ARRIVAL OF THE "AIREDALE," WITH ENGLISH NEWS TO THE 4th MARCH.

Wellington Independent, Volume XVII, Issue 1720, 29 April 1862, Page 7

ARRIVAL OF THE " AIREDALE," WITH ENGLISH NEWS TO THE 4th MARC H.

The s.s, Airedale, Captain Kennedy, from Oiago, the 27th instant, and Lyttleton, the 28ih, arrived in port at three o'clock this afternoon. Her detention was caused by the non-arrival of the Melbourne steamer at Otago, with the English mail ; the Airedale having waited seven days for the purpose of bringing it on. Captain Kennedy has courteously furnished us with a Melbourne "Argus" of the 18th instant, from which we have extracted the Telegraphic summary of European news. The mail' was brought to Otago by the ss. Oraeo which arrived at port Chalmers at midnight on the 26th April. The s.s. Aldinga, arrived at Otago two days previous to the Omoo, although she left Melbourne 12 hours after her. The late S.E. gale was not felt at Otago. Ii was rather severe, however, at Lyttellou, and a good deal of damage , was done among the boats, and one or two of the small craft suffered. The Hamburg barque Colima cleared at the Customs, Melbourne, on the 16th April, for Wellington* The cutter Vision, and the schooner Wild Wave, heuce, arrived at Lyttelton, on the 21st inst. We are glad to announce tha safe arrival of these vessels at their port of destination. The Otago Daily Times of the 24th inst., says :— " The Escort to-day briugs down from Tuapeka 4002 ozs. Sdwts., and from Waitahuna 1228 ozs. sdwls. in addition to this there will be an escort from Waipori, but we have no information as to the quantity." TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Madras, Captain Stead, from Galle, March 26th, reached King George's Sound at 3 p.m. on the 10th instant, with the English mails. The English Australian December i mails were delivered in London on the i 17th and 19th of February. The Queen continues in retirement. The Princess Royal had arrived on a visit to Her Majesty, as also Prince Alfred. A marriage treaty between Princess Alice and Prince Louis of Hesse has been published. There is a rumour of a proposed marriage between the Prince of Wales and the Princess of Denmark. It is confi- j dently spoken of; j On the 26th of February the Albert Memorial Fund amounted to £35,000. | Tbe monument, by the express wish of the Queen, is to be erected iv Hyde Park, on the site of the Great Exhibition of 1851. Parliament was opened by commission on the 6th of February. The Speech from the Throne, referred to the irreparable loss the nation had sustained by the death of the Prince Consort. It announced peace with Europe, the settlement of the American dispute, the opertions against Mexico, the convention with Morocco, warmly applauded tbe loyalty of the Canadians, aud promised some few law reforms. The opposition in both Housas expressed their approval of the conduct of the Government in the American difficulty. The Government have issued instruolions prohibiting any American war vessel from remaining beyond 24 hours in any British or colonial port, unless detained by stress of weather or for repairs. The second reading of the bill to legalise marriage with a deceased wife's sister wass carried in the House of Commons. The O'Donoghue was called to order in Parliament for a breach of privilege in sending a hostile challenge to Sir Robert Peel. The Navy estimates for the year amount to nearly 12 millions sterliug. Lord Dufferin has declined the offer of tbe Governorship of Bombay. The anniversary banquet of the Australian Association was held on the 12th of February. Tbe Duke of Newcastle delivered an important speech on democracy. The new couutry discovered by Burke wilt likely be named Burkes Land. A monument to the memory of W. J. Wills is to be erected at Totnes, his native place. The Wyndham lunacy commission has terminated, finding Wyudham sound iv mind. Fifty men were killed by an explosion in the Celban ooal pit, in Wales. The Hartley Colliery Fund for the relief of the bereaved families amounts to £50,000.

The English liue-of-battle ship Conqueror has been wrecked. No lives were lost. New Zealand Appeal Case. — On the llth of February the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council dismissed the appeal in the cas« of " Bunny v. tbe Judges of the Supreme Court of New Zealand." The appellant in this case, a solicitor practising before the Supreme Court of New Zealand appealed against two orders made by that Court, dated respectively 2nd of November, 1859, and 20th of November, 1860. By the first order the Court suspended the appellant from practising as a solicitor until he should have made out to the satisfaction of the Court that the charges of fraud brought against him in a suit depending in the Court of Chancery in England were substantially false and unfounded ; and that in the event of his failing- to do so, within one year from the datu of that order, he should on the motion of any member of the profession, be struck off the. roll of solicitors. By the second order the appellant was ordered to be struck off the roll, &<* he had failed io satisfy the order of the 2nd of "November, 1859. — The Solicitor-Gen-eral and Mr. Edmuud F. Moore were beard for the appellant; tbe respondents were not represented. Obituary,— Sir J. T. Platt, Mr. Huns Buck, Admiral Dick, Mr. Lang, Martinez de la Rosa, Rev. H. Home, aud Provost of Eton.