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Wellington Independent, Volume I, Issue 54, 11 March 1846, Page 2

The barque Sarah, 417 tons, Captain - JJavys, arrived in port on Sunday last, il° m oA 7i bringing Colonial dates to f o , ** brn ary, a"d English papers to lie 3rd of November; copies if which Have bet-n kindly furnished us by M<?ssr*. , J - B «n»h&Co.,Mr.J.Johi,eton, Mr.J. Woodwar.l, and other friends. There is a great lack of interest in tK Sydney papers. They are generally oc« f cupied 1.1 discussing tlieSquaitting M*ge-[; la'ione, and other matters more° nearly j aifccung themselves. A railway projrotl

lias been broached for some time in Sydney. It is proposed connecting the Hunter's River District wiih the nic'ropulis. If this plan be accom «lished, ii will tfive another stimulus lo the increasing traffic of Sydney. Ii is currently reported, and believed, in Sydney, that Sir Charles Fitzroy has been appointed in the place of Sir George fiipps. An overland party, under the command of Sir Thomas Mitchell, had started -from Parramatta, for the purpose of endeavouring to find a practicable route to Port Essington. By the last advices received, the party had suffered from the scarcity of water. A vessel bad arrived in Sydney from England, in 91 days, conveying news to the .Bth or lOlh of November. «• —■ — [ We English news by the Sarah, I via Sydney, to the 3rd of November. In the political world, few events have occuned worthy of notice, but important changes are anticipa ed on the opening ol Parliament. There wa« a current rumour to the effect that a coaji ion ministry was i intended, Lord Stanley and the Duke ot \ Wellington rearing, and Lord John Itus- ; sell joining the administration. i An event which we f> ar will be attended ] with ihdjnost di.-astrous consequem-ps, has I occurred throughout Europe, we allude I to the fact of a disease having attacked *■ the potaloe crop, more especially in Great 4 Britain, France, and Germany. Several 1 Cabinet Counsels had been held in conse--4 quence, and it was presumed that the ,Go--4 v eminent would be compelled to open the $ ports, lor the admission of corn duty fvee, >: jn oider, by that means to miiigafi',as much .;! as possible, the threatened famine. ';! The news of ihe defeat of Col. Rulmp, "I on the Bth of May last, before Huki's I pah, had reached home, ,fl The Government had promised to sub- - } wit to Parliament, tlie prop< sition of gian- ;| ing v loan of £100,000 to the New Z a- { land Company, and a city banker had, , J upon thesireiigihol'tliis promise, advanced * the «hole of the amount. Subscriptions io the amount of nearly 1 £G3, 000 had been subscribed in various 4 g places towards tht> relief of the sufferers ?f by thy two great firos which hud laid waste 4 Queb.-c. 3 Thirty-six houses had been destroyed 4-by fire at a place called Giiffiu Town in "I Canada. I Eail Spencer, and Major - General '"|Brecdjn ot the aitillery, are amongst the ■p Ado her revolt bad broken out in Algeria, and a party oi Fren-h troops amountling to 400 men, hud been surprised by ,-'* friendly " tribe.*, and slaughtered to a ..jnan. ,j Russia was as far as ever from subduing Caucasus. Tlie Circassians, according intelligence received in England, had "inrrouniied a Russian army, and though /.relie\ed from their unpleasant position by '.another strong body, the Russians were - compelled to retreat, leaving, a'cordjn^ |o thtir own statements, eighteen thousand ;dead on the field. '4 Our readers will perceive in the Shipping Intelligence, thai a vissel was to ; leave London for this place vn the 26th ■Kovembtr, under the command of our (ild friend Capt. M'Laren, so that she may _|c shortly expected. ** A calamitous flood had occurred at t Kewcastle-upou-Tyne, occasioned by fjiree days excessive rain. A great dual pf damage was done to the crops, which were newly cut, 29 vessels were more or damaged, several persons drowned, and property to a considerable amount destroyed. -*k Floods had also taken place in Cumberland and Westmorland, which did friah:fui damage, sweeping everything before them. The corn was mostly in shook, and Bjlds of 50 acres were carried away at a time. A large bridge was also carrjLd ,a»My.