The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1868-10-03
The law prohibiting public executions in Eng

The law prohibiting public executions in Eng
land has gone into operation
Some idea of the amount of money changing
hands on the Derby races may be gained by the
fact that two commission agents had 10 pay the
hackers of Blne Gown more than Sl.5OO,OoO IN
GOLD.
The bishop of Wurtzburg once asked a ~sprightiy
shepherd boy: What are yon doing here my
get =" lone form a week" II. also. am a
shepherd continued the bishop, but have a
much better salary" That may be but then,
suppose you have more swine under your care
innocently replied the boy.
Mourn GEMS RAuwAY.-The railway over Mount
Cents was opened TO the public ON the 10Th OF June,
and the journey from Susa TO St Michel was per-
formed with perfect regularity and success. For
the present there are TO be two trains daily each
way. The Journey over the mountain, which, oy
the most rapid mode of conveyance, has hitherto
occupied ten hours, can now be accomplished In
half that time.
A Paris paper surprises the English journals
with some details respecting Lord Stamford. a
British lord of the soil. Ii seems that the late lord,
in leaving his son an immense fortune. imposed
upon him the condition that he should every year
invest fl6.0 900 sterling in the purchase OF silver
plate. When the Young lord had doubled ana
tripled his dinner and toilette sets. he caused a
magnificent staircase in solid silver 10 be manuiac-
tured. At last bis power of invention being ex-
hausted. he sought the aid of the law, and by the
payment of go, 900 down, he obtained a Judicial
release from the necessity OF further compliance
with the onerous conditions OF his Legacy.
A GREAT TuSSEL--The project is revived IN
England of tunneling the channel to France. Evil
dence has been obtained that the soil over which
the sea flows is white chalk, gray chalk, and green
sand further below. This fact was ascertained by
borings on the English and French coasts. the two
points on each side of the channel being not more
than twenty miles from each other. 1t Is but rea-
sonable to sup pose that the same material will form
the submarine soil from coast TO coast. The chalk
can be easily worked, ana the expense Is placed at
I $50, 600, 600, gold, twice the cost Of the Abyssinian
war.
The death of the Queen Of Madagascar reminds
us that there is such a country. Twenty-three
years ago the English Government bad reason to
b. aware of its existence. for in Consequence OF the
outrages offered by the Malagash to Europeans, a
joint English and French force attacked Tamatave.
and incurred a serious repnlse. The then Queen
died in 1862. and was succeeded by her son. Rada-
ma III. In 1868 his objects c%onspired against him
and put him to death. His widow was prevailed
upon to reign. and she died on April LIST. An at
tempt was then made by certain persons, including
some Christians, to seize the capital and dispute
the succession, but the leaders were arrested. and
the late sovereign's sister was proclaimed under
the title of Ranavolou, in memory of the Queen
first mentioned-the inveterate foe of the Christians.
Thus. with the exception OF one year. the island
has been ruled by three women successlveiy for
forty years. 1t is not stated if the new Queen Is a
( Christian. but it is inferred, from the fact of her
succession being disputed by the Christian popula-
ton. that she is not.