The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1882-04-22
European Correspondence.

LETTER No. 79.-LoNDcN, March 5, 1852.
His Excellency, Mr.. Carter. left London on the
ID instant, en- route for Lisbon. by way of Paris.
A special Carriage had been placed at his disposal
by the Southeastern Railway Company. Mr..
Carter intends remaining in Paris about a fort
night, having some diplomatic business there,
and viii then proceed via Madrid 10 Portugal.
PITCAIRN ISLAND.
The Admiralty have just published Captain
Stephens report of his visit to Pitcairn Island
last year with H.M.S. Thetis, while en- route
from COquimbo to Tahiti. He states that the
population has been increased by six births since
Admiral De Horsey's visit to the island in 1878.
and now numbers SO souls. They have received
the two whale boats sent out to them from
England, and are very proud of them. Captain
Stephens found the people happy, contented and
in perfect health. He adds to his report two
original letters written by two vi the ISLANDERS
Mary Ann Mccoy and NJ. E Christian-given
to him by DIR. D. of Honolulu with whom they
constantly correspond Pitcairn Island Is now
visited regularly each year by one of the British
men-oE-war on the Pacific station.
CHINESE STEAMSHIPS.
The captain Of the German gunboat Wolf,
which, was despatched to investigate the wreck Of
the steamship Quinta. at Hainan. reports home
that the vessel Is in a safe position, partly on
rocks and partly on sands. but that every NOV
able thing on board has been either destroyed or
remONeu, ID t!Idl Only ne OdIc u TelndlhS-
The Meefoo sailed from here ON her return voy-
age to China on the 18th ult., taking a miscel-
laneOus cargo. In c~ommemOratiun Of his having
commanded the fr-t steamer arriving III Europe
under the Chinese flag, Captain Petersen has
been presented with a silver tea service by
the consignees of tie Meefoo, which name, by
the-bye, signifies e Wealth and Beauty"
NOTES AND ITEMS.
The steam yacht Ceylon arrived at Hongkong
on the Oath ult. and sailed on the I'd instant for
Nagasaki, probably arriving at Honolulu before
this letter.-Ther result of the Hawaiian elections
was communicated to European journals by the fol-
lowing telegraphic despatch, dated San Francisco.
February 10th :. The returns of the elections
TO the Hawaiian House of Assembly point to the
complete dow mall of the old missionary influence
and the condemnation of the policy which it in
spill ed. IS Henry Parkes. the Premier of New
South Wales, is expected to arrive in London
from New York about the middle of the present
month. He will return to Sydney in time to be
present ut the opening of the House of AS
sembly in July next.-The Central Office Of
the Universal Postal Union at Berne states, thai
on the LIST of May the Union will embrace al
area of eighty-one millions square kilometers
with a population of over eight hundred millions
being about two-thirds OF the whole population o.
the world.-Tbe French Government has sud.
denly recalled Captain Cheese, the Commissioner
General of the Republic at Tahiti. and for /:
years employed in Colonial offices. This is sup.
posed 10 be due to British remonstrances againS'
the seizure Of Raiatea in August last by Captain
Menard of the Hugon. Prince Henry O
Prussia has arrived at Jerusalem from Egypt
He will then pass some time in Switzerland
before starting for his new cruise to the cas-
coast of South America in the corvette Olga
Late advices from the West Indies state tina
sugar making is now general and going on rapidly
with favorable weather. The first shipment o
the new crop has already been despatched.-Let
tiers from Hongkong report that valuable land a
bennington has been bought up by a Chimes
Company who are erecting a large sugar refinery
for which frst-class machinery has recently beer
shipped from Glasgow. The A~nglo-Chinese o
the Colony propose to construct an extensive
dock.-H.M.S. Pelican arrived at Plymouth OF
the 9th ult., &c days from the Straits of Magel
Ian, after a four years commission in the Pacific