The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1876-01-15
LATE NEWS.

Cutrtoo. Dec IA Washington special says
" Information hs been Sled With tbo antholtes
here that toe spanish agents here have violated
the neutrality law by e~nlistiug Italians an New
York Tor service in spanish regiments IA cnba'
The matter g. O. be examined. II seems W % a
similar affair TO that which led 20 the tnglirh MIN
lister. SIR John Crampton, receiving BITS passport
under President Pierce
NV YorK. Dec q Tho Jury W. ibc easo Of
Henry T. Bowen against TIE Brooklyn blgtt, came
into Court thi. afternoon viii a verdict Tor the
plaintiff Tho foreman stated that thcy bad txcd
damages az $1,000. Bowen sued iOr fl0000o IN
his ease. 100000 I'M another. and ESQ. 600 In a
third. The other cases Will be tried In Abe next
term Of The Court
LoNpov. Dec 2a-Right Honorablc Earl stan
hope Is dead. Philips Henry ssianhope' whose
death j. announced above. was born January 81
is05. and was the son o. The fourth Earl StanhoPe.
lie took usual degrees at Oxford, entered farha.
mcnt In 1850 and was a member OF ne flrst anu
second Ministry. He obtained distinction also as
a historian and ~cssayist
NEw YoRE. Dec IA private cable dispatch
from Madrid to-day contains The Information uha'
two leading organs Of that city arr arginE deien'
siye preparations to be inauguraied a. prccAuuoh-
AIRY measures in Cuba against possible aggresslons
brought about by the Intervention OF foreign po"
ers. more especially by The United states. SeVerni
years ago forts and batteries were erected ~ al.
most every one Of the open ports OF entry ana
those closed 90 trade all along the north And sonth
coast Of Cuba. and upon each OF these two rln"d
cannon are 90 be mounted. Work Is also being
prosecuted at Puerto Padre 90 mount rthcd pifcfA
OF ten ccntimetrcs, each weighing I've tons 10 nc
arsenal az Havana gun carriages are being mhue
to mount twenty pieces Of the German pattern.
Brewer, Dec. 24-The Lsih0g OF Bremen, OF
December sth. contains the following account OF
the capture and massacre OF a detachment OF kgyp.
tian troops by The Abyssinians, briefly reported
some time ago by cable We have had news from
Abyssinia OF an expedition 81 about two thousand
men sent by the Khedive, under command OF Cen
eral Arendrop. a Dane. TO s~ubjugaie the Abyhsin-
ians. They were drawn into an ambush ana nearly
every man slaughtered. General Arendrop ana
Lnany other officers were literally hacked TO pieces;
their heads stuck on spears before the Abyssinian
tents and their bodies sent 10 the wild beasts
Mackillap Pasha IL said 60 be alive and n prisoner.
Of Colonel Routh, the American, nothing Is known,
and only one officer. SchweiZar, escaped. An eN-
pedition comprising ~ 900 mcn-infantry, cavalry
and artillery-is 10 be sent ont from Cairo without
delay, which will be joined by every American
officer in the Egyptian service including General
Stone.
NEw YoRK, Dec. 24-The report Of Twced's ar
rival in Cuba is credited by moat Of the police officers.
II the report is confirmed IL IL hGrdly probable that
the Sheriff will make any effort 10 capture him, ~
there is no extrAdition treaty with Spain. Superin-
tendent Walling says be thinks the news likely 10 be
true. The report is that he reached Havana In the
steamer Thyra. lie probably sailed about Dec. 9TH.
The Sheriff still holds 70 the opinion that bis prisoner
has not left the vicinity Of New York city.
SHANGHAI, Dec. 2l.-Cheng Long Pin aud lung
Heng have been appointed Ministers TO the United
States