LATEST ENGLISH NEWS.

New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 635, 3 September 1851, Page 3

LATEST ENGLISH NEWS.

I [From the Stobart Town Advertiser, Aug. 19.] I The French clergy have engaged the Hanpver square rooms for Sunday service during [the Exhibition. I An individual, under pretence of hiring (o gings for the Exhibition, has contrived to Brora P t o n > forged notes to the extent P 1 £7O. L contributions of rarities to the r jX i ition of All Nations, we find the entry Ro* Cincinnati, Ohio, of “two cases of foewnV tobacco I’’

Messrs, James Holdsworth & Co., of Manchester, have completed, with the jacquardloom, a beautiful banner of English silk, supposed to, be the first material of the kind ever sent to the loom. The worms which furnished the silk were reared by Mrs. Whitby,' a lady of fortune, residing in Hampshire. The banners have been sent to the Exhibition. The Prince and Princess of Prussia, Prince Frederic William, and suite, arrived in London on Tuesday, from Ostend. The committee appointed to examine the life boats sent to Somerset-house to compete for the Northumberland prize of one hundred guineas, have so far gone through the examination of the 300 plans sent in, that fifty of the best have been returned to the inventors for the purpose of being submitted to the inspection of the public during the Great Exhibition. On Tuesday a man fell through the glass roof of the Crystal Palace, and was killed instantly ; being the third fatal accident at the edifice. Mr. Walter, of the Times, who is M.P., for Nottingham, has invited his constituents to visit his town residence in Ru«sell-square, during the exhibition. Officers Murphy and Sullivan, of the Liverpool detective police, have proceeded to London to look after the light-fingered gentry who may visit the Exhibition from this locality. On the 29th April the Government were again defeated in the House of Commons by a majority of 18, on the property tax. Rumours were once more rife (says the John Bull) of an impending resignation of the Ministers. Notwithstanding Lord Torrington s defence of himself in the House of Lords, Lord John Russell and his colleagues have no faith in the motion on the affairs of Ceylon, and have made up their minds to die at last under that Damocles’ sword so long suspended over their heads. lhe vestry of Cheltenham has voted the sum £2OOO to promote emigration amongst the poor oi the borough. Last year five hundred paupers were sent to Canada and the United States, and they are all doing well. The confinement of convicts in hulks is to be abandoned, and a convict prison capable of accommodating one thousand persons, ereeted at Portsmouth. The launch of the screw line-of-battle ship Sanspareil took place on Tuesday at Devonport. Her armament is to be 84 guns. She is the most powerful screw two-decker afloat in the world.

Liverpool Monthly Wool Report, May 8. —During the past month less business has been done than we almost ever remember, although this is generally rather a dull period of the year, being between the seasons ; besides the reduced stocks of all kinds, both British and foreign, offered no inducement to operate; the trade have therefore preferred to work up their stocks and wait till the new ; clip comes into market, when they will meet with a good selection, and prices being once more fairly established, there will be more confidence in purchasing. There has been considerable more inquiry for wools generally during the last week, and in most of the Yorkshire markets there is a more cheerful tone in business. Prices are without change, although combing wools are held more firmly, and in some cases a little advance is required. Arrivals are now coming in freely from Australia, and public sales are already announced tn Mmmnn/’o in T.nn.lnn nn 1 K.I, inofnnt WM vv AJUUUUU UH mu IUIU lliOlUUfcj when from 25,000 to 30,000 bales will be brought forward, and there is every prospect of the result being satisfactory to the importers, although we can hardly expect the rates of the previous public sales will be maintained in the face of the new dip coming in.