The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-08-14

The House Of Lords had debate the
other day on the state Of ireland, which
indicates that the island is on the whole
peaceful and prosperous, though there are
two or three counties where there is con-
siderable ugrarian crime, that is to say,
violence on the part Of the tenants against
their landlords. Lord Oranmore and
Browne, who introduced the subject, and
who was deeply impressed with the need
Of more active measures, had some figures
to show that agrarian crimes were on the
increase, and drew dark picture Of the
state Of affairs in certain counties. lie
sald:-
Her majesty's government knew very
we'll that the police all through Ireland
had received directions 10 give protec-
ton to certain individuals. He supposed
her majesty's government was aware that
some people were obliged to live out Of
Ireland because their lives were not sale.
Last year a gentleman and his vile who
wished to 20 to Ireland were informed
that il they did both OF them would
probably be shot between the railway sta.
lion and their house. lie must endeavor to
show the state Of things in the neighbOr.
hood in which he lived, on the borders OF
three Counties-Mayo, Galway and Ros.
common. In 1876 n gentleman named
Nolan was fired at and wounded. Al
though Mr.. Nolan himself identified the
man who fired at him, the man was &C.
quilted. Agentleman named Acton, liv-
ing within eight miles Of this lord Dram
more and Browne'S) residence, was fred
at at II o'clock in the day. No attempt
was made by any OF the spectators to ar
rest the man who fired. Another case
was that Of man who was murdered in
open day. A barony in the county Of
Mayo was two months ago paraded by
armed men, who fired into houses. Among
his neighbors was Mr.. Rush, n Roman
Catholic gentleman, who devoted all his
time TO the improvement OF his property,
and who paid as high wages as any one in
the neighborhood. Shots were fired into
his house. Three bullets went into the
pillow Of the bed in which his sister usu-
ally slept, The men then went round the
house and fred into another room, and
one OF the bullets went near the poor
lady's bead. He now came to the attack
on Mr.. Barry. A man came up and said,
as your name Barry" Mr.. Barry, hay
ing said "Yes," was fired at, and no less
than 81 slugs entered the young mans
body. Mr.. Barry was not dead yet, there
fore his case had excited no attention.
Then there was the case Of Mr.. Young, a
good landlord, an impartial magistrate,
and gentleman most charitable TO the
poor, who was murdered in the open day
within n few yards OF his own house and
close to public road on market day.
In reply to this indictment, the lord
lieutenant, the duke OF Marlboro, deClar.
ed that the number Of outrages reported
TO the police has fallen from 1921 in 1870
quite steadily TO POOL in 1875, and 9OlS in
1876. These figures include all crime.
Agrarian assaults numbered 7G7 in 1870,
and 1929 in 1871, but had fallen 10 1856 in
1875, since which they had risen to PIP.
The lord lieutenant's figures, therefore,
showed slight increase in crime in 1876
over 1875, but indicated great diminu-
tion Of crime, taking the whole five years
together. He also quoted the language
Of judges to grand juries in nearly all
the counties, all of whom remarked on
the diminution Of crime and the peace.
fulIness Of the country.
The first speaker, however, insisted
that the reason more indictments were not
found was from the inability OF the few
officers to secure convictions from iuries.
But, on the whole, the state OF the island
seems to be good, with the exception Of
the three above.namcd counties.