2 APRIL 1881, Page 3

The state of Ireland is in some respects better, though

not by any means all that might be hoped. Lord Justice Fitz- gibbon, at Galway yesterday week, commented on the great increase of crime, as compared with the beginning of last year ; but Mr. Justice Fitzgerald, addressing the Grand Jury at Cork on the same day, spoke of the great diminution of crime since the Winter Assizes. A conviction has actually been obtained in Cork against two men who had " boycotted " a trader of the name of Hegarty in the town of Millstreet ; but after the con- viction there was a riot iu Millstreet, and an attempt to attack Ilegarty's house, and a large force of police had to be brought down to protect it. Miss Parnell is engaging iu a Land-league crusade of her own, but as yet her movement hangs fire.