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

The decrease Of population in Ireland in 1866
i estimated AZ 46->2S
There are in Paris - fallen women licensed.
and 50 600 who eyade the license. and 2jO,uco
living or cohabitiug, but unmarried, with men.
The total sum handed to the Pope a. Peters
Pence by the French bishops, Is estimated at from
l5.0O0,OOO 10 l6,0O0, 600 francs, (about ,Gv
OoO in god.)
Free trade in cabs has been established in
Liverpool. NJ legal scale offares viii be enforced,
but every driver IL bound 10 have stated promi-
nently on the outside of his vehicle the scale OF
fares which he charges
Al the Powers of Europe have recalled their
representatives from Mexico. not being willing TO
recognize the existence ola so-called regieIde Gov
ernment. Mexico l. therefore under the ban of
civilized nations.
France AND Pkrss1A-The late letter from
Napoleon. requesting Prussia 70 hand over Hol-
stein 10 Holland. was received with Indignation,
and Prussia ar once changed the thirty thousand
stand of arms she captured from Austria into
needle-guns.
At Shepton Mallet, in Somersetshire, England,
there was dug no, q few DAYS since, a small
earthern pr. containing a number of Anglo-GallIe
greats coined in Calais in the reign of Henry V,
and some English greats coined in London in the
reign of Edward
At a meeting recently held in Paris. for the
purpose ofcon>iderins the dcsirability of building
a church in that city 10 fully represent the Ansli-
can communion. il was agreed that such an
erection was required, and 4 resolution 10 that
effect was passed unanimously. y committeew WAS
also appointed 10 push the matter.
The accounts respecting the health of Lord
Brougham are very conflicting. One statement
represents him TO be i'll beyond the hope of recoy-
cry at Nice. Another version is that he Is in his
ordinary condition at his estate at Cannes. in
France. The latest accounts are very favorable.
Reports from the South of Ireland TO the En-
glish authorities do not lead 10 the belief that the
Eenian Society has been as Vet entirly crushed. or
the efforts of It's agents wholly extinguished in the
districts lately disturbed. The cOnstabulary are
as vigilant 10 prevent any local mischief from
going forward unperceived as they have been
prompt 10 act when called upon 10 quell a riot.
The French Government has deemed it best 10
make a further concession to the public opinion
which has so strongly declared Itself in favor of
peace 1t has taken measures u reduce the
number of troops in the standing army. This Is
another good omen for the preservation of the
peace of Europe.
The drainig of a portion of the Zuyier-Zee is
seriously contemplated in Holland. An eminent
engineer, NJ. Beyerinek. has plan for recovering
500, 900 acres from the water-thaJi is. the whole
of the part situated between the South of ketel-
dep and the North of the Isle of Urk. The
success which has attended similar operations in
the Harlem Lake, from which $4,000 acres of
land have been recovered. angurs fayorablv for
N@S -So+N - 49, ivan ~ S--A%A L-A- -tA
The RikerikI. the Vienna Punch. has a cartoon
of the Emperor Napoleon asleep. but not unoon-
scious of dreams. with ~frowning face and clenched
hands. tossing on the imperial couch. beside which
Il standing the shade ola Hapeburg, IN an Hun
garian tunic, who i gazing on him reproachfully,
and reciting a poem, the burden of which Is that
Macmillan of Mexico will cling to him eyerlast-
ingly. - in revels high, in golden hour Of gladness.
ay, and in exile, when man feels the want of
friendship, and signs for death, such honorable
death as thou canst never hope for"
The Friend Of India has the following paragraph:
The new Pacific Mail Steamship Company
has established an agency in Calcutta, to induce
Anglo-Indians to 20 home BY way of China.
japan and America. The charges. exclusive of
wines, but including the Panama transit by rail-
way, ~ miles. are S4S5 TO New York. first cabin,
and 1910 second cabin. To San Francisco $500
and S4O0 respectively. The Storage charge is
$40. and 800 10 either place. Between New
York and European ports the fares are $50 To
$50 in gold coin. depending upon the line taken.
Arrangements for through tickets are made with
tive. and the rates seem to be moderate. This
line will effect n reduction in the China trade"
The Norwegians have jus, completed a monitor
called the Scorpion, which Is Low on Its way TO
Stockholm. IL carries in a turret two Armstrong
guns, which throw $50 pound shot with n charge
Of II pounds of powder. The guns weigh 1900
pounds. Notwithstanding this. the machinery
TOR working them i - excellent that they can be
maneuvered by one man alone. The sides of the
iron rurret are eleven inches thick, and are lined
inside with hOrSe-hair mattresses. The monitor
is worked by engines of $50 horsepower, and is
manned by eighty men, twenty of whom attend
10 the engines and twenty man the guns. The
of tine monitor and her equipment has been
$3.50, 900.