Show MORE ABOUT IT england sti still I 1 excited over the explosion of thursday Tha Contradict contradictory ori statements concerning its oane cause B by W U Dh to the if braill NEW YORE march 17 cable spec eals from london have the following public opinion instinctively fastens on the irish the responsibility of thursdays Thur adaya attempt to destroy the government loff office ices nearly every journal recognizes this outrage as tho the rish irish answer to Glad stones refusal to grant Par nells demand for further fand land legislation scientific invests In vesti actions t disprove lis prove theory of gag gas explosion ion i and establish the certainty th that it dynamite or a similar material mate was alone capable of producing such complete destruction st tiou over an area io 0 o limited professor huxley describes the floor of the room where tha the main force waa was exerted as resembling be the bottom of a dear cigar box through which a man had dashed ida his fist the spot selected indicates both ignorance and cowardice in the authors of tho the plot as it may be safely pret presumed mined that they intended teri deI to destroy the home office which the irish agitators regard with becu peculiar liar animosity as the center of mal police ilea authority this adjoins the local government offices but fronts on whitehall R broad street where traffic is frequent at tit all hours while charles street where ia is the entrance to the local government office is almost deserted at night the actual damage done was not great though from the immense number of windows broken the scene appears to be one of great destruction the attempt upon the limn office was undoubtedly made by the same gang ganir the tone of the english press and p people ale is the presence of such an outrage rage I 1 in dignified and resolute the well expresses the general sentiment regarding it that does not altogether regret that the irish irre e 0 11 cil ables have once mure inure shown t their h air hand as the public w m ill know what it has to deal with for if dynamite becomes tho the accepted instrument of irish retribution tha the day aay of remedial legislation is over I 1 have it heard eard scores of men flay say substantially ly the same saine thing thin everybody perc perceived elves the reality of the danger from which nobody is wholly free but nobody innis at bonem conceding di in an anything while this thing lasts lats ariere there Ts is no panic anic precautions are redoubled box both in reference to buildings and to public men threatened the standard today tay to day will fay say irritation ri is reason reasonably abl felt that the tile general ene re repose se shou should ltd be disturbed by a handful of desperadoes pera does but nobody b od dreams of a mg them political b blackmail lac mail du t judge e t that hat the irritation ri is scowl slowly do developing ve loping into de deep p anger which mere provocation ml might g lit convert into a deeper rage rare for retaliation already there is talk though not in public of tho the possibility bill of an irish vespers in lit england all day yesterday the greatest excitement cit ement prevailed in every part of london and hundreds liun dreda of thousands of people flocked to tho tile scene of the explosion the prince of wale valet the duko ot of cambridge mr gladstone and anti nearly all the ilia members of the cabinet visited charles street and inspected the ruins parliament street wide as it is was an ampa impassable block of carriages carria peB and rotten row was deserted for westminster workmen were busy repairing the ahe diff different erent offices ices some of which will have to remain closed for fora a week an oti iclal investigation of a thoroughly fruitless character occupied lie the entire d day I 1 16 the degree of public exasperation reached is unprecedented during the man years of the irish agitation the 2 imes is as vicious and childish as its endeavors are to connect ilia matter with mr parnell and to lix fix the responsibility for it upon the irish agitators but ut it ye represents presents accurately the current sentiments of ilia public at large it is that of determined and unrelenting hostility of impatience with any but the severest mea measures and of distrust of everything palliative or explanatory there thera is its not tho the slightest evidence that the explosion had an anything thing todo to do with ireland that it was not the wu work irk of persons out ely depraved or lot a simple and independent expression of opinion on the part of some wild socialist ithe the first general public assumption ascribed it to fenian ism then with the assistance of tho the limes it was construed to bo be the fenian answer to Glad stones speech on wednesday when ho he r stated stat ed the governments position in regard to the land act the coincidence dis curbs everyone and on all sides attention is called to events which are alleged to have followed significant acts or utterances on the part of par nell 11 his Is remarks in lit the house on wednesday night are held to have beena been U sort of signal that a demonstration at tion was required to show the government what the feeling of ire jand and really is nothing could bo be more preposterous but at the tho same tim time the avidity with which such 3 and statements are entertained shows the condition of english temper in tho the matter tho thu alleged attempt to blow up the tile off lice on the same evening has not received much consideration by the public or llie the officials iala but the guards at the irish office and at the bank of england have bee been n doubled and sentries placed at t all the M ministerial inis offices A member baid said in the house ot of commons last wt evening that hu did not feel safe in the building unless the irish mein members bers were present the affair has inide inside the government decidedly uncomfortable and there is a gen general eral sense of uneasiness yo no one knows knovis exactly what was wa ei the motive of tile ont outrage raRe or what was to be gained be it and and con the beelin exists that another explosion way n ny at any moment occar at any other pla place cc and fa fail it ta be attended with such comparatively ively Vely bilig slight lit results the government offers MOW 1701 ro ward for information leading leadin to the conviction of the parties who committed th av uit 1 W them ohp telegrams from america describe de describing na th the reception or of the news in new york by the adherents of the irish land I 1 league and the skirmishes ing in frauds 1 have created band t e d a sensation the tories are particularly bitter against what they describe as the public countenance and encouragement e which the united states Is eav ing to civilization by dynamite public I 1 lesen sentiment ciment against the murderous conspiracy they say is not strong or outspoken in america or tit these ese open manifestations on the ilia part of new york irishmen would be impossible all of which shows that whigs and tories alike are becoming nervous and restless on the subject of ot ireland land and that there is none too much rca rea son on either side great efforts are being made to prevent further attempts like the recent explosion most bloat of the clubs have hav e put ut on night watchmen and at DE the bank ank of england the military picket already of quite formidable numbers has been doubled it ia Is feared the the destruction may ba be attempted on some of the most precious of our national buildings especially of westminster abby in short there is a good deal of panic prevalent in the british metropolis at the present moment as is always the case with a panic pani there ethere is fb commingled no little jury fur y and popular feeling ia is certainly rising against 8 t the irish the there rin I 1 is also a good deal of bad blood between english and anti irish laborers labore rg I 1 in R the manufacturing districts and after the Cler kenwell a ex in 1867 it was dangerous for anyone in the metropolis at least to be known as a fenian or even to be suspected of being in sympathy with brotherhood while dr kenealy alio is by no means squeamish or afraid of assault retired from front tho the defense of the prisoners in whose behalf the crazy attempt was made mide inspiration for which had been found in a patriotic melodrama then running in one of the theaters it is understood gladstone ia is much affected at this practical commentary on irish policy opinion as a matter of course runs high a against dinst parnell and hia his followers but sir air frank hugh odonnell member for dun garvan has been reminding a public meeting ot of sir Glad stones words with regard to the Cler Clerk kenwell euwell explosion |