Irish News.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XVI, Issue 44, 22 February 1889, Page 9

Irish News.

Antrim, — G. McFull occupied tin chair at the recent meeiing of Bally niouey branch. Ihe following was one of the resolutions adopted by the meeting — That, we think ihe Irish people owe a debt of gratitude to W. K. G a. 'stone toi I is many denunciations in the English Pailiament of the crime-! (if l'»,oniy Balluur m Jielan i. A largely-at endul meeting oi lenant-, Det nee Assoei v on was held at Ballynioney on iNuvcidlh i L'J, tthni a numbn of important resolution? were paest 1 1 including ilie lolljwmg — Thit hi viuw of tne necessity of attaining tho pacitie it ion ot Ir'lani at the earliest possible lime we deeply regiet the failmo of the G >vernnient io deal in a comprehensive manner with the land question by means of compulsory sale ot the fee-simple on reas mable terms to the occupiers, and thai no tenant should buy unless on c >m)uions involving a reduction of 60 per cent, in annual payments and demanding ot the Government to introduce into the Land Purchase Bill a clause providing for thj •ettlement of arrears. Armagh* — In answer to the memorial recently forwarded to Lord-Lieuteuaut Londonderry from Lurgan requesting that the town should be relieved of the cost of maiutatninp the ex ra police stationed there sir re 18.st>, it is understood that the Viceroy has decreed that the locdl rates in future be exempted from the charge. The cost amounts to about £300 per annum. Rev. P. Quinn was called up >n to preside at the recent meeting of the Keady I.N.L. It was unanimously resolved to cjnveue a public meeting to give the people of the district an opportunity of renewing their adherence to the principles ol thu National League, and of expressing con inued confidence in tlicii" leaders, whose characters are dow so foully a*?aile 1 by every spjcies ol misrepresentation and calumny. Clare* — Balf >ur has dissolved the Bali\vaughan Board of Guardians on the pretext that the Guardians have repeatedly refused to Rtuke a rate suflicieut to supuoit the Union. The County Suivevei for Cl-iie, with "i force ol police, procjeded to Ca»tleoiirK', neai Sixmilebnd^e a id u'raove i a hut on the ro idside in which fin cv iue i tenant namM John G v in m has b en li ving since last Auguit. Goiman was a tenant ot the Misses liutler ile was evicted lur nou-pa\ tnent of lent, ,nul lia*. since been living under a lew boards coveied with stiuw with his w.ie and six chil'ii in. The other da\ hi-, wife was s nt to gio' lor t'lnc months in default of finding bail to ki cp the pe<ci- towtuia MeNauaaia, steward on the Caitkcrme estate. Cork. — A case has ius* b'tn dee ded in Dublin before Judge Johnson and a common iury which s'iows that the Han of Campaign is the oniy means by whii v an unsciuuulous landlord can hi brought U> his sense*-. The landlord in the cay. 1 was Mib. M. l?utlei of Dubun, and the tenant June Mm phv, ot Macr oui. Miss Murphy hald a i irm at Sleavecn at a rent of a H 10-, th- I'oor-'a-v valuation being £11>. Moie tbau 12 m >ntns air ) Vli-^ Muiply demanded ,\n alitteiuiiit, in rent. It w.m n tuseu. lheunaiitto ly ic-ourcc, therefore, was tue Plan of Campai^r which she adopt* da'mr f Hi ' has B'nce t night tr c landloid men. b\ inch, fiom c .ii 111 1 tnciuit and suceee te lat last in c'lf-mißbin^ <»v eiectinent <>'i i uli in Dub'iu brought b> Mi^ Butler against hei on a MieniPa ..s-ignni wit It t: mspiie.l that previous to the assignment Mi 1 --. Mutphy ha i mad: a mortgage ol the lands, tind for that reason the hh. nfl had no power to sell. A bill of sile ot the chattels was alao tua c, so that the lan ilord was completely hemmed in. Ovirtuu s for a s ttlenn nt w, i,- made on b 'half of Mrs. Butlei m Dublin but the tenant iHusjd to accept them at th > 11th hour and msiute i on the case, going on the r> suli b< nn; that ilia 1 ind- thief was mulcted in costs to the t xfiit (.1 over £lvi) without ncovoung a taithingient MisaMui(h\ whs waimly congiatulate tby a Luge circle of friends on hi i arnval in Macroum. Derry. — P. A. McLl'uh, M.iyor of Hligo, lately sentence] under the Coen ion A.ct, amved in Deiiv un.kr police eacoit on Novembei 13. Mi. Mcllu^li was rmih d out of his lied in Siigo Gaol at Jour o'clock in the moiumg and tfi led siuie bienktas 1 , whii" 1 . bemg a soon what delicate in in, h. was unable in the hurry and rxcit. ment of his sudden c.ill to take. He was then conveyed to Derry, a long and painful |.