LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

Auckland Chronicle and New Zealand Colonist, Volume 2, Issue 19, 13 December 1843, Page 2

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

By the Trypliena, we have received English news up to the 18th July. Her Majesty the Queen and the Royal Family were in good health. It was rumoured that Sir Robert Peel was about to retire from the premiership, and that he had determined to recommend Mr. Gladstone to the Queen as his successor. Mr. Gladstone is a man of great talents and information, and is a staunch Puseyite. The affairs of Ireland were, apparently, drawing still nearer to a crisis. Upwards of fifty magistrates had been superseded, or had voluntarily resigned ; among whom were Caleb Powell, Esq., M. P.; John O'Hea, Esq.; James Sinclair, Esq.; and R. D. Browne, Esq., M. P. It had been discovered that numerous subscriptions for the Repeal Fund were made in the army;

105 subscriptions were received in one day from soldiers' children in the garrison of Dublin; and an order from head-quar-ters had been issued to the recruiting officers not to enlist any Irishmen for the present. It was proposed to increase the army by 9030 men. The military force in Ireland consisted of —six divisions of artillery; six regiments and a squadron of cavalry; twelve battalions and twentytwo depots of infantry, exclusive of the Royal Marines and some cavalry regiments under orders for Ireland.

The Dublin Evening Packet says—- " We have been apprized by a gentleman from the county of Down of the important fact that French officers, disguised as priests, have been organising and drilling the peasantry in some of the provinces." The Belfast News-letter adds—- " One of these distinguished military officers is understood to have been in Belfast within the'ast eight days, Disguised French oncers, of course without the concurrence of the French Government, are said to be now perambulating the rural districts, for purposes which cannot be mistaken."

A. large portion of the fleet which was assembled on the coast of Ireland, had sailed for the coast of Spain, where affairs were beginning to assume a serious aspect. Under the advice of the French, it was supposed that Queen Christina would enter Spain for the purpose of wresting from Esparteio the Regency during her daughter's minority, and should that be the case, war between Spain and France was inevitable.

A great number of Protestant gentlemen bad enlisted under the Repeal Banner, and the Evening Mail, the great organ of the Otangsmen, was beginning to assume a to«e favourable to Repeal. I j the House of Commons, a motion by Mr. W. S. O'Brien, for a select committee "«to inquire into the causes of discontent in Ireland," was negatived by a majority of 243 to 164, after three nights' tlebate.

In the House of Caramons, on the I7th July, Mr Wood moved for the abolition of the duty on a'l foreign Wool, The question on being p»r, was negatived by a majority of 142 to 70. An official order was received at the cu G tom-honse at Gloucester, intimating that Mr. Samuel Mayer, whose foolish letter to Sir James Graham has produced so much excitement, is no longer to be tetained in the customs.

The dtlegates appointed (o the Convention by the various Peace Societies throughout the world assembled on Thursday, J titie 22ud, at the Freemason's Hall. A iatge number of la iies were present, and took a lively interest in the proceedings. Dr. John Lee stated that in 1841 a convention of the Friends of Peace was held at Boston, U. S., when after mature deliberation it was determined to hold a second convention in London in 1843. Deputies were assembled from America, Brussels, Mons, and Paris, and encouraging communications had been received from several parts of the continent. Mr. Charles Hindley, M. P., was appointed president of the convention, and the roll of delegates was read, from which it appeared that their number was about 300, including seventeen from America, and six from France and other parts of the continent of Europe. Despatches had been sent by the government to the Right Hon. Captain Lord George Paulet, of the Carysfort frigate, in the South Pucific, acknowledging the free independence of King Tamehamaha f 11. and the Sandwich Islands, from England or any other country. The islands are to be under the protection of the British. The destruction of a large portion of the city of Valparaiso by fire has been confirmed. The fiie commenced at a quarter past eight in the evening of March 15th. The damage was at first estimated at £400,000, but subsequent statements have somewhat modified that amount. The officers and crews of ;some English and French men of war lying off Valparaiso were very efficient in suppressing the flames. A serious riot occurred at Carmarthen on Monday, the 19th June. A party of Rebecca's daughters, as the mob call themselves, consisting of about 500 horsemen and betweep 3000 and 400° f °o l r

headed by Rebecca, entered the town about midday, many of them armed with jrikes, and others with fire arms, and carrying flags having inscribed upon them in Welsh i* Liberty of toll," " Freedom," •* Liberty and better food." They proceeded to the union workhouse, the outer gates of which they forced, and entering the place demolished all the furniture, which they scattered in all directions. They were ultimately dispersed by a troop *of the 14th Light Dragoons. About sixty were captured, and it is-said that one of the prisoners is a brother-in-law of a member of Parliament It is supposed that the leader of the rioters was a disappointed provincial barrister. The disturbances bad continued throughout the week <and nearly all the turnpike gates in that part of South Wales had been levelled to the ground by " Rebbecca and her family." The Fre ich ministry have asked for a grant of six millions of francs for the military establishments at the Society and Marquesas islands. After considerable discussion in the Chamberof Deputies, M. Guizot reduced the demand by 500,000 f., and the grant was then passed by 220 ayes to 140 noes. The French government had' declared Tahiti and the Marquesas to be free to the ships of all nations.