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the other I keep up. The only subscriber to either was his
Grace of Devonshire, who allows me fifteen guineas per annum.
The scholars in the Kildare school were—
: Boys, | - - -
. . - 22
ross, (All Protestants) . 56
Inthe 13 Schools, Tecuding the above, and oue. Mi ethodist
School, formed here about a year ago, of about 16 young chil-
dren, mized, under the ca care of some rude mastery from Sligo,
left in the Schools, vizt en
Cat! 693
bolic: -
Piestante and Methodists = 3H
“ Gross, 5
‘Wethad the mnisapplied funds of either of the ahove Schools at
my disposal, I would educate gratis here 800 youths. Another
serious disadvantage I laboured under was the want of station-
ary, books, slates, &c.
T need not tell you that ¢ those Dissenting Schools are well
_ supplied with Bibies and peculiar Tracts from the Kildare place.
ur Rector is the Dean of St. Patrick’s, his Curate a George
Smithwick. A Tithe Compasition is agreed upon. Our Charch
and County rates are heavy,
We have no Convent nor other Schools than those alluded
to. We have absent landed proprietors—the great one is the
Duke of Devonshire, under whom are many middlemen, We
have a brewery, a bolting mill, a poor population, without much
employment half the year. This Parish contains about 11,000
acres, much of it coarse poor and.
I have for this time given you the foregoing statement, by
wa te of reply to your diGerent er ets nod shall at all times be
ready to do the same at any fi
Wishing you aod thet Yrulnerabte. ‘Body, the Association
every happiness and ultimate success,
e the honour to be, Sir,
Sour very obedient servant,
DENNIS O'DONNELL, P.P.”
erste if Loughnor and Casiteiny, County of Tipperéry Di
se of Cashel, Province of Bh
Comprehendiog thirty-nine Townlands ia the Trited Parishes
vf Loughmore and Castleiny,
POPULATION. SCHOOLS.*
Protestants o -
Catholics. | and other de-{ Catholics. Protestants.
: nominations, -
Male Female Male Female
ue Female Male Female
~ 2684 2681 28°
une Sa 20th, 1826.
Sin—TI take the liberty of inciedine the two ‘ parishes under
iy care in the one schedule directed to me,
‘The funds of the schools are supplied from the scanty means
of the poor parents. A gratuitous education is contrived for
about 40 or 50 of the poorest children. - No school in the pa-
rishes but Catholic. No books supplied by the Kildare Place
Association or any ot
The Bishop's lands, ia 1 the parish of Loughmore, measure
1086 acres, exclusive of a large tract of bog; they are held by | 4
Henry Irwin, Esq. and the Representatives. of J. Wallace, un-
der a renewable Icase, at the yearly rent of 771. 3s. 4. and a
renewable fine of 2261. 1s. 6d , and let fo under tenants, on an
average, at Il. per acre. There has been a composition for the
tithes of the parish of Catidiny. The tithes of the parish of
Loughmore amount to nearly 8001. per dnfum.—Lord Or-
mond receives 200I. per annum as impropriate tithes. There
never was a Protestant Church in either of those parishes, or a
‘Protestant Rector of Carate resident. ‘There are five acres of
giebe land, valued at 21..10s,
Church taxes were levied oad. collected, but the extortion has
«eased on legal resistance being made. e
vails that a Church is to he built in "the parish of Loughmore,
though, strictly speaking, there is but one Protestant family i ia
the parish i~a feeling of indignation has been awakened,
its being understoed that the grare -yard is the spot selected for
this useless and expensive. buildi ‘To make room for the
awkward pile, the memorable and ivy-mantled ruins of a Gothic
Monastery are to be removed, atid the bones of the brave and
noble Baron Purcell, brorher of the hero who signed the Treaty
vf Limerick, cre to he e flung on the highway. Never did Gen-
serie descend to such nondescript barbarism
here are in the Parishes 7 Proprietors, 3 Catholic and 4
Protestant—all absentees, No Magistrates, no Police—we
have perfect peace.. The River Suir divides the parish of
Loughmore nearly i into two equal parts. The growing of Wheat
and Potatoes is almost the only occupation of the people, The
tands are Benerally. let at rack rents. There are three miles ia
the parishes, and si jouble the number on the river Suir,
Irmay not be arn iss sto state ond fact which lately came with-
inway knowledge, and which prdves how groasly inaccnrate
the population census of 1821, taken by order uf Governmc! .
roust have been. One of the Agents, on coming into a farmer’s
house, inquired of the farmer's wife how many persons com-
“posed her family. She teplied by asking what was she reason
of numbering her family. Why, madam, said he, Government
intends transporting hi fialf Ireland. Thus the witty Agent adopt.
ed the precise mode of getting the least possible i information—
+a uno disce mutios. Heartily wishing the New Association the
inion and vigour of the old one, aud always ready ta obey its
commands,
“'f bave the honour to be,
With sincere respect ‘and esteem,
Your obedient humble servant,
ig MES MULEALLY, Pr. P _ Boughton re
LEE
~ d Castleinys
To Frere wWitiam Conway, Esq.
