The Aberdare Times

It is a remarkable thing that Lord Frederick Cavendish should have expressed such a repugnance to coming to Ireland. Only at ten o'clock on Satur- day night a telegram came to Dublin addressed to him from his constituents in Keighley congratulating him on his appointment, and promising to return him triumphantly.

We believe that when the news of the murders in Dublin reached Mr. Parnell he was so shocked that he was at first inclined to resign his seat in Parlia- ment and withdraw for the present from political life. The advice of influential friends, however, some not belonging to his own party, induced him to give up this intention.-Daily News.

The murderers were determined to make their bloody work complete and they must have done it with amazing rapidity. Various conjectures are offered as to the separation of the two victims by so many feet, as they had been so close together but it is probable that Mr. Burke, who was found on the grass, was first set upon, and Lord Frederick Cavandish was stabbed while wishing to assist him. The deadly wounds in the last case were given from behind with furious violence, and the other wounds indicated an insatiable blood- thirstiness, as any one of the principal ones would have served the full purpose of the assassins.

Among the theories which have been stated, one was that the motive was robbery but this is disproved by the fact that- in the pockets of Lord F. Cavendish were found a £ 5-note and a number of sovereigns. He was identified when first discovered by a medallion attached to his chain and several telegrams in his pocket addraswed to Lord Frederick Cavendish. Every circumstance seems to point more clearly to the belief that it was he who was to be the victim, and not Mr. Burke, who never received a threatening letter, and whom, as before observed, the assassins could have taken off at any time they wished.

ing, says:—"The crime will fill the world with hoxror and dismay, and the Irish race throughout the world with unutterable grief and humiliation. Lord Frederick had been sent over to aid in the new policy of concession, to inaugurate the new departure, to free the suspects, and to burst open the bonds of coercion, to initiate new and happy relations between England and Ireland. He has fallen, with Mr. Burke, a victim to a band of assassins wielding the dagger, a weapon now, almost for the first time. introduced into the blood-stained annals of this unhappy island. Ireland cannot bring back the dead to life, but she can show by her mourning attitude at the bier of the victims the emo- tions which fill her breast. She was proud of being the land of hospitality! What a welcome met the stranger who had just landed on her shores. We will not offer to Ireland the abominable insult of pointing out that her people, or any section of her people, have neither art nor part in this ciime. To Ireland it can only bring danger, difficulty, and humiliation. In England it will most naturally evoke intense emotion. Let us hope and pray that the English people will not be guilty of the mad injustice of laying this deed at the door of our nation."

The greatest sensation which has been produced in Vienna since the fatal fire at the Ring Theatre was caused by the telegrams received from Dublin and London on Sunday morning, announcing the brutal assaMination of Lord Frederick Cavendish and Mr. Burke. In the political and diplomatic circles of the city there was but one feeling of horror and indigna- tion at this dastardly atrocity (says a Correspondent). The belief is spreading here that the United Kingdom is on the eve of great changes. The situation as between England and Ireland is compared to that of Austria and Hungary in 1848.

The Preps Association has been informed by one of the leading politicians of Ireland, and who occupies a prominent position in the House of Commons, that in his opinion the outrage is trace- able to an attempt on the part of a Secret Society to strike at the root of the English Executive in Ireland. He believes that even had an Irishman been appointed to the post he would have been murdered in the same brutal and cowardly manner, and that the as- sassins on Saturday evening attacked and murdered Lord Frederick Cavendish, for the purpose of ptriking terror into the English Government. He points out as against the first theory that it was Mr. Burke who was in- tended to be made the victim, and that Lord Frederick Cavendish was butchered because he was unfortunately in company with the Under-Secretary, that Mr. Burke might have been watched and murdered at any time, especially as he had persistently refused either a police or military escort.

Dublin wore a strange and unusual appearance on Monday. The streets were crowded with people, whose anxious faces betrayed the intensity of their desire to learn any information regarding the tragedy. Shops were partly closed, and festoons of crape were nailed to the shutters and doorposts. Flags were flying half-mast high on all the public buildings, and other signs of mourning were numerous and striking. Long before the hour appointed for the removal of Lord Frederick Cavendish's body from the Chief Secretary's Lodge to the express steamer at the North Wall for conveyance to England the line of route was crowded with spectators with quiet demeanour and sympathetic attitude.

The Legislature of New York State has unani- mously passed a resolution denouncing the Phoenix Park assassinations. Meetings of Irishmen have been held at Halifax, Nova Scotia, and Montreal, at which resolutions strongly condemnatory of the assassination of Lord Frederick Cavendish and Mr. Burke, have been passed.

The excitement in London on Sunday recalled the same day of the week more than a year ago, when the news arrived of the murder of the Czar. The tidings from Dublin reached only a comparatively small number of persons on Saturday night. The members of the Fox Club, with which the name of Cavendish is so intimately connected, little knew that one of their number was lying dead while they were dining, and at midnight the news had not reached Lady Brassey'a reception. The Attorney-General entertained at Greenwich several members of the Ministry but they went home ignorant of what had occurred and it was only at the Admi- ralty party, where Lord Hartington had dined that the appalling story was circulated among the guests.-The Prince of Wales, who had been at the German Opera. first heard the sad tidings at the Marlborough Club." -The World.

When Leo XIII. heard of the assassination of Lord F. Cavendish and Mr. Burke, he immediately sent precise instructions to the Irish Episcopate that they should direct the clergy to declare their execration of the crime, and to impress upon the people the counsels of peace and of obedience to the laws.

In all parts of the country the news was received with profound sorrow and indignation. In almost every town references were made to it in prayers and sermons. In some edifices thare were loud acclama- tions among the congregationsj who seemed for the time to forget the place in which they were assembled. At Eastbourne, where the Duke of Devonshire has a good deal of property, flags floated at half-mast. If anything, the impression produced by the death of Lord F. Cavendish was deeper in Derbyshire than in most places where the name of Cavendish is a house- hold word, and throughout the northern division of the West Riding of Yorkshire, the constituency repre- sented by his lordship in the House of Commons. Chatsworth-house, the residence of the Duke of Devon- shire, near Baslow, which is the principal mansion in England open to visitors, was closed.

In every town in Ireland the news was received with feelings of horror and indignation, and a belief was expressed that the dastardly deed must have been the work of emissaries from abroad. At Lismore there was consternation and dismay. Lord F. Caven- dish was well known and beloved in the town, where he has spent many a week while visiting Lismore Castle, the seat of the Duke of Devonshire. He had always endeared himself to the villagers by his genial and kindly disposition.

THE CONSERVATIVE LEADERS. A meeting of the late Conservative Cabinet was held at Sir Stafford Northcote's private residence, St. James's-street, London, on Sunday. The meeting occupied an hour and a half, and it was resolved unani- mously that the Conservative party regretted the last of the dastardly and obnoxious murders perpe- trated in Dublin. They offered the Government their sympathy, and would support them with all their strength to cope with the murderousstate of Ireland. On the question of martial law being proposed by the Govern- ment, Sir Stafford Northcote seemed to think that the Government would not take such a course, but if such a course were taken Mr. Gladstone might count upon the Conservative party helping him in every way for the good conduct and suppression of lawlessness in Ireland. Sir Stafford Nortncote waa of opinion that the murder was planned with no personal animosity against Lord Frederick Cavendish, but that it was a blow aimed at the administration of the Government in Ireland, and particularly the Chief Secretary's department.

THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO EPPING FOREST. The Queen's proverbial good fortune as regards the weather did not desert her on Saturday. Notwith- standing the threatening appearances of the morning, the weather cleared up on Saturday afternoon, and by the time the Queen left Windsor for Epping Forest the day was bright and warm. In the East cf London the day was observed as a general holiday, and the road to the Forest, from the multitude and the variety of the vehicles employed, reminded the spectator of the Epsom road on Derby-day. The Queen travelled by train from Windsor to Chingford, accompanied by the Princess Beatrice, and was met at the station by the Duke and Duchess of Connaught, the Princess Louise, the Lord Mayor, and the dignitaries of the Corporation of London. A pro- cession was then formed, which left Chingford station amid the booming of a Royal salute, the playing of the National Anthem by the bands of the Royal Artillery and the 3rd Middlesex Artillery, and the cheering of the people. Opposite the Royal Forest Hotel, the balconies of which were filled with spectators, the scene was very animated, and flags and banners streamed and hats and handkerchiefs waved on every side. At the junction of the roads a little farther on were stationed the children of the Woodford Schools, of Mrs. Gladstone's Home, the Merchant Seamen's Orphan Asylum, the Loughton Schools, the Buck. hurst and Chigwell Schools, and the Princess Louise's Home. All along the route to High Beech her Majesty's reception was of a most enthusiastic cha- racter. On her Majesty's arrival at High Beech, she was presented with an address by the Corporation wel- coming her to the forest, and testifying to the deep in- terest which the Sovereign had taken in the move- ment culminating in that day's ceremonial. Her Majesty, in reply, said "I thank you sincerely for your loyal and dutiful address, and it gives me the greatest satisfaction to dedicate this beautiful forest for the enjoyment of my people. I thank you for your continued solicitude for my welfare." The Lord Mayor then, in her Majesty's name, declared this beautiful forest open and dedicated to the delectation of the public for all time," an announcement which was received with loud cheering, the bands playing the National Anthem, and the artillery firing a Royal Salute. Her Majesty then went to a part of the Forest in close proximity, where a fine specimen of the scarlet oak (Quercus ccccinea) was planted in her Majesty's name under the direc- tion of Messrs. William Paul and Son, and the Royal procession returned to Chingford amid the same scene of enthusiasm as was witnessed on the outward journey. For thousands of people who remained in the Forest there was provided at dusk a grand display of fireworks by Messrs. C. T. Brock and Co., at the rear of the Royal Forest Hotel, the grounds of which were also illuminated.

EPITOME OF NEWS. BRITISH AND FOREIGN. A telegram from America says that twenty-one steamers landed 17,212 emigrants at Castle Garden last week. The Athenceum states that Mr. Darwin has left an autobiography behind him. There has also been found among his papers a sketch of his father about equal in length to that of his grandfather, which was published some time ago. The Court Journal Bays that an American mil- lionaire has just agreed to pay a rental of <10,0<M per annum for nine years, for a deer run over unproductive land in the Highlands. Some of the new bonnets have only a big, fluffy dahlia, a hollyhock or wisteria, and the strings only denote that it's really a bonnet.-Court Journal. At the Royal wedding the Princess Beatrice was called upon to sign her name in the register. She gave her bouquet to the Bishop of London to hold and then she quite forgot to reclaim the fragrant burden from the right reverend divine. In this dilemma, the Bishop turned to the Lord Chancellor, who was standing near him, and having consulted the highest legal authority in England on the subject, the Bishop decided to retain possession of the same."— The World. A new lace is called the Edelweiss." It is very sheer and fine, of a creamy tint, and the pattern resembles the moresque designs. It is especially appropriate for trimming nun's veiling. Court Journal. Early last Saturday morning Mr. Thomas Ivory, advocate, committed suicide by throwing himself over the Dean-bridge into the Water of Leith, Edinburgh. The deceased, who was a son of the late Lord Ivory, one of the Judges of the Court of Session, was called to the Bar in 1861. At his death he held the appointment of counsel for the Scotch department of Her Majesty's Woods and Forests. Mr. Ivory was a leading member of the Edinburgh Liberal Committee. He took an active part in all philanthropic movements for the amelioration of the condition of the poor. He had of late exhibited certain peculiarities of manner indicating that his mind was affected. A Forestry Congress has been held at Cincinnati for the purpo&e of fostering and encouraging the planting of trees in the United States. The rapidity with which woods and forests are disappearing in that country was stated to be alarming. In the marvellous development of the country an immense demand arises for timber, and the consumption Is in excess of the natural supply. It Is stated that >90,000 cubic feet of pine are consumed annually in the manufacture of lucifer matches. The necessity for cultivating pine and other useful trees was earnestly insisted upon by dif- ferent speakers. Immediately on the conclusion of tke sitting of the House of Commons on Monday, a meeting of the Cabinet was held in the Premier's room at the back of the Chair. It lasted one hour. The Queen has received through the hands of Princess Louise a loyal address from the women of the Dominion of Canada, congratulating her Majesty upon her recent escape from danger. The Irish Emigrant Society of New York has during the first forty years been the means of sending front that city to Ireland nearly 271 millions of dollars. This is exclusive of money sent by the Pwt Office and the Banks, and the figures apply to New York City alone. At a meeting of the Anglo-Jewish Association, held in London at 117, Gower-street, Mr. F. D. Mocatta m the chair. Sir Julian Goldsmid proposed and Mr. A. G. Henriques seconded the following resolution, which was carried unanimously The Anglo-Jewish Association desires to acknowledge with gratitude the action of the President of the United States in making friendly repre- sentations to the Russian Government on behali of the Russian Jews." They had a good deal of trouble in a Canadian court the other day trying to swear in a Chinaman. He said he t. beUeved" in anything; that he no swearee at allee;" and he didn't swear on a saucer. When asked if he was a Buddhist, he answered, "What about ice! What you talkee about?" In reply to the question. What religion do you belong to?" he said "the State of Ohio," and was finally sworn by crossing his hands on his he&rt. A "Leading Article "-A blind man's dog,-OOuntJ' Boards—Sign posts.—A Musical Composer—A ijulaby.— Moonshine. "Mrs. Gladstone, who waa Lord N orthbrook" guest at the Admiralty, fainted away when told the terrible news from Ireland, and was conveyed home by Lord Baring." -The World. The Zoological Gardens in Regent's Park, London, now contain 2,294 animals, 1,389 birds, and 258 reptiles, which last year were visited by 618,694 persons—a consider- able diminution on the visitors of the previous twelve months. months. The annual French National F4te of July 14 is to be celebrated with additional festivities this year in Paris, as the New Hotel de Ville will be formally inaugurated by the Municipality. The chief rejoicings are likely to be held in the Bois de vincennes instead of the Bois de Boulogne, as the former is situated in a less aristocratic and more strietly popular quarter, while another novelty will be a grand nautical fit, on the Seine. A wholesale slaughter of fish has occurred in the French River Cher near its juactioa with the Loire owing to the recent burning down of a chemical manufactory close to Montlugon. Streams of sulphuric acid flowed out of the factory, and formed a rivulet to the Cher, where the acid was carried down Ioy the current, and destroyed all the IaII in its way Thousands of dead carp, eels, and barbel have been floating oa the surface of the water, and the inhabit- ants have been put to considerable trouble to prevent the disaster extending to the waters of the Loire. There were forty-two British and foreign actual shipwrecks reported during last week, making a total of IiII for the present year, or a decrease of 188 as compared with the corresponding period of last year, the increase for the week being 20. British-owned vessels numbered 24. Three were steamers, with an aggregate tennage of 1,702 tons, tw* being British steamers, with a tonnage of 1,297 tons. Total tonnage lost for the week, 9,546 tons. Total number of lirea lost and missing, 62. The Pall Mall Gazette says that since the night when Chatham sank back in his place in 1778 there has probably been no more solemn episode, no more painful or pathetic episode, in Parliamentary history than the impressive function in the House of Commons on Monday afternoon. A New York telegram says that the visible anpphr of wheat on May 5 was 10,000,000 bushels, as against 10,800,000 bushels the previous week. Visible supply of Indian corn, 8,400,000 bushels, as against 8,300,000 Dushels the previous week. The export clearances of wheat for Europe during last week amounted to 440,000 bushels; the export clearances ef Indian corn for Europe during last week amounted to 220,000 bushels. Last week's receipts of cotton at all United States ports were 28,600 bales; since 1st September, ",488,510 bales. Week's exports to Great Britain, 46,000 bales; week's exports to the Continent, 19,000 bales. Total since 1st Sep- tember, 1,022,400 bales. Stock at all parts 608,000 bales. The average price of wheat last week was 47s. 2d. per quarter; the average prices of barley was tis. M. per quarter; and the average price of oats was 22s. Id. per quarter. The capital of the United States, like that of Italy, is insalubrious, and from a very similar cause. The pesti- lential marshes which extend along the city front of Washington for a distance of more than two miles are covered with tide water twice every twenty-four hours. A committee of Congress has recommended the expenditure of three millions of dollars, with the double purpose of destroy- ing the malaria and of making a good harbour for Washing- ton. A Royal salute of a hundred and one guns announced to Berlin the birth of a son to Prince William of Prussia. The joyful event, which took place on Saturday night, at Potsdam gives the German Emperor a great grandson and a third successive heir to the German and Prussian Crowns in the direct line. The infant Prince is also a great grandson of Queen Victoria, and grandson of the Crown Prince and Crown Princess of Germany. The Princess William and her son are reported to be progressing very satisfactorily. The London Gazette announces that about 300 far- ther addresses and resolutions on the subject of the recent attempt on the life of the Queen have been presented to her Majesty by the Secretary of State fer the Home Department, and have been very graciously received by her Majesty The obituary of The Times of the 6th inst. contained some noteworthy illustrations of prolonged existence in six peraons-viz., four ladies and two gentlemen, whose united ages amounted to 619 years, giving an average of 8. years and six months to each. The oldest, as usual, was a lady, who had reached the great age of 89, the youngest of the same sex being 84. 1he gentlemen were 88 and 82 respec- tively. The septuagenarians in the same obituary averaged 74 years and nine months each. A shocking accident happened on Saturday night, near BlackwaU, on the Great Eastern Railway. It appears that as Mr Hy. Holmes, the Blackwall stationmaster, was walking on the line between the Poplar and Biackwall stations, he was knocked down by the last passenger train from Fenchurch.street, and so severely Injured that he died a short time after his admission to the Poplar Hospital, whither he was at once conveyed. The steamer Holyrood (overdue), from Saigon to Singapore, has been abandoned, and has sunk. The account has been brought to Singapore by a Chinaman who was on board and was saved on a plank and afterwards picked up by a fishing boat, He says that one boat full of Chinese got off, and that another containing the engineer and a number of people, was swamped. On Saturday afternoon at Exeter Hall, Mr. Edwin Chadwick in the chair-Dr. B. W. Richardson delivered the twenty-fifth lecture on domestic sanitation, in which he dealt with the great neoessity for abundant light and venti- lation in kitchens, larder. <fcc., and then spoke of the school- room, and the need of having them cheerful and furnished with such chairs and desks as were suited to the children. After the lecture Miss Cheriman gave an interesting exhibi- tion of the gymnastic practice of her pupils, who went through a number of exercises, including a series with balls, calculated to aid both bodily and mental development, dumb bell exercises, bar bell exercises, marches, and a Kindergarten game. The whole of the corn crops throughout the eounty of Kent present a most favourable appearance, and In eon- sequence of the mild winter everthing is in a very forward state and remarkably healthy; Should the weather keep favourable the opinion of growers is that the crop will be unusually large. Parliament, which met on the 7th of last February, and which may now be said to have ran I half of its weary course," cannot be congratulated on the amount of useful legislation which it has accomplished. But 25 measures, including formal money bills, have as yet received the Royal assent. Of these the only ones of any importance are Duke of Albany's Establishment, the Army (Annual^ and the Post Cards (Reply) Bills. Lieut.-General Sir Garnet Wolseley left London on Monday evening on a visit to the Queen. He travelled by the six o'clock Great Western train, and upon his arrival at Windsor at seven drove in one ef the Royal carriages to the Castle, where he dined with Her Majesty. Lord Cowper, the late Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and Lady Cowper arrived at Windsor Castle, and were included in the Royal dinner party. The additions to the Zoological Society's Gardens, Regent's Park, London, during last week included a rhesus monkey from India, presented by Mrs. Lamprey; a Chinese tiger from China, presented by Mr. G. Brown two Bauer's parrakeets from Australia, presented respectively by Mr. J. Charlton Parr, F.Z.S., and Miss Eva Maitland; a Mississippi alligator, from Florida, U.S.A., presented by Master Bennett; a slow-worm (British), presented by Mr. Poyer Poyer; two axolotls, from Mexico, three European pond tor- toises, five Carpathian scorpions from Italy, presented by Mr. T. D. G. Carmichael; a black-backed piping crow from Australia, deposited; two eommon squirrels (British), two green-horned parrakeets from the Island of Uvea, Loyalty Group, purchased a black-backed kaleege from Sikkim, re- ceived in exchange; a hybrid paradoxure, two variegated shel- drakes, bred in the gardens.

