THE STATE OF IRELAND.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2428, 29 December 1880, Page 4

THE STATE OF IRELAND.

Lord Clancarty has taken a house at Mowbray, Leicestershire, England, for the winter. The effect of his leaving Ireland will deprive labor of employment to the extent of £IOOO a year. A woman who sold food to one of the Orangemen was corded on Nov. 10. ‘ The Times,’ on Irish affairs says : “ If only the true remedy is to be found in some equitable method of turning the tenant into a proprietor, we see no reason whj r such a method should not be carefully and dispassionately considered.” At a meeting of 500 persons at Knock - anrose, near Walshton, on Nov. 11, for the purpose of “ Boycotting” three landlords and land agents in the neighborhood, James O’Brien, an IrishAmerican. in the course of a speech, said if “ Boycolting”these men had not the effect of reforming them, people would resort to stronger measures, and try if leaden pills would suit their digestion. The first duty of every Irishman, he said was to get a rifle, and the second duty was to use it. He added that there were 500,000 stout men in America who would die happy if they could each kill one cursed Saxon.

A “ World ” London special says : “To-day (November 1G) the Land Leaguers at Cork are reported as saying that the country farmers would do well to poison all game covers, and thus spread immense consternation amongst the landed gentry thereabouts." John Bright, speaking at Birmingham, on November 15, strongly condemned the land laws of Ireland, which virtually gave proprietors a monopoly of the land. Bright attributed the slate of affairs in Ireland to the rejection by the House of Lords of the Compensr,. tion for Disturbance Bill. With regr tr( ] in the failure, he said that force W' 0I1 )d effect nothing. The Government ’ ,vonld not approve the chimerical proje c t ß for the transfer of land to tenants. Bright believed the remedy would \ )C a considered plan giving tenants security to the possession of farms, and protection against the constant increase of rent. This plan will include a provision by which landlords, ii/Bling to sell, would he able to d f jal with tenants willing to buy.