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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XVI, Issue 28, 2 November 1888, Page 11

Cayan, Leitrim, and Boscommon Light Railway has now placed the fe°%^y." with .Belfast, Dublin, Duodalk, Derry, Bligo, Scotland, and England, thereby assuring the success of the Angna Mining Company. Bvery encouragement should be given to this company by those desirous of promoting the mining industries ot Ireland, as it has been formed by residents in the neighbourhood with the intention of developing the rich resources of this longfieglected district. B

*•? merick:.— Denis Connors, of Kilconlea, Abbeyfeal, on the property cf Rev. Conyngham Ellis, Windsor, England, who wa« recently served with an eviction-made-easy notice, ha? taken time by the forelock and strongly barricaded his dwelling-house to such an extent that nothing less than a powerful battering-ram will effect a breach in the fortress. The same tenant has also, with the help of o her tenants on the property, removed all the farm produce to a place of safety, 80 that when the land brigands put in an appearance nothing will await them but empty fields. Donogh O'Brien, Limerick Is agent for the property. t v In J^ e toa< £ in e le "er received by his friends in Limerick from John Daly, m Chatham Prison, the one matter which would have brought them consolation has been denied, and that is an account as to the poor fellow's health in his terrible sufferings. Through the prißon regulations he is not permitted to make any reference to his treatment or physical condition, and two bare lines of a personal nature are only to be found in the document. " For myself," he "*?, BY,B V , l caa Bay i 8) bow lon & wiU l bear tQ e strain, or how lone will Ibe conscious." With those few lines all personal reference ends flnt few as they are, they convey powerfully the terrible ordeal the man is experiencing. Btr. 8. Frost occupied the chair at the recentimeeting of the Kileoleman I.N.L. The 8( cretary laid on the table a very important communication from William Abraham, M.P., regarding the second ■cheme of cottages in the Glin Union. In this communication, dated July 20, and signed " West Ridgewny," the whole cause of the delay m not completing the scheme is thrown upon the Glin Board. A vote of thanks was passed to Mr. Abraham for his kindness in looking up this matter. A letter received from the Oroagh branch regarding the eviction of Sbanahan by his landlord, Fitzgerald, was considered, and the committee felt unable to offer an opinion on a matter of this kind without having an opportunity— as the Croagh and Rathkeale branches have had—of minutely examining the merits of the case from the landlord s as well as the tenant's point of view.

Longford.— The Killashee branch of the League met on August 5 under the presidency of M. Mullaley. The following resolution was adopted :— That we congratulate William O'Brien, M.P., on the great victory he has gained in his late action for libel against the Cork Constitution.

J° Qn Batigan presided at the recent meeting of the Eathcline I.N.L. A discussion arose on the working of the branch, and it was stated that the grass-grabbing still existed in the district. Some of the people of Bathcline are not up to the standard of old times. Where were the men who filled the roll of honour— the immortal 411 who gave their votes to honest John Martin in spite of the powerful influence of Greville's gold ? It was passed unanimously that delegates be invited from the neighbouring branches to discuss tho local matters. Ou August 9, J. J. O'Kelly. M.P., accompanied by Mr. Leamy, M P., and Mr Cox, M.P., arrived at this town on his way to Boyle. They were met at the station by a large crowd, and a torchlight procession, headed by the local band. An address to Mr. O'Kelly was read by R. NouJ. Amongst those present were T. Flood and J. Wilson. Mr, O'Kelly said he thanked them very much for the evidence of their sympathy ia coming there-a sympathy which showed that everyone of them was prepared, as he was, to suffer the same for the cause as their leaders. It showed that they were not to be deterred by the coercion of Mr. Balfour. Balfour was essentially a liar ; he had not the courage which other men had who strove to crush the Irish race — he had not the courage of his convictions, because he told the English people that the only remedy for the Irish race was to crush them. But the Irish people were not afraid— they would fill the gaols if they had to be filled, and very soon the English democracy would hurl Salisbury and Balfour out of power and make Ireland the mistress of her destiny once again. Mr. Leamy, M.P.,and Mr. Cox, M.P., having alßo spoken, the train departed amid loud cheers for Mr. O Kelly.

