it be not speedily put an end to we may expect iiwill 
 be followed by still greater enormities. 
 
 "A Christian." 
 
 " [The above letter is authenticated by a Grand .Turor of the City and County 
 of DvMXn.y*— Saunders s Netvs Letier/DwhXm, 17ih June, 1845. 
 
 The writers of these letters may well express their surprise that 
 such gross and public breach of religion and morality should be per- 
 mitted with 1,100 well paid police in the city of Dublin, but, 
 considering that the far more serious nuisance of shouting out brothel 
 expressions and other infamous language, with statements most dero- 
 gatory to j)ersons of the highest station, male and female, has been 
 
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 allowed for more than two years, I do not, I confess, feel at all sur- 
 S at the permission of the desecration of the Sabbath day. If 
 rnv on^ desU Tknow the localities, both north and south ol the 
 cUv ?n which the nuisance has been perpetrated, let him revert to .he 
 «sf which I have furnished at page 6 of this volume. Oonsidermg 
 the Tgrelate amount of the various kinds of liceut.ousness earned 
 on unS ed. 1 fully agree with the Grand Juror that "st.U greater 
 enorTtres" may be expected. The Romish agitators are rmgleaders 
 in this display of irreligion. Read the followmg :- 
 
 " At a general meeting of the ministers, leaders, stewards, "■"'I t™'>f;' "f ** 
 WesWanVethodist Society of Cork it was »n-,^ 
 
 regard the proceed.nRS ^^^^^"^ ";\\J^: ^^^ ^irorDWire Law ; and a fla- • 
 
 this city, on Sunday ast, »' »/^"7,i'™°7",';™ ,he shoots of the multitude, 
 granyiolationof c,v,landrd>g>ous.a>ert Ih^^^^^^ ^^ ^^^^^^^ 
 
 ZolTZ ,t eeuTuring the LCsTf'public worship, were grossly repugnant 
 to the^sanctiks of the Christian Sabbath, and insulting to those who remember 
 Se Sabbath day to keep it holy."-Sa„«*r»', lieu,. Letter, 2Ut Jane. 184... 
 
 It is welWtnown, the church of Rome is everywhere extremely lax 
 in its observTnce of the Divine command regarding the Sabbath Day. 
 On the Continent, (as I have myself witnessed) m the mormng 
 Mas, claims half an hours attendance, while in the evenmg, the other 
 ^ectac e °f the theatre is much better attended. Altogether, there is 
 Tod ' ounds for the opinion, that the Romanists desire to introduce 
 continental morality into this kingdom, and, as far as may be. cont i- 
 nenul PoprrJ after it. To this, some libertine nominal Protestants 
 annear to have no objection. The street-shouung nuisance was ongi- 
 X intended to huit down a Protestant and an Orangeman but as 
 "evil communications corrupt good manners." T am convinced that a 
 cWe obiect of the Papists has been, by means of obscene, brothel 
 hnouage to corrupt the morals of the Protestant men, women and 
 thifdrel : and I regret to state, that there are appearances which lead 
 tfl he conclusion that they have, in some degree, succeeded m their 
 diabolial purpose. Most certainly, one will now hear from the mon,hs 
 
 of well-dresse'd people, male and female. °l>J-"°»'''''« ^-J-f ^f^^^ 
 thev would be ashamed to use a few years smce. The Romanists 
 have of course, also corrupted themselves, but it would seem that 
 thek' Jesuits and other leaders are quite willing that their own flocks 
 should be demoralized provided they could, at the same time, accom- 
 pUsh the contamination of the Protestants. The continual yellmg of 
 The Papist street ruffians relative to the mo.t disgraceful crimes must 
 necessTrily taint every person, old and yonng who hears them ; and 
 by S of the most unnatural offences, the fiends have 1 suppose 
 cLu ated that lesser, or more natural, immorahty would be thought 
 of smal consequence. As I have said, they have in some degree 
 succeeded, at least if we may judge by the improper anguage now 
 heard among people of the m-iddle and higher classes. A late number 
 TlL\JhBrUuh Review exactly describes the evil :-' One of 
 the most remarkable efl-ects of these works (of Dickens) has been the 
 Igular pauonage and favour which has marked the recepuon of these 
 
 r! 
 
 , "^.'y<i3^.±^ 
 
264 
 
 slancj sorts of expies«ion, of which Mr. Dickens has presented us with 
 so copious a variety. Even in polite circles, and sometimes in the 
 mouths of the fair sex, Mr. Weller's flowers of rhetoric, and Dick 
 Swiveller's graces of speech, might be heard frequently quoted with 
 zest; and still these vulgarisms, this well of English 5or<»-defiled, 
 threatens lo infect the tone of conversation, and to colour the language 
 of social life. No one who reflects on the nature of this sort of dialect 
 can fail to regret that it should be spread abroad and come into vogue, 
 as it thus seems likely to do. Mr. Dickens has himself endeavoured 
 to convey to us, as the result of his observations on some classes of 
 society in America, that corrupt phraseology is intimately associated 
 with degeneracy of character. Slang arose in towns, amid thieves 
 and gamblers, who had need of an obscure phraseology ; it was adopted 
 by those who wished to be thought initiated into secrets not known to 
 every one ; it came to be used as a cheap substitute for wit; but where- 
 ever it goes, it bears the stamp of its nativity, and an impress of crime, 
 concealment, and baseness. The man of pure and honorable feeling 
 cannot use it; and its spread will be an index of the depai^re of these 
 qualities from society." This seems exactly the lamentable process 
 .in the Irish metropolis. The Romish bestial ruflSans have been per- 
 mitted to belch forth their indecency, and their expressions are now 
 in the n»ouihs a^ gentlemen and ladies who not long since would think 
 that the use of such language would ruin their characters beyond re- 
 demption. Smutty language which would only befit such people as 
 Lady Blarney or Miss Carolina Wilhelmina Amelia Skegys is now 
 very commonly used, and that without check or reproof, so far as I 
 can perceive. All this certainly betokens a departure from that high 
 and superior tone of j)urity lor which we were some time since eulo- 
 gized, and which I niyself stated in the pamphlet published imme- 
 diately on my return from England in 1843. I have now a diflerent 
 story to relate, and not without sincere regret : 
 
 Oh ! where is now the character of peace, * 
 
 Sobriety, and order, and chaste love, 
 
 And honest dealing, and untainted speech-— 
 
 And pure good will, and hospitable cheer ? 
 
 Wordsworth's Excursion. 
 
 We all know that there are fences and barriers to virtue which are 
 of vital importance to society generally, but particularly to the female 
 sex. These barriers, or outworks, are modesty and decorum of lan- 
 guage, conduct and demeanour, and if they are overthrown the actual 
 commission of deeds of immorality is never far distant: the citadel of 
 virtue becomes an easy prey to first invader. I am one of those who 
 entirely agree with the poet, that 
 
 " Immodest words admit of no defence, 
 For want of decencv is want of sense.'* 
 
 It is as much a matter of taste, as of morality and religion. For 
 my own part, like most persons attached to literature and literary 
 pursuits, 1 have an invincible repugnance to the use of gross language. 
 
 265 
 
 A u. T have already intimated, were I a housekeeper with a family, 
 and as 1 nave aireauy lum" , .* ,^^^ nvnn^pd to conuption by the 
 particularly of females and <=h.ldj2' •'^P;';^,/"^ ,te public streeu, 
 grossly indecent words and «^f .^'^'^'^^f.^.T^/e ,^^^^ destructive 
 So earthly consideration 'h^uW 'nduc m to toe.a^e su h ^^^.^ 
 
 nuisance, suchcooral r>f^^^^^l°'^lZt^rZJ. when the fact is, 
 people sometimes J^^th? iaJwhal corrupts!' degrades and dis- 
 thetr enemies "^^^o/^^o expose females to contamination, can en- 
 graces them. 1 nose wno ca^ ^^„_j r^r them. Never were the 
 
 ^rtainneitheresteem. respeca.no^eg^^^^ ,^^ ^^ 
 
 active exeruons of the A^'""*"", ,' ..^ practice of the Chris- 
 nancingvice and promoting ''{^ 'L"°3§' TheCd nary formal pro- 
 tian religion." more >-P«-"- yj^^.^^^^in Jt "erfec^y nugat'ory. 
 ceedings of the clergy 8"^ ot societ es mu J j^'^q extend its 
 
 while an organized system "f ^'^J^/^'^f.X LCXgn influence. I 
 operations and tatnt every cla^s of soctey by u^ g^^^ ^^^ 
 
 directed the attention ol ™fny°*''^^ '"''*, pamphlets in the year 
 laity, of Dublin to this ev>l, »/ 1«"«^ »^J ^^^ i h^ve received 
 1844. as has been '^^^^1^ '^,^^\Z''^l2^1nor>s, and although 
 
 thanks for my =°|"'°"°''=„T"'jXts hav^ee" ^ 
 nearly a thousand letters and rX'ff^ „7„_i„io„ „hich 1 have ad- 
 individual has r""''*''tlarteSnginC churches while the 
 yanced. Of what use is f?7»* P;'?'f"| ' ^ehed ? Of what avail 
 «vil system throughout society ..'««»'"' J^'^^i^^.a i^ ihe keel of the 
 the display of officers on deck if a l«;k *^ P^'^'^^'^;^ j, i„g ,he re- 
 ship ? S| a P;econcer«d process be at work which . pp ^g^^ 
 
 ligion and undermining *« "°'*f °„hich never approaohes the real 
 U^he usual routine of official servcewh.cn n VV ^^ 
 
 evil ? The social <:<'"'"t.o° f J™ ^Z never mentioued by oiii- 
 contamination to which I ^^ „ s^dy lo please their auditors 
 tors or newspapers, ("''O. I presume stu>^^^F ^^^^ ^^^^^ ^ 
 
 and supporters), b"' th'S remaj^kf^e ci— U ^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^^^ 
 
 unimpeachable f "»°°y "V/e Ami-M.ynooth meetings in Dublin, 
 gome of the speakers at the late •*"" ™»y j.^ ^^^e to a 
 
 The Kev. f >; "f ^f ' ^ f^^^rign"^^^^^^^^^^^ to the Condition of 
 great extent left m a state oi uvie b ^^^,^^s, and state of 
 
 Ireland ; he had .learned more of ^^e 'n''^;"'/;^,",,^ ,han if he had 
 the country ^'^'^\'^' '^°Vr^.^lZlZer> for seven year,."* 
 lived in it and had been ---^'"^ f -^^b/^ lar as tL social 
 This is. unques lonably, » =°"'"/*P edings of parties are con- 
 condition of Ireland and much of ^ P™„„»,„ji,ed bv the news- 
 cerned. Several highly r^'^"l^^^:^Zrilir.ctiln. it is ab- 
 papers. ' f '^« '»X^tre ^h^ld bTa <earless exposition of the 
 
 ir :lKrsint at;r^ ^"rto any W^" - 
 verbs, xiv. 34. 
 
 » Saunder,; lfeu;> Uller, Dublin, 6th Jane, ^845. 
 
1^. 
 
 266 
 
 As a Protestant, T am quite ready to admit that while the church 
 of Rome in Ireland is systematically endeavouring to destroy all ex- 
 terns, it, at the same time, is accelerating its own ruin. While it is 
 perpetrating abominable wickedness to disable others it is most assu- 
 ledly effectuating its own destruction. This is one of the fundamen- 
 tal errors of the Church of Rome. They may think itpohcy to ruin 
 others —infernal policy certainly — they may think it serviceable policy 
 t(» cast foul disgrace upon a whole party by trying to entrap one of 
 its active members into infamous crimes ; but it seems to me very like 
 insanity to be so busily engaged in ruining themselves. It would 
 seem, however, that there are demons in human shape who are per- 
 fectly willing to march to perdition provided they can bring another 
 class of people along with them. The entire of this system smacks 
 of the infernal regions. Its origin is below. It is exactly the evil 
 and loose principle of the Jesuits, which has been so frequently ex- 
 posed to the execration of every true Christian, which inculcates that 
 evil may be done if any contingent good (or what they deem good) 
 might be expected from it. As I have alread^r stated, and it cannot 
 be insisted on too often, this diabolical principle would soon produce 
 a hell upon earth. It would, in (act, authorise every church, sect 
 and party to commit crimes without restriction as to number or enor- 
 mity. It has for its author, most unquestionably, that Evil Spirit 
 who has been labouring in his destructive vocation since the creation. 
 '* They are of their father the Devil, who was a liar and murderer 
 from the beginning." 
 
 To those unacquainted with the history of the Church of Rome, 
 the insidious machinations, the perfidious devices, the licentious prin- 
 ciples and open profligacy of the Jesuits and other members of that 
 church may appear surprising on the part of any body professing 
 Christianity. With better informed persons, the proceedings of the 
 Romanists excite no surprise whatsoever. All such are perfectly 
 aware, that the dogmas and arbitrary rules of the Romish Church are 
 not Christianity at all. They may be called the doctrines of the Pope 
 of Rome, the inventions ol the priesthood and Councils assembled 
 under his authority, but they form no part of the religion of Christ. 
 It IS Popery but not Christianity. In short, it is capable of the clear- 
 est demonstration, that the church of Rome consists of a formidable 
 clerical corporation of priests, who have heretofore engrossed all power 
 mto their own hands, and in the dark ages, actually fabricated rites, 
 ceremonies and doctnnes for the purpose of ensuring to themselves 
 those two great objects of mundane ambition, pelf and power. For 
 this purpose every one of the following unsound, unchristian and un- 
 tenable dogmas were invented .-^Public worship in an unknown 
 iongue^Transubstantiation-^Withholding the cup from the laity— 
 Power of the priest to forgive sins ^Confession to priests— Prayers 
 to saints -The worship of images- Supremacy of the Bishop of 
 Rome— Traditions^Purgatory— Prayers for the dead. The Krand 
 scheme for replenishing the Pope's coffers and enriching the priest- 
 hood at the expense of the deluded laity, was bv the sale of dispeusa- 
 
 2t57 
 
 s,ri -rr Jrr ..srcrj rt 3': ffi 
 
 aei^'spaper. May, 1845:— 
 
 «,„ ,673. Anthony Kgan, a ^rancisc™ friarg-ho^^^^^ 
 the Pupe-s »P-t""»' P-;X"l :rrng.an ,Tpa-phlet se«i;.g'forth th, 
 
 .fterhis ''""'"^■""''''^/cb^ncery Court of R.n.e,' that great eusto,„ ho»» 
 various sums fixed by the Chancery t.ouri cVimes, &c. A fifth edition 
 
 for sin,' tor granting 'Ji»P«"^»""°f"V7irandh.dng afterwards become ex. 
 «f this pamphlet was P-W^h;* -n '1'/,'.," Baron Maseres, in his last volume 
 ceedingly scarce, >' "^ -^"thtkiU; be sa^s. ' it can ne^erbe unseasonable 
 of (keaaonal Essays, (180») tninKing, ; i ^^-piness of society, so 
 
 to expose a religion so d^-'-^-'^J" '^f^ P;*7„ ^ mafn end and design of 
 
 StSy.'"arw«se?u?^i^^^^^ 
 
 l^B ritistirbrreCnTn g-^^ttej^^^ tb^t Sir K. Peel propose. 
 
 iA .ive £26,000 a year to the College of Maynooth.) 
 
