The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-08-27 00:00:00

THE PROCLAMATION OF THE
NATIONAL LEAGUE,

The following is the text of the proclamation
df claring the National League a dangerous institu•
Lion :

"By he Lord-Lieutenant and Privy Council in
Ireland. A special proclamation: Whereas we are
satisfied that there exists in Ireland an association
known by the name of the Irish National League, and
that tLe said association in parts of Ireland promotes
and incites to acts of violence and intimidation,
and interfere with the administration of the law,
Now, we, the Lord-Lieutenant General and General
Governor of Ireland, by and with the advice of the
Privy Council in Ireland, by virtue of Section 6 of the
Criminal Law and Procedure (Ireland) Act, 1887, and
of every power and authority in this behalf, do, by
this our special proclamation, declare from the date
hereof the said association, known as the Irish
National League, to be dangerous. This proclama-
tion shall bi promulgated by the same being pub-
lished in the Dublin Gazette, and by a printed copy
there ,f being posted at every police-station or
barrack, and every place in which divisional police-
courts or petty sessions are held respectively in Ire-
land. Given at the Council Chambers, Dublin
Castle, this 19th day of August, 1887.—Asncoucyg
C., IlEpuits EYRE CEATTERTOI4. God Save the
Queen."
The Prss3 Association's special correspondent tele-
graphed from Dublin on Saturday morning: "The
announcement of the proclamation of the National
League as a dangerous association has, of course,
created excitement in Dublin, but nothing like the
sensation which was caused by the suppression of the
Land League in 1882, inasmuch as the present action
of the Irish Executive was to some extent anticipated.
So far as could be ascertained late last night and early
this morning, by interviews with leading politicians
and others, there is far from being a feeling of dismay
among the popular representatives at this turn of
affairs; but, on the other hand, the loyalist element
of the population appear to have experienced a sense
of relief and gratification. The proclamation has
stirred those to whom its terms have a particular
application to unusual activity. The Central Execi:tive
of the National League in Upper O'Connel-street are
preparing for any emergency."
A special correspondent in Dublin, in a communis
cateya published on Monday, stated that the procla-
im' ton relating to the National League did not create
an 3 surprise in that city. The Unionists look upon it
as a INical consequence of the policy of the Govern-
mow, whilst the Nationalists profess to treat it with
indifference and even contempt.

DUBLIN UNIVERSITY AND THE PROCLA-

LUTION.

The Dublin University Home Bale Association
met on Tuesday and passed a resolution declaring
that in proclaiming the Irish National League the
Executive had given proof of their hostility to the
liberty of the subject, their fear of open constitu-
tional agitation, and their reckless disregard of the
possibility of thereby calling into existence dan-
gerous associations. The resolution also expressed
confidence at the Irish people, by perseverance in
the ado ti of constitutional methods, would dis-
appoint the hopes of those who would deny to political
opponents the benefits of the English law.