Mayo.— The agent of the Bell estate in this County has settled with his tenants under the invincible Plan at the tenants' termsaccepting one year's rent less the demanded reduction, and agreeing to pay all costs. This makes the third victorious settlement that has been completed— the Waithfarm and Oheevers being the other estates —within the past two months, since Mr. Balfour declared in the House of Commons that the Plan of Campaign, like the National League, ■was a thing of the past t These things of the past of Balfour's have a wonderful way of keeping themselves in evidence as things of the present. 6

Very Rev. Dr. Kilkenny presided at the late meeting of the Glaremorns Branch of the League. Tbe eviction of Mrs. Cunniffe of Castlegar, was discussed by the committee, The rev. chairmn said that perhaps m all the dark records of Irish landlordism— records writ in the blood and tears of the widow and the orphan— a case of greater cruelty did not appear. Here was this poor old woman and her two sons left in ignorance of their impending doom in order that landlord greed might be satisfied. Indeed it may be truly said in the cas« of the Widow Cunniffe that the " landlord came down like a wolf on the fold," for the only warning she had of the fate that awaited her was the appearance of those harbingers of evil, the Sheriff's bailiffs, approaching her dwelling. Possession was taken and the widow and her sons thrown on the highway. The following' resolution was proposed by Very Rev. Dr. Kilkenny and seconded by Rev. M. McHugh .-—That the eviction of Mrs. Cunniffe, 80 years of age, for non-attornment to Mr. Dale, was a harah, unjust, and ruthless act, and the League pledge itself to vindicate justice in sustaining the cause of tbis cruelly-wronged widow until she is restored to th a

home from which, by the use of criminal legal formalities, she has bten driven. ' At the recent meeting ot Ballina J.N.L., P. J. Smythe presiding, there were in attendance :-A. Dodd, P. J. Malone, P. CallHghan J. Murphy, James Murphy, R. Ruttledge, T. Oourell, and T. Conmy. Ihe chairman introduced M. F. O'Donoghue, late secretary for. California, who was warmly received. He said :— " Mr. Chairman, it affords me great pleasure to have an opportunity of addressing a branch of the Irish National Legue in my native land. I have addressed meetings of the League in the United States and Canada, and now I have tbe privilege of doing so in my birth-place." Mr. O Donoghue proceeded to Bay, in an exhaustive address of over an hour, that the political aspect had changed since he left Ireland some ten years ago. The line of battle had shifted. The fi°-ht thea was then between Ireland and England; now it was between the non-progressive party of Englishmen on the one side and a majority of Irishmen, Scotchmen, Welshmen, and the masses of English people on the other. The present English minority in the House of Commons was composed of the best elements of the great Liberal party of England, a party that had never yet failed to pass any measure ef reform it had once inscribe lon its banner. A certain element ia Ireland who now opposed Home Rule had threatened to kick the Crown into the Boyne if the Irish Church was disestablished ; yet disestablishment took place and the threatened immersion of the Crown did not. It was clear to a demonstration that Home Rule for Ireland was but a question of time. He had himself organised at one time 29 branches of the Irish National League in San Francisco alone. When the occasion arrived the friends of Home Rule in America would give practical proof of their sympathy.

Meath.— John Duffy was chairman at a recent meeting of the Bkryne and Tara I.N.L. The following resolution was passed by acclamation :— Tnat we tender to Mrs. Mandeville our deep and heartfelt sympathy in the irreparable loss she has sustained by the death of her heroic and self-sacrificing husband, John Mandeville, and we feel confident that the cmsl and brutal torture to which he was subjected, as revealed by even hostile witnesses at the inquest, will open the eyes of English Unionists, who are mainly responsible for the infamous regime of the present Tory Government, to the terrible crime committed in their name.

moaaghan.-Tbe incessant rains of tha season have had a wondeifuily bad effect upon the crops, and particularly on the hay crop. Hay was very abundant this year, bub the perpetual rains either rotted it or the iioods carried it away. Things' do not look at all well for the farmer.

