Show Banquet to Parneil LONDON Jund 28A grand banquet was given tonight at the National Liberal club in hcnor of Parnells fortyfourth birthday birth-day Justin McCarthy presided Parneil in his address congratulated his hearers upon the Gladstonian alliance and cxpa patiated upon tho constitutional policy of tbe Irish treaty Paruell referred to the recent absence of certain Irish members when the government govern-ment was nearly defeated and excused them Ho said it was as much a supriso to tho Irish party a to tho government I would have been useless to issue a whip t because of the notorious fact that the government gov-ernment opened all Irish members letters und a whin would thus bavo defeated I its own object Nevertheless it was I worthy of remark that the Parnellites I wero present in greater strength than another an-other party He was convinced the Irish I party had not much longer to wait for the harvest |