The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1868-06-27

Mr.. DIsRAEE DESCRIBED BY HIMsELF.-An Eng
lish paper reprints an extract from Disraeli 8
Iancred. published in 1S47, as an extract descrip-
ton of the present Premier:
Find a man who, totally destitute of genius,
possesses nevertheless considerable talents; who
has official aptitude, a volubility ofroutine rhetor-
ic, great perseverance,, a love of affairs; who, en-
barassed neither by the principles of the philosc
pher, nor by the prejudices of the bigot, can as
sumo, with a cautious facility, the prevalent tone.
and disembarrass himself of it with a dextrcus
ambiguity the momentit ceases to be PREDOMINANT,
recommending himself to the innoyator by hisap-
probation of change 'in the. abstract ana to
the conservative by his prudential and practical
respect for that which is established; such a nan,
though he be one of an essentially small mind,
though his intellectual qualities be less than
moderate, with feeble power of thought, no mag
nation, contracted sympathies, and a most loose
public morality, such a man is the individual
whom kings and parliament would select to gov
ern the State or rule the church. Charge, 81 in
the abstract, > is what is wanted by a people who
are ut the same time inquiring and wealthy. In
stead of statesmen they desire shutters; and COM
promise in conduct and ambiguity in speech are
though nobody will confess 1.-THE public quail
ties now most in vogue.
SUGAR SUAsIoN.-Rev III. w. Beecher, in the
Ledger, discloses his dissent from the wisdom of
Solomon in the management of children. He
would not only spare the rod y but give up its
use altogether. For the rod he would substitute
the stick, not the stick of birch, but the stick of
candy. Perhaps it would he even better to employ
a cane-sugar cane. But all sweets are apt to
turn sour in digestion. Here is an extract from
brother Becchcr's essay:
GAS for ourselves. we tried the rod on our own
children, but are now trying the sugar plum with
our grandchildren Thus far our success is. re-
markable. Family government has risen in pop
ularity. Children cry for it. Our children used
to look with aversion ON the spo. where we locked
up the switch; but now there is not in the whole
house a place so favorite as the drawer where is
stored the sweet moral suasion. Good conduct
thrives. Obedience is at a premium! The will
is broken! The children are governed without
knowing it! Blessings on sugar plums!'
GROWTH OF MoRMoNIsM IN LoNDoN.-The Lon
don Star says: In the London district there are
nine branches of the Mormon Church, 10Y elders
of conference, So priests, 81 teachers, 80 deacons;
in all l,l72 Mormons in the London Conference.
Here is a fact that may induce the rItualists and
their enemies to make up their differences as soon
Ne possible. The statistics were given at n synod of
the latter day of Saints, held at the Music Hall,
Store street, on Sunday last. 24 gentlemen in
black, including the President of the day, were on
the platform, and delivered reports. They were
called elders, though twenty were rather above
the average age. Among other interesting facts
in their report it is stated that during the last six
months 1872 persons have been baptised, 4 have
died, 10 have been cut off. 1t appears that Utah
is filling SO rapidly that it is doubtful whether all
the latter day Saints in England will be able to
get away this year. BY n show of Brigham
Young and his counsellors, the IL apostles, the
bishops, and other officers, We're sustained in their
present relations.
REVERENCE THE OLD MAN.-Bow low the head,
boy; do reverence To the old man. Once like you,
the yicissitudes of life have silvered the hair, and
changed the round merry face to the worn visage
before you. One that heart beat with aspirations
coequal to any that you have felt; aspirations
crushed by disappointment, as yours perhaps are
destined to be. Once that form stalked proudly
through the gay scenes of pleasure. the beau ideal
of grace; now the hand of Time, that withers the
flowers of yesterday, has warped that figure and
destroyed the noble carriage. Once, at your age,
he possessed the thousand thoughts that pass
through your brain; now wishing to accomplish
deeds equal to Il nook in fame, anon imagining life
IL dream that the sooner he woke from the better.
But he has lived the dream very near through.
The time to wake is very near at hand; yet his
eye ever kindlcs at old deeds of daring, and
the hand takes IA firmer grasp of the staff. Bow
the head, boy, as you would in old age be reyer-
cnccd.