The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1859-09-01
NOTES OF THE WEEK.

r.,r Rev, ScHoor-We understand that . con-
tract has been entered into with Mr.. c. IL. Levers 70
erect an addition to the Royal SCHOOL, Ane ne"
h,;,d;no will be S2x5e feet, and capable Of seating
"a scholars. and is to be erected Immediately. Inc
increasing desire of the natives to have their children
learn the English language. has destermlned the
Roard of Education to meet the demand, and We be-
,;evo their intention is to have one central and large
school. where all in the vicinity of Honolulu can be
taught. The Royal School, when enlarged viii pro-
baby accommodate one hundred and hfty pupils
A BARGAIN. - First-rate horses command fair
prices, but second-rate animals are below par. we
saw a very respectable-loeking little horse sofa a.
auction a few days since by Mr.. Colburn, for " d.
Speaking of horses, a Hanoverian paper tells the
world $ that the silly prejudice against horse-nesn
has altogether vanished in Denmark and Northern
Germany, and that in the city of Hanover alone te
number of horses slaughtered for eating Is Oet"een
two and three hundred a year."
A FINE DIspLAY.-The night-blooming Cereus
which covers a part of the stone-wall on the Punanou
road, as we passed that way a few evening since' had
several hundreds of its magnificent white flowers IN
| bloom. 1t was q beautiful sight. In the States
when a specimen of the flower is about to bloom lortn'
it is at once placed on exhibition, and o twenty-five
cent fee demanded for admission to the show, which
among us is gratuitous.
Quick TIME.-The news brought by the White
.S,railow on the 9th, is the quickest yet had. The
New York mail was delivered here in 81 days, which
has been beaten once or twice before. But the tele-
graphic news via New Orleans is the quickest ever
had. New York advices were to the 26th,-31 days
old. London advices and news from the war were
to the 18th July-44 days old.
THE CIVIL CoDE.-The Haze Haicaii calls atten-
ton to several important discrepancies in the printed
English and Hawaiian copies of the Civil Code, and
asks which is the correct law. OF course the gentle
men to whom the preparation Of the code has been
assigned, will take measures to have the two versions
carefully compared before they are laid before the
public. =
HoUsE~BREAKING.- Crimes of this kind, though
very rare in our rural districts, nevertheless occur
sometimes. A correspondents the Haze Hacaif says
that the house of Rev. Mr.. Thurston, in Kona, Ha-
wall, was entered by thieves through a window,
during the temporary absence of the family, in the
third week of August last. The rascals carried OF
two hundred dollars, together with a quantity OF
clothes and other articles.
The H~ospITAL-About one hundred and seventy
natives have thus far received the benefit of the new
hospital large proportion Of whom have been cured
of their diseases. The hospital beds, eleven in num-
Der, aee occupied most of the time. There are three
patients only who have remained in the hospital from
the period of its commencement, and they are all,
now, improving:
The ELEPHANT Those of our citizens who have
never Sc seen the elephant" will soon have a chance
to crafty their curiosity. We are informed that the
elephants, Victoria and Albert, which recently arriv-
ed in San Francisco, will touch here in the course of
a few weeks, on their way from the coast to Australia,
and exhibit themselves for the benefit Of the Hawai-
ian public. @
- Coughs and colds have teen very prevalent
the last few weeks. " An ounce of prevention is
worth a pound of cure'' and the best way TO pre-
vent them is by avoiding draughts. and being careful
not to go out in the cool evening air too thinly clad.
SAIL HO !-Saturday last, the 9th ult., was a
day of great excitement in Honolulu, being signaized
by the arrival of eight vessels-six of which were
from foreign ports, and one of them bringing the
United States mail. -
The OREsTEs CAsE--We learn that, at the request
of the British Consul, n special term of the Supreme
Court will be held, commencing on the 10th inst, for
the trial of Capt. Mason.