The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1881-05-11
Latest FOREIGN News.

BY the Steamer City Of Sydney, which arrived
from Auckland on Monday evening, we have the
following additional items of news from the Colo
mics and Europe:
The General Assembly will meet the first week
in June.
TIE Whit, remains quiet his speeches are paci-
fc, and he seems TO be loosing Importance.
The census is expected to show a population of
$4,000 Europeans In 1858 it was only 59,413.
The Russian who was charged with the murder
of native has been acquitted the case excited
great deal of race feeling.
Simonson's opera troupe are playing English and
Italian Opera.
They take up vagrant Cinnamon in New Zeal
and.
There has been another massacre in New Guinea,
this time of some Missionary teachers.
LONDON, April 13.-At the Land League Confer
ence held at Dublin, Mr. Parnell showed various
defects which existed in the Land Bill of the Gov
ernment, but advocated no special course. Mr..
Dillon and numerous other delegates, who are
absolutely hostile to the measure agreed to held
a Convention in order to decide definitely the
merits or otherwise of the Bill
Mr.. Waddington has proceeded to Tunis in con-
necton with the recent dispute between the French
and the Bey of Tunis.
LONDON, April 15.-Owing to the outrage COM
mitted by the Beers on those of their countrymen
who during the late war remained loyal to the
British Crown retaliatory measures have been
adopted. and civil in Transvaal is now feared.
The Pail Mall Gazette's remarks in a leading
article that the practice of permitting political
parties to control Government departments en-
dangers the existence of popular rule in Australia
LONDON, April 20-The executor of the will of
the late Earl Beaconsfield has declined the pro-
posal made by the Right Hon. w. E. Gladstone
that the funeral of the deceased should be pub
licly performed. The will of the late Earl directs
that the funeral should be performed in the most
simple manner, and that his body should be in
tered in his wife's vault at Hughenden.
LONDON. April 2l-It now transpires that the
proposal of the Right Hon. w. Z. Gladstone, that
the funeral of the late Earl of Beaconseld should
be publicly performed, was made by the desire of
the Queen, bnt that Her Majesty has deferred to
the wishes expressed by the late Earl's will, that
the funeral should be of simple character. The
interment will take place at Hughenden on Tues
day next.
LONDON, April 1s-The Council of the province
of Samara, district of Volga, Russia, has refused
10 vote the Royal address on the Cars accession
to the throne, but demands popular representation.
Other Provincial Councils will probably follow the
example set by the Council of Samara.
BRISBANE, april 23-The steamer Brisbane has
arrived at Cooktown from Hongkong, with $50
Chinese, one suffering from small pox and the
vessel has therefore been quarantined
BRISBANE, April 23-Mr. McIlraith, the Premier,
telegraphs from London that he has come to an
agreement for company to carry out the Trans
continental Railway scheme, subject to the surveys
COnuFIlllilp tle representations WHICH ndNe Deel
made. The surveying expedition will leave London
for Queensland in the middle of May.
CoSsTANTNoPLE, April 23-Four domestics of
the Techeragan Palace have confessed that the
Sultan Abdul Aziz, who was believed TO have com
mitted suicide the 4th of June 1876 by stabbing
himself with pair of scissors, was murdered by
themselves. The confession of the assassins i'm
picates several prominent public officials in this
city.
LONDON, April 23d.-The Bey of Tunis has ad-
dressed communication to the Powers, in which
he discaims all responsibility for any outbreak of
fanaticism which may take place in the munici-
pality in the present excited state of the people
over the action of the French in Algiers.
CALCUTTA, April 22.-News has been received
from KandaAar to the effect that the evacuation of
the city by the British forces which were stationed
there has been completed The town and district
are now under the control of the Ameer's Govern
ment
CoNsTANTINoPLE, April 22d.-Despatches have
been received from Dervish Pasha, commanding
the Turkish troops in Western Roumelia, stating
that the advance of his troops has been forcibly
opposed by body OF insurgent Albanians at the
river Vardar, and that engagements have taken
place at Usikiuw, resulting in the defeat of the
rebels.