1. Handed Fr. Joachim this day 191/2 dollars, being his moiety of stole fees received during the month of March.

Received a letter from Mr. Cullen yesterday, dated 17 March, accompanied by six bottles of Cassarisse [Cassareep].

2. Mr. Day, who has just returned from Barbados, says that Rogers left in the Packet before the last for Europe, having obtained six months leave of absence.

2. A baptism party has just come out of Clancy's.

3. Wrote for Packet sailing tomorrow to the Treasurer of the Council of the Propagation of the Faith at Lyons acknowledging receipt of authorization to draw for 10,000 francs - informed him of sum set apart for D^r Taylor, for the outfit, passage and pension of the two young men at All Hallows, as also of the 50£ placed at the disposal of Revd. J. Goold to join us - made known my purchase of Geneva, and my intentions respecting the destination of the Logie etc., giving it as my opinion that for 1,500 or 2,000 dollars additional a church may be constructed out of the materials and placed on Versailles, with Priest's cottage, schools etc. - reminded him of the increasing congregation and of the necessity that exists for more churches, four or six being immediately required - noticed the rumour of Clancy's departure etc. - and requested authority to draw the remaining balance of the allocation for 1845.

To Mr. Jerningham as Manager of the London Joint Stock Bank forwarded the first of a Bill of Exchange on Lyons for 10,000 francs, and intimated that I would draw on the Bank by next mail for £200. Sent also an order to pay D^r Taylor 100£ for outfit, passage etc. of the two young men at All Hallows.

To D^r Taylor in acknowledgment of his last favour and of the receipt of the Box sent by the Kingston.

To my sister Catharine in acknowledgment of her last letter etc. etc.

To M^'y Kelly, Florence, and to Mrs. Barry, Booterstown, Dublin.

Mr. Reed posted these letters.

Young Clunes, who had been so long an active and unscrupulous adherent of Clancy, has expressed [a] wish to be reconciled and to obtain forgiveness.

4 April 1846. It was confidently reported yesterday that Clancy was to be off by the Packet, but I fear we have him still.

Note of Bill forwarded to Mr. Jerningham -

Called at the Receiver General's office and took up quarter's salary $625.

Placed in Mr. Schade's hands $425.50 to pay for Geneve.

Mr. Prideau informs me that Clancy is going by the Parker to Barbados - this is very likely.

5. The Conventicle is open today, but the chief cantor (Rissert) is gone off in the Packet.

This morning after early Mass, young Clunes appeared at the altar railings accompanied by D^r Clifton, and kneeling asked forgiveness for the scandal his conduct had given in openly and offensively abetting D^r Clancy's schism.

7 April 1846. Clancy is still here but lives hermetically sealed - quite invisible.

Sorry to hear that several of the women belonging to the 19^th. Reg^'t. became Protestants whilst stationed in the Ionian Islands.

9. Holy Thursday We had this morning a very large congregation including some fifty or sixty Communicants.

10 Good Friday The church this morning was crowded - after the Veneration of the Cross Fr. Joachim preached a Sermon in Portuguese.

At night the church was still more crowded than this morning, but the best order was maintained. I preached.

11 Holy Saturday Blessed the Paschal candle, the Baptismal Font etc.

After Mass received Miss Van Ouenaller into the Church after conditional baptism.

A water vat presented to the church by one of the congregation and which Clancy had taken to the Presbytery, was rolled away this morning, having been sold by him to somebody.

11 April 1846. Clancy went out in a hired covered gig today accompanied by Bacon, to pay, it is said, his farewell visits. He looked terribly pulled down.

12^th. Easter Sunday About eighty Communicants approached the Sacred table this morning. At 11 o'clock Mass a very large congregation assembled - the organ was played by Mr. Sommers, who was assisted in the singing department by Mr. Schade and Mr. Heyliger.

This morning Miss Van Ouenaller, our new convert, made her First Communion.

Clancy's conventicle was open - the gathering was most miserable.

The mail has come in (a day late) and brought me letters from the Propaganda, S. Barry, and A. Taggart.

Cardinal Fransoni has forwarded an obedience from the General of the Dominicans for Father Savage.

15 April 1846. Clancy is still going on with his work of demolition in the Presbytery. He sails, it is said, tomorrow in the Parker for Barbados.

Among the prominent of those who are busy in waiting on him previous to his departure is the Negro Bacon, Pelletier, Miss Waterton, Mrs. Nunan and daughter, the Harris's, Magdalene Cramer etc.

16 April 1846. Clancy is off at last. He and the woman Hopkinseth left this morning at 1/2 past six, accompanied by his two Negro ruffians Bacon and Pelletier, Maddaline Cramer, Miss Cauline, Mrs. Noonan and a few other coloured women - not a single white man, not a single respectable black or coloured man wished him goodbye.

