The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1881-07-09


The Admiralty has now received Commander
Evans official report on the destruction Of n. NJ
> Dotterel by an explosion a, Sandy Point
Straits of Magellan, while ON T. way to the
Pacific. The report state. thar chc ship anch-
Drei an hour anil q half before tine catastrophe
There were two separate explosions, the first Of
which occurred in the starboard gangway. This
may have been caused by the bursting oi the
blcr. which in boiling Tor condensing
or By the Goals in the starboard bunker becoming
heated and causing spontaneous combustion.
After an interval of about ~ seconds the second
explosion. which was much more violent followed.
Commander Evans says he j. convinced it was the
fore magazine with over four tons Of powder
whieh exploded There no fire warning
all the magazines being closed, and the crew just
gping divisions. The explosion sudden
and destructive that il was impOssble 20 lower
any boats and the few who escaped saved them
selves by Jumping OgerbOard. The I4S men lost
must have been all killed iEstantaneously. rhe
gun-cGttOn and the aiter -.fagazine did nOt ex-
pode. The ship sank in three minutes after the
FIRST explosion. Commander Evans regrets his
inability 90 give more satisfactory aud defni-
tive explanation Of the disaster, and says it j.
mystery to him.
THE CHINESE N HAWAII.
The Times translates n letter from Honolulu
in the Azgsbt1g Gazette, in which the writer
draws gloomy picture OF the Chinese immigra-
-TEsf- .gs.ich cannot fail to speedily bring about
eIIasrrDphe. In 1919 there werr only I 500
Cninese IN the whole group OF islands The
census taken at the end OF 1873 showed that the
number had risen % 5000. In 1879 thee were
a 900 Chinese immigrants. and 5000 IN the fol-
lowing year During those 10 years not NOR
thun 900 Of them went away. and very iew
died. - that, at the commencement Ot this year,
there must haze been about 1900 Chinese In
the Sandwich Islands, ol whom scarcely 500
were women, while several thousands more are
Nllready on the way from Canton TO Honolulu
The number of natives has sunk TO 40 900 among
whom the disprOportiOn Of the sexes is conspicu-
Gus One easily i1resec the consequences
likely 10 follow from the sure extinction OF the
native race. The letter concludes - Native
public opinion - naturally very hostile TO the
NChinese, who have also brought the scOurge OF
smallpox 20 Hawaii. and should u conflict break
oat the Government would scarcely be able II
keep order -
The Commander-in-Chief in the Pacific, Rear
Admiral Fred. II. Stirling, in the Triumph.
M COquimb0 On May l4th. and has therefore. IL
seems. postponed his cruise to Honolulu. The
Champion has sailed tr1F- -Eimira for MOntevideo
and the Pacific The Csprey, gun sloop, Com
m1nder Gilcourt, arrived at Plymouth on May
10th, alter four years absence ON the Pacific
station. A telegram from Melbourne states that
tie detached sqn1drOn arrived az Cape Otway on
Nav 2Oth but rhc Bacchante, with che Royal
P1inrr- ON board. has had put into King
GeoFgc'- Sound o. repair damages sustained dur
in1 a heavy gale The German gunbOat Eyena
l. stiU NJ Auia The bark Ceder. Captain
I:.,hlis which sailed January jth from Bremen
for Honolulu, has been spoken on February 18th,
Mat lO7 IS, and long 1920 W, aud the
Ealn Rolhis, master, from London January 25th
Tor Honolulu was also seen on March list, %
long - W. THE Equator. The treaty be-
tween Russia and China having at last been
signed the Russian COmmander-in-Chiet IN the
Pacifc, Admiral Lessoisky, has received orders
10 return personally 70 St Petersburg, and the
greater part Of the ileet viii soon iolOW-
NOTES.
AZ large numbers Of emigrants from Madeira
have lately gone 90 Hawaii the following extract
from Consular report IS Of interest . Lep
rosy. which u supposed 20 have been introduced
hy the first settlers, still found IN the southern
and western parts Ut the island Tne hospital
for the disease usually contains from lO'to ID
tatieuts, but it - estimated that between 400
and 500 persons on tie island may be afflicted
with leprosy"
Adyice- from the West Indies by last mail
state that ut Trinidad cDpiOus rains have at last
fallen for two days, greatly bcnetiting the young
CsInes Nearly all the estates have finished the
crop and the total output y estimated not To
,.1ceed y, 900 tons. Transactions have taken
place at 50 o. but holders being firm, prices
=. has. advanced TO $3.50. At Grenada heavy
.hI wars baye also succeeded the severe dr0uth-
The C9i9gas Gazette, IN an article on the beet
-lSt sxger industry, states that Germany, which
,f yeS- with 4O9, 900 tons ran Austria with It's
sn,C % tons very closely, - likely this year,
,th SO c00-e n, 20 stand brst IN the list oi
let-rOOt sugar countries. The Queen has con-
erred the honor Of KnighthOOd on James
Prendergast, Chief Justice Of New Zealand, and.
On .i1hn GOrrie, Chief Justice Of FIJI. The last
IS rsozl Panama, dated May 18th, states that
-sh survegsin connection with the canal are pro
sceeiing, though somewhat slowly ana that
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Our heart goes pity Pat for the woes OF