Wednesday 6 March. Received from Rev^d T. Barry P.P. Bantry through Mr J. Flynn £20 towards the purchase of a replica of the Ascension to be ordered for him.

A letter from Bp Griffiths informing me of the result of his late interview with Lord Stanley.

Thursday 7^th. March. Wrote to Bp Griffiths and Lord Stanley; posted these two letters myself - but at too late an hour to be forwarded tonight.

Wednesday 13 March 1844. Wrote to Mr. Hogan, Rome; L. Dempsey and Rev^d J. Kelly, Dublin.

Deposited with Mr. Ryan the 20£ I received from Rev^d T. Barry.

Thursday 14 March 1844. A letter from D^r Cullen, contradicting the lying reports circulated by J. Clancy on the authority of the joint letter received from F. Clancy and D^r Donovan, relative to an alleged conversation between these worthies and Cardinal Fransoni.

Took a Letter of Credit on the Bank of Ireland for 250£.

Handed to Mr. Ryan a 20£ Bank of Ireland note, being the sum which I borrowed of him.

Friday 15 March 1844. Letters from Bishop Griffiths, and Rev^d James Goold, N. S. Wales.

Saturday 16 March 1844. Wrote to Rev^d J. Goold, Campbell Town, New South Wales.

Sunday 17 March 1844. Called on Bishop Murphy and shewed him D^r Cullen's letter. He cautioned, he said, J. Clancy from publishing or otherwise circulating the infamous letter of F. Clancy and Donovan.

Monday 18 March 1844. Mr. Troy with his usual kindness has sent to take a place for me in tomorrow's coach for Limerick.

Paid a few visits.

Received from J. Ryan a Ten pound note which I am to deposit for him with L. Dempsey.

Tuesday 19 March 1844. Started for Dublin via Limerick. Passed the night at Limerick, taking up my quarters at Mrs Lee's.

Wednesday 20 March 1844. Left Limerick early in the morning for Portarlington - arrived before night - paid my respects to Mrs Breen, and delivered Mr. Troy's commissions. Staid [sic] the night at Portarlington.

Thursday 21 March 1844. Started for London by the Grand Canal flyboat - arrived at 41/2 p.m. and put up at the Imperial Hotel. Saw L. Dempsey.

Friday 22 March 1844. Wrote to Bishop Griffiths

Took lodgings in Britain Street, opposite Granby Row.

Saturday 23 March 1844. Called on D^r Murray - he informed me that D^r Fleming remarked to him that he thought D^r Griffiths was not sincere in his endeavours to obtain from Lord Stanley the withdrawal of his protection from D^r Clancy &c &c - however on reading D^r Griffiths' letters to me, he considered them very fair - I asked him if he would counsel my going out in the event of Lord Stanley's persisting in his refusal to grant me official letters - he replied "it was very hard to say what was best to be done". On the whole I could infer that he would rather approve of my taking the step. He felt confident that under the circumstances the grant from the Propagation of the Faith would be increased.

Sunday 24 March 1844. Saw Rev^d Mr. O'Connell of Michael & John's - shewed him my correspondence with Lord Stanley. He had for me a passage in a letter which he received yesterday from Monsieur Choiselat, Paris, telling him not to make any further payment on account of the allocation made to the Vicariate of B. Guiana until further orders. This looks rather ominous. Has the Propaganda written to him? Or is it the work of D^r Clancy's agents.

A visit from Mrs Cruise. She has had a letter from her father, dated Berbice.

Monday 25 March 1844. Dined with Mrs Cruise - met Mrs Fitzgerald and an old acquaintance, Mr. Swords of Leghorn.

Tuesday 26 March 1844. D^r Murray sent me tonight two Demerara newspapers, one containing a letter from D^r Clancy full of the foulest abuse of me.

Thursday 28 March 1844. Received letters and papers from Demerara.

Wrote to D^r Cullen and Cardinal Acton enclosing Clancy's letter, Mr. Schade's letter, which I wrote in, enclosed the paper to D^r Cullen. Posted both letters myself.

Friday 29 March 1844. A letter from J. Ryan. Wrote to J. Savage, D^r O'Finan and Monsieur Choiselat Gallien.

Sent to D^r O'Finan a copy of the Guiana Herald and a suppliment [sic] of the Guiana Gazette containing D^r Clancy's letter.

Dined with D^r Murray - besides his curates and Dean Myler we had also D^r Olliffe.

Heard from Archdeacon Hamilton that in a letter which he had from Nicholson the Carmelite dated Rome March the 18^th. it was stated that the Holy See had made some arrangement as to allowing D^r Clancy a pension.

A letter from J. Ryan stating that he had forwarded to me a letter from Propaganda, which has not come to hand. Wrote to him in reply, sending him the Demerara newspapers, a letter of D^r Clancy's to me (1841) and a pamphlet of D^r C. in which he makes mention of my name.

Visits from Rev^d Mr. Lee and Mr. Mullock.

Archdeacon Hamilton mistook the precise substance of the passage in Nicholson's letter to which he alluded yesterday - it did not refer to the pensioning D^r Clancy.

Sunday 31 March 1844. Went to Kingstown this morning to see D^r Olliffe and his party off. Had a conversation with several of the Maynooth professors about D^r Clancy's printed letter, which they all condemn.