The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1857-09-24

The mother of Queen Victoria is Il years of age.

F4HEE
The mother of Queen Victoria is II years of age.
The astounding number of 478, OOC 900 letters
passed through the English Post Office in 1856.
Two ladies have be4Aarrested for stealing about
$500 worth of silks from Stewards in Broadway, New
York
The value of the largest pearl yet found Few
Jersey is $1,000. The total value of the discoveries
does not exceed $1,000.
The French Navy comprises 527 vessels, of which
2O9 are steamers, and carrying altogether 14,077
guns. The American Navy numbers but 20 vessels,
carrying 2243 guns.
The toad is regarded by the French gardeners as
an invaluable assistant. Four or five of these fat,
lazy fellows, willkeep a garden free from bugs, worms
aud flies.
The annual supply of gold from the California
mines is estimated at $4,000 GOO, while the mines of
Australia contribute 60, 000, 900 annually to tho in
creaslng wealth OF the world, Ind those of Russia
100000.
The BRITISH NATIONAL EBT.-Accordin to recent
official returns, the national debt of Great Britain on
the 3lst of March, 1856, was e775, al2. 684, of which
Is, ool. 10 bore interest r q per cent; E769 ,ooo.-
$50, interest at 3 per cent: 92,87l ,515, at 81 per
cent and f433 ,135, at 8 per cent, making an an
nual interest of f23, 267 ,361.
Sleeping in the tropics under the brilliant light of
the moon is said to produce twists in the neck, injury
to the eyes, and distortion of the mouth. The char
acter and effects of the moons rays are subjects much
discussed by eminent naturaiists, such for instance
as Humboldt.
The greatest g betting man. in England is said to
be a person named Davis, who a few years since was
a journeyman carpenter. He is partially deformed
and lame, has a sharp, well-de6ned profile and a keen
bright eye. His losses and winning within a few
years, have been very large-on one occasion his
losses footed e70,000, which he promptly paid.
The HoTTEsr PART OF THE GLoBE-Belzon con-
sidered the tract between the first and second cata-
racts Of the Nile to be the hottest on the globe, At
Thebes, he says, it rains about three times . year.
about half an hour each time.
Gen. Cass is strict in his personal habits. will not
dine out II he can help il, and goes to bed at 10
O'Clock Z. NJ. When at Paris, at balls st his own
house, he would quietly slip off to bed at the above
hour, leaving his wife and three daughters to enter
tam the company present This rcgine accounts for
his unwonted vigor at the advanced age of seventy
five years.
The New York Scoipei re;terates the theory that tho
National Hotel sickness was, caused by the no;son;ng
OF rats. and Their getting into the water used IN the
house. The rats were exceedingly numerous about
the hotel, until q man from New York was emnloved
70 exterminate them. Tie poisoner effected his oh
Ject, and a servant in the Eotel declares that manv.
OF the dead yermin were subsequently, taken from The
water-tank- This is stated or the authority If ! ra~
tent from near the hotel, W . says he knows fba
facts to be as related. 's
iHE USE or MoSEY.-The New York Mirror saws
II ls estimated that one Of our rich men William r
Astor) has now an income Of $1,000 q day, or 81 100