ENGLISH NEWS.

New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume VIII, Issue 653, 5 November 1851, Page 4

ENGLISH NEWS.

[rrorn the Sydney Morniny Herald, j The Kale brings English papers to the 4th July. The Great Exhibition continued to attract the attention of the public. The great heat of the weather rendered the inside of the building almost unbearable in the middle of

the day, and no means for securing an efficient system of ventilation had been devised. The number of visitors had rather declined in consequence, but still they averaged 50,000 a day. The Queen was an almost daily visitor. The King of the Belgians, who was on a visit to her Majesty, was also a frequent attendant. The House of Commons was principally engaged on Committee of Supply ; there was much discussion on details, but very few divisions, and those that did take place were invariably in favour of Ministers. The Parliamentary Oaths (Jews) Bill was passed in the House of Commons without a division. Mr. Aiderman Salomons (a Jew) was elected member of Parliament for Greenwich, and intended to present himself for the purpose of taking his seat. Mr. Cowan has been appointed a Scotch Judge, and been succeeded as Solicitor General by Mr. Deas. We are informed that an advertisement respecting steam communication with these colonies had appeared in the papers ; we have not been able to find it. The following from the Parliamentary report in the Morning Herald, of July 4lh, is certainly not very encouraging “Earl Talbot inquired whether it was the intention of Government to carry out the recommendation of the report of the select committee of the other House, which report bad been agreed to by a large majority, relative to complete steam communication with Australia? The subject was one of great and increasing magnitude, and was of the utmost importance to the interests of Australia. Earl Grey was understood to reply in the negative. Lord Jocelyn presented a petition from the Chamber of Commerce, Bombay, in favor of steam communication with the East; also a petition from certain merchants and traders in the London and Australian tiade, representing a capital of £1,5d0,000, praying that the first report of the committee on steam communicautvu vvaiu n.uoviauu uu auv|AGu» From this it would appear that up to the 3rd July, nothing had been done in the matter. The 51st Light Infantry, serving at Madras, has received orders to proceed to the Cape of Good Hope, should its services be actually required, and is held in readiness accordingly. It was stated yesterday that the two new Vice-Chancellorships will be conferred upon Mr. Bethell, Q.C., and Mr. Calvert, Q.C., an offer of one having been made to, and rejected by, Sir vV. W. Page Wood, M.P. Lieutenant S. M. Hawkins, of the 97th Foot, fought a duel with Viscount Maldon, of the Royal Horse Guards Blue, on this day week ; Lord Maldon received the fire and discharged his own pistol into the air. The seconds, Mr. E. L. Denys, and Captain Brownrigg, interfered, and the affair of honor terminated.