LATE ENGLISH NEWS.

New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume I, Issue 12, 28 December 1844, Page 4

LATE ENGLISH NEWS.

By the Star of China, we have received! London, papers to the 16th August, and files of the Sydney Herald to 13th December.; In addition to the report of Uie^New- Zealand,' Company, already quoted/ we find the following-.— , Whether the report made by the parlia-, mentary committee, on New Zealand, may affect the original instructions given to Captain Fitzroy remains to be seen, but that is a matter that will not at all affect the titles of purchasers under the faith of these instructions, although the alteration may be of importance to the Company in a pecuniary point of view. Upon the whole, therefore, there is a reasonably fair prospect that all irritation will be allayed, and that the settlement of the colony will proceed smoothly in future. The Queen and the infant prince were well : so rapidly did her Majesty recover that no bulletins were issued after the eighth day from her confinement. The affairs of Tahiti coutinned to attract the attention of the public, but nothing of importance had transpired ; the French waiting until they received from their own officers an official account of the seizure and expulsion, from the island, of Mr. Pritchard. The French had at length commenced active operations against Morocco, the fleet under the Prince De Joinville having bombarded Tangiers ; and it was understood that all' the forts on the coast would be bombarded in succession, if the Emperor did not comply with the demands of the French. Mahomet Ali, the Pacha of Egypt, had vacated his government, intending to spend the remainder of liis days at Mecca in the performance of his religious duties. His son Ibrahim Pasha had, according to treaties entered into between Turkey and the European powers, succeeded to the Pashalik. There appears to be a constant succession ofßoyai visitors at the Court of St. James' ; as soon as the King of Saxony left England, Prince William of Prussia arrived, and was being f&ed in the usual manner. The King of the French was expected to arrive in England on a visit to the Queen, about Sep- i teraber 15. The East India Company gave a grand dinner to Generals Nott and Sale upon their arrival in England. The House of Lords stood adjourned to September 2nd, (when it was expected judgment would be given in O'Connell's case,) and the House of Commons to September sth. The Select Committees of both Houses had brought up the report of their enquiry into the practice of opening letters at the Post Office. It appears that for the last three centuries the practice has been followed, about six warrants a year having been issued. The Committee report withat making any recommendation. Among the deaths we notice the names of Admiral Galway, Lord Powerscourt, Lord Huntingfield, Dr. Dalton, and the Grand Duchess Alexandria of Russia. It was the illness of the Grand Duchess which caused the Emperor of Russia to leave England so suddenly, when on hit visit there in June. As a proof of the extraordinary speed which is attained in railway travelling, we may mention that the train which took the Ministers back after attending the Queen's accouchement; performed the distance, eighteen miles, in fifteen minutes and ten seconds, j being at the unusual rate of seventy miles an hour. Black oil was, declining in price ; last quotations £23 10s. to £31. Cocoanut £28 ss. to £29 ss. Sperm, firm at-£B5. Whalebone, £232 to-£2B9 k New' Zealand Wool, ls.-2d. to Is. 7d, per lb. The President of the United- States,. Mr. Tyler, has married a Miss 'Gardiner. This is the first instance that has recurred, of. the marriage of a President of th«, United States. The ftev. Dr. Wolff's mission to.-3okh.ara had terminated ; the worst fears-entertained with regard to the fate of Colonel. Stqddard and "Captain Connolly being confirmed, the reverend gentleman having ascertained,beyond t * doubt that both of the gallant officers were executed at ' Bokhara in the month . of June, 184 S. ,

New Zealand. — A cause 'was tried yes-, tefdfy (June 24,) in' the.Tnbnn*! de Com-, inerfce, ; in which M, Joubett, a -Fjench met-, $Hsnyat' Sydney, was J»lamtjf r ajid the'Dulcei, DiCayrs, fearon fitiigbn. aod otliew, defcn- ( , <jlatrts. ' In 18f3'9,'a socie.tywas' fofmed ibis itfe coldni^ton'of a. portion of New 'Zear the 'defendants were members. J)tf'tlfe arrival of" the 'coititipfo, the/coiintryj 'i t&k ll^hd 'to'bejn the farts .oFthe^nglisii,, 1 iot a*r6stabMs^i^ en , t was' nevertheless ,foripe4 f ly';^. ''^e'lfeijieny,' the Agent 'of t&erCom- • | fStfy. '^'e 1 ( cojonlsts 1 having e^haysfted their.

provisions, M. de Belligny sent to Sydney, and obtained at different times a supply from M. Joubert, to the amount of 37,289 irancs, who, not receiving any remittances, came, to Paris, and commenced a suit ttgatnst the above parties, as members of the Company. The defendants allowed the judgment to go against them by default. — Galignani.