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PARNELL'S MANIFESTO. Appeal to the People of ireland. The following manifesto was issued by Mr Parnell on Friday night:— "To THE PEOPLE OF IRELAND,— The integrity and independence of a section of the Irish parliamentary party having been apparen tly sapped anddestroyed by tho wire-pullers of the English Liberal party, it has become neces- sary for me, as the leader of the Irish nation, to take counsel with you, and, having given you the knowledge which is in my possession, to ask your judgment upon a matter which now solely devolves u on ou to decide. lef y T he tr f Mr Glad.tone to Mr 1\forley, written for the purpose of influencing the decision of the Irish party in the choice of their leader, and claiming for the Liberal party and their leaders the right of veto upon that choice, is the immediate cause of this address to you, to remind you and your parliamentary representatives that Ireland considers the independence of her party as her only safeguard within the constitution, and above and beyond all other considerations whatever. The threat in that letter, repeated so insolently on many English platforms and in numerous British newspapers, that unless Ireland concedes this right of veto to England, she will indefinitely postpone her chances of obtaining HomeRule,compels me, while not for one moment admitting- the slightest probability of such loss, to put before you information which, until now, so far as my colleagues are concerned, has been solely in my possession, and which will enable you to understand the measure of the loss with which you are threatened unless you consent to throw me to the English wolves now howling for my destruction. In November of last year, in response to a repeated and long standing request. I visited Mr Gladstone at Hawarden and received details of the intended proposals of himself and his colleagues of the late Liberal Cabinet with regard to Home Rule in the event of the next General Elec- tion favouring the Liberal Party. It is unnecessary for me to do more at present than to direct your attention to certain points of these details, which will be generally recognised as embracing elements vital for your information and the formation of your judgment. These vital points of difficulty may be suitably arranged and considered under the following heads I 1. The r?-ieritiori ;f tl,G ?Lirish me?nbers in the Imperial Parliament. 11 2. The settlement of the land or agrarian i-heulty in Ireland. 3. The control of the Irish constabulary. 4. The appointment of the judiciary (including judges of the supreme court,' county court judges, and resident magistrates). "Upon tho subject of tnv retention of the Irish members in the Imperial Parliament, Mr Glad- stone told me that the opinion, and the unenimous opinion, of his colleagues and himself, recently arrived at after most mature consideration of alternative proposals, was that, in order to conciliate English public opinion, it would be necessary to reducs the Irish represen- tation from 103 to 32. Upon the settlement of the land it was held that this was one of the questions which must be regarded as ques- tions reserved from the control cf the Irish legislature. But at the same time Mr Gladstone intimated that, while he would renew his attempt to settle the matter by Imperial legislation on the lines of the Land Purchase Bill of 1886, he would not undertake to put any pressure upon his own side, or insist upon their adopting his views. In other and shorter words-that the Irish legisla- ture was not to be given the power of solving the agrarian difficulty, and that the Imperial Parlia- ment would not. With regard to the control of the Irish constabulary, it was stated by Mr Gladstone that, having regard to tha necessity for con- ciliating English public opinion, he and his colleagues felt that it would be necessary to leave this force and the appointment of its officers under the control of the Imperial authority for an indefinite period, while the funds for its maintenance, payment, and equipment would be eompulsorily provided out of Irish resources. The period of 10 or 12. years was suggested as the limit of time during which the appointment of judges, resident magistrates, &c., should be re- tained in the hands of the Imperial authority. "I have now given a short account of what I gathered of Mr Gladstone's views and those of his colleagues during the two hours' conversation at Hawarden-a conversation which, I am bound to admit, was mainly monopolised by Mr Glad- stone—and pass to my own expression of opinion upon these communications which repressnt my views then and now. And, first, with regard to the retention of the Irish members. The position I have always adopted, and then represented, is that with the concession of full powers to the Irish legislature equivalent t9 those enjoyed by a State of the American Union, the number and position of the members so retained would become a question of Imperial concern, and not of pressing or immediate importance for the interests of Ire- land but that with the important and all- engrossing subject (,f a r.%rau -form, constabu- la,ry control, and ?,ary apl3ointiiients, left either 7Linder Im riai coi-itrol or tottll unpro- out ?e be y vided for, it d the height of maclnes. for -tiiy Irisli leader to imitate Grtttan's exam le and consent t,3, disband the trmv ivliieh E."l cleared the way to victory. I further under- took to use every legitimate influence to reconcile Irish public opinion to a gradual coming into forco of the new privileges, and to the postponements nec-esaarv for English I opinion with regard to the constabulary control and judicial appointments but strongly dissented from the proposed reduction of members during the interval of probation. I pointed to the absence of any suitable prospeet of land settle- ment by either Parliament as constituting an overwhelming drag upon the prospects of perman- ent peace and prosperity in Ireland. At the conclusion of the interview I was informed that Mr Gladstone and all his colleagues were entirely agreed that, pending the general election, silence should be absolutely preserved with regard to any points of difference on the question of the retention of the Irish members. I have dwelt at some length upon these subjects, but not, I think, disproportion- atety to their importance. Let me say, in addition, that if, and when full powers are conceded to Ireland over her own domestic affairs, the integrity, number and inde- pendence of the Irish party will be a matter of no importance but until this ideal is reached it is your duty and mine to hold fast every safe- guard. I need not say that the qnestion, the vital and important question of the retention of the Irish members, on the one hand, and the indefinite delay of full powers to the Irish legis- lature or. the other, gtve me re,,tt concern. The o t? absence of ";e ,tiiy provi?ii(,,ii f r 'le ttleinent of the agrarian question, of any policyicln the part of the Liberal le'laders, filled inL, iv th co-.icern and apprehension. On the introduction of the Land Purchase Bill by the Gc)verniDent at the coin- n-lencement of 1-tst ,3ession Mr -,Morley coiiim,Lin'cat,ecl -,vitli irie as tg the course to be ,qdop'?-,ed. 14avin,- re,trd to the ?tvo-,i,ed absence, of any po.1ic3? on the part of the Liberal leaders -t- w id party itli re,arcl to the matter of the ltn(.1, I c;troiigly advisecf Mr M??rley against any direct challenge of t-lie? I)i-inci?Dle of Stite-aldo-d land pureho.c?, ind, fiiidiii,, t- at tlif, fears tnd alzirins of the En,,I-ish taxp.,Y,r S-t.te aid by the hypottiecaiion of Irants fortolocal purp,ses in Ire- land as a counter ?uarintee had been assuaged, that i hopeless- ,,trLiggle 4ho,ild not be maintained, -tnd that we should direct our sole eff(?rts on the second reading of tiie bill to the assertion of the principle of local control. In this I am bound to sty iN-Tr Morley (,ntirel?y agreecl with me, but lif- -,vas at the F,zyie time much hampered, tnd exl)res,ed his sense of his position in thtt direc?lion by the att,tuclf. of the extreme section of his,i)?terrtvyled b, Mr Ltbouchere, and in a stibseqtzen tfn ,,tew be inipre."?sed me with the necessity o Ing the second reading of the bill with a direct nega- tive, t-n(I tglced in* to iindertike the ?notion. I agreed to this, but only on the condition that I wiis not to attack the principle of the measure but to confine myself to a criticism of its detail*' I think his was false strategy, but it was a strategy adopted out of regard to English preju- dices and Radical peculiarities. I did the best that was possible under the circumstances, and the several days' debate on the second reading contrasts favourably with Mr Labouchere's recent and abortive attempt to interpose a direct nega- tive to the first reading of a similar bill yesterday. Time went on. The Government allowed their attention to be distracted from the question of land purchase by the bill for compensating English publicans, and the agrarian difficulty in Ireland was again relegated to the future of another session. Just before the commencement 'c'n of tlli., sess; I v,-a,; a--vin fa?,oi-ired -?vith tnotlier interview with Mr Morley. I impressed upon him the policy of the oblique method of proce- dure in reference to land purchase, and th? neces- sity and importance of providing for the question of local control, and of a limitation in the applica- t-ioii of the ftindg. He, t? ed x?-it)i me, and I offered t- non-e on tlj,, firs?, of ))ill iri 're .iiiiendiiient in f,-tvour of tl)is local coliti?ol,,tdN-isiiig that if this were rejected it might be left to tlie Radicals on the second reading to oppose the prin- ciple of the measure. This appeared to be a proper course, and I left Mr Morley under the impression that this would fall to my duty. But, in addition, he made me a remarkable proposal. Referring to the probable approaching victory of the Liberal party at the polls, lie suggested some considerations as to the future of the Irish party. He asked me whether I would be willing to assume the office of Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, or to allow another member of my party to take the position. He also put before me the desirability of filling one of the law offices of the Crown in Ireland by a legal member of my party. I told him, amazed as 1 was at the proposal, that I could PP" a,ore'3 to forfeit in any wav tho independence of the party or any of its mem- bers tnat the Irish people had trusted me in this movement, because they believed that the declara- tion I had made to them at Cork in 1880 was a true one and represented my convictions, and that I would on no account depart from it. I considered that, after the declarations we have repeatedly made, the proposal of Mr Morley that we should allow our- selves to be ,tbsort)ed into Eu,Ii?,h politics was one based upon an entire misconception of our position with regard to the Irish constituencies -t th -t-n? e. pledge-, -,vhich we had given. In eoncliision, hc? directed my attention to the Plan of Ctmp-tie?n estdtes. fft, said that it would be iiiiljossibl(-, f?r the Liberal I)orty, -,vlien tl)-,y attained power, tc do anything for these evicted tenants by direct action that it would be also impossible for the Irish Parliament under the powers conferred, to do anything for them; and, flin-in- up his hands with b gesture ir, e" ?faimed, "Ilavng been to Tippof (les?a h e x crary do 0 ti n t know what to propose with d to le matter. I told him that ,Irir, ques- tion was a. limited one, and that I did not see that he need allow himself to be hampered by its future consideration; that, being limited, funds will be available from America and elsewhere for the support of these tenants as long as might be necessary; that of course, I understood it was a difficulty, but that it was a limited one, and should not be allowed to interfere with the general interests of the country. I allude to this matter only, because within the last few days a strong argument in many minds for my expulsion has been that unless the Liberals come into power at the next general election the Plan of Campaign-tenants will suffer. As I have shown, the Liberals propose to do nothing for the Plan of Campaign tenants by direct action when they do come into power but I am entitled to ask that the existence of these tenants, whom I have supported in every way in the past, and whom I shall continue to support in tho future, shall not constitute a reason for fron my expulsion, -i Trisl) I)olitic,3. I htve re- p-?atedly pledged myself to Rtand by these ev-icteli tenants, %iid that they sball not be allowed to siiffer ,ind 1 believ; that the Irish people throughout the world will support me in thi, policy. Sixteen years ago I conceived the idea of ar Irish 4),%rliauientan, party independent of a.] Englis .9. Ten years a,- I wa.9 elected tl) p rte -o leader of an independent Irish parliam party. During these ten years that party h remained independent, and because of its in(- pendence it has forced upon the English peoe the necessity (4f granting Home Rule to Ireland. "I believe that party ill obtain Home Rule only provided it remains independent of any English pty. I do not believe that any action of therish r(?'ple in -Lipporting me ciidanger the ?oni,3 le ctuse oi:lx)stponetlieeqtablishmentofqlrish u u Parlianient. it even if the dun,er wittvhicli we are threatened by the Liberal party ofo-day were to be realised, I believe that the Irispeople throughout the world would agree with r that a postponement would be preferable tea com- promise of our national rights by the weptance of a measure which would not realise lie aspira- tions of our race. 1 have the honour to remain, Your faithfnl servant. CHAS. STEWART POWELL."

