LATE ENGLISH NEWS. NEW ZEALAND & SOUTH WALES.

Wellington Independent, Volume II, Issue 126, 26 December 1846, Page 3

LATE ENGLISH NEWS. NEW ZEALAND & SOUTH WALES.

HotJsß of Lords, August 6. Lord Lyttleton wished to |ut one or two question t> the noble Earl now at the head of the Colonial Department. The first question which he intended to put related to the government of N*.w j Zealand. He was well aware that there wai a great difficulty in the Government of that colony; but he could not help believing that, even at this advanced period of the session, something might be done for improving the administration of affairs in that part of her Majesty's dominions. Upon this subject he wished to know from ihe noble Earl whether or not her Majesty's pre.«:nt. Government intended to introduce any Mil dv ing the present session of Parliament. - If they did not undertake such a task, he was not certainly prepared to prtfer against them any complaint for that omission ; but he hoped, nevertheless, that something might be done. The other question which, he intended to put related to ihe Amtral an waste l>inds. He had. himself laid a bill u;ion thstthle of their lordships' housf, which,had b en read a fi st time, but he coulJ not, under present c ; rcunist*nces, think of goinff on wrifh it, for it was clearly a matter which the Government alone c< uIJ take with any view of bringing it to a satisfactory issue. He should be glad to hear if they intended to proceed wiih it.

Eail Grey replied, that he should be happy to answer both the questions put by the nobie lord. Late OS it was in tne session, he did not despair uf Parliament being able to legislate unon both those subjects. With re»pect to New Zsaland, he did say that, notwithstanding all the difficulty which surrounded the task of legislating for it, the tuatier was too important t« allow the present session to pass over without some attempt t > legislate on that subject. Although every one must feel that though the arrangements to be made required much consideration, and therefore much time, yet he thought it extremely important that some legislatiTe measure relating to New Zealand should be passed in the present year. He entertained no doubt that the measure which he found in the Colonial Office :had been carefully considered, and < lie was quite ready to admit tint, in the main features of the -bill, he quits concurred. It would require some »ltera i n and some extension, but he hoped that ia the course of a few days it would.be in his power to bring it forward. Aβ to ihe oiher bill respecting which, the noble lord htd put a question, the measure was one of great importance, and he thought it was one of thnt sort which ought to pass in the present session; he therefore did propose to proceed with it. Hβ was sorry that there were in the-bill now on tha table some poiuts which were not he intended however to reconsider it very attentively, and to propose that it be read a second time on Tuesday next, when he intended further to propose thai the house should go into committee ou the bill, pro forma, in order to give him an opportunity,of statinK the alterations which he intended \o propose, and the"ground* upon which lie.wished to eubasst tiiem to th>"hbu»e. # After a moment's private.conversation with Lord Lvttleton ,and auoiher peer. Earl Grey proceeded at b.ice with the' bill, which was then reed a second tiuie end ordered to be committed on Tueiday.

By the latest' English papers we. learn that the •*. Times Commissioner", tva* taking notes m Dorsetshire, and thai hie pictures of'raieery.'riVal ihose he pencilled in Ireland. The e'ame'papeis arm unce he de i ise of the London , Penny Ajajjazine, a'tiT an exi-tence <<f foiirteei year*. We apprclieml the, publica'ion and e<. '«i»sive cir ulation «f the Pictorial Times, and tlie lltu-traifd Lon.Jon New?, has 'jaosfd that usL'fiil journbl's premature death. - '

Uatheh Curious.—lt appears that the interening etory lonjj attributed to Mr. Serjjpa.'t Warren, author of the " diary of a late physician " in Black wood's Ma« gazine, of "■ Ten thousand a-year," in'not 'ri.ra his p6n. The author fe,''we 1 believe, Dr. Croly, author of Marsion. or the Memoirs of a, Stafeemaji, which w.is Pithlished iivi.that Magazine, durin<r t ij e -last.year. , ;.J—^- ; - *,- . ° ' The quarrVl between Spain an<l Portugal has heen amicably arrange I. The Ponu»ue*e Government havintr undertaken to remote ihe Spanish refugees from the fron tier the, interior, ihe Spanish amhori ies have no longer a pretext for inaintaiuiriji an armed foro« on the borders and have ordered the various regiments back to their quarters to rtsume their Ueual garrison duty, Mr. Washington Irving ha 3 quitted the p<ißt tif American Ministerat the court of Spain, and Mr. Sa iders is appointed in bis |>laop.

