ENGLISH NEWS TO THE 13m OF MARCH.

New Zealander, Volume 9, Issue 754, 6 July 1853, Page 3

ENGLISH NEWS TO THE 13m OF MARCH.

HOUSE OF COMMONS— March 7lh.

(From the " Melbourne Argus.") By flic Marco Polo, which has made another splendid passage of seventy-five davs from Liverpool, we have five days later news. We have been favoured by Captain Forbes with a complete file to the loth March, the latest paper being the Wecldy Despatch of that date. On Friday, March IKb, the Jewish Disabilities Bill passed the second reading in the House of Commons, by a majority of 51, Hie numbers being, for the seeond reading, 203, against it 212. Both bouses were chiefly occupied by discussions regarding the future government of Australia, and the renewal of the East India Company's charter. Government, it appears, intend very shortly to bring in a bill for the administration of Indian affairs. The petition of the natives appears to have excited great attention. Intelligence from Sydney, to the i o(h December, had been received in London, via Panama. The Meteor and the Francis Ilcnly had arrrived with news from Melbourne to the en 1 of November, both with large cargoes of gold. We copy the following from the papers before us: The Court. —Her Majesty and His lloyal Highness Prince Albert, and the Royal Family, according to Hie present arrangement, will return to Windsor Castle on Thursday next, the 17th instant, for the Easier holidays. After remaining at Windsor for a fortnight, the Court will return to Buckingham Palace. There is no probability of Her Majesty going to the Isle of Wight until after the royal accouchement, which is expected to take place in April. The Funds.—The tidings of large findings of cjold in Australia, and of heavy exports to England, Iwve dissipated the anxiety at the Bank of England for the diminution of itsstores. There is an end for the present of the apprehension, that the Bank will put the screw on the circulation to stop the efflux of gold. The unsound sort of speculation in French shares, got up between London and Paris will not of itself alono furnish any ground of uneasiness to the Bank. As to other causes, we may note that there is an end to the dread of some mischief from the brush between the Turks and the Montenegrins. The Sultan has been compelled to yield to all the demands of Austria. The relations between France and England appear to be friendly, although Napoleon has succeeded in carrying out his projected commercial arrangements with England, to increase the trade between both nations. The effect of a rainy autumn on the growing crops was for a time the source of considerable alarm as to the future supply and price of wheal. There is no longer any fear upon this point; at the London market where the earliest and most desirable intelligence is obtained from week to week, the market has all at once become stagnant; nobody will buy the inferior foreign wheal at recent prices, and a fall of some shillings per quarter is apparently at hand. There is, however, one source of disquietude remaining—the overtrading to Australia—which creates a great demand for the temporary loan of money, an immense manufacture of bills, a hesitation to discount such bills lest the parties should have burnt their lingers in grasping at immense hits in the way of prolits, and (a necessary consequence of this hesitation) an excessive demand for discount in new quarters. The Bank is understood to he throwing out a great many bills ; but, with all his cautiousness, it has live millions and a half more out at loan now than at this period of the last year. The slock of gold in the Bank coffers is given at upwards of 18,800,000. Consols have advanced again to par, and a further advance is corihdenlly expected, as the state of the continent no longer excites uneasiness ; and if we are to have a time of extensive commercial discredit, il will not occur till the autumn.

The Mint. —In reply lo a question from Mr. Bass, the Chancellor of the Exchequer said the demand for gold was so pressing that there was no chance of their being able to apply the mint to silver coinage. Half a million of sovereigns per week were now being turned out that, was to say, about twice as much as was supposed to be the regular work of (he Mint, and means were being taken lo increase that supply m order lo meet the demand for sovereigns, of the diminution of which there was no immediate prospect. With respect to silver, something, lie hoped, had been done to mitigate that demand. During January, 92,000/, of silver coinage was struck, which was a very considerable amount, and the Government was not given (o suppose that the want was now extreme; but at all events more would he done lo meet that w ant as soon as the demand for gold would allow. Mint in Australia, —Mr. Ifumcaskcd whether anything had been determined on with respect to the establishment of a mint in Australia? The Chancellor of the Exchequer said that the subject had been under the anxious consideration of the Government for some lime. There were several questions of great importance connected with if, hut lie hoped lie might say (hat they were all decided and it only remained now to pul into a formal shape the view's ol the Government on the subject. March Bth. Establishment of Mints in Australia.— Mr. Bass wished to pul a question lo the Secretary to the Treasury with respect to the gold coinage, it had been understood by (he country that an intimation was given by the right honorable gentleman (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) last evening, that it was intended by the Government lo establish mints in the Australian colonies, and it was a point upon which much curiosity had been expressed lo know in what particular parts of those colonies the Government would sanction those establishments. (Ifear.) Mr. Wilson said that, with respect to the establishment of mints in Australia, he thought he might say that the government had come to the conclusion that it was a question which was more to he determined by the colonies themselves than by this country, and the Government was disposed lo afford every facility which the colonies might require for that purpose. (Hear, hear.) With regard to the place where the mints were to he established, the only part of the Australian colonies which had yet demanded such a convenience, and which had supplied the necessary funds, was Sydney, and from that colony 10,000/. had been received which would he applied immediately to the purpose intended. The Government would then he ready on the understanding that this country would become liable for no part of the charge incurred, and that the mints would he placed under such due regulations as might he necessary for (he security of the public and for obtaining a proper quality of coinage, to grant a similarconvenience to every part of the Australian colonies which might he willing tocomply with these conditions. (Hear, hear.)

