EUROPEAN INTELLIGENCE.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XI, Issue 648, 22 January 1859, Page 3

EUROPEAN INTELLIGENCE.

| ■ : ■■•" e-rfi;'^' t<.'■■)•,"(•.•••: ■.•;. ■ i Thb iFr&nces,.from:Sydney r .brings us New South | Watestpapers-toiJune 2hd;>;: i The* Sydney .?Mom« 4 ing Herald of December 31st contains ' news by f the .Royal Cliarterj^lV'bni'liiverpool^to the 23rd t October! 10- 1 '■ !;> l '■'■'""•ly. f!" ■ 'v' -V,"'. , I ("From 01^ |- ' ' London,' Friday,122 nd October. f PatUameirt wasL furtnbrr prqrd||ued.bn: Tues'day,1 till » 19th! Npyeriiber. Tbeife' wasn't asingle I > ineto&ir pjf the" Hquse', of Commons present, 'and only H threePeets.';'• .The Hqiises.will mecjtj'; in, November. f«i only to *bev prorogued to 1 a more; distant iday.— The fft simple fact thatLprd.Jphrißussell yisitod the Earl ft* of Defby, at ;jii^Beat.at Kn6>&iey, and dined with fp him there, is looked upon by sundry ultra-politi-X cians as an.eyent scarcely less strange and ajarmiug W than'fhe vis,i^q?: the cbmes;::vWhat.{"'"Lord John B| condescend .to place his. legs, under the mahogany of % hia foir^eir rftc^ |*ft idea'^ett is r^iqutqus^the event impossible. This f E is tHctiangiiage heldvby: r ,tlie 3out\and-pui; party nien',; |) \ who i!fiothin&'good'except in that yhichhelpnas, || to their ft^tf^ however, this M little^irbumstance1 expresses a sense of chivalry, || lpt]rin;the Lg)tt^ M to^brave {r,thef'world's 'wqhder and disapproval,.by; •If tendering ftnjr accepting aninvibtioh; under such m drtamstantee^tb'set^ f|\Uties of society whictiare everywhere received as 'rS Mede and Persian law. It is no reason because men igs differ^ lopiniqn that they .should shurLeach .other's i 1 society." The progress, pf.she,.age is gradually uu-, ' | deaaining-.such. an iabsur<l -iidea, and~our; leading x men now meet on many a neutral .ground* and .advoj \ ( togethejr Jthe :cause>of .religipn-andbsociaiim-*sprqy;emen.t.' • Thereican boi no 4QUbti whatever,.that 1 \i. the visit of Lord John Russell andfthe Earl of..Gar'-v X lisle, to Knowsley. was- unconnected-with^^^ politics, and i dictated solely r byjinptives.'qf .■friendship.— V We are asked to believe "a statement that Ministers *• Thave not only sketchedoutaplan qf parliamentary c reform^ but- have-submitted it-privatelytq1 ;sojn.e'of. their^ politicals vfriends," with; a view of ;ascertaining; - s their opinion upon it previously to-embodying it rin !»the form of a bill. Theimeasure, if we are to credit I the .representations of thosef who' pretend; ;to beHn I the secret, is large and? comprehensive, d The county! ffranchise is to be reduced»to £12, and that in IbqroughSftq ,.