The Hawaiian gazette., 1870-08-31

How Dickens LIvED.-In London Dickens lived
mostly at the Garrick Club, where he filed large
place as John Dryden used TO fill at Wills Coffee
House. There was, at one time, some alarm created
least he should leave the Garrick in consequence,
as 1t was whispered ofthefacttntone of his friends
and publishers had been blaekballed there but the
trouble was composed, and the Garrick knew him to
the last His town apartments comfortably
fitted up, but were not in the fashionable quarter.
They constituted the second floor of the house in
Wellington street, Strand, the lower part of which
was occupied by the business officers of Alt the Year
Round Mayfair saw little of Dickens, was
Belgraya one of HE familiar hauuts. We believed
he was never presented at Court; but it was not
long ago. since his last return from the United States,
that the Queen invited him to and see her, and
he spent a day with her at Windsor.
When in London, Dickens might be seen at dinner
more frequently than any where else at Verry'sia
restaurant in the upper part of Regent street. whef4
often with WiIkie Collins he sat at little table in
the reserved for him especially by the naitrs
dhote
The first question that will be asked, after the
natural expression Of regret at the loss Of Diekens,
Had be finished Edrfi DroedY' reasonable
apprehension might well exist that this work had
been left mere fragment, like the De10lis DDdl Of
Thaekeray But the assurance was given by the
English press at th time the first sheets were sent
to the printer that the whole Of the work had been
completed and we have since had little glImpses Of
the author resting from his task in careless freedom
and the exercise Of hospa lty at bis country home
in Kent
There is an affecting resemblance In the mannerof
his passing away to the death Of fThaeker hisg
rival, seven brief years ago. The announcement in
both cases struck upon the world with suddenness.
No warning had been given ofthe coming blow. OF
each it may be said, that
wita no fiery throbbing pain,
No cold gradations Of decay
Death snapped at the vital chain
And freed his soul the nearest way.
Dickens quaint de plume Of" Boz had char
acteristic origin. He bad younger brother. sim
pIehearted boy, whom it had pleased him to baptize
az Moses" by reason Of his curious resemblance
to a character in GoIdsmiih's story Of the Vsea Of
Waksa<ld Their little sister, unable to shape her
lips to this name, called the boy Boz" and Dick
ems, fascinated by the droll syllsbe adopted it
the mask OF his first literary effort.
THE ISyLUEscE oF THE suEz CAsAL OF OcEAs
EAvIoArIos.-At recent meeting Of the Institution
Of Naval Archtec Is Mr. J. D'Aguiar samuda N. p,
read paper upon The Influence Of the suez Canal
upon Ocean Navigation. " lie said that the canal
would make the following savings in distance in the
voyage to England Prom Bombay $3.50 miles.
From csylsn ss46 milss. Prom Hongkong and Sing
apors ss2O miles, and from Melbourne 81 miles.
This represents wing u about one half The dis
tanss between England and Bombay, about third
the distance between In gland and China and pTseti-
ealiy none between England and Australia. Mani
festy, tbsn, the canal will greatly benefit carriers.
The opening Of the canal bad caused great falling
Of the construction Of sailing ships. and il tended
20 tie farther Substitution Of steam for sails in carry
Ing On our trafhe With the East. Without doubt.
nearly all the frzfse between Bugiand aad Bombay
z bs lost 70 sailing ships bat the lives Of sail
ing ships not oflobg duration be thought there
would shortly be great substtuton Of steel for iron
81 bulls Of ships and general adoption Of the prnei-
pies of expansion IN engines. report BY N. de
Lesssps to meeting Of the sasz Canal shareholders
., Pas, may here sdd, states that the total num-
Der of vessels that passed through The canal from the
day ofits opening the 18th o. March was 2og rep
sesentinx 1881 tons. Of these $3.50 tons xsrs
Esxiisk vessels s45so Frsnsh II ese Egyptian, H.
sz5 Austrian. 755s Italian. 4l7s Russian, 600 Nor
rsgian. 5zo0 Dateh, 80 German, 6zs Spanish, tei9
PrRFssn, s6e Portuguese and 5fz Tnrkish- OF the
zss SssssIs 700 were sfsamsn the other ssrs asing
Fssssia Vita respect % England the report says
En1and has from fhs first day been sbIs % utiiize
the canal largely. Ton have seen what an impoginK
eemsfsis fssf she has sent 70 r. asd that Feet aug.
mssis sgsry day. Bsid.ng yafds WORK literally pight
snd day n The United Kingdom n transforming Or
bsiIsiDg n vessels. We eife 70 you anRis oom-
pany sbich, N III circulation. has pat down an an
nual payment u Elo0,0 Tor fhs canal