The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-09-04 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STAND,I,IIO.

you have the kindness..taascertain the met .eut,
of a Philharmonic. Coal, and the name of the tailor- of ,the.
society. where the pattern may be seen P—Having beenrefused
admittance-to the last concert, although t had travelled along.
distance tole pfesent, because the coat Ii bad on was- round•
-
fronted, a. la. Quaker, _although the whole of my dress: was
black, and . I had,used a more than. ordinary care- in, it,.
arrangement.—l am, sir, your obedient Servant,
Aug. 29,1855.

ANTS-SNOB,

THE PITCAIIMISLINDR-W.

Tim following most interesting Information regarding the
Pitcairn Islanders, descendants a the mutineers ..of the
Bounty, is derived from a letter of date 3.1.5 t March last,
received by the family of a, young gentleman belonging to.
Greenock, who is an officer on. board H.M.S.. Amphitrite, one,
()Übe British squadron in. the• Pacific

"At daylight observed Biteairn's Island about 30. miles GE;
at ten ‘p.m. were close to it, and stood off for the night under
easy sail. 17th.—At daylight we hove-to oil Bpunty Bay,,and
fired a gun, which was repeated at 6.30 a.m., aud_soon after-
wards we saw the whale-boat full of Wanders „coming out.
They got alongside about 7.30 (there were 13 in the- boat.)
They were, on the ..vhcle, fine-looking men. Wehad.n.o news
to give them, for they had as late Europeau.news as our-
selves. The cutter left the ship at 8.30 a.m.,_intending to
wait outside the surf for the whale-boat, in which I took a
Passage, as I was late for the first boat. We left about nine
o'clock, and went directly on shore, as we had, a boat-load of
gear for the islanders, so that we were the first to :and. We
crossed the surf quite, easily, and, on landing,itudnrden on Mr.
Nobbs, with thogreater portion of the males and. children,
the beach. We received a hoarty welcome, and, after the
party from tl cutter had joined us,Proeeded up the hill,
which is about 300 feet perpendieFlar ; it is very bad at any
time, but late in.day, after some ram had. fallen, it was dread-
fully slippery, and we all had one or two tumbles coming
down. We reached the market-place, (after a climb over 300
yards of ground,) as it is ealled,:heings space at the top of the
hill under some cocoa-nut trees, in about ten minutes, and there
were surprised by seeing nearly all, the ladies, about fifty or so,
awaiting our arrival. I was greatly pleased, and so was
everybody—for you might go A long way before you could see
such, a collection of pretty, good-humoured, cheerful. faces.
They were most of them a little. shy at first, but it wore off.
After chatting a short time, we went on to the settlement,
and walked about, seeing everything and everybody. We all
dined about non, each family asking two or three ; and to
that house where you dined you were expected to go, if you
wanted water or a melon,—in fact make it your Lome pro tern.
We soon got a little singingff up, and the ladies. favoured us
with " God save the Queen, the " Pitcairn Song," and two
or three others. They sang very nicely, aud so pleased the
captain that he said he would wait till next day, instead of
sailing at dark, as he intended at first. The girls made very
pretty wreaths : they are made of a flower very much like
a red daisy, and they wear them round their heads. The
whale boat came off at seven p.m., and was hoisted up to the
port main rigging for the night, the islanders, about a dozen,
sleeping in the after-cabin. They are dressed nearly all alike,
except the Nobbs', who were shoes,, and are regarded as supe-
rior. There are only eight of the first generation, two men,
and six women. The oldest man is sixty, and the oldest
woman between seventy and eighty. None of these will leave
the island, at least they say so, and only wish removal to
Norfolk Island for their children's benefit : for, they say,
in a few years the island will be too small for them. The
number of inhabitants at present is 190, 95 males and 95
females. They are all in g 0.41 health, except Reuben, Mr.
Nobbs's eldest son,who is in consumption,and cannot live many
weeks longer. They were greatly pleased with our presents, and
they sent off to the ship's company lots of pumpkins, water
melons, plantains, &c. Every house is beautifully clean, and
for the first time after leaving England I have seen scrapers,
which are made out of old cutlasses. The houses have the
sleeping places made like bunks round one side, and there is
generally, besides a chest or two of drawers, a table, a stool,
and a cupboard. Some of them have a slight partition, where
the father and mother sleep ; the rest are berthed indis-
criminately. All the bunks have curtains to let down. They
are all excellent swimmers, being in the water as soon as they
can walk. The women are considered the best. I expect we
are the last man-of-war who will see them before their divi-
sion ; for I suppose they will remove either this year or the
beginning of next. We took a great many letters for them,
and brought several away, mostly for officers who have been
there. They were all very sorry at our leaving, and some of
the women cried ; some of the men, also, I think. There was
only a little dispute about some land, which had to be referred
to the captain, and that was very soon satisfactorily settled.
They rise at daylight and begin the day's work ; but, strange
to say, they eat nothing till noon, then generally vezetable
food, with meat once or twice a week only ; they have a sup-
per about seven o'clock, and go to bed about eight p.m. The
houses are raised about three feet off the ground, and thatched
with palm leaves, with good eaves, so that all the rain runs
off' clear. The thatching lasts a long time. About eleven
o'clock a.m., the islanders on board left, loaded with presents
for themselves and the ladies. Just after they pushed off,
they gave three cheers, which were heartily returned ; they
then pulled for the shore, and we made all plain sail, with a
1., • r,.,:ihing breeze.

