ENGLISH NEWS.

New Zealander, Volume 2, Issue 96, 3 April 1847, Page 3

ENGLISH NEWS.

By the arrival of the Robert Pulsford and the Emma, from Sydney, we have English news, via Hobart Town, to the 26th November; and the arrival of the Louisa Cumpbetl, on Thursday last, has put us in possession of still later intelligence to the 4th December. Our respected townsman, Mr. William Brown, has returned from England in the latter vessel, after a sojourn at home of nearly two years, during which period his time has been chiefly devoted to the propagation of information relative to New Zealand, and to the interests of the country generally. We congratulate Mr, Brown upon his return to the Colony just as it is beginning to show symptoms of durable prosperity; and we trust th.it he will long reside amongst us to see the desires fulfilled which have actuated him in his zealous exertions for the welfare of this the land of his adoption.

From the English papers in our possession, we have not been able to glean anything of importance to New Zealand ; but we are informed that Mr. Eyre has been appointed to the Lieut-Governorship of the Southern Province, and may be soon expected. This of itself is sufficient proof that the residence of the Governor-in-Chief will be at Auckland, although, when the Louisa Camphdl sailed, the question had not b.en finally set at rest by an Order of Her Majesty in Council ; but it was supposed that the new Constitution of the Colony would shortly be established. Emigration to this Colony is to be revived under the auspices of the Government ; and we understand that the arrangements at home respecting New Zealand are, altogether, of a most cheering nature. The Company was still struggling feebly, but was not expected to survive many months. Despatches for the Governor have be3n received by the Louisa Campbell. It is s <id they convey very important instructions ; if so, we feel assured that they will soon be laid before the public, for His Excellency's invariable course is to keep nothing back that should be made known to the Colonists. The state of the people in the South of Ireland was most alarming. They were starving— yet they would not work for the wages offered by Government; and large quantities of food, sent by the Government for their relief, had been destroyed in the streets of several towns. A number of brutal murders had been committed. The Lonyford Journal gives an account of the murder of a man named John Flood, on Sunday evening, the 22nd November last, at Ardatidra. A mob of ruffians were going the rounds of the country threatening dealh to any who paid rent lo the landlotds, and on arriving at Flood's house, he opened his door and enquired what they wanted, when two or three tried lo force their way into the house. In the scuffle, one of them fired the contents of a musket, loaded with slugs, into poor Flood's hip, and he died within half an hour after. He was a dealer in horses, and it was said of him, that " he never told a lie or cuised an oath, and was an extremely honest man." The murderers had not been discovered. Captain Manby, tt. N., the inventor of the life rope for saving shipwrecked mariners, died on the 19th November, in his 76th year. In the Times, of Dec. 3rd, there is an account of a young woman, named Catherine Foster, having poisoned her husband, at Acton, in England, to whom she had been but three weeks married. See mi^ed the poison in a "dumpling" prepared for his dinner. She is described to be not yet 18 )eais of age, her appearance goodlooking, but very simple. The Coroner's jury found her guilty, and she seemed not the least affected by it — but merely remarked, " She was sure she did not do it."