The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-03-07

purpose of re-embarking, when am
pushed. There had been no sign of an
enemy and the attack was sudden
and unexpected. The British had en-
tered into a trap and We're surrounded
on every side. In spite of the sudden
ness OF the onslaught and the terrible
fire to which they Were subjected, the
/ sailors tried to make a stand The at
| tempt was useless, however, as the
enemy maintained well directed vol
leys. Amidst storm of bullets the
| English were compelled to retreat.
So ferocious was the attack that the
British were unable To Rescue the bod
| les of Lieutenant of Marines +. w.
| Hervey and the eight others who
| were killed. In the retreat they were
! forced To abandon field piece and
| 5000 cartridges.
On the arrival OF the news at Bath
urst the war vessels AVisO and Alecto
! were dispatched to the scene of
the disaster, and attempted to
land a party at ConjOr. The enemy
was prepared for their arrival and
| opened up a heavy fire which COM
| PEELED the party to retire. The Alecto
thereupou returned to Bathurst for re-
endorsements. Three hundred men
of the West India Regiment are eX-
pected at Bathurst and the expedi-
ton against the slave dealers will be
resumed Immediately upon the ar
rival of these soldiers.
The Italian Minister of Finance re-
ported to the House on the 2lst inst,
that the deficit for the fiscal year
amounted to one hundred and fifty
million lire, and that the only way to
prevent the deficit from increasing
was to increase taxation in a country
that is practically bankrupt.
E,ustiS limited States Ambassador
to France, is said to desire to retire
and make a campaign for United
States Senator from Louisiana.
A dispatch from Toronto says that
the canal scheme to connect Georgian
bay with Lake Ontario has passed the
committee stages. 1t now has to go
to the Council for ratification. If sue
cessful. toe promoters promise to spend
$50, 900, 900 on 1T. Traffic going py the
way of the Erie canal will be diverted
into Lake Ontario and through the st.
Lawrence river to Europe. he route
is S39 miles shorter than by the Lake
Erie canal. The promoters expect to
get all the Western traffic.
Admiral Da CANA again succeeded
in running the forts in the haTbor of
Rio with his flagship Aquidaban, and |
is said to be seeking the dynamite |
cruiser Nichteroy, in the hope of sink |
rebel fleet in Rio and use the dyna-
mite shells upon them. When they
meet great fight is expected III which
one or both may go down.
A dispatch of the 2lSt says that the
captain of the British merchantmen
Nasmyth made application to the
British man OF war for assistance nee |
essary to enable him to obtain a sup
ply of water, and was cOntemptuously
The merchant skipper pro
posed applying to Admiral Benham
for aid, whereupOn the commander of
the war vessel sneeringly answered
that he might do as he liked. The
cap ain of the merchantmen then APP
pealed to Admiral Benham, who as
signed Lieutenant Kilbourn to guard
the water boat under the American
flag.
Vessels of all nations are seeking
the protection of the United States
flag. British sailors are openly ours
ing the British officers, who, they de-
clare, are sacrificing commerce to aid
Da CANA. Evidence of the existing
feeling in this respect is given in the
TACT that at the principal landing yes
terday the British flag was trampled
in the dirt by British sailors, whose
officers expressed no word of disap-
prevail of their act, which was accom-
panied toy cheers for Uncle Sam.
There have been several more bomb
explosions in Paris without doing
much damage, but the Government
Is getting tired of police protection,
and it is probable that the famous
.ity will again be placed under mar
,ial law. This has not occurred since
he Franco-Prussian war in 1870.