19 APRIL 1890, Page 3

The death is announced of Mr. Matthew Harris, M.P. for

East Galway, one of the most open of the Fenian party, who compared the resistance to be made to the landlords to partridge-shooting, and honestly told the Special Commission that had not Fenianism been well organised first, the Land League could never have assumed the proportions it did. "I know," he said, "that what I am saying will tell a good deal against what has been put forth in the witness-box, but I want to tell the truth." That was certainly a frame of mind excep- tional enough to inspire a certain amount of respect even amongst those who were most anxious to defeat Mr. Matthew Harris's policy. He was originally a working bricklayer, but ultimately became a road contractor.