Widnes Examiner. — 1883-07-21 (Widnes, Cheshire, England)

CLOSING POLICE PROTECTION STATIONS.—Owing to the very peaceable condition of County Cork an order has been issued for the sale of a large number of horses and cars purchased during the land agitation for the accommodation of police when patrolling their districts and protecting the sheriff on eviction expeditions. Upwards of 100 protection stations throughout the county have also been ordered to be closed. These stations had been occupied by policemen and soldiers for the protection of those who made themselves obnoxious during the agitation. Some of these stations remain in the districts where the Land League huts are maintained for the accommodation of evicted tenants, and on evicted farms. Commenting on the Wexford election, United Ireland says—Gallant Wexford has once more rung out a note of cheer and triumph to the Irish race. The town of '9B, surprised and escaladed by a desperate antagonist, has beaten back from beyond its walls the forces of the unholyalliance, and put to eternal rout and shame the boasted and impudent aiNatitivi_nf Whig and Tory. Mr. Redmond has been evidenced by a long imprisonment in a suspect's cen,-ano little doubt have we that in future the borough of Wexford will have good reason to be proud of the choice, which in spite of coercion, pressure, and intimidation she freely made at her polls on Tuesday last. At Cork County Assizes, on Monday, Judge O'Srien was _ _  able to comment On the rharked diminution in crime in the county. In the East Riding there were only 29 offences as compared with 93 at the last assizes; and in the West Riding 65 as against 125. These figures show a very decided improvement in the condition of County Cork; but it is not only in the diminution of cases that improvement is shown, but in their character also. The decline is due to the falling off in serious offences, and, with the exception of one cattle mutilation case, there was no charge of a grave character to come before the court. The public will share Judge O'Brien's hope that the last stage of the criminal agitation in Ireland has been reached. FATAL nuE i& Dumax.—A terrible fire broke out in a chandlery shop in Mary-street, Dublin, on Wednesday afternoon. Unfortunately it was not uattended by 'loss of life, the proprietor of the shop, Mr. James Haslam, having been burned to death. Mr. Haslarn was 84 years of age, and was daring the past two years confined to his room. At the time the fire broke out he was in the top front room, and, notwithstanding the gallant efforts of the firemen, he could not be saved. The fire boles out at 12 minutes past three o'clock by the explosion of a case of vesuvian matches, and spread so rapidly that in 20 minutes the place was completely .;utted. Several other shops near caught fire, and were seriously injured. The damage is estimated at £5,000. Writing to United Ireland, Mrs. Curley, widow of Daniel Curley, who was executed for the Phoenix Park murders, says:—" It is with feelings of the deepest gratitude that I tender subscribers my heartfelt thanks for the generous contribution which they, through Mr. D. J. Egan, of Rushville. Indiana, have sent me. I am unable to write as I would wish. for such kindness opens afresh the severe wound which my orphans and I have suffered in the death of a loving husband and father, but God's will be done, and we are comforted in the knowledge that in the cause of Ireland no truer patriot laid down his life than my poor husband, Daniel Curley. I cannot write much, but I earnestly pray that God will abundantly bless my warm-hearted Indiana sympathisers, who have so nobly remembered the widow and orphans in their agony and distress." '