>umey. a l i.v ing there shortly a ftt i elevi n ocloek. He was not allow. -d an\ 100 lon tLe w<iy, and on reaching his destination — Deny Pnson — l :is breakt ist was lefused him i n t he t*chnict»l ground that l.c 'ha 1 got U - that is to sty it h-id beeD served him in tiligo beloie his dtpanuie. Thus the prisoner was »b-olutely without food i ji many huuir-, luoluding those of a tedious jmrney. A complaint was made to t'.e pnfeon dooJur, W. Milltr, arid piob»b)y more will be heaid of the mattei. Mr, Mcllugh look.d greatly exhausted Donegal.— The rtveied in'-toi of Gweedore arrived in Duhl'n, iVovtmber lb hiucr his release from Deiry Gaol he has b. i the ircipient ot numb ile^s i n\ nations fiom public bjdiea in Engla id and Siotland who adanie th" coin ige of the patnotio " criminal and sympathise with the burtenritJ^ ot the pool ]>tople who hare t)een coDtidtd to his caic F.ithei Mcl'aldtn was warmly welcomed by menjberbof the lush piity hi d prom'm ut Nationalists of the inrtiupoliH. Amongst, tho-c jneiunt w< r —John Dillon, M.P. ; J. X Redmond, M.P ; Di. J X Keinj, M P ; Alderman Dillon, Thorn .8 Mollo\,l).J Hishou, .Jnhn Kcll\, ,1. I' Qiunn, M J. ( 'intwell, .1 J. Poland, Hugh AlcGraih J. J Y. U Dn-coll, J. M-^lon , T 1' Kiood As toon as the d( uionstia' urn i t welc n.e had subside 1 Father MtFadd' n drove to .John Dillon's result nee. where tie spent the lemainder of the tvei nt t)n amviiiL.' at ihe Imperial I lotnl Father Mi Fa'lden wns se< a by a npoiter ot the Frit num.* Journal, to whom he statt d that ne nm i.dt d to '•peak in sewial English citie-. He would piove (kjih his p i»onu! l\\» nonet tbo faihne of cooiciou «ud make, rel'iciue to ciitiiui si it. mi i,t< in " Irelan I Undei Coeicion," by Mr Ilnrlbeit. F nhei Ml Faddon^conttnued —"The prospect in Gwoedore is not at all encoiuaging The potato crop is

almoit a complete failure. Old people thsre itate they have hardly ever known the pjtato crop to bo so uniformly bad, aud I believe that with many th-y will not lait till over Chrutmas. Qol only knowa how the poor peopl* will tide over the winter, but I have not the slightest intention of appealing to private charity. 1 1 jel convinced that when a \eir of this kind omes when the crops do not come up to the standard that the landlords are entitled to bear th-ir share of the loss. Tbo ob|ict I have in view is to endeavjur to gdt the Government to deal with the crisis by introducing public works. The liihh party have had the sublet under consideration and I may also nay th it Dr. O'Doni)"ll. the Pi. shop of the diocese, his asked me to use 1m / influence in imgUnd to obtain for tho p ior people a labour market aoioss the water m ca^e tho Government fails to establish works in the locality The Bishop \u ve.iy nnxious about the conditioi of things and is alrendy ex Ttiug himne 1 to provide against any distress which may arise." Down.— Sir E. Echlin, of this County, has joined the Dublin police and ij now stuioned a r - Pbctaix Park Depot. Echliu comes of a trae-blue family, among his ancestors being a Protestant Bishop of Down and Connor and a baron of the Irish Exchequer. The family formerly possessed vast estates in Ireland, but the continued debaucheries and extravagance of several of the baronets ha^e led to their prjseut indigent condition. On November 19 Joseph Mullet and Edward McCiffrey, two of the Dublin InvincibUa at present undergoing penal servitude ia Downpatriek Convent Prison, left for London for the purpose of being examined brfore the Parnell Commission. The people showed the greatpjt anxiety to get a glimpse of the prisoners, and long before their arrival at the railway terminus the platform was crowded. At last the couvicts arrived at the s ation in a c*b. After catering the train, McCaffrey shouted at the top of his voice, " God save Ireland. I want to let thr people know wo are coeiced to go — it's against our will." Galwaj. —On November 21 Thomas Scott, President Glynske Branch of the League, and John Co meally, were released fr^m Galway Gaol alter undergoing live weeks' imprisonment inflicted on them by Removables Paul and Purcell for walking along the public road wnh a bmd. Both appeared