English and Foreign.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XI, Issue 669, 6 April 1859, Page 2

English and Foreign.

ENGLISH, NEWS TO JANUARY 17. AURIVAVOIi1 THE COLUMBIAN1 WITH THIS JANUABY , MAIL AT ADELAIDE. The Chpetah from Sydney to Wellington brought the following telegraphic despatch, published in the ' Sydney Morning Herald,' of March 18: — Adelaide, March 17. ?■ TheColumbianshasput iitshort 6f coals,'having encountered strong easterly breeXes. Her dates are as follows: —London, January 17; Suez, January 28; .Point de Galle, February 18; King. George's Sound.'March 10. She brings sixty passengers, amongst whom is Mr. Gabriell!. r The; English 'funds have; fallen ,95f, and 95f. The Paris three per cents, were quoted on the 18thV69. ;>' .;';'■ "\ :";;:7/.".,. 7 ':"'" '.", , ! • ) A-panic-has been occasioned in consequence ;of a hostile speech by Louis' Napoleon on New Year's Day. Additional Austrian troops have been sent to Lombardy. Sardinian and French troops were concentrating on the Lombard frontier. ; Outbreaks were constantly occurring in Naples and Milan. The King,of Sardinia, in opening the Chambers, made a warlike speech, in which he said that Sardinia respects treaties, but is not insensible to Italy's cry of distress. The King of '^Naples has pardoned a large number of political prisoners. * Prince Napoleon has gone /to; Turin, to be bethrothed to the daughter of the King of Sardinia. It is not thought, that war is imminent, or that England will take part in the continental struggle. A revolution has taken place in Servia. Prince Alexander, who was suspected of Turkish' tendencies, has been deposed, and Prince Milosch, a proKussian, has been elected in his stead. The Prussian- elections' have concluded. The Prince Regent opened the Chambers on the 12th January. His speech referred to the necessity of Prussia keeping up ;her army. ■■■■>.'.; The American President's Message is comparatively unimportant. It contains hints with regard to the occupations of portions of Mexico, and states that the Mormoniti;s have made.their submission. The via Marseilles portion of the November mail reached England on sth January. The telegraphic communication between Malta and England is' interrupted. The "sub-marine cable, intended to connect Suez and Aden, has been despatched to the Red Sea. -. .'-'■' The Irishmen- arrested for belonging to the Phoenix Society,-have been examined and some committed for trial.. More arrests have been made. Parliament will meet on the 3rd February. - The British Government has _ prosecuted an Irishman, named Nugent, in Dublin, as proprietor of a seditious almanac. He promised to breakup his types, and was discharged on his own recognizances. The Prince of Wales has gone to Rome to study antiquities. Prince Alfred has returnedfrom Tunis, where he had been received with great demonstrations. The weather in England was very, fine, and the winter a mild one.; .: One million pounds' worth of Victoria railway bonds were sold on the 7th and Bth of January at 107 and 1065, including interest from October to January; 5 per cent of the whole was deposited, and the bonds were to be issued on the Ist February. Great opposition was offered to the negotiation of the loan by the Committee of the Geelong Railway. Wool .is advanced fd. per lb. . The Orwell and the Kent have arrived; 17 ships saileji for Australia, in Jan., and 24 in December. The 1 declared value of exports to Sydney had decreased by one half, and very little was shipping. ; The meeting of shareholders of the Union Bank: was held on the 10th January, when a dividend of 20 per cent, was declared. ■ The declared value of exports to Melbourne and. Geelong amounted to £432,723, showing a decrease, as compared with November, of £199,190. The' decrease is principally in cotton, woollens, worsted, millinery, haberdashery, and hoisery. In beer in bulk there is an increase; in glass decrease. INDIA. The latest Indian news is considered favourable. The rebellion in Oude is virtually suppressed. Nana Sahib and Tantia Topee were still at large. The Begum has taken refuge in Nepaul, whither the troops under Lord Clyde are preparing to follow her. Some skiimishes had taken place, but generally the rebels had submitted to the terms of the Royal Proclamation. Lord Clyde has di.-.located his shoulder, and would seek repose either at Simla or in England. . * - The King of Delhi has been sent to Rangoon. CHINA. A skirmish had taken place between our troops and the Chinese at Canton; no lives were lost on ourside. -.•.-. : Lord Elgin has returned to Shanghai from his voyage up the Yangtse-kiange, where he was favourably received.