ENGLISH INTELLIGENCE.

Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle, Volume I, Issue 10, 14 May 1842, Page 39

ENGLISH INTELLIGENCE.

la the Message of the President of the United States to the Senate and House of Representatives, after reference to the M'Leod affair and the unsettled state of the Border question, mention is made of the right of search which it seems is claimed, or has been exercised, by British men of war employed in the service of preventing the slave trade in the African seas, which is denied by the President.

The King of the French, in his Speech on opening the Chambers (alluded to in our last), says —

" I have concluded with the Emperor of Austria, the Queen of Great Britain, the King of Prussia, the Emperor of Russia, and the Sultan, a convention which consecrates the common intention of the powers to maintain the peace of Europe, and consolidate the repose of the Ottoman empire." This is the only generally important passage in the speech.

It seems that the republicanism of Espartero is becoming alarming to the monarchical powers of Europe. France especially has sent a new ambassador, M. de Salvandy, with instructions to present his credentials to the Queen only, but in the presence of Espartero. This claim the Spanish Government resist, insisting that they shall be presented to the Regent only. M. de Salvandy is said to have instructions to quit Madrid on the instant if the Spanish Government persist in this demand. Mr. Aston, the English ambassador, is prudently neutral.

Puseyism is getting noisy, and we suppose Romanism rejoices accordingly : " who shall decide when doctors disagree ?" It is at all events something for the Oxford people to write and talk about.

We learn that Sir Robert Peel has sent agents to the continent for the purpose of collecting detailed information relative to the average rates of wages, the prices of food, and other circumstances bearing on the condition of the humbler classes. Judging from the characters of the gentlemen to whom this mission has been entrusted, there would appear to be every disposition on the part of the right honourable baronet to obtain accurate and unbiassed information. — Morning Chronicle, Nov. 29.

A deputation from the inhabitants of Ply* mouth waited upon Lord John Russell, on Thursday, to greet him on his arrival to reside in the neighbourhood, at Endsleigh Cottage. His reply contains some strong speaking, symptomatic of renewed vigour in opposition : — " Gentlemen — I am deeply sensible of the kindness and confidence which have induced the inhabitants of Plymouth to vote the address you have just presented to me. "The late Administration endeavoured to relieve the country from those taxes which are paid to the landowners, to the West India planters, and other favoured classes, at the expense of the community at large. They attempted, above all, to subject the admission of foreign corn at a known and moderate duty, in place of a scale so curiously adjusted that it baulks the farmer at one moment and starves the people at another, while it defrauds the revenue at all times.

".The whole strength of monopoly, however, joined with the compact forces of an adverse party, defeated our efforts, and have placed a new Ministry in power. " Still, if ' the people are united, prohibitions and prohibitory duties will share the fate of civil disabilities on religious grounds, the slavery of our Negro fellow-subjects, and other works of darkness. Nor is it necessary for this purpose that the late Ministry should be restored to power : the men who surrendered what they deemed the essential bulwarks of the Church and the Constitution to the menaces of the Roman Catholic Association of Ire. land, will be sure to yield the fortresses of

commercial restriction when they shall be summoned to do so by the peaceful but powerful voice of the people of England and Scotland. " Those who have resigned office have the satisfaction of thinking that, with the exception of the obstacles which self-interest opposes to the measures necessary for restoring our trade to a sound condition, and thereby invigorating our finances, they have left their successors an easy task. The suppression of sedition at home, without suspending the constitution or the odious employment of spies — the rule of Ireland in conformity with the wishes of the great majority of its inhabitants — the establishment of just principles of government in our colonies, together v/ith a firm but pacific policy abroad — have made the empire so strong that none but the grossest incapacity can endanger its fortunes or impair its reputation.

" J. Russell,."

— Colonial Gazette.

A' numerous and highly respectable meeting was held in the Townhall at Reading on Thursday last, for the purpose of entering into a subscription in aid of the fund for the endowment of additional Colonial Bishoprics. The Rev. Dr. Berens, archdeacon of Berkshire, presided. The following resolutions were carried unanimously :—: —

" That the Church of England, in endeavouring to discharge her unquestionable duty of providing for the religious wants of her members in foreign lands, is bound to proceed upon her own principles of apostolic order and discipline. " That the want of episcopal superintendence is a great and acknowledged defect in the religious provision hitherto made for many of the colonies and dependencies of the British Crown. " That the acquisition of new colonies and the formation of British communities in various parts of the world render it necessary that an immediate effort should be made to impart to them the full benefit of the church in all the completeness of her ministry, ordinances, and government.

" That a subscription be now opened in aid of the fund for the endowment of bishoprics in such of the foreign possessions of Great Britain as shall be determined on by the archbishops and bishops of the united Church of England and Ireland ; and that a committee be appointed for the management thereof." A committeee was appointed, and a liberal subscription was opened on the spot. — Ibid.