£s,^ The right^fjelecting miember^ is -1(> be giVfini^WiPftß f ';and,iini adclition ; tto^hejdrd^uary-''frai^chis^{^he. ; p9vf ( e^~ofV,o\ing\is : tp. Fbe ,co9|erreJ'Qq [not, who pay a certain amount of direct,lvtaxes.j Although^it.is by jio. nieans imprqbable t^ ter^ja^yjhj^ejW^tutp^ i^nqu:irA®3 mi the. Purpose^ i of ascertainipg.jthe opjnjQfljq^jhe^pnseryalixeiiiarty, :on.the 3^Bf|i<3fli;oiF ;^reiqrjar.so/a^^..tp^enabieijthemto prepaK«,aimeaiure ihei4eaß^jliie'lylitq i proy i oke defec- ; tion^yrgj^Of far. as, to frame" such a scheme"as the one .just[ indicated., j #s TheJrsjb,inl^ng we^haH^av^ qftthe promised bill 4- W ' mbuthlbf the-Chancellqr-of the i ihcchequer,^n4 hot fww ,tjhe lipi'ot^n^.gobemoucKe \ \^ of the London 1 clubs; •-■ The abqye scheme of reform f certainly-■b"a?es r representation :iipqn"thre'e 'separate f «ad' distinct 1 qualificatiqns^^ «, se^catioh^a^prqgrainme' broad to" com---1 demanded^by judicious; reform. >^ftaers. It must, however, be taken cum grano salts; llXord Hardwicke^ho mean authb'rfty^-ljas come out ■** iin'tatKer;ah alarming-raanrier onthe subject of naval defences. At the annual- dinner of rthe Western Agricultural Association, the other *da^^e-exert'6diihimserf'tbdissipatethe notion .'that *•* ;Britannia:isinvincible ; 6nthe:sea.a;;>rt*is-alia delu-. Afat •^elhaveißaflorsbut no ships—both innumber i ylimdficonditioni.thaiatteroliave ibeeh' found, in his pf T.tourJof inspection, mtterly; inade^' i:<l^asteito maintain :our. maritime: supremacy.; Lord. vHardwicke told the assembled farmers that he had; r some.T^xjiej^ents;,m^^ } T*built shfp^r'plajfciii^witljjirpni; a wrought 1* iron hull, four i pjchesjtfiick,'hrp%pvefy shot as if it ««, rT¥is pscb^ryi;yhich'his lordsWp at-: 1 4 trlbufe'd to the iSmpMorAflthe' Kdhch, Would create' ffi* * v tevolutioir in naVa)P a^h^^tme,,' and if," qb|eryed; fj thp ,'l^nisteri" we/^wefe^ojma^nt^in; 'but position, 'lisa* W^ffine; naval power^e'jmust 6xpe"c'ttb"'be"asked' ; byJ' • \^j^e tJavernment-forlarge jsumslfqr' navaVpurpqses v ' \ *|^-TKere iseveiyproßaDiiiiy^^f'lhfe dispute "b'etWieea * pflrance and Portugal cqmingiJq^a' pacific" sotutibn" i lxl§K*he^«ttbmissioriof-tfie^latterpower.i—The Em--1 1 \j?eror Aliexai^eKll. proceeds Steadily in the work of -J the serfs^of Russia, nothwithstanding t flaa.'njjr of-the rioblei. .The time con-" i st)mplated,fQr perfecting the work is twelve years'.-- -\ , Iws st^'t^d that an, AusjTJan^qijce^is^about.itOi enter. Ispyvist injgrder {to i^lie ; ,*n4tioja^ G\fsßo .siJnce'the^Diet"assembles", p Jfcne )4^n^if,^ul^|arm|4andpnAorseback. r" "'.'. y^f, Jhe sym^thy-jnt.these4imes withgreat comraer- - dakdeluiquents • is. something scandalous. •' Sir John , ;;DBan,7Eauliiand: Mr. Strahan,\ the ex-bankers, will j|dm»stly.;'oomplete threesyears of the termof their- , imprisonment^ and a memorial is in- course of bircu-" X fllfellPi^^flsgfttial jhquses," ;fQrt_theteliberation; ''tMJM'I this extraordinary, proceeding,,,the following "^WMOn.tis kassigned. -- A law. which was passed last fißMion^ provides that any person committing an 1 (MSmceisuch as that for which these rogues are suf- ., ?teinj^ shall, only bje.liable.to three years' imprison?