The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1862-02-27
Later from Europe,
Great Britain.

HALIFAX, Jan. 81.
The steamer Europa, from Liverpool on the 1lth,
and Queenstown on the 18th jan, has arrived. She
brings neither troops nor stores. Ii is reported, that
warlike preparations in England have not relaxed.
Steamers continued taking heavy stores for Halifax,
seward.
TIE AMERICAN DISPATCHES American dispatches
were considered in council on the 9th. The Times
understands that an answer will be returned express
ing qualification at the disavowal of Commodore
wilkes act: accepting the satisfaction rendered, and
giving assurances that the precedent in the Trent
case will rule in the case of the schooner Eugene
Smith, as to the laws Of neutrals. The Government
will disclaim ldefer1 an answer until II has had the
opportunity OF submitting the whole note lOf Secreta-
~ Seward1 to the law officers There are PROPOSE
tons in the note inadmissable, but after the release
Of the prisoners they may be properly discussed
ToyE OF THE PREss-The o ming Post announ-
ces that though an understanding with our Govern
ment has been arrived at, Mr.. Seward will have sue
ceeded in impressing on the English Government a
notion that they must have not only presen: indemni-
ty, but an ample pledge for future security.
The Daily .Neics has n eulogistic notice of the
course pursued by the Washington Government.
The Times has strong editorials on the reception
due TO Mason and Slidell, as habitual reviers. En-
gland sincerely hopes that Englishmen wont give
them on ovation. II says that England has returned
them good for evil. II they can, they will only too
willingly entangle her in war with the North. En-
gland would have done so for two negroes.
Other journals advise a similar course.
The Times reiterates n condemnation Of the stone
| blockade, and says that among crimes which have
disgraced mankind, il would be difficult to find one
more serious than this II asserts that no belligerent
has n right to resort to such warfare.
The NAsHvrLLE.-The Nashville Irebel steamer
remained at Southampton. The Government main
tanned the strictest neutrality towards her. Nothing
was permitted to be done except to render her sea-
worthy. a-I. -s - -E
Russell's correspondence to the Times predicts the
fate Of the American Government sealed, if January
pass without a great victory.
The Pacific termination Of the Trent affair caused
. rise on the BOurse Of j per cent. H g.
The .Noniieur says that n feeling Of profound re-
greet and indignation has been aroused in England
and France by the yindictive act Of destroying the
port Of Charleston.
1t was reported that Russia had sent an embarrass-
ing ultimatum to Rome, that if the Pope did not con-
denim the conduct OF the Polish clergymen, Russia
would recognize the Kingdom of Italy.
The latest telegram from ST. Petersburg, has an
article congrstulating MIR. Seward on the uprightness
of his policy, and demanding that the French prece-
dent should be made n standing point IN the negotia-
ton for n recognition by the powers. England
should give the world solemn guarantees for the future
by signing a convention, which. by iusuring univer-
sal respect for the rights of neutral powers. would
contribute to the maintenance Of peace and mark the
progress OF civilization
DaIc. TO Sunday, January 10Th.
NEW YORK, January Sl.-The steamship .7frica,
with advices from Liverpool TO January 18th, and
from Queenstown to January 18th. has arrived.
The London Daily -Nflrs, in reviewing Stewards
Trent dispatch, says :" Although il contains much
that is questionable in law, its main positions are
based on acknowledges legal principles"
The London O5Serrer weekly suggests the expe-
diency Of Intervention by France and England be-
tween the Federal and Confederate States.
More diplomatic correspondence has been publish
ed, including n letter from Seward TO the Secretary
Of the Navy, conden ming the taking Of the British
schooner Lmes CaEp5sH into New York with the
I H-.sE D a. H-rn under shat ~ the -pf-a fara1
and another note condemning American commanders
for exacting an oath from British seamen for breach
Of blockade.
IL is reported that Lord Russell. in response to n
memorial from the Liverpool Ship Owners Associa-
ton, in reference TO the Stone Blockade at Charles
ton, said he had warned the Federal Government
against the feeling that such proceedings would en-
gender, and after the design had been carried out had
sent another dispatch expressing strong hopes that
the sinking Of vessels would not be repeated else
where. Ii is rumored that the French and other
Governments are taking similar steps.
The pirate SumpteT had been ordered to leave
Cadiz by the Spanish Government, and she had gone
10 Gibraltar.
The Paris Journal des Debats thinks that Lord
Palmerston's intentions towards the United States
are not paci6c.
The Paris Temps says that Mason and Slidell
Ehould be allowed to plead in the French Court for
the recognition of the Southern Confederacy; while
the Paris Prose- says that the French Government
will not receive them or any other Southern Commits
sioners.
The Iaiependence Beige says France will take the
initiative in making n diplomatic remonstrance
against the blockade Of Southern ports. and that
England will only afford France a moral support.