Morning journal and courier., 1880-11-05
Ireland

Land League Outrages Reported-A Par nell Defense Fund-The Line ofDefense.
 DUBLIN, Nov 4.-Several fresh outrages alleged to have been committed by Land Leaguers, or under it's inspiration, are report ed to-day from different parts of the coun- try. The following cases are known here to be authentic: Charles Dudgeon, 8 magis- trate, while journeying from Clenard in Meath county to Longford, the capital of the county of the same name, about sixty-eight miles from Dublin, was fired at from behind hedge on the roadside by some unknown person. MT. Dudgeon, who was not hurt, drew his pistol and returned the fire from his carriage at which the would be assassin ran and made good his escape Yesterday an armed party attacked the dwelling of 8 Mr.
 Long at Cosheen, county Clare, and having made Mir. Long appear they took him into his barnyard and proceeded to torture him.
 Among other indignities inflicted they cut off his ears and then left him more dead than alive to find his way into his house and send for assistance. It is believed that the out rage was committed in revenge for Longs act in bidding for and occupying farm from which the former tenant had been evicted. The Freenld11's Journal appeals for contri buttons to the ParneH defense and heads the list with a subscription of $50.
 Active preparation is going on among the Land Leaguers for the defense of the agita- tors who have been summoned to appear to- morrow before the Queens Bench to answer
 charges of conspiracy. Besides Messrs. Will Hams Mclaughlin, o. C., D. Andrews, o. C., and M Sullivan, M. F., who have been offered briefs by the Land League, MT Louder, London barrister and prominent member of the league, who defended Daily and Killen in the last prosecutions at Sligo about year ago, will also appear for the de- fense Five or six traversers, including undertake their own defense. The LrESh Tunes says: It is stated to be the intention of the traversers to argue the defense so as to make it an exhaustive affair and force the land commission to extend it over long period They will examine Mir. Gladstone in reference to his Midlothian speeches and his more recent utterances MT. Bright upon his Manchester speech, and Chief Secretary Forster both upon his writings and his ob- servations in the House of Commons. It is also their purpose to subpoena several land
 lords in Ireland as we'll as their agents. Among those to be summoned will be the Duke of Leicester, the Lord of Sligo, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Kenmare, Mir. Mitchell and MT. Henry. The line of defense will be as follows:
 They will in the first place endeavor to show cause why information should not be taken aga1nSt GraVerSefS. Upon tnls point an interesting legal question is expected to arise. Having pleaded not guilty and the cases hay ing gone to trial they will examine witnesses with the purpose, as stated, of justfying the speeches on which it is sought to condemn them. They intend to produce tenant far mers from different parts of the country, es- pecially districts in which land meetings were held, with reference to the charge of con- spiracy. They propose taking as evidence the work done by the Land League in it's character as relief committee during the recent period of distress in Ireland. Mir. John Dillon, now absent from Dublin, will on his return from Nenagh be served with a subpoena summoning him to appear before the Queens Bench It is stated that Mir. P. J. Gordon of Claremorris, one of the defendants, broke his leg gnot long ago while returning home from ball. and that his health is so much affected by the result of the accident that his recovery is considered doubtful.