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1808.] 
‘vernment to extend to it the same po- 
licy under which it bas been pleased at 
different periods to regulate every other 
diocese in Ireland, namely, to enable the 
bishop, by granting tim a compensation, 
to restore the guarta pars (or certain 
portions of tythes due out of different 
parishes) or rather grant them (all tythes 
being originally the property of the dio- 
cesan) to the officiating parochial incum- 
bents. Ofsuch a measure, the first result 
would be to release the diocesan from 
the necessity of employing a tythe-proc- 
tor, or as it happens in some cascs, where 
the incumbent wishes to become tenant 
tothe quaria pars, from trafiicking with 
one of his clergy for a property not un- 
important zo either, In the hand of the 
incumbent these portions would indivi- 
dually increase much in value, their dis- 
partition would lay a reasonable founda- 
tion for the dissolution of several of the 
present unions. New churches and ad- 
ditional incumbents might fullow; a 
competency would be established for ge- 
neral residence, and a single manse- 
house would no longer remain the op- 
-probrium of the union of two not incon- 
siderable sees. In the instances of three 
benefices, viz. Clonfert, Dononaughta, 
and kiltormer, I have the best authority 
to assert, that these three benetices would 
afford equal, if nct superior, incomes to 
six clergymen; and three additional 
churches might be built in situations 
remote from any church, if the respective 
native tythes of each parish were relin- 
quished by the diocesan, and conferred 
upon the incumbent. In respect to the 
parish of Clonfert, upon any dissolution 
of the union, it might be advisable to 
constitute a part of the corps -of the 
deanry of Clonfert, which dignitary is at 
present without Cure of Souls, in order 
to induce the dean to reside at Cloenfert, 
where, from the solitude of the situation, 
and uncivilization of the lower orders of 
“ people, such an association to the resi- 
dence of the ordinary might prove very 
beneficial to the cause of religion and 
morality. 
C, CLonrerT anv KitmMacDvuaGu, 
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Py For the Monthly Magazine. 
A REviEW of the EIGHTEENTH CENTURY, 
Written im AMERICA, i2 1805. 
11 present period invites to a re- 
-trospect of past tine. Vo mark 
the revolutions that take place among 
the nations of the world, and the rota- 
fon of the opinions, customs, and man- 
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ners of men, is at once pleasant and 
useful. 
The intended review will be confinetl 
to the following particulars; the compa- 
rative state of the nations of the. Cliise 
tian world, at the commencement and at 
the close_of the eighteenth century; the 
improvements of the above period in 
sciences and arts; the state of religion 
and moral philosophy; and the impor- 
tant events of our own country, 
The beginning of the last century was 
a distinguished era in history. William 
and Mary were then the sovereigns of 
England; Louis the XIVth was King of 
France ; Charles the XlIth, King of Swe- 
den; and Peter the Great, Czar of Russia, 
The civil constitution of England had 
then recently assumed a new form. The 
revolution in 1688 freed the nation from 
the fear of popery and of despotism. The 
doctrines of the divine and indefeasible 
right of the sovereign, and of passive 
obedience and non-resistance of the 
subject, were exploded; and the preroga- 
tives of the crown, and the liberties of 
the people, were permanently settled, 
The extent of the commerce of England, 
and the strength of her navy, within this 
period, exceeded the former experience 
of nations. Although dismembered of 
most of her American colonies, she has 
acquired immense territories in the East« 
ern world. Scotland and Ireland have 
been more closely united with her; and: 
the same legislative powers are now ex- 
ercised over the whole realm. . With 
King William originated the practice of 
borrowing money upon the credit of the 
nation. At bis death he left a public 
debt of fourteen millions sterling, then 
thought, an enormous sum. This has 
been increased by every subsequent war, 
and now threatens the nation with seri- 
ous evils. 
The people of France, at the com- 
mencement of the last century, were ens 
thusiasts in royalty; they weze ready to 
sacrifice their property and their lives 
for the honour of their Grand Monargue, 
At its close, they executed their king, 
discarded their nobility, forswore monar- 
chy, and assumed the language and forms 
of republicans. At that period they 
were the bigoted disciples of the Romish 
church; before the century revolved, 
they massacred their priests, and flung 
down the altars of their religion. In 
1700 Louis the XIVth was planning 
schemes of aggrandizement and unjver- 
sal empire; in 1800 the revolution of 
France 
