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Waikato Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1546, 1 June 1882, Page 4

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The following items of intelligence received by the mail steamer, City; of Sydney.^areifrom English and Americaivftleifeto' Hand :—: —

The Assassination of the Irish ; Secretaries. .' l tlA¥oU6Wh^ I ftiHor%AftfciilaW ( of tins outrage wore telegraphed to American pdffeffeW<May o -7th. '• •" "-' "' : •'< The New York Herald's Dublin special 'say's 1 !-J-the 'details of tlie tragedy arc as follows : A boy nairted Jacobs states that ; fohile birdoesting iv the Park life sa^v, about two hundred. yards from where he was ,and close to the road, a group of men as if wrestling. He thought they were roughs and didn't pay attention to them. He th'eh saw two lh'en fall' to' the ground and four others jump on a car and drive offf towards Chaipekizod, which < lies m\n direction opposite to the city. They drove at a rapid 'pace, and he could not • give any description of the appearance of ) the imen. A gentleman named Maguire< ■and* a friend who were on bicycles, ! shortly bdfore had passed Mr. Burke and Lord I 'Frederick Cavendish when on their "Way along- the main road thiough the Park, and on bheir return journey they •ifotind the ' Chief Secretary lying in the i centre of the carriage-way and Mr. Burke prostrate upon 1 the pathway. Both gentlemen were lying in large pools of blood. The police at the Park Gate station were informed of what they had seen. They at once proceeded to the scene of the murder, and conveyed the bodies to the hospital. On an examination, it was found that Mr. Burke had received several stabs near the legion of the heart, and his throat had been cut almost completely across. His clothes were absolutely saturated with blood, aiul the hemorrhage inusst have been tremendous. His clothes were also torn, his gloves had been torn in many places, and his hand boie nunks suggestive of the fierce encounter with his assailants. Lord Frederick, did not wear gloves. He ' had bech stabbed in several places about the chest. One wound was through the ' right lung, and penetrated deeply. At ! the time Of the ' dreadful occurrence, the Park, as might be, expected on a lovely evening, was crowded in many places with people. , It is a remarkable fact, and, one suggesting that the murderous onslaught must have been shoit, terrible, ,and decisive, $iat many peisons sitting jl'and walking within a few hundred yauls •of , where the bodies weio found, heaid nothing of the affair. Atter the piocessiou to-day, the Chief .Sccietaiy had discharged his official duties in connection with the ceremony of installation, and immediately returned on an outside par to Phrenix Park t,ate, and when walking towards the Vice- Regal Lodge he met Mr Burke, and both gentlemen piocccded together. It ib supposed Burke was first assailed and stabbed through thoheait. Cavendish attempted to defend him, but he, too, was .stabbed by the assassins. They rcpcitodh plunged their knives into the In easts ot then victims., and having cut then throats, they got on a ear and diovo lapidly fiom the P.uk by the Chaueljzod gates. When the bodies woielii-t found Ca\cndisli\s lips «lie moMiig, a-, if r he were trying to speak, but he show c 1 no fuithei signs of consciousness. It ineedless to add that the assassination i* attributed to Fenians, although thib must be pure conii'ctuio. Tlic assassins Mcioseen enteung tlie ]>ark on a ear, and diivin" lapidly along tlie mam road ; and, from all account-, they musr have eneoiuiteml their \ letinis a<- tiny weic closing the load. llobbeiy could not have been the object, as nothing on ' their bodies was touched. The news lapidly bpicad, and cientcd the wildest cMtement and consternation in the city. Lord .Spencer and the V ice- Regal paity weie just going down to dinner at the ]6dgf when the news wi&w <i& sent to them. Some of the members of the household weie at the opcia at the Gaiety Thcatic, and were sent for. When tlie cause of their depaiture was known, the exitenient was intense, and a proposal was 'made to stop the pcrfoimance, which ■was ultimately cut shoit. No attests had been made up to 2 o'clock this (Sunday) morning. No one is allowed to go ' 'into the hospital, which is guarded by a large force of police. All the available force of constables is out searching foi the assassins. There is a strong guaul of military at the Yiee-ftcyal Lodge. The manifesto issued by Messis V.xrncll, Dillon and D.nitt denouncing the ciime lias a-hcady been in:ide known, but it may be of interest to hear the mdi- j vidunl opinions ot Mr I'aiucll and Mr Dault. Tlie former speaking of the hoiiible occumncc said .— " I am honilicd moio than 1 can expiess. This is one of the most atiocious crimes ever committed, and its olleefc must certainly be most damaging to the liish people. I have always found Lord Frederick Cavendish a most amiable gentlemen, painstaking and strictly conscientious in tlie fulfilment of his oiHcial duties. I did not share the disappointment expiesscd in libeial Tiish ciiclcs, regarding his appointment, as I anticipated that the pi incipal lefmms of the present session, such as an amendment of the Land Act, would be made under Gladstone's personal supen isioii, and I believed in his assurances. Now I believe the administrative lefoiins will be somewhat postponed. I cannot conceive that any section of the people of Ti eland could have delibei ately plotter against the life of Lord Fiedeiick Cavendish, and I am surprised that tlie Dublin police, who had been able to protect Mr Forster, shonldappaicntly not have taken any steps to wateli over his successoi's safety during tlie few hours ot his official life iv Ireland. Theic seems to be an unhappy destiny presiding o\ er Ireland, winch always comes at tlie moment when there seems soino chance for tlie country, to dcstioy the bright hopes of ' her best friends. I hope the people of Ireland will take immediate and practical steps to express their sympathy with 'Mr Gladstone in his most painful position. 1 ' Mi Davitt is repoited to have spoken as follows: — "No language I can possibly command can expiess the horror with which I regaid tlie murders, oi; my despair at their consequences ■ When t heaid of them cm Matin day nitwit, I could not credit tlie news. 1 jrrieve to think that the Government has just run a risk in introducing .the new policy, when every tiling seemed and - hopeful, when- all expected r. the .outrages to cease, this terrible event "should dash our hopes to the ground. I "wish' to God I never had left Poitland. was without motive, and is jaot only the most' fatal blow, that has ever been struck at the Land League, but one of the most disastrous blows .which have be,en sustained by the ''National cause (luring the List century, hits faccurence at this particular juncture seems like a terrible destiny. My ,only "hope is that the assassins may be discovered and punished as they deserve. .It •as'woiiderfnl how such an outrage could occur within a few hundred yards of the Constabulary Depot." '*".*, Tlie .following proclamation has been ia'siidd by tbo. Akenaui Land League :— Buffalo, May 7» "'-" To Land League of America. — The execi able .and cqwa/dly * J asgassinjitioV of ' Lord Frederick 'Caven°difili, 'Sforty-niijwifrtul Ofriof Secretary iWgr Irl'lnn'd.'an'd Under' Secretary Burke, 7vh li'orfrficU t))"e 1 VvorldV^n/Vis'esjteainlly , ; flWnful. anrt'^tiWrent'' ti every' ti*ne, ywfi»(KJ6Mr*M»wl. f/«We:'f /«We:' dciiounoo thp