^SS^iJ <&&&}* c<?9ntpn.4fif'othe.reffire,: thatjitjwpuldl jlSSpjus^. adhere jtp ; a, v seßtenc^psqnounced. accqrd-, i-^lStpid the "provisions qf : 'an Act unHerwhich they' J*^|hßPcoiiyic'ted'i5 arid swhich'-'was' pissed jifiirfy'years «*Bfi; Another reasQnis:alsqaßsighed, yiz'., that the , dflqpftqwjof the l^estern^ankjiof;. Scotland;are al"Iw We.'Koyat»^ritwhsßank 'director&s'epms to" have L <cfSlett r6veMbbked lvas"4! further precedent "for 'mercy.;: tol t us'that;all tliese thingsiare but; part f pfi qße ;^aJ;;sys,tem i morale ||fficb4p^ks^.nppn^ka. !] B^ip,d}uig^s ( pn^ venial , yfoßenoe—an^ offence wjuch.wßihg.ienwd' ypund with a. x y, >:«bpHistical Veasbtis, iiv sther. end tp: b?r tlpwrcelyidistinguishableas an ; 'offence"at-all—and 1 f '/^lich jUltimafely;.itespJFes; itself into: a misfortune, fatoer . It may r be. that Y pressure, from. ) Mnind'will W^'ex&^^in.^e'p]M^oiZ^.^ and 'i?6fiahan, &b iil has bee^' only Very Tpceijtly in the f* ek»eoi certain other culprits j^but we-cannotbelieve' t ti^iustiQe ,br the,;pub'Uc iyoiicecall foe their, liberaj J iiop. -„ Tb^erei .are.tpq.many .difficulties, in, qbtaining :->• c^nviction'iH'the*se r 'cases'; "there lire ,tpb .many A tii6lbssa^:Bwirialers walking abouf "England' uri-1 A|*hallenged, forth&woH3''t6' forego th<? small '■- satis-, Jjjjiictiip.o ofiknowii^g that ithereis a;punishroent ,p'ro|||y|de^ fqr.the^hameful delinquents, ; ,hqweygr great. Mine ( pbstacle«l ytyyfa ',hayp 'toI• be;, surmquoted' 'in' J»w)irding itl—THe^e has ;beena great: nietrqpplitan, demonstration 'against"Tractarian' practices—" the candles,,crosßeflV;rQodrscreens, altars, and other merer kriciqu* ftrumpery," »s Mjr.^atternied'them, as, wptt a| r'theVd'eeper,abijse, "th^ ,Ther,e, are'i^b great: names aMociated.with.the' gathering,' bufcltiiraia powerfuT'beetrng;' fqrthoie present Jfprere all select, vestrymen and churchwardens, the jfitten.wh^haire, direct,and inimediate poritrol over litiach proceedings/—ltappeaiii t to.t»,a, jettled thing. «that!th:e'A«ahtl<i!!Telegraiih 'iii; altbigether useless,' fland tMt.'a i(new cable:wiir;have to-beplaiddowni MiThe chief directors \of ithis; unfortunate undertaking; iiare^ together, by the. papers, WwithjlpngletterßimKating blaipe to, dmerejit,.partis.: Sane wffter' avers'thW. if the cable Jhad:i)eeni niide Jgoftlip best chafcdallroh afc jEtOO'pefmileVit would m.»ot hayeibrokeavnnder.'aistrain 0f.,8.1;cw.t.; but:a Sia.Y^g, ; pf ; JEJLor, £.. n^il§;,h.ad ; v rejducedf the^ .brealiing ; ||*train,.t)o,62'^wt'.'." Messr/J. Newal.i;^.Co.,rwM,roide »a «^it" of "tlie.wirt, Ts(W.miles,'sa^their -cdWyw Smade a~t r £9o a mile; aiid'bore^a strain "of 85 cwt-i and; »th^t thejadditional cable .required: this yjear'waß[ timaiip by -yie&xK&lteb arid Elliott. ,; The, Atlantic, »TeTegraph"ba^,.',,curiq'u9ly,' enough, damaggai.iw^ S4ofrnian £4loman>f^ i ftP"*"' ;^^ offi4r faay, whdn the'Alderrnan'ifaßpprW r v||itoing.at the CjuildhiU, Lieutenant !Higginson,R.N, «#l»J^4{fQy^Juraf«qn»ftgflin,ittheTe^ I imny.^nd liiii. r apphcaUqn ,waxed ffira'rm, as. a man may -ik expected to do* whd ha« ||rtnk ;£ 1000' oM i Bh^re in thU unlucky ipeculatlony liThd AMetmaiii wa» Joitlaltyltrarm-iMiavlfrga'bo hUi f«»tlUed ; to.C9urteous poMldeEatlqn. TJhe.blnn.t, • e;A r |fctfkid he had^niiwiMk^tba Al^rm^'.!

