1 823.] Memoirs of M. 



To the Bisliopiic of Kilmore there is no 

 Cathtdial ; to the Cathedral of Clirist 

 Chiircli, Dublin, in addition to the persons 

 enumerated in the preceding statement, 

 ther« is also attached two readers and ^ix 

 stipendiaries ; and to tliat of St. Patrick, 

 four minor canons ; to that of Kildare, four 

 canons ; and to that of Cork, a choir of 

 four. Tiie Dignitaries in the third cohimn 

 consist of archdeacons, precentors, chan- 

 cellors, and treasurers. 



fiecapitidatiiin.—^^ bishops and arcli- 

 bishops, 38 deans, 108 dignitaries, 178 pre- 

 bendaries, 107 rural deans, 52 vicars cho- 

 ral, 21) choristers, 7 librarians, SOdiocesian 

 schoolmasters, 4 canons, 4 minor canons, 

 4 choir, 2 readers, 6 stipendiaries, and 175 



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attached to Consistorial Conrt. — The state- 

 ment of the number of parislies has been 

 extracted from Mr. Wakefield's Ireland, 

 vol. ii. page 47 1, extracted by him from 

 Dr. Beaufort's Memoir of Ireland. There 

 are 95 parishes impropriate, and without 

 churches or incumbents, viz. 35 in Meath, 

 17 in Killaloe, 13 in Ferns, 11 in Cloyne, 

 10 in Down, and 9 in Waterford. The 

 numbers, after all, it will be seen, do not 

 agree with the total number of parishes. 

 There is no return of the patronage for 

 the Archbishopric of Cashel. The Bishop 

 of Meath also presents to the deanery ; and 

 the Bishop of Cloyne holds one benefice 

 in commendam. 



BIOGRAPHY OF EMINENT PERSONS. 



M. CADET-GASSICOURT. 



THIS amiable man was one of the 

 conductors of that useful pub- 

 lication, the Revue Encyclopediqiie, 

 highly learned as a scholar, and 

 respectable in the walks of private 

 life. As a multifarious author, his 

 general merits, both for talent and 

 composition, are entitled to a high 

 degree of praise. 



He was born at Paris, January 23, 

 1769; his father, who was an apothe- 

 cary and chemist, early introduced his 

 son to the conversation of Condorcet, 

 Buffon, Bailly, Lalande, and others; 

 so that, at the age of fifteen, young 

 Gassicoiirt had published a Memoir on 

 Natural History, which contained ex- 

 cellent observations, and was parti- 

 cularly commended by BulTon. His 

 inclination was for the physical sci- 

 ences, but his father intended him for 

 the bar, where accordingly M. Cadet, 

 the son, was ever a friend to the in- 

 nocent and unlortunate. 



By the invasion of foreigners, the 

 French revolution was diverted from 

 the track marked out for it by patri- 

 otism. Cadet Gassicourt was the in- 

 trepid advocate of many wretched vic- 

 tims; in 1792 he was the means of 

 saving his f^jthcr's eldest brother from 

 imprisonment; and in the year follow- 

 ing, of annulling an unjust sentence 

 l)a.ssed on a brave military character. 



His forensic and political occupa- 

 tions wore diversified by literary la- 

 bours. In 1797, as an elector, he 

 published a pampidet on the " Theory 

 of Elections ;" also, in the same year, 

 one on the "Influence that Masonic 

 Societies exerciied in tiic Process of 

 the Revolution." 



Afterwards appeared, successively, 

 MoNTiiLV Mac. No. 381. 



a dramatic work, "The Supper of 

 Moliere," which made pass in review, 

 on the stage, the illustrious characters 

 of the ages of Louis XIV. and XV. ; 

 then " Travels in Normandy ;" also 

 " An Essay on the Private Life of 

 Mirabeau," and " Saint Goran," an 

 ingenious critique on the " Neologism, 

 or New Modes of Thinking, Writing^ 

 and Speaking, introduced into France 

 by the Changes of the Times." These 

 were followed by various political 

 pieces, adapted to circumstances, one 

 of which only can be ni<;ntioned here, 

 "The Four Ages of the National 

 Guard." This institution was renewed 

 in 1789, aftcT a long interruption. 

 M. G's. pamphlet traced the history 

 of it, shewing also how it might be 

 made of the greatest public utility, 

 and encroach the least on the liberty 

 of individuals. 



The death of his father gave a new 

 direction to his pursuits. His studies 

 were turned to pharmacy, the profes- 

 sion of his father; and to the sciences, 

 wliich he had hitherto cultivated only 

 as an amusement. After publishing 

 several itnprovcd editions of his fa- 

 ther's work on " Domestic Pharmacy," 

 also a " Formulary" on the subject, 

 that has run through four editions, he 

 became one of the conductors of the 

 " Bulletin of Pharmacy," commenced 

 in 1809, and now continued under the 

 title of " Journal of Pharmacy." 



In 1803 he published a work of still 

 higher importance, " A New Dicti- 

 onary of Chemistry," serving as aa 

 elementary course for young students. 

 In his "Thesis," on Uie siniuHaneous 

 study of the sciences, he considers the 

 philosopliy of all the sciences, as con- 

 ducive to the improvement and per- 

 il u fcclion 



