IRISH AFFAIRS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1090, 3 April 1883, Page 3

IRISH AFFAIRS.

The 'Frisco Mail brings the following items: —

The Times of March 10th says : ' We have good reason to believe the enquiry now proceeding will implicate the Land League beyond doubt iu the immediate patronage of crime in Ireland, even if it does not establish its direct connection with the ' Invincibles,' The flight of Patrick Ecfsn, unless explained, is a moral acknowledgment of guilt, from the damning consequences of which none ol his associates escape unless Egan can clear his own and their diameters. We shall not be surprised to learn that the leaders of the Land League who still remain in the United Kingdom may shortly find it convenient to follow Egan's example." Egan eluded the vigilance of the police by shamming sickness. Dr Kennedy maintained the deception by visiting Egan, wholeftDublin disguised as a priest.

Eight dagger knives wore found in Kingsend Basin, Dublin, on the 7th March.

Two hundred girls left Limerick on March Bth for New Hampshire, U.S., and almost all the entire population assembled to wish them good-bye. Accounts from Gweedore, County Donegal, indicate that the condition of the people there is most distressing. A medical officer of the district reports the people as much emaciated in consequence of the great scarcity of food. There is a general use of seawsed as a principal diet. There is a sick person in almost every house. In Loughrea the distress is alarming. ,On the 28fch February, crowds besieged the house of the priests clamoring for food. The Town Councillor were hurriedly convened to lake measures for the relief of the people.

The distress in Ireland was discussed in the House of Commons on the 28th. Sir H. Childers said the Government would not shrink from taking strong measures if they were likely to have a permanent effect. He pointed out tb»* wages were high, and *-• * autnu affected districts, and hoped the Irish members would do what they could to restore confidence. A letter from tha Bishop of Raphoe, dated March 3rd, is published, m which he says the only chance the destitute people have to sustain life is by charity. He believes the policy of the Government to be one of extermination. The treasurer of the Board of Local Relief for County Mayo, reports on March Bth that great distress exists there. Over thirty persons are in the alms house suffering from famine and fever, and 700 are on the list as needing relief. The distress has not been so great since 1847. People who refuse to enter the workhouse are dying outside for want ot food.

A correspondent writing to the Times from Dublin on February 9th, says there is little doubt the authorities will be able to connect the conspiracy with Ribbonism as well as Fenianism. The Times farther says :—' Suspicions are raised by the evidence given by Carey on Saturday, the 17th, that can only be allayed by a thorough disclosure of the

the accounts of the Land League, sub-

j'ct to sin independent audit. Until tin's is done the League will be under suspicion of the maintenance of the foulest type of conspiracy.' The Freeman's Journal says : •• The prospect now is that the mystery pf the murderous conspiracy will be sounded to the bottom. We hope 'No I,' it he exists, will, find his way to the gallows, which is the prayer of every honest man."

Carey in June last handed ' No 1' his resignation as one of the four leaders of the ' luvincibles.'

The ' suspect,' Sheridan, jeceived telegrams and letters ct sympathy daily from all parts of the United States. A despatch from Dublin, dated March 2nd, says the police had made startliug discoveries at Rochdale, England, at the lodgings of Walsh, who had been organizing secret societies in the north of England. Correspondence with Byrne regarding the organisations, and a photo of ' No 1' clearly establishing his identity were found. After these discoveries, Walsh wa3 arrested at Havre in France.