ECCLESIASTICAL _INTELLIGENCE.

PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS.

Rev. W. C. Adamson, to the Cildpelry of Cumberworth, near
Huddersfield.

Rev. E. Barnwell, 8.A., to the Incumbency of Deeping St.
Nicholas, near Spalding, Lincolnshire. •
Rev. W. Beal, LL.D.,-Vicar of Brooke, Norfolk, to be an In-
spector of Schools for the diocese of Norwich.
Rev. W. F. Black, M.A., from Burley-in Wharfedale, to the
Rectory of Raheny, diocese of Dublin.
Rev. C. J. Black, 8.A., Curate of St. Anne's, Poplar, to the
Incumbency of Burley-in-Wharfdale.
Rev. C. E. Bowden, 8.A., to the Curacy of St. Teath, Cornwall.
Rev. J. Brunskill, 8.A., to the Curacy of Allhallows, Cum-
berland.

Rev. F. Day, M.A., to the Mastership of the Grammar-School,
Heighington, Lincolnshire.
Rev. J. J. Day, M.A., Curate of St. Matthew's, Denmark-hill,
to one of the Incumbent Readerships of Beverley Minster, York.
Rev. J. F. Harward, to the Perpetual Curacy of Little
Maplestead, near Halstead, Essex.
Rev. H. W. Hickes, M.A., Rector of Cranford, near Hounslow,
td §e Chaplain to Mr. Alderman and Sheriff Rose, during the
year oi its shrievalty.
Rev. T. 1-i. Kersley, Curate of Devizes, to be Canon Residentiary
and Sub-Dean of Mit.dleham, York.
Rev. S. T. Mosse, M.A., to the Curacy of Tishury, Wilts.
Rev. J. W. Payne, BA., to be Chaplain and Naval Instructor
to H.M.S. Alarm, about to sail for the Pacific.
Rev. H. Pix, M.A., to be Assistant Curate of IVliidenhall, Wilts.
Rev. 'A. G. Royle, to the Curacy of Pett, near Hastings.
Rev. W. Smith, D.D., to the Curacy of Fifield Bavant and
Ebbesborne Wake, Wilts.
Rev. S. L. Wilson, 8.A., to the Curacy of Prestbury,• near
Macclesfield.
CLERICAL OBITUARY.

Aug. 20, at Winchester, in his 31st year, the Rev. G. J. Cabin,
A,M., Rector of St. Thomas in that city.
Aug. 22, at Jersey, the Rev. Matthew O'Brien' late Professor of
Mathematics at the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich, in his
40th year.
Aug. 24, at Potterne Vicarage, near Devizes, the Rev. George
Edmonstone, aged 91.
Aug. 27, at Cranwich, Norfolk, the Rev. Vincent Edward Eyre,
aged 55.
Aug. 29, at Brunswick-square,• the Rev. Benjamin Seymour,
Incumbent of Woburn Chapel, aged 26.