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_ Four services in the cause of the ‘word ;” are
TRUTH IS POWERFUL,
Voi. ITI. “
NEW-YORE, SATURDAY, AUGUST 5, 1826. , ‘
| AND WILL PREVAIL. ,.
-
WO. 31.
. The following account of a singular scene which occurred at
a place called Harold's Cross, in the neighbourhood of Dublin,
willbe read with considerable interest, mingled with regret,
that in this enlightened age such proceedings in a country like
Great Britain should for a moment be tolerated. This affair
appears to have caused a very great sensation ig Dublin—re-
ally,.if matters are’ allowed to go on “in this strain all for the
sake of © Scriptural Education,” as it is piously termed by the
* Saints” in Irelpnd, we hesitate not to state, that that anhap-
yy country will soon be absolutely demoralized.
re “TREDAND.
HEAD POLICE OFFICE, “DUBLIN. 4
; On Wednesday, 24th May, a case of singular interest came
-an to be heard before the sitting Magistrates, Alderman Dar-
fey, Counsellor Greaves, and “Mr, Tudor. .The Office was
crowded to excess, and amongst those present were several
most respectable individuals, who were attracted by the ia-
tense interest of the case expected to occupy the attention of
the Bench.
It was a charge of assault made by —— Peters, of Kildare-
“street, against. the Rev. Mr. Young, R.C,C. of Harold’s Cross.
‘Lhe Rev. defendant appeared, attended by his Counsel, John
Bric, Esq. and accompanied ‘by several most respectable
friends, clerical and lay. The. prosecutor, who, to do him
iustice, appeared to be as forward, insolent, and ignorant a
» fellow as imagination can conceive, started from the post; by re-
plying in the most contemptuous manner to the counsel for the
Rev, Mr. Young. ~ It was not a little instructive to contrast his
-bullying and offensive demeanour with the meekness and modes-
ty ofthe Rev. Gentleman, — Their respective deportment was a
good practical commentary upon the penal Jaws, The creature
of ascendancy evincing, by a display of audacious impudence,
his consciousness of the superiority of his condition over that
of the timid and unpresuming minister of the prescribed faith.
» He deposed that on last Sunday, being in the Sunday School-
“house, at Harold’s Cross, which he, in virtue of his office, as
Secretary to some School Society, occupied, in company with
three other Persons, when this
ric. —* Gentleman, if you r please, Sir.
The deponent resumed—When the rica was coming to-
wards the school-house. His friends, who were with witness
tin the room, saw the Priest from the window, and said to de-
ponent, ‘ Here is the Priest comin Witness immediately
‘went out on the lobby of the school. house, and met the Priest
coming up.
ness, seized him by the collar, shook him, and dragged hima
considerable way, then rushed towards the door, hich was
fastened by a hasp, and hit it with considerable force, saying
that ‘he would drag out any children that were there.’ » After
his occurrence Mr, Young went away, and an immense mob
collected, who seemed resolutely bent on mischief.—Witness
was afraid the house would be pulled down about hi: The
mob cried out ‘ blood for blood ;’ and they remained until si
x
- o'clock in the afternoon. Witness then went to a police-oflicer,
who went to the place, and retired after being there for some
time. . Subsequently some horse police were brought’at the
instigation of witness, to protect witness from the rage of the
crowd, who appeared very ready to be violent; in the course
ofthe fhight the mob collected-aud broke the window;
Mr, brie cross- examined ne, fitness at (Breat length, with
“ansiderable i ingenuity and e:
Mr, Bric.—Woho are you, Sir; “oh! do not frown: at meso;
Lonly ask & civil dnestion ; ; f and expect from you a suitable re-
Ply. Under favour may I to know who
i Wi itness, (to Magistrate) chin I obliged to answer that qt es
don, Sir
Mr, Shaved Yon are, certainly.
Witness.—J ; 1. am Secretary to the School Society and
went down to [Iarolu’s Cross, to undertake the management of
% Schoot established by the Society,
Mr. Bric—May I beg to know what Tenmuneration you had
. for your services? Witness—I had n
Ne. B. Bric—What! none; was it pure piety mie you enlist
a /protes-
le, to
ituess
sional H Eentleman, ora man of fortune, or a man in
Warrant you in such a sacrifice for the public good?
What has that to do with the matter ?
Mr. Bric Ont it has; with whom do you live? Witness—
With my fathe
_ Mr. Bric—W ho i ig your father what is he? V itness—
What has that to do with the mai
1 . Bric—js he aman of jarge fortune? Witnes Am 1
obliged Mr, Magistrate, ‘o. Answer questions relatin, to the
Private concerna of my fam ly?
