24 MAY 1873, Page 15

THE LORD-LIEUTENANT AT LIMERICK. [To THE EDITOR OP TRI "SPECTATOR.']

SIR,-1 trust you have seen in the Times my denial of the grossly-exaggerated account it gave of some insignificant demon- strations of disloyalty during the visit of the Lord-Lieutenant to Limerick ; and I hope you will accept the evidence of one who

was really a " spectator " of every proceeding connected with the Vice-regal visit. Your very severe censure would fall far short of what would be deserved, if the charge on which it rested had been even partially true ; and if the populace of Limerick had so far forgotten their manhood as to deny the homage always will- ingly rendered by Irishmen to beauty, dignity, and grace, by " mobbing " or offending Lady Spencer, I should be sorry to urge one word in their defence.

There is no foundation whatever for such a charge, as Lady Spencer herself has gracefully admitted, by expressing her entire satisfaction with the cordial and respectful character of her reception in Limerick.

As your remarks have caused no small amount of pain among your readers here, I trust you will not consider it beneath the dignity of your high position as a British journalist to withdraw the bitter censure founded on charges of which we are wholly