The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1881-01-08
LETTER FROM EURoPE.-No. 80.
rrHom OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT
LONDON, Nov. l, 1880.
TIE FLYIsa

81 UsnoiuIu will witness the rare sight OF q complete
Sac, ~ Eve British var vessels entering their harbor,
with IN admiral and two" royal princes on board
Last night the flying squadron, under the command
Of Rear Admiral the Earl Of ClAnwilliams,
started from Vigo, in Spain, on its great training
cruise around the world. As Hawaii will be one Of
the stopping places Of the feet, l have obtained the
following information regarding the composition ADD
route Of the squadron, for the benefit Of the ADvER-
rrsEz's readers The feet consists Of the frigate
Ineoustant, Captain Fitzgerald. bearing the admir-
ais Gag, and the corVettes Cleopatra, Captain z.
Durant, CarysfOrt, Captain II F Stephenson, Bac-
,hante. Captain Lord Chas. Scott. and the Tourma-
line, Captain r T. Denistun. The Incoustant is the
largest unarmored ship in the navy, excepting the
Shah, measuring 333 feet IN length aud sc. in breadth,
with n displacement Of 1872 tons. Her armament
consists Of ten Y ton guns on the main, and six 6
Ton guns on the upper deck. The Cleopatra and Ca
rystort both belong TO the new steel e" Comus " type
being 225 feet long, Az feet in beam with 23s2 tons
displacement, and engines Of 1890 horse power.
They are each armed with IL guns, Of which two
are Al ton, and the other twelve 81 Founders. The
Bacchante is an iron screw corvette. of $50 feet in
length, Ash in beam, 4.070 tons displacement, and
an engine power Of $3.50 horses. She carries two
Al ton guns on the upper, and twelve guns Of the
same size, and two ga Founders on the main deck.
Among the cadets on board Of this vessel are the two
sons of the Prince Of Wales, Prince Albert Victor,
aged l6. and Prince George of Wales, aged 10. The
TourmaIine is q corvette Of 220 feet in length, 40 in
beam, 2,I62 tons, and l 1872 horsepower, and carry
ing twelve Ga Founders This powerful feet will
frst cross the Atlantic TO the West Indies, then skirt
the east coast Of South America. calling in at the
p;c pfafa and The E.ILIarI I.f.,I. 49,. oIor- 81
west coast Of South America, visiting Peru and Eeua-
dor, call in at Vaneouver's, and thence to Hawaii,
Japan and Chiua. through the China Sea to s inga-
pore, cross TO tie Cape Of Good Hope. aud thence
back to st. Helena and Portsmouth. The complete
route will be as follows, giving the date Of arrival
and departure after each port :-Leaves Vigo Oct.
3Ist. 1880, Madeira, Nov. sc. st. Vincent, Nov. Is
10, BAHIA. Dec SO. Moutevideo, Dec. &c to Jan. Q.
1851. Falkland Islands. Jan. 1924, Valparaiso, Feb.
10 TO hIareh 5. Coquimbc, Mch. III, CaIlao and
Lima, Mich $3.50, GuayaquiI, April 4 IL Galapagos
I-Iard s, Apr. I6 20. vancouver's, June SIC. Htwai-
ian Islands. July Is TO August l, Yokohama. Sep. 3
10. Kobe, Sep 14-2l, Nagasaki. Sep. 25 TO OetOber
?, LOoehoo Islands, Oct 7 to November 6. Shanghai,
Nov. I4-21, HougkOng, Nov. 70 to December II.
Singapore. Dec u TO January 7, 1882, Cape of Good
Hope. March $40, 81. Helena. April IS. aud back
to Portsmouth on May Dist, 1882. Altogether the
squadIsn will be absent $40 days, OF which it will be
at sen fer s52. and in barbor 2Is days The arua-
ment of the whole feet amounts to ~ guns, while il
has on board a force Of close upon 200 differs and
men. Honolulu may therefore look forward to some
lively days during the second half Of July, 1881.
QUICK NEWS FROM AUSTRALIA
The last Australian mail 5y way Of San Francisco,
arrived here in fl days from Sydney, being A days
less than schedule time Favorable circumstances
accomplished this The City Of Sydney left Sydney
on September 0, and arrived at SIn Francisco two
days ahead Of time At the request Of the United
States postal authorities. the Union Pacific Railroad
put the mails. consisting Of 243 bags. on a special.
fast train, which started Wednesday,, Octpter 6 /;
crossing the continent il arrived in New York on
Moaday night, in time for the Arizona. which sailed
next day, and arrived at Queenstown October 20.
Hitherto the average mail time from Sydney to Lon
don. by way Of san Francisco. has been As days 6
hours, and by way Of the Suez Canal, 46 days AMI 6
hours The teIegrsphic despatch announcing the
opening Of the Exehr birion at Melbourne. October 1.
was received here within % minutes after the cere-
mony-
EMIGRATION TO HAWAII
The Iron bark Musea. Gilman master, has sailel
from Bremen, October 20, for Honolulu, with 279
smigrants on board, mostly Norwegians. The Board
Of Trade returns for August last report.that during
that mouth 20 emigrauts sailed from the Mersey for
Honolulu.
NOTES.
Late news from Fiji states that q large meeting
has taken place at Levuka, TO oppose the removal OF
the seat Of government to SuUa, on Nayiu Lew
A petition TO this effect has been forwarded TO the
Queen. but n counter petition is said TO be coming
from SdWl- IL is agaiu reported that the British
have established n coaling station in the New He
brides, and that the annexation Of that group will
soon follow. According to the French Sugar-journsl
the quality Of this years beet crop is poor. The
density Of sap is 4. against &c last year. and the
volume Of the boiled mass Is equally unsatisfactory
The following books have just beeo published here
Island Lifr," by Alfred r. Wallace. which discuss
e. the interesting questions connected with the phe
uomena Of insuIar fauBas and aoTas, and their
causes, by the all Of recent geological and physical
researches; maps and Illustrations The Hawaiian
Islands naturally come in for a share OF the ceiebra-
ted authors observations. IAN Actor Abroad or
Gossip dramatic, narrative aud descriptive, from the
recoIlections Of an actor in Australia, New Zealand
the S1ndwich Islands, California. Nevada. Central
America and New York. by Edmund Lesthes l vol
s mo. SiIver's handhcOks include n third edition Of
Australia and New ZeIIand," with o map corrected
To date ; 449 pages
NAVAL NEWS
The Osprey. 8 guns, steam sloop, Commander the
Hon II. A'Court, has been ordered home from the
Pacific, where she has been stationed since 1877.
The Kinghsher. s guns. screw slOOp. Commander
Thornton, sailed last September to relieve her. The
German corvette Hertha. 10 guns. Captain VOn Kali,
with 20 cadets aud S72 men. has passed through the
ehtnnel on her cruise round the world. She will
cross the Paei6s by way Of Honolulu. and relieve
the Viuda, now in Eastern Asia, with 30 cadets.
The German gunbOat Hyena, 4 guns, arrived at
Apia, Samoa, August 8.
~NorE-Our correspondent u Ia error IN suppasing that
both the british Princes are on their way TO the PAcinS- One
or them 10 desSiacd Cor the army, aud only accompanied his
brosh-r % Viso, a. already seated Ia the eIhun-s Of ths AD-
rcNrLsER.
Foreign News i'm Brief.
The German official who undertook to reform
Turkish finance, has given up the TASK in despair.