The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-05-07 00:00:00

THE

William and Ton
agistrates of Dublin,
tge, so as to alarm and
malting Ruth Hanna

the m

z, sufficiently explains

OF FAMILY RIGHTS

I.ji, on the late

•age in this City

PROTESTANTS OF DUBLIN

terday waited on by two gentlemen,
umstances :—One was the brother,
If a young lady of sixteen years of
t kidnapped from her family—other-
to a nunnery, one of those dens of
charity and humbug, of error and
so much abounding in our country.
e, and advise with me as
It appears that the young
mother, a widow lady.

t emni

ng popish servants, and these
lz into her daughter's mind
that they first of all led
ind secondly, to
Having been on
Is missed ; and

n to pot

oned, st

me it was discovered that, notwithstanding
1 the abhorrence in which all her natural
h habitations of darkness, she had been
to the Convent, Nunnery, or Loretto
I cannot describe to

I, in th

.f and indignation with

afflicted her -connex'ons—being all Pro-
med with the authority of the
)ceeded to the convent, and after
and another elderly person drew
Ite, and in full pontificalibus. 1
;hould be put in possession of
in these places, blinds the eyes

is of the simple. Nothing can be more
than the dress of these kidnappers—
lappet, the holy cross, the holy beads,
keep up the idea of superhuman piety,
We very unceritnoniously informed
;e had come to remove Miss W
f ratan, as it was contrary to the wish
should be brought up a votary of anti-
.. This plain language threw the mother
passion; she broke out into a Billings-
-1 solemnly denied that the young lady

;es at all, although the servant a few mi-
I the contrary. We charged the lie home
torilv demanded the surrender of her
v short, she was at length forth-

r whoin we had left to communicate with
lone, found her disposed to remain ; but feel-
ited by the inundate of her natural guardian,
her at once to leave the abode of fanaticism,
ght out into the street. Here I besought
he idea of attaching herself to the church
h the popish church is. The infuriated
ested her from the arms of her brother,
r to the tender mercies of the mother ab-
anions ! I was furiously assailed by the
lines struck, and pelted with stones and
a car in which I rode were broken, and
ie pretence of further dancer to his %T-
-into the midst of my assailants. The
lost philosophic indifference to the dan-
nd were not of the slightest service in
do•not think it proper to detain you by
all the particulars of the affair, and

andered at that the simple Protestant
side from the truth of her religion, when
ntenanced as it is in high places? Idol
yes in all directions ; idol priests are the
state banquets ; idol bishops the
, are treated as brethren, and taken into
ops of Christ ; they regulate the educa-
they are.pensioned as bishops of Christ
it subordinates are viewed as ministers of
judges crowd the bench, and idolatrous
the laws ; in fact idolatry is treated as
the apostacy of antichrist recognised as a form
tv. I repeat, is it to be wondered at that our
should join the ranks of an apostate church so
1 and upheld ? Not in the least. If the popish
not the church of antichrist, the Protestants of
ddo right to join it. When, then, any of our
r nobles treat it as a Christian church, they are
blood of the souls whom their unfaithfulness
seduced, and will be held responsible for the
which the spread of idolatry entails upon the

not a monstrous evil that those sinks of supersti
rastries and the nunneries, should be suffered to
multiply without hindrance given—that no ef-
e made by the state to counteract their progress ?
>t a board of commissioners to cry them down ?
:e proclamations to expose their true character?
ist on their doors being always open for the pub-
', and the inmates to walk out ? Is it proper to
cistence at all of dark receptacles, in which to
he kidnapped children of Protestant parents

Pt a solemn mockery, a contemptible humbug,
iish police to protect the lives and persons of
Fhere were the popish policemen yesterday,
of infuriated people wrested a young girl
nother and consigned her to a popish bas-
ey crowded round and assaulted me? The
congregate in numbers at the slightest con-
treets—here, when thousands, perhaps, were
)olicemen alone made their appearance, and
at. The Protestants of Ireland are prettily
powers of the state are so used as to facili-
Sion of their children to popery ; and when
-MIS are given up to the tender mercies of
rv, with no other protection than that afforded by
t be admitted that we have fallen

1. It mu

ish of the friends of the party that I call
lie Protestant public to this afflicting case
ression.—l am, brethren, your most hum-
rist. " T. D. GREGG.

'ay 1, 1841."

