The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-08-07 00:00:00

Fr )IPORARY PRESS.

• ROMtSil ASSUMPTIQ.S.—We have this day to present,
fit the t%orld a transaction Of such arrogance abd pre-,
snrontion.-.--tiay, more properly speaking, of such riOwn-
,rifit rebellion against the laws a the realth and the
authority of the king, that it would be incredible
.were•it
assigned to finvother than a
.roman cathulic.bishap,,and
scarcely to ht• fh!lieved'eyen of him, were it not attested
Atuder, his own hand and confirmed by facts which can
tielther be refwed•nor explained away. We were our-
-t-,lves, on receipt of the doeunients, :utterly. arnitied--2,and.
to:first incredulous—for Her eoncei'ved it hop ,ssibleithe,
..tiodacity. of the-ehurch of,ll.ome liad,yet assumed so put-
rageoas an attitude of contempt for all,law and defiance'
nf all anibority except its own;, but we haKe received,
tonfirmation of every rsyllal?le .stch as sets all doubt,at;
' rest. We therefora! submit ,The tistounding factsain all
truth, to,public consideration.
It appear:4 lhat a Father IPrentiergast, Roman Cathoi
,lic chaplain of the county gaol of Waterford, preferred',
'4111ar,24.s a(za*l-ist the;;overnOr of the gacil. riese:char,ges!
re we inr igited before Henry 516v.art,.L0q.,
govern,.r of the ; Gearge :Pierse Barron, . high,
..sh,eriff; and Mr. Dennehy, ,his deputy—(the former !be-.
ing a,liberal, and the-two latter being Roman Cathblis.),
The result was a full and honourable acquittal of ;Or..
Bruce. Subsequently a government inghiry whs. litld;
With, the sane effect. „13ut the high sheriff. at the last as-,
sizes, complaining to the grand jury that. the gaol was in
a•state of insubor%ination, in .consequence .or Pte:mler-.
gaSt's conduct, the latter was dismissed from the ehal)-
lairicy, and fliepriest of the parish. in Whit:h the prison is;
'Situated appointed in hisitea-d. ,Though there weronine
Roinan Catholics on' the grand jury,.there was but. one
dissentient; and his objection was not t t the dismissal of
a priest, but to some :point of form.
Now, the law,of the land expressly giv,es the right of
tap " Cliaplains tO the
..grand jury. 'The usurping
?tits top of Rinie :sets himself above the law, and atro-
gates the right. The following circular will tell the.
'sequel :

CIRCULAR TO THE ,GENTLEMEN WHO COMPOSED THE LAST
GRAND JURY FUEL, I'llE I'OpISTY OF WATERFQRD,
V-f
hetewith'setid y4u, the copy of a letter addressed,to
me (ai foremanof thi• [At gritnil jury for this county) by the
Ottiau Qatholic Bishop Of' WatertOrd.-1- have the
.liouour, to
-be; sfv,•Yotir obeJlitutt arrant,

-poßgaT POWER."