MR J. MORLEY'S REPLY. I More of Parnell's Inaccuracy. The Right Hon. John Morley, M.P., has authorised the publication of the following letter TO THE EDITOK. SIR, —The manifesto published by Mr Parnell this morning-contains two or three statements affecting me, which I desire, without loss of time, to correct 1. I made no sort of attempt to fetter Mr Parnell's action on the X*and Purchase Bill. He agreed with me in all our conversations that the bill ought to be opposed as omitting the principle of local control and for other reasons specified by him in his speech of April 21st. The only question was as to the form of the motion for the rejection of the bill. I Eainted out to him (April 14-th) that, as many iberals objected to the principle of the bill, an amendment stating reasons would be less suitable than a motion for rejection simpliciter, and Mr Parnell assented. Two days later he ex- plained to me his alternative plan for fining down rents. This, at Sir Par- nell's request, I immediately communicated to Mr Gladstone, and the same evening I wrote to Mr Parnell that Mr Gladstone felt that we could have nothing to say about his plan one way or another but that, of -course, he was perfectly free to propound it on his own re- sponsibility, so completely did we recognise that our relations with the Irish party were an independent alliance and not a fusion. 2. Mr Parnell imputes to me that in our conversation of November 10th (five days before the proceedings in court) I made a remarkable proposal," with tho object of absorbing the Irish party into English politics by means of office. I made nm proposal. It was natural that, in a free and confidential discussion of a possible future, I should wish to inalze sure, for Mr Gladstone's in-fol, .1-1,t,tion, that Mr Parnell still held to the self-denying declar. tion of 1880. His answer to my inquiry was wlltt I had 'knticipated. fully 3. Mr Parne,ll's account of -?vbat T)a.ssed on the s.tnic C)OCa.,iiou oi-i the subject of evicted teuants idii Cainp.%ign estates is vrl?iolly incormet. I observed that some direct action might ?ssar become nece 1,. Tiiou,-h, of cour, I foresaw that there were aiffictiltil-s in the, AvaY of legisl, tion, I never sa-ld that either I ()" any of i?-ny colleagues had formed any conclusion against legislation. 1' never said or hinted that it would be impossible for an Irish Parliament to do any- thing in the matter. I did say that, whether bv direct or indirect action, the evicted tenants ought not to be allowed to suffer. As to Tip- perary, there is all the difference between sen- sible perception of difficulties and the despair which Mr Parnell ascribes to me. Mr Gladstone is well able to deal with his own share in the manifesto; but I am bound to say that on November 10th I was under the most distinct impression that Mr Parnell did not object to the suggestions thrown out a year ago at Hawarden, as .subjects for provisional examina- tion, if those suggestions were likely to make a scheme generally .acceptable to Great Britain.— I am, sir, yours faithfully, Nov. 29, 1890. JOHN MORLEY.

LETTER FROM SIR W. V. HARCOURT. Sir William Hareourt has sent the following- letter for publication TO THE EDITOR. SIR,—Mr Parnell has made a statement with reference to me which I think it necessary to contradict, rabough it has already been declared to be untrue by Mr Justin McCarthy, from whom alone Mr ParneH could have derived anyinforma- tion on the subject Mr Parnell has affirmed that I have stated that "under no circumstance would I ojve any promise either now or hereafter to any Irish party;" That assertion of Mr Parnell -is not true. What occurred is briefly as follows Mr McCarthy proposed to me that I, in con- cert with Mr Gladstone and Mr John Morley. should sign a letter binding ourselves to cer- tain terms propounded by Mr Parnell, which letter was to be kept an inviolable secret. I confess I did not regard this, JW a practical transactionAd I pointed out to Mr McCarthy that the edition of secrecy was wholly in- admissible that such a document could be of no value) Mr Parnell or any one else unless its tertiagere made known and that, if it were otllwise, after what had occurred, I did not attacany importance to Mr Parnell's pledge of inviolJe secrecy So farom refusing to hold communication as to the s'lement of Home Rule with any of the I h 3, what I stated wis exactly the reverse. rl3 ?, I tol 'L4cCarthy that the Irish party and the Irish tion possessed a far higher and more lastinfecurity than any secret negotiations or indiv-ial pledges in the unquestionable political fact tt no party and no leaders could ever pr ?? or hope to carry any ,3clieme of Home In concurrence and RU ich had not the cord] suprt of the Irish nation as declared by their rej.Sentatives in Parliament. I added some wos of sympathy for the painful difficulties in will the Irish party now found themselves, and 52 that the present moment of confusion did not Nrd an occasion on which it was possible to ierfere with any advantage upon a discussion of e particulars of a future scheme of Home Rule. It will be seen, therefore, that both the spirit nd the substance of my reply to Mr Justin IcCarthv was exactly opposite to what Mr Parnell has stated. The other statements of Mr Parnell in relation to my views and conduct are such as do not seem to me worthy of notice, except so far as to say that they are as opposed to the truth as that which I have just refuted.— Your obedient servant, W. V. HARCOURT. Dec. 2nd, 1890.

MANIFESTO BY THE IRISH ENVOYS IN AMERICA. CHICAGO, Sunday, 9 p.m. The following is the text of the manifesto of the Irish delegates, addressed to Mr Justin M'Carthy, vice-chairman of the Irish Parliamen, tary party Our sense of the matchless genius displayed by Mr Parnell as leader of the Irish party, of the imperishable services which he has rendered to the Irish cause, of the courage, integrity, and splendid success with which he has led our people for years, and the comradeship, personal respect, and affection which for years has bound us to him, have made us suspend to the latest passible moment our judgment against his further leader- ship. The obligation to express the judgment is to all of us the most painful duty of our lives. No earthly consideration could have moved us to our determination except the solemn conviction We have been driven to choose between Mr Pag-nell ••• i «,e destruction of our country's cause. So t.,e destruction of our country's cause. So an \'L 'Q 'pre we to all that might be pamfully ,al., u '1uch a leader that we mvolved m the los vI M '10""ues in every eagerly co-operated with our coui..fc. v The effort to retain his influence in our couif. < manifesto of Mr Parnell just issued, howev ion ti. us off from the last hopes to which nE clung. Anxious to avoid a word that might embitter this controversy, we shall not dwell on the cruel injustice with which he treats the mem- bers of the party who followed him with loyalty and affection such as no leader ever experienced before. His recollection of their fealty to him in many an hour of trial might well save them from I the imputation that any section of them could have allowed their integrity to be sapped by Liberal wire-pullers, nor would we do more than enter our protest against this violation of all constitutional principle in flouting by anticipation the decision of the elected representatives of the people from whose votes the chairman of the parlia- mentary party receives his authority—and resorting to a vague general appeal over their heads. Con- siderations_ like these we should readily have waived in the interest of the national solidarity, but the method in which, ignoring the origin of the present calamitous situation, Mr Parnell endeavours to asten the responsibility for it upon Mr Glad- stone and Mr Morley compels us to dissociate ourselves in the strongest manner from the imputation, which we believe to be reckless and unjust. We view with abhorrence the attacks made upon Mr Parnell by his public and private enemies under cover of his present difficulty. To attacks of this kind, addresssed to a man of proud and strong spirit, we attribute many of the terrible dangers with which Ireland is now threatened, and we fear that they may do further mischief by diverting- the minds of many from grave national to purely personal issues, in the natural resent- ment against ungenerous attack made upon the great leader in the hours of his stress and disaster. But while making every possible allow- ance for Mr Parnell's feelings on this score, we consider it unjust to the English people, and lamentable from the point of view of international good-feehng, to describe as English wolves howl- ing for his destruction those who have not been able to bring themselves to the same view to which gratitude and necessity for union im- pelled MrParnell'sown colleagues and countrymen. Mr Parnell's plea that Mr Gladstone's letter to Mr Morley involves a claim to dictate to the Irish party, and thereby strike at its independence as a strictly Irish national party, is one calculated to inspire every national aim. If that plea be not an obvious fallacy, the Irish party having been formed for the purpose of winning Home Rule, any attempt to divert the Irish party from that object in the interest of English parties would be an invasion of the independence of the Irish party, and would, we believe, be repelled by no one more sternly than our colleagues and ourselves, who are now in opposition to Mr Parnell. But the very basis of our independent alliance with the Liberals is the adoption by them of the pro- 'o graiiime f r which tll- Irish ,)arty -,v.s formed, and the recognition of it must be the first attempt of a Liberal Cabinet to realize that programme. Whatever differences of opinion may exist aa to the motivo with which Mr Gladstone's letter was communicated to the public, it was obviously not his hostility to Home Rule, but his aarnest desire to save it from disaster, that prompted him to ivi-ite the letter. Wecleplore that the d'ffi I eu tes of Mr Gladstone's position were not frankly recog- nised by Mr Parnell, and that, on the contrary, friendly private communications, obviously made with a view to smoothing the passage of the Home Rule Bill, have been made the basis for insinua- tions of treachery to the Irish cause. By his con- viction, again and again expressed that Home Rule, to be effective, must be such a measure as will satisfy the English, Mr Gladstone is bound to a full and ample measure of self-govern- ment for Ireland. To offer any other seheiTTe would be an act not only of incredible baseness, but of inerecbo.e folly, and we emphatically separate ourselves from any such charge against Mr Gladstone. We think it deplorable that Mr Morley's suggestion that some of the Irish party should co-operate for carrying the Irish pro- gramme of the Liberal Home Rule party should be so strangely interpreted by Mr Parnell. Every member of the Irish party will of course agree with Mr Parnell that the acceptance by any Nationalist member of office from anEnglish ministry would be a breach of the elementary principles upon which the party was founded. But nobody knowing -v' N r Morle 3 character could doubt that the suggestion was inade in the honest belief that a Liberal ministry would be helped in the difficult work of carrying through the details of the Home Rule Bill by co-operation with Irish colleagues, and it was not an insidious attempt on the integrity and independence of the Irish party. We have now to confront the statement that Mr Parnell's leadership opens an impassable gulf between the representatives of Ireland and the Liberal party, who faithfully observed their part of their side of the agreement as to the national claims of Ireland and the situation is aggravated by the deplorable expressions of ill-will towards theBritish people, who again during the past five years manifested their determination to do justice to Ireland, and who 1, have by their votes paralyzed the arm of Coercion. In deliberately bringing things to this position, Mr Parnell has entered upon a rash and fatal path, I upon which every consideration for Ireland's .,afety, as well as our o,,i,n ?l I-onour peronq forbids us ELbsolutelv to follow hiu?' I In the future of the party thus isolated and dis- credited, we cannot imagine how any Irishmen I can see anything but destruction to the hopes of self-government, happiness, and peace, which, but a few weeks ago, were on the point of being realised for our people, so tried by many years of sacrifice and suffering. What Mr Pamel) asks us to do, stripped of all side issues, is to sacrifice ail hopes of an early settlement of the Irish struggle to his resolve to maintain his personal position. We are driven to choose between the leader and the cause, and in that sad choice we cauno-I hesitate. We lay these views respectfully before all of our colleagues of the Irish Parliamentary party in the earnest belief that a decisive vote on their part will deliver Ireland from the fearful anxiety that now overhangs her people. We are convinced that a calm but resolute course of action on our part in this cruel emer- gency will redound to the advantage of our cause by furnishing conclusive testimony of the capacity of the party and the people for self- government. We cannot relinquish the hope that in face of such decisive action by the elected representatives of the Irish people Mr Parnell's sense of patriotism will withhold him from plung- ing Ireland into those horrors of dissension which so often already in her tragic and unhappy history have robbed her of liberty at the moment when it was within her grasp, and save him from undoing, in one passionate hour, the results of all his incomparable service to our country. (Signed) DILLON, O'BRIEN, "SULLIVAN, O'CONNOR, GILL." American Delegates Firm. CHICAGO, Tuesday.—The following notice has been issued to-day :—All newspaper statements purporting to be interviews with us are pure in- ventions. Our views have been clearly expressed in our published declarations, to which we ad- here and it is a mistake to suppose that our determination will be in any manner influenced by private cablegrams from London. We now I await the decision of the representatives of the I 'Irish people. (Signed) JOHN DILLON, WILLIAM O'BRIEN, T. P. O'CONNOR, T. D. SULLIVAN, T. P. GILL.

