IRISH AFFAIRS.
(Per Pxess Association.)
London, March 23.
Mr A. J. Balfour m his speech at Stalybndge said Ireland would shortly berelieved from the yoke of an irresponsible association, which commanded almost an unlimited power of punishment, boycotting, and was acting m opposition to the laws of the State without any sense of morality. Dublin, March 24. Mr O'Brien had commenced to deliver his speech at Youghal, when the Scottish Rifles with fixed bayonets and the police with batons charged the , mob and dispersed the meeting. < Several persons were seriously wounded. Later. The police prevented Win, O'Brien, M.P, tor Cork, from addressing a meeting at Youghal, which had been proclaimed. There was serious rioting, and Captain Plunket, the magistrate, was brutally assaulted before the crowd dispersed. Subsequently Mr O'Brien addressed a few of his supporters m Canon Kellar's stable.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1800, 27 March 1888, Page 3
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