The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1867-06-01
Foreign Miscellany.

\ YEARS MISSIONARY WORK IN JAPAN-Rey.
ID Thompson, American Missionary at Yoko-
hama. writes that the year has been prosperous.
Good progress has been made in learning the Ian
g,Iage, mode of thought and general character of
the people. In proportion their ability to
teach Is improved, their opportunities of commu-
nicating instruction increased. DIR. Hepburn
has kept his dispensary in operation with much
good Will Of the people; bat he is Obliged now to
be absent some months ut Shanghae To print the
,JaIanc@c Dictionary number of promising
pupils are under instruction and making good
progress. The people show less distrust and hos
tility, and there l. probability that political
changes viii be more favorable to foreign inter
course
FEMALE SuFTEAGE N ExGIAND.-John Stuart
Mill, ia 4 recent letter 10 Reform meeting at
York, reminded the relOrmcrs that the principle
that j. unjust that the great bulk of the nation
should be held amendablc to laws, in whose
making they had no voice, cannot stop at rcsiden-
tial manhood suffrage, but requires that the suf-
frage be extended To women also. He expressed
tIe hope that the wOrkingmen of England viii
show the sincerity of their principles by being
willing To carry them out in favor of others be-
sides themselves. The London Times sharply
attacks Mr. Mills theory of suffrage for women
and bitterly says :. \ lunltic may be very i'll
used, but that j. reason for putting n sword
into his hand \ fool may be plundered of his
money fast as nc gets it, but that i
for giving him more. 81, whatever theory
harm than good by giving them political power.
Considering that the Sovereign Of Great Britain
il 4 woman, it would have been expected that
the Times could have found other means Of ex-
pressing it, disapprOyal Of female suffrage than
by comparing women with lunItIcs and fools.
in this ease however IL seems to have preferred
strength to elegance. The last census in Great
Britain showed that there were in Victoria =
Kingdom IA ,4j9 .3li males and - 900 fc
males - that the full application of Mr.. Mills
FIs IN tho
hands Of the women. We have never heard that
the WOMEN of Great Britain feel themselves great
~ wrpnscd because they have not had the priv
I.ge Of vJting. AMI the TcfJr1nerS will do quite
well o. stick 70 the practical main question as to
wun,lrr of after Theoretical side ISSUES. The
great question n0w il whether the men Of Great
Britain shall have any voice IN che government.
Nitcr that question has been satisfactorily settled
it will BE- time enough To talk about the ballot
Dr women
Tue REruRrED CNFTUEE OF MANIWILIAN.-
There il an unc,ntirnel rumor by telegraph,
T., the effect that Niximilian has been captured.
The report comes viz New Orleans Ii Is gen
orally discrciitc,l, although there is no reason
why IL may not De true. Our latest previous
advice Irt him i ~ very prCtariOus condition ut
Oucret.lrI Every effort he made To effect
escape from that bclCagurcd citadel had failed,
and the Liberals. whJ were in considerable
strength on the outside. felt OF their victim.
Pr,stiuliua the statement u be correct the
tlut-IlIu ARISES. - w tslJ VIII
Of Miximilfrn by E-cobldO?'' That Mexican
Liberal General has just been the hero of most
sanguinary slaughter ut san .JaeintO, and there
i great fear IT the unfortunate Emperor falls into
hi- hands that his fate will be equally summary
AMI cruel The intcrpositiOu Of cur Government
has been used IN his behalf; and IL may be rCs-
IecteI. IL viii certainly have its due influence
with Juurcz. IL that Supreme Executive head Of
the Mexican Republic receives information of II
in time to prevent EscUbadO from acting his
mi irI,i.r
Maximiiian could little have dreamed. when
he received tie Mexican dcputation ut Miramar
in April. lSGf, inviting him to accept the Nlcxi-
can throne, that in three short years he would he
fallen and fDrsakcn- vt that time his promise
Of French support betrayed him into the folly Oi
iJIar,lizns not only future bright with promise.
but life itself. He was too ignorant Of the haz-
ar,ls he had 10 incur in relying upon the fidelity
of the Mexican people, and too confident IN the
aid which his French master was pledged To furn-
ish him. That aid failed ut the very moment
when II waS most needed. Abandoned by the
author Of his Inisi;rtUncs, forsaken by his mer-
cenary troops bankrupted III means, discouraged
in authority. surrounded by secret enemies, and
overwhelmed Ivy offensive army, wiicre can ne
now look for cucDura cement. or fly for safety
Ii would be cruel ~ deny this unfortunate
our sympathies. For the Prince we have no
re-pect-E,r the usurper pity-but the human
itit- assert q claim in his behalf; and while we
should be pleased To know that he had been strip
ped Of his power, and his mOckery Of a throne
broken To pieces and scattered 10 the winds, We
Yet have Il lively hope that the soldier may be
spared and sent back to Austria as an example To
the lIapaburys and all other European invaders,
OF how little respect Is entertained on tins con
Ilnent for the Puppets of regal power, and how
iil it must hereafter fare with all those who at
tempt 10 override the grand and hOnorcd teach
inSs of the Monroe Doctrine.-S. F. Times,
APrH p.