The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1865-04-15

The Japanese silk worm and the seed OF the ia
panese mulberry tree are being introduced into
Europe.
The British authorities are somewhst disturbed at
the testimony Of O witness, who had been engaged as
fireman on the rebel pirate Rappahannock. He tes-
tihed that a government tug took the ship ont OF
Sheerness harbor. He said he had been in the SER
vice aud knew u government tug when he saw IL.
and he could not be mistaken.
Is IT REALLY TO BE PUBLISHED AT LAST The
first volume Of the Emperor Napoleon's Life Of
Cesar will be published ON the 10th Of February.
Ii will appear simultaneously in French and Ger
man, into which latter language il has been trans
lated by NJ. Frohner, conservatism at the Library OF
the Louvre. Numbers Of foreign editors have gono
to Paris TO try and obtain leave TO reproduce the
work. The first volume is devoted TO the geographic
and archslogic description Of Caesars campaign in
Gaul.
"SIR ALFRED TEsNYsoH, BART.'-Sir Alfred Ten
nyson, Bart. is-we believe-the new style of our
Poet Laureate. The Queen has rendered this choice
honor to the great poet-an offering from the heart,
not to be denied, not to be po.tponed-and the great
poet has accepted Her Majesty's gilt in the spirit in
which it was offered to his acceptance. Sir Alfred is
the first Laureate who has been actually created a
baronet; for the same mark Of royal favor, made to
Southsy through Sir Robert Peel, was declined on
other grounds than those Of either merit or ambition.
But the line of literary baronets is already growing
strong-Lytton. Lyell and Tennyson being worthy
successors to Walter Scott-London -AthenGun.
The British Postmaster Generals tenth annual re-
port for 1863 has just been issued. The tables show
that the correspondence of the kingdom has arisen
from about 20, 600 900 Of letters in 1889 (the last
year preceding the introduction OF penny postage) to
upwards Of GAO. 0o0, 900 Of letters in 1858. Several
causes have combined to bring about this increase Of
correspondence-such as the reduction Of postage,
the growth Of population, the increase Of trade, the
spread of education and the improvement which the
post Office has effected with regard to the transmits
sion of letters.
How LOUIS NAPOLEON IS GUARDED.-Aooording
to newspaper writers, the reigning monarchs OF
Europe. in spite Of the present peace, have an uneasy
time of it. The King Of Prussia is not liked by his
people; the Emperor Of Russia is in constant dread
Of assassination from the hands Of come vengeful
Pole; and the London Saturday RepieD has the fol-
lowing about the Emperor of the French
Even now, with an apparently confirmed dynasty
and a supine people. when the elect of thirty-fve
millions is seen driving q two-horse drag, like .
private gentleman, to the Bots, he lie under the
two young men in fashionable attire, canterHg a lit
tie ahead, are police agents; that middle aged gentle
man riding with q lady, some fifty PAGES behind. is
another; small knots OF apparent loungers are on the
watch along the ride; and an armed force would start
up at the first sign Of suspicion or alarm. When .
ball was given to the Emperor or Empress at a dis
tinguished embassy, the list Of invitations was care
fully revised by the Project or hB sub, who, not salts
fed with having some Of bis people stationed in the
ante-chamber, insisted on cards Of invitation to en-.
able others dressed and decorated for the purpose)
TO miDgle with the company. When the Emperor
honored the Baron de Rothschild by a shooting party
at his chateau, the entire company was placed under
strict surveillance during the preceding fortnight.
and when His Imperial Majesty took the Geld. the
neighboring country was esrne like a besieged town.