, 1880-12-26
IRELAND.

.f0NDQNs DEC. IH1-1 d0 clt4dL40u 41C1A4A
psn2ins essentially unchanged, though
xcadlly growing worse as the tyrannical
conspiracy OF the Land League tfghtens Its
nip on the community. The Government
has shown no sign OF action antici-
pating the suspension OF the habeas
corpus, as lately intimated. Reports
Ne daily received from magistrates and
officials Of every degree announcing the im-
possibility Of executing the ordinary proc
eses Of Law. Mr. Fitzgerald, among the
most learned and respected OF Irish Judges,
expresses from the bench doubt OF the
possibility Of continuing to administer
Justice under the present jury system.
"Boycotting" has reached the jury-box,
he majority of the jurors securing verdicts
efacQuittal by threatening the minority. The
Times declares the absence of outrage among
the worst symptoms. In truth, being an in
fnation OF the
TERROR NOW GENERAL,
agents Of the League are no longer obliged
to resort to violence to insure obedience to
he Leagues DEGREES The Home-Rule
members Of Parliament assemble in Dublin
Oh Monday. at Parnell's invitation, to settle
the program OF the coming session. It Is In
tmated that Parnell and the other indicted
members will announce their intention to
defy the Court and appear at Westminster.
Mr.. Chamberlain's friends again assert
that no measures Of coercion have ever been
adopted at a Cabinet meeting. They loudly
proclaim such measures never shall be while
hi. Chamberlain is Minister, all Of which
Affords vast comfort to law-breakers OF every
degree as they wish each other merry
Christmas " and plot
STARVATION AND RUIN
10 their law-abiding countrymen. Lord
CarnaTvon's passionate diatribe against Mr..
Bright elicits general disappEova1, the Lib
! erals denounciuG it as a breach of political
good manners. The Tories are silent. The
speech appears at most inopportune
moment, when Carnarvon's colonial policy is
bearing evil1ruit Mr.. Bright's friends say
'he does not intend to reply TO it.
DOUBTFUL
The information received within the last
few days by the Government has been of q
character to leave no doubt that an
erganized and general rising In Ireland
had been arranged for the a6th of
this month. This circumstance accounts
for the hurried dispatch to that island OF so
many thousand picked troops, including q
large portion OF the Household Brigade, and
tye batteries of the Royal Artillery. It Is
feared that disturbances will occur here.
Simultaneous blows, according to the orig
tnal program, were to be struck in London
md other great cities Of England. Hence
the police authorities everywhere are spend
ing an anxious Christmas. Many Irish
Americans have arrived within the last few
days at Queenstown, but
ANY ATTEMPTS TO LAND ARMS
viii be frustrated, for the coast Is now very
carefully guarded. The Government is at
tast fully determined to keep Ireland nom
tnally under the rule OF the Crown, al
though all law continues to be openly
tamped underfoot by the great mass
m its population. The Conservative papers,
Hm1ght be expected, reproach the Govern
nent bitterly, but the leading journals in the
f1oyinces express their full approval Of Mr..
6sadstone's policy, declaring that the time
har coercion in Ireland without the redress
Of Irish grievances has passed BY, never to
return.
ponrADowN.
The little Town of Portadown, In Ulster
County, is fast becoming notorious as cen
Rs OF agitation. A short time ago, two
enantfarmers named Berry and White re-
eeVed letters threatening them with prompt
Punishment If they continued to pay rents to
"a obnoxious landlord. They refused to be
heightened, and continued their regular pay
neats, whereupon their houses were burned
The ground, and their produce entirely de-
kzosed- The Constabulary determined that
@e perpetrators should not escape, and used
Every means to discover their whereabouts. A
man named Wortley was employed by the
H1ce as sort Of spy to make inquiries.
dh mission was soon discovered, and lie was
1s9oed. The perpetrator Of this second
outrage has also escaped, being we'll hidden
q he townsnen, who refuse to give any in
0s@adon to the authorities.