RETURN OF HER MAJESTY TO OSBORNE.

New Zealander, Volume 3, Issue 173, 26 January 1848, Page 2

RETURN OF HER MAJESTY TO OSBORNE.

Official notice \^hh received on Wednesday, by the Commander-iii-Chief, Admirul Sir Thomas Ogle, that her Majesty and Court would proceed to Oaborne House, via Cohort, at noon. The necessary prcp.itations were immedi ifely made for her reception. Tj c Fire Queen, Lieut. Commander Johnson, having arrived from the service of attending on the Admiralty at Coik tmd Milford. was ordered to be held in readiness. At noon, her Majesty the Queen, and i'rincc Albert, with hU Royal Highness the Viince of Wales, and lYuicess ftoyal, attended by a ismall suite, arrived by sppciul train, from Buckingham Palace, at the terminus in the Royal Clarence yard. On alighting from the itate-caniagc, her Majesty and Prince Albert were received by Admiral Sir Charles Ogle, Rear-Admiral Sir Hyde Parker, C.B , Colonel Lewis, Royal Engineers, in command of the garrison (p.o tem.J. with the keys —Captain Superiutendant of the vicimilling yard, Sir Edwurd Pan y, Captain .Superint'-tuLint Clmds, C. 13.. of the Naval College, Captain Sir James Sin-ling, of the Howe, 120 ; Captain Pa-.go, of the Victoiy, 101; Commander Jlydcr, of the Vixen steam bloop, Com mander Brown, of the Guyscr, steam-sloop. S>c. Mcssn. Grant and Davits, officers of the Claiertce y»rd, «nd a puaid of honor furnished by the COth Rifles, under Colonel Ncsbitt. Her Majesty, I'iincc Albert, and the Royal children, willi the 1 idies and "pntlemun of the Court, proceeded in the state -barge, intended by Sir Chailcs Ogle, ami steered by Captain Pubco, to the Fire Queen —the do incslic establishment following in n scrond bngiu. On thebtanda d being hoisted, the Vicloiy, dressed in coloifa, manni-d yaids, and iirrd a royal {.ahitc, as did the P'ttlfonu B.ittery. At one, the Fire Queen cast off her warp*, anJ steamed out of the lnrhor, under another salute from ths und the licinty cheering from tho seamen of the Howe, Victory, Grysor, Vixun, &c. In passing Spithend, the Genah Bairn, Kgypltiui corvette, Captain Mu<<tapha, fired a loyal s-ilutu with manned yards hiul drehscd ship. The Alanon, convict ship, and Vernon, ludmman, weio also decked out in colors. At abonl two o'clock, the Qmcnand Court hnded at Tunily Whiuf, under a salute fn.m Cowca Castle, and from several yachts in the Roads. We aic happy to siy the Queen, i'rinco Albeit, and royal children, weie looking remaikably well, and remained on the deck of the Fnc Qjeen, during her pasango ncrosa the Solent. Admiral Sic Charles Ogle had the honor of attending the Queen m the steamer to Osborno, and on bib return he visited the Egyptian corvette, wheie he was received with every dislincii>n, aud heven khiio were iired on his departuic. —The Nautical ilandard.

Tun Giiuat Buiiai:*.— -At length this btupcnrtous vi'H'el, nfter huuj stianded iv Dundrum bay Hince Sep't-mbcr hr>t'hi» been floated fiom tlwit rocky coabt, and is now once moiv. suio iv dock at Liverpool. H<t tvb'iic is conbidend to be one oi tUc mut>t succcsbful luboiiib of enßiiicnng skill on record ; not even cxrcpiing tlie floating of the G.rr/on htcum frigate at Monte Video, On Wednesday (last week) another attempt was made The bower anchovt. wuro laid out, and by .neansof hauling on those, this greut v sscl was w,irj.<-d 10 leet. It wasconBidcifid jmliciom to lot her remain in that position till the f'ul'owing d-iy. Tbc Birkeuhoad, iron btcarn frigate, came down fiotn Ivinghton on Wednesday, in order to scive us a tug. In the courfcc of tho same day the Scourge, a powertnl steam bomb ship, came into tho buy and anchored uhout thicc cubits' length from the Great Britain. On Thursday, though the spring tide did not How within six inches of the height expected, nn .iltempt wasinude to t(»w the grfat vebael oil, but cnlirelv fuiled ultbough the Birkenhrml put on hei enure btcain power. Friduy w<is, consequouily, fixed upon for' the f aal attempt to transpoit the noMe vessel «cross the Channel; und jirepnruloiy to Unit, the engineer* in charge of tlio operationn h iJ lilted v]» unwinds of 40 pumps, quite sufficient to keep the vessel ail >at, if efficiently manned, although her si/a weje t*ice wli.it it it. One pump, wliich Mr. Brt-mnir had brought onboard, throws no lt'fia a (juujtity ttmn three tons of water in a iniuu o. As soon as the tide rote, the hands on board, consisting of the majority ot the crew ot the Scouryo frigate, and a great poi tion of the Jhrlcenhetul, co«>niciicjil, under the dirtctmn ot Captain Claxton, to warp the vu^ul oil, by means of a bower auclior being

