The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1869-05-15

European.
The Prince 81 Wales has arrived at Constantine
pie. The Sultan received him with great splendoE
I: Is an uudeniable fact that the GerIJan, to-
gethe- with all the round dances. are going oVt Of
fashion.
Lady Franklin. widow of the late Sir John
Franklin. the Arctic discoverer. left liverpool on
January 10th. for Madeira. where she intends re-
siding for some noUtbs.
The contract fr carrying the mails between
liverpool and New York. has been awarded -
the Cunard line by the British Post os'ce Depart
ment.
Another atiemp: to assaszina.c the Niceroy %
Egypt has been discovered and frustrated. =
loaded bomb was found uuder his chair in the
theatre. and removed before IL exploded.
The total available military force OF france Is
100000 men. Her navy consists of 40 vessels
Of which $Sl are war steamers and % rcnc!ad.
Victor Emanuel has ordered lie excaSaJions at
NvrculaueUm TO be resumed. These are ssofc ,it'-
cult than those at Pompeii. being made far GhSer-
ground in hard lava. while the latter are near s%S
surface. in ashes and earth.
REvIyAIS.-In South London il was announced
recently that converted malpracutioner, described
- Ned Wright the burglar would preach ut
NandSwovth, Assembly Room. and break o:lcn the
doors q he'll Fih "a gospel jeHnlg.
NEw PEERs-Sir John Lawrence is 10 be called
10 the peerage by the title of Lord Lawrence of
the Punjab and ct Grately, in the county of Hants.
The Right Hon. Sir James Wilde is also about 10
be raised to the peerage.
ABIEMNGHtN MANUFACTURES AR~SCoNpHn-George
uarrop (of the firm of uarrop X SomerviIle. iron
founders. Smethwick) has absconded. having forged
accommodation bills to the extent. it is believed,
Ot 1000. or $1,000. upon the Midland Bank at
Birmingham. He is supposed TO have gone to the
Continent.
Messrs. Routledgo are said to have paid Lord
Lytton e3o.000 for fifteen years copyright of his
works. and have just extended their privilege Tor
six and a half years longer.
The Marquis of Butte. the English millionaire.
has Joined the Roman Catholic Church. His Lord
ship denied u report 10 that effect a few months
ago but there is now no. doubt that he has been
admitted to the Romish Church at Nice
TERMINATION OF THE Cru. NARA despatch
from Yokohama states that the representative of
the foreign Powers have formally announced the
termination of the civil war. and have withdrawn
their notification of neutrality.
y NEW SYNAGOGUE IN LoNDOS-Thc foundation
stone of Il synagogue has been laid by Baron l..
de Rothschiid. The building Is to front Great
Portland and Charlotte streets, and will cost abou,
2i,eOoL Mr.. \. S. Joseph IS the architect.
\ VELocrEDE RAcE.-A race with yeloeipedes
took place in Chaplain Park lately The two miles
were traveTsed in l0l minutes, Ind the last mile
which was a triring descent. in ( minutes and IS
seconds.
ABOLITION OF TIE SLAVE TEADs: N THE PoRru-
GUESE CoIoNIkS.-The Portuguese Government
has communicated to the Powers of EHrope a de-
termination to abolish completely the slave trade
in all Portuguese colonies.
There are a few winters on record, in france, in
which there was no snow or frost. In sfl3 the
birds Matched their young in February. There was
no winter weather in 1859. and in 1927 the eserries
ripened during April and the grapes during May
In Jan. 1888, flowers were in full bloom. The years
1872, 1907, 1912. 1917, 1859, 1902, 1891, 1907, and
1922 were all ph%enomenally mild.
SANGUINARY CONFLICT BETWEEN RUSSIAN SOLDIERS
AND SAILoRS-The Gazette de 50. PstersjoUg states
that a conflict has just taken place at Cronstadt
between the seamen and soldiers in that town;
nearly 1000 men took part in the fight, which
sesulted in six of the combatants being killed and
many others wounded. Several officers were ill
ISp1 in attpmntInU tD mt n sion Ia the disorder.
SUPPRESSION OF PUBLIC MEETINGS.-Several pub
lie meetings in Paris have recently been dissolved
by the authorities, owing, it is alleged, to the vio-
lent language of the speakers. 1t is now announced
that three persons We're arrested on March 24th,
charged with delivering seditious speeches at these
meetings. According TO the Opinion AdtiOndte,
the arrests were made in consequence of the dis
covery of d q" conspiracy against the safety OF the
Stale.H
In England and Ireland during the past year
SO, 1000 persons took out licenses TO sell spirits and
beer. while $4,000 others were licensed to retail
beer alone, and nearly the whole for drinking on
the premises. Here are I33. 900 persons engaged
in selling strong drink, and official reports show
that. even outside the large cities of England, there
is a drinking house for every 250 of the population.
THE New SPANISH CoNsTrTUTIoN.-Thc committee
has laid before the Cortes the draft of the Constitu-
ton. 1t is stated that the bases of this Constitution
are a monarchical government, two chambers, n
senate, and a congress. The senators are to be
elected by the provincial councils, four from each
province, for a term of thirteen years. The depu-
nc liz 1 " bC it NbAtt Nbt ~ b.Ah Y
suffrage. The king is to reign for life. y majority
of the COMMITTEES are favorable to the separation OF
Church and State. The minority propose that the
Roman Catholic religion shall be the State Creed,
hut with liberation for other professions. Liberty
of the press ana the right of public meeting are to
be guaranteed. The Cortes have passed the bill au-
thorizing a CONSUMPTION shortly.
REvIvAIISM-For a fortnight past revivalism has
been going on among the fishers of Aberdeen.
Numbers of strong men, young and old, have been
and had declared they saw visions
they, meanwhile. crying out TO the Lord to have
mercy upon them. Some have cried ont that they
see departed relatives in heaven. and reply to the
beckOnings of those relatives that they are coming.
eyes are fixed. their lips culver. and they lie
on the ground. their limbs being quite rigid and
motionless. This is declared by the converted FISH,
to be the genuine work of the spirit The
work still continues. The fishermen went TO sea the
time for a fortnight on March "a. They have
not been eating or sleeping with regularity.
LANARTINE's funeral. it is
reported. took place with unusual marks of respect
for the deceased poet, historian and statesman.
Troops were under arms, and lined the sides of the
road to the church. The crowd in the church was
Notwithstanding the tickets OF admis-
that We're required. The inhabitants and the
clergy Of every village through which the process
passed escorted the remains 10 the limits. The
coffin was lowered into the vault built by Lamar
time, and was placed in a line with those of his
mother, wife. daughter and son. One thousand dol
lars was CONT ibUted by the town of Macon towards
the expenses.
Low FARES TO EUR0PE.-It is an III wind that
Dlo"S hooody any Sood, as we tDlnk somebody
has said before. And even 4 steamship race across
the ocean may be made conductive TO the interests
Of the people. 1t seems that the Cunarders, who
retain the muil-carrying. though their ship lost in
the recent race. have done a good thing to =" win
popularity" as ii is said. They have reduced
heir fares; and any one can now go to Europe as
| steerage passenger for $50, and as a cabin ditto
or $50. which is about twO-thirds only of the former
'ates. Until very lately the Cunard boats received
10 s,ceragc passengers, bnt the success of the City
Paris has stirred them up to see dollars in
ragged Irishmen," or any other man who has
money 10 sec.
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