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adelphia, Thursday, November 11, 1847.
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RALD,
Whole Number 774.
THE CATHOLIC HERALD
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‘Dorten.
LITTLE CHILDREN.
vhncw uit BY MARIA KOSEAD.
Speak gently to the little child,
So guileless and so free; ! ’
“0. Who, with a trustful,” loving heart,
©” + “Pats confidence in thee. 5°")
‘\ \’ Speak not the cold and careless thought
. Which time has taught thee well,
| Nor breathe pne word, whose bitter tone
1, v, 4 Dirrast might seem to tell.
‘Ifen bis brow, here rests cloud, .
“hua However light it be, :
<i Speak loving words, and let him feel
<i Hee bas a friend in thee 5:
bo1\-And do! pot send him from thy side
bee ‘TiN on his face shalt rest’ |!
The joyous look, the sunny smile,
“That mark ‘a happy breast,
Oh! teach hii, this should be his aim,
To cheer the aching heart, :
Tostrive where thickest darkuess reigns
Some radiance to impart; .
To spread a peaceful, quiet calm ,
Where dwells the noise of strife;.
Thus doing good aod blessing all
To spend the whole of life. «> ‘
yn» To love with pure affection deep,
All creatures great and small,
And still a-stronger love to bear
For him who made them all. :
Remember, ’tis no common task ‘
‘* “Phat ‘thus to thee is given,
“To rear a spirit fit ta be
‘The inhabitant of Heaven.
From Dolman’s ‘Magazine.
THE LAST DAYS OF TUE PENAL LAWS,
AND THE RIOTS or 1779 AND 1780,
(0) py THE, EDITOR. :
THE GORDON RIOTS..,
«+ London, about this time (1780) .was in a de-
sto the want, of
lorably ignorant state, ; Owin
educatiun there were no schools for the poor but
for children of thé parishioners, and so limited to
the housekeepers of the parish, and even they re-
quired great interest to obtain admission.’ So des
bauched were the minds of the - people, that igno-
rance and drunkenness completely, laid hold of
them. Every nightsome, drunken cobbler was
holding forth dgainst thé Whore of Babylon, as
they termed the poor , Catholics.” — Manuscript | move:
Diary of an eye witness of the riots, .
Ignorance and dcunkenness, according to
the manuscript diary above quoted, were the
besetting sins of the British metropolis. in the
year 1780... It was upon these two failings of
humanity: that the, Protestant, association so
skilfally played...,"Tney abused the ignorant
minds of their credulous adherents with every
wild and. improbable fable.-that. Protestant
ingenuity and malignity could invent. . Their
mantle; has fallen not unhappily upon the
shoulders of their descendants at Exeter Hall.
The insatiate craving for drink | of the lower
orders was gratified at the expense. of the
more weulthy members o! the blue-cockade
fraternity. .I'hus deceived by the most heart~
less misrepresentations; thus soddened, and
inflamed with drink, they, were ready fur any
crime at. the beck of their leaders,. |The first
actof this riotous drama was merely demon-
strative. It: was but the initiatory, rite of the
eee SM PITHIAN, a
"No. 106 North Fourth Street, Philadelphia,
\he opponents, even to the death, of Frelacy
and Popery. ‘The silk-apron—the: full bot
tomed wig of the right reverend Bishops could
not preserve their unhappy wearers from per-
sonal castigation.” ‘The godless Papists were
terror-siricken ; two! Popish.' chapels’ were
consumed with ‘avenging ‘fire; verily, it had
The hand
of the: Lord’ was seen throughout, and the
vessels of grace were filled to the brim with
ineffable joy and jubilation of heart.
‘The pale visage of / Lord’ Gordon was lit
up with a gleaming glance’ of ‘ecstacy’ that
night, when his emissaries, at alae hour re-
counted ‘the ‘triumphant’ close of that day's
f dings.’ Theb ffering to the Lord
of two Popish and idolatrous chapels was but
small ; it ought to have been larger jit ‘would
have been more savory, ‘more acceptable; he
must take sweet converse with his ‘loving
friends on the morrow—the great work must
proceed :" there’ must be no flagging ‘or fold-
ing of hands for the future.’ “The day’s’ svc-
cess was indeed a blessed coriial to his mind.
