The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1867-02-23

Trieste have unanimously resolved against the adj
mission If the Jesuits iu,o that ciiy.
The expectation Of cattle lIom Irellad TO England
goes steadily forward, aud to al extent which is rem
dering mCNt somewhat exorbitsut in prices in ireland.
and IA many cases almost beyond the reach of the
poor.
Numerous arrests OF students and workmen were
made in Paris on the night Of the 7th of November.
IL Is believed that this measure is connected with the
discovery Of a secret political society. but nothing
certain has trauspired.
General Naglee answers the gentle Schell who has
sued him in San Francisco for 500, 600 for breach
OF promise, by setting up, FIRST. that he never prom
ised TO marry her and. secondly, that he has dis.
covered her to be 81 s loose character.
The Rev. Mr. Spurgeou. in a recent sermon against
Rituaism. declared High Churchism TO be bastard
Popery. and Broad Csurchism dishonest in6delity.
The great danger to the Church came, he said. from
within, and not from without. lie deprecated legal
Interference, however, and recommended prayer.
Queen Victoria continues in excellent health, and
has during the past few weeks, accompanied by one
Of the members Of the Royal Family, taken daily
carriage airings and walking exercise in the gardens
and ornamental grounds of Windsor Castle.
SCENE HorEL- TINE: SUNDAY MoasINo-Lady
Let me have dinner at four this afternoon. Page
-les'm. Would you like it hot or cold Lady
Hot should like a chicken. Pdse-Yes'm. Would
you like it roast or biledl Lady-Boiled. Is there
a church near here ? PGge-les'm. Would you
like it high or low Punch.
1t is stated that Hon. George II. Pendleton, Of
Ohio. the candidate for Vice President on the Nc
Clellan ticket. has declared himself in favor Of inn
partial suffrage as advocated by some Of the Demo-
cratic papers.
The FIRST ruler 10 establish free trade was Toussaint
L'0uveriure, Governor of Hayii, an unmixed black.
The first clock ever made in America was the work
OF Benjamin Bannaker, a negro and the son Of q
Maryland slave.
The doctors and druggists have formed q combina-
ton with the milliDers TO keep up The present style
of bonne:s during the Winter. To counterfeit their
plot. the bonnets should be worn on the back aud
the waterfalls on the top or the head.
The amount Of money contributed last year to the
charities Of Boston by the State Legislature and pri-
vste individuals and subscriptions, so far a. can be
ascertained. is not far from $4,000, 900. TIE
amount is represented as greatly exceeding similar
contributions in the City Of New York.
The Canadians talk Of sending those con victs, whom
it is supposed to be inhuman to hang and kill, to
catch whales, and the idea is favorably entertained
by the philanthropists as opening up a chance for
the conversion of the Esquimaux, who could not fail
to benefit by contact with these outcasts of civiliza-
ton.
Arrangements are being made 10 start four new
schools for colored children in different parts Of
Kentucky. The different points at which the schools
will be established are Covington, Lexington. Dan
vile and Paduca. The rent of the houses is paid
by the Freedmen's Bureau. The teachers are en-
ployed and paid by the American Missionary Asso-
citation. There are 700 colored children attending
schools at Lexington. A school will be started in
Louisville early in January.
EccE HoMo-ITsA UTuoRsmP.-Ecee Homo is said
to have been put on the index of prohibited books at
Rome, and the London Spectator says II has been
traced to Professor Seely, of University College,
London. 1t has been attributed to many others, espe-
cially to one of the clever staff OF the Pail Mall
Gasctte.- Now that Earl Shsftsbury's opinion Of the
book has been Endorsed at Rome. the noble Earl may
think the Pope ~infallible. as well as his ~lordshiP. who
declared it to be sthe most pestiferous book ever
vomited out Of the jaws Of hell"
The brilliant prismatic colors of the pearl are
attributed to the decomposition aud reflection Of the
light by the numerous minute grooves on it's surface.
An artificial ivory is now made in France from .
paste of papier mdche and gelatine, and TO which
the name of Partisan marble is given. Among
other things, the finest and most complicated mould
ings for ceilings can be made, or capitals of columns
can be constructed in any color. 1t is said to be
hard, durable. and elastic.
PROBABLE ABDIcATIos OF BRIGHAM YouHo.-A
Salt Lake City dispatch reports that Brigham Young
intends to retire temporarily to a distant plantation
in Utah, aud leave the management Of Mormonism
to his son. Should the junior Young manifest exec
utive ability he will be formally installed as q sue
cessor to the Prophet, and the sbdication Of the
latter may become permanent.
A committee has been formed in London for the
purpose of procuring tho abolition of the legal diss-
bility which debars women from voting in the cleo
ton of members of Parliament. Ii is proposed to
present to Parliament during the ensuing session
two petitions-one signed exclusively by unmarried
women and widows quaihed to vote in all respects
except that of sex; the other by persons of all classes,
both men and women.
HARD MoNEr.-Last month 1,943, 900 new five
cent pieces were coined in Philadelphia and put in
circulation, which will account for the increased
numbers of them now in use. Previously the heavi-
est Of the work done ut the mint was in coming
cents, but the new management has reduced the
cent coinage to 1856, 900 pieces. and in addition to the
fves before mentioned, has coined 357 900 twos and
164 900 threes.
The Louisville Journal says that a lady OF that
city has examined all the latest fashion reports, and
visited all the principal millinery stores to pick out
a Winter bonnet. She reports as the result Of her
pXamIuatIOna. that there are now eighty sT 6iGerput
styles Of bOnnets, all fashionable. but there is not
one OF them that n sensible lady, who wishes to
guard herself against cold and neuralgia, would
wish to wear; but they all wear them, for "a one
might as we'll be out OF the world as out Of the
fashion, - you know.
AN ANCIENT RIpDLE.-Tbere is a certain natural
production, that is neither animal, vegetable nor
mineral; it exists from two 10 six feet from the sur
face Of the earth; it has neither length. breadth nor
substance; is neither male nor female, but is often
found between both; is often mentioned in the Old
Testament and strongly recommended in the New.
and answers equally the purposes of fdelity and
~treachery.
Who among our readers can solve it,
TIE DESTINY OF MEXICO The London Herald
thinks that there is now but one solution for the
future OF Mexico,-a protectorate by some strong
power. The Herald thinks the United States are
both fitted and willing to exercise this supervising
authority, and says -
Let the United States, then, assume without
days unnecessary delay, the protectorate of Mexico.
And let il be a real protectorgte. No mere formal
matter Of treaties and agreements. and advice to be
given by one side with the moral certainty Of its
prompt rejection by the other; bat a real. absolute.
practical supervision-a protectorate which shall
protect it's ward not more from others than from
herself. and which, while securing to Mexico such
Independence as she may be able to exercise. shall
give to the rest Of the world some assurance that it
shall not be exercised 10 her own ruin, aud the
scandal and detriment Of all"
PRopELLING VESSELS By ADMITTING AND FoRcrSa
Our WATER "A few days ago, says the Boston
Journal, we published a paragraph concerning q
successful experiment made in England in 6rsi ad-
Iniitinr antar intn n xnasel and nrnnallinn har hu