The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-09-10 00:00:00

POPERY IN IRELAND

We copy the following letter from the Dublin Statesman.
It exhibits a lamentable instance of the perversion of the in-
fluence possessed by the popish priests over their flocks
Surely the persons who point attention to such facts

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detailed in the subjoined statement ought not to be.
designated
"the calumniators of their Roman Catholic fellow-subjects."
There is a wide ?difference between exposing the grinding
tyranny of Rome by legitimately proving instances of its
oppression, and " heaping terms of reproach and obloquy
on those who differ from us." Our Protestant ministers
never do the one—O'Connell and the priests avowedly are
guilty of the other. Let the Protestant public reflect upon
the following cruel cases of persecution :
Glen Columbkill, September 1, 1841.
Stn,—Being fully persuaded that it is the duty of every
one who wishes well to Ireland, to throw all the light he can
on the direful effects of the influence possessed, and so fre-
quently exercised, by the Roman Catholic priesthood, I beg
your insertion of the following simple statement of facts :
I have been upwards of four years rector of this parish,
and within that period there were four schools, connected
with the London Hibernian Society, in active operation under
my superintendence ; in these about three hundred Roman
Catholic children were receiving literary and scriptural in-
struction. About two years ago the Rev. Chas. Ferry came
here as assistant to the parish priest, and very soon com-
menced a very active opposition against the schools. Ile has
at length succeeded in closing two of them, at which there
was an attendance of one hundred and forty children ; from
a third all the Roman Catholic children have been withrawn ,
to the number of eighty or ninety ; at the fourth there may
be about fifty, to whom the Bible is a forbidden book : but
for the remaining two hundred and fifty children, -formerly
receiving instruction, no provision whatsoever has been
made ! Last autumn two benevolent ladies, who were on a
visit to the parish, opened a school for Roman Catholic fe-
males, at which they attended two or three days in the week,
until the same priest issued his edict, and deprived these
young persons of the only opportunity they ever enjoyed of
learning even the plainest kind of needle-pork !
About two months since, Mr. Ferry heard of the news of
the Kerry reformation having been communicated to some
members of his flock ; and being of course greatly exasper-
ated that so much light should be let in upon their minds, he
wrote a very strangely-worded note to a Protestant, from
whoM it was supposed the news had come, calling upon him
to " tell the truth respecting this fabrication." and saying—
(l give the extract verbatim et literatim)—" I would gladly-
know, what county, city, barony, or parish, that these Roman.
Catholics became Protestants." A day or two afterwards he
introduced himself to me, at a hotel, where we casually met ;
he mentioned to me the circumstance of his_ having written
to one of my hearers; and I then told him that I myself was
the publisher of the glad tidings from Kerry : he did not
venture to deny the truth of these tidings, but dropped the
subject at once. However, the Sunday after his return, he at
his altar introduced the subject again, rated his flock for
listening to such false reports, and spoke of his letter being
unanswered, and likely to remain so. On the following
Monday morning, I sent him a letter, containing a simple
statement of facts connected with Dingle, Ventry, and their
neighbourhood, mentioning the names of the local clergy, on
whose authority I stated these to be facts. I concluded my
letter with an appeal in these words—" I cannot conclude
without assuring you, as in the presence of God. I have not
an unkind feeling towards you ; the principles and practices
of your church I hold to be unscriptural and anti-scriptural.
I would not wish to offend you. 1 have learned to respect
the hoary head; but I would be false to my God, did I not
take this opportunity of imploring you to ponder well upon
your present state; you are now an old man, supporting a
system which cannot bear the light of God's word ; with a
vast multitude of immortal souls looking to you for bread—
and what are you giving them ? Alas ! not 'the sincere milk
of the Word. And oh, think of the sin of robbing the little
ones of their birthri;tht—the precious Bible—setting up your
own word in opposition to that of the Saviour, who said—
' search the Scriptures.' That God may sive you repentance
to the acknowledging of the truth, is the sincere prayer of
your faithful friend.'

