The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-03-03
FOREIGN NEWS.
! ENGLAND.

I l. saaS t<-s - ENGLAND. s2
LONDON, March 2.-Lord Redestall's bill
to amend the Irish Church laws passed to .
second reading in the House Of Commons
last night
/ Mr. Gladstone opposed the bill to aid
emigration, and it was defeated-S8 10 81.
There is much indignation In sporting
circles; caused by the belief that the result
Of the Sadler and Heath boat-race was pre-
arranged for betting purposes.
The underwriters still accept risks on
the overdue steamer City of Boston at %
per cent.
PRUssI4--ABoIITIoN OF THE DEATH
PENALTY.
BERLIN, March Bismarck, In 0 long
speech in the Reichstadt, opposed the aboli-
ton of death penalties, but the body, not.
understanding, passed the bill abolishing
them by 81 majority.
,-.s RoAE---THE CARNIVAL.
ROME, March .2.-For the first time since
1850 the police permit masks at the carni-
val. The weather is unfavorable.
r, SOUTH AMERICA.
PARIS, March 2.-Later news from Para
quay states that Lopez, though somewhat
weakened by desertions, still holds his
ground against the allies.
BAVARIA.
MUNICH, March Count Brogben 10
forming new Cabinet. 80
The Loss Of the O1lelda-Further
Particulars.
LONDON, March 2.-Fifty-six Of the Off.
Nd ~ <ho nNn CHoA
up by the Bombay's boats.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
YOKOHAMA, January 81, ria San F-cn-
cisco, March 1.-The most terrible accident
and horrible exhibition of inhumanity
known in the East occurred about twenty
miles down this coast at half-past o'clock
on the evening of January 24th. The
United States steamer Oneida, homeward
bound, collided with the British Peninsular
and Oriental iron mail steamer Bombay,
Captain Arthur Wells Brine.
The Bombay struck the Oneida on her
starboard quarter, carrying away her poop
deck, cutting off her whole stern, and rum
ming one of her timbers entirely through
the bows of the Bombay at her waite. lime.
Three times the Oneida hailed the Bombay
with "Ship ahoy," "Stand BY" and
You've cut us down." blew her whistle,
and fred her guns; all Of which the officers
of the Bombay say they did not hear, al
though the guns were distinctly heard at
this port, two miles away.
The Oneida went down stern foremost In
twenty fathOms water with twenty officers
and fifty men.
The Captain of the Bombay did not stop
for those on board, nor did he on his arrival
here report the accident or inform the au.
thorities. The first known here of the ae-
cident was the next morning, when DR..
ouddurd, the surgeon OF the Oneida, and
fifteen of her crew, arrived here on foot.
Only two cutters were available on the ILL
fated ship, and the officers almost to a man
refused to take them while man remained
o. board.
Cuba-Surrender OF ON Insurgens
General.
SPANISH ACCOUNT.
HAVANA, March 2.-Napoleon Arozer,
the insursent General who originated the
rebellion, has voluntarily surrendered HIM
self to the authorities at Los Minas with
seventy men. He promises to come to Ha-
Yana to confer with the Captain-General as
to the best means of ending the insurrec.
ton without further bloodshed.
The rebels have burned some warehouses
at Incaro.
ISsURGENT ACCOUNT.
HAVANA, February 26, ria Key FEST,
March IA letter from Santiago de Cuba,
dated February Is, gives the following 40
count of the trial and execution of mem.
beers of the Cuban Junta of that city:
Eighteen well-known citizens, charged
with belonging to the Cuban Junta, were
arrested and taken to On obscure place at
San Juan, fifteen miles from this city,
where they were tried by court-martisl,
convicted Of treason, and sentenced to
death. They were not allowed assistance
Of counsel nor the privilege of summoning
witnesses in their defence. They were exc
cuted soon after their trial. Among them
were two American citizens-John Francis
Partnonda and Charles Danney, 9 native OF
the United States"