PRONOUNCEMENT BY THE IRISH BISHOPS. Mr Parnell Unfit to be Leader., A meeting of the standin .g committee f tb e -Lrchbisliops iiid bishops of Ireland was held. o)i Wednesd,i,y III DLiblin.. The commiitc-e i i -id con.,3.sts of the four arebbishol3s ? i thos(,- bis'?iops ,elected to represent the four provinces of ITeLbnd. The following address was unanimously adopted, and ordered to be communicated to the Press. for publication. The standing committee I their duty to communicate by telegraph with their absent brethren of he E ?soopate and have received ou+, of these the dh,?qu of ?he bisho s tEe whose names, with their signed to address Address of the standin Voi?amittee of the Archbishops and Bishops of f?4lai3d to the clergy ity of their flocks .tn? Jai Very Reverened -ind Relc laed? Fathers and Fellow-countrYmen, -The bis s of Ireland can no longef keep qeat in presence of the all-engrossing question which agitates not Ireland alone, but every spqp where Irishmen have found a home. That question is, who is to be in future the leader of the Irish people, or rather who is not to be their leader? Without hesitation or doubt, and the plainest possible terms, Nile give?- it i, our ,unanimous judgment th-tti 'Who??er else i' fit to fill that highly respons;-b,le i??5t Mr Parnell isdeeldedly not. As pa-,toi-s 'of' this Catholic nation we do not pass this Our t aiid solemn deelir.%tioii on IDC)Iiti judgnien -L*l grounds, but s?mply and solely on %be facts. a-?id circumstances revealed in the, -London diyorce ict court. After the verd ?-in that court we cannot re,ard -,Nfr Parnell in an -Y"- other li,ht than 911, a I-Ilan convicted (if one ?of the gravest offences known to religion and society, aggravated as it is in this case by almost every circumstance th»yt could possibly attach to it, so as to give it ;i scandalous pre- eminence in guilt and shame. Surely Catholic Ireland, so eminently conspicuous for the virtue and purity of its social life, will not accept as its leader a man thus wholly dishonoured and wholly unworthy of Christian confidence. "Furthermore, as Irishmen devoted to our country, eager for its elevation and earnestly in- tent on securing for it the benefits of domestic legislation, we cannot but be iiifluenced by the conviction that the continuance,of Mr Parnell as leader of even a sc-etion of the Irish party must have the effect of disorganising our ranks and ranging, as in hostile camps, the hitherto united -ountry. Confronted with the forces of our (. pect of contingencies so disastrous, we see not;?riionlg- but inevitable defeat at the approaching general election, and as a result Home Rule indefinitely postponed, coercion perpetuated, the hands of the evictor strengthened, and the tenants already evicted left without the shadow of a hope of being restored to their home. Your devoted servants in Christ, Then follow the signatures.

INTERVIEW WITH DR WALSH. Mr Parnell's Political Suicide. The Archbishop of Dublin, interviewed on Sunday, declared that the time for reserve had gone now that the manifesto from Mr Parnell had been issued. "What," asked the reporter, "is your grace's opinion as to the political drift of the manifesto .1' w I do not care to go into the political aspect or 'festo but there is one point that lies on m face. j mean, of course, the breach of the suiii*oe?'iVe had better withdraw from par- cenfidenee. V'^and give up the cause of Ireland liamentary action other po&sible leader than as lost if we have nOr. after accepting the con- one who has shown thjw 'man, he nas no scruple fidence of an English state. scramble out of a in taking a desperate effort ten fidence and be- difficulty by abusing that co. o a lamentable traying it. Things have come t; unrivalled I pass. Whatever happens, Mr Parnell,, the past services to the cause of Ireland during'ow all 10 or 12 yeers never can be forgotten. Is the I is change(L in that part Y of. which he wa,, centre of unity. His position I so long as ii& m-tintain-it, is one that niike ? the maintenance of unity impossible. It can result only in dis- ruption and disaster." Have you seeu Mr Davitt's statement as to the assurance given by Mr Paraell of his being able to clear himself in the divorceCase ?" "Yes. Mr Davitt speaks .very strongly, I may say bitterly, as I am sure" he feels very bitterly, 4abotit that strange, painful incident. It was through his strong assurances to me that I was led to believe that Mr Parnell would come through the O'Shea divorce case as he had come thi-oug ?,h the case of the Pigott for,eries without a staizi.' What Alr Davitt tells ?bout c,)mi,.i, to me with the good neivs of the ?issurance he hadre- ceived from Mr Parnell is perfectly accurate. Very naturally, I believed that assurance. I should be able still to believe it if Mr Parnell, in his manifesto or in any other way, had now done what undoubtedly he was called upon to do, supposing him to be in a position to do it-that is, publicly to pledge his word as a gentleman, as he pledged it m the case of the forgeries, that, notwithstanding all appearance to the contrary, his honour is still unstained. If he cannot do that, or if he will not da it, his colleagues may rest assured that the party that takes him or that retains him as its leader can no longer count upon the support, the co-operation and confidence of the bishops of Ireland." "I presume there is no ambiguity in that declar- ation ? No, the time has come when it is a duty to speak out plainly, but, as you observe, in speaking as I have spoken I confine myself all but exclusively to the moral aspect of the case. If Mr Parnell can set himself right as to that, I raise no question as to tin probable political results of yesterday's political manifesto. That is a political matter, and I leave it to be dealt with by those who are the accredited representatives of the Irish people in the political affairs of the country. But, likj everyone else in the country, I have a right to hold a personal opinion, and to freely express the opinion. I give it for what it is worth. I cannot but look upon the issuing of the document as an act of political suicide. It is a disaster. It will brino- disaster npon Ireland if those whose duty it is to sruard her interests are not now faithful to their trust."

¡ CARDIFF SCHOOL BOARD. A meeting of the above ooard was held in the A?. on. Thursday afternoon. Mr Lewis Williams presided, and there were also present: Drs Edwards, Wallace, and Treharne the Revs G. A. Jones, F. J. Beck, William Hayde, Alfred Tilly, and J. M. Jones Messrs David Jones, L. s Biel;dey, ff. But,er. and D. Rees (clerk).-I?ir J* W. Hall, held tc-a'cher at Wood-strect School, wa,13 v..)pol,.ited to a s*rnila,- position at AVood- strei,,c Sc?('01; Mr B-.t'inwe!l, of Eleinor-stre,?t Sclioo?'. removed at h; own r(,que,?t to Wood-S tre?et, Ills 1),face I)eill", taken I)y I ns, Taff's Well, ?Nir Jo?in Jerilz: Mr Charles Mi liittlzer, Ctrdiff, t)-ic,, licadiii.sler ship of a school yet to be built at Saltmead. There were a large number of applications for the positions, and some amusement was created by Mr Bickley, who asked each candidate whether he could swim. Later on the same gentleman 01)PO-,ed tile ippolnt7lient of an of schools under t'-qe boird, iiid in the course of a speech of some length said if tliev inacte the appointi-nent he 3hould 1)rol-)ose tha?t the iiisoector be eon-ipeiled to te?acii 1,?veiil,itUy the ininutp, of th,? gereral committee, wl-ereiii th(-v defined the duti?s 6f the oposed inspector, iver; ?,,d, -)pted,iiotN,-ithstandiiig t?iat Mr Ilicl.:Iey, the only dissenti.eiit, denounceci tbe? appoiiitin?iit or the ininutes-it -,vas i,(jt qt,iit, clear which-as a piece of tautological stupidity. The board afterwards proceeded to the appointment of assistant teachers, the different candidates having eacii to satisfy Mr Bickley as to their knowledge of swimming. One of them rather gave himself away by admitting that he could s" 'only.boLit"t-ii? yard:?j), 'Vill?l -it anotilf-?. left the roou-i issur(?d of the vote -nd interc-,t 04? of the f,-Paoti?, s I wi,?-urr;ilig jacl?et. C',o appe?trc?-1. I"td I)o3-s ?,,cteriding a ,sell -it -b3.,tter.ea to Thev teach bo?-s to there?" qtieried --Nlr 13ickIc-y. Yes, ?' said the candidate. And the girls," went on his interroga.cor. Oh, I know nothing about girls, ,,4,a, -it th6 3 t,, ?. p iiij reply, wbero. -)oard laugbtd hugely. ?lle Leti?,v dispersed tfter sitting jiist over four hours.

