The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1882-09-30
Notes From Foreign Papers.

The fighting between the Turkish and Greek
forces has been stopped by mutual agreement.
An armed force of 40, 900 Tripolians is stated
to have left on the way to Egypt to reinforce
tercept their advance.
The commanders of Arabi's force at Mehallet-
el-Kebir are meditating desertion.
A portion of the Turkish troops have arrived
at Port Said and disembarked there.
1t is reported that a plot against the lives of
the Europeans has been discovered in Alexan-
dria, and the information given led to the find
ing of a stock of three thousand rifles and six
thousand bludge, ms concealed in a mosque.
Some Greek spies have been arrested.
The quarantine regulations of Bombay delay
the completion of the Indian contingent for
Egypt.
The Imperial Government has agreed to the
request of Sir Garnet Wolseley, and supplied the
balloons required for observational purposes.
1t is understood that the Government of
Queensland has received q telegram from the
agent-general in London, asking authority to
grant free passages to Queensland to 400 dis
missed Irish police constables.
Last month ell government departments were
removed from Levuka, FIJI, to the new capital
Suva.
While the steamer Gunga, from Sydney, was
in quarantine at Levuka. an amusing affair
occurred. There were a number of horses on
board. These were lowered into a punt along
side. aud there remained oil day Friday, during
which time it rained in torrents. The health
Office Z udS Ciuocu tAC dSCub " u COHl-
pany to be notified that as the horses had been
so exposed for the time mentioned, and as he
was perfectly satisfied that the drenching. to
which they had been subjected had purged them
from all possibility of communicating the germs
of contagion, he might take delivery of them,
and he accordingly did So. The passengers al
once petitioned sen mas" to be permitted to
work out their salvation in the same manner.
They even offered, as the rain had ceased, to
stand the fire of the Gunga's steam pumps fol
the regulation number of hours; but with thai
degree of apparent inconsistency peculiar to the
scientific mind, the doctor obstinately refused
to see the force of such arguments"
The Zealandia on her last trip made the fastest
passage on record from Auckland to Sydney, viz,
8 days 81 hours.
A letter from Apia (Samoa) says-"July II
was an epoch day in the municipality. Ger
tain charges were made against certain natives
and Judgment given against them. They were
sentenced and fined, or IN default to be locked
up. The whole body of natives walked out, an6
told the magistrate to do it; which he could not
The next day a great meeting was held ut Null
nuu, a Government formed, and the ancien
artillery of ~Steinberger fired q royal salute of q
guns. This looks as if the King is waking up
and thinks he has some right to his share of tn
gooseberry pie hitherto enjoyed by the munich
pality. 1t looks to ne as if the Municipal Bill
must shortly be thrown out; as it is the Minis
tiers are defeated. In the evening a sort of hol
low apology was made by the King for goint
against the municipality"
On September Sd Inns. Diamond arrived
at Sydney from the S. S. Islands. She appears t.
have made a somewhat active cruise in those
wild regions, paying special attention to local.
ties inhabited by savsges who are known to havt
been implicated in recent murderous outrages.
Sir Henry Parkes, Premier of New Soutl
Wales is again in bad health and obliged to alb
stain from official business for q time.
The vessel in which Sir Arthur Gordon, tn,
present Governor of New Zealand went up t
Sydney in after his late visit to Fiji, was put il
quarantine. A special train was at the time waiting
Pto take Sir Arthur to Melbourne to join hi
family on board the mail steamer for SueZ.