The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1869-08-21
Verify. the World Moves.

The news from England is most gratifying to
the lovers of free institutions. After a protracted
struggle between the Lords and Commons the
Irish Church bill has passed both bodies, and re-
ceived the Royal assent. The brief history of
this struggle which has come to our notice through
the telegraphic items is replete with interest, and
full of instruction to those vino believe that the
world moves, and that the rights of mankind
must be respected and conceded. I'm this contest
between the estates the first and second have
yielded to the third and fourth. The hereditary
Lords backed by the Throne have been compelled
to succumb to the People and the Press, a result
always attained when the latter are true to them
selves and the principles they assert. The
naughty Lords of England have maintained this
struggle until they were satisfied that they must
yield, or bring about q revolution, the end of
which would find them shorn of all their privi-
leges, and after sober second thought have come
to the conclusion that ga half q loaf is better
than no bread" Carlyle remarked that if the
North was successful in the recent struggle for
liberty in the United States, that England
would go to democracy by express" His pro-
phecy is being fulfilled. American ideas are
gaining ground all over Europe. The action in
regard to the Irish Church will be followed in
time by the ballot, manhood suffrage, separation
of Church and State, and no entail or primogeni-
ture. By a recent American paper We learn that
's in England they are discussing the question of
having a Supreme Court modelled after the gen.
eral plan of the United States Supreme Court.
The English Supreme Court would necessarily
deprive the House of Lords of its judicial char
acter and diminish its Importance by taking from
it the great jurists who have for many years been
its chief ornaments Thus another prop will
be removed from that hereditary Debating
Society, the House of Lords"
From France We learn that the lesson taught
by the recent elections, together with the Paris
riots, has not been lost to the Emperor and his
supporters. The Emperor is reported to have
said, {" The elections show that L must choose be-
tween empire and revolution. l will give full
satisfaction to the liberal aspirations of all par
but have decided to cease concessions at the
prescribed in the Constitution" The
'ecent message to the Legislative body makes
everal concessions, among which may be noted
he right of legislators to elect their own officers, |
living them the control of the budget and the
light to inquire into executive action. Rapid
tribes towards freedom and yet later news
'roves that the Emperor is inclined to make
arther concessions towards establishing a re-
-governmenment. Some may be in
lined to doubt the sincerity of his intentions,
ut let us hope for the best.
The news from the United States is not very
unless VIC except the successful ac-
omplishment of the French telegraph enter
rise. In regard to Cuban matters, the New
'ork Herald says that it is rumored in Washing
On that belligerent rights will be accorded to
uba by the United States, within ten days from
ID. This is not credited by the Associated
rcss, who claim that the rumor has no founda-
on. When it is taken into consideration that
pain followed England in the recognition of the
'nfederacy, issuing its " Royal Decree within
lirty-fve days after the proclamation of Queen
ictoria, and without consulting the United States
and that President Grant said in his
augural address would respect the rights
all nations, demanding equal respect for our
yn. IF others depart from this rule in their
alings with us, we may be compelled to follow
cir preccdent''-it would not be a matter of
rprise If the Cuban revolutionary party or gov
nment were recognized.