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DETAILS OF THE OUTRAGE.
DETAILS OF THE OUTRAGE. DEPARTURE OF THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF EDINBURGH. The Press Association is indebted to the courtesy of the Standard for the following tele- gram from its correspondent at St. Petersburg, giving details of the assassination of the Em- peror of Russia:- ST. PETERSBURG, Sunday. [U STANDA.BD TELEGRAM.] The Emperor was assassinated this afternoon "ibell driving frdm a review on his return from the Rasvol. He was passing at two o'clock ong the road by the side of the Catherine Canal. He was seated in his carriage, accom- panied by the Grand Duke Michael. Round the carriage was, as usual, a strong escort of Circassian Guards. Suddenly, from the guard of the Michael Palace, a bomb of dynamite explosive of some kind was thrown. It fell under the carriage in which the Czar was seated, and exploded with tremendous fOlee. The carriage was greatly damaged, and for a lIlotnent there was wild confusion. The force of the explosion was so great that the windows of the houses on the other side of the canal were shattered for a distance of 150 Yards. Many of the mounted Circassians were hurled to the ground, as well as the horses of the carriage. Foot passengers passing by were hashed to the earth. Scarcely had the smoke cleared off when the Czar and the Grand Duke Michael struggled to their feet from the debris of the carriage, ap- parently unhurt. They had hardly risen when another bomb fell and exploded close beside them, this time With fatal effect. The Emperor's right leg was torn from his body. He received other injuries, and fell at -Ilee insensible. A Circassian, who had rushed forward to t.a8iat him, was killed on the spot; as was Person standing On the footway. The Grand Duke and several of the Circaa- BÏans, some police officers and others, were wounded more or less severely, and one of the fficerB of the escort and another trooper have 81noe died of their wounds. he Emperor was lifted and placed in an un- conscious state upon a sledge, which was at once driven to the Winter Palace. He lingered for an hour and a half, but all the efforts of the doctors to enable him to rally failed. The only word that passed his lips after being struck was the name of the Czarewitch. He Sank rapidly, and died at half-past three o'clock. The two men who perpetrated the crime were secured. The Czarewitch, now Alexander III., on issuing from his Palace after the death of the ^zor, was hailed Emperor by the crowd. lie was, contrary to his custom, surrounded by a strong mounted escort. The flags on the alace and public buildings have been lowered to half-mast high. It was some time before the news became t^nerally kn0Wn in the city, but as the tidings If16 ^Zar was badly wounded spread, great the 8 aSSernkled near the Winter Palace, and dee Czar's death was received with P emotion everywhere. The people are in a state of intense excite- lIlellt and indignation, and the soldiers, by ODa the Czar was much loved, are furious. The streets are crowded, and were there anything or anyone upon whom the populace could vent their indignation, serious riots might be expected. Every military precaution has been taken, and in the absence of any object upon which the crowd can turn its fury, it is believed that no trouble will take place. The diplomatic officers and the high military and civil officers hastened to the Palace to inquire as to the state of the Czar directly the fact of his being wounded was known. Telegrams announcing the terrible event have been sent to Foreign Courts, to the Governor-General of Provinces, and the governors of every town in the Empire. All private correspondence by telegraph in the b Tj|n°eS has been arrested. The effect produced bv the news of the assassination ia 1TY,_ immense, and the excitement among e rge foreign colony is very great. A year ago the event would have created less sensation, as the various attempts of the Nihilists to assassinate the Czar had prepared every one to expect the worst, but of late there has been a cessation of those attempts, and Nihilism was fading out from men's minds. The event therefore came as a sudden and unexpected shock. LATER. Further details of the assassination have now been made public. It is said that the shells were made of thick glass, and filled with nitro- glycerine. The assailants stationed themselves opposite sides of the road, one standing by archCana^' other taking his place in the ^ichetel "P 1 *eac^n§ into the garden of the standln^hw!8118? Was thrown b7 the man The ca • Si^e of the canal. offallincTnnS6.^8 m0ving fast> and instead in ifa ™ struck the ground a little m its rear. The back of the carriage was' en ou several of the escort were wounded, ,as was Colonel Draieffsky, of the police, who Was following close behind in a sledge. The Emperor nl1.t. out of his carriage and waked those around him where the shell eame from and who was hurt. The coachman im- plored him to get into the carriage at once, as this was not so shattered as to prevent its still being driven, but his Majesty, in his solicitude for the wounded, moved a paoe or two from the carriage. The assassin, who had already been seized by the Circassians, was struggling to point a re- volver, which he had drawn, at the Emperor, but it was struck from his hand. The Emperor had moved but a step or two from the carriage when the man standing in the gateway in the garden wall threw the second shell at his feet. It exploded as it touched the ground, inflicting the most fearful injuries, the right leg being nearly severed from the body and the left leg shattered. Colonel Drajeffsky was covered with wounds, probably