The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1881-09-03

very gratifying to me that the present Lord
Mayor has been to our islands, and has given US
a gracious sketch Of the customs Of the country
which | rule. We have no Land Leaguers
there daughter and cheers), but we have Liber-
ais and Conservatives. | am glad to say that |
am half between the two, or, as you say, gentle
men, COnservative-Liberal, This being my first
visit to this country, assure you that have
been very much pleased by what have seen Of
the gracIOusness Of Her Majesty the Queen, the
Prince of Wales and the rest of the Royal fam
lily, and the many distinguished persons of this
country whom have met, and return you all
my sincere thanks. (Cheers.) On my return
to my country shall carry back with most
pleasant recOllcctions Of my visit here. CHEERS.
Sunday, July II. the King with his suite left
early on n visit to Sir Thomas and Lady Brassey.
! at their country seat at NOrmanhuTst Court. near
Battle. On Monday the Royal party accompa-
MED by their hosts, drove to Hastings and paid
brief visit to Hastings pier, passing through
guard OF honor, consisting Of rifles, artillery and
naval volunteers and being met there by the di-
rectors and a large number Of spectators. After
the swimming baths had been Inspected the par
/ ty took lunch at the School Of Arts building
/ Here the King received from the Mayor aud
/ pOratiOu the following address:
/ To lis MosT GRACIOUS MAJESTY KALAKAUA KING
OF THE SANDWICH ISLANDS:
May II Please Your Majesty-We the Mayor
Aldermen and Burgesses. the corporation of the
! Borough Of Hastings. Premier Cinque Port, de-
/ sire to offer to NUu- Majesty hearty welcome on
the occasion of your visit TO tins ancient Pc-c-gh
! We congratulate Your Majesty upon the advance
made in Your Majesty Kingdom since Your Ma
jesty's accession to the Throne and on the conse-
/ quent benefits which have resulted to your sub
jects. We sincerely trust that the progress hith-
| erto made, may continue and that Your Majesty
may have long and prosperous reign.
! Given under our common seal this 18th day of
July, in the year Of our Lord, 1881.
/ This address, which is signed by Charles Henry
I Gausden. Mayor, is parchment, beautifully
illuminated and with the Seal of the Borough at
| tached by blue silk ribbon The Party returned
to Battle by the p. NJ train and later in the day
/ the King and suite returned to town. After din
ner His Majesty and suite went TO the Grand
/ Theater and saw the comic opera "Oliyette."
During the last four days the following visitors
called on His Majesty, at Clarldge's Hotel The
| Duke Of COnnaught; the Duke Of Cambridge; the
Netherlands Minister; the Earl and Countess of
Clarendon; the Earl and Countess Of Breadalbane;
! the Earl Of Mount Edgcumbe; the Earl and Coun-
tess of Dalhousie Lord and Lady John Man
ners; Lord and Lady Claud Hamilton; Lieut.
Gen. Lord Alfred Paget. Lord Stanley of Alder
ley; the Right Hon. Geo. and Mrs Cavendish
Bentinck; the Baroness Burdett-Coutts and Mr..
Burdett Counts Bartlett: Admiral Sir r. Collin;
son; Sir Edward Lynge; Lieut. Col. Stanley Clark
Hon. A. COchrano; Major-Gen. Chas Fraser;
Col and Mrs Leopold Seymour; Mr.. Jardine, NJ.
p. and Mr.. Magniac, NJ. p.
THE ROYAL PRoGREss-LAsT DAYS IN
LoNDoN-DEPARTURE FOR THE
CoNTINENT.
His Majesty King Kalakaua left last ev-
ening for Brussels. During his stay here of
Is days lie has been continually over
whelmed with attentions and invitations
and no doubt his great success here will
form one of the pleasantest recollections of
his trip around the world. My last letter
brought the Royal diary down to the 18th
instant, and it remains to chronicle the last
days of the Royal stay in London.
