The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1867-05-25
NOTES OF THE WEEK.

A SCENE IN CoURT.-A painfully ludicrous scene
occurred in Judge Kamakau's Court on Monday
last. 4 native lawyer, well known as n constant
practitioner at either kind of Il 9 bar had a case
on appeal from the decision of the Police Magistrate.
When the case was called on, he, after several in
effectual attempts to rise, ut length got on his feet,
holding hard to his desk with both hands, his body
swaying to and fro, and his face assuming an ex-
precision of owl-like gravity and wisdom. He laboret
hard to make the court comprehend the merits OF
his case, but the more he - bucked' ut 1t, the more
= as clear rs mud it became, when the court init
mated that it would hear the gentleman tomorrow,
and adjourned. We know some judges who would
have committed him for contempt Installer. This is
an =. iyustrious'' illustration of the assertions of the
Gazette that drunkenness is not on the increase I!
TIE QUEENS Enthusiastically was the forty
eighth birthday of the honOred lady who rcigns over
the realms known as the British Empire. Born in
1919. crowned in 1887, married very happily in
1910, sadly bereaved in 1868 by the death of the
Prince Consort, the careful and aflectionate mother
of nine ch~ildren-VICToEIA is beloved and sincerely
respected all over the world. By none, more than
the Americans, not even excepting her own born
subjects, is she more respected, for her private viz
tues. aside from her exalted position. The British
COMMISSIONER III i'A'A "a '"t "s' -N'Ns ~
gave a lunch ut the Consulate, and in the evening a
diulomatic marty Mt his residence in Nuuanu Valley.
M.,,NE JOSEPHINE D'ORMY.-We learn that this
celebrated and talented Operssic artistic, has arrived
in this city by the Lo7O, from Victoria, v. l., and
intends giving our citizens a taste of her musical
powers. of which due notice will be given. Hel
fame has preceded her, it being stated in many of ON
exchanges that she has fairly electrified audiences ii
all the most notable cities Of Europe and America
nv the wonderful power of her voice. Some of hel
most successful performances have been in aid o
. charitable institutions-the Masonic Brotherhood, IL
narticular. of the feminine branch of which she is
member. We learn that it is probable she will giv'
a concert during the coming week in the Theatre
Mad. D'Ormy. is a Hungarian by birth, but is al
American by adoption, and is very much Of a lady.
NtvAL-The Russian gunboat Gornost0y, arrived
on Wednesday, 26 days from Callao. We are in
debted to Messrs. Hackfeld & Co. for the list Of off
GERS
Communication Lntke.
Erecutiue Otfcsr-LIeut. \. Palmgren.
Second LieufeHGnt-T. AmOssod-
Sub ieuteuants-P. TurieG, and -Taboulevitch.
FHgfneer-Von wohniaas.
Doct0y-Skirmceutt CreU-S2 men,
Quick TruE.-Last Monday morning the mail car
Ter left the Gost pHce ~ ihe usuN houi' VII" III
mails for the entire island, and making the complet
circuit. returned to the office on Tuesday morning
He must have had relays of good horses, and " ru
all night to have accomplished the task. Bu
natives are invariably hard on horsefesh, and
there is any 90 in a horse, they will get it out {
him. The pest rider had the advantage Of 4 fu
moon. |
LrNE-Thisf fruit, which is beginning to be album
dant, Is frequently allowed to rot on the ground, 70
the want of purchasers. We notice that large quan
titles were shipped to San Francisco by the Come
where they fni a ready sale at about 500 per thou
sand. They can be bought here at from SO
S12. Of course. in case Of a long passage, a gre'
many are lost by rotting. Lime water or " lemon
ale'' i sail to Ie an excellent tonic in warm weathe