COLLISION IN THE BRISTOL CHANNEL. Two Men Injured. A collision between the Welsh trading steamer Rio Formosa, from Swansea, and the Norwegian barque Ebbs, with timber, took place in King- road early on Tuesday morning, and was attended with disa-stroti? consc_?quence?. The, Rio ]-oriiaosa ran --thwart the barqu- bow, and carried Iwiiy her own fu-?inc!l, i-n,,?iallilast, boats, de?-'?z-liouse %nd other Cipt-tiii P?,eid mrt- injured i' the n head and back, and the man at the wheel had two of his ribs broken. So disabled was the steamer that she had to be towed to Bristol. The barque which was at anchor at the time, sustained exten- sive damage by the mishap.

A CARD. -A*-i iiaport--?nt discovery Is LnlounCL-d in of a I-,Ilu,,tble remvdv for nervous debility, exW, ustio2l 1,:idne, and kindred "le (ii,co--ery iiiade))y .4 lllis.s,oll,ll., iiiOl?l?,foxiec). ThL> Rex-. -Tosepb Holiiies, Blo()tnsbili?v--?qiiare, l,on?lon, W.C., WiL, se-ld the Iii-eE:criptioll free of charo;e on re- ipt. of a self-,tddrL-ssefl st,,tn'Petl eave]7ope. Alention this paper. 5712 14189 A WORD TO IOT:aI;;Rs.-Rernlck's Motherl i avounte Teething Powders prevent convulsion&SS a ™ d boX9S 13588 TEAS are a Household Word iu Wales they recall the deUciotis Teas of 30,years ag0

THE DYNAMITE EXPLOSION AT RA D Y R. Resumed Inquest. The inquest respecting the death of the man, Olanthus Batten, who was killed by an explosion of dynamite at the Radyr Quarry on the 20th ^November, was resumed on Wednesday afternoon at the police-court, Llandaff, before Mr E. B. Reece, district coroner. Major Cundill, one of her Majesty s Inspectors of Explosives, was present on behalf of the Home Office Mr A. Lewis, her Majesty's Inspector of Factories, was also present. Mr Kay represented the quarry company, and Mr G. David appeared for the relatives of the deceased. Joseph Wilkinson, the general manager, said he only became manager on the 20th November. Directly he took office lie put the foreman (Cole- man) in charge of the quarrymen, and told him to be careful in the matter of the explosives, and only allow one man to handle them. A proper pan for warming dynamite was kept at the quarry. He arrived at the quarry at 3.30 p.m., on the 20th ult., but did not see anybody warming dynamite then. He was at the smithy within a few minutes of the explosion, but the injured men had been taken out, and Batten was then dead. The smithy was 20ft. by 12ft., and the roof, m which a large hole had been made, was 10ft. 3]><). the fire. He was informed that an explosion had occurred in a bucket of water, and the remains of a bucket were lying about the place. His instruc- tions had been that dvnamite was to b warn-ied in nothing but a pan. Michael Coleman, the next witness, bef'ore giving his evidence was cautioned by the coroner as to the possible consequences of anything he might say. He (witness) said he was the foreman of the quarrymen at the Radyr Quarry. He gave jilcti.uctions that the I)o-?vder and dvian-iit(- were to be property looked %fter. lie ga'e iio insti,u?l- v tions at all about warming dynamite, or about allowing only one person to handle it. He told witness to see that the men used the dynamite properly. It was customary for them to warm the dynamite in the pan provided for the purpose. Jones, the man now in the infirmary, usually d,'d thit work, lie ha-in, beei, I i?-Dr several Oa?,s (lurin,'t t tiV i' thd ".?2- he fros sion to warm dvsamite. John Gum had nothing to do with witness, he being engaged in driving a heading in the clay under contract. He and another man were working on a contract. They used dynamite for the heading, and the}' obtained it from the company's stores. Witness was only appointed foreman a week before the accident. He did not think it was any part of his duty to look after those other men. He exercised no supervision in the matter of thawing dynamite over Gum and his partuer. The Coroner Then you ought to have done so. Witness continuing said he did not know where they obtained the dynamite. The warming pan was kept in a hut close bv. He knew nothing about the bucket that exploded, or that it was kept in the hut. He had never seen it before. Had never seen Gun with his partner warming cartridges. By Mr David: The key of the magazine was kept by John Smith, the store-keeper. He had been employed 23 or 24 years in the quarry, and had been using dynamite and powder all the time. By the Coroner He told Hy. Jones at about 4 o'clock on the day of the aocident to get some dynamite and put it in the warming pan ready for the next day. John Gum, the next witness, was also cau- tioned. He and his mate had taken a contract from the Quarry Company to drive a heading in the clay. "They used dynamite in blasting the clay and mai-L When they wanted dynamite they got the keys from the blacksmiths' shop or the office door, and ?vent to the "azije -iid M' took what they required. On the 26th of Novem- ber he got about 15 or 16 dynamite cartridgesfrom the store. He did not have to ask for the ke_y. He found the cartridges wanted thawing, so he put some water in s, I)Iic-ket that lie found in the blacksmiths' shop and put It on the fire. in the liut ,f?l -r?- they got their food. Ho j)laced the c,.irt the tiot -,v, -tter, af te- renlovirg the u-E?k,t saw the %varn-ii 'ng pan in the f -kr? r, t,? c -i?stand it:, u-e. After the f but, but did not cai-trid,g,?-.?; had 1.)cen iii'?116 t?-uci'Liiwe I];, ?,f c-)Z,-? f ill tile P,?in, which oontained so ?rni watcr4 w? He took them out aftar a short time. and about 11 of them were used. He did not understand the pan until a young fellow explained to him its use that morning, while the cartridges were in the bucket. Witness then took them out of the bucket, and placed them in the pan, pouring some of the water from the bucket. into it He threw the rest away, and washed the bucket out twice. He had not used the bucket before for warming them at this quarry, but he had at other places. The Coroner here stated that he had seen Jones at the infirmary, and got from him a statement to the effect that he went to the smithy to warm some water in a galvanised iron bucket, intending to put it in the pan to thaw some cartridges. lheee was some water in the bucket when he got it, but not enough to fill the pan, so he emptied the cold water out of the pan into the bucket. He then put the bucket on the lire, and held it with one hand, while he used the bellows with the other. He had only given a few blows with the bellows when the water exploded. The bucket had been a good deal used, and was thin in the bottom. The Coroner said the pouring of the water from the pan into the bucket was no doubt the cause of the accident. The water probably con- tained nitro-^lycerme, which had been soaked out of the cartridges, and this being* henvier than the water, would sink to tlie bottom. When poured into the bucket it would be on the bottom, and therefore next the heat. John Smith, carpenter for the company, said lie supplied the stores as they were wanted. He had not the charge of the explosives, nor did he know who had. He did not know that any- one in particular had charge of the rna,tz* iiie, e s,,i-,v on the day of the acciaent, Rt 20 uiinutc-s to 5, 'T' In. Henry Jones wir 'z ca,rtrid.-e, in a .oTne bucket in the J)'acksmi'ths' shop. Batten tnd Powell were in the shop with him. While thev were there, Jones came in and said he was going to heat some water for the warming-pan. There was a strong tire on at the time, and Jones put the bucket on the fire and held it with his hand. The boy Powell blew the bellows, and Batten stood right before the fire. In about a minute the bucket's contents exploded. Witness was not hurt, but when the dust cleared away he saw Batten on the ground. He was taken out out, b,,it witness believed he was dead. He had never seen anyone using the buel,-et for -,vp?rn-iing cartridges. The I,-(- *N- of the. i-xiagazine wa- iae'?-*r ker)t in the --?hol), and -a?R alv,-ays i ns, ic the ofiiee, hang'n, on the door. 'C I Anybody who liked could get the key. Major Cundill, of the Home Office, Whitehall, said he was an inspector of explosives to the Home Office. Having heard the evidence, he believed that the explosion was caused by the nitro-glycerine being extracted by the process of soaking from the cartridges and sinking to the bottom of the pan. Some of this ;r was poured into the bucket. The nitro-gvycerine, being half as heavy again as water, would remain in the bottom of the bucket. A thimbleful of nitro-glycerine would be quite sufficient to cause the explosion that had been described. He cer- tainly thought the issue of explosives ought to be under the control of one man." The inquest was further adjourned until the 7th of January to allow of the appearance of Henry Jones. On Wednesday evening an inquest was held at the Cardiff Infirmary by Mr E. B. Iveeee, borough coroner, respecting the death of Edward Powell, a labourer, who died from the effects of injuries received at the explosion at the Radyr Quarry on the 26th November. By the explosion a man named Olinthus Batten was killed on the spot, Powell was fatally injured, aud a man named Henry Jones received serious injuries. The evidence given at the inquest at Llandaff on Batten was repeated in substance. The Coroner explained that Jones was lying in a ward of the infirmary, and could give evidence if the jury would appoint their foreman and two of their number to hear it. Jones's statement having been taken was to the effect that lie tool, ome water from tl -n ii?secl ft)i -ie pi warmed cartridges, and poured it into a bucket. He placed the bucket on the fire. After a minute or two there was an explosion in the bucket on the fire. He (Jones) was seriously hurt, but he was able to crawl away from the smithy fire (on which the bucket had been placed), and the other two men, Batten and Powell, were carried out.-The jury returned a verdict to the effect that the explosion was the result of an accident, and that Powell was accidentally killed. They recommended that the management should exercise greater care in the use of explosives.