A Court Martial had been ordered to assemble on boarjl the Victory at Portsmouth, Admiral Sir Charles Oβ, Bart., President, to try ihe Hon. CaftiinJ. Gordon for returning with H.M.S. America from Valparaiso, wi hout orders from Admiral Sir G, Seymour.

There are in Chancery six manors of the lac Miles Standish, wonh £60,000 a year, waiting for a claimant. The Peel Ministry contained five Engiishme-'), five Scotchmen, and one Irishman. The Rus-ell cabinet eleven Englishmen, tsvo Scots, ad one-Irish.

Accounts from the West 1-diss are somewhat more favourable Labourers were arriving from Africa and Madeira especially at Jamaica.

Her -Majesty* it wai thought, would make a third ■ visit to Scotland, and arwere making J > ronieinplaiion of it, at Dnnrobm Castle, the sem of the _Suther laud,and in theffireadalbane county. ' ;

The Queen has conferred the .lion r of knighthood on Captain V?. T. Dennison, Liemenant- Governor of Van Diemeri , * Land.

Seelling a Minister.-—Tiie coloured people of Washington'have recently hsld a /air for the purpose of\ raising monpy to buy their minister, who it seems is owned by somebody in that city and who values him at least at three hundred dollars. The fair was held on the 4th of July ; and what a degraded and degrading picture dose it present of our hoa-ted freedom, our " glorious land of liberty." Whilst thousands and tens of thousands of 4t!i of July orators were " cracking on,"' aiiout our free country, a soniery of p<>or hep roes were within siyhr of the Capitol and white House, ,'hrin»ing their small oblations of merchandise', to purchase therewith the freedom of a minister of God.— The (American) Christian Citizen edited by E. Burnt.

Report says that the Poor Lbw Commissioners have t.ndered their resignation io Government.

In the year 1845 they had 25 acres of docks and hasina at Liverpool; the' tonnage whs 709.849 tons. In 1825. ihere were 71 acres of docks-and basin*; and (he tonnaoe was 1.233,820. In 1835, there were 99 acres of docks and basins ; and the tonnage had increased to 1,768, 426. In 1845:.th» docks and hasins had increased to 120 acres: and the tonnage to 3,016,531 ;■■

The World's Tesiperancb Convextion.—A convention of, delegate* from almost all paita of the civilised world is at present silting in London, for the purpose of promoting the cause of total abi stinence from intoxicating liquors Our \ space will not allow .us to give even ao outiinei f .ilieir proceedings, which, it is expected will be the means of greatly promo ing ihe temperance reformation. Among the delegates from America is Elidu Barriii, the learned blacksmith. A public meeting was held at Covent Garden Theatre, which was crowded to, excess. The proceedings were of a very animated description,'and thft appared to 6e men full of faith in the triumph, of .their principles.

