Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1881-01-22
.SATU RDAY PRESS.
Late Foreign Nows.
JAkUARp ~, 1881.

tho nrhDDn0f NOsrtfo WHICH htflNou NJ fhhulU
Mani ON Saturday Last, nftoon days from snn
rrnnoisoo In sending M datoa Of pnpcfr 10 Dcccm.
bor gOth, W. nro enabled 10 givo our readers tho
following late newai
Iospos Dec. ~ 81 Tho romnins 81 Ucorpo EIio,
were buried Ia day nj Hphgnto Ccrnotory. Many
friends were prcron, In the pouring rain.
The .romaina Of Lieut.. Irving, Of Sir John Frnnt
Inns Atctic Expedition, brought ~ New York by
Lieut., Schwatka, arrived NJ Glnagov on tho nth
instant and will lie buried NJ Edinburgh.
MApnm, Dec. ~. Gem I,lanco has been auth.
oriyod by n Council ~ Ministers to abandon NIL
prosecutions pending before tho Cuban tribunals
Tor crimes ~ mipdcmeanora connected with the
insufroctiops 81 tho Autopo,Dntn, and that 81 tho
nv coorod men mud creolca sazed M being impli.
GATED In the attempted conspiracy Ia provoke
rising.
Duutls, Dec. -. Rev Canon Fleming, Rector
~ Isnllinnkill. County Galway, Inns boon fred at
near hts home, but was not hurt
Many mombora ~ Parliament have arrived to at
tend tho State trials. Tho garrison was closely
confined ~ the barracks to day. strong force
81 police guarded tho approaches b. tho four
Courts,
DunLra, Dec, 1---'Tho attendance In tho streets
yesterday around tho Fonr Courts mcngrc,
and tho cheers for tho tfnvornem were very mild.
Very little interest In felt In tho trial. Tho Irah
Government has issued circular 10 mngirtr rates,
ordering them 10 patrol their diatricta monthly.
company OF onRinoors hnH gone Ia Ireland.
DURHAM, Dec. 2s.--'rho first shot fred II tho war
was fired nj Potohcfatroom on body Of Beers
who were approaching tho l'ritieh camp. Potchcf.
Htr,piu the hRndn pf GDpU IbDgrp. There
nro W'O Beers At Iicldcnbcrg.
DUNN, December 2,-'rho State trials were
formally opcncd TO- day, In tho Court Of the Quccna
I,onch, before Lord Chief Justicc May, and Jus.
dcnsoy crowded with spectators A great crowd
Courts, and iondly chccrcd The travorscra upon
thoir arrival Tho Judgra took their acnta shortly
after 10 o'clock. Tho body Of tho Court In ocou-
pied 10y the counsel and other members of tho IIar.
Tho principal gallery is filled with Irish mcmboa
nfB Pa rl gstuI ast,. kl.,...
thn general public. Chief Justice May read, with
conaidernblc oompoenrc, document declaring
that he should not take part in the present trial.
II contained n vindicntion Of hia former speech.
The announcement caused no manifestation. After
Chief Justice May had finished reading, Justice
Fitzgerald took tho Chicfs scat and tho trials were
proceeded with before him and Justice barry
Only eighteen out Of twcnty-four jurors called
answered Ia their names.
The Attorney General nakcd n p,,stponcmcnt, be-
cnnac OF tho short attendance Of jurors.
McDonouRh, the trnvorscrss counsel, objected.
Three jurors were then excused on account Of ngo
and inBrmity, and McDonough challenged another
After two hours jury was impancllcd.
legal argument OF more than mn hour cnsucd
ON McDough'H challenge. Tho Court decided that
tho travorsera had right 10 challenge, In the
usual why, n certain number of Jurors, but coun-
ao for tho traverscrs did not take advantage OF
this decision 10 obstruct tho conrsc of tho tral.
Tho jury consists Of eight Catholics three Profess.
tnnta and one Quaker.
LONDON, Doc. ga Vienna correspondent mon
tions n report that certain Turkish diplomatista
question, 10 be formed Of neutral Powers, such M
the United States Belgium, and others.
vt. PETERsnUno Dec. g.-The Ageace Russo
states that NIL tho Powers, except England, havo
aigriihed adhesion 10 the arbitration scheme that
Greece, having boon sounded, replied that she will
mnko n definite statement M soon M the proposal
In officially submitted that the Porte IN unde-
cdod, hut In still considering tho subject, and that
NIL assertions beyond the above are purely con-
jectural.
