IRISH AFFAIRS.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3844, 12 November 1883, Page 4

IRISH AFFAIRS.

A ballad singer named Ilynes was arrested in Limerick on October Ith, and imprisoned for one month for singing praises of O'Donncll, the slayer of Carey and calling on all Irishmen to act towards informers in the same way.

Sir Stafford Northcotc, replying to an address at Slrahan on October !lth, said, "We are fighting a great battle for tho maintenance of the union. Tho tendency of the present -loveniinenl; is towards separation. All loyalists must unite in the prevention of what would destroy the country's interests.'' Laurie, an informer, was committed to prison in Dublin on October 10th, the authorities learning that ho was about leaving tho country to avoid giving evidence against his brother-in-law Poole, who is fo be tried for tho murder of Kenny. Laurie has already testified that Poole gave him a full account of how the deed avus done.

Another agrarian outrage is reported. On October 11th nine men armed with knives were arrested near Killarney for attacking a boycotted farmer named John Diiuicn. So savage was the assault that tho victim was disembowelled and otherwise mutilated till the body was beyond recognition. When the murderers were caught they still had the bloody knives with which they did their work in their possession. Dinnen died shortly after tho attack.

Haines, who witnessed the murder of Lord Mountmorris at Ballinrobo in 1880, has turned informer.

On October 7th a large slono was hurled through the window of a railway carriage in which Sir Stafford Northcotc was sitting while being conveyed in the Duke of AborCrombio's train to Baron's Court. The assault was made between JJungaimon and Omagh. Lady Crichton received a clangorous wound in the back from the missile.

An 0 ran go procession, while returning from a meeting at Belfast after listening to Sir Stafford Norlhcoto, was attacked by a Catholic mob. A desperate fight ensued, many persons being wounded. Ou the same night some Orangemen smashed the windows of a convent and two newspaper offices. A lady who was sitting near the convent window was injured, and died on the following day.

Cardinals Manning and M'Cube aro going to Romo to meet tho American bishops, and thoy will use all their influence to obtain a declaration against Irish secret societies in America. Mr Errington vvi 11 bo despatched by Mr Gladstone as special envoy to watch the proceedings.

A Dublin correspondent says that an Invincible Vengeance Committee has been formed to hunt all informers, and that the committee has paid spies throughout tho British colonies and in North and South America.

Tho exhibition at Cork closed on Saturday, October 13th. The affair was a complete success. During the closing ceremonies the playing of tho National Anthem was received with cheers and hisses. The police interfered to prevent a fight. Moody and Sankey opened in Cork on October IG. A mob gathered outsido the building and hooted the persons who entered. The crowd was dispersed by the police, but large numbers of rough., continued to assemble there nightly. A National League meeting was held at Roslca on October 10th. An assemblage of Orangemen was convened at the same timo, but a collision was prevented by the polico and soldiers. Numerous Orangemen assaulted and severely injured persons whom they mistook for Healy. Sir Stafford Northcoto closed his campaign in Ireland on October I,lth with a speech at Lome, lie said that iv order to develop her resources Ireland needed order and repose, andafirmandsleady Government not offers of a bribe one day and sensational legislation the next. Ho deemed that tlio Land Act was a beneficial measure if justly administered. There should bo no eompuct with national disturbers who would seek Homo Rule through tho new measures for local government, and ho warned Conservatives to guard against them. By some Sir Stafford Northcoto's Irish tour is regarded as a huge political aud personal blunder.