, 1881-09-04

represent HIS VIEWS Ill aN1 Pit! bALHAui'
The people" everywhere are lispnsed to
give tic Land net Il fair trial. The Govern
Mcnt played !: good card Iii appointing Ser
jeant O'lIugan 1T the lleatt OF tht Lald Co'n-
mission. lie WIS identified indirectly with
the Young lrlandcrs Of 1873, and has been for
many years the confidential legal adviser Of
the hcirarchy. Even Archbishop Croke. prob
ably the most stalwart Lacquer within the
pale Of the Church. is satisfied that in Mr..
O1Iasau's hands the act Will certainly not
be used as all instrument for tcnaut opprc5-
sion.
MIR. GAVIN,
II. T. for Monaghan, who has just been ap-
pointed Assistant Land Commissioner Under
Messrs. O'Ilagall, l.itton, a.lu Vernon, Is Ill
advanced Liberal, and almost rs fierce Ill
enemy ot landlords as Alr. l'arltell himself.
All The subordinate officials, too, arc picked
Liberals, so tint the wltole machine will be
operated III behalf Ut the tenant, rs far as
that can be done without violation of the
safeguard Uf the act.
M1:. r:ARSELL SEES
that to retail his place niht power he must
Try some other tack, and lie will begin ali agl-
tation this autumn fol- Il revival Of Irish ILL
dtlstrcs. The best card, however, is repeal.
At Il meeting 1T Tyrone the other day he said
that to his knowledge one Cabinet MINISTRY
had ayoweu that, if the agitation i'll Ireland
continued i,0!lle-ruie i'll some shape Oh other
would have to be cohccued
ICELAND.
| had 4 brief conversation Yesterday With
William Lite Howard, who, WIS SUnt to leo
land last year oil III exploring expedition by
the United States Government. Lie told inc
that the general opinion there is that Mr.. .Btn-
nett;s yacht, the Jeannette, l,lst have been
caught in tho icr ui..t crushed. The crew
could not have survived the seyerltles OF list
winter i'll the polar regions. Tile bones of
the ptarlligun a,lu other birds, as well rs of
native animals, everywhere strcW tile
ice. It Is just possible, Afr. Uowar'l
says, that the Jcannctte's crew may have
taken to quarters H1ld saSeu themselves, but
tic docs not entertain very sangulne hopes Of
this. The ice has not yet opened, and tile
icebsrgs will be met with later than usual in
tile Atlantic this year.
DRY WEATHER.
since "Wednesday has enabled tue farmers to
yet in their crops, though they arc very
badly damaged. All the new wheat
that l have seen had sproutcd, and
is therefore unfit for baking purposes,
fur the flour OF sproutcd wheat,
besides being too sweet, will not rise in
dough. The crop all round is not much over
70 per cunt of I'LL average one Just HOW, the
supply VI foreign wheat being unusually
small, the farmers are getting high
prices, which will in s0uie measure
compensate them for tie deficiency, but
the arrival Of foreign cargocs will soon
CAUSE decline. Tic loss By this disastrous
season will principally fall upon the land-
lords. Fur the last two or three years they
lave bccn "hallyin up" the rents, ;nd
there is llnrLly Il farmer who does
not owe ut lenst I'LL eighteen
months bill This year the tenants hoped
to bc able TO clear oif the arrcarages, but,
instead Of that, they will be compelled to ask
for another years credit. The landlord who
has tn meet the settlements and jointures OH
his estate, come rain or shine. will be forced
to clap on another mortgage, and many
of them, already 1nortcascd up to the
eyes, will hayo to settle with the Sheriff. l
saw L great lnany farmers in MY recent ranl-
bles through the midland counties, and they
told nlc that (, bad crop this year would drive
them ont Of agriculture altogether IL is Il
hard thing for man who works early
and late to have the fruit Of his toll de-
stroyed for seven years il succession. and it
is just rs hard for the landlord to have to
weight himself down with a new mortgage
before he is able to pay the first years
interest OH the last one The weather is
still extremely cold and unreasonable, and
the growth Of the root crops las been
checked
THE TOURISTS
<},r - ~
as bad on the Continent. It is rumored that
THE CHEAT FIRE IN CHE.APs1DE
the other day was the work Of Fenian incen-
diaries. and that All explosion yesterday near
Hunt s. Roskell's workshops was also due to
a conspiracy. 1t Is difficult to see, how
ever, what the Fenians could hope
to gain by setting fire to two or three
warehouse in Chcapside and Bread streets,
and it is much more probable that gangs Of
thieves are at work firing buildings tor tho
purpose Of pluncer and sheltering thenl-
selves behind the panic over tile Internal
machines. After the Cierkenwcll explosion,
for which Michael Barrett suffered, the
police found that thieves perpctrated
many subsequent outrases, and have ITO
doubt that this is the Qase now. 1t is certain
that, if any explosion Dr. fire should be traced
To Tile 1Ilon 9hlI1lSHcIS, II NOu1A
result in great misfortune to the
Irish people Since the Liverpool affair,
Irisllmen in the large centres i'll
the North have been regarded with some
and mo Irish need apply" would
be the cry everywhere it the "skirlnishers
should attempt to pursue the mad program
OF the New York leaders. Mr.. Parnell and
his associates are we'll aware of this, and
are endeayorlng by every means in their
power t0 dissuade their followers from coun-
tenencing such desperate work. The feeling
of uncasiness in London has been increased
by the event of the past week.
THE DECLINE IN AMERICAN SECURITIES
has been heavy this week, partly owing to
the war Of rates on the trunk roads. LII At
lantic, Grand Trunk, and Illinois the fall
has been caused chiefly by the failure of u
broker at Manchester, whose stocks
lad to be thrown on the market
at time when there were no buyers. The
general opinion here is that these causes Of
depression are but temporary, and the
low prices must shortly bring out t
buyers. John Taylor S Go. have Issued a
circular denying President Bond's state