Thisletter was received on Monday, the 12th of July, and
on Sunday, the Bth of August, after an absence from home,
the priest mentioned that he had received a letter from me,
but took special care not to read it, nor tell the contents of
it; he then issued his edict, "that no one belonging to his
flock should work for Mr. Carre, on pain of being denied
the rites of the church l'fhis command has ever since
been strictly obeyed, not willingly I am sure, as, there being
only another gentleman in the parish to give any employ-
ment, the poor Roman Catholics were always thankful to
get work from me for themselves, their children and their
houses. One poor man, my tenant, °who was bound by pro-
mise to cut my meadows, in payment of rent which be was
unable to pay in May last, entreated leave from the priest to
work for me, in fulfilment of his promise, but permission was
refused ! lam no sufferer by this nn-Christian edict, as my
Protestant parishioners are determined, as far as in them
lies,. to save my crops ; but I feel deeply for my poor Roman
neighbours, many of whom, I am sure need a shilling, and
cannot get it to earn, though willing to work. I cannot
blame them for obeying the priest's mandate, as I am fully
convinced, and facts of daily occurrence in other parts of un-
happy Ireland bear me out in my conviction, that if any one
dared to work for me, his life would be in danger.
Without making any further comment, but leaving this
unvarnished statement to tell upon the minds of the unpre-
judiced, and especially of those who sigh and cry for the
miseries of dear Ireland.

I remain, sir, very faithfully yours,
HENRY. CARRE.
Rector of Glen-Columbkill

ACCIDENT IN CRURCH.STREET. —On Wednesdiy last,
as one of the town cars was passing up Church-street, a
man who was crossing Parker-street, and did not see the
vehicle approaching, became entangled with it, and unfortu-
nately the wheel passed over and inflicted serious injury
upon him. The attention of the corporation has often been
called to the dangerous state of Parker-street, and it now
has become almost imperative upon them to make some
great improvement, especially as it is becoming one of the
greatest thoroughfares in the town.

THE CHANCELLORSHIP.—This is the third occasion that
Lord Lyndhurst has received the great seal from the hands
of his sovereign.

Lord Lowther has been raised to the peerage by the title
of Baron Lowther, of Whitehaven.
We have great satisfaction in announcing that the Duchess
of Buceleuch has lately accepted the office of mistress of the
robes, lately held by the Duchess of Sutherland.
AN AUTHENTIC JOE MILLER.—As if to redeem the ha-
bitual dulness of Joe Miller, one solitary joke of his stands
on respectable authority. Joe, sitting at the window, or the
Sun Tavern, in Clare-street, while a tishwoman was crying,
" Buy my soles! buy my maids ! " Exclaimed, " ! you
wicked old creature ; are you not content to sell your own
soul, but you must sell your maid's too ! "—Bsslley's

GOING !—Go to Newhaven—you can go for a shilling. Go
to Hartford—you can go for a dollar. Go to Albany—you
can go there, too, for a dollar. Go to Staten Island—you
can go there for six-pence, and get an excursion down the bay
into the bargin, and be brought home, too, if only you do
not go ashore. Go on the Fishing Banks—you can go and.
be gone all day for a shilling, and be jammed half to death
is the crowd. Go somewhere—go everywhere—it's so very
cheap, Pray dont stay at home.—Amercian paper.
The increase of letters passing the Ulveratone Postoffiee,
on the last ten months, is nearly 800 weekly. The postage
on all the letters passing through this office =bunts to more
than was produced under the old system.

Trade and land, said Mr. Child, one of our earliest politi-
cal economists, are knit each to other, and must wax and
wane together ; so that it shall never be well with land but
trade must feel it, nor ill with trade but land must fall.
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On Friday evening last the metropolis and the neighbour-
hood for miles around, was visited by a severe storm of
thunder and lightning, accompanied by very heavy rain,
which lasted upwards of an hour. No serious damage was
done.

SATISFACTION.—An Indian shoots-his enemy from behind
a tree; a Turk will strike his handjar into the heart of his
foe while he slumbers ; and a South American Spaniard will
rip up on the spot the bowels of one who has insulted him ;
while an Englishman or a Frenehtnan calls out the tnun who
has cast a stain upon his honour, and running him through,
according to the rules of fence, or blowing out his brains at
the dropping of a handkerchief, walks away and calls this a
Fair and open revenge—received the satisfaction of a gentle-
nan.

THE NEW MINISTRY.-Mr. Emerson Tennent has been
appointed joint secretary of tloe Board of Control. Messrt4.
Pringle and Gaskell, M.P., have been appointed Lords of
the Treasury ; and Captain Sir G. Seymour and the Hon.,
Captain Gordon, Lords of the Admiralty. Sir E. Sugder,
having declined the Lord Chancellorship of Ireland, it is. )e-.
lieved that Mr. Pennefather will succeed Lord Canip6M
that high office.
On Tuesday morning one of those explosions tchich fee-.
quently take place at Lucifer match manufactories, occurreA4
at the manufactory of Mr. Ilynams, Prince's-square, Lam...
beth. Upwards of one hundred men and boys were em_.
ployed in the factory, when suddenly a loud explosion was:
heard, and immediately the whole place was in flames. Soon
afterwards the engines of the West of England and the bri-
gade were on the spot, and the fire was fortunately prevented
from extending any further than the immediate premises.

