ENGLISH NEWS.

New Zealander, Volume 2, Issue 89, 13 February 1847, Page 4

ENGLISH NEWS.

Her Majesty has honored several parts of her dominions with her presence, and in each mot Unit enthusiastic reception which is prompted equally by loyalty and gallantry. We first hear of her at Plymouth, on the 23rd August, while the yacht moored in that part of the harbour called Barnpool, Prince Albert visited the Patent Naptha Works at Prince Town, Dartmoor. From Barnpool the royal squadron made for Guernsey, where her Majesty and suite landed. It is impossible, to describe the intoxication of joy which seized on the inhabitants of the Island who, famed for, and proud of their loyalty, turned out en masse, to enjoy the rare honor of a Royal visit. Amid the stunning salutes of the artillery almost drowned by the bliouls of the people, her Majesty proceeded through streets lined with soldieis and militia, overlooked by the insular population, and shewed with flowers to the ' depth of several inches, to the heights of Fort St. George, from which she enjoyed the beautiful view of the Channel Islands, and the almost encircling coast of France. Her Majesty left Guernsey the same night, and returned to Osborne House. It seems almost a pity she did not make the tour of the Island, which would have gratified her by its romantic beauty, and might have seen in a day. Very contrary is our intelligence of the potato crop which in England, Ireland, Scotland, the Orkneys, Savoy, and other parts of the continent is expected to be a total failuie. The effect on unhappy Ireland may be imagined. It is heartrending to read the statements of those who have lately been through the country, and who agree that famine, with all his honors, must depopulate the Island, unless prompt measures be adopted by England for its relief. To add to the difficulty the grain markets of the Continent ate higher than those of Biitain, and to supply the place of potatoes alone, not to mention oats, another laige item in the usual bill of faro, the crop of which will be greatly deilicient, an extra five millions of corn will be lequired, The poor of Ireland are deeply sensible of the miseries too certainly threatening them, and have assembled peaceably, but firmly, in numbers of as many as 5000, to declare themselves on the blink of starvation, and to demand work and food. The filnglish corn harvest was likely to be somewhat better than had been anticipated, and that of the United States abundant. Money was so plentiful in England, on 31st August, that many of the deposit banks refused any longer to give interest. The demand for money, however was not equal to the supply ; i which the Times considers a proof of the sound state of the country at that time. On the same day wheat was from 6s. to Ss. 6d. per bushel of 70lbs. avoirdupoise, accoiding to quality. The new wheat was fetching about 7s. This price is higher than had been anticipated would take place, after so heavy a reduction of the old duty from 20s. to 10s. per quarter. Estates were selling, and farms letting, at higher prices and rates than before the Corn Law Act passed I Westminster bridge is fast being taken down. A portion will be allowed to remain for the accomodation of pedestrians, till the new bridge shall have been constructed. Famine in Palestine.— A Triest letter of the 15th says j — " The last accounts from Jerusalem represent all Palestine to be a prey to the horrors of famine, caused by the livers and streams being dried up. At Safet, many persons had already perished from want of food." The sum paid by the Society of Friends this year, under distraint, and in obedience to Ecclesiastical demands, amounts to £9,000, which they, as usual, protest against.