Taw Irish Rent question assumed its acute form this season at the end of November, when Mr, Jon Dillon dared the Government to interfere with the National League agitators, and the Government, accepting his challenge, summoned him to appear before the Bouoh to answer @ charge of Mr. Dillon was served with thie summons while attending the collection of Lord Dillon's rents on the lines of the plan of campaign." Inoue speech Mr. Dillon is nid. to. bare used intimidation to prevent the people from paying their route, and to make them me and resist the iandlorde, as their the ease of Lord Olaurikarde. For this he has been sum-moued to appear before the Court "to find enfficiont sureties to be of good behaviour towards Her Majesty the Queen, and towards all Hor Majesty's subjects, and in default of Guding such sureties to be committed to prison for such time as to the Court shall deem fit." This Prosecution is the same as that adopted in the onse of a Father Faby, and in that of Mr. Davitt, when he was sent to jail for six months, After the summons had been served upon him, Mr. Dillon showed the effect which the terrors of the law had for him by addressing a largo meeting of Lord Dillon's touante, who had just demanded a reduction of 25 per cent whioh bad been refused to them, and after this public mesting he and the Priest and Mr, O'Brien were engaged to a late hour receiving the rents of the tenants, less 25 per cent, to form an estate fund "on the lines Jaid down by the plan of campaign." On the same day 8 meeting which was to have been Leld in Sligo was pro-the county,. All that Sunday, the 28th of November, there was great excitement in County Sligo and in Limerick.
It is said by the Dablin Correspond. ent of the Times that six thousand tenants of Lord Dillon's had come the 6 town where the meeting referred to was held, aud that the Parish Priest addressed them in i language. It is, however, satisfactory to see that another Catholic clergyman of higher rank Lad successfully used hia inflaence to prevent Mr, O'Brien from holding meeting. The Inuguage used by Mr, Dillon was of the kind to which readers Lave become accustomed since the beginning of the Nationalist, or "No Rent" agitation, The deter. mination to get rid of landlords alto. gether was scarcely concealed, though the touante were morely advised to demand large reductions, The tenants were told not to care for processes, "Took at what took place on the Clanrikarde estates," Mr. Dillon said "Lord Clanrikarde served twenty processes last March and he has not tri another since. Lord Dillon will aps try to defy you at first, but let me tell you, and keep it in mind, for it will comfort you, that Lord Dillon's puree is a shorter one than the purse of Lord Clanrikarde." Similar utterances have often been made before by Nationalist agitators, and they are quoted now to show how necessary it bad become for the Government to administer the law firmly, which Lord Salisbury declared at the Mansion House dinner, & fortnight before, was all that was wanted in Ireland. What we have since learned, from the scanty news furnished as by Reuter's telegrams, of the state of Ireland has made it evident REVIEWS, Marcella Grace, by Rosa, Metuottasy, fondou, logan' Paul, Trench & or?
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