The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-07-16
England.
EMIGRATION CLAUSE OF THE LAND BILL
AMENDED.

LONDON, July 15.-In the House Of Com
mons last night, in committee, besides the
elimination OF "Canada" from the emigra.
ton clause OF the land bill, all mention OF
particular localities was omitted, so that the
clause as amended simply gives the commits
sloners TO be appointed under the bill
power to arrange for emigration with pub
lie bodies or companies the SOct0r-Gene-
raj holding that colonial or foreign govern
ments will be covered by the words "pub-
lie bodies" The amendment offered by Mr..
Forster, Chief Secretary for Ireland, limit
ing the total sum to be expended on emf
grafton to 100000 not more than one third
of that sum TO be expended in single year,
was agreed to.
EXAMINATION OF LEROY.
LONDON, July ID The examination Of
A. LEROY, accused Of the murder OF +. j.
Gold in a compartment OF the Brighton
Railway express train on the 9th utimo,
was begun to-day at Cuckfeld, in the dis
trict where the body OF Mr.. Gold was
found. Mr. William II. Pollard appeared
for The prosecution on behalf Of the trea-
sury, and Mr.. button solicitor for the Ge'
fence.
Mr.. Pollard, OF the Treasury, in opening
the case for the prosecution, mentioned LP-
froy's possession OF bis victims watch bis
disappearance and hiding; the removal Of
his mustache and whskerS, and his redemp-
ton OF pistol from pawn only few hours
before the murder, as links 10 the chain OF
circumstantial evidence against him.
HOT WEATHER.
LONDON, July l5.-The heat to-day is in
tense. The thermometer at Wimbledon in
dicates 1870 in the sun. The brilliant sun
light makes shooting poor. Several OF the
ri1emen have gone to the hospital, over
come by the heat.
LIVERPOOL WATER WORKS.
LONDON, July 1j.-Yesterday the FIRST
stone was laid OF new water-woTks In
Med Wales to supply Liverpool with water
from the river Vyrnwa, tributary OF the
Severn. The Times prefaces detailed de-
scriplion with the statement that The works,
alike by reason OF their magnitude and
novelty, are amongst the most important in
modern times.
BULL-RUN RUSSELL on AMERICAN LAwLEsS'
NESS.
LONDON, July 15.-Dr. RusselPs latter
letters to the Morning Post descriptive Of
the Duke OF Sutherland's tour in Anne
rlca are devoted exclusively to the lawless
ness. murders, lynchiDg, a., in The far
west. He animadverls severely OH the dis
crcditable condition in which the central
and State governments are permitting many
OF the districts in California, Colorado,
Texas, and New Mexico to remain.
While admitting the peculiar and difficult
conditions which exist, and fully sensible
Of the shortcomings OF the British and other
European Governments in the repression
Of crime, vet he does not think there is IN
any part Of the world, or ever has been IN any
civilized country, such shO0tlngS or stab
bingS, and murderings, as have hlIed these
lands with bOodshed. The absence OF any
great abiding movement for the suppress
sion OF violence and lawlessnesS, he says,
cannot be readily explained or excused.
The "PALL-MALL GAZETTE" on BRADLAUGH.
LONDON, Jolly Is The PAIL Mall Gqzette
this evening, in a leading article, warns Mr..
Bradlaugh that his notice TO the Speaker OF
the House Of Commons, declaring that be
will present himself at the table, demanding
10 be allowed 10 take the parliamentary
oath, and will resist physical force il offered,
Is n menace OF lawlessness, and that he and
his followers should understand that those
who, like the Pal. NAL Gazette, have sup
ported and intend TO support his lawful
claims through thick and thin, can see no.
thing but mischief and failure in it.
Reduction OF Cable Rates.
LONDON, July 15-The AnglO'Amerlcln
Telegraph Company, the Direct United
states Cable Company, and the COmpasnie
Franc Use de Teegrdphe de Paris at New
York, have given notice that on ana aiter
August 1st, prOximo, the rate for the trans
mission Of kilograms between New YORK
and the United Kingdom and France VIII
he reduced to twenty-five cents per word.
The Plague I'm Russia.
ST. PETERSBURG, July 15.-The coos
saws the peasants in one district near Moo
oorod are suffering from constant Dleeding
At the nose, accompanied by the appearance
OF large black spots on the body. The local
sanitary committee has established quaran'
tine m the envirODs OF st. Petersburg. Ihe
deaths 10 st. Petersburg last week exceeded
the births by 3l6.
mAREHE INTELLIGENCE.