MAIL NEWS.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2240, 16 November 1886, Page 2

MAIL NEWS.

TlfK R.M s.B. Alaineila, with the KnulMi and Aoh'i uau in.nh \ii .>.»n Fi«»nci»co, ariived at Auokl.wu! on SatunUy niiilit. Fiom our Hies to ti.iml y< sterilay we make tho following enli.uM: — IRELAND.

Di'HUN, September 24. Tho moonlighters in Kerry havo receiver! a severe and unexpected check, winch will serve to make thorn le«s jubilant at, their success in bafHtng the endeavours nf Sir Redvers Buller. Different versions of the details of the occurrence are Riven, but the main facts are that an encounter took place last night between a police patrol at Foalebiidge, between Abbeyfeile and Carttloisland, and about 1G miles from Tralee. The police appear to have suipiihud a p.uty of )oung men at a public hou.se. Tho police were fired at and fired in return, and one of the party named Mahoney, a slater's son, was shot dead, and the police arrested six others. The affray took place in a wild mountainous distriot. It i» the iirst success of any impottance which the police have achieved pince the reorganisation of the force and the adoption of a, more active system of patrols One of the prisoners is reported to have received a charge of buckshot. Mr M'Cabe Fay, the principal member of the firm of Fay and Co., merchants in Thomas-street, against whom the charge of forgery is pending, was to-day adjudicated a bankrupt ; as also Mr Molony, the second partner, who was one of the treasurers of the Land League with Mr P. Egan. September 27. Mr Parnell has promptly satisfied public curiosity with regard to hia next move. It is not altogether strategic, but as a preliminary to the possibility of the opening "' an eviction campaign he thinks it necissary to provide the sinews of war, and nith that view he has addressed the following communication to Mr Fitzgerald, president of the Irish National League of America : — •'The rejection of the Tenants' Relief Bill, the scaicely \eiled threats of the IrMi Secretary, and the alarming increase in the number of evictions clearly indicate the commencement of a combined movement i»f extermination against the tenant farmers of Ireland by the English Government and the Irish landlords. I lose no time in advising you of the imminence of a crisis and peril which had seldom been equalled even in the troubled history of Ireland. I know that it will be the highest duty and the most honourable task which can engage the attention of my countrymen in free America to do what in them lies to frustrate the attempts of those who would assassinate our nation, and to alleviate the sufferings of those who unhappily must be the victims of the social war which has been preached by the powerful and rich Government* of Kngland against our people. In sending in that moral and material assistance which has never been wanting, and has never been stinted from your side of the Atlantic, you will perform two most important and vain able functions ; you will encourage the weak to resist and bear oppression, and you will also lessen and alleviate those feelings of despair in the minds of the evicted which have so often and so unhappily stimulated those victims to a recourse to the wild justice of revenge. In doing so you will assist in preserving for our movement that peaceful character which has enabled it to win the most recent and almost crowning triumph, while you will strengthen it to boar oppression, and encourage our people until the final goal of legislative independence has been won. September 28. The fortnightly meeting of the National League, which should have been held on this day week, but which was adjourned in consequence of the debate on Mr Parnell's Bill, was held this afternoon in the offices in Sackville-street. Mr John Dillon, M.P., presided. The receipts since the last meeting were announced to be £290. It was also stated that remittances for the Parliamentary fund to the amount of £'3,134 had been received. This included £2,000 from Sydney and £300 from Queensland. Grants to the amount of £494 were made to evicted tenants. The Chairman said the rejection of Mi Parnell's Bill left the situation full of dim" culty and anxiety. Peace in Ireland during the winter was now at the mercy of i landlords, and, as they all knew, when the P'Mce of Ireland depended upon the forbear ancv of tho landloicL it depended upon \cry sleudei support indeed. The Dill was a in ht moderate one, and represented the very smillost minimum which would lie necessiry to preserve the peace during the winter. The struggle for life had not been be^un by the tenants, but in an utteily unpiovokcd way by the Tiny Government and the landlord party. Pailument had refused to do anything for tho tenants and, the people mn>t now try to win for themselves concessions by lawful re-i^tancw to unjust evictions, just as they did in 1880 81. September 20. The Duke of Abercorn to-day, laid the foundation stone of a new Wcsleyau chapel at Purtrush, to be called the Adam Clarke Memorial Chapel, being in memory of the late Dr Adam Clarke. There was a large concourse of spectators repiesenting dif ferent denominations His Grace was ac companied by a number of cleigy of th<* d.stnct. The Key. Dr. Ivarr, in a sthrmt,' address, referred to the loyalty of the north. After the ceremony the as^inuly proceeded to the Town-hall, where a meetwas held, Sir Hervey Bruce presiding. The Duke of Abercorn expressed cordial respect for the Methodist body, and said h»' was sure the time was not far distant when there would be more unanimity among all religious denominations. Cokk, September 29. To-day two English members of Parlia ment, Mr J. Ellis and Mr Rowntrer, had a long drive through Kerry between Tralee and Killarney. They were accompanied by Mr E. Harrington, M.P., and visited souk tenants at B.tlly seedy who have been evicted by Mr Arthur Blennerhassett. At Crough mere they had interviews with the tenants who were evicted on the property of Lord Kenmare and Miss Lucy Thompson.