THE IRISH ASSASSINATION.

Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2527, 16 May 1882, Page 3

THE IRISH ASSASSINATION.

[By Telegraph.] [Per s s. Hero, at Wellington.] LONDON, Undated. The assassination of Lord Cavendish and Mr Burke on Saturday evening had its origin in Fenian agitation, and Faniamsm is now spreading. Mr Gladstone has prepared a strong measure against secret societies in Ireland, and desires that the proposed reforms in parliamentary procedure may be brought about, so as to enable the measure to bo carried. It is believed that the assassins intended to murder Mr Burke alone. The Land League has issued a manifesto, signed by Messrs Parnell, Dillon, and Davitt, demanding the surrender of the murderers. This manifesto has produced a good effect, and it has been proposed in Dublin that a subscription be raised for the payment of a reward for the capture of the murderers. Her Majesty has expressed her horror at the crime and sympathy with the families of the victims. A Cabinet Council meeting has been held, at which the present situation of affairs in Ireland was discussed. Mr Forster, the late Chief Secretary for Ireland, has been consulted with, and it is reported that he has offered to resume his former post. The Parnellites fear that the recant crimes will have the effect of reviving the Coercion Ao’. The horror expressed by the people throughout Ireland in consequence of the terrible atrocity is genuine and unexampled, and it is believed that this feeling will foreshadow a reaction in favor of law and order. The people of England and America are deeply moved at the shocking crime, and the tidings of assassination oausad profound sensation throughout Europe The murders have given rise to a dangerous anti-Irish feeling throughout England. As Lord Fredk. Cavendish, the newlyappointed Chief Secretary of Ireland, was walking in company with Mr Thomas Havi--1 and-Burke, Under Secretary, in Phoenix Park, last evening at seven o’clock, a cab halted alongside them, and five disguised men alighted and suddenly attacked the two gentlemen with daggers. Evidently a desperate struggle ensued, for the bodies were found covered with wounds. The people of Dublin are stupefied at this terrible murder, which occurred iu broad daylight. The police are scouring the city and country, and are hopefnl of effecting a speedy capture of the assassins. Lord Fredk. Cavendish had arrived with Lord Spencer, the new LordLieutenant, on the previous day, and had experienced <1 cordial reception. Later. The bodies of the murdered gentlemen were found forty yards from the Vice-Regal Lodge, by Mr McGuire, a bicyclist. A boy named Jacobs, states ho saw a group of men, apparently wrestling, when two of them fell, and the others entered a cab and drove in the direction of the chapel and the Zoological Gardens. The bodies were conveyed to St. Stephen’s Hospital, where it was found that Mr Burke had received several stabs in the region of the heart, and his throat was out. Lord Cavendish’s arm was smashed, and there ware wounds on his chest, his lungs being pierced. The clothes of both victims were torn. Their money and valuables were left untouched. Phoenix Park was crowded at the time, but persons who were sitting within a few hundred yards of the scene oi the u’.rocity hoard nothing of it.