The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1871-07-22
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ell their zeal and denounced liberal Catholicism


The pope. replying to the French Catholics prf'+
ed their zeal and denounced liberal Catholicism
England.
LONDON. June 23.-Iu the House OF commons
to-day, two fruitless attacks were made on inc
royal privileges one was a proposition 10 pulu q
much-needed public road through The GROUNDS ana
by the side of Buckingham Palace; the other was
a proposition to sell the unOccupied palaces such
as st. James and Hampton Court. and Apply .e
proceeds to the reduction OF the pnohc deOt'
Both were rejected.
Gladstone and the Wing members were consci-
entious in their devotion to the Crown aad their
antagonism to the measures proposed.
1t is rumored that Prince Arthur will be made
Duke Cluste. and that the Government lnlehus,
before the prorogation of Parliament. to produce
a bill for the purchase of a royal seat IN Ireland
The cable between Hongkong and Shanghai 10
repaired and communication established.
New YORK, June PA special despatch TO tire
Herald, from Berlin. jane Esd, says: serious
complications have arisen between Germany and
England. and several dispatches are passing be-
tween Bismarck and Granville. The Government
observes an impenetrable silence on the subject OF
the present difficulty. but l am informed that bis
marck has addressed a note to the German Repre-
sentatives in London, informing them that the
Imperial Government desired to acquire Heligo-
land. and empowering BIN TO make propositions 10
the British Government for the purchase Of the
Island. Earl Granville replied in the same man
ner, saying that England will not part with He'll
goland. and that the British Government could
entertain no prOnOSltlODS looking 10 u CtHelOu VI
that Island upon which Bismarck again addressed
the British Government. through Count Bernstein.
declaring that the acquisition of Heligoland was
necessary for the protection of the German coast,
reciting as an instance the falicities for coaling.
and immunity from attack, which the French fleet
enjoyed at Heligoland, by which il was enabled TO
blockade Hamburg and paralyze the commerce of
the German coast. He looked upon Heligoland
on account of It's close proximity. as German ter
ritory, and its possession by any foreign power as
"a standing menace to Germany. Earl Granville
again replied that England was only bound 70
consider her own interest that the wish of the
German power to acquire Heligoland did not con-
stitute her right to it, as the Island had never been
under German rule.
LONDON, June 24-An imperative demand has
been made for immediate payment OF the first in
stallment of the Indemnity which was agreed should
be paid in thirty days after the re-establishment Of
the Nersaillist authority.
At the annual banquet of the Golden Club, Lon
don. June 2f, Earl Granville e~ulOgiZed the labors
of the Marquis of Ripon and Professor Leonard in
the High Commission. and spoke of the settlement
of the Atdbdmd question as a great and good work,
both in its relations to the past and future, showing
how discussions which were perhaps the commence
ment of quarTels should be settled. leaving behind
only friendship. peace and good will.
Earl Granville. in continuation of his remarks
alluded to the United States as holding striking
protectionist opinions. but declared his belief that
the people of that country have come TO the con-
clusiOn that it is Improbable to continue the col
lection of enormous tariffs. The Earl also spoke
in high praise of the efforts of the United States TO
pay Off the debt. In conclusion, he expressed the
hope that the two countries would always be friends.
The Marquis of Ripon made a brief speech. IN
which he maintained that the Treaty Of Washing
ton was equal to q contract between neighbors.
American.
New YORK, June PA leading operator in the
Rock Island speculation offered to settle some of
his contracts at fifty per cent. cash, or in full with
his notes at twelve months. The brokers were en-
gagged yesterday in unraveling the tangled threads
of their confused accounts, and for the present there
is an end to suspensions, whatever the future may
develope, when claims that are now counted as cash
are realized at their actual value. The creditors OF
one of the suspended firms. believing that there
was a retention of assets which should have been
applied to the payment of their claims, sued out an
injunction against the removal of these assets
from the vault of the safe of the company pending
such litigation as may be necessary to settle the
dispute, but the box in which the assets arc sup
posed to be, were found empty. The victims then
attached the bank account of slippery brokers on
the street. Yesterday the DRIFT of the comments
upon Rock Island affairs was violently denuncia-
tory of the principals concerned in it. Woodward
is alleged to have deliberately plundered the street
of from $4,000 to 81 ,0OO. 600, and in doing 50 to
have remorselessly broken down a dozen or more
smaller firms dependent upon him. He was pro-
nounced a confidence man of the first magnitude.