Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume VIII, Number 22, 29 May 1869 — English Column. FOREIGN NEWS. [ARTICLE]

English Column.

FOREIGN NEWS.

Tho An». Miii Sicarner «• !<]-•»ho " ?.rr:ve<i prun:ptly e.n iho 23-'i m?:.. an i havc nc«*s to Mav 12;h. Tidinps harc h<-en receivcd thc death of that trorthy jrent!eman and tr?je frtead oi Hawan—Capt. Jamca Haoneweil. tbe iVjnd*r of thc mercantīle hoissc ot* Brewcr & Co , of this cUy, at the ad%'anccd sge of 77 years. Tbc name o( Capt. H., wili lon'j be jiēid in high respect and gratefui remcrobrancc in lhīs laod. By this arnval we leam ihat tbc Pacific Kaiiroad was compieted on thc 10th of May. An immcn?« tide of trarel is now ]passing; over it. Thc ni!road re!ebration in Chicago was fixed lor ilay 11- It was planned to bc a verv grand afrur. Vice President Coif3x isaiaong thc.spcaker.son the occa<;ion. The whoie ci!y was to be i!iuriiinated in ihe ni::ht, and ali business to be suspended for one hour during the day. j The speeeh of B<>nator Surnner on the | Alabarna claims <juestion is said to have lA'en one of the ab e>t speeches evcrdelivered in the Amehean Senate. It ia stat«i that Motley's written instroctions arc being preparcd at the State Depart»rient, aitho«jgh he wiii be alioweel iarge dis-j crction in matters that mny eome before him. | llis instructions reiative to the Alabamaj claimsare known to be based on the SenatorSumner's spcech, whieh seems to havc been rnade the ultimatuin. Motley is dirccted to be in nohurry, but toawait a favorable opportunity for opening nt'gotiatioiis on the subject. New \okk, May 3. A newspnper cor- \ respondcnt has "intcrviewcd" Senator Sum- i ncr on the "Alnbama"' claims, and the opi-' nions of thc British press upon his late apeeeh.: Siunncr thinks the assertions of the British i press shouid be received with mueh caution,; for thc reason that Engiand never likes to; bc to!d the truth, particulary when she is in thc wrong- He did not e-\press supprise at; the irruation, and even alann, whieh now, cxists in that country, as the British people havescen the unaninnty with whieh the Se- > naie supportcd him in his views, and rejecteU thc Johnson-Stanley trcaty, to whieh stateof facts thcy will soon have addcd —dcspite the shifts of thc London "Times"—the disagree-! üble alternative that President Grant eoin-! cides completely with his views. ] Sumncr thinks the difficulty will not lead towar, nshe nppears lully convinced that ; Engiand will pay the amount of the bili in ; preferencc to fighting. While hoping for an ; amieahle arrangement, the Senator declaresi that there shali be no yielding on the part of the Amcrican people, after Motley hns made known thpir wishes to the English ! Cabinct. | Thc British Government demandsthesur- j rcndcr of the Amen'ean vessel weil" and apology from Spain for her capt'urc and dctention. j An expcdition of a thousand nic:i well : nrmed nnd thoroughly equipped for war leH i New York city on a stcamship May 3d, ostcn-1 sibly for St. Thonms; tut it is generally | known tha( Cuba is their dcstination. They I wcre not molcsted by nny oflic'erofthe United States, though ail their movements were j puhlie nud without concealment. Another and similar expedition is reported to have landcd in Cubi and forwarded its men within thc rebel lines on Tuesday. j The Spnish Minister ot VVashington has| informed the United StatesGovernment that | thc rccoguition of the belligerent rights of| the Cubnns by the United St«tes will be re- i garded by Spain as a declaration of war, | and will be follo\ved by privateering on their| part. | Colonel o'Ue»lly, an Knglishman, hns heen detectcd in a conspiracy ogainst the j Sultan's Government, the scope and purpose , of whieh iooked to nothing less than the! division of the empire of Turkey nnd the | cstablishment of a new Vice Royal Govern-i ment on the Euphrates, to be under contpl! of the brother of Viceroy of Egypt. This | very niee arrangement to cover India against! tho advnnces of Kussin, had the sanction of; b«)th Engiand and France. j The American end of the French AUantic j cabie is to be ianded at Cape May. The stcamcr will soil with the cable from Frsnce somc time in July. Paris % May 4. The Geographical Society has decreed a gold medal to Dr. Hayes, | of thc Unitcd States, for his eminent services | in the work of Arctic exploration. The uiedal | will be forwarded by Getieral Dix. | lt is announCed that the em;grat(on to the I Unitcd Statcs j'rom Germany, Ireland and Norway will be larger this vear than ever before. A halion race from Salt Lake to New York or to San Francisco (ns the wnid mav ehanee to blow at the time.) is set for July 4th. Skteioer and Cheralier of St. Louis are the contestauts. J. Koss Browne writcs to the State Departluem that ihe Chioeso are opposed to the objecis ofßurlingame's mission,and doingall they ein to eheek progre§sive ideis. j Secretary Boutwell intends to create a 1 Sinking Fund, under authoritv of the hw of I lS62 f for thc extinction of thē public debt. | He think« th« present condition of thel roveiiues m*Wes ihe plan ihogether practi- j cable, and he wiil begin to execute it on the | Ut of July, 1869. The **Republicany* special says that Gen. Lee, at hU iatemew with Grant, made! several suggestions, at Gr*ot's request, respecting the submission of the oew Con?tituhon to the Southern people. He thought the people wouid have separate rotes oo the disfranch»sing clause; abo on lhe clauses af!ecting internat improvements. Lee favors the Fifteenth Amendment, nnd approves the recent Conservative movement nt Kichmond. He does not appreheod hartn lroiij iho cnfninchiscnicnt of the ncgrt»es, and cotuiiders it of ti»e tirst unponanee that Vir« ginia and ail the Southem States be io accord with the Federul Gov<?rnment. and have full representation in Congress, after whieh all coUaterai and minor questions.wiU satisfactoriiy adj>m theniselves. I