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

been disposed OF almost as often rs tllaL OF L.
Grand Mademoisrlle, l. reported 10 have lnal!y
bestowed it on the young Duke lie Mouchy
whose equipages, housekeeping horses and silvel
harness excite the admiration Of the gapers VI
the Champs Elysees and the Bots dc Boulogne.
Two fishing villages on the Scotch NortI
coast are again the scenes Of lImentation anG
woe. BY the recent storm the mall village o.
Inyer has to mourn the loss of eight men, and
that Of GOlspie five in all, thirteen able-bodied
fishermen. BY this sad calamity, eight widow,
and thirty fatheriess children, beside seven de-
p~endents. are left all but entirely destitute.
The property of the late Lord Palmerston has
been thus awarded Broadlands has been left L
Lady Palmerston during her life, then u revert
10 the Hon. ". COwper. and in case he has
no son to the Hon. Evelyn Ashley. The Irish
estates have been left to his lordship's OWL
family, the SuIlivans, and the Welsh slate
quarries have been divided between Lady Shaftes
bury, Lady Jocelyn, and her second son.
e.. \ stratum Of graphite Gblacklead for pencils)
has just been discovered near tie sea Of Azof,
equal IL quality TO that of Siberia. \ petroleum
spring has also been found in the Government
Of Archangel, near a stream falling into the
River Betchora. The oil obtained can easily be
conveyed into the interior Of the empire by the
ordinary roads rs far as the Kama, and thence
70 all the governments through which the Nolga
passes.
\ steel vessel, which has just arrived in the
MerSey, is the object Of much curiosity and
scientific calculation. The ship weathered the
frightful cyclone at Calcutta, last year, and
although she received twenty conclusions, each
one of which would have sunk a wooden vessel
came out of the war Of the elements with only
honorable wounds. Her plates were twisted and
indented, but not one Of them cracked.
AT the recent burial Of a soldier and a young
lady in a town near Paris, the funeral authorities
made the singular mistake Of confounding the
two. The lady was Inferred with military honors,
Il dragoon regiment following her to the grave,
while the soldiers coffin was covered with white
drapery and flowers, as the symbols of virgin
purity, and was carried TO the grave by four
ladies, u whole galaxy of fair damsels escorting
the troopers remains, and chanting funeral
hymns.
The Italian-American Steamship Company has
been organized in Florence. The capital Of the
Company amounts To twenty million francs.
Every fortnight Il steamer will sail between New
York and Genoa, and every month one to Rio
Janeiro and the ports Of La Plata. The ships
will carry the Italian Gag. In time of war they
have to be used in the service OF the Government,
which allows the company an annual contribu-
ton Of eight hundred thousand francs.
We read in the new number of BLackiroOd
Lord Clarendon (the new Secretary of Foreign
Affairs), is 4 gentleman III every sense of the
term. but he labOrs under Il defect of character,
which. unsatisfactory in common men, is fatal To
Il statesman-he cannot say no. Whether this
he the result of a life spent chiefly in diplomacy,
or is natural to him. or be supcrinduced by the
bad practice Of smoking incesslntly, we cannot
tell but the fact is as we have stated it.
Upward Of $40. 900 has been subscribed toward
the erection Of the cathedral which is proposed
to erect in London to the memory of the late
Cardinal Wiseman. The Pope has contributed
toward the memorial Il magnificent silyer-gilt
mOnstrance, of large size, set with three precious
stones. and with medallions in mosaic of appro-
pirate and exquisite taste.
Another frghtrul disaster has occurred at the
Alpine Tunnel. \ powder magazine at the
Mont Cents side exploded. Four men who were
working at the moment of the accident wcrC
hurled to a considerable distance, and then
corTses when found were s~hapeless masses. y
great number of workmen have also been wound,
cd. AT FOurneaux and Modane, nearly a mile
distant. scarcely a single window in the houses
remained unshattered, and much damage was
done to other constructions.
\ recent meeting in Paris in aid of the en-.
franchised slaves of America was crowded t.
such excess that above l 900 persons went away,
not having been able to find seats. NJ. Laboulayt
presided. Mr.. Leigh and DR.. Sunderland gave
the meeting several interesting facts as to the
present condition Of liberated negroes. VI. &c
Pre>sensG NJ. y. de Saint Ililaire, and the well
known member of the Provisional Government,
the veteran barrister NJ. Cremieu, made eloquent
Appeals 10 the audience, relIOacnlnS lhtlr COtlt-
trymen with having done little rs yet in the
cause for which Che meeting had been called.
Among the charitable institutions founded bv
private enterprise in France, one of the most
remarkable is that set on foot by the schoolmas-
tiers in the department Of the LOirct. Almost
all engaged in education in that district have
subscribed TO il. and it now comprises 7O5 mem
bers, Of whom % are honorary. 1t has been
but four years in existence, and, though during
that time it distributed 3 .000f. Il year to old and
iulirm members, its capital has increased to
90, OG0l. The founders of the Society, finding
the capital increasing so rapidly, have now re-
solved to extend their geld Of action by proyid-
ing for the orphans of the members.
At n recent fire in Westminster England,
the Earl and Countess of Caithness were among
the spectators watching its progress. After it
was subdued, the Countess expressed a desire to
have a ride on one of the steam fire engines,
which was readily acceded TO by Captain Shaw,
the chief Of the brigade. The Countess was then
assisted up to a seat, the Earl sitting by her
side, and the horses being attached 10 the engine,
Captain Shaw took the reins and drove them to
the Earl's residence, in the vicinity of Belgrave
Square. where the Countess and her husband
alighted, apparently pleased at the daShing rate
they were driven through the streets Of London.
la dira Patti has sent an album to her Majesty
the Empress Eugene containing twenty-tOur
portraits Of herself in the twenty-four charac-
tiers she has personiied since the commencement
Of her brilliant career. The Empress accepted
this Offering, and Immediately sent Mdlle. Patti
4 magnificent pGT1lre in diamonds. 1t Is imPos-
sible not to contrast this gracious act with the
conduct of another crowned head Queen Vic
tOria) to whom a poor lady sent from Boston an
album containing a collection OF the brilliant
tinted leaves Of the American forest trees, which
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