The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1864-04-16
European.

New YORK. March 19-The steamer City of Bali-
more. from Liverpool, the 5th, and Queenstown, the
7th, has arrived.
A Copenhagen dispatch, dated the night of the
9th, says the Austrians had arrived before Dupple,
and an attack on that place was shortly expected.
Also. that those districts of Schleswig not occupied
by the Austrian and Prussia troops had elected men,
bers of the Danish Rigsradt.
Letters from Europe report that all kinds OF titles
of nobility are being conferred by Maximillan on the
Secessionists. who in large numbers will attend nm
from Paris to Mexico. DR.. Gwin is TO be n Duke.
1.-The yacht built for the Sultan in England is found
on trial to have q speed of eighteen and q hall knots
per hour.
On Christmas Day, in England. white strawberries
and spring and summer wild flowers were gathered
from the hedge rows.
Abdul Aziz, the present Sultan of Turkey, has but
one wife, whom he loves, and he has dispersed his
harem, and the common people of Constantinople be.
lieve that he set fire to the palace in order to get rNd
Of the women.
II The following gives an idea of the extent and
strength of the Congrega tional Church in Great
Britain Number of churches in England, 1878;
Wales, 6S7; Scotland, 103; Ireland, %; Jersey, 8;
Guernsey. 5; Isle of Man, =. Total, 2.o5l. Besides
these there are POS missionary churhces among the
others. -
The ENGLISH CHURCH IN RoME. The members OF
the Church of England residing in Rome have never
been allowed to have a chapel within the walls of the
city. England has NO diplomatic relations With the
Pope. and therefore no resident Minister, under
whose protection a chapel for Protestant worship can
be maintained. Their chapel outside the Porta del
Popolo has become too small for the numbers who
desire TO attend. Recently they sought permission
to have worship in the house of MIR. Severn the BRIT
ish Consul. Cardinal Antonelli. however, on his
being applied to, replied : " You have a church out
side the walls, and cannot be permitted to have even
a small one Within The Governor of Rome. Mon
signor Matteuci. on the contrary, though indisposed
to convert the Consulate into q kind of ease, offered
to find a Palazzo where the sup erabundant English
might meet for worship.
SENTENCE OF BISHOP CoLENso.-In our English
papers VIC have full reports of the trial OF bishop
/ Colenso, at Capetown, by the Bishops of South Africa,
under the presidency of the Bishop OF Capetown rs
Metropolitan. The presenting clergy accused Bishop
Colenso of heresy on nine counts, as follows:
/. His disbelief ia the Atonement
2 His belief in Justification without eny knowl-
edge of Christ
8. His belief in natal regeneration
4. His disbelief in the endlessness of future pun
ishments
s. His denial that the Holy Scriptures are the
word ofGod
6. His denial of the inspiration of the Holy Scrip.
lures
7. His denial that the Bible is a true history Of
the facts which it processes to describe;
8. His denial Of the divinity of our Blessed Lord
8. His depraving, impugning. and bringing into
disrepute the Book of Common Prayer.
The trial was conluded on the 10th of December
The ~sufragan Bishops found him guilty ON all the
nine charges. The Metropolitan agreed in tina
opinion, and sentenced Bishop Colenso to be deprived
of his See and all his rights of office therein. Ih'
defendant not being present to hear the judgment
pronounced against him, the Metropolitan gave hin
until the 4th of March next to file in London q full
unconditional, and absolute retraction. in writing
of all the heretical extracts referred to in the counts
or otherwise. to the 10th of April next, to die q hk'
retraction in Capetown. On Bishop CoieEsos 81
complying. the sentence becomes null and void. Or
Bleek, on behalf of the Bishop. protested against thu
proceedings and the validity of the judgme Mt, ana
gave notice of appeal.