The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1860-09-27

with us, the lines more substantially built. The cost
OF lines in France Is about 500 per mile, which
gIves d durability ten times as great as ours-E 5.
Paper.
NUMEROUS SOLAR SrUr--At no former period Of
observation, according g. the bulletin II the Paris
Observatory, have 80 many spots been seen on the
sun a. during the last fortnight. They are not only
remalNlble Tor their number, but ai~J for their
magnitude. They occupy, for the most part, two
zones parallel To the solar equator, along which they
are disposed il from ten to twelve groups, containing
about sixty spOts.-LOnd1a -7Msnaum. July
SPUEGEON.-Rey Mr.. Spurreon. the London reyi-
yaiist, recently preached in the pulpit Of Calvin,
at Geneva, IL Switzerland. In writing Of it he
says: IAN the brethren appeared 10 hail my pre-
sence IN the pulpit II Calvin a . most extraordinary
token Of good VIII, and evidence II progress in the
established church. Readily did I accept the geuer-
Gus offer u the pulpit, and the bondage Of a gown
anu bands 70 which / have never before submitted,
was a very trivial concession 20 a principle once 50
rare, but now, happily, more fully recognized, viz
The essential union Of all the church Of Jesus Christ.
l met with the pastors Of both the national and free
churches, Who all appeared to entertain the most fra
ternal relations toward each other
FAST SAILING-The quickest passage on record
from China To san Francisco, was made by the famous
clipper shP Challenge. Capt. John Land, in 1852.
She left HOuskong on the - Of March, and arrived at
san Francisco April 22i, making the trip in thirty
three days She left the coast Of Japan on the 9Th Of
April, thus having made the run from that country
in the extraordinary time Of sereHtecH days. The
greatest distance run by log was $50 miles IN II
hours, The highest speed attained was IL knots per
hour. The average speed was 10 ots--B0
Bulletin.
ATLANTIC CAnLE-The Atlantic Telegraph Com
pay announce that the efforts made 1t Newfoundland
to restore the Atlantic cable have failed. Mr..
Marley, the electrician, in his report, says, by hard
hauling pieces Of the cable were recovered in small
lengths. amounting in all 70 seven miles, but the cable
invariably broke at short distances, and it was neces-
sary at last 70 abandon the attempt. The report also
says that the iron wires often appeared sound, but on
minute inspection they were found To be eaten away
and rotten. The gutta percha and copper wire were
a. good as when laid dOwn. Those portions which
were wrapped with tarred yarn were sound, the tar
and hemp having preserved the iron wires bright and
free from rust
completed his tour Of Nova Scotia and New Bruins
wick and has gone 10 Quebec 10 undergo a series Of
more brilliant pIgeluts IN the Canndls. His tour
h0s been highly pleasant and satisfactory. The
/ prince i good looking, gentlemauly and affable, and
takes wonderfully with the people. He accepts cOur-
tcSiCs graciOusly, enters into the social festivities with
q zest, can dance all night with the best Of them, and
bears all the inevitable hunkeyism and nonsense with
all the serenity Of a martyr. The people ofthe prov
inces have not made themselves any more ridiculous
than might be expected, seeing that the cntertain-
ment OF a live prince Is an event that happens but
once IN an age, and in general they have behaved re-
markably well. At 81. Johns, ". b., the people I'M
hitched the horses from his coach and made draught
dOnkeys Of themselves. At a little village called
Transport the prince received an address in which
the adulation and the mock humility were 50 excess
sive n TO be disgusting. Many Of the addresses TO
IHE llAAEE 1T ENAzlblt tupAEAs IA4A II BAAltA VI
most Of them very properly is,
@Let me kiss him Gr his mother.
