On Tuesday, the eviction of a man named Lane from
a holding on the estate of Colonel Macadam, near the city of Limerick, was the cause of a straggle of extraordinary violence. The house was defended by Lan13, his wife, and his brother-in-law, O'Grady. The force of police and soldiery was very large, con- sisting of 230 men. Daring the attempt to get into the house,. Mrs. Lane dealt District-Inspector O'Reilly so severe a blow on the head with an iron poker that, but for the helmet, the blow would in all probability have proved fatal. The defenders, as usual,. seem to have been little injured, though the wounds inflicted by them were severe enough. People sometimes talk of the courage displayed by the tenants who thus defend their houses. As a. matter of fact, the courage is much more on the side of the police. The tenants inflict any injuries they choose on the police, and are not paralysed, as the police are, by the fear of injuring the tenants fatally. Another eviction incident of the week has been the tearing up of the railway-line on Monday night near Youghal, in order to wreck a special train conveying constabulary and military, which it was expected would be despatched to an eviction. Fortunately, the crime was dis- covered, and the line repaired before any damage was done. The English are a long-suffering people, but the Irish are mis- taken if they think they will tolerate insurrection by such means as these.
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