New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-05-11

COMMEN1S ON RESDLlS VI lH@ Nhini"
AN IRIsHMANs STRANGE sToRY-MR TREyELYANs
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. FOR THE FUN
ERAL OF LORD FREDERICK CAvENDIsH.
lBY TO THE rRIDUNE.l
LONDON, May 1O.-The Irish news tonight is I'M
important. The police continue making arrests all
over the country but these to be for the sake
of appearances rather than an indication that
any definite clew to the murderers has been found
A somewhat remarkable statement was volunteered
to the police at Southport, Lancashire, to-day A
young Irishman says that when he was in Dublin
few days ago lie was offered f1G0 if he would assist
in the assassination of the Chief Secretary for
Ireland and Under Secretary Burke. He declined
the offer. He processes to be able to point out the
nstigators of the outrage, and, pending further IN
vestIgations, the Home Office authorities arc dis
posed TO attach some Importance to tue revelation
The newspapers, both English and Irish, comment
in very favorable terms upon Mr.. Trevelyan's ap-
pointment to the Chief Secretaryship, almost the
only discordant note being sounded by Mr.. Cowen's
paper, The Ne,ccase Chronicle which asks why, when
there are many Irishmen capable of filling the
office, Englshmcn should be chosen, and says that
thus further illustration is given OF an Irish
grievance. The Freemdn's Journal regards 1t as an
assurance that the Ministry have not yielded to the
panic and are not to be deferred from carrying out
fixed policy in consequence of the frlghtinl
event of last Saturday The Standard has lead
ing article approving the view that the Ph@nX
Park victims were butchercd by American knives,
and urging upon the United States the duty of pre-
venting American subjects from traflicking in blood
shed under the fictitious and self-imposed title OF
"belligerents.r good deal of comment is looked
for in the Radical newspapers owing to the circum-
stance that, while most of the political and social
gatherings arranged for this week have been
postponed owing to the tragical occurrence of Sat
urday. the Queen held her Drawng-room yesterday,
the date of Under Secretary Burke's funeral and
another will take place tomorrow, when LORD
Frederick Cavendsh will be buried Court gayety
at such season certainly seems unbecoming and
inudicious, inasmuch as it tends 10 develop the
feeling that her Majesty has failed to associate her
self with the prevailing sorrow. The real explana-
ton, no doubt is that the arrangements were too
far advanced to admit of the postponement of the
Drawing
The funeral of Lord Frederick Cavendish will
take place at half-past on Thursday. The cere-
mony though made as simple possible cannot
fail TO be most impressive. Many friends of the de-
ceased man and many public officials left London
for Rowsley tonight in order to be present at the
funeral and Mr. Gladstone and several other Cabi-
net Ministers and members of Parliament Will go
down on a special train tomorrow morning. The
House of Commons to-day adjourned until o'clock
tomorrow night, in order to give the members an
opportunity to attend the funeral.
Since the inquest fresh piece of evil
dence from eye-witncsses of tho outrage
has been placed in the hands of the
police Two artifcers riding in the Park on blcy-
ces passed the of the assassinatons at the ac
tual moment of the attack, and saw part of the
scufle, but being threatened with violence by the
t. NJ
the evidence is of any value, for the men seem to
have been too much frightened at the to
be able to give any testimony as to the identity Of
The assassins.