Bridport, Beaminster, and Lyme Regis Telegram and Dorset, Somerset, and Devon Advertiser. — 1882-06-16 (Bridport, Dorset, England)

PATTERNS. TiS rsi Carr. orr von Casa. _  The assassination of Mr. Bourke and his escort created • depressing, almost deepairing, effect when it became known in the H me of Commons on Thursday evening, and the effrontery with which, as usual, Mr. Parnell and hie party declared that the event wag in no way connect sci with their agitation excited disgust. More than one of the beet-informed upon Irish questions aszsert that this murder is the severest blow to personal security which bee yet occurred. It hat conclusively shown that thee ,miany of an arose I soldh.r, which his hitherto been deemed a complete protection, is really hardly any protection at all. Mr. Callan has thought better of bringing hie threatened action sgainzt the Reform Club for expelling him. In fact, it would Lave been entirely useless, end lath members have no money to throw away in useless litigation. Fir a long time be was by no means a favourite at the Club, a A when on the night when the news of the Phcenix Park assassinations we. announced, be quarrelled with a member and called...him a "cad" for giving expre.sion to very natural feeling, of indignation on the subject, it was felt that he hai reached " the end of his tether." It is not so easy to say what will be the termination of the other and more serious dispute at the Reform. The defeated party have not yet put into execution their half threat of indiscriminate blackballing. How thoy will take their revenge yet remains t 3 b 3 seen. The empire of India I. happy in enjoying the special attention of Mr. O'Docnell. This youthful legislator, whose eye-gime and whose rasping sentences are so familiar in the front rank of Irish °bat' notion, and who manages to combine the representation of Hibernian disaffection with journalistic work on the staff of an English Conservative journal, and to harmonise • prouounaed hatred of everything Saxon with the ambition of addressing Saxon juries and obtaining such loaves and fishes as are to be obtained at the English Bar. This many-sited member for Duogarvan distinguishes himself by the constant supply of questions he keeps on hand with respect to details of Indian administration. On Thursday night, for example, Mr. O'Donnell alarmed the House by enquiries suggesting 11,000 persoua in a single year hod been ficqired in Indian gaols, and theta large number of prisoners had been starved to death. And, as if this wise not sufficiently shocking, he still further intimated that a huge amount of petroleum was on the point of being landed in Calcutta in so dangerous a condition that the whole province might almost be exciected to be in danger of being blown into the air. Mr. O'Donnell has a brother in • hign position in the Indian Civil Service, who doubtless enjoys the fan of finding queetions asked in Imperial Parliament which cause • flutter in the breasts of his superior officer's. Hitherto there have not been many eggs found in Mr. O'Donnell's mares' nesta, and, although the Marquis of II trtiagton was not able categorically to deny all the terrible insinuations of Thursday evening, it may be oonfi Jowly pre rioted that nothing very horrible has occurred.