Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser. — 1890-07-12 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

CROFTER ON BALFOUR'S RULE.  On Thursday an effective and instructive address on the condition of Ireland under the bene.icent sway of Mr Balfour was delivered at Newcastle by Mr Archibald McLeod, a crofter, who had been over to Ireland to exchange views and express sympathy with the oppressed peasantry of the South and West on behalf of the crofters and cottars of the Highlands. From this experience he had formed the opinion that there was no part of the kingdom which has suffered more under the reign of Queen . Victoria than Ireland. Their whole freedom was suppressed—speoch, liberty, and Press. He (the IBR/DGE% By J. W. Rondall, B.A.—The author of ! lecturer) had sold suppressed papers. (Hear, this brochure, who wields a facile pen, tolls us in a hear.) On one occasion heput a green band round most winsome manner of the engineering beauties his hat with the words "A protest from Scotland," of the Forth Bridge, the latest example of human I and hands round his arms proclaiming" Suppressed skill, and then tales us back to the old London papers for sale." He engaged boys also, one Bridge, which bore on its back a street of houses, lof whom was sent to gaol for fourteen as a sort of perfect contrast. He also gives us an i days. He was enabled to sell a gross and a half of outline of the tubular bridge over Menai Straits, ! „Ever., for every single copy of which he was liable the suspension bridge at Brooklyn, and the Tower to be imprisoned for six months. He went into the !Bridge now in process of construction over the lion's mouth and offered to the police magistrate, j Thames. Each of these bridges is different from the Captain Stokes, a copy of United Ireland, yet not others in its method of construction, and they thus a hair of his head was harmed, not a single hand form instances of engineering ability. The natural was raised against him, no summonses were bridge of Virginia and the fabulous "bridge of served, and he was not run in, whilst the boy who IMirra. " are also noted, and all those named are i did not commit anything bk.:be " crime " got 14 ' illustrated by engravings. The book is tastefully , days. a ("Shame.") The state of the peasantry in I got up. (Edinburgh :R. and R. Clark.) Connemara was painted in vivid colours by the lecturer, who characterised their condition as a I PUBLIC Lrenums. By Thomas Greenwood.—Two disgrace to civilisation. There could be no wonder I previous editions of this unique work having been at those poor creatures breaking the laws, living ! exhausted within four yule, the author has felt u they did under conditions not fit for the beasts I warranted in issuing a third, which has been enof the field, and at which their dogs would protirely rewritten, and is, therefore, new in every ! test. He believed however, that the end was near, sense of the word. Four years ago only 133 places and that when their great chief—(cheers)--once had adopted the Public Libraries Act, whereas more led the great party of progress, Ireland now 208 communities have done so. It will be wouldßi r. get whicht epothw eery tow octilodntrdool hwe irtho wnim ti sofmacetsitinc peen, therefore, that the author has had ranch new material to work upon, and his book is much en'to themselves and satisfaction to those lamed thereby. The author advises that the term who gave them the power. (Applause.) Speak" Free Library" should be dropped, as smacking lug of the Mid - Durham fight, the lecturer too much of the nature of a charity; whereas said it was not question whether Mr Wilson all the institutions under his purview are I would be returned, but how many he would be re- ' rate-supporled, and, therefore, better designated turned by. (A Voice: "Thousands.") as " public libraries." The various libraries throughout the United Kingdom are fully and lucidly explained, and we notice that the chequered THE MURDER OF THREE experience of the Middlesbrough Library is faith-