" Clashmore, August Ist, 1835.
.• Esq " " (Cop)'.)
"'. " eloncael; July 28,.1835.
*" SlR,—i never.was More
.atitonished' than on receiving a•
document ptirportitig to 'be a t:ecr.‘e of the county Waterford'
gaud jury, passed at the last assiz•-s—a'decree as slovenly in'
its
.a
v'erbiages•ii wa's in its conception. This conduct'
might well liecome'the dild'ineridi.in of Elizabetlils reign,. but'
certainly ill accords with' the vaunted liberality"of modern ju-
rists. What! a box of laymen to usurp the patronage of a,
catholic bishop? I can scarcely believe it. But to guard
.against the poSsibilify 'of Any infringement on my lights,' I now.
'reit ton, as foreman of that,said grand jury, that no'Other priest'
bat the-Rev. Mr. Prendergag shall dare ollicjale as chaplain'
of the cOunty gaol, and this lou maw publish from the highest-
to the lowest places. `What rictit had the grand 'jury to dis-
Ifose (if My subjects in 'the fullaeSs of their wisdank? and this
',•withotit a singe appeal to the proper authority. The world.
sh;ttl see, by the iesuit of thiS veer iftiair, not only the usurping
propensity oh' that said jury, but aiso its impotence in ecelesiosi tient affairs. I mean nothing personal 111 this addreSs., 'bat,
really t eau with nitilcultY'rOstritin 'l4 Teehugs on such a Sub-,
'jest, and in such times as these: • •
" I am, sir, your obedient servant,
fW. ABRAHAM.'' ;
;Arrogance and insubordination can carry their heads'
-no higher, except it :he under a helmet • nor lay their'
hands more audaciously upen the things belonging unto;
Cwsar, unless armed with the sword. For, what shall we;
think of this episcopal 'letter? Is it a 4.)ioce of wanton:
insclence against the GRAND JURY
.or. the individuals
cirrkiposiptg it?.. rlu,sticlf thin.-• is a It-formal denial of.s.• ',liiiicral:authority;.a premeditated rejection of the right and,'
,power of parliament to impose lan'S upon the " siihjedts'"
church orltome ; a'ktiowinr and bold defiance of '1
the '4overeignty of fliese realms • and a proCiamaijon thatrate .
•
13.w5,0f
.ie. are the 'o
.w nly iawshich.the lariests of.
. )
RCp
,Ois.counto•,,,and,their "subjects" recognise.—" My sub-,
jects," quoit ,the usurping prelate—" the proper atoho-
rity," the rlippant hierarch. The ynwer
•k•. • • ,
which I:Parliament COnferied is a r4urpe .Ilse
, . 1-o§tift'of this.artfir shall prove its
.impotence against ; the
cllnroh of Bonie!
Afte'!'r,tileperstial of this letter, and a cool consid9rptionl
.0 all the facts, the question tivhiclt the: whole .traffsactiop
taises,•is this?.
'WIlt) IS THE SOITREIGN OF TII4SE ;R} 141,5.?
Rome
AiN6 of great'illritain and
;Ireland?--or the ,Pope 4e

He to whose laws obedience is given is the ruler of p
people.—Whose laws..lien are to be acknowledged zn
Ireland? Father ABRAHAM says, "The Pope's," and, we
,h,elieve,•Father Annaci4m.fßpeaks the mind of his'tiintar
Evetino- Mail.

