The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1869-02-06
THE PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.
~sArURDAY. FEBRUIRY G.
The Scw-.


BY THO tclcgrarhie di-ratchcs contained in the
columns Or tie latest TaTcr-January : % Jan
uary 2D-wc can =c Iittlc advance in the i'm
IDrtant national movements now before tire world.
TIE European Conference met at Paris on tie
gth Of January. and was -til in session at the
latest date. TIE Sublime Porte was representel
and bad % voice IN the debate. Bot Greece IL
seems vn- not represented Ia tic Conference Of
1850. AMI ~. f1r-JJth. must not be in this, the
Greek ambassador, NJ. Etnzibe. being present
only .. Gr the purro-e Of giving information.
81 Greece T. treated like q bad boy. concerning
whose Punishment the iaculty are sitting IN coun-
ell. Greece j. justly indignant and withdraw.
The Conference Is well nigh broken zap, and the
London and Paris papers al think Greece has
done very wrong. Russia, too. ~frpfs-sc- 10 be
very much zcand1lizei by the conduct Of her
pTOtcsc.
The members Of the Conference. however. drew
up n declaration Of opinions, wisely taking Tains
ut the anne time to say that they DO not intend
to lack up their advice by force Of arms. They
recommend Greece 10 keep quiet, to regard the
CrctIu question IA settled, and % refer the csse
e tie steamer Er0Ss 10 tic courts. The pros
Icct i that the Conference viii amount to just
nothing NJ all. Tic Western Powers are cyi-
IDENTIFY wiser than they were before the Crimcan
War. Russia j. transporting great quantities Of
arms eastward from War-aw. and i said to be
distributing ammunition 20 the Greek inhabitants
Of the Turkish dlmiuiDrs. Persia Is mas-ing
troops on her Turkish frontiers. Greece has OBJ
t1incd a loan Of SD, 600 .OOG, AMI the whole
prospect is war-hkc. The merchants Of Ionia
and other i-llnds drew up q petition, asking
Greece to refrain from war, and representing the
whole affair, both Crctan and Greek, az the work
Of q few ambitious and turbulent Spirits
We have heard such talk in some other countries.
The elections for the Constitutional Cortcs in
Spain were held ON Or about the 18th Of Janu-
airy. These seem 20 DC a different affair from the
previous election Of December Goth, though pre-
ci-cly why there were two elections docs not ap-
pear. \ very large majority Of Government"
candidates were elected. !. g.. mOnarchical sup
pOrtcrs. 1t seems rather singular that in the
elections Of 4 people who had just thrown OFF a
dcspOtism, the term - Government should 20
soon DC applied to any Of the candidates. 1t
shows that the leaders Of the Revolution are still
thorough AristOcruts. The cities Of Barcelona,
Cadiz and Seville, however, send Republican dele
cations, amounting IL IS -aid TO nearly 4 hundred
members or course no representative iruu
Cuba as yet comes IN. The two present candi-
dates for tire throne are the Duke Of A0sta
Otalian) and the Duke lie Mpntpensicr, If any
one knows who those individuals are. The son
Of Queen Isabella hiss been spoken Of, and some
think that Ol0zaga j. working ia his favor; but
there is no prospect Of his success.
Cuban news j. rs unreliable rs ever. Cen.
DuIec had arrived from Spain with heavy rein
fDrCements and a whole army Of new officials. tine
latter much 20 the disgust oF the native Cuban-.
The policy toward the insurgents il to DC concili-
atory and compromising. The ~insurgcut troops
are said 20 number over 10000 in the immediate
neighborhoOd Of Puerto Principe, and 10 be well
armed with Spencer rifles. Their leaders have
proclaimed emancipation. The American Consul
at Ilayti il said b have spoken openly NJ 4 ban
quot. in favor Of Cuban annexation. IL j. cx-
cccdingly doubtful which side in Cuban affairs
claims our sympatbics, or which side is really in
favor Of emancipation.
The Aia5oDHa treaty between England and the
United States i signed by Minister Johnson and
Lord Clarendon, and Is before the United Stntcs
Senate. IL will Dc found in our Geographic sum
mary. The point advantageous to the United
States Is that every British claimant must prove
that Inc rendered no assistance to the South dur
ing the war. Otherwise the question seems to
'"t" N""NJ 'A tN lAt'es"sN AN4@ VI dh uut-
pire, an uncertainty which might be n very great
one. The final reference to lot Is rather n re-
markable method Of deciding questions Of Justice.
The naturalization question may be regarded as
settled in favor Of the United States, and prOba-
bly, the san Juan island question.
The new British Ministry Is ~ follows. the
right-hand column being the retiring Ministry
First Lori Of the Treasury.
Mr.. Gladstone Mr.. Disracli.
Lori Chancellor.
Lord H~atherley Oate -c
Sir W. Page Wool) L''' ''"HS
Lord President Of the Council.
Earl dc Grey and Rip0u- Duke Of Marlborough.
Lord Priyy Seal.
Earl Of Kimberley. Earl Of Malmesbury.
Chancellor Of the Exchcquer.
Mr.. Lowe. Mr.. Ward Hunt.
Secretary for the Home Department.
Nlr. Bruce. Mr.. Harry.
Secretary for Foreign Affairs.
Earl Of Clarendon Lori Stanley.
Secretary for the Colonies.
Earl Granville Duke Of Buckingham.
Secretary Of War.
lIr. CarlwcIL. SIR J. PakingtOn.
Secretary for India.
Duke Of Argyll. Sir :. NOrthcotc.
Secretary for Ireland.
lir. ChicCster Forte-cuc Colonel Wilson Patton.
First Lord Of the admiralty.
VIZ. Chiliers. Mr.. Cory.
President 81 the Board ii Trade.
'Ir. Bright Duke Of Richmond.
Pcst~master-GeneraI
Marquis Of Harrington. Duke Of Montrosc.
Poor Law EOaul.
VIZ. Goschen. The Earl Of Devon.
The above form the Cabinet.
Lord Steward
Of BesborouEh. Earl q Tankcryillc.
Lori Chamberlain.
Master 81 the Horse.
Marquis Of AHesbury- Duke ~ Beaufort 4.
Mistress q tie Epte-.
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