The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1885-12-14

on the day of the funeral, and be |
draped in mourning for thirty days.
Thus one Of natures noblemen laws |
aside the cares of state, and passes
out of view, but his name and his
tory will be long embalmed in frag-
rant memories in the homes of the
people, and many an aspiring youth
will be referred to Thomas A. Hen
bricks as n bright and shining
example of what man, citizen
and statesman was, and ought to
be.
KING ALFONSO.
The death of the young King of
Spain promises to be fruitful of
great political as well as civil dis
turbances. The effect of the de-
cease of the Spanish sovereign
affords occasion for reflection on the
great contrast between q system of
government not possessing the con-
fidence of the nation, or of foreign
states, and system in which the
relative positions of ruler and citi-
zen are satisfactorily adjusted and
established. The civil atmosphere
of Spain was, on the announcement
of the Kings death, at once in a
state of disturbance. A revolution
airy rising is feared. The Carlists
are in great strength and well sup
piled with money. CASTLE was in q
state of siege, and 100000 reserves
were called out. Cuba, being in n
chronic state Of disaffection, threat
ems to be the scene of a political
upheaval. The deceased monarch
had only reached the age of %
years. Alfonso was sovereign of
more liberal views than most, if not
all, of his predecessors. His gov
eminent of q country VIGOROUSLY
misgoverned for centuries, was char
acterized by more wisdom and tolcr
ance than his nation had been trained
to appreciate. Adversely had evil
IDENTIFY found him careful and
successful student. Driven from
the throne, with his mother, Queen
Isabella, he went to Sandhurst
Military College, England, where he
received military education. When
little more than II years of age, he
obtained the succession to his an
cestral throne, when his military
scholarship did him service at the
outset in the suppression of the
Carlist revolution, which he disposed
of within single month. He gave
his consent to limitation of the
powers of the Spanish monarchy in
1876, and thus made friends with
the most enlightened section of his
subjects as well as with foreign
states. His untimely death will be
much regretted among the friends
of liberty and progress everywhere.
The Queen, Christina, daughter of
Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria,
has been proclaimed Regent.
DEATH OF MARSHAL sERRANo.
Two days after the death of King
Alfonso, another prominent figure
in Spanish affairs passed away.
This was Serrano of DomingueX,
Duke de la Fare.
THE ENGLISH ELECTIONS.
The defeat of the Liberal Party,
at the recent elections, is announced
to have been so thorough as to
amount almost to a complete over
throw. Several of the members of
the late Gladstone Cabinet have
been defeated,-Mr. Childers, Mr..
Lefevre, and Under Secretaries
Hayter and Holmes. The Marquis
of Lorne, the Queens son-in-law,
has also gone by the board. Sin
Charles Dixie won a close contest,
Parnell and Healey have been re.
turned for Cork. Il. p. O'Connor
an Irish Nationalist, ousted the
Tory candidate of a Liverpool
division with majority of 1921
Gladstone and Bright, however, were
safe.
BURMAH TAKEN BY THE BRITISH.
A British expeditionary force
under Gen. Pendergast, fought thu
Burmese at Hagan on the oath,
reached Nyeenyan on the 25th, ant
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