The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1868-12-05

abput half that II tie party. This shows that
The mEt-- DF TIE PARTY are determined! - meet the
i-ue- VI sire dly fairly AMI fearles-ly. The next
Congress. . meet regularly December. lSG", wall
oou-i-, 81 about ~ Republicans t. 90 D-mo-
crai-. The present Congress meets GA next Mon
day. NJ which time our envoy j. expected {, be in
Washington. The IaIes mention Stanton - tie
most probable candidate fO- the new Secretary Of
state.
spain and Cuba next present political news OF
interest. Cuta las been represented a. jus; ready
% fall into TIE hands Of tie United states.
A. might be expected, the old hilihu-ter-
TO-. -pirit. alive in New York and New Orleans,
revived, and expeditions were planned ready.
made up Of gu,Hdens rcbcl- out Of employment.
Tie prompt action of Captain General Lc'~undi.
however. has reduced matters 70 order. \ very
important step has been the consent Of tie Pro-
yIsiOnal Government that there shall lie four
Colonial Deputies.-two Of whom shall be from
the island Of CuIa.-whos shall have their voice
AMI vote in the National Junta or Assembly.
Thi- Is what England does not grant her Colonies.
The Spanish Government does not wish 10 part
with Cuba
In Spain Itself the prospect i OF n monarchy
SUPPORTED ~ ullhfI-dl eul4Ed-t- At4AAAA-l4A. tHt
f,iler Of the King Of Portugal. j. NJ present the
~, feasible candidate. The Spanish people are
taking the opportunity Of Il change in government
To make long strides ahead in civil liberty Gen.
Dulcc j. To- suver~cle Lersundi in Cuba, and to
take with him a full corps of new officers.
In France the Government ! busily occupied
with ramIaging editors. La LaaterEe, having
transferred it, headquarters To Belgium, still with
a circulation in France Of . O,CUOl leaves the
lamps and GguIgis - bear the thumb-screws of
the press law.
Tie Prus>iau Chamber of Deputies opened on
the ith Of November. bismarck J. soon TO re-
sumo his seat. Prussia Is supposed TO be secretly
assisting Spain.
Tue British Parliament with the newly elected
House Of Commons i 20 DC opened on next We'd
ne-lay. TIE steamer left san Francisco while the
English elections we've being held u these were
ON thc 10th, l7th and lSth vi November. no reli-
able t~clcgIaUis are at hand, save that there l. u
Liberal gain. Probably Gladstone with tie new
Cabinet will be in power with the beginning of
the ncw YEAR. This signifies thc di,cstabll>hmcnt
Of the Irish Church. AMI OTHER REFORMS. People
IN England will Sy,n ask.-Why not the English
Church also:
Eeycrdy Johnson j. succeeding we'll with the
settlement 81 the questions between England and
America, though it may hc a question how faith
ill hc will b. 20 his own nation. Tie -ilahaA4a
question j. to lie referred 70 Russia for arbitra-
Iucnt. II the dccision l. in favor Of America, then
n joint commission If English and Americans are
t. estimate the various claims. The question as
to the recognition Of tile Conicderaey during tine
war i to DC withdrawn.
rr.u, rr,v.ru,.ur i an E.pr for th. establish
mcnt ofa Company for the immediate prosecution
Of work ON the Darien Ship Canal. The capital
required will be SlOO. 900. 900. The American
Government are providing for the preliminary
surveys.
The death of Ru.siri, at Paris, Is among the
dispatches. The most celebrated of modern I,ai-
ian composers, lac was the author of. Tancreii.'
tie :. Barber Of SEVILLE =. Moses in Egypt
- iuian Tell, and the famous j. Stabat Mater
lie was perfectly ilolized by his eountsyIucn, and
hi- death at tile age vi seyenty-Seven Will be an
even; IN the musical world.
LArER.-By the arrival Of the Sa SryeHf the
news Of tie CIJan instruction assumes - differ
eut character. We take the following editorial
from the s. +. BHi.ha.
The Instruction in Cuba seems, after all, not TO
DC in the interest OF slavery, but TO aim exclusively
H AltANN u &EAa-- AAN A~h'A@%s"A-AE ,"A--
mittee put forth an address, in which they complain
that a c~onditioE Of colonial dependence, even under
the more liberal aud jus; Government now established
ia the mother country. : unflyOTIblc 10 the best III
teresis Of Cuba. The island i taxei SJJ,UJO,GUJ
annually Tor the benefit Of Spain, and it, local gov
eminent, for a population Of only l-JuO,vJp. Is made
to eO-t S33,DpJ,oDO, without counting fee to public
officials. ~ FIR from desiring TO preserve slavery,
the rcyOlutiJuists profess an anxiety To get nd Of II
more summary than J. proposed by the Madrid Gov
They say, very truly, that a it has teen
lbslisheI in the United States, IL would he madness
10 suppose that II can, against all sense u right AMI
.Ouud policy. continue 10 flourish in Cuba. They de-
nand universal suffrage, equal representation, tie
abolition # the regular army, the creation Of a ma
ionll militia, trial by jury, the liberty of the press,
Il speech, Of worship, Of association. Of industry, Of I
travel. Of immigration, and the abolition Of all mo- /
l~0polies. More than half the revolutionary forces
IRE blacks, and a threat Of enlisting the slaves Is :
thrown out. At latest advices the insuIrection was Z
making powerful headway. :