Dublin Notes.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XIX, Issue 13, 26 December 1890, Page 9

Dublin Notes.

(From the National Papers,) Mb. Gladstone has often astonished the world by phenomenal literary and oratorical fe^ts, but what we bsbold him now doing ia the m> 8t marvellous achievement of his life. He has started on his electoral campaign in Midlothian, where, in addition to the fatigue incidental to a very long journey, he will make a progress through the whole large constituei cy and speak at many public meetings tot a man in the prime of life such an undertaking as this would mean much arduous work ; but to see a man of over eighty facing it lightly, and presenting all the marks and tokens of fitness for the task, is truly astonishing, lhe aged statesman, accompanied by his devoted wife and a couple of nephews, set out on his mission last Monday making Liverpjol hia starting point. A great concourse of liberal Knglishmen and Irish Nationalists assembled at the station to Bee him depart and if possible to hear him speak, but Mr Gladstone only spoke a few words of acknowledgment, explaining that he wanted to husband his physical powers for the great task before him. At the chief stations m route Mr. Gladstone was warmly welcomed by cheering crowds, but it was when the great old orator reached the City of Edinburgh that the real triumph of his reception was manifested. The preparations for his advent in the Scottish capital were truly splendid and imposing in their picturesiueneßS and magnitude. 1

v J gieat add £fBBf 88 of the Midlothian campaign was delivered by Mr. Gladstone on Tuesday, October 21, in the vast hall of the Corn Exchange in Edinburgh, which contained between four and five thousand of an audience, including a great number of ladies. Ine oration was a fiae achievement even for Mr. Gladstone. It was an indictment on a grand scale of the whole policy of the Government, especially as regards their course in Ireland, which amounted to a philippic ; yet us language was not in the style of that class of accusation. It was noble, high-toned, and solemn. He loftily denounced the perfidy which, gating into power on the promise of no coercion and a measure of Local Self-Government for Ireland, as well as the principle that no British credit should be pledged to buy out Irish landlords, abused that power to coerce more savagely than any previous rule had done, to pledge British credit very largely for the purpose so repudiated, and to relegate Local Self-Govemment to the Greek Kalends. Then taking up the atrocities of Coercion more m detail he referred once more to the murders and illegalities of Mitchelstown, and went on to scarify the mockery of justice now going on in Tipperary, denouncing the appointment of Mr. Shannon aa one of the judges mthe case, taking into account his own personal rejection wuh branches of it, as a great scandal. Mr. Gladstone also referred at considerable length to the shooting outrage by the police at Cbarleville, to the persecution of Fa .her Kennedy, of Meelin, and o.her leading incidents i Q tbe history of Coercion, and deAlt crusbmgly wuh some of Mr. Balfour's latest tttppancies r d- e2arducted pnDCip ° D WhlCh lhe government of Ireland sboulJ be conTwo notable political champions also adiressed large English audiences on the Irish question w.thm the same week. Mr. Balfour spoke at Newcastle-on-Ty ne, and revealed how much nature had done Sp^lf 8a Tv, ePP nl.'