The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1860-05-03
Foreign Summary.

Foreign Summary.
". Bone. q Dutch astronomer. announces that the
famous comet Of Charles V. which Was seen ia 1905,
will reappear IN August next.
Two extraordinarily large nuggets have been pro-
ducel from quartz In Australia I: the first. the I4rrest
liT2 ounces. was eclip-el by the second, which
weighed no less than l522 ounces.
The Pem5erton Mill Corporation have advertised
their whole property for sale.
\ bill has been reported in the legislature of Mary
land TO prohibit the marriage of first cousins.
The consumption Of cotton in Great Brition last
year was greater then ever before, amounting to H.
40 bales per week
The Legislature Of Florida has passed an act COM
peliing all free negroes to leave the State between
this time and next October, or choose their masters
and become slaves.
\ bill has been presented before the Legislature Of
Texas, prohibiting all . preachers, teachers and
drummers," from entering the State from the North.
The right TO lay down and operate passenger Rail-
roads in New Orleans has been sold 10y the city for Il
period Of thirty years. for the sum Of 100000.
The Canada papers announce it rs a settled fact
thar the Prince Of Wales, heir apparent to the crown
Of England, will visit their country next summer.
The lottery traffic ceases in Maryland by the adop-
ton q the new code adopted by the legislature.
/ Delaware J. the only State.
Thomas Steven, a convict in the Montreal peui-
Tertiary, has just come into possession Of $780, 900.
lie was sentenced for Eve yeir- tor forgery, and has
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Count Cavour has been restored to power in Sar-
dina, as Prime Minister. This important fact iuIi-
Gates that NITDisuu has agreed 20 sustain that lis
tingIi-hei Minister In his general Italian policy, an
apparent de-erfion Of which, at Villa Franco, caused
Ciuvor's resignation.
The main building Of Henry Ward Beecher's new
church will be, In form, an irregular oc,agon it
viii have two galleries, with q choir behind the pull
pit, capable Of seating $50 singers. On the floor are
seats for 300 persons the FIST gallery will contain
! 500. and the second gallery 400. making accom-
moiatious for 300. exclusive Of the choir. The es-
tim4tel cost Is Sis, OUD.
Mr.. ClnEOOly, the converted Brahmin, who has
been le;;IrinE the past winter. said at the anti
slavery festival in Boston, that he knew slavery cx-
iStel in this country before be came 10 it, but he hal
always supposed it was exercised by the aboriginal
pagan inhabitants of the land. II was not till his
mind had been enlarged by American travel tn he
learned that the barbariaus we're special Christians
and patent Democrats.
During fifteen days Of the months Of October and
November last. three duVfref amt hreaiy fire resseIs
were wrecked on the coast Of Great Britain, clusing
n loss Of seven hundred and forty lives. This in
ciu1es the loss Of the Australia steamer Royal
Charter.
\ genius left Philadelphia for Europe three years
ago in company with a live halibut. lie returned "A
short time ago, with $4,000. all made by exhibiting
his haiibut "a the :. American Founder In Eng
land. we are told our common mullen i cultivated
in pots, and called - The American Velvet Plant"
1t is stated that many years ago, one Of the South
eru states regarding the c!usk-peillIuE frlfIc with
in her limits as a great evil, exaciel "a tax 81 enor-
nous on every clock that should thereafter he sold
within her limits rs to amount to virtual prohibi-
ton. Yankee ingenuity, however, was equal 10 the
emergency, and the enactment was evaicd by leasing
the clocks for ninety-uiHe years.
The ELoPE,.EvT OF NEs. GuRSEr-A correspond
ent OF the Tribune says A paragraph among the
foreign news by llte arrival makes brief mention Of
the ei0f emeut IN England Of the wife Of John Henry
Quincy with her footm,n. Mr. Quincy i the son Of
Joseph John Quincy, the distinguished Quaker
preacher and puilanthropist, well known by his eN-
ten-ive travels In this country, some years ago. for
;he purpose Of visiting the meetings of the S5cety 10
which he belonged. The latter was q brother Of the
weil-kupwu banker. Samuel Quincy his sister was
the celebrated Elizabeth Fry. and his widow j. n ma
tive IF Pennsylvania The family name and charac-
ter are thus familiar 20 thousands in this country.
who viii be interested IN hearing some particulars Of
the domestic Ie-o.tffuu so hastily dispatched lu the
foreign summary. Letters received here by the last
steamer have been shown tp me-, which furnish full
particulars If the case. The fugitive VIII. was the
only child Of Richard Quincy VI. p. q cousin Of
Joseph John. and was married t1 the husband she
has abandoned, when she Wis only fifteen years old.
She Is now tweuty-eizhi, and has Two children. Her
father, at his death. left a fortune Of -J,Gbl,nll-
Ous-hIli 90 her children, and the income Of the other
half o. her during her Ete-thc prIuci pal, al her
death. 10 70 also o. her children. In addition 90 this
Abundance. her husband Is also very wealthy, "a mem
Der Of Parliament. and maintains % splendid city
establishment aud several country seats. ~ u man,
. citizen, % husband and a father. perhaps all Ing
land does not contain , better or brighter character.
lie married for love. and was pJ--uuat,.y attached
o. his wife, l~lyi-hiuE uu her every attention ami in
diligence which an ovsrfswiu- fortune and affection
could suggest 1s IksIy Co contribute % her happiness.
without for q moment su~PertluG That her loyalty 20
him bad been lirlI-ei, until be heard the blasting
intelligence irou her own lips. y young man whose
name is Taylor. had been highly ~rmmeu 20
Mr. Quincy - 70 groom or f1U-m1u, 90 take chIr-eof
Mr.. Quincy Hgr-e, DE- she wl~ excessively fond of
exercise. and was accordingly employed
IN that capacity. Taylor was au elucl-cl man, u
appearance AMI pleasing manners, and three or
four years younger than his mistress. Thus thrown
often together. she conceived "a passion for her ser
want, u which her husband dill NOT entertain the
reuutest idea until she openly aVuwei 10 o" him. Gc-
c.lr7ur that. though the latter had been Iuit.r>s 50
a husband. AMI only to1 juiuircut, yet>Hc had ceased
o. love him; that he- heart was with lIyl.r, aud
that she bad determined o. abandon the husband tr
him. The fCu.lere-t ra,u.E-rrturs and ir'ercas-.u
tvliIal nothing o. lessen her Il.Ituui..u. Friends
anil relative vino wgsr crlirt IN 20 plead with her
made ~ stronger impression; and leaving her chill
ir-u without shield no 81 tear. tins lntttIlteI being
aJruduucI ~ admirable "a home as woman ever in
hlbr-I. AMI left England for the Continent ia COM
p1uy with her -eiucer. The letters referred q" speak
OF This --I event as having Ur.iurei1 u Extraordinary
sensation In England. where the Quincy family has
long been universally known and loved. In this
country also. where their virtues are ~ highly lrVre-
ciateI by = very extensive circle, the particulars viii
be read with equq! establishment and grief