 ".fwe wm now proceed to select from the table. ^^^^^■:: 'J^^'^.Z 
 .triking cases of dispensations of rows and oatb,asjeUa^^^^ 
 
 crimes (omUtms "•«7,'- "i II tXg o^t Mayno grant :- 
 
 as il is fit they should, the practical worKi g £ $. d. 
 
 DISPENSATIONS OF VOWS. 
 
 If o m.n has taken a vow of chastity solemnly he may have a dis- 
 
 '' %To:a!lon,'f necessary, for notWng his vow, paying the ^^ ^ ^ 
 
 ^or nrotnging thV term of vc;;s to go to 'tie Holy Sepulchre, or to 
 ^"' ^St Pefer's, at Rome, upon a lawful cause assigned, 
 If the dispensaUon he only for two years, 
 
 DISPENSATIONS OF OATHS. 
 
 For the breach of an oatA, or c«.<rac<, respecting civil employment, ^ ^ ^ 
 For "JwTrn'Uiingboth ihe inhibito;; clauses, and afooWu-n ^^ ^ ^ 
 
 F.r^bitch^f'an":";*^' cannot i^ Uept without iucurHng ^ ^ ^ 
 everlasting damnation, . . 
 
 DISPENSATIONS OF CRIMES. 
 
 To, a marriage contracted in the >.f*.r«|^^ 
 
 r..S^1^CtAZ7;:X^rs^.L.> -- :: ^ 
 
 Tor incest \n & layman. 
 
 For at/ui(en/ in the same, .. 
 
 For adultery and incest together, • • 
 
 For L^rr co^^utd T^'^^^ ahVot, chief o7 an order, or^ 
 
 For^:;l5^'f U ^^^^^ eaii 
 
 Fo The lurdcr of a priest by a layman, . . • - 
 
 For the murder of a dayman by a layman Mav«ooth-and for teaching 
 
 « This is Popery-and Popery is ^-g*^ /^^ and pupils, Sir 
 
 Popery at Maynooth, and to P^^J^^Af ^'^ „ .. 
 Kobert Peel proposes to allow £26,000 a year. ^ ^ 
 
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 It is well known that it was this Infamous sale of indulgences 
 which first attracted the altsniion of thinking men to tiie assumed 
 power of the Pope and clergy of Rome. " Under the control ol Leo 
 X.," says Uoscoe, " the riches tlmt flowed from every part of Europe 
 to Rome, as to the heart of the ecclesiastical system, were again poured 
 out tliroj^'li a thousand channels, till liie sources became inadequate 
 to the expenditure. To snj)ply this deficiency, he availed himself 
 of various expedients, winch, whiUt they etfecled for a time the 
 intended purpose, roused the attention of the people to the enor- 
 miues and abuses of the Church, and in some measure drew aside 
 the sacred veil, which, shrouding her Irom the i)rying eyes ol the 
 vulgar, has always been her salest preservation. The open sale of 
 dispensaii.ms and indulgences, lor the most enormous and disgraceful 
 crimes, was too flagrant not to attract general notice. Encouraged by 
 the drssuiisfactioji which was thus excited, a daring reformer arose, and 
 ventured to oppose the opinion ol an individual to the infallible deter- 
 mmatiims of the church. At this critical juncture, Luther found that 
 support which he nnglit in vain have sought at any other period, and 
 an mr(»ad was made into the sanctuary, which has ever since been 
 widening, and will probably continue to widen, till the mighty fabric, 
 the Work of so ujany ages, shall be laid in rums."* As the motto of 
 the church of Ronje is semper eadem, always the same, there can be 
 no doubt that the system here accurately described still prevails. In- 
 deed, weolten hear of dispensations and indulgences even to the pre- 
 sent day from the Pope of Rome. The traffic of purgatory is in full 
 operation. Tue priests will lake all the money offered to them to pray 
 souls ont of purgaiory. but the unfortunate relatives of the poorer 
 classes, who cannot pay for this service, may remain in torture until 
 dooms-day. No penny no paternoster. Tuey must be people of ex- 
 cessively obtuse miellect who cannot perceive rhe flagrant injustice, 
 cruelty and partiality of this unsound system, and that it is certainly 
 a fradulent scheme to raise money, and consequently must be re]>ng- 
 nant to the religion of a G..d of truth and justice. Confession to the 
 priests and absolution is another source of large revenue; enormou* 
 sums being levied on these faUe pretences. Allusion has been frequently 
 made by Protestant public speakers, (the Rev. Mortimer O'Sullivan, 
 the Rev. Robert J. M'Ghee, the Rev. Tresham D. Gregg and 
 others), to the Romish sysfem of confession and the grossly indecent 
 instructions and questions at present in use, as fully stated in Dens* 
 Theology, tlie Maynooth class-bo<.ks and other standard works ol the 
 Church ofTlome. It has been frequently said that the ideas and ex- 
 pressions of Dens are unfit for publication in any living language. 
 I quite coincide in this opinion, but the work has been published and 
 may be had at several Dublin booksellers in the original Latin ; and 
 as I consider it highly important, on various accounts, to exhibit the 
 real nature of Popery, I shall introduce here some passages of the 
 text of Peter Dens. The work is dedicated by Mr. Coyne, (the 
 
 ♦ Lift of Lorenao de Medici, 6th edition, vol. ii. p. 278. 
 
 269 
 
 Drinterand publisher to Maynooth), to the " Most Rev. Father in 
 ff Daniel^Muriay, Lord Archbishop of Dublin and 1~ 
 l^elanf^as follows:-.; This se^^^^^ 
 
 Krle-Tis" un=;; wUh the^^r^probation of the Most ^v^end 
 t.m^J! .. _ :„ f-,.A T ,..A n^nipl Miirrav. Archbishop of Dub- 
 
 Peter i/ens, underiaKen wiiu uib up iiuv.«.,.ww «. --- -. , 
 
 Lora <h Father in God, Lord Daniel Murray, Archbishop of Dub- 
 lin and Pri.na.e ol Ireland, is, as a pledge ol gratitude lor the u.Hn^ 
 and treat favours so olteu conferred, given, inscribed. »"d <iedicaled 
 to his Lordship, «ith all due deference and -spec., by bis Lor ship s 
 most humble and most obedient servant, Richard ^"J"*' *\»y ^'• 
 1832" The follottins resolution has been agreed o relative to tne 
 w^r— • At a meeting ol the Roman Catholic Prelates ol Ireland 
 L,d ;n the'.4th Sept.' 1«08, it was unanimously "f^d 'ha' I)-- 
 
 Complete Body of Theology was the best ^""'^ . °'' '^* '7^' j fn 
 could be mntldished." Agan, at a meeting of the same heW m 
 r».,i.lin Q.Vh Feb. 1810:-" Resolved -That we do nereoy touuim 
 «ia&'v our unaltered adherence to the Resolutions -annnoiisly 
 e lerVd into at our last general meeting on the I4th Sept. 18U8. - 
 »P, HUUry Cat. Asi Vol, 2. Appenp.20. 1" --^v Dr 
 these resolutions, and also because " his Grace Dr. ^l'""?./''- 
 these re« lu i , Kii.sella, made it the coulerence book 
 
 fo?:: c?e :^y oT : ;ZL ot L.i.,ster, the publisher" in older "to 
 Idv nee the cause o> Won and morality -^^^^^^^^^'^ 
 
 are verbatim extracts :— 
 
 TOTc A^vprtendum quod nuUus Confessariuf^ 
 «De ABSOLtTioNE coMPLicis. -^^^^^*^"^"'" .^^^ pos^it ast valeat a 
 
 R. Affirmative, quia Pontitex f *^^"';" \ j^ pot^.,.ii Confessarius com- 
 ^::^::;ZZ^rin:^^, =S"k;.^a.ae a...er,._.,». 
 lom 6, pp. 291— 2. tnm'a non iu confessione, nee 
 
 .^^ZLSr^i eTrrs.! :X;aLr. : A. e« ...... 
 
 andus ? scientia confessionis soUicitaret, quia. v. g. 
 
 JoJS::JXJ7"^^^ a::.U.u. UH peccato veuere.. P. Antotce. 
 
 '• VX^uio interrogandi sunt conjugati in confessione circa negaUonem 
 
 "t' Affirmative = pre.e. tin. n.uiier„. ,«* e. '^^---^-f'^X--; 
 catum istud quandoque reiic.nt : v ""»-■»« ^^„f "rhnjusn'odi rixatum 
 interragio insii.uend. v. g. an -^^ °'»"'° "'."i* "t ^.^ ne^arint ; qu..d « de- 
 
 ^::;in™iC^TgSr'"u:it^o;r.', ;ra::rsiU;.u.u ».u.nt 
 
i 
 
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 tecvU, de quibus etiam le aceusare debet, quia fuit eorum causa : contra uif 
 confiteatur rixas vel aversiones adversus muritum interrogari potest; an debitum 
 negaverit? — BenSf torn. 7, pp. 149 — 150. • 
 
 Variis modis peccari potest contra bonum prolis, scilicet 1 o. peccant viri, qui 
 commiltunt peccatum Her et Onau, quos, quia rem banc detestabilem iMtfunt,. 
 interferit Dominus. 49r 
 
 2o. peccant uxores, quae potionibns fcetus conceptionem impediunt, ant sus- 
 ceptum viri semen ejieiunt, vel ejicere conantur. — Dens^ torn. 7, p. 147. 
 
 Notent bic Confessarii, quod conjugati, ne proles nimiuui raultiplicentur,. 
 aliquaudo committunt detestabilem turpitudinem Her et Oniin, circa quod pec- 
 catum examinandi sunt. — Dens, torn. 7, p. 153. 
 
 Ne confessarius haereat iners in circumstantiis alicujus peccati indagandis, m 
 promptu babeat hunc circumstantiarum versiculum : quis, quid, ubi, quibu» 
 auxiliis, cur, quoinodo, quando. — JDeiiSf torn. 6, p. 123. 
 
 Frudentes Confessarii solent et statuunt regulariter inquirere ab omnibus 
 •ponsis, utrura occasione futuri matrimonii occurrerint cogitationes quoedam 
 inbonestK ? Utrum penniserint oscula, et alias majores libertates ad iDvicem 
 ex eo, quod forte putaverint jam sibi pluralicere ? 
 
 Cum verecundia soleat magis corripere sponsam, propterea solemus pvius in 
 confessioue audire sponsum, ut sponsa postea confidentius exponat, quod novit 
 jam esse notum Confessario. — Dens^ lom. 6, pp. 239 — 40. 
 
 An persona conjugata peccat delectando veneree de copula vel tactibus cum 
 comparte habitis aut babendis, si compars sit absens tempore delectationis, in- 
 firma, &c., adeo ut copula bic et nunc sit impossibilis ? 
 
 R. Si delectando se exponat periculo poUutionis, certo peccat mortaliter, 
 contra castitatem^ et etiam contra justitiam. Si vero absit periculum pollutionis, 
 Sancbez, Sylvius, Steyart et Daelman eam a mortali liberant, quia honestas 
 Btatus matrimonialis videtur talem delectationem a mortali excusare. Alii 
 tamen probabilius similem delectationem consent mortalem, ut Navarrus, 
 Billuart, Collet, Antoine, &c. — Densy torn. 1, p. 315. 
 
 Circa qu% specialiter examinari possunt adolescentes xtatis circiter virginti 
 annorum, satis vegeti et mundani, vel portui dediti ? 
 
 R. Circa peccata luxuriae prime per generates interrogationes et a longinquo : 
 V. g. an poenitens frequeutet personas alterius sexus ? Si ooucedat; an sint 
 dicta quaedam verba honesta ? Quid secutum ? &c. Si neget, potest inquiri : 
 An aliquando vexetur inbonestis cogitationibus vel somniis } Si aifermet, ad 
 interrogationes ulteriores prugredi oporlet. 
 
 Eadem prudentiae forma observabiter circa adolescentulara vel mulierem vane 
 comptam. — Dens, torn. 6, p. 125. 
 
 De peccatis carnalibus conjugum inter se. Certum est, conjuges 
 inter se peccare posse, etiam graviier contra virtutem castitatis, sive continen- 
 tiae, ratione quarundam circumstantiarum; iu particulari autem defiuire, quse 
 sunt mortales, qufe solum veniales, per obscurum est, nee eadem omnium sen- 
 tentia; ut vel ideo sollicite persuadendum sit conjugatis, ut recordentur se esse 
 fi.ios Sanctorum, quos decet iu sauctitate conjugali filios procreare. Quidam 
 uuthores circumstantias circa actum coiijugalem prsecipue ubservandas experi- 
 munt bis ver&ibus : 
 
 Sit modus, et finis, sine damno, solve, cobsBre. 
 Sit locus et tempus, tactus, nee spernito votum. 
 
 Ergo debet servari modus, sive situs, qui dupliciter invertitur, 1 o. utnon 
 servetur debitum vas, sed copula babeatur in vase prsepostero, vel quocumque 
 alio non naiurali ; quod semper mortale est spectans ad sodomiam roiuorem, seu 
 imperfectam, idque tenendum contra quosdam laxistas, sive copula ibi con- 
 summetur, sive tanium incboetur cousuuimauda in vase naturali. 
 
