The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1856-10-09

The Hard and Soft Shell factions, SO long existing
in the Democratic party of New York, met at SYRIA
ruse .Julv 3Oth. and reunited, by the latter branch
5oinp over o4he Hards. They have put in nomina.
fim Ama.a G. Parker, as their joint candidate fol-
CERT Smith has pledged himself to give 81, 500
a month during the next year, to aid in making Kan
sas a free State. In addition to this. he gave at the
3 Kansas relief meeting in Albany, SIS, 200; to the
Boston Emigrant Committee, 81 900; at the Syracuse
meeting $4,000; besides paying the expense of a
hundred picked men to go to Kansas, making in all
over $40, 900 contributed towards establishing freedom
In that Territory.
The population of the State of Texas is estimated
at GOO, 900.
The great breakwater at Holyhead, England, may
he classed among the gigantic works Of modern times.
The two portions united have reached a length of
nearly nine thousand feet, requiring five millions tons
of stone. This materials obtained from the Holy
head mountains, and in blasting, several tons of DOW
der are put in at a time, from the force of which 80
thousand tons of stone were rent from the mountain
on one occasion.
The corporation of Trinity Church, New York, own
property To the amount of $40, 000, 900; being no
doubt, the richest ecclesiastical body in the world.
RETURN OF THE GREAT COMET-The astronomer
NJ. Babinet, member of the Academy of Sciences, and
NJ. Bonnie, of Middleburg, Holland, have been MAX
ing some Investigations in respect to the return of the
great comet which appeared In the years 104. 392.
~ SSOo 49, SNN @OOO' @HN ANIOAA S4'N0 S"O oA-
rival Of this rare visitor in August, 1853, with an
certainty of two years, more or less.
r. is estimated that the Mormon population of Utah
Will be increased to thirty thousand by the end of the
nTe Mt year; the immigration being heavier this sea-
a tIan ever before. No less than 762 arrived at
Nsv York in one ship this spring. They are mostly
G-m ne coal and iron districts of England, and are
Fd Of the lowest and most ignorant of the min
~ulation.
From Europe.
Tile difficulties between the Allies and Russia in
he seq cement of the details of the treaty Of Paris,
r. eably at an end. 1t was stated that the YES
se'ef English squadron still in the East, had
rce'e SOrders to concentrate themselves. in the Black
sea, III rider to watch over the ~fulfllment of article
t"enfy the treaty of peace, which remained un-
ezecnte in consequence of the non-restitution of
harss q the occupation of the Isle of Serpents by
the e ms: but Russia having made concessions
Ia I've points, the English Admiral has re-
ceFe1 s. COUNTER order, and the affair was being ar
r3ucea
The ian Admiralty is preparing to send out
from 4 "a ladt the six small steamers intended for
tla B-acz sea. According to the terms Of the treaty
te Rus and Turkish naval forces in that sea are
laet <~number respectively, being intended
sl.1 snue and police purposes.
-t4 1T preparations are being made for the
1JroH a9- + Alexander H., which takes place Sept.
f. z I'd that the clergy of all sects, not even
.vci ding those not of the Christian faith, are invi-
~ 10 attend the ceremony. Earl Granville, the
CtHsg'AHib1SsaCO Extraordinary for this occasion.
with the Countess, left England en- route for st. Pc
tersbUTg, ro Hamburg. A numerous train of lords
AMI ladies attached to his household, sailed for
Uronstadt, III u Ine-ofbattle-ship, to join his Lord
ship.
Parliament was prorogued in Her Majesty's name,
on the 18th ult. The speech contains nothing of
great interest. The only allusion to American affairs
is brief and cool. Her Majesty (the Lord Chancel-
lor said is engaged in negotiations on the subject
of questions IN connection with the affairs of Central
America, and Her Majesty hopes that the differences
which have arisen on those matters between Her Ma
jestyis Government and that of the United States,
may be satisfactorily adjusted. The press in GEN
eral and the public, Notwithstanding the GOODNESS of
this solitary allusion to so important a subject, have
apparently concluded that the Central American diff
fculty is in u promising way Of settlement, on the
basis proposed according to the TimeS,O by the
American Minister. There are doubts expressed,
however, by some as to the possibility of adjusting
matters on that basis until the collateral question of
NicaTaguan sovereignty is settled, Mr.. Dallas pro-
posal was said to embrace the erection of GreytOwn
into a Free Town, under the sovereignty or protec-
ton of Nicaragua, and the settlement of the Mosqui-
to tribe in Il similar manner. Now, the last perform
ance III the unhappy country to which is to be
entrusted this 4" Sovereignty,'' has only tended to
perplex the question more than ever. England might
have Wfnked of the Rivas-Walker Government, but
will she acknowledge the present state of things /?
VIII she hand over Greytown and the Indian tribe
she has protected so long to the dubious protection
that Walker can afford thGm
The Spanish instruction is over. Saragossa CAPT
tulated on the lst of August, and Gen. Dulce at the
head OF the queen ; troops TOOK possession on the tOl-
lowing day. The National Guard and the Aragonese
troops were disbandcd, and some officers of the army
were removed, but no harsh measures were used.
The President and most of the members of the Junta
or Cortes had escaped and fed toward the French
frontier. Spain was perfectly tranquil ut last accounts.
FROM Observation-Disclosures Walkers prospects
are not, from appearances, growing brighter, and if
report can be relied on, his fate is now soon to be
decided by a battle. We learn that he has had a
quarrel with Mr. Manning, the British Consul at
Reaejo, and actually dismissed him from office. and
appointed some one else to act in his stead until the
British Government appoint another Consul. The
General, so report says, has advised the British
soon to hear that he has declared war against En-
gland.
The NEWFOUNDLAND SUBMARINE TELEGRApH.-A
dispatch from Sydney, c. b., dated July 18th state
that the Submarine Telegraphic wire was successfully
laid across the Gulf of st. Lawrence, between Cape Ray
Cove, N. F., and Ashby Bay, Cape Breton, a distance