The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1863-04-16
EUPODPan.


The Paris Patrie states that on New Years day
the Emperor Napoleon and Queen Victoria exchanged
the compliments Of the season by telegraph.
At last the Greeks have found a man willing TO
attempt the task Of ruling over them The Duke Of
Saxe-Coburg has kindly consented 10 become n can
didate for the Greek throne, and will nominate his
nephew rs his heir.
BRITISH CoNGREGATIoNALIsrs.-The Year Book
gives a summary OF l $40 churches in England, 7l9
In Wales, lUl in Scotland, and - in Ireland, with
an estimated membership of $50, 600, and a million
and a quarter of adherents in England and Wales.
Madagascar continues 10 occupy the most promi-
rent position in the mission field. The more that IS
known OF the young King, the more does he rise in
estimation. lie Is most anxious for the instruction
Of his people. Overlooking congregations are attend
ing the services of Mr.. Ellis and others in the capital.
Christianity has nowhere more ~strikingly shown its
continued vitality in our own days than in NADIA
gascar.
FRANCE-The .Nord reports that at a dinner,
which took place at the Tuileries, the Emperor took
occasion TO speak to some members OF the Senate and
the Legislative Corps upon the true objects of the
Mexican expedition. The Emperor having been
asked the state Of public opinion upon the question
His Majesty replied" They do not yet understand
the thought which dictated this expedition to me, it
will be judged later by its results, and every one will
See that it has been one of the most important and
glorious acts Of my reign"
PoLAND-A number Of serious conflicts have taken
place in Warsaw, in the open country, and in the
forests. 1t appear that 5000 conscripts lately enroll
ell have deserted and joined the %insurgent peasantry
on several points. The accounts we get are chiefly
from Russian sources and the loss of life, il is admit
led, has been very great. The instruction seems to
be the imprisoned outbreak of despair, caused by
the enforcement of the dreaded CONSUMPTION. The
conflict may be more or less prolonged but the end
We fear Is but too certain. Latest accounts show
that the insurgents are spread over the whole country,
and that larger numbers of the Clergy are implicated
IL the rising.
SHIPBUILDING IN LIvERPooL-Owing TO the I'M
DreCeleuted demand for iron ShipS and the HIGH rem
uEation Liverpool has attained for building iron sail
ing vessels, the yards during the past year have been
il, greater activity than was ever known before. This
demand Is attributable TO the fact that iron ships can
now be built mt considerably less cost than wooden
ones. and are in point of durabiity much superior.
The formation of an Under writers Association at
Liverpool to class iron vessels on their merits for Pc
RODS varying up to twenty-five years has had the
efect of causing Lloyd's to alter their rules, which
had hitherto initiated against progress in iron ship
bliIdlng. AT a rough estimate the tonnage Of iron
vessels built in Liverpool during 1862 may be set
DOWN at 10000 tons, and the tonnage of wooden ones
Il, 8 1000 tons. This, however, is exclusive of the YES
sells built by Messrs. Laird, at Birkenhead, whose
operations have been very extensive, as may be
Judged from the fact that these gentlemen have at
present orders on hand to the extent of between
Il, 1000 and 10 900 tons.
How Ihe French Emperor Obtained CoIored
Troops.
The Alexandria (Egypt) correspondent of the Lon
don Times. under date of January Sth, says
1.-The French transport ship La Seine has actually
sailed from Alexandria with some 400 or 500 of the
Viceroy's negro soldiers. The men had been brought
down from Cairo in the usual manner, little suspect
ing what was going to befall them. Late last night
n body of police was sent down TO the harbor, where
they seized all the boatmen they could lay their
hands upon and dispatched them to Meks, a place at
the entrance of the harbor, some three miles beyond
the terminus of the railway, and where the tsthmus
of Suez Canal Company had opened its quarries.
The Seine meanwhile had got up steam and was lying
off the same spot. With the assistance of the boat
men, the operation of embarking the unfortunate
emigrants was soon performed. Early this morning
all was over, and so well had the thing been managed
that the Seine was miles away at sea long before
there was even a suspicion in town of what had hap
pened.
l need hardly say that the event has produced
considerable excitement. Has this, it is asked, been
done with the consent of the Sultan, and if so. how
will the Porte account for so fragrant a breach of its
neutrality in the war between France and Mexico
Or if not, what explanation will the Viceroy be able
to offer He may possibly answer that the men are
not entitled to the privilege of being regarded as
subjects of the Sultan, that they have been kidnap-
ped or brought beyond the frontiers of the Empire,
and that, although destined TO be formed into troops,
they are his own property, and according to all
Mussulman law. at the absolute disposal of their
master. But such an arrangement would be weak
in more respects than one, and would be open to
manifest objections. We have heard a great deal
about voluntary recruits TO another great undertake
ing, at a place tery much nearer Alexandria but
in this instance it is surely altogether impossible that
suCu IL pea SuOulu VI dttetupieu. II il Sdiu thht III
men are required to perform the rough work of the
camps in Mexico, for which Europeans have been
found altogether untitled, and which, it is asserted,
he negroes, from being Injured to the effects Of a
;ropical climate, will be able TO undertake with i'm
3unity. But no person, of course, expects that a
single one of those unfortunate creatures will ever
return to Egypt, to give an account ofhis experiences
in the New World.
Among the native inhabitants of the town, the
dews has produced no small CONSERVATION. Ii is not,
perhaps, that they feel much sympathy for the blacks,
but many among them, and more especially the
8erberis, or Nuhians, feel that their skins are not so
fair but that they might also be looked upon as proof
against pestilential fevers and romitO DrietO. 1t has,
indeed, been rumored, and very extensively believed,
chat some of the townspeople had been impressed and
sent Oft but the report, l believe, is without founda-
zion"
1HE WOMEN on NAsMYILLE-The deportment of