The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1869-05-29
European News Items.

tain-! N the ardent sVIrit- consumed.
SUNDAY WoRE - TF it.uc OlrIcFS. Til,
Duke Il Argyll. WI" Ir- India ofce,
las Given sulrt I...r. Dol tLat ~ Iart Of H..
.ri 20 hi 4, a-r-.a. q. Jrausac 'r
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o. .-- tea rt1- -t- >u.-aau. I..s.rr .- .,suci
a &c -c throwing open q ti-laes- ..'.T do
domination tie mosques ~. r-- he kiti-
iul, upon the simTi. -. .'.r -... ". uJt
-cJf or disturb me wsr-i -- Doc -..ir iray,---
Baron R0thsehild ulr- r .3 he mop
cry for taxation pa at ID!
bringing . suit az ' W
sums 6 T---Il--
The London TeEcg F,. - Etr A... ,-l~
have strange fashions On f.- ,. 3.
but there is one t..H- .s .yl.e 80 u>. par.
Byecher'- aUcti'a,er. so rs- usr-r' Of tie sal.
said Gentlemen / au .s-f-.c;-l CD a ever!
seat ia this church excel 90" mIni--.r-- Here
We sell even that"
TuE M,EQvIs OF EUrE'> FoETUNE-E .i on
JaT-rs, which nave frequent sensational l.rl-
graphs about the Marquis %. ..u.. 1891 a-. 3D." Nc
more than generous % him .a ,.-I" $685. us or
tune. \ lady's fortune j. 9r.t.. ..Iorted
double but the English papers have always quad
ruUIed that uf Lord Butte. IL i about 100000. a
wear. not +uO. UUOL-rathcr a difference. vet
ample.
The total surface of continental France. includ-
iu- the new departments, l. 543 ,O5l square XII
lpmctres OOO of which are equal TO 80 square
milcs), divided rs follows Arabic land. 26j. $50
"a. XII. natural PASTURE land, 50.2l2 vineyards,
Is. POS woods and forests. 9l.6T7 meadows.
lgndes. and heath, 65.i62; plantations. waters.
roads. ground covered with buildings, and waste
land, I6, sos.
The London Conference of 1867 decrecd that
the Grand Duchy of IUNcmburg should belong
neither 20 France nor Prussia, but declined L.
guarantee it, decision. IL omitted another i'm
p0rtaut particular. 1t did not provide for the
demolition of the Qualifications, which undertaking
- left to the inhabitants, who devote the sum ot
thirty shillings n week 10 that purpose. Amath-
ematician has calculated that ut this rate the
work Will be completed about the wear $500.
All coal sold in London. at least for domestic
use. i put up in sacks, each containing about 200
pounds, - that eleven will contain a ton. Each
cart j. provided with a pair Of steclyards. and the
purchaser. when his coal l. delivered, selects two
or three sacks, and has them weighed. Thus lie
can be certain Of getting his correct weight. An
other advantage l. that the coal. instead of being
shot on the sidewalk, 70 the annoyance Of Iedcs-
trims, i carried 1t once 10 it, destinations, with
out making any dirt or dust.
During last year there We're in the United
Kingdom OgG-cat Britain, IS. Gj2. eco acres under
cultivation. Of which ii $50 600 were devoted to
cereals ! sos, 600 70 vegetables, j,G9O,O00 TO
clover and rotation grasses and 22,l6+ 900 10
permanent pasturage. England alone possessed
3,779, 900 cattle, and q ,930. 600 sheep. In every
one hundred acres in England, ~ are pasture in
Wales, SO IN Scotland, %, and III Ireland, 81.
TIE SrEz CANAL.-Mr. Lange, the English rep
resentative of the Suez Canal Company, Announces
that tire canal Will be - completed and open to
the general navigation Of all countries on the lst
Of Oct. 1859" TIE width. Mr.. LANCE adds, will
then he 100 metres cos English icct) at the
water line, and % metres "a English fee) ut the
bottom of the canal, with e depth of 5 metres (2G
English feet.
