[[2]] Mr O'Connell stated in his speech, after "the liberation," that that most unexpected and miraculous event had been publicly prayed for in all the churches of Belgium.

[[3]] Taken from Lewis's Statistics of the Four Reformed Parliaments.

[[4]] The following account of the number of freeholders on the register, in 1837, when the number was largest, and in 1841, taken from Lewis's tables, will show an immense decrease in those counties completely under the control of the priests and agitators, and where their power is unassailable.

1837. 1841.
Clare, 3170—1785
Cork, 4180—3706
Galway county, 3074—1990
Galway town, 2084—1600
King's county, 1520—1078
Limerick city, 2813—1670
Limerick county, 2850—1893
Mayo, 1569—1064
Meath, 1850—1236
Roscommon, 2077—1059
Tipperary, 3460—2464
Waterford, 1494—802
Wexford, 3031—1739

All those counties and cities are, and always have been, represented by Radicals and Repealers; so that it appears the Repeal party are invariably best off where there are least freeholders, notwithstanding their constant complaints of what they suffer by the domination of the constituencies.

[[5]] Qualifying under the "solvent tenant test," (which was generally adopted by the Conservative barristers,) the claimant was obliged to swear and to prove that "he could obtain from a good and solvent tenant a clear yearly rent of ten pounds over and above what he paid himself," while the freeholder, qualifying under "the beneficial interest test," (which was acted on by the Whig and Radical barristers,) had only to prove that the crops and produce raised on his land by his own labour, yielded him a surplus of ten pounds over and above the amount of his rent.

[[6]] In England, the right to vote is given to tenants at will paying £50 rent; it was proposed to grant it to those in Ireland who paid £30 rent.

[[7]] Two judges, who are ex-officio members, may be Roman Catholics; the numbers would then stand seven and six.

[[8]] Bailly's Memoirs.

[[9]] The Rev. Gregory Lynch of Westland Row, openly charges the agitating bishops with having forged the signature of many priests to the protest which they have published against the Charitable Bequests Bill. See his letter, an extract from which is published in the Irish correspondence of The Times, 27th October.