THE MARKETS. MARK-LANE. —M0H»AT. A dull trade rules at Mark-lane. The liner weather and lower American prices have checked business, and caused heaviness. Fresh supplies of grain short. English wheat inaotive, and prices were hardly so firm. Foreign wheat, also. was dull and inclined to be weak. Flour was active, at late rates. Barley was in limited request, and most qualities declined 6d. to Is. per quarter. Not much inquiry prevailed for oats, at barely late rates. The maize market was dull and weak, prices ruling in buyers' favour. Beans and peas were quiet, at former terms. METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET.—M#H»AT. The cattle trade is very quiet, and prices have a weak tendency. Supplies of English beasts were rather short, and from Scotland and Ireland limited. The general condition was fairly satisfactory. There was a very slow sale for all qualities, and prices favoured purchasers. The best Scots and crosses sold at 6s 8d te 6s 10d per 81b. From Norfolk, Suffolk, and Essex we received about 1,000; from the Midland and home counties about 500 from Scotland, 60; and from Ireland, 20 head. The foreign side of the market was sparingly supplied with beasts, the whole being Danish. Deal- ings limited and prices weak. In the sheep pens there was not much of a show, and the trade was very quiet, with prices tending downwards. The best Downs and half-breds realised 6s 8d to tis per lOd 8lb. Lambs were quoted at 8s to 8s 6d per 81b. Calves and pigs sold at late rates. At Deptford there were about 2,000 beasts and 6,000 sheep. Quota- tions ;—Coarse and inferior beasts, 4s to 4s 6d; second quality, 4s 6d to 6s; prime large oxen, 6s 6d to 6s Sd prime Scots, ÓI 8d to 6* lOd; coarse and inferior sheep, 4s. 104 to 6s 6d: second quality, 5s 6d to 8s; prime coarse woolled, 6s 10d to 6s 2d; prime Southdowns, 6s 2d to 6s 4d; lambs, 8s to 8s 6d; large coarse calves, be 8d to 6s prime small 6s to 6s 6d; large hogs, 4s to 4s 8d; neat small porkers, 4s 16d to 6s 2d per 81b te sink the oSal. METROPOLITAN MEAT MARKET.— MOH»AT. Only a moderate pupply of meat was on offer. Trade was steady. Inferior beef. Sa to 8s 6d middling ditto, ft 8d to 4s 4d; prime large ditto, 4s 6d to 6s; prime small ditto, 4s lOd to 6s 2d veal, 6s to 5s 4d; inferior mutton, 8s 4d to 4s middling ditto, 4s 4d to 6s; prime ditto. 61 4d to •* large pork, 3s 8d to 4s small pork, 4s 4d to 4s 8d; and lamb, 7s 4d to 8s per 81b. by the carcase. HOP. In the hop market there is nothing new to report. Busi- ness generally is quiet, but the value of fine samples is fairly well maintained. The accounts from the plantations are, on the whole. satisfactory. East Kent Goldlngs, 1881, 0 to £ 8 • Mid Kent do., £6158 to £778: Weald of Kents, £4 10s to JM 10s Sussex, 94 10s to JM; Worcester, Z5 to E7 16s Farnhams, dM to A7 10s; country ditto, £6 to 97 10s year- lings, jM 10s to JM 12s English, 1876, iCl 16s to ie2 10s; ditto, 1S70, 18s to jei English olds, 158 to jEl; Bavarians, 1881, 95 68 to £7; Belgians, £ 1 Is to 93 Ss Alsace, C6 108 to Z7; Bohemian, 95 to £6 0s Burgundy, £55!1 to P.6 158 American, JM 16s to £ 8 ditto, 1880, £5 to £5 15s; Cali- foruian, 1881, iC7 to L7 17s; foreign old ditto, 16s to £1 per cwt. POTATO. There was a fair supply, but trade was dull, at the follow. ing prices :-Seotch Regents, 70s to 80s; ditto champtoiis, 50a to 60s ditto Magnum Bonums, 85s to 90s; Victorias, 110s; Lincoln champions, 60s to 70s; York ditto, 60s to 70s; ditto Victorias, 120s; ditto flukes, 130s per ton; German reds, 4s to 4s 6d per bag. FISH. Fresh herrings, 5s 6d to 8s 6d; roused ditto, 10s to lis red ditto. 3s to 3s 6d pickle ditto, 63 id to 7s 0d; kipper ditto, 5s 9d to lis; bloaters, 6s to 108 6d; native oysters, 18- 6dto 21s American ditto. Sa 6d to 4s 6d common ditto, I' 8s to 101 per 100 crimped salmon, 2s 2d to 2s 6d per lb. GAME AND POULTRY. Surrey fowls, 6s to 7s 6d Sussex ditto, 81 to 6s; Boston ditto, Is 6d to 2s lOd; Essex ditto, 18 to Zs M; Irish ditto, 2s to Sa live ditto, Is 6d to 2s 9d; pigeons, 6d to 8d; Bor- deaux ditto, Is 2d to Is 4d; leverets, Is to be; rabbits, Is 6d to 2s 6d; quails, Is to Is 4d each.