Jn (he House of Commons, on the lOlh March, Mr. Fitzroy asked leave to bring in a Bill for the heller prevention and punishment of aggravated assaulls upon women and children.

He described the frequent and increasing nature of Ihe grossest species of assaults committed by "•brutes who call themselves men,"and Ihe inadequacy of the present law to meet the evil. He proposed for that purpose to give increased summary power to themagislralcs, to IIi«j extent of six months' imprisonment with hard labour, or 20/. tine in case? of the kind. By so doing they would only ho placing the " unfortunate female" in a position of equality with the poociie dog or the King Charles's spaniel—-a privilege which (hey do not at present enjoy.—Mr. Phinu went farther than Mr. Filzroy, believing the infliction of corporal punishment to he appropriate to such cases. —Mr. J. Phillimore, Mr. Packe, and Mr. Staple ton made some suggestions in giving their general support to Ihe motion, and leave was given to bring in the bill. A treasury warrant had been issued, dated 9lh March, ordering that printed books, magazines, reviews <\c, whether British, colonial, or foreign, posted in Ihe United Kingdom, addressed to New South Wales, or posted in New South Wales, addressed to the United Kingdom, may be transmitted by post, subject to the following regulations : —Every packet consisting of a single printed book, iVc, if not exceeding half a pound in weight, shall be charged od. ; not exceeding a pound, Is. : not exceeding two pounds, 25.; not exceeding three, ss. No packet exceeding three pounds weight, or exceeding two feel in dimensions of length ro breadth, to he forwarded by post under the provisions set out. The postages arc to be prepaid by being duly stamped; the packet to be without a cover, or in a cover open at the ends. This order was to come in force in England from the Ist April last, but in New South Wales its operation is delayed till the Ist of August.

FOREIGN.

The Spanish Cortes mcl on the Ist March. M. Martncz tie la Rosa was almost unanimously elected President. The opposition was very strong, and the first question to he entered on was the condition of the public press. The following is from the Paris correspondent of the Dispatch, dated 11 th March :

" It has been rumoured during (he last four or five days that the Empress of (he French is in "an interesting situation," and I am assured by some persons about (he Court thai (his is true; but things are not yet sufficiently advanced for any official statement to he made on the subject. The Empress gains ground in public opinion. Every body who has access (o her speaks of her as a most amiable person, hut it appears (hat she cannot reconcile herself thoroughly to the etiquette of a Court in which all that was most formal in the olden times has been revived, as if it were hoped to make (he people believe that the scene itself and all the aclors arc not new. The most extraordinary things are said of the etiquette to which (he Empress is subjected, and which she must feel severely, being of an open and expansive character.

u Whether (he Pope will come to Paris or not for (he coronation, I do not know, for nothing positive has transpired on (he subject; but it appears there is to be a coronation, for several new carriages have been built, and (l*c decorators of (hem have beet! allowed to the first of May (o complete their work. So much is to he done, and so little time is left for i(, thai ona of (he Government decorative painters with whom I am acquainted, has been obliged to send to Lyons for (woof his old pupils to come to Paris, and assist the persons whom he has engaged. — The Archbishop of Pan's, who it seems is not very well pleased with (lie Pope, for not taking his pari more warmly in his.disputewith the religions journal, the Univers, is doing every thing in his power to induce (he Emperor lo have what he calls a national coronation, and lo dispense with (he aid of (he Pope. The Emperor, however, attaches great importance to the presence of his Holiness, and would not think he was fully consecrated, if (he ceremony were to be performed by (he Archbishop of Paris."

