"Reports having been circulated, that Catholic soldiers have been prevented from attending Divine worship, according to the tenets of their religion, and obliged, in certain instances to be present at that of the Established Church, the Commanding Officers of the several Regiments, are to be attentive to the prevention of such practices, if they have, in any instance, existed in the Troops under their command, as they are in _violation_ of the Orders contained in the Circular letter of the 14 May, 1806, and, since, _repeated to the Army_. And the Catholic soldiers, as well as those of other Sects, are to be allowed, _in all cases_, to attend the Divine Worship of the Almighty according to their several persuasions, when duty does not interfere, _in the same manner, and under the same regulations_, as those of the Established Church. "WM. RAYMOND, Dep. Adjt. Gen. "N. RAMSEY, Maj. Assist. Adjt. Gen." _The Morning Chronicle_ commenting upon this, says: "So late as Friday morning last, some of the artillery, privates and drivers, quartered in Enniskillen, continued to do duty with _turned coats_, the most mortifying punishment ever inflicted on a brave man, and this, merely for having attended, _according to law_, to the Worship of their Church: but on the evening of that day, the scene was somewhat changed, the General Order arrived, and on the following morning, the officer accused of the oppression, departed for Dublin, and, on Sunday, the Catholic soldiers of the garrison were marched to the Roman Catholic Chapel, accompanied by the officers of that religion." It would seem that all parties were trying to make the Services unpopular: the navy, especially, by impressment--and even the Militia did not escape--for in January, a number of farmers and others were summoned before the magistrates at Stafford for making deductions from the wages of those servants who were enrolled in the Militia and who had been absent for their training. It must be remembered that in those days farm labourers were hired at Statute fairs, for a twelvemonth, and the 15th clause of 48 Geo. III. cap. 3, had to be shown to those summoned, whereby they learned that no ballot, enrolment, or service under the Act should make void or in any manner affect, any indenture of apprenticeship, or contract of service. And so they had to pay their men.