The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1891-12-30
Foreign News.

Foreign News.
During the elections in Ireland on
December 18th, Michael Davitt, the
famous Irish leader, was seriously
beaten by followers of the opposition
candidates.
The recent expulsion of French
correspondent from Bulgaria has re-
suited in the cessation of diplomatic
relations between the two countries,
and France has demanded satisfac-
ton. Thus far Bulgaria has refused
to grant it, and there is great uneasi-
ness among the European powers lest
this situation develop into war.
It is reported that Russia has an
nOuneed her intention to declare a
protectorate over Corea, and that Port
Hamilton will be selected as q naval
station from which to enforce her
position.
Mrs. John w. Mackay, formerly of
this city, has sold her Paris residence,
and will henceforth reside in London.
The funeral of Dom Pedro, the de-
posed Emperor of Brazil, was held at
Lisbon on December IL.
The wedding of the Duke of Clar-
OhCS anu AAhOC0o VI 1cCh
will take place on February 10, the
fifty-seeond anniversary of the we'd
ding of the Queen. This date was
fixed upon at the Queens special re-
quest. The British Silk Society, of
which the Duchess of Teck is presi-
dent, has begun the manufacture of
the wedding dress. It is to be of the
softest white damask, brocaded in a
design of lilies of the valley, with
roses, shamrocks and thistles en-
twined in the border, thus combining
the symbols of the three countries in
the kingdom. The train shows silver
lilies and other designs on a silk
ground. Ordinarily it would take at
least three months to complete the
dress, but the looms have been or
dered to he RIM night and day in oroIor
TO insure It's readiness for the day of
the wedding.
The Tahitian government has final
ly granted general amnesty to poll
teal offenders.
According to the reports of the
French and Spaninh ministers at
Tangiers, Muley Hassan has repudi-
ated his own Endorsement of the
Brussels agreement by authorizing
the sale of negroes in his empire.
Moreover, it has been discovered that
the Sultan of Morocco has counten-
anced the foundation of a settlement
at Marakesch, one of the imperial
residences, in which male and female
slaves brought from the interior are
compelled to marry in order that the
children born of these unholy unions
may be sold for the sultan's benefit.
In fact slaves are being bred in Mo-
N Ts1I1nh fhn foC hf0y,
horses. Europe cannot tolerate so
gross violation of it's decisions, and
all the signatory powers seem virtu-
ally in accord as to the necessity of
an expedition.
Honduras has another revolution,
which began on the day that President
Leiva was inaugurated. The rebels
were soundly whipped and driven into
Nicaragua. They were prevented
from retreating into Salvador by
troops massed along the border of
that country. More trouble is ex-
pected.
The revolution in Brazil is still I'M
settled, and there are strong indica-
tiOns of an uprising in Argentine.
Preparations for war are being rapidly
made.
The railway scandal in Canada has
at last borne fruit in the shape of the
dismissal of Premier MERCER and his
cabinet on the charge of rObbing the
government of 100000.
Italy is arranging to send a minister
to Washington in place of Baron
Fava, who was recalled on account of
the New Orleans affair.
The volcano of Colima, Mexico, is
again in eruption.
In addition to the horrors of famine
in Russia, an epidemic of small pox
has broken out.
Considerable excitement has been
caused in London by the receipt of
the news of a serious engagement be-
tween a force of Kashmirs under
English officers and body of Hunza
and Niger tribesmen, near Gilghit,
India. The latter menaced CHAT
Fort, near Gilghit, and detachment
was sent out to attack them. In the
fight which followed, four English
officers were severely wounded, seven
Sepoys were killed and twenty-seven
wounded. 1t is the general opinion
in England that the action of the
trlbesmen was due to Russian infiu-
ence, and that the battle with them
will lead to a meeting between Rus
sian and British troops.
On December 18th, at Guatemala,
the daughter of President Barillas
was married in the Church of the I'M
maculate Conception, to Don Luis de
Ojeda, formerly a resident of Cali
forGia. The brides portion is 81, 0O0,-
900.
A capital substitute for skating on
real ice is now provided in the Crys-
tai ice rink in London, adjoin-
ing the Royal Aquarium, the floor of |
which has been laid with a patent
composition, the invention of DR..
Calantarients, an American gentle
man. Skates of the ordinary winter
description, and not rollers, are used
upon the surface.