l,iid out at a f nl)li \ K'.igtb to the cast, nnd haulm/; on tilth, she wub wiiipci! u ihst.mci' of 80 latln-ini. The hands on hoard j. im % bcwnl iodikls of cli<cn», for " Loid Koden," <>'d licl'ii-l," •' \mu\ tic lloos, I ' the " Public Tress," iVc >v< . At linlf-.'HHt one o'd<'i lum Monday, tlio Great Ihi/«i"m arrived :it Fiivcrjoul !ro>n Iti-ICist. Tn thccouiso o( the forenoon \\ wns imionuci'il thnt a ship, sui'poftul to bp tlic Gienl Jlufniu, was oM" Ilolylicad, mid .ibont half i>im(, one ippcutiitl lii.nu; of cannon nniidunced her ninvulin | lie liver. Tm' excitement nis lully as great ason tliejoi % ri«-ion of hci f'nst liip to New Yo\U lrom l.ivi'i|ioi)|. She left Bdlnst on Sunday afU'i noon about Uvo o'clock, linn,' towed in lur piiss.i^e by the (Jovem- | ment steam (rigalc Jh'r/icnfirnd, one of the Livcinool | .StoHiii tua; Coinyany's beutq, unil a pilot. She wns brought down llio liver Mcisoy opposite to the George's pici licad, whero Ibo liirirnfiotul Ml her, uml wont inlo the Coburg Dock. Imm< dmieiy on the liiihcnhrml k-iiviiiif her, the Grrnt Ihitn'.n wiih taKen by lh<i slc/un Ln^ into tlio l'jmco'fi D<cL llnwn, :uid placed on the " gudiroii."' A considerable number of jwi sons weio onboanl ; nmongst who n were Captain ( hixton, Mr, Uicmncr, itc. A ileutc mass of spectators h«<l ussembled round the basin to witness her entrance. Her masts, rigging, &c, looked imicK worn from Ion;; exposure la the weather, but the general appearance of the noble ship was much better than could have been expected. With few exceptions, tho upper part, of her hull docs not ecom to have sustained much datuiigo. On tho larboard beam there were a few indentations in the iron framework, some of them were cut entinly through, and in tho neighbouihood of tho bow might bo seen in two or three jdicca similar marks of damage.— lt is intended immediately L» put her into thorough repair, utter which, ' wo pusumi', tmo will again eioss the Atluntic. — The average speed from 13oll'aaL to thu Mci« y was uix and a half mileo an hou:.

