The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1867-11-09
Foreign Items.

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in Italy.
Ms Kate Terry. tie celebrated English actress,
i abOu, 70 retire from the stsge-
Dr. Spi-rs has lett Paris for the South Of France
on = tour 1t Inspection OF The Government collie
60 for The living languages
\ gentleman named Leopold has just died a;
. Scha!JlcL (Frauce} - the age o; one hundred and
four lie VS. born IN les.
Among ibr Jewels The Queen Of Spain recently
sold IN London Wa : watch chain, which cos;
$4,000.
IT, French trade IN eggs Is becoming enormous
From ole merchaa; alone 7.U00 dozen were lately
-ea; 20 England IL u Neek-
Marshal Bazaine and his family having returned
from Mckee. after passing one night 81 Lyons. have
arrived in Paris.
The bar 81 PARIS * organizing a banquet in
honor q Il julr> fayre. On tie occasion OF his
election 20 tAe French Academy
The commemorative service OF the death Of
Napoleon the FlrsJ WAs celebrated May Q. IN the
Church u The iuvaliivS. n Pars. with great pomp-
The English capitalists have applied TO the Rus
sian Government Tor permission t. construct =
railway iIom This 10 !Uti, on the Eastern shore
Of the Black SEA.
The strike in Lcndou among the tailors continues.
nor are there any si-ns vi the dispute speedily
rudins. Boih parties appear 10 be desperately IL
earnest.
TIE members Of tie Polish Catholic clergy who
had been transported TO Siberia in consequence Of
recent events. have al. with the exception Of two.
been authorized by the Russian Government 10
return 20 tEeiy diocrsrs-
The Great Exhibition has attracted a crowd Of
crowned heads Ia Pans. cneXampled since the time
when the gs-aI Napoleon was accustomed TO decide
upon tie fate Of Kings and nations
The Paris papers announce that the Queen Of
England has just completed . work Of travel to
which thcv give the title. "Fenilies dun Journal
dams les Ha.te> Montagnes." adding particulars
respecting it which viii probably be new 10 the
illu>irious author
I'm extraordinary piece OF news is current in
III - ST. a.. O.. l-~l r1fs..r- .rfr. -
under arrest. accused Of reasonable practices, and
81 particular Of having betrayed To Prussia the
French plan Of a campaign III case of a war.
AJosE-Thc present state of politics in France
has provoked a bon mot from ". Thurs who. being
asked what lie would do al the presen; ~juneture if
lie were Prime Minister. replied, - would send
Prince NAFoLEoN 10 England to bring the remains
Of LUUIS PHILLIPS to France
An English nObleman has suspended a musical
bell on he nrcks Of all his cows, each bell tuned
70 a different note Of the scale. and the whole ring
ing through several Octsves. \ visitor 10 his farm
i charmed by tie music. Sometimes be bears
several notes in unison. then 3 slight discord. and
then "a sweet harmony all varied by distance, By
the rising aud falling Of the breeze.
GAElRtLDI N \ Nav ArTITUDE.-It i stated til {.
in q letter which le lately addressed to the English
Minister al Florence. Ganbaldi formally seis forth
his title To ;lc GuvernOrship Of Rome. 10 which
Office he STATES himself To have been elected by the
Roman people in lSi-9, and from which high
estate bc denies that lie has ever been Legally de-
posed. In The eyes uf Garibaldi. the Pope is a
mere E<lrpcr. and his position as a temporal scver-
eiEn logically unieEabie.
A lac letter nom the Exhibition says: =" Paris
has al additional sensation this week IN the arrival
OF an Egyptian regiment from Mexico. They are
very tall and very black. dressed in white. natives
If HE south OF Egypt. near Abyssiuia. and went to
Mexico 90 serve in The yellow fever regions. They
have Loo; over a hundred of their number. and
after resting awhile in Paris and visiting the Expo
si'ion, will return to the banks Of the Nile"
Tuad Pasla, On his return to Cons;antionple.
received from tie Russian Ambassador a pTOet for
a RussO-Turkish alliance. having for its basis a po-
li;ical administration and independence for Crete.
and tie neutrality Of the Porte in the eyeniuslity
OF auv caiarlieatiuns which might arise, and direct
the settlement Of tie above mentioned questions
between Turkey and Russia. 70 the exclusion Of
all Otlrr powers. Ills proposal Is said to have
been rejected By the Porte.
\ swiss gentleman speaking no English. went to
visit . siSicT-in-law residing at Bioest-r. England.
. icw weeks since ON bis return TO London he
had 70 change traics NJ Bletchley. and being some
what p~-rT!eNed - TO the carriage into which be
was 10 transfer himself. was politely assisted By
four other gvntl-mtu. who entered the train with
him. ~ soon n IL started his new friends pro-
posed "a game at cards. and. on his declining 10
play. sriz-l him. threw him down. robbed him. and
were proceeding 70 further violence. when be con-
iriv-d To- OPEN he carriage door and jump ont
while tie ;ain was at speed He then found bis
way back o. EctcAl"y. from whence be was passed
on b tie station master 70 London
F0wDtEIE>sP R0JECTnE-The improved French
cannon J. one Uf hose pieces OF mechanism whose
Theory - prrfcct- blt GlU>c Practice l. = Iai4tiTe- 4
We Temyubec = wcaion Of oar bpyhoOd from
which pellets, made BIZ punching a quiii through a
slice Of potato. were projected with great rapidity
AID effect. twas called a popgUn. and we think
the weapon described below by an English Journal
deserves the name pf pop-caunon:
The papers says the story about the new French
gun. which shoots people without powder or smoke.
i quite true. The weapon i really . sling i'm
proved mp to The uinet-enih-ceniur standard. Bull
are placed IN a circular groove on a disc Of
steel. which. driven b. a wheel of much greater
4. --aNs-eLna yaLA al mole .
out the bullets NJ the rate of about three hundred
per minnie. They strike a. hard a rife BALI.
We do not voueh for the account. but it il trusted
by a correspondent 81 IN" TuRss. and l. not me
impossible a. anybody may test with a
lin spinning top and a pea.
FLOGGING II TIE BRITISH NAvT-It is a prevalent
that foggiug in the British navy. il not
actually ab,lisicd. has become a rare and mild Oc-
currrnce. IL seems. however. that 20 compensate
for the deprivation Of the luxury OF whipping
sailors. British officers are allowed tn =" keep their
hands in" by logging such individuals o. may cas-
ually come und-r their sway. Thus. a " stow
away aged fourteen. was discovered on board a
British ship by it, Captain. and ordered to be logged.
boz Was afterward put ashore at Portsmouth.
whore some lsnd-lUbbers, not approaching TIE
.ok-. had him examined by a surgeon. VINO found
severe wales and bruises on his person. As an OF
several naval officers testified that Captain
simpson Was one 81 the kindest and gentleSt OF
a character which, the English paper observes.
: always testified Ia in relation to an officer similar
: charged \ compromise was offrre,; to be made {
Dy paving the boy money. This was declined. In
spite Of the Recorders charge. which had a strong
in favor 81 the accused. the jury found the =
Captain guilty. The Recorder then announced
hat be disseated from the verdict. but fined the
Captain ElOJ. leaving tie costs To be paid by the !
friends. The moral OF all which. says the /
-ondCn NerS-
Is. that nothing can be more natural and in the
Of duty than for = British naval officer to order !
delicate child Of fourteen u be scourged on his q
person by a Sialxart man brandishing a stout
ope's end. The fact that tie boy did not happen
o be in any sense whatever under the official 4
guardianship or control Of the hogging captain. IN 4