ENGLISH NEWS TO NOVEMBER 16th.

Lyttelton Times, Volume IX, Issue 546, 27 January 1858, Page 3

ENGLISH NEWS TO NOVEMBER 16th.

1 The •Marchipness, in ■Wellington pn after a shdrt passage of eleven days from Melbourne. . The Mary^Thomson received;the mails;for this I port on Thursday evening arid arrived heile on JV^day^;mb^rii%. ii; ;1 ■ •■■■■- '■/.•;; | '■ The Emeu,! which ''Was5 to have brought pn^thel'Oc^Be'K in!the',Bied;Sesi onlier voyage, from". Aus-,' traiia., iiuringjtbje• night of the-2nd! %\-., vernier-the Emeu, struck ioni a coral reef,! close to • the; spot on the Nubian. !coa^ti< notjed, on the maps under^the 'name''if-1 Duberdubbp^abb'ut jBO/miles;1 north1 of' Lus-' kin. In this 'pfejri^olis';pbsitidh"sKe!lay_;'for.: / 54: hours, b,ut:, at, length sHe was, g ; ot ofjF,/, and;was run upon the bea6h> \v.hichfortu- (- nately consisted ofi soft' sand\, -; Nine days ; now elapsed before' she was' again- floated. ■> This was, 'however,' at' length ejected) |a portion of frer.cdal being sacrificed,1 and tile forepart, of: the''ship "lightened- by^eveijr possible means. The. leaks': were well" stuffed, and with her pumps constantly at work, shes 'reached' SuezMri/safety after ja passage of three days. • v ;-; ■:>;]'. ; ■ In steaming «p! to the Emeu'fell in with j the ''Hiridbsta'n, from Calcutt^, and,' haym'g c^mmurii^ted; with her, the latter' Tturne.d back in: search, of the ma'ii; agen,t,.', On^^,arriving at; Jedda, f she Vfquiid, that he,had .left, for ; Suez on;:the; pVevioiks/ dayv.iiShe folio wed (80 miles in-his coursje, but 1 that- it' lay among * shoals arid > reefey she [was compelled; to ab aridoii tl^e atte'tnptuand;rt6'''-c6ntmu|B' Vf6n ;i'her way' \o ' Suez.;, „ .„]_: ; f . •„,.,...._ ... . „ ■„..:.• The Emeu' has,, suff<=ire<i so .severely that it is very doubtful whether she can retufn to Australia-without ;:Tbein^: docked arid ; undergoing.? thoroug'lr repairs) for. which; piirppse it will prdbably be fdund that slie -lnus^be^s^ttq'Boinßay^^^ ■•; y. •';'': I ;fil 'thY mail just^arrifed we have; papers ,'fromj;tjfie; 16th' ? September,; ikcluding.afperiod^of thirty days of whiish; we have had broken intelligence by tie; Westminster and other ai'rivals. iFrom the summary of that excellent paper the ' Home News/ we give first of all a fewextracts on some subjects which were not noticed in the papers previously received!. Many circumstanqes combine to justify our confidence in the future. We are sustained not merely by the sympathy tof continental nations, arid of America, but by direct offers of assistance. An Austrian legion, officered by experienced soldiers, might be raised,at once to proceed to the scene of action; but all such tenders halve been rejected by. Government. The national feelings is that i we must do the work ourselves. The retribution, > heavy arid signal, niust be taken by English hands. And'we are strong enough to exact it1 to the full.

