The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1880-11-30 00:00:00

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On Friday afternoon the expedition of labourers
from the North of Ireland, which has saved the un-
harvested CP111•1 of Captain Boycott, started for their
homes tinder a strong military escort, consisting of two
troops of the Ist Royal Dragoons, • detachment of the
14th Regiment, and a large hotly of the Royal Irish
Constabulary. Before leaving, Captain Boycott shook
hande with each of the men, and wished them a safe
journey. The people living along the line of march
I between Lough Mask and Ballmrobe did not show
themselves in large numbers, and there was no
exhibition of feeling worth speaking f. In the town
itself the people Mk' the streets, and contented them-
selves with laughing at the cavalcade. Captain Boycott
and his wife left on Saturday for Claremorris, escorted
by a troop of the 19th Russian.
The Queen's Bench Division, Dublin, fired Tuesday,
December 28th, for the commencement of the State
protections. The special jury will be struck under the
old system, and the trials will be at the bar.
A farmer, near Cahir, county Tipperary, has been
" Boycotted "for having taken a farm from which the
previous tenant had been evicted. He can neither
sell his produce, nor get his horses shod. A rick of
hay belonging to Captain Palliser, at Annestown,
county Waterford, has been set on Fre. The black-
smiths in a village in county Cork have refused to shoe
horses for farmers not members of the Land League.
Captain Beanaish, of Little Island, a magistrate for
the counties of Cork and Sligo, Friday night received&
letter threatening him with death in the event of his re-
letting a certain farm from which a tenant had been
evicted. His agent has also received &similar menace.
Captain Beamish has written MI intemperate letter to
the Chief Secretary, alleging the Government
have encouraged An the Id Leaguers, and that if he is
murdered his death will lie at e door of the Govern-
ment.

The Irish Land Tenure Committee, consisting of
Lords Emly Powercourt, Monck, and a number of
other Irish landowners and members of Parliament,
have issued a report containing suggestions as to
requisite legislation. They recommend the adoption of
several schemes, each of which aims at giving Eractically
fixity of tenure at fair rents and free sale. They also
recommend that a tribunal, to be called " a Court of
Tenure in Ireland, "'whose .decision should be without
appeal, should be created.
The walls in and about the towns of Samford and
Fox ford were on Thursday dotted with notices
threatening the tenantry with death if they pay more
than Griffith's valuation.

A number of men have fired shots into the house of
a tenant on Lord thmalley'o property, and killed a
heifer belonging to him. He had paid his rent.
Four ex-militano.n were lodged in Prides gaol on
Thursiky for the murder of a farmer named Shea.
i)ecued had sold cattle at a fair. and was returning
home with a friend, when the prisoners met them,
knocked them down, and then attempted to murder
them. Shea was killed, but hie companion, feigning
death,escaped with some severe wounds, and subse-
quently gave the names of, and identified, the four
accueed.

Sir Erasmus D. Borrows, of Barretstown Castle,
Bellmore Eustace, states that a few days ago he went
to Queen's County to collect his rents. Some of his
tenants offered him Griffith', valuation, which he refused
to accept. They then went away without paying him
anything. On Wednesday be received a letter threat-
fling him with death. it concluded :—" God mve
Parnell! You are another tyrant; you must fall;
mind yourself; all the soldiers at the Curragh won't
save you at your door. I will bring you down."
Then followed, rude drawing of a coffin, and the words,
"You are doomed, you oppressor !" The writer was
evidently not as illiterate as he whiled to appear.
Sir E &mrowes adds that, before the appearance of
the Land League his tenants paid their rents honestly,
and he was on ipxxi terms with them all.

IWAPATCH OF MORE TROOPS.
Orders for the deepatch of the first battalion of the
Guard.--the Coldstreams—to Ireland were issued on
Satunlay evening, at St. George's Barracks, and at
Chelsea. The battalion, which numbers about 800 men, goes to Ireland as a reinforcement. It contains
very few, if any, Irishmen in the ranks. The troop.,
which will be under the command of Colonel Hall,
will, according to present arrangements, have hilt
London by Wednis.clay, the first detachtrient starting
on Tuesday (this day). The desthuitioa, of the force is
Beggar's Bush Barrack., Dubllit. It is stated that
other troops will he ordered to Ire/and shortly.
Captain Boycott arthed in Dublin on Saturday
evening, accompanied by his wife and niece, and is
14.311n.L: at the H*43111111111 Hotel. He is attended by
(teurthes, and a special constable is stati,med at the
hotel. He appears very careworn, but Mrs. Boycott
seemed in excellent health and spirits. It is said
that the cost to the Government of the expedition is
fl) (.10.

Lord Digby's tenants on the Gedhill estate, to the number of 400, were informed by the ages on Satur-
day that his lordship would not tis..‘w rufsre than 10
per cent, reduction on lout& .1114 s the teeltetri
refused, and the. decided to tender an ultimatum.
There ars some bright spots here and there in the
tire.ry waste of Irish life- A repot 110511
Isisen:ira brings the agreeable intolligeuos that thp
tonaks on the Duke of Devonahire'v eskates have met
the agent, laid all their rant. In 14, and were
gratified and aurpriae.l at re.eis:insi back 20 per rind,
on the half-ear. Only .ase tenant seared GriftWeis
valuutbay and Im is a holder of a huge psutiosn.
On Prifhli night the tails wets out uff MAK) cows,
the property a farms, 1110ileti Doyle, residing in
No Olt the Wane of oat. of the the cows
wivi fon a maim) throateniste the owner with hock.
elsst if Ise did test aurretehsr a farm which he took from
tkioi ia Sullivan.
Ili a village in the county of Cork the blacksmiths
have refloted to shoe the horse* for any fartners who,
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dishgurod men and assaulted,