IRISH AFFAIRS.

Dunstan Times, Issue 1124, 16 November 1883, Page 3

IRISH AFFAIRS.

Hynes, a ballad-singer, was arrested in Limerick on October Bth, and imprisone t for one month for, singing the praises of O’Donnell, the slayer of Carey, and for calling on all-. Irishmen to act towards the other informers in the same way. , t Joseph Smijth, one of the Phoenix! Park informers who was hot permitted to laind 9$ Melbourne, arrived at Marseilles oh 3rd October;. He was;-recogn sod, and im-, mediately left by the steamer. It is be-' lieved that he has taken passage for China i- ■ Five thousand persona assembled at Che National League meeting, at, Tipperary on September'3o; ‘A. dbiell-priegls were in,at tendance, and ; Messrs.Kerry; Maine, and Laery,. Members of Parliament, made speeches. Crotley, S' landlord.-‘ was Shot dead on ; September .28th, at his residence,in Lennox" Park. He Kad’ several times previously. -. . .... . : ; -;j ; In a trial, .yjjt for libel,, .brought by Police-inspector French, of Dublin; against the tTriited Irtlahd, fort the statement tha,t, he had absconded with money belonging to the secret Service ■■■ fund, -the - newspaper promises, to make startling disclosures. ■ Sir Stafford Northeote. in replying to an address at Si rah an on October Wth, said,“ “We are fighting- h;great battle-for'the maintenance of union. The, tendenfcy of the present Government is towards separation; Loyalists mu it unite in the pi evention'of what would destroy the country's'.' interests ” Laurie, an informer,' was committed to prison in Dublin on October 10th, the authorities learning that he was about to leave the country to avoid [giving evidence against his brother-in-law, Pool, who is to ■be.tried for a murder. Henry Laurie has already testified that Pool gave him a full account of how the deed was done.

Another agrarian outrage is reported to' have taken place on October 14th. Nine men armed with knives were arrested on that date near Killarney for attacking a boycotted farmer named John Dinnen. So savage was the assault that the victim was disemboweled- r atid otherwise mutilated Tintil I the iWndy. was beyond, recognition. When the murderers were caught.they*atilj had the bloody knives with which they, did their work in their possession.- , JLhhnen died an hour after being attacked!.

An Irish National League Meeting was held at Cholervffle, County Cork, ou Sunday, Goto ier 14th.. Ten thousand persons, were present. ~ The parish . priest refused to allow those under his immediate, charge to attend. ... Haines, who witnessed the murdor of Lord Mouutmorris' at Ballifarobe in 188U, turned informer on October 7th.

■A large stone was hurled •’through the window of a railway carriage ih which Sir Stafford Northcote was sitting while being conveyed in the Duke of Abercrombie’s train to Barons Court. The,assault was made when the train was- between Dungannon and Omagh. Lady Crichton re ; .oeived a dangerous wound in the back from, the missile.

An Orange procession, while returning from a meeting at Belfast after listening to Sir Stafford Northeote, was attacked by a Catholic mob. A desperate fight ensued, many persons being wounded. On-the same night Orangemen smashed the windows of the convent and of two newspaper offices. A", lady sitting near one, of the . convent windows was ill j ured and died during' the following day. The foundation-stone of a hew Orange hotel was laid at Beltast oh October 6ch by Ciffenel EingHarman; M. P.-. for Dublin, and (Lord Arthur fjillniau, M.P., for County '■ifovtb. - -T-he assemblage of Oiangemen was .the largest that, has gathered for-twenty' years past.. A, stand .collapsed during the ceremonies, .injuring several persons, . . The-preparations being made foe holding a convention of Irish Nationalists indicate that it will be the, greatest tfemonktration of the kind ever held. Under the. advice of Mr Parnell, a programme Of ifndejratiim is proposed by the committee. American delioates are expected to'attend;' i j-..- .... Cardinals Manning,and M‘Cabe aie going to ROnie' to meet' the American bishops, ■where they- Will use all their influqnoe to obtain a declrration aaainst Trisa Secret; Societies in America. ‘Mr Erriugton, M.P. will be despatched by Mr Gladstone as a speciapenvoy to watch the. proceedings. A Dublin correspondent says that an Invincible Vengeance Committee has been

formed to hunt all informers ; that this committee has paid spies through :theBritish Colonies and in North andjSouth America. , j 1 -. The Exhibition at Otirkjclpscd on Saturday; October 13th. - ■ Thfe - affair was a complete, success.' During ; the -closing ceremonies the playing of the National Anthem was received with cheers and hisses, and the poli.ee interfere! to, prevent a fight. ' Moody and Sankey Opened their meetings -in Cork off October- 16ih;- A mob gathered xrai'sidß’the' bnUdaiig and hooted the :pera'ons ■who . entered the hall. The crowd was disperser! by the police,, but a,Xa,rge,-number of'rdiighs' assemble'at the meijtmgslb'gbriv. Mr John Dillon will refuse -to make" speeches during; his visit-to America,,ami, no political significance is' 'attached to his movements, there,- - ; , Afe a League meeting held'at Rosorsa on' .October ISch an assemblage of Orangemen assaulted several of the Land Leaguers, and injured a person whom they mistook fo* Mr Healy, M.P.. Sir Stafford Northeote closed his campaign in Ireland on October 13th with a seech at Lome. He said, that in order to develop her resources Ireland needed order aud repose and firm and steady Government. Ha deemed the Land Act a beneficial measure if justly administered. There should be no compact with the national disturbers, who would seek Home Rule through new measures for. loc’d government, and he warred- Conservatives to be on their guard against them., By, .spine Sir Stafford Northeote’s Irish tour is regarded as a big blunder. • - - The Parnellite leaders already show signs of a change of front in. Ulster.