 Modus sive situs invertitur, ut servetur debitum vas ad copulam a natura 
 ordinatuQi, v. g. si fiat accedento a praepostere, a latere, staudo, sedendo, vel si 
 Tir sit succubus, modus is mortalis est, si inde suborialur periculum poUutionis 
 respeciu alterius, sive quando periculum est, ne semen perdatur, prout saspe 
 accidit, dum actus exercetur stando, sedendo, aut viro succumbente : si absit 
 et sufficientur prsecaveatur istud periculum, ex communi sententia id n on Mt 
 
 ml 
 
 ^ 1 -.» •nti.m Tenialc ex cravioribus, cum sit inversio ordinis natuiB ; est 
 
 nuroero 48. „o^«„ »; vprum sit, quod dicunt Sancbez, 
 
 ui in stomaoho respect.. <A}A.-I>e«s, '^^■^'l^lZTtn,^, inter persona. 
 ,intt.rr^r„rra:=uutn.^»UrnrSn. cun..n.ina.in ,«o. 
 
 f.mina. Tied extra vas femincun. naturale, v. g. si vir etluuaai semeu » 
 peTrurin .ntestinuo. .lercoreum femin«."-/?«.«. torn. 4, p. 3,9. 
 
 We here behold the nature of a work of the highest rank (and 
 .h^ri, is much more on the same class ol subjects) amo.ig the chosen 
 there is im ch more oi j^ ^^^,,1^ .^e grossly lude- 
 
 :S t.b ecu ^—htrtTn and women, both old and young are 
 oatech^d It'is stated above, that they are to be questioned abottt 
 thlsins of luxury, and in vol. iv. of Uens, we have as lollows^ 
 . Ou^ est luxuri; ? R. Est inordinat.is appetiius veuereorum. 
 T?us we ea n that subjects the most obscene are introduced mto the 
 
 inquisition, they acquire ill-got, improper power : 
 
 « Tbev search the secrets of the honse, and so 
 
 Are «orshipp'd .hero, and feard, for »hat they kno.v. 
 
 The same improper subjects are to be (ound indecently anatomized 
 in The crs!booL o. Maj..ootb. Read the lollowing :- 
 
 ..a„id sentiendun. sit '^^^''Zt'i^^lZ ^"^r::l..f-cl''^'^^^^^ 
 eade re consuUus reposa.t 1 o. ««'='"^ ■°i?"""X,enus esse peccaU si absque 
 poUutioni, esse P«"'» .'«*" >^ „. necetani ad u"«m matrimonii, nee pravo 
 poUutionis periculo adh.beantur »' »"f, ,f "' 7^,"„„. gj ^men perverso mi- 
 fine fi»nt, quia conjuges tendunl ad »l"'l" """^, "i^^ veniales, etiamsi ad 
 .ivo. V. g. proptu vol„p.a^m |-'7X'braS urt'ordine ad usum matri- 
 natrimonium ordinentur. 3 o. S "™"'° ";*"',_„ veniales, iuita eundem 
 „onii; necadsit P»"'"«'»'' {Jt Th Id qu tamen confiten.u'r'esse quosda.n 
 f^rX'o'lu^P^esl^^Tarit a^rj'eLsari nequ^ant. sive ad matriu.o. 
 LTum referanlu? sive non."-rr«c(. <U Matnmomo, p. 502. 
 
 Having thus produced the ^^J;;^' Z^ZoS^ 
 with that language can, even for « >»°'"^?';„^'S'7„„ , studies and 
 
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 sage of a pampblet on the subject: — " Perhaps," sa>-8 the writer^ 
 " Ihe most awful, and at the same lime the strongest proof of the de- 
 basing influence and immoral tendency of Popeiy, is to be found ia 
 Dens' Tht^ologv iiSTjelf; for there are parts ol ii, the disgraceful abo- 
 minations of which cannot be read without feelings of horror by any 
 mind not seared by R^nnish doctrines—abominations, in comparison 
 with whose N-ulness ordinary profligacy is grave and decorous. And it 
 is to men who Imve been practised in such studies, that tlie Church 
 o< Rome requires her memhr-rs to resort for advice and counsel. These 
 portions ol Dlus' work are of such foul impurity, that we dare not 
 translate them : but we think it but justice to inlorm our Roman Ca- 
 tholic Iriends ol the studies in which those men, to whom their vir- 
 tuous wives and daughters are required to I'pen their hearts in cofues- 
 sion, have been iramed. These shameful passages are to be found in 
 the treatises on Matiimony, on Chastity , Ac., but must be left 
 shnmded under the veil ol the language in which they have l>eeu writ- 
 ten."* Tuis is tiie system ol Popery recently endowed by the sworn 
 Protestant advisers of a Protestant Sovereign ! A crooked policy as 
 unwise and unchri^tian as it is cruel and destructive ! 
 
 In proof of the ruinous effects of the Romish doctrines on the 
 priesthood and on communities, I shall extract a few facts from the 
 excellent work of Gideon Ouseley, entitled, Old Christianity against 
 Papal jYove/ties.f The recent support publicly extended to* this des- 
 tructive system by an act of endowment renders such exposure abso* 
 lutely necessary : — 
 
 *' The papal cler«y, in making themselves wiser than God, by their 
 private confessions and absolutions, and their celibacy, directly concurring, as 
 they evidently must, to produce corruption, /ell, as might be expected, into 
 Satan's snare, ' they became fools. And as they did not like to keep God ia 
 their knowledge, God gave them up to a reprobate mind, and to all uncleanness ; 
 being filled with all injustice, fornication, wickedness, avarice, malice.' Now 
 when the vast multitude of the clergy, secular and regular, of all degrees, were 
 prohibited from marriage, that preservation allowed thera by that infinite 
 wisdom who created them, and that all classes of people must come to these 
 private confessions, and so frequently too, and open up their even indecent se- 
 creU, as above : and when the well fed pastor is celebate, and when he can lay 
 on penance, and when he can loose and absolve from the guilt confessed, what 
 on earth, I ask, can be conceived more calculated to produce general pollution, 
 and fill the world with fornications and adulteries on every hand ? Truly, these 
 most impious and unhappy laws were fitly called by the apostle, doctrines of 
 devils. 
 
 "And this has been the natural result, 1st— Among the clergv themselves,, 
 and then, the heads being corrupted, among the other classes indiscriminately, 
 none who consult history, or the writings of even Cardinal Baronius, Platina, 
 St Bernard, and other papal doctors, or the lives of the popes, will for a mo- 
 ment deny. And thus we behold the exact fulfilment of the divine predictions, 
 J 81, by their false doctrines and idolatries, as already stated, called spiritual 
 
 # 
 
 273 
 
 • Extracts from Dens' Theology, with remarks. 2nd edition p. 73. Dublin : 
 Robertson. 183G. 
 
 t Dublin: W. Curry Jun. and Co., 1836. The late Mr. Ouselev, was » 
 seslous and nieful Wesleyan Minister. 
 
 fornications ; and 2nd, by actual and ever-flowing aduUerios, and other most 
 vile corporeal pollutions. Was not Pope John XI I. killed in the very act of 
 adultery, bv the woman's husband? Nor did Baronius scruple to tell the 
 world, ^'That for 150 years together, St. Peter's chair was filled not with apostles, 
 but apostates, put in fraudulently by vile prostitutes, viz. : MHrozia, Theodora, 
 &c' A papal writer savs of Pope Clement V., ' He was a public debaucher: 
 from that time forth, all'discipline and religion failed among the Cardinals,' &c. 
 Saiih St. Bernard, • The portraiture of these times (12.h century; is made up 
 of fomiomions, adulteries, incests, detestable villainies, and acts of the utmost 
 filthiness.' And Honorius of Autun, ranks in order, ' Princes, monks, prnjsts, 
 nuns and nunneries, and all orders of men to have been thus defiled.' See the 
 account of the horrible pollution of the 13th century, by Matthew Pans; of 
 those of the 14th, by Alvarez Pelagius, (a defender of Pope John XXII.) he 
 sets forth » the cloisters as places of prostitution, in which debauchery, drunken- 
 ness, impure and filihv discourses, &c. did reign ; and that even the horrid sin 
 of Sodom reigned in the most august and venerable churches.' Thus spoke the 
 Bishop of Biianto in the midst of the Council of Trent, * there is no filthiness, 
 how monstrous soever, no' villainy, no impurity, with which the people and 
 clergy were not defiled. Cardinal Bembo records, that ' Pope Leo X was an 
 atheist;' of course an adulterer, and that he one day told him, ' this fable of 
 Jesus Christ had done them g«»od service.' 
 
 « I must add ; however severe the Popes have been against the marriage of 
 the clergv they were not so against their whoredom and uncleanness, but rather 
 ffave them, as their own writers loudly testify, and with grief complain, actual 
 indulgences in them for money; shewing plainly that it was not for the sake of 
 God or puritv, but for other reasons altogether, they made such impious rules. 
 How strange that men who know that the Prophets and Apostles were married 
 should rather see their clergy polluted, than married men. The learned Cha- 
 mier gives several instances from Papal writer?, wl... actually plead for de- 
 bauchery in the clergv rather than marry. » Pighius is blamed,' saith Hosius, 
 •who wrote that a priest who through infirmity of the flesh hath fallen into 
 whoredom, sins less than if he should marry. This doctrine with some is 
 vile, but with Catholics it is most honest.' Costerus snith, • should a priest 
 indulge in uncleanness, nav, keep a concubine in his own house, although he 
 is thereby guiliv of great sacrilege, yet he sins more heinously if he marry. 
 Cardinal Campezzio writes, ♦ that for priests to become husbands, is by far a 
 more grievous sin than if ihev should keep many prostitutes in their houses. 
 Saith St Bernard, ' this whoredom is so common, neither can be concealed ; 
 nor doth it seek to be hid, it is become st. l)razen ; both the clergy as well as 
 laitv having permission given them to cohabit with their cimcubines, up«m the 
 pavinent of a yearly sum of monev, this toleration or indulgence hath got a 
 firm footing ; and this pavmenl being made, they are at liberty to keep a con- 
 cubine or not. O execrable wickedness !' I shall pass by, though u hes before 
 me the lax for various sins of uncleanness, in their Book of Kates : they are 
 too* horrible to be named. * That Pope Sixlus IV. erected in Rome brothels, 
 out of which a large weekly revenue was paid,' is mentioned by C. Agnppa, de 
 VenUat. Scient. p. 64. Hence, he is the man of sin. v, j * xt 
 
 « Saith Fasciculus Rerum, ' a number of R »man princes assembled at Nu- 
 rembuich, in 1522 and 1523, and slated a hundred grievances: the 3rd, is about 
 the increase of the int.derable burden of Indulgences, by which under a shew 
 of piety to churches, or for an expedition against the Turks, the Popes suck 
 the marrow of their estates and winch heightens the imposture, say they, by 
 thei, hireling criers and prea'hers, Christian pietf, is banished, while to advance 
 their markets, thev crv up their wares, for the granting of wonderful, unheard 
 of peremptorv pardons, not onlv of sins already committed, but of sins that 
 •hall be committed, and al.,o the*sins of the dead ; so that by the sale of their 
 wares together with being spoiled of our money. Christian piety is extinguished, 
 while 'any one mav promise himself impunity, upon paying the rate that is set 
 upon the sin he hkih a mind to commit. Hence whoredoms, incests, adultenes, 
 perjuries, murders, thefts, &c, and aU manner of wickedne^ss have at oncp 
 Ihfir offspring.' Cheminilius records, Exam. Con. Tnd. p. /45, That a cer- 
 
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 Urn nobleman told Telaelius, the chief preacher of InJiilgences, that he had • 
 mind to commit a verv heinous sin, and desired an indulgence or present pardon 
 for i» ; for a great sum of money he granted it; the nobleman pays it down and 
 receives his bull. Afterwards this n.>bleman took occasion to met-t Telzeliusm 
 a certain wood, and breaking open his chest of Indulgences, robbed him. When 
 Tetzelius threatened him with all manner of curses, the nobleman >hewed him 
 his bull that he had paid so dear for, and laughing at him, told him ^^^^Jf^ 
 the very sin he had a mind to commit, when he was so fully absolved. What 
 Speed writes, in Hist. Mag Bist. of the awful discoveries made in the time of 
 Henry VIII. in manv monasteries in England of the most frightful pollutions,. 
 J shall pass by. Volumes would be requirt- d to tell all their abominations ; and 
 in this they prove the exact fulfilment of this prophecy, concerning the over- 
 flowing of pollution that was so extensively to defile the Apostate Church. 
 What church in the world has made laws as above, directly opposed to the will 
 of God, and the practice of his servants in all ages of the world, and which thus 
 naturally and immediately leads to all these enormities and fornications ? None 
 •urely, but the Church of Rome alone. Hence, this fatal mark is her s exclu- 
 lively." (p. 362— 371.) , r i. u u r 
 
 Such have been and such are the corrupt principles ol the church ot 
 Rome, and whether their practice is in accordance with the precepts 
 of Christianity, every one can determine. From the check afforded 
 by their being under the constant observation of Protestants in the 
 United Kingdom, actual deeds of profligacy are not quite so prevalent, 
 but look to the continent of Europe, where the system has unresincied 
 sway. It is further unquestionable, that there is much depravity in 
 ihe same party among us ; iii proof of which statement I would reier 
 to the language of the hired street ruffians, as published, so far as de- 
 cency permits, in the early part o( this work. The employing of 
 such demoralized wretches by the Romish priesthood and laity, (the 
 fact, as they have often openly declared), demonstrates that the old 
 corrupt principles still exist, and no one will controvert the proposition 
 that such evil principles must ever lead to criminal practice. When 
 such is the condition, openly, of the metropolis, who can wonder at 
 the crimes throughout the provinces ? What is the tendency of the 
 confessional ? What is the natural result of such obscene communi- 
 cations ? The reverse of purity certainly. What is the tendency of 
 the Popish laws against Protestants and their interests ? Outrages, 
 crimes without number, unquestionably. As in my own case, when 
 they cannot answer a Protestant's books, pamphlets, or public journals, 
 they forthwith commence a series of crimes against his persoii and 
 property. What is the inevitable result of such leagues ot blood and 
 devastation as the secret, sworn Ribbon confederacy ? There can be 
 but one reply. Crime is decidedly on the increase in Ireland, as we 
 further find by the 23rd Report of the Inspectors-General of 
 risons— Messrs. Palmer and White. This increase has ansen in 
 the year 1844, in offences against the person with violence; in 
 offences against property, without violence; in malicious offences 
 against property, and others of a minor description. In the ge- 
 nerally peaceable counties of Wicklow and Carlow, crime has in- 
 creased, as appears by the reports of the present summer assizes.— 
 I have already mentioned the insurrectionary state of Cavan, Leitnm, 
 Monaghan and Longford. The pages ot this volume furnish abundant 
 evidence that fearful demoralization prevails among the Romanists, and 
 
