An electoral "Convention-" wan held at Cork on Monday- to
nominate six candidates for Cork, at-which Mr. Parnell gave a singular proof of his ascendancy in- South-Ireland., It is perfect, and suggests that Celts love a master if only he will reign. He first recommended the Convention to accept two candidates not belonging to the county and not known to the electors, and this was agreed to ; and he then banished two of the present Members, Mr. O'Brien and Sir Joseph McKenna, promising to provide them other seats. This also was agreed to, although the banished Members are popular men, and one of them at least did not wish to retire. "I had hoped to ask you," said Mr. O'Brien, perhaps the most furious Member of the House of Commons, "to keep a corner for me in Cork ; but I have got my marching orders elsewhere. Where it is I do not know ; but our leader has issued the word of command, and I need not tell you that his lightest wish. is. to me a law more sacred than many of the lawewhich prevail at the present time." Mr. O'Brien should have been snore frank and have said 'than any of the laws human or divine.' We wish Mt. Parnell' would reveal his secret of governing Irishmen, as a, knowledge of it might greatly facilitate the task of the Viceroys. At present, though, one may suspect that the secret is scorn for the governed, scorn as of Sylla for the Roman populace; all that appears certain is that it takes an English Protestant to hold Irish Catholics in truly meek subjection. Daniel OTionnell, who was only a Milesian and a Catholic, never attained to a. mastery like that. Could we not put astop to obstruction by creating Mr. Parnell "Representative for. S.outle Ireland' with seventy votes on a division P It would diminish talk, and otherwise be the same hing.
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