New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-03-20
THE ATTACK ON LADY FLORENCE DIXIE.


ATchhish0n Croke has sent ESQ as contribution
to the testimonial fund for Mr. Parneu
THE ATTACK on LADY FLORENCE DIME.
LONDON. March 19.-Lady Florence Dixie, who
was attacked at Windsor on Saturday by two men
disguised in women's clothes says that the men
spoke with no brogue. She remembers seeing her
ST Bernard dog drag one of them backward.
The affair is puzzing every one. There is no clew
TO the assalants A gardener who was pottlng gera-
NUNS thirty yards distant from the scene az tne
time of the outrage says he neither saw nor hearu
ANYTHING of the occurrence. Lady Florence says
she called TO her husband for help She states that
she should be sorry to attribute the Outrage 10 e,f
Land League. The Irish members OF farhanenu
discredit the story Of Lady Florence.
HER CHARGES AGAINST THE LAND LEAGUE
OFFICERS
The letter of Lady Florence Dixie to The London
Times of March s, in which she charged MessrS Par
nell and Biggar With having, as trustees faied TO
account for over G152, 900 of the Land League
funds is as follows:
n 10 nothing more or less than a heartless mock
ery OF suffering on the part OF Mr.. Parnel and his
followers TO be continually adverng In the House 10
the distress in the West of Ireland ana demahl15 ~
they are doing remedies aud relief from source o IN
which they know perfectly well Will not be fcrthcom-
ing Such action is not only heartess but II s shameiui
I'm the face Of the fact large sum OF money SUBJ
serbed and nrused the trustees Of the Land League
Messrs Tarnen ard Bggar solely for the reef oil dis
tress has been most cruelty withheld from those lor
whom it was intended, and 10 now whoiiy
nnaccoun,ed for. What care Mr.. Parnen
q, bs whole troop OF followers what becomes
moor starving peasants OF the West 50 long as they
can l their pockets with that much-coyeted goidl
II sckening spectacle altogether, and one whon nus
the heart th contempt for the man VINO can 80 cohu
scend TO trade the suferings OF others Mr.. fsne
A. trustee Of sum OF nearly 23OOOOO only nan OF whcn
rcd fort
ture not bear scrutiny. 1t looks very much IKE H. IL
may he as well to pass in review the different iuhuS
,tarted By the Land League and to note the puosne
satements their receipts and expenditure as eohp
from ne pages OF the principal Land League oIgsn, "e
Fyeema,s Journal Having gone carefully through Tue
t mis- naper since 1s79 extracted every item
NJ the various added them into totals with
the following result; .
In December 1879 a fund called "The Fair Trial
Fund" was started defend Mr. Davt and others WIG
had been arrested in November OF that year On cna ~
nj selitou The prisoners committed Tor trai al
o,, ,,raed nm hail and there the matter ended. Inc
never took place For this fund inc free
nous Journal receipts between DECEMBER
4 1879 and March 8, 1880, amounting 10 @I'o%'' oS
6 and the statements Of its expenditure were haue
,he se naper of February 81 and September To- 1851
amounts OF each which brought the tota to
90 balance for, therefore, remains oi
1854 0s. Cd. s A., T.,
Foow,ue on this came the Distress or Relief Fund, fo
bch The Freeman Journal between January and sep
,ember 1ssO acknowledged receipts amounting u
s5o o4o IA Cd More may have been received but th
was the amount lodged The statement OI e1peh
siture An the same months mentioned IL quo'ed o.
a4o g36 es 4d. leaving balance, which has never vi
20 ,hs day been accounted for, OF 21llO4 Is "a IL ap
sars tn me that this should I've at once forthcoming lo
the relief ofthe present distress.
For the Land League Fund find Acknowledgements O
recepts between October 1879, and OCTOBER 1891
h "a 293 las Cd while between October. 1881, an'
MAY 1892 further amount is Acknowledged from farl
,enresept,ng a5e,735 2s. I'D, making total o
eiA2 O2s IT'S sd. Tho statements OF the expenditure
a, ts vast sum between December, 1879, and OCTOBER
,osI do not exceed R5,748. while between October
1891 and Nav 1882, 1t is 10000. These sums to
,h.r with grants to the Ladies' Laud League hetweei
Anil 90 1851 and October 10 Of the salne year. iofn
tn,a1 expenditure Of fl7,430 Oe 4d leaving Da'ahc
mn nn,c,ounted for OF 2l2553s us III -, A. ou,.u,
we Eaye next the Phrpen Defence obu I" IeFie"
B.tween November, 1880, aud April iSsi, a10' T. az nn6
were ackno owledgei Of &l9.Gol rs 3D. VI ni9 ~
IA quoted as expended, leaving u ''"''o "
Tsst mt not least comes the Ladies' Lana League
witch received upward of a56,6O7 lSs Ild. e1peh1 p
fng ESQ s5S ls 6i2d further sum Di 4nOVo ~
a. ha wing been paid IL December z, 1851 VINE
brings ia receipts mp 20 292,G07 49, 1ld, leaving
haance of 5,749 IT'S. 4l2 t. nDarcOunted Tor. -,
,rha foll wing table will therefore, show tnat I'M
,ss reeepts az published Or the Ave funds amoulted
s177 352 iss, OF which Gl25,264 IS. .i2d mas Deel
cnd,,sd while q balance reiaains unaccounted Tor o
2l52,OsS o. 3i2i
TOTALS OF UNITED FUNDS.