The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1877-12-15

sioually gestured with a knife. A Frenchman SIT.
ting opposite nae said: "You sec the %antlthesis OF
nations. The Frenchman uses a fork, the Amefiean
uses q knife" -.
As TO French politics, il is hardly safe to predict
anything. The clerical party is making a desperate
effort to control the government. MacMahon Is a
man Of little talent, has no knowledge OF Politles'
He believes in the military method, ooedlence 70
Left, are trying to keep within bounds, but i is hard
for them 10 keep out Of a revolution. however,
every year Of republican rule strengthens the
F~renchman's power Of self control.
LONDON, November 18th.
The depression in trade here is very great. This
great producing nation is idle. America has entered
the field with cunning machinery, and the rivalry
has begun. Germany has gone 10 the wall, CONNER
cially. IL is strange 20 see America boarding the
lion in his den--sellipg hardssre TO England, Gerry
ing Goals 10 Newcastle. The English skilled me-
chanic works slowly. The American skilled machine
works quickly.
The annual Lord Mayors show is over. The Eng
lsh cannot get up n "show." The Lord Mayors
procession was long. gaudy, and ridiculous A
least the London - dailies " said so. In the process
sion there was a dromedary ridden by a person
dressed in gorgeous oriental costume, and corked up
a la negro minstrel, TO initiate the dusky East lndlan'
Now this person had evidently had a tiDpie before
starting. His nose became irritated, and rather un-
consciously he had pulled it., till the coloring matter
came of. So the gorgeous oriental, perehed aloft on
the dromedary, presented q very black lace ana
very Wnite uOtes LUIS 10 ~ BtV"e NN"b"s ~
street boys.
The agitation for opening ths picture galleries.
museums and public gardens on sunday still con.
tinues. II is claimed that ID Is only on that day that
the poor have leisure for culture. The opening 10
bitterly opposed by the clerical party. on the ground
that the British Sabbath should be made sacred by
law. To this the liberals say, that while by law the
works Of the old masters and what Is beautiful In
the Rsrdens are tightly closed on Sunday by law all
the rum shops, gin palaces and grog shops are open
ed on Sundsy. SO the opponents of the opening are
called upon to reconcile this Inconsistency Of law and
practice.
You do not use the bycicle. Here Il Is an institu-
ton. 1t is made very perfectly. very light. and often
~ffty-four inches in diameter. Clubs are formed 10
the country towns. and trips covering n hundred and
fifty miles are often made. The speed reached IN in
deed wonderful. A party will often travel together
at the rate Of sixteen miles an hour. But the roads
must be smooth, and rather hard.
l have seen your Envoy TO the British government.
lie is certainly vigilant, and Is doing all that can be
done 10 further Hawaiian interests. Whether he
will succeed in annexing the British Islands TO the
Hawaiian Kingdom, remains TO be seen. l think q
little show Of force on our part would do well A
Hawaiian Admiral. flying his pennant of the English
coast would expedite matters W. N. A,