English News,

New Zealander, Volume 1, Issue 28, 13 December 1845, Page 4

English News,

By the arrival of the Coolangatta from Sydney, English news has been received up to the Bth of , August. The troop shipCastfy Eden, with the first detatchment of the 11th Regiment had arrived ai Jiobart Town. The Matilda, Whaler, which left he port of Auckland, on the 21st of March last t arrived at Deal bringing the news of the destruction of Kororarika. The intelligence had caused - immense sensation. The circumstances of the assault had been twice referred to lh Parliament, and statements made by ministers of what had occurred, but we have been unable to gather any information as to the course the Government intended to pursue. Her Majesty, accompanied by Prince Albert, the Queen Dowager, and the King and Queen of Belgium, were present with the experimental squadron in the Victoria awl Albert steam yacht, while it performed its evolutionson Tuesday the 15th July. It is described in the Qlohtoi the

,16.th, a* one of, the most magnificent sights ever witnessed, especially when i^ reached St. Helen**.. The squadron consisted of line-of- battle ships, and the whole tea was stndded with vessels in com- , pany, comprising all the yachts ot the squadrons between the Thames and the Land's End. The saluting of the foits and the ships, the cheering of the spectator*, the emulation of the ships and their crews, must have made this one of the most imposing spectacles which an .Englishman could wish a foreigner to witness. , After passing the Nab, her Majesty took the lead of the fleet, and when off Dumnore, slie resigned her place to the 1 Admiral, and returned to Osborne House, where she purposed remaining for a few days $ the experimental squadron proceeded on its cruise down the channel. , The appointments of Lieutenant-Governors Grey and Robe were gazetted on the 15th July. Sir F. Thesiger, the % new Attorney General, has been re-elected for Abingdon. Mr. Fitzroy Kelly, the new Solicitor General, was returned for Cambridge, after a close contest Vith Mr. Adair, by a majority of 17. There was a riot between the supporters of these gentlemen, which did not end until seveial on both, sides were seriously injured. Mr. Davis, the Governor of Hongkong, had been created a baronet. On the 10th July the second reading of Mr. Rutherford's bill tor theabolition of .tests in the Scottish Universities was thrown out by a majority of only 8 in a house consisting of 224 members. Parliament was to have been prorogued on the 6th of August, when it was supposed her Majesty would visit Germany. The revenue for the quarter ending sth July , is most satisfactory. It was calculated that the late t eduction would reduce the customs £6,03,000. on the quarter. They have been reduced only £369,387. The loss on the excise was calculated at£223,000; it has been only £149,908.— The , stamps have increased £132,000— the assessed , taxes £ 10,000, and the income tax, £157,000. , The Bishop of Calcutta hasarrived in England , fer the benefit of bis health. Among the deaths we notice the names of Earl Grey, Viscount Canterbury, and Lord Bateman. Mr. Sergeant Atcherly died on the 7th July. ( . , Lord Seen ford died on the 2nd July. General Napier was still in command at Guern- , sey, on the sth August. General Jackson, late President of the United . States, died on the Bth June.— throughout the country the most marked testimonials of respect nave been paid to his memory. He retained hi* faculties to the last. A dreadful fire has laid one third of the city oC, Quebec in ruins, and deprived 10,000 persons of , everything they had in the world. 1,630 dwel- , ling houses, and at least 2,000 stores and outhouses, were destroyed.

Important from the Brazils. — The following important communication was posted up • in the Underwriters* Rooms, Liverpool : — " Brazil. — extract of a private letter, dated ttio Janeiro. May 3, 1845.— The second discussion of tue Budget had passed the Lower House. The following forms part of the proceedings: — Prom and after the Ist of July, 1846. cotton manufacture*, the origin and produce of Gteat Britain and her dominions, shall pay in t,ie Custom-houses, of Brazil one fifth or 20 per cent., on the amount of the duties recoverable by the general tariff. The government, however, is authorised to order the collection of this differential per cent age to be ■ suspended immediately as the British government shall extend to the sugars of B.azil the reduction • in duty which she has recently conceded to other foreign sugar imported into England." f Jt has been decided by the House of Lords in, a : Scotch appeal, that an easement over land^duiv. necessarily cairy with, it the, right to dig _jheiu land; Lorda Brougham and: Gampbell took thi* view, Lord Cottenham the contrary. The Bishop of Hereford commenced hi« triennial visitation of his diocese on Tuesday,. June, 17^ In nis charge his lordship characterized dispute* as to vestments " as a disgrace ty ; th,e,age/' Juheu's" Concert Monstre" came off at theSurrey Zoological Gardens last night, June 20, with great success. There were 300 instrumental performers, and the company was proportionately greater, for 10,000 persons are said to have been admitted.

The British Museum. Mr. J. Doubleday has at length complet d his labours upon th» Portland vase. Mr. Dbubledaj; has accomplished his uudei taking in so masterly a manner, that it would defy even the most critical to discover where the vase had been injured. We believeit is the intention of the autuorities of, the Museum, in order to preserve the vase from future attacks, to keep it in a separate apartment, accessible only by tickets.

Sw an Ri v er.— Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Clarke, formerly of the 46th Regiment, and now on the unattached half pay, is to succeed Mr. Hutt as Governor of Western Australia. It will be recollected that the Lieutenant Colonel re- , turned a few months ago to this country, from St. , Lucia, and of vi hich island he administered the civil government. „ l^is popular, judicious, and beneficial system of management whilst employed in that capacity, have, no doubt, conduced to bis selection for the post he is now about to fill in our Australian colonies.— United Service Gazette. In the French Chamber, a resolution has been carried to give effect to the law prohibiting the ■ residence of Jesuits in France. It was contiary • to the wishes of the ministry and has been considered a triumph by the opposition party. Thi* has been followed by the suppression of the order closing tbe establishment and dissolving the no- • viciates. The Superior in France has received orders to this effect, which order was obtained by the representation of the. French Government that the nation would have it so, and that it must comply. The heat at Paris had been so great this summer, thet on the 7th Jaly, several horses dropped dead on the Boulivards. The Thermometer stood ■ 9()f in the shade. The town of Welilozhie, in. Bohemia, was struck with lightning, and 70 buildings destroyed.