TKE pjIEA,T MEETING .IN Dunusr.—The adjourned'
Jneeting of .14Afanke'ts, tnerchants, and
,traders,“ calleil
(by requisition, in order to take into -consid,tratign
speech reported tit) 'have been inacje.by the
.11ig,Itt Rou. .
"Frederiek ShaW, hI.P., Recorder of the city of Dublin,
yeas [held pp Monday, at the Coburg-Gardens.
:':speaking of .this meeting the 41).rib/in Evenino-
says :—.Thr members of Lord initiatory
hageant had another grand 'field-day at the Coburg
Qardens, bb Monday last; .and truly, seeing the favour
with which tumultuary processions are regarded, we
wonder not.that our fellow-citizens of the bludgeon and
butcher's knife sbotild'imagine that ribteusaSernblages
are equally acceptable. This city, upon Monday last,
presented such a scene as no other part of the civilized
\%;Oryf ;could ; have exhibited, .and which, in any place
where lawful authority prevailed, would not have been
winked at. A mob of the most desperate deScription,
and assembled 'by .the most desperate means, kept the
city in agitation' the whole (lay—the streets in a perpe-
tual foment, and the neighbourhood it a state of alarm;
and distress ; to the perfect suspension of business—to
the dread of life, and theapprehension for Troperty. We
say, who witnessed it, .that so lovianddesperate,a mob,—
including ."the merchants, ,bankers, and traders,"- such
of.thern as ran the risk of encountering the dangers they,
_ 'had excited--never was assembled in this city, nor, we
'believe, in any other. It was 'chiefly composed of the!
Coal porters and coal-heavers of our quays—,the,dravineni
and labourers of breweries• and other large estaidish-1
ments, (who were compelled 'to quit their,eniploymeut
for the occasion)—the journeymen butchers of Patrick'sl
market—.the cithorts of the several trades' unions, and all
the loose and idle vagabonds that alternately infest ouri
streets and tenant our gaols. Moit of them were armed
with bludgeons, with ',knives, or other weapbns Of
de-
struction and noneigtliqn, to judge by their looks or
their 14ngoage, were unvvilling to .profit by an occasion
for using them, had need been, It were mincing 'folly
,to say that the 'peace and comfort of the 'citizens were
not jeoparded by this assembly. Their very lives were
.endattered ; and little :gratitude do they express to the
government for that forbearance which permitted the day
to PasS'over witloint 'massacre and robbery. 'We are in•
forined that Mr. pi Mnirrond-7-wlio, in the .absence of the
104licuteiraui, ,may be .considered as• the competent
Authorjtv—refused to give even an ,Opinion, 'when ap-
plied to for instructions; and left the lord mayor 'to act
•
on his own discretion and te4ponsibility. One would
have thought it the ditty of the executive, when sworn
informaticus of the probability of a breach of the peaCe
,were laid 'before it,
.to have taken steps to ;prevent
ttlenc' t() have dispersed the meeting. lbetirst
0 riot A-occurred, the first blow that was struck, was
.414,4akiehr, 4Q,lture warranted the interference of the supe-
rior powers with so desperate and formidable .an assem-
blage. But .the men.'wlio live upon the breath Of the
populace must not offend the chintocraey ; and, of course,
roffian.rAble.of the city was.entrusted the key of
hr puhlie peace.
•To the result of the meeting—or what are called its
resolutions—we and all the world must be perfectly in.
different.* A turbulent faction, predeterminel to carry a
Point, took forcible means to prevent the collision of pub.
lie opinion, and the getters up Of the plot had already
publicly announced in their newspapers that, without
regard to the sentiments expressed, the chairman .would
pronounce the decision on which they had previously
determined.
Alje cannot think of mixing up Mr. Shaw's name in
the busineSs. We are Atani:d to transcrihe it on the
attie page with the ruffianism of this day. He laughs
she impotent malice to scorn.
We have heard that depositions were sworn, setting
forth the apprehension or what was afterwards so fully
realised ; and that these were before the government on
Saturday last. It is to be hoped that some constitu-
tional member in either houses of parliament will move
for copies of such information as they were in possession
Of previdus to the Meeting.

THE LORD LIEUTENANT'S ENTRY.—Tile entry of the
Lord Lieutenant was made, according to announcement,
on Saturday, about four o'clock.-'--Vhe city was in a bus
tie trom an early hour in the morning,—flags flying—ban-
ners waiving—the trades mastering—music playing—
expectation on the tip-toe. The day was beautifully
fair. The preparations had been long matured— pla-
cards, hand-bills and meetings had schooled the learned
and unleerned.. Every thing was favourable to a tri-
umph—bat the material. The failure was emphatic.
Nothing coiild be more pitiful as a demonstration ofpub-
e
c) pinion on the approved.of 4'Conne/1.
His Excellency was expected to approach before three'
r.ctock, by the alanniire Road, on his way from Lismor,
r:nsrle, and to receive at :Mansion 4onse by AppiOni.
, .
14 various addresses on Ills arrival.
;its TrA'aes, who ,liail.heen marAalled in the leading.,
4treets.of the city 'in ranks, et+) rs, ,emblem, an&
ga,t,s, intended, it .woold apriear, teat hie :exrehlenr.vl
iTike oue,uf file votk:s;;:oh. • Tidy y'#.-afijii3.;
(,!;• ri3Ott to :eV,.
: opt !HT. smai.4o, As we WI t.,e ,said, in xanks,,
: jdtried sviaitc .tyaai,U tipped with the victor laurel :in.