The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1872-09-28

Ia4ENSE PRnsPERuY.-The British Trade .Io'or
Hal. for August in its summary commences
lengthy paragraph on the unexampled prosperity
Of the present period in British history. with tbs
following words:
Were any one asked what is the most patent and
undeniable fact of the day. he would probably an-
swer-at least. be could with perfect safety-thatii
IL our immense prosperity We no longer talk oi
its growth or its progress. The fttest words Mr.
Gladstone could find to express its pace the other
day were tits strides and its bounds. Ii ad'
yances BY no measured speed. but suddenly fies
ahead OF our tardy observation. IL is not confined
10 us happy neutrals. or to our victorious neigh
bOrs the conquered have even more than their
share of it. The Exchanges of three great Empires
are thronged with eager crowds only too anxious
to lend 1t a moderate interest the savings OF indus
try and thrift. Capital, which rather hid itself dur
ing the late war. and is proverbially sensitive and
shy, overdows like the accumulated waters OF ares
ervoir which has once burst its bounds. But in one
language or another the same iact is expressed by
all classes"
1t gives some remarkable figures showing the
vast expansion of trade and commerce. and con
ciudes with the financial eve ut OF the month of July,
the fact that France has appealed TO the world tor
the modest sum OF el20. 600. 900. and has got twelve
times that amount. Neither il magnitude nor in
immediate results has this feat been paralleled
from the days of Cr0sus d~ownwards-
LIVINGSTONE AND HIS DISCRIMINATION various
directions, doubts have been expressed as to
whether Stanley is not after all a fraud-whethcr.
IN TACT ne has even seen Livingstone. Inc queen
of England does not seem to share these doubts. as
the telegraph informs us that she has presented
Stanley with a gold snutfboX in token of her appre-
citation of his services.
The English papers print extracts from two let
ters addressed by DR.. Livingstone. under various
dates. from November, 1870. to January, 1872, to
]. Il. Braithwaite. and all forwarded together by
Stanley. Mr.. Braithwaite expresses no doubt OF
the genuineness of these letters on the contrary.
he furnishes positive evidence of their Genuineness
when he says. in a note to the press accompanying
the printed extracts: 1.-THE earlier letter is almost
a literary curiosity. 1t is very closely written, up
on leaves cut ont OF his tLivingstone's1 Bombay
check book, and both Of them carry iRdubitdbe eUi-
deHce Of their JenuineHesS." In q note under date
of January 8. 1872, he suggests a plan o: British
colonization on the east coast as IA check upon slave
trading. As further evidence of the truth OF the
Stanley Livingstone correspondence. the dispatches
received give the substance of a note from Living
stones Canadian brother, declaring that he has not
the least doubt of the genuineness OF the letter he
had received, and stating that some peculiarities in
its composition, which have been remarked upop,
are not strange to those acquainted with the great
travellers idiosyncracies. Thus the evidence that
Stanley is not a fraud accommodates on every hand.
and his country can be proud of the great credithe
has fairly won-of his gallant service to science aad
humanity-instead of fearing he has brought re-
proach upon it. in common with himself.
MOVEMENTS OF THE PRINCEs.-On Monday their
Royal Highnesses the Coburg Princes made an ex-
cursion to Koolau, and on the mountain ranges of
the "almsnaio ISinch engaged IN such shooting US
turned up, dispatching o wild bull, etc. On Tuesday
they were entertained by His Ex- Governor Dominis
at his seaside cottage at Waikiki, and enjoyed a sea-
bath. On Wednesday, after visiting the U. s.. S. Re
saea, in a strictly private manner, at noon the
Princes called upon His Majesty the King at Iolani
Palace, and in the evening they dined with His Elk.
the Acting Minister for Foreign Affairs. 4
We believe that our distinguished visitors have
had a pleasant time during their stay among u.s.
The royal carriage has been placed at their dis
pOSal, in which they have made a few Tisits, but the
most of their travelling over the Pail and back. has
been on horseback. proving themselves good
4" rough riders.'' They left for Australia in the
NeUddd, which sailed on Thursday last. We shall
onr visitors the Princes Augustus and
PHILIPPE of Saxe-Coburg with interest and we trust
that when they have returned to their homes and
state. they will contemplate with pleasure their
short stay in Honolulu and among us Hawaiians.