LATEST ENGLISH NEWS.

Wellington Independent, Volume II, Issue 112, 7 November 1846, Page 3

LATEST ENGLISH NEWS.

[From the Sydnky Heiiald, October 12.] English news had been received at Adelaide to the 9 h June. We quote the following ('mm the ''South Ausiralian v of Si-plember 29 :— " In the city article of the Globe of Blh June, it was statpti that Ministers would be defeated in the Slave tiiown Sugar, and the Irish Coercion m a'stires. The writer propbesi'ps that the ministry would be >>ut of* office before the Corn Bill th*> Lo-ds. and g>es thr» length "f spying ilia' ihe Peel administration would not last more, than ten day*. The expectation of a change" of Mini-try was general, but it was eaid that Sir li. Peel, for the sake of the country, would not retire till the Corn' Bill had passed the Lords. The Whigs had framed their plan of opposition ; they denounced the Coercion Bill and differential duties on sugar

The Times praises the Lords very much for the prompt manner in which they had pushed on the Corn Bill. The Duke of Buckingham moved on the Bth June, that the new sliding scale he permanent. In the Commons, on the Bth June, Sir W. Sommerville moved the rejection of the' Irish Coercion' Bill on its second reading. In the debate, Lord G. Bentinck *aid he and his party would join the Whigs, and that the moment was come to humble the Peel administration. Pope Gregory XVI. died at Rome on the Ist June, of fever. Immediately previous to the Pope's illness, Austria had proposed to occupy An'cona, and France proposed to occupy Civita Vecchia, and it was expected that his death would have important political consequences. On the sth June consols were at 9/. The Grand Dnke Constantineof Kus=ia had anchored off Sphhead in a Russian man-of-war, but it was uncertain whether he would visit London. Ibrahim Pacha landed at Portsmouth on th.3 oth June ; he was accompanied by two of his sons. Lecomte, who attempted to assassinate King Louis Phillipe, was executed at Paris on the Bth June, at half-past six, A. m. [From the Sydney Chronicle, Oct. 14.] At Monte Video, Bnother revolution i had taken place. At Valparaiso serious riots occurred at the election of a President. Nine persons were killed, and 87 wounded. The British Government had declared that tbey would not interfere in the war between Mexico and' the United States. This had given much satisfaction in England. Since the above was in type, we have received a Hobart Town paper of the 29th September, from which we make the following important extract, which they had received per Eliza Ann, from New York, the 4th .1 une :— To the American Consul, Mr. Hathaway, we are indebted for American papers down to tbe 4th of June, and in these, to our great astonishment, instead of a war for the Oregon, on which question every thing seems most peaceable, find her in the thick of a contest with Mexico. Two battles fought and won ; almost equal to our own with the Sikhs. The cause of this war i*, of course, Texas. The Americans annexed it. The former occupied it, and the latter, unfortunately for themselves, attacked the army of occupation, consisting ' as well as we can learn of 4000 men, but . of whom only 1700 were engaged-—the remainder being in detached bodies either of observation or garrison. Two battles were fought. The first a mere skirmish.

The second conclusive, so far as to make the Mexicans retreat across the boundary river, Rio Grande, leaving in killed, wounded, and prisoners, 1500 men behind, together with a quantity ot luggage, treasure, ammunition, and nine guns. One of their generals fell into the hands of tbe Americans. The States troops' followed the beaten army across the river, and has invested Matamoras, the principal in that district. The loss was but trifling, and every effort has been made to recruit them. Volunteers have offered in every part of the Union to at least double the number required. A considerable body has marched towards the North' Western Frontier of Mexico, so that perhaps California may be the next annexation. Sir George GiPP3.--The following appears in the " London Mail 1 ' of the 7th of May, under the heading of" Na* val and Military lntelligence.--"Royul Engineers.--Lieut-Col. Sir G. Gipps will be appointed Commanding Engineer at Woolwich, vacant by the retirement of Lieut,-Col. Geo. Barney.

GOVERNMENT LuNATIC AsYLUM.—The large building called the Denes, built at a cost of £120,000, for a naval hospital, and which has been for several years unoccupied, is destined by Government for the reception of about 250 lunatic military officers. The necessary alterations have b>±en in progress some time past; upwards of £3000 having been already expended on the building, several of the apartments in which are very handsomejy fitted up —containing several rooms padded all over, for the more dangerous class of our unfortunate veterans. At a meeting of the Syro-Egyptian Society of London, an interesting communication was read by Dr. Plate on the possible prolongation of the great line of German and Hungarian Railways across Turkey, as a means of speedy communication with India. By the route which he proposed, the doctor calculated that the whole journey from London to Alexandria might be performed in 6 days 21 hours at ordinary speed, but in 5 days 13 hours by express. The communication was very favourably received, though Mr. Waghorn announced that Government had, that very evening, decided upon adopting, for the time being, the Trieste route. Capture of a Slaves.—lnformation has just reached us from the west coast of Africa, that the 'Hydra' steam sloop, Commander Young, has captured a slaver on board of which were 1100 slaves. We believe this is the largest number that has ever been captured on board of one vessel. The bonus to the captors will be considerable. Reports are prevalent of some severe visitations of fever amongst the squadron : none have reached us other than that some cases of an ordinary nature have appeared on board the • Styx' steam sloop Commander Hornby, at Ascension on the 20th December, to which however the master, Mr. Richard L. Rundle, and seven men, have fallen victims. The Ship has been very fortunate in having captured three slavers, viz.: the ' Regevereder* aad 'Espiza' (empty), and the * Isabel,' with 352 slaves on board. It is supposed that the three prizes will give the Commander £400 and the officers and crew according to their ratings, in proportion. When ordered to Ascension they were so reduced from illness and prize crews, that, with the exception bostswain, the commander was the only officer who was doing duty, with nine men in one watch, and 11 in the other; the men are now in hospital, doing well. It is supposed Captain Hornby will invalide, and return to England, having suffered severely from fever.—Colonial Gazette. To Maeb Leeches Bite—The leech which it is intended to apply is to be thrown into a saucer containing fresh beer, and is to be left there till it begins to be quite lively. When it has moved about in the vessel for a few minutes it is to be quietly taken out and applied. This method will rarely disappoint expectation, and even dull leeches and those which have been used not long before, will do their duty. It will be seen with astonishment how quickly they bite. There is a certain sea Captain who sails from Boston, who loves his wife, and makes a great pet of her, when he is at home. She always writes him very lengthy epistles, while he is away j but the careful and affectionate man never thinks of opening them. He just lays them by, tied up and labelled according to their dates, in order, on his return, that his wife should read them to him all of a lump. —New York Herald. In consequence of ill treatment from her husband a young woman the wife of a painter, left her home with her three children, for Battersea bridge, where, soon after she arrived, she took the children in her arms one after the other, and threw them over the balustrade, and was in the act of climbing to do the same by herself, when she was caught hold of by a passenger. One of the children was rescued, and recovered. The Ghinese Language—A Chinese ' Professor' has been engaged at the Collegiate Institution, Liverpool, for the purpose of teaching the pupils the Chinese tongue, which now forms a part of the curriculum of studies. Professor Hoo Siensang, we are told, speaks the« Court dialect' of his country.—Record. Irish Evidence.—" Pray, my good man," said a Judge to an Irishman, who was witness on a trial, «•'what did pass between you and the prisoner?" " Oh,then plase your Lordship," says Pat, " shure I sees Phelim a top of the wall. •' Paddy ' says he; • What V says I; ' Here,' says he; « Where V says 1; ' What 1* says he ; 'Hush!' says I j aud that's all, blase your Lordship.