Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-01-12
FOREIGN.


The Trouble In Ireland.
LONDON. January 11th.-The English and
Irish members Of Parliament, who are ar
ranging for deputation to wait on Gladstone
in regard to Irish land reform, held a nulner-
ously attended meeting to-day, at which
William Shaw, Home Ruler member for Cork
county, deprecated the idea of British mem.
bers forming part of the deputation, for fear
Gladstone might consider it an attempt to
dictate but it was arranged that he be in
formed OF their desire for strong land bill.
GROWN PROSECUTOR IN A NEW ROLE.
TRALEE, January 11th.-During the exam
ination of the Land Leaguers to-day Wal
pole, farmer and q member of the Land
League, was one of the witnesses. He testi-
fed that Morphy, the Crown Prosecutor, was
one of the persons who coerced him to join
the League Morphy thereupon applied for
summons against Walpole for perjury.
THE FENIAN SCARE.
LONDON, January 11th.-The Fenian scare
has extended to Portsmouth. The authori
ties have received anonymous warnings of
contemplated attacks on Government estab-
lishments. They do not attach much i'm
portance to the warnings, yet they have
taken some extra precaution.
LAND LEAGUE EXAMINATION.
TRALEE, January 11th.-The examination
Of the Land Leaeuers is still proceeding in
the Jail, the police fearing to remove the
prisoners to the Court, owing to the excite
ment.
House of Commons.
LONDON, January 11th.-In the House of
Commons this evening the debate on the adj
dress was resumed. Mitchell Henry, Liberal
and Home Rule member for county Galway,
said the Government had not administered
- l., t. 4 L.
have done. The course the Government now
proposed was not likely to restore order. He
condemned the hateful system of Boycotting,
and declared he had always refused to join the
Land League. Sir Farrell Haschel, Solicitor
General, said the object of the present move
ment in Ireland was the disintegration of
the Empire 1t was time some effectual
remedy should be applied, and the law be
made strong enough to cope with the I'M
written code of the Land League, which en-
braced terror, coercion, murder, and mutila-
ton After powerful speech by the Mar
gus of Harrington and violent speech by
lIeaIy, Home Rule member for Wexford,
the debate was again adjourned.
The war Against the Turc0mans.
ST. PETERSBURG, January 11th.-The in
vestment of Cock Tepe has been effected by
Generals KouTspaktiue and Skobeloff, by an
attack on the trenches of the Tekke Turco-
mans, which lasted three days. The Russian
loss was small That of the Tekke Turco-
mans was reported enormous.
BasufO Attack RepuIsed.
CAPE Town, January 11th.-A large force
of Basutos attacked Major Carrington's pick
cts, and were repulsed with heavy loss in
several engagements.
Bradlaugh Threatened.
LONDON, January 11th.-The authorities
sent detective yesterday to Bradlaugh, to
| inform him that they were in possession of
sworn information that there was a plot to
assassinate him. The person who gave the
! information stated that he overheard a party
of foreigners arranging to kid Bradlaugh on
| his way home from the House of Commons.
| The Fisheries Question.
| LONDON, January 11th-In the House of
Commons to-day, Sir Charles Dixie, Under
Foreign Secretary, said /: 1.-THE allegations
concerning the alleged fraudulent testimony
presented to the Halifax Commission were
! doubtless the same as those which the late
| Government did not consider worthy of con-
sideration."
| NATIVES Fighting Each other.
LONDON, January 11th.-Advices received
| from BonDeY, on the west coast of Africa, TO
| December 3lst, state that there had been con-
| tinued fighting on the New Calaber river be-
/ tween the Al0g anu VIII Dfalu. native
chief The latter had attacked Awffa, which
commands the creek down which oil is
brought to the coast, and captured the place
after a sanguinary fight, with heavy losses on
both sides.
Holding the Fort.
LONDON, January 18th. Governor Sir
George Colley telegraphs as follows: News
has been received from Potchefstroom to-
day that the fort still holds out. It has
months supplies.
Rebels Reinforced.
LONDON, January 11th.-A telegram from
Cape Town says the Pondos have joined the
Basuto rebellion, and are threatening Koh
standt.
Liberation Ordered.
| BERLIN, January 11th.-Owing to the
French, Italian and Austrian remonstrances,
the Porte has ordered The liberation Of the
Prince of Miridites.
stranded Steamer.
| HAVANA, January 18th. = The French
steamer Debrist, running between st. Ma
zaire Havana and Vera Cruz, has stranded
on the Rincon or Guanaba reef. Vessels
/ have gone to her assistance.