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for free. Excerpt from book: Section 3ADDENDA. In the Council Book
of the Corporation of Cork are preserved two interesting letters
from Bishop Clayton, concerning the building of the present
Cathedral. It appears that in 1735 the Corporation petitioned
Parliament, through their representatives, Hugh Dickson, of
Ballybrickan, Esq., and Emanuel Pigott, of Chetwyn, Esq., for a
continuation of a duty on coal and culm imported into this city
(which duty had been previously applied to the building of the
parish churches), for erecting a workhouse, and to support
foundlings. Dr. B.. Clayton, who had just been appointed to these
Sees, having been informed of this measure, immediately wrote a
letter to the Corporation, dated Dublin, December 6th, 1735, in
which he deplores the state of the Cathedral, and begs of them to
consider that the City of Cork is the second city in this kingdom,
that however desirable and meritorious it may be to erect a
workhouse, still the Cathedral, the house of God, had prior claims;
he also promises that he will use his influence with the Clergy to
apply all the income of their economy, they possibly can, towards
completing the ornaments of the inside. On the 9th of the same
month, the Bishop's request being put before the Council, it was
carried by 12 for, there being 4 against the motion, that " the
first five years of the coale tax be applyed towards rebuilding the
Cathedral Church."(Council Book). On the receipt of this
intelligence the Bishop wrote a letter to the Mayor, dated Dublin,
December 20, 1735, thanking him and the gentlemen of Cork for their
kind compliance with his request, and c., and thus concludes: " I
hope those gentlemen who allow of the interposition of the
providence of God, will acknowledge, at least, that the
consideration which they have had in promoting the service of God
has hitherto been of...
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