ENGLISH EXTRACTS.

New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 596, 19 April 1851, Page 3

ENGLISH EXTRACTS.

Lord Elgin, governor of Canada, is named as the next probable Governor-General of India. Sir James Emerson Tennent is said to be named Governor of St. Helena. Wool.—The fourth series of sales consisted of the following : —7BOO bales Australian, 5300 bales Port Phillip, 1800 bales Van Diemen’s Land. 730 bales Australia, 1000 bales New Zealand, 8300 bales Cape of Good Hope, and 3100 bales East India. The attendance of buyers was unusually large, and great confidence appeared to prevail among them, and although the prices of manufactured goods did not warrant the cost of the raw material being much enhanced, yet by the force of competition there was an advance of l|d. to 2d. per lb. established on Australian. The attendance of foreign buyers was fair, but only about 1400 bales were sold for export. Combing wools from Port Phillip and Van Diemen’s Land were in great demand. A fair proportion of scoured sold at full prices. The finer descriptions of Lambs’ wool also sold at an advance. Cape wool, of which there was a large quantity, also sold at an advance of |d. to Id. per lb. East India wools sold well, showing a slight advance upon the middling and lower qualities. The Pope’s Nuncio in Paris has received orders not to countersign the passports of any Italians coming from England. Power’s statue of Calhoun has been recovered from the wreck of the ship Elizabeth under which it has been buried since tbe 19th of June last. The will of the late King Louis Philippe was proved on Friday in Doctor’s Commons. The personal estate is sworn to be under £lOO,OOO.

The proprietor of the Colombo Observer has successfully employed pigeons in conveying intelligence for his journal between Candy and the coast of Ceylon. There are at present seventeen lines of submarine telegraph at work in the United States under the Hudson, Harlem, Connecticut, and Delaware Rivers. North Carolina, a man named M‘Bride was lately sentenced to receive twenty lashes and to be exposed in the pillory—-because he was an abolitionist. Plymouth has been created a port of departure and arrival for the screw steamers intended to carry out the arrangements of a monthly mail with the Cape of Good Hope. The Bosphorus will commence the line on tbe 15th December next..-

At the sale of the late Duke of Cambridge’s musical library on Thursday, the most remarkable lots were the musical instruments ; of these, a violin by Straduarius, stated to have been his late Royal Highness’ favourite .instrument, sold for £ll5 10s.; and his.favourite bow sold for £7 7s. Another violin by Straduarius sold for£l4o; a tenor, by Amati. seemed to be cheap at twenty-two guineas; and a violincello, said to be by Antonias Straduarius, but not in a perfect condition, sold for £7l Bs. It is understood that Sir John Herschel will succeed Mr. Shiel as Master of the Mint. This appointment will no longer be held by a Member of Parliament; and the salary will be reduced to £1,500 a-year. The Inconstant, 36, Captain John Shepherd, has arrived from Valparaiso and Rio. She has brought home a much larger freight than was expected. She has on board gold and silver to the value of about 800,000 dollars, instead of 180,000 dollars, as before reported. Precocious Malice of a French Child. —A few days ago a child, nine years of age, was taken to the prison of Bourg (Ain), on the charge of having killed another child, his cousin, who was still younger. Some months ago, it seems, they had a quarrel on a birdnesting expedition, and since then the little murderer saved up his money, sou by sou, until he was able to purchase a knife; with this knife he killed his cousin.— Galignani s Messenger.

Reverse of Fortune. —At the weekly meeting of the guardians of Athlone Union, on Monday, Lord Castlemaine said that they had in that house at present a gentleman who was a magistrate of two counties —Longford and Meath—and had an income of £l5OO a year ; but such bad been the pressure of the times that he had been reduced to this state, and having h’s property sold under the Encumbered Commissioners, is now a common pauper, wearing the workhouse clothes. The gentleman was John Edward Nugent, of Cloncullen.—Atlas, Nov. 16.