occasioned by splinters of glass. The Emperor seemed to recover conscious- ness in some slight degree before death, as he motioned away the doctors, who wished tc attempt an amputation of his legs. His sons, the Czarewitch and Grand Duke Vladimir, were present by the Czar's bed side, as well as the young chilclrerf When all was over, the new Emperor drove back to his palace down the Neffsky Prospect, amid the sympathising cries of the people, a squadron of Cossacks accompanying and follow- ing him. He was deadly pale. The Czarevna, as great a favourite here as her sister in England, was with him, and although crying bitterly, she bowed repeatedly to the cries of the people. All officers have been ordered to their quarters. A Council of State is at present being held at the Anitchkoff Palace. IPRESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.] LONDON, Sunday, 11 p.m. Nothing was known of the assassination of the Emperor of Russia in London till about four o'clock to-day. Then the rumours were confirmed to official personages almost simultaneously, and shortly before three o'clock to-day telegrams were reoeived at Clarence House by the Duke of Edinburgh, and at the Russian Embassy by Prince Lobanoff, stating that the Emperor of Russia had been seriously wounded by an explosion under his carriage. As to the reception of the news in London, up to seven o'clock this evening nothing was gene- rally known in Press circles. The first news of the terrible event reached Clarence House, but immediately afterwards the Russian Ambassador arrived at the residence of the Duke of Edinburgh with a telegraphic communication on the subject. It was at first generally reported that the Emperor had been shot dead, and in the absence of parti- culars, it was supposed on a railway journey. Subsequent telegrams, addressed almost every half hour to the Duke and Daohess of Edinburgh, gave details. It appears from these that the Emperor, accom- panied by the Grand Duke Michael, attended church in St. Petersburg this morning. On their return, the Emperor, as usual, held a military parade, and on his way to the Winter Palace, while passing in his carriage through the Michael Manege crowds of people occupying the sides of the way, an explosion took place under the Imperial car- riage. The Emperor jumped out at one side, while the Grand Duke Michael jumped out at the other side. The Grand Duke Michael escaped without any hurt, but on the Emperor alighting another explosion occurred, which completely shattered the lower part of his body. The Emperor was conveyed to the Winter Palace. The telegrams which arrived at a later period stated that there was no hope of the Emperor's recovery, and shortly before five o'olook the telegram announcing the death of the Emperor was received at Clarence House. From the moment at which the first intelligence j was received the Duchess of Edinburgh was for some hours in a hysterical condition. The Grand Duke Alexis, the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh were all at home at Clarence House, and had just finished luncheon when the first telegram arrived. The effect on her Royal and Imperial Highness was so serious that one of her medical advisers had at once to be called in, and the Duchess re- mained under his care, whilst the Duke, without waiting any more definite information, determined that the Royal and Imperial party should at once procced to St. Petersburg, and immediately proceeded to Charing Cross Station for the pur- pose of engaging a special train to convey the Royal and Imperial party to Dover. While there he learnt that their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales were due to arrive at 4.15, and the Duke of Edinburgh remained and met his brother just outside the station, where he con- veyed to him the melancholy news. At this time the Duke of Edinburgh was not aware of the death of the Emperor, and the Prince accompanied him to Clarence House, where a telegram awaited them announcing the fatal news. The Press Association understands that owing to the effect of the firBt intelligence upon the Duchess of Edinburgh, beyond the death of her Imperial father no further details were conveyed to her. The Royal party, accompanied by a small retinue, left Clarence House at eight o'clock, and Charing Cross by the special train which had conveyed the Prince of Wales to London at 8.15 p.m. Prince Lobanoff, the Rus- sian Ambassador, Prince Dolgorouki, and on behalf of the Prince of Wales, Sir Dighton Probyn were in attendance at the Marlborough Club, with which the Prince of Wales, the Duke of Edinburgh, and the other male members of the Royal Family are associated, and of which the Grand Duke Alexis of Russia is an hon. member. Numerous inquiries were instituted by several members of the aristocracy. So numerous were they that the doors had to be clo&ed, and an official stationed outside to supply the information sought for. The news spread so rapidly that mem- bers of both the Reform and Carlton Clubs arrived in large numbers, and the latest telegrams were posted for their information. The Marquis of Salisbury and Sir S. Northoote were among the late callers at Clarence House and the Russian Embassy. Among the more noteworthy and comparatively recent attempts previously made upon the life of the present Emperor are those which took place in April, 1879, December of the same year, and February, 1880. Of these the first mentioned was an attempt made on April 14th, 1879, in St. Petersburg, when the Emperor escaped unhurt. At about eight o'clock in the morn- ing, when the Czar was taking his customary walk near the general staff office, a man standing opposite the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, and