The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1866-04-21
TIE PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.
Late Foreign Items.

49, N~'
throughout Europe the reigning uynasties are Of
foreign extraction. Ia England, a German rules
in France. Z Corsicau IL Spain, = Bourbon in
Italy. one who i held Z foreigner by the majority
OF hs subjects in Austria. = >pani4rd in Swe-
den, q ErencEman Belgium and Prussia have no
Indigenous mOnarcEs. In Greece there was lately
Z BAyarian. and now Z Dane IN COnStantinUple,
= Monaghan.
- PARRY Dish 10 SET BEyoRE a KING"
During the festivities Of Christmas . large cake
of very rich appearance was sent by some IN
known person - = present u General GeAangitJ.
was received with great pleasure by the Governors
family, and one evening II was placed on the
table with no little ceremony. But on cutting
Il the emIting inside was found 70 be merely a
shell. containing numerous copies Of Journals
prohibited in >chleswig by order Of the General.
JAPAN AND CHINA.-From japan We learn that
the two treaty ports OF Riago and O>Saco have
been thrown open u according 10
agreement. The operations Of the combined fleets
Of England. France and Holland appear 10 have
brought about the result. In India there were
fears of famine in Bengal, and Of warlike trouble
in afghan and along the Puniaub frontiers. Sir
Rutherford A.cock, the British Ambassador in
China, was pushing forward % Pekin without
obstruction. His object is stated 10 be to obtain
authority 10 construct an English railway in the
Celestial Empire, running as near 70 the capital
as possible.
TIE Book OF CoNMoS PRAYER.-The Arch
bishop OF Canterbury has set his foot upon the
project Tor the revision Of the Book Of Common
Prayer, which has been agitlted for some time
past in England. He pointediv condemns =. those
who have violated a cOmpromiSe and settlement
which has existed for three hundred years. and
are Introducing vestments and ceremonies of very
doubtful legality, and really, though uucOn-
sciOusly. doing the work Of the worst enemies Of
the Church - and adds
- Let it not be supposed that | have any svu-
pathv with those who would nutilate the services
Of our Church, or slight its plain directions nv
anxiety Is 10 see that uniformity prevail in our
public worship which it has been the special
object Of the Reformed Church of England 70
secure; but hopeless indeed must be every pros
pect Of uniformity if each clergyman Is ut liberty
10 reproduce. according 10 his Individual caprice.
the w.. Of Salisbury. Hereford. Bangor, York. or
Lincoln, which diversity is expressly deprecated
in the preface 10 our Book of Common Prayer"
\ SCIENTIFIC MARvEL.-H. A. Clum Of Roches-
ter, y. Y, has invented an instrument called
"Aelloscupe,' which foretells the approach of
storms with unerring precision. The storm which
proved - disastrous u the Burnside expedition
was predicted six days in advance. The great
storm Of the lst and % Of January. 1861, was
predicted by this instrument eight DAYS before il
made it, appearance, and while vet beyond the
Rocky Mountains. Since the instrument has
been set up 10 storm occurred which had not
been previously fOretold. The AellJscore is a
most elaborate piece Of workmanship. and Is the
result Of twcnty-one years Of study on the part
OF Ar. AluIn. VINO mas solved Il problem that has
been for centuries a study with scientific men.
The Capital Punishment Commission in Eng
land has submitted 10 the Queen the following
recommendations /. That the punishment of
death be retained for all murders deliberately
committed with express malice aforethought. such
malice 10 be found as a fact by the jury" ,.
- That the punishment of death be also retained
for all murders committed in. or with the view
to. the perpetratIon. or escape after the perpetra-
ton, or attempt ut preparation Of any OF the
following felonics Murder, arson, rape, bur
glary, robbery, or piracy ). " That in all
other cases of murder the ~puni>hlncnts tie penal
servitude for life. or for any period not less than
seven years, at the discretion Of the Court"
The Washington Chronicle records the follow
ing novel case Just decided by the Secretary Of the
Treasury - 1t appears that a gentleman in Liver
pool, England. shipped a lot of swine to New
York. During the voyage a sow had Il little Of
pigs, which on their arrival at New York could
not he landed, Us they were not included in the
original manifest. The Collector Of Customs
Immediately tclegraphed the Secretary, asking
whether the stock was liable 10 seizure, where
upon the following laconic decision was the
result Land the yigs.'
The city directory of Mobile. just issued, con-
tains about 900 names. upon which the popula-
ton (iucludinC freedmcn) is estimated at $4,000.
The Mobile Tribune Gays it is a fact Of some in
terest that of the names which were in the last
issued directory, Of 1860. not more than about
one-third are in the directory Of this year.
The internal revenue tax Of New York yielded.
during the year 1865. S37 .ljG.4ll. This is
nearly $40 per head for every man, woman. and
child in the city. This does not include the sums
received from the sale of STAMPS. which will prob
ably amount 10 ten millions more, nor the returns
from the tax ON bank and insurance stock, etc.
AMERICAN RELATIONS WITH ENGLAND. Sir
Frederick Bruce. who now represents Queen Vic
turia here. Is a courteous. hOspitable old English
Gentleman - whose charming niece. Lady Emma
Ihurlow, gracefully presides at famous dinners,
- which congressman and other nOtables are in
yited without STINT. Bat we are, nevertheless,
rapidly drifting automatically into what Ialiey-
rand called IN conim4c &c dGfroHiS.' or an
intercourse Of insults. and Bancroft Semi-oficill
arraisument Of England in his eulogy upon Lin
coin bat expresses in plain language Stewards
more studied phrases. For example, when our
Secretary Of State acknowledged the turning over
10 " of the Shenandoah. he said " We accept
the vessel, but | regret To say that the acceptance
i not attended with any satisfaction on the part
Of this Government" Then, after adverting 10
the facts Of the case, Seward went on to draw.
on behalf Of the United States. ). the painful
inference that her Majesty's Government have
assumed t. hold guiltless Of all crime subjects Of
waged naval war upon the high seas against un-
armed citizens Of the United States engaged in
lawful commerce and navigation.
This hard rap over the knuckieS was read u
Lord Clarendon late in December by Adams. 70
whom Seward had sent it u be communicated 70
the British Government, and his Lordship was
only pleased To remark that nothing but a desire
to preserve friendly relations with the United
States prevented his replying in forcible language.
Last week Sir Frederick Bruce read a dispatch 70
Seward. the upshOt Of which was that Her
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