Emigration and Steam to Australia. — Before quittiug commercial matters, it may not be irrcvnlcnl to any a word or Uvo in reference to the condition of s-omcof our colonies, those of Aut>traliain naiticulm*. In to-dny's papers yon will ice u brief announcement a, to Messrs. Suudeiland iind Boyd Uaviiiß ycsteiday had „an interview wif.li the Emigration Commissioners, llttvint; jint had a conversation with Mr. Boyd (Gojil Brother*, Nqw Bank Buildings) the writer is able to give the mbslance of the interview, which was of a inoHtbutisfuctory nature as regards the wclfure of I hose tlmving colonies and of the patties about to be sent there. It appears that the commissioners huvfi rrnrly .£'loo,ooo at their diiposul, aiising from thccoloniiH land revenue-;, and with this they intend to despatch < some 7000 emigrant of both sexes In tho choice of those however, much more discrimination will bo exercised thm was formerly tlie case. A system offer* tifica'es as to character anl eligibility is adopted, that will prevent many of the abuses complained of bjfoie free emigration to the antipodes was suspended, when, government vessels were freighted with individuals pet fectly useless to themselves and amiismce to the colonies. The conditions now imposed will ic(juiie a tolerable degrco o£ icspcctabiliiy as to means, and full proof ub to bodily health, industrious habits a/id a knowledge of suitable trades or agticul utal purfeuits before the passage is granted, and me c pauper& and invalids will have no chance of being foisted by palish Bumble* of either to^ns or rurul dis'ricti on the commissioners. The woik is already being rapidly proceeded, with. Two veiselj ore now chartered at Dcptford/oacfor mule the other for female passengers,, families, of course, not being separated. Another v^scl will shortly be placed at Plymouth, another afi Dubl n, and others on other stations, as may bur dccmol advisable from the answers to Ihe rommiibvohcib' circulars, now sonu- time in circulation. The t'mig ation will be proceeded with th'oughout the wuuer, ii nd will not, it may be presumed, be limited, by the sum n.ime I bhould favourable- accounts bo ieecived, us there is every reason to hope there will, of the buceess of ti c firht portion of the experiment. Nearly .ill tlu Au tralinn settlements are in a moat {notp'.iotu condition, their sole want bi'ing Übonr, of which it is quite impossible that too much cam b • fcent out, at least for veiy ranny yearc to come Tlie iccin depncinion of their wool is nguuiHl them a little, especially ns the interchange of nnvicea respecting the state of the inaiket occupies such an i»termiuuble time at pieM-nt. Hut this latter evil will bocorrectel before long, thanks to Wa; horn's com - jmny for btoaminjj between Sydney a.id Singapore, tho i r.utieal carrying out- of which project now only awaits E.i.l Grey's profl'cr of contrnct lor conveying the mails between the two poits juot mentioned, and so completing, with the aid ot tiic Peninsular and Oriental Co r.pnny, the circumnavigation of the globe by s>team. Tims no time may be lost in the business, Waghom has started for Howick Cnsllc, to lay hold of tho Co lonlil Secretary, and he will by this time have arrived there, ami is n> doubt enthusiastically thanking his Blai>> for being relieved by PulmeihUm in the uncongenial duty of making a goose of himself amidst the lormal I'ji.liMies of — Lmdon Corespondent of Lit ct'poo! Albion, September G. The South Australian Register btates, that late intclligcntehom h nglnnd via Smgnpore, nffnmsthat " tl «: Peniusulai and Oriental Steam Navigation Company have takenj alarm at the S.;rew popcllcr plan, ua the Cape, nnlhaving made the neceasnry ai 1 angements, wcic I'cU'iiu'nod to open a branch line from Singiipi re to Sidney, tin ough Torres Straits, to taku on the 21th, Janusiry (English) mail, on Us leaching Singa* pore " 'lhcre is nothing like opposition to brin^ mutter* of public utility to n bead. By the beginning of April, then, we may cxprct the first stcum communication arrival Iroin Knglund, tia Torres Straits. Tick Ba.sk of England. — On Tuesday, there was mi election ot oitcw Governor of the Bank of England, in the pluco of Mr. W. R. Robinson. Tiicre was no oppoiition, and, ol course, Mr. Monis, the only candMatc, being the party chosen. Births and Deaths in the Metropolis.— *Tl)e return of the lley,i>trar General for tl\c week ending August 28, {rives the following results : — Births, 1222 ; deathb, 1 84. The gross amount of the recant failures in the Corn Trade has been slated at somewhat over three millions ; it i% however, believed that it will be found to approach nearer five millions. There have been three lailures in Liverpool during the week; two in the corn and one in tho East Indi» trade. They are not lor large amounts, although all highly rcspcctuble. The house of Messr*. Fitzpatrick and Co., is for about £00,000, and that of Messrs. Gregg, £3 ,0')0. The East India home is for i'OO.OQO, and will, it is said, pay 20s. in the pound. The Miinchebter Chamber of Commerce held a mcetui2 last week, for the. purpose of receiving a report from Dr. Lan«j as to this desirableness of" making an effort to iirr>duce the cultivation of cotton in a district of Noith Eastern Australia, called Cookaland, and wlucu, according to report, is admirably adapted foi the puipoae. Tho Emptrorof Russia has presented to Admirul Sir Charles Ogle, the Commander in Chief at Portsuiou'U, a H iweib wlvcr vabe., as a murk of lue IVlujcstv'ii

