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New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume III, Issue 147, 26 December 1846, Page 3

LATEST ENGLISH NEWS.

Her Majesty and Prince Albert had been on a cruise from Cowes to Plymouth. The weather was very severe. All the Royal family were well. Her Majesty and Prince Albert are expected to pay a visit to the King and Queen of the French, at Eu, proceeding to the French court in the Royat Victoria and Albert yacht, from Osborne House. Her Majesty, it was thought, would make a third visit to Scotland, and arrangements were making in contemplation of it, at Dun- ; robin Castle, the seat of the Duke of Sutherland, and in the Breadalbane. county. The (-iueen has conferred the honour of knighthood on Captain W. T.Denison, Lieutenant Governor of Van Diemen's Land.

The New Zealand Loan. — We hear little said of this measure aloud, but a great deal of private muttering, which evinces imperfect acquaintance with its real merits. The financial condition of the New Zealand Comi pany has been the work of Government, and, therefore, Government is bound to make good the evil it has done. But there is another^ and if possible more important feature, in the .case that must not be overlooked. The NewZealand Company differs in some respects from most other joint-stock companies. A railway company for example, deals only with its own funds — what the members have subscribed or borrowed. But a considerable part of the funds of the New Zealand Company is administered by it rather as a trust than as a property. The Company undertook to procure lands and perform the rough work of first colonising for intending settlers in New Zealand. A great number of families have purchased land and gone out to New Zealand on the faith that the Company was to give them a title to those lands, to take charge of forwarding the emigrant labourers to whom free passages were to be given, to survey, open the great lines of road, construct wharfs, and so forth. These settlers paid their money. It is not the fault of ,the New Zealand Company that it has not hitherto been able to discharge to the full extent, the obligations on receiving that money which it came under to them. Now that Governor Grey has established ordet in New Zealand, and the Chairman of the last House of Commons Committee on NewZealand came into office, we believe all obstacles to the Company's legitimate operations will be at once removed, and strenuous exertions made by it to compensate for past delay. The loan is necessary for this ; and such is our confidence in the high honour of its members, that we entertain no doubt that one of the first considerations will be the case of the settlers who have been so long kept from receiving value for their money, Of the money expended by the Company, what the settlers paid for land is an important part ; it is the fund to which we alluded above as administered by the Company, not as property, but iv trust. We have no doubt that, in the application of the loan, this trust-fund will be the first item of its means taken into consideration by the Company. — Colonial Gazette, July 18. Sir George Gipps and the Council of Australia having removed Mr. Justice Willis from his office, he appealed to her Majesty in Council. The report of the Pr,ivy Council having been laid before the Queen, her Majesty has been pleased to confirm the same, and has directed the order of removal to be reversed, on the ground that the appellant was not allowed to be heard in his own defence. M. Guizot has been offered the office of President of the Council of Ministers. It was refused by the Duke de Broglie. Mr. Washington Irving has quitted the post of American Minister at the Court of Spain, and Mr. Sanders is appointed in his place. A person named Wbitnay had made a report to Congress, to complete a railroad from the Atlantic shore across the Rocky Mountains to Oregon. Notwithstanding its absurdity, the Senate Committee of Public Lands gravely recommended that a grant of land be given for that purpose 60 miles wide, along the whole length of the line — a strip of land some 2000 miles long, and 60 wide ! Although the job was opposed by Mr. Benton, the Senate ordered that the report be printed. , By the last accounts from the army, it appears that General Taylor's force now amounts to 15,000 men. Between 5000 and 10,000 more are on the route to join him. General Kearney was to move on to the c6nquest of New Mexico. He was to halt at Bent's Fort, to recruit bis men, and to be joined there byColonel Price's regiment. His whole force will be about 3200 men, deemed amply strong enough for the object. A regiment commanded by Colonel Stevenson, is to be sent to California. At the conclusion of the war each man is to have 350 acres of land, and to remain in the country as a settler. This war seems to be very unpopular, because in the opinion of a great majority, if not unjust, it is not necessary. The Trident has been placed at the command of Lieut. Waghorn, to test the advantages of the route via Trieste over that through, France, assisted by the French Government.

