ENGLAND.

Lyttelton Times, Volume IV, Issue 202, 7 October 1854, Page 3

ENGLAND.

Imperial Parliament. The Bishop of New Zealand.—-On the SOU) ull., on the order for going into committee of supply, Sir J. Pakington called attention to llie circumstances under which the allowance (£600) heretofore voted for the Bishop of New Zealand had been removed from the estimates. This change had been made, he said, without any intimation to the Colonial authorities, and without the courtesy of a notice to the bishop himself.—Sir G. Grey explained tie circumwhich had led to the withdrawal of the vote, in consequence of a suggestion in a despatch from the Governor of New Zealand, that the financial condition of the colony enabled it to defray the expenses of* its own civil establishment. Much of the apprehension upon this subject, he added, had arisen from the governor and the bishop having left the colony last year. —Lord John Russell expressed his regret that any misapprehension had occurred in this matter, but did not think it would be right to propose a vote to the house. Loss.of the Europa.—On the 16th of June Sir James Graham said, I grieve to say that I received this morning a report from Captain Carnagie, with reference to the loss of the Europa, which confirms the melancholy fact that the ship has been burnt on her passage to Gibraltar. (Sensation). A statement with respect to it will be sent to the Admiralty, so that it may be communicated to the public in full detail this evening. (Speak ou<). I believe the short statement of the facts is this, that I think on the morning of the Ist of June, Captain Carnagie observed smoke in the offing, which, on further investigation, led him to believe that a ship was on fire. He bore down immediately towards the wreck, and found the vessel deserted, burnt to the water's edge, and no living person on board. (Sensation) Having endeavoured by sailing round the wreck, to see if any boats could be discovered, and finding none, he came to the conclusion that the crew had escaped, and had been taken on board some vessel, and he ultimately, not without anxiety, left the wreck. (Hear, hear). I think it was two days after that time that he was boarded by another ship, which communicated to him the fact that on the night preceding the morning when he had seen the fire, they had been in the immediate neighbourhood of the Europa ; that a portion of the crew had made their escape from the burning wreck to that ship, and that another portion had also made their escape to another ship, which was then in the offing; and on the whole I think out of the number of persons on board the Europa, amounting to 87, of whom 50 were soldiers, and 31 sailors, the crew and officers of the ship, 21 unhappily lost their lives. (Sensation.) The House will be grieved to hear that among the officers who have not survived was Colonel Moore, the commander of the Enniskillens, who refused to leave the burning ship while a single private remained onboard. (Great sensation.) He was. unhappily, too late at last to effect his own escape, and his life has consequently been lost. Colonel Moore, and the Assistant Veterinary Surgeon, are the officers who have been lost, and there are six non-commissioned officers, and I think 12 or 24 men who have also unfortunately perished. (Sensation). Thecircumstances which gave rise to the fire are still doubtful, but a full investigation into the cause ot it will take place at Gibraltar. (Hear, hear.) I should be neglecting my duty if I did not also say that there are circumstances with respect to the conduct of the sailors on the occasion which are highly unsatisfactory. The whole of the officers of the transport and all the sailors made their escape immediately after the commencement of the fire, and had not, in my opinion, used sufficient diligence in their return. (Hear, hear). I ought to make an exception in favour of the captain of the transport, who remained until the very last, as did the carpenter and one sailor, but with these exceptions lam sorry to say the conduct of the sailors does not appear to me to have been satisfactory. An investigation, however, into the cause of the fire will be made at Gibraltar, and the inftomatiou obtained will be published.

It was rumoured that Sir William Denison was to he the Governor General of the Australias, and Sir H. F. Young Governor in Chief of New Zealand. Sir George Grey, who recently held the latter post, was, it was. reported, to

have the Governorship of the Cape of Good Hope. The administration of Sir George in New Zealand had been canvassed in the House of Commons, and he had been charged with impolitic management in connection with the land administration, and with having impeded the working of the New Constitution. It is rumoured that the Australian Constitution Bills are to be shelved until next session.

Spain was again suffering the evils of civil war in consequence of a military insurrection under Generals Dulce and Q'Donnell, rendered formidable by the general hatred fel|;'.;by the people towards the Queen's Ministers.".,','An engagement had taken place between the popular party and the royal troops, which ended in the defeat of the former.

Egypt.—Abbas Pacha, the Viceroy of Egypt, died on the 13th July, and was succeeded by his brother, Seyed Pacha, the Admiral of the Egyptian fleet. It was generally believed that Abbas Pacha, who was unpopular, had died from poison. The accession of the present Viceroy had been celebrated by very great rejoicings.