The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1874-03-14

ToRCH-LIGHTs To-NIGHT-The procession and illu-
mination by the fremen tonight, in honor of the
accession of His Majesty Kalakaua, bids fair to be
something worth seeing. The boys are entering into
the affair with spirit, and if the night proves fine,
we may look for a handsome display.
THE WEATHER.-Ours is such a generally equable
climate that the slightest changes in the temperature
are at once remarked. Last Monday morning the
thermometer marked 60, and old residents COM
planned much of the cold, while new corners pro-
nounced the air t" delicious" On Thursday after
noon a slow soaking rain began to pour down, and
lasted all night. -
GOVERNMENT INsUREs.-In the papers received
from Australia we note, under the head of the colony
of Victoria" The Government are insuring all
Government buildings; the cost will BE more than
e5, 900 a year, Does the Hawaiian Government
insure the Hawaiian Hotel? We are not positive on
this point. but surely that is a piece of property that
ought to be insured against fire.
ROYAL PARDoNs.-On Wednesday last, the 18th
inst, His Majesty the King ~pardoned the following
prisoners in Oahu Jail: Kuamoo, convicted of burg
larry, Circuit Court of Maui; Kahiamoe, larceny, Po-
lice Court of Honolulu; Solomon Miner, selling
s%pirituous liquors without license, Circuit Court of
Maui; w. B. Mahu, accessory to false PRESERVATION,
Supreme Court; Akina, burglary, Supreme Court;
Nahakualii, forgery, Supreme Court; Palea, incest,
Circuit Court of Kauai; Kahanapule, larceny, Police
Court of Honolulu.
The New SHIPs.-Advices received in Sydney
(Feb. 12th) from London, report that the four ships
ordered for the permanent mail service between
Sydney and San Francisco, are progressing rapidly.
Two are engaged TO be delivered in October and No
vember, and one on the 9Th of December, of the
present year, and the other in the latter part of JAN
uary, 1875. 1t is further reported that American
capitalists are proposing to invest in the company,
and to put on four American boats, so as to make
semi-monthly trips, and that they will ask for a sub
sidy from the American Government.
TnEATRIcAL-Mr William Hoskins and Miss Flor
ence Colville,-whose fame as talented and success
full professors of the sock and buskin - has pre-
ceded them through the unqualified commentator
of the Australian and New Zealand press,-arriyed
by the .MiFado, en- route for the East, and will ap-
pear for a few nights only at the Royal Hawaiian
Theatre. On Thursday evening last they made their
debut before 4 Honolulu audience, and despite the
fact that it was a rainy night, drew a fair house, and
what was better q discriminating one. Ne have
only space to say that Miss ~Colyille is natural, self
possessed and ~ladylike, and that Mr.. Hoskins is a
thoroughly finished actor. 1t is a refreshing revival
of the Legitimate drama" to see and hear them.
Their second entertainment is announced for to-
night, under the patronage of His Majesty the King.
THE MIKADo."-This steamship of the Austria
lasian and American mail steamship line. which
had been expected since the previous Wednesday,
arrived Of this port on Saturday evening the 9TH
inst, and came into port early on Sunday morning.
She was quite deep in the water, drawing over 20
IL. IL - e - 49,.
on board at Sydney-some 5000 tons-enough to
last to San Francisco and back. 1t will be remem-
bered that Goals in Sydney are vastly cheaper than
at the other end of the route. The .NitadO is a
larger ship than the .nacgregor, being 885 feet in
length, and registered at 1892 tons burthen. She
was detained two days at Kandavu, awaiting the
arrival of the branch steamer with the mails from
Sydney. She is reported as a very fast boat, her
average speed being III knots. The run from
Sydney to Port Chalmers was made in 4 days and
23 hours. During Sunday the .NikadO was visited
by many of our residents, who do not often have the
opportunity to examine so large aud fine a specimen
of sea-going steamers. She took on board some
SIS, 900 worth of freight and the mails and 50 pas
sengers, sailing at 6 O'Clock on Sunday evening.
The TARTAR. The next steamship of the Aus
tralian line will be due here April 4th. The Tartar
is spoken of by the Sydney papers as " truly a mag
nihcent ship, and FAR superior in appearance to
either the .Nacgregor or the .Nikado." She was
built in Glasgow, is 800 feet long, Sc feet beam, reg
listers LAG tons, and is rugged as a three-masted
schooner. The engines are compound, Of 400 horse
power nominal The consumption Of coal per day
is % tons, and with this the ship can easily attain a
speed of 125 knots per hour; IN fact. the Tartar
bears the reputation of being one of the fastest screw
boats afoat. The whole Of the machinery is Of the
newest pattern, and fitted with every late improve
ment. The screw is four-bladed, on q patent princi-
pie. The accommodation for passengers, although
not so extensive as the .uitado's, will berth forty
five persons in fine large enclosed state-rOoms in the
saloon, which Is an elegantly furnished and we'll
ventilated apartment; attached is a ladies' saloon,
fitted with bathroom, sc. She made the passage
from Hongkong to Sandridge in 20 days is hours,
steaming time.
The steamer Cyphrenes. 1872 tons, $50 horse
power. chartered by the A. & A. Mail Steamship
Company for the California service, left London on
January 14th.