Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-12-12
PARNELL'S TESTIMONIAL.
THE f3S,OOO PRESENTED TO
HIM AT DUBLIN.

er's Speech of Acceptance-The United
States Cabinet Lends its Influence to
the Great Fight Making for O'DOnneII.
DUBLIN, Dec. ia banquet given to-
night in the rotunda, at which was pre-
sented to Mr.. Parnell a national tribute,
was attended by persons from all parts of
Ireland and Great Britain, as we'll as from
more distant places. Five hundred and
eighty tickets to the banquet were sold.
Great precautions were taken to prevent
any person not a member of the National
/ League from entering the rOtunda. Lord
Mayor Dawson presided. The address
accompanying the tribute was enclosed
in an imperial quarto album, with
richly carved bog-oak covers
! studded in silver wrought bog-oak
/ tracery and other appropriate ornaments.
1 The illuminatiOns of the album include
/ pictures of Avondale Mansion, ParnelPs
/ family arms, the family in miniature
| (painted), and the borders of the illumi-
mated pages are inscribed in the style of
| the best Irish manuscript. The album is
| inclosed in richly wrought oxydized
silver casket of elaborate workmanship.
The devise and designs are the work of
| Henry O'Shea, of Limerick, and the ex-
/ pense incurred therefor was 91OO. The
text of the address to Mr.. Parnell was
| prepared by Charles Dawson, Lord Mayor
of Dublin, f. Dwyer Gray, Thomas Sex
ton, VIM. OBrien and T. NJ. Healy, all
members of Parliament.
The banquet room was crowded. Among
those present were Messrs. Sullivan,
Sexton, OBrien, Mccarthy, BIggar, Gray,
! Healy, O'Connor, and other members of
Parliament. Mr.. Davitt, in the course of
his response to the toast, 'Ireland a ma
tion," said that, led by Mr.. Parnell, they
might believe themselves on the threshold |
of hcralding in the Irish nation. Lord
Mayor Dawson then read the address to
Mr.. Parnell. Mr.. ParnelI, on rising to
reply, was cheered for several minutes
He referred to the formation of the Land
League, and said: 'ENever was there a
movement formed to contend against such
a system OF robbery and fraud, in the
| carrying out of which there was so much
moderation displayed and such an
absence of crime. There are 10000
soldiers and IL, 600 police in Ireland. The
law of habeas corpus has been repeatedly !
violated, the most significant example
being when a thousand Irshmen were
imprisoned by "Buckshot'' Forster. If
the Liberals wish Ireland to cooperate
with them, there must be no more CO. |
ercive emigration. We regard anv sys-
TEN of emigration that we have yet had |
in this country as a murderous blow
against tuO lllG VI Jul HdJlOu, D6lD2 dC- |
cOmpanied by untold sutferings on the |
part of the victims. Three-fourths of the |
emIgrantS from Ireland during the last |
year or two have been compelled to find
homes in miserable garrets in New York !
Boston and Montreal. The proceedings
of the Iukes committee stand exposed as
an indecent attempt to assist the govern
ment to get quit of the Irish difficulty by
getting quit Of the Irish people. If we
are to be emigrated or coerced we prefer
to have the dose administered by Tories
rather than by those wolves in sleeps |
clothing, the Wings. The present Irish
Executive is characterized by greater
meanness and incapacity than any of its
predecessors. Earl Spencer came to Ire
land as sort of inferior bottle
holder to Forster. We are not sur
prised that Earl Spencer should
do his best to initiate the biggest cOer-
zionist who ever came to Ireland and
that he should desire to give full play to
the unbridled insults and passions of the
foreign garrison in Ireland. Secretary
Trevelyan's greatest ambition is to pre-
vent everybody from doing what he has
! legal right to do. Instances are the i'm
prisonment of Harrington, the seizure of
the Kerry Sentinel and the arrest of it's
editor, and the suppression of National
meetings in the North. Our rulers want
of common honesty permits Harrington to
of which men in Dublin Castle
must know he is innocent. All our eX-
| perience of English dealings in Ireland
results i'll the conclusion that the English
always are willing to employ force to the
| fullest extent against masses of people.
