The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1857-10-01
Foreign Summary.

HUGu MLLEn.-The British government has be
slowed upon the widow of Hugh Miller an annuity
, G70.
A writer in Rlackwood's Magazine recommH
that the Brit lies be represented in Par
ment.
The class of 1BO7, in Yale College, hold their 6hs
years. meeting this week. There are said to be 2
survivors of this class.
Mrs. Helen NJ. Dodge has commenced a civil sui
against a dry goods merchant doing business i
Broadway, Albany, for kissing her against her will
The damages are laid at 5000.
HEAVY LIFE IssURANcE.-The Earl of Morningtou
who lately died in England, had his life insured fo
nearly a quarter of a million pounds sterling.
A SILVER CRADLE--The Mayoress of Liverpool i
about to be presented with a silver cradle, in accoz
dance with the custom of that municipality, TO cou1
memorate the birth of a child during her husband
year of Office.
The British government is about to instituted (
public office where men may deposit, in safety. thu
wills before dying" The improperly of making @
deposits affer,cards will thus be prevented.
The whale ship .1merica, about to sail ffou Nd
Bedford, is to be supplied with a propeller whale,
that can be forced through the water at the rateN
thirty miles an hour; it is a recent invention at Nes
York city. s,
The Lebanon (Ohio) Star records the death of fou,
men from drinking whisky with strychnine in it. Il
also says that tens of thousands of fish in the st AN
below the distillery have died. Two tons of dead fst
have been taken out, a mill-race being literally choxf
with them 4
The New York ship-owners have ipnomin;o /. {
backed out of their stand against advance wage
sailors; and the same result Of the much uootedS
form is likely to happen throughout Nsw Englanl
also. The land-sharks are too much b5f the cosav
pockets and short-sighted policy of the merchants ,
AMELYNE-This new anethetic, supposed to b
better and safer than ether or cloroform, has proved
suddenly fatal i'll the hands of DIR. Snow to a patieni
on whom Mr.. Ferguson YVES operating for fstuia. An
attempts at resuscitation failed. Dr.. Snow deals
the unfortunate case in the London Medical Ga-dk
Late advi:es from Mexico report the result of The
elections, as far as heard from, as favorable to Comen.
fort. In the election for Deputies in the city Of Na.
leo, the Liberals were triumphant. A war witt
Spain was regarded as inevitable, and preparations
were making for the issue. Jalappa is pushing tie
fortunes OF Santa Ana again, while the crafty pona
clan is laying off in Cuba
Hon SALARIEs.-The sum of S25, 900 per annun
is said to be the salary of the new President of the
New York and Erie Railroad Company. The .Mrw
says, :" The head man in Stuart's sugar refining bus
ness received, for several lars, a salary of $1,000;
but he resigned his place y pore profitable employ.
ment-"
Nh. SpuRGEoN's BRoTHER.N younger brother d
the Rev. Charles H. Sturgeon b eonmenced preach
ing in England, with high prosp IS of success As
cording to the representations Of the Lincolnshire
Times, he has preached to large audiences in the
Corn Exchange Hall. The above Amed paper re-
marks that the younger Surgeons lyle of speaking
possesses nothing in common with thaY Of his brother
but in command Of language and the &hoice Of words
he is, though but still a student, at the very least hs
equal.
PORPoIsE LEATHER.-At a recent industrial eIS
bition of one of the London societies, among ohs
novelties was some cured leather from the skin 0fta
white ~ponpoise. A report says that " it seems topr
sess the essential requisite of ~toughness and sotus
and has been considered superior to the skins oflhs
animals; the price is the same as that of the best O.
skin, but a sample pair of boots shown is stated >
have worn out seven soles."
a policeman was murdered in New York by bur
glar, whom he was attempting to arrest On the IS
July. On the % ult., two more murders were con
mitted in New York city. On the 1st inst. anoths
and on the I'd a man was arrested for killing hsF'
and setting fire TO his own house for the double Pan
pose of concealing his crime and defrauding the u
surance Company who had insured it. Our exchane7
are full of the details of murders and crimes conGf
ted in various places from New York to New Orie'r
principally in those two cities.
From MExIco.-The news by the steamer connTs
our previous advices of the election of General W
onfort to the Presidency. His administration Is isa
to be seriously embarrassed by the impoverished o.
dition of the National Treasury. The crops W.
turning out badly. The Isthmus of Tehuanteie,
reported to be filing up rapidly with settlers. y
Guadalupe railroad, short as it is in extent, s
ported to be doing an excellent business, the rea4
in a single day having exceeded $500. The rev
in various departments were being routed by theg
eminent troops.
The difficulty between Spain and Mexicois repO"
TO be in process of amicabie adjustment.