The Polynesian. [volume] (Honolulu (Oahu), Hawaii) 1840-1841, 1841-12-11
against Nicholas Biddle, Esq, the late Pres

"S"''S' 1'''"o'aS D'uue, Esq, the late Pres
ident of that institution, on account of large
sums of money being minus, and unaccount-
ed for by him.
The ship Keremlin, belonging to N. York.
of 81 tons burthen, has been sold 10 the
Buenos Ayres Government, to be used
as ship Of war, for thirty three thousand
Spanish dollars.
a considerable crowd was collected this
morning in State street to view piece Of
carved wood, which was exhibited TO the
public gaze. Part of it resembIed the I'm.
man body and legs, but that part where the
mead should be was perfect nondiscript. 1t
resembled nothing in heaven above, the
earth beneath, or the waters under the
earth. Something, where the eyes should
be, stuck out like those of lobster. We
suppose it was some East Indian craven
image, but did not find any one who could
give any definite account of what it was in
tended tor.-Bosion Transcript.
This was a Sandwich Island idol carried
home in the ship Alciope.
approximation Saturday, the Chamber
OF Commerce met to receive the proposition
OF the new Royal Steam Navigation Com
pany for touching with their boats at New
Orleans, and it was determined to ask Con.
gress to place them on the most favorable
footing, &c.
This steam ship company have boats of
100 tons burhen in their line, at cost of
four millions of dollars They receive twelve
hundred thousand dollars year from the
British Government for carrying the mail
The line will commence on the first of Oc-
tobcr, and by it, we shall be IN the direct
receipt of news from England, every twenty
two days
The routes are thus laid down.
No. !. London to Havana, by way of
Corunna, Funchal, Barbados and Mas
sau. Returning, Havana to London by
way Of Barbados.
No. 9. On the arrival the London boat
at Havana, one steamer will leave for Hon
duras, Vera Cruz, Tampico, New Orleans,
Havana Another will leave same time for
New Orleans direct, thence to Tampico,
Vera Cruz, Honduras, Havana.
No. 3. Halifax to Havana by way of n.
York and back.
A'o' T. I'"' oQuo'S, iCcWdIu ISldnuS, ia
maca and back,-N. Orleans Adr. June %.
OIL.-No less than five whale ships ar
rived at New Bedford yesterday, with full
cargOes Of oil, on occasion of which our
friend Lindsey, of the Mercury, thus elo-
quently and metaphorical!y discourseth:
"For GREASE ace bare our shining blades,"
as our hardy whalemen gloriously shouted
upon their return yesterday from long and
distant voyages, with an aggregate of some
twelve thousand barrels of the oIeaginous
product. A considerable part, it will be
seen, is of the ",Ight sort - Transcript,
May 90.
We have received the Quadruple Boston
Notion, the largest paper in the world. Its
dimensions are eight by ten feet! an i'm
mense sheet and great curiosity, but too
unwieldy to read with any comfort. A short
fat friend of ours was completely beat out in
travelling round the paper, endcavoring to
find the continuation of an interesting story,
but was at last obliged to give up in despair.
The Boston Transcript says, Gan Eng
land is in fcrment," occasioRed by the dis
solution of Parliament by the Queen. The
elections are progressing with great spirit
throughout the United Kingdom, but it is
impossible to say which of the two great po-
litical parties will triumph. Lord Palmers-