TVfr Parnell in his evidence before the Oommission on May Ist, said he had alwaya regarded the Phcenix Park murders aa a great calamity to Ireland. He had never been abie to obtain the slightest evidence ■connecting the League with murder except ing the untrustworthy statements of the informer Carey. He did nob believe the ■stories about Egan supplying the Invincibles .from the League's funds. The payment of £100 to Byrne was made in response to a let ter asking an advance for purposes of the Land League and not for the purpose of enabl ing him to escape. He had not the slightest suspicion that Byrne was engaged in any con spiracy. When cross-examined Mr Parnell eaid he wanted to includo all Irishmen iv the League, and asked physical force men to abandon thtir movement and accep. his. To shut fcho door in their f>.c3s bocaaao they did not immediately agrei i:onld have b^on very foolish. Ha did not recollect making fl speeoh at Lynn, Mass,, in wbich ho said when England was beaten tbe time would come to realise the idea ot the Nationalists. At Troy some one offered him sJols f^r bread, and 20dola for load, but ho did not object, because he thought Lho eff-r meant Sdols for charitable work, 20dols for League work*

On May 3rd Sir K. WobsT quotr-d a statement made by Mr Parnell in the House of Common a during the debate on Mr Fora ter's Bill in 1881 for suspending tho Habeas Corpus Aot, to the effect that secret societies bad ceased to exist in Ireland. " Did you beiieve that when you said it ? " asked the Attorney-General. " No, " said Mr Parnell *, *■■* at any rate, it waa an exagerated atatement." A buzz ol surprise was heard in the Court room at tho response. "Did you," continued the Attorney*--General, " in tend to mis-state facts when you made Jhe statement ? " "I have no doubfc I did, "

was the reply. '•Deliberately?" "Yes, ■deliberately.'' " You deliberately made the statement, knowing it to be untrue." " Yes *, if not untrue, vory extravagant and boastful." "And you have nevor since withdrawn it ?" "No." The nonchalance with which the witness made the admission astonished the audience, and elicited hisses. 