The Sun.
London, England, 1819-02-06 00:00:00

ROMAN CATIIOLIC.S.

I -e.. apy- the following Lz.tter from The Lime-
iok Chronicle, not merely on the ar di alterant
I -W
ir
principle, tint to let our Readers see bow neatly a
Popish Clergyman can appear to denrwl,ai were
inconvenient of admission, without incurring the
hatard of a positiVe denial. The coolness of this
Reverend Gentleman is somewhat remarkable
" had he been present; he would have used his
trot exertions 11 to let Alr. 11811 BERT be btoied
quietly :---:•an unlucky expression this !---,We ye-
thetnher when the Popish Priests and Bishops
used. their 4` best exertions " to save the Protes-
tants front being piked on the Bridge cf.- Wex-
fold; who: were nevertheless ALL
_savagely mur-
tiered. But Mr. Heattewr, it seems, was not bu-
ried quietly—and Priest Hoc .1N does not venrute
to say that lie was,-,--So much for the fact of the
question ;—and as for the 4nathentata, or.his
other xealous " exertions, " which the Limerick
,Chronirle only infers to have occasioned this chid-
lido!) of Popery, we will merely ask Priest Ho,
GAN, if not for " proselytism," for what purpose
-did he invade the .chamber.of a dying Protestant ?
As for the. other Priest, WAt.sit,,we meddle nor
with hint until he chooses some wiser advocate
than Priest Hot3AN ;—tlilleti9 to observe, that the
mysteries of. Piopish Absolution, nr such like
things, are not to put to silence 1p“-St ions in sOich
the Protestant Establishment is interested. In the
mean time, we shall only observe, as we know
trout rsost respectable authority, that an outrage,
not less violent or shameful, was perpetrated last
year at the funeral of Mr. EAvArciton, a “eutle-
man of large property in -Carlow, who, like Mr.
HERBERT, hail been converted from Popery to
our true Religion. •

