The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1860-08-09
Foreign Summary.

Herman Melville, author Of Typee, and other tales
of adventure in the Pacific, has sailed on another
visit TO the islands in that ocean
The average price of wheat in England. for the last
twenty years, has been only about 81 Az per busheI,
and at Dantzic about Zoe.
Chief Justice fancy. Of the Supreme Court of the
United States, is in the S5th year Of his age, and all
his eight associate Justices, except one, are over 10
years.
An old man in an England almshouse, who con-
fessed that he had spent sixpence (12ic.) a day for
beer during a period Of sixty years, was surprised
when told that the aggregate at compound interest
would have amounted to e3225 19s. Cd.
William Breck, Of Boston, has recently been APP
pointed Consul to Swallow, China. A bill is now be-
fore the Senate making the post q first class Consul
ship, with a salary Of $4,000, the same as at S!ngs-
pore and Hong Kong.
Camels are about to be INTRODUCED into Australia,
and 1t may not be uninteresting 10 state that the or
binary burden of a camel is $50 lbs. With this he
will travel at about ? miles an hour for from Is to IS
hours Il day, continuing this service for weeks with
only l 10. of food and a pint of water daily.
The sum total Of the foreign and colonial commerce
OF France is TO that Of England in the proportion Of
FIVE to eight, and is in a Furnishing condition. Dur
ing the last ten years the trade of France has nearly
doubled, Notwithstanding during that period she had
10 pass through a revolution, several financial crises,
the Russian war, and the Italian campaign.
1t is said that a conspiracy against the life Of the
Emperor of Russia, originating in a desire to check
Ms emancipation projects, has been discovered, and
quite . large number Of arrests made, chiefly among
the Noble Guard. The Emperor Of Russia Is 10 ex-
tend 70 the inhabitants Of Poland, when the heir ap-
parent reaches his majority, parions as regards con-
tscation Of property inflicted on those who took part
IN the insurrectiun of 1898.
GoLD-A cubic inch Of gold is worth one hundred
and fDrty-six dollars; a cubic foot, two hundred and
fifty two thousand Two hundred and lightweight dol
lars; a cubic yard, TX millions eight huLdrel aud
eleven thousand seven hundred and sesenty-siX dol
lars The quantity of go!i now in existence, i est
mated 10 be three thousand mil..ol7u5 ioiltTs, which
melted in one mass, could be contained in a cube of
tTeuty-three feet.
Judge Watson of Missouri, though possessed of
nearly 100000 was recently sentenced TO three
years Imprisonment for robbing the Charlton Coun-
~ Clerks Office Of $4,000.
\ large Crystal Palace, on the model of that of
London, is about to be built opposite the Alexander
Palace az Petersburg. b. the ST. Petersburg, Horti-
cultural Society, and arranged for u permanent eG-
hibition OF plants and flowers.
Elder Kimball, of the Mormon Church tells the
missionaries that they are not AS heretofore, to pick
out all the prettiest women for themselves, but TO
bring them all on to Utah, so that all the saints may
have "a fair shake
GERARD COLLEGE.-By n provision in the will of
Mr.. Girard relative to the government of the college,
no ecclesiastic, missionary. or minister OF any sect
whatever was TO be permitted TO hold any connection
with the college. or even TO be admitted within its
walls as a visitor, but the officers of the Institution
were required to instruct the pupils in the purest
principles of morality, and leave them to adopt their
religious opinions on their entrance into life.
The reading of the Bible was neither expressly pre-
scribed nor prohibited any more than that of any
other book. II was q matter, therefore, which was
left optional with the professors and
DISCOVERY An interesting discovery, Of which
particulars will, no doubt, shortly be given to
the scientific world, was recently made in Egypt, in
the neighbcrhood of the Great Pyramid, by the cele-
archeologist, VI. Augusta Msrriette. 1t
would appear that in the course of his explorations,
he had lighted on the Palace of Cephren, the King of
Egypt, who is supposed TO have been the constructor
IF the Great Pyramid, and who lived about $500
years before Christ. The immense edifce is built of
solid granite, and seven magnificent colossal statues
IF King Pharaoh Cephren have already been dis
covered on it.
PURCHASE or A Posi- OFFICE SITE-The government
has purchased the present site Of the Post Office, in
York, and arrangements will be speedily made
or the erection of Il suitable and commOdious building,
which will be put up in sections, so that the business
4 the department will not be essentially incon-
Tenienced by n temporary removal. The appropria-
ion made by Congress being comparatively small.
he government would only give 100000 for the
property, which the proprietors would not sell for less
han $3.50 900. The balance of $50, 900 was prompt
y contributed by down town merchants. and so the
natter is settled.-.N: y. Post.