The following Protest to the Queen has been issued by the Archbishops and Bishops of the Church of England :— To the Queen’s most excellent Majesty. The humble address of the Archbishops and Bishops of the Church of England. May it please your Majesty, We, the archbishops and undersigned bishops of the church of England approach your Majesty with sentiments of veneration and loyalty at a time when an unwarrantable insult has been offered to the church and to your Majesty, to whom appertains the chief government of all estates of this realm, whether they be ecclesiastical or civil. This,our country, whose church being a true branch of Christs’s holy catholic church, in which the pure word of God is preached and the sacraments are duly administered according to Christ’s ordinances, is treated by the bishop of Rome as having been a heathen land, and is congratulated on its restoration after an interval of three hundred years to a place among the churches of Christendom. The return of our people is anticipated to a communion, the errors and corruptions of which they deliberately renounced, and which continues to maintain practices repugnant to God’s word; inculcates blasphemous fables and dangerous deceits, and prescribes, as necessary to salvation, the belief of doctrines grounded on no warranty of scriptures. It is part of the same arrogant assumption that in defiance of the law which declares that “ no foreign prelate or potentate shall use and exercise any manner of power, authority, or jurisdiction—spiritual or ecclesiastical--within this realm, the bishop of Rome has pretended to exercise spiritual dominion over the people of this country; and in nominating certain Romish ecclesiastics to particular places or sees in England has re-asserted his claim of supremacy over the kingdom, and has interfered with a prerogative constitutionally belonging to your Majesty alone. We consider it our duty to record our united protest against this attempt to subject our people to a spiritual tyranny from which they were freed at the Reformation. And we make our humble petition to your Majesty to discountenance by all constitutional means the

claimsand usurpations of the church of Rome, by which religious divisions are fostered and the labours of our clergy impeded in their endeavours to diffuse the light of true religion amongst the people committed to their charge. J. B. Cantuar. G. Peterborough. T. Ebor. H. Worcester. C. H. London. J. Lichfield. E. Dunelm. A. T. Chichester. C. R. Winton. • T. Ely. R. Bath and Wells. S. Oxon. C. Lincoln. Vowler St. Asaph. J. Bangor. J. P. Manchester. G. Rochester R. D. Hereford. J I. Carlisle. J. Chester. J. H. Gloucester S. Norwich and Bristol. A. Llandaff C. J. Ripon. J. Sodor and Man. E. Salisbury. The following notice of contributions intended for the Industrial Exhibition is extracted from the Illustrated News, Nov. 16 : — An immense bell, weighing 5501b5., will be forwarded from Saxony, which has been long UJII n CTJTI ohorl Pnv» nvnnmnntnl V»all —. —... »v*. vuiuiuLuvui naic» The Paris list of contributors contain the names of 134 who received the gold medals, and 867 who received tbe silver or bronze medals, at the French Expositions. A jury will determine the claims of the latter class io be admitted as competitors. The Greek Government have communicated their earnest intention of in every way promoting the objects of the Exhibition. Morocco and the Algerine territories, it is reported, will contribute articles of much interest.

Advices from the Cape of Good Hope, and also from Australia, confirm that our colonists there will be represented. The Montreal Exhibition, during the past month, from which the best articles will be culled for the London one, was highly popuI*** **zl ~f_i ____ _ <abju ouwcoaiui. ucoiuca vciy uuuiuc apecimens of wood and furniture, a veneer, of bird’s-eye maple, 100 feet long, from a single log, was exhibited; also leather made from porpoise skins, soft, fine, and durable as calf, was very remarkable. Great activity is reported from Switzerland. Two manufacturers, assisted by the Commissioner of the arrondissement, will determine upon the admissibility of the various articles submitted for the Exhibition. In jewellry, watches, straw-plattings, and domestic uses of wool, competitors will appear. Mr. Wigram, of the eminent Blackwall firm, who owns some of the finest ships afloat in the world, will contribute largely specimens of marine architecture.

Tbe manufacturing industry of Bridport, so long celebrated for all articles woven from hemp or flax, will be fully illustrated. Domestic articles in brass-ware, in a variety of departments, are to be sent from Bristol.

Promises from Dublin include poplins, tabarets, silks, lace, hosiery, woollens, papers, cabinet-work, &c. The wonderful mineral resources, marbles, slates, ores, granites, and bog-woods of Ireland will be amply displayed.

There are to be 82 exhibitors from Huddersfield.

Thirty-two exhibitors from Hull will testify to the particular industry of that town in the following arts, —planer-making, tar-tur-pentine, every variety of English and foreign woods shewing the grain, &c. The applications from London extend over no less than 13/8 exhibitors, who require 49,857 feet floor space, 19,798 feet counter space, and 40,436 feet wall space. Mr. Wyld’s globe will be fifty-six feet in diameter. The rivers, volcanic mountains, climates, seats of large population and trade, will be all distinguishable on its surface. It will cost, independently of the staircases and galleries by which it can be inspected, not less than from £4OOO to £5OOO. Hastings proposes, besides agricultural machines, to forward a model for registering votes at elections, negativing the objections to secret voting. The Norwich shawls, it is affirmed, will contest the palm in texture and colour with those of Cachmere and Western India. There are eleven exhibitors from Carlisle, principally in cotton fabrics. A steamer from Inverness is to be specially chartered for the visitors te the metropolis from that town. She will be so fitted that her passengers will be able to live and sleep on board during their week’s visit to the metropolis.