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TME ASSASSINATION or LORD F. CAVENDISH AND MB. BURKE. A crime without parallel in the history of Ireland was perpetrated in the Phoenix Park, Dublin, in broad daylight on Saturday evening. The following is a brief outline of the tragic occurrence On Saturday morning Lord Frederick Cavendish, the newly-appointed Chief Secretary in succession to Mr. Forster, arrived in the Irish capital, took part in the Viceregal procession, and was duly sworn in at Dublin Castle. Lord F. Cavendish, anxious to acquire as soon as possible an acquaintance with the duties of his new office, had been in the chambers of the Castle all day, and, with Mr. Burke, desired to enjoy a little of the refreshing air of a summer evening. Lord F. Cavendish left the Castle on foot, as he wished to have a walk, and the evening was temptingly fine. Mr. Burke left the town after- wards, and on reaching the Park-gate, probably feeling fatigued, hired a car and drove on. He had not proceeded far when he overtook Lord F. Caven- dish, and they both walked on together until they reached a spot exactly opposite the Viceregal Lodge. It was then about half-past seven o'clock. They were unarmed, as they apprehended no danger, especially under what seemed the auspicious inauguration of a policy of conciliation. Suddenly they were set upon by four men, who, armed with knives or daggers, made a deadly onslaught upon them. A boy named Jacob states that, whilst in the park on Saturday even- ing, he saw, about 200 yards from where he was, near the road, a group of men who seemed to be wrestling. He thought they were roughs, and did not pay much attention to them. He tnen saw two men fall to the ground, and the others, four in number, jump on a car and drive rapidly off towards Chapelizod, which lies in the direction opposite to the city. He cannot give any description of the appearance of the men. A Mr. Maguire and a friend, riding on tricycles, had passed Mr. Burke and Lord F. Cavendish shortly before the murder. They were then on their way along the main road through the park. Returning, the tricy- clists found the Chief Secretary lying on the main road in the centre of the carriage way, and Mr. Burke pros- trate upon the pathway. Both were in large pools of blood. Mr. Maguire immediately informed the police at Park-gate Station of what he had seen, and the police, proceeding to the scene of the murder, conveyed the bodies to Steevens's Hospital, On examination it was found that Mr. Burke had received several stabs near the region of the heart, and that his throat was cut almost completely across. His clothes were much torn, and his hands bore marks suggestive o a fierce and protracted encounter with his assailants. Lord Frederick had been stabbed in "veral places about the chest; one wound was through the right lung and was very deep. At the time of the occurrence there were numbers of people scattered through the park, and it is a remarkable fact that many persons sitting or walking within a few hundred yards of where the bodies were found heard nothing of the affair. Before the bodies arrived at the hospital, word had been brought to the hospital authorities that a man hfcd been murdered in the park. The doctors. Dr. Myles and the resident pupil, hurried to the park, and met near the gate the car con- veying the two gentlemen. On admission to the hospital, the Chief Secretary was pronounced dead, while there was a gleam of life in the Under-Secre- tary. The Lord Lieutenant had driven through the park half an hour before the murder. The park gates were closed soon after the notice of the tragedy had been conveyed to the police, and no one was allowed to leave or enter without the most scrutinizing in- quiries.

The City Coroner, Dr. White, was communicated with after the murder became known, and arrived at the hospital about eleven o'clock on Saturday night. After some consideration as to the power of removing the bodies to the Phoenix-park, which is outside his jurisdiction, he decided upon summoning a jury for Sunday morning, in order that a view of the bodies might be obtained, to warrant their removal to the Chief Secretary's Lodge for the autopsy which was necessary to ascertain the cause of death. At eleven o'clock on Sunday morning the Coroner attended at the hospital, and a jury of seventeen were sworn. The Coroner addressed them and said :—" Words are inadequate to express the horror, indignation, and shame with which I feel overwhelmed in proceeding to discharge one of the duties of my office on this day of rest. I have summoned you to-day in order that I might be 4n a position to permit the removal of the remains of the two victims of this dastardly and cowardly assassination from the hospital to their respective residences." The Coroner then referred -and was very much affected when doing so — to the courteous, gentle, and unassuming manner of Mr. Burke, the Under-Secretary. He observed that however the opinions of people might differ in other respects, they must all unite in saying that he was a most inoffensive, unobtrusive official, and that the murder of him and of the Chief Secretary, a young man who had been only six hours in the country, must bring disgrace and reprobation upon the entire nation of an irremovable character. The jury having viewed the remains of the deceased gentlemen, which were horribly disfigured and mangled with dagger stabs in the face, throat, and breast, the inquest was formally adjourned, and the bodies were placed in the funeral van and removed by a circuitous route to the Chief Secretary's Lodge, where they were laid out on separate tables in the drawing-room for the post-mortem, examination. The scene was one indescribably horrible. On a table at the window nearest the conservatory, tho door of which was closed, lay the body of poor Mr. Burke, stark and ghastly, his finely-chiselled face, which ever had the stamp of dignity upon it, scarcely recognisable through the blood which filled his mouth, while his neck and chest bore gashes which looked as if inflicted by a butcher's knife. On a table at the other end of the room was stretched the body of Lord Frederick Cavendish, presenting an appalling spectacle, and the room, which recently had been full of life and gaiety, was now become a shambles, the sight being rendered more hideous by contrast with the associations of the place. The mirrors on the walls and the furniture which lemained still in the room were suggestive of refinement, luxury, and social enjoyment, while the two mangled corpses, surrounded by a group of medical operators, with coata off, aprons on, and scalpels and saws in their hands red witn the blood of the victims, presented a sight which even those familiar with the terrors of the battlefield could not look upon without emotion. The examination was made by Mr. Porter, Surgeon to the Queen in Ireland, assisted by Mr. Hamilton (Surgeon to Steevens's Hospital), Dr. Lambert H. Ormsby (Surgeon to the Meath Hospital), Dr. Myles (House Surgeon to Steevens's Hospital), who first saw the bodies, Dr. Tweedy, physician, Steevens's Hos- pital, who carefully noted down the evidence, and Dr. Speedy (Medical Officer ef the North Dublin Union). Until the bodies were stripped no adequate idea could be formed of the savage malignity with which the murder had been committed. It may be inferred when it is stated that Lord F. Cavendish had eight gaping wounds. In his right armpit was a horrible gash, which he received from a stab in the right shoulder, completely cutting through the arteries and vessels, and it is believed causing death by hemor. rhage. Under his body, when found in the Park, there was a very large pool of blood. He had two cuts on the right side over the right scapula, two cuts over the second rib in the right breast, and one cut in the centre of the back a wound, too, in the neck at the right side, and a wound opposite the second rib at the right side. His left arm was almost severed across by a slash of, probably, a bowie-knife, which cut through the bone. He had, apparently, raised his arm to protect himself. Some of the wounds in front were caused by the penetration of the weapons. Mr. Burke had no fewer than eleven wounds. He had three wounds in the fingers of his left hand, a terrible wound in the throat 3J inches deep, which severed the jugular vein, a fearful wound at the back, drawn downwards, which pierced the breast, and is believed to have been the wound which killed him, and three wounds in front of his chest, besides other wounds.

