The Sun.
London, England, 1844-12-31 00:00:00

THE LATE EARL OF LIMERICK.

Lord Monteagle has addressed the following to the
editor of the Limerick Chronicle :
" Sir,—l enclose you a memorandum in contradiction
of the account given in the last Reporter of some of the
occurrences at the late Earl of Limerick's funeral.

" I am, Sir, your very obedient servant,
" MONTEAGLE."

The statement published in the Limerick Reporter,
respecting the funeral of the late Earl of Limerick, is in-
correct in several particulars relating to others, as well
as to myself. It is in its relation with myself that I feel
bound to give it an immediate and an authoritative con-
tradiction.

" It is stated in the Reporter, that Lord Monteagle,
either intending to accompany the remains of the de-
ceased into the cathedral, or, fearing that his carriage
would be upset, descended, but was jostled by the crowd,
that he took refuge in a public-house, and concealed him-
self under a bed.' The paragraph adds, that a troop of
horse, with drawn swords, galloped towards the public-
house where Lord Monteagle was in durance;' and it
concludes by stating, that Lord Monteagle left his
hiding-place, and entered a carriage, in which were Sir
Aubrey de Vere and other gentlemen.'
" ' There is not one of these four assertions which is
not unfounded. A simple statement of the facts will be
sufficient to show their inaccuracy.
" On approaching the cathedral, in my carriage, I
found, to my astonishment, that by some extraordinary
order, the iron gates were closed. It was thus rendered
impossible for the procession to advance, and my car-
riage, as well as the carriages of others, was left in the
midst of a violent and exasperated crowd. No one con-
stable, no municipal authority, was available at the spot
at this time, to preserve order. Finding it impossible
to proceed towards the cathedral, I, in common with
others, left my carriage. From the want of any con-
stable, or police regulations, it was impossible, however,
to reach the cathedral gates. I lad no sooner quitted
my carriage than I found myself surrounded by a few
humble but resolute citizens, who, far from jostling' or
assaulting me, carried me into a house opposite the ca-
thedral, where I and several other gentlemen were re-
ceived with true Irish hospitality and kindness. It is
wholly and most notoriously false to state, that I was
concealed under a bed,' or concealed at all. I remained
in a room with upwards of twenty persons of both sexes.
To that room the mayor, the high sheriff; and many other
persons, had access, and can contradict the false as-
sertion. It is equally false that ' a troop of dra-
goons, with drawn swords,' rescued me from what is
called 'my hiding place: When the excitement had
somewhat subsided, and before any soldiers arrived, I
crossed over to the cathedral with my friends, and en-
tered my carriage without difficulty or, concealment; nor
did I see a single soldier till I reached the bridge,
where Colonel Mansell met me, and asked me whether
I required any protection. I informed him that I did
nor, and returned to my hotel without the slightest mo-
lestation.
" It has thus been shown that in the case of each of
these four assertions the writer in the Reporter is inac-
curate in every particular.
" I pass over altogether the political imputations cast
on myself. If my public services to the city and its in-
habitants are not a sufficient refutation to such an
attack, I disdain suggesting any arguments in self-de-
fence. To the intelligent people of Limerick, of all
creeds, and of all parties—to the gentry, clergy, mer-
chants, traders, and labourers, I am willing to leave the
judgment, whether I have been guilty of any treachery
or deception towards them ; or whether I laboured faith-
fully to promote their interests. But I will not accept
as judges of my political conduct an excited crowd, which
could forget the reverence due to death, and the sym-
pathy which every manly and generous spirit ought to
have felt for a daughter and a widow attending the ob
sequies of a parent, a husband, and a sister. From a
tribunal -like this no judgment can proceed to which 1
feel disposed to attach the slightest importance.
"Dec. 26; " " MON'rEAGLE.

The Limerick Chronicle adds the following paragraphs:
" Lady Gleutworth, Lady Russell, and George Lake
Russell, Esq., left this city on Thursday morning for Lon-
don, after attending the obsequies of their deceased rela-
tive, the Earl of Limerick. The llon. Edmund Pery,
son of his Lordship, and uncle of the present Earl of
Limerick, left this yesterday for London, after the same
mournful duty. Upon the front of Limerick House,
Henry-street, there is affixed an escutcheon, or hatch-
ment, of the family arms of the deceased Peer as a me-
morial of his death.

