The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1860-10-04
NOTES OF THE WEEK.

NOTES OF THE WEEK.
ROYAL HAWAIIAN THEATRE-The fine company
now playing at the Theatre, under the management
of Mr.. W. C. Forbes. have during the past week
brought out in rapid, perhaps too rapid. succession.
a series Of plays in a manner creditabIe both TO the
management and the actors. We regret that the au-
diences were so slim, but attribute it in a great mea-
sure to the scale Of prices for admission, which. on
the opening nights of last week, struck terror and
dismay TO the pockets of the "residentes.' The great
play in which the company has appeared as yet, was
" Hamlet on Monday evening, Hamlet being per-
formed by Mrs. ". c. Forbes. The house was good,
and the company supported the trageiienne IN a man
ner which must have afforded her the greatest salts
faction. In this piece, which every reader or writer
Of the English language knows abounds in sentences
which, from frequent quotation, are - familiar TO cur
ears as household WORDS Mrs. Forbes showed she
was perfectly at home, and rendered the part OF
Hamlet emphatically her own. Her stage action was
f~aultless. and her readings most correct. We were
particularly pleased with her recitations Of = To be
or not 10 be-" the % advice to the players and the
conduct Of the scene in the graveyard with Laertes,
al the burial Of Ophelia. We are glad 10 notice that
Ii IS underlined Oh the bills for repetition, and be-
speak for it a good audience. The King was well
played by Mr.. Forbes, while Mr.. Glover, in the
Gravedigger, rendered that philosophical cuss''
with due JUNCTION, although he appeared to have for
gotten Hamlet's advice to the players, in one or two
instances. The audience on Tuesday evening was very
slender, which may be accounted for, perhaps, by
the speed in which Mr.. Forbes has brought his nov
elites before a small community.
SUPREME CoURr-The Supreme Court is now in
session on the October Term. Following the good
custom lately initiated, the native jury were sum-
moned first, but in this instance only TO be dismissed,
there being hut two native cases, of which Hapaima-
ma, charged with selling intoxicating drinks with
out license, was continued till next term, on account
Of the serious illness of the accused, and VIM. Smith,
half white, charged with embezzlement, pleaded
guilty. Smith was an under Road Supervisor, and
had feloniously sold some planks belonging to the
Government 10 the amount of fifty cents. The Court
leniently imposed only a fine without imp i~sonment,
which by statute is limited to FIVE times the amount
embezzled. The Court was engaged Tuesday and
Wednesday in hearing the viii case of Jose Nadal,
appealed from decision of the Chief Justice to the full
Court The oreign jury will attend to-day.
Now AND THES.-Just look at our harbor if you
want to learn the news. Compared with the 90 good
old times, - there's a sad falling off in the number of
ships coming and going. Here are the statistics of
vessels in port:
whaIers. Merchant. Total.
pCtOhcf D -O
October ,, S59,.--..-..-.4 10 II
October >, 1860, ...........O 5!
The naked truth stares everybody in the face, but
what is the cause Of this decline? The question is
asked every day, and one gives one answer, another
gives another answer; but the burthen of the whole
is-our increased duties and taxes on commerce and
internal trade. Facts are stubborn things.
FROM Puget SoUSD.-We are indebted to Capt.
M'Lellan of the brig COnSort, for a file of the North
lceSt newspaper, published at Port Townsend. The
Northwest is q recently-established and well printed
sheet, which is the first element of success in any jour-
nal. One thing, however, it lacks-an occasional re-
view of the market. From its pages we cannot tell
any demand exists there for sugar, molasses,
or any other of our products. as no quotations are
given. We notice that the bark Glimpse, reported
some months since as wrecked in the sound, has
been repaired and made almost new, and was launch
ed at Port Ludlow on the 25th of August.
Gas S.rr-The Gas Works will he sold as per
notice on next page, on Saturday next. Any of our
capitalists who may be anxious to learn the art of
manufacturing gas, an art which newsmongers are
supposed to possess by intuition, can now have an
pportuDity. We propose that the government buy
t and attach it to its news department. 1t may
'rove a capital speculation, equalling that of its
amous typographical gasworks.
~ The bout boys report that a clipper ship was
cen off the port on Monday evening, about 8 o'clock.
f so, she went by without communicating with the
hore. -
= The sale of the Gas Works will take place on
aturday, Immediately after the sale of the Porter &
'gden premises.