New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-25
THE NEWS IN LONDON.
UNFLAGGING INTEREST IN THE WORK OF
THE PARNELL COMMISSION.

ONE1AJ0lNO IN IhE WYNN OI
THE PARNELL COMMISSION.
rALEs or HORROR REHEARsED-THE QUEEN 8
sYMPATHY WITH LADY MoUNTMoRREs-MR-
PARNELL's ARGUMENT AGAINST EXTENDING
THE AsHBouRNE ACT-THE SCHOOL BOARD
ELxcTIoN-THE INDUSTRIOUS INvALIDs
-FEATUREs OF JoURNALIsM-A DU-
CHEsss LOVE FOR ORCHIDS.
sr CABLE TO THE TRIBUNE
CcptrieA; 1888: BY The Nesc York Tribune.
London, Nov 24.--The Parnell Commission this
veek has once more brought freshly before the
English public old stories of Irish murder and
other outrages What one Home Rule paper
sneeringy calls the inevitable tragedy recurs daily
The murder OF Curtin was described by one OF
his brave daughters, who, when her father was
shot, came to the rescue Of her brother. Norah
Fitxmaurice, still under police protection, testi-
fed to the murder of her father. Her own life
Is in peril because she identified the assassins,
who were hanged Oh her evidence. Then came
remarkable narrative of the dealings Of the League
with Lord Kenmare's tenants, told by his agent,
Mr.. Lennard Both sides thought him one OF
the best witnesses ever seen in court. His tes-
timony comes to this-that landlords and tenants
got on comfortably together till the League
interfered; then followed disputes, refusal to
nay rent by tenants able to pay, evictons, vio-
lence and general disorder. Cross-examined by
Sir Charles Russell, the witnesss memory never
faikd him. His knowledge came out more
strikinelv than before, and all attempts to shake
him failed Inspector Higgins swore not less
stoutly to the connection between the League and
crime.
Besides all this evidence, mutterings OF a coG,lng
storm are heard daily. There are charges ana
'counteroharges both sides. Inc Attorney
General has more than once intimated his belief
that Times witnesses arc tampeted With A
very curious shooting case tried this week at the
Central Criminal Court supports his view. Sir
Charles Russell, on the other hand, alleges COM
plicity between The Times" and the Irish Ad-
minissration He said yesterday: MY Lord, we
charge deliberately, and shall cndeavor to make
it good in evidence that the whole It the executive
authorities as represented by the police apd some
of the resident magistrates, have been agents OF
The Times in getting up their case An in-
spector, however, who was asked II he was en-
ployed by " The Times" denied it. On the whole
there seems little danger of public interest in these
proceedings fading out
The Queen has fallen into disgrace with the
extreme Home Rulers. Her Majesty, it appears,
On hearing that Lady Mountmorres had tainted
under Sir Charles Russells cross-examination sent
a
paragraphs were published in London and yester-
days Freeman's Journal complains that the
Queens kind inquiries are confined to the wives
Of Irish landlords. Lady Mountmorres, however, is
not the wife but the widow of an Irish landlord
who was murdered.
Mr. Parnell has stated with his usual olearness
his objections to the extension OF Lord Ashbournes
act lie is for it in principle; that is, he IS for
ibe creation of a peasant proprietary But clrcum-
stances are now such in Ireland that in his view no
fair trial of the principle is possible. Rich tenants
can buy; the poor cannot Landlords can choose
to whom they will sell the estate has no voice
The rents on which the purchase money is to be
calculated though judicially settled, arc still TOO
high Arrears will be used by landlords ae
means of forcing tenants to make bad bargains
Buy or go' will be their formula. If tenants
do not wish to buy, they will be elected for nom
payment OF arrears.
Such is a summary Of the points the Home Rule
leader made An equitable bargain, added Mr..
ParnelI cannot be made such terms and ten
ants would have a claim hereafter to say they
were compelled to take advantage Of the bargain
and were entitled to repudiate it; to which the
Tories retort that the authorized plea OF the Ma
fionalsts is that the Irish peasant cannot be
trusted to pay what he has promised to pay MT
ParnelPs statement would have had more weight
with the English public had he omitted this
threat of reputation.
Not less interesting than Mr. Parnell, if less i'm
sortant. was Lord Randolph Churchlrs contri-
button to this debate. The House was thronged
20 hear him. Few know when the Member for
Paddington rises in the House of Commons whether
,e comes to bless or to curse the Government oil
which he was once, next after Lord SALISBURY, the
.hef ornament This time he did both lie
IL 4lA data n
bill; attacked its financial provisions, but prom
sed to vote for the condition that 1t was tne
last of its kind Mr.. Goschen replied to Lord
Randolph. pointing out with obvious satisfaction
curious financial error of his predecessor IN the
-hancellorship of the Exchequer.
The second reading was carried by majority
,ine less than the first and this was again reduced
,n the arrears issue, as presented by Mr. ParnelI
20 thirty-four.
Opportunities for testing more or less Inteill-
rently the opinion Of the country about Home
Ru& multiply. The Hoborn election will give
tome fresh indication of what London thinks
Colonel Duncan, who died last week, had 1,5oo
majority two years ago. but the constituency since
shen has increased and otherwise changed. Inc
Liberals have a good candidate in Lord Compton
and will contest the seat with some hopes Of win
oing or at least Of reducing tie old majority
gundry other vacancies are probable.
MI Gourleys question about the Fisheries has
been twice postponed at the request of the Leader
sf the House 1t now stands for Monday next but
nay not be asked then.
The election Of the London School Board Tor
the next three years occurs on Monday, ana feel-
ing runs as high as if the contest was POLITICAL
which in part it is. Religious, or rather ecce-
,astical and sectarian, prejudices are appealed to-
The majority of the last School Board were
elected to cut down expenses and stop extrava-
rance Their chairman, the Rev. Mr. Digge,
lays they saved quarter of a million sterling
yearly Not nearly much answer their OPP
ponents; and if you did, it was by reducing the