ENGLISH NEWS TO JUNE 23.

Lyttelton Times, Volume X, Issue 617, 6 October 1858, Page 4

ENGLISH NEWS TO JUNE 23.

The Dart, which arrived yesterday afternoon, brings us Sydney papers to the 23rd ultimo. The English July mail had not arrived, though nearly a fortnight overdue. The «S. M. Herald' gives from the Melbourne papers the following scraps of news to the 23rd June, which had been brought to Melbourne by the ships Albion and Conflict from Liverpool.

Liverpool, June 21. The Paris a correspondent of the ' Times'says that M. Drouyn de Lhuys is spoken of for the London Embassy, in the event of Marshal Pelissier retiring. Two steam open boats are to be sent to the Adriatic to facilitate the French Admiral's communication with the shore.

Commercial advices from Paris, in the second edition of the ' Times,' are favourable. There are symptoms of improvement, and bankers are only waiting for a fair opportunity to dispose of their unemployed capital.

The month of September, after harvest, is generally the period of renewed activity; and after a stagnation of nearly a year, the change is this year expected to be very decided. The vintages in France are extraordinarily propitious.

A letter from Vienna, in the ' Times,' says that the Austrian Lloyds had a deficiency of 380,000 florins last year, although aided by a subscription of one million florins from the Government.

The ♦ Madrid Gazette' publishes the speech of Mr. Buchanan, the new British Minister, on presenting his credentials. He spoke of the profound interest taken by the Queen of England in the prosperity of Queen Isabella and of the Spanish nation, and said he hoped to draw closer the ties which had so long and so honourably united the people of Great Britain and Spain. The Queen replied in the most gracious terms. The Emperor Napoleon and the Empress returned to Paris on Sunday morning, and pr°* ceeded at once to St. Cloud.

Yesterday the ' Moniteur ' stated, in a note, tlint un article which hud appeared on the pre-

vious day on the hospitals at Jtocheforfc was from the Ministry of Marine. The Minister of the Interior is supposed to have caused this note to be inserted, lest it should be supposed he shared the views of General Espinasse or those of his colleague, the Minister of Marine. STEAM POSTAL COMMUNICATION WITH THE COLONIES. In the House of Commons on the 22nd June, Mr H. Berkeley asked whether any representations had been recently received from the legislature of New South Wales or Victoria with reference to the irregularities in the performance of the steam postal service between this country and Australia; and whether the legislature of Victoria had not, by a formal resolution, recommended that the existing contract should be annulled. .■■..,, -i Sir E. B. Lytton, in answer to the hon. and gallant gentleman, said the Australian colonies had made repeated complaints of the irregularity of the steam postal communication between this country and Australia. Sir William Denison "had sent home representations from the Governments ot the colonies, and also resolutions from the Chamber of Commerce of Victoria, complaining of the delay that had occurred; but the Government had received no formal resolution from the legislature of Victoria on that subject, but such a great grievance could not escape the notice of the Colonial Office. The Government had given notice to the parties that they would discontinue the contract for taking the mails to Australia, and had given invitations to other companies to send in contracts for the conveyance of those mails. In the meantime they had made arrangements with the Royal Mail Company to take them until a contract could be entered into for that purpose.