The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-09-27 00:00:00

IRELAND.

POPISH PERSECUTION AND WHIG JUSTICE.
THE THE EDITOR OF THE EVENING MAIL.
St. John's, Tuam, Sept. 22, 1836.
Sir,—Enclosed I send you a copy of a letter which I trans-
mitted to his excellency on the 14th instant, as also his excel-
lency's answer, which I received by the following post, and. in
consequence of which, I must candidly confess, 1 did expect an
order would be given to the police, and that an investigation
would before this have taken place, as to the fitness of Mr. Kir-
wan for the impartial discharge of his magisterial duties, but a
week having elapsed without anything being done in the matter.
1 would beg, through the medium of your paper, to observe, in
reply to Mr. Kirwan's accusation, as made against the protes-
tant clergy here, "That Mr Nolan was brought here for the
purpose of causing a riot," if such were the impression on the
mind of this worthy magistrate, why was he not equally atten-
tive to the preservation of the peace at our cathedral service on
this occasion, as he was so lately at the chapel service on the
occasion of the consecration ; for this very magistrate, sir, it
was who ordered the attendance of the police at that illegal pro-
cession through our streets. He it was who forced protestant
policemen on the 18th of the last month to be present at, and
parties to the anti-scriptural services of the Itomish worship,
and yet this same active magistrate, though perfectly aware that
" Mr. Nolan was brought here for the purpose of causing a riot,"
and consequently that the lives of his Majesty's protestants sub-
jects were in danger on the evening of the 11th instant, yet
took no steps to protect or save them. Let the facts sneak for
themselves, and let our unprejudiced fellow-countrymen judge
is this man suited "truly and indifferently to minister justice to
the punishment of wickedness and vice, and to the maintenance
of true religion and virtue." But, sir, as his excellency has
pledged himself to institute an inquiry into this matter, I shall
say no more on the subject till that inquiry shall terminate, nor
would I now have given publicity to this correspondence were
it not that I find a very erroneous account of the matter has
been pat into circulation.—l am, sir, yours very faithfully,
EDWARD L. Mootta,
Curate of Tuam, and Chaplain to the Earl of Rathdowne.

" Tuara, Sept. 14, 1E36.
" My Lord—On Sunday evening last, the 11th instant, the
Rev. Mr. Nolan was preaching, in our cathedral church of
Tuam, when a furious mob of about thirty persons, of the
lower orders, who were scattered through the church, set up the
most hideous shout, and, with threatening language awl deaf-
ening noise, obliged the rev. clergyman to stop in his discourse,
When they were put out of the church, and we thought all
would again be quiet, they commenced throwing stones at the
windows with continued clamour; being at length expelled
from the cheirch-yard, they continued their noisy uproar till the
period of the congregation returning home, when I have no
doubt serious mischief would have occurred had nut the pre-
sence of the police intimidated the mob. This day being the
petit sessions day of our town, I made application to the bench
of magistrates to direct the police to summon in the offending
parties. What was my astonishment to be told by a magistrate,
Mr. James Kirwan, of Gardenfield, in the presence of the as.
sembled crowd, that Mr. Nowlan had been brought here for

the purpose of creating a riot.'
" Now, my lord, with such a man on the bench as judge, (and
very frequently we have no other) I would beg to ask what pro-
tection can protestants have here, and how can we possibly ob-
tain justice which we look for, to prevent a repetition of such
outrages?
" I would therefore entreat of your Excellency that the police
shall be directed, as guardians of the public peace, to summon
in and prosecute the offenders, and that an inquiry be insti-
tuted into the truth of the ACCUSATION thus PUBLICLY made
against the protestant clergymen here, and it' it he found un-
merited, that the commission of the peace he withdrawn from
Athe magistrate who made it. I have the honour to be, my lord,
• your Excellency's very humble servant,
" E. L. MOORS, Curate of Timm."
" Dublin Castle, 15th Sept., 1836.
th,."
_B_4,-1 am directed by the Lord Lieutenant to acknowledge
'acr7,eipt of your letter of the I,lth instant, stating the
ceita 'Proceedings of a riotous mob, while the Rev. Mr.
olan was
ins ant, and
11th • t In'aaehing in the cathedral church of Tuain on the
James Kirwan o complaining of an observation made by Mr.
for directions to the application to the bench of magistrates
am directed to atnueatlice to summon the offending parties. 1
make inquiry intoyou that his Excellency will immediate-
ly
he circumstance stated in your Commu-
nication." I have the honour to be, sir, your obedient humble servant,
" To the Rev. E. L. __owe, T " MuRPETti.

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