near the Winter Palace, advanced towards the Emperor, and drawing a revolver from his overcoat, fired a succession of shots at his Majesty, home passers by and the police imme- diately seized the assassin, who, before finally submitting, fired another shot, slightly wounding in the cheek a person in the crowd. The attempted assassin, Alexander Solovoff, was im mediately handed over to the hands of justice, and it was ascertained that he was a school- master at Targpez, in the government of Ples- kan. Extraordinary police precautions were afterwards taken in St. Petersburg by Genera] Gourko, o; -1 the most stringent measures beink the posting of door-porters at every house in the city. On December 1st, in the same year, another memorable attempt was made upon the Emperor's life, while he was travelling from Livadia to Moscow. The result was the Wowing up of the luggage van of the baggage train, without any in- jury to life. This took place about three versts from Moscow, where a mine had been laid under the railway, and wires connected with it from the cellar of an adjacent house. Last year, on February 17th, the daring con- spiracy to blow up the Winter Palace, in which were the Czar, the Empress, the Duchess of Edinburgh, and other members of the Imperial family, was put into execution at the moment dinner was on the table in the banqueting hall, and the arrival of Prince Alexander was awaited before the Imperial party should take their seats. The Empress, still very feeble from a prolonged illness, was asleep in a remote part of the Palace, and it was stated that her slumbers were not disturbed by the explosion. This occurred shortly before seven in the evening, just as the Emperor, the Duchess of Edinburgh, and Prince Alexander were about to enter the dining-room. Beneath this apartment was the guard room of the Palace sentinels, and immediately under this again were a series of cellars. It was in this subterranean space that the explosion, which was oaused by dynamite, originated. In the guardroom were numbers of men of the Finland Regiment, of whom 10 were killed and 35 or 40 injured by the explosion and falling debris. A gap of 10 feet by six feet was made in the floor of the dining room, and there is no doubt that the accidental delay in the assembly of the Imperial family at dinner averted the complete suocess of the diabolical conspiracy. As it was, fortunately no member of the Emperor's family was even slightly injured. It was very generally rumoured on the Emperor's birthday in April last year that another attempt would be made on the Emperor's life, but the expectation was not verified. The Emperor Alexander II. Nicolaiwitch was born on April 29th, 1818, and succeeded his father, Emperor Nicholas I., on February 18th, 1855. He was married in April, 1841, to Maria Alexan. drovna, daughter of Louis 1-1, Grand Duke of Hesse. He will be succeeded by his eldest son, Alexander the Czarewittch, Hereditary Grand j Duke, who was born on 26th February, 1845, ) and who has held several important offices • of State, as well as high military positions. He has been Commander of the Imperial Guard of all the Cossack troops. The Empress was formerly the Princess Marie Sophia Frederique Dagmar, daughter of the King of Denmark, sister of the Princess of Wales, and was born on ■ November 14th, 1847, and was married on October 28tb 1866. The now Czarewitch is the Grand Duke Nicholas Alexandrovitch, who was born MaJoh 6, 1868, and already holds the rank of Chief of the 65th Moscow Infantry Regiment, and of the Reserve Infantry of the Guards.
- MANIFESTO OF THE NEW EMPEROR.
MANIFESTO OF THE NEW EMPEROR. rBEU'lEB'S TELEGRAM.] ST. PETERSBURG, Monday. An Imperial manifesto was promulgated to-day from Alexander III., which states that it has pleased God to visit Russia with heavy blows 01 fate, and to take her benefactor, Emperor Alex- ander IL, to Himself. He fell by the hands of impious murderers, who had repeatedly sought his precious life. Let them bow to the will of Divine Providence, and offer up to the Almighty their prayers for the repose of the pure soul of theii beloved father. The manifesto continues: "We ascend the throne which we inherit from out forefathers, the throne of the Russian Empire, the Czardom of Poland, and the Grand Dukedom of Finland, inseparably connected with it. We assume the heavy burden which God has imposed upon us with firm reliance upon His almighty help. May He bless our work to the welfare oi our beloved Fatherland, and may He guide OUT strength for the happiness of all our faithful sub. jects. In repeating before the Almighty God tho sacred vow made by our father to devote, accord- ing to the testament of our forefathers, the whole of our life to care for the welfare, power, and honour of Russia, we call upon all our faithful subjects to unite their prayers with ours, and command them to swear fidelity to us and out successor." ALLEGIANCE TO THE NEW CZAR. [REOTER'S TELEGRAM. I ST. PETERSBURG, Monday. The members of the Imperial family yesterday took the oath of allegiance to the Emperor Alexander III. All the officers of the Guards, the civil officers, and Court dignitaries met in the Winter Palace to-day, to take the oath of allegiance to the Emperor, Alexander III. The Emperor, stopping before the guard of honour, said, with a voice choked by emotion, I should not like my son to ascend the throne under such circumstances as the present." The Emperor afterwards drove to the Annilchkin Palace, amidst the cheers of tho crowd. The troops this evening took the oaths of alle- giance to the new Emperor in the barracks. To- morrow the civil authorities will publicly take the oaths, and afterwards the funeral