It was an assured manifestation’ of the righ-
teousnees of their cause; and the approbation
of heavens And there were’ saintly’ friends
with this young and enthusiast noble, descen-
dants, of the covenaniers of old, who had as-
sembled at his house ,in Welbeck ‘street, 10
have a comforting outpouring in prayer; and
their stern and sour countenances were flush-
ed with true. Presbyterian joy when they lis
tened to the ‘glad udings.: ‘The children of
the covenant fell down upon their. knees, and
returned a solemn thanksgiving to the God of
mercy, that he had so far prospered their poor
endeavors.. They..quoted, again; and again
those famous texts of Scripture, which for
bade mercy to be shown to the enemies of
God. Ina tone of fierce enthusiasm they
hailed their leader as heaven’s chosen cham-
pion of the faith, and the. redresser of the
grievous. wrongs of the Kirk.) ‘The cry of all
was lo spare not, but tobe up and doing on
the morrow,
.| ‘The morrow came; but the effuris: of the
belligerents. were languid. . ‘The preceding
day had been one of excessive fatigue and ex-
haustion. ‘They were afraid too, in the ear-
ler part of the day, that; vigorous measures
would be taken by.the Government to sup-
press future outbreaks.».'The. morning was
spent. more in consultation than in, action ;
in resting to recover their: fatigue, than in
the prosecution of any new. and riotous de
signe sy yf 1
, |. And. there. was consultation. too. in the
House of Lords,, ;‘Those insulted and batter:
ed dignitaies met, and vented their spleen on
the insulta they had been subjected to in the
playful. pleasantry of yesterday’s demonstra~
tion, | Those much injured pillars of whe state
had scarcely a leg to stand upon, since. they
bad. been so grievously. kicked and bruised.
The denuded honors of their wigs bad been
repaired; they appeared in. full queus, but
their tempers were sudly ruffled. ‘The Lord
President was like a full charged vialof wrath;
in the bitterest terms of indignant remon-
strance he laid before the house their late dis-
graceful fall. from dignity... He went over
minutely and impressively the history of the
preceding days of anarchy, and outrage, and
for au immediate address to: his ma-
jesty, that the aachors of this tuuult might be
apprehended and punished. i was agreed to
unanimously. oo.
And there was consultation too at Bow
street... ‘The rioters in custody were examin-
ed, and most of them committed to. prison.
The names of those who gave evidence were
published in the Gazette, and they; were, of
course marked out for future vengeance.
| By two o’clock the saints had dined, ‘Their
weakened energies were refreshed by copious
libations to the great and glorious Protestant
cause ;,and many eo unsaintly oath was vent
ed upon the doomed and obaoxious Papists.
y.two o'clock therefore they, sallied out
from the public: houses and taverns, where
they had been regaling, flushed and trium-
phant, redolent of ale and tobacco, and each
rejoicing in an immense blue cockade, ), Arm
in arm these Protestant heroes perambulated
and ewaggered through the streets, and gath=
succeeding orgies of, plunder and conflagra- | ering in theit train the same crowds of mise
ion... Lt was but the first faint pealing of the
tocsin of rebellion,
far as it was intended by the saints—it was in
their eyes a. most righteous and triumphant
beginning... ‘The spirit of Calvin was appeas-
ed, ,, His elect children had proved themselves
crea
; who, the day before, had levied so
Bat as far as it went—as | successfully their.contributions on the public,
But the orders’ were to be quiet; to make
litle or,no demonstration of their strength 5 to
greet their Protestant brethren with soft and
honied words ; to make special inquiries, a8
to the names and residences’ of the wealth
to bear them carefully in their memory.
Ropemaker’s Alley, Moorfields, were sacke
was’ all the mischief ‘inflicted. “The , Lor:
Mayor: was applied to for aseistance. “Il
came ;' calmly surveyed the operations of th
rioters, but refused to interfere. “More of thi
worthy anon, cee -
The Sabbath morn atose 3" but ‘the’ su
ehone not upon ‘a city’ of peaceful and reli
gious repose,
with ‘earnestness and vigor.
