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pass, and was sent to the Upper House, by Major Travers and
Mr. Gray.
Samuel Chamberlaine, Esq; from the Upper House, delivers to
Mr. Speaker, a Petition of Edward Doggan, Prisoner in Baltimore
County Goal; indorsed, By the Upper House of Assembly, Referred
to the Consideration of the Lower House of Assembly.
The Petition of Edward Doggan, praying to be released from
Confinement, on surrendering up all his Effects to the Use of his
Creditors, was here Read, and Given, to bring in a Bill according to
the Petitioner's Prayer.
Mr. John Goldsborough, from the Committee appointed, brings
in the following Address, viz.
To his Excellency Horatio Sharpe, Esq; Governor and Commander
in Chief in and over the Province of Maryland.
The humble Address of the House of Delegates.
May it please your Excellency,
The Countenance and Encouragement that hath been given to
Popery, and the Growth of it in this Province in Consequence
thereof, is the Subject of the present Address to your Excellency,
an Evil very inveterate, and which hath long called for Redress;
and, however fruitless and unavailing former Addreses upon this
Subject have proved, we are not discouraged from further Attempts,
more especially as some late and remarkable Incidents make it sea-
sonable and expedient at this critical Juncture. Instead of having
the Expectations of the People answer'd, by the Removal of Men
justly obnoxious to them, we have the Mortification to see them
promoted to Offices yet more lucrative and important.
Your Excellency will not be at a Loss to know, that we mean the
Attorney-General Henry Darnall, and his Brother John Darnall,
Esquires, who were themselves educated in a Foreign Popish Semi-
nary, and notwithstanding their Conformity, by educating their
Children in the Popish Religion give ample Testimony of their
Attachment to the pernicious Principles of the Church of Rome; nor
can the Complaints, which have been repeatedly made of the danger-
ous Influence of the Popish Faction, and their Leaders the Jesuits,
be thought unnecessary, when some late and very notorious Instances
of it are consider'd; a Person of infamous Character in St. Mary's
County Goal, and under Sentence of Death for an atrocious Crime,
upon the Merit of becoming a Proselyte to the Popish Religion, has
been lately recommended to your Excellency as a proper Object of
your Clemency, and thereby rescued from the Hands of Justice;
which Recommendation he had in vain implored whilst a Protestant :
Other Instances of the Prevalence and Power of that Faction, and
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L. H. J.
Liber No. 48
July 3
p. 120
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