are untrue. What can he mean by saying that the English have repeatedly changed their doctrines; intending by this word their religious system ? They hold the same doctrines now, which were delivered to their forefathers, before the foundation of Popery. For too long a period the Popes had an unconstitutional sway in England, although their usurpations were at all times repelled and counter-acted by the legislature. At last we gained emancipation from the rapacious tyranny of Rome; and the reformation brought us back our ancient, our primitive, our pure and apostolic religion. Rome lapsed into error very early ;-in error she still lies; Popery has never altered, it remains the same, and we believe that it never will change. It may assume occasionally a different aspect, as masks are worn in carnival time; but it is same at heart. A slight variation may now and then occur, but only to promote base purposes-as you have shown us, Mr. Editor, the Pope's face, in 1773, was apparently set against the Jesuits, but, in 1814, it resumed its wonted complacency for the order; and, without giving himself the trouble of refuting the allegations set forth in the bull of suppression, the Pope that now is has refounded the repudiated society. Popery may seem to vary for a season, it may give the unthinking, or the unwary, a hope that it may change its nature, tear off its flaunting robes, embroidered with legends, and fluttering with phylacteries illuminated with human inventions, and scribbled over with apocryphal dogmata ;-vain expectation! while Popery exists, it will remain as it is-a painted hag, like Lætitia Raniolini, Buonaparte's mother, the Count De Marbauf's Corsican mistress,-decked with frippery; a faded beauty; an antiquated coquette; her wrinkles covered with an incrustation of ceruse and carmine; devoured with superstition; the dupe of fortune-tellers and pretenders to sorcery; panting for the exercise of supreme authority-but despised by all the world, except her fatigued maid and her crouching page, who hold their places by abject servility, and who look for a requital, almost against possibility, in an eventual reexaltation of their fretful tyrant, now humbled in the dust, and sent with her son, ad metalla.-The Pope is even now meditating a temporary change of measures-it appears that Dr. Milner's pilgrimage to Rome has dissappointed his hopes. His holiness is about to concede, as has been lately reported, a treacherous veto to the king. Let the Pope but get a footing among us, let his power be once more recognized by the law, however slightly, he will soon improve his advantage; and when he shall feel satisfied that he can alter things to his liking, he will abolish the veto with a keener satisfaction than that which he felt, when he re-established the Jesuits. As to Mr. Andrews's assertion relative to the executions of certain Popish priests in Queen Elizabeth's reign, I am not surprised at

his retaining as a fact what has a thousand times been proved an arrant falsehood—“ this is the way of them." It is not true that those traitors were hanged for exercising their priestly functions. The Papists never fail to re-assert exploded falsehoods, in defiance of all previous refutation.' These priests were hanged as traitors, because they had plotted the death of the Queen, and were engaged in conspiracies against the state. peal to the trials of those miserable martyrs to Popery, and I defy Mr. Andrews, or any of his asssociates in libelling the constitution of Great Britain, to produce the shadow of a proof in support of his impudent and unfounded charge. The Pope had presumed to anathematize Elizabeth,to absolve her subjects from their allegiance, and to declare her an heretic deposed from her throne; now, Mr. Editor, all rightly informed men well know, that the destruction of heretics is enjoined by several (falsely called general) councils as a duty incumbent upon the members of the church of Rome. You have repeatedly printed the very words of the councils, and given references to the passages. The bigots, whose offensive memory Mr. Andrews wishes to embalm, counted murder and treason, religious duties!

It is curious to witness the misplaced tenderness of some people towards those who have no tender mercies but such as are cruel; and the eloquence of senators who plead the cause of those who listen to no appeals made to their forbearance or humanity. How can gentlemen respect the liberty of a set of wretches, who use the privileges of freemen to destroy the property, mutilate the limbs, and take away the lives of their countrymen? To hear or to read the harangues of persons who must

submit to the imputation of arguing against their better knowledge, and contrary to truth, one might be led, (as probably some ignorant or bigotted people are,) to conclude that blood-stained rioters are genuine patriots, and that the infuriated breakers of the law are worthy members of society. In order that our readers may be put in possession of FACTS which may serve to direct their minds to sound conclusions, and enable them to detect the artifices of declaimers either in or out of Parliament, we have willingly adopted a hint given us by a most worthy, able, and indefatigable correspondent in Ireland,-to insert in our miscellany a brief chronicle of what he calls the "Gesta Hibernorum;" registering the deeds, however, it must be understood, not of Irishmen generally speaking, but of that wretched class of uninformed, and ill instructed bigots who, unable to reason rightly, and receiving their rules of faith and prin. ciples of morality from their priests, are fit instruments for carrying on the designs or wreaking the vengeance of a set of dangerous men who swear allegiance to a foreign, and a usurping, potentate; and mortally hate our Protestant constitution, and savagely anticipate its ruin. Our chronicle, therefore, may be called a record of the acts perpetrated by the Popish multitude in Ireland, and our readers will judge of the genius of the Romish religion by the conduct of its adherents; neither is there any more prompt or any safer criterion to judge by, than the behaviour of the Papists can furnish. We acknowledge a truly infallible authority for this rule derived from HIM who "spake as never man spake,"—and teaching his disciples how to distinguish sheep, in a human form, from wolves, said, " ye shall know them by their fruits" απο των καρπών αυτών ETTIYVWσETDE AUTOUS." Our Irish friend has promised to transmit to us, from time to time, occurrences of the nature which we have mentioned; and these he derives, not from one channel only, not from one journal alone, but from several-the Belfast News-Letter,-the Limerick Chronicle, the Correspondent-the Clonmel Herald,-the Newry Telegraph,the Dublin Journal,-the Dublin Evening Post,- &c. &c. &c.