- a * nd o hOW mUCd remamed t0 art to do to complete the work. The Chief Secretary threw off all disguise, and showed how little difference there is between the type of lory and the plantation slave-owner pure and simple. After attacking Mr. Moneys eye-witness histo,y of the T.pperary outrage, he referred to him asL unscrupulous orator, and roundly went in'for upholding the v^racUy of the incriminated police and Colonel Caddell as against the testi?H.l rff JJ ° ne eIBGI iDCludlDg Mr ' Morley. Then his usual form hrntl \t I D 6 T eerS at the bfoken head8 ' ihe handiwork of his brutal hirelings m Tipperary. His own reputation for consistent 10-ic he gravely assails, in first charging the Irish Parliamentary Party that Gov.rn l n n°r W" forward "* legialative proposal, to assist the Government of late years, and then in terms declaring that their E,°nf "ft 6n ° COD " deration f rom the Government became S«fh?t t ?? c™e ™ nominated b y M.M '. Parnell. The whole speech nfiw'tT 1 * aDd detected blackleg or welsher-full of fou ßihmgsgate , fl.ppancy.untruths, insolence, and utter disregard for consistent^ reasoning even ,n support of the speaker's own argument The task of pulverising th.s monstrous farrago was at once m?u y tb Colonel o m^ C^' F MM '' Mwle *- ° Ut ° f hi ° Own '• "ar°S! Jpl'SriWn 1 , 116 convicted Mr. Balfour of standing up to verify what Colonel Caddell never saii-of his (Mr. Balfour's} ignorance of his own bmf. Mr. Morley has already given The world iwlfil f°i the TT ia Tlpperar y a 8 BeeD by himself and other impartial onlookers ; buth.s reply to Mr. Balfour's flippant nonsense T.VT7I f ° 1° aQa > tical examination of maccurac.es ; it was a dignified but solemn impeachment cf his action in a high and responsible official position. But Mr. M.rley is not content with tbi i He l S n7SJer°«rS nn n y , t ?h *?"" * Parlia^n,ary Comm^ton or any other tribunal that his adversary nay dare him to and he has SSVTp'h t0 th , iS Chal ' enge by telegraphing toMr.T.Mj Uealy.tt.P., hi? readiness to come over to Tipp^aiy and eive evidence at the hearing of the summonses brought by the pTcfa*a?nrt Mr Harrison M.P., Mr. O'Brien Dalton, Mr. Gill, Mr. Keat me fnd hers as a corollary to their brutal attacks upon these gfntlemfn ' lhe effect of this announcement is funk on Mr Balfour's Dart wi e th d drawn S **£*??% ♦ *£* b * « h * P <*«^-"e P £n raavntrK =s; s: t Sa^r/th-at sas proceedings » shall be ,DBtituted, DB tituted without delay on t^eu bebal j£S

withdrawal atSJ? P " b 6 meaUing t0 be found in tbe 80dd en r. -SJn? ht S c Coerc uIODu 10D Prosecutions which have beea more than r,«rn M g v eD , dIDgOQ , th l BUlt of Movable Cai against Mr. Harr ' • M f r ', keatlD &- » nd others for riot and assault at Tioperary . They nrJnJ^ IZ* mm ° ment *' WM attained that Mr. MoHey £2 prepared to attend as a witness, logeauity canno. disguise the pUin motive and meaning o the proceeding, nor audacity deny it. IfM ° Oolfour walked publicly througa the streets with a white sheet and candle prockiming his model gentleman and officer, Removable GV? no be on. bl K el£ a ° acC ° mpUce af ' er the act - the declaration would not be one whit more expLct, or the humiliation more complete. Nt T « edlle v mma ' ltmUßt . becotlfeßßed ' wa3aDaßt yone. iia brace of Removables were of course, ready to convict, cvide.ee or the SmS"h. A° d ? red ; but the mipcbief of ** was that ? S i T themselv ; 8 were oa their trial. Th*y could not convict Mr. Harmon and Mr. Keating and the other defendants of no or assault wnbo.it also conyi c ti,, c Mr. John Morley of w. fut SilSf'nSw^ 3*3 ** y \ Th ' 8 Waß , a big Ortler for the credu^v oT the £ h ,P llbllc ; h«ch a prooeedin, was not likely to restore the damaged reputation of coercion Courts. On the other baud an cVronloTt^r^%T VICU ° n ° f G°lfoUrG ° IfoUr "dhisauboMtaate, Cad out of the mouth of Ins o*n creatures-tbe one of uttering, the other of retailing, deliberate falsehoods. So the brave Mr Gjlfour s C Sr e fr 0 " 11011 tbC be " er Pm ° f valour ' and ran away he terovi- t£V F**™ 11 ?™ , wLen he heard Mr - Morle y was coming Vr ™ th f Whole ' we thmk blB discretion was sound. h from Mr ri?f W *f B ° mewbat unreasonable to expect any answer n ?-^n °F t 0 Charge be foiodedonthe proceeding of D strict-Commissioner Byrue at Mr. Dillon's meeting wUh his conon r t h tS r in £ rd p Mr> ,, GG ° lfjUr i 9 very wUetorfoldnis on.;; on the subject Mr. Byrne there laconically informed Mr. Dillon that if anything illegal waß said at the meeting (that is, if anylbing vraa « nw? i e> Mr - M By / ne : m - Ma great wißd " m aQd iearDi °P- «S Jed hltni? k ' W f ° Uld * ortbwuh for cibly diverse the people with the soS bbahy hhh ° act8 > and />fles of the enormous force of police and soldiers at his command. 