THE INQUEST. The inquest on the bodies was resumed in the theatre of Steevens's Hospital at eleven o'clock on Monday morning. The building was crowded. The At- torney-General, who spoke under considerable emotion, said by direction of the Lord Lieutenant he was present on the part of the Crown to offer the Coroner any assistance (although he thought that was_ very improbable) he might stand in need of during the inquest on the bodies of his friends Lord 1 rederick Cavendish and Mr. Burke, both very dear friends of his own. His Excellency had deemed it right that where two great officers of State have been made victims of awful assasination, the first Law Officers of the Crown should attend at the inquest about to be held. The Coroner, addressing the jury, then said:- aentlemen -since we met here yesterday an examina- flrst In« ?he 8ight oI the dead bodies in the Idea of the TSSLSKI ^ntly shocking, but it conveyed no these poor demoniacal savagery with which wounds that th«vTe.n weFe attacked. Looking at the them, they seem »n t received, and the terrible nature of seem to have been ,Te el\ attacked in front, and they sight of the peaceful jfS??111.! an(* defenceless, within much to say that the of the P" » »8 not too human beings, but demon* ^ers could scarcely be called ing of the entire community »T ai? to say that the feel- act. But it is right that I wrunK by this terrible opinion, any person who faii« t„ d,also 8ay now that, in my that will lead to the brlnginJ tn8<ve ?ven the slightest clue assassins is as guilty—I anf nfJustIce of those cowardly am not a lawyer—but I Bay mnrfn lng now legally, I actual perpetrators, and I tnut th«f« as Snilty, as the any information of any kind to give »nty Person who has duty. I oannot conceive that any man not. fail to do his destined to perdition, would for a lre?dy Pre* anything or conceal anything in this case w ^arbour to do our duty just as much as the man whogoI.Lr'wf!11 at the risk of his life and I atn 8ure every ch^H1'6 man here will feel that though he may mpnt fS11 bullet of the assassin he should not and will not shrink doing his duty. We will now proceed, gentlemen, with th« examiuation of the witnesses. I cannot tell how many there are. I know nothing of the evidence. I am very glad to have the assistance afforded me by the Executive, and I cannot help saying that I think it is a strong proof of the confidence the Executive have in the administration of the law by the citizens of Dublin in this particular instance that every facility has been afforded to this public Court for the inquiry. The evidence was then proceeded with. NICHOLAS BRABAZON, a car-owner, deposed that he was driving Mr. Burke to the Under-Secretary's Lodge, when the latter got off and joined Lord F. Cavendish as he was walking through the park. MR. PATRICK WILLIAM MAGTTIRE, 172, Ann's-street, de- posed in reply to the Attorney-General On Saturday even- ing I was out on a tricycle with a friend, Mr. Foley. I went to the park with Mr. Foley, and entered by the North Circular-road. We went around by the people's gardens to the Gough statue. It was then a little after seven o'olock as near as I can g. to the exaet hour. We turned up the main road towards the Phwrix column, We passed several persons, but took no motiee of them. We came to two gentlemen on the footpath on the left hand side. They were conversing. I did not know either of them. We passed them and pro- ceeded to the Pheinix Column. I went round it, but Foley did not. We oame back along the main road, in the direc- tion of the Gough statue. I should remark that as we were going out we took notice of the two gentlemen, who seemed to be smiling at us as we were passing, their attention being attracted to us. I was going faster than Mr. Foley, who could not get up to me. On our way back we saw a gentleman on the road in a pool of blood. From the time we first saw them until we saw the bodies on the road I should say about six or seven minutes elapsed. To the Coroner: I saw Mr. Burke lying on the footpath. I recognized them as the same gentlemen on account of Mr. Burke's peculiarity of dress. I did not know who they were at the time. There was a distance of about 20 feet between the two gentlemen. To the Attorney-General: To the best of my recollection Mr. Burke's body was lying with his feet out towards the bank across the footpath. He was partly on his side. I perceived from a mark of blosd on his neck that he must have received a wound. The other body was lying out on the roadway about 15 feet from the edge of the footway. He appeared quite dead. Mr. Burke was one of the gentlemen we paised, and I think that the other body was that of the other gentleman we passed. When I saw the bodies I slackened pace. I shouted to Mr. ^oley, a little behind me, that a duel or a murder must have taken place, and to stop and give assistance while I went on to get help. In proceeding down I got as far as the Gough statue, where I saw two Royal Irish constabulary men whom I called, telling them of the occurrence, and asking them were they on duty. They said they were not, and I told them where the occurrence had taken place. I heard afterwards they went to the place. I proceeded to the park gate and when a little distance from the gate I saw a head constable and a gentleman, and [ told them of the occurrence, and they appeared to go on to where it took place. At the park gatee I saw a metropolitan policeman on duty. He told me he should procure assistance. I told him it was a matter of life and death, and to hurry on, so he then went to the lodge and told one of his assistants, who put on his uniform. They both got on a car and drove to where the bodies were. I followed them on my machine. The bodies were lying in the same place and a crowd had gathered round. Sume of the Guards wmo had been on duty at the Viceregal Lodge placed the body of Lord Frederick Cavendish on a stretcher. The bodies were then removed to Steevens's Hospital. After passing the two gentlemen in the first instance on our way to the Phoenix, I don't recollect see- ing any person on foot or on a car. Having rounded the Phoenix and coming back again I met nothing and saw nothing to attract my attention until I saw the bodies. Mr. Burke (juror): From where you first passed those gentlemen on your way to Phoenix and back again to where you found the bodies, what distance was it ? The witness could not answer that. It was about mid- way between the Phoenix and the Gough statue where we saw them alive, and it was a little further on in the direction of the Phoenix where we found them dead. The Attorney-General: We do not think it necessary to produce Mr. Foley became he has only to repels what Mr. Maguire has said, and that would be to prolong the in- quest unnecessarily. SAMUEL WATSON JACOB, of 88, Thomas-street, aged about sixteen years, in reply to Mr. James Murphy, Q C., deposed J was in the Phoenix Park on Saturday evening last. I was alone there a little after seven o'clock in the evening. I was coming by the sunk trench in front of the Viceregal Lodge, about ten minutes after seven o'clock. I was proceeding towards the gate in the direction of the town, from where I had a view towards the road. I saw a group of persons there who drew my attention. I thought they were wrestling when I perceived them first. I thought they were on the grass beside the road. I could not judge from the distance. I looked at them most of the time, but sometimes looked away from them. I saw two fall. If there was any interval between their falling it was very slight. After I saw them fall I did not run towards the place. When the two had fallen the ethers ran after the car and jumped on. I saw the car going on slowly in front of the scuffle towards the Phosnix. I noticed the car after the two men fell. It was a few yards from the group. nearer to the Phoenix. I had not seen from what direction the car came. After the two men fell three or four ran towards the car, and one of the men ran frem the man he had been at on the ground and hit the other man. The other man was on the ground at that time, too. The assailant then ran after the car, which was in motion, and succeeded in getting up on it. There were four persons on the car, I think, besides the driver. They had got off with the car before I came up to the road. They drove away towards Chapelizod, the driver whipping the horse. Two persons who were walking down at the time must have had a good view of the men on the car. These two men passed by the bodies before I came up, and went towards the gate. When I came up on the road, I saw one body lying on the road and the other on the footway. The one on the roadway, I think, first fell, but they both fell almost at the same time. The last man I saw mounting on the car went from the body on the roadway after striking it to the body in the footway. From the place where the road turns oft the main road to the place where the bodies were is about 76 yards. After the scuffle the men drove off the roadway. I continued walking on. I did not in crossing observe a car with men on it. I did not observe the car until I saw the struggle going on. When I observed it first the driver was on the box seat, and remained on it all the time. He had not stopped. The car was in motion. The horse was walking up towards the Phoenix. I do not think the driver looked back to where the struggle took place I did not observe him do so. When the men got on the oar he whipped the horse. A woman passed by from town. The car had gone away before she came up. Were you able to hear anything said by the parties in the struggle ?