BOYCOTTING IN IRELAND. [To Tee Eorrox or via "SrEcTATos."]
SIR,—The following conversation with an Irish lady and gentleman speaks for itself :—
" We have come over from Wexford this summer because of our cruel boycotting, and have taken an estate in England. Of course Ireland never was more prosperous ; even Irish farmers on `hundred-acre farms' are able to give dowries with their daughters of £400 to ..e500 ; but there is that all-powerful Land League, an imperium in imperio,' whom we offended because we warned off one of its members from shooting over our estate who had not the remotest right thereon. The League retaliated by immediately calling out all our servants, and not one of them dare remain. They warned all the neighbourhood that they must not supply us with hay, provender, or provisions, and they even broke down our water supply. Our cattle were maimed, poisoned, or driven away. Our letters were opened and our telegrams read and destroyed. All this in the year 191], with Lord Aberdeen as Viceroy and Mr. Birrell Secretary for Ireland. We asked the priests to try to stop it, but they said they could not help us. We asked the police, but they said they were powerless, because they could not get anyone to enter the witness-box and give truthful evidence for fear of the Land League's vengeance."
It is almost incredible that some method could not be taken to remedy this injustice, especially to an officer in His Majesty's Army and an Irishman in every respect.—I am,
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