13 DECEMBER 1890, Page 2

When the letter in which this passage was contained, and

the report which contained it, was presented to the Irish When the letter in which this passage was contained, and the report which contained it, was presented to the Irish Party on Saturday, in Committee-room No. 15, a scene of great heat and passion took place. Mr. Justin McCarthy wanted to propose a resolution, but Mr. Parnell, who con- tinued in the chair and continued standing, struck it out of his hand, and declared that Mr. John O'Connor was in posses- sion of the chair. Mr. John O'Connor desired to propose a resolution of regret that Mr. Gladstone had evaded the ques- tions proposed to him by the Irish Party (although the reference to him had been specially altered to suit his objections), except on condition that Mr. Parnell be first removed from the leadership of the party. Mr. Redmond said that Mr. Gladstone claimed to be the master of the party, and Mr. Healy retorted : " Who is the mistress of the party ?" amidst the most violent uproar. In the confusion, Mr. Arthur O'Connor said : " I appeal to my friend the chairman,"—on which Mr. Parnell rejoined : " Better appeal to your own friends ; better appeal to that cowardly little scoundrel there, that, in an assembly of Irishmen, dares to insult a woman." At last Mr. O'Kelly seconded Mr. John O'Connor's motion, and after a very passionate squabble, Mr. Justin McCarthy called on the majority to follow him in seceding from a meeting in which the conduct of the chairman gave no chance to his party of stating their case. Besides Mr. Parnell, twenty-six remained behind with him, making the minority twenty-seven,—namely, Mr. Leamy, the two Mr. Redmonds, Mr. O'Kelly, Mr. M. Byrne, Mr. A. Blane, Mr. W. J. Corbet, Mr. Joseph Nolan, Mr. R. Maguire, Mr. H. Harrison, Mr. J. Dalton, Mr. W. Macdonald, Mr. M. Conway, Mr. T. Quinn, Mr. J. J. Clancy, Mr. Pierce Mahony, Mr. L. P. Hayden, Colonel Nolan, Dr. Fitzgerald, Mr. E. Harrington, Mr. R. Power, Mr. E. Sheil, Mr. H. Campbell, Mr. John O'Connor, Dr. Kenny, and Mr. L. J. McKenna.