Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1882-11-11
B4T7XE or THE ME.

BATIZE or THE ME.
We are indebted to friend for genuine
copy Of the London Times, bearing date O
October 3, 1898, which has long been in pos
session Of his family. It is in an excellent
state of preservation, yellow with age, bu
still as legibe as il printed a year instead o
eighty -four years ago. The Times was then
four column paper, as neatly made up and a
perfectly printed as the London Times Of to
day. The first page is filled with advertise
ments, the second with the announcement o
the glorious victory obtained by Admiral Mel
son over the French flee, near Rosetta, fol
lowed by the rather dry official dispatches o
the Admiral himself, giving in detail the name
and number Of the ships engaged on both sides
the number of the enemy's ships taken or DIES
troyed and the number of officers, seamen ant
marines killed or wounded on the British side
and some brief local accounts of how the new
are extracts from letteters from Ireland, giving
an account Of the progress Of the British troop
in putting down the rebellion there. TIL,
fourth page is given up to court news illegal
and advertisements.
There is atriking similarity, it will be observ
ed, in the general situation Of England at thai
time and the present-war in Egypt and rebel
lion in Ireland; the old troubles in modified
shape come back TO plague the English after
the lapse Of nearly a century.
The battle of Nile, which put an end tc
Napoleon's dreams of conquest in the East
was fought on the Ist Of August off the mouth
of the Nile, and the official dispatch of the Ad
miral, who was slightly wounded on the head
during the engagement, nd in which he an
nounces that almighty God has blessed hi,
Majesty's arms in the last battle by great vic
tory over the fleet of the. enemy" bears date
of August ). 1t was forwarded overland b,
Captain Cove, and received at the Ad
miralty Office in London October 2, and given
to the public in the Times October 4, OF
quite two months after the great victory.
Now, by the aid of the telegraph, the news
of such a victory would be flashed to the ut.
termost parts of the earth before the smoke oil
battle had cleared away or the flow of blood
had been stanched in the wounds OF the victims.
As the dispatches of Nelson has passed into
histoy it is not necessary to reproduce them.
Editiorially the Times, after recounting these
details Of the action, says;
captain Cove has brought over va.
riety of important information respecting the
landing OF the French at Alexandria and their
progress towards Cairo. 1t is known that they
landed ~, 600 infantry and 500 cavalry at
Alexandria, and we have heard il stated from
very responsible authority that not more than
II, 600 men have reached Cairo. Certain it
is that, independently Of being harassed by
the Arabian horse, the French have lost a
great number Of men by disease, principally
from the badness of the waters. Genera,
Bonaparte was on very bad terms with his
officers, who were generally dispirited and on, Of
humor with the expedition.
"The victory gained by Adm'nl Nelson is
one OF those events which will be less consid.
cred with respect to the glory which the Brit
ish arms derived from it than as il relates to
foreign politics, and giving confidence to those
who are on the point Of entering on new
war with the French Republic. Already we
know that considerable army Of Russia is
approaching the Austrian territories to give
confidence to the, we fear, yet undecided pol
ities of the Emperor Of Germany, Russian
flee, is arrived at Constantnopie, on It's passage
to the Mediterranean through the Dardanelles;
and the Grand seignor, from the decision and
vigor which guide his councils, and hasten his
by land and sea, seems anxious to
emulate his rival in laudable exertion."
In fact, all Europe was getting ready for
that tremendous struggle, which convulsed the
civilized world, upse, thrones and made wrecks
OF nations, and was only ended by the ire.
defeat Of the French Emperor ON the
field OF Waterloo.
In the same paper that conveys the great
news from Egyp, the editor summarizes the
news from iceland, which took from the aS,h
Of September to the I'd Of October to reach
London from Dublin, in this sen,entious man.
ner;
Yesterday mail arrived from Ireland, and
In contradiction to the discredii that was at.
tempted TO be given in the Opposition papers
10 the news d the defeat Of the rebels in the
North Of Ireland, VIC have the pleasure to as.
'ers IN ,o-days paper the bullesin Published at
Dublin Castle respecting tina, affair. II APP
pears tina, the few Preach officers who were
len al killala to Organize The raw Irish recruits,
oand tlrm 80 savage and uniuiosed that they
had losi all their credit and influence With
hem, and at length we're obliged to have &c.
Course TO sslfdeiense to protec, themselves.
We have the pleasure TO add-,hai BY the
process Of General Trenehs operations, a de.
'isise blow has been given to every root and
hber Of rebellion in tina, quarter d the king
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