The New-Zealander.

New Zealander, Volume 5, Issue 405, 2 March 1850, Page 2

The New-Zealander.

Be just and fear not : let all the ends thou aims't at, be thy Country's Thy God's, and Truth's.

SATURDAY, MARCH 2, 1850.

It will be seen by the distressing narrative which appears in our " Shipping Intelligence" to-day, that any feeble hope of the safety of the Richard Dart which might have lingered on in some sanguine minds, is now totally and finally extinguished. Every such hope had, however, been abandoned by most persons, weeks if not months ago ; and yet the change of what was strong probability to the absolute certainty of her loss, comes with an afflictive force, greatly deepened, of course, when we consider the number of human beings who were almost instantaneously hurried into eternity. We have not been able to learn any authentic particulars of the wreck" beyond those which we copy ; but, no doubt, we shall by and by, get fuller details ; and, until we have the case more completely before us, we deem it not only kind but simply just to refrain from all comment on the calamitous occurrence.

We have received, via Hobart Town, later English intelligence, brought by the Anglia, which sailed from London with emigrants on the 3rd of November. During the last week of October the Queem had suffered from an attack of Varicella, (chicken-pox) ; her Majesty was getting well however. Not so the Queen Dowager, who was seriously ill. Her complaint was stated to be dropsy, and, although at the latest dates she was a little better, her ultimate recovery was considered very doubtful. Parliament had been prorogued to the 20th of November. The offices of Keeper of the Queen's Privy Purse and Treasurer to the Prince of Wales, vacant by the lamented death of Mr. Anson, had been conferred on Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps.,, . .Lord Augustus Chs. Lennox Fitzroy had been appointed Equerry in Ordinary to her Majesty, .. .The Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands (now Sir HENaY George Ward), had been no mi- < nated by her Majesty a Knight Grand Orosa of the Order of St. Michael and St. George. The opening of the splendid new Coal Exchange in the metropolis, took place with great pomp and ceremony on the 30th of October. It was alleged that there were upwards of half a million of spectators on the occasion. The Queen had signified her intention of being present, but was prevented by the indisposition referred to above. Prince Albert attended, however, and was accompanied by the Prince of Wales and the Princess Royal. On the afternoon of the same day Lord John Russell, by her Majesty's command, wrote to the Lord Mayor, declaring the Queen's pleasure that his lordship should be created a baronet, and expressing Prince Albert's high gratification at the reception he and the Royal children had experienced from "the immense multitude who greeted their progress," adding, "his Royal Highness was likewise extremely gratified with the arrangement made at the Coal Exchange, and the loyalty evinced by all classes of the Queen's subjects." I The city had been restored to its usual^d sanitary condition ; indeed, the deaths during | the last week of which we have an account were only 902, being considerably less than the average at that season. The deaths from cholera during the week were only 25 ; but the total number reported during the prevalence of the disease had reached the fearful sum of 14,538. An interesting and important meeting of the principal bankers and merchants of London had been held, on the invitation of the Lord a Mayor, to hear an official exposition of the plans for carrying out Prince Albert's project for a gigantic exhibition of the industrial works of all nations, in 1851. Amongst those present were the Governor and Deputy Governor of the Bank of England ; Directors of the East India Company, and of the Hudson's Bay Company ; and a Deputation from the Society of Arts. It appeared that the scheme had been contemplated by the Prince for five years, and that a deputation had at his desire recently visited the principal towns, and consulted aome hundreds of influential persons on the subject. Mr. Henry Cole, to whom the statement of his Royal Highness's views were entrusted, sketched picturesquely the various objects that it was expected would be congregated :— " ivory from Africa and from the ice« bergs of Siberia ; leathers from Morocco and Russia ; wools from Yorkshire, from Australia, and from Thibet ; furs from Asia and from the Esquimaux ; corn, seven feet high, from the virgin soil of Connemara, and corn also . * from the Baltic ports ; spices from the East ; I hops from Kent ; olives from the Pyrenees^ from Italy, and from the Australian colonies -^ I

