The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1866-11-24

Emperor OF Russia 10 lWffUfe BIN 10 ure his tower
FOL Influence with HE Prussian ulcie.
Cholera continues very prevalent Ia various raris
~ Italy There we're large numbers Of deaths 1aiy
at Naples, Genoa, and other towns.
4 Paris letter says the health o. The Imperial
Prince B, not 20 drm a. could be wished. IL Is Elm
ea'arly delicate. and ht- complexion gives alarm 70
those who remember hs aunt died II r'toB.
The 4 Bishop q Carlisle tEugland) recently asked a
youthful scholar IL be bad read he thirty niue sri
clss No" said the 10y. " tut I have read the
Fo'ty thio1es'" "fon may stand down. SIR
said the Bishop
/, is said that the King q Prus.i2 is 80 pleased
with the letters from hls army, written ~ Captain
Hosier, the correspondent Of tie London Tins. hat
he proposes 20 confer upon che journalist Al
honorary decoration.
General Devens. IN a letter. not only declines %
be "A candidate for the oHice q Attorney General -
Massachusetts, bat expresses HE fall sympathy With
the Republican party IN its support Of the Congress
i0ual policy.
The Lincoln Monument fond has reached $4,000
II i invested in Government securities, aud the 10
terest IS being added 20 the principal No design
has yet been adopted. and here is an excellent opea-
ing for some artist TO show bis tas,e and genius.
The Paris correspondent Of the London Obserrer
writes " hear that "a great change is to he made
this year in gentlemcn's dress. and that the chin.
ney pot hat that has 80 long held its plsce amid the
fluctuations Of fashion, is al last 10 suecumb 20 the
demand Of the age"
George 4. Barber. OF Detroit. Michigan. ohnl-
lenges any printer in the world 10 a trial Of speed in
composition during ten hours. or for Elk days n ten
hours each, for y. 600 10 So. O0O-soiii straight
mat,er-ihe match TO come OF three months after
the acceptance Of the challenge.
4 terrific boiler explosion has occurred a Park
head, Glasgow. These works give employment Z,
between COO and 700 men. The boiler exploded with
frighttul violence. ascending like "A rocket straight
up into the air for upwards Of 300 feet, and falling
again with a tremendous crash-seven persons were
killed.
Ecce Homo has reached It's twelfth thousand. snI
still the authors name j. u profound aud tlu,aliziny
secret. The public have already paid &c 900 for the
book. and If the publishers continue to have their
way in the matter, il is highly probable that nj least
an equal amount will yet be received before the tnys-
terry is solved.
From Vienna an unlikely story Is re,or,ed. A
young woman, modes,ly dressed. sprsng into The
canal Of the Danube. and was followed hy IA large
Newfoundland dog and a soldier. Both soldier and
dog were dragged TO the bottom by the woman in her
desperate efforts 10 destroy herself. aud woman, sol
der and dog. were eventually drowned.
DAMoNDs- Much sensation has been caused
among Partisan ladies by the announcement that
certain sarans have good reason for believing that
they have discovered the means Of making diamonds
real diamonds.
HoSoRs CoYFERBED-Queen Victoria has confer
red the honor Of Knighthood upon Mr.. Bsker. the
African traveller, and that Of Commander Of Bath
upon Captain Grant. of the Bombay army, the com
panion Of Spoke in his African expedition.
1t is said that Victor Emmanuel will make a pro-
gTess OF some uufallou through Eastern hereta be-
fore entering Venice itself. and one letter SAYS that.
after visiting Vicenza aud other places, he will return
to Florence before visiting the capita, Of his newly
acquired province.
a Mormon preacher and {" Snowman - named Paul
Harrison, was brought before n court in Portsmouth.
England. upon a charge OF bigamy' He married one
wife in 1910, by whom he had one child, and another
in 1856, by whom he had three children. He was
committed for trial.
RUNoRs CONCERNING NAPoLEoS.-A strange rumor
comes from Rome TO the effect that a conspiracy 10
poison the Emperor Of the French st-A~essK2ls-
covered before he left that place. The poison was 10
have been administered in a potion which the En-
peror was accustomed TO drink after his bath. II is
asserted that a man named Valentine was 10 have
carried this design into effect, but when it was dir
covered through a warning letter sent by one Of the
conspirators in Rome to the Emperor, Valentiuecom-
mitted suicide.
The BROOKLYN ORGAS.-The interior or Plymouth
Church Henry Ward Beecher's), was crowded. (be-
side quite a considerable sidewalk overflow, on Tues
day evening. to hear the testing o. the large organ
lately erected in that building. Ii is the largest
instrument ever built in America, being nesrly 80
feet wide. 90 deep, and having n total height Of
nearly so feet. including the engine and bellows
rooms. The casing is Of black walnut, finely orns-
mented, with highly FURNISHED block tin tipes, and
has a most imposing appearance.
The John Bun says that a party Of roughs At-
tempted TO mob the Bishop Of Chester, after evening
service at 81. Martins Church, Liverpool An en-.
deavor was made to break the windows Of his carriage
in which he was sitting with :bree ladies, the most
insulting language being made use Of towards him,
All this arose from his presuming TO preach in n
church which the Professionals of Liverpool had demo
minated a Puseyite one "Down with the PGseyie
Bishop ~ and other like cries, were very freely in
dulged in.
a gentleman of the Stock Exchange. who recently
gained heavily by q rise in the funds. invited oil who
had the misfortune TO lose TO dinner. The piece de
resistance of the dessert represented a bull devouriur
twelve hears. 1t was made of poundcAke. One OF
fha haar ms Ia 80 sIAs ba fnHl nv q nFfa
and cut off the bulls bead. leaving the room in
stantly. and the giver Of the feie, pale and trembling.
apologized TO the other bears, feeling. after all, what
is one bull in the hands Of O dozen bears Of society,
if not Of the Bourse'
1t is reported in Paris that, some time since. NsT,o-
leon. fearing a failure Of the negotiations for peace
between Austria and Italy, wrote a letter 10 King
Victor Emmanuel, in which he impressed on the
King the necessity Of preventing at all hazards The
Of hostihties, and AT the same time re
marked ITO facilitate the complainant OF Italian
nationality, l give mp asking Prussia for the compen-
sation 10 which | would have a right in exchange for
Veneiia. Italy Is. in fact, ny great Embarrassment"
The Paris correspondent Of the .horEfpg Star saws.
that :" these words clearly indicate that the Emperor
Napoleon renounces for the present the agCrandise-
mcut of the French frontier on the north aud east IN
the interest Of Italy" Ii is also understood that on
the same occasion King Victor Emmanuel received
the assurance thar France would make no demand
from Italy in exchange for Nene,ia, thus showing
that the reports as 10 the annexation Of Sardinia 60
the French empire were utterly devoid Of foundation.
BRETcH- LEADERS ~ THE FIELD-The London
Tines says a great objection that has been urged
against the introduction Of a breech-loa6ing Grs-arm
in our service is that the men wouli ere away their
ammunition 50 rapidly in action tha, there Woul be
no means Of supplying cartridges fast enough for the
requirements Of battle. 1t may be interesting 10
know that at the great battle Of konigeraiz The total
number Of cartridges fred from their needle guns by
the Prussian troops was barely more than one car
fridge for every infantry soldier in the prussian ranks
in the field, and hardly any individual soldier fred
So much IS 90 rounds, few more than @, during the
whole battle. This proves that soldiers can te
trained 10 reserve their FIRE. and only 10 deliver Il 81
the right time. for the battalions were never short Of
ammunition and the man hal a1uaNs q u'rufv II