Widnes Examiner. — 1882-11-04 (Widnes, Cheshire, England)

THE STATE OF IRELAND.  It is stated that Sir Stafford Nortlacote will vlsit Belfast in December to open the new Conservative Club, but will not be accompanied by the Marquis of Salisbury. A meeting of about three hundred labourers was held in Naas on Wednesday night, at which resolutions were adopted calling on the farmers net to injure the labouring classes by stopping hunting and thus preventing the circulation of money through the country. Reports received in Dublin on Saturday state that terrible distress is threatened in the West. On Tory Island, nine miles from the nearest land, over 300 people are without food and the means of getting any. Other portions of the western population are described as in a state of impending starvation.  Mr. Mooney, the president of the Land Leagne in America, has informed Mr. Egan, by telegraph, of his unalterable devotion. No amount of "British slanders," says Mr. Mooney, shall destroy his trust in the treasurer of tke League. It is to be observed that the statements whish are here described as "slanders" have been published mostly in Ireland and by Irishmen. It had • been expected that the trial of the ten persons charged with being concerned in the massacre of the Joyce family in county Galway would have taken place at the Commission Ceert in Dublin this week. On Tuesday, however, one of, the counsel for the ollfence asked for an adjournment on account of the disappointments his instructing solicitor had met with in the effort to retain senior counsel; and Mr. Justice Barry postponed the trial to Wednesday next. Friday night's Dublin Gazette contains 37 notices by the Lord Lieutenant of his intention to appoint persons to investigate claims for compensation tnder the Crime Act for murders and personal injuries. The particulars. as briefly and technically stated in the notices, recall the history of crime and outrage in Ireland during the past two years. The list includes no fewer than 17 murders.  The rewatd of £l,OOO offered by the Crovernment for the conviction of the murder of Constable Kavanagh, at Letterfuck, has been paid. This large sum has been divided between a few of the civilian witnesses. Of course the members of the constabulary force did not receive any portion of the reward, and some of the cililian witnesses would not accept anything more than their travelling expenses, so that those amongst whom the reward was divided have received very considerable sums. A crowded meeting of members of the National Land and I Labour League of Great Britain was held at Burton Hall, London, on Sunday night, when the future policy of the Irish Parliamentary party was discussed. Mr. F. H. O'Donnell, M.P., denied that there was any disunion amongst therm on the main points of the Irish national question, and said the Land Act was a standing obstacle to a reform of that vexed question of Irish discontent. Mr. Parnell intended shortly asking the Government to appoint a day for the further discussion of the land laws, and the hands of the Irish representatives must be strengthened in view of the Government refusing. Mr. Michael Davitt addressed a crowded and somewhat turbulent meeting at Aberdeen en Saturday night. Mr. Davitt, after dealing with various objections against the scheme of nationalisation, explained in detail the different features of the land for the people movement; and referring to the effect of the scheme on land tenure in Scotland, advis:A the farmers of Scotland to demand a reduction in rent by claiming the right of an independent tribunal to arbitrate between them and the landlords—a right that Mr. Gladstone had conceded to Ireland, and which it might be I possible to get him to concede to Scotland. A resolution in favour of a land nationalisation scheme was put to the meeting, and carried. •  A