The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1868-05-30

as candidate for every office from town Alderman
to the Presidential chair. as he had said he had al
ready done.
European Summary.
Liebig has recently announced a greatly improved
! process for the silvering of glass. differing from the
known methods by the Introduction of a small por-
ton of copper. The details, however, are too tech
meal for our columns.
A communication from Grasse. in the South Of
France. says: 1.-The barvesis present a most ia
vorable aspect. The late rains have done wonders
for grass. wheat, vegetables and olives A few
showery days in April, and all the hopes of agri-
culturists will revive"
Paris has a new newspaper which sells for one
sou. and gives to each of its quarterly subscribers
a ticket emitting the holder to have his or her pho
tograph taken mt a certain establishment free of
charge.
The former British Consul at the Dardanelles, a.
Mr.. Calvert. has been convicted at Constantinople
for defrauding the underwriters at Lloyd's of &c.,
900. and has been sentenced to two years penal
servitude.
The Kingdom of Greece seems to be an exciting
place for politicians. They have had since October.
1863. sixteen different cabinets, and ninety changes
Of Individual members Of the varions ministries.
Greece would probably get along better with a fix
ed Executive.
Examiner. in concluding an article on the alabama
claims, says: ave trust that the good sense of the
noble Lord Stanley will prompt him to accept the
terms of reference as proposed by Mr.. Seward, and
thus get rid of an irritation which may, under GER
tain contingencies, be easily in1amed into hostili-
ties. which. If commenced, both nations would have
lasting reasons to deptore."
Dion Boucicault is about to build a new theatre in
London. 1t is 10 be in the American style. with u
fine frontage. large lobbies. and no upper gallery,
and will be rather larger than the Adeiphi. There
will be a splendid pit and no royal entrance. 1t is
said that Mr.. Edmund Yates. the novelist. and sou
OF the eminent actor. will lease this theatre. The
edi6ce will cost about Els 600 and the freehold
about 100000. Other new theatres are in contem-
nj atian and op,nnn hnp I- ana 70 Ia ma rn1 no
Miss Laura keene.
The pressure of famine Is SO terrible in Tunis and
other parts of the coast of Africa. that mothers
have been found eating the flesh Of their own chill
dren. The Irish famine was nothing compared to
the horrors OF this now prevailing at Tunis. We
do not hear much just now from the famine in Fin
land. but it has been fearful there. and in the north
of Sweden. In Russia we learn that the famine is
spreading far aud wide aud pestilence is apprehcn-
ded to follow in its wake.
In England. a rich man died ia the ~t.inter. and
400 invitations were issued to his intimate
friends to attend the funeral. Only 90 came. all
of whom signed their names in a register. Eight
days afterwards, these 20, faithful till death, re-
ceived a letter to call on the diseased's lawyer.
They did so, and each received. according TO the
will. e32o Isl 600, if a lady. and e2OO IS, .ooo) if
a getlemau- The testator further directed that the
names of those who received his bequests should
be published in the Journals. to punish those who
had not put themselves out of their way tO attend
his funeral.
THE ABOLITION or THE CHURCH R,TEs-The estab-
lisbed church in England has received a fatal blow
at the hands of the party which has always claimed
to be its especial champion. The bill to abolish
church rates in England and Wales has passed the
House of COMMONS under circumstances that indi-
cate that the Lords will yield to it the same PROMPT
but unwilling assent which they gave last summer
to the Reform bill. The Importance OF this reform
is scarcely second to that OF the great triumph won
for the franchise last year; and it may be taken as
the second step in the path along which the new
Premier is leading the rulers of the kingdom. All
that was said concerning the marvellous spectacle
of a conservative government voluntarily giving a
wider extension of the voting franchise than the
most advanced Liberal had ever asked for, might
he repeated in reference to the passage Of this
measure of ecclesiastical reform. From time i'm
memorial the British Tories have opposed every
project even tending tn the Infringement of the pre-
negatives of the church. Perhaps it is true that the
Tory policy now is to keep Office by doing what il
bad gained Office by refusing to allow to be done.
II Mr.. Gladstone. as Minister, had introduced the
bill which Mr. Disraeli has now carried Ia success.
the Tories would probably have denounced il IA a
robbery of the altar. But it matters little what
are the MOTIVES of men. when the measures which
they adopt are in themselves so pregnant with
great results as is the one of which we now speak.
The PRUssIAv TEEsTY.-Some question has been
raised as to the actual effects of the new treaty be-
tween the United States aud Prussia on naturalized
citizens owing military service To the latter power.
IL was commended that the conditions of the treaty
We're suhject tn the operation of local laws making
avoidance of military duty a crime, and that natu-
radiation abroad would still not operate as a re-
lease in the greater number of cases upon return
To the old country. This construction, however.
is authOritatively disavowed. the American Secre-
tary of State and the Prussian Prime Minister hay
ing declared that the treaty guarantees to the full
est extent the exemption sought on the part of the
United States. a Berlin despatch under date of
April ID. received by overland mail. confirms this
view of the subject, as will be seen from its head
ing:
BERTIN. April 2-Thc naturalization treaty Just
between the United States of America
and the Confederation of the North German States
has been finally ratified by the Federal Parliament.
OF the speakers praise il with one voice. and il
almost unanimously approved by the uembers.
Count Bismarck. in Il speech explaining It's pro-
visions. declared that it WAS unnecessary to make
defense of the treaty. as it seemed to meet with
favor on all sides He summed zap his explanation
by stating that the compact was clear in all points,
and hereafter no Rdtire Of Germany aatluraiized ia
United States IcOtld be moitSted on account of his
country. within the borders of the Confade-
ration.
The Polish members. were among the small min
ority who voted against ati6cation.-Bulet;n