DunnAS, Dec. 2o.-Mnjor Clark and twenty five
mon have surrendered TO the Beers, mt Potchcf-
stroom. nfter forty eight hours fighting. large
force Of insurgents is advancing on Utrecht. Tho
Beers having taken Derby. At Utrecht, all per
sons refusing to join the insurgents have been
shot. English traders stores have been I" looted"
Mt Potchefstroom. Only ono hundred and twenty
british troops hold the there Their pos
are watching New Castle for the purpose of way
laying reinforcements. The Republic to be
proclaimed at Utrecht on tho 10Th Loyal fagi-
proclaimed martial law. Paul Kruger, the rebel
leader, is at Potchefstroom, and nearly all the in
hnbitanta OF the town are prisoners.
DUBLIN, Dec. Gothic military authorities nre
adopting extraordinary fneasures OF precaution,
and the extensive character OF tho arrangements
appear to indicate grave npprchcnsions Of immi-
nent danger. All the troops are confined to their
barracks. The guard pickets have been augment
cd, entrenching tools and lanterns have been
served out for the of patrols, in the event of
arc now here 25O officers 5000 mon, 1000 horses
and l6 guns, the Flower of the British Army"
Oebiues btrOHR Douieb OF COnStaDulhry.
New YoRK, Dec. 29-The Commercial Bulletin
has been informed by the Captain of the Escam-
boa, recently arrived here from Annoy, that tho
four ocean steamships ordered by the China Mer
between China and San Francisco, will be finished
by next July, and will commence weekly service
from China in August. They will be manned by
native crews and commanded by English and
American captains. They being constructed
Mt Glasgow, and will DO only 200 tons each. Tho
Captain believes that there will be ample employ
ment for these vessels
CoNsTANrINopLE, December 29.-The Albanian
League has summoned all males over eighteen
years OF age to arms in every district in Northern
approved wnr with Montenegro, and has decided
to send two mobiles to Cettinje to demand the
evacuation Of Dulcigno II Prince Nikita refuses,
the ENJOYS nre instructed to declare ON behalf
Of Albania. The monacing attitude OF Greece is
causing the Porte TO take precautions. Two iron
elads have sailed for the Archipelago, and the
Notifications OF the Dardanelles being
strengthened.
NEW Yonx, December 29.-The Times says
There is something like panic in English poiti-
Ruseia and China. The failure to settle the
Kudja dispute the responsibility for which clear
ly rests with the Government Mt st. Petersburg,
occasion to quarrel with China for the purpose of
provoking a war Of conquest, and that the ulti-
mate result Of the impending disturbance will be
n Russian highway across the Celestial Kingdom
to the waters of the China English news
papers brlBtle with descriptions OF the Russian
naval vessels now on the way to the coasts of
China and Japan. The whole array il said to be
IA powerful feet armed with rifle guns of
force and range ~ yet unmatched in naval war
fare.
New YoRK, Dec. 3O.-Thc Hsyald's London spe-
ial says: Professor p. Harding, of the University
of Utrecht, Holland, has drawn up an address to
the British nation, praying for the re-establsh-
ment Of the national Independence of the Dutch
Beers of the< Transvaal. The address il being
numerously signed in the Netherlands.
NKw YoRx, December 29.-The snow storm last
night and this morning interferes seriously with
travel. Horse cars and stages doubled teams, and
are running ut longer intervals. The storm ON
Sunday was very violent Mt Fire Island The surf
broke across the beach between the Surf hotel and
the light house. The pavilion ON the ocean side
was undermined, and 100 bathing houses washed
away. The hotel narrowly escaped. large ships
cabin and much wreckage was washed into the
bay. The old hull of 100 ton steamer was wash
cd ON the beach, The vessel had not been recog-
nized. No steamer IL remembered to have standed
near where the hull lies.
The statement of the Bureau of Statistics show
that the exports Of breadstuifs from the United
States for the eleven months ending with Nrven-
Der last valued ut $26 762, $50 against x230-
79l GOA for the same period In 1879
General Sir Y. Roberts who performed the sell
dom surpassed feat of marching 10000 men through
days, and then early in the morning after his ar
rival ut Candahar attacked the Afghans and in
hcted ON them a crushing defeat, was warmly
Welcomed by the people ON his arrival at Dover
was decorated by n. N. the Queen with order Of
the Grand Cross OF the bath and enterta ned