THE PARNELL CASE.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 2602, 16 March 1889, Page 2

THE PARNELL CASE.

[By Elkotbio Tbi.kgraimi—Copyright ] London, March 1-1. Bkfciuk (lie Tiines-Parn.'Jl Com mission Coffey, an Irish reporter, confessed that he lied to Mr Soames, solicitor for the Times, when reveal-ing-the complicity of the Land and National Leagues with crime in Ireland. He was immediately committed for contempt. i\n attempt was made to show what the of the League had been, but no satisfactory estimate could be made. From the evidence adduced, it is doubtful if it exceeds £450,000. George Mulqueeny deposed that the knives used in the Phoenix Park murders were previously exhibited at the offices of the League at Westminster. The case for the Times has been closed ; and, upon the application of Sir Charles Russell, the Commission adjourned to the 2nd of April. Sir Charles Russell anticipates calling four hundred witnesses for the defence. Messrs Win. O'Brien and E. Harrington, M.P's have been released from imprisonment, in order to prepare their defence. They were required not to renew political agitation. The Times, referring to the Special Commission, declares it awaits with perfect confidence, the result of an impartial and thorough enquiry into the connection of Parnellism with crime. In the House of Commons this evening, a Bill introduced by Mr Parnell, providing for a mitigation of the treatment of political prisoners was rejected by a majority of sixtysix. At a public meeting held in London, for the purpose of protesting against the treatment of Irish political prisoners, a message was received from Mr Gladstone, declaring he would unflinchingly probe to the bottom, the connection of the Government with the Times-Pai-nell Commission.