, 1881-12-11
Gambetta in Turn EuIogizes the Sem
ate, and Talks RiindIy of
Tunis.
He Declares stIt Is Possible - to
1leorganize Tttnis Without
Subjugatins Her.
Particulars of the Battle in African
Waters with an Arab
SLAYER.
TIE .1RlSH. "
ENGLISH FEELING.

ani1noslty has largely Increased since the Staf-
ford and Derry elections showed the depth Of
tho Irish resentment. O'Donnclt's bluster at
Derry, auc ail tho help which the Home Rulers
gave the Tory candidate proved useless.
The election WIS decided victory
for tho Government over the Land
League. Tho Carlton Club is not over-pleased
with Sir Samuel Wilson's approval OF the Lnnd
bill, nor with hts argument thnt tho act does not
20 far enough in canceltng existing ieases. Sir
Samuel Wilson Is q successful Australian squat
ter but no politician. He Is not noted for ex-
travagancc, hut rather otherwise. 1t Is improb-
able, therefore, that he will persist with the
threatened petition,
THE NOVEMBER RETURNS OF CRIME
in ireland show that thore were ISL ohenses last
year against $50 this year. with the Coercion act.
The decrease IS chictiy in threatening letters.
The actual outrages are about thirty more. The
proportion has increased for December.
THE Il:tsn FARMERS
are more generally adopting the no-rent policy,
eren on good estates. The situation is, there
fore, darker, because the reductions Of the
Land Court arc proving unsatisfactory. While
everybody is demanding TINT the Government
shall do something further TO restore
law and order there is a re-
markabe scarcity OF suggestions Of !.
practical kind. Military men are ever ready
with martial Iaw, but even druu,head Licuten-
ants require some sort Of evidence and it is al
most rs hard to obtain evidence as verdict.
Tho same remark applies to the suspension
of tho jury laws. Since the Judges
set their faces against this latter, the Times has
changed Its tactics, and exhibited Its incerttude
by fayortng Sir Hardtnge Gtford's proposal ID
bring Irish murderers for trial to England. The
Tablet proposes the exactt0n from each town.
land or district af Compensation for injury 10
person rs well us property.
IF 4 cows TAIL IS CUT,
tho district pays, but if d mans ears are shorn
there is no compensation. The scheme was dis
cussed by the Government before the Tablet
aired it, and may yet be adopted. Meanwhile
tho Government are limiting themselves to
encouraging Informers and itcrcas1nR the night
patrol. They evidently aes{re to avoid further
coerciye steps till tho meeting OF Parliament.
Meantime, a plot is brewing which may torcc
their hand. If the Carelton Club adopts its
present intention they will dnd q resolution
tabled in the carly part Of the session, unless
Ireland greatly improves, declaring that, 1uas-
much ns the means placed at the disposal Of the
Government have failed to restore order, the
House deem it necessary for the Government to
take tho laId and grant compensation. Com
pensadon for landlords will carry large part,
It not the whole, Of the Irish vote and mnny
members interested in land OIL the Liberal side.
TIE DEFENSE OF PROPERTY IN IRELAND.
Special Cable.
LONDON, Dec. I0.-JenuingS special says: The
Lord Mayors Committee tor the Defense OF
Property in Ireland will be announced on Mon
day. 1t will include long array Of distinguished
names, but thar it should be left to private en-
tcrprise to defend property and uphold tho law
Is looked upon as q scandal both here
and throughout Europe. The populat impress
siou IS that ali landlords, and particularly Irish
landlords. arc rolling In wealth, and that the
6toppage Of their income for year or two Is
not likely to iuconvcnfcnce thon, but this Is
great mistake. Some owners OF estates in Ire
land, tho Duke of Deyoushire, for example, are
not seriously affected by
TIE "No-EESr" PROGRAM,
aud others can squeeze through by cfapping an-
other mortgage on their property, but there are
hundreds of small proprietors who have invest
cd their all in Irish estates upon the representa-
ton Of tho Landed Estates Court that the prop
crty would yield SO much year on the invest
meut. In other words, they have bought an
Irish annuity. To such men and their families
The stoppagc Of reut means simply ruin. Sell
the land they cannot without sacrificing oo per
cent ut least OF their investment, for the agita-
ton OF tho lust thrce years has rendered
Irish property almost unstable. 1t is to
to their senses TINT the Archbshops Of Dublin
and York are collecting money in England. The
Lord Mayors fund will be applied more directly
In fighting the League, BY
ENABLING TIE POOR LANDLORDS TO BUY
In tho tcnancics put up for sale on the er1c-
ton Of on-pay ing occupiers, anu to counteract
the devices to which the leaguers thanks to
Irish American subscriptlons) are enabled to re-
sort, and to maintain law and order
in the disturbed districts The fund
of the two Arehbishops and that headed
by u committee Of English ladies' are meeting
with fair success, md the Lord Mayors fund
will no doubt SOON reach goodly proportions.
But certainly it is sight not very hattering to
Euglishmcu to- sec private citizens
forced to band together like a Wig
ilance committee in Il border town
to protect life and property, white the most pow
erfu1 Government Of modern times, with an Erl-
pires resources at its back looks on languidty
at their efforts.
THE WHOLE POLICY OF THE GOVERNMENT
Is exciting profound dissatisfaction even among
their own followers. It is tho opinion OF indie
pendent authorities that Ireland is in far
worse condition today than she was
year ago. Archbishop McCabe and other
Of the hierarchy have done their best
to discrcdi the "no-rent" program, but the
Is among the sufferers. Some time ago the col
fege authorities advanced sSo,0o0, about ali they
had, upon mortgage on Lord Grannrd's
It. WIS deemed a safe invest
1ucnt ut tho time. his Lordship's tenants have
struck against rents, and tho college sadly
misses its annual payment of interest. The
new defense association will no doubt increase
TILE GRAVITY OF THE SITUATION
throughout the country by causing collisions
between the people and tho landlord forces, and
tending to provoke civil war. Considerable In
terest IS taken IN the quarrel" between
Mr. Patrick Egau, tho League Treas
uzcr, and Mr.. Piggot, formerly proprie-
Tor Of the: lF3sh'aa",- which has passed
into the hands OF the league.
When sir. Piegot was at tho helm he gave his.
readers & red hot" paper. He never advocated
The sprinking OF tho streets OF Dublin with
ritriot as means of Gripping the British
cavalry squadrous, as was done by
III ardent patriot in the, rs days, but he
advocated almost everything else, and was cs-
teemed good, sound 4:Nadonaiist" Mr.. Pig
gott, however, believed With OConnell that to