The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1873-07-05
THE PACIFIC
Commercial O6trtistr
July ).
Short Speeches.

\ modern instance Of the efficacy Of breyity in
q good cause may be cited. VI. Dupauloup the
eloquent Bishop Of Orleans, preaching in behalf
Of the distressed wOrkmen Of Rouen, contented
hImselt With saying This Is no time for long
-ermonE, bat for good workers. You ara ai
acquainted with the calamities Of those whose
cause | have come this day 70 plead. Once upon
= time. 4 king, whose name Is still cherished by
u, said 20 his companions IN arms, on whom be
thought with reason be could reply Ny good
friends, | am your king: you are Frenchmen.
fOnder Is the enemy; let us march, I will NOT
address you ia other words to-day than these. |
am your bishop; you are Christians. Yonder
are, not our enemies, but our brethren who suffer-.
Let us flee to their succort" The result was the
collection Of more than six hundred pounds.
The last time Justice Foster went to the Ok
ford circuit he dismissed the grand iurvuen 10
their work with:
- GenLeDen-The weather is extremely hot; |
am very old, and you are well acquainted with
your duty; practice it." Equally curt, If not
quite SO courteous, was the Irish Judge, who, after
his two brethren had delivered opposite judgments
at great length, said :-.' Ii is now nv turn to de-
clare my view of the case, and fortunately / can
be brief. agree with my brother j from
the Irresistible force of my brother BIS argu-
ments.' In an action for SANDER Justice Cress-
well put the case to the jury IN the emphatic
words:
GentZemen-The defendants a foul mouthed
lriAO". W nut manages an example OF Judi
cial brevity only TO be matched by Baron Alder
sons address 70 a convicted prisoner who prayed
that God might strike him dead where he stood
II he We're not innocent. After a moments
silence, the judge sternly and coldly said :-"Pris-
oner at the bar, as Providence has not interposed
in behalf OF society, the sentence of the court is,
that you be transported for the term of twenty
years. An American judge once interviewed in
an odd way to prevent a waste of words. He was
sitting in chambers, and seeing. from the piles of
in the lawyers hand, that the first case
was likely to be hardly contested. he asked -
50 What is the amount in question:" 1.-TWO dol
lars, said the plaintiffs counsel. "Ill pay it,
said the judge, handing over the money ''call
the next case" He had not the patience of
taciturn Sir William Grant, who, after listening
tor a couple of days to the arguments of counsel
as to the construction of an act, quietly observed
when they had ne:-''T The act is repealed"
An inquisitive French bishop once caught a
Tartar in the Duke de Roquelaire. The latter,
passing IN haste through Lyon. was hailed by the
bishop with :-"Hi! hi!' The Duke stopped.
: Where have you come from ?' inquired the pre-
ate. Paris said the duke. "What is there
resh IN Paris?' Green pease." but what
we're the people saying when you left?' "Ves-
Goodness, man. broke out the angry
"who are you? What are you called?' d.,
Ignorant people call me Hi Hi gentlemen :
ERIN me the Duke de Roquelaire. Drive on pos
IlIon!' One morning a woman was shown into
r. AOernethys room; before he could speak, q,
he barred her arm, saying: Burn" "a I
.oultice, - said the doctor. Next day she called !
gain, showed her arm, and said" Better =
Continue the poultice." Some days elapsed be- t
're Abernethy saw her again; then she said:- T
Well, your fee?" Nothing" quoth the great ii
ledico; lyon are the most sensible woman l p
yer saw" Lord Aberdeen, the premier of the
Ministry, was remarkable for the little c
se he made of his tongue. When, by way of v
'eonciling him to accompany her on a sea trip, a
re Queen s%milingly observed: Il believe, nv G.
I'd, you are not often seasick?" always, r.
adam was the brief but significant reply. n
But" said Her Majesty, mot very seasick?' e.
very, madam, said the uncompromising min Il
Wellington, we need hardly say, was not o
ven TO use too many words. One example of
9 economy this way will suffice. The Duke hi
TO DIR. Hutton for information as to the NJ
ientltic requirements of n young officer who had 81
en under his instruction. The doctor thought ,;
could not do less than answer the question, and y,
nde an appointment accordingly. Directly o,
ellington saw him, he said: 81 am obliged to b,
u, doctor, for the trouble you have taken. h
Tor the post?" Clearing his throat, DIR. ha
ltton No man more so, my lord; 1
a-"That's sufficient said Wellington; ha
know how valuable your time is; mine, Just to
", 10 equally so. will not detain you any in
lger. Good morning. tn
Naturally, men of action are generally men of to
y words. Caesar was not the only commander Ie
of announcing a victory briefly. Marl- n,
rough's Blenheim despatch would not ELL a 20 W
I'd OF n newspaper column. Suvaroff's des- 81
ten to the empress was in ryhme, and has been ne
Glory to God, glory to you. The
tress is taken; [ am here" This was excelled RI.
brevity by the Hungarian generals announce Co
mt of his defeat of Jellachich, the Ban of the ou
1ats, which, put into English, was simply - ex
lem beat Ban" Admiral Walton's famous pc
er margin" despatch has its precedent in DO
wke's 81 have given the French n good druh- the
2 - and Napjer's nnnpInv - peccav ri :, ira fol the
in Colin CsmDhe1rs g Iom IN IroL noo-t,, ma
,ouoh we mrst dwn 30 - - for
benf;ctIv Of ono oF ,basa G y * " pei