0/ such a proceeding no defence or palliaRnt 7h B P wk l 6 ce ' CD ?•' the audacit y of Brave Mr. Golfour.- / a**, f xr them b { Which hiß n'cely-discriminatine legal ear was win th" T° mler Mn G:)If0lir thlnks it orude£t J sing dumb roreslmlnrd! 1011 " The "» don lhe ™^t the tr» InH^ eW ; 9b^ ag Bc » aeez2<i on the Olphert es'ate to hLllf h th f ? mm ° ne7 Which the unfortunate tenants have H fAn f he HPIDCtIH PlDCtl ° f hunger anl the P° tato i^*™ >° d »ce them to spend it '• disaonestly '■ m buying Indian meal to keep tueir Jw.n? T , hand Soon the ba term? ram will be in full A il'f Tbelro °P9P 9 aQd Po»ce will be marched in hundreds on the desolate scene, .nd the public money w>ll ba lavished like water in the attempt to carry ouc thu le alised plunder, compared with which highway robbery were hones^ and bumana. Of Cam?af*n™ " J* l " 1 ". 10111^ ™™"< of the " collapse of the Plan of iS 1 !"', T he ,X ,ll, l l? e3S JJ VV ° Uld QOt be com P l^e without tnat. The wish v father to tbe thought nod to the report. Never, surely, did wish have a more numerous progeny. The bjy who cnei •' Wo f1" Se^SnneV 11 'm" fab ' le / 9 DOt U Wlt ° lhe *«*««»« wio doi. fL ?P? P LL C ° apße for the BaU 'J Exp^s. This time the f nmdat on of tbe rumour appears to be that Mr. Olphert has written !»Wn° C nim l 0. r3r h f! tCr '' " aQo^ mou9 ani »«»a g iSary tenant,^ g ving him a half year's rent m consideration of prompt payment Plan^mp^^a^olirpS ** PW- the in ff Si^Tn^i 88 b J Wh T Ir I'iland1 'i land are Vernel are a tru 'y cb « m " Le!«s rtv m „7 h h , lllu " traUoll of the rale that you must rh« tL ° dlny WOrk> Uere are Bjm2 fa °ts aoout another charming specimea whose valuable services are still retained in sending priests and members of Parliament to prison in the interest of law and order. Colonel Removable Forbes was sued by a servant S-rhV* 86 ' , aD / hIS Wlf9 f ° r nece^»> 8 provided^" her and his children and for herself. All these claims he manfully disputed. th!^M 6 a r Ba , m P le .. a P«imea from the evidence of his wife, whom the galUnt colonel has succeeded for some years in defrauding of her ? iri^h h S" rbeß Baid that if Bhe had ot her allowance ™mZ hu9ba ° dd üßhe u Bhe wo^ d bave paid all these bills, and there £ her lS, DO a ne i \ 8 tloUble>t l oUble> Bhe had fre^ ent 'y «bown these bills to her huaoanJ and spoken to him about them, but his reply was he wouldnot giye h*r money or credit. She had engaged the aerv.nt fr h H >e t f> aQ Sh IWSSl WSS a good ' honest B ir1 ' and lhe °°ly reasoa for her discharge was because she bad taken her (witness's} , part on an occasion when Colonel Korbe,' coachman was abusing and threatw^V 1 ??? 0 - T ? e majoruy of the e° odß from Pfice Jon^ were for the children, and whenever she went to her husband's stuiy to speak to him about these bills, the lamp was always put out, an i sometimes she was struck and kcocked down " The well-deserving pillar of law and order of course denied everything with the courageous swearing of a constabulary notetaker. Lut so palpable were the facts that courageous sweann- was of no avail, and the staunch little Coercionist County Court Judge Darley felt coostmined to grant decr.es against him in all cases with costs. Tv-morrow or next day when Colonel Removable Forbes heads a batou-cbarge and breaks the people's heads, in sheer wanton devilment, we will have the brave Mr. Golfour declaring he is an officer and a gentleman, and his own statements must be taken as conclusive iv his own justification. If he happens to contradict an eyewitness like Mr. John Morley, by the mere fact of the contradiction, without further inquiry, Mr. John Morley must be branded as a liar in the eyes of the English people.

