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Show tiio'i is (.ill if is conn. lie Sincalit About llaironr anil lt-e Irish. New Vomr. Oct 13. Thomas Patrick Gill, the first of the; five representative Irih nationalist arty who expect to plead Ireland's cau-e in America. landed from the Guion line steamer .Waiter, which arrived from(ucenstown yesterday. He proceeded to the Fifth Avenue Hotel, where he subsequently spoke freely regarding the Irib situation and particularly regarding the action ac-tion of Uie Irish leaders, William O'Brien and John Dillon. "I am, I may ray, the first Intali-ment Intali-ment of tbe Irish parliamentary party who are coming to this country coun-try to represent the Irish cause," began Mr. Glib "Originally it was Intended that THE KXTIBB I'ARTV rhould come on tho Teutonic on October Oc-tober 1st The arrest ot Dillon and O'Brien prevented Uiat and so we were obliged to take dlflerentsteam-ers. dlflerentsteam-ers. As it Is TimoUiy Harrington and T. D. Sullivan will follow Dillon and O'L'rien. I cannot say positively when any of them will arrive. It seemed probable that Dillon and O'Brien lea Dublin on a yacht belonging to William Murphy, Mur-phy, an Irl'h member of Parliament, Parlia-ment, with the Intention of catching catch-ing the French steamer la Hour-gognc Hour-gognc at Havre. This, I am afraid, they failed to do, but, they will come on some other steamer. It was expected that Uie trials of Dillon and O'Brien would end last week, or at the very latest this week. The plau was wheu the trial ended, to appeal It, not with any hope of lighter sentences, but to gain time. Pending a decision of this appeal, which could not possibly be beard under two weeks, it was their In-1 tectlon . I TO COME TO AHERICA and fill their engagements here. "On last Friday week, however, II was learned by T. M. Healy, that Balfour's intenUon was to delay Uie trial as long as possible, and probably until after Christmas. Tbo counsel for the defence urged a speedy trial, and opposed adjournment iu vain. There were no less than 200 summons sum-mons served during this struggle. "It was then discovered that the Crown's IntenUon was to finally sentence the prisoners under the act of King Kdwnrd III., which would preclude the possibility of an appeal an! throw Dillon and O'Brien into prison for an indefinite period. "The truth was, Balfour was making every effort to prevent the American visit Tlie Irish leaders decided to checkmate this, and they havo simply carried out a plan whicli will enable them to fill their engagements in America, and then return and sufHar Imprisonment It Is ail folderol to refer to Dillon and O'Brien as running away. They aredoingnotbingortheklnd. They know very well that the moment they set foot on English soil they Willi arrested. Their only object is to thwart Balfour and carry out their mission here." Another Jtntlny. London-, Oct 13. There has been another mutinous outbreak among the English troops, this time in the ranks of Uie East Surrey regiment stationed ou the bland of Guernsey. The trouble arose from a detachment of the regiment being ordered to India. Tbe men refused to prepare for their departure, totally disregarding disre-garding the commands of the officers. offi-cers. As things were assuming a threatening aspect the recalcitrants were disarmed. Finally, however, ail embarked, but in a very sulky and menacing mood. Sit. Pant's Pnrxcd. , Losroosr I Oct IX Tbe Bishop or London today performed a special reconieeration service in St. Paul's Cathedral to purge the edifice from the ilefllemenl caused bv tlie sul- cide which occurred lnthehlstoricsl building September 27tn. Accon -ing to old traditions the shedding of human blood in a place dedicated to God deprives tbe building of tbe sacred character, which can only be restored by a new consecration. |