esteem, for the nt^ntion »\iul kindness shewn to his son thoGrnml Duke Constantino, last ycai, when lie ■vvasu visitor at the Admiralty House for a week. The vn-e is of Russian maimfarluro, stands about Ihrec fret in height, and is elegantly and most elaborately carved. . The Admiralty have ordered the chief engineer of the retentive establishments to infipe -t the machinery of nil her Mnjcstj's vctboN, whether in commission <» in ordi-.ury, unco eve.y fort njjhr, with the viuW ol kcciiitiic the ciißinoh alwnysi'i an eflu-H-nt state. Iho oiler of X'looo f«r the best oil panning of the baptism ot Chiist, made two jcaißa-ohy some gentleman of the UaptW peii-nnsion, has p,odure,l eleven iminiiiifrs. winch arc nor on view ut the llydolaik Picture Galloiy London. IRELAND. 'The death ofO'CoNNKM., though it may not have had the eIU-ct of destroying the Spirit of Agitation, appnais to have robbed it of the ability to do mischief, lhe weekly meeting! of tin- Old Irelind Ropcalcrß continue to be held in Concili ition Hull, but they arc tame nn.l spiritless affairs, without any settled purpose, or apj>arent object. The rent, which was the main object, Ims so diminished that it is barely sufficient to pay expemes ■^-and the parly which was once so powerful in nnmbcis, seems likely to expire of inanition. The party known an Young Ireland, offers a Kind of counlcr-in nation, but it is if poaiiblc more conlcmptiblu than the other; while, if uny proof were wanlin B of the miserable pi oatraton of the political power of the Komish Chuieh in Ireland, the seleeiion of such an apology for a leader at John O'Connell, would afford ample evidence of it With all his father's vituperative venom, he ha* none of his ability, and he must be content to waste bis energies in pointless harangues to the few remaining dupes who •till cling to the almost defunct Association. There w,ib a time when a Whig Minuter thought it not beneath him to entei into an alliance with the Irish Agitator, in order to secure a Pailiamcntary majority, but the party is no longer worth buying, and the Whigs were never remiss in scorning the assistance they could do wilhout. It is, however, not sufficient to reject Repeal alliances, in order to bccuic the pence of Ireland. Much has yet to be done before secuiity can be restored to that unhappy country, and Lord John ltustell will find that Ireland will be quite as sharp a thorn in the side of hia administration us in that of any of his predecessors;

Di^TimiiANCKs in Sicily —Tho llull-ilog, stcamsloop, Commander A. C. Ri-y, in consequence of a rep'Ht that some Bciious distuibances hud taken place ut Mesi-nu and Calania, w.isoi tiered txvtny with sealed ordcis, on the 7th, and ielunic>l on the Olh from Meisina, Lut tho intelligence she has brought was not made public. Our correspondent, however, had gleaned, beyond doubt, that the i isurgents in Calabria ha\c taken Hosscsbion of the C.istlc at llef?gio f and that from some aire.ts winch have lakun place at Memina, it would ssern thnt the Government fiaral a general lising of the people in Sicily. — Morning Herald. The state ol nff.iirsnt Pome was anything but sati^fuclory. It is staled that Austria and Naples wcrc<<<nccriU'd in tlic late cons]iinicy, and that 15,000 troops of the (owner were ready npontliu line, wailing only the signal of a revolution, thut under the pretence of quelling it, they might at onrc enter the Papal Stales, und coiifiun in power those who ahould ovci throw the Govenunent The late entrmu eof the Austrian troops into FeiTJi-u, under the pretence of preserving the order and peace of the city, had produced the most intense excitement, and I'aik bimricions. The Pope had protested against this invasion of his territory, end his protest had been published. It was repoitcd that the Austrian Ambaisador h-.d forudly rcmoiiblialcd with ihe Pope ng.vnsl the publication. I'ltusKNTb to tub BhY ok Ti'vi s. — The carriages and other ptcsentß shipped on board tho Antelope, Bteara-ji.ukct, liteut.-Comniuiulcr Smyth, as presents to the Ucv of Tunib from her Majesty, are nil pocked on deck in cimvns ca^CR, coveicd with cnnvai, which is j-ayed over with JcfTery's maiiue glue. — Ib.