gold fiom California, and from the Oural ; iron from Sweden, from Wales, and from the sandstone rocks round Tunbridge Wells; clay from China, from Truro, and from Vauxhall ; hand-looms from Dacca, to compete with the last invented power-loom of Fairburne ; ancient spindles from Egypt, similar to those still used in the flax-mills of Belfast ; a printing press by Mr. Apflegarth, like the monster press of the Times; specimens of ancient and modern plastic art ; and castings in iron and bronze from the most eminent workmen in England and France." The project is manifestly a right royal one, and worthy of Prince Albert's character as a promoter of science and industry. It was stated that most probably the vacant see of Llandaff would be given to the Bishop of Sodor and Man ; and that the Rev. H. H. Milman, (of literary celebrity) would be the new Dean of St. Paul's, and Dr. Tait, the Head Master of Rugby School, Dean of Carlisle. It was in contemplation to merge the Steam Department of the Admiralty at Somerset House in the Department of Surveyor of the Navy. Mr. C. Pearson, M.P., was prosecuting with zeal his efforts for the amendment of prison discipline. He had given lectures on the subject in several places, and had paid a visit of inspection to Reading Goal, the management (or mis- management) of which had already been made so prominent in the discussion. The following paragraph appears in the Banker's Magazine respecting the Royal Bank of Australia : — *• We regret to find that there is no probability of this bank continuing business, since its London bankers, the Union Bank of London, declined payment of its bonds. According to the Banking Almanac for the present year, the paid-up capital of the bank is «nd £10 has been paid ip per share ; but the shares have been at discount for some time past. The bank was esiablished in 1840, and we see by the London Gazelle that the number of partners ii 109 We are eoriy to hear that the creditors hnve commenced proceedings against the more wealthy shareholders. It il understood that the creditor! will suffer no ultimate loss from the stoppage of the bank, but it is feared that the Inn upon the shareholders will be considerable. The cause of failure appears to hate been the unfortunate investment o f the bank's capital in sheep and wool, hi consequence of the colony not affoiding the field for legitimate banking operations which the directors had anticipated." The old firm of Charles Ef. and George Enderby— (the senior partner of which had sailed for the Auckland Islands on the 17th of August, as L'eu*enant-Governor, and Commissioner for the Southern Whale Fishing Company, of which a detailed account was copied into the last New Zcalandcr) , had announced their inability to meet their pecuniary liabilities. The Messrs. Enderby had been for many years connected with the whaling trade, and more recently had been very extensive ropemanufacturers at Greenwich ; but previous to Mr, Charles Enderby's departure, the works at Greenwich had been disposed of, and the business of the house limited chiefly to dealing in Australian wool. It is stated that the difficulties of the firm did not in any way arise from their connection with the Southern Whale Fishery, which only tended to their advantage. In consequence of the opposition to the reception of convicts offered by the colonists of the Cape and Sydney, (for Sydney gets more credit for anti-convictism than it deserves,) orders had been issued from the Home Office that the convicts — 1400 in number — awaiting teansportation should be forwarded to Moreton Bay and Norfolk Island. A body of 200 Chelsea pensioners were to be sent to the latter place to act as a guard on the way out, and then to settle down as military colonists. On the 30th of October an official announcement appeareed announcing the appointment of Lieutenant George Bott, R.N. as Superintendent of a new penal colony in British Guiana. Mr. Bott was formerly employed at Norfolk Island. Manning and his wife had been convicted for the horrible murder of Patrick O'Connor, of which we gave an account in a former number. No less than 43 witnesses had been summoned to attend at the Old Bailey on this trial It was stated that the murdered man's property, amounting it was supposed to £7,000 or £8,000, was about to be divided amongst his relatives in Ireland, one of whom is parish priest of Templemore, — the others, persons in humble circumstances. Consols on the Ist of November were 93f ,

The Commission for facilitating the sale of encumbered estates in Ireland had commenced operations. Baron Richards, the Chief Commissioner, had opened ihe proceedings with a Speech explanatory of the objects which the Legislature contemplated by the measure. The Orangemen of the County Down had resolved upon another procession with colours &c. on the sth November ; but Lord Roden, in a letter dated October 29, strongly dissuaded them from it, urging them " to remember how many are waiting for an opportunity of speaking evil of them," and making it his " personal and earnest request that they would make no display whatever on that day, but remain quietly at their home-steads, occupied in the several duties to which the season of the year called their attention." Apropos of Lord Hoden's case,— a very curious letter had been published, addressed by

