The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1882-01-28

LETTER Mo- 73.-LOSDON. DEC. ~. 1881.
"REMINISCENCES OF THE KINGS VISIT
TO o
During King Kalakaua's stay ia Europe last
summer, the writer Of these letters was in daily
receipt Of 4 great number Of letters and news
papers from Italy. France, Belgium. Germany.
Austria, Spain. Portugal. England and Scot
land, containing descriptions Of His Maiestv's
tour in these countries. from which the Royal
Progress Letters for The PACIFIC CoafyrLR-
GAL ADvEETIsEE were compiled Although.
at the time. no details of Importance were omit
ed. sill = number Of interesting. but minor
notes and items had to be laid aside for future
use in less busy times. The present letter is
therefore. the outcome 81 this postponed matter.
which, even at this dats will still interest Ha-
waiian readers. Soon after his arrival nj Naples
the King received a letter from General Carl
baldi. Of which the following j. ~ Translation
from the original italian -'' Sire. + have been
honored b. your valued letter. and for which /
thank you Together with my wife, I send Won
and your Gracious CousOrt a th0usaud wishes
for a happy and prosperous life as we'll ~ our
sympathy for your nation. Della NJ. V. dew.
mo-. e.. GAKTBALDI-' This letter was ac-
eompanied by an excellent photograph Of the
veteran Republican. At Naples the King had
has picture taken at the Photographic studio Of
MAArl AGnlile. on which occasion he wore his
undress uniform, while on the excellent profile
portrait taken by p Morgan. at Paris. by elec-
tric light, he II IN the gold-embrOidered Generals
Uniform, with seven great orders on his breast.
When in Berlin. His Majesty. accompanied
by Col Judd, visited the Aquarium. On being
shown the torpedO-fsh, the director asked the
King II he would like TO receive an electric
shock from the fish. His Majesty requested
Col Judd To make the little experiment a. his
substitute. but the gallant Col. also preferred
TO foregO this Pleasure.-After the great artillery
manRvures before the King ut Tegel. on Au-
gust lisa. n number Of the exploded shells were
collected as relics by the Royal party, and will
probably find a prominent place in the National
Museum ut HOnolulu.-Mr. Herring, a PROM
inent merchant tailor at Bremen, who has al
ready supplied the King with suits and uniforms,
came expressly To Berlin 10 take his measure for
some new orders On this occasion he received
his appointment as " PuryeyOr To His Majesty,
With the privilege Of using the Hawaiian coat
Of arms.
At Vienna the chief Of police had placed n
number Of detectives near the Hotel Imperial
where the King stopped, IN order 10 prevent IN
authorized interviewers or petitioners from
intruding ON His Majesty. One day the de
~tectives noticed a man lettering about in n sus-
piciOus manner being Of n dark complexion
and carrying n small package in his hand he
was nc once suspected Of being perhaps a Ha-
waiian nihilist, armed with a cOcOanut full of
dynamite He was promptly arrested, taken 10
the station and searched. when it appeared that
this suspected regicidc was the harmless inventor
OF a new kind Of a tea urn. which he was anxious
TO show to the King. Mr.. Theodore Neuman,
the court publisher Of books Of art at Vienna
presented His Majesty with a large illustrated
historic work on the AustfO-H Hungarian army.
About n year ago Herr Neumann's brother,
coming from Australia had been presented to
the King at Honolulu, when the latter ex-
pressed the wish Of having such a book, being
already IN possession Of similar works on the
French and English armies. FThe Kings
popularity nj Vienna WAS so great that for weeks
~ hi On. 90 anwmaIU nFTN1n L
" KAlakaua IN Wien, " continued 10 draw full
houses at one of the summer theatres. \ "Ka-
lakaua March " has also been published. which,
however. 1t il said, awakens n lively wish IN all
hearers to emigrate as quickly as possible to the
Hawaiian Islands.
During the Kings stay in Europe all the
English and continental illustrated journals pub
hshed portraits, mostly very good Of His Maj
esty, and in some instances If the Queen, a.
well as views of Hawaiian life and scenery. i
also have lying before me n number Of the Cor
Tsia Ga EHrOpa, revista quinzeuHl, edicgSao do
Brazil published at Lisbon, and dated Au-
gust 81. which contains not only the Kings
portrait, with an article - A. Hhus Sandwich. e
o rel David EalnkaHt L.. " but also q we'll
engraved portrait Of eco cUrOuel Carlos Hast
ings Judd, which shows the martial features
Of His Majesty Chamberlain To- great udv.mt-
age. The accompanying Biographical Is aisp
highly complimentary.
In regard To- the truvesfng EXPENSE, Of the
Royal party wIiIr IN Eurupr Il may be we'll "a
EAAAH AA1A NA a eAaFH JILL = 81 tAt N#NH"N 1900
all hotel bills - @ril ~ railroad fHTes IN the
respective countries. vere paid from the Royal
travelling purse white both 10 London aud ~
Lisbon al expenses we're bpgue by thu Govern
nIents OF Great Britain aud Portugal respectively.
During the second stay Of the BOyHl party at
Paris preliminary arrangements were made for
supplying Hawaii with > and 10 cent nickel coins.
The material will probably be supplied from the
great nickel mines Of count d'HamaIe, Ha-
wniian Consul-General at Brussels whilst the
coins will be struck in England or America. At
Paris His Majesty also had n special order or
medal struck, in cOmmemOratiOn of his travels in
1874 and 1881, IN shape of an S-pointed star,
hanging from n red and white silk ribbon n
silver scroll above bears the figures 1874 and
1881 engraved on il, below which, stands the
motto Faithful and True" In the centre Il
q small enameIled globe Of half an inch in
diameter. moving on two points, and showing "A
miniature map of the world, including the Ha-
waiian Islands. naturally very distinctly. Only
eight specimens Of this order have been struck
for distribution to the Kings travelling com
paniOns Aessrs. Dominis, Kapena, Armstrong.
Judd, Maefariane, Hofnung and Oehlhaffen,
and one for His Majesty himself.
The last present received by the King III
Europe and one h. will probably prize very
highly came from H.R-H- the Prince Of Wales
H. was delivered ON the day before leaving Lon
don and consists Of = very large photograph 81
the Prince. Il by - inches in size. in a solid
silver frame. with the British armOrial bearings
IN relieve on top and the Princes monogram
below. On the frame j. written the Royal auto
graph. I" Albert Edward. July. 1881. +. b.
LETTER No. 74.-DEC. IS, 1851.
EMIGRATION To HAWAII.
The British bark Earl DalhOusie, chartered in
the name of the Hawaiian Government, sailed