The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-12-31
LATEST FOREIGN NEWS.
The Irish state Trials.

DUBLIN, December 30.-The proceedings
in tue Slate trials continue 10 excite little
interest. Mr.. Law. the Acknowledgement,
continued his speech. lie dealt with the
speeches OF Me,srs. Dillon, Biggar. Sulli-
van, and Brennan, advising the people to
pay only GriflirlI's valuation, and declared
that the Tr3yersers had cOnspired to inal-
gurate Red Repubiicanism and Communism.
Mr.. Law completed the reading OF seven
ty-seven extracts from speect IS OF the ira
verSers showing that they all counseIled the
people TO withhold their rent. lie then
quoted the judgment OF Cnief.Ju>tlce COCK
burn TO the effect that a conspiracy was the
act Of two or more persons combining TO
injure a third party, and that 1t was
not necessary that the acts done
nation To effect civil injury would
be within the law. He wished to read the
opinion OF Daniel O'Connell on proposed
strike OF farmers against the Ient-roIi, Dut
this was not allowed by the Court. Mr.
Law proceeded to explain the punIsDments
which the Travel sers advocated Tor tnose
who took the evicted farms anu de.
clared that one OF the Traversers had
been continued in bis post rs paid
agent OF the Land League, after having
held persons up by name to popular execra'
lion and murder. He dwelt with much
effect upon the point that the Trayersers
mad given prominence to the statement tnat
| IL 40. 600 persons were enrolled IN tue Lahu
League no army could enforce the liho
laws. Mr.. Laws speech was not concluded
when the court rose.
8nrrack AecOmm OdatiOn for the SOL
diers in Ireland.
IoNpoy. December 30.-The barrack sc-
commod1tions in the country is in, uilcient
| FOR the increased number OF soldiers, ana
| ,emnorary barracks Will therefore be iltIed
mo At R1thkeale, County Limerick. and In.
njslymar. County Daie, for detachments OF
infantry. each comprising two officers and
dftv men. Another detachment viii be
cent TO Longrea, County Galway, as soon as
| onarters for them have been provided.
The BeIiScrent Beers.
JoxpoN. December 30.-A dispatch IRON
Cane Tow n to the Daily Telegraph says thal
he Beers formed two camps OF men ~
polchef,troom on the 18th instant, ana OF
the Goth instant 200 mounted Beers aho
| .O00 on foot attempted to capture Tor
which was occupied by 300 soldiers. Thel
ADVANCED to within 200 yards OF the Tort
INT were repulsed by shot and shell. sever
~ the insurgents were killed anu man!
wounded. The Paul Kruger held a counse
~ war on the 22d instant, when 1t was de
cided TO starve The garrison out.
Terrible Humiliation I'm Holland.
AMSTERDAM, December 30.-The dixie
between Nlcuwkuck and Vlymer, In ID
nroyince Of North Brabant, are broken, an
eighteen villages are flooded. The damag
by the inundation is immense. A commi'
tee for the relief OF the sufferers has bee
formed.
steamship Wrecked and Seventies
Lives Lost.
| DrypEE. December 30.-The Britis
steamer Garnett. OF this port, was wrecke
in the North Sea during the gale o! the l2t
instant, and all hands, numbering sever
teen persons, persisted.
Another British Steamer Lost with
. all Hands.
, LONDON, December 30.-A British siean
or. supposed TO be the Montgome' yshlr
i, from Cardiff bound 10 Singapore Utd III
SueZ cIual, has been lost, with her crew
thirty men, on the coast OF Portugal.
Governor Of the Cape of Good Hope
, LONDON, December 30.-Slr Hercules
C. Robinson, the newiy-appointed Cove
nor OF the Cape Of Good Hope, will sail {
= day from southampton for South Africa.