The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1862-03-20
European Summary.

Queen Victoria now reigns over ia, OOO, coo Of
people. Of this number British India has I35, OOO,-
1t appears from the returns made by the officers
appointed TO take the late census, that the population
OF Paris amounts to ] 100000 souls
Seventeen private soldiers Of the French army. in
Bonaparteis time, by their bravery and talents. raised
themselves to the following distinguished stations
Two became kings; two princes; nine dukes; two field
marshals, and two generals.
The Gas Company Of Plymouth. England, has re-
duced the price Of gas 20 75c per 600 feet, and yet
1t psys a dividend OF 10 per cent. on one half its
shares, and u Per cent. on the other half, the high
est dividends allowed to the company by law.
PRINCE NAPoLEoS.-It is pleasant to observe the
thorough courtesy shown by the Prince Napoleon to
Americans abroad. 1t seems that the hospitality
shown to himself and wife while here was fully ap-
preciated and has rendered him a fast friend to the
United States He warmly espOuses the FEDERAL
cause He says Southern instruction cannot, and
ought not 10 prevail.
GREAT BRITAIS.-The London Times, in an edi-
torial on the efforts Of a class in Lancashire TO induce
the British Government TO interfere in America, and
break the blockade, says that England would rather
undergo much suffering than break the plain rules
Of international law. She has recognized the block
ade, and must abide bv il. To break it would dis
grace and stain the reputation of England. England
will not commit such AN act, even to save her great
est manufacturers.
ITALY Italy we learn that active negotia-
tiOns are going ca with France, relative 10 guaran-
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Rome should become the capital Of Italy. \ diplO-
matte rupture between Italy and Spain is anticipated.
should che latter continue TO refuse the delivery Of
the archives Of the NeapOlitan Consulate.
Baron RicasoIis' dispatch to the Papal Government,
ends with n significant threat that unless the POntf-
cal Government agrees - the liberal terms he offers,
the Italian people may withdraw as a LatiOn from
the Communion Of the Papal Church. A perilOus
threat to be laid to heart by those who rule in Rome,
especially when backed by the clear and admirably
argued paper in which that conclusion is stated.
DEATH OF LAcORDAIRE-The death of Lacordaire,
the celebrated French preacher, i announced. lie
was born in Burgundy, May II. 1902 After leav-
ing school lac studied for the stage under the famous
Talma- Next be studied law. Finally, he became
an attached member Of the church Of Rome, and was
ordained a priest ia 1877. Since then he has been
generally known as the most brilliant pulpit orator
in France. lie sat for a short time in the National
Assembly. He always held liberal views, for u
Catholic. as was seen in his ardent support Of the
EmperOr's Italian policy. When he vas admitted to
the French Academy, about Il year ago. lac pro-
nOunced a warm eulogy on American institutions.
FEIGATE Ia globe A FAILURE-Private advices
from Paris aud TOulon assert that the arnor plates Of
the iron-plated frigate La GIOiTe have become
loOsened upon her sides from the ships work
ing when At sea, and that she consequently leaks 10
such an extent when under steam that she Is in real
ity unseawOrthy. The quality Of her arrnOr plates
Is also suspected 10 be Of n very inferior character 10
those manufactured in this country. This last sup
position, it IS sniI, has arisen from the fact Of two
armOr plates having been supplied TO the Spanish
Government by the firm which manufactured those
for In GiOiTs a. specimen plates for testing, and
which were said 10 be even superior 10 those supplied
to the French Government. The Spanish Govern
ment tested the plates after the fashion adopted in
this country. nj 200 yards with S inch guns, aud the
result was that the plates broke in pieces each time
they were struck by a shOt.-The Times.
The UNEMPLOYED IN GLAsGow-Trale in Glasgow
is at present very dull, 30 that there are no fewer
than from 6,OOC to 1000 able-bOdied men out of
work there. The misery consequent thereupon is
very great, because under the Scottish poor-law able
bodied poor have no claim upon the parochial author
tiles nor has the wTetchedness Of this numerous
class at all reached its height, for hitherto the weather
has been open, little frost, and no snow, so that when
winter arrives il Is feared that 9 eat want and extreme
cold Will make sad havoc among the poorer pOpula-
ton Meanwhile, the plrOchial aud other authorities
are bestirring themselves To alleviate the distress ex-
listing, and II IS hoped they will be able TO drive the
" wolf from the door, to some extent. In order TO
hasten the movement for relief, a large meeting of
the unemployed took place on Saturday, in Glasgow.
They sent a deputatiOn TO the Lord Provost, and the
answer they got was TO the effect that work or food
would he provided for them by Monday, ut l I. NJ.
DISTRESS IN FRANcE.-The American civil war
has Affected France even more than Great Britain.
Not only 10 cotton As necessary TO her as to US, but
the United States were her best and most liberal Gus
toners. The Partisan trade in articles de lure is
paTalyzed, while the Lyous silk mills are Closing,
with glutted warehouses and no orders for the future.
The cities are exerfing themselves TO keep down the
price of bread, but they can do no more, and every
thing besides bread is slowly rising in price. All
this while the taxation OF France Is heavy, search
ing, and peculiarly inhexible. Euglishmen, pene-
trated with the notion that they are, OF all men those
most heavily afflicted with the tax gItherer, are apt
to forget that France raises a still larger revenue out
of property two thirds less, and does not find II suti-
cient by an average OF twelve millions n year. All
the symptoms observable or coBjecturable indicate n
winter Of extreme severity, both IN the natural and
political world, and France Is in no Iemper for endur-
ance-SpscfafOT.