ENGLISH NEWS

Lyttelton Times, Volume XI, Issue 681, 18 May 1859, Page 3

ENGLISH NEWS

TO JANUARY 29.

ACGOXrpHEMENTOF H.R.H- THE PRINCESS OF PRUSSIA.

By the arrival of. the Victory.,werhave,news-, to the 29th of January, nine days^lateivthaiv;our.,previous intelligence. t , We are .indebted to, Captain Stephens- for ian almost complete nle,;o£. the London:, daily papers for the period. ■ The most interesting item is thenews of the accouchement of the Princess Frederick William of Prussia;,on L .the ,27th of; January^: by{ which event Queen Victoria became a grandmother. The child, a boy, is heir to the Prussian throne. The following, tdegram was, received in. London, on the evening: of Thursday, January 27 : — Berlin, Thursday, 4 p.m. Her Royal Highness' the Princess Frederick William was safely" delivered of a Prince shortly after three o'clock this afternoon. Both are doing vrell. '■■'-.. The following day further newsof the interesting event was received at Windsor, and is thus reported:-^- . ■ ' „ The intelligence from Berlin, conveyed here this morning by .electric telegraph, is, we are happy to say, of the most gratifying description. *The Princess Frederick William and the infant prince have passed a good night, and both the child aud its .amiable mother are progressing as favourably as could be desired. i . the infant prince is spoken of as being a very fine and healthy child. Subsequent intelligence is equally satisfactory. Dispatches hav.e been sent off to the. various •continental courts, announcing the interesting •event. _ Her, Majesty and the Prince Consort, are constantly receiving messages of congratulation from rabroad; no less than 18 were conveyed to the yesterday afternoon, including one from the Emperor and Empress of the French, The town of Windsor continues to exhibit its :gay and lively aspect. Flags and banners of -varied descriptions are still waving in front of the houses of the royal tradespeople. At noon, Pond, the royal bombardier, fired a royal salute from the •corporation ordnance in the Long Walk, and merry peals are sent forth- from the towers of the Chapel Royal of St. George's and St. John's Church.

The • Standard' of the 29th January gives the following latest intelligence:— The clouds that have lately gathered over the political horizon of Europe seem to thicken instead of clearing away., Our Paris correspondent says that all right-minded politicians think Englandwill preserve the strictest neutrality, putting her; forces, naval and military, in such an efficient state as to secure her from danger in the contest that appears to he approaching. Our correspondent, also says that the existence of the plan for settling the Italian' question given in the ' Independance Beige' is strongly questioned in Paris, and even that if there is truth in it, Austria is not likely to listen to it. . The present uncertainty is producing a bad effect on trade in France.

The Tuscan Government is said to have exported all the firelocks in their arsenals; and the 'Piccolo Gorriere d'ltalia' states that ah English firm had purchased then* at 3f. each> and had resold them to the Piedmohtese Government at lOf. each.

The ' Gonstitutipnttel' publishes a letter from Milan, in which the writer'states that there are neither agitation nor military-, preparations there, and that all statements to the contrary are false.

The ' Opinibne' of Turin asserts that there is no connection between1 the marriage of the Prince Napoleon and the alliance of France and Piedmont. According to a telegram from Madrid of Jan. 26, the Spanish Senate had granted authority to the Government to establish the budget o£ receipts at 963,000,000 reals.

A letter frdm St. Petersburgh of the 18th says that neither in diplomatic circles nor in the journals is there any expression of a belief in war. According to the ' Corriere Mercantile' the Modenese (government had sent 500 men, and two guns, to watch the frontier of Piedmont.

The City of Washington has arrived at Liverpool with dates from New York to the ,15th instant. A hill had been introduced into the Senate to give further powers for the suppression of the slave trade; also one for establishing a line of steamers between America and British ports. Affairs in Mexico were still in an unsettled state. No change of importance in commercial matters. ■ :

The Earl of Ripon, we regret to announce, died yesterday morning at his villa at Putney-heath. .His lordship's political career extended over a long series of years, in the course of which he filled some of the highest offices in the kingdom. For a short period he was Prime Minister of the country. According to arrangement, the soirbe in the Puhlic.Hall,Eochdale,to Mr. Bright, came off last night, when the large room was densely packed. A letter, declining to attend, was read from Mr. Cobden. After a,resolution, expressive of esteem for Mr. Bright and confidence in his political principle, had been carried by acclamation, the honourable gentleman rose and addressed the assemblage at considerable length. . The case of the Rev. Mr. Poole again came before the Court of Queen's Bench yesterday, ;when the Attorney-General showed cause against the rule that had been granted calling on the Archbishop of Canterbury to show cause why a mandamus should not issue commanding him to make an inquiry into an appeal by the reverend gentleman. The Court, after some deliberation, ordered the mandamus to issue for a hearing of Mr. Poole's appeal. At the Court of Bankruptcy, yesterday, a lengthened hearing was given to several disputed questions of claim against the estate of Colonel William Petrie Waugh, under whose bankruptcy a dividend meeting was held. The principal subject of controversy was a proof tendered on behalf ot the London and Eastern Banking Company for between £200,000 and £300,000.; The commissioner ordered that the claim in this respect should he rejected; hut he allowed a claim for £14,500, the amount of calls upon Colonel Waugh, as contributory to the London and Eastern Banking Company, in respect to the 290 shares which hVheld in that body. It appears the official assignee has received/£9OO, and expects in a few weeks to be in possession of further funds, to the extent of £6000, which will he applicable to dividend. The claims against the estate, however, are so large that a fractional dividend only ■can-result.