TWO DAYS' LATER NEWS FROM ENGLAND."

Otago Witness, Issue 529, 18 January 1862, Page 6

TWO DAYS' LATER NEWS FROM ENGLAND."

By way of Melbourne we have English news to 28th October, received per Norfolk, which sailed two days after tho departure of the ovoiland mail, and arrived at Port Phillip heads on the 6th January.

The following extracts will bo found Jo embrace the most interesting items of intelligence :

The Times ofthe 28th October I. s the following paragraph: — "The Orpheus, 21, screw, in the old shii' b-ison of Port.- mouth Dockyard had her pennant hoisted on Saturday, as flag-ship tor Commodore Burnett, C.13., on the Australian station.' 1 The final price of Consols on Saturday w.t.3 93 to 4, a slight reaction having taken place. The chanites in tha railway market were not important. Money was oasv.

It is staled that the convention for the alliel intervention in Mexico will be signed in the course of next week, and that the expedition wi!i sail in the beginning ofNovomhcr.

Illness of Loud Bknrtui vm. —We are glad to be able to announco th; t the indisposition of Lord Broueham, though of a serious, h.ts not been of a dangerous character. His lordship hr.s now nearly recovered, iind hr- medical advise! s are of opinion that his health will be sufficiently restored by next week to nllow his proceeding to London. — Siandunl, Oct. 28.

The trial of John Curntn, the cabman, who is charged with having committed a brutal assault upon Miss Jolly, in a suburb of Dublin, was commenced on Friday. The evidence for the prosecution was not concluded till Saturday afternoon. The prosecutor swore positively to the identity of the a-vMiscd. Mr. Sydney opened the defence on Satnrdav, and tho proceeding.;, which continue to excite the deepest interest in Dublin, will be resumed tbis morning. — Morniny Star, Oct. 26.

Richard Guinness ".Kill, who is charged with falsifying the register of his child's birth, was liberated from custody on Saturday. He obtained sureties in the person of his brother and of a respectable London solicitor.

A man named Stead, residing at Leeds, married his deceased wife's sister. The other day he abandoned her. and refused to refund money given by the parish to the female for her suppoi t, on the ground that the m.v rii.^e was illogi'i. The ease came before- the magistrate, who ruhd in favour of Stead.

The Nor/rich Chronicle congratulates its Norwich lenders fh-it the poor rates for that cil / duri'ig the on'-iiing qii.'Ttor, will be "only 10 1^ in t' c pound ! "

The elder Ross ha-, intimated that neither binself nor son will co'npete for prizes in 18G2, h i' they hope to do so in IPfH. They have come to this determination in consequence of the Scotch riflomen grum'iling at their having taken so ma-iy prhes.

Tom Savors, the pugilist, has extended lis sphere of opcntlons by trying what he can lo with an equestrian cirdo, and having purchased the three well-known c ; rcu---ses of Messrs. Howes and Cushing's, the United States, and Jim Myers' Great American Circus, he has consolidated tin m all into one. and chri«tened.thc combination fie " Champion Circus of the World."'

A French p.ipor emphatically asserts that fie King of Prus*- a when at Koui^sberg did actually receive the Netpolitau Prince Carini as the recredited envoy of Francis 11. ; and not only did so but wore upon the ocrasi'm, to do the envoy especial honour, the order of St. Junuarius. We beliove this story to he entirely incorrect, if* not altogether without plausible foundation. The truth seems to be that Prince Carini was in Konigsborg, 'and was no doubt active in en dci.vouring to claim fur himself a recognition as the envoy of Naples, but that he was unsuccessful in bis attempts. lie was however received by the King of Prussia as a private guest, was admitted to audiences of a most undiplomatic character, aud dined at the royal table. From these facts the rumour got abroad at Kennigsberg that the King of Prussia had committed the absurdity of receiving and formally rccogni/.insr the envoy of a king who has not a single foot ofsoilorasinule avowed supporter in the country over which he claims a right of Government. But the truth of the story was we believe, exactly as we havt stated it.

By a telegram from Pe«th, we learn that the Cardinal Primate of Hungary lias juit deliver-,!. in his capacity :is o'iergespann ofthe Cornitat of Graa, a speech in which r.e declared that he would not merely refu-,e to order the funtionaries t.f eomltat to co-operate in the levy of recruits for the army but that he would even prohibit t'uii! from lending any cooperation. He urged ;ti ;t matter of primary necessity that the collection of the taxes by military execution should be immediately stopped, and called upon the Emperor to convene the Hungarian Diet, and to come to Buda in person if be desired to dispel the ie ws of the Hungarians with regard to their constitution. This speech has naturally mated a great •sensation throujnmt llung.uy. The Cardinal Primate is certa-i-ilv nothing of a revolutionist. and the advice wliieh he gives to Austria is that of one wlrj only aims at conciliation, and wheie possible, conservatism .

The Porte a\ij Sekvia. — The Porte continue* sadly perplexed with the dicontent prevailing in 't.<-serni-dependent piovinccs. On die Servian d'i Ticulf v, we learn by telegram that it is about to aitpe-tl to Europe in the shape of a note to the G> eat Powers. The Servian*, on their publis'i a note, in which they charge the Turkish Government with encroaching on their rights.

Prussia. — The King and Queen of «Piu^i,i with the Prince and Princess Royal, will vi if Lo' don next summer on the occasion ofthe oj ening ofthe Great Exhibition.

Illness or Tin; Mwiquis or L\.s»si>owvr. — This venerable nobleman is seriously indisposed .it Bowood,in con«equeri( eof an accident.

The Italian Lo\n and the French Mu\r.\ Market. — The advices, both from Paris and Turin, refer to the late fall in the Italian lonn, and to the causes which have produced the change. The French crisis h known to bo the one cause in tho one place, and in the other tho postponement of the adjustment of the Italian question is described as the reason of the gonoi 'il reaction. Polities may have something to do with the affair, but it is iilso certain that t!u monetary embarrassment of the French Government is at the bottom of the business, and that the quotations will not rally until the Paris money market is in a better condition.

Spain. — Accounts received in Paris fiom the Spanish province of Murcia are nio.st distressing and alarming. No rain has fallen there for a \ cry long time. The country is desolate, and the population are emigrating in large immbcr.s in co isequence ofthe want of water. The Palrie says an interview between the Emperor of Austria and the Kinir of Prussia has been decided on, and that it will take place at Bre<-lau, on the sth of November.

Poland. — Several further arrests are stated to have taken place in Warsaw. The parties arrested — among whom were two priests, belonged to tho committee which conducted the funeral of the late Archbishop of Warsaw. General Lambert is re- t ported to have quitted Warsaw.

Herzegovina. Reports describe the insurrection in the Herzegovina as spreading, and assuming a character of greater seriousness every day. The insurgents have invaded Sohuma, and for two days fighting has been going on there.