, 1881-01-05
TIE 1HISN.:
THE HTtTE TI{tAIA

LONDON, jim. "A telegram from Dublin
says: Tho attendance at tho trial Of tho trll-
yersers to-day Is scanty, and tho proceedings
lnonoton0us. Tic Constable who took notes
at tho meeting ih Mayo caused much laugh
ter by admitting that hc had much trouble iu
transcrlbtng them, and that he Ind never rt-
PORTED meeting before.
THE rNoCEEDlSos TODAY
principally consisted Of tho cross-cxnmina-
tion hf two members of tic Co,lstabrlary
who l,ad been employed as Government
stcnOgraplers oil their evidence concerning
tile speeches delivered by parnell. Dillon,
Dlggar, Doyton, md Sexton recommending
n refusal Of rents, b0yc0ttfnu, otc. The cross
examination. WAS very effective. The wit
nesscs admitted that they were unable to
mako ycrbatlm reports. Ono OF then, all
m!ts 1t wns THUS barcly possthIy that 'Io
omitted sentences which might hnve quail
lied or explained those he reported. lle
sud he llnd once falsely represented himself
to bo n newspaper reportcr. parnell was
cI1ucred rs usual on lcnvlng court.
THE LANDLORD EVIL.
At a meeting Of tho Corporation, n motion,
by e. Dwycr Gay. that 4 petition 10 presented
by tho Lord Mayor OF Dublin at tho bar OF
the House OF Colnmolls, calling attention to
the laws affecting tho tenure Of proprietor
6l,!p Of lnnh in Ireland, md their effect on
tho general condition OF the country, and to
tho necessity for radical reform In these
laWs, was unanimously adapted.
THE FEx1AS BCAl.E.
BY direction Of tho War OHcc, strict
guard Is kept over tho nrm0res OF volnl,-
teurs In tho south OF I.onlol}, In consequence
OF tho news Of contemplated Fenlan at-
tempt to selze tho Arll,s. Lust night was sup
posed to no tho time appointed for tho exc
cutlon 0f the project, but 10 overt net colt
tlrning tho suspicion has yet como to light.
4 MEETING rRoIIiHlTEp.
1t Ia said tho meeting fixed for Sunday
next, near Castlobar, has boon prohibited.
DENIAI-
LONDON, Jan. 7.-The commander at tho
Iron-cad Lori Warden, the guard.shlp OF
the Firth OF Forth, Scotland, denies tha story
TINT torpetlo has been found beneath tho
bow Of TINT vessel.
DuFFENlN.
LONDON, Jan. 4.--Lor,l Dutfcrin has pub
!lsaed n pnuer Of, tho Ir!st, lai question, Il.
which he strongly condemns tho three F's
systcm,-"Fnfr llelits, FREQ Sales, md Fixity
of Tcnure,"-po!ntlng out tint tho sale of
tonant interests l!as Il tundency to saddle
holdings pcrpetually with double rents, and
he says: "'rhe system, 1t granted, would
only furtherencourago new sat Of ag[tators
to cnleayor to tl!sposscss tho landlords OF the
rosna!ning ycstlgcs OF their rights. Lord
'Duflcran fayors d system copied from that
adopted Mt tho enfrancfisenent OF
tho Russian serfs-nan,ely buying
up OF large portion OF land III
ireland. aud conversion, OF rents into land
charges. payabls to the State. For tho
chr0nlcally poycrty-strlcken districts Of tho
West hu recommended great system Of State
aided emigration to Manitoba aid the south
west OF Canada, to be worked with tho
cooperation of tic Dominion Government,
1Io points out that, u the Catholic Church Is
supreme IN those parts, the eiorRy Of IrelanI
will not oppose emigration sh!ther, as they
do emigration to the United States. The
Times rensarks that Lord Dulfesin's sugges-
ttons, although Interesting, do not forecast
the Land bill, AZ tha Government will mot
make grants from tile ExcheQuor OF pledge
tho credit Of the country -"
rHoMIlllTEn.
DupI1N, Jan. IA Iand-LeaRne meeting
which was to .take place ut b1agherafelt
County Londonderry, Thnrsday. and coun.
ter demonstration thereon the same day. hus
been prohibited.
FsEWAND.
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