The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1873-01-25
Foreign Intelligence.

In the L. :. House of Representatives. Jan.
9Th, Sargent moved an amendment; Increasing the
appropriation for the Presidents salary from
sos 900 70 $50 coo, and fixing the salary here
after AT $50. 600.
Holman made e poiu; OF order that the amend
ment changed an existing law and Was, therefore,
out Of order.
The Chairman ruled that although it WAS a
change in an existing law, still the practice Of
the House had been not 10 treat Rmendmrnts 10
increase salaries as hcing changes in existing laws.
Although he did not clearly see the distinction,
still under the practice be oyerruled the point OF
order
Holman appealed from the decision Of the
Chair, and the Committee did not sustain the
Chair, the affirmative vote being only twenty-five.
Sargent then modified his amendment by omit
ing that part making the proposed increase PER
mauent. and the same objection Was made by
Holman, and overruled by the Chair.
An appeal being taken. the decision ct the
Chair was not sustained. AYES, co; nays. o. ;
70 that the amendment was decided out VI order
and rot received.
y special despatch 10 the Alta from our CORES
pendent at Washington gives extraordinary news
concerning the mails TO and from Australia, being
a proposition from a newly-formed steamship
company to transport the mails at less than half
the rates now asked for. Following is The des-
patch OF our correspondent:
WASHINGTON, Jan. IA proposal has been
made To the General, Cresswell. and
the Australian Government. to transport the mails
between England and Australia and the interme-
date American ports, tor q rate that will insure
the granting of the subsidy by both Governments.
Only 100000 is the sum asked Of the United
States, with a guarantee that splendid vessels shall
be put on the route, with ample passenger accom-
notation and capacity for making the voyage
quickly. General Burnside and Tom Scott are
the parties making the Ctfer; the vessels of tie
lnman Line are probably those intended for the
service. i combination Of railroad interests at
Washington has brought about this offer. The
strong influence they WELD, tie low rate of sub
sldy asked for, and the financial responsibility of
the parties making the offer. render it certain that
an arrangement will be concluded; and Tom
Scott will have the opportunity of becoming 4
marine monarch as well AS a Railroad King.
A ROMANCE OF THE RoTHsCHILDs.-A London
letter to the World SAYS:
The very uppernost circles Of society here are
agltated by the report of the imminence of an
extremely unusual and startling event. a daugh-
ter Of the Rothschllds is about 70 be married 10 4
poor man-and this poor man is a Christian
The young lady who is thus about to break with
the traditions of her family and disregard the
teachings of her religion is the daughter of Sir
Anthony Rothschild, and the man upon whom
she is resolved TO bestow her fortune and her
heart. is the Hon. Mr.. Yorke, a son of the Earl
of IIardewicke. l hasten to nip in the bud the
sympathy with which this news may be received
by members of the society for the propagation of
the gospel among the Jews by adding that Miss
Rothschild is not Z" converted, and that she is
not going to embrace Christianity nor TO Tenounce
her own religion. She will remain a Jewess, and
her husband will continue to be, at least, nomi-
nally a Christian. The diSapproyul with which
the aged and excellent baronet, her fnther, re-
garded the match is said to be increased by his
failure To discover in his prospective bealgfS any
qualities either of head or heart which could
Justify or even excuse what he regards rs his
daughters infatuation; but then it must be re-
membered that he is not in love with Mr.. Yorke,
and his daughter is, and this makes all the differ
ence in the world. The RothschilGs have long
formed a sort Of royal. family of their own-in-
termarrying only with their cousIns-and it is
said that every possible means of persuasion have
been brought to bear in vain upon this young
lady to induce her to abandon her resolve. The
consent of her father, or rather the
withholding Of his positive prohibition of the
has at last been obtained, and the mar
riage, it is said, will soon be celebrated.
PARIS, Jan. G.-The new census OF France
Il population of IS, lO2, 92l, a decrease of
800 ,935 since 1866.