STATE OF EUROPE. The present position of Political AfLirs on the Continent offer* "o very favourable prospect for the continued maintenance of those amicable relations with Foreign Powers, which it hat so long been the boaitofUoyal Speeches to Parliament to recount at the opening and close of rach Session. Tke peculiar faculty of Lord Pauuerston for interfering in the concerns of other St»tes teems likely to be extensively gratified, ai though it required but his accession to office to destroy the quietude which his predecessor, Lord Abkiidßmn, was so uolicious to prenervc. The affectionate relation! between Quern Victohiv and louis Piiatu'i'B have been destroyed, because the Kino of tub Baruicades seized tho oppoitunity to ncconiplinh the long-cherished object of annexing Spain to France. The hapless Quekx Isabella ha 8 been made tho victim of French intrigue, and the catastrophe, her death or abdication, seems on the eve of accomplishment, while England appears to be powerleas for good or for evil. In Portugal we have interfered to ciush a popular resistance to tyranny, and though the pntence were made of exacting redrtu for grievances, the blow was strmk and the Qukhn nowevndts* tbo payment of the cojiHiduialion, 60 that a Liberal Government is in fact the direct supporter of despotism. Switzerland i» on the eve of civil war of the most violent kind, because religious, the expulsion of the Jesuits being the moving cause of the dibagreimrnt. In Italy there arc rumouti of wars : Au tria, is in di cad of growing Libcialism which is fostered by the Sovereign Pontiff, has availed herself of the right alleged to be confeted by the treaty of Vienna, and garrisoned tho city of Ferrara ; while the petty States take part with their sacerdotal ally to resist the incursion ot the northern Potentate. In the South we have Turkey and Greece with their differences on a mere point of etiquette still unsettled, while Russia may be quietly wiuting to tike advantage of the rising diffcrcne • t'MXtcml her powers in the East while; the PcnnihUla torn by internal dissensions and opposing factions, Switzerland at war within itself, Italy seizing the iword to resist the incursion of Austria, and France intriguing for the personal aggrandiinncnt of the House of Orle ins, the prospects of continued peace are anything but nattering ; while the experience of the past career of Loid Pai.meiiston leuves but little hope from his prudence or ability to pour ojl on the tioubled wateis.— Plymouth Gazelle. FRANCE. The publication, by the Chamber of Peers, of the pnpors and documents found in the p lS&c-sion of thr Duchens dc Prasliii and her bus' a id, has revealed how much of intense wretchedness may exist under a &uifacc brilliant with all that *cn!th and rank can bestow. The " impressions" of the hapless lady, when she relieved her " o'erfraught hi an" by recording, though they were never meant for the profanation of other cyct>, in their terrible reality, put to thamc the la. homed fictions of the romance writers by profession. Her involuntary analysis of the chaiacter of the Duke, is painfully keen and Brarching, and futnibhesa powcr-fully-wnttuii physchologioal study. An inferior intellect, and a narrow heart, without a moral beiibe, cursod wifh wealth and deprived of object and occupation, becomes degraded after the fust iffervercence of joulh, to the cold, discontented c>nir, at onrc base jind sensual. It is a nature but too capable of crime, and a rague indclmitc fear of the future se«ns to j»ervade the communings of the poor vie ma witli heisjlfi " you have a rare and precious talent [ut poisonii"; everything; there is a sad signiflcincc in the words, •J'he French papers hint at rumours of other ciiims in the same exalted sphere of life. The Maiqtui do Montcsquiou hat committed suicide ; the cavie stated ii— tho perpetration of a forgci y. It is reported, too, that u Bnn of one of the most celebrated of Napoleon's Marshals hf»i murdered bis mistress, and taken to (light ! AndVother " shoekmg seondaU aie wliisjiertd about, affecting high individuals." - United Status and Mexico. — On tho 30th July General Scott was still at Pueblu, prepaiing, however, for nn immediate advance upon Mexico. He only waited to be joined by General Peircc, who was expected to reach Puebla in the first week of August. The attnek upon Pcircc's detachment at PueiUe Nacional, ot winch vngua rumouis only were received by last mail, wa* repulsed with considerable loss to the Mexcaus. Notwithstanding the natural strength of the position occupied by the Mcxicau guerillas, the Americans carried it ia Riil'ant style. They rcierved their fire till within one hundred yaids of the enemy, and then opened it with murdeious effect, forcing the Mexieins to an immediate retreat. General Pence reached Perote, without any further attempts to interrupt hid march, and there he was joined by Smith's brigade, which General Scott had despatched to meet liv, — Britannia i Sept. 4,