THE WEEK'S HEALTH BILL. The return of the Registrar-General for the week ending Saturday last, Nov. 29th, shows that the rates of mortality in the several towns, arranged in order from the lowest, were as foUou's — Derby 15 2 Cardiff 19*2 Bristol 15'9 .Sheffield 19-4 Bradford 16"5 l.ciceater 19-S Nottingham 16-6 Portsmouth 20'4 Sunderland 16*8 Blackburn 211 Norwich 17-0 Bolton 21 -6 London 18*0 Huddersfleld 21-6 Birmingham 18*4 (Ne-.vcastle-on-Tyne.. 21 -8 Birkenhead 18*4 Oldham 22-3 Liverpool 18-7 | Plymouth 24-5 b6'8 Preston 26 8 Jh'-ghton 19-0 Manchester 30-2 Leeds 19-2

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THE POLICE COURTS. At the Llandaff poiice-court on Monday morn- ing—before Dr Paine, Colonel Woods, and Messrs R. C. G. Dornford, Franklcn Evans, and J. Gunn —William Rees. boatman, Nantgarw, was charged wih unlawfully woundme Frederick Colston, Taff's Well. on November 25th.—The com- plainant said that at half-past eight p.m. he was returning home alone the canal bank near Walnut Tree Bridge, when he called out to defendants horse. Upon this defendant became enraged, and coming up to complainant s companion (James Gunning} truck him with a piece of a tiller. A dispute followed, and defendant then struck complainant on the hea,d, and complainant, fell unconscious to the ground. Complainant was not drunk, but had had some liquor. When complainant recovered consciousness he was still lying on his back on the glouiid. Gunning bore out complainant's statement, and Dr E. Perrott, who had been called to see complainant, said complainant had received a blow just abuve the temple about 3% inches in length, reaching tc the bone. He did not, however, anticipate any immediate danger from the wound.—William Rees, father of defendant, gave evidence that complainant was the aggressor.—Eventually de" fendant was fined 10s and costs, or seven days' hard labour, the magistrates being of opinion tha.t. he had received considerable provocation. At Cardiff on Monday, Patrick Daly (32) was charged with assaulting his wife, Ann Daly, on the 5th of October last, and further with doing damage to the windows of a house in Pellett- street, occupied by Ann DaJy, to the amount of 20s.-Prosecutrix stated that her husband had deserted her, but made periodical visits to the house which she had taken in Pellett-streot for the purpose of assaulting her. Several i-ummonses had been taken out by her against him, but in answer to his appeals she had on each previous occasion condoned the offence, and on his pro- mising to leave her in peace had paid the tines. On the 5th of October he Visited the house late at night, and, after kicking her severely about the head and body, he broke a number of panes of glass in her windows.—Prisoner protested his innocence, and, exhibiting his hands, asked the bench to believe them to be those of an honest l?:ing iiian. H's wife, he was 1, 't or, I bad w 'un," for not only did she sell beer, but aliow unutterable wickedness to take place in her house. He had gone to the house t:' fetch some of his clothes, and had been incensed by seeing1 a man fondling his wife.—Defendant was sentenced to 21 days' haed labour.—Lewis Honogardy, a boarding-master, of 41, Bare- street, Cardiff, was ordered by the local magistrates on Friday to give up pos'-ession of a German seaman's bag which they considered he had wrongfully detained, and to pay a line of £ 5 and costs for overcharging.—Mr Joseph Henry Jones had been instructed to conduct the prose- cution, and after obtaining the order he, on Saturday, sent down the prosecutor. Wilhelm Rouen, with his clerk, one Yorath Walters, to demand the surrender of the property, which is of the value of L6. The court was defied, and the clerk after being invited into the house was assaulted bv -Air-?, P-ono,ird\ Stii;iir?on-?-es w(-ra then t )Ii?d for ag,nst'Mr's' H,inegtrclv and her Iiiisb n and n-i-ade rc-tLirn-,ible for Aimday.- all i-)??flnd ?t ent??red no appc-ti-.tnc,?, but his v,?ife produced a inedical cei?tificate 'ho-,i,ing 16at he was tinwell.LNir --f. ff. -Jones now recited the facts, adding that in answer to Mrs Honogardy's entreaties he had agreed to with- draw the charge of assault against her. At the time he did not know the male defendant was going to defy the court, as he seemed to be doing, by absenting himself. He also had a suspicion that the witness in this case and the prosecutoron Friday last—Wilhelm Rouen—had been got at,t and was being kept out of the way. Under these circumstances, he applied for an adjournment of the case until Wednesday.The application was granted. At Newport on Monday, Mary Ann Sheen, one of the violent characters of Newport, put in a 25th appearance. This time she catne to answer a charge of assaulting and wounding Margaret Gwyer. --Co-nplainant stated that on Saturday evening some persons applied for lodgings, and she recommended them 3rv >-p to a neighbour's. Shortly afterwards Sheen, ye per A next door, quarrelled with her because 10 of I th -he who livc,??41'ft -li(, did n sellp?"In out .,truck tier t'le mouth. rushed into the house, and coming armed -,rltli a torlu File t-lie oth,,?r womsii, b-f,?atii-,?z hrr ?bolit tl!e Iarms, and %N-ound ul) N?-itli a blow a-i the 1-.eic? wialcii caused a severt,, wo,-iiid and felled her to the ground. Sheen denied the assault with the tongs, and represented that the complainant was The agg essor, nd called a -,vitiie, r q, %i,lio ,?tatod tll,,t ¡ she saw the parties quarrelling, but admitted that when the tongs was alleged to have been used witness was in her house.—The Bench told defendant she was a very violent character, and had committed a very bad assault. Sho would be sentenced to three months' imprison- ment with hard labour. John Griffiths lodges at the house of an old man named Stephen Davies, at Newport. On Saturday last the lodger took too much drink and went homo in a dazed condition, and sliplig into his landlord's arm-chair, comi-nenc sleep off the effects of the cardSffc He was unconsciously slipping forward on to the fire when his landlord caught him, and went tj seat him safely in the chair. Griffiths roused him- self, and in his drunken folly kn icked the oid man down, bruising his face and knocking out his teeth. The magistrates at the Newport police- court on Monday told him that he had repaid the kindness of his landlord by brutally assaulting him, and though defendant expressed his regret, and pleaded that he knew nothing about it, the Court fined him 40s, or one month's imprisonment. ¡' At the Cardiff police-court, on Wednesday— befora Dr H. J. Paine and Mr R. Bu'd-El!en Macdonald (20) and James Caine (23) were charged on reniand Ai-itli stealingasilver lever watch and a gold albert chain from the person of Wnu Williams, in Bute-terrace, on the 12th November James Caine was further charged with assaulting William Williams. — P.C. 16 stated that en the night in question he was <>n duty in Adam-streej when the prosecutor made a complaint ft him of having been robbed. In consequence of what lie said witness arrested the prisoners and removed them to the chief police-station, where he accused them of stealing the watch and chain, of the value cf S7. In answer to the charge Macdonald ssict site knew notmng about it, and Caine said he denied all.- The prosecutor, recalled, said when the female prisoner snatched the watch it came away from the chain at tiu> swivel. He put the chain in his trousers pocket, but, during the 'vv' ,-euffle that ensu,d, Ltii(I in Nx-hicii li 'Is Izziocl;"C-ct down, he lost it. When he came to the police- station and put his hand in his pocket the chain was missing. The male prisoner struck liitu several blows in the face, knocking him on to the ground.—The prisoners had nothing to say. and were committed for trial to the assizes at» Swansea. At Newport Town-hall, on Wednesday, Peter Petersen, a Swedish seaman en board the English steamer s.s. Runo, lying in the Alexandra Dock, was charged with cutting and wounding John Pearce. The prosecutor is a railway 6-aud- -niard and on ?Alon(' went -? iito the -;ic? Hotel, 1)()ek?liaeytd(?v('nl]arg ?&atei The a lie saw Fri-oner, vn-bo to quai-rl m-itli liini about low a cor?siii )f 11; ,?, had treated liixu on a voyage some tune ago. Pearce reasoned with him as well as he could that he was not responsible for his cousin's doings, and left the bar-room. Prisoner followed him into the passage, said he could use a sword with a, y'oody, anci being struck by some otlit-r,?),-Irson in the crowd, at once l?luiiged his cla,,p kn e iilti complainant's left jaw. inflicting a clean cut gaping wound two inches long. Next the prisoner cut prosecutor's right hand, and. was set upon by the crowd, who intended a lynching but for the opportune intervention ot Dock Officer Chamberlain, who saw prisoner Hying before a lot of people. He took him to the Temple-street police-ofiiee for protection. Mr R. Cooke, surgeon, spoke to the nature of the wounds, and the Bench decided to remand prisoner for a week. The prisoner said there was a row in the house, and that he merely defended himself. T%vo smsll boys named Jennings and Hodges of the mature age of eight and ten years respec- tively were charged at Newport on Wednes- day, with stealing a gold pin, a, coat, two pairs of boots, two pairs of gloves, two scarves, and a silk handkerchief, from the Albert Hall', the property of Mr D. A. Vaughan, J P. A number of little ladies and gentlemen are practising at the hall for some Christmas entertainment 'and on Monday evening left their wraps in the ante- room whilst so doing. Prisoners sneaked in and putting on the clothes, went off with a drunken man to Risca. They were sent back by a midnight train, and were found wandering about the streets in the hours known as a.1D. },11 Vaughan did not wish to prosecute, but each had been before the court five times, and the Bench condemned the parents for letting their little belongings grow wild and vicious. A sentence of six strokes with a birch rod and two in the cells brought tears, and they disappeared raising their voices and rubbing their caps into their eyes. James Betts, a young married man in the summer a painter and in the winter, when that trade was slack, a steward un board ship, was before the Newport magis- trates on Wednesday on a warrant for .assaulting his wife, Selina Betts. The little woman had a shocking- story to tell. The husband said his wife crushed a boot-heel into Iny nose and that she was drunk. "I was drunk for want of it, then, sorrow!ully said the complai* nant, adjusting an 18 months infant in her arm* the whi.e. lhe Bench found out that prisoner had been before the Court 10 times, and that whether in a sober mood or in a drunken ft,cnzv, lie was c?qiitIlY ertiel. H(, %N-as tlwaNs ?re,Cten;iigto--et her (-,xi fire NN,itli tileulam?x Ile You have been _re 10 time, ,?,iid Nlr C Iluin you must be t terrible in alit ,,aid that she being turned out cf her al-lai,t. nielits tlirouikii her Iiiisbtn(l, tvd had to [fo oilt to work for lier?--elf and lier four ciiilclr(,Il, Slip woilld like a separation, she added and after her husband had been sentenced to two months' hard she repeated the request, Can wc do queried the Bench of their man of law "'h* answer was an assent; and prisoner WlS onHod back into the dock, and a judicial separaiion ordered, prisoner to pay ?s 6d per week for his wife's n PostScript to the Clir,st ]]I -iiid the Magistrate?,' Clerlz ei-nrlia,,ii,,ed it qre ordered to be sel),tr,,ttt?d froin wi,,r tL) pay her 7s 6d week you are not ft -Prisoi wife. iei- T will 1,0 froni her wli(,n I coii?(? Tiiad,? the ingloriouz; (leseeiii, Ioivn t)i (]oqlz stel)s ?is

