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    occupations , have not been in any manner molested : and tbey have met their Catholic neighbours , and been dealt with as before *

    60 discreetly , too , is the exercise of this power limited , and so jealously is it watched , by the Catholic hierarchy , that , according to the discipline of the Catholic church in Ireland , no clergyman of the second order can issue

    an excommunication ) without previously laying the case before the bishop of the dioeese , and obtaining his sanction , for proceeding to this last of spiritual punishments .

    IV . « ' the Catholic clergy are denied the permission ( and sometimes even in Ireland ) to perform the rites of their religion , far the Catholic soldiers and sailors /'

    V . " The Catholic clergy are unprotected by any law , prohibiting the disturbance of divine ser . vice , whilst celebrated by them /' VI . *< T 4 * e Catholic clergy rii&n , bound by his vows 16 a life of

    celibacy , and generally in narrow circumstances , feels the hatshiteds of being held liable to the paymeht © f a modern tax , co \\ e& Bachelor ' s Tax : *

    VII . ••• hi various other instances , the Catholic clergy have" reason to complain of the insult or injustice legally inflicted upon them . 1 st , They are interdicted ( as we shall see in Ihe next article ) from

    receiving any endowment or per * manent provision , either for their own support , or for that of their bouses of worship , &c .

    [ To be continued .

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    « . Tbey receive » o public res . com pence for their arduous &nd unremitting attention in the per . formance of the necessary religi * ous duties in hospitals * asylums , gaols , workhouses , and similar public establishments

    As for the cowttty gaols of Ireland , a certain limited compensation , under special restrictions , has been recently , ( by a statute , enacted in 1810 . ) provided for such Catholic clergymen as the respective grand juries may be

    pleased to nominate for the putpose of officiating as chaplains . But here too , from the ignorance of the framers , their neglecting or disdaining to consult the Catholic clergy , and the supercilious management of the entire transaction , this statute has fallen ^ f&r short of

    its professed object * In some instances , it has proved even pernicious , by exciting discord between the grand jury and the

    Catholic bifchop of the district . These mibchiefe might have been avoided by tiinely caution and ordinary prudence in preparing this law .

    3 . Again , the Catholic priest is expected , in times of public disturbance , to perform the duties of the civil magistrate /* VIII . " The law forbids the

    permanent endowment of any Catholic clergyman , house of worship , schooUhouse , or other pious or charitable foundation for Ceth . oiics , "

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), July 2, 1812, page 424, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1750/page/16/