The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1876-11-25
Correspondence Of the p. c Adversiser.l
Monthly Letter from Europe.
LoNDoN. Oct. LIST. 1,

LONDON, Oct. LIST, 1875.
Naval N~e,os-Ahhough the Shah the new
flagship for The Pacific, "a guns, unarmoured frig-
ate, was launched as far back rs Sept. 10th 1873,
and received her machinery a year later, she still
remains in the loekyard and there Is no certainty
when Capt. Bedford will be able to set sail for the
Pacific. Admiral Hancock. as well as his success
scr DeHorsey were compelled TO proceed To their
command without the flagship, but as the Shah -
received her crew last week aud is now taking ia
Goals and provisions she may possibly set out on
her long journey during the first week OF this
month.-Admiral Hancock, who resigned the Paci
&c command in August last on account OF sickness
died Sept. 2Oth-Capt Ralph l. Gator, who
brought the British Transit party TO Honolulu in
1874 on the Scout " has just been appointed to
the " Defence News has been received here OF
the narrow escape of ii. u. NJ. S. Tenedos {" in the
gulf of Genos on July 10Th, after leaving Valpe.
raise for England on the Goth. The night was
dark and windy and the vessel sailing ten knots
steam was not raised. A 1 about "a A. NJ, the look.
out shouted LAND close under port bow" The
helm was put hard aport and the yards bTaced up,
but hardly had the ship begun 20 come to the wind.
when the cry, arose g" Breakers ahead" The OIL
Ger of the watch, Lieut.. Graham, saw that before
the vessel could come round, she would be on the
rock and at once took the desperate course OF
attempting to pass between rock and mainland
through an unknown channel, which from surf 10
rock was only 1875 yards broad. After q period OF
intense suspense the ship swept through the mar
row passage, clearing the rock by only 20 yards.
The headland turned out TO be Cape Raper. With
out the lieutenants immediate promptitude the
- Tenedos " would have been lost and no one left
to tell the tale.
The recent extinction Of the Tasmanian race
affords q melancholy warning to Hawaiians. In
1915 the Tasmanians still numbered 5000, in 1896
the Ill survivors were taken 10 Flinders Island,
where the rough climate still more reduced them
till 1872 to only 45, (13 men, % women. and 10
c%hildren). In 1860 they were taken bsck-only 10,
but too late; for on on March b1sI 3D. 81, 1899. the R;,D last male ale
total extinction Of the race by the death Of it's last
member, Queen Truncanini. BY the last New Yea
land census there are 40, 40 maories left, the males
being about 1000 in excess 10 the women.
Rev. Gill. author of songs and myths Of the South
Pacific, has just published another book on, Life
in the Southern Isles or scenes and incidents 10 the
Pacic.' We learn therefrom that in many Of the
better administered islands, the population has
ceased TO diminish aud in some instances has even
increased. A serious cause Of the decline, viz
the conduct Of yagrant whites in the more remote
islands will soon be checked by the appointment of a
high Commissioner for the Pacific, whose jurisdic-
ton is to extend over British subjects in all the
islands not under the dominion Of any civilized
state.
The last volume Of the proceedings Of the Royal
Colonial Institute contains a paper on the civilization
Of the Pacific, which forms q capital survey Of the
various Polynesian groups with the policy and
settlements OF the European powers in their midst.
III &c IOibtH' nuO MdS ~ III uedu y u
the Transit party at Kailua, Hawaii, read a paper
before the British Association " on the site Of The
gravo Of Genghi's KAN" which he discovered on
the road near Picking, while returning home TO
Europe through Mongolia and Liberia last year.
The. Frankfort Gazette, after describing Hawaii's
exhibit at philadelphia. remarks Taking into
consideration the small area and limited means of
this little Island Kingdom, one must give IL great
credit for its contribution to the Centennial. as il
puts to shame many comparatively higher and by
far more poPulous states
Shipping eios-Hawaiian bark " Kamoi - Capt.
Rakemann, arrived at Falmouth Sept. 18th, II5
days from Honolulu. ship Iolani " cleared at
Newcastle Sept. 22d for Honolulu. +. Il.