THE HOME RULE LEADER.

Waikato Times, Volume XV, Issue 1315, 2 December 1880, Page 3

THE HOME RULE LEADER.

Tkk following sketch of Mr C S. Parnell, ]\I. P., i- frrmi Vainly IWir of September 11 : — ".Some 40 years ago a, scion of the noble house of Conjjleton was espoused to the only daughter of Admiral Stewart, of the United States navy, and in the year 1816 their uuion was blessed with a little boy— Charles Stewart Ph rnell. This little bo} T having grown into a big man, and having learnt all that Magdalen College, at Cambridge, could teach him, turned his mind to politics. Following in the Hteps of his grand Mre, brother to Baron Congleton, who was a mighty AntiUnionist, Charles .Stewart has become a leader among Home Rulers, and a prophet of the Anti-Rent party. A uuion of Saxon, Milesian, and American blood has made the greatest agitator of thp day ; and the people of the oppressed island hold him as a second Liberator. Lord of the lovely Vale of Avoca, and brother of sisters who are celebrated for their beauty, Mr Parnell cares little for the amenities of life, and he is most at home when his foot is on the native platform, and the exuted Milesian is befoie him. He is at this moment an acknowledged power which Ministers treated -with deference, if not with kindness, and he has it in his hands to do much for his country, either for good or for evil. Mr Farnell is not a heaven-born orator, but an unbounded belief in himself has carried him on, and he is now always, listened to both i' and out of the House of Commons, whr-re he has sat and stood for five yearn. His grateful countrymen have provided him with a variety of seats in it, but with not one easy one among them.