, 1881-08-28

l "f1SH Up OCobAVt %A4S AtoNA]A"@ -
lordisnl." The Land Commission will begin
| work OH Monday, and its operations will DC
watched with great interest.
TIE RAINS
have injured the root crops in Ireland some
what, but, with fine weather for a fortnight,
IN abundant crop can yet be secured. The
| people ;4re tired OF the agrarian agitation.
| The asitators still beat their drum with Wig
| or, but it has lost its charm. The Irish
will follow Il leader into the
last ditch with a light heart, but he must DC
| leader with "a stake in the country" Not
one III ten Of the active spirits Of the League
has patch of land. Some OF them are jour-
| nalists, but most of them are simply pro-.
I fcssional agitators, who must keep I'D
their excitement and fill the hat, or Ill
| default be beco1npclled to work for their living,
and it is rather amusing to hear these gentry
talking about
| TIE RIGHTS OF THE TENANT
and clampioning the cause of the laborers
! Mr.. parncll and Mr.. DiIlon- are men of
means ana eminent rcspectabiity, but
their 1ieutenants are not the stuff
out of which great leaders Of people are
made, and their harangs have the metallic
ring which characterized those Of the mer-
| cenary patriots who five and twenty
years ago composed the "Pope's Brass
March, Advices from Ireland are to
| the effect that the people are well
disposed to give the Land act fair trial.
| They are fairly prosperous. The Post~Of1lce
| Savings Bank returns show
| 4 MARKED INCREASE IN TIE DEPOSITS,
| even i'll those eight counties Which were
scheduled rs distressed, and they are weary
of blatant talk. and anxious to test the act
upon its merits.
Although Father Sheehy MAS been in
formed by the Dublin Castle authorities that
they see no good reason why lie should be
released, it may be taken for granted
that all the prisoners will bc released
within q month. Mr.: Gladstone feels
the scarcely concealed taunts of the
advanced Radicals that the Coercion
acts are not lit instruments for Liberal
Government TO use. 1t is said he will let the
prisoners 90 the moment the Irish Executive
reports that the country is thoroughly quiet,
| The rumor that
| MIR. FOlssTEE WILL LEAVE TIE CABINET
| is again revived, apd there is reason to be-
lieve that there is some foundation for it.
| The Chief Secretaryship is by all odds the
! most difficult post i'll the Cabinet, and poor
Mr.. Forster has been terribly maulcd,
| not only by the Irish mcn-
| bers, but by NIr. Cowen and
| the extreme Radicals Fortunately for him,
| Sir William liarcourt, by his impetuous on
slaughts OIL the League, which he holds to be
| indirectly connected with the New York Fe-
mans in that it accepts the American SUBJ
| Scr1ptions and refuses to disayow
| the views Of the Fenian leaders
| on the other side If the water,
has drawn some of the Irish fire, and " Hang
| Dog llarcourt' is now pillorieu side by side
| with ''Buckshot Forster.'' Mr.. Gladstone
will find it difficult to get suitable man for
the Chief Secretaryship, for the painful
duties of the office and the bailing to which
the occupant is subjected every session would
| try even the sweetness and oil of Lord
| Granville.
s11;- rAESELL AND MIR. T. r. O'CoSNoR
| will probably proceed to America ncxt
| month, after the Land-Leagne Convention
| iias been, held, with 4 view of appealing for
| increased monetary aid from 1risl-Ameri-
cans, 1t is rumored i'll Parliamentary
circles that, should Mr. parnell carry
out his intended visit to America,
Lords Dunraycn and Donougllmore will
speak i'll the United States with (; view to
counteract the effect of the Irish agitators'
| appeals. Meanwhile there have been only
| TWO FEN1AN SCAKES
! this week besides those sent daily by the
New York correspondents Of the Standard
and Daily NeUs. One was Il basket
Of cartridges seized ut Birmingham
Station, which turned out tO
contain blank cartridges lnade specially
for cheating ut shooting galleries at country
| fairs. 4 supplemental scare is tile report
! that Mr.. Grove, of Peoria, is coming to Ire
| land rs agent for All American dynamite
| firm in Limerick.
| OFFERS FOH MI:. B,ADLAUGH's TORN COAT
are said to be numerous. One person offers
4...0, another E10. \ third suggests that the
garment be ratiled for. To these offers the
owner has replied loftily, 1--WE are conscious
| Of the very kindly feeling that prompts these
offers, but the coat il not for sale. The pay
mellt for its tearing Will be made by Ing foes,
! and until that payment has been exacted the
coat las very special value as II reminder"
/ F-NTIIEl: 1GN-ArIUs
/ celebrates the 30tl inst. the first anniversary
| Of the alleged apparations Of the Virgin ut
the new Abbey Of Lionthony. There will be
Il pilgrimage, Il sermon OH visions, and a pro-
Xssion to the holy bush where the Virgin
appeared. Tile pilgrims must take their
| engaged for miles around. No ilItidels will
be admitted. Each person OH entering the
church !must be provided with certificates of
! godly life from their respective ministers,
and take the sacrament fasting.
DIR. TANNER.
| The Frankfort correspondent of the Lon
don Standard tells tile following story:
".Tile American faster, DR., Tanner, has de-
| parted this life with all unostentAtiousness
strongly contrasting with tile sensational
! manner in which lie last year contriyed to
live through his battle against hunger.
| About month ago he arrived III Amsterdam
and aIigilted ut the Hotel Cornelius. lie was
! accompanied by Mrs. Dr.. Tanner and two
| children. In point Of physique the lady is
| stated to have presented the strongest possi-
! bic contrast to the lean and 1atll-like form
OF her husband. The arrival Of the visitors
| i'll the Dutch Capital remained nnnoticetl i'll
| the press Of the Continent, and it is only
NOW. nearly three weeks after the death Of
| Dr. Tanner, that the circumstances OF his
SUDDEN DECEAsE
| have become known. For week after his
arrival in Amsterdam DR.. Tanner confined
| himself to his room iii the hotel
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