ENGLAND.

Press, Volume I, Issue 1, 25 May 1861, Page 3

ENGLAND.

In tbo House- of Commons, February 25; Lord A;, J" : Churchill asked the Undor-Socrotary of State for the' "' Colouics, whether he had rocoived official intimation of ? the passing of gie Native Council Bill, in tlio last Sossion' :- of the GfDcral| Assembly j and whether Her Majesty's Government had yet oom'o to any determination in refer* ence to the allowance or dis-allowance of such bill. 1 Mr. G. Fortescue eaid intimation' of the passing of tU . .bill had been received. The ocoasion was ono of grcftt ■ ; importance, as it altered the powclr and position of .Her Majesty's Government, and likewise of tinKfonifcor/ was receiving the anxious of '? Newcastle j but it was doubtful whether al|f|gifaatio!i t of its propositions would be sent out— )>y?f r % the next mail- The opinion of his grace J communication on the question should be made through! ''I the Governor, and that the first communication ought 1 not to be given to the colonists throngh the. pul»|L J press. ■„'•■.•■■• * -" f 'l:p Amoog the deaths announced in tho JLondbn pap&s .'''}> we find ther name of Dr. Donaldson. Aa a^hilologisfrlie ""j;.l stood first among English scholars, and feialoss will beVj severely felt, not only at Cambridge bat learned world. His brother, Sir Stuart tfonaldeoii, '{t&A well-known to colonists, having beco ih& Coloaial, 1 tary, and leader of the first respon»bW Govemmeni oV ; New South Wales.. ''" "' .'-^A