Some erroneous impressions prevailed to the prejudice of
this singular man. Cumberland blows hot and cold : speaks
of the honours Hussey received from Spain, and that he had
clearly no repugnance to those that his Church could give.
*He had no wish to stir up insurrection ; but'— adds
Cumberland — ^ to head a revolution that should overturn the
Church established, and enthrone himself primate in Armagh,
would have been his glory and fehcity — and, in' truth, he was
a man, by talents, nerve, ambition, and intrepidity, fitted for
the boldest enterprise.' This impression seems partly due to
a Good Friday sermon, in which Dr. Hussey announced the
speedy emancipation of the Catholics, and the downfall of
sectarianism in Ireland. He established new schools, hospi-
tals, and convents in Waterford, and endowed them with gold.
The widespread feeling of distrust in public men which
certain incidents of the time aroused is curiously shown by
the remark of Sylvanus Urban, when announcing Hussey's
deatli. * The enemies of administration said he was employed
by Government to sow the seeds of dissension with a view to

autograph, as rejiards an alleged systematic interference with the religions
tenets of soldiers, and handed by himself to the Government. There is also a
letter from Portland, dated November 1, 1796, concerning the alleged appoint-
ment by the Tope of Dr. Hussey as Vicar Apostolic over the Catholic military
of Ireland. Pitt, in giving him authority over Catholic chaplains, did so on the
understanding that, as a staunch anti-Jacobin which he was, he would stamp
out dii«affection in the army.
