The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1870-06-18
NOTES OF FIJI WEEK.

- ARRIVAL OF THE FLYING SQUADRoN.-On Thurs
day morning early, the squadron of II. u. NJ war
ships, of the expected arrival of which notice had
been previously given, arrived off this port, IL days
from Victoria, v. l., and anchored outside the har-
Dor. This is the second time that we have had q
visit by a number of war ships in a body, the last
being during the Crimean war, when the combined
British and French ships destined for the unfortunate
Petropaulski expedition rendezvoused here. The
present squadron, ~denominated '' the flying squad
ron, - is going round the world, visiting the various
naval stations, and relieving such ships whose time
has expired, and having touched at the ports of
China and Japan is now hOmeward bound. The list
as it now appears Gone or two of the original ships
having taken the places Of those %relieved.) is as fol-
lows Liverpool, 80 guns, Rear Admiral Horribly /;
Pearl, II, Captain John NJ. Ross Charybdis, IS,
Captain A. Mel. Lyons E~ndymiOn. q, Captain
Edward Lacy Lifey, 80, Captain Robert Gibson +;
Phe6e, 80, Captain John Bythesea. The squadron
will sail hence for Valparaiso at the end Of afSeek or
ten days. -
HALMosT A FIRE THE Gazette is not quite cor
rect in the facts as to the affair of Monday night
last, when there was almost a fire. An old decrepid
Chinaman occupies a little tenement on the corner of
Smiths lane and Hotel street, where he lives all
alone. Between 10 and II O'Clock on the night
mentioned, two foreigners, by the names of Clemens
and Bradley were passing along the street when they
perceived a bright light in the Chinaman's room.
Rushing in, they found the helpless creature lying
On his bed, which was blazing up all around him.
While one carried him out into the street, the other
procured some buckets Of water and soon extin-
guished the fire without giving an alarm. Had there
been less promptitude of action, the Chinaman would
probably have persisted and there might have been
an extensive confagration.
SAILORS ON HORSEBACK are not by any means as
good navigators as they are on the rolling deep, nor
yet when rolling along afoot on terra frma. But
somehow a sailor, when he gets on shore, almost
invariably wants to mount a horse and go careering
along at a breakneck speed, without much regard to
where he is going, nor what he may run foul of.
This was exemplied yesterday, when a lot of the
jolly tars belonging to the squadron now off the port,
i%ndulging i'll a little racing sport, caused pedestrians
to shrink into door-ways, and those in buggies to
tremble for their wheels, while in several instances
the riders themselves, by some erratic movement of
their steeds, went through processes of ground and
lofty ~tumbling, snguIarly enough without injury.
ALMOST AN ACCIDEST-On Wednesday, a little ma
tive boy, riding on a dray, which at the time was
going at full speed, fell of alongside the wheels, but
fortunately though narrowly, escaped being run
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of his shirt and grazed the skin of his arm.
There was a rumor yesterday morning that an
other native boy had been kicked by a FESTIVE horse,
that he was holding on Wednesday, and SO badly in
jured that he died on Thursday, but our reporter has
been unable to trace the statement to any certain
source. -
STEAMERS DUE.-The mail steamer yFjar will be
due here on Monday morning the Goth inst, with
mails and dates from San Francisco to June 18th.
The Australian steamer WongG WongG will be due
on the 22d, with dates from Sydney to May 2Sth and
Auckland to June 4th. The .Rjdr will sail for San
Francisco ON the 22d, wednesday, or four hours
after the arrival of the Australian steamer.
CORPUS CuRIsTI-Thursday last was the anniver-
sary of the Roman Catholic festival, kept in honor
of the Eucharist on the Thursday following Trinity
Sunday. AS usual it was observed by the Catholics
of this city by q procession through the streets and
special services at the church, attended by large
numbers of the professors of the Romish faith.
LEGISLATIVE ADJOURYMENTs- On Monday, the
Assembly adjourned over until Thursday, in order to
make preparations for and to join in the jubilee cele-
bration. On Thursday, after a short session, there
was another adjournment for the day, on account Of
its being the Corpus Christi festival.
MAsONlC.-A epeCHhi meetiHS VI la"aHan Louge,
No. 81, f. & A. NJ, will be held at their Lodge room,
Makee's building, Queen street, this Saturday. even
ing next, at u O'Clock. Sojourning brethren are
cordially invited to attend.
u We received yesterday afternoon, too late for
insertion in tO-day's issue, a letter from Captain
Gibson in reply to the statement published in our
last issue. 1t will appear next week.
MEETING OF No. by reference to special notice
it VIII be seen that Engine Go. No. /, /" Hoomanawa-
nui, have a meeting this evening at their rooms, ON
business. -
= A schooner has been chartered to visit the
mission stations in Micronesia, and will sail on or
about July9. She will touch at all the stations.
The British House OF Commons, has ordered to a
second reading by 1874 to 81, a bill to remove from
EnnIish mamen nnIitical disability and To ALLAN