The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1877-08-18
(CoRREsPoSDENcE OF THIS P. C. ADvERTisER-1
Monthly Letter from Europe.
I,oxnox lime 25tb. 1877.

LONDON. June 25th, 1877.
During a recent trip across the channel to the
French capital 1 there found in different museums
and collections various mementoes from far dis
tant Hawaii. a mention of which may be of inter-
est to the ADvERTIscK's readers. At the Jdrdin
des PLantes the great geological galleries contain a
collection of several hundred Hawaiian fishes in
some l2O glass jars filed with spirits, all contri-
buted by the French representative at Honolulu,
NJ. Ballieu. In the bird-department 1 found
several stuffed specimens of the native Hawaiian
goose (manu meme. Anser Hdvdiensis), some of
which have formerly lived Il at the menagerie they
have been presented by the naturalists Eydonx
and Sonleyet. In the chronological gallery a glass
case contains some 16 skulls of native Hawaiians
from different parts of the group and contributed
by Consuls Desnoyers and Ballieu, while in the
geological collection L found various pieces of
lava and scoria from Kilauea. At the canoe COL
lection of the marine department at the Lonore
Hawaii is represented by two models, one of a
small single canoe with outrigger, and another OF
one of Kamehameha's large double war canoes,
(waalua) with a centre platform for the warriors
and a three cornered sail. In the flag collection of
all nations, 1 found not only Hawaii's national
flag, but also the Kings Royal standard, as well
as that of Princess Victoria. Ga crown above E" K.
n" in a white 6eld) and the red, white and blue
pennant.
Mr.. Thos. Brassey's NJ: P. steam yacht Sunbeam.
which visited Honolulu during December last,
arrived home safe and sound at Cowes, May 9th.
After leaving Honolulu January Sd. Yokohama
was reached on the 10Th and the way home taken
via China, Malacca, Ceylon, Alden, Suez Canal.
Malta. Gibraltar and Lisbon. The entire circum-
navigation was 80, 400 miles, and was accom-
plished in 46 weeks. This months number of the
Fortnightly Revieao. brings a paper by Sir David
Wedderburn on Maories and Kdnakas, wherein
he describes the leper colony on Molokai with it's
ruler, Bill Ragsdale, whose generous s~elf-immola-
ton sayours rather of the antique roman than of
the kanaka. A bust of Commodore Goodenough.
who was murdered by the natives of Santa Cruz.
is to be placed in the Painted Hall at Greenwich.
When the 6rst news of the tidal wave of May 10th
at Hilo was telegraphed here from San Francisco,
Mr.. Manley Hopkins. the Hawaiian Consul Gen
eral here, wrote to the Times saying. that there
was no such thing as Cocoanut Island nor any
hospital on it, but that probably the leper colony
at Kalaupapa, consisting mostly of Chinese. had
been annihilated. After the Times had published
several corrections to these erroneous statements,
Mr.. Hopkins excused his blunders on the plea.
that although he had here represented Hawaii 20
years. he had never visited its shores. The Otal-
lenger has brought back a collection of over 900
birds, among which are "a specimens from Ha-
wall. In Parliament the first Lord of the Ad-
miralty recently stated i'm answer to a question.
hat it was not at present the intention of the gov
eminent to send an ironclad ship into the Pacific.
The FdntOme is ordered to Esquimalt. F. B..