There® were ‘many wealthy» Catholic mer
deed to plunder:
all should be the spoil of the elect." ** Down,
vagabond in the city.
city.
of mien, whose ferocity of look seemed a libe
rious sanctuary of crime, the Mint, in South
wark,
and slaughtermen’ mustered strong, and al
were Jecorated' with blue cockades.
le~s,
Kennet, the then Lord «Mayor of’ London.
was notorious to ail, He had coolly survey
ed the: devastations: of ‘the preceding night
on the morrow.
what was his origin?) ‘The reader~ shal
know.
belong to Roman Catholics.
or and his constables, besi
bis lordship only answered, that * the mob had
they did: not. like, and were burning them,
and where was the harm in that?’» ‘You may
probably be curious to know who this first
magisirate of the first city. of England is.
* His first situation in life was that of a waiter
at the King's Arms, a notorious house of ill-
fame; he alterwards had a brothel of his own;
then kept a tavern; then. commenced wine-
merchant; and afterwards became | Alderman
and Lord Mayor.’ « acon |
aman, who has stamped undying infamy on
his name, by the execrable cowardice, not to
say criminal conduct, he displayed during the
memorable riots of 1780. cesar
Yes, the chapel in Moorfields, and its cost-
ly garniture, was destroyed, and the bouses of
the unfortunate Catholics in the neighborhood
were pillaged and burnt.) While the fana-
ties were demolishing altars and crosses, the
thieves picked pockets, and the, more decent
kind of zealots looked on, ?* «++ The mob,”
says a narrator of these events, new the
military did not dare to fire without the com=
mand of the civil power. . The military, see-
ing they were notto be used effectually, en-
deavored to keep, on good terins, with those
who might with impunity, as they. did in
many instances, poll their, noses, and §.
their faces. Elence, reports at the time
the soldiery had in some measure joined the
mob.""t A single charge of a troop. of horse
would have scattered the mob, and have
stricken with irremediable terror the pot-va~
Nant conspirators of Lord Gordon and the
Protestant Association. But the Lord Mayor
* Pict. Hist, of Eogland, vol. v., p. 413,
} Fanaticism and ‘reason, 1780...)., .,
Catholies ; to note well their habitations, and
few houses belonging to poor’ Catholies, in
the’ furniture thrown oot’and burnt; but that
The rioters now began to act
‘They had now
theit ‘ plans well matured. “The city was to
witness the first real opening of the campaign.
chants in thé city ‘whom it would be a godly
‘There were several Catholic
chapels in-and about its precincts, with ‘rich
communion plate and gorgeous ' vestments—
down with the’ Papists !?"was the’ rallying
ery, the matin shout, that on that memorable
Sabbath scared‘ the ‘peaceful ‘inhabitants and
raised the hope of ‘plunder in every thief and
And not only’ of ‘the
Contioued screams’ of equallid sturdy
vagabonds ; and women, whose ‘hideousness
on their sex, issued the whole of that morn-
ing’ trom ‘the rookery of St.’ Giles, from the
purlieus of Saffron’ Hill, and from that noto-
From Whitechapel, also, the butchers
Moor-
fields was the focus to which this terrible array
of burglars, thieves and prostitutes, and Pro-
testant ‘associates converged, with one com-
mon and preconcerted purpose of commencing
in earnest the ruin ‘and. spolation’ of. the de-
fenceless Catholice,.’ For they’ were defence-
‘The ‘apathy’ of that unworthy “man
and wok no steps to prevent a hike recurrence | ty.
But who was this man, and
From a valuable manuscript diary of
the riots, written by the late eminent Charles
Butler, 1 make the following piquant extract:
** Ou Sunday a mob assembled in’ Moor-
fields and destroyed achapel there, and seve=| summoned and presided over a privy coun-
ral houses adjoining, which were suspected to| cil,
guards, were quiet spectators of this scene.
