The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-01-08
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! FOREIGN.
7 IRELAND. The state trial OF the "travers
crs" at Dublin has dragged along rather
; slowly during the week, and the proceedings
/ have been dull. Attorney General Law con
, cluded his speech on Friday, dec. 80 and
then introduced as a witness the government
shorthand reporter who read his notes OF
speeches made at sundry meetings by Parncll,
Biggar ana Others Of the traversers. Nc
Donough, counsel for the traversers, requested
that copies of the extracts be supplied to him,
which the court granted, ana then adjourned
to Monday.
On the resumption of the trial on Mon
day, the reading OF the stenographc reports
was resumed, and in the course of the day the
court decided that the speeches delivered in
favor OF the traversers at the various meetings
throughout the country might also be read in
evidence. This decision is expected greatly
to prolong the trial. Taking advantage of 1t,
Tuesday and Wednesday were taken up by
the reading OF such speeches, many of the
reporters who read their notes admitting
ports, and may have omitted much that was
said 1t was noticeable during the trial thus
far that the court seemed indifferent whether
all or any of the traversers were present
whence Parnell and the others who are mem.
beers of parliament have plucked up courage
to go to London with the intention of being
present and taking their seats IN the commons
on the opening of parliament on Thursday.
Strict orders were issued during last week,
forbIdding the holding of the usual land
league meetings on Sunday, notwithstanding
which, however, large meetings were held on
that day at Killarney, where 5000 were pres.
ent, at Loughrea, at which Davltt was the
principal speaker, and at other points. In
other instances, the meetings advertised for
Sunday were held on Saturday
ENGLAND.-Thc gross revenue of the
United Kingdom for 1880 was eS3 100000
The receipts from customs decreased during
the year 1000, and from excise duties,
G507 900 The receipts from stamps in
creased f940 900 in consequence of changes
in probate dues devised by Sir Stafford
Nortbcote in his last budget The post.
office revenues show an increase of e257 900,
and receipts from telegraphs Gl95 900
The London Times, commenting on the in.
crease In population of the United States as
shown by the recent census, says: These
eleven and half millions of people are not
poor, INDECENT and untaught mass, such as
would be produced in any European state by
SO great and rapid accession to population
They are wellfed, clothed, welltodo and as
a rule, well-educated. There is room to spare
for them all, and for as many more during
the next ten years. We can not but look
with some envy on nation whose easy lot is
to gather up the good things which fortune
casts to US.
Parliament re.convened on Thursday. The
queens speech refers to the Turco-Grecian
frontier, declares the necessity of vindicating
British authority in the Transvaal, and on
the Irish question alludes to the terrorism
prevailing, and asks for additional authority
for the protection of life and property. A
recommendation is made to give the Irish
people a permanent proprietary interest in
the soil, and TO consider bill for county gov
eminent IN Ireland, something on the plan,
we presume, OF our board of supervisors.
FRANCE,-Louis Auguste Blanqui, the
noted French Socialistlc agitator, died on the
LIST inst, aged 70 years, and on Tuesday was
followed to his grave by 10000 Parisians.
For half century he had been leading
spirit IN communistic upheavals, and in 1889
was condemned to death, but escaped
An expedition of engineers has sailed from
Havre for Panama TO commence operations
on the canal Machinery, provisions, labor,
etc, have been ordered forward from New
York and New Orleans.
GERMANY of students in Berlin
celebrated New Years day by invading cafes
trequented by Jews, smashing windows and
mobbing representatives of the unfortunate
race 1t is stated that $4,000 Berlin and 1929
Leipslc students and many Others, have signed
the antiJewish petition to Bismarck. Mean
time the authorities have dismissed the great
anti Jewish agitator Henrici from his post of
schoOlmaster.
South AFRICA.-The trlumvirate who have
assumed temporary control IN the Transvaal
consent, on the recognition OF the rights of
the Beers to their independence, to release all
British prisoners, to admit British consul,
and to indemnify Great Britain for her ex-
penditure in the Transvaal. The Dutchmen
of the Orange Free States are unquestionably
all in hot sympathy with the Beers of the
Transvaal, and may make common cause with
them Meantime England is sending re-
Inducements to the Cape by every steamer,
and has no thought but that by April the
Beers will be entirely subdued.
GREECE-The mayor of Athens telegraphs