The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1885-05-20
EUROPEAN.

LONDON. May 9.-Mr. James Russell Lowell will
remain in London until the end of July. he is at
present arranging series of receptions, at which
/ he will introduce Phelps, the new United States
Minister, in political and social circles.
LONDON. May 9.-Consols opened at 1851, having
closed last night at 90 ZIG and soon fell to 9S Sis
and at l.3O p. m. were quoted at 9Sas.
ST. PETERsBuRG, May 9.-The middle harbor at
| Cronstadt, which it was thought might be kept
closed, was opened to shipping to-day.
LONDON, May 9.-The trial of James g. Cunning
| ham on the charge of causing the explosion Of
January 9th at Tower of London will begin next
Monday, and that of his alleged accomplice, Harry
| Burton, will be taken up soon as the Cunning
| ham trial is ended. The report that Messrs.
! Richards and Little, the counsel for Cunningham
and Burton, respectively, intend to apply for
| postponement of the trial is untrue. The wit
nesses for the defense all ready, and as several
of them are being kept in London at considerable
expense, any further delay would be hardship
rather than benefit to the prisoners.
NV YoEK May 1O.-A cable special from LON
don OF May 9Th says: In Parliament the air is
| full of vague uncertainty. The impression is
general though not particularly well founded,
that the Gladstone Ministry is going TO pieces
Some cynical observers even declare that the
Ministers, including Gladstone himself, are aware
of this fact. Their narrow escape from defeat on
the English Registration bill shook them badly,
and defeat is possible if improbable, on the same
question next week.
NEW YORK Nav IO-The Herald, commenting
vasion by armed Chinese bands of Eastern Siberia
and an attack upon Russian villages in that quar-
ter, says: The disputed territory is on the south
bank of the Amoor, and was never formally coded
TO Russia bnt is thickly settled by Russian peasan
try There Is but little doubt that the attack was
the result of proposed Anglo-C Chinese alliance,
which was being negotiated at the time when it
seemed likely France and England were about to
seriously disagree on the Bosplore-EgyptieH ques-
ton.
LONDON, May 7th.-Lady Lonsdale was married
to day to Earl De Grey at st. Martins Church
brown homespun material, and jacket and hat
didly. Lord Ripon, father of the bridegroom,
and the Earl of Pembroke and only few select
friends of the bride and groom were the only per-
sons present to witness the ceremony.
LONDON, May 7th.-william Ward, first Earl of
Dudley, is dead. He was &c years of age Earl
Dudley was Liberal Conservative.
PARIS MAY 7th.-The subject of the proposed
international control of the of the Suez canal is
being discussed by the International Suez Canal
Commission. The German, Austrian and Russian
delegates favor international CONTROL The Eng
lIsh and Italian delegates oppose it.
PARIS May 7th.-Advices from st. Vincent re-
port that while the Messageries- Franchise steamer
Vile de MRrseille was ON her way to Buenos
Ayres, the emigrants on boad mutinied, owing to
tie bad food furnished. They were finally over
20 cred after a desperate fight, in which the
captain and several of the crew were badly wound
ed. Ten of the passengers we're killed or wounded.
The vessel put into st. Vincent, where she is
guarded by a French cruiser.