 
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 that Ihey have concocted machinations and carry on vicious schemes for 
 the corruption of the Protestant community. As was remarked by the 
 Honor^bUomersetR. Maxwell, at the Anti-MaynootluneetmgUub- 
 
 lin Rotuudo, 4lh June, 1845-" Thyaurawas a flourishing church, yet 
 one cause o complaint is adduced against it:-' I have ajew things 
 a"ainst thee, because thou sufieiest that woman Jezebel, which calleth 
 her elf a pr;phetess. to teach and seduce mv servants to cominufor- 
 „irk.n and to eat things sacrificed wiAoh:-[Revelahon,. ii. 20.] 
 Who°ourd not but read in this typical Jezebel the Patronized Popery 
 nf the uresent day ?" This is no new device of Popery, as I shall 
 sLw prese. y. He who energetically opposes a system so monstrous 
 as to encoura^' crime, performs his duty, and consults the real inte- 
 s^of "::; man and 'wL.an. Protestant «, .^"'"^rrt'L^Atiry'l; 
 niiy. To say that such a system is the religion ot the Almighty, a 
 
 ""The!Sr'i-ides the immorality, dogmas of persecution specially 
 dirlid agal-t all Protestants Uu.h in D.ns" 1'heology and the May- 
 Mooih cla°s-bo..ks which demand serious attention. ^ >^ """="'"=• .^^^ 
 he n<ita ions that the Romish population cherish d-'^- - '»-» 
 to ll e security ol Protestant lile and properly, and il is a highly nnpor- 
 1 1 at "I'at the standard books ol the Romish P-jJ^' — J PJ^ 
 cinles which, if carried practically into execution, would plunder every 
 Poestantin Ireland Tf his possessions. This "'-y'V^^^llJ^J. 
 a matter of small consequence in the eyes of some Enghsh pol ""an» » 
 nerhlos "hey would look on with indifference at a transfer ol the p o- 
 Teiy of the country from one class of proprietors to another; but it 
 &s those who L vitally interested to take tune by the U, eloc^^^ 
 
 and by effectual '^^^^^^^^ '^^Z^:^:^^^^^^^^ 
 «pr«4P t(» them and tneir concerns, xuia »"» , i • j- ,.„ ♦v.q* 
 
 Ireland should do their duty pn.mpily. H any ^""'Y'^;^^^^^ 
 
 DooKs Ol maj , Theolo"V. as ollovks :— 
 
 those rpcenilv i)rnitea m JL»ens lueuju^j, 
 
 ZIL. (PrLun.) .bat are k„,,w„ .o be such are i.r..oas for ih.. very 
 
 X"J«^S: r:Xe'la -orrect>e9:^r«^:Vcau,e .be eo«..anoe o. 
 heresy lies in the ecclesiastic^^ 
 
 this fact. 
 
li 
 
 fi 
 
 ^76 
 
 "Finally, THEY ark also justly afflicted with other corporal 
 
 PCKISHMENTS, AS WITH EXILE, IMPRISONMENT, &C. 
 
 « Are HERETICS JUSTLY PUNISHED WITH DEATH t r ^. 
 
 .. S, Thoma^ aoswers-22 ci«e... II ar.. 3 in ccp. '/=»-»'""« f^^ 
 cf Zm,i or uther disturbers of Ihe »iale are jusily punished .t.tb deaih, Ibere- 
 ftrT S berelic, wbo are /.rjm of tl^ Jaith, and, .s e^per«aoe lesufie.. 
 
 •^r^Ws^s crfi'med.'brcause God in .he Old TesU..en. ordered the /a>»e 
 pr<,pheUtL be slain i «>d in Deut. chap. xvii. v. 12, it is decreed that.f »ny 
 Sne will act proudly and will not obey the commands of the pnes^ let b.m be 
 
 ""i 'Xbt'^me is';;o^ed -from the'ton'?mn..ion onhe^4th arUole of John Huss. 
 in the Council of Constance."— l?ew«, vol. ii. p. 88— «y. 
 
 I drew attention to this important subject by the preface Jo ^7 Li^^ 
 of King William 111. (p. x.), published nine years since. Ihat these 
 Papal laws do not remain a dead letter, we have unhappily daily proof. 
 oTeof the latest is the murder of George T. B. Booth Esq.^^ 
 aDoears from the following :—" Cavan, June 23. On yesterday, 
 (Cay ™ sVc/oa-, as G. T. B. Booth, Esq., of Drumcarbm 
 House! Justice of Peace, was returning from Kilmore church to his 
 ^Tnce, he was fired at fr.m behind, and shot dead on the spot. 
 The inquest has just been holden, and a verdict of wil ul murder re- 
 turned against some person unknown." (From another correspon-^ 
 diT) "You have, perhaps, heard from other quarters of the awlul 
 Sr committed he're yiterday For audacious boMnes-^^^^^^^^^ 
 city it outdoes any thing of the kmd I ever heard of. Numbers saw 
 him fall, and yet the murderer of as inoffensive a man as ever breathed, 
 wa^ allowed to walk away m.harmed and untouched. [Saunferss 
 J^ews^Letter. Dublin, June 25, 1845] " Crossdony, Co Cavan, 
 Jane 24 1845. The Protestants of the country are under the im- 
 pression,' whether justly conceived or not, that the government has 
 Soned them ; and that, unless they unite for their own protection 
 Ihev will be cut off either in detail or en masse, as inay best meet the 
 tVof their blood-thirsty persecutors." " ^ he Protestants t^^^^^^^^ 
 that they are deserted by the government, and eft without any pro- 
 tection such as can avail in such a slate of disorganization. The 
 ordinarV law adapted to civilized society and peaceable times is a mere 
 force and felt to be so now by all parties. The unfortunate Protes- 
 lants, seeing their gentry here and elsewhere, taken oft, one by one, 
 in this way, and knowing their turn will come next, see no hope ot 
 ^4t^^g the evil but by retaliation equally fearful." iSaunderssNew^ 
 I^«.r, Dublin, 26th J une, 1845.] The following extracts irom a let- 
 ter of the Honorable Somerset R.Maxwell, are on the same subject .— 
 
 «* Arley Cottage, Mount Nugent, June 25, 1845. 
 « I deem it a privilege to be the organ of placing on record facts ^l^»ch will 
 enliRhtenTbe public as^u tbe real cbaracter of tbe calumniated Orangemen of 
 Sd Trial is the (est of character-and if ever men were bus tested, the 
 Orangemen of Cavan have been by the late appalling and m,d-day assassma- 
 «onof my friend and brother magistrate, and their late loved, and honored, 
 Z respected Grand Master. George T. B. Booth, Esq., the victim of the dia- 
 Wir«l Ribbon or Molly Maguire conspiracy, which, in their * death s head and 
 crts-W^^ too faithfuUy Earned the murdered genUeman uf 
 
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 their bloody intentions, and of his approaching doom. . . . ► . 
 
 "At the close of rav remarks, the air was rent with cheers and shouts of 
 •No Surrender 1' and the multitude then descended the hill to leach tbe inha- 
 bitants of Ballinagh and its blood-stained neiglibourhood tbe extent of for. 
 bearance of which Protestant principle is capable, and at the same Ume the 
 risk of exhausting that forbearance by fostering and conceahng among them 
 that hell-born svslera, whose mysterious tribunnl pronounces the sentence oi 
 death on the most trifling real or supposed grievance which may be contrary to 
 their bloodv rode, and finds a ready executioner for a few shillings to «end a 
 fellow-being into eternity-make a broken-hearted widow-leave six children 
 fatbertess- deprive a countv '^i an amiable and most impartial magistrate— 
 and bring down from the hand of a God of Justice that vengeance on our land 
 ^hich the fearful combination «f so many of ^ts disaffected peasantry preve^^^ 
 being inflicted by the magistrate's arm."— 6^ a tmrfms hews Letter, Dubhn, Sbth 
 June, 1845. 
 
 At a cem^ral meeting of the Masters of Orange Lodges in the 
 County of Cavan, June 26th, 1845, the following resolution was 
 
 passed : — 
 
 « That we cannlrtT find words to express the horror and indignaUon we feel at 
 the barbarous and brutal murder of our late respected Deputy G':f°*i^aster, 
 George Bell Booth, Esq., on the last Sabbath day, returmng with his little 
 Sen from the house of God, by the hand of a base and cowardly assassin. 
 Warder, Dublin, July 5ih, 1845. 
 
 At a meeting of the Magistrates of the County of Cavan, held m 
 the court-house of Cavan, Jime 26th, 1845, Lord Farnham, D.L.,. 
 in the chair, an address to the Lord Lieutenant was agreed to, trom 
 which the following are extracts : — 
 
 "The Protestants, who have hitherto, in this county, been exclusively the 
 yictims of asrassination, and almost exclusively the sufferers from the vanoos 
 lut ^ges hat have been committed, have long been in a state of alarm^nd by 
 &e murder of Mr. Bell Booth, to whom they were umversaUy and deeply^^ 
 tached, have been roused to tbe highest state of indignation. .. ' • ^^ 
 ftel it our dutv to express to your Excellency, our conviction of the total inefe- 
 Sency of the mea.ur^es that have been hitherto adopted to meet the fprmidaMe 
 conspiacy which has been organised against the lives ^ VT. with «^ 
 Majesty's loyal subjects in Ireland, and which has been attended with suoL 
 
 '^'^^^^:::^:TL^o..ror,er., an ardent and energeUcpeo^le^w.^ 
 nessing the atrocious crimes which have been committed of late ^^^^l^^"^^ 
 of wh?ch they ceriainly have been the victims), .^^^ that the perpetr^^^^^^^^ 
 all escaped with impunity, have most generally imbibed the idea that they are 
 not aLquately prot'ected'by the government, and that they -^l^Hlll^"^^^, 
 selves alone for the protection of their lives and properties. In ^"^f « f\*^^^ 
 m nd any unforseen acciden^ but, above all, any repetition of J^be oulrag^ 
 Smmitted by the miscreants, by whom there is too much reas-^ to beheve w^ 
 axe surrounded, may lead to tbe most disastrous consequences. ^^f/;f^ 
 Sehalf of 38 ma^strates-Farnham, D.L., Chairman. {Saunders s Neu>s LetUr, 
 Dublin, 28th June, 1845.) 
 
 From the charge of Judge Jackson to the Grand Jury of the coun^ 
 of Leitrim, 14th June, 1845, it appears that in tbat county ui^ 
 ?ast six months there have been no less than six hundred Whit«boy. 
 CRibbonT offences, affecting life and property " This fear^l sy^ 
 tern ' said Judge Jackson, -intimidates and teinfies the well-disposed, 
 rthatthey cannot as they ..ish repress outrage. If you do not joia. 
 

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 classes U will be uUer.> i P ^^ ^ ^ ^^ ^^^^^^^ e. 
 
 Sidlrtd 0.S Th" exau-ple of the u.euopolis u>us. al»ays 
 
 '^'^:::^::^Zt:^ *atthe above quoted Papal 
 
 eJcErvul;"freetboththe..fean^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 
 
 ihf^HP destructive enactments are abolished and the nicer oi ^' 
 
 SLTly dicatld, there never can bea day'speace or secunty .„ e • 
 
 The Popish pena! laws and outrages "»q'«f """''.'jy "P^^^^'j :fh„nes, 
 
 =,z "s:, JS™ ~a~:, ';t'::: r"! 
 -^^S£r t\t:- = i.:?::;::: ,1=1: 
 
 °""' fi Ln.,r« lb..5S of ll.. G..h. .»d V.na.l. k, -l.- 
 pmeiplM ml """"' '"V, „ , „|n.„j.„ut ,i,«..«t» ran m-" 
 
 '" r, I .* in-" g »t ..S-»« tk. P..b«. «., b. ."".f 
 
 s™' *"=.'. Xy su.b «"^ «j' 'rr'7.ir f 
 
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 knife and cautery. A parliamentary inquiry into the destructive dog- 
 mas oTpoperv should be first obtained, but, at all events, the Rom.sh 
 Tcrees aS he interests of Protestants should be fully stated, and 
 TetUions presented to both houses of parliament, praymg protecUo. 
 
 suirneness of those more immediately concerned, my warnings have 
 supineness oi u.u ^ eleventh hour, Irish 
 
 K tamn7;aoptnhe%SL?:^^^^^ 
 
 and their advice before doubtful allies or open eneunes. Any pre 
 tiousness carrTed on systematically by the Romantsls, con.buuog wuh 
 
 Commiuee of ^''' •"'»"« ^^'""^t and Christian principle not 
 of that practical attachment to '''"^^'^"^f ; ^^^ ^,^^„ „„,iced in 
 
 many years «'»'- '"J^'^^/tauS, o the Dublin Town Council. 
 
 rrtrit^s -^' The W ig^ ve-wise in their generation ; they per- 
 thus writes .* — 1 »e uig Oranapism until, in a moment of 
 
 severed in ^'-,»-"'„^^;:j:;';i ' ^37'^ f^^^^^^ Enough to advise. 
 n":^ Kallfesnth House of Cou.mons were imbecile 
 " Tl nernetrae the act of pusillanimous treachery which led to 
 enough to V*'P* ™'V ormee bo.lv. This act was the begmning of 
 the dissolu ion of '•'« O--^ p^Je.tant parly which is now all but 
 
 despair when they ^^ ^ ' '^.f^ into pow"er were to be considered 
 
 z t^;^:^^^ - s— •■ p~^^' *"' 
 
 ... notary ParHa^e^ts A SP-^^^^^^^^^^^ 
 rion Ward." pp. 36. 
 
