The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1874-03-07

IN the haEoQr On Ac1Iay next, programmes q WLlcb
Will appear today. There viii Dc tour races, fer
gigs, whaleboats, cutters, and all eomers,' With a
finale Of "CAtamarans." We anticipate there viii
be 10 little amusement.
R1rN-FALI tot: FEsRrABY.-The aggregate ior
the month AZ the Rev. L. Smiths residence At the
entrance OF NuUanu valley, as reported by Mr.. y
L Smith, amounted to 276 inches. Capt. Daniel
smith reports from Waikiki,-ihree miles due south
OF the above named point Of observation total
Of 20 inches for the month with average Of
Barometer al 10 A. n. 500, Thermometer minimum
81, maximum SO, Captain Smiths residence is at
the base aud under the lee Of the mountain. so
that northeast rain-squalls frequently fy past It's
elevation Is II feet above the sea level, while the
Rev. Or. Smiths house Is at an elevation Of about
600 feet. -
\ NEw SUGAR PLANTATIoS.-Mr II, F. Bickerton,
Of Waialus, on this island. has been engaged during
the past week in forming a joint stock company for
the purpose of carrying on at that place 4 sugar mill
and plantation. Forty-fye shares we're put on the
market, Of which t~hirty-two were disposed Of up TO
Thursday last, the price being $500 per share, We
noticed the names Of some Of our best business men
on the list Of subscribers. Mr.. Bickerton has already
q considerable extent Of land planted with cane,
which will be ready for grinding in August next,
and the native landholders in the neighborhood
promise to plant several hundred acres as soon as
operations are commenced on the mill. The land is
noted for its fertility, and is well in fact,
no more desirable district for a sugar plantation could
be found than that of Waialua. Experience has proved
that moderately sized enterprises, on a cooperative
system, that are started as this appears to be on a
sound basis, are the ones that pay. We should be
ready to prophecy a brilliant and prosperous future
for these islands if we could see the country dotted
with just such plantations and mills as this bids fair
to be. We understand that His Majesty the King
has taken an active interest in the new enterprise.
HIS MAJESTY ON SHTBoARD-N esterday at IL A.
NJ, the King visited the three American ~ships-Of-
war in the harbor, returning to the shore at halt
past three =. NJ. His Majesty was accompanied on
board by the members of the Cabinet, Governors
Dominis, Kapena and Kanoa, and by the members
of the late Kings staff. Three steam launches
conveyed the Royal party to the ships. The first
vessel visited was the Portsmouth, surveying-ship
and here His Majesty was much interested in the
celebrated eating gun" which was fired at a
target on the reef to exhibit its terrible effect when
directed at a body of men. After partakiug of a
collation.. the party proceeded to the Tascdrord,
where the apparatus and extremely interesting
process of deep-sea soundings were explained and
illustrated by taking a cast alongside the ship.
From the TuScdrOra, after partaking of refresh
ments, the party proceeded to the Benecia, and
thoroughly inspected that noble ship. Gun prae-
tice was here gone through with, in which His
Majesty expressed himself much interested, espe-
cially the working of the huge ll-inch pivot gun.
He was also pleased to recognize the ships gun
ner, VIM. Halford, the sole survivor of the boat
from the Sagina,o, wrecked near Midway Island in
o.
board the Benecia, the Royal party returned to the
shore, under a salute from that ship, the IenedOs and
the Tuscaroro, much pleased with their visit and
the courteous reception they had met with. The
ships manned yards both Oh the approach and
departure of His Majesty.
A CONTESTED WILL.-At Chambers on Thursday
last, before Mr. Justice Harris, the will of His late
Majesty Lunalilo came up for probate. The will
was executed June Z, 1871, and leaves his personal
property to his father, H. H. Chas. Kanaina, abso-
lutely his real estate to his father for life, and after
his decease, Calling heirs of the testator's BODY the
real estate is devised to three trustees, to be ap-
pointed by the Supreme Court, who are to sell it,
and of the avaiIs the sim of G26 600 to he exrnnaod
in building an " %Infrmary for poor, aged, and in
people of Hawaiian birth or extraction" A
codicil, added on the 31st Of January, 1874, be-
QucdluS AZ SuSSn GI1IL u AldIlut hSSluSlCS aL |
Waikiki, on the death of Kanaina, and further d-
reefs that the avails of sale of the real estate, over
the sum of $4,000 for building an Infrmary, shall
a permanent fund for the support of the
same. C. R. Bishop, Esq, is named as Executor.
L. McCully, Esq. appeared for the executor, in sup
port of the will and codicil Messrs. Preston and
Stanley for II. H. Kanaina, contesting the will and
Attorney General Hartwell for the will, but
against the codicil. At the close of the hearing on
Thursday, His Honor intimated that he considered
the will as established, and the codicil probably sus-
tanned, except as to the fourth and last item, which
was a provision or regulation of the bequest for the
establishment of an Infrmary in addition to what
was prescribed in the will. There will probably be
argument before Judge Harris on this point,
and we hear that it is likely an appeal will be taken
IN the whole matter to the full Court.
A SURPRISE PARTY.-On Tuesday evening last, in
he vestry-room of the Fort Street Church, there was
large ~assemblage of the parishioners of the Rev.
dr.RFrear, who gave that gentleman q testimonial of
he esteem in which he is held, in the shape of a hand
,omely filled purse (some $340) for the purpose of
making good the loss sustained by him at q fire on the
ID of last month. The secret had been quite well
50 far as the Reverend gentleman was con-
,erned, so that the agreeable surprise to him was a
one. u. McCully, Esq. made the presentation on
,ehalf of the donors, in a speech which was so neat
md appropriate, that we find it impossible to do it
Justice in an ordinary notice, like this. He began by
quoting a saying of Rochefoucauld, to the effect that
We all take a kind of secret enjoyment in the mis-
ortunes of our f~riends;'' and added that it was felt
o be true when the misfortunes of a man were the
ccasiOn and opportunity for the expression of the
feelings of his friends towards him; and with
more that was peculiarly pertinent to the subject and
he occasion, Mr.. McCully concluded by saying
hat a good pastor, charging himself much with our
piritual affairs, his people may well charge them