Mr. Parnell, who at home has descended into an agitator,.
and an underbred ono, recovers his dignity in addressing his followers abroad. He has published a manifesto to the Irish Americans quite in his old form,—brief, plain-spoken, and. haughty. He commends his " delegates " to his American friends, and asks for their support in quelling this mutiny and disloyalty to Ireland, which have occurred at a time when the hasty and meddlesome interference of English politicians in the complex organisation of our party and movement, aided by a panic amongst some young and raw recruits, and eagerly seconded by a few malcontents, office-seekers, and envious. persons who had crept into our ranks, had temporarily de- stroyed the unity of our forces, and sapped the independence of many of the Irish representatives." That is entirely in the style: of the legitimate monarch appealing to a faithful few against the treason of subjects and the defection of trusted officers. It is reported from America that no dollars will be subscribed to either party until a General Election has crushed both factions into one ; but America is a large country, with many Irish in it, and if they are all of one opinion, it will be for the first time in their history.
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