ceremonies will be proceeded with. Russakoff, the man who threw the first bomb at the Emperor's carriage and was arrested by a soldier, is about 21 years of age, and has been a student at the Mining Academy. Some additional details have transpired in re- ference to the last hours of the late Emperor. The physicians first summoned were Surgeon Kroueleovky and Doctors Botkin, Marcus, and Dvorinchine. Instruments for amputating the legs were brought, and india rubber bandages applied to stop bleeding. The right hand was greatly lacerated, the marriage ring being broken into the flesh. After the veins had been tied up, sulphate of oxygen and ice were used to restore respiration. The Chaplain, M- Bajanor, availed himself of an interval of apparent consciousness to alminister the sacrament. Soon afterwards the Emperor expired. ST. PETERSBURG, Sunday. The semi-official Agence Eusse, in its account of the assassination of the Emperor, states that the Grand Duke Michael was in a separate carriage from his Majesty at the time. The man who threw the first bomb was arrested, but the second disappeared in the crowd. The Novae Vremya states that one man con- cerned in the assassination confesses to throwing the first shot, but denies any knowledge of the person who threw the second. Last night a Cossack, and a civilian who de. clined to give bis name, died. Altogether 20 per- sons, 13 of whom are in the hospital, were more or less injured. ST. PETERSBURG, Monday. A long account published by the Herald states that the Emperor was warned against attending the parade, from which he was returning when he was attacked. After the first bomb bad exploded, the Emperor ordered that all attention should be paid to the injured. He then turned towards the assassin, who was held by a soldier, and ordered him to be removed. His Majesty was about to walk home when another young man threw something at his feet. The explosion was heard all over the city, and the Emperor was seen lying on the ground in a pool of blood. Many other wounded persons were lying near him. When his Majesty was brought to the Winter Palace it was found one leg was shattered to the top of the thigh and the other severed below the knee. Surgeons de clared amputation was impossible, and there was no hone. [" ST. JAMES' GAZETTE" TELEGRAM.] BERLIN, Monday. The assassins were driving in an open carriage, and threw the bombs as they passed the Emperor. The first bomb tore up the pavement, and made a hole four feet deep and fonr feet wide. The explosion of tbefirst bomb only wounded the Czar slightly above the eye. Professor Batkiu, the Emperor's medical attendant, was summoned, and, upon examining the wounds inflicted by the second bomb, immediately declared that they were fatal. RECEPTION OF THE NEWS IN THE CAPITALS. [REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] PARIS, TMonday. Journals of all shades of opinion unanimouBlj express horror at the Czar's assassination. Immediately on receiving the news President Grevy telegraphed to the Czarovitch expressing most profound sympathy with the Russian Im- perial family. M. Barthelmy St. Hilaire also despatched a telegram in analogous terras to General Chanzy, the French ambassador at St. Petersburg. In the Chamber of Deputes to-day, M. Du Bodau, referring to the assassination of the Rus- sian Emperor, said France could not forget the marks of esteem and sympathy she had received from Russia. In presence of the mournful event which had befallen that country the Chamber could best manifest its sentiment by adjourning the sitting. In the Senate M. Leon Say, Presi- dent, referring to the death of the Czar, said there was not a single member of the Senate who did not experience deep indignation on hearing of the attack upon the Emperor of Russia, who gave liberty to millions of slaves. Due d'Audiffret Pasquier joined in the sentiments expressed by the President. Both the Senate and the Chamber immediately afterwards adjourned. Most of the Ministers attended the funeral service for the latOtEmperor of Russia at the Ressian Church, as also did the Queen Isabella, of Spain, and Marshals Canrobert and MacMaiion. BERLIN, Monday. To-day's sitting of the German Parliament was opened by Herr Yoc Gossler, president, with an address, referring "to the profound impressions created by the assassination of the Emperor of Russia, and asking for an expression of sympathy from the House with the Imperial family. There were marks of assent. The members remained standing during the President's address. The Emperor William on receiving intelligence of the assassination of the Emperor telegraphed immediately to the new Czar. A solemsa funeral service was held lat the Russian Embassy to-day. The Emperor and Empress, Princes and Princesses attended. [" ST. JAJlŒS' GAZETTE TELEGRAM.] The Emperorof Germany is literally stunned by the blow, loving the Czar as he did, as though he was his own son. He desires personally to attend the funeral, but the doctors interpose. At eleven o'clock to-day a funeral mass was said in the chapel of the Russian Embassy, the Emperor, the Imperial Princes, Prince Bismarck, and the principal members of the diplomatic corps were preBeut, BRUSSELS, Monday E vening. The Nord, the Russian organ published here, re- marks that the manifestations of griefon the part of the Russian people and the acclamations which sainted the new Emperor must prove to the assas- sins that their monstrous subversive enterprises are condemned to miserable failure. VIENm, Monday. Baron Havmerle yesterday instructed the Austro-Hungarian Ambassador in St. Petersburg by telegraph to express to the Russian Govern- ment the sympathy of the Austrian and Hunga- rian Governments at the