phgd that „if ,he talked'inithat> wayihe w.ould orden h^ra putqf , The Lieutenant declared that ho wagnptitp.bebrow-beaten, and,tb'eAldei;manordered him ,to.,be,i p U t ; but., , l?oxt day, the Lieutqpant called again on, the Alclerinan, ,and the latter ftpplo-; gised,! {.The ;Lieutenant(ibmplainedi that tlip.spiicir tors of the .Company vere.sitting: pn thp-bench,; and! aiii-altercatipn tvgaiu. pnsued, :the magistrate;once; mor,e,threatenj.ng,tohave.tho pfficerremoved, and; refusing to issue asunnnonssagainst. the Company. The Lieutenant will have Jus irevenge,,forithis ,disr, pla}r of temper,.;wlll.. .very-likely turn, the. balance against the ■ Alderman at ;the Greenwich election,, ■. -.;

The.most .unfortunate fatality;appears toiattend steam communication. between. England: and,; Aua-: tralia.., The last overland,mail,but one;broke.down,, and^all who did not send duplicate letters.by ordinary .conveyance have cause to repent theirwant of judgment., There is a continued disappointment, and annoyance in the irregularity of the mail, but on tho. last occasion .it ;was: not .occasioned by any lack of.circumspection ouithelpai't of ;the P. and 0., Company or any one.olse, but.from some damage to; the .vessel.. Does not this unfortunate contretemps show the urgent..necessity;that; exists for •& second andiiindependent, line?. . :Tliat line must; be vial Panama. Even allqwing that this route; is some, feW; days longer than the one via Suez and Ceylon, it is <evident : ;that, it is at' the;same time,a safety; Valve, for the misfortunes of the. Suezline.and would prove ;a ;mbst important; boon. The formation of. British Columbia into a Crown colony must, however, tend materially to bring England: and Australia nearer together, andjthe;w.ay will be via Panama.: i The quarrel .between;-France and Portugal:;is.a, very, pretty quarrel-as, it; stands, as any: mani could desire; but althOughiFrance.is! peremptory, dictatorial, and warlike, there really isoio reason to suppose she will proceed.tOiextremitiesQre some'friendly; power..intervenes to effect,;.if,possible, a peaceful* settlement.'.: : ; .;.v, ' ":■■'. .-/;.- ■;'•-.';o •-■ ;.'• "■•■;.■■■■ •■:'■■■■:.;.■ r There, really is, no other political news of consequence stirring....Politics have gone grousesshooting here,; and on; the Gbntirien.tarelas flat as ditchwater.; Commercial affairs,are steadily, progressing, and moneyistsuperabundanfc,;>with the ratesof discbunt atr,2 pec cent.:for best bills out of doors, whilst the; Bank; of :England vrate is 3 -per cerit.;... Caution is, however, every where exercised. .There is no activity ; in; trade at present apparent J ?;'! .' ' ■ ■ Mr.jJohn Da.w?6n,: of .Whitehaven, has failed. The Funds are flat; in consequence'of the^ difficulty between;France:and:Portugal.; ' ■'"■: ■:■: ' '. ! r " ..■:■"••