It was successful; the Irish votes, some 500 in number, being polled early in the morning under the impression produced by it.

The moral of this incident would seem to be, not that there was any real understanding in 1885 between the Parnellites and the English Conservatives at all, but simply that the English Radical wirepullers are more alert and active than either the Irish Parnellites or the English Conservatives.

It is interesting, too, as it illustrates the deep dread and distrust of the "Fenians" in which the Parnellites habitually go.
NOTE E.
THE "BOYCOTT" AT MILTOWN-MALBAY.
(Vol.i.p.

209.) Father White of Miltown-Malbay, taking exception to the statement made by me, upon the authority of Colonel Turner, that he was "the moving spirit" of the local "boycott" of policemen and soldiers at that place, addressed a note to Colonel Turner on the 5th of September, in which he desired to know whether Colonel Turner, had given me grounds for making this statement.

To this note Colonel Turner tells me he returned at once the following reply, which he kindly forwards to me for publication:-- "ENNIS, _6th September_ 1888.
"REV.