IRISH AFFAIRS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1701, 2 November 1887, Page 2

IRISH AFFAIRS.

♦ [atUTER's TSLEQRAMS— OOFTBiaHT.] Lonboit, Ootober 31. The appeal case of O'Brien was brought to a conclusion this afternoon, a full Court confirming the sentence of three months imprisonment passed upon him by the Mitchelltown Court. Upon judgment being delivered O'Brien strongly resisted the attempts of the authorities to arrest him, and a scene of great uproar, with a great amount of scuffling took place within the Courthouse. The prisoner was ultimately taken into custody and at once removed to Cork gaol. J. R. CoX) Nationalist member of Parliament for East Clare, has been i summoned under the Crimes Act for I attending meetings which were proclaimed by Government, O'Brien, speaking at Kanturk, declared that 50,000 tenants had given m their adhesion to the Flan of Campaign. 1 Mr O'Brien tried to leave the Court, pending the issue of a warrant of committal. Messrs O'Brien, Dillon and Lane, M.F.s, roughly handled the recorder who ordered Dillon's removal 1 for disrespect, London, November 1, The Marquis of Hartington, speaking at Truro, said the Irish people rauit abandon the idea that England will ever concede to them national Parliaments. He is expected back to assume a prominent position m the Government. It is suspected that O'Brien's object m attempting to evade arrest was ( to hold unexpected meetings, and bring {be police into contempt, ,*««**.