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WELSH ECHOES FROM LONDON. POLITICA L- LITERARY. MUSICAL. By Our Special Correspondent. WALES IN PARLIAMENT. The cry in political circles everywhere is still Parnell! Parnell! Parnell!" but the Welsh rac-mbers managed to get an innings over the Tithes Bill. They have also been exceptionally fortunate this session at the ballot box. MrBowen Rowlands has at last succeeded in getting a first place for his Liquor Traffic Local Veto Bill for Wales, the second reading of which is set down for Wednesday, the 18th of March, 1891, by Which time we may be preparing for the throes of a general election. On the 22nd of the same Uwnth the Places of Worship Enfranchisement Bill has the first place; the Sunday Closing (Wales) Act, 1881, Amendment Bill, which Mr John Roberts is piloting through, having the third place on the same evening. The Places of Worship (Sites) Bill is down for second reading Pn the 17th of February. Mr David Thomas and Mr S. T. Evans have put down notice of several Amendments to the Tithe Rent-charge Recovery Bill for the committee stage on Wednesday hight Mr Bryn Roberts gave notice of a bill to amend the law relating to the tenure of land in Wales; and Mr Rathbone moved an important resolution on the second reading of the Purchase of Land and Congested Districts (Ireland) Bill, expressing an opinion that a, measure by which a class of owners of land other than bona-fide peasant proprietors will be created in Ireland by toeans of money advanced upon the public credit Will tend both to aggravate the existing agrarian difficulties in Ireland, and to extend them to Other parts of her Majesty's dominions. THE DEBATE ON THE TITHE QUESTION Could not under the circumstances of the case be a very interesting one, but it drew a large number of Welshmen to the House on Monday night. Amongst others I noticed Mr John Duncan, of Cardiff. who was staying a, day or iwo 'r'c i-?i t?)vin pr-*or tL; depirtti,t:? for Af i find Mr. George NV,. Taylor, Libeill ,.di- date for West Denbigbshire. There was little to say in opposition to the present pro- visions of the bill, but the Welsh members took effectual advantage of the opportunity to preach disestablishment to the House. Mr Abel Thomas, Mr Bryn Roberts, and Mr Lloyd Morgan, Mr Osborne Morgan and Mr Stuart Rendel, Mabon and Mr David Randell, all did loyal service. To Mr Randell especially we are indebted for the spur he gave to the front bench. His outspokenness on this point probably gained the excellent speech delivered by Mr Trevelyan. MR LEWIS MORRIS'S NEW POEM. Mr Lewis Morris, the author of The Epic of Hades," has just given to tSie world his most im- portant work. In "A Vision of Saints "(pub- lished by Messrs Kegan Paul and Co.) he has carried out the design which he had long enter- tained (of which we had proofs from time to time in his contributions to the poetical litera- ture of the day) of attempting for the beautiful C'?ir?gtian leg di and records that wl-iieli has so 'en often been done for the mythology of Greece. In his introduction to the Vision he tells us that he himself Once, long years since dreamt a dream of Greece And fair, fantastic tales of Nympli and Faun, And thin, heroic forms, and ghostly gods Floating in loveliness by grove and hill And lake-side, all the joyous, innocent grace Oi the old Pagan fancies, mixed with tales Of passion and unhappy deeds of old, Dark, uniorgotteii. What a noble dream that was, few readers of The Epic of Hades that gem added to the wreath of the poetry of our language," as Mr Bright put it-are ever likely to forget. But the poet has dreamed a new and a better dremn-" A vision of old Rome, Sterner and harsher, and the new-born-grace ..iJ- Of Sacrifice of life which for the Truth Bore misery to the death. It is but natural that a peet of Mr Morris's liberality of mind and thought should not desire to confine himself to the saints of any one church or creed. In the vision we have not the glorification of denominationalism or sect, but an appeal to the spirit common to them who in all ages and through every form of belief has animated the whole company of faithful men. Before he comes to "real lives, lived upon earth I for heaven," the poet brings before us in colours of the vividest imagination two gracious legends, like the vanished tale of older Greece." The first is that of the seven sleepers of Ephesus," whose story teaches us the newer, higher hope of life, which ends not with the last breath—the hope of Resurrection and the life to I be the other, the fair legend of St. Christopher, which teaches— 11 the strength Of weakness, when the too strong soul bows low Before God's will, and doth exalt itself Through self.surrender." Leaving "the haunted border-land of fantasy, for lives which lived and died in the long vanished centuries," we are made acquainted with Anto- ninus Pius, the best flower and fruit T^f^all the ,;e who ruled the race of beatlien world, the sap men unchanged and unharmed by unfettered power; with the two girlish mothers, S.S. Per- petua and Felicitas, whose piteous tale" forms j one of the most charming sections of the poem i with St. Cecilia "whose face the whole world knows, with S.S. Adrian and Natalia, whom the world as yet knoweth not, with St. Phocas, the blameless anchorite, with S. Dorothea. the virgin martyr, with St. Francis of Assisi^ and many more of the "ardderchog lu'r Mer- thyri." John Bunyan, "the wondrous peasant who lightened his duress e by dreaming thought, fine as the Bards who sang of Heaven and Hell," finds our poet at his highest. This and the fine poem on Father Damien will be found amongst the best in the bock. The conclusion gives us a majestic description of the rising of the saints. Calling on the Lord to sound with His light and voice the dark dumb depths wherein lie the un- numbered souls that are far from Him, Mr Morris makes effective use of an illustration supplied by Mrs Watts-Hughes's discovery of voice-figures :— the vibrant subtle note which thrills Upon the sensitive film, and traces on it i Figure on figure, curve with curve inlaced Into some flawless flower. There is very little doubt but that A Vision of Sainis will be the most popular work of its author. The critical attacks of rival poets have failed to alienate the author's public, and the poems of our Cambrian bard are more widely read than ever. a

THE LATE MR DAVID DAVIES, LLANDINAM. A movement is on foot for the erection of some permanent memorial of the late Mr David DaVies. A meeting was held last night at the Lion Hotel, Llandinam, of a number of the leading tenants on the late gentleman's Montgomeryshire estates and friends interested in perpetuating the memory of their distinguished neighbour. A representative deputation was appointed to wait upon the rela- tives of the deceased to ascertain whether the movement met with their approval, and the direction 'which they thought it should best take. It was suggested that an obelisk or monument of some kind be erected in the parish of Llan- dinam, the place of Mr Davies's birth, and where most of his life was spent. No objection is anticipated, and the subscription list will be an open one and irrespective of religion or politics. The liberality and kindness of heart of Mr Davies were displayed in so many channels that the Bcheine is likely to meet with Cgeiieral approval, and a memorial worthy of its object will probably be the result of the present movement.

MR. GLADSTONE'S R.PLY. —" A Categorical Denial. I The Press Association on Friday received for publication, from Mr Gladstone, the following reply to the manifesto of Mr Parnell:— Sir,—It is no part of my duty to canvass the manifesto of Mr Parnell, which I have received this morning, and I shall not apply to it a single epithet, for I am not his judge in any matter, and I believe myself to have shown in the matter of the Pigott Commission that I had no indisposition to do him justice. But the first portion of the document consists of a recital of propositions stated to have been made by me to him,arid of objections entertained by him to those propositions. The Irish as well as the British public has a right to know whether I admit or deny the accuracy of that recital, and in regard to every one of the four points stated by Mr Parnell I at once deny it. 1. The purport of the conversation was not to make known "intended proposals. No single suggestion was offered by me to Mr Parnell as formal or as unanimous or as final. It was a statement perfectly free and without prejudice of points in which either I myself, or such of my colleagues as I have been able to consult, inclined generally to believe that the plan of 1886 for Home Rule in Ireland might be improved, and as to which I was desirous to learn whether they raised any serious objection in the mind of Mr Parnell. 2. To no one of my suggestions did Mr Parnell offer serious objection much less did he signify in whole or in part that they augured the proposal of "a measure which would not satisfy the aspirations of the Irish race." According to his present account he received from me in the autumn of 1889 informa- tion of vital changes adverse to Ireland in our plans for Home Rule, and kept this information secret until in the end of November, 1890, and, in connection with a totally independent and personal matter, he produces it to the world. 3. I deny. then, that I made the statements which his memory ascribes to me, or anything substantially resembling them, either on the reten- tion of the Irish members, or on the settlement of the land or the agrarian difficulty, or on the con- trol of the constabulary, or on the appointment of the judiciary. As to land in particular, I am not conscious of having added anything to my public declarations, while as to county-court judges and resident magistrates I made no sug- gestion whatever 4. The conversation between us was strictly confidential, and in my judgment-and as I under- stood in that of Mr Parnell-to publish even a true account cf it is to break the seal of con- fidence which alone renders political co-operation possible. 5. Every suggestion made by me was from written memoranda. The whole purport of my conference was made known by me in the strictest confidence, when it had just taken place, to my colleagues in the Cabinet of 1886, and I assured them that in regard to none of them had Mr Parnell raised any serious difficulty what- ever. 6. inc-itlier Mr P,,iriiell nor I myself ivas bound by this conversation to tbsolute and final =P'- ance of the principle then ciii v.sed bit tb,?- year Nvliieh has ,:ince eltl--?: never .2d I have receivedfroin Mr Pztniell anv intimq.tion tlint lie liid -.Iterecl his v,*ews .tll the y of ieip-. I liave novv done -,ili He.iardezi ecnver--a- tion. and I conclude with the following simple statements 1. I have always held-in public as well as in private- -that the National party of Ireland ought to remain entirely independent of the Liberal party of Great Britain. 2. It is our duty—and my duty in particular— conformably to the spirit of Grattan and O'Con- nell, to study all adjustments in the great matter of Home Rule which may tend to draw to our side < moderate and equitable opponents but for me to propose any measure except such as Ireland could approve on the lines already laid down would be fatuity as regards myself, and treachery to the Irish nation, in whom, even by the side of Mr Parnell, I may claim to take an interest.—I remain, Sir, your very obedient servant. W. E. GLADSTONE. London, Nov. 29, 1890.

