The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1866-10-06
THE PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.
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Queen Emma.

the 4utI 10 the IJtA INST she lett New lurk
in the steamer of September l, and was expected
in san Francisco in the Panama steamer, which
was due on the 23i. y tcleyrIpsic Dispatch
had been sent t. Washington. by the Governor
OF California. requesting that the l. :. steam
ship Vanderbilt might be detailed for the special
service of conveying her 70 this port. Tie Van
derliH had but recently come down from Mare
Island. and was ready for SEA. If the response
from Washington was favorable. Her Majesty
may be expected here in this magnificent ship
about the 10Th inst, accompanied, perhaps. hy
Admiral Thatcher, commanding the North Pa
cifc Squadron.
On our fourth page Will be found an account
OF her arrival in New York ON the Sth Of Au-
gust. Hhere she received all dae honor>. On
the 18th she visited Washington. and thence
proceeded u Niagara Falls, and through Cana
da. having arrived at Montreal on the Goth. at
which point she heard of the death of her
adopted mother, Mrs. DR.. Rookie. 1t was her
plan to visit Boston about the 2jth of August,
where the State and City authorities were de-
signing TO receive her with the greatest public
demonstrations ever given to any distinguished
parsonage. After the Goth of August, We do
not find any mention of her in the papers. I'M
til the announcement Of her departure from
New York on the 1T of September. and it is
quite probable that she Withdrew from public,
and retired into strict mourning.
Her Majesty viii BE- received here on her ar
rival with royal honors, including the customary
royal salute. The same courtesy was to he ex-
tended to her on her arrival in San Francisco,
a. will be seen 10y the following from the Bue-
I'm:
Ho>oEs To QUEEN EuM>-Au order has been Is
suei hy Gen. HIHeck relative to the expected arrival
of Queen Emma, which declares that should the
steamer carrying her Majesty enter this harhor be
tween sunrise and sunset, the commanding officer at
Fort Point will fire the customary salute Of q guns.
There is something about this embassy to Eng
land. which does not appear perfectly straight.
Ii will be remembered that Mr.. lioapili and his
wife accompanied the Queen, in her tour
through England, and they were everywhere
treated with the same respect that she received.
Vague rumOrs have from time to time reached
Honolulu Of mIltrcatmcnt Of this gentleman
and his wife by some of the attaches Of the en-
bassy. which caused them to separate from it.
Another report says that they were turned adrift
in Italy, without friends or money. and in this
state left to find their way back To England and
Honolulu as best they can. We see no refer
enccs to them in the notices of Queen Emma.
in America, and are left TO infer that they are
not in the party. If this be So, 1t gives prob
ability to the truth of the rumors. though we
can hardly believe that any friend of Hawuiians
could treat them thus. 1t is but justice to these
/ Iiawaiians that the truth should be made pub
lie, and if there has been any abuse of them,
censure should he meted TO those who may de-
serve it.
Among the notices of Queen Emma, which
we find in our American exchanges, are the fol-
lowing. The first is from the Boston Adrer-
tlser. and Is as correct and impartial Il statement
as we nave seen anywhere. The second of
course refers to her visit to Trinity Church in
New York, where she was received with all the
honor and enthusiasm which she merits.
Boston Daily Advertiser, Aug. I0l
Our ROYAL GUEsrs-Queen Emma Of the Sand
witch Islands, whose arrival at New York 10y the
JauI has been announced. is the widow Of the late
king, Kamehameha ". Her mother, Fanny Young,
was the daughter of John Young, an Englishman
who held ofice AMI exercised much influence during
the reign Of kamchameha The Great" the grand
father of the present king. John Ioung's wife was
a high chief.-rank in Hawaii desceuds in the female
ine.-,nd his children have always been esteemed
among the leading nobility of the kingdom.
Emma was early adopted 10y DIR. Rookie, an English
physician in Honolulu, who had married her mothers
sister. She was educlted in the royal school in Ho-
nolulu. This school WIS founded by the chiefs for
the education OF their children. The reiguing king,
hi. brother, who preceded him-the husband of
Queen Emma. and all the chiefs of the present gen.
Grafton, were cluclted At this school. The teachers
were iir. and Mrs. Cooke, missionaries of the Amer
lean Board. No higher praise of these teachers
could be asked for than IL afforded by the encomiums
which have been passed on the character aud attain
meuts of Her Majesty Whenever she has been spoken
Of during her recent tour of EnGland These iudi-
rect testimonies to the fIithtuiness aud success Of our
American missionaries are the more gratifying that
they have commonly come from those vino were
zesiously striving 10 build up "a rival mission, aud
whose p~rejudices were all GA the other side.
Queeu Lmma was married to the late king about
nine years ago. Her only child, the little Prince OF
Hawaii. a boy Of unusual promise. died IN his nth
year. Her royal husband followed shortly after.
The Queen. who had been religiousiy instructed
by her missionary teachers, but whose preferences.
derived from her father and grandfather, were for the
ritual Of the English Church, has recently visited
England at the instance Of the friends Of the English
mission at the Sandwich Islands, to encourage 10y her
presence ;he efforts made TO secure an endowment Tor
that Church. We have before expressed our doubts
Of the sincerity ct those who hive led IN this English
mission movement, but We have no reason to question
the geuuineue-s OF the Queens zeal.
She is now on her way home. She has everywhere
been received with attention abroad, aud we are very
glad she has been met 10y our own authorities with
the couriesies due to her high station and 10 her per-
soual merits. General Marshall. of Governor Bull
locks staff. was in New York awaiting her arrival,
bearing His Excellency's invitation for her TO visit
Massachusetts At the meeting of the Mayor and
Aldermen on MONDAY last, the Mayor was requested
to tender her the ho.piiaijjies of the city. We learn
that she has acceried this invitation, and will visit
Boston after having been to Washington. This l. a
it should be. No State in the Union has such init
mate and important relations with the Sandwich
Islands a. Massachusetts,.
Queen Emma il about twenty-seveu years old.
She is described as of very pleasing appearance and
manners. She wasa great fIvorite among the foreign
residents of Honolulu. where She was universally re-
spected for her exemplary lite, and for her many
charities aud virtues.
From the New York World Aug l3l
QUEEN EsaA OF TIE SANDWICH ISLANDS AT TRINITY.
AT an early hour Her Majesty and suite prepared
to attend divine service at Trinity Church, and pro
ccedrd at 1915 \. NJ 10 that eiidce. accompanied by