THE CRISIS IN IRELAND.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXIV, Issue 8064, 27 September 1887, Page 5

THE CRISIS IN IRELAND.

MEETING IN DUBLIN.

OPPOSITION TO THE LAW.

MORE RIOTING.

THE TRIAL OF O'BRIEN.

SCENE IN COURT.

MORE EMISSARIES FOR AMERICA.

[PRESS ASSOCIATION.] London, September 24. At a meeting in Dublin, the Lord Mayor, Mr. E. D. Grey, M.P., and others defied the Government to suppress the League. Rioting has taken place at Fermoy. The police were stoned in an attempt to disperse a meeting, and had to use their batons. During the trial of O'Brien, Dr. Tanner, within the precincts of the Court, called the counsel for the Crown a ruffianly coward, and hoped he would be vilely injured before leaving Mitchelstown. The Bench offered to order his arrest if counsel pressed the matter. The crowd, who were indulging in menaces, after O'Brien's release were dispersed by the police, the priests assisting the latter.

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London, September 25.,

Shortly after his release from prison on bail O'Brien, who was closely watched by the authorities, succeeded by elaborate, ruses, in evading the police, and at once proceeded to address a meeting of the National League, which the Government had proclaimed, but which took place outside Mitchelstown. In-his speech O'Brien defied the Government. Dr. Tanner, M.P., County Cork (Mid), addressed a meeting of Nationalists yesterday at Fermoy, County Cork. In endeavouring to disperse the gathering, a severe conflict took plaoe between the police and the people, the former freely using their batons. Fifteen of the crowd were severely injured. The mob retaliated by stoning the police. Mr. A. O'Connor, member for East Donegal, and Sir Thomas Esmonde, Bart., member for Dublin County, have sailed for America to lecture in that country regarding Ireland.

SPEECH BY MR. JOHN MORLEY. London, September 24. Mr. John Morley, in a speech at Newcastle, accused the Government of a shameless betrayal of their election pledges. He asserted victory was certain if the Irish were patient.