" The commission on the (arid have sent in a full report to Ihe Emperor, recommending some modifications, but they arc so slight that it is not probable they will he adopted. The Emperor still inclines to liberal principles of international commerce, in spite of all the influence that is exercised by Ihe protectionists, and there is reason to believe that he will do something really deserving of notice. '• Our money market is still very steady, and it is thought I hat the present price will improve rather than fall, for there have been a great number of Orleanisl and Legitimist adhesions to the Government; and it is the general opinion now thai, if the Emperor should abstain from any marked imprudence, his Government will stand.

'' Immoderate and indiscriminating rigour, has recently marked Ihe proceedings of the Austrian Government, in some provinces of the empire. At the present moment the stale of Milan is one of absolute terror. We are informed on indisputable authority that persons, not only unconnected with Ihe disturbance of the 6th Feb., but friendly to the Austrian Government, have been arrested in Ihe streets, condemned by courtmartial, and actually shot, before their friends knew where they were ; and should produce a case of this kind by name, if wc were not afraid of aggravating the position of persons living within the grasp of Ibis tyranny. At Mantua two gentlemen and a priest have been put to death for offences said to have been committed before the outbreak occurred at Milan. The period during which the young Emperor has been disqualified by his wound from attending to business, appears to have been seized by those who act in his name, to let loose all the fury of a " Bloody Assizes" on the upforlunate capital of Lombai dy. Even the attempt on the life of the sovereign, which no one circumstance has in any way connected with Ihe Italian agitation, except by a certain proximity of time, has given additional fierceness to this persecution. The expulsion en masse of a whole people of industrious and inoffensive strangers —the wholesale execution of arrested persons by the authority of the military authorities and of the police, probably without even Ihe knowledge of the civil or judicial power—and the lawless confiscation of the property of innocent fugitives, present such a combination of oppression and cruelly, as our age has never before witnessed, and which should excite to an equal degree, the astonishment and reprobation of Europe." The Qpinione of Turin, quotes letters from Milan of the 3d, announcing that three persons were to be hanged at Mantua on the same day, namely, a M. Speen, of Brescia, an amnesled refugee, count Montanara of Verona, and the mitred abbot of Revere, aged 50. Twenty-five more have been condemned to death, or to 20 years' hard labour in ironsat Mantua ; 108 more are still under prosecution. The court martial at Milan has set about sixty prisoners at liberty. To nearly Ihe same purpose is the intelligence received from Venice Uy the Trieste Gazette. Among ihe many condemnations pronounced by the military commission oi Vienna (says the Ilaliw Popolo) we notice the following :—Anna Celzera, a young woman aged 22," for insulting expressions towards (he military authorities and the German nation, 25 stripes with rods. Placide Severe, for possession of a subversive composition, six weeks of arrest in irons. Gaetana Cisarini, Ferdinando Berzicola, and Andres Co-

nali, for having sung subversive songs, 14 days of arrest in irons, and in the case of Conali 10 blows with a slick. Pelro Gniso di Campontana, for having held subversive conversations, fortyblows with a stick. Francesco Tarmigheo, for anti-political demonstrations and subversive expressions, three months of arrest in irons, with two days in every week on bread and water. — The Piedmontese Government denies, through its conslituled organ, that any restrictive change in the laws regulating the press i* intended. - On the 5d March, Karl Jubbai, Karl Andrassfy Devenynibal, Kaspar lloszilopy, and Samuel Sarkozy, four Hungarians of note concerned iu the insurrection, were executed. In the Times of 12th March, we find the following brief notice : —Genoa, March 7. The Languedoc has arrived from Naples with a report that an attempt had been made on the life of King Ferdinand. There is American new? to the en<] of February. In the Houses of Congress nothing of the slightest importance was transacted. On the 23rd nil. Mr. Jones, from Tennesse, communicated to the House of Representatives General Pierce's acceptance of the Presidential Chair. On the same day a Hill was introduced into the Senate, authorising Ihe U. S. consul at Havanna to administer Ihe oath of cilice to W. K. King, Esq. vice president elect. Mrs. Harriet Bcccher Stowc, villi her husband, Dri.SlOwc, and some other members of their family, proceed direct to Scotland by the steam ship Glasgow, which sails from New York on the 261h of March.

The advices bom Mexico, though brief, are of considerable importance. Preside::! Ccvallos is reported io have resigned. General Lraga, with his revolutionary army, had declared in favour of Santa Anna ; and Genera! Lomhardine has been installed as President ad interim.