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Show THE FUCaELI. OUEsTIOY In the history of tho American Republic, perhaps no transatlantic i-:ne has occasioned more comment in this country than the Parncll Imbroglio Im-broglio In tha British isles. The concensus of opinion inclines to the belief that the action of Mr. Parnell will work injury to Ireland. It is unfoatuuate that Mr. Parncll did not make a defence in thu divorce di-vorce cape, but then, as he ay, he was not tho party directly Interested, Inter-ested, he had no occasion to go in'o the witness box. However, as thu matter now stands, and Judging from the information oltaincd through the uivorce court, the turpitude aif Mr. Parnell'd con dutt is disgraceful and reprehensible repre-hensible beyond cmeUon. That there is some mystery bt-hind this case Is as certain as that there nas a mystery bhind the 7ini' article, "Parneliiraiand Crime." Whether the solution of th ismysterywi'I sink Mr. Pnmell deeper iu filth, or clear him altogether Is the nuestionarhich the men of Ireland are asking each other. In Ireland and in England it is well known that Captain O'Shea Is j a most disreputable, conscienceless and immoral person. It Is well known that Mrs. O'dheaconM have obtained a dhorcj from him ten years ago had she so desired. Why she did not do (o if she, entertained an affection for Mr. Parnell, la one part of the mystery. O'ohea is tlie son of an Irish attorney who made an Immense fortune by trickery, intrigue, in-trigue, and political wort of the' most infamous character. O'jhei was educated in uno of the highest of tiie Roman Catholic colleges, and subsequently entered the British armyas an otllcerof rauk. While in the army he made the acquaintance of Ills future uife; through her brother, Capiaiu Wood. O'ahea had many chanutcri sties pleading to the romantic an J dashing dash-ing young worn in of the period; for such Miss Kitty Wood uaJoaot-edJy uaJoaot-edJy was. He succeeded In winning win-ning her heart and fiaally ro.arin.-d tier, thOJgh her funily was heartily opioed to the union. Bjt Ali Woo J, having Inherited a large, fortune for-tune in her own right, was indepsud-ent indepsud-ent of her family ani married the-'gallant" the-'gallant" Captain O'Shea. luafe.v years O'-S'ieiwiuandered his patrimony Iu riotojs living, left the army, and became what in .English sporting circles is termed a "blackleg" and "weleher." His conduct became abominable. He consorted opeuly with disreputable, women, II vod on hU wife' estate.an J became a by word for baseness of all kinds. He still ruaiuLUned his connection with the Catholic Church, and, either to reclaim him orto wean him from bai a-jocia-tlou, theInsh priests had him elected a member of Parluxmeul for the County of Clare, in Ireland. It was at this period that lie bscanie acquainted with Mr. Parnell, aud that Mr. Parnell became acquainted with Mrs. O'Shea, ho was a leader, at the time, in JJabllu society. O'Shea at the first opportunity Ic-trayed Ic-trayed his country and his constituents, consti-tuents, and it was raid openly sold himself to English politicians. Of course Clare repudlatedO'bea, tboughihu Irish priests still upheld him. ItwassaliitbatMo. 0!3hca also renounced hlai and was taking steps towards a separation. Then Mr. Parnell tooki up O'Shea and -.ctuilly iiai him returned to Parliament for Gal way," in opposition to the whole Irish party. vTlien It vfas supposed that JIrs.,0'cJhea'B loButnee over Par-j ntll caimal lie latter la csaouto tlie ' a"ai.AV fc-ft -j4- 4atfcrr vocalise vo-calise of O'Sbca. Time alone will reveal the mystery behind thta unfortunate un-fortunate business, and whether O'ahea was cognizant of the rd-' rd-' lions between his wife and Parnell will also come out. , What la most Astonishing of all, Ireland furnishes a parallel for the Parncll case. In IIC3. Ireland was divided into several erovince?, each governed by a powerful chief, and all governed by an 'aru'-rlgb," or high king. O'Boutke was Chief of-lieHrlD, and MacMurrcch was Chle? of J.eiiuikr. The latter paid a) visit of friendship to the former, but the result re-sult was that Mrs. O'lliurke eloped uith MacMurrcch, the Iieiostcr chief. This was occasion for war. Tho high Sing Roderick O'Connor took up the caue of O'Rourke. and the fake woman was recaptured and p'accd Iu a convent. His clansmen renounced MacMurroch and be bod to fly to England. He visited Henry II. and implored old to regain re-gain his province Henry received, in 1157, a bull from Pope Adrian IV. (Nicholas Breakspeare), ena-powerlug ena-powerlug him to make a conquest of Ireland. This presented a favorable favor-able opportunity for the English king, and he gave the Irish chief license to recrnlt in England for the war Iu Ireland. This MacMurroch did, and the first English Invader appeared in Ireland about 1171. This expedition was under the (auction of tho Roman Church, for lluhop Barry of Wales accompanied i: and blessed it, and wrote a book on Inland, saying thu Irtsii were not iu accord with Rome. However, How-ever, the MacMurroch expedition met with hearty opposition and could not eQVct much. In 1 172 Henry In person appeared In Waterford in command of a strong force. He proceeded direct to Cashei, where a y nod of Irish prelates was in session. To this asseuiULige Henry presented the bull of Adrian. A paragraph from this b ill will show the nature of the whole. Here it i: "Adrian, bi-hop and servant of the scr-an'K of God. to his must dear son inChrsf, the Illustrious Ktag of Kng-l&ad, Kng-l&ad, srte:lD;r, health and apostolic biredi'tiou. It is not, indeed, to bo doulitcd, lhat tho kingdom of Inland, and every Island u'ia which Chtiit. the sun of justice bath shone, and which has rcuauel tbo principles of tbo Chr-sSan faith, belong Of riphtto St. IVtcr and to the holy Roman Church, which thy majesty likewise like-wise ndmus), from whence wo the more fully implant in them the seed offdib, that seed which i aoccptAli'e to God, and to which wc, afirp minute investigation, consider that a coiiforinlu should bo required by us tbc moru rigidly. Thou, dearest dear-est son iu Christ, hast likewise ngni-ficd ngni-ficd to u that for the purpose of subjecting sub-jecting die people of Ireland to laws, isd eradicating vice from among thcin, thou nrt desirous of entering that fland; and also of pajiDg for each luuse an annual tribute of one peaoj to i-t. Peer; and of preserving tha pii ilegci of its cliurdiei pure and und-filrd. tt o therefore, with approving approv-ing and favoriblo vien-x, commend thy pious and Uudable desire, and to aid Lb j uiutouklnz, ate give to thy petlduu cur grateful and at illiug I con-cnt, that thou enter lhat Island and that its jicop'e may rcceh e tbee wi'h honor and revere thto as their lord." This makes interestingreadlng today. to-day. It plainly shows that in Ire-laud Ire-laud the first Protestantism was established. It shows that Rome h IreJand'curc It shows from tlie Kilkenny election that It may not be Home Rule Mr. Gladstone will give but pernaps Rome Rule. |