—1 heard a sort of gasp from Lord F. Cavendish before he fell. As well as I could judge, he was the first who felL Mr. Burke (a Juror) to the witness When you first observed the men in the struggle could you tell whether they were on the side of the grass you were on or the opposite side of the road 2-1 think they were on the opposite side of the road. I think the carman wore a slouched hat-a soft felt hat, I think. All the rest were in a dark-coloured dress. I did not observe the colour of the car, but I think it was a bright colour. It was an outside car. I did not observe any number nor the colour of the horse. Two men passed near; one was very close to it. I could not describe their dress. Mr. Murphy I think we know these gentlemen. The Coroner thought it weuld be of no use asking ques- tions about these gentlemen. They would only complicate matters. To Mr. Hurford (a juror): There is a clump of trees near the place which might conceal the car from view. I did not see the car at first. There was a woman and a drunken man on the same side as that where the scuffle took place, but they were in the field beyond. The woman appeared to be under the influence of drink, and did not mind the soafile. Mr. THOMAS C. FOLEY deposed: I was in company with Mr. Maguire on Saturday. I remember passing Mr. Burke and the gentleman who was with him, as we were proceeding up tq the Phenix. I heard Mr. Maguire giving evidence to-day, and he was correct except as to time. The Coroner: Well, witnesses generally differ as to the time, and it is not very important. I could not oonsider it a discrepancy in the evidence of two witnesses that they did not agree as to time. Witness, in reply to Mr. Naish. stated that he did not go round the Phoenix column, but Mr. Maguire said he heard a noise, and he looked around. He saw a car going in the direction of Chapelizod. He could not say how many persons were on the car. It was a back car, and had a red panneled back, and a driver on the seat. I did not see the car when I was going towards the Phoenix. I saw the mark of the figures on the back of the car, but I could not see what the figures were. The reason I looked at the car at all was be- cause I thought I might have seen the new Chief Secre- tary. When I saw the car go in the direction of Chapelizod I did not mind, I saw the driver on the seat, but I could not say whether the other people on it were men or women. Mr. GEORGE H. PORTER, Surgeon-in-Ordinary to the Queen in Ireland, deposed, in reply to the Coroner: By direction of the Coroner I made a post-mortem examination of the remains at the Chief Secretary's Lodge, assisted by Mr. Hamilton, surgeon to the hospital, Mr. Ormsby, Mr. Myles, and Dr. Tweedy. I first examined the body of Mr. Burke, and found his clothes were removed. I found several wounds. There was a deep wound on the front side of bis neck. There was a wound about an inch above the nipple of his left breast. There was a wound over the cartilage of the second rib on the same side, another wound over the breast bone, two slight wounds on the index finger of the left hand, splitting the nail and the finger for half an inch, a deep wound over the inferior angle of the shoulder blade scapula at the back, and a deep wound on the right side of his neck penetrat- ing towards the spine. These were the external wounds. Then I opened his cheet. The wound in the front of the neck did not sever any large vessel, although deep. The wound over the cartilage of the second rib woumded the apex or top of the left lung. From it there was copious hoemorrhage into the mouth. The wound over the inferior angle of the shoulder blade penetrated the peri- cardium and entered the heart. This was inflicted in the back over the scapula. I may state to the Jury that the peri- cardium is the bag in which the heart moves, It was filled with blood from the heart. That wound must have caused death immediately. From the nature of the wounds, do you think the gen tleman was attacked from the front and rear at the same time ? I think so and the wounds on his hand seem to show he was defending himself. My opinion is he was struck from before and behind. Having reference to the size of the stabs, their depth, width, and so forth, can you form an opinion as to the weapons used ? I believe the opinion is that all the wounds were produced by either a dagger, or a long sharp knife. Were they all punctured? The wound in the neck seemed more like a gash or a cut. Its edges were remarkably clean, as if the instrument was very sharp. The Attorney-General: In your opinion from having seen the body, do you think a struggle took place? Well, tho ouljr tliiug thai would load mo tn guppoao that a struggle took place was the wound on the hand. I believe the wound In the lung would also have caused death. (The gloves worn by Mr. Burke were produced and the cuts in them examined.) We then examined the remains of Lord Frederick Cavendish. I found his clothing cut in several places. I found a deep transverse cut on the middle of his left forearm. That wound cut through the muscles and fractured one of the bones of his forearm-the ulna. A small portion of the bone was sliced off, as if done by a sharp instrument. It must have been a highly-tempered weapon to cut the bone. I then found a deep wound in his right axilla, or, as it is usually termed, armpit. That passed up to the shoulder joint-actually to the articulation-but did not open the Joint. I found a slight abrasion over the cheek- bone. I found a wound on the right side of the neck over the collar bone. I found another over the cartilage of the second rib on the right side. We now come to the pos- terior part. On the back I found a deep wound over the right shoulder that penetrated to the upper tart of the shoulder blade to the bone. I then found a deep wound on the outer edge of the inferior angle of the right scapula, damaging the bone. I found a wound over the centre of the back of his neck, injuring the sixth and vital vertebra of the neck. I opened his chest. I could not find the cause of death there, and then on carefully dis- secting the wound at the back of the left shoulder I found it had cut across the right axillary artery and axillary vein. The axillary artery is the large artery in the armpit. This wound caused death very rapidly. Were the wounds, in your opinion, inflicted by the same class of weapon?—Yes. It is an extraordinary thing that the wounds in each case were nearly all the same size, and the clean edges were also remarkable. The weapon must have been very clean and well tempered. They were all punctured wounds, with the exception of one in the arm, which appeared to be a gash. There was an abrasion on the right knee, as if he had fallen. The Attorney-General: Did Lord Frederick's body present an appearance as if he had struggled ?—I should say from the wound under his arm that there had been a struggle. DR. EDWARD HAMILTON, one of the surgeons of the hospital who had assisted in the examination, concurred with the evidence given by Dr. Porter. In reply to the Coroner the other surgeons who had as- slated expressed their concurrence, and said the evidence given by Dr. Porter expressed the results of their joint in- vestigation. They thought the wounds might have been made by a bowie knife, probably from nine to twelve inches in length. ioiIaU7E^ANT GREATOREX, Royal Dragoons, deposed that '"rday evening he was in the Phoenix-park. He had 8e pom the magazine in the direction of the Chief was a 1, ge He saw a car, and what he thought was about t~Q Binabble going on between some men. He The horB« three hundred yards away from the men. driver on tu were stationary, and there was a of his dogs ba0nX„ 01 the car- He turned to call one the men was ftriwnl. he looked again one of He saw one man go th™«and ,pUshing around him. The naen uien °r f^r men ha,d Jbeen towards witness. (A map thl 1°" ,-?e Gar an'1, dro.v« They turned the \ngleP 0/ & "road7 Ind of the car was then presented to him. H« thought that two men were on the side next him. and two on the other side. They were all dressed in duk clothes, and the driver had a slouched hat. The car went along the road leading to the Bibernian School. He was watching the men on the ground, and wondering why they did not get up. The carman sat on the car, and did not seem to take the slightest notice of what was going on. Witness did not thiak much about it, and had no idea of anything in the shape of foul play, seeing the driver sit so unconcernedly in his seat. The car started at once when the men got up and drove off rapidly. I thought it was a hack car. I walked straight on to the bodies, and found them both dead. The one on the road had the eyes a little bit open, and appeared to be alive. Constable MICHAEL WALSH, Metropolitan police force proved the accuracy of a map prepared by him of the scene of the murder. It is about 520 yards from the place to the Phoenix and 120 yards to the Hibernian-road. There is a plantation from 20ft. to 25ft. high, and bushy. To a Juror: It would form a place of concealment, but one could not look at the trees without seeing a car if one was there. The Coroner then briefly addressed the jury, who, after an absence of a quarter of an hour, returned with the following verdict,— That Lord Frederick Charles Cavendish, com- monly called Lord Cavendish was on the evening of Saturday, the 6th of May 1882, in the Phoenix Park, county Dublin, feloniously and of malice aforethought killed and murdered by some person or persons unknown that Thomas Henry Burke was on Saturday, the 6th of May, 1882, in the Phoenix Park feloniously, and of malice aforethought killed and mur- dered by some person or persons unknown."

