The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1866-01-27
European Items Z.

The English Lords of the Admiralty have de-
cid-d that Admirais shall retire from active ser
vice at the age Of seventy.
y painstaking genius has discovered that
there are rs bachelors and - wldOwers IN the
new English House Of Commons.
Among the students who have just taken the
oaths on being called % the bar of Paris Is NJ.
Nathan james Edward Rothschild.
\ great question has arisen at S~hanghae with
regard 10 the suppression Of piracy in the China
seas, which is daily becoming more dangerous.
\ letter from Lans-Ie-Bourg states that the
passages Of the Alps near Mount Gems are ex-
tremely dangerous from the snow which has
fallen.
Lord Palmerston was the first who introduced
the waltz in England. His dancing with the
Princess Licyen, fifty years ago, was the admira-
ton Of Almack's exclusives.
1T Il meeting Of masters and workmen Of the
ca~binet-makiug trades, held at London-wall, the
masters agreed To advance the wages Of the men
ten per cent.
\ monument to Melancthon, the Reformer,
and friend Of Luther, has Just been inaugurated
at Wittemberg, in Saxony, in the presence of the
King of Prussia.
\ much larger number of newspapers have
passed through the English Post Office since
Lord PaimerstOn's death than has been known
since the death of the Duke of wellington.
The Lord Mayor of London recently presided
over Il meeting to promote middle-class educa-
tiOn--a much-needed reform-the Cockneys be-
ing noted for their Ignorance and supercilious-
ness.
The great work which will be played at the
opening Of the new opera in Paris in 1867, will,
it Is said. be- composed by Maestro Verdi. The
subject II - King Lear, and the libretto will be
written by Merry.
The Protestant Episcopal Rectory of Elvedon,
near Thctiurd, England, vacant by the death Of
ArchdeacUn Harper, is said 10 be in the gift of
Maharaiah Dhulecp singh, a wealthy native
Indian nabOb.
acting as Il Court of law, has Just held It's first
public sitting. This is the commencement Of
the judicial reform not long since dccreed by the
Russian Government.
The Emperor Macmillan has written to Paris,
requesting that the statutes Of the Theatre Fran
cais may be forwarded to him, probably with Il
view OF applying them 10 the organization OF 4
great theatre in ms capital.
y grand historical drama on the subject of
Joan Of Arc Is about to be produced at the
Theatre Francois of Rouen. y singular fact is
that the funeral pile Of the Maid OF Orleans was
raised ON the spot where the theatre now stands.
The Envoy Extraordinary of the Belgian Gov
ernment arrived ut Pekin III the beginning OF
August last, to arrange for a treaty of commerce,
ana the Chinese Government Immediately APP
pointed Il PIcnipotentiary TO treat with him.
decree from the Prince of RouInania, Wal
lachia and Moldavia has conceded TO the Catho-
lie Bishops of that country the right of commu-
nicatins gratis with their clergy by the Post
Office or electrO-telegraph OH all religious mat
tcTs.
VI. Champfeury, Director of the opera at Paris,
received within the week ending November .,
no less than III manuscripts of comedies, oper-
ettas, farces, &c., which fact would go far to
prove that the cholera has not attacked dramatic
authors.
y Corsican machinist, Smitter by name. is
now constructing in Paris an aerial ship of pecu-
liIr shape, which he maintains lie can direct by
propulseurs. This new balloon viii possess the
advantage Of rising and descending without the
use Of ballast.
The Freemasons of Chambery have addressed
to Plus N. Il letter in reply to the Pontifcal
AllOcutiOn of the 25th of September. They re-
prOach the Head Of the Catholic Church with
c~undemning those whom it is his mission to en-
Tighten, and insist on the accordance Of Masonic
ideas with the tenets of the Bible.
Prince Schibata. Commissioner of the Japan
Government. accompanied by his suite, and by
VI. Nerny, Naval Engineer, has arrived at Brest.
Ii Is known that the japanese ENJOYS have Il
mission to collect all the information necessary
for the creation OF an arsenal near Yokohama in
their OWN country.
The rumors Of an approaching reconciliation
between the Emperor of the French and Prince
Napoleon are acquiring consistency. The initia-
tive was taken by the Empress, who has written
to the Princess Clotlilde. inviting her to Com
piegne with her husband. 1t is not stated how
these o~vertures have been received.
Some of the canons of Westminster assisted
with their own hands in filling up the grave of
Lord Palmerston with mingled charcoal and
sand. IL Is also said that the diamond and gold
rings thrown in by the chief mourners were pre-
yiOusly removed, in order to obyiate the risk Of
the violation of the grave.
Her: Ulex, a chemist of Hamburg, has re-
Gently discovered traces of copper, and in some
cases of lead, in the remains of animals. He has
found copper and lead in human flesh. and cop
per IN the intestines of beasts Of prey, in beef, in
poultry, in hens eggs, in fish, crustacea, insects,
spiders and snails.
The death OF the fattest man in the world, NJ.
Helm, is recorded by the Paris papers. lie was
German by origin, and was employed as trans
lator of foreign correspondence. His age was
fJrty-:w0 lie weighed five hundred pounds, and
latterly was unable TO pass through doors of or
binary dimensions.
The Minister Of Public Works in Spain has
addressed ii circular 70 the Governors Of the
provinces in reference 10 the cattle-plague. The
disease does not seem to have made it, appear
aucy I'm Spain yet, but the Governors are urged
10 exercise the utmost watchtulneSs in prevent
Ing the Importation Of cattle, hides or horns,
which may carry the infection.
Many railway travellers in England now carry
KEYS T. lock and unlock railway carriages. 80
they may let themselves out in cases Of great
emergency, and lock themselves in. The keys
carried by some nUblemen and gentlemen are
made Of silver. The common people. who are
not able 70 afford silver keys, and still liable to
be jammed TO death, are locked in tighter than
sheep in Il slaugh5cI-pen.