The resignation of the present directors of the Freeman's- Journal
was not given in last week, as the articles by which the limited Company was constituted appeared to require a delay of a fortnight before the vote of the proprietors could take effect ; but in another week's time the Freeman's Journal will become Anti-Parnellite, while Mr. Parnell's new journal, the National Independent, will probably make its appearance. The Freeman's Journal will, of course, represent the Gladstonian alliance with the Irish Party, at least at present. But Mr. Gray was careful to state that he would not accept any Home-rule measure which was not "a full and generous and proper- measure ; " and no doubt the Parnellites will have a con- siderable share in determining what the Anti-Parnellites can afford to accept. That is the awkwardness of the situation for Mr. Gladstone. It is not pleasant to be tied to a party which is bound to compete with a pack of Fenians and hill- side men in gratifying the Nationalist ambitions of Ireland.
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