The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1881-05-24 00:00:00

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11. large force of zridtary and police proceeded.
tnt,
r the command of htsjer Vend.lent, of the it
'ment, and Major RsHeston. R. M., ne Friday i.
Pallas, Limerick, to aid the sheriff in evictions
the estate. Early on the much the forte was
be a largo b,sily of people, who followed them
yelling and suoutiug and pelting them with .t 0
Amidst • shower of missiles the ..heng se
after much difficulty, in evicting a few latnill°:744,
the., proceeded with his escort to a distant part of the
estate, but it Man diecovered that the pesole had left
their house and had taken aseension of • large castle
'oon the estate, which they hwi I sopholed, put into
. thorough state of defence, aid rendered se
impregrable that all i lea of dis!o lging the occupsats
and excuting th. write was abandoned for the dsy.
Stones still cantinucd to be showered upon the police-
and military, and so threatenitg was the alptet of the
people who thronged round the force that Major .
Rolleston ordered thn police to load their rifles and the
military to fix bayonet., and warned tho per pie tbs's if
they persevered in their hostile conduct he should .reed
the Riot Act, and if they did not disperse within •
short time he should feel it his mrt pata;th *ad
awful duty to order the constabulary to fir-c ii,,i the
soldiers ts charge. This warning had the de.irsd effset,
and the people dispe-sed. but not before Lieutenant
Gswan, of the 9.h. an officer who had distinguished
himself ill the late Afghan campaign, had ree,is„d a
blow from • cadge, and four persons bad hem
arrested, including Lieut.!: ant re iwan's assailant.
On Saturday morning • fls Mg oolninn, with four phew
of artillery will proceed wills ton sheriff to seek
execution M the writs upon thn pespls in the castle.
On Thursday night, betwene nine and ten "clock,
whilst rlturnii g from Skibtiereen to fisllyibob, Mr.
George H. Swanton, J.P., a resident len iI.T I. was
fired at, but enaped uninjured. Mr. Swanton wan
recently monineted es chairinau of the SChllil iI'AINI
of Gua-dieun, in oppo.iti in to Mr. 'lodise, the
" sun...-. 'recently arrested under the Coercion Act.
In liallydinob. Two meii here bsen •rrest.nl int
suspieisn, and the police were nimble to tinn;ure cars
for the cduveyance of the p i..olers. The our ress in
that can be as.i,gued for the outragn in t at Mr.
Swanton is suspected as being a sort of accessory to
the arrest of lio.inet. Intense excitement previsile is
the district.

100.

On Fri lay morning the Rev. Father Sheehy.
Kilmallock, Mr. Heury Ginermn. auctdmeer, Mr. P.
McCarthy, secretary of the I KAI Land League, and
Mr. John Cleary, hotel-beeper, was arrested et
Kiltnallock, near Limerick, under the Life and Pr,
perty Protection Act, ant were at nom removed to
Dublin. Great excitem rot p evaded in Kilmallock,
courequent u,en the &treat of the priest.
Patrick Doyle, a prominent member of tkir
Killarnfy Land I,eag le, and henchnian .4
O'Donoghne at all his election c missies, was arrested
under the Coercion Art, ”ri Fri lay. He was removed
to Limeric< gall. Other arrests are expected.
On Thursdey night, Mr. Rr.bot Pringle, a larre
farmer at Graham, naar Hlym.unt, we. tired at
while returning from a dinner party, accompanied by
hi, wife and mother. Three shots were fired, but no
one was iujured, and no a-reat wars made.