Widnes Examiner. — 1882-02-04 (Widnes, Cheshire, England)

III2IIIIEII.IIIIIIOIOIMUNII  TIIE EXAMINER. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1882.  THE STATE OF IRELAND. The Right Hon. W. E. Forster, M.P., Chief Secretary for Ireland, arrived in London on Saturday from Dublin. A telegram from Paris contradicts a report that the Irish Land League funds are invested in the Union General. Mr. James Carey, of Currah House, Queen's County,was arrested on Wednesday, under the Protection Act, and seat te Naas Gaol. It is stated that on the acceptance of the resignation of :Sir. A. M. Sullivan, Dr. Kenny, now in Kilmainham, will be put forward for County Meath. A circular has been issued to the members of the Irish Parliamentary Party, asking them to meet at the offices in Westminster on the 6th February. Near Callan, county Kilkenny, on Saturday, a man named Neill, when walking home with his wife, suddenly att.cked and brutally murdered her. He was arrested, and on Monday committed for trial. A conditional order was granted by the Dublin Queen's Bench, on Wednesday, for the release of several members of the Ladies' Land League, imprisoned in default of finding bail to keep the peace. Large number of troops reached Ireland on Monday by special steamer from this country, and during the day there was almost a constant removal of soldiers thaough the streets of Dublin. Orders have been issued for a fresh distribution of the troops in Ireland. A novel notice has been posted on the walls of Mullagh and Kilrnurry. It consists of a threat of death to the farmers who allow their children to get married under any circumstances until the suspects are released. Young ladies are warned not to speak to police who have aided landlords in evicting tenants. Mr. Gladstone, writing to a correspondent who had advised the release of the suspects, says that as they were imprisoned because they had both the will and the power to do mischief to the cause of law and order, and as they refuse to give pledge for their good behaviour, the Government has no alternative but to carry out its painful duty. Some remarkable reductions of rent were made by the subcommissioners sitting in Cork on Tuesday. In the case of one form on Lord Egmont's property, they reduced the rent from £B4 to £33, and in a number of other cases on this and other properties they made reductions of from 45 to 20 per cent.  IL is stated that with a view to mark its sense of the foraaide and courage displayed by all ranks of the Royal Irish Constabulary during the protracted Land League campaign the Government intend to move for a substantial addition to the pay of this body of men when order is re-established in Ireland. A letter is published from Mr. Dillon, M.P., to Mr. Forster, refusing to avail himself of the offer of release from Kilmainham on condition that he goes to the Continent. He declines, under all circumstances, to enter into any condition with the Government, and concludes by requesting Mr. Forster to address to him no further communication on the subject. A Renter's Washington telegram reports that the House of Representatives, on Tuesday, adopted the resolution recently reported back from the Foreign Relations Committee, requesting President Arthur to obtain a list of the American citizens now confined in English prisons. Some members spoke in condemnation of Mr. Robinson's proposal that the United States Government should demand their release.