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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XVI, Issue 18, 21 January 1881, Page 4

The following letter on " Terrorism in Ireland " is taken from the London Standard of 25th November last :~To the Editor of the Slo?idard. Sir, — Will you permit me through your columns to call the attention of the British people to the tlefeperate state the landlords in this country are reduced to ? "While called upon, as usual, to pay up their quit-rents, tithes, income tax, and drainage charges, no rent is forthcoming, unless they submit to the extravagant demands of the tenantry, who graciously cffer them Griffith's valuation or nothing at all. Threatened with death at the instigation of the Land League agitators on the one hand, and with a BUI of Pains and Penalties by the Chief Secretary for Ireland on the other, should they dare to enforce their legal claims, they have utter ruin staring them in the face. Though a reign of terror now prevails, and sedition is openly preached w unday after Sunday throughout the land, yet Mr. Gladstone does not appear to think that a sufficient number of landlords and agents have been shot at, that enough cattle have been mutilated, or enough outrages committed to bring Ireland within the scope of exceptional legislation. I would ask is there any loss of liberty in restricting the i ale of firearms, any more than that of poisons ? Revolvers and cast-off Government rifles are now openly sold in every county town in Ireland, so that for a few shillings any ruffian can possess himself with an instrument of murder. . That the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act would be hailed with pleasure by a large majority of the Irish people of all classes I am prepared to maintain, for none but the ijvil-disposed would be affected by it, and they are, I beMeve, in the minority I am acquainted with members of the Land League who have joined it, and who attend land meetings from the simple fear of having their ricks burned, or worse, and who are afraid, though able and willing, to pay their rents in full. As Ido not write from the Carlton Club, 1 cannot, like Lord Headley, with safety sign my name, but I enclose my card, and beg to subscribe myself — A CoNisrAUGiiT Lawdlobd.