Mr. C. Fitzsimon to Mr. Corry Connellan, advising that Lord Roden's daughter-in-law, Lady Jocelyn, who is one of the Queen's ladies of the Bedchamber, should not attend her Majesty to Ireland, lest it should give offence to the party opposed to the noble Earl. He naively suggests, — " could not Lady Jocelyn get tooth-ache, or some other great malady, to entitle her to sick-leave for the time, and allow some other less dangerous name to appear in the Queen's suite." We are not informed, but we can easily guess, how this new insult would be received in the " black North." Mr. Daniel Callaghan, M. P., for Cork, was dead. There were seven candidates in the field for the representation of " the beautiful city." It was stated that Dr. O'Hanlon would probably be the new Roman Catholic Primate. He is described as a " confirmed Repealer," but " unobtrusive in politics." The prospect of an abundant harvest had already greatly lessened the pressure of pauperism which had been crushing the ratepayers in the southern districts ; — the number of inmates of the workhouses showing a marked diminution. In Dublin business was in an improved condition. The Belfast Flax Society was experimenting on the system of dressing flax invented by M. de Chaung, of Brussels. The method is stated to be independent of steeping in water, and capable of accomplishing the rotting of the flax thoroughly in a few hours, the means being partly chemical and partly mechanical. Lord Stanley had been visiting his estates in Tipperary, when he made some large reductions in the rents. His lady also visited and contributed liberally towards schools and other useful institutions amongst the tenantry. The electric Telegraph had been introduced into Ireland, and was in operation on a portion of the Great Southern and Western Railway. A collision had taken place on the south coast, during a tremendous gale in the month of October, between H. M. Steamers Trident and Dwarf, in which the Dwarf was so much injured as to be left in a sinking condition.

There was little Foreign News of interest. — Rome continued quiet, but the popular hostility to the French was unabated. There were revived rumours that the Pope would soon return to the capital In France a comparative calm prevailed after the excitement of the debate on the Roman question. It was stated that more commercial bills were offered for discount at the Bank of France on the 30th of October than on any previous day since the Revolution of February, 1848 There were reports that amicable relations had been restored between Russia and Turkey, but they ■ceded confirmation. Lord Palmerston's promptitude in the affair was universally approved. Two superior artillery officers of the Turkish army had arrived in Belgium to purchase the necessaries for the establishment of an extensive manufactory of arms in Turkey. Mr. William Crawshay in a letter to the Times had offered a donation of £500 to aid the Turks against the Russians The subscriptions to the Austrian loan exceeded 100,000,000 florins, being 25,000,000 above the sum required by the Austrian Minister of Finance. . . .It was known, — although not officially announced, — in Spain, that the Narvaez Cabinet was dissolved, and a new Administration formed which was composed of men whose names have not hitherto appeared prominently in Spanish politics. It was expected that this Ministry would offer such explanations as would lead to a renewal of diplomatic intercourse with England. The young Queen continued her course of recklessness and dissipation, lavishing all the money she could procure on her favourites, while her servants could not get their wages paid. Intelligence had been received from India of the appearance of cholera in the previously healthy district of Simlah, where the Earl and Countess of Dalhousie, Lord Gough, and Sir Charles Napier were staying.

We have Uobart Town papers to the 1 3th ult. A large, but discordant and noisy, Public Meeting had been held there to petition for Free Institutions and the abolition of Transportation to to the colony Mr. Patrick ODonohue, one of the " patriot convicts" from Ireland had set on foot a weekly journal called The Irish Exile and Freedom's Advocate, of which we have received three numbers. Should nothing of more immediate interest demand our attention, we shall return to the contents of these papers.

Recent Deaths of Notable Persons.— We have mentioned above the death of Mr. D. Callaghan, M. P. for Cork, where he had been for many years an extensive provision merchant. We find also in the papeis now received the deaths of Sir Thomas Lethbridge, formerly a prominent member of the House of Commons ; — Sir John Dashwood King, Bart. ; Lady Charlotte Lindsay, youngest daughter of the Earl of Guildford ; — Town Major White, of Dublin ;— Mr. Thomas Morton, of Woburn Place, Russell Square, well known by his numerous contributions to the advancement of science ; — the Yen. R. F. Onslow, Archdeacon of Worcester ;— at Quebec, of cholera, Lieutenant-Colonel Holmes, commanding the reserve battalion of the 23rd (Royal Welsh

Fusiliers) ; this gallant officer had seen much service, and had been severely wounded at Badajoz, and suffered a contusion of the head from a musket hall at Waterloo j when he found that he was dying, he called all the officers of the regiment around his bedside and took an affectionate leave of them, begging that if he had been strict over them they would attribute it entirely to his desire to maintain the high character of their regiment ; — General Latapie, of the French army.

