The Globe of last Monday had a very amusing account
of the Irish fight between Mr. Dillon and Mr. Healy in Rut- land Square, Dublin, on Wednesday week, " by an Observer." After reading it very caref ally, we feel no doubt that the " Observer " was a real observer, and that his account is as truthful as if he had been a reporter. After the resolution for excluding Mr. Healy from the governing body of the Irish party and the Irish Federation in England had been moved and seconded, Mr. Dillon de- livered a speech of much vehemence against Mr. Healy, to which Mr. Healy replied, saying that his one and only crime was that he stands in the way of the Dillon leadership. He spoke of his principal opponents as "The Freeman's Journal Defence Association." He repudiated with indignation any intention of forming a new party, but new party or not, he evidently intends to be a party in himself, and has announced his resolve to make his defence heard "beyond the walls of that padded chamber from which no echo could escape." Addressing his opponents, he said, "You talk about unity when you are out for scalps ; "—to which Mr. T. P. O'Connor replied, that Mr. Healy was endeavouring "to bankrupt the party and scuttle the ship." The Irish may try to restore Mr. Parnell's discipline, but to do so needs a higher atmospheric pressure than any One since Mr. Parnell's overthrow has been able to exert. The members of the party are now almost all ensconced in air-tight cells of their own, from which no one has the authority requisite to oust them. Nor will Mr. Healy succeed to Mr. Parnell's post.
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