The Herald of Wales. — 1889-01-19 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

THE PAIINELL COMA LEITER FROM TUE EXPLORER: MISSION RESUMPTION OF THE ENQUIRY. APPLICATION FOR COMMITTAL FOR CONTEMPT. The sittings of the Parnell Commission were resumed on Tuesday morning, after the Christmas holidays when the court was densely wooded: Itir. Parnell was not present, but several other members of the Nationalist party were in the court. At When the sittings of the Parnell Oomrniedon the outset of the proceedings Mr. Charles were reaumedon Thureday.Patrick Delany, the Russell made an application for the corn- invincible undergoing a life sentence for committal, for 'contempt, of Mr. Pirkbeck, Plioity in the Phoenix Park murders, was far. proprietor of the "Western Daily Times titer °roes—examined by Mr Reid and Mr Davitt. and Journal," for the publication of an He stated in reply to the former that article, in which the characters of O'Connell be .only saw Boyton ones. He denied and members of the present Nationalist that any of the warders in prison had epoken to him about the Commission, er party were contrasted in the course of a review of the former's life by Mx Gladstone. that he bad learned anything from his relatives who were too por to vieit him. This article imputed to the Nationalist Davit's action in insisting that O'Healons party organized embezzlement and receipt amendment should be read at the Rotunda -lite in meeting might have been an sat of hair play towards a political opponent for O'llanlona on amendment wee opposed to the principles of the envies the ' Land League, and late: on the lasagtut received from bupport from these whom O'Hanlon repeosented. That support was cease"' queues of an arrangement come to at the oor faience held between Messrs. Devitt, Breitmut Andegan and the Fenian centre* atter the Rotunda meeting. He did not know that Devitt was constantly, attacked by Fenian,. Qeorge Heweon, land agent on states in various Irish counties, gave similar evidence as to the contrast between the state of affairs before and atter 1879. A number of letters which Arthur O'Connor Informed the wart had been seized by the Government at the Reuss of Matthew Harris, M.P. were read, but none of them oontaieed anything very material, though some of them were interesting, showing the views entertained of each other by Some leaders of the League. The President took occasion to state that the ' letters of Mr Parnell, which were, he imagined, for the purposes of oomparison, should be handed over for inspection by Sir Charles Ithasell's clients. The Attorney General said he would have no objection to let the letters be seen. The rest of the afternoon was chiefly taken up by legal argument as to whether the Plan of C=paign came within the Tunas charges and ellegations. The matter was not settled when ' the court rose for the day.  'nothing of sneh fund, but the signature was in Rrin's writing. Wilhelm was then orois-examined by Sir Charles Russell, in reply to whom he said he was now undergoing life servitude, to which a death sentence paesed on him for the PLconix Park murders was commuted by Earl Spencer. He only turned informer when he learned that he had been vrrongly cherged with baring done an: He hart previously served five years for highway robbery. The court shortly after adjourned.