The Irish Court of Appeal on Friday week decided finally
that the "Plan of Campaign" is illegal, and involves a fraudu- lent concealment of property constituting an act of bankruptcy. A farmer named Morony had transferred his rent-225—to trustees, so that the landlord might not get his rent, sold his stock by auction on the spot for 2117, and then secreted that. He was therefore adjudged a bankrupt, and on appeal, the judgment has been sustained by a full Court, including,. among other Judges, the Lord Chancellor, the Lord Chief Justice, the Master of the Rolls, and the Lord Chief Baron. Nevertheless, there are English Radical Members who will pronounce the "Plan of Campaign" a perfectly legitimate pro- ceeding, and not only- defend Mr. Dillon for inciting tenants to adopt it, but try to overawe the Court before which he is being prosecuted. If they do not reconsider themselves quickly, they will fix on their party a taint of lawlessness which, in this country at least, whatever may be the result in Scotland and Wales, will go far to extinguish it.
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