IN OBSERVATIONS AND STRICTURES ON A PAM- AGAINST THE A HISTORY OF THE PENAL LAWS IRISH ROMAN CATHOLICS. BY PATRICK DUIGENAN, LL. D. M. P. SECOND EDITION, CORRECTED. LONDON: PRINTED FOR J. J. STOCKDALE, No. 41, PALL MALL. 1810. PUBLIC LIBRARY ASTOR, LENOX AND Gillet and Son, Printers, Crown-court, Fleet-street, London. The Author's absence, in Ireland, during the progress of the following sheets through the press, which he consequently had not the advantage of inspecting, must apologize for the subsequent errata. Page 19 line 2, for their, read then 25 32 51 53 76 84 106 107 5, from the bottom, after elections, add they 9, from the bottom, for ranks, read rank 11, ditto, for put, read pent 14, ditto, before which, add; an exception 13, for cause, read course 6, dele repeal of the 15, for importance, read impotence 13, from the bottom, for face, read force 4, for 1798, read 1793 5, for 1793, read 1798 2, from the bottom, for Swedes, read seceders 4, ditto, for prest, read priests 8, for Catholic, read A catholic 4, from the bottom, for repetition, read refutation last line but one, for poverty, read paucity 7, ditto, for influence, read inference 10, ditto, for 1797, read 1697 9, dele It is stated that 10, after that, add the repeal of dele line 13 and The three are, and substitute "T'is the same rope at different ends they twist;" and all equally 236 4, insert before the word but, was not fully executed THE NATURE AND EXTENT OF THE DEMANDS OF THE IRISHI ROMAN CATHOLICS. In this age of innovation, the renowned Constitution of the British empire bas, hitherto, resisted the rude attacks of foreign enemies, and the treacherous attempts of domestic foes, preserving its great barriers yet entire and unimpaired. There can be no doubt of its sufficiency to repel external assault; its durability and security can be only hazarded and shaken by its own ungrateful subjects, and the plots and intrigues of restless faction in its very bowels. Jacobinism, the bane of the rest of Europe, has been able to insinuate its baleful influence, in some degree, into this empire; and, a short time since, boldly attempted the subversion of that constitution, the result of the wisdom of ages, and the admira. tion of all the civilised world, by open force. The aggression was met by the energy of the |