Polynesian. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu], Hawaii) 1844-1864, 1852-08-27

direction; that one person who had 20, COCO sheen
mad only a man and his wife to attend tn tbe,p,
I another with 5000, had only one man. MANY case.
/ equally strange, could be stated He felt II w,,
unnecessary TO remind his Lordshpof the made
quaey OF this proportion of labor; in fact. n Ia
Dor was not promptly supplied, the colonists
i i mou,a DC ooiiged to boil down their sheep. He
| would urge upon his Lordship the uroencv of
the case, because, unless the assistance reon;rea
was sent out IN June, it would be too late for the
next chipping, and the injury that would ensue was
nIaicuiapie. Lord Derby regretted that.Si John
faKington was unable to attend. as he had sono
Important business which detained him in the
House OF Commons. He read extr,cts frou, g..
ernor Ihorp's last despatch, in which his Fxc.I-
iency stated that the emigrants preferred or,dn,-
y sending out large numbers of people to sendinc
them out at once. The Government had eIs0 nnS
at their disposal for this purpose, which thew
tended to appropriate in sending out eight sb;ns
monthly Tor the next seven months. Assnmipr
tn Iiat each vessel would take 300, this would be
24OO month, or 4S00 in time for the next c6nn;pr
1t would be impossible to get shippnp to "a rrv tho
numbers which had been mentioned. The ,e.nrn
ireighs would be small, and would not vay-even
ateV an advance OF thirty per cent had taken Mace
IN freights to Australia. They must also ende,y-
or, his Lordshp said, to send out an ADEQUATE snn-
ply oil women, because it would not do to allow the
sexes 10 60 unmatched. After promising that the
serious attention of the Government should be Al;
rected to the matter, his Lordship Concluded
The deputation then withdrew.
SHORT fAssAeEs.-A correspondent is desrous
that we should draw attention TO the MASSAGE oe
the American Clipper Game Cock from this mort
IN december last; comparing it with the passages
oi TWO Engilsh clippers about the same time. The
tame Cock, he says, left on the 18th December
and arrived In Bombay on the 18th of the follow
M, ing montilapassage 33 days. The John Wick
ilHe lett on 3Oth December, and arrived in Bombay
ON ON .he dst february-passage 3. days. The
Water Witch left on 2lst December and reached
Calcutta on the 18th January-passage % days.
uolns back to former days he Quotes-tbe IA
nous passage of the Syph from Calcutta. here in
1885, IN IL days and II hours this passage was
only once beaten, viz. by the steamer Erin on her
first voyage. 80
In 1871, the ordinary vessel Parkield from Lon
don to Bombay, made the passage in GO days: un-
rivalled yet by any sailing vessel.
|. In lS45, the English frgate Endymlon left Bonn
pay IN June for London, made passage to St He
lena In 4O days, and from thence to London ~
days, in all ~ days.
In lo49, the new line ofbattle ship Meanee built
IN bombay, small rugged, short handed, left Bonn
bay In April, and arrived in England in IO1 dars
In 1912, the ships IngIis, Mary, Berkshire. and
several others, all at the same time. made the mas
sages from England to Bombay in from 70 to 81
days; they all left in May and June. The Fr;oate
Vlndlctlve from England to China in same wear.
with Admiral Cochrane on board, was only s7
days. against the Monsoon.-Friend of China.
MASSACHUSETTS AND MExIco.-Mexico was
colonizcd Just one hundred years before Massacbu-
sets Her first settlers were the noblest spirits of
Spain In her Augustan age-the epoch of Ceryantes.
Cortes, Plzarro Columbus, Gonzalvo de Cordoya.
Cardinal Aimenes, and the great and good Isabella
Massachusetts was settled by the poor Pilgrims of
plymouth, who carried with them nothing but their
own hardy virtues and indomitable energv. Mer-
co, with rlch soil, and adapted to the produetio.
OF everything which grows out of the earth. and
possessing every metal used by man-Massachu-
setts with sterile soil and uncongeniaI climate.
and no single article of transportation but ice and
rock. How have these blessings, proflselv giyen
by Providence, been improved on the one hand.
and obstacles overcome the other? What is
now the respective condition of the two countres9
In productive industry, widespread diffusion Of
knowledge, public institutions of every kind, gene
raj happiness and continually increasing prosperity:
IN letters, arts, morals, religion-in everything
which makes people great, there is not in the
world, and there never was in the world such a
commonwealth as Massachusetts. And Mexico
what is she ?-Read's Hand Of God in History
SENSIBLE LANDLoaD.-TheF Frankfort Herald
Is responsible for the following:
a little incident transpired some weeks aoo AZ
one OF our Frankfort hotels which, under the pre-
sent temperance excitement, is worthy of notice.
1 he names. OF the parties we shall withhold from
the public for shame's sake
A little girl entered the tavern, and in pitifnl
tones told the keeper that her mother had sent her
there to get eight cents.
Eight CENTS said the tavern-keeper. sWbat
does your mother want with eight cents? don't
Dwe her anythinp'
WELL said the child father spends all hi.
money here Tor rum, and We have had nothing tn
eat to-day. Mother wants to buy loaf of bread,
laafer, standing at the bar, looked first at the
child and then at the tayern-keeper and said very
yruf1y: wy
Hang the brat-kick her OUT
mo- said the keeper Il will give her the e;obt
cents; and if her father comes here again III kick
iim OUT"
THE FATE OF LEARNED MAS-HARp C.sr.
mere Is man In Boston, an old man of sixty.
rho graduated at the University of Dublin Ireland
Al the age OF " he was admitted as a surgeon in
ne british army, and in that capacity visited the
y. D. with the English; was present at the de-
tructon OF the public buildings at WASHINGTON
lty has been In India with the British ar,nv :bas
'een present during his services as surgeon at
yer 4,0S0 amp;tatons and fifteen severe bat.Ies.
vas shot twice, performed surgical operations on
hree wounded generals, seven colonels, twenty
aptalnsA and over eleven hundred officers of small
r grades. He has dined with two kings, one en-
ress, one emperor, the sultan, pope, innumerable
'reat generals. &C., has held the largest diamond
n his hand known in the world, except one, has
een married three times, father to eleven children,
u of whom he has survived: Broken down by
isease, he could no longer Practice his profession.
zoo poor to live without employment, and too proud
0 become pauper, he sailed in an emigrant shin
0 this country three years ago-and this man Of
charitable adventures, classic education, master of
our languages, sixty years of age, poor, old and
ecaylng, Is now pedding oranges and apples in
ne streets OF Boston! "We know what ice GRE
erily, we know not what ice may ber