The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1886-12-25 00:00:00

Inz ItZIIT WAR 1.4 iitELaND.
GOVERNMENT PROCLAMATION.

A supplement to the Dublin Gazette on Saturday
evening contained the following:
"By the Lords Justices General and General Gover-
nors of Ireland.

"A Proclamation.—Edward Saxe-Weimar, General,
Ashbom ne, &c.

"Whereas certain persons have for some time past
in promotion of a most commonly called Plan of
Campaign combined and conspired together for the
purpose of interfering with the Queen's subjects in
the free exercise of their lawful right, and especially
controlling the relations of landlords and tenants in
Ireland, and whereas the persons aforesaid have sought
to effect their designs by soliciting and inciting tenants
to refuse to pay the rents to which the landlords are
entitled, and to pay the same into the hands of
stringers and others who have no right thereto, now
we hereby warn all persons that the said movement,
by whatever name it may be known, or by what-
ever means it may be carried out, is an un-
lawful and criminal conspiracy, and every one
who promotes and joins therein will expose him-
self to prosecuticn, and all roomy, receicts, books,
and documents given or received for the purpose of
the said conspiracy are liable to be seized, and the
persons fcund in possessi m of the same to be arrested
and brought to trial.
"Dated at Dublin Castle this 18th day of December,
1886, by their Excellencies' command. _

"M. E. HICKS BEACII."

Mr. Parnell, M.P., and his mother have arrived in
London. Mr. Parnell has been seriously ill from a
sharp gastric attack, with complications, but is now
much better, and his medical adviser is confident that
with care he will be able to take part in the work of
the session ty the opening of Parliament. Mr. Parnell
does not propose to express any opinion as to the
" plan of campaign' at present, as he is desirous first
of going to Ireland and consulting with the gentle-
men responsible for its origination and working,
whom he has not seen since the close of
last session. He also wishes fuller informa-
tion than that at present in his possession
wi..h regard to various matters before he speaks
publicly on the subject. Mr. Parnell was not aware
that the "plan of campaign" had been devised or was
going to be proposed until after its publication. He
hopes to be in Ireland in a few days.
The proceedings at Loughrea against Messrs. o'l3 rien,
Sheeby, and Harris have been abandoned, and fresh
summonses were issued on Saturday against these
defendants, together with Messrs. , Redmond and
Crilly.

Mr. O'Brien addresse3 a meeting in Lonefoid on
Sunday, and said the Government had no wish to bring
the que3tion to trial, but to act on the dictum of a
servile judge. They would not thus prevent the "plan
of campaign" from beiniz earried out, though they
might render it necessary to observe greater care and
circumspection in doing what was needful.

The hearing of the charge against Dr. Tanner,
M.P., and Mr. J. O'Connor, M.P., of assaulting an
inspector of police when dispersing a meeting at Cork
was resumed on Monday in that city. The magis-
trates, however, were unable to come to any decision
in the matter, being equally divided in opinion.
Mr. Cot, M.P., Mr. Jordan, M.P., and Mr. Kenny,
M.P., collected rents on the Vandeleur estate, near
Kilrush, by means of making appointments at places
where the police were not likely to find them. They
received several hundred pounds. Rents were also
collected in the same neighbourhood from the tenants
of Mr. Barton.