The most amusing comments on the departure of Messrs. John Billon and William O'Brien are contained in the London correspondence of the Daily Express published the day after it was officiaUy announced that they had safely reached the French coast : " The two fugitives are now certainly clear away, but for all that the police are untiring in their search." That is very gooi to begin with There is a charming picture of the activity and intelligence (especially intelligence) of the Irish polica, who are "untiring in their search " for men in this country whom the Express correspondent and all the world, except the police, know are certainly away in France There is better to follow. We read: "The English and Irish detectives in France, it seems, are also on the alert, but, according to a Paris newspaper, when they asked for information as to the departure of steamers for America they were sharply repulsed. ' Find out,' was the curt answer of the Havre police. Of course, the French authorities regard Messrs. O'Brien and Dillon as mere political refugees. No doubt, however, it has been, or will be, immediately represented to the French authorities that the runaways are accused of offences under the criminal law, and that they acknowledged this fact by giving bail and by submitting to trial. Under tbese circumstances it is difficult to understand the action of the Paris and Cherbourg pulice." When we last heard from the Express offica the whole literary and editorial staff were still vainly endeavouring " to understand the action of the Cherbourg and Paris police." Having concentrated their great intellects on the problem, let us hoj>e they will solve it in time.

The attempts of the breeders of emergency cattle to get their beasts off their hands are becoming desperate. Large numbers of the stock are being shipped to England, but there they have mostly to be slaughtered .and sold as dead meat. Hence the losses on this branch of the emergency game must be tremendous ; and the thing is going on week after week. We have been informed that a number of the emergency beasts from the evicted lands of Luggacurran and Murroe arrived in Dublin for sale on the market there on Thursday morning, October 23, but we have reason to believe that Dublin is getting no better a place for their disposal than Saiford. Hanley Wakefield, or any other. Two men have been arrested on board the Milford boat on a charge of following a lot cf evicted cattle from the fairs of Hanley, the notorious Tippers ry grabber ; and they will probably be tried for conspiracy and sentenced as a matter of course. Bat this will cot by any means enhance ihe value of emergency beef or mutton. Other men have gone to gaol before for this, and still the market is failing for this class of beast. We have some interesting information bearing on this subject, and the mode in which the derelict farmers are stocked, which we hope to publish next week, as we nave no space to spare for it in the present issue. The Government promptly made a magistrate of the disreputable, insolent Tener, whom, when all else failed, the Most Noble the Marquis of Clanricarde appointed to do the work of a bum-bailiff (not agent). Mr. Tener does not permit his magisterial authority "to fust unused, ' nor is he by any means fastidious in employing it to promote his own or his master's interests. When there is a Nationalist opponent of Clanncarde to be hurt or a Clanricarde emergency man to be saved, Clanricarde's agent is always on the bench ready"" to do his duty," as the phrase runs. Two of his drunken emergencymen were proved, on absolutely uncontradicted evidence of police and civilian, to have discharged their revolvers after two evicted tenants of Clanricarde who were passing along the road. Tbeir own master, Mr. Tener, sat on the bench, and, with the concurrence of accommodating lemovable Hickson, dismissed the accused emergencymen to renew their interrupted whisky-drinkingand revolver practice without a stain on tbeir respective characters. Strange, with such ornaments on it, the Petty Sessions bench does not command the respect of the people of Ireland. The " Forger " was at its old game when it misrepresented the tenour of the interview which Mr. John Dillon, stretching courtesy to its limits, accorded to its interviewer in Pans. The interviewer is reported to have addressed to Mr. Dillon the insolent question— " Have you renounced the dynamite policy ?" and Mr. Dil on to have responded without repudiating the atrocious suggestion that he ever adopted it. The text of Mr. Dillon's reply, which is published in the " Forger," is the plainest proof that no such question was ever put or answered :— " Yes," he is reported to have answered to whatever question was aeked, "ever since Mr. Gladstone's speeches, that has happily been renounced. We are well aware that it alienated the sympathy of the civilised world, and we always considered the dynaviitard party our greatest enemy and obstacle." This, from a man who, if the reports were correct, would, by implication at least, have confessed in the same breath that he was himself a member of the dynamitard party which he always considered his greatest obstacle. Mr. Dillon has promptly repudiated the absurd misrepresentation, though repudiation was hardly needed. But the nonsensical question—nonsensical in itself and in conjuction with the context— needless to say, found a prominent place, not merely in the report, but in the leader of the " Forger." No weapon is too dirty or dull for that vile journal to use against Irish Nationalist leaders.