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New Zealand Tablet, Volume V, Issue 262, 10 May 1878, Page 12

The Udhart Town Tribune writes :^— " The assassination of this notorious member of the peerage, LovdLeitrim.bysomeof the wretched victims of. the most cruel tyrant who ever ruled supreme over hordes of beggared "slaves,, docs not surprise us. Indeed, his violent-death lias been looked for for many years byithose familiar with his history. He - murdered his brother, the second JSarl; who was as much beloved -us his cniel successor was hated by ,the gentry, ,and -abhorred by lu> neighbours f of all .classes. , . He >vas the celebrated ■ Earl ■ who, to prevent the' Lord Lieutenant of Ireland from being accommodated at any 'of the hotels in "a tdwp.,.over which he lorded, filled them all witlfthV riff-raff of the streets, and .obliged her Majesty's representative to look for, accommodation at a private gentleman's house. The Lord Lieutenant at the time was the amiable and learned Earl of Carlisle. He actually revelled in the distress and sufferings of all around him. and never travelled without an escort of armed 'constabulary or soldiers:. In no other country, but Ireland could such an enemy of his kind have, lived so long. He had a counterpart in the late Marquis of Westmeath.