in good health an i spirits, and stated their i >ur comrades, who wue 8 ill in eaol, aie iv ihe beM oi spints, andb'aimg their imprisonment mmil i, 113 . Mrssre. tSeo't and Conneally ai rived at Hiilljruoe s'atiou the same evening, and were there ni"t by i',UDO people, «cco,Dpiuied by tht> Ballymoe and Tobberoe I ban is. Cuteis ogam atd again were «i /en lor tt c coercion piisoneis, and the proeessiou m irehed to Bailymoe, were they were received with renewed greeting*. The peop.e were most enthusiastic, anJ eveiy thing passed oil quietly. The aunual meeiiiig oi the County Galway Gaelic Athletic Associatiou was held at Ljughrea on November lti. James Lyuam, of Kyieconrt, who was moved to the chair, said the man would not bo w i.rthy of t l 111 1 name ct Irishman who would not be g a i ot having the honour oi piesidnig at an assemhy like toat, wheie they had the spi it and manhood ot grand old Galway represented. There was no nationality cv t r t-o much oppKßßud as the liibh, and no nationality, n jtwithhtandmg the oppression, had pnseivtd us national pastimea ab tlu liish hut done i'he giaiid old Fenian games ol huili gan 1 spoi mg weie htnl preset vtd. When the Romans conquered the (i!eek-<, what b came of the j r Olympian gamth.' W t though Ireland had be -n oppres^e 1 it has never bejn couquered, and their oht games would X liHin in tneount^. They weie. theie deteimined to stick to tle old (lathe ship as long as a plank would be lelt. They would show that they were able to govern themselves as gentlemen, and as Gaels having the interest ol lluii cjuntry at huait. (Cheers.) Ttie followin*; gintlerueu weie eleced to lepits^ut the Lountv Galway a' 'lhuiles Convention —James Lynam, P. J. Kelly. Thomas A. O Sullivan, Galway .!'.». Keilv. A henry ,H. Walker, P.. 1. Delaney, Dunmo c John H ,ily , GOl l • Juhn Deivin, Tynagh , and P .McDeiuiott. Woodfoi.l On Novembti Hi Mi«. Cuing was evicted liom her residence in Cistlcblak n_\ iStie wav not actua ly ia bed when the evicting party nride. their appeaiance, but sl'e n.nl only ai l^en an hour 01 so previous in order to be piepaied tor her expulsion 1-um Ler little boim . where she bad livid happily lor the last c|uai Ur of a century, nue has been eKirt uiely delicate tor a length of lime She is a woman (if 80 year*, ~nd, in Ited, if land- hut Blak>'ny only exercised a little patience and humanity, in all probability the iirch-*. victor, Death, would have retidi red this e.veicise of liindloid cruelty unnecessary. Sergeant Walpole se.-nii d to level in the ex rc:se of his functions as an evicting poaea sergeant. His extiaurdinary zeal on this occasion. vrheie Christian feeling would have rendered the task peculiarly painful, d* velops a trait in the man's chaiacter hitheito unknown to the people of the. locality. In throwing out the several articles ot turmtuie he so roughly peitormed that dut}" that the poor woman's daughter had to rem mstiate. lie was breaking her little propeity, she reminded him. He thieatened to put her 111 ihe bariack il she utteied auother word in tli it stiain tl i sicoiid time, and altogethei S>.igeaut Walpole made himsell pejul.ar.y and insultingly otli -tons m the disc aige of a duty that m jsi nit 11 would perform witti the gie itesl po-mble rt.luctanee. (anit be possible vhat the law will not eompeu'-a'e ibis poor woman foi the aitu-k-> oi tumiture broken by tins civui-z.^alous policemin ' Sh-i oujzht to be all uded an o[ portunity ot testing in a c jurt el justice wLeihei tin re is auv k gal red 1 ess. A small snbsci iptioii liom the people ot the locality will enable her to am a lawyei. and it is cci taiuiy a niutei tn,»t h' ould not be allowed to diop. It is due to the fact that Hijflicient attention is not centred on the acia ot me .1 like Walpole that they lmtgine they cuti trample on the people with upmost perfect impuuit) Kerry. — A meeting of the Kenmare tenants from tli3 districts of Fines and BalUhar was held at Ku&he.'n for the pui pose of ado|iting the Plan unless they ieceived a reduction 011 tnen it'tits. 1 hero were ab mt 2,()(J0 people pies- nt. 'Ihe oiijee ot tti>' tnertug was diecuhßed at conbi leiable. length, and th« lenams to a man lesolved to demand the usual leductiou — 40 \>tt ceDt. on the out rents, aud 25