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 2b0 
 
 when they beard it aunouuced by the Premier himself >" J')* Pj'" !;» 
 parliameut, that it was his intention, in the exercise o that l^""«B«' 
 io reaard the professicn of the Protestant faith, pro tanio, a» a dw- 
 qnXation. ' I need not cite examples in uhich tlm doclrme was 
 deduced tonracice. . . . Whether it be for good or evil, tl,e^ 
 gnsTnfaUiblv show that a Protestant political party >« - longer m 
 existence in "Ireland -that that party, at least, has been already 
 rM il U elements. . . • Z' We have that party m.^r«/ 
 ZtoZeUn.nts. and we have those elements -po-^"/''-"-'- 
 of large and united masses of the Repealers. Again .- *« " "" 
 necessary to say that medical practitioners are not the only people 
 mar rout a. ihe subjects of th'is experi.nent *" P^f >:"- ^"oTth 
 do I think it would be useful to attempt a further elucidation ol the 
 question, as to v.hat new combinations Ihe ''."f '"^^^'^Xwif s^n 
 Proteslani political party are likely to enter into. The t"!* " ''^^ 
 to be told, il some new centre be not promptly set np. Uiis is ex 
 plicit corroborative evidence by Doctor Maunsell touching the existing 
 lamenuble disor«ani7.ation of the Protestant party. In Dublin, 
 accorditig to Doctor Maunsell, the Protestant party is " l^^^'^^ 
 its elements;- in other words, has become careless and mdifierent to 
 the u^ort if principle. Why should this be so ? ^^^"^'^^^^^ 
 tenance of religious and political principle as necessairy as ever ? Is 
 "otestaut" union mL requil^ed than at »a"y /^^"f '^ 
 The evidence of Town Councillor Maunsell as to the state ol matters 
 in Dublin, cannot be dee.ned unimportant. Some of the correspon- 
 dents to whom 1 forwardedmy pamphlet express themselves to sim^« 
 effect. Thev stale that there is no such thing as union among Insta 
 Prolesunts. " We here behold the evil result ot the policy of Peel on 
 the one hand and the machinations of the Romanes »" ^he oth«^ 
 aided of course, by the usual operation of the world, the flesb and 
 the devil on Proteswnts themselves. . . _ , ,. 
 
 Several speakers at the late Anti-Maynooth meetmgs m Dublm. 
 delivered their sentiments on this subject. The Rev. Thomas Waugh 
 alluding to Christian Protestant onion, observed:- Ihere was a 
 Utne when a union approaching to that did exist-when I could nura- 
 b^ amongst my dearest friends and fellow-workers m the cause of 
 riehteousaess and truth many honored names, the possessors of which 
 hfve gone to reap their eternal reward. That time has passed away. 
 Jesuitism did with that union what it has done with others— it sepa- 
 rated brother from brother ; and although we did not openly quarrel— 
 for that we were ashamed to Ao, considering our position— -yet we 
 bowed very coldly to each other, and wished each other well as Ingidly 
 as if we were the inhabitants ol Iceland. Many a time have I prayed 
 to God to send again the spirit of those times when Mathias* was 
 amongst us. and when we were favoured by the presence of a Oeorge 
 Hamilton and a Caesar Otway. Who that knew those men that have 
 
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 been gathered to their fathers that do not venerate 'jif .'"^"""-J- J 
 reioice then, to see indications of a revival o( this Christian lellow- 
 rdi.."' The Rev. Doctor HoUoway. of Lot.don, perceived the 
 existing disunion among Piotesiants., " In the first place, said Dr. 
 
 know ea\:h other belter- we must adopt some measure by w^hich a 
 ^„re continuous cotnmm.icalion. one with the other, may be kept 
 !m— we must brin-'aboul. il possible, a kind ol Irateri.ity— a kind ol 
 Erly feltws "p-and lay down sotne plan by which a sympathy 
 S be en ured in "^he n.oveuients of each olher-lhat he who touches 
 Th ;, toudl^s me. Thus united, our numbers wo.ild ^^ ^-^^^ 
 such a height that we would present ourselves as a very foruudabe 
 
 company, and would constrain our ^»«°"^^ "'.,7' * ^ff..'i"™xS 
 Christians love one another ;' and by love we will prevail. • 1 here 
 cannot be a stronger proof of apathy, indifference and disrega d of 
 Sole than the two years and three months permission ol the 
 Top streeTrulfians. Their lang.iage would disgrace 'he worst des 
 oriplion of brothels, and yet it has been publicly tolerated «»hout the 
 slightest interference or impediment, in the best streets of Dub m 
 from Anril, 1843. to the present month of July. 1846. 1 Ins extra 
 ordTnarrand mo t deplorable fact speaks volumes as to the «)c.al 
 VnuSn ol' the Irish metropolis, and there can be no doubt that every 
 rslrday «'d ii"ght aggviiate^ the evil. It partly accounts lor the 
 dUun mi a^ong Pi'olestunts. for cordial union must rest upon mutual 
 e«mn Ct how can there be esteeu, when there is palpable neglect 
 ofXty' fla-rant contempt lor the requirements of religion, morahty 
 id e en common decencJy ? The loss or pcblic spirit .ollows 
 Ts A MATTER OF coc RSE. These remarks are not mteuded as hos Ule 
 
 ^tes as follows in reference to the cotidu. oj ^^ Ro -b cle g.^. ^ 
 IoUm in thp reiffn of James li. It looKeu, aay^ -"' . * , r 
 
 . Late CbapUin of Bethesda Chapel, Dublin. I attended that Chapel two 
 er three years -ivhilc Mr. Malhias officiated. 
 
 * Dublla Wardert June 7, 1845. 
 
■ inry«aTiN>aiih— JbJuaMNw 
 
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 practice, before ihey '^"""'^^^ i>« P""SiP'r r'''7^''lTfh'at "ihlv 
 reformed churches ; and many Roman Catholics declared, that they 
 
 ;td rather have had us profL no religion at all than ^he Protestam 
 In short, whether it was Iroin the looseness of the pnncples of their 
 religion, or from a design to gain on Protestants, ""P'^'y. F« »"«" 
 ness and libertinism were highly encouraged and favoured ; and it »as 
 observable, that very few came with King James into Ireland, that 
 fere remwkable for Iny strictness or severity of liie ; but rather on the 
 other hand, they were generally sisjnal for ihi-ir viciousness and L.ose- 
 ^ss o "heir morals. Sir Thontas Hacketl confessed, that in the whole 
 year lti88, wherein he was Mayor of Dublin, that there was not one 
 Protestant brought before him for theft, and hardly any one U.r any 
 other immorali,; ; whereas he was crowded «uh P.-pish '^•""■';»'« "^ 
 all sorts. The V'ji'ries in the courts; the robl)eries in thecountiy , 
 the lewd pracmes in the stews; the oaths, blasphemies and curses m 
 the armies and streets; the drinkin- ol conlUMo.is and damnalions in 
 the taverns, were all ol ihe.n generally the acts ol Papists, or o .hose 
 who owned ihen.selves ready to becotne such, if .bat par y e""" ""f 
 „pperums.._Bu. more peculiarly, they were remarkable lor the r 
 sirearing, and Uas,.hen.ing and profanation ol the Lordsdav. U 
 thev had any signal ball or enlertainment to make, any journey or 
 weighty business to b.gin, they commonly chose .bat day lor i. and 
 looked on it as a kind of conquest over a Protestant, and a step to his 
 conversion, if they could engage him .o prolane it wuh >hem. T "s 
 universal viciousness made discipline impossi ,le ; and whatever Po- 
 testants were infected with it were certainly lost to their church and 
 their religion ; for the stress of salvation, acco.dmg to the principles 
 of the reformed religion, depends on virtue and holiness of life, with- 
 out which neither sorrow lor sin nor devotion will doa man any ser- 
 vice; whereas he that hears mass daily in the Roman church, kneels 
 often before a cruci6x, and believes firmly that the Roman church is 
 the catholic, and that all out of her communion are damned makes 
 not the leas! doubt of salvation, though he be guilty of habitual swear- 
 ing, drunkenness, and many other vices ; and the observation of this 
 indul.'eiice gained them most of those proselytes that went over to 
 thern'of the lewd women and corrupted gentry. And many among 
 themselves had so great a sense of this advantage, that it made them 
 very favourable to debauchery, and openly profess, that they had a 
 much better opinion of the lewdest persons that died in their own 
 eommunion, than of the strictest and most devout Protestant; and 
 thev would often laugh at our scrupling a sin, and our constancy at 
 r>ravers since, as they would assure us with many oaths, we must 
 L damned the deeper for our diligence ; and they could not endure to 
 find us go about to punish vice in our own members, since, said they, 
 it is to no purpose to trouble yourselves about vice or virtue, that are 
 out of the church, and will all be damned."* 1 can state from my 
 own observation, that scarcely with the exception of a smgle line. 
 
 \ 
 
 * State of the Proteitants of Ireland, 4to. Ed. Lond. 1691. p. 206. 
 
 2S3 
 
 this account of public matters iu the reign of James II. exactly des- 
 cribes the condition of the Irish metropolis under the pro-popish ad- 
 ministration of Sir Robert Peel. The Jesuits were busy with their 
 machinations at the former period and they are equally active now. 
 I have heard this repeatedly stated by the Romanists themselves. The 
 civil and religious tyranny, intolerance and persecution by James II. 
 and his Popish advisers speedily effectuated his destruction, and if we 
 may judge by the recent revival and general manifestation of Protes- 
 tantism in Great Britain, the same result will attend the present des- 
 perate efforts to acquire ascendancy for the church of Rome. The 
 Popish process of corruption has been allowed to proceed, with much 
 detriment to Protestants, but wnth this attendant good ePect, that it 
 has exposed the monstrous deformity of apostate Popery. As stated 
 by Archbishop King, it is quite obvious they would prefer that all 
 persons not Romanists should have no religion whatsoever rather than 
 be Protestants. Feeling thus, they have laboured unceasingly to ex- 
 tinguish religious principle among the latter, and I regret to state, 
 they have not been without some success in their infamous undertaking. 
 Under these critical circumstances of the Protestants of Ireland, 
 the component parts of that party consist of four classes, 1, the trai- 
 tors ; 2, the Liberals ; 3, the neutrals ; and 4, the consistent Protes- 
 tants. The first class, the Judas Iscariots, it would be superfluous 
 to describe. They are ready to sell themselves and their party and 
 ruin every useful Protestant for filthy lucre. Properly speaking, they 
 are not Protestants; they are utterly devoid of religion of any kind. The 
 Liberals think it right to aid every scheme for the advancement of Po- 
 pery, they support Maynooth, the National Education system, and all 
 such measures, thinking that they exhibit liberality by a liberal indiffe- 
 rence to fixed principle and inconsistent support of the most contradic- 
 tory systems. These Liberals imagine that they are supporters of civil 
 and religious liberty while they aid a church which utterly annihi- 
 lates religious liberty, and, as a necessary consequence, can never 
 be friendly to civil liberty. This is proved by the history of every 
 state in Christendom. Our Liberals do not seem to know that sup-r 
 porting an intolerant church can never promote the cause of liberty, 
 that, on the contrary, support of civil and religious liberty impera- 
 tively requires direct opj>osilion to tyrannical systems. We must 
 thus appear to be intolerant in order to support toleration. They must 
 be very superficial thinkers who cannot comprehend this matter. Such, 
 however, appear to be our liberal Protestants. We have next the 
 neutrals, those who, forsooth, '* do not interfere in politics," nor in 
 religion either, as is very evident. Such neutrals were very properly 
 declared " infamous" by Solon, the Athenian lawgiver. Infamous 
 they must be, who can witness proceedings vitally affecting the best 
 interests of the community, and remain perfectly indifferent to the re- 
 shU. These worthless drones, ihe^efruges consumere nali, are, par- 
 ticularly in times of important occurrences, truly despicable iu the 
 judgment of every man of sound heart and common sense. Such 
 animals, for they are nothing better, who seem born merely to ea,t and 
 drink and sleep and indulge in sensual gratification, are, in fact, not 
 
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 only an incumbrance to any party, but a direct detriment by theiv 
 evil example and the impediments which they frequently raise m the 
 path of those who are willing to do their duty to themselves, their so- 
 vereign, and their country. These heartless, selfish persons are a nu- 
 merous class. All the coxcombs and brainless idlers belong to these 
 neutrals. They " care for none of these things." The great poet of 
 human nature, Shakspeare, has well depicted the contrast between 
 one of this contemptible clan and a working member of the commu- 
 nity : — 
 
 " I remember, when the fight was done, 
 When I was dry with rage, and exlreme toil, 
 Breathless and faint, leaning upon my sword, 
 Came there a certain lord, neat, trimly dress'd, 
 Fresh as a hridegroom ; and his chin, new reap'd, 
 Show'd like a stubble land at harvest home; 
 He was perfumed like a milliner; 
 And 'twixt his finger and his thumb he held 
 A pouucet-box, which ever and anon 
 He gave his nose, and took't away again;— 
 Who, there *pith angry, when it next came there, 
 Took it in snuflF:— and still he smil'd, and talk d ; 
 And, as the soldiers bore dead bodies by, 
 He call'd them— untaught knaves, unmannerly, 
 To bring a slovenly unhandsome corse 
 Betwixt the wind and his nobility. 
 With m%ny holiday and lady terms 
 He question'd me : among the rest demanded 
 Mv prisoners, in your Majesty's behalf. 
 T then, all smarting, with my wounds being cold, 
 To be so pester'd with a popinjay. 
 Out of ray grief and my impatience, 
 Answer'd negleclingly, I knew not what ; 
 He should, or he should not ;— for he made me mad, 
 To see him shine so brisk, and smell so sweet, 
 And talk so like a waiting gentlewoman. 
 Of guns, and drums, and wounds, (God save the mark!) 
 And telling me sovereign 'st thing on earth 
 Was parmaceti, for an inward bruise ; 
 And that it was great pity, so it was. 
 That villainous saltpetre should be digg'd 
 Out of the bowels of the harmless earth. 
 Which many a good tall fellow had destroy'd 
 So cowardly ; and, but for these vile guns, 
 He would himself have been a soldier. 
 This bald disjointed chat of hisj my lord, 
 1 answer'd indirectly, as I said ; 
 And, I beseech you, let not his report 
 Come current ft>r an accusation. 
 Betwixt my love and your high majesty." 
 
 King Henry TV. 
 
