MISS PARNELL AND THE LORD-LIEUTENANT.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume X, Issue 1128, 21 August 1882, Page 4

MISS PARNELL AND THE LORD-LIEUTENANT.

A strange incident occurred on June 15th, as the Lord-Lieutenant was riding from the Vice-regal Lodge to the Castle. When passing up Westmoreland street, Miss Parnell ran forward and caught His Excellency’s horse by the reins, saying that she wanted "to ask him a question. His Excellency told her that he could not speak to her there, and that she must Come to his castle. Miss Parnell then released the horse, and returned to the footpath, escorted by the aide-de-camp who had dismounted from his horse. Neither the Lord-Lieutenant nor the aide-de-camp knew who the lady was. Miss Parnell did not go to the Castle as requested, but she addressed the following letter to the Dublin evening papers:— “ Dear Sir, —I was shocked to see to-day in the “ Freeman” that the erection of shelter for the 500 persons evicted in Limerick, who have been forcibly and unlawfully deprived of it for the last two months by Lord Spencer and his predecessors, has been again stopped. I met Lord Spencer on his way to the Castle subsequently, and asked him whether this statement was true. He answered that he could not hear what I was saying, but he could hear perfectly well, and I told him so, to which he replied, 1 1 cannot,’ and refused steadfastly to say anything else. From this I came to the conclusion that Lord Spencer is ashamed of himself, and would be glad to escape from the odious position he has placed himself in ; and I would therefore take this opportunity to urge on all who are connected with the building of these houses to persevere in erecting them, and if prevented in one place to go to another ; if one man is arrested, to let another take his place, and thus to leave no shadow of decent cover for a continuation of this outrage on humanity. I hope that all other tenant farmers will in this emergency come to the assistance of their class," and give, wherever it is required, their ground for these houses. If the people do not join, And show a little determination on this question, I am afraid we shall have, before long, repetitions of the Rhode child murder in many parts of Ireland, I remain yours, A. P ahnell.”