English News.

New Zealander, Volume 1, Issue 18, 4 October 1845, Page 2

English News.

[From tha Sydney Atlas.] i The Queen and Royal family were well. The I Morning Post has forinerjy/.ann'ounced that the 1 visit of her Majesty and His Royal Highness i Prince Albert to Ireland durihgthe summer has ' been definitely ai ranged. The time' is stated to 1 be early in July. . , - Parliament was wholly taken,up with the'dis- ' cussion on the subject of the grant to Maynooth r College, which had caused considerable excitement., After a debate in the Commons of s>ix nights, the Ho use' divided, as follows:— For the grant .... 323' I Against it :..'.'.'. 176 Majority in favor of the .bill ,147 With reference to the Oregon .question, a Liverpool Journal, of. the 19th April, states as fol(lows: ( lows : "The arrival of the Great Western will be looked for with some anxiety. She is to leave, New York' dii the 24t'h, six days probably after the ariival of Sir' Robert Peel's aiiti'polk speech, and will bedue here on the 6th or' 7th of nett , month. She will bring the "impiession " made on the Americans by an, apparent misapprehension of the President's inaugural address.'' ' ', i , The annexation of Texas'questioh was creating considerable interest. 'The Mexican Ministers :had closed their relations with the United States, and was» fully expected that a war would take ■place between the two countries. ' From the accounts received by the passengers per the Achilles, nothing definite was known , at the date of their departure., respecting the war 'between England and America., It is affirmed that Lieutenant-General Sir 'Richard Do wnes Jackson, is a^out^o, be succeeded 'in the command of her Majesty's forces in, Canada, by' General the Earl Cathcart, K.T.)'and' , Governor pf Hull. I Gigantic American, ScuEME.-^-Mr. iWhitnev, one of the 1 most enterprising New" York 1 merchants, proposes the construction of a railway from the western shore of' Lake Erie to the navigable part of the. Columbia river, in the- Oregon ! territory, to become the future medium, of the America-European trade with China.- " The length of this railroad would be 2,750 English miles, and the expenses of its construction arees'timated at 50,000,006 dollais; it, would be finished within the period of twenty-five years. Eight I days would be sufficient to ieach from NeW York |to the furthest end of the railway ; the Columbia j river would be navigated by steam,, and steamers I'iom its mouth would reach within twenty -five ' days Canton, Ningpo, or Amoy. The trip from ' New York to Amoy would thus only take about , thirty days, and be- a saving of nearly 120 da)s, considering the time now necessary lore'ach from .England the port of Canton, or any other place in China. Not only Mexico and the states of South America, but also Europe, would be com- ' pelled to use the American high road of. com merce, a.nd the United States would have vantage of importing direct Chinese and Indian goods, and receiving all information < from >the Celestial Empire twenty to t\venty r fonr.da)s ear1 Her than either England, France or Holland. The first. Banquet of thf 'S2 Cluu.— The tiist banquet of this club was heldat the Ro- , tunda, Dublin, on Wednesday evening. There , were liO present all dressed in green unifoim. Mr. O'Connell presided, and the speakers were 'Mr Smith O'Bnen, Mr Henry Grattan, Mr. Roche, ' M P , Lord French, Mr. Macnevin, Mr. Barry, &c>&c. The proceedings seem to have excited

