The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-11-23 00:00:00

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preparing to depart for
is current in military circles
GiTbralhet irw, hbut ilegit •
rumour ment is
that after the troops are embarked the officer in
command will find sealed orders for the despatch of
the regiment to Ireland.
On Friday afternoon, pleas of not guilty to the
.tttorney-General's information against Mr. Parnell
and others were handed into the Queen's Bench,
Dublin. - . .

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Late on Thursday night & bailiff named Hanlon,
while on his way to the railway station at PAHA', county
Limerick, was shot at from behind a fence. The charge
consisted of duck shot, a portion of which penetrated
his hat and lodged in his forehead, causing, it is said,
fracture of the skull. Another bailiff, who accom-
panied him, escaped unhurt, and fired his revolver at
the would-lw assassin. Hanlon had been left with five
other bailiffs in charge of a farm on the Erasmus Smith
property, from which an eviction had taken place.
A man has been arrested on suspicioe, and has since
been identified. The agent over the property on
visiting Pa.Uari on Friday was followed to the station by
large crowd groaning and hooting. A later telegram
srys :—Hanlon is still alive, but in a very precarious
state. He was returning with provisi.ins from Limerick
to persons who were "Boycotted." His depositions
have been taken. A man named imby has been
arrest-d and sent to Limerick gaol.
A land League Conference was held Friday at
Athenry. A few Catholi clemyen attended, and
the usual resolutions were lama:m
A telegram from Ballinrobe last night says :—ln
consequence of the severity of the weather the trooped
the 19th Hurisars, under canvass in this town, have been
ortienxi from head-quarters to return at mace to Dublin.
The froide of the last few nights were beginning to tell
mlOll them, and this order has been rendered absolutely
necessary owing to the reports made by the veterinary
officers attached to the camp. At Lough Mask the
Ulster men have beeh engaged in threshing all day, and
it is expected that they will be able to leave for their
homes by the middle of next week. The present f2O
Jerseys for the use of the labourers has been received
from a gentleman in the North of Ireland, and
numerous tracts and newspapers are daily received for
the use of the troops and Isbourers. The party of the
19th Hussars were out yesterday protecting the herds-
man, who was perambulating the district in order to
pick up, and drive if successful, the remainder of the
cattle and sheep turned off Captain Boycott's farm at
Kilmaine. The constabulary consider that at least
three persons must have been engaged in driving the
cattle off the farm, but they have failed to discover any
clue as to the identity of the offenders. The day beiag
fine Brigadier General Beddingfield held an inspection
of the trooper, and the infantry nrarched in three
columns in the direction of Cong. Kilinain, and Holly-
mount. Owing to the slippery state of the roads, the
cavalry had to be exercised in camp and in the barracks.
The whole district is reported as quiet since Thursday.
The fnnt continues with increased severity. At the
camp of Laugh Mask strangers presenting themselves,
unities in poseession sof a pees, were turned out of the
linen. Of late, persons, who have been known to be
°pirated to Captain Boycott, have made their way into
the camp, and, in consequence, the orders to the
sentinels have been made much more strict. It is
generally believed in the district that Captain Boycott
means to remain on his estate at Lough Mask, no
matter what the result may be.
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Another bailiff ix reported to have been shot at in
the county of Limerick, and he is reported to be in a
precarious state. The saitassin was arrested on Friday,
and has been identified.
Mrs. Elisabeth Bramston Smith writes to the
Tuna :—Az it appears to me that there is at present
much misconception relative to the valuation of
Ireland, will you permit me to state that my father,
the late Sir Richard Griffith, always said in convena.
tion with me and others that the valuation of Ireland
made under his direction was only a relative valuation
.4 property to regulate the taxation of Ireland, and
not for the purpose of firing • letting valne, and he
also always said that he had valued the land from 25
to 30 per cent, under its letting value? A reference
to Mr. J. Ball Greene, 0.13., successor to my father
as Gonmissioner of Valuation, and who worked with
him from the commencement of the valuation till its
, completion, will (ally corroborate this statement.