The census recently taken by the British au-
thOTitics in Northeastern India seems to have been
far Iuprp particular anal r..r.--f ffaVn any ppY.luS .
returns have ever lr,.i uttdc Iublic in Eu-
rope or America. IA q Population Oi 80, 900, 600,
there have frankly registered themselves as beg
elr5, 419,Olj; prostitutes, 26,SOG; cunuchs,
. PSI pimps, 32l ~flattercrs for gain, 900; jest
sol astrologcrs, l,l23. We should like to
says an American paper, an equally frank and
censli- a.! AMY part Of this country. or any
Of its larger eijir--sIy, for example, Washing
ton or Chicago.
The arrangement between Minister BurlingaIne
and Lord Clarendon that Hereafter all negotiations
are TO be conducted with the central government
instead of the local authorities. and that before
active war is inaugurated all disputes are to be
referred TO the home government, gives great dis
to the HongkOng journals, which cite
the Swallow affair rs a sufficient commentary on
the first part Of the stipulation.
There are somc odd geniuses among the invent
)rs of England. One individual patents improve
ncnts in paving streets one among his brilliant
being to form tiues beneath the flag
'tOncs, lcdlili1 the pipes INTO tac sewers, tilai Tie
air cxhaled therefrOm may heat the pave
nent, warm the feet of the passengers, and, mark
he foresight Of the inventor e provide against
Inc effects of frost and snow
Intemperance Is the great national vice Of
1t has become 50 alarming that the
legislature is called upon to interfere. Even the
,ictims, it Is said. Join in the cry. The King of
sweden sympatiilcs with the Temperance men,
Jut hesItates t. act. The a.i;a;"rs cali iUT a
statute ri=idly iIoiibiring tie manufacture of
NV AND GIGANTIC PLANT.-Within the last
sw days living specimens have been forwarded
. this country from Nicaragua of one Of the
most gigantic plants in the vegetable kingdom.
I Is closely allied to the Arums Tor =. Lords and
adde's y of our hedges, and until the present
inc has wholly escaped the notice Of travelling
Ii produces but one leaf, nearly
ourteen feet in length, supported on a stalk ten
Get long. The stem OF the flower II n foot in
circumference, the spathe or flower two feet long, ,
blue in color, with n powerful carbon
ike odOr. As this remarkable species of Aroide;e 3
; quite new 10 science, ii has not yet received IA :
anne.
tiles Of England has been calculated by the |
registrar General of Great Britain, who furnishes q,
be following statistics on the subject Sheffield
as 1913 persons per acre Leeds has H. Brad c
Jrd has 2l.O; Stafford. 23.l Newcastle. 24.j I
lull, 800; Bristol, 3G.l London, 4O.1 Biz 4
bingham, 4G.l Manchester, 80 and Liverpool, q
81. The population Of all these towns put I
Jgctber, it i stated, does not reach that of :
.ondon by 1862. I
There are in France 534 $50 men actually i
nder arms; ll4,4 ; are on lcuve Of absence, a
rhich may at any moment be Cancelled. Total, {
3. III dis;ributed-37S $50 in France, 81, j3l a
q Algeria, 5,32S in Itlay. The total force of Il
aTmy-rc-crycs and National Guard Mobile c
is ,O2S $50 men. Six regiments of infantry, Il
,urtcen battaliOns Of CLasscurs a-pied and thirty {
Of cavalry are trained annually in the o
amps Of instruction. Y
Roman Catholic liberlity To Church objects 4
rs often been noted. IL j. "A fact, however, that >
'rOtcstants are more liberal contributors To mis- Il
than members Of the Church of Rome. :
hc income Of the Great Society for PrCpagating
be Faith was, during the last financial year. g
bout 1000. 900 francs. or nearly 81 600 OOO. r
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