At St. johns, N. b, there was an awkward secta-
rian struggle for precedence. The colonial secretary
decided, in accordance with an old law 10 that effect,
that in the presentation of addresses to the prince the
church Of England should come first, the Catholics
next and the Presbyterians next. At this the Pres
byterians took fire aud declared if they could not 90
in before the Catholics they would not speak "A good
word to the prince at all. How the matter was set
tied we do not know, but the prince would not nave
lc=t much, we take it, il these separate addresses Of
the sects had been wholly omitted. At every place
CT sleeping the prince is honored with a new bedstead
made expressly for the occasion an elaborate birds
eye maple bedstead in one place, an oak one in an
other, = cherry in another, and a walnut in another.
We trust the prince sleeps well, and that the Cana
dams will be cousiderate and leave enough Of him to
be seen and shaken when he comes to y. York. As for
enthusiasm and all that, ne must not expect much,
seeing we do not belong to the family, and we pre-
sumo he will be glad to be delivered from it by that
time-.N. j. paper.
QUEBEC, Aug. 2O.-The Prince Of Wales attended
divine service at the Anglican Church Yesterday,
dressed in plain clothes. He was met ut the porch
by the Bishop and Clergy. The Governor Generals
pew had been rehtted with crimson drapery, and n
throne in the centre. The Prince was accompanied
by the Duke OF Newcastle, Earl Mulgrave, Lord Ly-
Ons, the Governor General, Admiral Milne, Fenwick
Williams, and many others Of the army and navy
the latter in full uniform. The cathedral was crowded.
but the arrangements were excellent, and the order
remarkable. The sermon was preached by Rev. Mr..
Stassenln, the Bishops Chaplain.
Great Britain.
In the House Of Commons on the 23d ult. Lord
Palmerston stated the intentions of the Government
relative TO the deieDces Of the country, IN which he
made a demand for eleven millions of pounds sterling
(Sj5. 0O0, O0O,) for strengthening and increasing the
Publications Of the country, and as a Justification OF
that demand deliberately afirms, cit Is difficult to
say when the storm may burst, but the horizon IS
charged urih clouds that beiOEeH The possibility Of II
tempest The House, Of course, knows that III the
main. 1 am speaking -four immediate n~eighbor across
49,. .E.nna1 anl rkarn - No - ITSrufsfuW II -
Again, .'the army Of France is greater than she re-
quires fer the purpose of defence" And further =
{" No nation in the world would think, unprovoked
of attacking France. Nothing could be gained by II;
no one could expect to dismember France, and no one
would fare otherwise than i'll who ventured upon an
uuurovOked attack upon France; and therefore for
the defence OF France we may pronounce that vast
army unnecessary. | do not mean TO say that that
army i raised for the deliberate purpose OF aggres-
sion. | trust II Is not; but the possession OF power 10
agrees frequently gives the desire to Do 50. You
cannot, You are not entitled to, rely upon the fOrtcar-
auce Of a stronger ~ueighbOr. You are bound TO make
your defensive means proPor;ionate to his means oil
aggression. But i it only on land that the arrange
ments Of France are disprOpOrIonate 10 her necessI-
ties for deence3 We know that the utmost eXertlOns
have been made, and still are making, TO create a
navy very nearly equal TO our own navy which
cannot be required for purposes Of defence OF France,
and which, therefore. we are justified in looking upon
as 4 possible antagonist we may have to encounter
a navy which would give TO our ~neighbors the means
of transporting within a few hours a large and torml-
dable number Of troops to our coast The consldera-
ton Of the subject was postponed till the oOth OF July
The proposition was generally received with favor,
particularly 10y the tory party. The peace party re-
gard the speech as a manifesto Of distrust toward:
France.
In the House Of Commons. on the Goth, there wa:
A debate on Siciiian alta r., during which Mr.. Crit.
Eth asked whether any proposition had been made tC
the government by the Neapohtan Envoy. Lord
John Russell stated that the King Of Sardinia hao
sent a despatch to Gariblldi, proposing a truce. and
begging him not TO attack the main land, and tina
this was in accordance with the views Of the British
government.
France.
LETTER PROM NAPoLEoN on PEACE.-A letter by
thn Emnernr Nnnnlenn- dated 2lfh LnIy. and address