The Portland daily press., 1881-03-07
PROMINENT LAND LEAGUERS DIS
APPEAR.
Mr.. Dillon to be Arrested To-day,

DUBLIN, March 5-Official operations in
connection with the coercion act, NAV be said
to have commenced in Ireland Long before
the usual hour for official business the chief
secretary arrived at Dublin Castle He was
Immediately followed by Thomas Burke, I'M
der secretary, and two law officers Gradually
the waiting-room of the chief secretary's de-
partment became crowded with resident mag
,istrates, constabulary and officers who have
attended in obedience to telegraphic summons
es issued Thursday night. At least forty sti-
pendary justices and one hundred police sub
inspectors were in attendance.
The interviews lasted all day, and though
Mr.. Forster intended to go to England, he
postponed his departure, owing to the import
ance of his duties here. The chief secretary
will take broad view of the operation of the
new act. While some of the law officials at the
Castle deem suspicion fairly pointed at an indi-
vldual to be sufficient to justify his arrest, Mr..
Forster insists that evidence of an overt act
must be adduced, such as would influence his
mind in the capacity of juror, and that prima
fa Gle case must be established against the &C
cused. A meeting of the Privy Council was
held at the Castle on Friday evening. The
Dublin Gazette was then issued, containing
proclamations for the counties of Clare
eleven baronies in county Cork, Gal
way, Kerry, Leitrim, Limerick, Mayo, Ros.
common and Sligo. .z ..s hfttF ,t1
The following is copy of the proclamation
for county Glare: -..r
By the Lord Lieutenant and Priyy Council in Ire
land
Earl Cowper.-"We, the Lord Lietenant General
and General Governor of Ireland, by and with the
advice of the Privy Council of ireland, and in vir-
of Her Majesty, Queen Victoria entitled AN act
for the better protection of person and property in
heha ana %v q re every power and authority in this
that part of Ireland hereinafter mentioned; that
is to say the county of Clare shall, from and after
the 9th day of March, be and continue prescribed
district, within the meaning of the provisions of
said act.''
1881. = $1,000 ~ ''A'
This proclamation was signed by Chief Sec
Rotary w. e. Forster, Lord Monck. Rt. Hon.
E. Sullivan, Master of the rolls, Judge Flana-
gan, and Gen. Sir Thomas Montagu Steele,
commander of the forces. The proclamations
for the other counties are similar st
The Gazette also contains two forms of war
rants for arrest. one for high treason, the other
in blank for the crime to be specified. The
number OF arrest, as originally intended, will
be very much diminished by the voluntary ex-
lie of numbers of the suspected Mr.. Mat
thews Harris, one of the defendants in the
state trials, and one of the most advanced adj
vocates of League doctrines, went to England
Mr.. Boyton has mysteriously disappeared. Mr.
Sheridan, another of the defendants, is not at
home. The number of arrests next week
will be 26. Should Mr.. Dillon return to Ire
land on Saturday evening, he will not be ar
rested; neither will that happen if he speaks
at the meeting in Mullingar on Sunday. But
next week will bring forth its own events.
There is every probability that the meeting at
Mullingar will be prohibited. M
LONDON, March 1T is reported that Mr.
Dillon will be arrested to-day.
Another Great Storm in England.
New YORK, March "a London special
says there is another heavy snow storm there,
with terrific gales. Railway trains in Eng
land, Scotland and Wales are all impeded.
One train in Wales was submerged in snow for
thirty hours, the passengers suffering badly.
The streets OF London are almost impossible.
Reports from Aberdeenshire and Kincard-
shire tell stories of intense cold at those points
Already three feet of snow have fallen there,
and snow is still falling.