The news from Ireland is still conflicting. On the one
hand, it is asserted that the police, who are now confident of convicting the murderers of Mr. Field, a caiman's daughter, named Alice Carroll, who saw the crime, having come forward, have hopes of punishing the murderers of Lord F. Cavendish and Mr. Burke. Two of the assassins and the car-driver are pointed out by informers, and a gentleman has been found who saw these two and the car loitering about. The knives used and the pistols worn can also be identified. On the other hand, it is evident that many of the population of Dublin sympa- thise even with the assassins, the witnesses' families are threatened, and it is necessary to guard both witnesses and accused by heavy bodies of police. As regards any charge, except assassination, to have been prosecuted is to pos- sess a prima facie claim to become a Member of Parliament. No political repute, not even one for extreme opinions, quite equals that. By all accounts, the feeling among the people against the British Government was never more bitter, just as it was never more unreasonable.