The Goldsmith’s Company have determined to award the sum of £lOOO in prizes for those who may distinguish themselves in that particular craft or calling for the Exhibition.

Rumour says that a Viennese upholsterer offers to contribute four palatial rooms, thoroughly furnished with specimens of his craft.

Mr. Laurie, late Sheriff of London, had an audience with the President of the Republic at Paris last week, and presented him with a gold bridle-bit and stirrups made by order of the Emperor Napoleon in 1814. Louis Na-

poleon expressed much gratification at receiving such a present. From the message of the President of the French Republic it appears, that the French army has been reduced from 451,000 men to 396,000, and the French navy in commission from 235 armed vessels to 125. The latter fact will be hailed with much satisfaction by all opponents of war, as denoting the pacific intentions of the Government of France regarding England. An important part of the message has reference to America, and is contained in the paragraph announcing that on the news arriving of the attempt of the Americans upon Cuba, the French fleet in the West Indies was reinforced, and orders were given to the French Admiral to join his efforts to those of Spain for the prevention and discomfiture of such criminal attempts. The whole tone of the message regarding Great Britain is couched in friendly terms, and an evident spirit of conciliation ; but, as regards Louis Napoleon’s great rival, General Changarnier, that part of the message which declares that the President “ alone disposes of the army” is a challenge thrown down by the Prince to Changarnier, and that haughty officer must either take up the gauntlet or resign his command.

The message was received with much applause by the National Assembly and the French people—and there is no doubt of the stability of the Government. Mr. Dupin obtained the presidency of the Assembly by 383 votes against Matthieu (de la Drome) 131, and Michel de Bourges 31. Dupin was in favour of the Government. In Germany the Cologne Gazette of the 12th November, slated that the Russian military divisions were in motion towards the West, with a view to the occupation of the eastern provinces of Austria in the event of war. Field-Marshal Radetski was expected in Prague with an army of 50.000 men. The papers were full of accounts of movements of troops in all directions. The entire frontiers of Coburg were occupied by 20,000 Austrian soldiers and 40 guns. Austria had sent an ultimatum to Prussia requiring the giving up of the union, and the ultimatum granted f ree conferences with the acknowledgment of the Bundestag.

A great peace meeting, most numerously attended, had been held at Wrexham, at which Mr. Sturge and Mr. Cobden, M.P., addressed with powerful effect two thousand persons of respectability assembled together in one large room.

On the London Stock Exchange, the announcement of negotiations for a treaty of navigation and commerce beween France and England, as announced in the message of the President of the French Republic, had given the highest satisfaction to the merchants of London, as the treaty will at once abolish the practice of Smuggling. A great improvement in the manufacture of watches has just been made in Geneva, by which watch keys are rendered unnecessary. Death of Mr, G. Wombwell, the Menagerist.—Singular Fancy.—The above well-known individual died a few days since, but a short time after the melancholy death of his son. He left very singular directions with regard to his funeral, amongst which was chiefly not only that his coffin should be- made without nails, but that it should be entirely formed of a portion of the timber of the Royal George, which he purchased about fourteen years ago, and has kept ever since for that purpose. The coffin has accordingly been so constructed by Messrs. Crofton Sr S«n c t , . — —u, u„ uvil , atvciaj ui juau-street, Brunswick-square, where it has been exhibited to the public these two days, and will so continue till after Saturday next. It is highly polished, and from its exceedingly dark color resembles walnut-tree; this is, however, relieved by brass and gi]t mcu i dingS} and a]so w far l ass i ’ nscri P ti °n plate, stating that Mr. • f ombwell was 73 years of age. He died very wealthy. His funeral takes place on luesday next at Highgate Cemetery.— -Times ol Tuesday. Railroad Loan for Nova Scotia.— Among the passengers per the steam-ship America which arrived here yesterday week, was the Hon J. Howe, of Halifax, provincial ecre ary of Nova Scotia, commissioned as a irom that province to negotiate a loan of £BOO,OOO on behalf of the Provincial GoV % n^ nt ’J° x assist in buildin g the. European and North American Railroad, to connect Hahfax with Portland.— Liverpool Albion Mr. Doyle (H. 8. and Punch.—The Rondon correspondent of the Tablet says :— In consequence of the very indecent attacks upon the Catholic religion that have lately disfigured the pages of Punch, Mr. Richard Doyie, the talented author of the “Manners and Customs o the English,” “Brown, Jones, and Robinson,” & c „ has considered it to be his duty to give up all connection with that He protested, some time ago, against an attack on our religion, which found its way into its columns, and then, I believe

received a solemn promise from the editor that the offence should not be repeated. However, the engagement has been broken, and Mr. Doyle at once resigned his engagement, and a salary of £6OO a-year. Very few young men are called on to make such a sacrifice, and still fewer so nobly respond to it. I understand that the Cardinal has written to him to express his esteem for the example he has set —an example which sundry Catholics in still higher offices would do well to bear in mind.” More Zeal without Discretion.—We have lately heard of a Protestant with rather more sincerity than judgment, who has just discharged an old and faithful servant, because the poor fellow happens to have a Roman nose! — Punch.