death of the Emperor. All official receptions are indefinitely deferred. The newspapers this morning are unanimous in expressing abhorrence of the dreadful crime to which the Emperor Alexander IL has fallen a victim. The Presse states that the Emperor of Austria was deeply affected by the news, and immediately wrote with bis own hand a telegram of condolence to the Czarewitch and the members of the Impe- rial family. The Empress has ordered the Court to go into mourning for four weeks for the Czar. SOFIA, Monday. The Prince of Bulgaria has started for St. Petersburg, leaving the regency in the bands of the Cabinet. There is general mourning through- out the country for the Czar. ROME. Monday. The Pope to-day sent Cardinal Jaeobim to ex- press to the Grand Dukes Sergius and Paul his regret for the death of the Czar. In the Chamber of Deputies, Signor Carolyi, the Premier, made a feeling allusion to the event, and said the Grand Dukes Sergius and Paul, before leaving for St. Petersburg, had received proofs of the indignation excited by the atrocious deed. CONSTANTINOPLE, Monday. The Sultan has despatched a telegram of condolence to the Russian Imperial family. WASHINGTON, Monday. Mr. Blaine has sent a telegram to the United States Minister at St. Petersburg, expressing sorrow at the terrible crime and sympathy with the Imperial family and the Russian people in their great affliction. REQUIBM SERVICE IN LONDON. [" CENTRAL 1fEWS" TELEGRAM. I LONDON, Monday Night. The all absorbing topic of discussion amongst all classes in the metropolis to-day has been the murder of the Emperor of Russia, and while sym- pathy is very generally acoorded to the bereaved family, all classes are unanimous in their expres- sions of utter abhorrence at the perpetrators of the dastardly crime. Many distinguished per- sonages have shown their sympathy by per- sonally calling at Clarence House and the Russian Embassy, or telegraphing kindly words of con- dolence to the Winter Palace itself. Her Majesty, who as might have been expected, is very much affected, has signified her intention of having the children of the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh at Windsor Castle, and continues to show the deepest interest in all that relates to the Bad event. The Prince of Wales is also most profoundly affected, and it is in contemplation for his Royal Highness to attend the interment of the late Emperor. The special requiem for the late Czar at the Russian Chapel, in Welbeck street, to-day, was most solemn and impressive. As is usual in the Greek Church, the congregation remain standing during the service, which is mainly choral. The Rev. Eugene Smernoff, chaplain to the Russian Embassy, officiated, and amongst those who attended were the Prince and Princess of Wales, the Duke of Cambridge, Earl Granville, Capt. Colville, representing the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh; Lord Suffield, Col. Clarke, Sir Chas. Dilke, Miss Knollys; the members ot the Russian Embassy, Prince Labanoff, Prince Dolgourky, Count Adlerberg, and nearly all the members of the Diplomatic Corps attached to the Court of St. James. The gentlemen all wore uniform, while the ladies were dressed in deep mourning. The service lasted about half an-hour. A considerable crowd gathered in the vicinity of the chapel, but there was no occasion for the force of police in attendance, the behaviour of those present being most exemplary and respectful. There has been a constant succession of callers at Chesham House during the day. Several had interviews with Prince Labanoff, and expressed their personal sorrow at the Emperor's death. The ex-Empress Eugenie, attended by the Due de Bassano, called at Chesham House and had an interview with the Russian Ambassador. The respective Ambassadors and Foreign Ministers in London, together with the officials attached to the various legations, also called at the Em- bassy during the day, together with many mem- bers of the English Government. The following are amongst those who offered or sent expressions of sympathy:-Earl and Countess of Derby, Duke of Rutland, Duke of Connaught, Sir Michael Costa, Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Ponsonby, on behalf of her Majesty; Sir Philip Cunliffe Owen, the Upeaker, Earl and Count9ss Lathom, Earl of Beaconsfield, Earl Sydney, Earl and Countess Dalhousie, Mr. Forster, Lord Col- ville, Mr. Philip Currie, Earl Kenmare, Sir R. A. Cross, Lord Cranbrook, Sir Alex. Gait, Earl Mount Edgcumbe, Earl Kimberley, Sir Stafford Northcote, Mr. Childers, Sir Henry Drummond Wolff, Duke and Duchess of Bedford, Cardinal Manning, Sir Moses Montefiore, Hon. J. Russell Lowell. Nearly all the above also called at Clarence House, to express their sympathy with the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh. The fol- lowing also called at Clarence House:—Sir Bartle Frere. Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord and Lady Morley, Sir W. Hart Dyke, Lord Ran don Dnke and DucheaR of Wellington Lord and Lady Frederick Cavendish, and Earl and Countess of Yarmouth. The news of the Czar's assassination was re- ceived by the social Democrats, or Revolutionary party, in London, about five o'clock yesterday afternoon, from their friends in Paris, Geneva, and St. Petersburg. It was announced in the Social Democratic halls by the respective speakers later in the evening, and the information was greeted with loud and continued manifesta- tions of approval. It was stated that it was con fidently expected that the new Czar, Alexander III., would grant an amnesty to all those persons who have lately been transported to Siberia, and that he would concede some form of constitutional government to the people of Russia. In Nihilist circles it is an accepted fact that the assassination is the work of their organisation, and was not due merely to any private feeling of revenge. In the course of the next few days the Russian Nihilist Committee will, it is understood, issue a statement of the whole affair, avowing the act as having been per- petrated at their instigation, and attempting to justify it. The Nihilists think that the names given by the two men who were arrested are fictitious, as they are not known among revolutionists here. The head- quarters of the party have recently been moved from London to Paris, and Hartmann, who it will be remembered was concerned in the Moscow at- tempt, has during the past week disappeared from his usual places of resort in the English capital. He left his lodgings some ten days back, and has gone no one seems exactly to know where. Some of his friends believe him to be on the continent, while others say that he is still in England. A manifesto has been issued addressed to the revo- lutionists of both worlds, calling upon them to assemble at an international Socialist revolu- tionary congress to be held in London on July 14th this year, for the purpose of reviving the old in- ternational association of workers. The English Court will go into mourning for the late Emperor for one month from the 14th inst. The levee announced to be held by the Prince of Wales, on behalf of her Majesty, on Monday, the 21st inst., is postponed until further notice in consequence of the death of the Czar. In consequence of the Czar's death, the Lord Lieutenant iØf Ireland has postponed St. Patrick's Day ball and other entertainments. On Monday the members of the Scarborough Town COB noil unanimously agreed to a resolution expressing its feeling of indignation at the assassination of the Emperor of Russia, and its sympathy with the family of the deceased monarch, particularly with H. R. H. the Duchess -Of Edinburgh, in the sad bereavement they have sustained. Copies uf this resolution were ordered to be forwarded to H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh, and to the Russian Ambassador in London. At a meeting of the Executive of the Glasgow Liberal Association on Monday a motion was pro- posed expressing abhorrence of the assassination of the Emperor of Russia as a crime against both humanity and liberty, and sympathy with the Duchess of Edinburgh and the whole of the Imperial family in their great bereavement. The resolution was supported only by the mover and seconder, some members stating that it was not the business of the Executive of the Association to take any notice of the matter. The previous question was carried almost unanimously. At a meeting of the Corporation of Dublin, on Monday, the standing orders were suspended, and the following resolution, proposed by Mr. Dwyer Gray, M.P., and seconded by Councillor Y. A. O'Neill, J.P., was passed unanimously:—"That this Council takes the earliest opportunity of re- cording abhorrence and detestation of the horrible crime committed yesterday by assassination under circumstances of peculiar atrocity of the Czar Alexander of Russia, and their respectful sym- pathy with their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh in this their bereavement, and that a copy of this resolution be forwarded forthwith to the private secretary of H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh." Speakinglon Monday at a meeting at Manchester, Bishop Fraser said the assassination of the Czar, the news of which had that morning electrified the world, showed upon what a volcano society in civilised Europe was almost everywhere resting. Though there were great flaws in the personal character of the Czar, his nature was at once genial, generous, and kindly, and he had done the greatest work for the social improvement of man- kind that had been accomplished in our generation, for he had set free thirty millions of serfs, who had before been bound as in chains of iron. His benevolent intentions had been checked by the threatening consequences of modern education. In the wake of a scientific education had followed Atheism and the fearful burden of Nihilism, from the hands of which nothing seemed sacred. One lesson to be learned from the catastrophe was that no single man ought to have arbitrary sway over eighty millions of people as the Czar of Russia had. OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. The Times asys:-The desperate revolutionist5 who have so often attempted the life of the Emperor of Russia have at last succeeded in the perpetration of the atrocious crime which they had hitherto failed to accomplish, and have fur- nished another and terrible illustration of the reality of the perils by which despotic authority is surrounded. All Europe will be thrilled with horror at the intelligence of this tragic termina- tion of a career which was so full of promise at its commencement, and which was marked in its earlier stages by great achievements. For some years past, to the eyes of impartial and distant observers, the Czar has presented the spectacle of one who was struggling with events beyond any single human grasp in their complexity and their extent, who was the nominal head of a machine which it was impos- sible for him to control, and who was held to be responsible, by many of those under his rule, for events which were never brought to his knowledge, and which, even if he had known them, he would have been powerless to remedy or to prevent. Alone in the utter solitude of his Imperial state, surrounded by officials who were too often interested in deceiving him, disheartened by the apparent failure of his benevolent inten- tions, melancholy by natural temperament, and