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A rather amusing statement of the majority. against mi-
nisters, on the recent division, appeared m the third edition
of a York newspaper last Saturday evening, The result of
the debate had been printed on a slip of paper, and pasted
upon a paragraph iu one of the columns of the journal ; and
after duly announcing that the majority against ministers was
ninety-one, the next line stated that they were "to be im-
prisoned for twelve months."

IMPORTANT TO CORNPACTORS.—Mr.Ii. Deverill, corn -
factor, London-road, appeared at the police-odice in this
town, before John Wells, Esq., on Wednesday, to •answer
a summons granted upon an information at the instinee of
Mr. W. North, corn inspector, for not having made a return
of corn purchased by him in the week preceding the 2-ith
of July last, whereby a penalty of £2O was incurred. The
defendant admitted the charge, but as he undertook not to
be guilty of such neglect again, and expressed his great regret
le
for the omission, the information was withdrawn on tl
costs, 21s being paid.—Noltinghant Journal.

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Are you one of those who laugh at the thought that God
interferes in the affairs of nations ; and who think that no
notice is taken by Him of national transactions ? I am aware
that false philosophy sneers at the thought, and counts him a
madman who believes in divine superintendence. I cling to
the hope that you are not thus deluded. It is the belief in
the non-accountability do God, which has led our whip go_
?lemurs astray—it is the consequent national sins for which
we are now sufforing. The punishment of nations for their
crimes must be in time, because, as nations, they will not
.i
exist in elernity.—Fleet Paper
aboutFATAL OccurtaEseE —CO Tuesdaynight, about
another about
past nine o'clock, two young men, named Patrick Carle and
Peter Burns, or Christie, both belonging to the \Villiarn 11111,
of . about half-
past
inoutrbarbour being on deck after t
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say, o teaze and pull one as
someno
in diversion, others say they were evFr, both.
righting : how N
fell overboard. Carle sunk instantly, while
Bunts v
up by one of two boats that were on the spot in lessas picked
minute after the occurrence took place. Carle
than a
the aurface.—Ayr Advertiser. arle never rose to

These show what Miss Radcliffe can do. We like the
poem entitled " Nature's Music." In our opinion it is the
gem of the work. " Summer" is clever ; but it wants a
moral. " The Fall of the Leaf" exhibits pathos and feeling.
We give it, and let our readers judge."
THE FALL OF THE LEAF.
All that's bright must fade!—Moose.
" Leaves have their time to fall."
'Tis the fall of the leaf! 'tis the fall of the leaf !
0 ! why are earth's beauties so transient—so brief ?
Why must sweet flowers droop quickly and die ?
Why bloom but a moment, then fade from the eye?
'Tis thus with the fairest, the best things of earth,
'Tis thus with its pleasures, 'tis thus with its mirth,
'Tis thus with its hopes. Oh ! they all must decay :
They come and they blossom, then vanish away !
'Tis the fall of the leaf ! and the branches are bare,
Which lately were smiling in foliage fair ;
So the heart must be reft of its fulness of bliss ;
If there be a true emblem in life, it is this.
Our pathway is strewed with the leaves as they fall,
We pass them unheeded, we tread on them all :
So our hopes must be crushed and be blighted for aye,
And sadly and mournfully left to decay.
'Tis the fall of the leaf! but those trees will yet wear
A new garb of beauty as sweet and as fair
As the leaves which have faded ; and springtime shall bring
New foliage, new freshness, new life on her wing.
So the heart, reft of all that is prized and held dear,
Still, still has one bright ray of comfort to cheer;
Though joy may forsake it, and sorrow may rend
There's hope of a springtime which never shall end.
We hope this work will be well supported. It is very
neatly got up, and, as a first attempt, very creditable.

Liverpool Assize Report. By J. H. Parr, Solicitor. Liver-
pool : W. Webb.

This is the first number of a work which we believe will
be found useful and valuable to the profession, though the
compiler should not be judged by this his first effort, as it
was not suggested to his mind until after the commencement
of the assizes. The report is therefore not much more than
a reprint of what has already appeared in the Liverpool
papers. But the author promises to adduce more law and
cited cases in his subsequent reports. As it is Mr. Parr de-
serves the warmest thanks of those for whose assistance the
report is published ; and though the decisions at Nisi Prins
do not carry much weight with gentlemen learned in the law,
yet we apprehend the publication Will be of great utility as a
book of reference in the libraries of the profession.