The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1881-11-26
FOREIGN NEWS

From the papers to hand by tho steamer
Zeala1.dr, we tax, the following information a-
O, current events in foreign couutrie-.
Commenting ON tLs state 81 Affairs in Ireland,
and tine action Of tho British Government IL
regard Co. them. The Melbourne Leadsr say -
II fret note ~ warning that the lu-h
agILttYrs received wa1 IN e 7prs.n M when 9LE-
Gladstone severely condemned Mr- Plru,IL's
policy u public plumber To tins Air. Parlcll
had the LuriIhood 20 reply lE-DiruIy- The
next dry the whole 81 EUROPE was startled by
the iuatIIi-,uca tlat us was arrested and luear-
eerut-I IN EiImaiuhlm rHll. AZ first the report
was received with ~iucr.dulity. but another
-ueech - Dir GinistOue'5. made % the Guild
hall, settled the Question he affirmed and
justified the arrest announcing With wtrulLg
emphasis that il vus OuIy the first step for the
yiudIcatipu u law and order IN Ireland the
news Of tie capture % tLc arch u-Itatur set the
Land League boz % biaz.- IL elected Ar- John
Dillon o. 4lr. FITueI = place and Illuminated
dsrcay against the Premier. Riots occurred iu
Dublin and Limerick. which had to b. sup
pressed hv military force. and @ meeting Of
ulItatDr-. held IN London, resolved that HO taxes
should be paid until Alr. PaTuel was released.
But the English Government has not been In
the least deferred by these preceding The
whole " Ireland has been proclaimed under the
Coercion Act the citizens 4 Dublin are warned
not 70 leave their homes after dark "a special
proclamation has rendered sBOycJttiug. or the
coercion II tenants by the Land League. a
criminal act Nr. Dillon, it, new president, has
joined Nr. FarueIl Me-7rS. Conner, O'helly-
Sexton. Grew. and other Irish members Of Par
lament have been arrested and confined, as
have the secretary Of the Land League, the
editor 81 its organ and their associates. who
have been actively engaged in It's management
others have He'd to France. Troops and ships OF
war are being concentrated, ready for action.
determined attitude and prompt action Of
the Government NJ first aroused % great Outcry,
and evoked many threats but when these We're
found Of no avail, a more polite course appears
70 have anuroyg1 itself Tn the Land IaauTeT--
whose leaders began to advise the tenants 10
apply 20 the Land Commission for "a decision Of
disputed questions with the object Of creating a
deadlock. and thus hamperiug the work Of the
Commission. Many Of the fresh cases which
have thus been submitted have. It Is belieyed5
been only referred To- the Commission with the
view Of Obstructiug its labor. \ telegram Of the
eth instant saws :-.s Several decisions lately
given by the Irish Land u~b-commissio sitting
ut Belfast have been favorable to the tenants,
and have IN many eases had the effect Of largely
reducing the present rack rents payable by them
on various estates.
The following contradictory accounts as to
political developments IN France appear side by
side in the New Zealand Herald Of 9Th instant {.
sc Paris, November 3. VI. Gambetta having
undertaken the task Of forming a new Ministry
has resigned the presidency Of the Chamber Of
DEPUTIES and NJ. G.. Bris5Ou, one Of the vice
presidents, was elected to-day TO the vacant
position. Paris, Nov. lon the meeting Of the
Chamber Of Deputies to-day, VI. Ferry, Presi-
dent Of the Council, informed the Chamber that
Ministers deferred for the present rendering
their designations, p~refeu1ng to meet the pro
posed vote OF ceusure Of their policy in Tunis.
From the Colonies the most important item of
news l. the ChithertO) blOOdless war which has
taken place on the west coast Of the North Island
Of New Zealand. OF this we give q full account
i'm a separate article.
From Sydney we learn that though the cases
are not very numerous. smallpox still holds 1t,
footing in that city and in some Of it, suburbs.
A telegram dated Sydney, 4th November, con
tains the following account Of further trouble
between natives of the Solomon Group and the
white traders which venture among them =
New 10 hand from the Islsuds, reporting that
the trading schooner Atlantic, while visiting the
Solomon Group. was attacked by the natives III
q most determined manner. y desperate night
took place between the crew OF the vessel and
the ISLANDERS, during which several Of the
kanakas composing the crew were killed, but
the natives were finally beaten OFF,
Captain Belknap. commander II the L. :. =.
Alaska. report5 from CaIIa1 that he has taken a
series Of s0undings from san Lorenzo Island TO
q point in I1.f4Z =. and 1882 W. III last
sounding gave 21OT fathOms. The sOundings
showed q more abrupt descent Of the ocean-bed
than ON o previous line run from Arson Bay
The Alaska would remain at Calao tHl relieved
by another cruiser, on account Of the insecurity
which prevailed among the American residents
in Lima.
The disastrous hurricane which swept over
Mexico last month j. reported 90 have DESTROYED
800 houses.
SPORrISG NEvs.-Nr. Kecue's three-year-Old
FoxhalI won the Cambrdgeshire Stakes at New
market, Lucy Glitters second. Tristan third.
FOxhau had been heavily bIckedbothi IN England
and America.-St. Julien and Trukct trOtted a
match 40 Philadelphia for q purse Of 5000. The
track WIS deep and dusty. 1t. Julien won three
heats in succe-SiOn-iu 2.17. 217, and 2.2O
Trinket broke badly in the home stretch each
time.-The special purse for trOtting, given To
twO-year-Olds by the Bay District Association
California; was won by StaufOrd's WildiOwer
in 2.2I. This l. claimed % be the most won
derful exhibition Of tr0ttiug ever witnessed in
the juvenile ranks.
Aquatic Championship Of the World.
A match for the championship Of the world
was to be rowed between Hanlan and Ross, al
Toronto. last month.
An exciting match Is also likely TO come of
shortly, Trickett having challenged his old con
queror Hanlan TO row him IN Canadian waters
for $1,000 aside, and the latter has accepted the
challenge. A Sydney paper suggests that
Trickett, whs cam pretty well measure the capa.
bilities Of his opponent, Feels that ne IS return.
ing TO his old form again. The bracinS air OF
Canada may have wrought wonders in the ply
steal condition Of the Australian sculler towards
restoring the tone Of his nerves and muscles.
Destruction Of Forests.