. ‘SKETCHES OF SOCIETY.
UL PRY ON HIS-TOUR-NO. 1.9 -,
Twas eesterday g sked by a French scarant, “ Pray do your
tnen of Ivdrning ‘never. travel 7—we scarcely ever sce any of
them, We have abies of Engtish travellers, but few of
vhem appear to have received a Liberal education.- L would hold
, awager that there is not one in ten of them could say the Lord's
* contioned my scrutinizing friend,
ficial glance at a master-piece, and ‘pass on, grave as monkeys, |
to the next object in the order of arrangement, honour it witha
look for the same number of seconds, and, when they get home
to their hotel, boast they have seen all the pictures and the sta-
tues in thé Louvre; when the only object they recollect in the
former, is Drolling’s Kitchen; and in the latter, the Boar, of
ranite—so natural that the dogs used to bark at “You
are too severe; sir! have you not seen many of m * countrymen
at the Institute oa Monday, attending fhe sittings of the Aca-
demy of Sciences?” “True, I have; om the same faces
twice; they go in at three o'clock, hear Baron Cuvier or Baron
Fournier read the proces verbal ‘and the correspondence, ask
their neighbours which is Laplace or Lapecede, w! hich Portal
or Humboldt, nod thanks for the information, valk round. the
room, and take their departure,.to be no more seen.” “I beg
pardon, Sir, for interrupting you; but will you tell me why the
French Academy, the Academy-of Inscriptions and Belles-Let-
tres, and the Academy of the Fine Arts close their doors against |.
all strangers? 1 understand it was not always so.” “ Mr. Pry
you have put a puzzling question; yet I wi ill strive to answer
you. The Academy of Sciences admits strangers, because the
objects 3 under disenssion generally admit of demonstrative proof
whereas, in the other Academies, ‘the imagination holds an equal
empire with reason and common sense, and sometimes even
triumphs over them, lence it ‘frequently happens that the old
verb is realised of, ‘many men, many minds;’ the discussion
waxes warm, and "ney recollect the expression of Buonaparte,
that ‘none ought to wash their dirty linen in public.’ “Id
gndersfand you, for { see the women wash linen in public daily
in the Seine.” “ My dear Mr. Pry, that is not what the Empe-
ror meant; he wished to impress on the parties, that family
quarrels ought never to be heard but by the members of the fa-
anily, in order to avoid scandal: now, to apply the observation
to the point, it frequently “happens that there are men of more
learning amongst the auditors than amongst the members. If,
therefore, a member should happen, as it docs sometimes ha;
pen, to display a profound ignorance of the subject under dis-
fee it would go beyond the walls of the Academy, and the
whole body would share in the ridicule.- It is on this account
that the three Academies are willing to laugh at each other, but
very unwilling that strangers should laugh at them; and so they
close their doors against ‘the profane.””. we Well, sir, pray tell me
the reason why the Academy of Inscriptions “closes its doors 5
we have a droll story about it in England.’ “should like to
hear it.” » M. Quatremere de Quincy pretended, in his Jupiter
Olympien, that he had discovered the mode employed by the
ancient sculptors to soften ivory for w working, and this was » by
stecping it in becr. © One day he presented at the Institute a
piece of ivory he had softened by sopping itin beer; it was yel-
low as a guinea, and was pa assed from hand to hand by the
amembers ; on which the perpetual secretary, M. Dacier, turned
poet, and observed, -
S11 faut le passer,
Mais pas le casser.?
This produced an effect upon the risible muscles of many of
of the members, which was communicated to the auditory,— | b
and so vexed M. Q. Q. that he was mozt strenuous for the ex-
clusion of strangers: mind, I do not pledge myself for the ac-
curacy of the conclusions drawa from Dacier’s rod are. hy dis.
tich. Jt was ridiculous enough: and the Ieanred are
means disposad to admit a process which would intaliy. ‘les.
troy the beauty of the material; but M. Quatremere is a man
of learning, and his Olypian Jove a work of profound Tee
searc ch.
