IRISH AFFAIRS.

Temuka Leader, Issue 949, 11 May 1882, Page 3

IRISH AFFAIRS.

(Bv Telegraph.) London, May 7

Nc fresh particulars regarding the assassination of the Irish Secretary and the Under-Secretary have transpired. Nothing is known beyond the fact that their bodies were four d, horribly stabbed, in Phoenix Park, and that the crime was committed in the evening. Mr Parnell has issued a manifesto, in which he states that the name of Ireland will be sullied until the assassins have been arrested. Cabinet Councils have been held to consider the situation. It is stated that the leaders of the Conservative party will support the Government if they proclaim martial law in Ireland. Both Houses of Parliament will adjourn tomorrow out of respect to the deceased.

May 8.

The Times, in a leading article today on the subject of the assassination ot Lord Cavendish and Mr Burke, takes occasion to denounce the Irish policy of the Government in strong terms.

In the House of Commons today the Right Honorable W. E. Gladstone, in moving the adjournment of tho House as a mark of respect to the memory of the late Chief Secretary and Undersecretary for Ireland, stated that the question of adopting further coercive measures had been under the consideration of the Government since the assassination of Lord Cavendish and Mr Bourke, and that the Government had decided that it was necessary to recast their Irish policy. The Premier announced that he would on Thursday next, the 11th instant, ask leave to introduce a Bill providing measures for the better repression of crime in Ireland. Mr Gladstone further stated that the question of the non-pay-ment of arrears of rent in Ireland would bo dealt with at a later date. Sir Stafford Northcote, leader of the Opposition, stated that he would support a Bill having for its object the adoption of strong repressive measures, and Mr Parnell admitted the necessity of further legislation in that direction. May 1. It has transpired that Sir Charles Dilke has been offered the Irish Secretaryship. He has, however, declined the appointment, because he would be excluded from the Cabinet.

A Select Committee of the House of Lords on the Irish Land Act have decided to recommend that the State should lend tenants who are desirous of purchasing their holdings the whole money required, arranging for its repayment at a rate not to exceed the rents paid at present. New York, May 1.

The British Consul-General, at New York, has offered a reward for any information which may lead to the detection of the assassins of the late Lord Cavendish and Mr Bourke.