CABLE MESSAGES.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XI, Issue 1273, 17 May 1882, Page 2

CABLE MESSAGES.

(PBR UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Full Particulars ol* the Irish ftlnrdcrs. LONDON. May 7. The aj>pointinent of Lord luvderick Cavendish as Chief-Secretary for Ireland was generally condemned. As Lord Er6derick Cavendish, the newly-appointed Chief-Secretary for Ireland, was walking in company with Thomas IT. Burke, his 'Under-Secre-tary,., in Phoenix Park last evening at 7 o'clock, a cab halted alongside of thom, aiid livo disguised men alighted and suddenly attacked the two men with daggers. An evidently desperate struggle ensued, as tlie bodies were found covered with wounds. The people in Dublin are stupefied at this terrible murder, which occurred- in broad daylight. Lord Cavendish had arrived with Lord Speneor, the now Lord lieutenant, tho previous day, and hsd experienced a cordial recoptiom The bodies of the murdered gentlemen were found forty yards fropi the viceregal lodge by Maguirc, a bicyclist. A boy named Jacobs states that ho saw a group of men apparently wrestling ; two of thein fell, and the others entered a cab and drove off in the direction of tlio chapel and Zoological Gardens. -Tlie bodies were conveyed to : St. Stephen's Hospital, where it was' found that Burke had received several stabs in tlie I'OgiOll Of the honrt ancl that liis throat was out. Lord Cavendish's arm was suiashed and there were wounds on his chest, his lungs beiug pierced. The clothes

of "both, victims wore torn, but rlioir money mid valuables were loi'tmintouched. Phoonix Park was crowded at the time, but parsons who were sitting within a few hundred yards of the atrocity heard nothing' of it. Tho assassination of Lord Cavendish and Mr Burke on Saturday evening had its origin in the Fenian agitation, and l?oniauisin is spreading. Mr Gladstone hits prepared strong measures against secret^ societies in Ireland, and desires that the proposed reforms in Parliamentary procedure

Parliamentary procedure may be brought aboiit a so as to enable measures to be earned.

It is believed that the assassins meant to murder Burke alone.

The Land Loag-ue have issued a manifesto, signed by Parnell, Dillon, and Davitt, demanding tho surrender of tlie murderers of Lord Cavendish and Tkirke. In addition to. this maui- ; festo, it has been proposed in Dublin that subscriptions should be raised for the payment of the reward for the capture of the murderers.

Hoc Majesty expressed her horror at the crime and her sympathies with tho families of tho victims.

A Cabinet Council meeting* lias been held, at which tho present- situation 1 bf affairs in Ireland were discussed. Mr Forster, the late Chief Secretary for Ireland, has been consulted witli, find it is reported that he offered to resume his former post. Tho Parnollites fear tha.t, the recent crimes will have the effect of reviving the Coercion Act. The horror expressed by tho pcoplo tliroughout Ireland in consequence of the terrible atrocity is gonuino and unexampled, and it is boliovcd that this feeling- will foreshadow a reaction in favour of law and ordor. The pcoplo of England and America aro deeply moved at thp. shocking crime, and the tidings of tho assassination caused a profound sensation tliroughout Europe. Tho- murder has given riso to a dangerous Anti-Irish feeling tliroughout England. The 'Corinthian Canal*/ May 15. Tlio Kiug of Greece has cut the first sod of tlie Corinth Canal. Fenmeaiix sentenced. Mary Jane Eearneaux, who was convicted of fraud whilst impersonating tho lato Lord Arthur Pelhain Clinton, has been sentenced to 7 years' imprisonment. Her alleged accomplice, James Githing, wasaequitted. A. Prophet and his Followers hi Bled. Tlio prophet who attempted to raiso an insurrection in Soudan,, and who, according to last advices, was marching on Khartoum with several thousand followers, has beon defeated and killed.