per cent, on the judicial rents, and in case this demand was refused, to unfurl the banner of the Flan of Campaign. John and Daniel Scannell, of Shrovemore, in the neighbourhood of Bathmore, were arrested in connection with the propagation ot the Plan of Campaign there. They were brought before A. J. M'Dermott, R.M., and remanded for eight days. The Kenmare teaantß appsar to be awakening from their lethargy at last. In the Court of Exchequer, Dublin, T. M. Healy applied for a writ of habeas corpus in the case of Jeremiah D. Sheehan, M.1., at present confined in Tralee gaol. Mr. Sheehan made an affidavit that on November 13 be was brought be tore the lustices of KilUrney and committed to Tralee gaol in d fault of giving bail to be of good behaviour. Three witnesses were called in his defence, who proved that he did not make use of the words, " Ho 1 you wretch, you," but that he did use the words, " you may go further, and fare worse. The information of Constable Samuel Baker, who accompauied District Inspector Rodgersto s arch Mr. Sheehan's house at Killarney is, when Mr. Ro'lgers came out Mr. sheehan said, " You may go farther and fare worse. ' He a^ded, "Ho ! you wretch, you," and then he shouted, " 800 for Balfour," and the crowd booed. Baron Dowse observed that a policeman who would be frightened by words tuch m deposed to here was not fit to be a policeman. Chief Btron Pallet, in delivering the judgment of the court, said he thought " 800 for Balfour " might be deemed, under the circumstances, to be words not only expressive of disapprobation towards Balfour and the actual Government, but of disapprobation for the act of the District- Inspector, who upon that occasion was actiDg in the discharge of his duty, and when words of that description were addressed to a crowd he could not cay the magistrate was wrong in arriving at the conclusion that it might result in a breach of the peace. The habeas corpus would be rtfnsed. Kildare*— A meetiDg of the Rathcoffey I.N.L. was held on November 18. Rev. J. Dunne presided. Those present were :—Deniß: — Deniß Dunne, George Fitzsimons, Peter Murphy, Matthew Gill. O'Reilly, T. Keefe, P. Fitzhams, M. Higgins, J. Neill, J. Kelly, W. Walsne. J. Keefe, and T. Plynn. Tbe meeting passed this resolution : — That we condemn the action of G. P. L. Mansfield in his cruel and heartless treatment of the Clongorey tenantry, in striving to exterminate p;or helpless tenants for inability to discharge impossible renH ; and we tender to the persecuted tenants our heartfelt sympathy in. the death struggle in which they are engaged. The Sheriff evicted six families coniprinng 30 persons, on the estate of P. de Penthony O'Keily, at Clongney, near Naas. The tenant", who have adopted the Plan of Campaign, are 40 in number, and are most of them in arrear four te five years. Judge Darley reduced the rents by L's per cent. Ihe landlord proceeded on the arrears of the old rent, and obtained decrees against a number of the tenants at last July 6«ssions. Toe six tenants evicted owed only oue year's rent each. The evicting party was protected by a force of 4f>u police from the counties of Kildare and Dublin. The (Sheriff was assisted by 18 Emergency men. under the agent, T. H. Routledge. A large crowd of people was early on the scene, half a dozen trees were cut down and blocked the road A bridge on the road leading from the farm-yard of the landlord, in which the Emergcacymen were housed, was broken down. The Emergencymen cut away the trees with Baws stored on a van on which was also a ba'tering-ram, and croesed the bridge on planks. The houses of the tenants were mosily mud hovels, and no resistance could be offered against the evictor. The doors and windows were barricaded, but the Emergencymen did not fiad much difficulty in battenng them in. The following are the names of the tenants .—Peter Fullam. John Fox, Andrew Fox, Mary Kelly, John Fullam, and William Fagan. At Mary Kelly's holding gome lime was thiown out at the Emergencymen, and the names of the two women who were the sole occupants of the hoase were taken down by the police. Two evictions were abandoned, Dr, Murphy, of Newbridge, having certified that the tenants, who weie old womeu, were in a dying state and unfit foi lemoval. Ihe police kept th.» crowd at a great distance from the scene of the evictions, and tui jed the children out of a school which wat. opposite one of the houses evicted. The police acted very roughly, and J. Malonc. Newbridge. J. T. Heffernan, and E. M. Hurley, solicitor to the tenants, were struck ■ereral times. Kilkenny.