gfeat enthusiasm, bat apart from their demonstrative character, the' speeches possess no particular interest. A government reporter was present. Dr. Lushinejton has decided that the holding of Roman-Catholic doctrines is not sufficieni to deprive a clergyman of his living ; and that the " English Church,is m ot JRrotestant." The late Rev., Sidney Smith's will was proved, last week, in "Doctor's Commons._ c The personal estate was sworn under £80,000. ' Mrs. Smith is his sole, executrix,, .and he leaves the bulk of his property to his son. Mr. Gladstone, it was, said^ was to -return sto 5 to the ministry, 'op'ttiesettlement, of "theMaynooth College grant, 1 - with' the office of Chancellor of the Exchequer. ' , ,> . The Bill before the Canadian Parliament for granting equal priveleges to all evangelical-sects in the principal college of Canada West^ which has heretofore been entirely under the control of the.Church of England ,~has~ been carried on the second reading, bya majority of 45 to 34.' ' • ' The Texians were resisting the United States scheme ofannexation. TheßeT.,'Dr..Woolff had reached England, and was about ,to publish, an a.ccount of his journey to Bokhara. , , „,- j „,, 4 < f r < , The Episcopal; minister at Brechiri, Scotland, had announced to his congregation, that he was ready to hear " auricular confession." FAIHER MATHEW'S OPINION OF'SjrR. Peel,— ln a letter to Dr. John Shiel/Ballyshannon, county Donegal, Father Mathew writes — ' '•That truly great and good .man, Sir Robert Peel is fulfilling all the anticipations 1 formed of his administration. He will soojj pacify and calm Ireland and make our unhappy country prosperous." • Navallntejlligence.— The engineers and artillery are, still busy strengthening the defences of.Hortsmouth Harbour. Sonthsea Castle'baa undergone some alterations and repairs. For a long time past this fortress has been- without a 1 single mounted gun, but the embrasures. rouud the wall now bristle, with formidable .cannon. Withiathe last three weeks' -twentywseWn guns have.been mounted, thosejacing to seaward being 1 long thirty-t w^-pounder ship guns, and those pointing inland, long twenty -four pounders.-. On !: the top of the castle-, ( which is asquare splinter proof tower) four long" twenty-four pounder'guns* ' are up, and will be mounted as pivot guns," to' fire over the high parapet wall whi'dirsurrQunds> , the top, making in all thirty-one guns, thegreatejrj jpart of v.hich commands gthe narrow part t of { Vhje* ■ entrance opposite the, Split-buoy, and therefore 1 /constitutes one of the principal defences of 'the* harbour. To make the defence perfect we'shouTd? ! suggest to the authorities that apile-.battenyie , erected on the Spit Sand, which wouid not only cross fife witlr'Souths'ea Casjtle, but. wpulci ,alsq command the anchorage at, andpassage througfr Spithead. _ - - - , -•" - . • ! France is about to prohibit rthe printing of pirated foreign works^withinfts territories, - r , - 4 . Reports from Syria had been received of the' ! plague .haying.broken out at-Jeru§klenji\ajiid that the^ number of deaihs^aie forty a day. The devastations consequent 6ii 7 t'he overflowling oftheElbe, at Dresden, have, committed .the. most frightful ravages. The grave's of the phurc'Hyards were emptied of their dead, and the coffins some open, and some empty, floated on the top of the Hood. Latest Account of Wool, — The following is an extract from a letter^ dated Liverpool, 23id April, from A. Gartside an'd Co , to a merchant in Melbourne.-—" Since our public sale of Australian and other Wools on ihe Ist March, we, have ,had a good' steady demand for all descriptions at full prices. The h'rstsale of .the/new 1 . Wool is fixed in London for the 13th May ; at 'present they have about 5000 bafesYbutThis quantity will no doubt be considerably augmented beIfore that time. As,th > elast,year's, s '(jl ( ip is^ pretty iiiearly consumed/ the manufacturers are all preipared to.make fresh purchase's, and ivve look" for the first sales commanding,'a,.fur.tber advance' — and if the quantity brought, for,war,d js not too great to glut the matket, there is, every probability of prices being" maintained throughout the season." The Liverpool Price Current of the 23rd April, quotes Australian Wool as folliows:--iGood combing, Is Hd to 2s 3d; second combing, jls6dto Is 1 Id ; good and fine clothing, ls''lod to 2s 3d j second, Is 4d to IsBd } lambs, Is6d to 2sj skin, Is 3d to IsBd ; .pieces, Is 2d to Is 6d, flocks, lOd to ls if 2dj gressy, Bdto lid. , On Sunday last fourteen j persons read, .their, i recantation from the Church of Rome, and received the sacrament according to, the rites of irhe Church of 'England; In 'St. "Andrew's ! Church, Dublin. ~ " Tallow.— 67o packages South American sold lat auctiori'at 33s to 37s 9d ; 460 casks New" ! South Wales at Ms 'to '3Bs 9d ; ' I*so 'casts Petersburgh yellow ca.o die 37s'9d to 1 i3Bs. percwt., The, market is' 'sfea'dy, a'nd' St. i Petersburgh 'yellow candle for future dcliv.cry,. is 39s 6d per cwt. for buyers. (May IT.) "' 1 Among the deaths whielrwe notice in the , English papers as Having recently taken place I are the fpllowing : — The Marquis of Downshire,the Earl, of Stamford, Lord Carbeiry, Admi|al 'SirD. Milne,' Sir G:Hoste, theßeyl Dr"c,oo,k,j ' of 'the Church of Scotland,, the Rev. Dr.' Welsh, lof the free Church,' Thomas, Hood, the well|kno\y,n, author, Admiral Sir, P. , Durham, and j Dr. M'Loughlin, Roman Cathqliq BisKpp, at Derry, The latter committed. suicide while labouring under temporary iasanity. ( \ The British and Foreign B,ible Society met on 7th"May. The net receipts for year ending 31st i March, have been £97,755' ,10s. ,i6d.- the 'payments £85,817 15s. 9d.j an<j th ! e- eiVgagements of | tlicsociety are about The issues for ! the year have been 915,811 copies, and the total issues since the commencement oftlie society, 17,889,836 copies. The issues of jforeign S oei c- ' ties formerly or at present assisted by the British. I Society exceeds ten,inijlions and a halt of copies, so that, from the year 1804. to the present time, ' above twenty-seven million' copies of the Word ' of God, or portions of it, have been- distributed by Bible Societies alone, in different of the World.