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

Wellington Independent, Volume XVII, Issue 1721, 2 May 1862, Page 5

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

\_A portion of the following appeared in an Extra to the Independent on Tties r day last.'] The s.s. Airedale, Captain Kennedy, from Otago, the 27th instant, and Lyt - tleton, 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 Euglish mail ; the Airedale having waited soven 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. Omeo which arrived at port Chalmers at midnight on the 26th April. The s.s. Aldinga, arrived at Otago two days previous to the Omeo, although she left Melbourne 12 hours after her. 27} c late S.E. gale was not felt at Otag-o. It was rather severe, however, at Lyttelton, 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 WellingtonThe cutter Vision, and the schooner Wild Wave, hence, arrived at Lyttelton, on the 2 1st inst. We are glad to anuounce tho safe arrival of these vessels at their port of destination. The Otago Daily Times of the 24th inst., says : — " The Escort to-day brings down from Tuapeka 4002 ozs. sdwts., and from Waitahuna \22& ozs. sdwts. in *d(Mtion 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, fr >m Galle, March 26th, reached King George's Sound at 3 p.m. on the 10th instant, with the English mails. The English Australian December maifs were delivered in London on the I7ih and 19th of February. The Queen continues iv 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 confidently spoken of: 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 in 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 operrfons against Mexico, the convention with Morocco, warmly applauded the loyalty of the Canadians, and 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 instructions 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 was 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 sterling. Lord Dufferin has declined the offer of the Governorship of Bombay. The anniversary banquet of the Australian Association was held on the 12th of February. The Duke of Newcastle delivered an important speech on democracy. The new country discovered by Burke will likely be named Burkes Land. A monument to the memory of W. J. Wills is to be erected at Totues, his native place. The Wyndham lunacy commission has terminated, finding Wyndham sound iv mind. Fifty men were killed by an explosion in the Celhan coal pit, in Wales. The Hartley Colliery Fund for the relief of the bereaved families amounts to £50,000. The English line-of-battle ship Conqueror has been wrecked. No lives were lost. Obituary, —Sir J. T. Platt, Mr. Hans Buck, Admiral Dick, Mr. Lang, Martinez de la Rosa, Rev. H. Home, and Provost of Eton.