Tuesday, July 10, the King with his suite
visited Madam Tussaud's Exhibition, and
in the evening the Royal party dined with
Mr. A Hoffnung, the agent in London of the
Hawaiian Board of immigration, at his res
idence in Redclife square. Mr.. +. Whitley
NJ. p. and party had the honor of dining
with His Majesty. Later Mrs. HOffnung
held a numerouSly attended receptiOn at
which the King was entertained at n Con-
cert under the eminent leader Herr w.
GAM. Afterwards the King and suite went
to Lady Alfred Pagets ball TO meet the
Prince and Princess of Wales. Prince Chris
tian, attended by Capt. Hon. G. Eliot, Wis
tied the King at Claridge's this day, also
the Earl of NorthbrOok, Lord HoughtOn,
Rear-Admiral Hon. II. Glyn, Lord Coch-
rane, Sir Samuel and Lady Wilson, Capt.
Hon. r. Hare, r. y. and Mr.. y. II. Wylie.
Wednesday, July Goth, the King and suite
visited the camp at Wimbledon, in the af-
ternoon to see the prize shooting. The Roy
al party came at o'clock, having driven
from London, after having taken luncheon
at Mr.. Christopher Sykes, to meet the
Prince of Wales, Lady Vaudeville and
Baron Rothschild. Earl Brownlow, the
President of the Association, and other of
ficers of the executive committee escorted
His Majesty to the firing points, the ranges,
the exhibition tent and other places of in
terest. The King was much amused with
the shooting at the running deer targets
In the evening His Majesty and suite
attended the anniversary banquet at the
Trinity House. In the absence of His
Royal HighneSs the Duke of Edinburgh,
the Master of the Corporation, His Royal
Highness the Prince of Wales presided.
At the dinner, on the right of His Royal
Highness the Prince of Wales sat HIS
MAJESTY THE KING OF THE SANDWICH
ISLANDS, His Royal Highness Prince
Christian, the Marquis of Hamilton, Lord
Richard GrOSvenOr. the Deputy-master,
Lord Ashley, and the Right Hon. Sir w.
Vernon Harcourt, and on his left his Royal
Highness the Duke of Cambridge, his
Serene HighnesS the Duke of Teck, the
Earl of Fife the Earl of NorthbroOk, Lord
Alfred Paget, Lord COtteslce, and the Lord
Mayor. Among the other company were
Captain the Hon. G. G.. Elliott, the Right
Hon. G.J. Shaw .efevre, Admiral the Hon.
Sir II. Campbell, G. G.. B., the Hon. Evelyn
Ashley, Admiral the Hon. II. Carr GIyn,
the Right Hon. Lyon Playfair, the Right
Hon. j. Chamberlain, Admiral Sir f.
Nicolson, Sir y. Hayter, Admiral Sir \.
Cooper Key Captain ShuttleWorthi Sir
Thomas Gabriel Admiral Sir +. COmmerell,
X. c. B., Admiral Sir Alexander Milne,
G.. c. B., General Sir Patrick Grant, G.. G.
B., Sir George Mares, X. c. B., the Astron-
omer Royal, Captain Ware, Sir Allen
Young, Admiral Sir II. Macdonald X. {.
=. l., Sir Thomas Brassey, X. c. B., Cap
tain PeIly, Rear-AdmiraI Sir II. Hos kins,
c. B., Admiral Sir f. Inglefield, G. c. B.,
Mr.. J. Holms, NJ. F., Sir Charles Du Cane,
Captain Fenwick, Major-General b. Mil
man, Colonel Teesdale, Captain F. J. o. F.
Evans, r. NJ, c. B., MajOr-Ge Sir
Dighton Probyn, Captain Close, General
Tyrwhitt, in attendance on the. Duke of
Cambridge Mr.. w Spottiswoode, Captain
Webb, Colonel G. II. Judd, Colonel Close,
Captain Bayley, Mr. Rothery, Mr. T. II.
Farrer, Mr.. w. H. Armstrong, the Govern 4
or of the Bank of England, the Rev +. y.
j. Hervey, Captain Il. :. Couch, r. n, the
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