MEETING OF THE IRISH PARTY. Stormy Scenes. The Irish Parliamentary party met on Monday to discuss the position of Mr Parnell, and re- mained in conference practically from noon till midnight. At mcs the discussion was of a heated personal character. Colonel Nolan pro- posed an adjournment, that^ members might ascertain the views of their constituents, thy party to meet again in Dublin. This was strongly opposed by Mr Sexton and Mr T. Healy. I 'p. 'i' -S'l')" 'T' v, T> ,Y "J;' I ,iI.L "L4 :1'J.L- .11"<L' Mr Parnell, in a vehement speech, severely criticised the attitude of thtese two gentlemen, and of -,Mr T,tn L4cC-tb,, A,, I Ha-.Varden 7),Ieet;ing, lie sai.cl t?hato the coiniuuiil,atiolis niade. there. war(, confidential, and ,he ciiarg6 th,%t lie !'Iwl rIO?. conveyed the.,n to his e5lle-,tgue,;i? was poor groaiid 'or deposil,?. him. Before %,ote,(I. fo,? hi?,,? del-)os?itioii the; should be ,;Ur(-, th?V w,.i valuc- first.' 011 ithis point he glit be pro- iposed through N Glad,ton, that in the e,ent cf a LiLera'? ma?orit, ?:,eip i;-Lirnecl at the election., ;i, P", g L'?jwc bill should be pr,)13Q,;ed, (1', fol, itli6 Irish cont-Lol in -fhe Irish Executive, r?,sp3nsil-)Ie I:risrt inent (2) tOr tile settlement of the land qu,)tti(),, If two made he (A,[ v?e?e rParnell) would ret?re from pu Ile life. Alr G7?adst one had rep?'ied, dmli "-lug tc) ha?-o any COmirunicat joy, N,,ith hill-' ??? -lea(ier -1 .Iiile Sir W. Harcourt re plied tlic?t ziei?ler now nor here- after illotild Ille; give anly proyl"se to 'tily Iris!, 1-)ztrty. tlie ilieeti2ig v?as adjourned till Tuesday. After the of t r,?.Port on publicatioll Tuesday of tlle mectil-ig of 4,,Iie illerzibers of the Irish parti, on )J??-ridty, t.Ie public interest iri Ithe Pc?sit'o" (,f Air :Parii(,?ll receive-,I a further Tli(, ziev?r ligllt ill wbich the pl40ol?e,(-,ding,:? ?t tll,-tt i-neeting placed tlle i-elat".Oiii of -Lqr il,'Lrllell aT,.d tl-ie le.der, of the Liber.-tl party,-g',tve ri.,3e io il-iuch .coiiiment, e?;Y-,eially ioi)?eral:, The zef?.1 and -intiN-ity;3,mc,?, t-he Iri??li iiieliber?,*? t,,Ieloselves was in no an4. .1?Ir ]Parnell and several of his ??apporter-? -?verti eai-ly in the IE[oxise of Commom tllis Inornl-.tila. T-I*re' were alsc) fre. quent communications betw-een the Liberal prer-unmbly, broulgil? al--?Out by the pub't- cation of )&. p?xrell?s fijttlier s?l?teillents. S'r W". Harcourt, TM B,,tnuuyu-12L Ir,Can,pbell- n, Sir George Trevelyan, AZ, ShaNv "Nir Arnol-d Nlorley callqd, b3, appoitit,?uent?, at noun Lt'-NTo. Carlton Gar(l,?,, nd h-,wA' 1% con-Ultatlon with Air, Gladstone. Plarl Cranv-Dle aftli?rwards etlled ap,(l ho,d tn interview ??ritli Mi- GlaO,tone. The Tnef-?tin6, f the Irish F?atiiamentary party, -?vllicli adjourned at ten -Uutt-'s tc) tnvelve on Afonday 'light, Ivas resumed noon (),, Ti-tesday in Committee-room No. 15. Mr Parxiell was the first to arrive just before novin, ar)d ize vva-s soon followed by tll'e ?vliorle of tl)e kkeiribf,?rs who were pr(,?;ent oil ,?l,)nday- The dft'?i?ber.,ti c),,s iger,, ,,8 .before, condil?cted with clo", .,do(31-s ?tnd. re?r?e- Sent,itives of the press N,'e.e, 4&, -jquest of the sergeaiit-at-Arnis excluded fro'Ti the eortidor Mr Parncll tooi t'lic at the out-,s,t nuniber of letter-? and telegr4rq%:),addt-essed tc? Afr 'Pa,,nell and ine,inber-, of the party were read. This asiderable tW occupied a col 4 OnE- A?Er.4'- F- nlinutes to At twentv m ,illes:? be proceeded with. oved th,,if bii- A heated cliscussion followpd. dii-ri i-if? which 'Ingry recriiyiin-itiOn,' in. The rneetill,, adjotirndd tnvic-- for the -,it-tilig extending ovfr Late in the evel)iyl(, -i?tr Pa,riiell ptit- tip tlw- fuuowin?, amendment, moved by Col. Nolan :— 0 I' Mr PARNELL I shall now put the Pamendment. That all questions touching the chairmanship of the Jriah_a?«t»nas-tnone l wtil th» members ta'fe had an opportunity of personally ascertaining the views of their constituents and until the party can meet in Dublin. There Were for the amendment of Colonel Nolan Alexander BIane, G. M. Bvme, W. J. Corbett, .T. J. Clancy, H. CampbeU, Dalton, Fitzgerald, E. Harrina,- ton, Hoyden, H. Harrison, MacDonald, J. H. McCarthy, Sir J. McKenna, Mahony, Maguire, Colonel Nolan, J. Nolan, J. O'Connor, O Han I on, OHellv, Parnell, R. Power, Quin, J. Redmond, W. Redmond, E. Sheil, Conway, Dr Kenny, Le Amy.-29. Against Abraham, Barry, Chance, Crilly, Condon, Cos, Commins, Dickson, Deasy, Sir T. Esmonde, P. J. Foley, Pinucane, Flynn, Dr Fox, T. M. Healy, M. Healy, Jordan, Kennedy, Mr .T. Kenny, Vesey Knox, Wl J. Lane, McNeill, P. Mac- donald, McCartan, Justin McCarthy, W. Murphy, Morrough, Molloy, A. O'Connor, P. J. O'Brien, O'Keefe, J. F. O'Brien, Piiikerton, P. J. Power, Reynolds, Roche, Sexton, D. Sullivan, sheehan, Stock, Sheeliy, Dr Tp.imer, Tuite, and Weob-41. ABSENT.—Carew, Gilhooly, P. O'Brien, W. O'Brien, John Dillon, T. D. Sullivan, T. P. O'Connor, T. P. Gill, J. Leahy, R. Lalor. T. Harrington, and The O'Gorman Mahon, Mr PARNELL 1 find that the "Noes" are 44, and the "Ayes" 29; so I declare the" Noes" have it by a majority of 15. There was no demonstration at the announce- ment of the numbers. On the motion of Mr Clancy, the debate was adjourned till 2 o'clock on Wednesday. The Press Association says the meeting of the Irish parliamentary party was resumed ill Committee-room 15 of the House of Commons at two o'clock on Wednesday. Mr Parnell again presided, and there was a full attendance of mem- bers. Very strict precautions were taken to ensure privacy, the Sergeant-at-Arms having issued a special order that no per- sons weie to be allowed to loiter in the committee corridor. After the vote of last night there was less curiosity in the lobby as to the up3liot of the Vroceedingz.?, the d,i-ision on Colonel .LNolan's anteilci-,nent baviiig been taken on p-Lixely party Nevertheleqs there was inu 'h spec-Li- "sible new developments, Before -ition as to po', I the meet7in?? resul3aed the discussion of tlae motion under consideration. Mr Parnell informed the meeting that the Sergeant-at- Arms had given per- mission for the committee-room to be used until 7 o'clock. This statement led to a passage of arms between Mr Healy and Mr Parnell, the former disputing the right of any official of the House to decide how long the deliberations of the party should continue, and the latter describ- ing as impertinent a message which Mr Healy suggested should be sent to the Sergeant- at-Arms. The reading of telegrams was then proceeded with, but further discussion was inter- posed at an early stage in consequence of an ob- jection to the reception of communications from individuals. Father Humphreys, one of the de- fendants in the recent Tipperary prosecutions, telegraphed his inability to accept Mr Parnell's declaration respecting Home Rule. In the course declaration respectill Home Rule. In the COUri'e of a heated discus:ion arisin out of the telegram persona.! to 1.11' Parnell :ThJlr Sexton said he would persist to the end, despite ruffianly attacks, a remark which elicited loud applause from the anti-Parnell section. A telegram from Clonmell to Mr Condon ap- proved the action of that gentleman, and declared that all Smith-Barry tenants were with Dillon and O'Brien. A telegram having been read from the president of the Belfast branch of the National League, stating Belfast would have no leader but Mr Parnell, Mr Sexton said if he could discover the National League at Belfast was inclined to depart from its attitude of Monday night, which he understood was an attitude of ini-l,artiali',y, or a,t, auV rate of suspended judg- n-ient, and to express ilie oiiinion contrary to tl)at "7 was conscientiously, constra4ned to ?K V4 -di--tely apply for the Chiltern hold he would .(Úillb --tration was met with cries Hundreds. This deci;tl of "No, -no." d' poz 'n "I?' of After the t,eleiZra.-ns h + Clanc?e who mov?-d the adj ournmen?? on Tuc-sd., said had -.z, proposii to make which fie hoped would lead to solution of the d,*f-uculty i-?i v,,hi??,,h the 1-).trty found th(-mselves. -Viter Clancy-*s speech so-,ue convers--tion tool,- place, -,ts the result of which it i?,as decidee, to adjo4?'n the meeting until 12 o'clock on Thursday4 wlfrql

Newport Radicals Disapprove. At a meeting of the Newport Radical Associa- tion, held on Wednesday evening, Mr C. West presiding, the following resolution was adopted That this meeting disapproves of Mr I?arnell's conciuctind of his ob?-2t* in refi-i,iii, ""?,i,h part td resi,,n the chliriti-tnsh'p of I y fears that such conduct will damage the Home Rule scheme and hopes that he will, for the sake of the unity of the Liberal party, resign without further delay." S-Libsequently a rider was added repudi?ttin! I\lr Parnell's conduct towards th Liber.,tl part?,, and expre,?sirig un. enec? in -A'tr 'i4i.dstore. Copies of abated cz)nfio the resolution were directed to be sent to. Mr Gladstone and Mr Parnell.

Mr Parnell and "United Ireland." United Ireland, in its current issue, says -No reply was sent to the following mandatory tele- gram which we have received:— Insist on your leading article next issue of United Ireland being submitted to me before printing, other- wise I must make other arrangements.—PARNELL. United Ireland observes hereon ;-There will be no press censorship in favour of any man while William O'Brien's representative sits in the editorial chair. Mr Parnell must dismiss William O'Brien from his post of editor before William O'Brien's sentiments are belied in United Ireland. The following cablegram was received from Mr William O'Brien :— If Irish party vote 'or Parnell's leadership, hand our establishment to anybody authorised by Parnell. If party decide against'Parnell, lot United Ireland stren- uously support our views, and permit nobody to inter- fere.—O'BRIEN. Subsequently the following was received by the acting editor :— Unless party decide otherwise, support views of American delegates, avoiding unkind language towards Parnell, but insisting that tlie people's representatives shall not be bullied out of the solemn conviction that Parnell's leadership means destruction.—O'BRIEN. Ti-e.se instr,,icti-ois had been anticipated a t?iid observed. L:tte on Wednesd, -ty evenin?, t.ter ,aeI foregoing p?ira,,7r--pl)s liacl ijeei-, written, the folion?,ing jo-,it telegrani -,va. received, addressed to the. actin? editor and mtuazer As directors National Prirzting and Publi I i C p,%ny for-i),al?ig ?ltorum olf (1,.ree't,ors, ,?,e s a :W, ,t 'i nothing ? r ec (), Ily, whel,h-r by e-i er or prej,a c,? cartoon, g ),,b,,e pinon on either sicle of 0 0 .he quest' ii row before the co-aiiti??v. If anythinff has been written or printed contrary to this sense it must be stopped, C. S. PAKNELL, JUSTIN MCCARTHY-, J. K. KKNTNY. KKNTNY. To this a prompt reply was sent by the acting editor. I know or recognise no authority but Wm. O'Brien, editor of United Ireland, whose deputy I am. I act on instructions cabled from him. No further interference was attempted. United Ireland, in a leader, lender whigh Captain, Ireland or Parnell ? says :—The less ,,i,i,-t be quiclzly -ind 1)la,inIN- tau,lit that no an be 1--oerTriitte P, c, d to ?bstruct the patii of Ireland's liberty.