haunted for years by the ever-present expectation of sudden and violent death, the life of the Czar has been a sad example of the gilded sorrow which may oppress the wearer of a crown. To his sub- jects generally he was a remote and inaccessible ideal, a potentate placed upon a pinnacle to which ordinary men were not privileged to reach, an abstraction rather than a living fact. To those who were admitted to his intimacy he was a kind- hearted and courteous gentleman, desiring the welfare of his people, and labouring for it to the extent of his powers and his opportunities. In this country especially, where it has long been felt y 11 that the antagonism of his Government to Eng- lish policy was to a great extent opposed to his personal wishes, and where his daughter haa found a husband and a home, the grief of those who mourn him will meet with sincere and uni- versal sympathy. The Daily News says:—Whatever be the moral to be drawn, whether it be the impossibility of maintaining despotism in the circumstances of the modern world, or the pervading power of re- volutionary combinations, or the rottenness of Russian society, or all three of these things, the fact is certain. For years the Czar has been the aim of determined, combined, and ubiquitous assassins. For years he has continued to live through a series of failures and escapes. Now the only insurmountable barrier separates him from the rage of the Nihilist and the dagger of the conspirator. The Standard says:—No one questions the sin- cerity of the late Emperor. No one can doubt but that it wae his ultimate purpose to inaugurate a system of constitutional rule. But the task was more than any one man could undertake, even with despotic power at his disposal, and the forces arrayed against the late Emperor proved too powerful for him. It is the more unfortunate that he should have died as he has. The crime will array all European sympathy against the Nihilist faction; and vigorous measures to stamp the conspiracy out will, if anything, be welcomed. Thus the cause of liberty is always discredited by those who consider crime legitimate when em- ployed for political purposes. The present foul murder is absolutely without excuse. The Emperor has done nothing to call for such vengeance. His life has been cruelly and wan- tonly sacrificed, and it is but small consolation to know that justice, who has the criminals in her grasp, will for onoe prove herself prompt, com- plete, and merciless.
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The town of Selby has been inundated to a great extent by the swelling of tho Ouse, the lower rooms of a great number of the houses being flooded. Both the Leeds and York roads were impassable, and the land fox miles round was under water.
THE CRISIS IN IRELAND.
THE CRISIS IN IRELAND. FERTHER ARRESTS. Mr. Timothy Brobnan, son of a shopkeeper at Castle Island, has been arrested at his father's house under the Coercion Act. He was one of the secretaries at the recent land meeting addressed by Mr. Biggar. The Press Association s Dublin correspondent telegraphs that the American Consul in Dublin visited Mr. Bovton, on March 11th at Kilmainham Gaol, and took all the particulars about the question of his nationality. The consul will for- ward the particulars to the American consul in London. BOYCOTTING. "-ANOTHER RELIEF EXPEDITION. An Orange party has embarked on board the frigate Valorous at Galway for Ballinakill Bay to relieve the Rev. Canon Fleming, who is "Boycotted." The expedition is similar to the celebrated Boycott one, the relief party being fully armed. The frigate was placed at the dis- posal of the Orange Emergency Committee, who have undertaken to carry out Canon Fleming's farming operations in spite of the opposition in. the district. ARCHBISHOP OF DUBLIN'S PASTORAL. The Cardinal Archbishop of Dublin in his Lenten pastoral to the clergy, read on Sunday, says:-No doubt the acts of gross extortion which cry to Heaven for vengeance have been inflicted in manv cases on the half-famished tillers of the soil, and these acts cannot be dignified with the name of contracts. But if one of two contracting parties can, without reference to any competent tribunal, modify or rescind the terms of his engagement, the very foundations of society are destroyed. Referring to the Ladies' League, the archbishop BayS: Not at the call of charity are the women of Ireland invited to come before the world. They are asked to forget the modesty of their sex and the high dignity of their womanhood by leaders who seem utterly reckless of consequences, and who, by their recklessness, have brought misery on many families. The Press Association Cork correspondent tele- graphs :—Another arrest has just been made at Castle Island, under the Coercion Act. The prisoner's name is Timothy O'Connor Brosnan, son of a ship-broker at Castle Island. He has been a member of the Castle Island League. A meeting was recently held at Loughrea, at which a resolution was passed denouncing the Par- liamentary conduct of Mr. Mitchell-Henry, the member for Galway. Resolutions were passed calling on him to resign, and pledging the meeting to support none but a follower of Mr. Parnell. At a largely attended Ladies' Land League meeting, held on March 11, at Maghera, resolutions were passed urging Catholics to abstain from party displays on St. Patrick's Day. Mrs. Walsh, presi- dent, delivered a forcible address, denouncing the Government as the willing dupes of the Tory aristocracv in Ireland. The Rev. A. Lockett Ford, of Bessbrook, Armagh, has received a letter signed "Rory of the Hills, Irish National Land League," threat- ening to shoot him if he gives evidence at Armagh Assizes against persons