13 FEBRUARY 1886, Page 3

There is revolt in the air just now, and it

has spread to the Parnellites. Mr. Parnell wished Captain O'Shea, who helped him with the so-called " Kilmainham Treaty," to be elected for Galway ; but many of his followers, headed by Mr. Healy, hold Captain O'Shea to be a Whig, and were determined to oppose him. Mr. Healy and Mr. Biggar went down to Galway with this object, and recommended Mr. Lynch ; and so threatening did the mutiny become, that Mr. Parnell himself was telegraphed for, and on Tuesday reached Galway in person. It seemed at first that he would fail, for the local mob received him with such threats that he was in danger of personal violence, from which, however, Mr. Healy protected him. A private meeting was held in the afternoon, and after a debate of an hour and a half, Mr. Lynch retired, Mr. Healy accepted Captain O'Shea, and Mr. Parnell once more triumphed. We have indicated a probable cause of the rup- ture elsewhere, Mr. Parnell being on one point too moderate for Mr. Healy ; and Mr. Parnell in his subsequent speeches has intimated that there is a quarrel as to procedure. At least, he asks Irishmen, with a conscious pride which he usually masks, whether be has ever led the party wrong, and reiterates his promise that there shall be a Parliament in Dublin within "a few months." A "few months" might take us to February, 1887, and within that time much might happen.