New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-07-17
Mr. PARNELL WITHDRAWS.
VT rs No LONGER REPRESENTED BEfoRh
THE COMMISSION OF INQUlRf'
MS COUNSEL RETIRE FROM THE ooNDo0
ur o.sr-orHER WITHDRAWALS FOLLOW
THE IRISH LEADER ANNOYED AZ
THE LONG DELAYS OF THE Oo0NH
THE TAKING OF .TEsTl'
noNY RESUMED.

MoNY RESUMED
rc,don July l6.-Upon the opening Oh .ne rar'
nCNN..,,;o.;or this morning Sir Charles Russell,
nnseI for MIR. Parnel arose, and addressing lne
,-. s+oted that after full consideration Oh the
os..'a,;o, Mr. Parnell had instructed MN ana Nir'
.~;,h also of counsel, no longer 10 represent
him before the Commission
IN renlv to Sir Charless statement whicn VIII
~ los notification that Mr.. Parnell de-
sI;nod n make any further presentation OF MS
oi'D ho,oro the Commission the presiding JUS
oas c. lanes Uannen, said: Mr.. Parne1 will,
80 course remain subject TO the jurisdiction OF inc
court" ., ,.u o.hor
Messrs Reid and Lockwood, counsel Tor other
r,ouhcrs of Parliament against whom chareeS
.,,oro made by The Times" then also wlthdre"
from the case ,., 80 .bo
Mr. Parnel made a personal explanation 10 'nc
oor,t asking that if there was any design tU
examine him further, such examination pe neIu
without delay. He complained oil Attorney -oon- C
.raI Webster's action in postponing for three
,.hs 80 his re-examination on the subject OF the
ohnoys drawn by Mr.. Parnell. The. court MI
pa,neu declared, ought to appoint day lor
his denomination or else discharge MN lroni
further attendance.
The presiding Justice promised to try 10 meeV
,bo convenience of Mr. Parnell by recalling INN
on Thursday. o,hor
After counsel for Mr.. Parnell and the other
members of Parliament had retired, the preSulAs
iustice said that the scope of the inquiry "ou-u
not be altered by their action. Inc peiSon'
hitherto represented by counsel couId appe"i -
their own Lehalf If they desired nod
The taking of testimony was then resune"'
James O'Kely, member of the House OF OolnniOn9
for North Roscommon, was called. lie ue'i"-o' ~
that he had no statement to make VII 0iV'9
examination he admitted that he was d niciioea 'od
Of the Irish Republican Brotherhood from lou
1870 In 1e1 an attempt TO arIeS' nm
made when he was leaving Ireland uIluer Oho h'"'N
nf Jobn Smith Letters were found in his agg"ge
from an agent who was shipping arms 10 Irelanu'
Sir Henry James, of counsel for ne 1Ilhc,'
nrodnced several letters written by Mr. y heAS'
nar,lv in invisible ink, in which reference was
made 70 the shipment of arms and the dolnss ol
the Fenians One of the letters, referring 10
remittance of S21 800 from America coit.'ineu "
passage reading: We are ready TO take me @ neIu
when the proper orders are lssUeu 10 'He lesr
TIC witness admitted that the letters were au,
thentic While witness was IN America ne JON Jolht1 ca
the Can-na-(iael This ORGANIZATION sen. ninn ,oD ~
Ireland as a military officer TO reorgahze Uie h9u;
lie received 80. 600 toward his expense. ne ~.
not effect the object of his mission, hndlng tnao
the agents in Ireland declined 70 co-GpeIn0 doI
him lie therefore considered his mission ehoed
and went to France. He sent his RESIGNATION 10
America, and returned $4,000; Since that nI Cialg
he had had no connection WIN tIe az pI;o
or the Fenians During his career IN tdrIIa-
mon; he had received no money from america
lie denied spending 10000 which had Deeh e"-
trusted TO him for election purposes -
Walter Harris member OF the House OF Com;
mons for East Galway. testified that ne loiheu
the Fenians in s65. The death renalty to TRAITORS
not an essential feature o te me cele Of the
jnformer Kickham and said that the society amer
discussion. decided that he should not be Shot.
Presiding Justice Hannen The fact that thefe
was such a discussion implies much. ,.
Continuing the witness said that the fenlaI
council of Ssl was held in Paris for the sake OF
security Mr.. Dayitt had been arrested ana ana 'nf{
did not know whose turn would be next IL
was therefore thought better to meet out ol ire
land He admitted saying in speech tlat ne
did not go about from platform 70 platornC Ce caTn
dish His language was used in the heat OF con-
troversy and was not intended to lustily mnroer,
He had qualified the speech maze ny MN III
which he said he should not mind seeing hndlords
Dublin. july l6.-Timothy Healy. NJ p, pre-
sidinc AT a meeting of the National League to-day,
declared that the withdrawal of Mr. Parneu and
his colleague from the Commission court would
greatly please the Irish people both at LONE ana
abroad For the report OF Inc COMMISSION 'nc
Parnellites did not care rush.
REGARDING the Tenants Defence League, he sald
there was nothing new in the movement, but IL
would put new life and vigor into the ola move
r w Russell Unionst member of Parliament,
in an interview to-day declared that the only
reason for opposing an inspection of the aiairS OF
the Irish Loval and Patriotic Union was the fact
that hundreds of persons had subscribed TO the
movement under a pledge of secrecy, He sald
that Houston, the secretary OF the union
asked him in 1887 whether letter
which he showed him was in the handwriting OF
n certain Parnelite member of Parliament lie
replied that he thought not and after that neither
he himself nor the other members Of the com
mittee of the union TO his knowledge, knew any
thing about the matter until fac-simile Of the
letter was published. In November 1855, ne
cautioned Houston against having dealings with
Pgott of whom he had never heard any good.