 Any party, or any country, depending for defence on such worthless 
 coxcombs would, of course, speedily experience disastrous defeat if 
 not utter destruction. If they were merely worthless, the evil would 
 not be 80 great ; but the misfortune is that though impotent for good 
 Ihey are often sufficiently capable of effecUng mischief. They can 
 
 
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 assist the adversary by the contamination of their foolish and impro- 
 per *' chat," and they can sometimes swell the chorus of obloquy 
 raised by the common enemy against eflScient Protestants.* 
 
 To combat the preceding classes within their own body, is part of 
 the duty of consistent Protestants. They are of opinion that men 
 have duties to perform ; their duty to God and their duty to their 
 neighbour. They think that men should attend to something more 
 than mere bodily wants, comforts and gratifications, that they have a 
 mind and moral nature to cultivate and a soul to be saved. They 
 know that their nature is elevated in the scale of creation above that 
 of the beasts that perish. Cognizant of these facts, they cannot con- 
 scientiously rest content with simple notional belief of ihem, but feel 
 bound to cany their principles practically into operation. They feel 
 constrained to support the right, oppose the wrong, and eschew selfish 
 indulgence and listless indifl'erence, especially when occurrences vitally 
 aflfecting the commonweal are enacting at their doors. Being Protes- 
 tants, they protest against Popery, and protesting against that system 
 in theory, they can never be guilty of the culpable inconsistency 
 of supporting it, directly or indirectly, in practice. This is their 
 rule under the most favourable governments, but more especially 
 when stern assertion of principle is peculiarly required by the tergi- 
 versation of nominal Protestant ministers. We, Irish Protestants, 
 have beheld Radical partisans, Romish agitators. Repealers, and bit- 
 ter assailants of all our cherished institutions appointed to important 
 and lucrative oflSces under the Crown ; we have beheld the Fitzsimons, 
 the Pat. Costellos, the Marcus Costellos, the Morgan O'Connells, 
 and Carew O'Dwyers especial objects of ministerial favour ; but this 
 is the precise time that men are tested, it is the time when every loyal' 
 Protestant subject should strictly adhere to his principles. When the 
 Constitution is attacked by open enemies and betrayed by the abuse 
 of patronage and other misdeeds of the executive, when meritorious 
 subjects are refused their just rights, the times pre-eminently require 
 practical attachment to principle on the part of all who would defend 
 Protestantism. It is an encouraging circumstance that such assertion 
 of right principle is invariably, sooner or later, successful. Public 
 functionaries may misconduct themselves and may lead others for a 
 time to act similarly, but those who maintain the cause of justice are 
 ever eventually triumphant. When the latter obtain ascendancy, and 
 with it power, of course the insanity, or treachery, of encouraging 
 the enemies, or lukewarm friends, of the Monarchy and Constitu- 
 tion, and neglecting, or injuring, individuals of proved loyalty and 
 
 • I hare myself observed enough of this evil. Indeed, considering the twenty 
 years unceasing assaults of the Romish enemy, and the misconduct of worth- 
 less Protestants, it is surprising that I have been enabled to accomplish so much 
 M I have performed. Although it has been talked about, I am not seeldng 
 pecuniary reward, recompence or compensation from either the Protestant mi- 
 nistry, or the Protestant people, but I trust that, at least, justic* and fair play 
 vill be conceded. 
 
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 eligibility, will be studiously avoided. This demonstrates thfit horresty 
 is ever the best policy both for parties and persons. It is the best 
 policy, too, for states, as the educated portion of the public must b^ 
 well aware. The Dutch, under the Princes of Orange, by fidelity 
 and UNION, were enabled to resist and triumph over the Popish ty- 
 ranny of powerful Austria and Spain. The French Protestants, or 
 Huguenots, by similar unanimity, successfully contended, under 
 their Sullys, Colignys and De Mornays, against their Romish op- 
 pressors in fer superior numbers ; and our ancestors, though a mino- 
 rity in Ireland, acted with equal wisdom and vigour under William 
 III. They then, as in Derry, hunted the Lundys, the unprincipled 
 traitors out of l^e city and zealously and firmly supported the 
 Walkers, the honest men. By this just and rational course they tri- 
 umphed over a vastly superior force, and most materially aided the 
 English and Scotch Protestants in raising a Protestant Prince to the 
 throne, and afterwards the ancestors of our present Sovereign. So it 
 will be now. If they support their proved friends and are united, they 
 most maintain their rights, but if they desert their promiiient mem- 
 bers and encourage the enemy, if they take the vipers to their bosom, 
 disaster and disgrace most be the inevitable consequence. A fate not 
 undeserved. 
 
 National honour should be upheld at all hazards ; but how can it 
 be sustained by men who profess principles to-day which they unce- 
 remoniously discard to-morrow, by men who lead persons for years to 
 support certain well-defined views and oppose others equally under- 
 stood, and when the day of trial and performance arrives, instantly 
 adopt the latter and discountenance the former ? Such public immo- 
 rality, as holding forth a bad example to the country, must ever be 
 most pernicious, whether the delinquents be Conservatives, Whigs or 
 Radicals, and this altogetber independently of the direct detriment 
 which tbe party betrayed must feel that such officials are inflicting on 
 the national interests. Such courses disgrace and degrade the natidnal 
 character, and must ever meet the condign reprobation of every honest 
 member of tbe community. In particular, it is the duty of all con- 
 sistent Protestants, wbo really form the State in the United Kingdom, 
 to resist to the uttermost every evil combination of Romanists and 
 unprincipled Liberals. There has been, in Ireland, much apathy and 
 worse, from a variety of causes, but tbere are recent indications that 
 tlie foolish, bootless' desire to please some of the present officials wiU 
 BO longer paralyse Protestants and that they will not continue to aid 
 their ancient, inveterate enemies by neglect of their sacred duty to 
 themselves, and to the ever faithful supporters of Protestant, Conser- 
 vative principles. The cowardly policy of sacrificing friends in the 
 hope of conciliating enemies, never has succeeded find never cin 
 succeed. It would effect the destruction of the best Cause; fox wbo 
 would stand forward. Quixotically, as champion of a party guilty of 
 the base recpeancy of deserting those by whom, by every rule of j«stice 
 and gratitude, they should reward and encourage ? Public principle 
 is unquestionably involved in the treatment of individuals. There are 
 
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 men who will ever adhere to principle ; but no parly capable of 
 ruining its prominent members can ever prosper. We cau understand 
 the tactics of the adversary when they desire to disable Protestant 
 leaders ; but the Protestant Conservatives who would second such at- 
 tacks must be utterly infatuated and unprincipled. The idea of 
 bettering themselves by the Sacrifice of active and useful members is 
 sheer insanUy. As well talk of securing the safety of a ship by 
 throwing the pilot overboard, or effectually guarding a besieged city 
 by drugging the sentinels on its ramparts I The dishonest, perfidious 
 enemy might make such propositions, but woe betide the party who 
 should fall into the snare, who should perpetrate the libertine wicked- 
 ness of attacking its efficient supporters, or aiding and abetting their 
 criminal assailants. Being, I trust, the reverse ot mercenary, I shall 
 not dwell on my own case. Only it has become a public matter, I 
 should not even allude to it. I shall merely ask, as intimated in the 
 preface, whether, after perusal of the foregoing narrative, the reader thinks 
 the unjust neglect and contumelious treatment, not to mention perse- 
 cution, which I have experienced, be a fitting return, or creditable to 
 the parties who have thus acted ? I, however, trust that there will 
 be /complete reaction, and that Protestant Conservatives will discover 
 the true method of maintaining the interests of themselves, their 
 party ^nd their country. It is to be hoped, that they will open their 
 eyes to the evil designs of their sworn enemies ; that they will learn 
 that the surface remedies of temporal legislation, law prosecutions, 
 military and police, will never heal those national diseases which can 
 be effectually amended only by the promotion of sound morals and 
 religion ; and that they will cleariy perceive, that regard for their own 
 temporal as well as spiritual interests imperatively demands cordial 
 union, mutual assistance, and zealous defence of the saving and 
 salutary principles of Protestant Christianity. 
 
APPENDIX. 
 
 1 
 
 1. Referring to page 89. In further exposition of Orange prin- 
 ciples, I think it advisable to subjoin the lonn of instructions from 
 the Duke of Cumberland to Lieutenant-Colonel Fairman, as it appears 
 in the House of Commons Committee Report on the Orange Insti- 
 tutions in Great Britain and the Colonies — ordered to be printed the 
 7th September, 1835; Joseph Hume, Esq., Chairman: — 
 
 LOrAL ORANGE INSTITUTION OF GREAT BRITAIN. 
 
 By his Royal Highness Prince Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland, 
 Grand Master of the Empire, &c. 
 
 Itinerant Warrant, or Special Commission to the Deputy Grand Secretary, &c. 
 
 Whereas, th« Orange Association was founded in grateful remembrance of 
 one of the most glorious achievements recorded in our historical annals, that is 
 to say, our deliverance from Popery and arbitrary power, and the re-establish- 
 ment of the Protestant religion and Constitution within these realms, by means 
 of King William the Third, of pious and immortal memory ; and whereas, in 
 perpetual commemoration of the blessings, and no less for the advancement of 
 the civil, moral, and spiritual benefits secured thereby, than for the maintenance 
 of the constitutional, political and sacred rights so happily bequeathed to us, 
 the institution is still kept up with its pristine ardour, disclaiming at the same 
 fime all aggressive, hostile, and intolerant aims or designs against a free enjoy- 
 ment of religious opinion, and a full indulgence of unrestrained liberty of 
 conscience. And whereas, certain abuses have, by degrees crept into the society, 
 and serious differences have occasionally arisen in some of the provincial lodges 
 and districts, which it is highly desirable should be adjusted, cerrected, and 
 removed, without further delay : And whereas, circumstances have lately ren- 
 dered it expedient and absolutely imperative to alter and assimilate the systems 
 of England and Ireland, as submitted to and confirmed by a grand lodge holden 
 in Portman-square, on the 4th day of June : And whereas, to save the Deputy 
 Grand Masters of Districts, and Masters of Warrants, the trouble, the expense, 
 and great inconvenience of repairing to London from all quarters to receive the 
 new signs and pass-words, as likewise to be instructed and perfected in the lee- 
 tures of both orders, ^hich it is requisite to have imparted and diffused through- 
 out the country forthvrith, the Grand Committee suggested, and the Grand 
 Lodge have recognized, the propriety of an experienced and intelligent dignitary 
 being commissioned and directed to make a circuit of the kingdom, for the 
 purpose of promulgating the same to those warrants that shall have cleared off 
 their arrears, and are not otherwise in contumacy or default, on the payment of 
 such dueb and fees as have been established and fixed for the several objects 
 described herein : And whereas divers good and well-disposed subjects in va- 
 rious places distant from existing lodges, have intimated a desire and signified 
 an intention of joining the brotherhood, but who, from having local duties to 
 discharge, cannot seek admission into its brotherhood remotely from home, 
 without a neglect of their functions, to the prejudice of themselves or to the 
 detriment of others : And whereas numerous letters have been perused by the 
 Grand Committee, in which the writers express their approval of, and their 
 earnest wish for, the projected tour to be undertaken, as notified in the two pre- 
 ceding circulars, fur the urgent and valid reasons assigned therein, as a measure 
 of sound policy which would not only give universal satisfaction by creating 
 fresh confidence, but would, morever, be calculated to advance the best interest* 
 
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 of the institution : Be it known, therefore, that from a knowledge of his ex- 
 perience, and a confidence in his integrity, our trusty, well beloved, and right 
 worshipful brother, Lieutenant-Colonel Fairnian, Master of the Metropolitan 
 Warrant, Member of the Grand Committee, Deputy Grand Master of London, 
 Acting Deputy Grand Treasurer, and Deputy Grand Secretary of the Institu- 
 tion, is hereby nominated, constituted, delegated and appointed to undertake 
 the said visitation, or tour of inspection, in order to examine the accounts and 
 ascertain the actual state and condition of the respective warrants, to conciliate 
 and arrange all controversies and misunderstandings, and to prepare, settle and 
 terminate every matter of business in anywise connected with the society or its 
 affairs, or tending to promote its prosperity and welfare, and, in short, to do, 
 execute, and transact all such things appertaining thereto as in the exercise of 
 prudent and sound discretion, he shall deem to be judicious, expedient, and 
 Siting : For these objects and general purposes, by virtue of the authority 
 vested in me as Grand Master of the empire, by the code of laws and ordinances 
 of the 30th day of March, 1826, I have hereby granted this my special com- 
 mission, with a dispensation to enable and empower the dignitary and officer 
 liereinbefortrnamed, to admit and initiate members into the institution, to com- 
 municate to the brotherhood the signs and pass-words of the new system, to teach 
 the lectures in both orders, to open new lodges, and to set them in full operation, 
 on the payment of such dues and fees to the Grand Lodges, throut^h the medium 
 of said dignitary and officer, as have been already agreed on by the Grand Com- 
 mittee ; and, finally to suspfud or expel contumacious and refractory members^ 
 subject to a ratification uf his proceedings and adjudications by the Grand Lodge, 
 at its next meeting, in the event of any appeals being made thereunto, but 
 whose orders and decisions are in the meanwhile to be obeyed and held 
 conclusixe. 
 
 Given under my seal, at St. James's, this I3th day of August, 1832. 
 
 Ernest, G. M. 
 
 II. As stated by me, pa^e 102, of the foregoing Narrative of 
 Twenty Years' Popish Per5iecution, the Orange Society was dissolved 
 in 1836, to the decided defriment of the Protestants, as appears from 
 my letter to the Duke of Wellington in April, 1837, and other do- 
 cuments. On the 24th January, 1837, a public meeting was held of 
 the Protestants o( Ireland at the Mansion-house, Dublin, the Marquis 
 of DowDshire in the Chair. The following were among the reso- 
 lutions :— 
 
 Moved by Viscount Casllereagh ; and seconded by Charles Fox, Esq. : 
 Resolved— That with grief they now witness, on the part of the Irish execu- 
 tive, a Hue of policy adopted towards them indicating the unmerited withdrawal 
 of that countenance, which, as loyal, peaceable, and industrious subjects, they 
 conceive it their right to expect from any administration conducting his Mft- 
 jesiy's councils. 
 
 Moved by the Hon. Thomas Vesey, M. P. ; and seconded by tlie Rev. R. 
 Anderson : 
 
 Resolved — That with the exception of two disastrous period?, namely, ia 
 1641 and 1687, the Protestant Churches have never been exposed to so fierce 
 a persecution from their enemies, nor so utterly deserted by those who, as mi- 
 nisters of a Protestant King, and the executive officers of a Protestant govexa- 
 ment, should be their friends, as they are at the present crisis. 
 
 Moved by Viscount Powerscourt; and seconded by the Rev. Mortimer 
 O'SuUivan : 
 
 Resolved— That for the period of three years, a practical penal code— worse, 
 because more undefined, than a penal enactment — has been in operation against 
 the church, the privileges, the lives and properties of the Protestants of Ire- 
 
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 land— abridging their civil and religious liberties— sapping their industry- 
 endangering the security of their possessions- and exposing their persons to 
 persecution and violence. 
 
 Mored by the Earl of Charleville ; and seconded by Edward Litton, Esq. K.C. : 
 Resohed— That a body styling itself the General Association df Ireland, has 
 for some time held, and now publicly holds its meetings in Dublin, and is ac- 
 tively and seditiously engaged in exciting and organizing the people of this 
 country for the purp'ose of resisting the just prerogative of the Crown— the 
 spoliation of the Established Church, and severing the Union between Great 
 Britain and Ireland ; and that such proceedings are connived at, and wl^Uy 
 unrestrained by his Majesty's government in Ireland. 
 