.Th&^rbcess of -reprinting had been going .. on activity.' ; The artillery"sbrvice- ia/;byiskly;!isupplied at the 7 rate lof ■about 700 a month; but the line,,cavalry and; infantryj' hay not{been! equally slic^ ces^sM./ "It! has been computed that, njot-. . withstanding; a bounty of £2 per ( iriari; and • a free ljitj n9|fc more than 1000 'men, a 'week, have," r been i collected all. over ' Englahd. The^offeroofia; commission,to. gentlei&en who could bring,in JOO jrecruits,' although it attracted crpwds of: applicants to the ELbrse^Giiards,-has -h!ad ;the ? effect of [retarding the progress Jof the recruiting: sergeiarit, who finds/jit'difficult; to ; ! 'compete with the ? higher jbounty of jcouritaj'-, gentlemen r ,vanxious, to procure commissions.; Another experiment is, about; to; he j tr|ed, by which any officer who has held fthe rank of field, officer; substantive' major at the:least;;will!, xip6n''''raisin^';looo.:' r ni:eh^ be appointed. to.cbmniancltheni,as a.battahon, with' the rank of lie"utenant-colonel ; '-' and the ; power ;of ; appointing 10. ensig%ns. jAs a-iil^rthßriiincitement^ he : will: be allowed tHW regular bounty for each: recruit! he procurfe/:! The i. progress of this expjeriment is watched with niiich; interest! by military. I tixen";; anft its ' success' is' looked forward, to', wiwi,' 'somes confidence oh |acco^nt bif the i completen,ess of! the machiner.y> and the, concentration of interests it embraces. '•■■"■ ; A great rage has: set .in for the fortoation of volunteer corps, and 'the journals t)eem! with 1 not! only from jthe " middle, classed,'', but, from, persons n|iore daintiiy* nurtufeii arid' expensively, e|ducatedi: • / Amongst, ■ the* multitude,; suridry graduates of Oxford : demand; -an oppokunity on behalf of their order to do battle for the State.!; Our class, they say, is that; of young men who have received the best education. th.c' 6puntry, can afford at ■ the • universities,; and who,, on^.completing their studies, too often find .themselves at a|loss

: for employment befitting their inclinations and '•'their' energies. These • appeals, weln& UP fron V all 1 quarters,(ar6 cheeringarid full of hope as evidences of the sound heart willing"'spirit of';the; country; but the formation of volunteer bodies' !is open-to" so maiiy: obj^ctrions that^it is ni>t likely -to be attempted. '■> The ;privileges which ■must be:;uniavoidably 'conceded' io such .bodies in the field, their superior cokdition and education, and the spe iatipn they.^ would be ;almost certain ]to acliipYe^, would; be regarded with jealousy by..all other 'branches of \ the. service, ;In factj/as a thoughtful correspondent of the '■'Times'; acutely, observes,-a system: bf ;yoluriteeringj such as1 has .been proposed, is altogether : iricompatible: with ;the exis't,eripe;of a regular army, working parallfel with it, but on totally.different principles! " H^rfMajesty has been graciously pleased .to raise General Havelock; to the. rank of Major-Generalj promotirigi him also to the honor, of KiGJB., and! conferring the Coni;pamonship of the ,Bath kt' the same time \ on Brig-adier^GeneralsWilsori, NeiH,'Cha;mberlayne, Nicholson,' arid Van Cortlaridt: .These favours from the hand rof, the SoVereignican be: cottsidered only as instalments of the' rewards which 'a grateful people desire 'to1 see1 bestowed on their heroes; and live look' forward with confidence to the distributiori'amongst the brave leaders who have Jiterally kept India for us up to ! this time, against unparalleled odds, of tne highest honors- it has beeniusual for the .• Grown.to, confer in siich;cases. .-.< \

