LATEST ENGLISH NEWS.

New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 768, 11 December 1852, Page 3

LATEST ENGLISH NEWS.

In the Times of July sth the total number of ships advertised to sail for Port Phillip and Sydney is 78, amounting to 89,880 tons. Of these the Great Britain steamer is 3,500 tons, twp others are of 3,000 tons, one of 2,500 tons, and eight of 2,000 tons each, and a great proportion of the remainder are vessels of from 800 to 1,500 tons. The Port Philip and Colonial Gold Mining Company obtained its charter on the 13th August. The bullion in the Bank of England on the 13th amounted to £21,473,640, which as compared with the previous week's return was a decrease of £286,468. • The clearances from the port of London for the gold colonies of Australia during the past week shew an increase ; they consisted of seven ships to Port Phillip, of an aggregate capacity of 3,083 tons, (besides an East Indiaman of 1,292 tons, freighted in part for that colony,) exclusive of the mail steamer Sydney. There was also one vessel of 835 tons to Adelaide, S. Australia. The exports of manufactured goods, wines> spirits, tobacco, were again large, although emigrants at present constitute^the chief portion of Australian cargoes, the number of these for the week having probably been from 1,200 to 1,500. Among the miscellaneous exports were two rather large consignments of hops. The Liverpool wool market at the same date was much quieter than it had been, but prices were well and firmly maintained, and the stocks on hand being light, did not offer much choice. Her Majesty embarked on the 9th of August, on her steam excursion to Antwerp. The following is the Times account of the " Royal Cruise," received by electric telegraph ;—; —

" Portsmouth, Monday evening. " Her Majesty, Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, Princess Royal, the Princess Alice Maude, attended by the Countess of Gainsborough, the Hon. Miss Byng, Lord Colville, Colonel Bouverie, and Sir J. Clarke, embarked at Osboi'ne in the Royal Barge which put them on board the Victoria and Albert, steamer-yacht, at 6.20 p.m., yesterday, when the standard was hoisted, and the armed steamers manned yards, and fired a general Royal salute. "It is her Majesty's intention to sleep on board, and start for Antwerp at half-past 6 this morning (Tuesday August 10). " The Duke of Northumberland, First Lord of the Admiralty, also embatked onboard the Black Eagle, and remains ready to proceed with her Majesty. The steam-frigates Retribution, Sampson, Odin, Magicienne, and Barracouta, are all moored off Osborne, with their fires banked up, ready for the start in the morning. " They form an outer guard to the Victoria and Albert, and Fairy ; and the Black Eagle, Vivid, and Elfin, form an inner guard. " Numerous yachts have also taken their moorings in the vicinity of the Royal Squadron ; among others the Marquis of Anglesea's schooner Pearl, the Earl of Wilton's Xarifa, Mr. Weld's Alarm, Constance, Gloriana, &c. '• Her Majesty, with their Royal Highnesses the Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royals the Princess Alice, and the Prince Alfred, attended by his Grace the Duke of Northumberland, and the ladies and gentlemen of the suite, landed at Antwerp on the morning of the 12th August, at nine o'clock. Her Majesty was received by the King of the Belgians, on landing-, and immediately proceeded I to the Palace of Laaken, which she reached at 10 o'clock. During the day she visited the principal streets of Brussels, accompanied by her Royal uncle, and was expected' to make a stay of two or three days. The papers give long accounts of her reception and of the gaiety of the city on the occasion." The Morning Chronicle had by some means get hold of a secret minute of the Northern Powers against the presumed establishment of the Empire in France by Louis Napoleon, and had published it. This had given rise to much discussion, but the Ministerial organs in Paris had not been able to disprove its authenticity. The wonder was how it had come into the Morning Chronicle's possession. Sunday, the 15 th August, was the day on which it was expected the Empire would be proclaimed, but there was some doubt as to the effect the publication of this minute would have. A grand ball was to be given, and preparations for it on a large scale had been made. From the general tou of the Paris correspondent of the London daily papers, however, there seems to be little danger to be apprehended.