Lord Beauchamp, in my hearing, reproached
the.Lord Mayor with his conduct ; td which
got hold of some people and some furniture
Such was the impure progression in life of
y | Kennett, the ex-keeper of a brothel, surveyed
the burning’ and plundering with the ‘calm
gratification cf» second Nero.*, But I have
not done yet with this digrace to’ the civic
j/ehair; bis character’ will stand out in a etill
fouler light as this narrative progresses.
d| Merrily, merrily pealed the bells on Mon-
e|day the 5th of June. It was the birth-day of
| his majesty George TI]. Flags were stream-
i | ing Srom steeple-tops, and the court tradesmen
were busily employed in: preparing ‘for the
n| elaborate illuminations of the evening. Mer-
i-| rily, merrily pealed the ‘bells!’ “The joyous
sound floated on high over the vast metro-
polis of England, bat men’s hearts were with-
ering away for fear,
>
“And whispering with white lips, she foe, the :foe, they
af come.
"The wide gates of St. James's Palace ave
thrown open. An almost endless stream of
carriages enters. “The elite of England's aris
tocracy are there to congratulate the sovereign
| of the first empire in the world on his natal
day, Countless jewels of infinite price anil
splendor flaeh in those stately halls; plames
of Araby wave there from the proud heads
of England’s. fairest daughters ; the quaint,
yet magnificent court dresses of the time are
blended together in one rich and harmonious
combination ‘of form and color. The king
1} was on the throne. Ile was in the early
prime of life—in his forty-third year; tall
and stout of person; rather comely than
graceful; and he had the glow of health on
-| bis well-formed and. rounded. cheek, which
resulied from early hours, habitual, tempe-
rance, and much and constant exercise in the
open air,” He had a high yet narrow and ree
ceding forehead; his eye and lip denoted
great good nature, but a firmness, or rather te-
nacity of opinion, which amounted at times
to areckless obstinacy. He wore his robes
of state with an easy and graceful mien; but
to an acute observer, he looked more like the
country gentleman in siate attire than the any
+ | Ointed sovereign of the Brnish e «pire.
-| Phe brow, of, his majesty was clouded.
. | His eye was troubled with ill concealed anxie-
His usual wbruptness of speech was ine
creased to'an almost painful degree.~ His
| usually rapid interrogatory of * What, whatt"”
was mournfully observed by many who ap-
proached the throne. Before ascending that
throne, which to that sull venerated monarch
was anything but a couch of roses, he had
‘The infinite disgrace and contempt in-
-|flicted on his legislature by the Protestant
Association, the succeeding outbreaks ani de-
vastations, had naturally alarmed his majesty,
and filled hie mind with profound apprehen-
sion. “That ternble insanity, which a few
years after, broke down into less than childish
instinct the powers of the royal mind, was not
then visible. But still to an attentive obsere-
er the symptoms. were patpable. There was
the restless quivering of the lip. There was
the tremulous movement—the hasty, side-long
glance of the eye—thal eye was at limes ex-
tremely blood-shuot from the eanguineous de-
termination to the head. . There was the rapid
play of the fingers ; the convulsive twitching
of the limbs; the stern frown of a momentary
absence of mind; and then the smile of royal:
profound melancholy, which made George III
an object of exireme solicitude, to bis old and
attached courtiers on this his natal day. There,
was ao ill-concealed impatience with which,
he received the numerous addresses and con-,
gratulations... [lis, mind. was absent. His
eye gazed on the numerous presentations, but’
his mind was speculating. with every feeling
of offended majesty on the last. proceedings.
of the rioters of the metropolis. His autho-
rity had been. despised—had been trampled
on in America; the pestilent breath of sedi-
tion had dared to breathe even at the palace
gates! Would the evil, the peril, the disgrace,
and the final concomnants of sedition stop
there? ‘Phe. good king trembled on his
throne, hike Felix upan the seat of judgment,
‘The feelings of the monarch were submerged
in the feelings of the man, fis wife and
children, were never so dear to him as they,
were in those lingering hours of, dreamy
thought which occupied that tedious, yet re-
gal day’s solemnity. . 1
_ De had -ascended that throne. tremblingly
* Father O'Leary's Manuscript Diary of the
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