Rough Consolation.—A timid “poet” sends some verses to the New York Knickerbocker, and meets with a sharp rebuff. The last verse runs :— “ And yet this tender maiden Careth no more for me, Than, ’mid the stars, the pale moon cares For the poor love-sick sea.” “Then,” says the irate editor, “don’t bother her if she don’t care anything for you*’ Don’t g® about whining like a sick monkey. Look up somebody who ivill care for you, if you are worth being cared for. P’rhaps you aint.”

Craven-street, Strand. —At No. 7 in, this street, the great philosopher Benjamin Franklin, lived for some time ; and at No. 27, James Smith one of the authors of the “ Rejected Addresses,” breathed his last, on the 24th December, 1839. The following pleas-, ing trifle, composed by him during his residence in this street, is perhaps, familiar to most of our readers :—

In Craven-street, Strand, ten attorneys find place, And ten dark coal barges are moored at its base ; Fly, Honesty, fly ! seek some safer retreat, For there’s craft in the river and craft in the street. This epigram drew from Sir George Rose the following retort. They are said to have been written extempore at a dinner party :— Why should Honesty fly to some safer retreat, Fi om attorneys and barges ?—od r'ot’em; For the lawyers are just at the top of the street. .. And the barges are just at the bottom. —Jessie's London, and its celebrities. Establishment of Cape of Good Hope and Sierra Leone Mails—By a notice from the General Post-office we learn that on and after the 15th instant, mails will be made up monthlv for the (Inn? of rtnnrl t.~. ho conveyed from Plymouth by the packets of the General Screw Steam Shipping Company, under contract with her Majesty’s government. All letters and newspapers addressed to the Cape of Good Hope, as well as those for Sierra Leone which have hitherto been sent, as a general rule by one of her Majesty’s ships despatched at the beginning of each month to the west coast of Africa, will be forwarded, on and from the 15th instant, by the contract packets from Plymouth, unless specially addressed to be otherwise sent. Letters and newspapers for the Cape de Verd Islands, also, will be forwarded by these packets, as well as by the new line of Brazil packets, about to commence running next month, accordingas such correspondence may be posted in time for either line of packets. The mails to be conveyed by the General Screw Steam Ships will be made up in London the evening of the 14th of each month, and in Plymouth on the morning of the 15th.’ Those postmasters whose instructions direct them to send their letters for Plymouth by cross post, will of course forward the correspondence intended for these mails in the same manner. The postage chargeable on letters and newspapers, which must in each case be paid in advance, will be as follows viz. For the Cape of Good Hope and Sierra Leone, letters not exceeding half an ounce in weight. Is. For Cape de Verd, letters not exceeding naif an ounce in weight, Is. lod. For the Cape and Sierra Leone, newsoapers are free ; but they are charged 2d.‘when sent to Cape de Verd. The Bosphorus, which is to take the Cape mails of the 15th December, leaves the Thames on the 17th for Plymouth, to receive the latest mails previous to her departure on her interesting \ he §eneral a PP earance and outfit of the Bosphorus are such as to produce a favourable impression of the adaptation of screw vessels for carrying the dUant s ations. The lines and rigging are well adapted to secure the realisation of the highest sailing speed when under canvas alone, and her auxiliary steam power is found sufficient to propel her when loaded at a mean rate of L? P , er h ° Ur ’ as v/a8 ascertained on Wednesday last when tried at the measured mile m Long R each . The prope]ler . with DrfficHl he 13 n °’T fi “ ed ’ S ° n the feathering Ma° ddav' eC Th? J pa - tented by ‘ he Messrs is advanta ge of this principle is, that when the force of the wind is found sufficient to give the required speed, the profts bJI aSSUmeS such » position ffiat its blades present a thin edge only to be drawn through, the water, and as they are 1 ■' ■ \ t i

then fixed in a perfectly upright position in the wake of the stern post, they offer no impediment to the perfect efficiency of the vessel as a sailing ship, and when the force and direction of the wind render it advisable to employ steam power the propeller returns spontaneously on the engine being put into motion to the proper angle for propelling. This modification of. the screw will conduce to its more general application as an auxiliary to sailing vessels, and the result of the voyage of the Bosphorus will be looked for with much interest.