GENERAL SUMMARY.

Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4443, 2 April 1883, Page 2

GENERAL SUMMARY.

The Times, of March 10th, says :— "We hare good reason to believe that the inquiry now proceeding will implicate the Land League beyond doubt in the immediate patronage of crime in Ireland, even if it does not establish its direct connection with the Invincibles.. The flight of Patrick Egan, unle-g explained, is a moral acknowledgement of guilt, from the damning consequences of which none'of his associates can escape unless Egan can clear hie own and their charac* ters. We shall not be surprised to learn that the leaders of the Land League who still remain in the United Kingdon may shortly find it convenient to follow Egan's example." (Egan eluded the vigilance of the police by shamming sickness^ Dr Kenny maintained the deception by visiting Egan, who left Dnblin disguised as a priest.)

Eight dagger knives were found in WingSerid basin, Dublin, on the 9tlT March. ' ■

Wrotham Park, the conntry seat of the Earl of Stafford, was burned down on March 7th, but the valuable collection of paintings, plate, and furniture was saved. . The Prince of Wales has been created a Field Marshal of the German Empire. The trade between Germany and Italy is growing so fast that extra trains are now running on the St. Gothard railway. It is whispered that it has been ascertained that the rumour of Mr Parnell's intended resignation of his Beat for the purpose' of proceeding to America is untrue.

An experiment was made with an electrical train car in London on the 10th inst. Tt ran a distance of four miles satisfactorily, and fulfilled the requirements of the Board of Trade.

The " Invincibles" ranks are increasing in Dublin notwithstanding the readiness' of the men now in prison to betray each other.

It is understood that if Patrick Egan had appeared as a witness in the breack of promise case of Miss Hyland-against Mr Biggar, M.P., the counsel for the defence would have asked him whether he had used any of the funds of the Land League for Miss Hyland's case. Mr Parnell states he does hot know where. Egan is, but the balance of the Land; League funds, £25,000, is quite safe.

Frank Byrne was released by the French authorities on the ground that his complicity in the attempted murder of Juror Field and Judge Lawson amounted merely, to introducing arms into Ireland. It was claimed that even if the arms were in* tended for the purposes of murder the offence was a political one.

Miss Hyland who brought a suit against Mr Biggar, M.P., for a breach of promise, recovered on the Bth, in a London Court, £400 damages. The parties were introduced in Paris by Patrick Egan, Treasu* rer of the Land League, who, according to the fair complainant, was responsible for bringing the suit. The lady further stated that Egan left Dublin to avoid being called as a witness. . Mr Jenkinson, a director of the Irish Criminal Investigation Department, gays, on the contrary, that he left on account of the complications with the " Tnvincibles " conspiracy, which will be brought to light if Sheridan be extradited by the American Government.

Two hundred girls left Limerick on March 8 for New Hampshire, U.S. . Almost the entire population assembled forbid them good-bye. Xady Florence Dixie, in a letter to the Times, of the Bth. charges Biggar and Paraeil with a failure to account for £152,000 of the Land League funds. She claims that, while this money remains unaccounted for, the parties named and their" followers have no right to mock the suffer* incs of the distressed in Ireland by the sham championship of the starving peasantry.

On the Bth Mr Gladstone declined to give a day for the discussion of the KiU mainham treaty negotiation, and Sir Stafford Northcote declined to proceed; further, but said the inferences to be drawn from the declination were obvious. Salmi Morse, known in Melbourne in : the early days, has not only been pre- ' vented from producing his " Passion | Flay " in New York, but has been arI rested for contumacy in seeking to evade the order of the Court and held for trial. Bail in $5000 was accepted. There was a Socialist outbreak in PaffJ on March 10th, at the Esplanage dcs Moalilles, which at one time assumed disquieting proportions. Louise Michel, who climbed the ladder of a bill poster in the Rue Tavert, and harangued the crowd, was arrested, Six others were also taken in by the police, among them being M. DeKeratry, formerly Police Prefect Later in the day * crowd formed before the Palace Bourbon, and refusing to disperse were charged by the military. An attempt was made to erect a barreade, but it failed, and the mob fled before the cavalry 1.