, 1880-10-23

the Government, but no definite courses of
action has been decided upon, nor indeed
could be without the sanction Of the
Cabinet, who will meet tomorrow. The
Chief Secretary for ireland and Mr.. Childers
n. P.left by the mail boat from Kingstown
this evening to attend the Cabinet Council.
Tho Lord Chancellor has returned to
Dublin, aud the Law Officers Of the Crown
are also here. Speculation is busy, aud
much anxiety is expressed, as to the pro-
bable intentions Of the Government. IL
is hoped that although the Irish question
is not the only, nor, perhaps, The most
pressing one, it will be considered by the
Cabinet, aud some decision arrived at to
put an snd, at all events, to the painful
suspense which is now felt. Private
accounts represent the state OF the West as
very alarming. It is we'll known that
other landlords are marked out for assassi.
nation. and will be shot the instant an
opportunity 10 presented. One OF these
was o few days ago 10 o town, and could
not obtain q vehicle to bring him home or
o bed in q hotel, and was obliged to stay
oil night % the police station. He has to
be guarded by constables. Others are In o
similar state, with their lives hanging on Q
hair. Quantities Of arms have been brought
into the country. and in n small town .
few days ago 90 stand were bought by
persons who had been receiving relief from
the Duchess Of Marlborough's and Other
charitable funds. The police now believe
that more than one person was concerned
in tho late murder, as the bullets found 10
the head of the deceased were OF different
mould, aud could not have been discharged
from the same weapon. The savage ma.
Lightly of the assassins who gave the eegp
de grace to Lord Mountmorres may be
Inferred from the fact that 30 close was the
revolver held to bis head that some OF the
powder was found in bis eyebrows. The
remains were to be removed from Ebor hall
this evening in time to be conveyed to
Dublin by the night mail train, which
leaves Galway at IL o'clock, and will
arrive at Broadstone terminus at half-past
q ~. A hearse will be there 10 waitin &
to remove the body for interment at
Monkstown. It was rumoured that an at
tack would be made upon the fu.
neral, and the family of the deceased
noblemau decided to proceed by q different
route from the one at 6rstlintended, but the
men who were sent from Galway with the
mourning coaches positively refused 20
change it. They also refused to coffin the
remalrs. a remembrance Of the disgrace.
full scene which took place in this city at
the interment of the late Lord lLeitrim ID
the vaults of St. Michan's Church, and OF
theriot which occurred about three'years ago
at Msnlo graveyard in Galway, would lead
the family to regard the rumoured inten.
ton to offer insult. and perhaps violence,
to the funeral cortSge on this occasion az by
no means improbable. There is reason 70
believe that it was we'll known in the locaii-
ty that lord Mountmorres was proscribed,
and that it was only q matter OF time
when ha would meet his doom. a lalge
angular stone, stained with blood, was
found near the body by constable Bnrke, and
is supposed to have been used to COM
plets the assassi1's work, though the pur-
port ofthe medical evidence was hat 1t was
all done by bullets. Sweeney, who has been
arrested, will be brought up to morrow 81
Galway Sessions. but the police, have
not discovered any substantial evidence
to criminate him, and it is expected that
the proceedings will he only formal, and
that a remand will be sought for, IN order
to afford time for further inquiries"