OUTRAGES IN IRELAND.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 4161, 22 August 1881, Page 4

OUTRAGES IN IRELAND.

Intelligence by the mail shows that somo districts of the country are still in a very lawless state, uud a largo numbor of outrages, some of them of a very aggravated class, are ntiil reported. The example sot by tho County Court Judge oE Westmeath in stating that where the process-servers are intimidated ho will hold that tho posting of processes on tho Court-house walls will be sufficient, w.ll have a good effect., if followed by other judpes. The difficulty of serving writs is rot at all dioiinished, nnd somo proceaß-sorverj have received very b&d usage. In attempting to servo ejectments on tho property of the Hon Pitt Hancock, near Moate, a processserver w!V3 flurrounded and received such injury some dayn ago that he bus been unable t> l<?avi» his houiu since. The agent of tho eota'e, however, having procured polici) proioction, eerved tha ejectments with hia own hands by posting them on the doors of tbe bouse?, in spite of n shower of mud and with. Decrees were granted. Tho Judges commented on tho presence of a Roman Catholic clergyman eut beside the sulioi'.or employed by Iho Lund League, nr.d suggested tho liiie of defence. In Bitnilar proceedings iv^aiust other tenantfl a vonerable inugieti-atu, upon whoso life nn attempt was mudo some years ngo, proved tho sorvice of tho ojectmeats by bio own hands, having found it impossible to got anyone to servo them. A few days ago a bailiff from Blessington proceeded to servo somo processes, but was hunted by a party of women, who raised an outcry, and others joining in the pursuit, ho had a desperate run for somo milea, and was forcibly brought to bay in a village

some miles away, whoro he was obliged to deliver up the processes, which were put into a heup uud burnt, tho crowd at the samo time expressing a wish thut they had " Buckshot Forster " to give him a " warming." Ono of tho moat cruel outrages has been committed ut Dobelu, near Swinford, County Majo. A party of five men, armed with gur.e, attacked tho house of a farmer namod Patrick Scanlun, and, having effected an entranco, bout tho unfortunate man bo un» mercifully with the butts of their guns that he lies in a hopeless state. The district is said to be in a very disturbed state. The vindictive spirit shown in some of the outrages assumes a ludicrous, through brutal fcrni. Tho practice of obliging bailiffs to eat thoir prucooauß has boen exceeded in an instance which is reportod from Monte, County Westmeath. A farmer residing near the town had tho misfortune tho other day to find ono of his cattle very ill. A village veterinary surgeon prescribed a copious dose of castor oil j but, unfortunately, the 'snly vendor of the drug in the neighbourhood had been " Boycotted." Tho farmer had no alternative but to lose his cow or enter the forbidden shop. Ho waited until nightfall, when ho ventured into the Bhop and procured half a pint of tho oil. He was not unobserved, however, and had not proceeded far on hia way home when he waa mot by some Lund Leaguers, who asked him if he did not, know that Rsilly's Bhop had been " boycotted." He pleaded dire necessity, but in vain. Tho bottle was taken from him, his mouth held open, and the whole contents were drained slowly down his throat. Ho is not likely to incur again the penalties of the unwritten law.