BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume IV, Issue 539, 2 December 1890, Page 2

BRITISH AND FOREIGN.

Mr Stanley discloses the rearguard attrocities at a meeting on Tuesday. Seventy fishing smacks were wrecked off the coast of Norway, and too per sons were drowned. The Irish Land Purchase Bill has been read a first time in the House of Commons. Mr Parnell voted with the Government. Messrs Gladstone and Morley abstained from voting at all.

The informants in the ritualistic charges preferred against the Bishop of Lincoln have appealed against the decision which was given a few days ago by the Archbishop of Canterbury, in defendant’s favor.

In the course of a speech Mr Gladstone stated that if his party were victorious at next general election he would introduce an Irish Land Purchase Bill similar to that of 1886, but he would refuse to exert pressure on his supporters by an early measure. Mr Parnell will issue a manifesto to his constituents on Monday. He declares he will fight the matter out to the bitter end, and asserts that Mr Gladstone is having his second revenge on him for his connection with the Kilmainham Treaty. Mr Parnell states that there is a conspiracy among the Radicals to render the Irish party an appanage, and among the Liberals to have revenge upon the Irish Party for voting against the Royal Grants. He denies that his retention of the leadership involves the retirement of Mr Gladstone.

It is asserted that a majority of the Irish Party are in favor of Mr Parnell retiring. Mr Thomas Sexton and other members of the House of Commons have intimated their intention of resigning their seats if Mr Parnell retains the leadership. Advices received from Mr O’Brien state that he is negbtiating with Mr Gladstone respecting Mr Parnell’s position. Mr Dillon decides to-day as to what course he will adopt. In his manifesto Mr Parnell makes no reference to the O’Shea divorce case. He addresses the people of Ireland, and claims that wire-pullers of the Liberal Party have destroyed the integrity and independence of a section of his (Parnell’s) supporters, and he further objects to Mr Gladstone claiming a right to veto the decision of the Home Rule Party in the choice of a leader. He regards the independence of the Irish party as above all consideration, and states that in November last, at Hawarden, Mr Gladstone explained that the future Liberal policy involved the reduction of Irish members at Westminster to 32, and the imperial settlement of the land question ; Imperial control of the police for an indefinite period ; the making of judicial appointments and Resident Magistrates tor the next T2 years. To this Mr Parnell states he replied it would be madness to reduce the number of Irish members in the House of Commons until the period of probation was over and Ireland possessed full power over her domestic affairs. He agreed with the other points of Mr Gladstone’s policy, but stated he was filled with concern at the absence of liberal provision being made to settle the agrarian question. Mr Davitt, in the Irish World, says he considers the result of the O’Shea divorce case the greatest crisis that the cause of Ireland has suffered during the last 20 years, and he considers it a question whether the Irish should still cling to a condemned leader or overthrow Mr Parnell and secure Ireland. He rifices Mr Dillon to the views of Mr Gladstone, and denounces Mr Parnell and admits that the great victories of the past decade are now sullied.