The Blandford and Wimbourne Telegram. — 1882-06-16 (Blandford, Dorset, England)

DOROHESTER.  •  '['he assassination (1 Mr. Bourke and his escort cre dud a di m.cssiiig, :Iniost despairing, effect when it °came known in the H use of Commons on Thursday evening, and the effrontery with which, as usual, Mr. Parnell and his party declared that the event was in no way connected with their agitation excited disgust. More than one of the best-informed upon Irish questions assert that this murder is the severest blow to personal security which has yet occurred. It has conclusively shown that the coun.any of an armed soldier, which has hitherto been deemed a complete protection, is really hardly any protection at all. The empire of Delia is happy in enjoying the special attention of Mr. O'Donnell. Thie youthful legislator, whose eye-glass and whose rasping sentences are so familiar in the front rank of Irish Obstiuction, and who manages to combine the representation of Hit ernian disaffection with journalistic work on the staff of an English Conservative journal, and to harmonize a pronounced hatred of everything Saxon with the ambition of addressing Saxon juries and obtaining each loaves and fishes as are to be obtained at the English Bar. This many-sided member for Dungarvan d4itinguishes 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'l)onnell alarmed the House by enquiries suggesting 11,000 persons in a single year had been flogged in Indian gaols, and that a large Lumber of prisoners had been starved to death. And, as if this was 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 expected to be in danger of being blown into the air. Mr. O'Donnell has a brother in a high poeition in the Indian Civil Service, who doubtless enjoys the fun of finding questions asked in Imperial Parliament which cause a flutter in the breasts of his superior officers. Hitherto there have not been many eggs found in Mr. O'Donnell's mareb' nests, and, although the Marquis of ffirtifigton was not able cAtegorically to deny all the terrible insinuations of Thursday evening, it may be conii tautly preoicted that nothing very horrible has occurred. _ _ _  Mr. Callan has thought better of bringing his threatened action ngaimt the Reform Club for expelling him, in fact, it would have been entlrely useless, and Irish members have no money to throw away in useless litl4ation. For a long time he was by no means a favourite at the Club, a.ol when on the night when the news of the Phcenix Park assassinati ms was announcd, he guar. elled with a member and called him a "cad" for giving expression to very • natural feelings of indignation on the subject, it was felt that he ha I 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 blickballing. How they will take their revenge yet remains to be seen.  If poor Dr. Kenealy were still alive, he would have occasion to triumph over the Benchers of the Inn, who expelled him from the Bar. In spite of all efforts to revive ths ancient popularity of this Hall, Gray's Inn remains unpopular, and almost deserted. About ten years ago, several law scholarships were founded there in the hope of attracting students. For a while the plan seemed to succeed, and members increased; but the improvement was only temporary. Au examination was held a few days ago for two scholar. ships, one worth £9O, and the other £BO, and there were only four candidates to compete for them, whereas only a few years ago there were usually a dozen or twenty. Of the small number of Gray's Inn students, a large proportion consists of negro gentlemen, who go out to practice in I,‘, est Africa and the West Indies. Their presence does not, perhaps, much increase the p3pularity of the Inn.