Widnes Examiner. — 1882-01-07 (Widnes, Cheshire, England)

THE STATE OF IRELAND.  About 15,&poachers fishing in the Queenstown river;Mayo, on Tuesday night, were disturbethbv the bailiffs, one of the latter being severely beaten. Luke Armstrong, shopkeeper, Tubercurry, was on Wednesday arrested under the Coercion V..,ct, and conveyed to Armagh gaol, charged with inciting to pay no rent. A large number of the Duke of Devonshire's tenants in the counties of Cork and Waterforc:, who a fortnight ago refused to pay their rent, have nos-,, paid it without any abatement.  The troopship Assistance left Eingztown on Wedneeclay with the let ffiattalion, Bedfordshire (late 16th Regiment), from Newry for Shorncliffe, and several detachments, numbering 608 officers, non-conlmiseloned officers, and men. The house of a Scripture reader named Feeneo was Cred into on Tuesday night by a large party at Mygownagh, Mayo. Several bullets were foaled about the house. Five men were arrested on Wednesday morning on suspicion of being connected with the outrage. Mr. Herbert Qladstone, M.P., on Wednesday telegraphed to the chairman of the Ennis Town Commissioners, stating 'that the letter read the other day at the meeting of that .body, and purporting to bear his signature, was a forgery., A telegram was received on Tuesday from Major Bond, .who is at present in Dublin, stating that he had received an ,appointment as d 1 ice magistrate, at Balingarry, in Tipperary. The salary is £425 per annum, with a house and an , allowance of £lOO, for a horse.  About 36 stands of arms have been captured out of a steamer and lodged in the police barrocks, Kilrush. The case was consigned to Mr. Glynn, justice of the peace, and an extensive miller in the town. It is supposed that the address was intended to deceive the constabulary. A very large and influential meeting of landlords was held in Dublin on Tuesday for the purpose of pronouncing, in the name of the land proprietors of Ireland, on the administration of the Land Act, and petitioning the Queen to take steps to relieve the landowners from the calamity with which they are menaced. About 3,000 landowners were present, and resolutions were passed in harmony with the objects of the meeting. The Dublin Corporation on Tuesday adopted a resolution, by 29 votes to 23, for conferring the freedom of the city on Mr. Farrell and Mr. Dillon. The Corporation of Cork, at a special meeting on Tuesday, conferred the freedom of the city on Dlr. Dillon, M.P. Out of 56 councillors 21 attended. It was agreed to send copies of the resolution to Mr. Gladstone, Mr. Forster, and all the Corporations in Ireland. An atrocious murder was committed at Irishtown, near Mullingar, Westmeath, on Saturday morning. Entering a , house occupied by an old woman of 85 and her two daughters, a stranger, described as "a tall, dark man," fired with a revolver at all of the inmates in succession. He missed thel mother, killed one of the girls, and dangerousiy wounded the other. The murderer bus not been arrested. His motive is unknown, but the crime is not believed to be of an agrarian character, The Irish Mayors were installed on Monday. The Dublin ceremony gave opportunity for a display of popular feeling in favour of Mr. Dawson, M.P., the new Lord Mayor; but he did not escape the attention of his opponents, for as he was passing Trinity College he—a baker by trade—was assailed with penny rolls and little bags of flour. At Limerick, which is always funny, there was a grotesque scene. The retiring Mayor, Dr, O'Sullivan, announced that he had