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Show CAXADA A.D HOLISD. arl or Aberdeen Villi, tbc Dominion. Ottawa, OnL, Sept. 27. The lirl and Countess of Aberdeen arrived ar-rived here today and on Monday they start for the P- "I. coast. One ofttienv' . of hU lordship's visit to Canaua aj.,ars to be the studying. or public affairs or tho country and Uie general feeling ot the iieople toward Uie mother ccun-try. ccun-try. As ex-Viceroy of Ireland, he Is giving a special study to the feeling feel-ing In Canada toward Ireland aud the homu rule movement. He does not hesitate to say that he deprecates depre-cates the arrest of Dillon aud OMSri-n as likely to Irritate and Intensify In-tensify Uie bitte- fetling which lias been fostered by coercion and coercive coerc-ive measures. However, it would in the end help Uie cause of Ireland and heme rule. The fact that so mild, moderate id cautious a man as Mr. Morley, I. 1-, gave -countenance to Uie rt eiit demonstration at Tlpferary, a very significant, and tended to confirm the policy of tho administration adminis-tration of Mr. Gladstone. The earl w as anxious to learn Uie drift of ublic opinion In CanaJa, bttber in at nipathy wiUi Ireland or opposed to the homo rule, move tucnt, and nlo as to the reception Dillon and O'Brien would be likely to receive if the contemplated visit tu Canada was carried ouL He thought Uiat tho feeling or hostility to remaining under the ilrilb-h flag, which now turned emigration from Ireland toward thu Uulted States instead or Canada, would be terminated termi-nated if home rule were secured for Ireland. |