THE STATE OF IRELAND.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume X, Issue 581, 18 November 1880, Page 2

THE STATE OF IRELAND.

The 'Globe ' learn 3 on good authority that the quantity of firearm 3 imported to Ireland from America and the Continent greatly exceeds the official estimates..

Violent resolutions have been passed by the; Orange, lodges in of ihe land, .agitations. These resolutions'.attraot mtfeb. attention. In consequence of the distaibed state of the West Riding a detachment of troops will ba sent to Bantry. A gunboat has been anchored near Castletowr.

• The Government an'i'uipate failure of the indictment framed . against the five Irish' members of Parliament who are being proseeuted for conspiracy" and terrorism; but will" abstain from demanding increased powers from Parliamint unless there >3 a furthar. .development of outrages in Ireland. The trial of the members and others connect >d with the Land League: agitation, it is expected, will be protracted until the njw Irish.Land Bill is introduced. -. ■ ■ ■ The Land League agitators have issued a wild manifesto On the other hand, the landlords' movement., and. Oraiiga demonstrations are increasing. Forty Orange Clubs met recently, and denounced tha Land "League. '' - : • :■..:... A Dublin telegram, dated October 18, says '* A great demonstration of Orangemen took place at Donaghadornby, County Dow , protect against the Parnellite agitation " v "The jj Times' says that the belief that the Government intend to prosecute the agitators has already produced a lull in the agitation, and that the second-rate leaders are l cowed. The land League is unusually qwiet. Mr Parnell, at Longford, uttered an uncertain sound, and it-is expected that he..had not made up his ; mind what course to pursue, and that his followers share his hesitation.

: Additional particulars of the outrage near Skibbereen, County Cork, state that a laud lord-named Huteliins and his driver were' shot at, .and the- latter killed. When the second: shot was fired Hutchins escaped by jumping off the car. -The affaii occurred in bioad day. No arrests have been made. Hutchins is- a, Justice of the Peace. He and his driver were armed with pistols, but did not use them. " ' •

A general strikeagainst rents is threatened. The Land Leaguers and the Fenians have coalesced, and the enm'ty between the Catholics,and Protestants is increasing. "Mr Pa'rneiV has issued a circular to the trades and : farming classes of Cork, inviting them to a meeting to be held on Saturday, October"3o, for the purpose of establishi ig the Land League-on-a new basis. He intends to give the new body a wider scope. Archbishop M'Cabe, of Dublin, has written a pastoral letter,, deploring the silence of those Irish leaders who were present when threats of violence to the landlords were uttered at meetings of the Land Leaguers. . The * Standard's' London correspondent says Sergeant Sherlock, formerly 'member of Parliament for King County, has been re tained by the Crown to prosecute the agitators. ':: T.A

Mr Dillon, M.P. Wr Tipperary, speaking at Donegal, said that before Christmas there would be a.-branch of the Land League in every part of Ulster. , r ~; ' Steps are being taken to form an influential; co;nin;tteg,of; Liberals to strengthen the hinds of the ; Government in. dealing with the disorders'in "Ireland, and to urge the necessity for immediate measures being taken for the protection of life and property there Arms are being largely imported into Ire land, and are freely bought in many places. The manager of an establishment in Dublin boasts that h* soid 1400 in a short perio 1. In Belfast'breech-loaders are advertised at 15s, and a brisk trade in rifles is beingjdone in all the small country towns. Mr Parnell's demonstration at Cork on the 3rd was an imposing affair: The Mayor and Corporatbn presented an aldress to the agitator, and the city and shipping were covered with bunting,; 50,000 ott:ie public being -present.i r M^-P ; irnell«-iieolaEe4~4liat landlordism was created for the purpose of maintaining English "rule in Ireland, and must fall. Some voices cried out "as L >rd Mouhtmbrris 'fell."' - ; - in ff '£'•-.

Ameetingiofi'sod> Qrangemsn,-held atjGil. for.i. County Djwn, passed a resoiution.caliiog oa Government to su*rjehd trikl by jury, an j deolaring that citizens of t|ie*JJnifed State* and foreigner* abusing the. hospitality of this cou ltry'by denouiiviiiig the" institutions of: the TJnitei ehbnld'bc /expelled.*""' ! '.'"■';{ '. " Oh the sth October Mr'ParnelPftfM'-essed a meeting of'To:oo6'people in Kilkenny! Nino mam tars of Parliament and _ 50 pries'*. "'were'' present;.' ;> He'/'annbuncecl ,! ' tliat' 'when sufficient informatto"trh'&d been collected, the land 1 leajjue"-wo'ii | d' organ isa in treat "strength (-gainst paying rent on the estate of erery renting landlord.- ; '■'-.- it 0 H T Members-: of ,<the 'Landlords 'Association

waited on the "Lo*d Lieutenant and impressed on him the necessity for imme'diate steps being taken for the protection of life" and property.. The_.&arracks at Athlone, Carlrfw, an'd" 81igo,.and;otner p'aoesin the West of Ireland aretcr hef epired f.,r 'he full compleirten* of troop* they nre csip-ibieof accommodating'. The agitata-m i-i the south and west of i-e----landis increasing, and in thecountips of Gfalwny. If avo, K-rrv, und Uork outrages havef bpen of daily occur'enc • Clip- police bare be -n str. ngth-ued. ind a c msiderable number of nddi i .imltroo s have been ordered to ther :distttrtotdi^ri'ct^~:*~'~tv^-t^rr^'-.'...

? Notwithstanding the" increase in the m.il.tarv police at the south and west of ■,Jj?| an outrages continue At Cl*6ti(lra an attempt "was made to slioot a magistrate, fortunately f died At Oonscheen .» ; ar .mer, whose only offonce bad been compliance with the demands of his landl- rd, was dragged from his house at ni<rht and mutilated in a shocking manner l>v having his ears amputated. " The members of the Irish Land Lea<nj P . and the sympathisers in the anti-rent agitation generally, are organising committees throughput the country , for. the purpose of raising funds for '■ the defence of Mr Parnell, M. P for Co!k, and others associated: with bim ,in, the charge of conspiracy Already a considerable sum has been collected, and a strong Bar retained for their defence : -- : '-'-

Mr Parne 1, MP , and those associated with bun-as traver-sers in the prosecution for eo-spiracy and intimidation, having entered an appearance as legally required, demand from the Government that they- shall be immediately placed on their trial The authorities display, no desire to depii-t from the usual course.

A imni r esto has been published. l>v tire Land League in' Ireland. The document is dehant in tone, and denounces the .action of the Government: in : unmeasured term 3 It declares that Mr Gladstone and colleagues have abandoned the principles of Liberalism, ana are following in the footsteps of the Tones; .An appeal' isi also; made-to the people of Ireland for funds to continue the agitation in favor of land-reform, and for the defence of those pi osecuted for conspiracy. Evictions are numerous in the south and west of Ireland owing to th° refusal of tenants to pay the rent A very bitter feeling is prising between landlords and tenants, and at meetings which have been held the conduct, of the landlords is denounced as arbitrary and unjust.

_ A vacancy has occurred in the representation of Wexford in the House of Commons. The Home Rule party have determined to put forward as their candidate Healy, the private secretary of Mr Parnell, who was arrested at Cork, on the 25th ult, on a. charge of conspiracy and sedition.