The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1876-03-18
THE PACIFIC
Commercial AOOfrtlstr.
SATURDAY Y. MARCH Is.
Foreign Summary.

DR.. Mitchell, in the Free Church Record esti-
mates the number Of Protestant converts made
in India in 1874 at 600, with 5000 more in
Burmah and Ceylon.
An English journal is responsible for the as
sertion that the Wesleyans in that country are
erecting a chapel on the spot on which Wesley's
foot rested at Penance."
The Servian Minister of War has issued an
order calling out all men between the ages Of
twenty and fifty. They are directed to report
themselves to the Military CONSUMPTION Com
mittee.
The Russian Telegraph Agency publishes II
dispatch stating that no alliance has been formed
between Russia, Germany, England and the
United States in regard to China, but the usual
good understanding between those Powers is more
emphatic, by reason Of the position in which
foreign residents of China are placed.
The first trial under the new Public Worsheip
Regulation Act will take place on the 4th of Janu-
airy. 1t is that of the Rev. c. j. Risdale, incum-
bent of ST. Peters, Folkstone. He is charged
with using lighted candles on the communion table,
mixing water with the wine, using
wafer bread, adopting the eastward position, wear
ing illegal vestments, and indulging in illegal
professions.
The exploit of Pbineas Fogg, in making the
tour of the world in 80 days, is soon to be beaten
by the regular line. With new lines of steamers,
soon to be put on their stations, the calculation
is that the trip from Liverpool to New York will
occupy 8 days, New York to Frisco 6 days, San
Francisco to Hong Kong p days. and thence to
London SO days, making in all 76 days.
The growing wealth of Liverpool and Of it's citi-
zens is exempIifed by the sums bequeathed by
some of the leading men of the town who died
during the past twelve months. 1t will be seen
from the following list that the legacies of eight of
these gentlemen represent in the aggregate up
wards of ga, 900 ,000:-Robertson Gladstone,
1900, 600; James ad0oughton, $500 ,OOO;Riehard
Houghton, f5OO, 900; Charles Turner, Mp.
G700, 900; James Tyrer, G200, 900; r. L. Jones,
G350,0 900; j. j. Rowe, G400, 900; and H.. Dawson,
81, 500, 900.
They were firing a salute on the completion of
the narrow gauge railroad, and the mountain
sides rang with the echoes from the cannon. a
man rushed up to them and said; {" For Gods
sake don't fire any more. 'Why not?' asked
the astonished shoter. There's a dead woman w.
ing in the next house, said he. "Well,' said
they, " if she's dead the noise won't hurt her, and
the county must be saved - Yes goaned the
man, 9 l know that, but she's my mother-in-law:
and | have heard that guns will awake the
dead.
There is a lively discussion at San Jose whether
the road to the site of the Lick Observatory, on
the summit of Mount Davidson, shall be built by
Cinnamon, as the contractor to whom the work
was awarded can hardly keep to the terms of the
OAE~o 1870 W. GN
white workmen, many of whom have come from
long distances in hope of a job, are naturally
disgusted with the idea, and Mr.. Lick has sent a
dispatch to San Jose to the Board Of Supervisors
of Santa Clara country to the effect that if only
Chinaman were employed in the construction of
the Mount Davidson road they would not receive a
dollar from him.
The firm of Rothsehild turned a pretty penny
by negotiating the Suez Canal purchase; indeed
the rate of commission to be paid them is so high,
d per cent. on $40, 900 ,00O, as to induce, first,
wonder, and then reflection. The question sug-
gests itself. why so liberal a rate was asked and
granted. In advancing the money no risk was run
by the great banking house. Even if the British
Parliment refused to sanction the purchase and
the canal shares were thrown on Rothschild &
Coz hands, that firm, if they had not brought
from the Khcdive conditionally, could easily carry
the load Unnecessary, and dispose off to advantage.
1t will be surprising, indeed, if the House ofCom-
mons agree to the terms upon which the bargin
was conducted without q vehement protest. Had
such a transaction taken place in this country the
out cry about corruption and jobbery would have
been deafening.
The Rev. DR.. Wechsler, a Jewish Rabbi,
preached in the George Street Methodist Episco-
pal Church in New Haven last Sunday evening.
The church was crowded, and hundreds could not
obtain admittance. He spoke of the advances
made in Jewish belief, and said "We have
taken Town our harp from the willows of Baby
Ion to sing again the songs of Zion. We come
before the Lord with thanksgiving that Israel's
cause has not languished by any oppression from
without or within. The progressive I~sraelite no
longer prays for a return unto the land of Pales-
tine and the rebuilding of the Temple with its
sacrifice neither for a personal Messiah to come.
We believe there is no retrogression, but a pro-
gress which we must follow. The lofty expressions
of the prophets referring to the glorious time of
the future are mathematical of our high calling
- enc La-o -er,~aA1 49, ~ a. - e H.
earth. The whole habitable world must become
a holy Jerusalem, where justice, truth and liberty
are to reign supremdy."
The purchase of TT 900 shares in the Suez
Canal from the Khedive of Egypt, by the British
government, is a remarkable transaction, c~alcule-
ted to cause a lively sensation in Europe, and
afford a basis for abundant speculation. This
effort to repair the mistake which Great Britain
made in opposing the construction of the Suez
Canal, is rendered practicable by the enfeebled
of France. Under other circumstances
that nation might not tolerate another powers
acquiring an almost dominant interest il an en-
that she initiated and fostered. The
New York Tribune says that the Khedive shows,
on his part, little regard for the sovereignty of
his kingdom by the transfer of authority, which
it is already intimated at LOndsn may warrant
intervention in the affairs of Egypt. In the Or
binary course of European diplomacy, Russia
may be expected to make some demonstration H.
that her interests must not be disregard
ed, if this is to be regarded as a step toward the
of the Ottoman Empire.
A WISE CHILD.-While we are in the dining
room, we must not forget the little miss of five
or six summers who unconsciously perpetrated
one of the best Jokes of the season. Wine was
being passed around, and she was invited to take
some, but declined. "Why do you not take
wine with your dinner, Minnie ?" asked a gen.
who sat near her. 'Tause l doesn't like
it," But take a little, then, my child, for
your stomach's sake he urged. al amt dot
no tommik's ache!'' Indignantly responded the
title miss, in a most emphatic manner. As both
question and s ware distinctly heard by
hose around, everyone burst into laughter, which
10 frightened the little maid that she cried. The
anne little miss, upon being one day bantered
because she was a girl, and having represented to
Ter that boys were much more useful creatures
n the world althnnnh thew were usnallv more