DEAR MRS. O'SHEA,--In reply to your query it would be inexpedient that the Government.... But, in any case, we should move a series of separate amendments to the Address--one asking for a suspension of the support by the naval, military and constabulary forces of the Crown of ejectments, pending the consideration by Parliament of the proposed Land measure; another praying the Crown to remove Chief Justice May from the Bench; a third condemning the practice of jury packing, resorted to by the Crown in all the recent trials; a fourth asking her Majesty to fulfil the promise contained in the Speech of last year for the equalization of the borough franchise in Ireland to that in England; a fifth condemning the proclamation of the meetings at Brookeboro' and Cullohill; and a sixth protesting against the proclamation and additional police force sent to several of the counties. This would be an assault along the whole line of English misgovernment in Ireland, and should, in my opinion, be {196} delivered before we allow the Address to leave the House. The first fortnight or so of the session would thus be occupied while the Government were making up their minds as to their proposed Land Bill. At the meeting of the Party I think of proposing a resolution recommending the minority to pay more deference to the opinion of the majority than they did last session, and urging all the Irish members to sit together in opposition. Kindly let me know what you think of these proposals.--Yours truly, CHARLES S. PARNELL. These blanks were left in the letter as the phrases omitted were too confidential to be written. I learnt them and quoted them to Gladstone. On January 21 Parliament met to transact business, and the resignations of Lord Carnarvon and Sir W. Hart Dyke were announced. Notice was given of a new Coercion Act, and on the 26th the Government was defeated by 331 to 252 votes--not, however, on an Irish amendment, but on the motion of Jesse Collings raising the question of "three acres and a cow." [1] The Coercion Bill [2] The enclosure was a letter from a notorious Invincible in America who had written to Parnell assuring him of his support and protesting against the anti-Parnell pro-Davitt agitation got up by Ford in the _Irish World_. Gladstone had expressed a wish to see one of his letters. [3] Lord Morley has stated that Granville voted for the scheme, and Lord Eversley that all Peers voted against it.