knvfnl-crimerawl'-exhortrdir-bWsthMriiti-Irelaml to iise t every /effort to bring its perpetrators to 1 jUßtiee and show their detestation of the fiendish, act, whiph 1 <Wly an WW^rfy 6f 'our rade, 1 'or 'dome irresponsible idiot,' Could have conceived or executed. . (Signed) James Mooxhy, President l of "t&e Irish' National Land League of America. ',

Stiockin£ Charge of StarWfag a Ohiid. ■A. AiNVcti case of starvation wak inVfesjti- , gated on Thursday, April 1"]1 "] 3th', by Mr W. H. Brewer,' the district dotoner, and a jury at Lisweiy, a tillage' near Newport, Mon. The deceased was namfed Rose Emma Bennetty the child of Tom and Emma Bennett, and was t close iipjm two years did. fror some time 1 it had been observed by the neighbours that the child was in a very weak emaciated condition, and, having gradually sunk, died a few days ago. ' The enquiry was then opened, but the state ! .of 'the body I 'was' such that it was determined 1 ' to have! a' pott mortem examination. This Avaa'held, and yesterday the result was stated. It was found that the child, although." well formed and perfectly free from disease, was little more than a skeleton,'' and weighed only flilb. The usual weight" of a welldeveloped child of the. same age being about five times that amount. The thickest part of the arm ineasiued only 2in., and the thickest part of the thigh only 3in., the very smallest trace of food being found in the stomach and intestines. It was shown that the parents, who frequently drank, had kept the house in a wretched condition, and had iof used to receive proper food for the child when offered to them by the neighbours.—The jury returned a verdict of manslaughter against the mother and father, and both were taken into custody on that charge.

A Destructive Gale. Ox April 2iJtli, London was visited by a, gale ot w ind, which, gradually increasing in force, l>lc\v a hurricane for a short time, about six o'clock in the evening. It prevailed geneially over the southern and western parts of England 'during tiatiuday evening and night. Widespread damage and serious lo&s of life are leported in and about the metropolis. At sea, shipping was greatly impeded, and theie were many casualties. At Do\ei, Swansea, Brighton, Portsmouth, Plymouth, and other places on the coast, the storm was also very severe, and caused gieat damage and loss of life. Several diSttotiGus wiecks weie reported in the Channel. A Danish biig was wrecked ne.u Havie and iour men diowned. Some ot the Channel bteatueib failed foi a tune to make then port, and there were no letters trom London to Paris on Sunday morning following 1 . The luurieane is considered the mo»t icmarknble that lias, ocourred ior many years — sudden in its an iviil, as it Mas intense in its ch.uactor. At Lnuipool and othui places on the West Coast the cold was piercing.

Fatal Mountain Accident in Austria, < Jieat evciteinent hn«s, a •Standard ti'lecfiain says, lieen caused at Vienna hy the icpoi't ot a shocking accident which took place on Easter Sunday on ,tlic Ra<c Alp. near I'oyeilmoh, on tin- Semmoring line, ,i Uumiiti innunt,iin with Viennese c\-itiitioin-ts Tin <.(■> oiing nii'ii and one }oung l.idy Mcnt up a high peak, and one ot t!ie p.ut\ .'ibcejided higher than Uio io-.fc m ouU'i to Hiul tho ligh.t path. He calli'il lioin aliove that the ascent was \ny diflicult and that no patli wab \ isilile. On liis lcturn he was astonished to find that liis compauioiis had disappe.ued, nor has anything been heard or seen of them since. It is supposed that a fatal fall ha& buried all three, the young . lady and the two youug men, in the snows. The survivor, with the help of a guide, was searching tho whole of the night for liis missing companions'. The electric light was also employed, but to no pmpose. The Vienna Tourist Club has sent all its guides to continue the search in the ravines and the dangerous gaps near which the unfortunate young people disappeared.

Alleged 111-Treatment of a Fisher lad. The police of Hull are investigating a case of alleged ill-treatment at sea. A lad named Pool, who has lived with his sister at Beverley, on February 23rd \\ cut for a voyage in a Hull smack. The sister became anxious about him, and in jMaich made iiujuhies about him, and when he did return about tlnce weeks .if tor, lit* was in a voiy bad condition, and told a talc of .sad ill-treatment and .starvation. On reaching Hull the attention of the police Avas called to the matter, and the doctor stated the opinion that Pool would ha\ c succumbed in another week.