* (Here nn individual was observed whispering to witness, and
cineausyanily remarked by the friends of Mr. Young, af being,
a ¢ the commencement of the e1 enquiry, very industrionsly
geesting answers to the witness, - Counsel rebuked Us Fer
son far his sonduct, and) he was ordered to retire. y \.
{
‘The Priest rushed violently up stairs towards wit- | !°
Mr. Bric—When I ask who your father is, and what proper-
ty he has, I mean no disrespect to him; I would have fully as
high au opinion of him, perhaps, if he were not aman of for-
tune, answer me, Sir, who is ) your father 2? ; Witness—He i. isa
gentle
Mr. ‘Bric—Who are you, Sir? | | Witness—1 live with him;.1
have a brother a scholar in in College, and lam reading to enter
Colleg
Me ‘Bric—Well, that is an answer; you give your assistance
gratuitously to the Society? Wimess—I do.
Mr. Bric—What support have you otherwise given to the
Society 2, Witness—I have never given any support to it in
money, unless one shillings coud fourpence, that 1 contributed to
purchase cards.
Mr. Bric—What ! 1 cards; is ‘playing cards part of your sys-
tem? Witness—Oh ! not cards for plasing ¢ but cards detuil-
ing the manner of instruction in the School.
“Me. Bric—Well, Sir, you were talking a while ago about the.
origin of this transaction 3 may [ask you, in what 1 manner the
gentleman against whom you speak assaulted you, you said
just now, that: you saw Mr. Young coming towards the house ;
did you know who he was then ? | Winess— I never saw
him before, =
Mr, Bric—Did you iow he was a Cather c Clergyman?
Wintess (oth a sneer)—
id you bao that he was a Popish Priest?
Wiest believe he was.
ross-examination then proceeded, Witness never heard
that the Rev. Mr. Young instructed out of resources raised by
his own personal exertions. If he, Mr. Young, educated three
hundred children, he did not educate them in the Gospel.
Mr. Bric—When you were in the room before the Rev.
Gentleman came up, who was with youl Witnese—Thece wus
Land two others,
Me. Bric—There zoas I and two others; do you teach Gram-
mar as well as Gospel; (a laugh)—now, Mr. T and tio others,
pray tell me who are concerned in the ¢ management of the
* Society’ Schools besides yourself? Witness—There is ‘other
teachers.
Mr, Bric—Was there any person ’ with Mr. Young when he
entered the house? .Witness—Not one; it was him assaulted
Ste. Bric—What happy children are those under your in-
struction! Ob, if you teach them religion as you teach them
grammar, what valuable members of society you will make
them. Now will you tell us a little more of this school. . Llow
many Catholic children were init? . Witness—I don’t know.
Mr, Bric—Mr. Young is president of a Catholic School at
Harold's Cross—how many children were seduced or induced
‘0 from Mr. Young’s school to yours? Witness—I. don’t
know of any 5 5 and this is not to the point. 3 gf pore the Magis-
trates won 't allow you to put those question:
—Now 1 ask you upon youroath, do you not be-
lieve that Mr. Young went to the house in order t to sce Roman
Catholic children that were there, and to learn from their own
lips the motives and inducements that had brought then there?
Witness—J don’t know what brought him there,
. Mr, Bric—Will you swear that ‘he went there with a an ‘intent
to assault you?. 1 don't know,
Mr, Bri Aho entered the house with Mr. Young?” Wi it!
ness—There was no one with him,
ic—Think of yourself, » Witness—I do say there was
no one mae him:
ir. Bric- e—Think of yourself, Witness—I do say there was
bo one with him.
_ Mr. Bric—You persevere in giving the answer; I promise to
remind you of it another time, Did Mr, Young enter your
room? ‘¥ j—No; my friends in the room saw him coming
from the window, and they said, ‘ here is the Priest, so I went
out on the lob!
Mr. wae hy did you f° out, aw itness—T went to meet
him to know what he wanted.
Mr. Bric—Why did you not wait until the gentleman had en-
tered your apartment 7 Witness—I don’t kno
» Mr. Greaves, the magistrate—Perhaps you did so to preyent
any unpleasant scene from taking place inside.
Mr, Bric—!_ beg pardon, Sir; 1 have the witness under ex-
amination; | wish to let bim speak for himsel!
Witness—I did not wish to Tet him in,
Mr. Bric—You went to meet him; upon your oath tia Joa
not go to assault him? Wi imess—Upon my oath I did not.- A
did net know who he was.
