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should never dream of telegraphing to
you anything which had already been
published by the papers here. l have
more respect for your space and for my
own time than to shovel up the Stale
news of the day.
So much, then. for the foreign difficult
and attention of the government.
There is domestic trouble OF a most
equal gravity, and it relates to ireland
to that country which MIR. Gladstone
declared that he had forever pacIiied by
passing his Irish church bill. Mr. Par
nell has managed to incite an agitation
which only falls short OF being 4 revOlu-
tion in that arms have not been taken up
on either side. But the rights of prop
erty are as completely overthrowu rs
they would be if the queen no longer
ruled in Ireland, and Shane ONeil had
come to life again to take her place.
The Irish people, in fact, have decided
to pay no more rent or taxes, and only
wish that l for one could adopt the same
system, ior it has numerous advantages
| to recommend it. Landlords take anoth-
eT view and perhaps that is not surpris-
ing, for many of them have expended
large sums of money upon their proper
ty. and cannot let people live upon or
cultivate it without farthing OF rent.
know several Irish landlords, and not
one of them, so far Us am aware, is re-
ceiving anything like the income to
which he is fairly entitled from his prop
erty. The answer to this remark Is,
They're not entitled to anything but a
dose of lead" But everybody can't be
expected to take that view. Dismissing
all argument on the subject, we have
the fact before us that large masses ol
the Irish people absolutely refuse to pay
rent or taxes. 1t is undeniable that many
of them are suffering great distress. fol
tho crops all went to the bad last sea
son, and there is no peat to be had in
some districts, so that during the com
ing winter there will be neither food nel
fire in many homes. At such times thu
demagogue and revolutionist finds his
work half done for him before he be
gins, and it would not require much ct
fort to tan the smouldering sparks il
Ireland into a blaze. The governmen
has wisely sent an agent over to maxi
careful Investigations and inquiries, ant
if 1t should be found that any section o
the people need assistance, it will b.
promptly provided for them. But
matters 60 on much longer as they ar
now doing, the parties who will nee
relief as much as anybody will be tn
Irish landlords.
, There has been great expectation il
, city circles about the reported approach
) ing arrival OF Mr.. Keene, whose name l
tolerably well-known here, and who wa
supposed to be ready to plunge at one
: into the London market tor the purpos
3 of building up or casting down-th
: brokers do not care much which. w
can no longer find great speculator {
, our own, and must needs 60 to Americ
, for one-just as we 60 there for nearl
1 all our fruit, for more than halt ou
: bread, and no small share of our bee
5 A leader of the stock market cannot b
9 bought as easily rs a bullock, and col
: sequently many efforts were made
!, capture the New York or Pennsylvani
: miilionaires who visited London Ia!
i August Mr.. Vanderbilt was shy. Co
d Scott was unwilling and Mr.. Gould di
Q not quite understand the chang of tn
q school house," They went off withol
/ doing much, but promising to call al
It other day. Then came the report til;
j. one more-ot this pleasing type of maj
,- kind was on his way to En- gland, an
e who is reported to be more adventurol
n and dazzling in his flights than all tt
J, others put toe eether-Mr. James Keen
l. l have seen so many millionaires in n
If time and they have done me so very Ii
d tie good, morally or materially, that
10 was not curious to see the nabob; b
/. when l heard that Sam Ward. that ben
1t factor OF nephews and neices, was cor
l. ing over with MIR. keene, l went fort
l. to meet him. Mr.. Keene did not arri,
'e although he sent a representative in tt
l. shape of his brother. This TACT cor
II municated to one or two city blg-wi g
Is who lamented the absence of the millio
t, aire while duly respecting the brothe
k Mr.. keene might have done somethir
in to enliven the market. and could pc
ID haps have told us what IS going to
ID the fate of Erie, and whether Atlant
ID and Great Western securities will GO |
1t 20 per cent all round before Christina
e The common belief is that Erie is ''bus
1. ed," and that Mr.. Keene knows it be
Of ter than anybody except Mr.. Jay Goul
y 10 allay the present distress in Bro:
ID street, Mr.. James Keene himself mu
le come over. He Will meet with hea
ID ty reception. and ii he chooses to
king of the stock market here, kno
20 OF nothing to prevent him. for the thro
is Is at present quite vacant. l.. j. j.
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