The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-12-08

has been confirmed.
The Stranded stennser Anglia.
r. LONDON, December, 8. The anchor Line
steamer Anglia, before reported slranded
IN the firth oil Clyde, rer1sins in the same
position. Her fore-e onpart t,entfs flooded.
Ishe will have to discharge a great part Of
her cargo. An attempt TO float the steamer
will be made tonight. IS,
1 Ldter.-The steamer Anglia has been
safely foated, and viii proceed to Glasgow
! on the next tide. a5S 4asg
1 Wreck or u french Ship.
| LONDON, December The French ship
1 Eugene LeoDie is q total wreck ut Dun
kirk. fragments OF the wreck are strewn
along the coast. The, captain and mate
were drowned. 'e .t. 90
VIENNA, December 6.-The lower House
of the Reicbsrath has adopted the army bill
on its third reading.
1 The Austrian delegation. charged with
the consideration OF questions relating to
| foreign affairs, has been elected. 1t con-
sists OF % Conservatives and IL Liberals.
Rev. Mr.. wacner,a DETECTION from
] the Church or England Denied.
LONDON, Decem Der 6.-Rev. Arthur Wag-
ner,, Of st. PauPs church, Brighton, writes
to the Post denying the report that he had
seeded from the Church Of England and
| Joined the Church Of Rome on account Of
the acceptance by majority OF. the English
clergy of "Erastian doings" OF Lord Pen
zance'S court.
The Daily Neus- also denies that Mr..
| Wagner or any member Of his congregation
intend to secede from the Church.
| fIr The, American Gbeiisk. -
ALEXANDRIA, December 8.-The opera
ton Of lowering the obefisk to q horizontal
position has been successfully performed,
and preparations for its removal to the YES
sci in which it is to be conveyed to New
York are proceeding.
| The Irish Troubles
| CASTELAR,. December Con the removal
OF Thomas Brennan to prison from the
| courthouse last night great crowds, with
blazing tar.barrels, followed the car in
which be was conveyed, cheering the prl-
soner and -booting the police. The car was
stopped, but as it was well guarded no res
cue was attempted. Great excitement pre-
walls at Castelar, and in the neiShborhood.
Eugene Going to ZulnIand.
PARIS, December 6.-The GauloiS states
that the ex-Empress Eugene will proceed
direct from Spain to Zululand.
The Egyptian-Abyssin War.
LONDON, December GA dispatch from
! Cairo to the Standard says: sat the meet
ing of the Council Of Ministers held yester-
| day, it was decided to telegraph orders to
! the commander in the Soudan to take COM
mand Of the fortresses on. the Abyssinian
lfrontier, and to increase the garrisons il
| necessary, but not to attack the Abyssn-
iaus. Similar orders have been sent to all
the Egyptian frontier authorities, and to
those at Massowah. 1t is evident that
King John is determined upon war. 1t
| would thus seem that the Alexandra dis
patch to Reuters Telegram Company. de-
nyipg the report OF the hostile attitude OF
the King OF Abyssinia, is unreliable.
| Obituary.
| LONDON, December 6.-Sir William Box
all, the eminent painter and eX-director OF
the Royal Academy, is dead aged seventy
nine.
Various Foreign Items.
LONDON. December GA Paris dispatch
states that NJ. Leroyer, Minister Of Justice,
announces his intention to resign from the
Cabinet, as be does not consider the recent
vote has consolidated the Ministry.
A Cairo dispatch states that special
meeting of the Council of Ministers was held
Yesterday Kbedive presiding-in con-
Sequence OF dispatches received stating
4 that two chiefs, acting under the Khedive'S
| orders, had traced Gordon Pasha to Sue
conf, where they found him in good health,
but were prevented from bringing back let
tiers from him. King John, with power
full army. has gone to Gonda.
A Paris dispatch saysa collision occurred
Yesterday on the Eastern Railway Line near
Bondy during heavy snow-storm. One
person was killed and nine injured.
A Geneva dispatch states that the storm
which commenced there Wednesday con-
tinued twenty hours. Many disasters are
reported from the mountains.
| PARIS, December G.-The MarSeiloiSe
(newspaper) has been suspended for six
months. and its manager sentenced to one
months Imprisonment and to pay fine OF
5000 francs for publishing statement OF
NJ. Humbert, in which he stigmatized acts
OF the Versailles courts-martial as "apros-
| titution OF Justice"