The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-03-02
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statement yesterday.
THE ARMS BILL INTRODUCED.
Urgency was voted for the arms bill
BY vote OF 305 10 81. No Conservatives
voted in The minority.
Sir william V. HarcotIrt, Home Secre.
tary, then introduced the arms bin, II pro.
mons me possession or carry ing NJ arms
eXceW by license; permits the search OF
houses from sunrise III sunset; and eropow-
ers the authorities to prohibit and retGIate
The importation and sale OF arms, dynamite.
and nitrO-xlyceriue. The maximum Isnaty
on summary convici ion Is three months IN
prisonment without bard labor. The bin +.
to remain IN iOrce tive years.
Ireland
H0NE'RuLER'S DEGENERATION or THE LAND
LEAGUE AND IFS LEADER.
LONDON. March l.-Mr. Mitchell Henry.
llome-Rue member OF Parliament for Gal.
way county, writing to a gentleman who
had accused bin at a public meeting OF de.
seriing the Land League, says:
- | never belonged TO the Leagnc. The
stupid and Irrational policy OF the past few
months has crippled the Irish vote IN Par.
lament forever. The money expected from
poor people IN America and at home IS re.
moved 10 a foreign SOIL and no accounts
are published. The leader flies at the very
crisis OF The fight which he protested to
make in Parliament"
THE EXCITEMENT sUBsIDING IL CORK.
LONDON, March 1.-The D0uy 1eieqraph
say, Mr.. Shaw, Home Rule member OF Par
lament for Cork, who has Just returned
from Ireland after a week, STAG IN County
Cork, says he finds hat district rapidly set
Ting down 10 business and excitement vepe-
rally subsiding.
BOerIand.
GENERAL COLLEY's SUCCESSOR, e..
LONDON March l.-GeneraI Roberts will
succeed General toIley. A dispatch from
Durham says the flags IN The harbor are al
haIf.mast for General Colley. Sir EVELYN
Wood has left PctcImarlzburg for. me
front. Lieutenant Lande aud Captain Nor.
ris were killed and Captain Sinel-ten SO.
verei' injured in Sundays engagement with
the Beers.
GENERAL ROBERTS'S FORCE BENEFICIAL IN
FLUENCE HOPED FOR.
LONDON, March 1.-Gpneral sir Frederick
Roberts. who >ucc' edcd General Colrv,
will have by the time be arrives in Natal
force OF 1900 men.
The Times this morning says By the
lapse OF General C0llet's commission a,
High Commissioner for southeastern Africa
Governor Sir Hercules Robinson's authors.
Is ~ High Commissioner for the whole Of
south Africa Is called out Of Allowance l.
Is Ia be hoped be viii tud it possible TO cX-
crci a beneficial Influence on the Durch
population further north through their COM
patriots in Cape Colony"
PARTICULARS or SCNDAY'S DISASTER.
LONDON, March 1.-Deiailcd accounts re.
ceyed to-day render it certain that the
British were driven from Spizckop because
tney were fairly beaten, and The H.h! end
ed in rout. The wounded lay exposed 10
, heavy rain from Sunday afternoon until
cal " Monday morning.
The CORES pOndent 81 the IureN. with
General Collcy'' force ut SptZekop. gives
the following account of the cnga2cmeut:
"Spllzckop l. about 5000 yards from The
Beers position. Companies we're lclt at
the base Of the hill. The remainder OF the
troops i0cE the top hill, which i, very steep
aud difficult Of ascent, on their bands aud
knees. 1t was impossible to cary up even
mounted guns. Had we hid them. the re-
suit might have been different. The whole
force reached the summit OF the bin before
daylight. and at about ) O'Clock began
firing. The Beers had no vIdetles post
ed, and were completely surprised.
But they promptly returned the fire.
Our men had little cover. though somewhat
better thIn hit At Ingos river estimate
the number Of Beers at the base Of the hill
at about 1000. Up to midday their loss
was certainly heavier than our. General
Colley was conspicuous for his GOODNESS and
courage. He kept up constant communica-
ton with the camp by signals. shortly
after noon the Beers fire, which bad here
toiore averaged about nifty shots q minute
increased 10 a terrific yOlley. our men
were unable 10 withstand il. They wayered
ana were rallied; again wayered, and ran
in a general SaUre QNi peur. The Beers
climbed TO the summit OF the hill and fol.
lowed them with terrible fire Is they went
down the other size
This correspondent was captured BY the
Beers, who treated him we'll and gave him
a pass TO return to camp. He identified the
body OF General Cooley OH the field. Up to
a late hour last night the War Office in Lon
UOi Ildtl ltCCihfu Nv N'uhl t''u VI NV ~
port that the reserve ammunition was LETT
behind by General Colley.
THE LOSS SAID TO BE EXAGGERATED.
LONDON. March LIN the House Of Com
mons this evening Mr.. Chllders, Secretary Of
War, said the loss Of life in the recent en-
gaeemcnt between General Colley's force
and the Beers hid been exaggerated.
Thirty five officers and 693 men were
engaged. Three officers Wxrc Killed, nlre
wounded. and several taken prisoners. The
total Of killed WIS So; wounded. l22; and
taken prisoners or missing, 30. Besides re-
Inducements already announced, consisting
OF the Ninety-nInth regiment from Bermn-
dl, the Eighty NTH regiment from Bombay,
TWO companies OF the One.bundled-and-
second regiment from Colombo, and bri-
gade II Seamcn and mariners, il had been
decided to prepare three additional infantry
regiments To be shipped from Gibraltar TO
MALTA. Mr.. ChildcrS said he had asked Gen
eral Wood to state il he required MOI etran'-
nort mules ard horses for cavalry and aItii-
lery.
chill and Peru.
EUROPEAN MEDIATION AGREED UPON.
LONDON. March Sir Charles Dixie,
under-Fureign Secretary, replying to Sir
Stafford NorthcOte, said Peru had asked
England and France 10 mediate IN the war
between the South American republics, and
i II Ia