— The Nationalist demonstration, in commemoration of the Manchester Martyrdom in Kilkenny, was proclaimed by the Castle on November 23. When the people became aware of the proclamation intense excitement eeued them and symptoms of resistance were shown on all sides. Fearing a colliuon between the police and the people, ihe following proclamation was is=ued by the Mayor . — Whereas, a document named a proclamation hat, been posted through the city this day without complying even with the formal courtesy of notifying the municipal authorities respecting it ; and, whereas, such proclamation is calculated to provoke a breach of the peace and disturb our otheiwise tr.mquil city ; and, whereas, tbe meeting held annually in celebration of the Allen. Larkin and O'Brien anniversary has been invariably ol tbe most peaceable character fur the part '21 years ; I, thenfon entreat all citizens to refrain from holding said meeting, aud counteract all tbe insidious motives which actuate the enemies of our city, our race, and oui country. God save Ireland P. M. Egan.— The pc 'pie, however, persisted in holding the meeting with tbe icsult that police charging took place in all direction? and 11. F. Considine, K. M., threatened to tire on the people. The Mayor and clergy did their best to ull.iy the excitement. L,imerick. — lU. Rev, Di, O'lHvyer, Bishop of Limerick, opened a new hospital, chiclly niUuded for medical treatment of the artisan and labouring classes of the city. Tbe hospital will be con ducted by tbe Little Company of the Sisters of Mary and will be non-sec tarian. Sheriff Hobson, of Limerick, and «i paity of luhce and baihtls proceeded to Balhnvoeria, Rathkuale, for the purpose of evicting Patrick Dempsey on tbe Hitchcock estate. Dempsey, who was unable to pay his rack-rent, and refused to give up possession of the

premises, was found by the Sheriff'! party standing in his doorway armed with a pitchfork and a double-barrelled gnn, which he threatened to use. A policeman stole round and grasped his goo, and whilo they were straggling together the tenant's daughter threw a pan of hot water over the constable. Dempsey and hie daughter were then arrested and conveyed to gaol. Some weeks ago there was much jubilation among the landlords in certain qaarters over tse taking of an evicted farm on tne O'Grady estate. It turned out, however, that it was the evicted tenant himself, Wm. O'Brien, who uad so acted. Bat he found that this interference with the movement initiated for the benefit of the whole tenantry was not a profitable transaction, and h9 voluntarily intimated to Father Ry;in that he had surrendered the farm, and requested him to have the fact made public. With that object a largelyattended meeting was held on November 18, at Hcrbcrtstown. All the tenants on the O'Grady estate were present, as well as the other residents of the locality. The contingent from Hospital included J. Curtau, J. Curran , Brufi— l\ Whelan, D. Cremin. The chair wh taken by Rev. Matthew Ryan, who, in the course of his speech, said that the people would continue their constitutional struggle nntil their objects were achieved. He said that the worst outrages — cruel murders— had been done by the police in the streets of Mitchelltown, Yougbal, and Midleton, and by the authorities of "law and order "in the gaols. Father Ryan then stated that Mrs. O'Brien and her sister had voluntarily come to him and informed him that they and their father were going to give up possession of the farm at Bagamus. He congratulated the people on a victory so easily and so peaceably won, and he said he hoped they would not show any hostile spirit to the persons who had acted so well, Mottagbail. — At the recent meeting of the Board of Guardians, tt. O. Leslie presiding, a letter was read from fcichard Hamilton, Local Government Bj±rd Inspector, in which he stated that he intended holding the investigation into the charges preferied against the matter at an early date, and requeste i the Guardians to furnish him with the names and addresses of witnesses whom they might bj required to summon. Tae cleik was directed to furnish the master with a state Oicnt of