The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1874-07-18

"A new soprano singer. said to be a native Of the
Sandwich Islands, Is warmly praised by English
musical critics.
Edgar Fawcett dubs bis new volume of poems
asses Ears A delicate compliment to his pablo
or biz crities-whichf
The British Medical Journal understands that
. the result Of imprisonment has been materially
to lessen the enormous bulk OF Arthur Orion, the
Tichborne claimant He gets the ordinary prison
diet, and has not suffered in health. He is en-
ployed in tailoring. He is reduced in weight from
twenty-five stone to less than eighteen"
Canon Kingsley and his daughter. together with
Mr.. Cyrus W Field. wife and daughter, returned
to San Francisco from the Yosemite on the LIST OF
June. when Mr.. Field made an examination Of the
beach with reference to the place for landing the
proposed ocean cable TO connect San Francisco,
Yokohama. Hong Kong, and the East Indies. The
party Ieft san Francisco on the Sd inst. for New
York. % the I7th OF June. Mr.. Field sails for
England, whence, after a brief stay, he will depart
for Iceland, 10 attend the one thOusandth anniyers-
airy celebration.
A Paris Telegram states that Jean Francois Ian
droit, Archbishop Of Rheims. a distinguished pre-
late of the Roman Catholic Church. Is dead. He
was horn in 1916, and after being NicarEieneral
at Autun, was ordained Bishop Of la Rochelle 10
1856. In lS66 he received the ArchbishOpTic Of
Rheims. The deceased had great celebrity as a
preacher and writer. His sermons and lectures
I'LL several volumes, while his devotional works and
essays on Christian education are also numerous.
When everybody says you're on the ether side.
YOU may take credit at least for impartiality.
Certain Protestants declare AppletOn's Cyclopadia
Roman Catholic, while another complaint Is against
its scientific atheism In fact. the whole difficulty
comes from the Appletons' determination 10 have
all subjects treated by those who know most about
them. which would seem to be 4 good plan. But
the Philadelphia treatment Of Chambers Cyclopa-
dia, in which the English article on Free Trade is
directly reversed, ought to prevent sensible people
from buying it, Philadelphia Is pretty strong on
rings, but it needn't try to include the universe in
its notions
The London Tines bids British publicans learn
reason from the whisky war in this country,
and be less exacting in their demands. While it is
not probable, in the Times opinion, that the
women Of the United Kingdom will take such
extreme measures against whisky as their AmeTi-
can sisters have done. there can be no doubt that
many people Of influence, particularly in England,
desire to see the publicans' trade reduced
Whatever their desires may be, the temperance
people do not seem to be able to exercise the same
influence in England that they have in many parts
OF the United States The acts OF Parliament to
which the Tines exhOrts the liqUOr-sellers to sub
nit are not so restrictive as many Of our license
laws
ROEE, May 2j.-The king has refused to accept
the designations Of his Ministers, and they will re-
main in Office and Introduce new financial meas
iIes- Parliament will soon be pTorogued.