New-York tribune., 1881-10-30
LEADING TOPICS IN LONDON,

DIspATCH ON THE NEUTRALITY OF ihh i
THE DIXIE OF NORFOLK GONE TO
IOURDEs.
TRY CABLE To THE TRIBUNE
1oxnoy. Oct. 29.-The Irish outlook is deciue'iS
,o+tor The Land Court is overwhelmed with
work. which daily increases. flr'eeh huN'i'"
cases were entered on Thursday and there "'io
30 600 applications for notices. 1here Is n' 017n
the Ieapue recovering from he stupelaculon "'"0'
fol,oved the breakup of the central authority
No,orbelass the agitation may possess latent VITAL
;tv. for il should be remembered tha' 'i0 n'0''
,or+ development of Fenianlsm occurred t"eNo
months after its supposed suppression in'
broncbes of the League unmistakapiy lail''s "
.;oo.s which coupled with the astounding nuhoe1
:. ,.I;oot;ons TO the Land Court proves that the
nressure exercised by the League has ue'reaSeo'
THE mower of the League was once nowhere greater
than in the County Mayo, yet thousand teiiai''S "
Castlebar alone haze applied for notices. Inc Lanu
corr+ Iudoes have 1000 cases before them oil ohe
GLASS alone. Four commissions have been APP
pointed; they will each have separate districts
and will begin to adjudicate in few days. lhe
reriod for applications will be EXTENDED ~ aS "
,orroi+ tenants whose cases have been abandoned
H., tho solicitor of the Land League to begin pro-
oo0a;ncs The tenants readily transfer the cases
from the representative of the League 10
nrivate solicitor. This condition OF a1lairs
coupled with the determination eXpreSseu
nv Mr.. Gladstone and Mr.. chamberlain
last week to continue firm policy exposes the Gov
erpme1t to renewed censure for not adopting
stringent measures at an earlier stage fuohc
oninion commends the determination OF the 'oV-
ernment not to relax their pressure NotwithStahd-
ing the present calm, the funds in the hands OF te
agitators would enable them to take advantage OF
Che nremature withdrawal of Coercion.
RADICAL SUPPORT LOST.
Mr.. Chamberlain's declaration at LVerpo"i
AGAINST any dreams of dissOlving the union as la'a
70 the tranquility of England and Ireland alike
shows how completely Parnells "no rent" policy
has DESTROYED the sympathy of the Radicals with
the Irish party. The same Liverpool audience that
ebeered Mr.. Chamberlain applauded enthusiastic
caly the speech in which Lord Harrington two years
ago approved of Lord Ramsay's qualified acceptance
of the Home Rule platform The League policy VIII
estrange all English support from any hlsh
National movement for a generation.
PARNELL BECOMING REVOLUTIONARY.
Mr.. Parnelrs imprisonment saved him from politi-
cal suicide He was drifting toward treason the
ordinary climax of an Irish popular leader When
released he may find the farmers satisfied with the
work Of the Land Court, but he may fall back on
social agitation based on the laborers grievances
THE WOMEN WARNED.
Though the Ladies Land League is not yet
s,ppressed, it has been required to remove
from the premises of the other organiza-
ton Any attempt of the ladies to keep
alive agitation will entail repressive measures
against them. At present they are prudently con-
fining themselves to promoting the comfort OF the
prisoners.
THE CONTEST IN THE CORPORATION.
The defeat of the at empt to confer the freedom
of the CITY of Dublin on Parnell and Dillon was
accomplished in the face of determined efforts on
the part of Mr. Gray and his friends to enforce the
support of the moderate Home Rulers. When
Mr. Gray found that the requisition had not
received the signatures of a majority of the COun-
Gil, he intended to abandon the proposal, but the
Tories taunted him into perssting with it.
THE BERWICK ELECTION.
The weeks Liberal demonstrations have culmi-
mated fittingly in the remarkable victory at the
Berwick election. which was a striking approval OF
the Governments Irish policy and a rebuff to the
fair trade movement
Mr.. GLADSTONE AND LORD DERBY.
Mr. Gladstone's visit to Knowsley is considered to
be for the purpose of inducing Lord Derby to enter
heCabinet. His Nineteenth Century article seems to
dispose of the report that be would take the
Viceroyalty OF Ireland. He may, however, assume
some other post. The Government urgently TO
quire his support in the House of Lords People
in official circles in London do not anticpate his
accession to the present Government. Such step
is obviously against his own desire, and certainly
against the wish of certain members of the Cabinet
MIR. Gladstone may have persuaded HIM that his
entry naturally involves the recasting of the
Cabinet.
THE TRANsvAAL SETTLEMENT.
The ratification of the Boer convention is q Gov.
ernment success The Tories endeavor to disparage
the result by attacking Mr.. Gladstone's apparent
admission in his Knowsley speech that some points
OF settlement may be open to reconsideration.
Little Importance is attached to this, because the
acts OF the Volksraad give strong evidence of good
1sith' The appeal for modification was adopted
more as riatOnic concession to the younger Beers
than as a menace.
THE PANAMA CANAL DISCUSSION.