Wool Market. — All descriptions are dull. This is the only thing we could find relative to the wool market. Lord Elgin,' the late Governor of Jamaica, will, shortly, proceed to" Canada as Governor General. ♦ _ J Advices from Rio, to the 10th June, contain interesting advices from the River Plate. The allied Powers were enforcing the blockade with great strictness ; and the squadrons burnt several vessels at Enseuado,' which had attempted to break through theline. Rosas had issued a decree ordaining that any of the crew or officeri of the flints ihould be punished as

murderers if captured. No aew intelligence ' from Corrientes. General Rivers had departed from Colono on the 13th, where be met and overcame a force attached to the party of Oribe. The returning Parana expedition was -daily expected. — Times, August I. ' Mr. J. M. Higginson has been appointed | Governor of Antigua, &c, hi succession to , Sir Charles Fitz Roy. ~ j Government have sustained =a defeat In tfoe ' Honse of Lords on the Earl t)f PowisVs Bill ( to prevent the union of the sees of St. Asaph ' and Bangor. Ministers have judiciously ceded to the decision of the Peers, and cease to -oppose the Bill.

Naval Promotions. — The London Gazette, of June 27th, contains despatches from . Captain Graham, of H, M. S. Castor, giving an account of the proceedings at the attack upon the New Zealand rebels in January last. They do not contain any information not laid before the public here at the time. The following memorandum is appended to the despatches :—": — " Admiralty, June 26. — With relerence to the above despatches, the following naval promotions have taken place, dated January 11, 1846. To be Captain — Commander George James Hay. To be Commanders — Lieutenant Robert Joycelyn Otway, Lieutenant Maxwell Falcon, Lieutenant Charles Randal Egerton. Mr. William David Lock, acting mate, and Mr. George Don Murray, midshipman, will be promoted to the rank of lieutenants, on their passing the required examinations to qualify them for that rank." Commander Sotheby has been appointed to the command of her Majesty's ship Racehorse, vice Hay, promoted for gallant conduct at New Zealand. ' ,

Death of Commander Dunlop. — We regret to announce the death cf Commander It. J. W. Dunlop (1842), of the Star, 6, sloop, on the coast of Africa, after only four days' illness. He was a gallant and experienced officer, aud, we believe, was one of the few in the line of masters who, in modern times, had the good fortune to be promoted to a higher rank. He was, however, promoted for the most important of saving the very ship (designed by Sir W. Symonds), of which he died in command, from destruction by his professional experience, and great presence of mind, when she was on her beam ends, and the lieutenant and the men had T)een washed out of her and drowned. He was also in the Favourite, sloop, in the South Sea Islands, and was engaged with her crew in that unfortunate affray with the natives, in which the commander, Captain Crozier, lost his life. Lieut. Dunlop was wounded in the j engagement, and was in the receipt of a pension for the injuries he sustained. He commissioned the Star in September, 1843, his services and character being the sole recommendation for the appointment. We are sorry to hear "that Captain Dunlop has left a family unprovided for« — Morning Herald. A committee appointed for inquiry into the state of Westminster Bridge, had resolved upon its removal. ' x By the latest English papers we learn that the " Times Comtnisriner" was taking notes in Dorsetshire, and that his pictures of misery rival those he pencilled in Ireland. The same paper announced the demise of the London Penny Magazine, after an existence of fourteen years. We apprehend the publication and extensive circulation of ihe Pictorial limes, and the Illustrated London News, have caused that useful journal's premature death.

The Wellington Statue. — On Saturday the further erection of the scaffolding over the triumphal arch at Hyde Park-corner, in- . (faded fcr the raising of the Colossal statue of the Duke of Wellington, was suspended by .order of Lqjd Morpeth, the Chief Commissioner of Woods and Forests. It is now fnlly believed that the site chosen by the committee, ,upon which several hundred pounds must have been expended, even in the present scaffolding erected, will be given up, and that the parade ,in St. James's-park will be the place on which i this trophy to the merits of the illustrious Duke will ultimately be raised.

Llangolwm?. — Mr. Cobden has been in , the, neighbourhood of Llangollen and Machyselleth during the last fortnight ; his lady is a, native of the latter place. His health is improvipg. Cobden's print dresses are very fashipqabje amongst the ladies here ; nothing else vWtfl .do. Mr. , Cobden was surprised to see so large a congregation at Llangollen church, ibut the secret of liis being there had got out, and every body rushed to see the agitator. — Carnarvon Herald.

Hydbopatht in theAjrmy. — Dr. Stummes, late of Vienna, has proposed to the Com-mander-in-Cbief the introduction of the hydropathic treatment into the Military Hospitals, more especially of the JSa'st and West Indies, for the cure of fevers and inflammatory diseases. The subject i* entertained by the Commauder-in-Chief, and Dr. Stummes has been requested to put himself in communication with the Army Medical Department. — Vniicd Service Gazette.

Luxurious Travelling* — The travellers on the Dutch railroads being much annoyed by the the dust during the hot weather, an expedient has been devised for the purpose of preventing the annoyance, by attaching a cart, pierced with holes, behind the tender. The cart is filled with ice, which being melted during the journey, effectually lays the dust. Many wool-combers and mill hands are leaving Yorkshire under engagement for the United States. A Mr. Bray has invented a vessel for cooking potatoes, to which he has given the formidable same of Anhydrohepseterion.

An Ordinance to .amend an Ordinance for Establishing a Supreme Court, and to Establish a Court of Appeals. [Passed the 12th day of October,' 1846.] WHEREAS, by an Ordinance enacted by tbe Governor of New Zealand, with the advice and consent of &c Legislative Council thereof, Ses« on 3, No. 1, intituled " An Ordinance for Establishing a Supreme Court," it is enacted (sections 6 and 7) that " the Court shall also be an Instance Court of Vice- Admiralty, with such power and jurisdiction as belongs to Courts of the like nature within the Colonial Possessions of her Majesty ;" and also, that " The Court shall have cognizance of all crimes and offences committed within the Jurisdiction of the Vice- Admiral of the Colony of New Zealand, as fully and effectually as if tbe same had been committed on the land within the limits of the Colony. And whereas by the said Ordinance, (sections 13, 14, and 15), it is enacted that " There shall belong to the Court such Registrars and inferior Officers for each of such districts as to the Judge or Judges of each of such districts shall appear necessary, subject to the approval of his Excellency the Governor ;" and that " The Registrars shall be appointed provisionally by his Excellency the Governor, and shall hold their offices during her Majesty's pleasure ;" and also, that '* The inferior Officers of each District shall be appointed by the Judge or Judges of the respective Districts with the sanction of his Excellency the Governor, and shall be removeable on reasonable cause by the Judge or Judges of the respective Districts with the sanction of his Excellency the Governor." Be it enacted by the LieutenantGovernor of New Zealand, with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof, as follows ; — 1. So much of the said Ordinance as is hereinbefore recited shall be, and the same is hereby, repealed. 2. There shall belong to the said Court such Registrars and other Officers as her Majesty shall from time to time be pleased to appoint. Provided always, that it shall be lawful for his Excellency the Governor to appoint such Registrars and other Officers provisionally until her Majesty's pleasure shall be known, and the Registrars and other Officers so appointed from time to time to remove as to him shall seem meet. 3. For the purpose of providing^ Court of Appeals within the Colony from the decisions of the Supreme Court thereof. Be it enacted, That until there shall be within the colony a sufficient number of Judges to constitute a Court of Appeals, the Governor for the time being, and the Executive Council of the said colony, (excepting the Attorney-General) shall be a " Court of Appeals 11 for the said colony, and shall have power and authority to receive and hear Appeals from the Judgments of the said Supreme Court where the sum or matter in issue shall amount to one hundred pounds or upwards or shall involve directly or indirectly any claim or question respecting any property or civil right of the said amount or value, and to affirm, alter, or reverse such Judgments in whole or in part, or to dismiss the said Appeal with costs, as may be just. Provided always, that upon every Appeal to be brought before the said Court of Appeals from any Judgment of the Supreme Court upon the verdict of a Jury of twelve men, the said Court of Appeals shall not reverse, alter, or inquire into such Judgments except only for Error of Lav apparent on the Record. 4. No Appeal shall be allowed in any case, unless the Appellant shall within fourteen clear days after the day on which the Judgment shall have been pronounced, give notice^ to the adverse parties of such Appeal, and enter into sufficient security, to be approved by a Judge of the Supreme Court, for the Costs of Appeal. 5. In all cases of Appeal where the Appellant shall within sßch fourteen clear days as aforesaid, enter into sufficient security, to be approved as aforesaid, to satisfy or perform such Judgment, in case the same shall be affirmed, or the Appeal "dismissed, Execution shall be stayed, but not otherwise. 6. No Appeal shall be entertained by the said Court of Appeals unless notice thereof shall have been lodged in the said Court of Appeals within two clear calendar months after the day on which the Judgment appealed from shall haye been pronounced : nor shall any Appeal be heard by the said Court of Appeals

unless the Appellant shall bring his case to a hearing and be prepared to take the Judgment of the Court thereon within three calendar months after the day last mentioned. 7. In all cases of Appeal as aforesaid, the Supreme Court shall conform to and execute all such Judgments and Orders as the said Court of Appeals shall make, in such manner as any original Order, Judgment, or Decree of the said Supreme Courc might have been executed. 8. In case the Court of Appeals shall affirm, reverse, alter, or vary any Judgment of the Supreme Court to be given or pronounced in respect of any sum or matter in issue, of the amount or value of five hundred pounds or upwards, or involving directly or indirectly any claim or question respecting any property or civil right of the said amount or value ; Or — in case the said Court of Appeals shall reverse, alter, or vary any Judgment of the Supreme Court, [whatever be the amount or value involved therein] ; in either of the said cases, the persons feeling aggrieved by any Judgment of the said Court of Appeals, may within fourteen clear days next after the day on which the same shall fyave been given or pronounced, apply to the said Court of Appeals by Petition, for leave to Appeal therefrom to Her^Majesty in Council. 9. In case such leave to Appeal be prayed by a party who shall be required to pay any sum of money or to perform any act, the said Court of Appeals shall direct, either that the Judgment appealed from be carried into execution, or that the Execution thereof be stayed pending the Appeal to Her Majesty, as to the Court shall appear just. 10. In case the Court of Appeals shall direct the Judgment appealed from to be carried into Execution, the paity in whose favor the same shall be given, shall before the Execution thereof, enter into sufficient security, to be approved by the said Court of Appeals, for the due performance of such Judgment or Order as Her Majesty in Council shall make thereupon. 11. In case the Court of Appeals shall direct the execution of any such Judgment to be stayed, the party against whom the same shall have been given, shall in like manner cuter into sufficient security to be approved as last aforesaid, for the due performance of such Judgment or Order as Her Majesty in Council shall make thereupon. 12. In ail cases of Appeal to Her Majesty in Council, the party Appellant shall give sufficient security to be approved as last aforesaid, for the effectual prosecution of such Appeal, and for the payment of all such Costs as may be awarded by Her Majesty in Council, to the party Respondent. And in case such last mentioned security shall be entered into within three clear calendar months after the date of such Petition for leave as aforesaid, and not otherwise, the said Court of Appeals shall allow the Appeal to be prosecuted. 13* In all cases where leave to. Appeal to Her Majesty in Council shall be granted, the said Court of Appeals shall certify and transmit to Her Majesty in Council, a true and exact copy of all proceedings and Judgments in the cause appealed from or relating thereto. 14. Provided always, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to affect the power and authority of Her Majesty, to admit an Appeal to Her Majesty in Council, from any Judgment, either of the said Supreme Court, or of the Court of Appeals hereby constituted. 15. For the purposes of this Ordinance, the word " Judgment " shall be taken to include any "Final Order," "Judgment," or "Decree," — and the word " Governor " shall be taken to include the " Lieutenant-Governor," or the " Officer administering the Government " for the time being. George Grey, Lieut.-Governor and , Commander-in-Chief. Passed in the Legislative Council, "| this twelfth day of October, in I the Year of Our Lord one thou- j ' sand eight hundred and forty-six. J J. Coates, Clerk of Council.