The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1860-02-09

IFrTFr> RI TIE FAST SrrANERs-A dispatch from
Wash ngt0u states that the Posimaster-G-rera has
male an arrangement with the North Atlantic and
Pacific Mail Company, by which they are authorized
O. carry a special California Nail. on all the letters
% which they are allowed - charge two cents n the
Office e delivery. These letters will ha transmitted
by the various EIpre-- Companies, who wIll share
equally in the profits. Who viii Liggle long over two
cents. when, by paying that amount extra, be can
save three or four days time, and, perhaps, q week,
IN the trlr=mi--..u of his corre~ponIeuce-
The S,S Jva~ ISLAND BoTHER The san Juan
Island difficulty. the same writer says, according 10
the latest aisic-- received here, has been brought 10
a dead htlt-" The decision Lord Palmerston has
communicated % the United States Government, that
the ISLAND belongs ~ England. has been met by Gen.
Cas- with the positive assertion that it Is American
property. This attitude Of the two uaron--this ab-
s0'ute assertion Of ownership Of the island by both
ami the equally absolute denial u each others title
t. it, certainly =~implifes the question, and brings it
u a point where all diplomacy must cease. As we
have possession, England must make the first move,
and nothing remains for her 10 DO except 70 yield up
her claim or declare r1r. I doubt If Paluerston
yields. Ny motto Is, ii we must tight for the >Oiu-
ton Of this question, british America and peace
SPAIs AND France -. ESGLAND AND Morocco.
Spain, writes the correspondent of the Bulletin,
has declared War against the Moors, and Is going to
''pitch in and give them thunder France
seems also to have joined Spain in the war, for she is
sending ships and men to tight Morocco" England
l. disturbed with this war, and the reason l. plain,
according to her GirHyS impartial showing. She
-tL q H~A@rN a. 'A~RHA- - 80 . E+H "a ENA-N '-
tends % get possession OF the Straits Of Gibraltar,
opposite the Spanish coast. and thus render the rock
Of & 1raltlr useless. 80 far As commanding the en-
trance Of the Mediterranean Is concerned, and thus
convert this SCI into a French one. IL seems 10 be Of
little consequence 10 the world generally, whether the
English or French command the entrance TO the
'tIlelcss sea- The war against the MoOrs y said TO
be extremely pop lar in Spain, and contributions to
carry IL on are pouring in from all sides. This must
be refreshing 20 the holders Of the active, passive and
interior debts Of the counuy-worth, on an average,
fifteen cents on the dollar.
THE ENGLISH GALEs-TERRIBLE RECORD OF SHIP
very temPestuOus, more g than for twenty years, not
only IN France and England, but all over western
Europe. Great damage has been done 10 shipping,
aud several dreadful shipwrecks are reported. Among
them is the teamer Royal Charter, from Australia,
with some 800 passengers, and Il large amount of gold
dust. She was literally smashed 10 pieces in a mo-
ment, on the English coast, with the loss Of ali but
some 40 Of the. plssengers. The number of vessels at
Lloyds, UIOndon,) up TO 18th ult., rs totally wreck
ell by the gale Is g5; vessels stranded and other
casualties, $50; total, 926, with a loss Of GOO lives 4!
This dreary catalogue Is known to cover only a pOr-
ton Of the disasters caused by this terrible gale.
And this blast, or rather tornado, has been followed
by another, which ragged with equal fury all day and
night Of the ls', and all day Of the II inst. The
wrecks and disasters on the coast OF France and Eng
land, caused by this last gale, are not. as yet. repOr-
ted. but the catalogue must be a. dreadful as the FIRST
and the two together will form a more appalling
list than has been seen tor many years Eng. pap.