IRISH AFFAIRS.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 996, 3 April 1891, Page 28

IRISH AFFAIRS.

By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. MR PARNELL AND THE CORK SEAT. FENIANS RE-ORGANISING. PARNELL BUSY. (per tress association. ) London, March 25. Mr Parnell asserts that Mr Maurice Healy is in collision with the Unionists to defeat him at Cork. The Times, in referring to Mr Parnell’s refusal to apply for the Cliiltern Hundreds, considers he is seeking to shuffle out of a contest with Mr Healy. London, March 27. The Standard’s Rome correspondent telegraphs that his Holiness the Pope is consulting with Archbishop Walsh as to the best way to maintain a united Catholic party in Ireland, and that the Pope suggested the removal of Parnell from the leadership. London, March 28. While His Honor the Judge was summing up in the case of those concerned in the recent riot at Tipperary, an overheated flue in the County Court fired, aud before the flames could be subdued the building was gutted. All the occupants escaped from the burning building, the Judge having a particularly narrow escape, as he had only just evacuated the chair when the glass roof and a quantity of molten lead fell with a crash on to the Bench. , Mr O’Kelly, Parnell’s agent, is conferring with the President of the Clan-iia-Gael on Irish affairs. • London, March 29. The trial of those charged with being concerned in the Tipperary riot concluded

yesterday. The jury acquitted Breen, Breenock and Keating, and disagreed in the cases against Dalton and Gill. London. March 30. The supporters of Mr Parnell to-day stoned the followers of Mr McCarthy at Easky, a small village in the vicinity of Sligo, where Mr Parnell is carrying on the campaign. The police fixed bayonets, but were powerless to protect .Mr McCarthy, who fled to Sligo, hotly pursued by a large number of his opponents, who continued stone-throwing. Mr John Pinkerton, M.P. for Galway, received a nasty wound on the head from a stone. (SPECIAL TO PRESS ASSOCIATION.) London, March 25. It is stated that the Fenians are reorganising in. London, and the Government are accordingly taking precautions. Mr Parnell is carrying on a vigorous campaign in Sligo. Rome, March 29. It is understood that the principal reason for the Pope desiring an interview with Archbishop Walsh was to obtain greater control over the Nationalist party, aud render political assistance to. England. London, March 29. Messrs Dillon and O’Biien, who were confined in cells attached to the County Court during the trial of the Tipperary rioters, were safely removed when the fire broke out. The flag flying from the Courthouse remained intact to the last, and fell amid a scene of wild enthusiasm.