TO THE EDITORS OF THE LIMERICK .CHRONICLE.
Silts—From the anxiety you at all times express to main-
i tain for your Paper the character of troth and ino,iartiolity,
it must he very painful to you to find that your praiseworthy
intentions are sometimes defeated, and that, in spite of all
your cave to authenticate indisputably all to tides on reli-
gious subjects," ?'he L !welch Chrweide Uceutu es eccasionally
the vehicle and source of prejudice.
In no instance, do I think, have you been Tome grossly im-
posed upon th. n in the account given of my conduct retatite
to the late Mr. H rbert.---.of the occurrences in the Charch-
yard 1 have no personal knowledge; but there :ire teverat
persons in this city, whose evidence nu Jury would reject,
ready to declare open oath, that the statement, which ap-
peared in The Chionidt of last lVedoesday, is hulls iheorreet
and exaggerated. Far from wishing to justify or palliate the
outrage in the Church7yard, whatever it might Bare heen, I
regret and condemn it, as sincerely as the " respoctable
Gentleman" from whom you receised your information, and
whose " veracity," yon assert, " cannot be questioned."--
There is, 1 well know and feel, an awful rasp -et -doe to a
corpse, which it is always brutal to violate. Hid I beenpre-
sent, I would have used my best exertions that Mr. Herheit's
remains should be respectfully deposited in the tomb of Isis
lathers, and that the assistiog Clergyman shot-rid riot he mo-
lested in the discharge of his -official duty. I make these de-
clarations in all the sincerity of my !Iraq ; and knowing them
to Ire sincere, have I tint reason to complain of the attempt
made iu your Paper to connect intimater` with a
transaction so abhorrent to my feelings.? The writer of your
statement describes the occurrence at Fanningstowu as the
most disgraceful proceeding imaginable, and
.confesses
him-
self at a loss for a." terns of sufficiently heaVy reproaeh."—
He considers it. an attack upon decency, law, and religion,
and compresses all his malice itra few words, by pronouncing
it an indelible" disgrace to the country in which we live."
The Oldie will-surely be surprised to hear that two Catholic
~
iioiergymen of this city were the aol-hors of this tervilite
tra-
gedy—one, by denouncing ""anathemas" against Mr,;. Her-
bert and her children—the other, by." bursting out into Vin.
lent invectives against the Bishop, Dean, and Clergy ilia
Established. Church,"--" and stating, among other things,
that it they were present, he would ptst them tooter his
feet."—Supposing for a moment this statenrent lobe correct,
your Readers nosy find it diflicult to conceive how anathemas,
pronounced several years ago itia private room in Litnerch,,
against Mrs. Herbert and her children, con d have caused the
shameful outrage whirl' Occurred last Sunday se' otkig ht , at
the distance of some !Mies from this city—and even though
it weie true, that " I burst into toe sanctuary of the dying
Man's apartment:' and inveighed -against the Priitestant
Clergyman, I still do not pereive by what process the
church-yard controversy could be traced to this rudeness. if
the ingenuity of your " respectable" author be superior to
his" veracity," Ice may, perltaps, undertake the solutions of
the difficulty, whilst 1 nroceed to account fur my interview
with Mr. Herbert. • It was not with a view to proselytie that
I visited him—l did Hot expect to " reclaim" bin', and it was
tar from my breast to " insult or disturb " hint—l Visited Mr.
Herbert at the earliest request of his sister, WllO- aVeoltlita-
tiled nut—l tottered his apartment, not forcibly, as the strong
expression " hoist into" would naturally convey, but with-
out even the appearance of opposition front himself or any of
his family.
I am free to acknowlAge that I wished to bear from Mr.
Herbert the motives which induced him w leave thii Catho-
lic Church.—Mr. Herbert did nor express any displeasure sit
this inquiry) but simply answered ‘.• tie-cause the ductrioes of
that Church are, erroneous."
Knowing this.assertion nisi to he true, I felt it .infatity tea
explain those pails of car doctrine which he considered er-
roneous. This explanation' was given in the hearing:ot. Mrs.
Herbert, of
.his sister, and another respectable relative. Its
this pact of the .convetsation, I tun accused of having launch-
ed into hive:laves against the ilishop; Dean, and Clergy of
the Established Church.- This charge peremptorily-deny,
and most solemnly declare, that so ,tars from stating that I
_would put them under- my feet,
.1 did nut use a siogie word
disrespectful tq them—on the con.rary, I have always felt for
the PristeSfant Clergy of Limerick the must sincere.respect,
and ant confident they will do me the justice to admit, that
neither i
.0 public or-in private, have I ever given them cause
to suspect ine,of a contrary disposition—for then venerable
LOrdrs'islasp, tioctisr Warburton, toe Catholics of tins, City
okust !tiv er fief mit onlytespect but gratitude ; I cannot men-
tion his Millie wilholit pfferlOg him my bumble but warto,st
acknowledgments for his invariable liberality, and fur
kindly Mot conciliating disposition which he has tin
111 ucc•a-
sioos 'evinced towards his Catholic brethren-1 now say of
him in public no more than I have always said of him in pri-
ea*. Hence 'the public may judge of the tendency of the
second mit e,'and of the truth of the charges it contains
against nit.
Asjo the other note, though not riersortally responsible for
its contents, I chilli.: it right to Intorni Site Politic, that it re-
fers to the-Ike. Richard Walsh, .I'. P. of Thomond—a (ler-
palms) deservedly high iu the estimation of the people of
Limerick, and to whom they will nOt casiiw hatipte any act ta.
a ,seriico unlieetnning• a gentleman or a Christian—his eon-
reisalion with Mr. Herbert was of • that congrietitial nature
hich we hold it unlawful in any case to dijselose, and 'a
dis-
cerning public may think it dangernipi tr
,51tris a man who
cannot defend himself, arid reproachhim Olio # conversation
it Lich it is not possible for him to estptain,
-I have onto done with
.my
oiling subjects,' felt that I
roved it to .my chile:seer, ladles the Yrotestaot
Clergy of this city, whose good opirtiois 1 higitly value, to re-
-1111t: Che'fidse and irritating statement its ysys4e
,Thu public may now decide, seloo tier it wus woiclitichttritabie,
to distorts the ashes of the dead; and oraesultys the isconduct
of a few ignorant men into a formidable aftiselt Blinn the mu-
rals Of the Country.. and the religion of theli_lete.—Thry s, ill
stow decide. it Mr. %Valid) and I can be coolilaTte'd the :so, bort
of the outrage, about which that mighty otlltry has Brett
raised—that impartial public will be giad to see tailtonny
teeted and exposed, .nol. as.l do not feel kite rage ot the
of the statement, I evil; not adopt tut• violence of iv,
laugouge.-esl syiil 'ma "hotel them up to pooliv too cio-
tiro)," nor " consigu them to the sentence of tudelthle ig
flinty." Let it liberal public decide oleos the troth nit their
assersious and the temperance of their language.
1 mu, Sir, pus's, &c.
VAT RICK HOGAN.
Saturday, 30211.Jait. 1919.