With regard to the question of including
Ireland in the extension of the franchise
our position is strong and winning one.
| Whether Ireland is included or not, we
shall return about eighty members at the
next election. Although our present pro-
! gress is slow, we are adding
to the impetus which was given to
| the national cause in the daYs of the
great league movement. We must
be patient if we wish to win. Coercion
cannot last forever. 1t is certain that it
! rests with lrishmen to determine at the
next general election whether the Liberal
! or Tory government shall rule England
| This is great force-that if we cannot
| rule ourselves we can cause England to
! be ruled as we choose. We are deter
mined that this generation shall not pass
| away until 1t has bequeathed to those
who come after us the great right of ma
tional Independence and prosperity"
! At the close Mr.. ParnelFs speech was
! greeted with great cheering. Lord Mayor
! Dawson presented Mr.. Parnell with a
| check for f3o, 900 as a national tribute.
THE MURDER TRIALS.
| In the Court of Queens Bench to-day
| before Chief Justice May, the trial of
/ Robert Elliott and others on a charge of
conspiracy to murder William Smythe, of
Barba Villa, was continued. After some
| further formal evidence had been taken
| the case for the Crown was closed, Dr.
! Boyd, the counsel for the defense, COM
| mented upon the fact that Elliott had not
been tried on the charge of murder, for
! which he had been indicted, and said that
| Gh1 llOXy n nd III icfo
| than that which had been evoked in this
trial had never been given by the Crown
in an important case.
| LONDON, Dec. 11.-Everv effort is being
made by the friends and counsel of O'Don-
nell to procure respite from Sir William
HarcOurt, the Home Secretary, for the
| condemned man. Charles Russell chief
OF the counsel for O'Donnell has written
letter to Premier Gladstone forcibly
| drawing his attention to a cOmmunica-
! tiOn from A. NJ. Sullivan, also of O'Don-
nelPs counsel, addressed to Russell, in
reference to the alleged misapprehension
| by the jury of Judge Denman's language
| in his charge. The matter has been laid
| before Sir William Harcourt and the
| United States Government, and important
| inquiries are proceeding in regard to it,
| Mr.. Sullivan writes to the Pau Mall Gazette
| that it is essential for him to see the
| jurors who tried and convicted O'DonnelI,
| Ill OTueT tudJ lie may ascertain the correct
ness of statements which have been made
| in Mr.. RusselPs correspondence with the
| government, but says that Solicitor Guy
| is still unable to find them. Mr.. Sulli-
van says that he has no doubt that
the members o: the jury would
! come forward if they knew
that the lifeor death of O'Donnell hung
upon the issue for want of this Informal
| tiOn. Ten days of the sixteen remaining
| to O'DOnnell since the trial have been
lost. Mr.. Guys appeal through the press
for the addresses of the jurors was sent
| to the principal newspapers but was
| published by only one. Mr.. Sullivan eX-
presses Indignation at such treatment
and says that all means of knowing the
| jurors has been denied the defendants
! counsel during and since the trial.
| The point will be raised that the jury in
| the O'Donnell trial should have been COM
| posed of six British subjects and six
| aliens. The American citizens of Irish
birth or parentage, resident in London,
are about to wait upon Minister Lowell
to urge him to use his influence.
THE UNDERGROUND RAILWAY ExPLo-
SIONS.
Maj. Majendie, Government Inspector
of Explosives, has made an official report
upon the explosions on the METROPOLITAN
Underground Railway at the Praed street
and Charing Cross stations on the even
ing of October 80. He repeats mis- con-
vietion that the dynamite charge in each
case was dropped from train. In the
Praed street case the charge exploded
prematurely. He considers that these