The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-02-27

The BrigantIne w. q. Irwin Arrives
in Ii Days from San Francisco.

The brIgant1no WIN. G. Irwin arrIEou
Sunday morning from San Francisco.
She left the latter place on the 18th, and
meeting with pleasant weather made
the run down in eleven days. She
brought two passengers and about 300
tons of freight. The Irwin is anchored
in the stream in quarantine. Captain
McCulloch had only one paper on board,
a "Call'' of the 18th, from which we
clip the following items:
British Affairs.
A dispatch from London, February
14th, says: In the Commons Trevelyan
resumed the debate. In his reply to
the Queens speech he said the Coercion
Act had done little to suppress crime
and a great deal to shock public
opinion. The conviction of twelve mem
bers of the Commons should happily do
more than anything else to bring about
a settlement of the Irish question It
was obvious the Government meant to
pursue their policy of the oppression of
Ireland, refusing even to concede the
reminded the leaders of the Liberal
Unionists that after six months of the
Carnarvon regime they had voted for
the extension of local government in
Ireland. Why were they now silent?
Mayor Saunderson tainted Trevelyan
with his change of opinion, and quoted
extracts from the latter's speech de-
nouncing the League and Gladstone's
policy. The Parnellites, Saunderson
said, were men who were never law
abiding, and never would be, let the law
be what it may. An Irishman is not a
man who naturally sympathizes with
law of any kind. He denounced Glad
stone as binding the people to the inn
moral teachings of the League.
Labouchere said Major Saunderson
was the mouth-piece of the Conservative
Club, which had been formed to compel
the reluctant Government to protect the
interests of Irish landlords. His speech
was evidence of the failure of coercion,
because he demanded more coercion.
He concluded with a severe attack upon
Government with reference to the Mitch
elstoWn affair, which, he said, demanded
a strict inquiry.
Thomas w. Russell, Liberal Unionist
member for Tyrone, made a long speech
in which he commended the Govern
ment's policy. He urged Balfour to go
straight forward and have neither eyes
nor ears for anything outside of the four
corners of the law. Members of the
Commons and priests should receive diff
ferent treatment from that to which the
peasants were subjected.
Clancy replied on behalf of the Par
nellites.
Anderson, member for Elgin and
Nairn NiberaD, gave notice that he
would introduce an amendment to the
address in favor of the appointment of
Land Commission, similar to the Irish
Commission, for Scotland, where the
fall in the price of produce has rendered
it impossible to pay rents unless they
are reduced.
Gladstone will speak on Parnell's
amendment to the address, relative to
Coercion Act, on Thursday or Friday
next. None of the Liberal Unionist
leaders intend to speak on the amend
ment.
Sir James Ferguson, Under Foreign
Secretary, said in the House of Com
mons February 14th that when he said
recently that the Government was not
pledged to military action in behalf of
any European power, he implied naval
action as we'll. Beyond the treaties
known to the country none existed. Fer
guson evaded an answer to Labouchere's
question as to whether an agreement
other than a treaty had been made.
Frightful Accident at Brooklyn.
A frightful accident occurred in Brook
lyn February 18th, which caused the
death of three persons and the injury of
a dozen others. Along Broadway a sec
ton of the Union Elevated road is now
in course of construction. A huge steam
derrick, which was used in building, was
hauled along the Orders as each section
was completed. This morning the der
rick was started and had been hauled
but short distance when the Orders
began to spread outward. Just at that
moment a street-car was approaching
the section, but the driver did not notice
what was going on overhead. The der
rick pressed through the Orders and fell
to the ground, striking the horse-car and
cutting it in two. The fire department
was called out and ambulfnces sent for,
but owing to the escaping steam and
heat of the boiler it was some time be-
fore anything could be done. Finally
the debris was cleared away and the