S. T. Dadd.] [From Photographs by Russell & Sons, Baker Street.
THE OPENING OF THE IMPERIAL INSTITUTE BY HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN, May 10, 1893: THE ROYAL PROCESSION.
From a Photograph] [by F. Frith & Co.
THE IMPERIAL INSTITUTE.
The Commission consisted of Sir James Hannen, Sir J. C. Day, and Sir A. L. Smith. Once more the Attorney-General appeared as leading counsel for the Times, and from the outset the enquiry had all the appearance of a Ministerial impeachment of certain Irish members. The exposure of the atrocious character of Pigott, one of the chief witnesses relied on by the Times, and his subsequent suicide, caused that part of the charge which depended on the authenticity of certain letters attributed to Parnell to be abandoned. |Their Report.| The judgment of the Commission was not delivered until February 13, 1890. While exonerating the Irish members from some of the heaviest charges made against them by the Times, and pronouncing the facsimile letter to be a forgery, it was to the effect, inter alia, that (1) they had joined a conspiracy to promote by coercion and intimidation an agrarian agitation against the payment of rent, in order to expel “the English garrison” of landlords from Ireland; (2) that they had disseminated newspapers tending to incite to the commission of crime; (3) that although some of the respondents did express bonâ fide disapproval of crime and outrage, they all persisted in the system of intimidation which led to crime, with knowledge of its effect; (4) that they made payments to procure the escape of criminals from justice and to compensate persons injured in the commission of crime, and (5) that they invited and obtained assistance and subscriptions from known advocates of crime and dynamite.
L. Tuxen.] [From the Royal Collection, by permission of Mr. Mendoza, St. James’s Gallery, King Street, St. James’s, owner of the copyright.
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN AND THE ROYAL FAMILY. PAINTED ON THE OCCASION OF HER MAJESTY’S JUBILEE IN 1887.