LATEST ENGLISH NEWS. [From the Suppl. Sydney Morning Herald, May 11.]

New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume III, Issue 192, 2 June 1847, Page 3

LATEST ENGLISH NEWS. [From the Suppl. Sydney Morning Herald, M ay 1 1 .]

The Prince of Wales, from London, after an excellent passage of one hundred days, has put us in possession of English newspapers of the 28th January. Although the vessel entered the heads before nine o'clock, it was, owing to the westerly wind, past twelve o'clock before we received any papers, which accounts for our not having issue I our extra sheet at an earlier hour. The distress in Ireland continued to increase, and had reached an appalling extent. Deaths from starvation were of almost hourly occurrence. Parliament met on the 19th January. We have given a very full abstract of the debate upon the address, and of Lord John Russell's speech on the affairs of Ireland. A bill for allowing grain to be imported duty free, for suspending the navigation laws, and allowing sugar for distillers' use to be imported duty free, had, passed both houses, and received the royal assent. The new charter of Government for New Zealand, under the late act of parliament, had been issued, and will be brought out by Lieut. Governor Eyre, who had taken his passage in the Glentanner, February packet. Among the deaths we notice the names of Mr. Byng, (57 years member for Middlesex); General Clay, General Mitchell, Mr. J. J. Gurney, Sir E. H. East, Sir Wm. Hillary, and Lord Rolle. The great amount of distress had of course affected trade, but the amount of traffic caused by the importation of provisions had prevented it from being so much depressed as might have been expected. Consols had gone dowu to 90|. Major General Pitt was under orders for New Zealand, and it was said would have the command of the Troops in these Colonies.