The Central Glamorgan Gazette, and General, Commercial, and Agricultural Advertiser. — 1881-01-21 (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

THE AGITATION IN IRELAND.  Mr. W. S. Sealy, J.P., of Gortnahoma, Bandon, writes to the Daily News, as follow.:—" For some generations my family have resided in the South of Ireland. I posses. several hundreds of acres, and have acted both for myself and my brother over the tenan.ry for over fifty years. I never dispossessed more than two families, one a large one: I paid all expenses towards emigration. I have given leases from thirty-one to filly years at fair rents, with three exceptions, the average rents not exceeding 15s. per sere. I have expended Government money in draining, employing tenant's eons, and paying in hard cash. This old estate is, like oilier,, encumbered. I have been waited on by tenants ea maw (though this year is the very best Providence hasblest us with within my menare7) to demand Griffith's valuation. By returning to do en I can get no rent, some owing ever • year My cattle have been' Boycotted,' and servants ordered to leave, and but for the consideration of the Roman Catholic clergyman I should suffer like my neighbour, Mr. B. Jones. I allow free sale, and surely fair rents. I would ask in all sincerity where lam to look for redress. Does Mr. Gladstone really think the "three F's" will satisfy such people, which I have tried in vain What but coercion can enable persons situated as I am to pay the charges on these estates; nay, even to support a family with the necessaries of life. Solicitore will not act, bailiffs are intimidated, due punishment not awarded. An instance occurred • few days since. A cattle dealer was overheard by • detective ordering some parties in the act of buying my cattle not to purchase the cattle, as they were Boycotted. The man was taken before the stipendiary magistrate, the case fully proved, but was discharged on finding two bails at £lO each for his future good behaviour. This gentleman showed me an order from the Government directing this course should be pursued in every case of the kind. Surely such leniency will not tend to put down a practice of all. others the most destructive to this unfortunate country."— On Tuesday night a special meeting of the Parnell Defence Fund Committee was held in Manchester. An excited discussion arose as to the line of action to be token in reference to the agitation in Ireland and the State trials. One party supported immediate action, but the majority decided to wait and see what the Government Land Bill was like. The Irish party here announce their intention of forming associations on a broad basis to embrace all eectione of patriotic Irishmen.—Captain l'im North, a magistrate residing near biotite, has received a letter threatening tom with death if he did not immediately discharge from his employment a servant whom he had engaged a month previously. Captain North, in giving information to the police, expressed his readiness to keep the servant, but the latter refused to stay, and left on Monday. In consequence of the disturbed state of the Lancashire mining districts two troops of the 18th Hussars have left Beanie barn a •ks, Manchester, for l'endiebury, in order to !met any emergency that might arise. Two additional troops of the same regiment arrived in Manchester on Tuesday from Liverpool.— The Dublin Ga:ette on Tuesday night contained a proclamation by the Lord Lieutenant declaring County Clare and three provinces in County Sligo in a disturbed state. Rewards are also advertised of £lOO for information leading to the conviction of three nien who entered the house of Martin Nugent, near Crusheen, and cotretd him by threat.': and £lOO for similar information as to the murder of Denis Collins, labourer, at Fisheretown, Queen's County, on January 6.—At a meeting of the Irish National Land League held in Dublin on Tuesday evening, the following resolution was unanimously adopted :—" That in view of the just and determined struggle which Mr. Parnell and his supporters nre now making in the English Parliament on itched of our agricultural classes and in opposition to coercion, we call upon tenant farmer voters throughout Ireland to look upon any Irish member who now deserts Mr. Parnell in the House of Commons as one who has gone over to the coercioniet Whigs and has forfeited his claim to the confidence of the people of Ireland, and is unworthy the position of an Irish representative."