Tuesday's sitting closed with a furious attack of Mr. Parnell's
on the Government, furious at least outwardly, though it is not very easy to say how much inward passion it represented. It was apparently directed against the Cabinet for extending the investigation to " other persons," which Mr. Parnell imputed to the advice of the Attorney-General, but he did not explain how it was calculated to injure him. He accused the Government of stooping to " dishonourable expedients," and went on :—" Oh ! it is poor, it is cowardly ; it is loading the dice, it is poisoning the dagger. We have to contend against men guilty of these things, and though we see from their actions that they will stop at nothing in their attempt to crush us, and to ruin' the nation and the hopes of the nation we represent, we are not afraid of them. No ; when the end of this story is reached, and it will have to be a long story, we know that on our side will bethe victory and on your side will be the shame and disgrace." Clearly Mr. Parnell is not happy in his mind about the Commission.
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