■^ The fund for the relief of the sufferejrs in India has received large accessions frojrri all pai'ts of. the kingdom since the date of bur-last numbpiy' Returns have riot yjet been received from many , places whebe meeting's have been held and committees' organised;: and as the: subscriptionsI'are still* going* forward throughout the country, eviery, total sum announced mustr be understood to be 7m process''of augmehtk-1 tion. .At the present'date; .the fun^ ;is" mounting- rapidly ;-towards" £k)b,OOJO; : Amongst the individual subscriptions it| is; especially gratifying; to observe the nanjes of the Sultan and Prince Vog'orides, the Caimacan of Moldavia. The Sublime Porte and her dependencies are resolved thai the sepoys shall riot draw any furtlier* .arguments from ; seir neutrality in this unnatural contest; *.■ r.--: We understand that Government have authorised the Court of Directors to make use;of three ■of railway" deposits for'current expenditure.. This timely $s;sistance will "enable the Company to pro-; '. vide for their: outlay^without resorting to a 1 loan at present j : and it will also enable the Government to;avoid the necessity of calling Parliament together before the usual time. ••■; - ;-: ■': '-• -v-: w.1 ■■■- ■•--. •; I ' ; '■' The only incident on the surface :of European politics that "has disturbed the1 universal calm is the meeting of the EinV of Russia arid -France at' StuttgartJt.' The old .King .of Wurtemberg in his si^nple undecorated chariot looked on at tlie grand doings which were got up in honor of his' illustrious visitors, : and his honest heart must have been1 gratified, by Ihe cordiality with" which he was. personally greeted.on all sides, whatever he may have : thought ■of the imperial, galanteeshow. The occasion was not lost on rthe iquid-nuncs. A variety of speculations1 was circulated through the press as to [the-' causes and probable issues of this meeting. But it appeal's that the journalists have only been wasting their sagacity oh idle ,conjectures. The meeting, if the best-in-fformed organs .in Germany, France, aridEngland may be credited, had no political object of any kind in view j nor, indeed, "does there appear to have been' even'a mo-* f mentaiy bpporturiity of discussing s^tate ■affairs^ , The whole purpose was to testify personally those , seritiments 6f good- : will .which, at the close jof an expensive War, it" is certainly very desirable .should qxist amongst the' crowned lieadsfoorf r EurbpeV Louis Napoleon! has done much towards the cultivation of that, feeling, and: he "is ; well entitled to a public recogriitibri of its >firm establishment. To him,; indeed,;the' 'meeting at Stuttgardt was also a compensation for the : personal:; slight inflicted upon him by the Emperor Nicholas, jarids may be re^iirded as a 5 triumph over | tli'e v ' hereditary .prejudices which" treated him with indigriity, until he'ha4:!fixed his: posi.tiori.upon.a solid; basis;. ,He has now been " admitted into the. social circle of royalties; and we, who feel -how much the reposV of Europe depends- upon the security ofj his ■power, cannot but regard with1 satisfaction these* evidences' of' the stability of! his reign.'; '' :.' .'-.- ', ■' ,' '."■ '.• ; " ■"'; The hjish all,over the continent is very strildng. It seems as if Europe were

literally holding her breath, watching the 'progress of the- Indian revolt.. The journals ■ are ■ occupied' - cliiefl y - with1 this one Subject.; ■ Aii 'occasional' article glances at the; possible future of; irtie Principalities, or some other- distant "topic1;' but/ India absorbs in Europe, as in- England, the largest shareofipttblic interest. - . j TheJgreat experiment: we long since announced—the emancipation of the Russian serf—is ■ about* to be* tided at last. The mode in which! it is to be1; carried out promises well" fbi* its'* success, because it is gradual in-its action, and involves no violent changes 1 on? either 'sidie. The proprietors of the soil arejtoi be compelled to appropriate 7to < the serfs jon their'estates a certain portiorii of land sufficient for their maintenance;; and on the other hand the serfs-are to be ! bound,-for the present, to remain on the-estates of their future mas--1 -ters.; There' willy therefore, be ample time :to test the effects' of- freedom under salu::tary restrictions!i • >-1 ' - ■.< •■■■■'

