Blandford Weekly News. — 1886-09-25 (Blandford, Dorset, England)

FACTS ABOUT IRELAND.  Among the parliamentary p..pers published on Tuesday were three interesting returns relating to Ireland—naniely, one on taxation, one on evictions, and a third on agrarian outrages. The taxation return shows the gross amount of revense raised by taxation in Ireland in each of the years from 1801 to 1681, both inclusive, and also the amounts of loans and advances from the Imperial Exchequer for Irish purposes since 1800. The total amount raised by taxation has varied froni £2,678,751 for the year ended January 5, 1802, to £7,554,526 in the year ended March 31, 1877. Since 1854 the revenue has increased, notwithstanding considerable fluctuations, from £4,475,325 to £3,115,594 in 1881. Loans and advances made from the Imperial Sxchequer for Irish purposes since 1801 total up to 11M,318,579, of which amount £27,177,015 has been repaid, and £10,282,803 has been remitted, leaving £15,858,761 as the balance of principal outstanding on the 31st of March last. The return of evictions throughout Ireland in the quarter ended June 30, 1866, shevvs that in Ulster there were 303 families, numbering 1,876 persons, ovicted. Of these, five families were readmitted as tenants, and 210 families as caretakers. In Leinster, 144 families, numbering 640 persons, were evicted. Of these five families were readmitted as tenants, and 80 families as caretakers. In Connaught 432 families, numbering 2,304 persons, were evicted. Of these four families were readmitted as tenants and 211 families as caretakers. In Monster 428 families, numbering 2,451 persons, were evicted. Of these 20 families mere readmitted as tenants and 204 families as caretakers. The total number of evictions during the quarter in the four provinces was thus 1,309 'umbering 6,771 persons. Vie total number of agrarian outrages reported during the quarter ending the 30th of June last was 297. In Lister there were three incendiary fires, two cases of robbery, 10 cases of intimidation, and nine cases of injury to property. In Leinster there were three cases of assault, two incendiary fires, one case of taking and holding forcible possession, one caie of maiming cattle, 11 cases of intimidation, and six cases of injury to property. In Connaught there were twe cases of assault, two incendiary fires, one case of robbery, one case of stealing cattle, seven cases of maiming cattle, one case of rioting, 34 cases of intimidation, five cases of injury to property, and one case of firing into dwellings. In Munster there was one case of murder, eight cases of firing at the person, one attempt to murder, six cases of assault, 17 incendiary fires, three cases of robbery, two of taking and holding forcible possession, two of cattle stealing, nine of maiming cattle, one of demand or robbery of arms, four cases of administering unlawful oaths. 96 cases of intimidation, two of pound-breach, one of attacking houses, two of resistance to legal proces,2s of injury to property, and 14 of firing into dwellings.  M. de Mortillet, well known for hi, researches on primitive man, and Radical deputy of Seine-etOise, i;• one of the school of despotic Republicans. As Mayor of St. Germain he has decreed that all the municipal officials shall send their children to the municipal schools on pain of dismissal. He is so convinced of the excellbnce of secular education that he will not allow the parents under his rule the option of preferriurCatholic schools.