The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1867-12-28
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The whole amount Of The national debt Of Eng
land IL about 81, SIS 900 Coz. A reduction 81 about
s3,5ot,O0o took place last year.
THE SWISS REprBiIc-Tbe election always takes
place on Sunday. after service. ii orsisy " add ~
the saDetisy Of Suffrage, and 10 provost sSi dissspa,
ton At the polls, aud every voter t1rss ssgh has
name on bis ballot,
BAsK or EzoIAAD-Mr. Thomas Newman Jzan.,
governor of The Bank Of EBglaBa. presided ~ NE
half meeting Ou The Iztb september. fbs
net profits for the halt year ending TIE stst niL ~
mounted 10 G6z9.07z. making tIs ataoaai % -rssi
on that day E3,G5F ,g05. A dividend of 81 per cent
was declared for the half year, silbDist ded8ction
OF Income tax. leaving Ii. "Tesi" at Es.OGk,iis-
The chairman remarked thai The dividend H. small
ser, but he did not think ihe proprastofs senld sssh
10 see IL increased by a recurrence Of shat took
place last yeai.
FREscH LIoBT-an experiment IL being made
here win a new electric light recently inseu;ss by
= Ffeneiinan. who eiains that with one u his
lamps he can more completely light the Gity usan
our gas companies do. lie gave al exhibition u
the power and briIIiancy Of biz lamp on the nigb9
Of tie lC,h inst, by lighting up the bay with /. for
miles and niiss around. lie claims that with HE
lamp lac can throw = ray of light a distance OF
forty miles IL Is CERTAIN thur Tar THAI his inyen-
ton has proved quite a Success
Mr.. Ernest Jones at bis recent lecture 10 Dublin
gave soIDe interesting statistics. He said there
were Il ,00O. 600 acres In the three Kingdoms. In
lT10 there were $4,000 osners of this land In
1856 the number had diminished - 81 600 and was
all decreasing. The Duke of Cleveland might
ride lHeDfS-tDGeft miles through bis estate = the Duke
Of Devonshire had $4,000 acres In the county Of
Derby alone the Duke OF RichEoDd possessed
100 acres and the Marquis Of BrsadaIbsne
might ride 100 miles in a straight line through his
property from mis- Own house door.
OS Dir--Peter Bayne. who lives ia London
and knows what is going on there, says = pleas
ant whisper has reached his ear 20 the effect that
Miss IDgeiow is about 10 be married 10 Mr.. Robert
browning. Miss ingelow Is, by common consent,
regarded as our greatest living poetess, and Mr..
Browning stands next To Tennysou in general es-
tination among our poets His GrEi wife MAS the
greatest poetess that ever used the English Ian
guage, and, from Mr.. Browningie choice Of . sec
ono partner, we may conclude that experience ha-
taught him thai a great poetess may be . good
wife"
The ABOLITION % IMPRISONMENT FOR DEsI IL
FKANCR.-The French law abolisbing impfison-
ment tor debt came into operation at nine minutes
past twelve, July Y, at night There were ninety
TWO prisoners in the debtors jail at Ciieby, 70
whom the gates were thrown open. Sixty-tbree
awaited themselves of their liberty, eniiyening the
streets with their songs and shouts of JOY, and the
remainder left between seven and eight O'Clock
next morning.
\ THEATRICAL. SUccEss-The Pail Mall Gazette
says:
We have the announcement that a. Pretty Seeu-
san, don't say Mo- has been sung for the G90fh
time at a London theatre, having been Invariably
.-rapturously encered three times every evening for
23l consecutive nigbts-" Conceive the state OF
mind and throat OF a vocalist on being called On
to the same nonsense 600 times, with the same
smirk. the same courtesy TO an approaching audi
ence. and the same viyacity with which ii FIRST won
its way 10 the soul oil. the metropoli,ab piaygoer!
1t is bad enough TO have TO sing the same song even
twice over, in obedience 70 q noisy encore. but
when i: comes to counting performances, whether
OF a whole part in a play, or Of a single ditty, by
the hundred or more, the marvel is that the player
or singer can put on even the appearance of inter
est in the business.
HUNGARY.-Tbe new separate government of
Hungary finds itself beset with diricnlties- The
finances are in disorder there are constant trou-
bles about the taxes the imperial government At
Vienna has frequent Complaints to make, aud the
Hungarian ministry are bothered By radicals who
demand more privileges than can be secured
Some of the papers publish letters by koSsuth, who
wants a revolution and a republic. The ministry
have commenced a prosecution against one iucen-
diary sheet. and the ultras accuse them Of coward
ice and treason. Il Is obyioHs that a long time viii
pass before affairs will be well regulated at Pesth-
Political Generalization has continued for 80 long
a time that ii is very dii6ealt for a few able men
to restore order and rees;ablish all the branches of
a separate government in good working condition.
DECLINE IN THE Service OF JuGGERSsrr. The
Calcutta correspondent of the London Times. writ
ing July 18th. says that the great ear festival OF
Juggernaut at PO0ree no longer draws together
such fearful crowds of deyotees as it did formerly
He says:
Take she Juggernaut Poojab at ~Seranpore. which
is second in popularity to that OF Pooree. In 1864
you recorded how enc of the cars ran over six
killing four. This year the crowds
We're much less than usual. and consisted chiefly Of
women and children. One of the two cars WAS
not dragged at first. because the people would not
assist in an act generally considered as giving sal
vaIion, until the priest raised a sum of money IN
hire men 10 do the work.
The car was dragged a little distance after heavy
1t is a pondero9s erection on 10
pairs of wheels, each made of one enormous piece
OF wood. The painted block which does duty for
Juggernaut Is in a tower on the top. and the other
turrets are filed with priests. who clang cymb..s,
strike bells, beat drums, blow conch-sheffs and in
furiate or amuse the people with obscene exhorta-
tions in a truly deyilisb fashion. And all this in the
midst of a fair on the main road to Calcutta, al the
entrance to the Christian village founded By Carey.
and Ward. from which native evaage-
lists go forth preaching to the crowds