ARRIVAL OF THE S.S. " WONGA WONGA." FROM A UCKLAND. FIFTEEN DAYS LATER NEWS FROM ENGLAND.

Wellington Independent, Volume XVIII, Issue 1987, 24 November 1863, Page 3

ARRIVAL OF THE S.S. " WONGA WONGA." FROM A UCKLAND. FIFTEEN DAYS LATER NEWS FROM ENGLAND.

[The following appeared in an Independent Extra, published yesterday morning.] The s.s. Wonga Wonga, Captain Cellem, from Manakau, Raglan, and Wanganui arrived in this harbor yesterday morning, at 7 o'clock. She sailed from Mauakau on Wednesday last, the 18th inst., having been detained there five days in consequence of the heavy sea on the bar. The news from Auckland is unimportant. No fresh engagement had taken place between H.M. Forces and the rebels; nor had any more murders been committed by the Maoriea. The Maoris were concentrating their forces in the Waikato, and having sent away their women and children, it was thought they intended to make a stand for it. General Cameron had gone to the front with the greatest alacrity, and was most anxious to meet the Waikato braves, and so give them an opportunity of trying their skill and bravery. The troop ship Himalaya, from Ceylon, via Melbourne, arrived at Auckland on the 14th inst., with her Majesty's 50th Regiment on board. There is no political news of importance. The Ministry appear to be firmly seated, and were pushing on the business of the couutry with all rapidity. The session would be a very short one, and was expected to close in less than three weeks. The Colonial Treasurer bad submitted bis Budget, It is an elaborate exposition of the financial state of the colony. Ministers intended asking parliament to sanction a loan of £3,000,000— £1,000,000 was to be expended for the suppression of the rebellion ; £300,000 for emigration ; £900,000 for Public Works ; £100,000 for arms; £150,000 for electric telegraph, and £50,000 for lighthouses, making a total of £2,500,000. The £500,000 loan of last year, lacking the Imperial guarantee, was proposed to be observed in the loan of £3,000,000. A large and influential public meeting of the promoters of the N.Z.S.N. Company, was held at Auckland on the llth instant, the hou. Mr, Whitaker in the Chair. The objects of the Company were fully explained, and resolutions were adopted that the citizens of Auckland should give the Company their support, and that a committee be formed for the purpose of disposing of shares in that Province. R. J. Duncan, Esq., has courteously furnished us with a Southern Cross of the 16th inst., from which we extract the following intelligence : — Her Majesty's troop ship Himalaya, Captain Lacey, arrived via Melbourne, on Saturday afternoon, with troops, and fifteen days' later Dews from England. She left Colombo late on the night of the 10th ult, and steaming all the way, experienced light winds and favourable weather till she approached Cape Otway, and arrived at Melbourne on the 2nd November. The Melbourne Argus says: — We learn that a telegram had been received in Colombo, to the effect that the reply of the Emperor of Russia to the note of the three powers on the affairs of Poland was extremely warlike. It had also reached Colombo that Lord Clifden bad won the St Leger. London, Sep 10. Her Majesty arrived in England this morning, from Germany. Earl Russell has received the freedom of the burgh of Dundee. In bis speech, he stated that the Government were resolved to preserve the strictest neutrality with reference to American affairs. The Due de Montebello, the French Ambassador ai St Petersburg, has gut leave of absence for two months from his post. The leading organ of the Russian Government contradicts the statement that Russia is about to engage in any reforms of her Constitution relative to Polish and German affairs. The French papers express regret that 'the party of resistance at St Petersburg have carried the day, in opposition to the interests of Poland. Fort Surater is reduced to ruins, and Charleston bombarded with destructive effect. The Confederates still defend the city. The draft has been completed in New York. . Rosencrans has not succeeded in his attack on Chattanoonga. The Confederates hare enforced the conscription of all men between sixteen and sixty, and have called out half a million of negroes, promising them their freedom and a grant of land at the end of the war. The Confederate army, under Lee, is now 150,000 strong. He was meditating a descent upon Washington. The Federals were suffering from typhoid fever. The Federal Government has erected, within forty-five miles of Montreal, a new fort, having barrack accommodation capable of holding 5000 men, and containing supplies for 103,000 men. M. Drouyn de Lhuys is understood to refuse the decision of the Sultan respecting the Suez Canal, and to demand the fulfilment of the agreement with the late Viceroy. The Government are about to investigate the circumstances attending the building of two vessels at Birkenhead intended for the Confederate service. The Polish insurrection is still maintained with vigour. The Russiau Government incieases its severities, aud has conferred fresh dignities upon Mouravieff. The Emperor of Austria has been received with enthusiasm at Vienna, on his return from the Germanic Conference. The protocols of the Frankfort Conference have been presented to the King of Prussia, who has dissolved the House of Representatives. Grand Duke Maximilian has determined to accept the throne of Mexico. A war with France in reference to Mexico is discussed in the New York papers, aad a pamphlet, published in Paris, discussed the desirability of the immediate recognition of the Confederacy by France. - The French squadron on the North American station is, meantime, to be reinforced.

The good understanding between Francs Austria, and England on the Polish question, continues. The Russians have seized a Turkish vessel at Anapa. The German Congress has closed its sittings at Frankfort. Six states voted against the Austrian scheme of reform. The Poles continue to win isolated successes, and to maintain their influence in Warsaw. The Bank of St. Petersburg has suspended specie payments. The exportation of gold from that city is prohibited. The owners of the American ship Nord, destroyed by tbe Alabama, have made a claim on the British Government for 80,000 dollars by way of reparation. The harvest in England is of extraordinary quality and abundance. Sir William Frazer, a Conservative, has been returned for Ludlow. Mr Mason, tbe Confederate Commissioner, has been the guest of Lord Donoughmore and other members of the Irish nobility. Two new steamers, the Golconda and Baroda, hare been launched for the P. and O. Company. The American ship Anglo-Saxon has been burned by' the Florida within thirty miles of Kinsale. The crew were landed by the Florida at Brest. The flaw in the Mediterranean cable was discovered about 64 miles from Alexandria.