The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1870-03-26
LATE FOREIGN NEWS.

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By the arrival of the clipper ship Aorfh Star
we have foreign dates TO March 9TH. 81,
Intense excitement ayszthe Bulletin. prevails al
San Diego, created by apparently well corroDo'
rated evidence of the discovery OF rich COLO mines
in that vicinity. The exhibition Of l.200 pocnds
or rock. brought in from the George Washington
ledge. seems to have started the big rush to the
new mines. The quartz taken out is free from
smIphurets, or other metal, and is spangled and
literally full of free gold. The half ton shipped
to Rountree Il McMullin. of San Francisco. will
yield from S $1,000 to $1,000, at a low estimate.
We are informed that by the same ship which
brings the above intelligence, a person in this city
received a letter from an old mining partner, loca-
ted near San Diego. urging him to drop every
thing and come On."@ E
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LONDON. March 3d.-The Irish members of the
House Of Commons held a private meeting to-day
and resolved to propose amendments TO the Irish
Land bill, but not to oppose the bill as a whole.
A project is on foot for laying a new transatlantic
cable, smaller and lighter than those heretofore
used. The estimated cost of the cable will not
exceed a quarter of a million of pounds. The
plan for connecting England with all her colonies
by telegraph is talked of.
The SATURDAY. Rerie,c says the repression of
lawiessness in Ireland should precede any legisla-
ton. An able and lengthy communication on the
Irish question appears in the Times to-day. 1t is
an analysis of and j~ustifies the Irish land bill as a
noble and comprehensive measure; points out the
defects of the bill, and shows that they may be
easily remedied.
The Spectator ridiculPs the choice of the Duke
of Richmond as the leader of the Tories in the
House of Lords.
The Times reviews and discourages the attempts
to build q ship canal across the Isthmus of Darien.
-.. lE--4h Z n,l-o AInxn..s,, ...;ral
yesterday. and entered the city amid the firing of
guns. ringing of bells. and enthusiasm of the
people. He will soon settle here definitely with
his family.
LONDON. March 4-The House of Lords held a
brief session to-day. The proceedings were unim-
portant e-2
J. Mr., Ottway, Under Secretary of the Foreign
Department, referring to the San Juan boundary
question, said ten years of occupancy OF the Island
of San Juan had cost the Government twenty-five
thousand pounds, besides salaries and other charges.
The Postmaster General made another explana-
ton with regard to the unsatisfactory condition of
the Postal Telegraph service. He ascribes the
delays at London and Liverpool, which caused 80
much complaint. to the right of priority conceded
to members of the Stock Exchange, for whose
convenience other correspondence had to wait.
BRUSSELS, March 3.-A Brussels despatch from
Rome says every effort is being made to induce
the American Bishops to declare for Papal Infalli-
bility, but so far the ultra-montaues have been
unsuccessful in securing their adhesion. ll
LONDON, March 3-The Times says Spain and
other Catholic powers have sent an ultin,atum of
disapproval of the doctrine of Papai infallibility.
@S American. 80
ANNAPOLIS, March 4-The Monarch sailed to-day
for Portsmouth.
l. The N. Y. Tribune's special says the rUmoP il re-
newed that the Pacific; Mail Company intend to
Withdraw the California steamers and cOncen-
trate their business on the China trade. The steamer
/ Henry Chuuncey. which was to sail yesterday, was
- - al. A. 49, r. ill TO- go
The business by the Isthmus is very small, ard the
Panama Railroad has refused to reduce its rhes to
allow the steamers to compete successfully with the
overland route. 1t is stated that the California
line has withdrawn a steamship to be employed in
the new American line to Europe.
The Tri6une's special says in q letter from Nova
Scotia: " 1t is asserted on pretty good authority
that the United States Government has been sounded
on the subject of annexation. and has expressed
itself favorable, and is ready to open negotiations
as soon as the people. by q fair vote, desire annex
alton and send delegates to Washington for that
purpose. A late number of the Yarmouth Nova
ScOtia) Herald says the people of the western coun-
ties, with few exceptions, are strongly in favor of
annexation to the United States. and, from reports
that come from the east. they are willing and seem
very much the same. And there can be no doubt
that an immense majority of the people desire an
~nexation. The editor proposes 8 meeting for the
purpose Of sending a petition to the President and
Congress, and thinks it would be signed by seven
.eighths of the population"
WASHINGTON, March 4.-Omclal statistics show
that the imports into the United States for the ten
months ending October last amounted to. about
$500. 600. 900. against $3.50. 000, 600 for the same
time last year. The exports are $685. 900, 600.
against $3.50, 600, 900 of imports; $275 100000 of
exports 245, 00O, 900 were in foreign vessels.
The n. Y. Tribune's dispatch says Newfoundland
dispatches report that there is great discomfort at
the refusal of the British Government to afford
further military protection. The Newfoundland
organ of the Canadian Dominion says the feeling
in favor of annexation to the United States ia in |
creaSing and an announcement to that effect is
talked of. I
New York, March 5.-The transactions at the
Gold Board to-day are estimated at $85, 900 900, |
making it the largest days work since last Septem-
Der business did not cease with the day but re-
manned to the small hours of the night Al the
Fifth Avenue Hotel there was a considerable
Of operators. and talk was gener-
ally in favor of owe prices tomorrow None OF
the leading operators in the September conspiracy
are in the present operations, with the exception of
few brokers and commission houses. Six or seven
failures of bull operators are currently reported
tonight. If gold reaches ITO, there will be twenty
or more Bets ere freely made tonight on a fur
Their decline, and one wager was made that it
would touch !os within a week. Dry groods men
are complaining of stagnatiOn of trade in conse-
quence of the decline OF gold.
Sc - - as Congress- r
CAICAGo. March 4.-The Tri6une's Washington
special says the House COMMITTEES on Commerce
have agreed on a bill relative to the Alaska seal
1t provides that a hundred thousand seal
may be killed yearly, for the next twenty years,
unless the Secretary of the Treasury restricts the
The annual rental for the privilege of
these seal not to be less than fifty thousand
dollars, to be secured by deposit of Government
bonds and each skin must pay a revenue tax Of
two dollars the business to be leased Immediately
to responsible parties to the advantage of the
United States the lease to run twenty years from
he erst of May next. The lessees to give a bond
Of half a million dollars The bill is long but
bese are the essential points. {
The House then went into Committee of the !
Whole on the Tariff bill.
Mr.. Schemes announced the. purpose of the Com .
of Ways and Means to allow fair. liberal :
md thorough discussion of a general nature Grst |,
IN the bill, before it proceeded to consider it by ;
ections. 'f -
Brooks of New York addressed the House in T
opposition to the bill. The reduction proposed by :
he Committee, 10000, 900 on internal revenue, .
nd $50, 00e, 900 on the tariff. was to small. 1t :
ught to be at least S75, 600. 900 or 500. 900. 600. d
lie favored the abolition of the duty on pig-iron b.
o three dollars a ton on lead, to one cent per g
ound; on copper to the. same rate as in other C
.ountries. He called special attention to the dnties f
n carpets. which were to sustain a monopoly of
We men. In conclusion, he said there never would '
e a fnality On the question OF the tariff until it G