The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1867-12-14

In "a speech delivered By sir John Bowriug. at
Dundee. lately. at the meeting of tn" British Asso-
citation. sir John urged that greater attention should
be paid At sur public schools 10 what are yulgaI!y
called the three R's-reading. writing. and arith-
metic. lie stated that when he was'Govcrnor Of
HOngkOng a h!ghly-connected Young gentleman
was sent out u INN for public employment. bring
ing recommendations from very influential quar-
ters. y report having shortly afterwards reached
him Of the g~enilrnin's ignorance. be sent for him
and examined him is to his proficiency in spelling.
When required 10 spell the word candle. the high
connected young gentleman spe!tit "kandell.''
\ SINGULAE SLIP ~ TUE REFORM BuI--The O5
SeTrer inserts The following singular statement from
a correspondents: The Chancellor Of the Exchequer
and his friends thought themselves very clever in
framing their Representation Bill 50 a. TO include
only males a. voters; bat the Act of 1850. known
a. Lord BrOugham's Act. for shortening the Ian
guage Used in Acts of Parliament provides that in
all Acts. words importing the masculine gender
shall be deemed and taken to include females. etc.
unless the contrary u expressly provided. Mr.. Dis
raeli has not expressed the contrary. and therefore
women are safe TO vote If they like. The same Act
also enacis that COUNT shall be held to mean also
ded meaning Is expressly excluded by words. In
this case. the Representation Act expressly eN-
cludes county OF city and county OF a town.
COlIAPsE or TIE CREDIT MoBuIERE or FRANCE.
The Credit Immobiliere is on its last legs. There
are many people who think the Credit MObihere in
the same p~redicament. Ii unquestionably came
within an ace Of going down with a crash which
would have made France culver to its very fnun-
uatiOuS. IL Womb nave gone down idO not the gov
ernmen; interfered. and forced the Bank of France
to lend 1t 81 10000 The week has been one Of
great peril To France, and it shows the world what
we shall see here one of these days. when the great
financial crisis does occur.
The Liverpool Albion is responsible for the fol-
lowing story "A rather amusing circumstance was
connected with the supper to the Belgian officers in
the Prince of Wales room. The value of the plate
on the table was e25 900. and ii had been lent by
Hancock and other eminent silversmiths. The ques-
ton was how TO preserve it. The matter was effect
ed by having the company waited on by detectives
dressed up as walters. Nearly every attendant was
a policeman in Disguise
Four Men FALL A DISTANCE or Four THOUSAND
FEET.-A correspondent of the New York Even
ing Post, writing from the Alps says: You will re-
nember, doubtless. the four Englishmen-Lord
Douglass. the Rev. VI. Hudson. Mr.. Whymper and
Mr.. Hadow. who. with the guides. Michael Cross and
two TangwaldeTs. had succeeded. after almost in
credible efforts. i'll putting their feet upon the high
est pinnacle. Fist among men they had obtained
the unattainable. and full Of the consciousness of
their triumph, had already begun their cXultant
descent. But the mountain was not to he defeated
of its prey. In a fatal moment the foot OF Mr.. Ha-
dow slipped. the rope by which it is customary To lash
the travellers together broke, and three of the gen
tlemen. with the guide Cross. fell the distance of
1000 feet, They were of course, never seen again {:
and. indeed. 50 rapid was the fall. so terrible the
conclusion on the ice cTags below. that not Il wreck
or veStige of the unhappy victims was over found.
as eacciually as the depths of the sea swallows its
dead. II was no doubt a fOolhardy attcmpt-as
the event proves-and unredeemed. like the efforts
OF an AgaSsiz. a Forbes and "a Tyndall. by scirnti-
tic purposes: and yet it Is wholly inexpi icable.
There i an irresistible fascination in these noun
iains one that grows upon yOu-one to which
You yield as to an Overpowering passion. and
which, if it sometimes, like certain desperate games.
brings death. brings also an intense excitement in
the pursuit Of an exquisite rapture in the event of
success