The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-05-05
IRIsH MAIL HKws.
Dublin Nation. April 10.


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| Dublin Nation April 10.
Lord Leitrim's funeral has been the
| occasion of o demonstration for which a
| parallel can only be found in the scenes
| which occurred at the burial Of Lord Cas-
| tlereagh, when n crowd of Irish people in
Westminster cheered loudly three times,
| or at that of Lord Glare, whose coffin was
assailed With volleys of dead cats. 1t was
Intended that only few private friends
should follow the earl's remains to st. Mi
| chan's Church-that the interment should,
| in fact, be as private as possible-but this
arrangement fell through. The populace
in the neigh borhood got wind of the fact,
and they assembled in large numbers to
express the popular detestation for the
memory of the deceased. HoOting, Kissing,
and groaning marked the passage of the
certsga to the churchya ard, the hearse had
to be pilOted to one of the entrance gates
by the police, and when at length and after
much difficulty the coffin was removed
from the hearse, there came on the air "a
great yell of execrationn But this was
not all. After the ceremony in the Church
had concluded. and the ecene had besn
transferred to the vaults, "there was q
furious rush through the Church after the
coffin
EXTRAORDINARY DEMONSTRATION IN DUB
LIN.
On Monday morning, at 6 o'clock, Lord
Leitrim's remains were removed from Mi
ford for interment. They were conveyed
hy way of Letterkenny to Strabape, thence
Ella Dublin to Kiladoon, one of the resi-
dences of the deceased, near Celbridge,
whence on the following day they were
carried back to Dublin. The Erening Tel
sqraph of Wednesday thus refers to what
then happened:
The remains of the late Earl of Leitrim
left Kiladoon, Celbridge, this morning, and
arrived at st. Michan's Cemetery, Church
street, Dublin, about half past two o'clock.
The hearse was followed from Celbridge
by about half q dozen carriages con tanning
some of the friends of the deceased. When
the remains came into Church street the
hearse was surrounded by two OF three
hundred persons, mostly composed of the
middle and lower classes. On the funeral
sortese coming to halt, scene of great
disorder was witnessed, popular feeling
being strongly manifested by the crowd,
who pushed, showed. shouted, and hissed
most difficulty that the coffin was taken
from out of the hearse, and as it was drawn
out the hooting of the crowd was very
great. large body of police, under the
control of Inspector Murphy, succeeded in
keeping back the disorderly crowd from
entering the graveyard. The remains
were brought into the churchyard amidst
q strong manifestation of popular feeling
from the populace outside, portion of whom
gave cheers and hisses. When the body
entered the yard seven or eight policemen
closed the gates, the crowd forcibly at
tempting to gain an entrance. The service
of the dead was performed in the Church
in the presence of q large congregation.
Amongst those present at the service were
Lord James Butler, the Earl of Leitrim,
Colonel Caulifield, Mr.. John Madden, Rev.
F. F. Carmichael, the Solicitor General,
Mr.. Hugh Holmes, the Law Adviser E; the
Right Hon. II. Law. z. c, NJ. P; Mr.. Bal
four Lowry, Lord Kingston, and others.
The Dublin Freeman of Thursday Gays
At twenty minutes past two o'clock
derisve yell announced that the short pro-
ceesion had reached Church street. The
crowd closed around the hearse es it ap-
preached the graveyard, groauing, cheer
ing, and Kissing. The occupants OF the
mourning coaches on descending from their
carriages were jostled about and scattered
The police in vain sought to clear passage
for the cuffio. The most violent section of
the mob broke the line with u rush, and
forced their way to the heaTse. Curses,
deyeIve cheers, and grOaus made tue scene
n horrible one. Not more than 100 rowdicR
Of the worst class either fought or jeered.
The rest looked on without any overt act
Of misconduct, but without any violent
demonstration ofdisapprova'. of A reinforce
ment OF 30 more men OF the ID. Division
hurried up at the moment and recaptured
the hearse. Under their convoy it was
piloted to one of the entrance gates, aud it
waa evidently intended to bring it Though
the gate to the church door. Nosooner was
the gate uufastened, however, thau the
mob burst through the Gordon of police
and was almost pouring in when the gate
was forced out in their taces. Over a quar-
ter of an hour elapsed before the coffin
could be finally removed. In the meantime
the mob hoeted and groaned, and voices
came from the worst of them saying, "Out
with the ould D." "Lug him out"
"Dance on him." With the utmost difh
Guilty, by the aid of double line of police
men, the mob was held in check while the
coffin was unhearsed and removed on mems
shoulders through the gate. A great yell
of execration was raised as the coffin passed
in.
The last prayers being over, the coffin
was borne through the southern door,
towards the vaults. A furious rush was
made through the church after the coffin,
aud the confusion was for the moment
within than outsida