THE "Wellington Independent." Saturday, October 23, 1852.

Wellington Independent, Volume VIII, Issue 734, 23 October 1852, Page 2

THE "Wellington Independent." Saturday, October 23, 1852.

We have received intelligence from England, via Sydney, to the 4th of July; and we lay aside our own observations, to make room for tho important information contained in the" papers before us. The New Zealand Bill had passed both Houses, and received the Royal assent. It is now, therefore,- the law of the land, and parlies may begin to prepare themselves for the working of the new constitution; the people, to choose their representatives, and the useless drones, if such there be, in office, to to pack up their traps, for. an unceremonious departure at the shortest possible notice. The fever of emigration was increasing in England, aud the Americans were projecting two lines of steam navigation to Australia, by way of Panama and New Zealand, in addition to that of the English company, which is almost ready for action. Parliament was dissolved, and the general election was to take place immediately, with every prospect of a majority in favour of free trade. . . Wool was steadily advancing in prioc, under the dread of an alarming deiTiciency in the supply from Australia. Tho accounts from Melbourne are frightful. Want of shelter and approach-, ing famine arc the evils contemplated; and crime appears to bo rampant, in every shape. •

The Louis cj" Miriam arrived in p ort yesterday, tiller a quick passage of eleven days from Sydney, having left there on, the 11th Just. By this opportunely WB are in possession of our regular files of Sydney .papers up to the 9th inst. . Tij e '. William Alfred, was' to sail for this port the same day as the Louis fy Miriam—■ she may therefore be hourly expected. ' The ship Kate from London, arrived at Sydney just previous to the sailing of tho Louis cj- Miriam, bringing English intelligence up to ihe' Ist July. Immediately after her arrival she was placed under quarantine, theyellow fever having broken out on board. Tho Harbor-master, together with one of tho water police that went on board, were detained there iv consequence ofthequarantine.and therefore, we presume, that the mail had not been landed, and we are consequently in ignorance of the English intelligence received by her. . The Bank of England, from the Downs July 4th, arrived at Sydney October Bth, after an excellent passage of 91 days, having on board a lar»e number of passengers. The Barbara Gordon, Worn Adelaide, arrived at Mel-' bourne September 25th, with 135 passengers, and the Tory, from this port, on the 27th, with 1.78 passengers. The Invincible sailed from the Downs for New Zealand on the 19th June, but was obliged to put back again, having gone ashore. The Francis Walker sailed on 4th July from the Downs, with a large quantity of Mrs. Chisholm's emigrant women for. Sydney. The Marco Polo, with 886 cmi- ' grants on board from Liverpool, arrived ut Port Phillip, making the passage in (18 days from land to laud, or in 74 days from port to port, being the quickest run on record—s3 deaths occurred during the passage. As the Waratuh steamer was leaving Melbourne on the oth iust., she spoke a ship from London going into Port Phillip, with English news up to the 17th July. The Duke of Roxburyh, Collard, arrived in Sydney October 6th. Tho Lucy James, from Wellington, the Sea Flower from Nelson, and the Governor Wynyard steamer from Auckland, rigged as a fore and aft schooner, arrived at Melbourne August 26th. The Castle Eden, Thornhill, entered outwards from Sydney on the 2nd iust. for Hong Kong. The Roxburgh Castle, 1121 tons, Hight,. cleared out for London on the 4th inst., from Sydney ; among the list of passengers by her, we observe the name of Sir

(t. Thomas, Hart. The Wanola, from Liverpool June.loth, with 820 emigrants on board, was placed on her arrival at Melbourne under quarantine—B9 deaths had occurred during the passage out, and sickness was vory prevalent on board. The following vessels, of large tonnage, were advertised in the Liverpool Journal ol'3rd July for Melbourne : James Varrou, 1700 tons; Altila, 1400; Thorwaldsen, 1450; Panola, 1700; Hope, 1300; Ellen, 1800; Earl nf Derby, 2000; Ben Nevis, 3000; But (poor, 2000; Dundonuld.'iW); Blanche, 1800; Cambridge, 1200; John Banyan, 1800-; Birmingham, 2000 ; Theodore, 1860; El Dorado, 2000; Effingham, 1500; Cleopatra, 1500,: Northumberland, 1500 ; yJryo, 2000 ; 'Bcrjapore, 2500 ; Catherine Mitchell, 1400.; Aberfoyle, 1500; Kalmia, 1000; and the following large steamers — Sydney, 1450 tons; Surah Sands, 1300; GVm-i Britain, 3000; Ct'f?/ o/' Lincoln, ,1-1(10; Serampore, 1400; Delta, 1500; and the ship Rip Van Winkle, 2000; Chasely, 1.000; Cleopatra,-150Q— besides several others from 500 to 800 tons. The Great Britain will carry 1000 passengers, in three classes at 70. 40, & 25 guiueas—she will only receive a limited freight on board at £6 per ton. In consequence of the great tide of emigration which has set in for the Australian colonies, ship building is being carried on to a very great extent to meet the demand for passage. At Sunderland alone there are at the present time no less than 80 ships being built. The ■ Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Disraeli, has at last become a decided convert to.free trade principles, and has abandoned the protection principle. The case of the Queen v. Newman, for a libel ou Dr. Giacinto Achilli, ended in a verdict for the Crown, and of course against Dr. Newman. Dr. Newman was formerly fellow and tutor of Oriel College, Oxford, a Minister of the Church of England, and'one of the first seceders from that Church ,to .tho Church of Home.