The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1873-10-18

Charles Reade told the London correspondent OF
the Louisville Courier Journal his reasons for not
coming 10 America: e In the FIRST place | can't
drink nor smoke, and I should not get on very
we'll with the natives Next, / have 4 weakness
for high living, and you Americans have such an
awful lot of jolly good things to eat that I'm afraid
1 should cram myself to death
The PROPOSED NEW ZEALAND AND CALIFoRNIAy
MAIL SERv1cE.-In reply to Mr.. Thompson, in the
House Of Representatives, Wellington, Mr.. Vogel
stated that the assertion recently telegraphed, 10
the efec. that Mr.. Russell had made arrangements
at Washington for q new Californian mail service,
was not correct; but that if the other colonies liked
to Join New Zealand in the matter II was probable
that q satisfactory contract could be arranged
Morning Herald, Sydney, -AHg. Is
TASMANIA AND THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL ROUTE
The Hobart Town Mercury, in commenting on the
proposal of the Government Of New South Wales to
carry letters from Tasmania by the San Francisco
mail steamer for the postage, observes: From
Sydney there Is railway communication to GOulburn,
a distance Of I34 miles, and it is now being pushed
on TO Wagga Wagga, which will leave 4 gap Of 40
miles between the terminus Of the Sydney line and
that Of the line to Melbourne from Belvoir, reducing
the time to 10 hours by rail, and IL by coach. 1t is
plain that the Sydney Government will not stop
here. They are bent on intercepting the Riyerina
traffic that now finds its W 4 chiefly to Melbourne.
The district will not only be tapped but traversed by
rail; and thus, within two years at most from the
opening Of the Sydney and San Francisco mail ser
vice, the distance between Sydney and Melbourne
Will be lone IN less IlaQ 2 Jay Inc laSM0QlQn
portion Of the mail may be ut Port Phillip Heads
before the close Of the 4lst day from Liverpool; in
LauneestOn, and with the main line of railway in
operation, In Hobart Town On the And day out, iu-
stead Of on the 4Sth, as at present. Such 4 possible
contingency Is so deserving Of consideration that it
will be O matter Of regret if Tasmania is fettered by
an engagement to the Suez route for seven years"
A REREDOs DIsPUTE.-A correspondence between
the Rev. Thomas C.. Price, Vicar Of st. Augustine
the Less, Bristol, and the Bishop of Gloucester and
Bristol, on the subject Of the new reredos erected by
the FreemaSons Of the province IN Gloucester Cathe-
drsl, has been published in n long letter addressed
TO his diocesan, dated the End June. Mr.. Price ex-
presses his sorrow that the FreemasOns have been
permitted to erect n reredOs filled with images, Of
which the central and principal one IS " q represen-
tation Of our Blessed Lord, Christ Jesus, God and
man, - and that the Bishop is to be one Of the per-
formers in the solemn pOmp and ceremony OF its I'M
yelling. thereby giving publicly before the Church
the sanction Of the highest official to this dissertation
of the house Of God" In support Of his views, Mr..
Price refers to the homily against peril Of idolatry,
and quotes a passage from Tertullian, and the decree
Of the EmperOrs Valena and TheOdOsius in aid Of his
earnest entreaty to the Bishop to refuse to take any
part in the proposed ceremonial, and so free himself
e from all completely in such q fragrant violation OF
the second commandment, and IN the scandal and
ofense which Will be caused throughout the diocese"
In conclusion Mr.. Price intImateS that he shall hold
himself free to publish his letter, and any reply with
which he may be favored. A reply was promptly
recorded, and was as follows :@"29 Portland-place,
W., June 4, 1S73.-My dear Mr.. Price, hasten
70 thank you for your kind though somewhat late
letter. I concur with you and the venerable homilist
in q sincere disapprovalo Of all idolatry. As, however,
1 have no reason for thinking either (a) that the
Freemasons or the Dean and Chapter entertain the
purpose Of Worshipping and hOnoring the statuary
to which you allude or (b) that the figures viii be
provocative Of idOlatry in others, l DO not feel it
necessary to refuse to take part in the ceremonial.
Thanking you for your note and fully recognizing
your sensitive appreciation Of the ~sinfulness Of image
worship, / remain, with kind compliments, very
faithfully yours, c.. J. GLOUCESTER AND BRISTOL.
You are quite at liberty to publish this letter"