The most interesting evidence taken before the Parnell Commission this
week has been that of Patrick J. Farragher, from County Mayo, who, after having refused to pay his rent, and consequently having, been evicted from his farm, was pro- mised, and ultimately obtained, employment from Thomas Brennan as a clerk in the offices of the Central LandLeagne in Dublin, and was still saemployed.at. the time of its suppression in October, 1881. The general drift of this man's evidence was to show that the LandLea.gue supplied money for the defence of. personsraocused of crime, and that PatrickEgan especially, the treasurer of the Land. League, was in confidential coin. munication with James Mullett, who kept the public-house in Dawson Street which has been mentioned in the course of 'this inquiry as a rendezvous of Invincibles, and had sent a. cheque to Mullett by the witness: Sir Charles Russell's cross- examination showed that Farragher had been accused, of irregularities as master of a workhouse at Ballinrobe, and though, according to his own account, acquitted of- those irregularities, had been sufficiently injured by them in. repu. tation to induce the Local Government Board to leave it optional with the Guardians whether he should be dismissed or not. Of this permission to dismiss him the Guardians had availed themselves early in this year.
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