The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1858-11-11

Tuesday evening. 1t must have Dec"
.,...;,r 20 the l.dv. as well as to the actress, to We"
- tho oalsrv Of beauty in the dress circle the hearty
...o,s. o;vsr IN her talents and worth. Never mas
= heen onr fortune before to witness in Honolulu sucn
. brilliant display as graced this occasioas anu =
metropolitan CITY of the Pacific Islands can lay osi"'
aner suoh a spectacle, to the title of the POS
of handsome faces equally with her OF Tue -
more g;rls.' The plays performed we're aun-",,
suited to her powers, being james Sheridan y"
play Of The Wife, or a Tale Of JManiud' M "nSA
she enacted Marianne, supported by a
amateur, Mr.. Tokeley, (whose presence on u -"
after an absence Of four years, was haiied y =
picious omen of coming events,) VINO piayeu u :.
of Julian 81. Pierre, and by Mr.. L. T. Beatty IN ~
character of Leonardo. The acting of both these
gentlemen appeared to give satisfaction 10 a o
ence. and the remainder of the Sc dramatis personae
were iudiciously cast. Mr.. Rowe, in the character :.
Lorenzo. suited everybody. In the upper walks OF
tho drama we look for that merit which the party as
Stunning the cast claims, but in the minor characters
we are ant to overlook excellencies. To this gentle
man are we indebted for that versatility OF talent
which enabled the management to make up the lack
of females, and during the season he has always oeen
mn in his parts. The a~fterpiece of Tom Crsngaes
Log. with Miss Ince as Elisabeth, and Mrs. Lambert
as Faaau Forglope, concluded the evenings enter
tainment. We understand that Mr.. L. +. Beatty Is
to have a benefit on some evening next week, on
which occasion the play Of the Jeress, dramatlzed
from Sir Waltor Scott's novel of 'sIvanhoe," Is TO De
performed, in which he will play the character OF
Isaac of York to Miss Annette Ince's Retecca. we
trust the pecuniary result to the "benehclere' Will
be as g satisfactory as the one on Tuesday must
have been to its charming and worthy object
Afa1u of 6 tho nII
familiar faces which we have for the past two or
three years welcomed to Honolulu on their annual or
semi-annual visits are this fall taking their leave OF
US, and some, as they say, will never return this
side of Cape Horn. Not that they dislike US or our
islandsefar from that-but fortune has smiled upon
their exertions, and they proceed to take a long fare
well of whales and whaling, for they're homeward
bound. Among others who have been very successful
during their career as shipmasters (and none more de-
seryedly SOY is Capt. James Allen, of the bark
Josephine, of New Bedford. who, after an absence
of twenty-eight months from home, took his depart
ure ON Monday last on the return voyage, having
taken since leaving New Bedford, July Is, 1856,
3 200 bbls. whale, 90 bbls. sperm, and 3O,OoO lbs.
bone, worth in New Bedford at last quotations $SO,-
900. Previous to embarking on board his vessel,
Capt. Allen met a large number of shipmasters and
other personal friends at the store of 1. Spencer,
Esq, where in a neat speech he took a last hearty
shake of the hand and a feeling farewell of many Of
his old companions, with whom he had CANNED"
and I" cruised' in company from the time he first
poised an iron till now, when in the prime and vigOr
of manhood he retires from the hardships and dan
gers of his profession, ga successful whaling master. "
His remarks were greeted with three hearty cheers,
and responded to in q very appropriate manner by
Consul Pratt. Long may he live to enjoy the fruits
of his labors. On the same afternoon Captains
Diman, of the japan, and Hayden, of the Mercury,
also took their departure for a cruise and home.
q By the press of matter for this week, OF
foreign, marine and other not-put-offable intell-
gence, we are necessarily obliged to defer the publ
cation of several editorial small-arms, besides two or
three communicated pieces of a bigger caibre.-Pofy-
nesian-
The whole world was put in an awful suspense last
Saturday morning, by the above announcement " by
authority One of the pieces of bigger calibre,
on Punchbowl, went off according to the official pro-
gramme, and unfortunately resulted in the death OF
the person loading it, as announced in another column
of to-days paper What the :" editorial small arms
will do when they go off, or whether they Will result
in a similar fatality to the attendants, nobody can
conjecture; it is thought. however, that it win be a-
compaLied by a repetition of such phenomena as
nave WhSh XIV SonS
taken place-namely, fits OF indigestion and sick
headache among sundry officials, and a geometrical
demonstration how small a hole a mouse can creep
through. -
FIRYNES's TAXES, AGAIN.-In the last Pofynesfcn
appears "A correspondence between the Tax Collector
and the Minister of Finance, and between the latter
and the Chief Justice, in regard to the taxes now
levied on fremen. The reply of the Chief Justice.
which is the highest legal authority, covers all the
points in the case, and is clear and reasonable. The
Chief Justice sums up his opinion in the following
paragraph
II am clearly Of opinion that the provision which exempts
fremen from all PERSONAL alt ,as sss. EXCEPT r Is senGo, * e Tes, 20
euage of the statute and the manifest intention OF the Legislature
by the late Chief Justice Lee, as per his note to Prince Kameha-
ueha, Acting Minister of Finance, in 1855"
Some change in the present law viii doubtless be
submitted to the Legislature at its next session, or
embraced in the New Code.
SAILORS HoME-A meeting of the Trustees Of the
Home was held on Monday evening, at which the an
niversary of the Society was appointed for Thursday
evening, the 25th inst. The names of twelve persons
were proposed, frcm whom six trustees were to be
elected at the annual meeting, to fill the places of the
six retiring members, as per notice of the Secretary
in another column. A proposition was also brought
forward to invite the Honolulu Musical Society to
give a vocal entertainment for the benefit Of the
Home, which has a small debt remaining on it, and
we understand that the proposal has been favorably
received. The announcement of q concert will be re-
ceived with pleasure by all who have been entertained
by them on former occasions
EVENING SALE OF Books AND PIcTURE-We would
call attention to the sale advertised for Saturday eve
ming of books and pictures, &C., at J. F. Coiburn's
Auction Rooms. A large number of pictures and
engravings, from paintings by eminent French, Eng
lish and American artists viii be offered, and we an
ticipate a spirited bidding from connoisseurs- They
had better call and see before the sale.
ExpIASATIoS.-We heard the question asked in