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

Grant
The English House Of Lords ! now ,Ae only
hereditary chamber IN EuraIe-
Welding iron hy pressure. instead o: ~ ham
uvrlr-. : a. Icv invention which = SalL 70 be
ATTENDED with TIE most satisfactory results.
Tie Temperance a~-i,ari5u in >weien go< fur
Their tlan J. Dies ID tEi> country The aCICtlrs
05 TIE question ,rere propose "a r-or--s statutory
law e. suppress The manufacture u Intoxicating
liquors.
IN English company ofeari,aG-rs las received
from The sultan % Turkey the monopoly of nail
rod construction IN chGt country
PrsH represents John Ball and Miss America
kissing under lae Ui>Lec1e. which keyerly John
>u holds over their beads
TIE steamer Grs1I Eastern ha> bean 10 take
~ hoard rhe Fruc5-Amcrican telegraph cable.
which It viii BEGIN l. lay across the ocean next
June.
Particulars Of the earthquake. which occurred
around tie shores of the Bay OF Bengal. have
t-e1 received. The los Of life was very great.
England has coined 10000. GOO gold s5ve-ei-ns
and lS.Uuu.r 600 gold ha.i->1veUei-uS during the
ra>, ten wears = about S225 CO.. eco. These
c5ius. piled one on the other would make a
golden column nearly thirty-fve miles high.
NAPOLEON aND IuE PorE-The Emperor Of
France intends u give the Jewish and Protestant
Churches O legal standing and a voice in France
hy making the Grand Rabbi and the President Of
the Protestant Cousi-t0ry Senators Of tie empire.
This J. a notice u the Pope that his Church i
NJ longer cmnipotent.
The Church Of England i declining like a can
ole burning at both ends. On the one side the
progress OF the liberal movement i narrowing It's
power, and, ON the other. tie tendency towards
Rome j. iuiuring It. The fact that the young
Marquis ot Butte, with an income Of a million
and O halfa year las ilinel tie Church of R0me,
viii not be without an injurious influence upon
the establishment.
LIGu4I<G Up 1HE SrovACH.-We find the fol
T---rr rr~r.rr u--rm-n IN "a tLr.aHFan wnVr-
VI. Niiliat, IL France. introduces into the stomach
glass tube, Of small calibTc. connected with n
- strong battery, and containing the electrodes
necessary Tor producing g brilliant galyanlc light.
TUIuour- or ulcers ~ the abdomen can thus be
deserved through tie skin. and the interior litup
a. when the feeble Eight Of a candle renders the
finger translucent.
TIE fr,t number OF Puaoh Uoudou) Tor the
current year. contains "A preface iH-eIibiHg the
volume for 1869 u President Grant. The preface
l. in the form Of a dialogue between -lr. Punch
Ulysses Grant, and i doubtless intended u
be very complimentary 70 Grant; but II j. a
queer compliment u put foolish. vulgar and pro-
fame language into his mouth. .Nr. Punch en-
tirely misunderstand= Ulysses Grant.
Cambridge University in England j. to be
thrown OTen % women students. The first ex-
for admission i u take place on the
9Th Of next July. Candidates are required u be
j. years Of age on the frsJ Of January OF this
wear, and u make application before the first Of
MAY. Examinations will be held in any place
p fees are guaranteed. provided a cOm-
Of Indies VIII superintend the examination
aud provide accommodation for strangers, and
that a suitable person viii receive the examina-
ton papers. The result Of the experiment will
how how far the women Of England really desire
l higher education than Is now afforded them.
CoUNT BlsuARcS THREATENED WITH AssAsSINA-
-IoN.-Ihe Nec PrmssiGa Gazette says -. Ac-
,ording 70 n communicates made to the PrusSian
him I-t ono ~ tho mot -.
II vcace, the life Of Count Won Bismarck has been
gain menaced by the hand Of an assassin. 4 (,
student. born in Hanover, had been, it was de- +
Jared. named a. being charged with the cxecu-
ion OF the attempt. This news, although alarm
~. does not surprise Us, for after the mallvOlent
abuse, and caluInny layished on Prus-
ia by the Guelph and republican organs in Ger
many and abroad, there cannot be any great
felt If a lanatical hand should be armed 10 I
Dmmit a work OF hatred or Vengeance c
LORD BuTE.-A paragraph stating that the u
Marquis OF Butte would have been married 70 the
aughter Of a duke only for his change Of~ religion, A
as been going tine round Of the press. The duke -
referred u l. now said 10 be the Duke Of Abcr-
grn. His grace. it l. said. broke off the match
= soon a. the Marquis announced his intention (
f becoming a Roman Catholic. Ii l. believed. !
Oweyor, in - well-iuformed circles that the
MATRIMONIAL negotiations Will be resumed. ami +
ms grace viii ultimately consent - accept 4
,oinau Catholic s,u-In-law. The rumOr that
nc Marquis l. about 10 become a priest has been :
euied. In Roman Catholic circles ii l. denounced E
: :. a weak invention ofthe enemy Lord Butte
spoken very highly of by al who have the
lea7ure of bic acquaintance. +
DR.. Le;heby. speaking Of the varieties of food,
lludes u marine oLga, or sea-weedS. thus:
Everywhere along our coasts there i abundance :
comparatively nutritious food. which may by =
little management be made palatabic. | allude
our sea-weeds; and this Society Society of
rt-l has distinguished itself by it, efforts 10
,ilize this stock OF now almost p~rofless food.
sdging from the analysis Of Or. Davy and Dr..
Ijohn, Of Dublin. it would seem that in a
Oderately dry condition sea-weeds contain from
To 26 per cent. Of water; and that the nitro Z
nous constituents amount - from % 70 - Ter
while the starchy matter and sugar average
90 per cent. These results place sea-weeds
uOng the most nutritious Of vegetable sub G.
lnccs; in fact, they are richer in heterogeneous
after than oatmeal or Indian corn"