The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1871-07-08

C8sRLEs MATHEWS IN TBE CANSIBAL IsLASDs.-
This celebrated Comedian. who gave US a tsste OF his
powers last February, writes a characteristic letter,
in which he gives his impressions OF US. We copy {:
Reached Honolulu the capital OF the Island OF
Oahu, and the seat of government OF the ha"alian
group, on Saturday, the 18th eighteen days, four
thousand and thirteen miles ana three quarters .
Io.ouracv aoain-exact as an architects estimate,
"a 900 35s. l-2d.). Head winds (of course) all the
way ; longest passage (of cOurse) ever KNOWN ana
certainly the weariest. Heavy rolling seas, not a
sail or fish sighted, the only excitement we had
ar;.en from the odd novelty OF two Thursdays COM
ing together in one week, two 9ths OF February,
arm-in-arm. At Honolulu, one OF the loveilest little
spots upon earth, l acted one night " by command,
and in the presence of His Majesty Kamehameha '
KING of the Sandwich Islands (aot 'Hoky Poky
Wonky Fong as enormously reported), and a menu
orable night it was. On my way TO the quaint little
Hawaiian Theatre, situated in II rural lane, in the
midst of a pretty garden, glowing with gaudy trop-
ical flowers. and shaded by cocoa trees, bananas,
banyans, and tamarinds, l met the playful Of the
evening. A perambulating kanaka Tor native black
gentleman) walking between two boards (called In
London feuratively a sandwich man,, but here, OF
course literally sol carried aloft a large illuminated
white paper lantern, with the announcement IN the
Kanaka language, to catch the attention OF the
colored inhabitants 80 Charles Mathews! heaka,
Keia, Pc Theatre open this evening": Ma uku o
Ke Komo ana Preserved seats, dress circle), 2 dolls.
Soc: Gohi mua (Parouette), l dol. &c.; Mono hop
(Kanaka pitt, Toe. L found the Theatre : to use
the technical expression 6 crammed to sutfocation,'
which merely means = very full though, from the
state of the thermometer on this occasion, sutfoca-
ton was not SO incorrect a description as usual. A
really elegant looking audience tickets, IOs- each,
evening dresses, uniforms of every cut and country,
9 Chiefesses, and ladies of every tinge, in dresses OF
every color, flowers and jewels in profusion, satin
play-bills, fans going, windows and doors all open.
an outside staircase leading straight into the dress
circle, without lobby, check-taker. kanaka women
in the garden below, selling bananas and peanuts,
by the glare of haring torches, on a sultry moonlight
night. The whole thing was like nothing but a
Midsummer Nights dream. And 1t was nothing to
see a pit full of Kanakeas, black, brown, and Whitley
brown, till lately cannibals. showing their white
teeth, grinuing at Patter Us. Chatter as much as a few
years ago, they would have enjoyed the roasting OF a
missionary. or the baking of a baby. 1t was GER
tainly a page in ones life never to be forgotten
The former Honolulu denizen who kindly sends US
the above from New York, points out the slight in
consistency in terming the passage from Auckland a
long one,-4,000 miles in Is days. 223 miles per
day-and the passage from Honolulu to San Fran
cisco a short ONE 600 miles in 10 days. 200 miles
per day.