EUROPEAN NEWS UP TO 26th JUNE.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 4, Issue 206, 30 August 1860, Page 3

E UROPEAN NEWS UP TO 26th JUNE.

GREAT BRITAIN.

House of Lords

• v r -May -21.—The motion for the second readying. of i thediill for the Repeal of the Paper Duty was rejected by a majority of 89. May 22—A discussion took place on the , ; continued disturbances on '’Sunday* in the Church of St. George’s in the East. June s—-The third reading of the Sunday - Trading Rill was carried.* June 7—A motion to the effect that the House was willing to consider petitions in .favor of vote by ballot and manhood suffrage • . I was negatived without a division.

; . June-ll~The third reading of the Refresh- ! : ment Houses and Wine Licenses Bill was • carried. - '/ 1; " June IA. conversation took place on the , disturbances in New Zealand. The Duke of Newcastle could not contradict the reports which had appeared in the newspapers; but expected dispatches by the mail via Southampton, which had not arrived. ' Troops' *" had ", been seut from'Melbourne; and lie could not . but express his admiration of the Australian ! Volunteers who had offered to go to New Zealand, if necessary, to assist the regular ■ troops. - i> ' r ’- 1 '■ c - Junel9 —-The .second reading of the bill for the abolition of Church -Rates was nega- * tived by 128 to 31.

'House of Commons

. May 21— The discussion of the clauses of the : Bankruptcy and Insolvency Bill occupied the greater part of the sitting. May 22—A: motion for:the abolition of the Irish Regiura Donum, was rejected by 217 to 58. : •' ;■ i' ‘

.May 24—The Refreshment Houses and Wine Liceuses Bill was agreed to. May 31 —A debate took place on the army Estimates, in the course of which Mr. Adderley stated, that he thought the four millions sterling upended on the defence of tire Colonies ought to be saved to the MotherCountry, > as, the Colonies ought to support themselves, r '■ : ’ ;

June 5—A select committee was appointed to enquire into the organization and manage* ment of i those branches of the Admiralty, ; War Office. India Office, and Emigration Board by which ’•.the transport service is now

performed..',! ; - / . 'June 6—Debate >oh the second reading of the, Ecclesiastical Commission Bill, which provides that the property of the Church shall be administered by an Ecclesiastical , Commission, and that the high dignitaries of the establishment! be placed in the position of stipendiaries? v-n; w-D ;* ; v- ; :rv ~ June 11—The Reform Bill was withdrawn by Lord: John Russell, as it was not thought that with the other business before the House the passage of the hill through committee before the end of the session was possible. June, Edinburgh Annuity Tax Bill under discussion in committee. Amend- • meats were made tb: several clauses, bnt lost .by large majorities. . ! f June. 15-r-r This bill passed through com- . mittee. Lord Alfred Churchill asked the

Uiider-Secretary of State for the colonies

what informatiion had; been ,received in regard «4a. the disturbances in -JV'ew Zealand and 'what

the jG.oyerajnent intended Ao.do. He animad"''‘veftedf on the conduct of Colonel Murray, in leaving 1 the Volunteers .without assistance at 'Waireka, and called in question i". the bf the f Repeal of /Sir George Grey's arms ordinance.; Mr For fescue answered that it was premature to judge' Col>. < “ Murray'until ! some explanation was Veceived. As to the insurrection it arose from an attempt on the part of a chibf to hinder a sale of land. It was manifestly necessary for the~;ColQnists i* that they to enkbled-to bhy land, and for \ l the natives to be able to disposp/of it; sb that

there was./nothing, .for. ,it bnt. to. decide the question at issue, by .'force .of arms. -The Government deplored the necessity.. As ,’far a& they knew* they Believed the Governor had acted with great judgment mnd vigour ; and His Excellency had hopes that the disturbance,' would not proceed /any farther. In. reply to.some remarks by Mr. Adderley. Mr. Fortescue said, that -. so far from the success that bad been gained being due. to the volunteers that force was. a mere handful, and .in the; opinion of the government and. every au? thority in New .Zealand, the safety of the lives of every European man, .woman, and child in the colony depended on Her Majesty’s soldiers and sailors. June 19— A resolution in favor of the carry*, iiig out or - measures for the formation of harbours of refuge on the British coast was carried.-. ' , >■

; The war with China is ,to„ be prosecuted with great, vigour by France and England, which powers were never, ou better, terms. The G reat Eastern sailed from Southampton for New York on the 16th June, with- 40 passengers. „

The state of the weather in England for the last two or three months • has not only occasioned great alarm as to the approaching harvest, but, in conjunction with-other causes, has contributed materially to raise the price of provisions. Fearful storms have devastated our coasts, especially on Whit-Monday, when there was a terrific terapest ; that strewed the seaboard with wrecks, whole crews of ships perishing in many instances: Inland the high winds were severely felt; houses were unroofed, men, women, and children were blown about at fearful risks of life, large forest trees were uprooted, and considerable damage was done in the agricultural districts. But still worse results are apprehended froth the' incessant rains, which have laid the low lands quite under water, and, it is feared, destroyed large surfaces of wheat and barley. The May Wool sales- closed on Ist June. 67,951 bales were sold, of which 385 bales were New Zealand. At the beginning there was a reduction of Id. to ljd., but.prices hardened to the close.' The next sales were to commence 12th July, and 60,000 bales were on hand for them.

All parties in the woollen manufacture are fairly employed, with stocks slightly accumulating.