NEWS BY CABLE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3137, 23 February 1889, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE.

TheParaell Commission.

February;

."'Oohtinriirig bis evidence: beforeitbi Times Houston,-Secretary: of the Patrietij League, stated that whenjhev offered

MrParnell'sletters to j^e-Editor-: 0 f the Pall Mall Gazetto be waß informed by Mr Stead that the paper had 'lost £Booo'in connectionwith the articles published in the Pall • Mall; Gazette entitled '.'The Maiden Tribute to Modern Babylon;" 'and that he was consequently reluotant to touch any' thing unless he could feel certain lliat it would be a jouraalistio success. Witness stated that Davis told Pigott that Mr Parnell's letter, a fat simile of which was published by the Times, was addressed to Egan in order that he might.show it to Byrne and Tynan.

Other letters were addressed to Egan, Brehnan;;'and Sheridan! At a meet; iiig held in Paris; in 1881, Egan, Parnell,:; O'Kelly,' iJillon, Biggar, and Harris, decided that the League funds should be applied to .assisting Fenian rejprisals. • Bheridan; ; Walsh, and Byrne were sent to Ireland to organise murder cirbles, and it was arranged to " remove" Lord Cowper, Mr Forster, Mr Burke, and •• Judges May andLawson. -Egan admitted that Mr Parnell appioved the proposal to murder Lord Cowper and Mr Forster. Parnell directly instigated two murders committed just after his arrest, Egan and Parnell invariably: consulted together over the smallest details of the murders to be undertaken. The former was indignant because Parnell, before the Phoenix Park mnrj.' ders were committed, advised the cessation of outrages. Tynan declared it was impossible to;do so, Egan petitioned for the recall of Tynan

from Ireland because the latter was

too dilatory. After tho commission ofthe Phcenix Park murders Egan was delighted, tmd liberally supplied the refugees who fled' to Paris, with money. The reason the proposed attempt was not made, on Mr Glad-: i stone and the Prince of Wales was that the"courage of the conspirators failed them. It "was Egan who arranged the murder of Carey, the informer.

Mr Houston stated that he purposely remained ignorant of the source whence the letters were obtained, and trusted entirely to Pigott, He casually learned that the Fenians obtained the first batch from a bag left in Bryne's lodgings, anil sold them to Pigott. Witness denied

that he offered the letters to the Pall Mall Gazette, He did offer them to the Marquis of Hartington, butbe refused to have anything to do with them. latterly he (Houston) bad given instructions to Pigott as to the course, he was to follow. In consequenco of his parleying with Laboucliero and demanding £SOOO to give evidence, The Times compelled Pigott to make a statutory declaration, otherwise they would pay him nothing, Eugene Davis obtained the confidence of Egan, and attended conspirators' meetings at Paris. He also did duly in in the disguise of a priest. Pigott's evidenco opened with a detailed description of the interviews he had wjth Mr G, lewis, the solicitor, Parnell, and Laboucherc, and created a great sensation, Pigott stated that Lnbouchere had promised him a thousand pounds to swear that the letters published by tho Times were forgeries, He (Pigott) purchased six letters written by Paroell and five written by Egan, from Murphy, a compositor on the Irishman newspaper, According to a statement made to him by Davis Parnell, while in Kilmainham Gaol, authorised Egan to pay the Clan-na-Gael Association 100,000 dollars to promote outrages.

London, February 21,

A forecast of the speech from the Throne on the occasion of the opening of Parliament says that ut large extension of the defences is necessary, owing to the great increase of foreign armaments, Eolations with foreign countries have been uniformly friendly, The colonies and India are stated to be in a prosperous condition. A local Government mea'sure for Scotland is piomiscd, and it is probable that subsidiary measures dealing with local Government in England will be introduced. The condition of Ireland has improved and its prosperity is increasing, Assistance to extend railways and improve drainage is promised, Parliament will b 1 ) asked to ratify the Sugar Convention, and propositions will be laid before it by the Chancellor of the Exchequer for improving the gold coinage, The net price obtained for the last Victorian loan was £lO2 lfis, the best yet recorded. - Sir Julius Vogal will remain in England for a year, and will resign his seat for Christchurch North.

Obituary—Lady Duffy, at Nice, ol puerperal fever,

Mr Gladstone has returned from his Continental trip, much improved in health,

The majority of the Australians resident in England, have compromised the actions brought against them for payment of income tax, Most of them will pay £SO to £IOO por annum. Berlin, February 21. Germany requests that Mr J. C Klien, correspondent of the San Francisco Examiner, may be punished for his behavior in Samoa. Washington, February 21. It is alleged that the soulling match between O'Connor and Gaadaur, which was won by the former, was a fraud, Paris, February 21. M, de Freycinet is assisting M. Melino to form a Cabinet,