The regular meeting of the Keady Youns? Ireland Society was held in Parnell square. The President, A. Mcßride, occupied the chair. Proposed by John Gormill, seconded by James Mone, and passed by acclamation :— That we condemn in the strongest and most forcible language the introduction of Emergencymen into our district, which has been free from such detestable characters who are now in possession of the once happy homes of Messrs. McKee, Donnelly, and Lindsay.

The usual fortnightly meeting of the Carrickmacross branch of the League was held on August 7, Rev. P. Callan presiding. There was an unusually large attendance of the committee, amon? them being E. Farrelly, J. O'flagan, P. Keelan, James Daly. Thomas McMahon, M. Fiynn, Patrick Callan. J. Dwyer, J. Callan, E. O'Neill, and J. O'Reilly. It was unanimously resolved that the members of the committee in their respective localities should exert themselves with a view to the enrolment of new members for the present year. It is imperative that every householder within the parish be a member of the National League for this year, inasmuch as there are a great many evicted tenants on tbe Shirley estate who are ij urgent need of support. These, poor people are really fighting the battle for the rest of the tenants and they cannot be allowed to become a prey to landlordism or land-grabbers, which will certainly be the case un'ess their more affluent brethren come to their assistance. A large number of new members were enrolled.

Tipperary,— -At the Tipperary Petty Sessions, Constable Denis Faivey, of ifimly, prosecuted two notorious Emergencymen named Plumber and O'Connell lor being drunk on tbe public road near Emly on July 25, the former having in bii possession a sixchamber loaded revolver and the latter a revolver recently discharged } Plumber was fined £1 or 14 days in gaol ; O'Connell was fined 7s 61 and costs. Neither defendant appeared. These are the men cirin^ Mre. Ryan's evicted farm at Killeenagalive, near Emly, of whom it is alleged that they went into the village of Emly on the evening ■tated, drank to excess there, and then proceeded to Kileenagahve, roarin? along the road, and one of them, discharged no less than six shots to the terror of the people adjacent.

Tyrone.- Rev. B. Hurpby presided at the recent meeting of the Carrickmore I.N.L. The following resolution was unanimously passed ; — That we congratulate William O'Brien M. P., on hia recent triumph over Balfour's pets, Hodder and Paul ; and we think the haters of despotism owe a debt of gratitude to the Court of Exchequer for its fair legal decision.

A destructive flood occured in the Moyola, near Draperstown, on July 29. After 4 o'clock in the evening the warm sunshine gave way to a terrific storm of thunder and lightning accompanied with a downpour of rain. In a short time three waterspouts in succession were seen descending. The force of these fell on Corrick-na-Shoke, the highest point of that dark range of hills separating Draperetowa and Dongiven. Immediately the Douglas River, a tributary of the Moyola, carried down a volume of water in the shape of a huge wave, with a breast in front 10 feet in height. This was followed by two others, but these flowed into the fields, so that the river course was lost sight of and the crops on botb sides passed out of view. A flax and corn mill belonging to Michael Morgan were swept away . The tenants on the estate of the representatives of the late Mr. McCartney, Armagh, which comprises the townlands of Drumew, Tullylig, Rosmount, and Ardpatrick, near Stewartstown, on the last gale day applied to the agent for a reduction of 25 per cent, as owing

to the great depreciation in prices of agricultural produce and the partial failure of the crops, they were unable to meet the igent'e demand, fcince then the matter has been under consideration, and recently the tenants received notice that the reduction would be granted on one condition, that the tenants would Biga an agreement for fifteen years. This notice was accompanied by judical lease forms, to be filled up by the Cleik of the Stewartatown Petty Sessions. The tenants have unanimously agreed to accept the offer.