Mr. Bric—Not know who he as? Did you ‘not tell mea
little while ago that you knew hy was the priest? *No; L said
that I was t ola he wa the priest;\my friend told me so,
Mr, Brio—Oh, I thank you, swe}t teacher of the Gospel} I
thank you for the distineiion Wall, then, you, Knew:who he
was
te Graves—I think both answers are consistent. The
witness said in a former part of his cross-examination that be
was told that the gentleinan was a priest, but he was not told
that he was Mr. Young,
Mr, Bric—As it strikes my humble “apprehension, the an-
swers are not consistent, The question is not whether he knew
dhe pawe, bat, whether he koe) the Profession of the gentle
man. | He was not disposed to’ quarrel with him because his ;
name was Yonng, but he might be disposed to quarrel with him
because he knew him to be a Catholic priest. Lhe witness right ‘
well understood the meaning of my question. .
Examination resamed—
Mr. Eric—When you told’ me that you aid not know wha
Mr..Young was, did you not say what was false? (Ido not
think ] did, :
Here the person who had before been suggesting to the wits.
ness aan whispered him.
ric again appealed to the Bench, and requested t that
that ‘person might be sent ont opie room.
Mr. Graves—He must be put
Mr, Bric—It is not for me to say how he ‘should be disposed
ef, but Ldo say this, that more sross, conduct I never wite
nessed, a ‘
Mr. Graves—It i is very indiseveet,
Mr./Bric—I. say it is very indecent.’ Here is a witness
under examination on oath, and this man, thongh. repeatedly
cautioned, perseveres in prompting him, If he had dared
to doso ina Court of Justice, he would. be committed to the
dock; andif he repeats the offence, which I repeat isa scan-
dalous offence, I, for one, will drop the examination.
{Lhe individual was put back by, order of the Magistrates,
and two constables were ordered to stand at each side of the
witness, to prevent further interruption.) ° ,
Examination resumed—Mr. Young: ran w | stairs ? Yesy
did.
What did he say ?—-Not one word. : ‘ :
Mr, Bric—Then your story is this-2Mr, Young ran up
stairs, sei ed you, pulled you violently, and in fact, assault«
ed) you, without saying a single word i in esplanation o or others
wise ?—He did. +
Was he excessively violent 1—He was.
ue shook you tremendously ?—No,—he dia not shake me:
» Bric.—You have sworn already that he did; but no
inatter. Now allow me fo. ask, did ‘Mr. Young and you ever,
meet before [—Never. ©) +
: Never had any difference of any sort? Nev
.And be raa up and committed this assault without seping ae
word? Hed
: Whowas present? “Nobody,
Mr. Brice— is very well to swear r that nobody saw it,
when comeborty i is stating what is not true. | shall show the
magistrates that a gentleman went in with Mr. Young, and
pever fete his side until be was assaulted by you, and lef the.)
‘
“Do you know that Mr Young has peen eight yents a Catha-
lic clergyman, at Haro!d’s-cross.
Do youknow that he is a gentieman, greatly belovéd andres) ©
spectea? I do not know.
Now after this dreadful assault had been committed, what |
next took place? Mr. Young went away, and a crowd collect-
ed about our door, crying out, they would have blood fox
bleod.
Mr. Brice—Oh then, the idea was that the Priest was assaults
ed? Ido re know.” [ suppo:
Did not Mr. Young, alter he ‘et the school house, ge toa
neighbouring house? '[ do not know.
Jpon your oath did you oe see Mr. Young i in ‘the street
fidnot, and earnestly entreating the people to goaway? t
id not
Do you believe that he did 80% Ido not know. I believe i
heard sonre one sa
Did not the crowd disperse t No. Some went away, but
others came and remained opposite the sehiool. .
What did you do with yourself?» [ went out.
; What! Did you gothrough the desperate “crowd ? { did.
sand waz not murdered? No, » Was not murdered. (A.
laugh,
‘Show me the wounds you received i in the crowd? I receir-
ed no wounds, but they threw brick bats and paving stones at
me. (A laugh
Bi tune precious life was saved? It was. I went for a
constable, and he came.
Whatdidhe do? He went away again, (A laugh.)
pod he not go 8 away because: he saw be had no aity to pers
form? don’t
How many Catholic Children were at your school? l dont,
att hat did you instruct them in? I instructed them i in the
nd i in Engtish Grammar? No,
“Ee much the better for the children. - tA laugh, ) Di you in
struct the children in nothing but the Gospel r No, 1 did a
Oh, yes, Lid.” There was reading and spelling books,
How did you collect the children to your school? 1 went
about from house to house.
‘Did you apply to any Catholic Parents for theic children?
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To ‘how many? Oh, fam sure I did not to a great many.
Now, will you mention the names of five Catholics to whom
you opplied ? I cannot mention their names—I do not knaw
their n
What. ‘pribe did you progtise te Cathotic parents, if they
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