The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-12-22
LATER NEWS
BY the Royal Mail Steamship Ma
rarOa.

By the Union Company's Royal Mail
| steamship Mararoa, from the Colonies,
we have Auckland dates of the 8th and
Sydney dates of the 4th inclusive The
intelligence is not OF special interest.
Following are the leading points:
The Burmese Affair.
CALCUTTA, December 3d-King Thee
baw, together with the Queen and some
other members of his household, have
arrived at Thayetungo in the Pegu dis
trict OF British Burmah, where they are
detained as prisoners. A Press Associa-
ton message says King Theebaw is pro-
ceeding to Calcutta.
CALCUTTA, December 4th-Intelligenc
from Mandalay announces that large
numbers of Dacoits made raid upon
! that place yesterday. The British troops
were taken at a disadvantage, and in the
| fighting which ensued many British Off
| GERS and men were killed and wounded.
| CALCUTTA, December 5th-The Earl of
| Duferin, Governor-General of India, re-
! plying to an address presented to him by
! the citizens of Lucknow, stated it would
| be a matter for careful consideration
whether Burmah should be incorporated
or whether it would be better to remodel
! the administration of Upper Burmah.
CALCUTTA, December 9TH. = Advices
from Mandalay report that the Burmese
are preserving a peaceable attitude
towards the British forces. General
Prendergast has invited the Burmese
Ministers and officials to assist the Brit
ish officers in governing the country.
War In SOudan-LOss of 900 Men.
CAIRO, December 4th.-The natives of
Upper Egypt are renewing their hostile
demonstrations. Yesterday they de-
stroyed a mile of railway line between
Wady Halfa and Akaba, near the second
cata yact of the Nile.
CAIRO, December 5th.-The Soudan-
csc Arabs made an attack on Ambigole
yesterday, but were repulsed and com
pletely dispersed by the British troops,
with loss Of fully one thousand men.
LONDON, December 6th.-Italy has an
nexed Massowah, an Egyptian seaport
in the Red Sea.
The Elections I'm the United Kingdom.
LONDON, December 7th.-Mr Parnell
has been elected for Govan, Scotland,
and the Right Hon. Sir W. Hart-Dyke
has been returned for hartford Mr.. F.
NJ. Healy has been returned for South
Derry. For Lanarkshire the Conserva-
tives only secured two seats out Of seven.
For Invernesshire, Mr.. c. F. Mcintosh,
the representative of the Crofters, has de-
feated Sir Kenneth Mackenzie; and Me-
Iced, Crofter candidate, has secured
the Argyleshire seat. The elections will
finish on Wednesday next, the 9th in
slant 81
Among the members who have lost
their seats at the present elections are !
Sir Wilfred Lawson, Sir Fares Herschelf A
and Mr.. J. B. Burleigh.
The latest election intelligence an
nounces the return of the Right Hon. q.
Osborne Morgan for Bromfeld, or the
Eastern Division of Denbighshire. The
Right Hon c. Stanhope and Mr.. Albert
H. G. Grey have been reelected for
Horncastle and Tyneside respectively.
A Press Association message, dated
London, December 9th, says: The LibeT
ais have secured 206 seats in England,
% in Wales, So in Scotland, and l in
Ireland; and the Conservatives have OBJ
tanned 214 in England, in Wales, in
Scotland, and II in Ireland. Sir Samuel
Wilson, a rich Australian squatter, who
bought Hughenden Manor, Bucks, the
property of the late Earl of BeacOnsfield,
and also set up as Tory magnate, was
rejected by 1861 votes. The Hon +. Stan
hope has been elected. The Hon. G. G.
Davenay and Mr.. f. D. Gray "a Home
Ruler have been rejected.
Australian News.
The London "Economist," referring to
the Australian railways, comments on
the unpaying character of the New South
Wales and Victorian lines.
SYDNEY, December 5th.-On the
motion of Sir John Robertson, the Legis
lative Assembly has adjourned until the
9th instant, in order to prevent the Gov
eminent from proceeding with business.
ADELAIDE, December 5th.-The Gov
eminent have abandoned the idea OF
passing the Federal Council Bill this
session, and the colony of South Aus
tralia will consequently not be repre-
scented at Hobart next month.
MELBOURNE, December 7th.-Ihe L.
& o. R. M. s. Carthage arrived this
morning. Lord Darlington, the new
Governor of New South Wales, and his
suite, were passengers. His Lordship
and party landed here, and will proceed
to Sydney overland, arriving there on
Saturday next, when the official recep-
ton of the new Governor takes place.
Commercial.
SYDNEY, December 4th.-New Zealand
wheat, So 4d per bushel; New Zealand
oats, 2s I'd; maize, per 56 lbs, As; Sugar
Company's No. l, 926 per ton.
ADELAIDE, December 4th.-Shipping