The Sun.
London, England, 1821-10-16 00:00:00

To the Proprietors of the Limerick Chronicle.

GENTLEMEN—We,-the undersigned, at the de-
sire of. Lord Courtenay's tenantry, request you
will have the inclosediuserted in your. Paper of
Saturday :
David Leahy, • John Dowling,
• Robert Carte, Patrick Griffin,
• Richard Creagh Odell, William Browne,
James Fitz-Gerald, Francis H. Walker.
D.lll'Carthy,
TO THE PUBLIC.

An advertisement having appeared iu the
Litner4ck Chronicle of Saturday. ia.Sti.•from the
castle Office, calling on the Courtenay tenantry
for payment ..of their rents.up. to the 29th-Sep-
tember, 1820. As this is evidently intended to
prejudice the public mind-against this much vili-
fied tenantry, by proclaiming the seeming, indul-
gence and-forbearance exercised.upon that estate
in the collection of the rents, and the great arrear
allowed to remain outstanding, it is but justice to
state, that this property fell out of lease between
the years 1810 and 1813, and 'was then re-leased
at the enormous war rents of that period, and
had the abatements granted upon those rents at
the peace, been continued for the last three years,
this tenantry would now be , found as free from
arrear as any other in the kingdom.
It is also mentioned that " the tenants shall
not have any just cause of complaint"—this is a
manifest admission of previous ill-treatment and
tna,y be intended as a pledge of future leniency,
but what reliance should be placed upon the as-
surance of a party, from whom the tenantry have
already experienced a total disregard for former
promises and the most unfeeling severity and op-
pression in the recovery of their rents and other-
wise, in proof whereof, and without adverting to
the sudden withdrawing of the abatementS, or to
the numerous Executions, Writs, and Ejectrnen ts
which have issued from the Castle Office, since tile
Ist September, 1818, when the present agency
. commenced, one instance only. among many that
might be .adduced,.shall now be quoted, namely,
that of the several tenants who were called upon
(some by distraining their holding/ and placing
keepers in their habitations) for their last Lady-
day rent on the 27th Maich, which they were ri-
gorously compelled to pay, as by their receipts
'left at, the Chronicle Office , for inspection, will
.appear, and it may
,be worthy of remark, that
although those rents were paid on, and previous
to the 29th March, many of the receipts are
dated the• 2d April.
As to the imputation conveyed in that advertise-
ment, that the tenantry, availing themselves of the
present disturbances, appear inclined to withold
their rents, they entirely disavow such. intention,
.and refer the public to fornier-periods when this
Country was disturbed; even in the year 1798, the
Courtenay Estate alwaysremained tranquil, its te-
nantry loyal and industrious, attached to their
Landlord and paying their rents with cheerfulness;
and if disturbances and outrage exist upon it now,
the tenantry challenge what they -have long' de-.
mantled, an impartial inquiry into the causes,when
it will be found. they have had their origin in the
measures pursued for some time past in the Castle ,
Offiee,and the persecuting spirit by which its trans-
actions are governed. In conclusion, it may be
asked whether the modest request to pay in those
rents which this notable advertisement puts
forth, would have now appeared, were it not that •
one of Lcrd Courtenay's trustees is on his way
here, to inquire into the situation of this ill cir-
cumstanced property. _
_ _ _

Newcutle, sth October, 182 1.

ll.'Wrottesley, Esq. M.P. one of the trustees to
Lord-Courteney's property, has Arrived in Dublin.
Mr. \V ingfield, Mr. Wilkinson, and Meisrs. Fur-
long, on the part of Lord Courtenay, have arrived
in' this City ; and, we hear, are come specially
relative to the outrages which have for some time
been cotumitting on his Lordship'S. extensive Es-

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tate in this County. Those
_very active .and
efficient Magistrates, Richard Willcocks, Esq.
and Major Warburton, are, by an order of Go.
vernrnent, directed to inquire into the: causes,
&c. of the disturbances which now unfortunately:
exist in this Comity. Mr. Willcocks ,arrived=
here for that purpose, on Thursday_ and is now
in this City (Limerick Chronicle.) '

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

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CITY OF CORK.

MURPHY in Replevin, versus THOS. POPE, Esq. Chambfir..,
lain of the Corporation of Cork.

.•
This cause, brought by subscription of some
individuals, Who disputed the Right•of- the- Cdr.-
poration.to Tolls, was, after a trial at the present''
Assizes for the county of Cork, (the law forbid.
Ong the trial within the City), which lasted two
days, determined in favour of the CorpOratio'n.
Edward Pennyfather, Esq. K.C., and Recoider
of Clonmell, .came down special" for the Corpo-
ration, and, as usual, highly . distinguished: him-
self in
.a most luminous and learned speech, for
four hours. It is supposed. that this decision .
will put the disturbed spirits to rest.

CITY RECORD.
GRAHAMS V. WIIITATAIISU AND OTHERS.

This was an action on a feigned issue, directed from the Court ,
of Chancery in England, to try whether the plaintiffs were th,e,
legitithate children of Major Graham, a relative of whose lately
-died in Jamaica, possessed of a large perSonal property. Thd
question which the Jury had to try was, whether a marriage 14
in fact taken place between the father of the plaintiffs, and Mary,.
Daly, about the year 1763. The property at issue was to a very;,
large amount, we believe upwards of 40,0001. After a trial
which lasted from twelve O'clock yesterday morning, 'to half-
past one this morning,' in- the course of which a vast number of
witnesses were examined on both sides, the Jury, which was'
special, brought in a Verdict for the plaintiffs, 'thus establishing,
the legitimacy of the children of Major Grahata.—(Cork;Oct.lo.)