Rights Of Burial.
The Times, 1824-02-24T00:00:00

- ; F -lr6?;t%'e;.DUUbi EW1df1&WSaiMW-f tZ\!1 ' mosteoteniaffr yocurred in 11f6church.v, n the eity of LinfeEick, on. the,-interikent of a taptaiMp tacit o,n T toesda last, M ton wifcthebi wh,supports,he eu'p, ~t obea ,taled -tortlith !fpU>wiIig ' vternen iron,tije~ respectble' Reetot<of.,the panish where th, otrageotcuxr:r .n to *5' TE wlITit o5t TltE LIIXEfl1CICtIC;l7Jt_E ' Sir,-Ah publicitytngst natutlUV3 itrt 3 c tv,tich took place yesterday afternoon, in K.tJolif?. Church.yard, lbeg, thraugh'thbeoneditumofvdour paedtstate thefact as 'i eccurred "',On or--about five &oIsiock,- threpaaniR ,of ,thglate eptiaw Du, rack arrived for interment at the above church, attended by a large nunber of fridrids. BMv attetdance on the occisiot'no;t eing ne,- cessary, Ij ww.s,looki g&btmi my window, iw[An my sextoncame to inform me that a Bomarn Catholic priet, in canonicalhabitsf yas or: fclating in my chuchLy&d,s and hchadbeeni struck by'some'person t tohim unknown,-,be w hehforbid-his roceedings, Thisbeingneported to me I felt caUled upon to come forward, andts on goinitoQ e ehgrqnara, I-there founm the Rev. Mr.; At'Carthy(whiethe-rpsrt prast, or curate oft`arb0rt, I am. not:prebared to sai ;:habited as above, oing through the service of his chltrcht. I. alled .pon hi'rn to desist, and warned him of the conSegueace of a b-reach of the law -all to no purppse, asheperseveredi amid cries of !;Gooeut wevill die to a man until you finish ;" while som'e fe* cried "Stop -" To sneak of the nianner in which I was myself triated; would be to nentionol thatwvas insultiig-and disrespectfuld,in the highest de. gree_-jostling and pushing, and the opprobn6us epithets, lHeretic,' &a. Pinding I had little to-expect, I vas induced to ca2l on the military stationed in the neighbolsrbo.do to protect. me in my own churelLiyard; but,-nosoonerhad they come than i oKdered. them | awey, deternsifink wvith mvself to withdraw, conreiving my duty wasd6ne, in forbidding ttiis violation of the law, which:;l did, amidst groans and hisses. I"A Ab-stander bainformed me, that when that servie, com- |menced ad sarried on ii defiartce of my remonstran.eWs, was con- Icluded, a general cry of' Thank fd, we bave put them down" !prevailed. I have the honour to bJe, Sir, i3CG &;'. " Feb. 18, 1*24. '" JOUNC PITZGIBBON." Thi '- f From tlfe Liwrer?ck Observer.] This evening(TuesdJay, the 17th iost-.) the body of Captain DIu rack, an old and respected citizen of ldntoerirk, was brouglit for in- terment to St. John's church-yard, in this city. Captain Durack i having been a Roman Catholicgentleman, his tunerAl was attended by the Rev. jUr. Ml'Carthly, Roman 'Catholic clergyman of.Tarbert, Iwhere the Captain lately resided. The Catholic clergyman proceeded Ito resd the prayers for the dead over the grave of ih'e deceased, when Ihe was interrupted by thesexton, who clabxneO amonopoly of prayers in that place. The sexton, hov evdr, being very draik was not at- tended to, and the ceremony prboeeded. tthistlme;'its stated, M,r. Fitz Gibbon, the vicar of' St. Johs, arrived, and-taking the partof the drunken seston. again attemlpted to interrupt theciremony. Bsut it appeets that the sober opposition of thc reverend gentleman was as !unavailingas the drunken zeal 6f his sexton. The ceremony. con- tinued. In this utterfailureof the arm ofthespirit, wehetold thatthe I pious livine bethought himself of the slhape of a corporal's guard,' which happened to be stationed near, and obeyed his samsnons. The soldiers advanced with fixed bayonets, andat the pas 4i edarge tgainst the supplicating crowd and their priest; but the crowd stood peaceablc and unmoved. The pest continued to address his ptayet to the Fatlher of the living an the dead. All were uncovered, and in the attitude of supplication. The soldiers halted-paused; and with a -feeling that does them honour wheeled about, and retreated from the shameful scene. lVeare told that'they were ordered tocler the yard, and drive priest and people, friendsand relatives, from the fresh grave of their deceased kinsman. We -hope it is not true. The soldiers, with a bettor sense of what isdanc tohumariiiy, disobeyed. ~~~RIcr~~~~~~~~~'&~~~~~~oPBURMt. -~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~,.i