: The same^ paper gives the following- version- of the' New Zealand steam-con tract:— ■'".' Final- arrangements' are ''understood to jbe at' last concluded' for the establishment of- a-regular- monthly mail between Australia and New Zealand/under the auspices : of-a company- 'incorporated expressly for the pin-pose. ■ - Two new screw-steamers are to be -placed on ■ the Melbourne station to convey 'the mails,1 within twelve hours after their 'arriValy round the North Cape to Auckland;, and thence to Wellington. Ano-ther-vessel will return, via the East Cape, toJAuckland;^and-thence to Melbourne. The details of "the plan of operations appeai* 'to be' very: complete, embracing all the attainable "points of' traffic • and intercourse, and providing amply for the transit of passengers and provincial mails. The main object is to ?secure efficient postal communication;^ and if ;this service -be strictly^ carried i out as it is laid: down, there is 'very little'■■'doubt that the object will be'fully secured; •; ' ! ; ■ The > same intend to' despatch a number of 'colliers to ;West Wanganui Harbour, to^work the beds of coal now. lying idle there;* The quality of coal is said to be excellent, and it will be used not only by all the; steamers on this line, but^'supply-fuelf for various parts of the colony. The first steamer will start next inonth^ ' " ■ .. : :

Australian Bishops.—Mr. Labouchere, on the part of the Government;, has now rgiven a formal assent' to'-the erection of New Zealand into an independent episcopal province,' Dr. Selwyn ■ the Bishop of New Zealand, being metropolitan. In addition to-the two existing*' bishoprics (New Zealand- • and ; CBristchurch), three others are to be immediately formedl—one for Wellington^ one for .Nelson^ and "one for Tau'ranga; the'last being an exclusively Maori district. The Eev. 0. Hadfield, Archdeacon of Kapiti/will .be Bishop of Wellington; the Rev. William Williams, Archdeacon of Waiapn,- willObe Bishop of Tauranga; and the bishopric of Nelson will probably be conferred upon -the Rev. Charles J. Abraham, B.D.j Archdeacon of Waitemaita, formerly; Fellow of King's Collegey Cambridge. ■:•■' = The: Australasian left Southampton for . Alexandria on October 12 with the mail, and took out' 300 troops and 57 surgeons for India by the Suez route to Ceylon,: to -be forwarded thence to Calcutta. -Mr. Champion Wetton, who has been appointed by the : Royal Mail Company as their superintendent for Australia, proceeded by this vessel to the scene of his labbiirs. The facilities of the Panama route, to arrang-e which; Mr. Wetton recently1 paid a visit to New York, Tahiti, New' South Wales, and Victoria, will not no\v be immediately, developed; but the ' success which attended '.'his negotiations in i obtaining subsidies: fi*omr the Australian g'overnmerits.ih support; of a regular service will lead' to their adoption. From the' report whichr he; has presented to the Roj ral Mail Company, and the correspondence which took place between the authorities at Sydney and' himself, it is reviderit that the= terms ; secured were not obtained without the exercise of niuch discretion. 'Beyond the £50,000 absolutely settled for; the Sydney and New Zealand service; and the £15j;000 per annum; for tlie Melbourne branch, iti is expected that the Frenoh government ma} r allow alibeml sum for the-Tahitiservicej-which will place the company^ at the proper time, in a satisfactory position to carry out the arrangement! ■■■■■•

The Strathallan, Captain Todd, chartered br the contractors with: the Provincial Government, of Otag-o, New Zealand, sailed from Leith on the 4th of October, bound for Otag-o. She carries (including-

first and second cabin) 291 passengers and a full cargo. The Strathallan is the first ship which leaves Scotland with emigrants since the arrival of Mr. Adam in this country; that gentleman is a member of the Provincial Government of Otago, and since his arrival ;fronr the colony a few months ago,-he' lias been busily engaged in arranging for. the departure of suitable emigrants for his adopted country. The official parties in Leith, upon examination, stated that they have seldom seen such a fine body, of emigrants leave this country. They are from, the counties of Peebles, Dumfries, Lanark, .Fife, Perth, &c, and are accompanied'by the Rev. Mr. M'Nicql, who proceeds to the colony chiefly for the Highlanders now settled there. Mr. M'Nicol has the Gaelic language. We understand that other Scotch emigrants, with a number of English, proceed :to the colony in the Palmyra, from London, in the course of this month, and that the Robert Henderson will be dispatched from the Clyde about the 10th of November.