The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1880-03-13
Foreign News Items.

Tue Pope has issued an encyclical letter con-
demning divorce.
1t is said that serious complications have arisen
between England and Persia touching Herat.
A Relief Committee has been formed in Paris
under the Presidency of Cardinal Guibert.
The Governor of Wyoming has become unpopu-
lar, because of an alleged ldSOn with a mulatto girl
at Cheyenne.
Experts estimate the losses to the farmers Of the
United Kingdom during 1879 at from eI0O, 600, 900
to el50,O00 900.
At Montreal. Mayor Rivard was reelected yester-
day. He fatty refused, Saturday. to take any part
in the reception of Parnell, and the friends Of the
latter endeavored to run an opposition candidate
but the effort failed.
\ New York paper declares that the Princess
Louise returned to Canada much against her will.
She has never liked the country nor people, and
went to England to stay, preferring London life
and society. but was literally driven back by
Queen Victoria.
LONDON. Feb. l6th-The Duchess of Marlbor-
ough, in a letter to the Lord Mayor oil London,
says The danger of famine appears to be over.
If the charity of the public continues, no person in
Ireland need be allowed to die for lack of food; but
the Committee, to bring their labors to a successful
close, must spend over e40, 900 per week for six
weeks.
There is considerable suffering among small
farmers in Ulster. who are too proud to complain.
Fever has appeared in some districts in the South.
in TipperaTy and West Cork, in consequence of
restitution. Relief has been given, but has come
too late, and is not of a kind suited to the suffer.
ers.
The Duke of Edinburgh is ordered to the Coast
Guard, in the West of Ireland, to take charge of
relief stores and provisions deposited with Them,
and convey relieving officers to the islands off the
coast.
In the House of Commons to-day, Edward Clark,
the newly elected member from Southwark, took
his seat and received a great ovation from the
Conservatives Innn motion heinz mada for no
ing into Committee on the Irish Relief bill. Synah,
member for County Limerick, moved his amend.
ment, Directing to the use of the Church surplus
fund.
LONDON. Feb. l6th.-A despatch from st. Peters
burg says it is stated on good authority that no
measures for recognizing the political administra-
ton are to be expected on the twenty-fith ami
versary of the Cars accession to the Throne. All
rumOrs relative to contemplated new financial
measures are declared in well informed circles to
be unfounded.
The London Times says: We shall learn. with
pleasure, that the permission of the Government to
Persia to occupy Herat does not involve a guaran-
tee Of secure possession. If England is to be liable
for what may happen in the direction of Herat,
there seems TO be an almost endless vista OF respOn-
sibility opening out more and more widely at each
remove. a demonstration by Russia. which would
have little or no meaning before, might be ground
of very grave suspicion, in view OF its possible
effect on the state of affairs at Herat.
LONDON, Feb. 6th.-The sensation of the hour is
e. Bull Run y Russell's letter in the Telegraph. in
reply TO Sir Garnet Wolseley's charges. This has
just appeared. 1t will be remembered that Wolse-
ley accused Russell of q gross exaggeration and
transparent untruth." That might have been en-
dured. But Wolseley also charged that Russell
was hoaxed. Russell makes a very strong presen-
tatiOn to prove that panic, bad discipline, cruelty TO
troops, Drunkenness, theft, INSTRUMENTATION, pill
lage of property, even to chickens and church
clocks, and insOlence, Were prevalent features of
the campaign in South Africa, where he was the
Telegraph's correspondent.
TUCSON, Feb. I6th.-The following specials have
been received by the Star from Silver City, n. NJ:
\ courier just in from the front reports that on the
9Th. Captain Bucker, formerly Regimental Quarter
master at Prescott, in command Of one of the col
umns in the field, after pressing the hostile Indians
for ten days with his entire command in the direc-
of the San Address Mountains. came suddenly
upon them, strongly fortified in a narrow and
rough canon. The troops were received by a heavy
under which several horses and men fell. See-
their advantage, the Indians charged the troops,
gave way and retreated pell-mell. The Indi-
aus drove the troops across the river. In the re-
treat, raiions and bedding were abandoned, which
he Indians captured.
New YORK, Feb. 6th.-On Friday last, Mr.. Ken
meth Albro. a wealthy old Texan engaged extern
sively in cattle raising on two or three ranches in
hat State, arrived in this city on a business trip,
recurring to use a large amount of ready money.
Saturday be went into Wall street, carrying
him a small satchel containing Sl25, 900 regis
cred bonds. Nhlle ascending the Suo-lreasury
steps at about noon 10 ask for as to the
method of transferring registered bonds to pur-
;hasers, an unknown man told him he had dropped
iomething. While Albro stopped to see what it
vas another man pitched him forward, twisted
lac satckel from his hand and escaped with the
ponds.
Albro fell on the marble steps with such force
Is to make his nose bleed aud daZe him for an in
tant, and he lost his self possessicn for a time. as
le SAYS he did not once realize that mis- satchel was
zone. Some persons who saw him thought nothing
eriOus had happened, and passed on. Albro offer
u $4,000 reward for the return of the bonds, and
10 questions asked. lie was answered as follows
-'If You want your bonds back. offer a reward OF
y25, 900 and put this in the personals tomorrow
am willing name the time and place. 1t you
ont, you will never get your bonds. l will not
liter. You must meet me alone and bring the
atchel with you