Westmeatll.-The Bocheford Bridge I.N.L. met on July 29 under the presidency of Rev. P. Gallagher. L A-ctmr, a. member of the committee, who was arrested under th 1 Grimes Act. was congratulated on being the firs, victim of Ba fiunsTi in the neighborhood A deputation consisting ofMeesrs Wbelehan and Hai ford was appointed to wait on James Hughes, P.L.'Jr., and impress upon him the advisability of having tha labourers' hoises in Cistielost (East Division) erected without further delay.

"Wexford.— An evicting partyjleft Wei ford on July 31 fir Croasabeg. in the neighbourhood of which two farn lies were to be oast out on the roadside. Their merciless mission was at t"e suit of Lord Ardilaun, who appears to have been land-grabber-in-chief when land was in the market at a higher figure than it is now capable of realising. The evicting brigade party reached the house of Mr. Cooper, KavaDagh's Park, about 11 o'clock, the old man at the time being in bed suffering from rheumatic fever. An appeal was mude by the female members of the family in order that some preparation might be made so as not to expose Mr. Cooper to the hardships attendant upon an eviction. Mr. Cooper, who is a member of a highly respectable Protestant family, has never been what is called •' an agitator." He has invested the savings and labour of a lifetime in bis farm, which consists of fifty acres, for which he. paid as long &■ he could a rack-rent of £93 per annum. The Government valuation of the farm is £76. He has spent over fifty years toiling on his farm, upon which he built a splendid dwelling-house, neatly planted the grounds, and spent large sums in other improvements. Now he is cast out upon the roadside. The agent of Lord Ardilaun, Mr. Guinness, who superintended the heartless proceedings, went up to the bedside of the sick man, but th? sight of the victim did not cause him to relent, for the old man and all his belongings were cast out. The evicting party then proceeded to the holding of John Devereaux, whose daughter has been bed -ridden for fifteen years. A certificate from Dr. Hadden, medical officer of the district, was prodooed to the effect that it would be dangerous to her life to remove her. Rev. Martin Ryan, who was present, added his testimony to that of the medical officer, and pleaded for delay. Whether the appeal for mercy prevailed, or whether some temporary settlement was arrived at, the eviction was not carried out, and the " officers " of British law in Irelnnd returned to their homes, satisfied with the devil's work thsy had accomplished.

"Wicklow.— Denis Fay presided at the r«cent meeting of Hollywood I.N.L. Amongst thp other members present were Metsra. Byrne, Doyle, Dunne. Toomey, Qmnn, Smyth, Murphy, and Walsh. The following was one ot the resolut ons adopted —That we tendc our heartfelt sympathy to John Dillon, M.P., one. of I eland's purest patriots, in his prison cell, and wti stn ngly condemn the action < f a coercion Government in carrying out then cruel policy to the. bitter end.

The people of Wicklow town assembled in large numbers at t\o Town Hall on July 29 to protest agai ,st t)ir- jur picking at 'he Assizes. Thomas I)=lihunt occupied thu chair. lheie wore al-o present :— Father Minion, Matthew Harm, M 1., Dr Counsel, Joseph M'Cairoll, Peter O'Buen, Pa'ikk Can, )< * t ,h Collins, Tbo"! OH. White, Edenderry : Garret Byine, Edward Kennedy, Paul a! Brown, Bernarl Smi h, Thomas Qivg >ry, Patr,> k Fitz^imons. John Clarke, Matthew M'Djnnel, Daniel Kennedy. The tollowiug res <lution was unanimously passed :— Tuat this meeting enters its solemn protest against the unconstituti mal action of th-j Crown in exercising an unlimited power of peremptory cball nge, by which the hubject is deprived of his right to be tried by twelve of ins pseri indifferently chosen, and formally demands, oa behalf of Irishmen, that the Crow a be deprived of those privileges not granted by the law to the accused. and never exercned in England. Copies oi this resolution to be seat to Mr. Parnell and Mr. Gladstone.