—I have just seen the account of this affair given
ruing Register and Freeman's Journal. They are
up with gross falsehoods. That I told the mother
church was of the devil, her house the syna-
id her proceeding►, in allowing a young
arent's home, most infamous, is

lon he

hing less than this would have been to

ise truth. But she suffered no violence at our
may be conjectured, although the repeated lies she
ng that the young lady was not in the place, excited

witnesses were then called, who attribnted lan-
I conduct to Mr. Gregg, which he emphatically de-
-1 declared himself incapable of using. The bench,
decided that each party should give bail in his own

egg then stated that he would not enter into any
nce, and that he had been found guilty because
an idolatrous judge upon the bench. Dr. Kelly
they could not suffer such an insult upon their
(Mr. Duffy,) and they therefore called
gg to give security to keep the peace towards
. Mr. Cregg, however, said he would prefer going
to entering into any recognizance: He was glad of
)rtunity of hearing testimony to the fact that a popish
ite should not be allowed to sit upon the bench.
g,9; was then committed to Richmond Bridewell,
Id that he could obtain his discharge the moment he
into the recognizance. The Messrs. Wiley complied
decision of the magistrates, and were, of course,

agistrate
Gi

CHINA, INDIA, AND EGI PT

(From the Times of yesterday.)

extraordinary express, inanticipation of the over-
ii, we were enabled yesterday (Wednesday) to lay
ie public, in an early second edition, the heads of
ligence, which we repeat at greater length to-day.
!s of our despatches arc, from Macao to the 12th
iary, Calcutta to the 27th of March, Bombay to the
Alexandria to the 2nd of April.
ews, although not of striking interest, is of high
ace. The leading points are China, the Punjaub,
istan, Persia, and the Provinces of Scinde.
itelligence from China, reaching to the 12th of Fe-
represents Captain Elliot and Keshen as continuing

itiations, blit private accounts state that the Chi:
orities, from the emperor downwards, were not dis-

) act with sincerity. Captain Elliot has ordered pos-
to be taken of Hongkong, in her Majesty's name.
are to be sent off from Bombay immediately to take

Lion on that island. Great fears continue to prevail
(eshen's negotiations should turn out to be mere
, The commodore still refused to r.llow the trade of
•s with Canton, as the blockade has not been de-

Prinjaub all is confusion, for the soldiers are masters
weir mock rajah, Shere Singh. The European offi-
; detained there by force. The Governor-General of
preparing a large force on the frontiers; for it ap-
erely a question of time whether the British army
:cr that country. The season is now too far advanced ;
it is probable nothing will be done until October.
unander-in-chief of the Bengal presidency is about
the north-west provinces ; but it is not known if it
ke the command of the army on its going into Lahore.
nee, widow of Kurruk Singh, had her paramour
.-!d before her eyes. She was wounded in the attempt

went of Affghanistan is progressing,notwith-

various petty conflicts. Schah Soojah,- like other
'is, is looking out for future prospects. While some
him as anxious to get rid of his foreign auxiliaries,
others who fancy that he is desirous of again annex-
>eshawur to-his dominions--a highly peobable event

►e British authorities interfere in the concerns of the
Peshawur is considered as necessary for the con-
' Affghan monarchy. Two British officers—
.' Douglas and Lieutenant Pigou, were killed in

sh authorities in the midst of all the struggle do
making preparations for futurity. Attack will,
e speedily fortified, and also the mountain passes
le Bolan, and Gundawa. The news from Khiva

'alCtory. Captain Conolly. who was surprised to hear
an expatiate on the British expedition against China,
le to Kokhan, in order to make peace between the go-
uts of Khiva and Kokhan. British influence will
become considerable in Central Asia, and even from
th we shall soon control the King of Bokhara. The
agents, Abbott and Shakespeare, who have gone to
ersburgh, via Orenburg, will be able to give correct
ants about these important countries, as well as the
ilities of the movements of the Russians in that direc-
Nothing appears to be feared now from their approach

f Persia is alarming. The present schah is in
and is incapable of managing his troops, who
In want of pay. Russia has guaranteed the
the throne ; and, notwithstanding, two of the
,es are ready to dispute it with his children and
Aber, one of them is stationed near Bagdad, and
on the frontiers of Affghanistan.

—,mety has arisen respecting the proceedings
sahomed at Herat. This crafty vizier, who governs
`-•-• his besotted chief, Kamram, being eager to
im of money, persuaded Major Todd, the British
—;ans were going to attack Herat. He
Major Todd being alarmed, and
alarm by his reports in India, got leave
.e to Ghirisk, whence he entered into a
J.lahomed, who seized all the friends of the
them to the torture in order to force them to
Major Todd's negotiations and his
alledm odiol
n.
displeasure of°
the
Lord Auckland,
thatplaced officer, and sent him to do duty with
nt,Preparations
are, however, going forward in
chal
y • mahorned that his tricks will not avail

ntry to

Perb
to INleshed

somony army in Scinde has made a partial movement
provinces around Quotta. Five thous
and have passed.
the Bolan. and four thousand remain in the Scinde
attack on the fort of Selobee, belong-
.he folly of despising the enemy cost the
',tee .L,aiopean officers and of fifty sepoys. The
..ere Lieutenant-Colonel Wilson and Lieutenants
and Falconer. Notwithstanding this event, the paci-
)n of the hill tribes of Beloochistain is advancing. The
•ees and other tribes have come in, and willingly made
under the care of Captain Brown, well known for the