26 AUGUST 1899, Page 17

A RESULT OF THE IRISH MANCEUVRES. [To THE EDITOR OF

THE "SPECTATOR.'] Sin, .—It may interest your readers to hear of one impression produced upon our country people by the recent military manoeuvres in this neighbourhood ; our military authorities may also possibly consider it one point gained. Upon more than one occasion, as the troops passed, such remarks as the following were overheard :—" I tell ye it's no use man, we couldn't stand agin them; shunt we'd be swep' clane off