Hawke's Bay Times. NAPIER, FRIDAY, MARCH 25, 1864. ENGLISH NEWS, TO JANUARY 29.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume III, Issue 167, 25 March 1864, Page 2

Hawke's Bay Times. NAPIER, FRIDAY, MARCH 25, 1864. ENGLISH NEWS, TO JANUARY 29.

Times Office, Thursday Evening. By the Lord Ashley, which arrived this afternoon at 3 o'clock, we are in receipt of the English January Mail. We extract the following from the papers to hand : GENERAL SUMMARY. London, 26th Jan. ACCOUCHEMENT OF THE PRINCESS OF TV ALES [From the Home XetcsJ. The public was completely taken by surprise on the morning of January 9, by the announcement that the Princess of Wales had given birth to a son. The advent of the “ little stranger” appears, indeed, to have been altogether unexpected, fur, on the previous day the Princess was sharing the amusement of her husband on the ice at Virginia Water for several hours and only returned to Frogmoro with her ladies a few hours before she became a mother. No baby linen bad been prepared, nor was there any doctor in attendance, and the young mother was entrusted entirely to a local practitioner, who was called in on the occasion. The joyful intelligence was received in town late on the night of January 9 by telegram, when information of the event was conveyed to all the ministers then resident in the metropolis. The Australian November mails, via Marseilles, per French steamer, reached London on the 9th January, and the heavy portion on the 18th.

The Queen continues at Osborne. She is in good health, and is beginning to put aside her mourning. Parliament was prorogued on January 13tb to the 4th February, then to meet to discuss important affairs. A petition has been filed in the Divorce Court, against Lord Palmerston for adultery. The damages are laid at J-20,000. The Queen has conferred the Victoria Cross

on Color-Sergeant ICKenna and Lance-cor-poral Ryan, for gallantry in the New Zealand war. Privates Balford and Talbot, of the 65th Regiment, are named for the medal.

The Aborigines Protection Society have sent a memorial to Sir G. Grey, entreating him to make peace; but the public feeling demands the suppression of the rebellion by force.

The Victorian Emigrant Society held a meeting on the 15th of January, Mr. Childers presiding. The funds in hand were reported to be sufficient to send out emigrants.

Another fearful colliery explosion, with great loss of life, is reported to have occurred in Wales.

Distress in the cotton manufacturing districts is largely increasing. The general feeling in England corresponds with that of Aurtralia on the subject of transportation. It is rumored that the Peninsular and Oriental Company intend running a fortnightly mail to Australia via Galle, commencing about August.

An undertaking called the Australian Eastern Navigation Company, has been formed for the amalgamation of the Black Ball, Eagle, and White Star lines of packets, and the establishment, between England and Australia of a line of powerful auxiliary steamers in connexion with inter-colonial ones. Shares are at three and a quarter premium. The Scotch railways have adopted the plan of heating their carriages with hot water, and also lighting them with gas. In less than 3 years it will be possible to send telegrams to Pekin and back to Paris in one day, by means of the telegraph line now erecting in Eastern Siberia. Keenan’s defeat by King causes great excitement in America. The new champions named Coburn and Pellitt, have challenged King for each. Two suits are proceeding in the Admiralty Court against the Great Eastern. She was offered fur sale by auction. The highest bid was A 50,000. The lottery scheme has failed.

The Federal cruiser Mohican, in search of the Alabama, left St. Helena on the 29th December. The Alabama is now cruising off Bombay. The crew of the ship Golden Eagle, bound to Sydney, mutinied, and the ship returned to Liverpool. The Flowery Land, from Singapore to London, was seized by the crew, who murdered the captain, mate, and four others, and then ran the vessel to the River Platewhere all were arrested.

lu the Mersey, the Lottie Sleigh, with sevei-al tons of gunpowder on board, blew up, destroying immense quantities of glass in Liverpool and Birkenhead. The Cobdeu-Delane correspondence continues.

The Venerable Bateman Paul, late Archdeacon of Nelson, New Zealand, has beeu appointed the Rector of Stamford. Thomas Beard, of the Observer, has been appointed court newsman. The English insurance companies decline insuring the life of the Empress Eugenie for ,£BO,OOO.

Mr. Thackeray was interred at Kelsal Green Cemetery, and his funeral was attended by 1,500 persons. Major Swindley, Surgeon Turnbull, and Adjutant Fitzsimons, who gave evidence at the Crawley trial, are to be removed from the regiment. His Royal Highness has also withdrawn the censure passed on Sir Hugh Rose, for having attributed the death of Sergeant-Ma-jor Lilley to excesses. The Duke of Cambridge has recommended the Queen to ratify the finding of the Crawley court-martial. His Royal Highness has issued a memorandum, directing Colonel Crawley to resume the command of the Inniskilling Dragoons. Lord Wodehouse is appointed to succeed the Duke of Newcastle as Secretary to the Colonies. Private advices from Rome announce that Dr. Manning has been appointed Vicar-Gen-eral, vice Wiseman, resigned, who has since obtained a seat in the Italian Parliament.

Obituary. —Earl of Charlemout, Duke of Cleveland, Sir William Atherton, Viscountess Boyle, Viscount Valentia, Bishop of Ely, Earl of Clare, Sir J. R. Grant, Duke of Afhole, Lord Lennox, Hon. and Rev. H. Pakeuham, Major-General Wynyard, Admirals Adderley, Henderson, Lempriere, and Saumarez, Mr. Behnes, Mr. Combe, Archdeacon Beavon, Mr. Plumtree, and Captain Downs, of the Peninsular and Oriental Company’s service. London Wool Report. —Markets and sales very quiet. The demand is very limit-

ed. Sydney fleece and scoured spools in demand for the Continent. Prices are firm, and a better market is looked for next month. The high rates of monej produce great caution, and the uncertainty of the Denmark afiair has an injurious etfect on the northern markets. Orders are being given with less freedom.