Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-01-08
THE SITUATION IN IRELAND.
Visiting Under DIfficulties.

Among the persons who are pretty sure to
visit Ireland at this time OF year IS the English
man OF sporting proci"itieS whom no reports
OF the disturbed state Of the country can IN
duce to decline an invitation to run with the
hounds in Waterford or TtDparary. Such one
writes his experience to the So James Gazette.
arriving on sunday be finds nothing out of the
common In the streets Of Dublin. the bells
OF the churches are chiinlng as usual; orderly
and well dressed groups are sedately ooey1ng
the summons, ana the appearance OF the town
state OF comfortable dizziness aud dirt. But
what Is this? Surely the melodlous tones OF
the sub dean OF the Chapel Royal have lulled
my somewhat drOwSy seuseS 10 Sleep and nave
landed In imagination In some country IN state
OF civil war, where the English language with
a slight brogue Is for some uneX planei reason
the popular dialect. distracted and divided
land.' Blessings OF peace" What is all this
about? No; am awake. and III part OF Her
Majesty's dominions no further from London
than Carlisle or Newcastle. We are publicly
church meet Old friends who have been con-
nected with 1.-The Castle for years, and 1t Is
easy 10 see that there Is something wrong-a
general shaking OF heads and elOngato1 OF
ruined proprieUors, an Invisible lord lieutenant
and genslal going to the devil" !" How is Old
so,ana so?r %,Why, my dear fellow, haven't
lug letters, had the police In his place
for a month, and went over to England
last Las wee week Shut up MS house and sold
us ALI 1D.u I'm, .WGE,
hes holding On. but he darent show himself
out hunting, and he's got an iron police hut at
his front door. Why, even Lord iIlyraggum,
who voted for the Disturbance bill and ali the
his agent daren't show his face on the proper
ty.' but what are the government abotlt?''
government! Ny dear STR, you might just as
well take the first two Old women you meet In
the street and stick them up at the Castle
They won't stir finger. Court? There's 40
court now. NO one ever goes near the place ex-
cept few OF the Dublin lawyers and doctors"
Railway travelling In Ireland Is not as rule.
dangerous On account OreXceSstve speed ana Is
In fact apt TO be a triiie tedious But those who
are Interested In firearms may now find a ready
means OF pegulling the time; for the converse
ton turns principally On the comparative merits
OF ''TevOlyers," ''repeaterS" and ''derringers:o
and as every male traveller who gets in or out
at each road side station Is armed with some
variety or defensive weapon, which he produces
as readily as he would tOothplcS, the connois-
seur Ia these matters Will fiad an Interesting
field for discussion and criticism. To move
about, indeed, now, without a f1rearm OF
some sort would be regarded as tempting
Providence; and whatever other trades and
Interests may be depressed, there can be no
roaring business: Here Me are at our station.
Whats that fellow doing there on the plat
form! with his head tied up?' "Oh, that's SQ-and,
SOS baiff they knocked him about bit at the
OF 2, his ears; but he'll soon be all right again"
Indeed! Most interesting. And what's all
this crowd 10 the village, and why 40 they howl
at u.s." ION those will be the BalIysn lsh
contingent coming home from reinstatlny a
tenant who was evicted seven years ago. We
shall see the sub inspector to morrow AMI he ar
all about 1t; Garesay there will have been a bIt
OF row. Ali here's the pAJrol at Conoliy's
demesne; they never leave h!cn night or day.
and he's got iron shutters On every wlniloT
Wen. here we are, just in time for dinner; and
Dy the way, you may as Well have your guns
taken up to your room; the Old gun-roon Own
stars Is rather too exposed. and we keep ali
the guns up stairs now"