The population '>f Mexuo i* ettimattd at 9,000,000, th uj»h it prnhaMv does noi <Veed 7,000,000. Though it omtahifi several rnixt'rires, the gr-ater portion are aboriginal Indians". Amo-jrtlie resf <ue European Spaniard-*, Creo'e-s. or nni* <* descended I'm in En'opeans ; t\Tu«t-ij .*, » r dteeenddit* of Whites and Indian*; Zambas or flesr-endants of s and lni\hns>; Mulatto, s, descendants uf Wjii en and Negroes; mixtures of s, JN r e{Jroes, and'a ffw Ma'ams from China and the islanjs «>f tie In lian t)c< j an, cspeciailv tde Philippines,' a Spanish colony. The Negroes an , noi nnrnefoi]-, as slavery wai never extensive it» {lie Spanish ontineijai colonies, an 1 abolished o i the senar'atiu/i of Mexico from Spain , , in 1810. la character, the Indies, who (Miistilnte seven-tenths of the whole popniaiion, are intelligent, docile, peaceful, rather industrious, and very'ingenious m mechanic., arts, eepnpi-illy those of painting, and moulding. Tin y ar* kind, ami hospitable ; and though intemperate', like all the American Indian-), north or south, they exhibit no ferocious propensities when intoxicated. Th y exhibit capacity for improvement, and would quarrel, wiifi no governmi'nt that prwtecied them in person, and property, and encouraged ilium in developing their resourc s meiitaf and physical. If Mexico should he conquered and annexed to pur union, what would |,c thefa'eof thie .Indian population? If a good government were established," the great resources of the cuintry would invite larire numhers «>f liie Americans, who would intu-e a new spirit into the Mexican population. Its fertile valirys and izlU lands wou.d invite numbers of Germans anl other continental Europeans. Umler

American laws, and tlie protection of the Federal government, this European population, mixed w tfi the American from the States, would soon become ac much American in character and feeling as die European populaiion of.any present suction uftlie Union. And both operating "ipon the native Mexican popelaiion, would gradually raise it far above its' present standard. The European population, in--B'ead of i corpora-inn i'self wi h the North American Indians, has gradually exterminated them. But this would not.be i!ie faie of tha Mexican Indians. The

a v iori»incs of the United States were savages ; iho.e of Mexico are civili-e.l, and. would therefore as readily assimilate wi«h any Eurojtean races as the«e races wonfd with each other. Annexation would confer.the greatest of benefits upon the p initiation of Mexico.

Flight of Pige ks from FTdll to

Antwerp —On Saturday tiioruing Jasi, ■the. fancy. of numerous amateurs 'of that o«efui bird, the carrier pigeon, was gratified in the highest - degree by' tbf. beautiful flight of no le*s'than fii»hty-seyen of those feathered rntseengrs from the deck of the Monarch steamer at "this port. The birds, which are the prbpeny pfsevetal fanciers at Antwerp, were brought over in the Monarch for the purpose of deciding by their return flight the distribution of certain prizes a< arranged by the association of proprietors. The birds were let out of the baskets, in which ' they had been carefully tended precisely at seven o'clock, and immediately rose nearly perpendicuhrly to a considerable elevaticn, when, after tiking the oust >mary circuit of observation, went off in an apparent direction for their native soil. The Monarch, which proceede.l soon afterwards

for Antwerp, returned yesterday (Thursday), and. by the kindness of Captain Main, we lnvfe'been favoured ujih the following results of the aerial, voyaga. Thirteen of the bitds reached Antwerp at two o'clock on the same day, having traversed a distance of from 280 <o 300 ratten in seven lionrs. Twenty-seven reached the ci y at seven o'elork on Sunday morning, and the whole of the rem .ihtler arrived safe on the same after.ioon'j _l*!je extreme heat of the weather is, eupp.wed to have caused"ihe slraggl ra to alight on reaching terra firma, or "the probability "t* that all would have reached their tive cotes on Saturday. Tlio principal prize was gained by M. Vanden 13rbok:— Hull Jacket. .

A Noble Pkdigree.—Amongst the . anim.ils sent as si present to the kia<r of the French by the I maun of Muscat, and which have arrived at Marseilles on board the Caire, are two beam ft! mures, which are declared to he direct desnendjjits rrrtiri. the famous and' favoyrita mare of bf Mah.imrd, named Bdr d kV Their jr e . nealogy, with ihe cenifirates''of descent,, art enclosed in a leadea box suspended Irom ihe nock. it in undeMovl that Parliaiwent will ho'prorogaed about the2»J or 3rd Sep;V