the charges preferred against him and to instruct Mr. Bailie, solicitor, to represent the Guardians in the inquiry. There are two sots ct char^t s, one for having distributed milk of an infetior quality to the inm.ite^ aud the othtr in connection with the inmate Durum. It is believed that in his absence f torn the bouse the master entered Durnia'o ua uu in the dietary boofc as having received his ranons. Everything is ready fur the investigation, which is exp eie 1 to develop fui iher chaises against the master. L,OHgTord. — William Rirrell occupied the eh ir at ths recent meeting vi the liirhchue Nan nal League. A resolution was unanimously passed c >udun nnj; the aciion of L >id Gr-mard in evicting two of bis tenants, Jo. in Miilooly an i Daniel t>kelly. The oranch will build League houses foi them. ROSCOHimon.-oii November 20, in the Lxchequer Division, Dublin, uetoie Chief Baion Falles, the case of Distnct-10-3pector Feely r. Fitzgibbon ami other.- came on tor bearing on a 3ase stated by the magistrates tittiuj at Gasdeiea. The deleniants were charged with bawugon the 2ud of December, 1887, and the 16th of April. 1888. in Roscomtnon, a proclaimed district, taken part witn others in a criminal coiibpna y to induce certain tenants not lo fulfil their legal obligations meaning ta aiopt the Plan of Campaign. The inquiry beiore the magistrates extended over three mouths, and resulted m the convic ion of the defendan'i md their being sentenced to six months' imprisonment. Two questioDß were submitted for the decision of the zouvt — first, whether the defendants were entitled to b- 1 iurnished at the beginning of the case witn a cupy of the deputations and a transcript of the shorthand notes taken at an inquiry held uuder Section 1 of the Crimes Act, prior to thtir tnal . and secondly, whether the magistrates rejected auy legal evidence or admitted any illegal evidence. T. M. Healy. with whum was xMr. Bodkin, opened the defence. He read reports ot tpe^ches made by John Dillon, to which evidence had been given by the police shorthand writers, and in the couise of Mr. Dillons speech as repoited, he cjinmeuted on matters connected with the estate of Lord Dillon, and the imprisonment of William O'Brien. Ihe case was adjourned for a week. Tipperary. — For some weeks p*st announcements of a meetiug to be he id at Red Cross, Kilcummin, on November 18, were to be been posted all over middle Tipperary. Ihe object of the meeting was to take steps to carry out the programme of the Thurlei Convention, and in the vicinity of the place at which the meeting was to be held there is an evicted farm which has been taken by another tenant. The Castle proclaimed the meeting, and a force of three hundred police was moved to Red Cioss. Removable Waring was in supreme command, and he had as lieutenants County -Inspector! Whelan, of Waterford, and Rots, of Tipperary. Early in the day contingents from the surrounding districts began to arrive in Kilcommin, whtre it wat ordered the people should meet, and form into processional order, aud in that order march to the place of meetmm o \ By •_' o clock more than ten thousand people were collected with bandb and banners, and a start was made for Red Cross. There were Bt\eial priests among the processionists, notably among them being lather McKeogh. When they approached Red Cross they were stopped by police, who blocked the roads. 'Ihe procession having come to a halt, Father McKeo^b stood up m the wagonnette, aud began to address the people, \shen Major Waring ordered the people to diaptr&e. and said that it his oiJer was not carried out in five miautes he would disperse them by force. The peop c refused to disperse, aud he ordered a section of police batonmen to charge. They were received with stones, and blackthorns were freely used. Several ot the crowd and police v\i re knocked down and cut, and more batonmen were ordeied to tie afack. Ihe conflict was becoming very berious, sticks and batons miugling promiscuously, when Father McKi-ogb. told Major Waring to withdraw the police and he would co-itrol the people. The police were withdrawn, and Father McKeogh exhorted the people to keep cool, and peaceably disperse. The pro-

