The New York herald., 1879-12-17
IRELAND'S STRESS.
Incidents Connected With the
Arrest Of Brennan.
AGRARIAN OUTRAGES.
Reports Of the Distress
in the West.
JOHN BRIGHT ON IRELAND.

DUBLIN. Dec. 6. 1879.
The cable will have told you the news Of Brennsns
arrest and his removal to Castlebsr the chief town
of Mayo county Mr.. Brennan was nominaliy secre-
tary 10 the Irish National Land Lesgue but his real
position is clerk to company OF miliers. he re-
sided in Dublin at No Russell street. and at seven
O'Clock yesterday morning Mr.. Mallon. Superinten-
dent of the Detective Police accompanied by
couple of subordinates called at the house. had Mr.
Brennan called. and exhibited warrant for his ar
rest The charge against him is that of having made
a speech, in which the accused. "wickedly ma
Eciously and sedtiously. contriving and intending
TO disturb the peace of the Queen and raise dscon-
tent and disaffection among the Queens subjects,
and promote feelings or i'll will and hostility between
different classes of such subjects and to excite such
subjects break the law. and to attempt to procure
otherwise than by lawful means the alteration OF the
laws Of the realm. and resist by force and violence
the enforcement of legal process Of rights by said
Jaw established, and to excite disafection among
and to seduce from their duty and allegiance meni
bers of the Royal Irish Constabulary. spoke and
published to the said assembly certain wicked, Sc
altious aud inaammstory words" And then the
warrant proceeded to recite the whole Of the highly
inhammatory and impassioned harangue which
Brennan delivered at Balla on November %. ON the
spot where the eviction was to have taken place.
AFTER THE ARREST.
It will be recolected that he then turned to the
coustabulary force there assembled to enforce the
law If necessity for their interference. and
made appeal to them. in which he seemed to say
that if they performed their duties as constables
they would be destroying their country 1t is this
special passage. probably which has moved the gov
ernment to bring all the State machinery into action
in order to procure conviction for sedition Of =
person the of prominent The arrest was
very quietly effected and scarcely any
of it until hours had passed. Before removal from
his own house he was allowed to communicate with
the manager of the mills and other friends and to
make family arrangements. He was then conveyed
by train to Castlebar, distance of $50 miles. As
the news of the arrest spread by the telegraph
along the line crowds Of sympathizers began to
gather at the railway stations whore the train should
pass. in order to have . glimpse Of the latest
'martyt." This especially the in Mayo
county, where the prisoner had taken lead
ing part in working up the agrarian agita-
tion during the past months. When, at
Castlebar. he was being conveyed upon an out
side from the railway depot to the Court
House, great crowd accompanied him. cheering
enthusiastically. At the Court House Mayor wyse
resident magistrate, awaiting the arrival Of
the tprisoner, for the purpose of completing the
preliminary examination; which was a necessary
The warrant for Mr. Brennan's arrest was produced
1t had been granted on an information sworn by
was present at Lonamore. near Balla. when the in
criminated speech was spoken Mr. Carter now
iterated his belief in the truth of the statements
contained in his information Then the Detective
perintendent very briefly reported the arrest. The
Of the case, then declared that shorthand writer
named Bond had taken full note of the prisoners
speech. He could not however. be present until
that the prisoner might bo remanded till then
which was done. as matter OF course.
THE FEELING IN IRELAND.
Before being removed to jail Mr.. Brennan was
allowed to have comfortable dinner. sent in from
the best hotel in the town. in the room
the judges. and 1t has been settled that
while uner restraint yrest so
legal point OF view, in the conduct OF this
that the defence has been intrustet to Mr. OMalley
Of the most experienced barristers the Con-
naught circuit. When the prisoner being con-
veyed from the Court House to prison enthusias-
groaning the landlords alternately with equal vgor.
At night large crowd paraded the town of Castle
bar carrying lighted tar barrel and cheering for
Brennan, but there not the slightest attempt
breach OF the peace. There cannot be doubt that
;a TINS aries. was grea. mistake. ms de was an
revclling in wild. frothy. irresponsi.
bic defamation rather than eloquence.
Tue Dublin Freeaaan's Journal. commenting on
the affair." says very truly, 'Neiher by position
antecedents was he man of any standing or in
fuence. and probably even his name Will be un-
known to most of readers. Now he is political
parsonage safe of return. it he desires it. for
some popular constituency. and with a political
career open to him II it be the policy Of the gov
ernment TO the return to Parliament for
Irish constituencies at the next election OF a number
of gentlemen with no other qualifications CLAIMS
to election than that they have been made
the victims of State prosecutions, and who.
retaliate for their sufferings. then government
is going the right way about it.
The effects OF the action of governnent will DO to
increase agitation the questionable features in
which were dying out until thus articially stimu-
which underlie the government policy unless it be,
ns We before stated, to influence the English elec
tions." The Daily Express. which is the government
organ, has leader wonderful mildncss il is in
deed almost apologetic in its tone 1t regrets that
.the government should find it necessary to put the
law in force against persons OF his 5rennans class
in life" But the government "was bound to take
notice Of his magnificent speech" 1t is worth
Inemberng that while Mr. Parnell declared at Balla
that Mr.. Brennsn's speech was magnificent. he also
said 81 very much fear that the result Of the lead
that he has taken in this movement will be that he
may be also sent to share the fate OF Mossrs Davtt
DAILY and Killen."
MORE AsnAHrAs ouTnAoEs.
The Irish Times gives particulars of attempt to
assassinate a farmer which occurred Thursday
evening in the very outskirts of the considerable
town of yuilingar, the chief town of Westmeath
county. and the centre of the collaborating district
OF oflreland. and also of the of
..Ihe unfortunate victim was . small farmer named
Michael Ball. about sixty years of age who resides
at HadsDorough, near Ballinea. about two miles
bailih on the estate of the Hon. Montague Mostyn,
gentleman residing in England. Ball drove TO Null
hngar to transact some business. and about six
O'Clock, or little later he left the town. directing
his way homeward through Patrick street, and OH
the straight road by the valley. When he had gone
about three-quarters of mile distant from the Do
lice barrack man. availing himself OF tho fog aud
darkness. deliberately walked from his covert and,
coming close to the back OF the cart on which Bali
was sitting. fired in rapid succession three shots
from revolver. sending three bullets through the
small of his back. Ball remains In q very critical
condition The crime Is supposed to be agrarian.
Ball is said to have been man Of litigious charac-
ter and he was so frequently concerned in cases
NJ Petty and Quarter Sessions courts that when his
came on II suggested the remark. Ball again.
Another outrage occurred In county Sligo on Thurs
day morning. man named Denis Iighe went
collect arrears of rent from tenant farmer named
Rcgan. VINO tor some time had rented small hold
ing from All English gentleman named Trumblc at
Ighestown, about three miles from Ballymote. Re
gan, who has been under notice to quit for non-
payment OF rent, Immediately attacked him with q
largo manure iork, and overlook him after short
chase, Knocked him down upon the road. and with
the manure fork inflicted serious injuries upon his
head. On Friday while Mr. John II Lucas. n land
lord aud magistrate of Rochfordstown. situate near
Conhkllty, IN the west OF the county Cork. re-