IRISH NEWS.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume I, Issue 45, 24 September 1887, Page 4

IRISH NEWS.

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Government proclaimed the Irish National League on August 19th. The Marquis of Hartington and Mr Chamberlain advised the Government that such a such a step would be impolitic, till the effect of a new land 1 act was seen. Among the immediate consequences are the severance of Mr Chamberlain and Mr T. W. Russell (Unionist champions of the Ulster tenants) from the Liberal-Unionist party. Mr Gladstone has declared the proclamation unjust and imprudent. Mr Balfour, in announcing the proclamation, said the league was proclaimed as a dangerous association under section fl of the Irish Crimes Act Amendment Bill, recently made law, (Cheers and counter cheers.) Government had thus taken the power erred upon them by statute to pfohibu “Ly the league. Continuing. 5 r f™ 0 " 6ald tWe are two sub-heads n. the . 81 *th section of the act, mentioned the proclamation, which declare ds follow!? • Whe *o* as we are satisfied that there exists in Ireland an association known as the National League, which, in parts of Ireland, promotes and excites acts of violence and intimidation. (A voice : “ Its a lie ; no branch of the league is engaged in such work.”) Mr Sexton asked where the sole ground of the proclamation was, and said that the league was simply au associate in tending to interfere with the execution of the law. Mr Balfour, in reply, head the names of the proclamation. Lord Hartington asked whether Mr Balfour was aware that nearly all branches of the league were engaged in registration; whether he knew that the league was the only association opposed to the Conservatives' work ; and whether the proclamation was inintended to paralyse the efforts of the league, to the advantage of the Conservatives. Mr Balfour replied that no branch of the league whose work was confined to registration would be impeded in that work. Replying further to Mr Sexton, he said that until the Viceroy issued an order regarding the particular districts, the proclamawould have no force. In order to emphasise their indignation, numbers of Liberal members of the House of Commons have decided to join the league, and many Irish papers appeared with black borders. The announcement of the proclamation was received quietly in Ireland. Mrs McNamara, one of the tenants evicted at Bodyke, has gone mad from the effects of the fright she experienced at the hands of O’Callaghan’s agents. James G. Blaine, an American presidential candidate on the Republican side, and now travelling through Europe, declined a banquet proffered by the Lord Mayor of Dublin. Evictions being continued with vigour on August 12th on Mitohelson's estate, several shopkeepers who had been put out made most determined efforts to barricade their premises. At the Limerick sessions on August 17th three persons were sentenced under the Crimes Act, two of them to six months’ and one to four months’ imprisonment, for resisting a sheriff. United Ireland urges Irish landlords to accept Home Rule as inevitable. A riot occurred at Kenmare, County Keroy, on August 18th. The mob attacked and stoned the barracks in which the police were quartered. The latter charged with drawn swords upon the rioters, injuring many of them, and arresting quite a number. A great meeting to protest against the proclamation of the Land League was field at Dublin on August 23rd, presided over by Professor Galbraith, a Protestant. It was one of the largest gatherings, not excepting the famous O’Connell-Steele gathering at Cloutarfl, ever held in Ireland. A delegation of members of the House of Commons was present, consisting of Jacob Bright (Manchester), Richard Barden-Holdene, (Haddington), J. Edward Ingles (Nottingham), Charles Fenwick (Northumberland), Angus Butherlahd (Sutherland). This deputation is said to be only an earnest of what Liberal English members purpose to do if the Coercian Act is to be worked with rigour during the eoming winter. Members are going to Ireland later on to address meetings, to be present at evictions and sit as lookers-on in the courts where Coerian Magistrates will exercise summary jurisdiction. At a meeting on 28rd August, the Irish members of Parliament advised tenants to double their demands,