“You asked me,” gaia I, (coming back to the subject of emie
ration)‘ what class of the pation chose to live abroad? In
the first place, it is no particular class, nor, indeed, the best of
any one class. Many promencnt “ew inulilile abroad, because
they have nothing to w travel for en
and a few for health? some from -mo' tives of econo: an
many more because they prefer the air of the Thuilleries to
thafof St. George's Felds. As-to ‘© economy, indeed, it is alla
farces all the necessaries of life, with the exception of fruit
and regetables, are as dearer, or dearer, at Paris than in Lon-
don, Hause rent is higher; the table is “more expensive, be-
cause it is more copious; forage is always dear; good horses
scarcely‘possibte to be obtained ; and every servant is a rogue,
with whom the tradesmen are in league to plunder you. . The
late Dake de Feltre, Lam told, finding his houschold expenses
to be gmormous, ordered every thing” to be weighed. It was
shen red that the cook and bntcher conspired to cheat
the mi ister. Scales and weights obliged the cook to have re-
course to other stratarems, which succeeded for eome time :—
one was, taking out the leads from the bottom’ of the weights.
By this means, v every thing that came in wag sure to be full
weight; unfortuateiy, sometimes they were overweight, This
led to thejliscovery, and the cook was turned away. :
5
THE TUMBLE DOWN cusTorz HOUSE.
, * TUE. IIOUSE ‘THAT JACK BUILT, . :
A’New Song to en Old Tune.
as performed with great applause at Westminster Hall, on tico
ve day: “Me ay 26.
Dramatis ‘Pensose ‘o, the Builder; Mr. Laing, the
Surveyor; Mr. Day, Chen ‘OF the Works ; Mr, Mullins, the
Foreman; Mr. Cook, the Carpenter; Mr. Smirke, the Ar-
chitect; Mr. Rennie, the Engineer; Counsellors, &e. &e..
This is the House that Jack built. -
‘This is a sleeper that propped up the House that Jack built.
js the pile that was short all the while, and wouldn’t
decper ander the sleeper, that Propped up the Housé that Jack
a
‘This is the Peto ‘appointed to see ies the driving the pile that
was'short all the while, and wouldn’t go deeper under the
sleeper, that propped up the Mouse that Jack built.
‘These are the spandels stout and thick, that. were filled up
with ru! instead of brick, by Mister Peto, appointed to see
ng the pile that’ was short all the while, and
go teeper under the sleeper, that pro; u,
House that “rack built me P Peed ? the
8 is Laing the- ‘Survey’ r, who took such care, to order the
spandele stout and thick, to be filled up with rubbish instead of
brick, by Mr. Peto, appointed to see to, the driving the pile
that was short all the while, and wouldn't go deeper under the
sleeper, that propped up the House that Jack built
This is James Day from Drury-Lace, who went ‘there ev'ry
o what class of English society do the travelers belong? You
see then promenading through o Our inuscuns, our libraric: s, aud
eur gardens, with Galignani’s guide ia their hand, rive a super-
4
tiorning and back again, to Laing the Survey" rt, Who took such
care, to ) order the spandels staut and thick, to be filled up with
rubbish. instead of brick, by Mr, Peto, appointed to see to, the
driving the pile that was short all the while, and wouldn't go
deeper under the sleeper, that propped up the Honse that Jack
lt.
This is Mullins the foreman steady and strong, who saw that
matters were all going wrong, and wondered the house should
have lasted so long, as he told James Day from Drury-Lane,
who-went there every morning and_ back again, to Laing the
survey’er, who took such care to oder the spandels stent and
thick to be filled up with rubbish. instéad of brick; by Mister
Peto, appointed to see to, the driving the pile that was too
short all the while, and would not go deeper under the sleeper,
that propped up the House that Jack built «°
This is John Cook, who “ who just gave a look, ?and agreed
with the foreman steady and strong, who saw that matters were
all going wrong, and wondered the house should have lasted
so long,'as he told-James Day from Drury-lane, who went
there every morning and back again, to Laing the survey’r,
who took such care, to order the spandels stout and thick, to be
filled in with rubbish instead of brick by Mister Peto, ap-
pointed to see to, the driving the pile that was short all the
while, and would not go deeper below the sleeper, that propped
up the House that Jack buiit.,
This is B. Smirke, who found fault with the work, at whicli
Johu Cook had taken a look, and agreed. with the foreman
steady and strong, who saw that matters were all going wrong,
and wondered the house should have lasted so Jong, as he told
James Day from Drury-lane, who went there every morning
and back again, to Laing the survey’, who took such ¢
order the spandels stout t'and thick to be filled with rubbish in-
stead of brick, by Mr, Peto, appointed to see for the driving the
pile which was short all the while, and wouldn’ deeper be-
neath fhe sleeper, that propped up the House that Jack built.
eorge Rennie, who woudn’t give a penny, for all the
work found fault with by Smirke, at which John Cook bad just
given a Jook, and agreed with the foreman steady and strang,
who saw that matters were all going wrong, and wondered the
house should have lasted so long, as he told James Day frovi
Drury-lane, who went there every morning and back again, t)
Laing the survey’r, who took such care, to order the spandels
stout and thick to be filled with rubbish instead of brick, by
Mister Peto, appointed to see to, the driving the pile that was
short all the while, and wonldn’t go deeper r below’ the sleeper,
that propped up the House that Jack built.
