The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1875-07-10

LoNDo5. NAY TN the House Of Commons last
night. the Marquis Of Harrington asked when de-
bate on the privileges Of the HonSe would be re-
sumed and the Budget discussed. Disraeli said
there was no Immediate PFospeci OF reSuming the
debate which was Unexpectedly teTmEated Tuesday
night. He Intended, however, when attention was
again called to the presence Of strangers. that a
division be taken TO decide whether the galleries
should be cleared. The Government was charged
with wasting time over thc question Of privilege,
but the opposition to the Irish Peace Preservation
bill was the real obstruction The Igsh members
were justified in opposing IL. and the Government
equally justified ia seeking to have it passed.
At this point Disreali was called 10 order tor
depressing from the subject Of inquiry put by the
Marquis of Harrington. R.suming his remarks, he
said He believed it would be possible to pro-
rogue Parliament in July. The Government was
determined to pass all its measures even II in order
to do so, it should dnd it to be its duty TO advise
tue Queen not TO prorogue the session till all Of
them had received the royal sanction. He added,
that the Government intended to open the discus
sion of the Budget on Friday morning.
Gladstone said he regretted the tone of Disraelis
remarks. The House was entitled TO respectful
treatment, even from the Premier. Never before
had he beard such "a statement as that relative to
passing Government measures. The Right Hon.
gentleman threatened to keep tue House sitting
until a number of unspecihed bills were passed.
Was that q becoming method Of procedure on the
part of Her Majesty's Government? II such
a tone was again adopted, he (Gladstone) would
fee. it to be his duty to avail himself of bis privilege
as a member. He protested with emphasis against
a morning discussion of the Budget ~
Disraeli consented to take up the Budget in the
evening session.
Consideration of the Irish Peace Preservation
Act. which had been nine days under debate, was
then resumed in Committee. The bill was passed
in committee, with important amendments. by
which the penalty for unlawful possession Of arms
was reduced, and the right to search houses for
arms limited to the daytime, The House bias yet
to take action on the bill.
LONDON. June 9th.-A special dispatch to the
Times from Rangoon says Mr.. Forsythe, British
Envoy to Burmah, has been instructed to demand
Of the King an immediate explanation of the
friendly reception given by his Majesty OF the Chi
nese General who is implicated in the murder of
Mr.. Margary, the British explorer. The Burmese
are cutting the telegraph wires.
LONDON, June 9th.-The Berlin correspondent of
the Times telegraphs an account of the banquet to
Carl Schurz: He says the cordial replies made by
Heron, Benigsen, Knapp and Dernbech, to the
speech, in which Mr.. SchuTZ endeavored to
strengthen the ties of the Government and the
Ulited States, invests the occasion with considera-
lhle political Importance.
Boston, June Sth.-The sale of Daniel Webster's
private library was begun to-day. Although
competition was not brisk, the books brought fair
prices.
Mr.. George Smiths progress in deciphering the
Assyrian Inscriptions has been so great that an
other volume on the subject may be expected from
him in the Autumn. The .Accadian, or Babyloniau,
versions OF the Creation, the Fall and the Tower
of Babel will probably be treated in the new work.
Mr.. A. ii. Sayce. also u distinguished Assyrian
scholar, says that these discoveries throw new light
on the Book of Genesis, the portion usually called
Jehovistic being found to bear a strong resem-
blance to narratives peculiarly BG.bylonian, while
the Elohistic portion has more of a Pboenician
coloring.
Boston, June 17.-At the celebration to-day, the
first marked feature Of interest was a review by Gov
ernOr CASTOR of the entire body Of militia, Major
General b. T. Butler commanded the review. The
State troops were well received, but the highest en-
thusiasm was reserved for the visiting soldiery, es-
n0N.a1u III phIlnIolnISa pon,nan kIa No., vi.
Seventh, the Maryland fifth, and the Charlestown
Light Infantry. The review lasted over an hour,
and it is estimated that 20 1000 troops were in line.
Among the distinguished guests were embers of the
Diplomatic Corps, Vice President Wilson, Generals
Sherman, Burnside and Hawley, Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court, and Governors and Congressman
from several States. When the march for Charles
town began, the streets were filled with a vast mass
of people. Such q sight was never before witnessed
in this city. Crossing the old bridge into Charles
town, the procession passed under a %triumphal arch
bearing the honored names of Prescott, Knowlton,
Stack and Pomeroy, the heroes of Bunker Hill The
exercises at the Monument were begun at a very
late hour, and were curtailed to about one-sixth of
the original programme. General Charles Devens
was introduced as the orator Of the day. His ora
ton was confined to a graphic description of the
battle, and an eloquent appeal for the burial of ell
animosities engendered during the late war.
A London court has decided that Messrs. Moody
and Sankey have damaged a stakeholder of Her
Majesty Opera House to the extent OF one shil-
ing ny HOiuIuS prayer meeting GnereIn. Inc
plaintiff insisted that he had q legal right to be
provided with a genuine article of Italian opera,
and that to offer him instead the preaching of
Moody and the singing of Sankey was a gross
outrage. Technically the man appears to have
been right, since he gained his case; but be has
won a rather peculiar reputation as a man who
considers that religion defiles an opera house; and
his enforcement of his own legal rights, in defiance
of the wishes and prejudices of the community,
will be commonly thought to be the act of a yeryl
selfish and uncOurteous person.
A novel suit, but one in which the plaintiff may
be assured of popular sympathy, was brought in
the Kingston, New York, courts recently. Its
history is as follows: One Robert Batting killed
a man some time ago, after getting very drunk at
the hotel OF William Steen, at New Paltz. Bat
ting was convicted Of murder in the second degree,
and sentenced to the State prison. His wife now
brings a civil suit against Steen, the liquor seller,
setting forth in her complaint that Steen sold her
husband the liquor, and assisted in intoxicating
him, and thereby caused him to commit the MUIR
der, whereby, through his imprisonment, the
plaintiff was deprived of his assistance and sup
port. She claims $1,000 damages.
The Young Mems Christian Association of Day.
ton, Ohio, has made a new departure, and one
which will not pass without criticism. 1t has es-
tablished a smoking-room for those visitors whom
higher tastes will not attract to their building.
A man may do worse things than smoke, vet the
habit is a heavy expense on those classes who will
mainly resort to the associations quarters, and it
certainly is not provocative of energy or calculated
to rescue one from loafsh habits. Still, young
men will smoke, and if they must indulge them
selves, bad better do SO apart from temptations to
drinking and gambling. There is, therefore,
something to be said on both sides of the ques-
ton, and the experiment is perhaps worth trying.
Describing the general appearance and habits
of Sir Arthur Helps, whose death has just left
a void in the private life of the Queen, a
correspondent says ne was a man of a rather
and lymphatic temperament, whose def
creased by his devotion to tobacco. Like Louis
Napoleon, he was almost always smoking, and
could scarcely get through his business at the
Privy Council Office without a cigarette between
lips. He was undoubtedly not an indolent
man, but he disliked physical ~exertion. He
never took u pen in his hand if he could help it,