The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1867-06-29
Late Foreign Summary,

. following
Dispatches OF an important character were re-
celved by Governor Seymour on the arrival If the
last mail from England concerning the couiedcr.-
ton scheme. His exceIlency Is advised that the
first measure to come before the Conirlcraled Par
lament OF Canada in August will be one 10 include
in the COniedcracy the whole OF British North
America. lie Is urged to lay the matter before the
Council Mt once. and 10 request their voice upon
the ACCESSIBILITY of British Columbia being included
in the union. and he Is authorized 10 state that The
debt Of the Colony will be assumed by the Conled-
eracy. and its payment il necessary l. guaranteed
10y the Imperial Government. The British ColUIn-
bis Council. it will be remembered. voted uuani-
mou-ly in favor of confederation on the 2Ist of
March Should the above be correct II viii have
the effect of molerating the strong annexation feel
ing which has existed here for some time.
DEATH or BISHOP TINoN.-The Catholic Church.
of which he was an eminent prelate. and the city
in which he resided. are bereayed of a pillar and
an ornament. Bishop TimOn was a really pious
and good man. His life and labors Were distin-
glished for practical piety and benevolence. lie.
Of all men, literally - went about doing good
Creeds are as nothing when the head, heart and
bands OF a cleTgymen are prOyeTbIally clear.
genial and diligent- There was benevolence and
sympathy IN his voice and manner. Ills daily walk
and conversation inspired universal confidence
and affection. In his haracter the elements were
50 tremendously mingled as TO proclaim him
- every inch a Christian.
FAMILY EXPENSES IN ErEoPE.-The cost of house
keeping at Munich appears almost Incredibly low
to one accustomed to American prices. Nineteen
twentieths of the population live in hired apart
ments, according TO the universal European custom.
Whole floors. containing the very finest suites of
rooms (ten to twclve) can be rented, furnished, for
from SiOJ TO $50 a year but $3.50 a year is al
ready q Ugh price. more than what very few
families pi !. Exclusive of rent, good sized families
meet thc:. current household expenses with one
hundred .-.d twenty-five forms. or $50 a month,
enjoying for this small sum all the delIcacies of
the season the year round. y household that costs
$1,000 a year is already considered an expensive
one. Good cooks and ciambermaids can be had
for $50 to $50 a year.
. BlsuAErK-A German DaDer describes Count
Bismarck thus: e His speeches are very uncouih in
style. and his voice is sharp and grating. When
excited he loses the thread of his discourse, and
not unlrequcntly commits faults of grainmer and
construction. But there is an cpigramatic incl
siveness in his style which goes far to redeem his de-
fleets. Ills wit Is very remarkable. lie is very
sensitive to attack, especially since he has been
suffering from his present nervous disorder. and
his alteration with Herr Won Munehauscn. is said to
have aggravated this complaint. In the North
German Parliament he invariably appears in the
uniform of the Landwehr cavalry. while in the
Prussian Parliament he attended in ordinary civil
dress.
Sweden and Norway are slowly rising out of
the sea ut the rate of onc-half of an inch per
annum. The west coast Of Greenland is gradu-
ally sinking.
Horace Greeley says that the darkest day in
any mans earthly career is that wherein he first
iancics that there is some easier way of gaining Il
dollar than by squarely earning it.
The Jardin dcs Plantes in Paris now has a
NaiiEitid bcsiNcT. y HOUSE Mas DulI OF logs IOf It's
accommodation, but it didn't like French archi-
lecture, and so tore it down and built it over in Il
style more to its taste.
Professor Willis, of the New York Medical
College for Women, SAYS there are 800 female
medical practitioners in the country, some of
whom are i'll receipt Of from $4,000 to $4,000
4 year.
So profound is the 80 incompatibilitv' existing
between Prince Napoleon and the Empress Eu-
genie that the former is asserted to have recently
observed that if anything were to happen to the
Emperor he would 10 ali in his power to sccure
the succession Of the Prince Imperial, but that
either he or Eugene would have to leave France.
TIE LUxENBURG QUEsrIoN.-The London Times
of April ), writing on the Luxembourg c~omplica-
ton says:
So long as the relations between France and
Germany lie in the hands of two such men as
were supposed To have learnt to know and value
each other ut Biarritz, we think the world ought
not too lightly to cherish sinister apprchcnsions.
Both Napoleon and Bismarck are fully aware of
the magnitude of the enterprise to which Il mo-
ment of raslness might commit them. Both of
them have accomplished much in their lifetime,
and it is natural for both of them to shrink from
new trials which could lose the benefit or tarnish
the glory of former achievements. Neither of
them is young; neither of them exults in that
firm, eXubcrant health which urges men to incess-
ant activity. Peace would be equally Il boon to
France and Germany but while it is difIiculs TO
see what good 4 war, however successful, malt
bring to France, the mere danger of it is us,0 10
promote the union, and thereby the strength lud
greatness of Germany
An ELOQUENT PAssACE.-The finest thing George
ID. Prentice ever wrote is this inimitable passage:
1t cannot bc that earth is mans only abiding
place. Ii cannot be that our life is n bubble cast
up by the ocean of eternity to float Il moment
upon its waves, and sink in nothingncss. Else
why is it, the high and glorious aspirations,
which leap like angels from the temple of our
hearts, arc forever wandering unsatisfied. Why
IL it that the rainbow and cloud come over us
with n beauty that is not of earth. and then pass
off To muse on their loveliness? Why is it that
the stars which . hold their festival around the
midnight throne are set above the grasp of our
limited faculties forever mocking us with their
unapproaehable glory? And finally, why is it
that bright forms of human beauty arc presented
10 our view and taken from us leaving the thou
sand streams of our affections 10 flow back in an
Alpine torrent upon our hearts? We are born
for 4 higher destiny than that of earth. There is
II realm where the rainbow never fades where
the stars will be spread out before us like the ISL
ands that slumbcr on the ocean and where the
beautiful beings which pass before us, like
shadows, will stay forever IN our presence"
SUNDAY IN BALTmoRE.-On the 25th of Fe,-
ruary Il large meeting was held in Baltimore in
opposition To running the cars and opening the
shops ON Sunday, bills TO that effect being before
the Legislature of Maryland. Among the resolu-
tiOns adopted Were the following
That as Sunday labors particularly fall upon
the poor, the legalizing of unnecessary work is
but increasing their common burden, conflicting
with their religious privileges, and therefore OPP
prcssiyc To the very class most needing the rest
ordained of Heaven for man.
That during the period in which the Sunday
law of lS66 has been in operation, it's excellence
has been so triumphantly indicated by its results,
among which il the arrests Tor drunkenness to far
less than half their pI ious average, that any
relaxation of Its restrictions is unnecessary and
would operate prcjudicially TO the whole"
The latest case Of personal Spontaneous COM
bustion is reported from Columbus, Indiana, where