The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1864-10-22
Late Foreign News.

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vas eaten almost all bat his head. which vas act up
ON . stick to form q spectacle for derision by the
natives.
A SEcEsu WonAS.-The old lady known as Mrs.
Franklin, widow OF Sir John, turns out 20 be one
who 10 unworthy OF the sympathies of Union men and
women. she recently entertained q party of South.
ern sympathizers at her residence. She Is said To
favor the Confederate cause.
NEW CoNEr-Nr. J. r. Hind writes from Tvick-
enhsm (Engiand) Observatory. " Comet discover
Cd almost simultaneously by NJ. Tempel, at Marseil-
les, and Professor Respighi, ut Bologna, on the MORN
ing Of the 9th August. appears likely &c become an
OBJECT OF considerable interest about the middle of
August.
IExAs-Aecording to Colton's Atlas. Brazos San
tagos 10 on the Gulf of dexico, about ten miles north
Of the Rio Grande: Bocadei, or Bocs del Rio. is at
the mouth Of the river Brownsville Is on the north
bank Of the river. about forty miles from its mouth.
Matamoras is about ten miles further up, On the
southern bank Of the river. Resaca de Ia Palma is
ten miles north Of Brownsville.
A RorAL wrL-King William of wurtemburp
has LEFT a rather curious will. Having hated cere-
mony all my life,'' he says in one Of the seven brief
paragraphs of which the documents consists, I" | will
not lie In state after death and be gaped at by sight
seers and the lovers of etiquette. I beg pardon Of
idlers for robbing them Of a capital opportunity of
looking at vain aud unmeaning ceremonies. Ny
corpse is to be buried in the presence only Of my
chaplain, my chamberiain. and the adjufaat du Jour.
My guard will do me the favor to supply an escort
for the coffin on its way TO Rothenberg. The funeral
car is to leave the palace at night to arrive at Roth
enberg with the 6rst rays Of the sun. A single gun
Is to be fred at the termination OF the funeral"
Tie art of constructing earthworks has been con-
siderably developed by our civil WEI. The Richmond
papers speak Of Buffers works at Bermuda Hundred
a. mnrvels OF scientific infricacy. They consist of
high earthworks, defended by q ditch twelve feet
wide and n perfectly impenetrable abattis, the trees
and branches composing the latter being thick, inter-
woven with wire According to the rebel account,
had there been no garrison defending this work it
would have taken the rebel troops two hours to get
into the intrenchments- Some Of Lees works at
spotisyIvania were nearly rs formidable, rendered
80, chiefly by the ingenuity displayed in the abattis.
Grants works. in the siege OF Vicksburg, were won-
ders OF engineering skill
OCEAN TELeoaaPH-The New York Herald Of the
Sd instant says that Mr.. Cyrus w. Field has sailed
in Her Britannia Majesty's steamer .Margareia
Stevenson for Trinity Bay, with the purpose Of select
ing g place for the landing Of the Atlantic telegraph
cable. This would prove that this long promised
and eagerly expected communication between the
Old World and the New may be realized ere long.
It il stated in the London journals that the new cable
is Of so superior q make that it will not break. The
drm who have constructed the cable guarantee IL and
take = large amount Of stock in the company, thus
proving their filth in the enterprise. This cable, if
successfully laid, will revolutionize many things. IL
viii undoubtedly tend to promote good will between
uf and the European communities, and will prevent
those misrepresentation which so frequently lead TO
national dif6culties-
ENGLAND TO RECOGNIZE MAxIM.LIAs. In the
House Of Commons ON the 18th July. Mr.. Laysrd,
in reply 70 . question by Mr.. Kiuglake, enumerated
those portions OF the States and Territories Of Mexico
which bad been subjected by the army OF the French.
and those which have not yet acknowledged the au-
thority Of the invader. The policy OF England had
been to recognize the de Jaefo government, the condi-
too being thai the government should be in posses
sion Of the capital The Archduke Macmillan was
af present in possession OF the City OF Mexico, and
also Of q considerable portion Of the territory, and
her Majesfy's Government bad iniimated to the Gov
sums8t & Of the EMPEROR of the French that when-the
Archduke should be in Mexico, and had notified the
fact TO the European powers, IL was their intention TO
advise the Queen to recognize him. They would not
wait 70 adopt that course until the main portion OF
the States and Territories still under the sway Of
President Juarez were brou ght within the authority
OF the Archduke.
An lxsoLvESr.-Of the insolvency Of J. W. Tucker
the San Francisco Argus says:
Liabilities. Sill 1888 %. Assets. S9.95l 10,
exclusive Of interests in large quantities Of land. and
many thousand shares in silver mines, which. how
ever, are get down as of nominal value.
From the petition il appears that Mr.. Tucker COM
menced business June 10, 1854. in debt about S16.-
600, since which time ne has lost about $4,000 ms
above, besides Sl75, 900 paid by him for interest,
and other expenses. His liabilities include an alleged
claim OF w. Z. Garrison for S48 900, and 10000
due Thos. J. L Smiley. This Indebtedness to Smiley
we do not understand, for the petition states that this
amount Of money was placed to the credit of PARROT
& Co.. with Duncan, Sherman s. Co.. of New York,
and delivered by some person, unknown, to James
Stark. (who was a former partner OF MIR. Tucker In
u ulit cuSlDe.S.J IL titfc 10 HOt 1"oAS y"
whom the money belonged, and explains the transact
tion to the best Of his information. The assets coui-
prise y large number of accounts for goods sold and
delivered, the largest in one item being S776, and
the smallest. 81 co."
LIBxRALr-Y OF BRITISH CHRIsrIANs.-Tbe system
attic and liberal efforts of British Christians to extend
fhe gcepel 10 heathsn lands, and to d:fuse religious
truth throughout their own kingdom and over con-
tinental Europe, are most commendable. The reports
Of thirty-six religious societies, whose anniversaries
were held in London. in May, show that their receipts
have increased over the previous year, and amount
in the aggregate to 81 ,1lO,47O, or over FIVE and a
half millions Of dollars. The income OF the British
and Foreign Bible Society was the largest, being
Ss44 900, Of which $4,000 were from donations,
and 1896 900 from sales. The Church Missionary
Society was next, being S771 900; and the Wesleyan
Missionary Society next, being S61O.OOO; besides
$3.50. 900 promised for its great Jubilee fund. of
the SO societies, the receipts of 8 Foreign Missionary
Societies we're over 81, 594 900; of 8 Home Mission
sry, STAG, 900; of 4 Colonial and Continental Mis-
sious, $500, 600; of 4 Educational Societies. S228,-
900; OF 3 Jewish Societies, SIT 900; and Of 8 Mis-
cellaneous Societies, S725.OOO.
The ESCAPED PRISONERS OF THE KEARsARGE-A
Board Of Naval Officers, to whom the matter was re-
ferred, have decided that Semmes. and those who es-
capped from the Alabama, are prisoners OF war. The
steamer JMercedata, of Charleston, surrendered to q
rebel ram but was not taken possession of, and was
actually recaptured by the United States vessels but
her officers aud men where considered as prisoners Of
war. and brought north and exchanged. Semmes-
escape, by this decision, does not release him from
the obligations of a prisoner. BE must be exchanged.
before he can again assume the offensive, or else he
will incur the risk which attends q prisoner who VIC
lates his parole. His being considered q prisoner by
our Government. gives it, however. no right to ask
that Great Britain shall so consider him nor does
it impose any obligation upon that Government to
return the prisoners to Captain Winslow. The Brit
ish Government has nothing to do with the matter,