THE FUNERAL OF MB. BUBKE. 0 clock on Tuesday morning the funeral of Mr. Burke took place at Glasnevin Cemetery. Some time previous large numbers of people had assembled along the line of route the shops were almost gene- rally closed, and mourning was largely worn. The funeral, though of a private nature, wa3 largely at- tended, and many of those present were visibly affected.

HOW HR. GLADSTONE KECEIVED TO NEWS. When the tragic news first reached Mr. Gladstone, he was at the Austrian Embassy, where he had been dining, Sir William Harcourt and the Earl of Kim- berley were also guests of the Ambassador and Countess Karolyi. The terrible intelligence caused the profoundest consternation and dismay, the party immediately breaking up. Lord and Lady Granville did not receive the news till they reached home from dining with Mr. and Mrs. Hussey Vivian, in Bel- grave-square, and first heard the intelligence through the Home Secretary. The Marquis of Hartington, who was one of the gueets of Lord Northbrook, First Lord of the Admiralty, to meet the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh, did not hear the intelligence till he left. Soon afterwards the distressing fact of the assassination of hia brother became known to most of the company, who immediately took their departure. Mr. Gladstone called upon Lady Frede- rick Cavendish early on Suniay forenoon, on his way to Lord Granville's. Mrs. Gladstone, Lady Frede- rick's aunt, and Lord Edward Cavendish visited the bereaved lady in the afternoon. A Cabinet Council was held from three o'clock till half-past six, Lord Granville and other members of the Cabinet meeting at Mr. Gladstone's offioial residence in Downing-street. The Duke of Devonshire bore UD remarkably well under the circumstances. A crowd assembled on the platform at Euston Station on Sunday night expecting to see some members of the Government leave for Ireland, but the Attorney-General for Ireland was the only one of the Ministers who left by the mail train.

Devonshire House, Piccadilly, the London residence of the Marquis of Hartington, was throughout Sunday besieged by crowds of persons. Her Majesty during the morning telegraphed to the Marquis of Hartington from Windsor Castle, expressing her deep sympathy with him and the other members of the family in the calamity they had sustained. Early in the morn- ing the following announcement was posted up at Devonshire House for the information of those making inquiries—" Lady Frederick Caven- dish is as well as can be hoped for, and will probably go to Chatsworth this afternoon." No small amount of relief was felt when, in the course of the afternoon, it became known at Brooks's that the Marquis of Hartington had received a telegram informing him that the intelligence had reached the Duke of Devon- shire, and that he was bearing up bravely against the trial. In the course of Sunday morning Earl Gran- ville and the Bight Hon. W. E. Forster an interview with Lord Hartington, and were closeted with his lordship for a considerable time. The Marquis of Hartington left town on Sunday afternoon for Chatsworth, accompanied only by Lady Edward Cavendish and two or three attendants. At first the Marquis was not recognised by the few persons who were at the time standing on the platform, but when it became known that it was the Marquis the spec- tators gathered in front of the carriage until the train moved slowly out of the station amidst a general raising of hats. THE FEELING IN LONDON. In London the announcement was received In all quarters with a degree of consternation and horror, which it would be difficult to adequately desoribe (says The Times.) In all the club-houses, from those in the West-end to the humblest working men's club in East London, the terrible deeds formed the one topic of conversation and comment, and special refer- ences to it were made in most of the churches. Among none in the metropolis did the news create so pro- found a sensation as among the Irish in London, among whom there were loud expressions of utter detestation of the murders and of those who committed them. At several of the meeting places for Irish organization, resolutions denouncing the act of Satur- day were passed. The public mind of London has seldom received a ruder shock, and any person moving about in places of public resort could not fail to observe the evidences of exasperation and grief which the murders of the two chief officers of the Executive Government in Ireland has occasioned. The terrible news was alluded to in many of the London churches. At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Ne wing ton-butts, in the morning, the Rev. C. H. Spurgeon, in his introductory supplication, said their hearts grew heavy in passing along the streets and observing the announcements of the dreadful news from the sister isle. He prayed that the bonds of social life might not be altogether severed, and that peace might yet rest on that distracted country. While the tyrant oftimes fell at the hands of the oppressed, it could not be asserted that the latest victims were in any sense tyrants or the representatives of despots; they were, on the contrary, men actuated by a desire to serve their fellow-men. In his prayer, Mr. Spurgeon devoutly remembered the Queen and her Majesty's Ministers at the present critical times, sup- Elicating that the former might enjoy many years of appiness and peace, and that the latter might receive strength and guidance in their conduct of the nation's affairs. The Dean of Welle,. preaching at Westminster Abbey on Sunday evening, referred to the event, taking for his text the 42nd verse of the 19th chapter of St. Luke: "If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace." The preacher at the close of his discourse said—It is not wise and right at such a time to identify the nation with the assassins, whom we may yet condemn. It is net wise to slay the righteous with the wicked, or to let our indignation, however noble it may be, pass into the ferocity of a greater fear. What we need at such a time is to keep straightforward in the path of justice and of truth- to yield not one jot or tittle to fear, to alarm, to weakness; to be strong but manly also. In the Roman Catholic Church of the Holy Trinity Brook-green, Hammersmith reference was made at the Hjgh Mass to the assassination of Lord F. Cavendish and Mr. Burke. The preacher—the Rev. W. Lloyd—said Before beginning, I am sure I may say in your name and in the name of my brother piiests, as well as in my own, that our hearts re-echo the cry of horror which this day will rise from the lips and hearts of every right-minded man in Ireland as well as in England, at the news of the ghastly tragedy which the wires of the telegraph have flashed to us this morning. To hope that the appal- ling news may not be true ia, I fear, more than we can dare to do. But I do hope that from pulpit and from Press throughout the length of the three king- doms there will rise such an unanimous expression of horror that it will prove to the blood-guilty men that by their deed they have outlawed themselves from the sympathy of every upright and conscientious man in the length and breadth of the three king- doms that they have defiled themselves with a deed of blood which is almost without parallel in the his- tory of modern crime; and more than that, that by their foul murder they have done more to damage their much-suffering country than all the machina- tions of her bitterest enemies could have accomplished in fifty years. It is not a matter to be dwelt upon in words, but an expression of sympathy for the families who have lost representatives of unquestion- able patriotism and irreproachable livfs is a relief to us and the expression of abhorrence by which in the most emphatic manner and at the earliest possible moment we dissociate ourselves from such a deed is a duty for yourselves, as well aa for me." In London, on Clerkenwell-green, several hundreds assembled. The following resolution was carried That this meeting, while condemning the brutal murder of Lord Frederick Cavendish and Mr. Burke, still wishes to express its decided opinion that the peace of Ireland can only be conserved by placing the responsible representatives of the Irish people in charge ef the destinies rei?n"i an(i therefore calls for the appointment of Mr. Charles Stewart Farnell, M.P., to the Chief Secretaryship of Ireland, and that this resolution be forwaroed to the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone and the Right Hon. Sir William Harcourt."

