The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1857-12-10

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e'lp;no Ills baggage. &C.. on board
Plac cilssr "a n custom which has neveX
cheek for thirty years past, as wns
asair IS a small one for the governfA
isted in, and one which they ongn} AN
ashamed Of - proper s. e ssy enough
every lrned whale ship, 70 swear
vhiol might injure their captain: Ia
case. however. the government had but -
but his testimony was .;n n q1 h;%s.s SRS
niaue which he holds against e.
can be no reasonable doubt.-Viney4Ea -
The Goxehe also publishes a letter frc~H
ton giving his version of the affair. II
limited States authorities can make but
oft.
Mrp,oAI. MEN IN THE OLDEx TMEs.l2n
accord;ur to Arden. quoted by Andrews. usedeF1H
time to take bonds of their patients to make cclss
of their reward for q cure. "They who pracqced
medical men, says Cauliaco, quoted by Henf
g NAV be divided into five classes. The hlst aPpt2
roulfices to all wounds and assesses. The seco4
for the same cases, used wine only. The third uee
wounds with ointments and soft plasters-
fourth. who generally followed the army,
charms. notions. oil. and wool. The fifth weres
women chiefly, who in all cases had recourse tok
saints
The london Morning Chronicle announces thl
great experiment was recently tried at Vincennef
the presence of Gen. Lahitte and officers OF the
The Chronicle says ssThe secret of compressingN
governing electricity is at length discovered, andt
power may therefore now be considered as the
| motor hence forward to be used. A small mo
was fred by the inventor at the rate Of q hund
shots per Manifestation flashing. smoke or ne
The same power can. it seems, be adapted to ex
system Of mechanical invention. and is destined
supersede steam, requiring neither machinery
combustion"
LONDON PoI1oE-The police system Of London |
6 nearly perfect as possible. kpoliceman is nln1oSl
always in light. and being dressed entirely e bly,
with the coat buttoned mp around the neck. q
militaire, can be readily distinguished. Tho str4
are SO numerous and crooked that it is often neces4
for q stranger to ask questions of the policemen /
they are always ready to give the required inf Y
ton. With such systematic arrangements = !.
almost impossible for a stranger to be imposes, d
if he uses proper judgment. AT all places
crowds are likely to collect, such as railroad deh
steamboat landing theaters, &C., the polioe4f
distributed Ibe1 Tie entire police force
Metropolis is about 5000 in q population of2,4 i
LIFE IN LoNDoN.-In walking the streets 4
don, an American notices many peculiarities IN
people. Vehicles take the left instead of the l !
us with us. Pedestrians pay no attention to the
or left, but push ahead, and collisions consequeA l
often occur. There are more than fifty streets Il
crowded as much as Broadway ever is, and the VT
being much narrower, it is easy to imagine whatk |
Y d difficulties are in progressing. The Londoners \
" bt early risers. but rather turn night into day.&v
- cry few, so far as l can learn, take breakfast befoh
8 o'clock, and II midnight is considered an ear
hour to retire. Places of amusement often keep ops
till ] and sometimes 2 in the morning, and in garde
where pyrotechnic displays are a prominent feat3
the fire works are not set off till twelve.
WIRE RIGGING FOR SHIPS THE Liverpool Cou6
says three-fourths Of all the ships now fitted out}
Liverpool. are rugged with wire rope. 1t is des:ri8
as a fourth less in weight, and not one-half the b
of that made of hemp, and the cost is also 25
cent. less 1t is much less susceptible than hempy
atmospheric changes, and it is predicted that ia
few years it will supersede hemp rope for standf
rigging. The English have the advantage in regk
to iron ships as well as wire rigging, on account q
the cheapness Of the material. Iron ships are increa3
ing in number in England and in many respects they
are superior to wood but they cannot be built her,
until iron becomes cheaper. An iron ship in England
costs a little less than a first class wooden ship; but
in the United States it would probably cost thred
times as much as a woodruff ship. Z
Lawler, q book-keeper ut the st. Nicholas Hotel.
has been arrested for embezzling funds of the house.
The amount is estimated at $4,000.