charged with attaoking a procession of his Sunday School. The Dublin Gazette of March 11th contained a proclamation offering a reward of JB500 for such information as will lead to the arrest of the per- sons who, on March 3rd, assassinated Patrick Farrelly, farmer, of Multifarnham, near Moyvore. No further proclamation of counties is published in the Gazette, although it was generally expected that two or three would be added to the list. Mr. T. P. O'Connor addressed a meeting of Home Rulers at Bristol on Saturday. He believed the party had arisen which would rid Ireland of the curse and scourge of landlordism. At a meeting at Balybricken, Waterford, on Sunday, to protest against the Coercion Bill, Mr. Richard Power, M.P., censured the cowardice of some Irish members in not being present to oppose coercion in Parliament. The effigy of Mr. Forster was exhibited, but taken away by the police. The Land League meeting, held on Sunday in Limerick, was numerously attended, but proceedings were not so demonstrative as those held during the winter. The procession started from the city about two o'clock, headed by 14 bands of music. There were several Catholic clergymen present, and a company of tenant farmers on horseback wearing green sashes. At a meeting of the Belfast Land League on Satui- day night, the Rev. Harold Rylott, Protestant Minister, presiding, resolutions were passed condemning the arrests under the Coercion Act, protesting against the slanderous and insulting language of the Home Secre- tary in reference to the Land League, and warning the Government that their recent attitude towards Ireland is eminently calculated to widen the breach between the two countries. Enn'iskillen was placarded with bills on Sunday, con- vening a meeting of Fermanagh tenant farmers for the 21st inst., under auspices of the Land League, to petition the Queen and Parliament for radical ieform in the Land Laws. Mr. Forster has sanctioned the meeting being held, and Mr. Parnell is expected to attend.
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The Empress of Austria hunted on Tuesday with Mr. Corbet's hounds, the meet being at Wilkesley village. Mr. Eaton, the new member for Coventry, is to be petitioned against. Wholesale bribery, it is alleged, took place towards the close of the poll. The sheep rot in Leicestershire is assuming alarming proportions. The Daily News hears of a considerable landowner in the county who has lost over 60 per cent. of his flocks. The barque Claribel arrived in the Clyde on Tues- day from Demerara, after 60 days' passage. During a severe storm which she encountered a sailor named Fyfe was washed overboard. The Ashton and Oldham Coalowners' and Miners' Associations have invited, and Mr. Hugh Mason has accepted, the position of umpire in the question of an advance of wages and sliding scale. Tuesday night's Garette announces that the Queen has been pleased to appoint Lewis William Cave, Esq., one of her counsel learned in law, to be one of the justices of her Majesty's High Court of Justice. The Standard has authority to contradict the announcement that Vice-Chancellor Sir Richard Maiins has resigned. His lordship is rapidly recovering from his recent attack of paralysis, and has certainly no present intention of retiring from the bench. Mr. Gladstone, in a letter to Mr. Charles William Sikes, of Huddersfield, has signified to that gentleman that her Majesty proposes to confer upon him the honour of knighthood, in recognition of his services in connection with the establishment ot Post Office Savings Banks. On Tuesday afternoon a deputation representing thewlnlebodyof telegraph clerks employed in the United Kingdom waited upon the Postmaster- General to set forth their grievances and obtain redress. The Postmaster-General was assisted by the first and second secretaries, and the interview lasted six hours. At a meeting of tobacco manufacturers, held in London, on Tuesday, Mr. Wills, M.P., presiding, it was resolved: That the chairman be requested to arrange for the reception of a deputation to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with a view of obtaining a reduction of duties on manufactured tobacco to 3s. 2d. per lb." The amount of the various votes passed in com- mittee of supply on Monday greatly relieved more than one of the dspartments of the Stats. The Daily Netvs understands that the Foreign Office was on Saturday entirely run out of cash. On Monday a sum of tigoo owing by the Treasury was paid in, and but for the vote of i.'onday night the Foreign Office would have had a balance of JE400 to meet the demands of Tuesday. On Tuesday morning an important circular was issued to the shareholders of the Southport and West Lancashire Banking Company, inviting them to take the same number of shares in the new company proposed to be incorporated, as they are liable for in the old company, and pointing out that unless they are willing to make themselves responsible the Bclieme cannot be carried into effect. The final decision will be taken at the next meeting of shareholders. THE COMING BUDGET.—The Press Association understands that the Government has appointed a small committee of officials from the Treasury, the Customs, and Inland Revenue to inquire into the facilities for storing goods in bonu now exist- ing in the various ports of the kingdom, with a view to the withdrawal of privilege of bonding from a large number of warehouses. It is ex- pected that some of the smaller ports will cease to have any boudraf-; privileges. The Italian barque Emmanuele, which left New York on December 23, with grain cargo, for Newry, has not since been heard of, and it is feared she was lost, with all hands, in recent Atlantic gales.