Action by South Wales Liberals. A meeting of the Executive Committee of the South Wales Liberal Federation was held in Car- diff on Thursday, Alderman Thomas Williams, J.P., Gwaelodygartb, presided. On the motion of the Rev. Aaron Davies, seconded by Mr John Griffiths, of Porth, and supported by Mr A. Thomas, .J.P., Hansamlct and Mr C. M. Bailhache, London, it was unanimously resolved:— That the Executive Committee of the South Wales Liberal Federation, while disclaiming any rig-ht to dictate to the Irish nation in their choice of a Parlia- mentary leader, desires to express its sense of the im- bilitv of the Liberal I)ax,,3, c?,?rrying tnv measure of = e Ri;l,, for Irelitid s(, long a,, Nlr Parn'll is retained in that capacity; and at the same time records its en- ttiusiast. rovll of the position taken bv Mr Giftd- 1'3 a'i-)P stone in his letter to Mr Morldy." The Secretary (Mr Hall) was instructed to wire copies of the foregoing resolution to Mr Gladstone, the Welsh Wliips, MrJustin McCarthy, and Mr Parnell.

"THE DISCROVvNED KING OF IRELAND." Mr W. T. Stead has .issued a pamphlet under the above heading from which we quote the following:- "I am almost heartbroken over this sad, sad tragedy. Oh the pity of it the pity of it To nee a nation s hopes blighted on the verge of fixation, the labour of twelve long years of toil and agony undone in a momenc, and all because s we' oae i-nan* '14 knass, ?iid of one waiiian's s*lll' What a sacrifice to be exacted, how immense the disproportion between the incident that has pro- voKed the catastrophe n:id the doom that impends. But of the fact theru can unfortunately bo no doubt at all. As it was one woman's faithlessness that led the Greeks to the Trojan war, and one man's crime that Ollled the gate of Europe to the Moorish invasion which submerged Spain, so it seems possible that Ireland, just as she is on the verge of triumph, may be thrust back into the outer darkness by the sinister figureof Mrs O'Shea. It is one of the penalties of the one-man system that when the one man falls the whole nation falls with. him. It was not only Napoleon, but France which went under at Sedan and it is not only Mr Parneli, but Ireland which has fallen under the blow of the verdict in the recent divorce case. For the last, ten years and more the Irish National cause has been identified with Mr Parnell. For ten years the first and last word of Irish patriotism has been coedienect to Mr Parnell. In the stormy and turbulent sea of Irish politics he has been the man at the helm. His word has been at once their compass and their chart. Since 1879 we have had but one st?, The star nov,set in glooii-t. T?l,at in t?'ie ?'irst rnciient of coiifus?on and of bu,. ttic? Irish, I eyeakiii?, by ti-?e %-oice of -,i-iio fc)llonv Mr Pztrpell into P.,trliLL- ment, should have failed to perceive that the Star I of Avondale has set is but natural. The Irish are a passionate, enthusiastic race. Their personal I loyalty to their chieftains has in every age been I on?-ly mii,zed characterLQtlcs Of one of the iiiost str the nation. All that is best in the Irish nature— its impulsiveness, its generosity, its chivalrous devotion to a leader who has led them victoriously in the fight forbids them to do other than they have done. Under the sway of emotion rather than under the guidance of calculation they have refused to admit that they are leaderless. They have rallied round the empty chair of their dis- crowned king, and cry aloud for him to lead them forth to battle as of yore. It is often so when a leader falls." Small wonder, then, that the man who was the schoolmaster to teach them a great lesson should still seem, to the troubled hear of the dis- tracted nation, the oniy possible leader—living or dead. But that he is politically dead is no longer open to dispute. That there" is a sin which is unto death, not even the most ardent Parneliite 'il de hi?; c:-tse, I?T wl ny. If Pigott had proved -r Parnell, all his immense services to the Irish race notwithstanding, would have instantly been swept into obljvion. Yet to the majority of Christian folk, both in Ireland and out of it, the offtnee of which Mr Parnell was found, guilty before Mr Justice Butt was infinitely more serious than the offence of which he was atquitted by Mr Justice Hannen. Nor is it only Christian folk who resent the combination of treachery and deceit by which an adulterer breaks up the home of his friend. It is blankly incredible to the ordinary family man that any person who stands officially branded by judge and jury with having accepted his friemVs hospitality in order to de- bauch that friend's wife, can even for a moment venture to take a leading part in political life in civilised society. I am aware that there a,re many who do not allow this verdict to weigh with them because they think they have more r less cogent private reasons for demurring to the accuracy of the judicial verdict. But with the great public, by whom alone decisive action can be taken, these private reasons are non-existent. Just as it is true that public astion cannot be taken up on private scandal, so it is true that public judgment cannot be stayed by private scan- dal. The public must act upen public s-rounds, It is no business of mine to suggest Mr Parnell's successor. There are able men enough in the party upon whom, when Mr Parnell was amusing himself at Bitham and elsewhere, devolved the burden and the heat oi the fray. The party has been almost weaned of late years from Mr Parnell's leadership, The land of absentee land- lords has had to be content for some time past, with an absentee leader. The change, therefore, will not be so serious as it would have been some time ago. But serious or otherwise the change is inevitable. If Mr Parnell remains, the general election will be lost before the ballot boxes are opened. As it is, the disappearance of Mr Parnell will inspirit the party which has had the ec,ur-g,eto-*nsiston,o gteat i -,acrificetoprin., cil)le, and cement iiier(. losely t-ba-,i ever the c union of hearts on which the Home Rule Alliance rests. Even if it were otherwise, nothing else remains to be done. We cannot, as decent folk, allow the cause of Home Rule to be bound up with the desecration of home."

SAD DEATH OF A WOMAN A CARDIFF. An inquest was held on Thursday evening at the Infirmary, Cardiff, before Mr E. B. Reece, borough coroner, respecting the death of Mrs Eliza Stapleton, who resided at 75, Elm-street, and died on the 2nd instant.—Mr Keys, a person who had attended the deceased, was present during the enquiry. Joseph Stapleton, the husband, said his wife was taken ill on the 13th November. He sent for Mrs Galsworthy, a midwife, and Mr Keys saw her several times afterwards, he attending her at her wish, although he was not a fully-qualified medical man. —Eliza Ann Bellamy, a daughter of the deceased, and Mrs Galsworthy gave evidence. Dr Treharne stated that he was called to see the deceased. Her death was caused by syncope, arising from complications preceding child-birth. As the result of a post mortem examina- tion, he found all the organs healthy. The body was completely drained of blood.— In answer to the coroner, the doctor added that it was the duty of Mr Keys, when he stopped the flooding on the 13th, to examine for preccnta previa, as the flooding was likely to again occur. Her condition on that date ought to have been ascertained by any medical man, and at the earliest possible moment labour ought to have been induced. He had been informed that Mr Keys was not a properly-qualified medical man, but he had not looked for his name in the register. The Coroner said it was a very important case, especially for Nlr Keys. it a man who was not duly qualified undertook the treat- ment of cases, preventing the calling in of properly-qualified medical practitioners, and at ,an Iiic,,iuei-?t. it was clearly shoivn that chere had or iiiiprol)er treatment, it w,;uld their,! k)iniozi be for the j rv to d?,l ;ner'? wa s, that did riot oun t to He could call additionat medical evid.r),,e L was the wish of the jury that he should do so.— The jury decided to call additional evidence, and Dr Webb, who was present, was then sworn. Dr Thomas Wilson Webb, of 72, Carlisle-street, said he was first called in at 10 a.m. on the 1st December to attend the deceased. ev' wzts a ,,Ir K ttend*rl her at that time. ;?i-ie ivis ill a -seiiii-coTiiatos?? state, verv weik aiid pulseless. He remained in ttteii- d.i,?ce until 12 noon, aixd up,,?-.i exaiiilzlation aseer- tained that there was precenta previa. She was then in too weak a state" to induce labour. He did all that he could to restore her, and he returned at four o'clock. After consulting with the hus- band, he sent for Dr Treharne. She was delivered at five o'clock the following morning. She expired from exhaustion at half-past seven. It was the duty of a medical practitioner to establish labour as soon as precenta previa was discovered. Mr Keyg was the holder of a diploma from the Coombe Lying-in Hospital at Dublin, and he was also a dispenser in Ireland, though not registered. In answer to Mr Keys, Dr Webb stated that he had no recollection of asking him (Mr Keys) to at?eiid the woin?in. He never saw the woirlan w?en he could form all idea as to her physical strtgt". I r Kya: I am going in for london degrees; I am not goin to make t me-,s of my,-e)L I t h.,? would no the de,ri.-es th?3,t they .Are content with Dr Treharne, recalled, said the more delicate the woman was the greater need there existed for preventing a recurrence of the flooding. Mr Keys said he only took these cases for Dr Webb he was not paid for them. He conducted a I li- intheRhoziddaValle?- Nvhere2.700 llytc"lool-Iry loyc-d. He i,ac3 gii-en e?,deiieebe?ore pl, p elly) the coroner (j'? Reece.) oil- former and no objection had been raised on the ground of his not being registered. The Coroner You gave evidence before me once, and I thought you were a surgeon. Mr Keys You never asked me if I was quali- fied or not. You knew me personally, and never asked me. The Coroner: Had I known you were not a qualified surgeon I would not have taken your evidence. Mr Keys I am quite qualified to take the worst case that has happened. This case against me has been concocted by an ex-lunatic, whom I threw out of my house for immorality four months ago. The coroner having summed up the jury retired to consider their verdict. After ten minutes' absence they returned, having found that the deceased died from syncope arising from flooding. They also found that Mr Keys made a slight error in not calling in a. properly qualified medical man earlier. The Coroner: I call it a very grave error, though I am glad it has not been felt necessary by you to find him guilty of anything more serious. Mr Keys: Thank you, gentlemen, for not allowing yourselves to be impregnated with a lot of heated. The Coroner: Be quiet, sir, you had better leave the room if you cannot conduct yourself properly. Mr Keys left the room in an unceremonious manner. The Coroner I don'c agree with the jury in the use of the word slight. I think he has had a narrow escape. i