The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1882-06-27 00:00:00

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On Monday night the en;iroas o Parsonstown were
guarded by strong pickets ot s .Idiers, sun wean pazstAin
in or out of the town after ten o'clock wore Inter?
ma to the nature of the!. business. • violist was also
stationed in the vicinity of litrr Cestde. and all the
military in the garrison were prepared lot any rum.

..-5-iiitionday night a " Moonlight" attack !was made oti
tbu bowie ot a ( named Watati. residing at BaHr-
battik. °purity Limerick.*rimer, lt appear. that Walsh eddied
that ttnauts should pay their runt*, but the others retuned
to do go. When the attack was made the" Mooolightere
asked Walsh it he WIN going Itt meet the TILE day,
sad an srgument ensued. Orie ot the " htere
raised his gun and shot Wshili through the His
life lii. imminent dimmer. .

A murderous mutt was onmenitted at Orantiegh, near
Athl nig, on Sunday night Two men. named John Dolan
and Martin Tramy, had • dispute about a piece of land,
when Dolan etruck Tracey on the heed with a spade,
intlictinx • frightful wound. He was taken in an insensl.
wodiuon to the Union Hospital. oilers his dsPoeitieua
were taken by Mr. Becket, maiden' magistrate.
The Interment on Sunday at Kilnaboy of the remains of
Kr. John Fitzgerald, of Iletzeheo, whose death rem,ted
from a fall from his horse on Wednesday, culmisaied in
an extraordinary scene. The deceased. a Pietestant.
merried • Homan Catholic led,. His mother was aka •
Roman Catholic. His tether bed bees • Protestant until
within • few years, when he joloed the Society of Mends,
el which he is stills member. Toe Rev. John Foot, rector
of Eilkeedy, when about to reed the funeral service for
the dead, was interrupted by about half-a-dosen men, who
pulled off their costs, and swore they would let no
Protestant read over the deceased, who had been baptized
In the Catholic faith. A scene of indescribable contuelos
occurred, and the clergyman had to desist. Thereupon
the hatter obtained the Prayer.book from Mr. Fuel, and
read the Burial Heroic. unioterruoted.
*shall Devitt, owing to the New York Irish Romp-
lion Committee's intent enasement, landed from the
Germanic aloe* on Suoday morning. He went to
Everitt House, while the oornmitt.• were at the Quanta.
tine Station. The committee f6lleweil him, and presented
a tor lutich their address ot embotne, to which he male •
brief reply. He spent the remainder of the day in writing
letters, and in receiving the interviewing 'openers.
He told the reporters that be considers it,. Gladstone'e
posmon critical, pal ticuiarly on the Egyptian questicio ;
that toe WILK. Bad is • confession that the Land Act is
a tailors; that he is in p.rtect weer i with Parnell, there
being no Laud lasagne split; that he will not re-enter
Parliament, as he can do more effective work outside; and
that he knows very little of Minister Liwell, but believes
toe American weakness on the Iran negates to ho not so
mucl duets 11r. L ivrell ae to the Wiasoington Govern.
m. nt. He will now remain here two week., c udoctmg
an axitatdon, and making speeches unler Land League
auspice.. lie then to retails, in order to bold a confer-
en m with Mr. Peraell He was to speak at Boat ii no
Monday picot, and at Poiladiaptaa on Juselkkb. Hewitt
alego wee., to Chicago.
Michael Devitt, in a speech delivered on Monday night
at toe Academy of Mu-ie, •••• • general denial to. series
of charges male agwast him by certain Irt.hmen. sod
defended his plan for the nationalisation of Irish lend,
which he did not regard as coadtmlux with the 'does el
Mr. Pernell. He denied that be was promulgating • new
departure, as stated by several member, of the Land
Leacus, or that he was starting • new fund.