The Irish in France.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume I, Issue 36, 3 September 1887, Page 2

The Irish in France.

The Paris Intramigeant, the journal of Henri Rochefort, publishes the following :— Yesterday evening the Irish of Pans held a black banquet at Belleville, in order to express their indignation against Queen Victoria, and the odious rule imposed on Ireland. Delegates from Havre, Boulogne-sur-Mer, and Bordeaux wore present. The hall was decorated with French, Irish, and American flags. Above the chair of the president was hung a black flag, on which in white letters was printed the word ’• Vengeance.” Below was an effigy of the aged English sovereign. About fifty Irish revolutionists sat ronud the table. Some Frenchmen whose sympathy for Ireland is well known had made it a point to be present at this banquet. The secretary, Mr Corrigan, having read letters of approval from Mr. James Stephens, the venerable banished Irishman, and one of the victims of the grovelling Ferry, and from Captain Mackay, Mr. Patrick Casey spoke. He bestowed the highest praise on Brady, who executed (sic) Bourke in the Phoenix-park at Dublin; on O’Brien, who fell on an English scaffold; and on Barrett, who blew up Clerkenwell Prison in 1868, Messrs. Blake, O’Mahony, and others afterwards addressed the meeting. All the speeches wore, as might be expected, very hot as regards En.-land, and it is by no means probable that Lord Lyons would have been pleased t> hoar them. After a speech from Mr. O’Sullivan, who encouraged the enemies of England to redouble their efforts, and who denounced the assassins of Oliver Pain, the meeting separated about midnight.