The Hawaiian gazette., 1873-12-31
Late Foreign News.

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Spanish elective force in Cuba. 81, 900.
On the goth Nov, the Neva at St. Petersburg
Russia, was frOren over.
The Pasha Of Egyp, has given a sight for a churc
to the English-sPeaking community in Cairo.
II. c. Wayne of Georgia hAs been appointed U. S
Consul at KAnagawa, Japan, vice D. c. Sheppard
suspended.
Hall, COnsul-Gensral a, Havana, says Ofseialll
that the whole number of executions from the Viz
ginius was ss-nOne since the sth inst.
In the French Assembly, on another test question
the Right defeated the Len BY 50 majority.
1t is estimated that Marshal SerranO will be de
eAred Military Dictator in Spain. This comes from
English sources.
JOrillar. Captain-General of Cuba, assures the
home government thst the authority of the Republic
| viii be Obeyed in Cuba.
Thirty thousand dollars realized by the Pac if
Jockey Club from the late the Ocean track
Ten miles of the Texas Pacific Railway from San
Diego eastward will be finished anu cars running by
May LIST, 1874.
CarthagenA insurgents having extOrted some money
from German subjects in that city, the North German
feet compelled restitution the mouth OF the
on her feet.
NJ. ROuher caused Outburst of indignation in
the French Assembly, Nov. 18th, by barely limiting
that Providence might some time restore the Bona
parties to power.
The report of the Commissioner of Internal Reve-
shows the total receipts for the year to be Sl4
900 OOO which is 5000 900 more than was estimated
by Secretary Boutwell,.
The wrecked steamship Atlantic is fast breaking
up. Recently thirteen bodies Of her passengers
were washed ashore and were buried. Heavy rains
have exposed the bodies of many Of those inferred at
the time Of the disaster last April.
The of London is go square miles the total
population is S,O25,659; the total length Of the
streets and roads patrolled by the metropolitan pO-
lice is 66l2 miles, the addition increase in the
length of streets during The past ten years is 1928
miles; the strength Of the police is 1912.
According to official reports there landed in the
United States, from foreign countries, during the
year ending June SOth, 1873 459 sos immigrants, of
whom 275,7e2 were males, and 1901 females.
Latsst dispatches received at the Department of
State, Washington, tend to confirm the rumor of an
early change in the Government of Spain and the
overthrow of the Republic. Spain, it is thought,
would cOmplicate the negotiations and render war
almost certainty Al present.
Oficial and unofficial returns from all the counties
in Maryland except one indicate the following the
complexion of the next Legislature: senate-DemO-
Gratis, % Republicans, 5. House-Democrats, e.;
Republicans, %. Democratic majority on joint bal
lot. co. Woolford's majority in the State is about
10000.
The Director of the Imperial Russian Telegraph
has given his to the free transmission, within
the boundaries of the Russian Empire, of messages
announcing astronomical discoveries. The free
change Of such messages was previously confined to
the United States and France, via the Atlantic cable
and the local telegraph lines.
The Postmaster General is confident of the adoption
of his Postal Savings Bank scheme. He claims to
have received a large number of letters from Con
gressmen support of the in presenting it
to Congress. Boutwell, will model it on a system
somewhat different from that of Great Britain, and
give different design and action. 1t will probably
be named the National Savings Depository.
Rear Admiral. the Hon. Arthur COckrane, gave an
official dinner recently on board H. B. Ms ship Re-
pulse, now lying at Victoria. The guests His
Excellency the Lieutenant Governor, Chief Justice
Bagbie Mr., Justice Grey, the Hon. Attorney General
Lieutenant Colonel Houghton, D. A. g., His Worship
the Mayor, and of the principal officers of the
ships in port. The band of the flagship rendered
excellent programme during dinner, and the party
broke up at IL p. NJ.
Count Bismarck, of Germany, has resolved to sum
every Catholic Bishop in the Empire who refuses
to comply with the measures of the government in
relation ecclesiastcs to tender the resignation of
his office One Of the most prominent measures is to
have the Bishop allegiance to the Emperor and
the country rather than exclusively and absolutely to
the Pope of Rome