The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1875-08-21
FOREIGN NEWS.
Per Mount Washington.

Per Mount Washington.
July 2l.-Thc Constitutional Couvcuuon Ia Spain
has rejected the amendmsni 10 The new Consolation
10 opposition to the principle a religious liberty
The Carlis,s sthl claim thai they are suoccsshal, and
that their army Is being reooncsutraied.
July 22-Major Fulton Of The American team
won the cup Al the Wimbledon shooting match
yesterday.
Young P~oDer0y, under sentence Of death. made
an attempt 20 escape from Charles STREET jail.
July 20.
July 26.-By strikes in the cotton mills 10 EnslAnd
tho prcspectlis that mauy thOusand wcrtmsn WIN
be thrown out Of employment Thirty mills have
closed at oldham.
July 2s.-Thc banking house 81 Dnncsn. nler-
man 6 Co, New York, has suspended. liabilities
said 10 be six millions. Great excitement on Wall
street. and great CONSERVATION among Americans In
Paris.
Al Dundee, Scotland. ,~hiry-one mills have closed.
by which So.Ooo people win be thrown cut q en-
p~loyment
II is reported that the New Yosk Canal Warehouse
Company have failed; cause. having made advances
on Cuban crops which were burned In the civil war
there, II not destroyed by The early rains. Probable
Epbiliiies. : i.G0o.0oo.
" Ex-Presidcni Andrew johnson died Of heart dis
ta-ft NJ tfNtuftAts ANhht1ENAf "uV ga
Aug. IA special dispatch from London says the
o'Connell centenary is assuming unexpeesed politL
cal and diplomats significance. embarrassing 20
Liberals, Home Rulers and the Government The
Lord Mayor Of Dublin. Il is supposed At the instga-
ton Of Cardinal Cullen. a pure chnrchman. caring
nothing for the memory Of O'COnneli. has given che
affair an UliramOntane character. offensive allie 20
Irish and English Liberals. Protestant Eohlcmcn.
Home Rulers and Fenians.
The Duke Of Edinburgh. who u heir apparent 10
the throne Of Saxc-Cobury-G otha. In Central der
many, has sold the right Of Succession 10 the throne
Of that duchy to The German government, Cor an
annuity Of es0,O00.
The London Times in It's obituary article on
Andrew johnson says his career illustrates both the
strong and weak points Of American social sri
political systems. During his tenure Of Office, he
showed himself wanting In tact, refinement and
knowledge Of men, yet be had some qualities which
arc not so abundant In America politics as 10 be
despised--his honesty was never Swallowed by sus.
picion.
The trial At Salt Lake Of ,. u. Lee and others ac-
cused Of the Mountain Meadows massacre IL
going on. The papers anticipate a disagreement Of
the jury. from the fact TINT II IL composed Of eight
Mormons and four GentIlcs.
THREATENED FAMINE IN PoRTu0AL-London july
Zbln--o.JO n. ma-A eneclhi 70 tne DdhV nftps ToW
Lisbon reports that n drouth In several districts OF
the province OF Mimic has destroyed the crops and
pastures, and n famine IL Threatened. Riots against
grain exporters are imminent Cattle arc dying OF
hunger. The local authorities shy II will be Inn.
TO collect taxes In many place, ana the
attempt TO do 20 they fear would cause an inaur.
recton. Accounts from Algrave show a similar
state of affairs In that province. The Government
is sending relief 10 tho afflicted sections.
LONDON. July 26-5;1O a. M-Don Carlos. Ia his
letter 10 Alfonso, declares that the cruelty Of the
measures ordered by the Madrid government 10 nm
and will. like the blood Of the martyrs,
up Carlists everywhere. Hc says he himself,
who comes 20 this country 10 be King OF all Span
lie says he Is confident OF succoss, for II
10 impossible that Spain can flourish under a gov
,rnment OF chance.
The letter contains no threat Of reprisals on the
Of the Carlists.
The losses by the Carlists during the past three
weeks, in killed. wounded and missing. have been
100 men.
MADRID. July 24-The Carlists attempted 10 sur
the Alfonsist troops nj Gueiaria. but were Wig
rously repulscd.