ceuionista then divided tkemaelvea into two bodies, one moving north to Newport and the other back to Kilcommin. The police, believing the northern wing was retiring korae, did not follow them, but kept in the wake of that moving to Kiicommin, and several slight conflicts occurred between them ere Kilcommin was reached. In the meantime, the northern contingeats doubled back and held a meeting »t Bed Cross, which was addressed by several priests. Tyrone— A large and enthusiastic meeting of the people of Bonth, Middle, and East Tyrone was held in the townland of Orannogne, near Dungannon, November 18, in support of the National cause, and with the further obj ct of protesting against the eviction of Patrick Kelly. The landlord is Mr. Clarke, of Macclesfield. Upwards of 6,000 people, with bands and banners, attended. Amongst those present were :— Rev. J. J, Me Jartan, P. Fox, Thoma" McWilliams, P. Murphy, F. McNally, J. Toner, J. O'Donnell, P. Shearin, W. J. Beynolds, M.P., John A. Quinn, Terence O'Neill, William Moffatt, Francis Shields, Joseph O'Neill, P. Mahony. Rev. J. J. McCartan, P.P., presided. W. J. Reynolds, M.P., who was warmly received, detailed tbe facts regarding Kelly's eviction. Mr. Kelly was debarred from getting a fair rent fixed on account of being a leaseholder, while his neighbours, who were not leaseholders, got abatements of 50 per cent. The attention of the public was not sufficiently concentrated on the evictions in Tyrone, but he trusted this would not be the case in future. Mr. Mansfield, an agent, hid retired because he knew that the tenants under him were utterly impoverished and unable to pay their rack-rents. He was assured that the Protestant farmers had no sympathy with the course pursued by Mr. Clarke. Referring to the Ashbourne Act, he said that a number of tbe tenants on tbe Baiters' esta>e, who had purchased under that Act, had their farms advertised for sale by reason of their inability to pay the instalments to the Government. Alludiag to the speeches of Salisbury and Hartington at tbe Non-Conformist banquet, in which they asserted that Protestant ascendency was deid, he regretted to say that that was not so. In Belfast a Catholic Unionist would not be elected. In conclusion ,Mr. Reynolds said that the Tyrone quadrilateral was impregnable, and at the next election they would hear the last of Tory and Liberal-Unionist. 'Waterford* — At the weekly meeting of the Dungarvan Guardianaa landlord named Nicholas J. Wall, who had been in the house for some timepa9t, was called before the Board and stated thtt since tbe Land League was started his income had fallen, off. He could not get one penny rent from his tenants. The property was mortgaged to the Duke of Devonshire for tithe-rent charge and his sisters in Dublin had another charge. The Board considered that if Wall applied to tbe Court of Chancery a portion of the, profits of the estate would be set apart for his benefit. The demonstration at Waterford in commemoration of the Manchester Martyrs was proclaimael by the Castle. At thesittiug of the Sessions Court Mayor O'Toole denounce 1 the action of the authorities, and a meteing cf clergymen and those inteie9ted in tbe peace of of the city was held in the Town Hall, at which it was decided to issue a notice calling on the people not to give the police an opportunity for anoth r Mitchelstowo. Father O'Donnell addressed the people from the pulpit of the Cathedral in the same sense. Late in the evening the city was in a state of siege, with military and police parading the streets. WlcklOW«— Tbe '98 tournament was continued on November 18. 'Ihe three matches played were remarkably well contested, the O'Tooles defending themselves in a style that augurs well for theii future againbt their veteran opponents, the Round Towers. The Dillooß played in their usual dashing manner, and found no mean competitors in the plucky Liberators. The match between the Sarefie d Guards aud the Shamrocks was at length concluded, after lasting from the commencement of the tournament. Very K«v. Father Curran, Blessington, and W. Osborne and Joseph Brady gave every satisfaction as referees. The scoring was hb follows: Sarsfi-ild Guaids, 1 point ; Shamrocks, 0 ; Round Towers, 5 goals 6 points ; King o' Poles, 0 ; Dillons, 2 goals 3 points ; Liberators, 1. Ihe OTooles lodged an objection against the Towers, alleging that th<4r c-iptam played with the Home Rulers, and declared himself a membor of that club.