IRISH MATTERS.

Timaru Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 3546, 9 February 1886, Page 3

IRISH MATTERS.

The funeral of Buckley, the well-knowi ) Fenian, took plaeo m Cork on January 23rd J and waa made tho occasion of a- great politi ciil demonstration. Several of the newly , elected members of Parliament were m at i tendance, and patriotic motions were lait > before the meeting. The Loyal National Association held ii , Dublin on January sth was hooted dowi i amid great uproar, and the assemblage finally 1 dispersed with shouts of " Home Rule " au< " God save Ireland." > The Dublin Express, the organ of thi i Loyalists m Iroland, anys British rule, ha - virtually ceased to exist m the south an< western districts. From West Cork thTOugl I the Counties of Kerry and, Gl*re, the NaViona

a League ia the Government recognised by tho o people, and it is ruling them with a rod of iron. The disclosure of the victims names n would jeopardise their lives. a Arrangements are being made for a monster meeting of loyalists m Dublin, on January \ 18th, to protest against any measure granting 0 Home Rule m Ireland. t A meeting of the National League was held . m Dublin on January 6th, to consider the " terrible distress among the people on the | west coast. Speakers ascribed the distress 3 to evictions mainly. 1 The Dublin Evening Mail ridicules the idea of Labouohere that Ireland would be content b with " Grattan " parliament. John Ruakin,' f writing on the question, suggests the Govern--9 ment should consider the virtues and peeu- . liarities of tho Irish people before arranging J for managing them. Ho says the Irish peoplo » are witty and affectionate, and the witless and heartless cannot govern such, i The Lord Chancellor of Ireland will prepare \ a Bill for increasing the endowment of tho ) Catholic colleges of Gal way and Cork. Mr Phillip Callan, Home Rule member of j Parliament, who was east out of tho Parnellito j Council on a charge of treason, and beaten at the polls m the recent election, has prepared E an address to the House, praying that body , not to allow Colonel John Nolan (his euccess--1 ful competitor) to take his seat, on the ground I that tho petitioner's defeat was accomplished > by slanders and the intimidation of voters by 3 Parnell, Dillon, O'Kelly, and Hartingtqn. t Callan thinks his charges strong enough to disquality Parnell from sitting m the House i of Commons. i The Board of Guardians of Kilmallock i County, Limerick, at a meeting held on January 10th, which was presided over by j Father Sheehy, adopted resolutions to the l effect that cottages be provided for tho poor i without going through the usual official formalities, and to grant outdoor relief without i asking the sanction of the local Government I authorities. The Board further expressed its willingness to light the authorities with evory ; means m its power. The latest talk on the i subject is that the Irish Local Government j Bill will be delayed until tho English Bill is f settled. Although, promised m the Queen's I Speech, the Irish measure may not appear during this session of Parliament. i The Parnellites are seemingly not eager to [ force the Government to declaro its Irish j policy. i Earl Spencer and Mr Gladstone are m » unison on tho Irish question, and Lord Hartington shares their opinion, i Wm. Lecky, the historian, has written a i letter m which he declares any English states- , man who advocates handing over the Govorn- ■ ment and property m Ireland to tho Pari nellites is either a traitor or a fool. To set up an Irish Parliament, Lecky thinks, would ■ bo an act of weakness unparalleled evon m Irish history. What Ireland needs, he says, : is the restoration of the liberty of tho people i to carry on their lawful business and fulfil : their lawful contracts. Unless the liws of . the Empire bo restored m Ireland, industrial i ruin is inevitable, and will be followed by ! anarchy, which can only be quelled by tho sword. ; Lord Carnarvon resigned the Lord-Liou-i tenancy on January 14th, leaving the affairs of Ireland to be administered for the present j by three gentlemen, tn-o of whom are wellknown to be anti-Nationalists, while the ' leader of the trio is an Orangeman.