Show LETUR LETTER FROM ENGLAND F in the the first day of july will be celebrated in england and ireland for more than one event nearly two hundred years ago the famous battle of the boyne wok took place in ireland between the english under william prince of orange and king james the second the latter during his troubled ed reign over england strove to establish ta blish in opposition to the wishes of the people the papal church the people resisted even going so ar as to try to make him forcibly but failed that was when atey were led by the duke of monmouth after this conquest on the part of james lie he became more stern than ever and made violent attempts to force his subjects back to popery y 1 william prince nee C of vr orange g 1 Stadt holder of holland who had married james eldest daughter was invited over to england landing at torbay corbay on the ath ofa ov ember a day memorable in england as the anniversary of gunpowder ader plot william soon won to missid his side the nobility and gen when james found himself deserted he escaped to france he made a few unsuccessful attempts to recover the ground he had lost but in the great battle fought over the river boyne in ireland on the of July 1690 he was effectually routed and fled from the battlefield to france leaving wllliam william III II 11 conqueror that day may well wall be commemorated in the hearts of all liberty loving people for it I 1 forth a better state of things in areat great britain it caused the 9 ish constitution to be settled on firm m and solid basis and established the principle that the rights of the people and the liberty of confidence are as sacred as the prerogative of the monarch there were a few cleb celebrations rations in ireland in honor of the event but through interference of the jealous catholic the pro have it all their own way the reason that more pro c em tons and demonstrations were no ao held by the orangemen orangeman Oran gemen was on account of the disaster that I 1 men coned in my last letter happening at was the Orang emens friends who were killed but in ulster province the of july is the day set apart f for the commemoration of the battle qt the boyne to te be in belfast on MW day is the desire of djs orangemen orangeman Oran gemen within ten and twenty miles the various orange lodges with their respective anglers flags and other regalia hn into marching order going irleand i band four deep ali the e groces tan n has been known to be over two ules ift in length they then march a large large iteld lent for the occasion by flome prominent tory or orangeman mere here drinking and speech sum making ng are in indulged bulged in freely until hie 0 0 aate afternoon anoon when the procession jato f form orm into order the bands com once playing and they return to i abejo they no sooner reach town ahan they perceive that the papists A MB I 1 waiting to greet them with a of stones and dirt and what brer comes come handy shandy then the fun now the police are at their wits end to know what to do they are pinned in between the aggressive gres sive parties and poor fellows they often fare badly after the lodges return to their quarters which is very often in the upper room of a public huse house the orange men get more drink and under its baneful influence form into mobs moba armed with sticks and stones and sometimes with revolvers they rehearse the old deeds of yore and commemorate the battle by trying to exterminate the catholics and vice versa many a time has your co correspondent watched the women di digging ging up the stones from the grouff ground in order to help their husbands husband sand and even bring delf wares from the house and break them to increase the stock of ammunition the of july is a merry day in ireland but it would be considered a boisterous and unbecoming civil fight in utah your readers will remember the great riots that occurred in ireland just three years ago when many lost their lives and tra tm le was almost paralyzed this originated on the of july and was caused by the party feeling in the town belfast is a flue fine town but is forever spoilt by the feelings that exist in it it is unsafe to be seen in the streets not only on the of july but st patricks patrick day and the of august in the future the 1st ast of july will also be remembered as the day upon which the shah of persia visited great britain he is now in our midst and being treated right royally he was met by the prince of wales upon the river thames he is going to visit canny newcastle and the Tyne ryne siders are preparing to give him a hearty we coine nasr eddin ed din the shah of persia the shah in shah or king of kin kings as lie is proudly called at h ome visited england sixteen years ago in 1873 so that he is not altogether a stronger stranger on july 1st ast of this year a lamentable event happened in the arrest of mr wm win obrien MP and the serious maltreatment received by several of his most intimate friends from the batons 1 of the police it is a surprise to the observing world outside that there is not more crime and outrages in ireland than there are Surely no people were ever more severely put to it than they have been their priests to whom they go for succor and counsel in adversity have been imprisoned by dozens their representative men carried off to jail by the score and themselves prevented from holding meetings in order ta t bring before the country the state of things that exist in ireland the other day a moveable moveably move able mag magistrate istrate imprisoned an english member of parliament for three months because he called for three cheers for the plan of campaign and for conspiring with others athers to give bread to starving tenants who were defending their homes domes july will witness a most honorable arid and important event of the times the conferring of the freedom of the city of edinburgh upon the irish champion mr parnell that event portends more than is visible on its face I 1 11 t shows that the Scotch men are in favor of home rule for the sister isle which is tantamount to saying they are am in favor of it for themselves for wales and for all mankind the recent 4 election in west fife possesses a a significance to all op posers of home rule in the election of a strong j home ruler to represent them in parliament with almost 1000 of a majority is no mean evidence of M the growth of public opinion in the direction of local self government 1 not only in scotland is this the y case but in hyde park london tens of thousands of the working 1 men have been holding meetings A and openly denouncing the policy 1 of the government in ireland as 4 fatal to the tranquility and penty of the country nor are these demonstrations confined to S london but they are almost uni versal in england saturday the ath of july was the gala day of the miners of durham county they meet once a year in the city of durham usually on the race course to discuss their own ing teresta as well as others among 1 other subjects on the gramme pro of I 1 the day was the irish question H which was ably s spoken 01 ken to by sir e john morley sir johns name is A a household word in the north and J as a champion for liberty and equal rights right he has few equals in his S speech on saturday he be said that ireland has got representative gov e rement I 1 know and an irishman has got a vote for a member of par li ament in the same way that you have a vote for a member of parliament me nt but there is a vast difference between the way in which an irish member is treated when he gets to parliament and the way in which an english member is treated when he gets there I 1 say boldly gentlemen that representative 9 government ov in ireland now with this thia government is a mockery and a farce the I 1 rish irish representatives are not consulted their voice is not listened to even upon questions which they must understand better than other people gentlemen ireland has never had fair play she is having it now from half the country cou n try the liberal party is doing its best to give her fair play such are the utterances of one of england En glands Is foremost advocates and it is needless to say that the feelings expressed by the durham county miners on that day plainly evidenced how strongly they favored the granting of a local self government for ireland again american sympathy for the oppressed is too well k known now n to need rehearsal hear sal the latest evidence of their continued support being the beautiful illuminated addresses sent from the state of new york to mr gladstone and mr parnell also the declaration from illinois for home rule signed by all the representative A men of the state and add sent to mr gladstone it may be interesting to your scotch readers to know that the time of the house of commons this week will be occupied with the scotch local government bills TRAMP |