July 23d. A shocking murder at Mountntelick, Queen's County, committeed on the body of one Mich. M'Eboy, a young man of good character, for whom an ambush was laid. Attempts had been made to swear him; he refused, and threatened the people who had tried to inveigle him into their traitorous association, to lay an information against the first who should renew the attempt.-Coroner's verdict wilful murder. A man who was sent for a surgeon to dress his wounds, narrowly escaped with his life. The circumstances of the murder were horrible.-Dublin Journal.

July 30. John Nowlan, in his way from Parsonstown to Rathgibbon,

was murdered, his head being beat to a mummy. He has left eight children. A man named Fogarty has surrendered himself to be tried for the morder. Dublin Journal.

Aug. 1. (The anniversary of the accession of the House of Brunswick to the British throne. Poison thrown into the dog-kennel of J. D. Scully, Esq. of Tullamaine Castle, county Waterford. Seven couple of hounds died. Mr. Scully had tried to stop the practices of poachers. Farmer's Journal.

In the night of the same day, one Meary, in the employment of the Abp. of Cashel, was shot dead near Camas,-way-laid by an armed party. Id.

Aug. 4. The assizes of Waterford ended. Philip Corbet, for the murder of Francis Smyth, Esq. of Ballynash, was hanged on July 30th, and John Powell and John Organ for attacking a house at Knockana, were hanged on the 27th preceding; Walter Bermingham for attempting to poison Stephen Hall of Lismore, was ordered for execution on the 20th of August; and Patrick, Michael, and Maurice Mahony, for administering unlawful oaths, aud turning up ground, were sentenced to be transported for life. Id.

Date not specified.-Michael Keys was tried for shooting a man named Sheehan, at Spittle, county Limerick, and was honourably acquitted; Sheeham and others having been illegally turning up ground. The court thanked Mr. Keys, and expressed an opinion that if his spirited resistance were imitated generally, nocturnal assemblies would soon cease. Id. Aug. 8th. A human body found in a potatoe-garden near Kilkenny, not three feet under the surface, without a coffin. Supposed to have been laid there not more than two years ago. Aug. 18th. On the trial of Benj. Jones, &c. for the murder of Pat." Connor at the fair of Shercock, county Cavan, many shocking particulars of brutality were detailed in the evidence. There was a mob of 300 or 400 very riotous men. Amongst other things it was deposed-that one said "why don't you stand to your obligation; they that don't shall have the same fate as a heretic will."-Newry Commercial Telegraph.

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Aug. 22d. Mr. Isaac Fawcett, riding home from Cashel was shot, from behind, between the shoulders, and died in ten minutes. This young gentleman with his brother, quite a youth, gallantly defended his father's house against an armed banditti at Christmas 1813: his name was posted up, and he was denounced for death, having committed the crime of slaying one of the Popish mob in the encounter.-See the newspaper last cited and the Dublin Journal, where a letter signed G. appears from which we copy the two final paragraphs. "On the day that Mr. Faw 2 B

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cett fell he had been in Cashel all the forenoon, and was returning home between the hours of three and four o'clock. He had not proceeded more than half a mile, when he was shot, and fell from his horse; and although crowds were seen in every direction immediately running to the spot, yet not an individual would describe or give the least account of the assassin. I have been informed that the High Sheriff of the county threatened to quarter troops on them until they give information, but without effect.

"Will any one presume to say after this, and such murders as are daily committed, that there is not an absolute necessity to carry into effect the late bill passed in parliament for the security of this country? Or will any seditious old woman give us a lecture on the tranquillity of the country; if so, none but The Evening Post will insert it, or its seditious admirers read it.

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Aug. 28. Sunday. Michael Sheehan and Michael Donelly, common farmers, fought with loaded sticks, near the village of Croagh ;-Donnelly was killed. Newry Telegraph.

Same day. Bryan O'Reilly, Esq. of Ryefield, county Cavan, was shot dead, about a quarter of a mile from Mullingar. One Cloney has been committed to gaol on suspicion. West Meath Journal.

Sept. 7th. A house near Johnstown, belonging to Mr. Bradshaw, and occupied by his herdsman, was burnt to the ground by a set of ruffians; and on the day following another house, also his property, was barnt in a similar way. Dubin Journal.

Same day. Two violent factions, one from county Clare and another from Tipperary, assembled at Mount-Pellier and fought for some hours, armed, some of them, with muskets, and others with pistols, scythes, &c.

Sept. 9th. The house of John Hennessy, farmer of Knockalisheen, county Limerick, was attacked and plundered by an armed banditti. Id. Sept. 10th. The house of Dennis Wren, farmer at Clonmachen, in the liberties of the city of Limerick, was similarly robbed. Id.

Sept. 15th. Two soldiers of the Sligo militia, were attacked, going through Clarina, by a mob of 100 men armed with muskets and swords, and were robbed of about four pounds, their bayonets and belts; and, after being kept bound for nearly two hours, (during which time a consultation was held to determine whether they should be shot,) they were liberated. The neighbourhood of Clarina is noted for outrages. The poor fellows had a marvellous escape. Id.

Sept. 16th. W. Gall, a farmer of Killibeg, county Waterford, who lately took ground from Mr. Gumbleton, was fired at by an assassin; and