" Appropriation made by the executors of the Earl of
Limerick, in fulfilment of the trust devolved on them of
his Lordship's charity:—County Infirmary, 1001.; Bar-
rington's Ilospital, 1001.; Fever Hospital, 100/.; Pro-
testant Orphan Society, 50/.; Sisters of Mercy, 50/.;
Convalescent Dispensary, 501.; Presentation Schools, 501."
DISTURBANCES IN TIPPERARY.

The 7'ipperau Vindicator contains the following:—
" We have every reason to think that the suggestion
as to townland meetings is likely to be acted upon with-
out further loss of time. The people, thank God, are
beginning to awake to the peril of apathy. They know
that the innocent, not the guilty, should necessarily be
the sufferers if matters go on in utter defiance of the
laws of man and the decrees of Providence. They will
be obedient, therefore, to the stera dictates of their own
consciences; and to the advice of their clergy—and, hurl.
ing defiance at the miscreant hirelings who are desirous
of establishing a reign of terror in the country, they
will assemble and resolve to discountenance crime and
criminals, and to put down the abominable ruffians who
seek a trade in the people's misfortunes."
WRECK AT CLIFDEN.

The Galway Vindicator contains the following account
of the wreck of the Lady Grace :
CLIFDEN, DEC. 23.—This schooner, bound from Glas-
gow to Kilrush and Limerick, consigned to both places,
laden with iron, delf, pottery, &c., was, about six o'clock
this morning, driven upon the rock " Carrigcumbe,"
north of Slimehead, and about one league from shore, on
the coast of Connemara, where she remained for some
time, her crew in a most perilous condition, the breakers
rolling over them at intervals, and had it not been fur
the praiseworthy exertions and timely aid of the inha-
bitants of Erismore, who, at the extreme risk of their
lives, got out their row boats, and went to the rescue of
these poor souls, they would in a few hours have perished
every one of them. The crew was taken front the wreck
by heaving lines from the row boats to which they tied
themselves, and were pulled through the breakers, shortly
after which the vessel was driven by a sea off the rock,
when she sank to the bottom in about twelve to sixteen
fathoms of water. She was 110 tons burthen, 66 tons
register, crew five in number, viz., Captain John Michael,
a Welshman ; James Grunt, Kilrush, mate ; Timothy
Kelly, Kilrush, Davy Duvis and John Owens, Welsh-
men, sailors'. During the night of the morning it blew
a gale, wind about south-east. It appeared they were
keeping the land aboa.Td, to encounter the gale ; at day-
light, while trying to put to sea, the vessel misstayed,
and in attempting to wear her, she ran upon this rock."
IRISH NAVAL SQUADRON.
LIMERICK, DEc. 28.--The Pluto steamer, Commander
Crozier, arrived here on hlonddy, and after discharging
ordnance stores, left for Cork on Christmas eve. It is
expected that this vessel 'will return and occupy the late
station of the Tart arils in the pool.
The Stromboli. steam-sloop, Commander Hon. E.
Plunket, is ordered from Cork to the Shannon.

The Tartarus steamer, Captain James Wolfe, was
paid wages at Plymouth, and has arrived at Cork to re-
assume her surv' ey on the Southern corst.
The Alban, -steam-transport vessel, Lieut.-Commander
Lowe, is orde, ed from the Irish stat►on to Woolwich, to
have her del, acts made good.

Slit ROI ,ERT SALE AND SIR HENRY POTTINGEIL—
Londond.er ry claims the honour of giving birth to the
former, as id Belfast to the latter of those distinguished
men.

Th Ea rl of Pomfret is on a visit to Sir E. and Lady
EV-zabeth _Borough, at Dublin.
Sir George De La Poer Beresford, late M.P. for Ath
lone, whose cos has been for some months in the Insolvent