508. 
ford, D.D. appointed in 1802. ( Vide 
Armagh above, ) 
_ Clogher.—The Rev. prelate who sat 
in Parliament for this see, in this ses- 
sion, was the Hon. Percy Jocelyn; he 
was appointed bishop of Leighlin and 
Ferns, in 1809, and preferred to 
Clogher in 1820; disgraced himself in 
1822: succeeded by the Right Hon. 
Lord Robert Ponsonby Tottenham 
Loftus, ».p. appointed bishop of 
Kilfenora in 1804, preferred to Leigh- 
lin and Ferns in 1820, and was the 
representative bishop for that see in the 
session of that year. He is brother of 
the Marquis of Ely, who influences 
two votes in the House of Commons, 
_ Stuart, Mant, Beresford, and Lof- 
tus, all voted with the majority of 159, 
(twenty-five of which were church- 
men,) against a minority of 120, who 
supported the second reading of a bill, 
on the 17th of April, 1820, for relieving 
the Roman Catholics from the politi- 
cal disabilities to which they still re- 
main subject. Stuart voted by proxy, 
the others present. g 
George IV. 3d session, 1822. 
Dublin.—Right Hon. William Ma- 
gee, D.D. appointed bishop of Raphoe 
in 1819, preferred to the archbishopric 
of Dublin, primacy of Ireland, and 
bishopric of Glandclugh, in 1822. 
Ossory.—Robert Fowler, D.D. ap- 
pointed in 1813. 
Killala and Achonry.—James V ers- 
choyle, D.D, appointed in 1810. 
Clonfert and Kilmacduagh.—Christo- 
pher Batson, D.p. appointed in 1804. 
Dublin, Ossory, and Clonfert, pre- 
sent, voted with the majority of 171, 
(twenty-five of whom were churchmen, ) 
against a minority of 129, who sup- 
ported the Catholic claims. 
George IV. 4th session, 1823. 
Cashell and Emly. — Right Hon. 
Richard Lawrence, ».c.L. succeeded 
the Right Hon. Charles Broderick, D.p. 
deceased in 1822, archbishop of Cashel. 
Meath.—Nathaniel Alexander, D.D. 
appointed bishop of Down and Connor 
in 1804, and succeeded the Right Hon. 
and Most Rey. T. L. O’Beirne, p.p. 
deceased in this see in 1823. The two 
members for Old Sarum (J. and J. D. 
Alexander,) are nearly related to the 
present Rey. Bishop of Meath. 
Kildare.—Right Hon. Chasles Dal- 
rymple Lindsay, D.D. brother of the 
Earl of Balcarras, who influences two 
votes in the House of Commons, ap- 
pointed in 1804. 
Derry —Hon. William Knox, v.p. 
Statement of Incumbents of the Irish Bishoprics. 
[Jan. I, 
appointed a bishop in 1794, and pre- 
ferred to Derry in 1803. This prelate 
is brother to Viscount Northland, who 
returns his son member for the borough 
of Dungannon. 
George IV. 5th or ensuing session, 1824. 
Tuam.—Vide session of 1820. 
Raphoe.—W illiam Bissett, p.D. dean 
of the Vice-Regal Chapel, 1822. : 
Limerich, Ardfert, and Aghadoe.— 
John Jebb, D.p. 1822. 
Dromore.—James Saurin, D.D, 1820. 
6th, or session of 1825. 
Armagh.—Vide session of 1821. 
Elphin.—Jobn Leslie, D.p. 1820. 
Waterford and Lismore. — Hon. 
Richard Bourke, p.p. 1813. 
Down and Connor.—Richard Mant, 
D.D. Vide session of 1821. 
In the. 7th or following session, 
The Archbishop of Dublin (wide ses- 
sion of 1§22,) will sit with the Bishops 
of Ferns, Cloyne, and Cork, (vide 
session of 1820. The order of rotation 
is then continued as here laid down, 
forming a cycle in twelve sessions. In 
the thirteenth session, Tuam, Ferns; 
Cloyne, and Cork, will again sit toge- 
ther, as will more fully appear in the 
following re-capitulation:— 
Ses- 
s10n. 
Arch- 
bishops. 
Bishops: 
1320|/Tuam. |Ferns, Cloyne, Cork. 
1821|/Armagh, |Killaloe, Kilmore,Cloghei 
1822|Dublin. |Ossory, Killala, Clonfert. 
1823|Cashell. |Meath, Kildare, Derry. 
1824/Tuam, |Raphoe, Limerick, Dro 
more, 
1825|Armagh. |Elphin, Waterford, Down. 
1826)Dublin. |Ferns, Cloyne, Cork. 
1827|Cashell. |Killaloe,Kilmore,Clogher 
1828/Tuam. |Ossory, Killala, Clonfert 
1829|Armagh.|Meath, Kildare, Derry. 
1830|Dublin. |Raphoe, Limerick, Dro 
more. 
1831|Cashell. |Elphin, Waterford, Down. 
ee ee 
1834|'Tuam, &c. &c, as in 1820. 
—_—— 
To the Editor of the Monthly Magazine. 
SIR, 
N acquaintance of mine, who lives 
in the vicinity of the Ouse—a 
river immortalized by the pensive 
Cowper,—whose waters, he says, are 
thickly interspersed wiih those waste- 
ful. ornaments rushes, wishes me to 
inform the public of the method 
whereby they may be advantageously 
procured for the purposes I have de- 
scribed them (in a former Number,) as 
; being 