It is now ten o'clock and the house is in the possession of Bacon, Pelletier etc. The gate is chained, and an additional dog has been introduced. It is laughable if not melancholy to see the little negro boy going about with his cap (Clancy's), which he wears with no small pride.

12 o'clock - The Presbytery is captured. Mr. Reed, accompanied by B. O'Rorke, effected an entrance - the cook and a young Negro boy being the only persons on the premises. I was on the alert and the moment I saw that an entrance was effected I found my way also in by. The cook having refused to give up the key of the gate padlock, I succeeded by threatening a bit to extract it from her. The Clancy chain was now taken off, and one that before did good service in the church was put on, and the other entrances securely fastened. Estwick the Carpenter behaved very well.

We were scarcely two hours in the house before Bacon and Pelletier, Clancy's respectable Attornies, heard of [it] - as soon as they did, they made their appearance by effecting an entrance over the front gate. They did not enter the house, where I was now reinforced by Mr. Knaresboro' and Fr. Joaquin, but contented themselves with storming a while in the yard, when the Police were sent for. They now retreated by the same way, over the gate. Pelletier however returned, and had the audacity to place a chain and padlock of his own over the gate. Three times the Police were sent for, but each time Pelletier retired. Some eight or ten French Creoles behaved scandalously on the dam, but in an hour or two all was quiet again. I have taken every precaution to guard the place well, till such time as we shall be able to move into it.

The High Sheriff sent me three Registers of Baptisms, marriages, and burials commenced in 1832 by myself, which he obtained from Clancy, who denied having any other property belonging to the Church. The Registers from 1826 to 1832 he has either taken with him or destroyed.

19 April 1846. Wrote by packet sailing this morning to D^r Taylor and Mr. Jerningham, forwarding to the latter the 2^nd. of Exchange on Lyons for 10,000 francs.

The Gazette of last night contained my memorial to the Combined Court praying that a provision should be made for three Clergymen speaking the Portuguese language. Sent 12 copies, to D^r Cullen, Mar: Hynes, D^r Taylor, President of the Council at Lyons, D^r O'Connell, S. Henry, E. Barry, Brother James, J. Goold, Mr. Troy, Revd. J. Murphy, Dublin, J. Savage, Lisbon.

Received letter yesterday from Mr. Savage dated 16 January.

Various rumours are afloat touching the movements of Clancy's vile agents. They have been to the High Sheriff, who declined having anything to do with them, telling them that if they were left in charge of the house they ought to have guarded it better.

23 April 1846. Revd. Mr. Kelly from Berbice and Revd. Mr. Cullen from S. Rose's arrived.

Craig has been consulted by Masters Bacon and Pelletier concerning the repossession of the house. He will act in it providing they give him a retainer of a hundred dollars and put down a sum to cover costs.

25. Mr. Kelly went off this morning by the Mail Cart to Berbice. Received from him yesterday $53 collected in Berbice towards defraying expenses of Vestments etc. etc.

Slept in the house on the night of the 23^rd. for the first time in the Presbytery, ci-devant "Convent". Dismissed our trusty sentinels who kept watch each night and whose names deserve to be remembered - they are Goodluck - the two Maltese named Giuseppi - the Maltese boy Carlo, and my servant Patrick - the Maltese Teodore and Salvatore were also occasionally of great service - I must not omit Mooney.

26 April 1846. Sunday The rainy season has fairly set in - at the last Mass today there was scarcely a dozen people.

27. Estwick has not been able to get the carpenters to work today, owing to the stoppage of supplies on the part of Booker's. Sent Mr. Reed to remonstrate - Booker's say that they will lose $600 by the contract, but they have given instructions that the work shall go on - no carpenter in the house today.

28. Lent Mr. Cullen today six vols. of The Lives of the English Saints, "the green book", and three vols. of Duffy's Irish Library.

Gave him a picture of S. Rose copied by Bartolini, a crucifix, a doz. medals, a doz. beads or rosaries, and 8 prayerbooks, with a parcel of Catechisms - also a package of altar breads.

Received from the Maltese, Carmoni, $7 for Masses for a deceased countryman - on two previous occasions for the same purpose $18 - which I thus distributed: $7 to Fr. Knaresboro', $11 to Fr. Joachim and 7 to Fr. Cullen.

29 April 1846. Paid a visit last night and this morning to the Military Hospital to see Serg^t. Byrne.

30. The mail has not come in, nearly three days late. S. Goodman has come in her, but no Clancy, as we were threatened by Craig.

Received letters from M. Choiselat-Gallien, Mr. Troy, Mr. Jerningham and D^r Lee.