Odd Fellows' Anniversary Dinner. — The Sixth Anniversary of the " Fountain of Friendship Lodge, 1.0.0.P., M.U.," was celebrated on Wednesday last, by a Dinner at the Masonic Hotel. P. G. M. William Hart, Esq., presided, and Thomas Lewis, Esq., and Air. Gr. Hunter officiated as Vice Presidents, and P. G. Davies, M.D., P. Gf. Robinson, and Brother Cooper as Stewards. By the kind permission of Lieutenant-Colonel Wynyard. the admirable Band of the 58th Regiment was in attendance, and played at intervals during the evening. The Toasts were — The Queen, (with the honours); Air, " The National Anthem :" — Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, and the rest of the Royal Family ; Air, " Prince Albert's March :" — The Army and Navy; Air, "Rule Britannia -."--The Governor ; Air, " A man's a man for a' that :" — Colonel Wynyard and the Officers of the 58th Regiment •, Air, " March, 58th Regiment :" — The Manchester Unity, Root and Branch, (with the honours); responded to by Y. P. Thomas Lewis, Esq.; Air, "Brave Old Oak" -.—The Grand Master and Board of Directors, (with the honours) ; responded to by Y. P. George Hunter ; Air, " Hearts of Oak" : — Lady Grey and the ladies of Auckland ; responded to by W. Gisborne, Esq., •, Air, " Here's a health to all good lasses" .—Fountain of Friendship Lodge, (with the honours) ; responded to by Mr. Schultz ; Air, " Auld Lang Syne" :—The Past Officers of the Order, (with the honours) ; responded to by Mr. Crosbie; Air, " Old English Gentleman".— The Auckland District, (with the honours) ; responded to by Mr. James Derrom ; Air, "Happy Land": — The Widow and Orphan's Fund ; responded to by Mr. Dignan •. — Absent Brethren ; responded to by Mr. C. Robinson ; Air, " Here's a health to them that's awa" ;—; — The Press ; Air, " The Marseillaise Hymn" : — Our Visitors ; responded to by C. Heaphy, Esq j Ah, " Come send round the bowl." The dinner did credit to Mr. Hunt's skill and attention, and the arrangements altogether gave general satisfaction, and elicited rhe cordial approbation of the company.

Royal Engineers.-— Lisutenant-Coloael Streatfield has sailed for Canada, to assume the command of the department at Kingston, Canada, in consequence of the death by cholera of Lieutenant- Colonel Feuwick. Colonel Streatfield would have been mcceeded in his command at Jer«ey by Colonel Calder, had not the promotion of the latter interfered by the decease of Colonel Moody. In coniequence of the latter circumstance, Lieutenant-Colonel Gordon, who had been on Ifave from the period of his arrival in this country from New South Wales, hat been ordered by the maß-ter-general, and taken the command at Jersey.—Captain Frome, lately from Adelaide, is itationed at Brighton, vice Lieutenant Ward, who hat joined the head-quarters of the district at Portsmouth.—Owing to a reduction in the department of some of the Auitralian settlements, Lieutenant-Colonel Bolton will he taken from his command at New Zealand, at also Lieutenant-Colonel Daclfleley, from Sydney.— Lieut. - Colonel Philpoits, commanding Engineer at Hong Kong, is to be relieved by a captnin of the corps in consequence of reduction. Lieut.-Colonel Blanshard arrived recently in this country from the Mauritius, where he gave over the command to Lieut.-Colonel Tait ; he came home by way of Ceylon and the overland route. Owing to the promotion of Lieut.-Colonel Paris, he will be relieved by a captain in his command at St. Helena. Colonel Harding i&iled a short time since on his return to Gibraltar. Captaiu Burgmano is under orderi for the latter station. Lieutenants Stotherd and Rice have joined the corps at Gibraltar, and Captain Baker at Malta. Captain Rosi has arrived at Corfu, and L'eutenant Cooke, from the Mauritiuß, at Ceylon. Major Biscoe has arrived at Hong Kong from the Mauritius, Lieut.-Colonel Alexander has taken the command at Bermuda, and Captain Nelson has relieved the latter officer at the Bahamas. — British Army Despatch.