The Herald of Wales and Monmouthshire Recorder. — 1884-05-24 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

GLADSTONE AND IRELAND. Mr. NV. B. Smythe, of Barbavilla. Westineath.eaat a post-card to Mr. Gladstone on the 3rd inst.,in which lie drew the Prime Minister's attention o ins eli in the House of Commons the previous night, when he was reported to have said: "The hon. gentleman said that persons in Ireland were threatened by the Invincible.; but does he really believe that these specimens are a fair specimen of the people of Ireland, or that the people are in sympathy with the attempts?" pen this Mr. Smythe remarked : "if this conveys the substance of your words, I wish to oak, whether you read the charge of Chief Baron Panes last week, respecting the conspiracy to:murder me, who said—' It was a sad and startling fact, that as to a murder, committed in the day, in a populous neighbourluiod, at a place where it, was utttrly impossible any person could have reached without passing several dwellinphouses, not one person came forward during the six months covered with the reward (2,000) to give evidence against the murderers. It was a melancholy .thing, ? Have you been informed that when, in this case, Mahon WR.4 named three weeks ago as a Crown  nebs, the town  ofNavanatoncolwl a  sTs7cialTneeL7g, and before the trial, dismissed him finthwith from his employments under them, assigning no cause? How can you venture to deny that the people are in sympathy with these attetnota ?You encourage them by such platitudes." To. this Mr. Smythe received no reply. Accordingly, on the 10th inst. he sent another post-card, on which he wrote: "Your silence respecting the post-card I sent you this day week warrants me in assuming and asserting that you no longer deny the existing sympathy of the many in Ireland with the attempts, etc., of the Invincibles ! I learn since I wrote, in confirmation of the view which I sadly but strongly hold, and last week put before you, that the brothers of the Crown witness Mahon have been dismissed by their employers in Navan since his evidence helped to convict some of these who conspired to murder use, and who did commit murder. —*Eloodguiltiuess ' somewhere."  At a meeting of the Tiverton Radical Association, a re solution !WA been unanimously passed to the. !fest that Lord Ebrin,gton bid, by deserting the Ministry on the recent division on the vote of censure, forfeited the confidence of the members of the a soulsLion. It was Si. resolved that a committee should be appointed to cooperate with the Liberal Associat.,,su I in bringing before the constituency a candidate possessing thorough Liberal principles to tepresent the borough, in conjunction with Sir John Amory, at the next general election. The dyers of Bradford struck work on Saturday for an advance of 10 per cent. in their ww;es, which the masters have declined to grant. The strike effects. Wee to four thousand persons, and if prolonged will C3llO serious inconvenience in the stuff trade. The strike, it is thought, will probably extend to Halifax and Leeds, as it did three yi au; ago. It is stated that Lord St. Leonard% now in gaol awaiting trial on a charge of attempting to criminally assault a servant girl, will demand to be tried by his leers, an,l that a claim to this effect already lodged has cleated some dtfticulty. During a long period it has been held that in cases of indictable offences the privileges of peel's do not apply, but ibis allcged that several bows in the interval have rendered ilecisions to this effect so doubtful as urecedents as to lustily Lord St. Laniards making the application. The Government report of the Penygraig eXplObiloll WAS laid on the table of the House et Commoian on Tuesday.