The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1857-12-03
Commercial Advertiser.



neral-
ecruiting for the English army is going on both
the line and the militia at satisfactory rate:
leed, the most sanguine expectations have been
1xcee-ied- Agents have been sent into France and
Germany for men, One mode of raising men has
been resorted to which may do some good Commits
Bions have been offered by the cCornmander-inchief to
young gentlemen between the ages of Is and % who
raise 100 recruits subject to certain regulations
The Emrerors of France and Russia met at Slut
Irtd ON the 25th Of September, and it was UNDER
ood that the Gar and the Emperor Of Austria
kould meet az Warsaw, few days later. According
the Pafrie the only object of the interview between
npoleon and Alexander to strengthen the bonds
friendship between the two countries
Great inunlations had occurred in the North of
rnnce, and many lives and much property had been
estroyed.
The American sloop-ofwar Lernnt had destroyed
town Of pirates in the Island of Formosa, ON
ccount of the capture of an American vessel
A great FIRE had occurred in ST. Petersburg and
destroyed 160 ships IN the river Neva-
The French official Bullstia des Lais publishes a
decree announcing the concession to Mons NJ w.
Glover acting in the ofthe international Trims
Atlantic telegraph Company, for the establishment
Fof suhmarine line between Bordeaux and the
United States The concession is for forty years.
The statute erected, in honor of the Immaculate
Conception at Rome, inangurated with much
pomp. by the Pope, on the Sth September
a The London Morning. Post, (Mnisterial organ,)
says, that there IS prospect of resumption of
diplomatic relations between Naples and the Western
Powers, the NeapoItan 1apt having failed to
comply with any Of the delAases kade upon it.
The Bank of England has declared a dividend of
five and half per cent for the half year.
The Atlantic Telegraph Company have decided to
take the cable OF the niagara and -4gameBlaon
forthwitn, and the British government have given
their permission 1t in Plymouth naval dock
yard, until it IS again needed for practical operations
next year.
Measures have been alopted by the Company for
raising much possible of the submerged caiszls
and the work Is 10 be Immediately commenced ser.,
IL has been proposed that the cable shall be p4p4
chased for the telegraph to India, but nothing
has been done with regard TO the cable and the
pany would not part with it unless they could
tract for the delivery of another in the spring
new regulation has been made by the U. S. Navy
Department. by which tue cruises of national vessels
viii hereafter be for fro years instead of three. In
accordanee with this rule, the Jon -7dans has been
ordered home from the Pacific.
The United States government now pays for men
employed in the navy. SlS per month, with two
months advance. and bounty for all who ship for
three years; and If honorably discharged, each man
at the end Of his term of service Is entitled to three
months leave Of absence during which time his pay
goes On IF he reships These act powerful induce
. ments, and keep the navy well supplied with choice
seamen- This circumstance operates unfavoraby
upon merchant SHIPS respect to the supply well
as to the character Of seamen they must necessarily
employ
In connexion with the subject of the financial panic,
the New York -Nsars says:
Very little sympathy is expressed FOR many large
firms whi.h have recently succumbed to -he pressure
OF the times-they having pursued false and dam
eerous course with their eyes wide OPEN They knew
the inevitable result Of trading and cannot plead
;nor,ne and inexperience in their defense. But the
fate OF large number Of innocent persons who ind
themselves embraced in the wide circle Of misfortune
which the bankruptcy Of an extensive house nvaria-
by creates, entitled to the conmseraton Of the
public
BLUNT CoxcLusrox.-The New York Sradeclares
clearly but with great calmness: