LATEST ENGLISH NEWS. [From the Australian.]

New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume III, Issue 136, 18 November 1846, Page 2

LATEST ENGLISH NEWS. [From the Australian.]

We take the following from the Patriot of the 26th ultimo : — The Corn Bill, without going to a division, passed the Lords on the 25th June, to take effect in 1849. The Irish Coercion Bill has heen thrown out by a majority of 73 votes, and has tad the effect of terminating for a time, the Ministerial career of Sir Robert Peel. This no-confidence vote, has been the natural death of the Ministry, who have tendered their resignations. The Premier resigns "not because he has been out-voted upon any particular question," but because he has not the general confidence of Parliament ; there are not 340 men in the House that will go along with Sir Robert Peel and take him for their guide. As he explains himself, "It is not for the public interest that a Government should remain in power unable to give practical effect to the measures which they consider nec essary for the public welfare." At the moment when resigning power, " Sir Robert was able to proclaim a series of successes, which be they his or any other man's, or only Dame Fortune's, yet impart at least a lustre to his i period, continually brightening towards the close. Each of his adversaries, while voting against him, bore willing testimony to his public virtues and exalted him by words, and, as it were, demanded pardon for the blow they were about to give." He was aware of his coming fate — he "acknowledged that he l.ad not proposed the measures connected with the commercial policy of the empire, without foreseeing the probability, that- whether made law or not, they would cause the dissolution of the Government," or in other words the dissolution of the Ministry — and he was prepared for it. Sir Robert is satisfied that nothing can be done with the present House of Commons, and it is pretty evident that, if ever a legislature did not actually represent the country, such is most assuredly the fact in the present case. The "fallen Minister" is the most popular man in Great Britain — illuminations have followed his abolition of the tax on bread, and will display the name or the initials of the great Minister who has rendered such signal and complete service to his country. Here we have the paradox of a " fallen Minister" attracting the impassioned gratitude of his country — the admiration of every civilised empire, inundated with congratulatory addresses, and overwhelmed with energetic t thanks from every town in England. The Queen sent for Lord John Russell to form a new cabinet ; he had not, at the date j of our advices, formally accepted office, and j therefore no very accurate list of his corps politique can be given. The Times names the following as the members of the Whig Cabinet : — First Lord of the Treasury — Lord J. Russell. Chancellor of the Exchequer — Mr. C. Wood. Lord Chancellor — Lord Cottenham. Secretaries J" Home Department — Sir G. Grey. of State < Foreign Affairs — Lord Palmer ston. for the [_ Colonial Affairs — Lord Clarendon. President of the Council — The Marquis of , Lansdowne. First Lord of the Admiralty — Lord Auckland. I Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster — Lord Campbell. First Commissioner of Woods and Forests — Lord Morpeth. Board of Trade — Mr. Labouchere. Postmaster General — The Marquis of Clanricarde. Attorney General— Sir T. Wilde. Solicitor General — Mr. Jervis. Lord Chamberlain— Lord Granville.

IRELAND. Lord Lieutenant of Ireland — Lord Besborough. Lord Chancellor of Ireland — Mr. Brady. Attorney General — Mr. Moore. Solicitor General — Mr. Monahan. It is also reported that the Marquis of Normanby will proceed to Paris as Ambassador to the court of France, and Lord Minto to Vienna, in the room of Sir R, Gordon.

Another report, ho v? ever, gives Lord Minto the Privy Seal. The Oregon Question has been finally and satisfactorily settled. The main articles in the convention are, that the boundary line between the British and American territoiy should be continued along the 49th parallel of north latitude, which separates the continent from Vancouver's Island, thence southerly to the Pacific Ocean, leaving the navigation of the channel and Straits of Fuca, south of that latitude, open to both parties, and that the navigation of the great Northern branch of the Columbia shall be free and open to all British

subjects. Ireland, —The Whig Ministry. —lt is more than probable that by the time this communication reaches you all the offices in the gift of the Whig Minister will have been disposed of. The Evening Mail publishes a list of the appointments as handed about the clubs of London, from which it appears that there is but one opinion as to the certainty oi Lord Besborough being the destined successor of Lord Heytesbury in the Vice-royalty of Ireland-. Mr. Labouchere, it is also confidently stated, is to be the new Irish Secretary. There are still some doubts as to the Chancellorship, Lord Campbell's claim, in consideration of his having accepted it in 1840 •without the prospect of a retiring pension, being considered paramount. All, however, depends on Mr. O'Connell, who insists upon Mr. Pigott being speedily and permanently provided for; and this can only be accomplished by the elevation of Chief Baron Brady to the Court of Chancery, leaving the Exchequer open for the acceptance of the exWhig Attorney-General. —Times, July 1. At a full meeting of Executive Council of the Corn Law League, it was resolved that the .League should not abolished until the expiry of the Corn Law in 1849. It has been stated in Birmingham this week, in quarters likley to be well-informed, that Government intend to errect the military station there into a grand central depot, to remove to it the greater part of the trops now stationed at Weedon. The central position of Birmingham, communicating as it now does by railway with all the principal ports in England, has, it is thought, suggested the propriety and advantage of making it the seat of a central depot, inasmuch as at a moment's notice troops might thence be despatched, and landed in a few hours in any part of Scotland, England, or Ireland. —Morning Chronicle. Eighty-three gentlemen have entered the army during the preceding month; thirty-four of whom have purchased their commissions at prices varying from £1,250 to £450 each, and amounting in the aggregate to no less a sum than £21,940. —G10be. Mr. H. J. Perry, private secretary to tht Lord Chancellor, has been appointed Commissioner of the Insolvent Debtors' Court, vice Mr. D. Pollock, nominated Chief Justice of Bombay. The division of the Irish Coercion Bill was as follows — For the second reading* •. *.. 219 Against it 292 Majority against the Government... 73 The Duke of Wellington, on the 29th June, in the House of Lords, formally announced the resignation of the Ministry. In the House of Lords on the 29th June (we quote from the limes of the 30th), "the Earl of Aberdeen, in answer to a question from Lord Brougham, announced the amicable conclusion of the Oregon dispute, the Senate of the United States having accepted the propositions of her Majesty's Government icithout the addition or alteration of a single word. The Queen, it was confidently asserted, would visit Scotland in August. The heat had been intense; so hot a summer had not been known for many years; on several occasions the thermometer had reached 100 deg. The Corn Law passed its third reading in the Lords without a division. The Sugar Duties Bill had passed the Commons, and had been read a first time in the Lords. Mr. Justice Willis's appeal to the Privy Council was under consideration. Captain W. T. Denison, of the Royal Engineers, is gazetted Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen's Land. Cardinal Ferretti, Bishop of Imola, is the new Pope. Poor Haydon, the historical painter, whose life had been one scene of contention and struggle, has committed suicide. Previous to his death he appealed to the liberality of several persons of rank. Sir Robert Peel alone answered the appeal; and though overwhelmed with the business which the close of his official career incurred, he found time and generosity enough to relieve the unfortunate artist. The settlement of the Oregon question had a beneficial effect upon the value of public securities, which advanced nearly a half per

cent instanter. Consols for the opening left off at 95§. Three per cents, reduced, at 95| to f. Three and a quarter per cents, at 96|. Exchequer Biils 10s. to 14s. premium. When the Enterprise sailed, there was no report of a dissolution in Parliament. Strong efforts were being made to induce Earl Grey to join the new administration, but with what success was not known. A committee has been formed in London, including some of the most influential noblemen in England, for the purpose of raising a sum of money £7,000 to be invested in a life annuity of £800 for the Very Rev. Theobald Matthew, to enable him the more effectually to sustain the temperance movement in the most efficient manner. On the 18th of June, his Grace the Duke of Wellington gave his customary banquet in celebration of the victory of Waterloo. Prince Albert was one of the guests on the occasion. Lord Elgin, the Governor of Jamaica, had arrived in England on leave of absence. Accounts have been received from Genoa, announcing the serious illness of General Lord William Russell. No hopes are entertained of his recovery. The State of Yucatan had declared itself independent of Mexico. The Marqnis of Anglesea it was expected would be the new Commander-in-Chief. In the House of Commons on the 22nd June, Mr. C. Buller asked whether it was the intention of her Majesty's Government, in the course of the present session, to bring into Parliament any measure for the Government of New Zealand—Sir Robert Peel said, that there was now every reason to hope that the authority of the British Crown had been established. He would engage that the present session should not close without the attention of the House of Commons being called to some Legislative measure connected with the government of New Zealand. —On the same day the House went into Committee on the New Zealand Company's Bill, when an advance, by way of loan, of £100,000 out of the consolidated fund to the New Zealand Company was agreed to. —S. M. Herald. General Lord Gough has remitted 70,000/. from India, for the purchase of an estate in Ireland. —Globe. . j

The Late Pope.—A letter from Rome of the 2nd, in the Univers, gives the following account of the last illness of Gregory XVI. :—The malady which cairied off the Pope so rapidly was a cold complicated with erysipelas and hydrocele, which was of long standing. On Ascension day his Holiness went as usual to the church of St. John, but he was struck by a current of air as he was giving his benediction, and a slight rheumatic fever ensued. There were no serious symptoms, however, and on the 26th, St. Philip's dats, the Pope had resolved to go to the Chiesa Nuova, where orders had been given for his reception. A few minutes before the time at which he was to leave the Vatican he became worse, and erysipelas declared itself. The physician in ordinary would not, of course, permit him to go out. The erysipelas extended to the whole of the leg round a previous wound. The vigorous constitution of the Pope kept up a hope that he would recover, and it was not until the 29th that any serious Uneasiness was felt at the Vatican. In the night of the 30th his Holiness had mass performed, and received the Communion. On Sunday, his Holiness became worse, and on the following morning there was a consultation of physicians at seven o'clock, but his Holiness had been senseless from five o'clock, and there was scarcely time to administer the extreme unction.—Galignani.

The New Pope.—" It has been said," says the Constitutionel, " that the new Pope was a handsome man. The Ami de la Religion publishes a letter fiom Rome, which states, indeed, that he unites in his person •all the external qualities which delight the eye, and all the eminent virtues which make great Popes.' • * • «There are related already' says this correspondent, 'of his Holiness, two anecdotes which prove that on ascending the-Pontifical throne he shuts his j soul to all thoughts of ambition for his family, and thinks only of the great and holy obligations imposed upon him by the triple crov/n. ' Two of his nephews being at Rome, he ordered one of them, who was his brother's son, to return to Sinigaglia, and tell his family that he would not have them establish themselves at Rome. To the other, a son of one of his sisters, a young officer of the Pontifical army, he declared that no promotion would be accorded to him but what was due to his rank and merit. This conduct, so different to what is generally attributed to the nepotism of Popes, only confirms what was previously conceived of his great merit. The two secretaries of state have not yet been appointed. The Pope declared that before making this important choice he wished to meditate several days in the presence of God. His Holiness has confirmed in their titles and functions the different dignitaries who formed the

late Pope's Pontifical household.' " —Times, 1.

July Pope Pius IX. — His Holiness is the brother of the Counts Gabriel, Joseph, and Gaetano Massa Ferretti, of Sinigaglia. A dreadful fire had broken out in St. John's, 'Newfoundland, which had reduced three-fourths of the town to ashes. Ibrahim Pacha has been lionized immensely since he came to London on the Bth inst. The Palace, the Thames Tunnel, the TVver, the Mint, the House of Lords, Ascot, the Chiswick Gardens, the Society of Arts, were visited by him in the course of a single week, and he then went down to Birmingham and Manchester, wheie lie has since been rushing about, viewing manufactories, and astonishing the gaping multitudes with the rapidity of his movements, and the intelligence of his observations. He returns to town after going to Scotland, and will then be received by her Majesty, and treated to a review of as many British troops as can be brought to London. He was, it is said, much struck with the appearance of the detachments of household troops, brought out for his inspection a day or two after his arrival, contrasting as they did with the small men of the French infantry, and the indifferent horses of the French cavalry.