Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-02-03
AFFAIRS ABROAD.

LONDON, February 3.-The British
steamer Hilda, plying between the
Island Of Jersey and Southampton,
ran into and sunk an unknown French
ship. A boat, containing two officers
and three seamen, was launched from
the Hilda, to attempt the rescue Of
French crew, and the rescuers were
all lost.
ROME, February 3.-Rioting at
Forbis has been renewed. The crowds
attacked the Prefecture, and de.
manded the death Of Signor Marina
editor of the Proyincia, which journal
has strongly denounced the 0beIdouk
agitation.
BERLIN, February 3.-The state.
ment Of the Imperial Bank of Ger
many shows an increase in specie Of
7,060,000 marks.
TORONTO, February 3.-From one
to three feet of snow Tell in Western
and Northern Ontario last night. Pas
senger trains were several hours late,
and freight trains stood still.
DUBLIN, February ST. @. Carey
member of corporation; Jos. Brady,
stone cutter; Edward 0'Brien, shoe
maker; Edward McCafery, van driver;
Peter Carey, mason; Lawrence Han
lon, carpenter; Peter Doyle, coach
builder, and Timothy Kelly, coach
builder-eight of the men recently
arrested here--were charged at the
Investigation to day with the murder
of Lord Cavendish and Burke in
Phoenix Park. A witness named
Fltzsimmons identified Counsellor
Carey as being connected with the
conspiracy.
FitzsimmOns depOsed that he rented
a room on the south side of Oumber-
land street from James Carey. He
discovered in the loft of the house two
knives and a rife, which had been
produced soon after Carey's arrest.
Great excitement was visible among
the occupants Of the crowded court
room when the prisoners were placed
in the dock. There was a painful
pause when the witness Fitzsimmons
was called. The prisoners in the
meantime shook hands with each
other, joking among themselves and
nodding to their friends. The Clerk
read the charge against the prisoners:
That they did on the 9th of May last
feloniously kill, slay Lord Frederick
Cavendish and Thomas Henry Burke.
After reading the charge he was greet
ed by the prisoners with loud bursts
Of laughter, which created a painful
sensation in the court.
Fitzsimmons continued his testimo.
ny as follows: A rife and two
knives were found amoag a lot Of
rubbish and were not much concealed
A fortnight afterwards he went to the
police and delivered the knives and
rife,
Amid intense excitement Inspector
Smith produced two long bladed dis
secting knives, evidently as sharp
as razOrs, and Snider ri he.
quite new. The knives were eagerly
examined by the Magistrates, While
this was proceeding there was
just shade Of uneasiness among the
prisoners. In support of the evidence
against Carey, DR.. Parteo, surgeon to
the Queen, deposed that the cuts in
clothes aud the wounds of Lord Cav
endish ald Mr.. Burke we're inflicted
by instruments similar to those pro
duced in Court.
The witness FitSsimmous deposed
that James Carey sometimes visited
the loft where the knives were found.
DR.. Myles deposed that some OF the
wounds of Lord Cavendish and Mr..
Burke cOrrespOnded exactly to the
knives produced.
A chairmaker named Hands iden~
tiaed 0'Brien as one of four men lying
near the scene Of the murder, and
Brady as being close by shortly before