The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1880-08-21
Foreign News Items.

Revised reports show the population Of Brook
lyn- y Y, Ia Tee 561 .OOO.
The c-nsus just taken of Boston. shows the pop
~ulatiOn to be about 35l 900.
The census returns of Milwaukee give a pnpu-
lation of l18, l3l, with two districts estimated.
The excess of the war expenditures in India
over estimates is E9. 900 900.
There are 200 cases of smallpox in the hospi-
tails IN Dublin, Ireland,
IL is announced that the appointment of Adm
raj Lessovski to the chief command of the Rus
sian Pacific squadron IL confirmed.
The report of the intended marriage of the
Baroness Eurdett-COutts is authoritatively con-
tradIcted by the London papers.
The Russian Government has again prohibited
the press from publishing information in regard
TO armament against China.
The proposed naval demonstration by the
Powers will take place simultaneously in the
Adriatic and Kgean seas, off Antivari and Sa-
lOnica.
New Zealand has now over 100 miles of rail-
ways, all built within about u years, and all
narrow-gauge or 3 feet 8 inches.
At Monterey, Mexico. about 100 soldiers I'M
dertOOk to liberaie an officer arrested for drunk
enuess. In the fight with the police a Captain
and Major were killed. and fourteen soldiers
were killed or wounded.
The Russian floating battery KreniHH, which
was proceeding 10 the Pacific, came into collision
with a Danish steamer in the gulf of Finland.
The hTenhn was severely injured, and put into
HelsinglOrs for repairs.
The two miles freshmen race between eight
cared crews from Harvard and Columbia Col
leges, on July 9Th. was won by the former in ii
minutes 80 seconds.
The Empress Of Germany and Queen Victoria
are not good friends. Even the Crown Princess
Of Germany and the Queen of England have a
GOODNESS between them.
Negotiations for an American treaty of COM
merce with COrea have been rejected by Japan.
The japanese Consul acted as mediator.
Admiral Shufeldt has returned to Japan, but
proposes another essay. The Russians also tried
to negotiate similarly but failed.
At n council Of Ministers held at La Granja,
under the Presidency OF King Alfonso, Sunday.
it was resolved to send engineers and architects
to the Philippine Islands for the purpose of re-
building the edi6ces destroyed by the late earth
quakes.
The Afghan war is not ended. The British
must either subjugate the country or administer
its government, or withdraw wholly and leave it
in it's normal state of anarchy. The latter course
would involve future Invasion and war, and is not
at all likely to be adopted by the English.
John A. ROebling Il Sons, of New Jersey,
have completed a steel wire rope, thirty miles in
length for the Erie canal. 1t weighs $50 900
pounds, ard is the largest ever manufactured
The sewers OF Paris can De visited twice q
month. During the past four months there have
been 1900 applications for permits, and 640
have been dealt out. 1t seems to US that the
authorities could open the gates oftener than
they do, and thus give speedy satisfaction to
those who desire to see one of the most interest
ing as we'll as instructive sights of that great
city.
Belgium, having qnarreled with the Vatican,
has Withdrawn its diplomatic agent: This does
nor necessarily create any conflict between the
church and the Brussels government, but it is an
intimation that the state will insist upon enforc-
inc the education law, which is the bone OF con-
tention.
Secretary Sherman has returned to the
United States Treasury a million of dollars of the
uuexuended balance OF the appropriation Tor re-
funding the national debt, and two million dollars
of the unexrended balance of the appropriation
for collecting the revenue from customs Tor the
last wear. they being the amounts saved by the
departments out OF the sums authorized to be ex-
pended by Law.