The shock which the death of the Chief Secretary for Ireland would in any case unavoidably produce on the Prime Minister is intensihed by the intimate per- sonal relations which have long subsisted between Mr. Gladstone and Lord Frederick Cavendish. Lord Frederick early in hia omcial career was private secretary to Mr. Gladstone, and as a Junior Lord of the Treasury and afterwards Financial Secretary to the Treasury his administrative work has always brought him into direct business rela- tions with Mr. Gladstone. It was probably in part owing to this political and personal in. timacy that Mr. Gladstone appointed Lord Frederick tiuaacy tht Cavendish to the olfice of Chief Secretary, desiring to be brought through .h,1#?, in. immediate and confi- dential connection with the transaction of Irish busi. ness. The almost filial relation in which Lord Fre- derick Cavendish stood to Mr. Gladstone was strength- ened by the fact that Lady Frederick Cavendish is the niece of Mrs. Gladstone, being the daughter of Mrs. Gladstone's younger sister, the late Lady Lyttel- ton.-Daily News.

The utmost consternation was caused in Dublin by the news The information as to the sadl butchery reached the Gaiety Theatre at about nine o'clock, the house being crowded. It was suggested that the opera should be at once stopped, but a consultation was held and the conclusion was come to that any announcement from. the stage might cause a panic which might result in loss of life. It was decided that the best thing to be done was to shorten the opera and allow no intervals between the acts, and this was done without obstruction, though some strange excite- ment visibly oppromed the audience,

The Svtning Mail, in a leading article, describes the tragedy as the most fearful deed of blood that has ever stained our blood-stained annals. It says that the brutality of the deed is only exceeded by its audacity. It has "only one suggestion to offer," and that is Dublin must without a day's delay publicly and clearly make known the feeling of the citizens. Demonstrations must be held to denounce the foul crime, and reassure England that there is still a relic of healthy public opinion in Ireland which will assert itself on the side of the Empire and humanity."

In the opinion of Mr. Forster (says the Standard), the intention of the assassins was to attack Lord F. Cavendish, in order to show the Government that though they might make terms with Mr. Parnell, it was not possible for them to conciliate the Fenian party. Had Mr. Burke been the principal victim aimed at, his habits were so well known that Mr. Forster thinks he could easily have been assailed without any attempt on the life of Lord F. Cavendish being rendered necessary.

The news of the murder of Lord Frederick Caven- dish and Mr. Burke produced a thrill of horror in Paris on Sunday, and newspapers of all shades of political opinion expressed emphatic condemnation of the crime. The Freeman's Journal, which is printed in mourn-

In reply to a telegram from the Viceroy of India Mr. Gladstone on Monday telegraphed as follows :— "Many thanks; all are as well as could be hoped. The object of the black act plainly is to rouse indig- nant passions and embitter relations between Great Britain and Ireland.

RECEPTION OF TEE NEWS IN AMERICA. The New York Correspondent of the Daily News, in a telegram dated Sunday, says :—The news of the assassination of Lord Frederick Cavendish and Mr. Burke reached here last night, and spread rapidly over the city, creating amazement and horror everywhere. Only after repeated assurances that the news was authentic could people be persuaded to credit it. At the clubs, the theatres, and among the ten thousand people assembled at the closing performance of the great May Festival, the news waa told from mouth to mouth, and expressions of horror were heard on every hand. The almost universal exclamation was This seala the fate of Ireland, and decrees the downfall of Mr. Gladstone." Among the Irish leaders the news created dismay as well as astonishment. Mr. Patrick Collins, the President of the National American Land League, said it was a monstrous thing to happen at this time. We all (he added) pray that the criminals may in no way be connected with the Irish National movement. The deed can have no effect except to arrest the operations proposed by the humane and remedial policy of the Government. In fact, it will be fatal to the carrying out of that policy."—Mr. John Boyle O'Reilly, editor of the Boston Pilot, and one of the ablest of the Irish leaders, said 'This outrageous assassination will be condemned by every true Irish- man. Every friend of Ireland will reprobate and detest the deed."

RECEPTION OF THE NEWS IN AUSTRALIA. The news reached Australia shortly after mid-day on Sunday, and was received with the greatest horror. In Melbourne the newspaper offices were besieged by crowds eager to ascertain details of the occurrence, and a keen sympathy with the Government was mani- fested. In Adelaide the greatest excitement pre- vailed, the feeling there being that the occurrence, which is looked upon as the first fruits of the new departure, will greatly embitter, if not endanger, the remainder of Mr. Gladstone's career. By midnight the news had spread to every part of the colony, and an eager desire bad been expressed to learn every detail of the shocking affair.

Lord Frederick Charles Cavendish was bom in 1836, and was therefore in his 46th year. He was the second son of the Duke of Devonshire and of Lady Blanche Howard, daughter of the sixth Earl of Car- lisle. He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge. In 1859 he became private secretary to Lord Granville, who was then Lord President of the Council, and he held this post up to 1864. He was private secretary to Mr. Gladstone for a short time in 1872. In 1865 Lord Frederick was returned fer^ha West Riding of Yorkshire, and has continued to represent that consti- tuency up to the present time. He was appointed to a Lordship of the Treasury in 1873. and held the office up to the resignation of Mr. Gladstone's Ministry in the following year. Two years ago he was nominated to the post of Financial Secretary of the Treasury, and this he resigned on hia appointment to the Chief Secretaryship of Ireland. He married in 1864 Lucy Caroline, second daughter of George William, fourth Lord Lyttelton, and leaves no issue. Lord Frederick was best known as an industrious administrator, who seldom spoke in the House of Commons except upon subjects of which he had official cognizance or special experience but he took an interest in educational questions, and had spoken upon them at local meetings in the West Riding. He had endeared himself to all who had been brought into contact with him, and, although a slight impediment of speech interfered with his success as a speaker and debater, his knowledge of business and his devotion to it, and the ability he had displayed at the Treasury, secured him the best wishes of members of both sides of the House in the arduous task he had just undertaken with so little reason to anticipate hia untimely fate. Mr. Burke, the Under-Secretary for Ireland, was born in 1829, and on the 29th of this month would have reached his 53rd year. He was the eldest son of the late Mr. William Burke, of Knocknagur, county Galway, his mother, Fanny Xavaria Tucker, having been a niece of the late Cardinal Wiseman. His father resided at Bruges, and he himself was educated in Belgium and Germany, and was a proficient lin- guist. When Sir Thomas Redington was Under-Se- cretary in Ireland he appointed Mr. Burke his pri- vate secretary and nominated him to a junior clerk. ship in the Castle. From the time he entered the Castle to the hour of his death, with hardly any intervals for recreation, he was unremitting in his attention to his official duties. He was private secre- tary to Lord Carlingford, Sir Robert Peel, and Lord Hartington while they were Chief Secretaries for Ireland. Though he belonged to the Liberal party, be strictly and with implicit fidelity carried out the viaws and directions of the Government of the day. From the habits acquired during so many years of office he was extremely cautious and reserved to some, indeed, he appeared haughty but he was a gay and cheerful companion and much beloved by his intimate friends, who will deeply feel his loss. Those with whom he was officially connected had an unbounded respect and esteem for him. He was a man of undoubted courage, both moral and physical, straightforward, of the most sensitive honour, and a stranger to every form of intrigue. Mr. Burke, who was unmarried, had had long experience in the Chief Secretary's office at Dublin Castle. He was a Roman Catholic, and heir-presumptive of his cousin, Sir John Lionel Burke

Telegrams from all parts of the country bear further testimony to the profound consternation and sorrow with which the intelligence has been received. They tell of political associations passing resolutions in favour of the Government or urging it to adopt stern measures for the repression of outrage in Ireland, of feeling references in town councils and by other bodies to the two events, of flags flying half-mast high, of muffled peals being sounded, of meetings being con- vened to take into consideration the policy of the Ministry, and last, but not least, of votes of con- dolence with the Duke of Devonshire and his family in the heavy bereavement they have suffered.