The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-05-07
FOREIGN.

| The government caused general surprise
and intense excitement in Ireland, by the ar.
rest on Monday at Port Arlington, of John
Dillon, NJ p. The arrest was probably pro
yoked by his Sunday speech at T!pperary
which was perhaps the bltterest and most I'M
compromising he had yet made. He advised
the people to keep within the law, not because
he respected it, but for the sake of preserving
their organization. They must exercise their
ingenuity to sail as close to the line as posi-.
BILE. The warrant on which he was arrested
charges him with melting persons to forcibly
oppose and resist the execution of processes OF
law for giving possession of land, and to riot
and assault On his arrival at Dublin he was
taken to X ilmainham jail.
| In consequence OF the arrest of Dillon, Par.
nell has advised his followers to abandon their
present attitude toward the land BILL and vote
against the second reading. AT meeting on
Monday evening, however, some OF the Irish
members dissented from this course.
simultaneously with the arrest of Dillon
Dublin was proclaimed under the coercion
act, in consequence of which, in the house OF
commons on Tuesday Justin Mccarthy gave
notice that he would move at an early day that
the action of tho Irish executive in arbitrarily
arresting a member of parliament and pro-
claiming the city of Dublin was an abuse of
the powers granted by the coercion act, and
calculated to arouse dissatisfaction and mar
the results of remedial proposals.
An attempt at eviction at New Pallas, Ire
land, in which the sheriff was backed by five
hundred soldiers and policemen, called to the
scene about five thousand peasants, who boot
ed and stoned the officers, so frightening the
bailif that he refused to point out the houses
of defaulting tenants.
A boy named Farrell was shot and danger.
ously wounded IN Dublin on Sunday for CIV.
| ing information which led to the discovery of
arms in house where he was employed.
The debate on the land bill was resumed in
the commons on Monday evening. Lord Ell
cho, conservative, objected to Its provisions as
economically unsound, unjust and lmpolitlc
The debate was dull and adjourned after few
short speeches.
| @ucii y auieuuhc.it opposing TIC seCOuu
reading of the land bill declares the bill
in its present state would fail to secure tenant
farmers such reduction in rents as would af
ford adequate protection to their property in
holdings, and would leave evicted or rack
rented tenants IN a defenseless positions and
that it offers no guarantee of the creation Of a
sufficient number of occupying owners to
check the monopoly IN land or make avaia.
BILE for the laboring population any of the
large area of cleared land from which former
occupiers were uniustly evlcted
The substance of the reports in regard to
the French III Tunis is that there has been
some sharp lighting between the French and
Kroumirs, and that the latter have generally
abandoned their homes and fled to the noun
tains, taking their cattle with them. The
French government disclams any designs
against Tunis and says the affair will be set
tied within week
Vienna is in holiday attire in anticipation
of the approaching marriage of the Crown
Prince Rudolph and the Princess Stcphanie
next Tuesday.
Poor Russia is III sad state The car 10
| little better than prisoner at Gatschina,
while the nlhilists arc busy as ever and howl
for his hlOoi.