Show TELE GRAPHIC o 1HE IRISH ANew Difficulty Looms Up How tile IUA UUfo te1e braised New ITvrk Lotdoncablo to the World As the success or failure of the land biltnrns 1 altogether upon the land Ciurt in which the entire machinery of the act will be vested great interest is felt in the probable composition of that tribunal A court of landlords however lib ral would destroy public confidence in the bill while on the othpr hand if the extraordinary powers created by the bill should be placed in the hands of men notorious for their leanings l towards the popular side the landlords would at once set themselves to defeat the measure and the result mlgbt be fraught with peril not only to tho bill ileelf but to the peace of the cc untry It is said on pretty good authority that three members of the court will be Lord Muck Mr Justice Barry and Mr William Shaw ALP for the County Cork If this re port is true the choice of the government will assure the efficient working of the measure and command the confidence of landlord and tenant alike Lord Mouck best known to Americans as governor general of Canada from 1861 to 1868 has had large l experience in dealing with tbe land question as one of the Irish church commutation fund commissioners The land court or land commission as it is termed in the bill is the appelate court to which landlords and tenants may appeal from the decisions of the civil bill courts and it also possesses very extensive powers to help tenants to I buy their holds by advances up to three quarters of the price and by purchasing estates and reselling to tenants The 12th parsed oft quietly in Ireland There were as usual a few skirmishes at Belfast and Lurgan but the police were not calh d upon to interfere The people of Ulster are too deeply engaged with the land bill to pay much attention to the memory of the bad old day The League leaders creatlv to their credit sent out a circular some days ago urging the Catholic population to let the Orangemen Orange-men celebrate in peace The celebration is gradually growing out of fashion The speeches made today at the gatherings throughout Ulster were directed di-rected more against Mr Gladstones foreign for-eign policy than against Rome Some of the speakers urged a counter organization against the Land League and dwelt on I lenity shown by Mr Forster to the evic tion mobs but on the whole the oratory was unusually flat Reports were received I re-ceived early in the evening from Cork that a serious riot had broken out near the Patricks Hill barracks but it turned out to be only the regular 12th fight between the Catholics of the North Gate who attire themselves in Orange regalia and play Orange tunes for the occasion and their coreligionists of the South Gate who assail with clubs and stones It is an immemorial family affair arranged ar-ranged purely for diversion and the police allowed it to proceed in peace London 14In political circles the explanation I ex-planation of tho Irish opposition in the I Commons to the emigration clause of tbe land bill is that they wish to prevent the passage of the bill and believe the rejection rejec-tion of that clause would cause animosity to the bill in the House of Lords |