CABLEGRAMS.

Inangahua Times, Volume VII, Issue 1088, 17 May 1882, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS.

ig^-a.(gaol|-Opß Jl^l^lHlS-t>Nn_UST&![^^ *-*London, May 15. The report of the assassination of Lord Cavendish* and Mr Bourke, excited a feeling <>f the deepest borrow and indignation -|hroughout the United Kingdom. The '--murder occurred at 7 o'clock on Saturday evening, it being then broad daylight. The particulars, as far as can be ascertained, are as follows : — Whilst'Lord Cavendish and Mr Bourke were walking in Phoenix Park, at 7 o'clock; on Saturday evening, a cab drove up, and halted alongside of them. Then five men (masked and disguised) alighted, and attacked Lord Cavendish and Mr Bourke with daggers. It is apparent, though very little of the outrage was witnessed, that there had been a; abort but desperate struggle, as the bodies of the murdered men were found "fco be covered with wounds, and their clothing very much torn. The assassins fled immediately after committing, the deed. All Dublin was steeped with borrow Avhen news of the murder spread through the city. The bodies of the mui'dered men were first noticed about 40 yards away from Vice-Bjegal Lodge, by a young man named- M'Guire, who was riding on a bicycle; past the spot where the murder was committed. A boy named Jacobs sta*Mfe that he saw a group of men apparently wrestling, that two of theni fell, and others jumped into a cab and were driven off in the direction of a cjiapel near the Zoological Gardens: "The bodies were conveyed to St. Stephen's Hos pital, where it was found, on examination, that Bourke had received several stabs in the region of the heart, and that his throat was\cut. Lord Cavendish had one of his arms smashed. There was no wounds, The chest and his lungs Avere pierced with daggers. The clothes of both victims were very much torn, as if there had been a desperate struggle. Their money and other valuables, were left untouched. The strangest part of the tragedy is, that at the time the outrage was committed, there was large numbers of persons in the Park, and that scarcely any one saw or heard anything of what was taking place. Some persons were sitting together a few hundred yards away from the scene of the tragedy, but neither saw or heard anything of it. Lord Cavendish had only arrived the pi'evious day in Dublin, in company with the new Lord Lieutenant-(Earl Spencer), to enter upon the duties of his new position, and had experienced a cordial reception. It is known beyond doubt that the assassination was the work of Fenians. There are indications that Fenianism is spreading through Ireland, and to cope with the evil Mr Gladstone ha 3 prepared stringent measures for the nurpose of putting down secret societies in Ireland, and in order to expedite tie passage of this measure ho has expressed the desire that the proposed Parliamentary Procedure Reforms may be agreed to. It is believed that, the assassins intend- < ed to murder Bourke alone. Her Majesty I has expressed her horror at the crime, j and her sympathy with the families of the victims. A Cabinet Council meeting was held to day at which the present situation of affairs in Ireland was discussed. Forstcr late Chief Secretary, has been cousulted with and it is reported that he has offered to resume his former post. May 16. The offer of Forster to resume his post as Chief Secretary for Ireland has been declined. Cairo, May 15. It has transpired that the leaders in the Chamber of Notables are endeavoring to mediate between the Khedive and his Ministry. His Highness is, however, temporising, and the situation is practically unchanged. Melbourne, "to ay 15. A report is current that an outbreak of small-pox has occurred at Carlton. The doctors, however, differ as to the exact nature of tlie disease, Avhich is believed to be only a case of chicken pox. The deputation of Maoris from Auckland, en route to England, to present a petition to the British Parliament, left here for England to-day, by the Orient steamship, Cotopaxi. , —