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[Special to Melbourne Age] London, December 7. The southern ceunties of Ireland are in a condition of incipient rebellion. Outrages are of frequent occurrence, notwithstanding the strong force of police and military now stationed in the disturbed districts. During the ' past week continuous attempts have been made to wreck the police barracks at Castle Gregory, a small town of about 600 inhabitantf, situated in the parish of Bally Leigh in the County of Kerry. Owing to the vigilance of the the police these attempts have been frustrated, but a very uneasy feeling exists. December 9. A destructive fire has taken place at Arentil, a seaport town in Norway, 35 miles north east of Christiansand! The. Post office a fine building was totally destroyed, and twenty houses were burnt before the conflagration could be extinguished. The Natives in Pouds land who have joined the Basutos in the rebellion were attacked by the Cape troops and utterly routed. The country up to the, Orange river has been cleared of hostile Nativqs. Another Agrarian outrage is reported from Ireland, a bailiff who had been engaged in process of evicting a tenant on a farm near Gookstown, in the ,County of Tyrone, Ulster, was murdered, the murderer has been arrested. There is no reason to doubt that the outrage waß Agrarian in its prigin. December 11. 1 , 4 fite? mm i? mmM s^as Parliament meets on the 6th of January. It is believed that the Irish members will continue their policy of | obstruction, pursued last year. The Standard asserts that the Govfti-iameat intend to introduce alterations |n. the formg of procedure, wjiich yjrUi gpbjfj them tp suppress promptly an y organised "attempt at p£|trsctJ9ri. v> Laycock has not yet gone into, s ( t§a.dy trainino; jfor the match with Hanl^nj Yesterday be yi"§i*ted IJ'e.^.caat,^ "^ was aqc'orded an pnfhußiastic receptj^p' from the Type roaring men] " 'j^ia victipry.'in |,hp Hep Biters'" "'^egat^a haying made him a great favorit^, ' .' An atfeni|>t hag b|en madg to i|iti|B,i : dat£ t&'ej jj^rich' in Ireland. 'Justice/ Fit^pFaj^, ■■'ong- of the judges ©T *(?§ Cpu r't ef Queein's trench in Ir^elanii, while' iiji Qwk receivg^ a threatening I letter fronii the Land LeagW ' Sjmpathisers. Dgc^mb ; er 13. I The colonial fqrcqs in tl^(S) Le Ribi District, Cape (jolony, have ' been obliged to retreat, the insurgent Natives being in overwhelming numbers. Qreat efforts are being made in Gape Colony to strengthen the army in the field, so that operations of a decisive character can be undertaken. Affairs in Transvaal are very disquieting. Th<j Bioers who are dissatis- [ fied with the annexation are assembling in large numbers and have adopted a menacing attitude. They are suspected of relations with the insurgent Basutos. The administration is taking precaution to preserve order.
Bpyd, the jyell known English oars - man has challenged Hanlau for the championship. Hanian expressed his willingness to accept it. The contest takes place after the forthcoming match with Lay cock.
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West Coast Times, Issue 3656, 22 December 1880, Page 2
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