THE STATE OF IRELAND

Marlborough Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2049, 3 January 1887, Page 2

THE STATE OF IRELAND

ANTI-RENT DEMONSTRATIONS RATD BY THE PQIJQE, London, Dec. 26. In pursuance of tactics devised by Mr Dillon to compel the Marquis of Clauricarde to grant reductions of rent, a grand-anti-rent demonstration was held at Loughrea, County Galway to-day. The attendance was large, and there was immense enthusiasm manifested. Father Cunningham presided, and there were a number of priests on the platform- The meeting was addressed by Mr Dillon and William O’Brien of the United Ireland par.y. They advocated united re- 1 s'Stence, the appointment of a com- ! mittee representing tenants, and to establish a fund u-der which their rents be ptpd unpl their terras were acceded to. On. the conclusion cf their speeches a National Rent Office was opened, and hundreds of tenants paid in their rents. S lddenly the police

made a raid on the office, and In-' spector Davis seized and impounded the money, documents and books Dtllon was arrested and' assaulted by the police. Afterwards O’Brien was arrested, and subsequently Harris and Sheehj, AU four are charged with conspiracy (o induce tenaits not to pay ren's They I were brought before the Magistrate aod reminded for a w.e'r. DILL'/N APPEALS AGAINST IDS TRIAL. [ Router’s Telegram’s] Received Jan 2, at II am. London. Dec 30. ■Mr Dillon, on the ground fch at he Ins found bail not to repeat the Loughrea offence has appealed against the trial against himself cu the charge of conspiracy.