The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1868-05-16
TEE PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.
SATURDA Y. MAY 10.
News OF the Morning


The topic Of ahzSrbing interest the past week has
been the ~Propo>~i subsidy TO the California steam
line. The discussion before tie COMMITTEES on CON-
merce has eiieit~i a great diversity Of opinion pro
and con, AMI the arguments have been very full
The COMMITTEES viii probably report to the house. ON
Monday or Taeshy. ami the main question, whether
il shall be grantei, will probably be decided during
the week It l. claimed by tie supporters Of the
measure that IL vii pass by a small majority, while
those opposed also claim : large majority against it.
In the Assembly yesterday. tie very liberal ap-
preparation % S63s3s was passed for the military.
This includes about 5000 for the volunteer corps.
The item % $1,000 for Minister to Washington
was postponed at the request Ofthe Minister Of For
eign AGzirs, AMI that Of 8 900 so- Foreign Missions
passed. Toe vote Was a tie-spe@ker deciding IT,
BY his vote In favor. The record ON this question
shows the real state Of parties in the IIouSv-eight
out Of the 26 representatives recording themselves
as ministerial supporters
The election for representatives in South kona
takes place today, and - far as we hear. bat two
eIndidates are in the heti-A f. JUDD. E~I Of this
city, and PAnukrLA. n native Of the district, who can
command a strong support, IL he makes the efort.
The KOSA PAcKET which viii be due about Tuesday,
ought to bring adyiec- Of the election
On the next page, We insert the Particulars Of the
poposed French polar expedition. From another
source we learn that IL wall Lot arrive at Honolulu til
January. 1850, 50 As to start from here as early in
the spring as i practicable. IL Is literally endowed,
the sum Of s12O.OOO having already been pledged to-
wards it. Whoever first enters the open Polar Sea,
Will be the great hero Of the nineteenth eentury-be
he Frcnehn4an, Briton or Yankee.
IL is pleasant 10 have the dull monStcny Of CUR isl
and life relieved with an occasional Concert Last
l.. i. IL = -. Il. - g.
Kavaiabao, Kaurnakapii and Fort
Street church This latter Is assisted by several am
ateurs, and it Is proposed to give a concert on Friday
May -. for the purpose Of raising funds to pay for
the new organ now buildingin Boston for the church.
The programme embraces a greater variety than has
been customary On former occasions. The concert on
thursday evening next at Kaumakapii church, will
well repay those who attend, if We may judge from
previous performances there
We look for the next mail by the ship VIZ. WILCOX
early next week. II she sailed on the "a, she Will
due on the both, as the average of passages during
the month Of My is Is days She viii bring New
FORK letters and papers to April 10th
The Nations Republican Convention meets in Chi
on wednesday next, May 20, to nominate candi-
iates for President and Vice President General
Grant viii ugquestionably be the nominee for the
position, and some person from New York or
Pennsylvania Will be selected for the vice presidency
probably some one as yet hardly thought Of.
The bark CLARA 4 SUTIL will sail for San Francis
% on Tuesday next, taking the regular foreign mails,
which will close at the post-offce about noon. She
,ught TO make the passage over III eighteen or twenty
----
The KILAUEA has been thoroughly overhauled dur
ng the past week, inside and out, and for her looks
,retty trim Her machinery works finely, and her
ped IS good On her last trip up, she arrived l. at La
Iaina at four O'Clock 4. II. She leaves for kOna on
IOwiay next. Why not send her around Hawaii the
trip following?
The weather. which for two weeks past, has been
tomy, wet and unpleasant, with a lark gloomy at
lcSpherc prevailing. has improved a little the past
~ or two, though our usual clear and sunny skies
ave not returned. N1dsme Pele has succeeded in
the meteoric elements around Us very
Ousideably Of late.
The outward stream Of passengers still continues,
early every vessel taking 4 fall complement 1t Is
nd that rats always forsake a sinking ship. We
there Is no occasion for the sinile TO be applied
US. Certain It i, that we are not making the pro-
ress which our vaunted superiority Of climate and
sources would warrant Us in expecting.
lion. John Ii, while riding 70 church at Eva last
unday. fell or was thrown from his horse, and sus-
Iined severe injury.
The REMARKS Of several II the leading London
ress on the accession OF DisraeIi to the Premiership.
III be found on cur fourth page.
The LeGIsiature.