LATEST ENGLISH NEWS. [From the Melbourne Herald.]

New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume IX, Issue 781, 26 January 1853, Page 3

LATEST ENGLISH NEWS. [From the Melbourne Herald.]

Papers to the 2nd of October have reached us by the Constance ; they contain no news of great importance, but we extract a few paragraphs. The condition and prospects of Victoria appear to occupy as much attention as ever ; and we only regret that we have no room to extract a few of the " leaders" in which our English friends provide numberless infallible, albeit discordant, remedies for all our social complaints. I A man, giving the uncommon name of John Smith, pleaded guilty to incendiarism, in the hope of getting, by transportation, a free passage to Australia, and thence making his way to the diggings. Baron Martin disappointed him by giving him two years' imprisonment. Dr. Cahill has sailed for Port Phillip from Ireland. The London Compositors have founded a benefit society to enable members to emigrate to Australia. In this town (Liverpool) a similar society has been for a considerable time in operation. Discovert of Native Gold in the Almond — One day last week, two persons from Perth, on a country excursion, were about to cross the Almond by wading, near Dromwell Park, to Methven Wood, when one of them discovered something glittering in the bed of the river, which was then very low. On picking it up it had all the appearance of one of the nuggets found in Ca- j lifornia and Australia, one side rough, as if it had adhered to stone or mineral substance. When brought i lto Perth, it was taken to several jewellers, all of whom, after testing, pronounced it to be virgin gold, and so pure that it would not work, unless mixed with alloy. The specimen weighed about 4-jdwt. It is said that on the assembling of Parliament, Baron Rothschild intends to take his seat and vote in the election of Speaker, in order that the House may adopt some measure with a view of finally bringing the question of Jewish disabilities to a close. Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to confer a pension of £100 a-year on the widow of the late Mr. Pugin, the architect. The talent displayed by the deceased in his decoration of the new Palace, at Westminster — for no one | was more at home in the management of details, — no doubt brought him into contact with Prince Albert, and led to the graceful recognition of his abilities by her Majesty, in a way acceptable to his family and the public. The London Herald announces the death of Colonel Sir Digby Mackworth, Bart., at his seat, Glen Usk, county Monmouth, aged 63. The deceased was for many years on the staff of the late Lord Hill, with whom he served at Waterloo, and previously during the Peninsular war. Sir Digby contested 'Liverpool in 1847. He was twice married, and leaves, with other issue, a son, Digby, an officer in the 50th Foot. The deceased was the founder of the National Club. Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to appoint Sir William Yardley, the second Judge of the Supreme Court at Bombay, to be Chief Justice, in the room of Sir Erskine Perry, who retires. Mr. Aldenmn Challis, M.P., for Finsbury, has been elected Lord Mayor of London for the ensuing year. Mr. Macaulay is said to be rapidly recovering his health. The news from France consisted of the escape of the President from an infernal machine at Marseilles, the discovery of the conspirators, and the gossip generally about the escape of Louis Napoleon. The accounts as to his reception in the South are somewhat conflicting, the Government organs describing, ia glowing colours, what private information scarcely warrants. A letter in the Times, signed " Veritas," from Marseilles, says that a sullen and significant silence sat upon the multitude. The declaration of the empire, which it is even intimated maybe simultaneous with the President's return to Paris, is also the topic of every tongue. From Spain we have confirmation of the death of the celebrated Castanos, Duke of Baylen, who was eleven years older than Wellington. Considerable distress has prevailed in Madeira, consequent on a general blight, which has almost destroyed the vintage for a seasdn.