 Moved by Viscount Gort ; and seconded by Mr. Sergeant Jackson, M. P. : 
 Resolved— That with respect to civil affairs, also, we feel that we have grieA'OUB 
 cause of complaint— first, by reason of a national system of education which, 
 in its working, is so diametrically opposed to the first duty and highest privilege 
 of Christianity, that the Protestants of Ireland cannot conscientiously avail 
 themselves of the advantages of the national endow mem — and, secondly, in 
 the projected abolition of existing municipal corporations originally chartered 
 for the encouragement of the Protestant religion, and the maintenance of the 
 British interest, for the avowed object of transferring them, with all their power 
 and privileges, to a party at once hostile to the Protestant religion and the 
 British connection. # 
 
 Other resolutions were moved and seconded by the Earl of Rath- 
 downe. Viscount Hawarden, Sir George Rich, Thomas Hamilton, 
 Esq., Marquis of Waterford, J. B. West, Esq., M. P., Earl of 
 Donoughmore, G. A. Hamilton, Esq., M.P., Earl of Courtowii, 
 T. B. C. Smith, Esq., K.C, Lord Crofton, Mountiford Longfield, 
 Esq., Right Hon. Thomas Lefroy, M.P., Colonel Blacker, Colonel 
 ConoUy, M.P., Clayton Browne, Esq., Lord Clonbrock, Emerson 
 Teunent, Esq., M.P., Sir Robert Bateson, Bart., M.P., Robert 
 Bourke, Esq., Hon. General Pakenham, Colonel Perceval, M.P., 
 Mervvn Archdall, Esq., M.P., Horace Rochfort, Esq., Denis Kelly, 
 
 Esq.,*'Mansergh St. George, Esq, Viscount Ferrard, Creigh- 
 
 ton, Esq., Viscount Amiens, Richard Smith, Esq., Earl of Belmore, 
 and Lord Muskerry. Earl of Roden, second Chairman. The 
 Dublin Evening Mail of 30th January, and the Dublin Evening 
 Packet 0^ the 31st January, 1837, published an alphabetical list of 
 names of 2000 gentlemen who attended the meeting ; among the 
 number, the author of the present volume. This meeting was held 
 by the Protestants of Ireland in 1837, but the question now arises, 
 would not the resolutions serve as an account ot the present stale of 
 affairs ? If so, the above noblemen and gentlemen should look to 
 themselves and possessions, and to the Protestants generally. 
 
 III. At page 126, is an account of my connection with the 
 Dublin Protectant Guardian. Regarding the discontinuance of that 
 journal, we find as (ollows in the Dublin Statesman newspaper of 
 February 7 ih, 1839 :— 
 
 The Protestant Cause.— The Paotestant Press.— What might not 
 have been tbe results, had the (Dublin) Evening il/ai/ long since raised that cry 
 which we have to tlie utmost of our power endeavoured to raise, which is now 
 raised, and which by the blessing of God shall never cease, until the very ut- 
 most extent of our purposes has been efiectually attained unto ? That is a first 
 question ; and now we will ask a second, prefacing it by a small request. Let 
 
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 our readers be so good us to reud the fulluwing paragraph from the Mail of 
 Monday, and then tell us is it at all wonderful that Protestantism (or rather let us 
 say the Protestant party) should have been brought into its present straits and 
 difficulties ? — 
 
 " The publication of the Protestant Guardian terminated on Saturday last. 
 We merely notice the fuel to shew the correciuess of our ownjvjews ; and to prove 
 the absurdity, as well as the falsehood, of the assertion, that there is a large, or 
 any portion of the Protestants of Ireland favourable to impracticable measures, 
 or disposed to countenance any scheme calculated to produce a schism amongst 
 our political or parliamentary friends. We have heard much of the re-organi- 
 zation of the Orangemen of Ireland — of the spread to which that re-organizatiun 
 had extended, as well as of the immense body coinciding with ex-Sheriff Jones 
 in his desperate movement in the Corporation. What must be the strength of 
 that party, which, combined, and concentrated, was incapable of keeping alive 
 a newspaper reflecting their opinions, and published once in the week ? The 
 Warder is now the only Conservative weekly journal in Ireland." 
 
 Here wo have an to triumphe over what the il/ai/ considers the fall of a con- 
 temporaneous Protestant journal ! We leave any person of common delicacy 
 to say is this decent. But we will concede something to human weakness. It 
 is not surprising that the downfal of a rival, though an ally, should have af- 
 forded certain feelings of complacency to flesh and blood. We make all allowance 
 for this, but just consider the spirit of the allele. We gather hence that the 
 Mail conceives — Istly. That it is "absurd" to stand up in the attitude of bold 
 defiance against the furtlier encroachments of the Papacy. 2ndly. That it is 
 *' false" to say that the spirit which animates the Protestants is that described 
 by the cry of "no surrender." That it is true, in fact, that the Protestants of 
 Ireland are actuated by a dastardly cowardice, that leads them to tremble beforo 
 the foe. 3rdly. That it is " impracticable" to stand against Popery. 4thly. 
 That our cause is " desperate." And 5thly. That there is neither strength nor 
 power in the Orange organization. We ask, are not every one of these propo- 
 sitions deducible from the article now under consideration ? Obviously. And 
 now we repeat the question, is it in the slightest degree wonderful that with such 
 a rotten crutch as this is to depend upon, we should be tripping, and stumbling, 
 and floundering ? Of a truth, we may say that our complaint is not that our 
 " wine is mixed with water ;" but that it is chip in porridge we are treated to. 
 Out upon such stuff I The man that wrote it has neither the heart nor stomach 
 of a Protestant — he has no more notion of the power of Protestantism, than he 
 has of Jeremiah the prophet. But we deny the man's inferences in lotoj they 
 are just as true as Popery. 
 
 IV. Referiitig lo page 151 : from The Standard, May 22, 1841 :— 
 
 A serious accident happened to Miss Davys, daughter of the Lord Bishop of 
 Peterborough, on Saturday last. As ehe was returning from an airing on horse- 
 back with her father on the North Bank, her steed became unmanagable, and 
 she was in consequence precipated backwards with considerable violence to the 
 ground ; her riding habit being very long caught the pommel of the saddle, and 
 she was drawn for a distance of upwards of forty yards before she could be 
 extricated from her perilous situation. Miss Davys was at length lemoved hom^ 
 in a carriage, and, although she was much bruised, we are happy to state she 
 is in a fair way of recovery. — Lincoln Mercury. 
 
 V. Referring to pages 155, 156: from the Bristol Standard, 
 Augast4, 1841; — 
 
 To us it appears not at all surprising, that with the late violent Popish dis- 
 plays in Ireland fresh in recollection, people should not particularly desire any 
 intimate connection with members of that party. Who that reads of such trans- 
 actions as the following can entertain any other feeling ? — " Dublin, July 24. 
 A reward of £80, has been offered for the apprehension and conviction of the 
 persons concerned in the attack on the Rev. Mr. Haliam, Curate of Mulran- 
 luD, in Wexford, on the night of the 16th instant. Mr. Haliam was in com- 
 
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 pany with two ladies at the time, the wife and daughter of the Rev. Mr. Hickej, 
 who were also injured by their cowardly assailants. Mr. Hickey has laboured 
 hard with his means to ameliorate the condition of the Romish peasantry." 
 And such is the return! The Wexford Conservative o( the 14th July, states 
 that it is difficult to imagine what could have been the motive of this atrocious 
 proceeding, *• unless inderjd, that to be a Protestant clergyman, or even con- 
 nected with one, is acrime worthy of blood-shedding." The truth is, the Popish 
 populace have become demoralized by the species of stimulants constantly ap- 
 plied by their misleaders to their worst passions, and the above is one among 
 numerous fruits of the fell anti-Protestant conspiracy, which is known to exist 
 among the Irish Romanists. A speedy and effectual remedy must be found, 
 for the crying evils of Ireland, or that country must soon be unfit for the resi- 
 dence of civilized beings. 
 
 VI. Referring to page 167. As there stated, my connection with 
 the Bristol Standard ceased in November, 1841. It afterwards ap- 
 peared as a vehicle of news until January 27, 1842, on which day a 
 larewell notice was published, from which I take the following ex- 
 tracts. — I received a copy from the proprietors in London : — 
 
 " As most of our readers are aware, the Bristol Standard ^sls called into exis- 
 tenoe by the expressed wish of the Conservative party in this city ; and it is a 
 great personal gratification to us that our labours in its behalf have proved so gene- 
 rally acceptable, and Iiave met so large a measure of public patronage. We 
 have contended correctly for what we believe to be right, and we discontinue our 
 labours with the proud satisfaction that our exertions have not been altogether 
 unsuccessful. 
 
 " We are induced to take this step from a conviction that in the present state 
 of the Conservative party in this city, and the position of the local press, it is 
 at once the wisest, as regards ourselves, and the best as regards the party whose 
 interests we have advocated. Within five weeks of the publication of our first 
 number, a fourth Conservative Journal appeared : — and when to this circumstance 
 is added the present depression o£ trade, and the unfortunatedivision in the Con- 
 servative party before referred to, it can occasion no surprise that the profits of 
 our undertaking should be reduced below that point which, in our opinion, 
 would justify the labour and responsibility involved in its continuance. To our 
 contemporaries we are indebted for many acts of courtesy, which wq beg to ac- 
 knowledge, and very respectfully bid them farewell." 
 
 VI I. Referring to page 54. I there mentioned the two letters of 
 Philalethes (said to be Mr. Trevelyan, Secretary to the Treasury), 
 which appeared in the Morning Chronicle in October, 1843. The 
 following are extracts : — 
 
 " There is another horrible prevailing idea, which really startled me the first, 
 time I heard it. I was waiting for my car early in the morning in the street of 
 of a small, sulky, ill-conditioned town, when seeing a farmer's wife setting up 
 a potatoe stall, I asked her the price of her potatoes. She gave me a civil an- 
 swer ; but two men were standing by, one of whom said, without my having 
 previously addressed him, or having made any remark calculated to encourage 
 the observation, we shall eat wheaten bread next year, sir. I was really un- 
 able to make out his drift, and told him good-humouredly, that I was yery glad 
 to hear it, but begged to know how the change would be brought about. There 
 will be fewer of us, sir, was the reply. 1 then began to understand his mean - 
 ing, and, as I encouraged him to speak out, he proceeded to .'uy that there 
 were eight millions of them, that the land was not able to bear them, that one 
 or two might be spared with advantage, and that the country would be for tl\o 
 survivors. I afterwards heard the same idea, either in whole or in part, in a 
 
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 variety of forms, but the burden of the song always was, Protestant and Catho- 
 lie will freely fall, and the land will be for the survivors. 
 "If the superiority of disciplined over undisciplined troops were adverted to, 
 
 • the answer was always of this kind : Oh, sir, you don't suppose we shall give 
 you the advantage of fighting a pitched battle with us. We shall rise in our 
 counties and baronies, and do all we want (which means, making a clean 
 sweep of the Protestants), and when the troops arrive, thev will find the people 
 quieUy at the plough, and we shall be doing our work elsewhere. Reference 
 has also constantly been made to cutting off convovs and detached parties, by 
 lining the hedges with pikemen and closing upon them, in the way that was 
 pracUctd with some success during the rebellion of I7S8, and subsequently on 
 the occasion of several well-known conflicts with the police. 
 
 " With regard to arms, the answer I al« ays received was, that there was no 
 want of arms already in the country, and that as the people were all of one 
 mind, when they rose they would convert everything into weapons of war. Their 
 reliance seemed to be on the stock of fire-arras constantly concealed in the 
 country ; on their national weapon, the pike, which may be manufactured by 
 any common blacksmith, in large numbers, in the course of a single day, and 
 on the pitch-fork (scarcely less formidable than the pike) which is in every 
 cabin." ^ 
 
 VIII. Referring to page 63. In 1831, I published a Letter to 
 the Protestants of Ireland, in referefice to which the Leinster Ex- 
 press, Nov. 14, 1835, has as follows: — 
 
 As the extract which wo gnve in a late number from a " Letter to the Protes- 
 tants of Ireland," by John Ryan, Esq., has been a text for the letter in our 
 last, It may not be out of place to give another paragraph from that gentleman's 
 talented pen, which immediately preceded the former extract from his nam 
 phlet : — *^ 
 
 ** I think it right to add, that I have no enmity to Roman Catholics : good 
 feehng towards Ihem is best shown by opposition to that system wliich is their 
 bane. I admit that the peasantry have naturally some good qualities • but I 
 cannot avoid perceiring that they are bhghtod and distorted by the pernicious 
 pnnciples instilled into them. The work of God is destroyed or defaced by the 
 perverting corruption of man. Upon the head of priests and demagogues be 
 the consequences. Towards the system of Popery I avow the strongest detes- 
 tation ; becai^o I believe it in my soul to be opposed to the temporal and eter- 
 nal happiness of mankind. History {vide Robertson, Hume, ituss^ 11, Gibbon 
 Roscoe, &c. &c.,) informs us that it has been violently inimical to civil and 
 religious liberty ; and the people of France will tell vou, that it maintuius the 
 same principles at the present moment. Look at Spain and Portugal, look at 
 Italy, look at Austria and we have proofs to a similar effect. I can per 
 ceive nothing in the depraved, degraded, and paralyzed state of these priest 
 ridden countries, to render mo enamoured of the religious system taught in 
 them. And because Protestantism is precisely the reverse, because it inculcates 
 truth, because it is favourable to civil and religious liberty, because it promotes 
 pubhc virtue, because it liberalizes, expands and humanizes tlie mind • for 
 each and all of these solid and incontrovertible reasons, I think it my duty to 
 lend Protestantism the aid of my humble support." 
 
 Thus I wrote in 1831. Such were my sentiments then and such 
 are my sentiments now. 1 have no animosity towards Roinanisls in- 
 dividually, but towards the principles of Popery I am firmly opposed. 
 I think It the more necessary to make this statement, as our adversaries 
 exhibit ill-will towards the persons anil personal possessions ol Protes- 
 tants. 
 
