The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1881-06-11

Pautah, as detailed in extracts from ouT
exchanges. On the 31st His Majesty and
suite called upon the Niceroy Ii Hang the
Prime Minister and actual Ruler of China.
This distinguished official of the great
Empire speaks little or no English, there
fore His Majesty needed the assistance of
an interpreter during a lengthy and highly
interesting conversation. His Majesty with
his thoughts ever periodically occupied
with the interests of his country, discussed
on this occasion the great need of his little
Kingdom, owing to the ~disproportiOn of
sexes, of more women accompanying the
emigration TO his realm. The enlightened
Viceroy expressed Il high appreciation of
His Majesty's patriotic anxiety in order to
promote the increase and better social
order of his island Kingdom, and said that
should any farther emigration of the people
Of the Empire for the Sandwich Islands
take place, he would favor all in his power,
the emigration of women and families,
provided some provision was made by His
Majesty's Government to assist female
immigration.
The following day the 1st of April, the
Viceroy waited upon His Majesty on board
the Pautah. His EXcellency and suite were
conveyed in a splendid steam launch. They
arrived on board punctual to appointment
at noon, and remained several hours on
board. The conversation was of q highly
interesting character, relating to a PROPOSE
ton of treaty, of which we do not wish to
divulge any more particulars than may be
authorized by our Minister Of Foreign
Affairs, who is in possession of the discus
sion, or preliminary negotiation of the
distinguished parties.
At Tientsin the royal party met with old
acquaintance in the persons of Lai Sun, a
wealthy mandarin, who had received a
classical education in America, and Mr..
William French an officer of the Custom
House. Mr.. French was born in these
islands. His mother, formerly a Miss Hunt,
married Mr.. VIM. French, a pioneer among
the foreign merchants of Honolulu and
besides this son in China, another of her
children is the wife of Hon. John E. Bush.
After tho departure of the Viceroy, in the
evening of the same day the royal party
went ashore, to partake of a grand Chinese
dinner and s%oiree, given by the Viceroy in
honor of His Majesty in the spacious build
ing Of the China Merchants Steamship Co.
At $50 the arrival of the Viceroy was
announced. \ few minutes afterwards, as
His Majesty and suite entered, three guns
were fred. (The royal salute of China.
The feast was a marvel of Chinese ingenuity
and luxury, and there was present on the
occasion Il splendid display of official
Chinese dress, and of foreign uniforms,
particulars of which we clip from our ex-
changes, but no ladies. AS the King
noticed the absence of the gentler sex, His
Majesty was informed by a distinguished
mandarin that official etiquette forbade the
presence of ladies on such an occasion and
in vindication of Chinese custom he said
that Chinese ladies, who had no assemblies
or Church meetings for mutual display and
encounter, which Western civilization
favored, but had to stay at home with
their families, generally loved and spoke
well of their neighboring sisters and tae
worthy mandarin wished to know if the
ladies of His Majesty's capital were all
animated by this excellent and amiable
spirit. His Majesty's reply is not reported,
but it was no doubt dictated by that wisdom
and discretion requisite to meet the posi-
bic irony and insidious character of the
enquiry.
RETURN TO SHANGHAI.
On the I'd April His Majesty and suite
~re-embarked on board the Pautah, and
steaming back over the Yellow Sea, return
ed to Shanghai on the 9th April.
AS it is understood that His Majesty set
out for Tientsin, intending to proceed
thence to Pekin, distant overland about
sixty miles, and travel on horseback
from the former city to the capital and
that His Majesty did not do so, is simply
accounted for by the death of her late
Chinese Imperial Majesty, styled the
Western Empress. The whole nation was
in mourning, and rigid etiquette would
nave forbidden any official display at Pekin,
necessary fer the reception of a King.
On the return to Shanghai, His Majesty
was invited to take up his residence at the
residence of Fl. III. NJ, Consul Mr.. Jansen
where the King was treated with q
princely hospitality.
On the 9th April, His Majesty and suite
left Shanghai per steamer, and arrived in
H~OngkOng on the 18th April.
We direct our readers to the description
of the entertainments rendered to His
Majesty in this fi~ourishing Crown Colony
of Great Britain, which we CLEAN from
HongkOng journals.
Our last news by letter leave the King in
Hongkong, but we are informed by telegram
that His Majesty arrived in Singapore on
the 9TH May. Our correspondent at this
great entrepot, writing on the 10Th April,
says that the officials of the Straits Settle
ments, were making preparations to " give
due honor to The visit of His Majesty of the
Sandwich Islands,"