New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-04
GENERAL FORETGN Ne WS.
THE STATE TRIALS RETARDED.
THE DEFRNCE INTRODUCING LONG SPEECHES =
ANOTHER LARGE IRISH LAND NETTING.

ANOTHER LARGE IRISH LAND NETTING.
DUBLIN. Monday. Jan 3, 1881
On the resumption of the State trials this
morning Court was crowded. though the proceedings
very unnerestng simply consisting OF the reading
OF stenogaphers notes OF speeches by the raversers
The Court TO day decided that speeches delivered In
favor of the traversers various meetings throughout
the country may be read By their counsel
The counsel for the took advantage OF this
decision to take evidence concerning the speech OF Mr
Richard OShaughnessy. with the view or showing that
the Limerick meeting not characterized by the
violent tone that the Grown sought to attribute to IT,
Nr Nolan counsel for the travesers, also mad read
various long speeches
Judge Fitzgerald thereupOn remarked that they were
long rigmarole without bearing the Issues OF
the trials and II they had any, his Judgment would
be prjudical TO the raversers II ihe defence per
sisted IN sucn course ne said the Court wOud nave 70
sit from 10 O'Clock TIL O.
The proceedings except for this incident consisted OF
the reading II extracts ~ speeches BY Messrs Pne
Bigger Dillon, Sexton. Brennan and OSuliyan' showing
that tho ravefseTs had encouraged tenants TO hold ms
and pay no rent IL reduced not accepted telling
them that the land question IN Ireland w0nd shortly De
the owners At the rising OF the Court Mr.. PaTn'll was
loudly cheered by the crowd in the hal OF the four
Courts
PRECAUTIONS IN ENGLAND.
LONDON, Monday, Jan. 3, 1881.
Relative to variOus reports concerning projected
seizures Of arms by Fonians the North OF England
the only fact known to be that the General CON-
mandng York has ordered the locks TO be removed
from the rides IN the armories Of the volunteers
dispatch TO The Pail Mail Gazette from Birmingham
says: Irish police have arrived hero to watch the
proceedings OF the Irish political societies. 1t Is stated
that similar precautions have been taken in other large
towns"
The Daily Telegraph states that thousand guns arc
sent to ireland urreDtously from Birmingham weekly
and that within the last thrco weeks 1000 Eudcld rifles
have Drcn sent there from Birmingham Workshops.
Daniels, the man IN Cork who was shot aud danger
Ousy wounded bY party Of men who visited ms house.
persistcny refuses 10 tell the police who tht men were
who fired upon him, or Tor what reason thcy did So.
One OF tho largest laud meetings ever held IN Con-
naught took place at Longhred County Galway On sun,
day. Mr. Davtt was the punCpal sIcaket several
thousand persons were present
AN RONCIAD II DANGER.
schene To- blow up the ironcld Lord Warden, the
glard-ship the Firth Of Forth. Scotland, Is supposed
10 have existed for past week. torpedo has been
found beneath the bows OF the vessel largo torpedo
net has consequently been bG yod around the ship 10
Keen boats OF OTpedocs on ana other OF pre-
caution have bccu taken The Lord Warden an Hrnor-
pla ed steamship OF $500 bns. and carries eighteen
guns She Is N the Co.'s Quart SrrVicr.
At a land meeting at Carlow to-day Mr.. T. DwYer Gray
urged that II the Government rOdure coercion biu
should be opposed even II good land p Il thus lost
I'll. TRIALS LIKELY To BIZ ABANDONED.
LoNDoN Tuesday, Jan l. 1881
A dispatch from Dublin to The S'dndGrd
says: IL Is rumored In odlral circles that Attorney
General Law viii announce Friday that consequence
OF an intmauon the Queens speech that amcoraliye
meas surcs are 20 bO immediately submitted in the onse
OF Comm MS the prosecution Of the ItnVcrsets VII be
- qmautitv Of gunpowder placed the window sill
Of a private house. here Monday night eXpl ded aud
smashed all the windows ~ the dwelling Two girs ln-
side the house were knocked down ana considerably
hurt.