The Marquess of Normanbysaid, that in the course of the observations made on a former evening by a noble Marquess opposite, that noble Marquess had stated, that a poor priest in Ireland had been suspended from his duties for a month by his Bishop, because he refused to collect the Repeal tribute. Now, he (the Marquess of Normanby) had received a distinct contradiction of that statement. No doubt, the noble Marquess, when he mentioned the case, believed that his information was correct. But he had received a letter from the right rev. Dr. Cantwell, the Bishop of the diocese in which the circumstance was alleged to have happened, 272 who positively denied that any such thing had occurred.
The Marquess of Westmeathsaid, all he knew about the matter was, that the circumstances to which he had referred were quite notorious throughout the country. After what the noble Marquess had stated, he should, however, say nothing more on the subject until he had made further inquiries. Perhaps the error was one of time, and not of fact.