March 1^st. Settled accounts with Priests, Mr. Fitzgerald and Mr. O'Brien receiving each as their share of fees $31.2. House expenses for February being $30.

Mr. O'Connor arrived from Essequibo last night, and Mr. Reed from Berbice.

Received letters from Mr. Lordan, and from Corrêa posted 4 days after his departure.

5. The Packet has come in but has brought me no letters - 4 for the Nuns.

The 88^th. have embarked for Trinidad, and two companies of the 66^th. replace them on this Station - but few Catholics among the Newcomers.

6. Posted three or four letters for the Nuns; one of them from Mother Regis to Fr. Curtis.

1848. Georgetown. March 7^th. The Nuns having determined to celebrate S. Thomas' Day in compliment to me, the little chapel was neatly decorated for the morning's proceedings, and the class rooms for the afternoon's.

We had two Masses - at mine the Community and some Catholic children communicated.

An excellent breakfast was provided for myself and priests, at to which Mrs. and Miss Van Waterschoodt, the Goodmans, Mrs. Cramer and Catholic children were invited. In the afternoon an address was read and presented to me by Miss C. Wolseley, after which one of Hannah Moore's plays was represented - a handsome Déjeuner succeeded, my health was drunk by the children, to which I briefly responded. All retired then to the drawing room, where Madeliene [sic] Goodman played a set of Quadrilles to which the children danced. There were 21 children present, two being absent. The greatest possible improvement is discernible in these young people, and the day was altogether one of the highest gratification.

1848. Georgetown. March 10^th. A note from Mr. Wolseley enclosing $17 for a month's tuition of his daughter Catharine, and intimating his intention of placing two other daughters at S. Joseph's.

12. I am much afraid that J. F., instead of amending, is still pursuing a course which must end in his disgrace - under the leadership of Cullen, who has leagued together all the disaffected and disippated [sic] among the priests, that is, McNamara, O'Connor and Fitz. - all must terminate badly as well for themselves as for the Mission. The nightly ramblings of J. F. still continue, and it is not difficult to guess what will be the result.

Old Mr. Doussard is no more. He breathed his last at 7 o'clock this evening. He leaves few behind him in the Congregation as honest and religious as himself. It is now nearly 22 years since I first knew him, immediately on his arrival from the Island of S. Vincent, and from that period to this, I have never heard even the most trifling insinuation against his probity. It affords me a true pleasure to record my memory of a very humble, but a very worthy man. Requiescat in pace.

1848. Georgetown. March 13^th. Death is thinning our Congregation, not only among the newcomers, but among the old. Of the latter class, within the last 9 months we have lost - Andrew Bacon, Miss Sarah Scott, Mr. De Ridder, Mr. Blanc, Miss Elyot Mitchel, P. Norton, Mr. Doussard and several others.

Received Mrs. Cocken into the Church yesterday at S. Joseph's. She is wife of the Head Compositor of the Gazette, who was recently received, and who made his First Communion yesterday, and is daughter of Mr. Butterworth, formerly Catechist of S. George's Church, an office which he held for 39 years.

Buried poor Doussard this evening at Rinnveldt. Notwithstanding the rain, which has fallen heavily all day, the attendance at the funeral was most respectable.

15. A visit from Mr. Spooner in reference to the purchase of Mr. Croal's mortgage on Mrs. Gilgeous's house. Declined being any party towards bringing the house to a Sale by Execution.

Mr. Cocken's character is the subject of much conversation since the imprisonment of the two printers for publishing a libel or lampoon on Governor Light and some of his associates.

1848. Georgetown. 15^th. March. It is said that he (Cocken) is a person totally unworthy of credit - that being a Catechist of a Protestant Clergyman named *Best*, he preferred a written charge against him of the worst kind, which he afterwards totally denied, or confessed was altogether false, and that both letters are in possession of Bishop Austin, who has expressed his readiness to come forward and attest the same in public Court! Perhaps his having become a Catholic has sharpened the zeal of the Rt. Revd. Prelate.

16. The mail has come in and brought me letters from Mr. Troy, M. Kelly, M. Conroy, and from Revd. Mr. Brenan, P.P. of Kilglass, County Roscommon - nothing by this mail for the Nuns.

18. A visit from Lieutenant Dennehy R.N., Admiralty Agent, came in the Conway in charge of the mails. He is most intimate with Mr. O'Brien, father of Mother Regis.

20. Yesterday being 2^nd. Sunday in Lent, the feast of S. Joseph has been transferred to today - breakfasted at the Convent.

1848. Georgetown. 20^th. March. Took Mr. Dennehy over to the Convent and introduced him to Mother Regis and Community.

Wrote to Mr. Troy and informed him of Edm^d. Leonard's state of health, telling him that there was no hope of his recovery. Hinted at the conduct of my Lisbon priests. Begged him to send me 2 doz. Christian Brothers Geography.

To the Marchioness de Ponte Delgada informing her of Fr. Corrêa's doings, and recommending Taggart for the Consulate - spoke of Lomelino and João Evangelista.

To M. Kelly, desiring to inform Marcella Hynes how we are getting on here.

To Mrs. Conroy, telling her that I could not recom encourage her to come out, but that if she happened to be on the spot that I would be happy to give her employment at S. Joseph's. Posted these four letters myself - no letters from the Convent by this Mail.

Introduced Mrs. Frost, Frances Frost and Miss Daly - these form part of a little knot who have hitherto kept back in dudgeon, huffed as it were that more notice has not been taken of them, and that they could not frequent the Convent without the ceremony of asking permission.

Georgetown. March 24. A visit from Geoghegan - the first for some years. He came about placing his daughter at the Convent as a Boarder - also about a child of a Mr. Thompson's - probably the Inspector of Police at Berbice. Refused to admit the latter in consequence of the child being illegitimate, and the parties still cohabiting together.

26 Sunday - 3^rd. Lent. A pretty large congregation assembled in church today. Mr. O'Brien preached, and a very indifferent exhibition he made of it.

27. Within the last six weeks admitted several of the unfortunate Clancyites to a reconciliation - Mrs. Nunan, her daughter, Didot Cramer etc, etc.

This morning the notorious John Rippert came to make his amende, which he did in a very proper way - along with him was Mrs. Eberhardi with five other females.

We have nearly the whole of the lost sheep now included in the fold.

Imposed on this last batch as penance the recital of the Seven Penitential psalms once a day till the end of Lent.

Georgetown March 28^th. Another batch of Clancyites, about ten in number, brought to the church by Rippert to make their submission. Among them a Mrs. Harris, a native of Martinique as most of these are.

Two of our Nuns, Sister Mary Stanislas and Sister Mary Magdalen, I fear are much affected with scorbutic or scrofulous complaints.

Placed little Solomon at the Convent on the 26^th. inst., to relieve Honoria of the gate duty.

30. Another batch of Schismatics received this morning, marshalled by Rippert - rejected three on account of the very venial light in which they regarded their rebellious conduct. About ten made the amende.

Miss Waterton was in church evidently desiring to join, but could not bring herself to the courage point to make a public submission. She wishes to come off softly.

Mother Regis has been ill now several days. What a pity she is so very delicate.

Yesterday a lady named McTurk and another called at the Convent - the latter to place two children as boarders, who are now at Miss Noble's.

Georgetown. 1848. March 31. One of the three, a French girl, whose conduct yesterday did not satisfy me, came today to express her regret at not acting more becomingly etc.

Received a present of biscuits sent in the Parker by Mary Conroy.