The smouldering quarrel between Mr. Sexton and Mr. Healy broke
out at the end of last week in a sharp collision. Mr. Healy and his friends refusing to give up their control of the Freeman's Journal, the Irish Parliamentary Committee, which includes the whole Anti-Parnellite Party, were asked to interfere. At Mr. Healy's instigation they refused, and Mr. Sexton at once placed his resignation of his seat in Mr. Justin McCarthy's hands, to be used if the resolution were not rescinded. This was a formidable threat, for reasons ex- plained elsewhere; and the Committee, after a debate of five hours, rescinded it by 33 to 27. Mr. Sexton therefore keeps his seat, and is in a way leader; but there is much bitterness caused by the struggle, and Mr. Morrogb, M.P. for East 'Cork, a Member valued by the party for his wealth and 'business capacity, has resigned. He cannot, he says, submit to individuals—meaning Mr. Sexton—whose action is based upon their personal interests. The result of the skir- mish is looked on as a victory for the clericals ; but the Jacobins nearly equal them in number, and it is yet to be ,proved that they are the weaker at the polls. Both parties, cf course, are equally objectionable to Unionists ; nor will Britriin gain anything because they detest each other.
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