The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1881-06-11

the attention of the House Of Commons. In a
speech made quite recently by the Premier, he
declared that the Government attached their for
tunes to the Bill, and would resist any attempt at
material amendment. Meantime the agrarian
outrages in Ireland ara daily increasing.
Cape kilograms announce that open hostilitie5
have now broken out between he.BOers and the
natives. Several severe contests have already
taken place between the ~contending parties.
The Right Hon. W. Z. Gladstone IS again SUI
fering from indisposition, and has been ordered
by his physicians to take a rest from his duties
IN Parliament.
LONDON. May 2O.-In the House % Commons
yesterday the Irish Land Bill was read a second
time and passed by a majority Of 175. Mr.. Par
nell and the extreme Irish party abstained FROM
voting
AUSTRALIA AND INV ZEALAND.
ALBANY, May 16.-H. ". s. Bacchaute, with
the Princes Albert Victor and George of Wales
on board, arrived in King Georges Sound to-
day. After leaving the Cape the detached squa-
drOn met with favourable weather until Wednes-
day last the 1lth inst, when the wind freshened
and increased TO heavy gale. During the night
of Wednesday or Thursday morning, a heavy
sea struck the Bacchante carrying away one Of
the life-bOats. and al midday another sea broke
aboard disabling the steering gear. a jury rud-
der was rugged. and the Bacchante made King
Georges Sound 70 repair damages. She will be
detained several days. The squadron was to
rendezvous at Cape Otway on 18th.
The Census Returns show that the population
Of Victoria exceeds s55. 600.
The Census Of New South Wales shows that
the population has increased fifty per cent during
the past ten years or from 5O3, 9o1 to nearly
10000. The returns for all districts but Bal
( rauald were IN showing a total Of 40, $50. The
population OF Sydney and its suburbs Is 223, 554.
\ statement has been made in the Melbourne
Parliament that the Governments OF Victoria and
New South Wales will introduce a precisely SIM
liar measure IN regard TO the Chinese question to
their respective ParlIamcuts, The popular feel
ing IN regard 10 this question seems almost to
have died away in those colonies, as il has proved
upon inquiry that the danger of an influx of
Chinese was greatly Overestimated. and the cen
sus returns have shown that the number Of
Chinese residents IN the colony is not at all
alarming. In South Australia the feeling Is
stronger because, cOOlie labor being necessary
IN that part Of the colony which Is on the North
Coast OF the Islgnd-COntinent popular excite
meut Is kept up by the continued importation Of
Cinnamon as labOrers.
The L. :. :. Cos. Steamer Tararua ran on :
reef on the morning Of 18th April off Waipapa
Point ;. T.. Coast of New Zealand. There y. &
some fog at the time and the Captain mistOok h 6
position. The steamer soon filed with water, and
the sea broke over her very heavily, some of the
passengers being swept of by almost every
wave. Gradually the women and children gath
cred IN the fOrecastle head, and most of them
were washed off together by n wave of extraordi.
nary violence. The boats were got out, AMI
attempts were made 10 reach the shore, but IN
most cases when they got close in they were
smashed IN the surf, and the occup Ints were
drowned. In this way three boats were destroy.
ed, but one boat went out to sea and in one five
men succeeded in getting ashore. Amongst those
5 lost are three Wesleyan ministers, one of whom,
Rev. Josh. Warehouse was formerly for many
years a missionary to the FIJI Islands.
i \ clever capture of a steamer which had beer
[ stolen from her owners was made In Melbourne
last month. The steamer Ferret was char
tered from the Highland Railway Company il
October last and after clearing ont from Cardiff
had only been heard of once, being reported / t
have passed Gibraltar bound inward. The chart
erer repassed the straits the same night, forged
the necessary papers, went to South America, oh
tanned a cargo of coffee for London, carried it of
to the Cape and sold it there as his own, and
after docking the vessel at AIauritius took her tc
Melbourne intending it is said to sell her there,
Her name had been changed to Bantam" and
again, after leaving Brazil, to India. \ cons.
table who was reading the account OF the
"Ferret's" mysterious disappearance at the time
Of her arrival at Port Philip was struck with the
; similarity of the "India's'' appearance to the
= description OF the missing steamer and commun
l icatcd his suspicious to the Commissioner o
Customs, who seized the vessel and found OF
board abundant proof az her identity. Tn,
'charterer' and some officers of the ship wer,
at once indicted for forging the register.