New French Cruiser.

Tours Pacific en route to China Station.

From Our Own Correspondent PAPEETE, April 21.

THE new French warship “Savorgnan de Brazza” arrived here yesterday morning by way of the Marquesas and Fakarava, and in celebration of this event Papeete is now en fete. The new vessel is officially classed as an “aviso,” or scout cruiser, is of about 2,500 tons, and carries a complement of 140 officers and men; Commandante Rosetti is in command. The “Savorg nan de Brazza” was constructed in the French naval yards at Brest.

A generous programme of amuse ments has been arranged for the visitors by the local “Comite des fetes,” and these were opened last evening with a “Bal Publique” held in the gardens in front of the Gov ernor’s residence. The function was well attended in spite of the showery weather prevailing at the time. There is to be a more select affair at the Cercle Coloniale after the departure of the mail steamer on Saturday, and the Association known as the “Jeunesse Tahitienne” is staging a popular ball in the Citroen Garage. Also included in the programme is a fire walking exhibition which will no doubt be un usually interesting.

From Papeete the “Savorgnan de Brazza” will proceed to the Leeward Group and thence to American Samoa, where, with the consent of the United States Government, a permanent memorial will be erected over the graves of the Vicompte de Bangle and ten others belonging to the Laperouse expedition who were killed there in 1787. The vessel will then proceed to her destination at Shanghai to join the French Asiatic Squadron.