 IX. (From the Dublin Warder, June 26, 1845) Dublin Pro- 
 
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 testant Operative Association and Reformation Society, The usual 
 weekly meeting was held on Thursday, 26th June, at the Rotwndo. 
 «* The Rev. T. D. Gregg rose to move a resolution declaratory of the feel- 
 ings of horror with which the association regardedthe atrocious assassination in the 
 county of Cavan, and their conviction thatit was the natural result of Sir Robert 
 Peel's policy. Never was Ireland in such a state. Protestants were proscribed on all 
 hands. To be a zealous Protestant was to be branded with a mark of absolute re- 
 jection by the government. They were robbed of their principles; their Church was 
 given over to the spoiler; their loyalty was punished with proscription, poverty, 
 axid disgrace, thanks to Sir Robert Peel and the Duke of Wellington (groans). 
 The present state policy was calculated to demoralize them all, to bring down 
 destitution of holiness and virtue upon all the subjects of the realm. Fright- 
 ful was the condition to which they were reduced. it afforded 
 
 him great pleasure at a time wheii Protestantism had received a heavy blow, 
 when it was, unquestionably, at a discount— when every man who was calcu- 
 lanng his course from a consideration of his interests was absolutely either re- 
 nouncing his profession, and becoming an avowed pro-popery champion, or 
 else making it evident that he wished to keep his Protestantism snug— to be 
 called a Protestant, but avoid protesting— to speak fine things in private to his 
 Protestant friends, but avoid committing himself by an appearance on a Protes- 
 tant platform— to see so large an assembly of the" unflinching, zealous opera- 
 tive classes." 
 
 (From Dublin Warder, July 19, 1845.) Weekly meeting of 
 Dublin Protestant Operative Association at the Rotundo, July 17 
 1845. • . * J > 
 
 ** The Rev. T. D. Gregg, rose to move that an address of remonstrance ha 
 prepared to Sir Robert Peel on the subject of the falsification of the sentiments of 
 the Protestants of Ireland, in the speech lately published in the papers as de- 
 livered by him on Captain Bernal Osborne's motion— an address calculated to 
 show the people of England the wilful misrepresentation of the opinions of 
 Irish Protestants, on \^hich Sir Robert Peel relied for his defence. He (Mr. 
 Gregg) believed that there never was a measure so ntterly distasteful to the Pro- 
 testants of Ireland, so revolting to their sense of principle, and which so power- 
 fully excited their indignation as the Maynooth endowment bill (cheers). Never 
 was there so united an opposition rendered by the Protestants of Ireland to any 
 measure. Even the emancipation bill was not so loudly protested against in 
 the days of Protestant ascendancy (hear). To oppose Maynooth, all sects and 
 parties joined. Such being the state of things, let them hear the gross, shame- 
 ful, infamous lying, which was reported to have been uttered by the prime 
 minister on the subject of Protestant feeling in Ireland. Here are the words 
 attributed to him :— » I was proud to say, and I repeat it now, when the thou- 
 sands of petitions emanating from the religious feeling of this country have 
 come in— I was then proud to have it in ray power to say that the Protestants of 
 Irelaiid had received the proposals of her Majesty's government, generally 
 speaking, in a very different spirit to thai in which they were looked upon by 
 the petiUoners. I hardly believed it possible that our measures could have met 
 with so httle opposiUen on the part of the Protestant population. The con- 
 duct of those belonging to the Church, as well as the laity of that Church did 
 them great honour. They were imbued with strong feelings, but they have 
 suppressed those feelings— not because they were indifferent upon the subject, 
 but from a belief that the course which we proposed would tend to improve the 
 social relations between Catholics and Protestants.' He fMr.JGregg) must say, 
 that a statement so barefaced never disgraced a public character (loud groans), 
 bir Robert Peel boasted of having adopted a course that would improve the 
 social condition of the country (groans). Why, he seemed to have let loose 
 in it the demons of disorder, misrule, and bloodshed (hear, hear). Amid all 
 this the cry of millions demanding the dismemberment of the empire rent the 
 Hir ; and yet while society was thus dissolved, the public safety thus disturbed, 
 
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 296 
 
 the Qiieoa's throne tlius shaken beneath her, Peel, the author of all these gi. 
 ganiic evils, presumed to say, us tiiey were told, that there was a tendency to 
 improvement in the social relations of the country (renewed groans)." 
 
 X. In the early part of this work, 1 stated tlie evil treatment I had 
 experienced by being pursued by profligates in lodgings. The fol- 
 lowing advertisements of mine will prove that it has been my desire 
 to reside with none but respectable people : — 
 
 " Furnished Bedchamber. — Wanted by a Gentleman, a Furnished Bedcham- 
 ber, with a religious Protestant family, where there are no other lodgers. Please 
 address £. D., Furnished Bedchamber, at the Office of Saunders's News 
 Letter." — Saunders's News Letter j January 28, 1844. 
 
 " Board and Lodging. — Wanted by a'Gentleman, Board and Lodging with 
 a Protestant Family. References given. Terms not to exceed Forty Pounds 
 a year. The advertiser would prefer people of quiet, regular habits. Please 
 address D. L., at the Office oil Saunders'^s News Letter." — Saunders's News 
 Letter, April 8, 1845. 
 
 " Board and Lodging. — Wanted by a Gentleman, Board and Lodging with 
 a respectable Protestant Family. Persons of quiet and regular habits pre- 
 ferred. Terms Forty Pounds per annum. Satisfactory references given. Com- 
 munications addressed C. O., Board and Lodging, at the Office of Saunders's 
 News Letter, shall meet attention." — Saunders's News Letter , May 9, 1845. 
 
 I have had other advertisements inserted in the same newspaper to 
 similar effect. They will, I think, even in the mind of the most pre- 
 judiced, clear me of the slightest disposition to lead any manner of 
 life save one consistent with the dictates of religion and morality. 
 But, as I have abundantly proved, there is on foot a most infamous 
 conspiracy to seduce or compel me to become a profligate. The pre- 
 sent publication, by the exposure of the conspiracy, must render 
 their effoits powerless. 
 
 i 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 A. 
 
 Albert, letters to Prince, 172, 182, 
 
 213, 227, letters from, 172, 182. 
 
 214, 227. * 
 Aberdeen, letter from Earl of, 176, 
 Aldborough, supported by Earl of 5ii, 
 
 67. 
 Attorney General, letter to, 211, letter 
 
 from, 211. 
 Archdall, letter from Rev. J.C., 68. 
 Ardill, letter from Rev. R., 218. 
 Aiken, letters to Mr. P. P., 133, 159, 
 
 letters from, 134, 163. 
 Academy, admitted to library of Royal 
 
 Irish, 76. 
 Abbotsford, visit to, 60. 
 Address to People of Ireland, published, 
 
 188. 
 Appendix, 289. 
 Argus, review by, 122. 
 Armagh Guardian, review bv, 237. 
 Age, Letter to, 183. 
 
 B. 
 
 Buccleuch, letter from Duke of, 177. 
 Buckingham, letter to Duke of, 162, 
 
 letter from, 129. 
 Bristol, letter from Bishop of, I4L 
 Butler, letters from Dean, 220, 232. 
 Bruen, letter to Col., 173, letters from, 
 
 66, 173, 207, 235. 
 Bruen, notice of Miss, 67. 
 Boyton, notice of Rev. Doctor, 63. 
 Bredin, letter from Rev. A. R. 217. 
 Browne, letter from, Mr. R. C, 236. 
 Butler, letter from Mr. E., 67. 
 Butt, notices of Mr. I., 126, 199, 
 
 letter to, 222. 
 Booth, mnrder of Mr. G. T. B , 276. 
 Brewster, letters to Mr. A., 96, 97, 
 
 letter from, 197. 
 Bonsall, letters to Mr. J. O., 198, 208, 
 
 letters from, 198, 208. 
 Beau, letter from Mr., 52. 
 Browne, letter from Mr. J. H., 159. 
 Bleakley, letter from Mr. D. R., 188. 
 Butler, Mr. J. J. Master of Orange 
 
 Lodge, N. 1640,-74. 
 Barrett, notice of Mr. R., 57. 
 Bristol, arrival in, 4, letter to mayor 
 
 B. 
 
 of, 150, letter from mayor of, 150, 
 street ruffians in, 155, statement be- 
 fore magistrates, 155. 
 
 Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine,' 
 view by, 121. 
 
 Bell's Weekly Messenger, review 
 123. 
 
 Bristol Journal, review by, 123. 
 
 Britannia, reviews by, 101, 122. 
 
 Belfast Protestant Journal, renew by, 
 237. 
 
 Bandon, visit to, 3. 
 
 Ballad against Protestants, 47. 
 
 Brunswick Club, member of, 58. 
 
 Books, presents from authors, 131. 
 
 Bristol Standard, Editor of, 128, article 
 from against Socialists, 144, article 
 from on Peel's policy, 160, Testi- 
 monial, 167. 
 
 C. 
 
 Cumberland, letter from the Duke of, 
 
 89. 
 Chancellor, letters from the Lord, 177, 
 
 213. 
 Chancellor of Ireland, letter from the 
 
 Lord, 216. 
 Chancellor of the Exchequer, letter 
 
 from, 213. 
 Croker, letter from Rt. Hon. J. W. 
 
 219. 
 Courtenav, letter from Hon. and Rev, 
 
 C. L, 217. 
 Colquhoun, letters from Mr. J, C, 
 
 117, 119, 133, 156, letters to, 117, 
 
 132. 
 Charlotte Elizabeth, notice of, 130, 
 
 letter to, 130, letters from, 131, 168. 
 Croker, introduction to Mr. T. C, 85, 
 
 89. 
 Code, introductions from Mr. H. B., 
 
 85. 
 Carroll, difference with Mr. 72, pro- 
 secution of Carroll and Meyler, 74. 
 Cabinet Ministers, letters to, 174, 21 2| 
 Cabinet, expectations from Peel's, 25j 
 Carlow Standard, Editor of, 63. 
 Carlow Morning Post, notice 
 
 71. 
 
i Mt i i i .. i|ii»'ii'ii wi if» )ii i»i<li 
 
 / 
 
 298 
 
 c. 
 
 Carlow Sentinel, notice by 72, reviews 
 
 by 85, 124, 189, 238, correction of, 
 
 191. 
 Carlow, History of published, 76, 
 
 subscribers to, 77, extracts from by 
 
 authors, 83, reviews of 84. 
 Carlow, letter to the Protestants of, 63, 
 
 letter from Sovereign of, 67, reign 
 
 of terror in, 165. 
 Cork, visit to, 3. 
 
 .^nmel, visit to, 3. 
 
 iL 
 
 penham, visit to, 5. 
 
 '^ ^den Town, street ruffians in, 41. 
 * y.tamination of Dublin, 46. 
 ^dshier with Messrs. Guinness, 57. 
 Christian Examiner review, 62. 
 Comet new spaper, notice by, 71. 
 Carlton Club, letter to secretary, 108, 
 
 letter from, 109. 
 College of Maynooth, 243. 
 Colleges, new Liberal, 243. 
 Coronation oath against Popery, 246. 
 Church Education Sotiety, 247. 
 Catholic, on the term, 260. 
 Crime, increase of, 274. 
 Cavan, state of, 276. 
 Clergy of Dublin, letters to, 216. 
 Church of England Quarterly Review, 
 
 121. 
 Christian Lady's Magazine, reviews 
 
 by, 100, 122. 
 Carlton Chronicle, review by, 101. 
 Churchman, review by, 122. 
 
 D. 
 
 Dalhousio, letter from Earl of, 21*2. 
 Downes, letters from Lord, 67, 113, 
 
 letter to, 1 1 2. 
 Down, letter from Bishop of, 215. 
 Dawson, letters from Rt. Hon. G. R., 
 
 221, 227. 
 Dalton, letters from Mr. E., 132, 171, 
 
 110, 218, letters to, 180, 218. 
 Dibdin, notice of Rev. Doctor, 86. 
 Daly, letter from Mr. S. A., 233. 
 Disraeli, letter to Mr. B., 173. 
 Dedrickson, letter from Mr. G. 228. 
 Devereux, notice of General, 215. 
 Davys, letters to Miss M. A., 129, 
 
 137, 138, 140, 141, 143, 147, 151, 
 
 155, 182, 204, 205, 206, 210, 233, 
 
 letters from, 133, 138, 141, 142, 147, 
 
 151. 206. 
 
 ^nnybroolf, occurrence at, 203. 
 Mn, list of residences in, 5, insa- 
 in, 45, public nuisance, 6, 46, 
 
 D. 
 
 51, 1 02, 256, 262, indecent language, 
 8, ^4, state of, 265. apathy of Pro- 
 testanta, 279, loiter to clergy of, 216. 
 
 Dublin police, neglect of duty, 48, 
 partiality, 49, Rev. T. D. Gregg on, 
 50. 
 
 Dublin Society, admission tolibrary,76. 
 
 Dens Theology, 41, 269. 
 
 Dingle, persecution of Protestants, 55, 
 address to from Kilmood, 56. 
 
 Diaries in England, 85, 88. 
 
 Disclosure of the Principles, Designs 
 and Machinations of the Popish Re- 
 volutionary Faction of Ireland, pub- 
 lished, 113, reviews of, 121. 
 
 Declaration of the Prince of Orange, 
 248. 
 
 Dublin .University Magazine, review 
 by, 121. 
 
 Dublin Statesman, review by, 124. 
 
 Dublin Warder, reviews by, 62, 84, 124. 
 
 E. 
 
 Eliot, letter from Lord, 212. 
 
 hxetcr, letters from Bishop of, 138, 
 
 174, letter to, 173. 
 Edgeworth, letter to Miss, 127, letter 
 
 from, 127. 
 Ettrick Shepherd, visit to, 61. 
 Ellis, letter from Mr. R. R, 125. 
 Editor of Carlow Standard, 63, of 
 
 Dublin Protestant Guardian, 126, of 
 
 Bristol Standard, 128. 
 Eavesdroppers employed, 6. 
 Extermination of Protestants, 4, 46. 
 Extracts from History of Carlow, 84. 
 Enniskillen Chronicle, review by, 239. 
 
 F. 
 
 Fitzgerald, letter from Lord, 176. 
 Farnham, letter from Lord, 90. 
 Ferrand, letter from Mr. W. B., 232. 
 Fairman, notice of Colotiel, 89. 
 Fitzmaurice family, relative of, 149. 
 Fitzmaurice, letters to Mr. A., 148, 
 
 164, letters from, 148, 164, 216. 
 Fitzmaurice, letter from Mr. W. R«, 
 
 234. 
 Freke, letter from Mr. H., 222. 
 Eraser, letter to Mr. J., 136, letter 
 
 from, 136. 
 France, visit to, 161. 
 Freeman's Journal, notice of author 
 
 by, 238.