‘These are the counsellors bouncing and big, every one in
three-tailed wig, who examined George Rennie, that would'n! at
give a penny, for all the work found fault with by Smirke, at
which, John Cook had just taken a look, and agreed with the
foreman steady and strong, who saw that matters were all going
wrong, and wondered the house should have Jasted so long, as
he told James Day from Drury-lane, who went there every
morning and back again, to Laing the survey'r, who took suc!
care, to order the snandrels stout and thick, to be filled witli
rubbish instead of brick, by Mr. Peto, appointed to sce to, the
driving the pile that was short all the while, and would’nt go
de eeper below the sleeper, that propped up the house that Jack
3
“tik is John Bull, with his pockets so full, who “forked out
three hundred thousand pounds for a tumble down-house that
fell to the ground, and paid all the fees, with a great deal of
ease, to all the brave counsellors bouncing and big, every one
in a three tailed wigs whe examined George Ttennie that
would’nt give a penny, for all the work found fault with by
Smirke, at which Sohn Sook had just given a took, and agreed
with, the foreman steady and strong, who s: w that matters
were all going wrong, and wondered the house should have
lasted so. long, as he told James Day from Drury Lane, who
was there every morning and back again, to Laing the sur
vey'r, who took so much care, to order the spandrels stout and
thick, to be filled with rubbish instead of brick, by Mr, Peto
appointed to see to the driving the pile that was short all the
while, and wouldnt go deeper below the sleeper, that proppet
up the House that Jack built.
This is Westminster Hall so lofty and tall, where lawyers and
architects, foremen and all, sing buzza for ‘John Bull, with his
pockets so full, who forked out three hundred thousand eral
for a tumble-down house that fell to the ground, and paid all
the fres, with a great deal of ease, to all the grave counsellors
bouncing and big, every one ina three-tailed wig, who examig~
ed George Renn », that wouldn't give a penny, for all the work
found fault with by Smirke, at which John Cook had just given
a look, and agreed with the foreman steady and strong, who
saw that matters were all going wrong, and wondered the
house should have lasted so long, as he 1 told James D: ey from
y Lane, who went, there every morning and back again,
to Laing the Survey’r, who took such care, to order the spal-
arels stout and thick, to be filled up with rubbish instead of
brick, by Mr. Peto, appointed to see fo, the driving the pil?
that was short all the while, and woudn’t go deeper, nor pep
up the sleeper, that let fall the house that Jack built.
ed
VARIETY.
A pergon being seated ona table between two tradesmen, 2m
thinking to be witty upon them said, “ How prettily Lam fixed
between two tailors.” Upon which, one of them replied, that,
“being only beginners in business, they could not afford to beep
more than one goose between them. L
Lydgate’s Troy-book, the beautiful manvseript Poem on ve
hua, was purchased at Evans’s, on Friday, by Mr. Perkins, af
the house of Barclay, Perkins, ‘O. iy pinety- -five guineas.
Shakspeariana, a matel.tess collection of books and pamphlets,» »
relating to Shakspe: eare, was bought by a gentleman in Wate
wickshire, for 62 cuinens. Charles Mathews, the Comedian;
bid 61 guineas. . It would nave been an invaluable addition to
he treasures of Mathews.
Jrving the Ragpsodisi. —This gentleman appears tobe quite as
well wnderstood in the North as in the South. | After noticing’
his grand display the other day before the London Hibernian
Society, the Godinbursh Observer says, “‘ We ask any rational
man what conclnsion is ° e drawn from conduct Hike os
of either lunacy or of qnackery—far
Surely a conclusion d Mr. Irving suddenly and umespect
ot a be-
3
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from us to say voc company who were setting on
mself in
edly found Paton, he might have been justified i in putting
his hand inty his fob iustead of his pocket, knowing that the for
mer was fuller than the latter; but to come with & a Ptoe w
speech, to a public inceting, where there was no occasion for &
donation at all, and to ma’ ake this ostentatious and uunchristian
display, not of charity, but of the grossest vanity—te Bledge) is
wateh, not toa pawnbrol Ler, as he might easily have done, ha
he wi anted a few guineas, but to Lord Gambier, before the open
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