ENGLISH INTELLIGENCE. [From the Sydney Herald.]

Nelson Examiner and New Zealand Chronicle, Volume I, Issue 24, 20 August 1842, Page 96

ENGLISH INTELLIGENCE. [From the Sydney Herald.]

On Monday, April 4, Parliament met ■o after the Easter recess; and, after a few unimportant motions had been disposed of, j Sir Robert Feel moved that the house resolve itself into a Committee of Ways and Means, when the proposed Income Tax was considered : the debate lasted eight nights, when the report was brought up, and the tax carried. The numbers were — For the tax ... 308 Against it ... 202 Ministerial majority . 10ft In the House of Lords, when the new Corn Law Bill was brought up, Lord Melbourne, moved an amendment, that a fixed tax on corn was preferable to any sliding scale. After a spirited debate the house divided, when the numbers were — For the sliding scale . 207 For a fixed duty . . 71 Ministerial majority . 136 A bill, proposed by Lord Mahon, had passed a first reading in the House of Commons, giving to authors a right to the copyright of their works for forty- two years, and securing the property to their heirs for seven years after the author's death. A motion for the abolition of flogging in the army was rejected by a large majority. The Queen had conferred a baronetcy on Mr. Pirie, the Jord mayor of London ; and some excitement was caused by the same honour not having been granted to Mr. O'Corihell, lord mayor of Dublin. Emigration to this colony was not likely to be, revived for some time, but it was to be vigorously extended to New Zealand. Dr. Boyter had proceeded to Scotland to iprocure emigrants to proceed to " Auckland, Ithe capital of New Zealand," in June. From this we presume that the Home Government had determined that Hobson's choice w,as a correot one. The New Zealand Company w.ere advertising, land for sale at Nelson, -where, there is said to be " abundance of good boiL" Lord Stanley had refused to cede, the sovereignty of the Chatham Islands to Hamburg, and had declared they were dependencies of New Zealand. Mr. Joseph Hume was elected member for the Montrose boroughs., A committee of the House of Commons was appointed, on the motion of Mr. Ferrand, to inquire into the frauds practised by manufacturers, particularly in paying their labourers by the truck system. Sir George Arthur had started overland for Bombay. His son, Captain Arthur, accompanied him as military secretary. The Marquis of, Tweeddale was to proceed to Madras as Governor, to succeed Lord Elphinstone. The marquis was aid-de-camp to the Duke of Wellington during the Peninsular campaign ; and his daughter is the wife of the Marquis of Douro, the duke's eldest son. It was rumoured that Sir Benjamin DUrban was to accompany his'lordship as commander of the forces. A large number of troops had received orders to proceed overland to India. The Earl of Munster'cbmmitted suicide by shooting himself, on the night of the 20th of March. He had been labouring under depressed spirits, and the depression was increased by the disastrous news from India. His lordship, we. need hardly say, was the eldest son of the late King, by the late Mrs. Jordan^ * It was rumoured that Lord Ripon, the President of the Board, not agreeing with Sir Robert Peel on financial measures, would retire from the Ministry.