IRISH AFFAIRS. Lord Salisbury's Policy. LONDON, August 4.

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IRISH AFFAIRS. Lord Salisbury's Policy. LONDON, August 4.

having asked* the. Marquis of Salisbuify.what protection Wftuld' be I 'afforded to those - in Ireland Whose lives .were becoming a burden to them 1 * in consequence 'of :tHe .persecutions to which, they were continually exposed, was, informed, in reply,, that it was the intention of the Government , to rigorously inforce existing lawe, and, if necessary, apply to Parliament for additional powers ; but tkat it would be unwise to touch farther upon Irish matters until the estimates had been passed. ' ',• Ovation to the Earl of Aoerdeen. ..r-The Earl of Aberdeen,,, who filled thepoBition,of Lord-Lieutenant for Ireland in the late ..Gladstone" Ministry, left Dublin yesterday. The event was made the oecaeion of a great public demonstration in favour 'of the late Government, and the Earl of Aberdeen, on quitting Dublin, received an ovation wholly unprecedented ' the warmth and enthusiasm exhibited. It, is ' reported that a number 'of Irish malcontents and Russian Nihilists are conspiring together and. arranging a series of dynamite plots to be carried into effect in England. In consequence of this all veasela ( arriving from Russian ports are being subjected to a strict overhaul. Messrs John Redmond, M.P., and W. OBrien, M.P., have been appointed delefates to the approaching Irish National' league Convention in Chicago.